GM Bold Strider's Rise of the Runelords - Flaxseed Lodge (Inactive)

Game Master rpblue

Other than inspiring her fiends, Elena simply moves to the closest porticulus, preparing to try and get through it when it opens next.

Done!

Seeing even more wounded Jace releases another wave of healing energy throughout the hallway.

Channel Positive Energy: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 4) + 1 = 11

Oracle Channel positive Energy
Blessed Touch- +1 to any heal
Fey Foundling- caster receives +2 hp for each dice rolled
[ooc]2/5 channels remaining

Jace, make an Intelligence or Wisdom check.

wisdom: 1d20 ⇒ 6

Despite the low roll, don't you want to wait until the trap door opens this round? You should know from the last time the trap activated that it swings twice and opens on the finishing of the second swing.

Broon presses the attack!

great sword, smite, inspire: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22 == damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (4, 1) + 7 = 12

please move me, 5' step diagonal

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yes. Readied for the trap doors to swing open. I was just afraid with the low hp all around that another person was going to drop before then.

@Broon: You cannot 5' step around a hard corner, however, with your stated actions, taking a move action doesn't effect anything. Also, you should have used Lay on Hands.

Stabilize: 1d20 + 1 - 11 ⇒ (5) + 1 - 11 = -5

Broon moves around Glaucus as he barely penetrates Nualia's defenses. The statues swipe their glaives through the air as Jim continues to bleed from his savage wounds.

The trapdoor opens for a split second, but Jace was ready as he sends out a blast of healing to aid their fallen compatriot and the heavily injured Glaucus. As Broon moved out of line of sight of the blast, the channel fails to heal his wounds.

The portcullises lift once more as the trapdoor closes and a resounding click can be heard as the deadly trap resets.

Nualia scowls as the injured man tries to fight her. "You think you will win this fight? Try again." she spits venomously taking a more reckless stance to guarantee her chances to cast her spell and harm her opponent, but leaving her open to retaliation.

Combat Casting - +4 bonus: 1d20 + 8 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 8 + 4 + 4 = 17
CLW: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Bastard Sword @ Broon: 1d20 + 12 + 2 + 3 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 12 + 2 + 3 - 2 - 4 = 25
Damage: 1d10 + 10 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 10 + 3 = 18

Broon falls to the floor, barely pushed past his limits.

Initiative:
1st: Broon-Bleeding Out @ -1/31 HP; Jim-Unconscious @ -1/31 HP;
2nd: Nualia-Fury of the Abyss @ 28
3rd: Glaucus @ 21/27 HP; Elena @ 21/21; Jace @ 29/29 HP

Glaucus waits for any aforementioned channels or heals before stepping over Broon's body to get at Nualia!

flurry: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

flurry: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Due to Nualia' full offensive, Glaucus manages to land to strikes on the woman, catching her in the chest and face with each punch.

Any effects from Elena or Jace in a Burst will affect you.

Initiative:
1st: Broon-Bleeding Out @ -1/31 HP; Jim-Unconscious @ -1/31 HP;
2nd: Nualia-Fury of the Abyss @ 40
3rd: Glaucus @ 21/27 HP; Elena @ 21/21; Jace @ 29/29 HP

With the porticulus raised finally, Elena has to try her leap of faith to help the others.

Acrobatics 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Elena leaps over the area with ease.

Looks like you would still have a standard action left, Elena.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17

Jace leaps over the pit near Broon's fallen body. He gently places a hand on the man's shoulder.

I am not seeing Broon's token anymore.

CLW: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 13

Blessed Touch- +1 to any heal
Enhanced Cured- No level cap on cure spells
Student of Faith- +1 Caster level on cure spells

Sorry. For my other action, Elena will continue to inspire courage.

@Jace: Glaucus is standing on him. Also, you were standing next to the trap when it went off, so there was no running start. Also, your base move speed is 20', which is another -4 penalty to jumping. If you want to make the jump, then you would need to spend a move action to back up and a move action to jump over the trap.

@Elena: Continuing an Inspire Courage is only a free action if you already have it active.

Excellent. Elena will move behind Jace, and get line of sight on Nualia.

"We are coming for you, Nualia. Do you feel us closing in? Your mustering of your evil goblin army will stop now!"

That's fine. I forgot about the addition negative from 20 foot movement. So I will use it as a double move.

