GM Brayden's "Rise of the Runelords"

Game Master Brayden Green

*Pokes door with a stick*

Waits for info on daring manuver of opening the door

I'm just waiting for someone to open the door. Zen, when you said "prepares to open door" did you mean that you actually open it?

I just want to make sure you are ready and paying attention. Once you open the door, things are going to start to unravel pretty fast.

Yes i ment to open the door. just forgot to put that i opened it after i prepared to open.

I imagine we'd just open it in the same manner we've approached every door thus far, Bugsby inspecting for magic, Brennan for traps and Kerdin opening it when we give him the go ahead. Other than Kerdins players absence I see no reason we'd alter than.

Proceed! Onwards and forthwards

You open the door in whatever the hell order, and you enter what looks like an immense underground cathedral.

Stone doors stand to either side of the main entrance, but
beyond this, the walls are carved with strange, spiky
runes. In the center of the room is a large pool,
with a ring of polished human skulls balanced on
stone spikes arranged in a circle around the deeper
midsection. At the far end of the room, a pair of
stone stairways leads up to a pulpit on which sits
a second pool, this one triangular and filled with
churning, bubbling water that looks almost like
translucent lava. Yet while wisps of what look
like heat and steam rise from the strange orange
liquid, the room itself is deathly cold.

You also see *THIS CREATURE* in the middle of the room, sweeping the floor. It looks shocked to see you. It is in the middle of the room.

You are acting in a surprise round, Roll INIT.

Combat map coming.

It is in the last room of the caverns, to give you a reference.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

Not moving towards it and letting the more armored folk attract its attention. once thats done move into flanking position with dwarf and rogue.

Initiative 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

Upon seeing this creature, Iodem asks no questions. He just fires. (The fighting and time here has clearly affected him)

Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

If he's got an open shot Bugsby will release his last remaining protoplasm, seeking to stick the winged creature to the floor. Letting his other sight dominate his vision and ignoring the lure of the beautiful lights, he snags a few lines of magic and bunches them together quickly, and hurls the mass at the winged creature in the middle of the room. "What in the name of something is that!?" the gnome shouts in surprise.

Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Overcome SR: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11

Initiation 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

A bit weak after all fighting and being absent for while since last events Kerdin is looking forward with empty-eyes and mouth open ay dunno, but what is da in a nine hells?

Shaking his head and just leaving out a bit maniacal voice ooh Torag might silver knucles..... I give up! Enemies her ya all the way as he rise his axe and rushes forward toward the creature Dieee and give me ya toothies!

Attack Charge 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11 Damage 1d10 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

spoilers coming for the rounds now

"Sweet, merciful Varisia."

Initiative: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

[ooc]we missing brennan?[ooc]

Combat map HERE. Update as you move.

INIT -

Quasit

IODEM

ZEN / KERDIN

BUGSBY

VIRGIL

BRENNAN

Result of Surprise Round.

Iodem busts into the door, seeing the creature sweeping the floor - surprised to see any intruders. Without word, and no questions asked, Iodem fires at the creature. Perhaps it was being tired, perhaps he remembers something about a quasit working with Tsuto, but his arrow flies true towards the creature. True, but not true enough. And the arrow misses.

Kerdin charges and misses.

Zen maneouvers to flank.

Bugsby hits the creature, and it appears to be slowed for a second, but then quickly regains its composure.

Virgil invokes the saints and stands at the ready to help anyone that may need healing or assisting.

Brennan also maneovers to flank.

End of surprise round.

The quasit flaps it's wings to fly, and maneuvers itself in front of the basin at the far end of the room. It cuts itself and lets some blood trickle into the basin at the end of the chamber.

The lights coming from the basin diminish and flicker ominously.

(Give me a sense motive and your round 2 actions.)

Brennan ducked aside as Kerdin continued to move forward, then followed the dwarf up the stairs, dropping a second blade into his off hand as he went.

(and of course when I said "give me your rd 2 actions" I meant rd 1 - because the last was a surprise rd.)

<<Shakes off the rust>>

Iodem (clearly not liking his last several shots) presses for another. Not even bothering to exhale before hastily firing off another arrow.

"Stay here, Iodem!"

I still need Sense Motive's from BUgsby, Iodem, and Kerdin

We'll wait an hour or tow and then bot the results and bot Kerdin.

Oops

double oops Sense Motive: 1d20 ⇒ 19

some of you notice that when the creature cuts itself and drops blood into the pool, a worried look appears on its face, only to give way to relief as the lights come back to normal again.

The rest of round 1:

IODEM Iodem (clearly not liking his last several shots) presses for another. Not even bothering to exhale before hastily firing off another arrow. He misses with this one too.

KERDIN moves up the stairs as fast as he can, and manages to get to one side of the quasit.

The quasit yells Defilers of the Mother Creature! You will all pay!"

BUGSBY casts daze, and it has no effect.

VIRGIL races up to the basin of the stairs and grips his holy symbol. "Sentire tenaci damnationem!" He points an accusing finger toward the demon and a bubbling of crackling black energy pulsates from his symbol of Abadar and washes over the demon. When the bubble reaches Virgil's companions, it seems to twist and pinch like a sausage casing to avoid touching them.

BRENNAN moves forward as far as he can, waiting for his opportunity.

End of round 1. The stairs have a double movement penalty on them, so none of you were able to reach AND attack. You are flanking, those that had the movement to do so, though.

Beginning of round 2:

You see a creature rise from the basin where the quasit cut itself, and the light fades again... and in it's place is a (sinspawn) freaky thing that you recognize from the other rooms. It sniffs the air, and attacks Kerdin. Almost as if he hated Kerdin and wanted his destruction.

Claw claw bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 131d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 161d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 221d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 51d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 51d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

He bites Kerdin, and Kerdin feels slightly sick. Kerdin needs to make a will save OR be sick for 1d6 rounds

The quasit spreads its wings and lifts off from the floor yes, this gives everyone at the top of the stairs an AoOp and rises 50 feet into the air, up to the ceiling.

as an aside, does anyone actually know what taking off from the ground counts as, as far as movement goes? I am counting taking off as a move action, but I haven't ever seen it spelled out completely anywhere. I don't want to get too meta in the game thread, so answer me on the discussion please, and thanks.

So for round 2, I need the AoOps for anyone in the vicinity of the quasit, and your normal round 2 actions. Remember, you have 2 baddies in the room.

When you say, "none of you were able to reach AND attack," do you also mean my channeling? Just for clarity.

Your channeling reached AND hit the monster