Stabilize-Broon: 1d20 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 - 1 = 20 Stealing one of my twenties!

Broon stabilizes on the floor as Nualia growls at the taunts, deciding to push for stronger magic now that the whole team has joined up. "Looks like I will just have to finish you all off."

She weaves a spell in Glaucus' face, maintaining her reckless stance, barely able to overcome Glaucus' fearsome presence.

Combat Casting- +4 Circumstance Bonus: 1d20 + 8 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 4 + 4 = 19
CMW: 2d8 + 6 ⇒ (3, 5) + 6 = 14

Bastard Sword @ Glaucus-17 AC: 1d20 + 12 + 2 + 3 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 12 + 2 + 3 - 2 - 4 = 31
Confirmation @ Glaucus-17 AC: 1d20 + 12 + 2 + 3 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (9) + 12 + 2 + 3 - 2 - 4 = 20

Damage: 2d10 + 20 + 6 ⇒ (3, 5) + 20 + 6 = 34

The woman shoves her sword through Glaucus' chest, missing his heart, but nicking an artery leaving him on death's doorstep.

"Three down, two to go." Nualia sneers.

Initiative:
1st: Broon-Unconscious @ -1/31 HP; Jim-Unconscious @ -1/31 HP;
2nd: Nualia-Fury of the Abyss @ 26
3rd: Glaucus-Bleeding Out @ -13/27 HP; Elena @ 21/21; Jace @ 29/29 HP

The worst paladin in the history of paladins...

Seeing three of the new companions fall to the floor Jace does not see this as ending well for him.

He channels once again feeling the magic drain from him. He knows he does not have much more to keep everyone up.

Channel Positive Energy: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (5, 1) + 1 = 7

Oracle Channel positive Energy
Blessed Touch- +1 to any heal
Fey Foundling- caster receives +2 hp for each dice rolled
1/5 channels remaining

Elena continues to plink away at the cleric with her Magic Missiles. She also continues her inspirational words, reminding the others that they can stop being the worst group ever, and defeat this hideous powerful cleric!

Damage 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (2, 4) + 2 = 8

Jace heals the party as Elena tries to bring down the woman with what little offensive magic she has while Broon comes back to reality.

Initiative:
1st: Broon-Prone @ 6/31 HP; Jim-Unconscious @ -1/31 HP;
2nd: Nualia-Fury of the Abyss @ 34
3rd: Glaucus-Unconscious @ -6/27 HP; Elena @ 21/21; Jace @ 29/29 HP

Broon come to by the grace of some fortunate healing. With enough sense, he reaches over and attempts to revive Jim.
Lay oh Hands: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Jim is in the pit still.

Sorry, got the confused. Switch LoH to Glaucus then, Jim's icon looked outside the pit

Glaucus is healed to the bare minimum for consciousness, putting him and his healer, Broon, between the two healthy Pathfinders.

Have you guys honestly left me with no choice but to attack two prone, minimum health characters?

Nualia shrugs as she readies her sword and weaves a spell, choosing to play a bit more defensively this go around.

1d2 ⇒ 1

She tries to defensively cast, however her magic seems to be waning as she slams her sword into Broon's chest.

Defensive Casting: 1d20 + 8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 8 + 4 = 13
Bastard Sword @ Broon-Prone/Squeezing: 1d20 + 12 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 12 + 2 - 2 = 19

Damage: 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

The stab kills the man outright as he god weeps for him, but Nualia squeals in joy as she sees the life leave his eyes. "Ooooh! That is just the first one down!"

Initiative:
1st: Broon-Dead @ -12/31 HP; Jim-Unconscious @ -1/31 HP;
2nd: Nualia @ 34
3rd: Glaucus-Prone/Staggered @ 0/27 HP; Elena @ 21/21; Jace @ 29/29 HP

A little unexpected, didn't think to bite the dust this round. But at least it buys a round for the others.

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DC 17 Defensive: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Glaucus does not want to stand and provoke the ire of Nualia so he stays on the ground and quietly casts a curing spell on himself.

clw: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Grimacing as Broon lies motionless.

This is all my fault..

Quickly Jace steps in over Glaucus and brings his bastard sword around in an attempt to finish this so that others may live.

+1 Bastard Sword: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 24
Damage: 1d10 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 3 + 1 = 14

Elena uses the magic missile wand on the demon cleric.

Damage 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

2more rounds of Inspire Courage bonuses from Lingering Performance feat. We need to end her now!

Jace finally joins the fray and cuts into Nualia as Elena blasts her with more magic. Glaucus is able to heal himself to some semblence of health as Nualia weighs her options.

She scowls as she spit at Jace. "This isn't over, traitor!" She takes a step back before wrenching the medallion from her neck and slamming it into a slab of marble next to her. A pulsating dark portal appears on the ground below as Nualia looks to be sucked in, the medallion leaving her hand.

"This is only a setback!" she yells as she disappears into the void. The portal spins and throbs as she is engulfed.

Initiative:
1st: Jim-Unconscious @ -1/31 HP;
2nd: Nualia @ 52
3rd: Glaucus-Prone @ 8/27 HP; Elena @ 21/21; Jace @ 29/29 HP

Dead: Broon

Spellcraft to figure out what happened 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

Glaucus sighs in relief and although he wants to leap in after her but takes a moment to heal a few more wounds first.

clw: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Are we jumping in after her?

Next round?

Glaucus leaps into the portal thing, chasing after Nualia!

Thought I posted this. My bad. Letting Jace and Elena act before Glaucus jumps in.

Elena sees that a portal was clearly opened and that Nualia traveled through it in an attempt to escape from the three semi-healthy adventurers looking for her demise. The portal looks unstable as if it might only stay open for a few more seconds.

Glaucus heals himself as the others wonder whether to follow, but it is clear that Glaucus is intent on chasing her down like a wolf hunting his prey.

Initiative:
1st: Jim-Unconscious @ -1/31 HP;
2nd: Nualia @ 52
3rd: Glaucus @ 16/27 HP; Elena @ 21/21; Jace @ 29/29 HP

Dead: Broon

Seeing Glaucus eager to leap through the portal Jace darts forward and leaps into it.

If Jace heads through the portal, Elena will do the same, assuming she can make it. If at any point she can get line of sight on the cleric, she will use her wand of magic missiles and blast her.

Damage, if applicable 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

The group leaps through the portal as it seems stable for the moment. The three adventurers leave behind the corpse of Broon and the unconscious form of Jim in the basement as they fall to the ground from a portal in the ceiling. The sudden shift in gravitational direction causes the group to lose balance as they fall to the black granite floor.

A few flickering torches illuminate this room, but shadows still dominate every corner. Around the room, you see seven open passageways branching from this single round room. It looks like there might be some script above the doorways, but a closer inspection would be needed to read one (or all of them).

On the floor, in the middle of the room, a statue of seven polearms are stacked with their points embedded in the ground and each handle rests on another, creating a conical shape.

Nualia is not visible, but you feel like you can move faster than normal in the shadow realm, so it's likely that she vanished down a tunnel or is possibly using some form of magic to obscure herself.

"Come on out, Nualia. We're here to talk to you," Elena bluffs, holding her recently captured wand at the ready.

While waiting for a reply, Glaucus heals himself again.

clw: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Where do you think she has gone to?

Does Jace recognize the area?

Intelligence: 1d20 ⇒ 17

Jace thinks that this might be an alternate dimension within a portion of the Shadow Plane, hence the increased speed and reaction time of his body.

Glaucus leaps through the portal as well, falling to the floor and healing himself with Cure Light Wounds as Elena calls out to Nualia. Unfortunately, nothing responds in the murky room.

"Well, if she isn't coming to us, we need to go looking for her, I guess..."

"Right," Glaucus says to Elena. "Let's go." He leads the way towards each of the passages in turn, checking the inscriptions. If any of them stand out as significant, he will head that way.

Glaucus, while we have a second, do you want to nibble on a piece of that elven bread to regain whatever spells you have expended?

Already did that earlier and I have a couple spells still. Seemed more prudent to try to get to full HP before she leaps out at us.

Ah I had forgot you had already consumed.

Glaucus moves to inspect the inscriptions but finds that he can't read them. They appear to be in a foreign language, but the script looks similar to Common.

Perception:
Glaucus: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Jace: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (16) + 0 = 16
Elena: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

The group doesn't know which way Nualia went, but it is obvious that the nearly barren room is not a likely place for an ambush. The portal in the center of the ceiling begins to thrum as its edges begin to fray.

Portal is about 15' in the air.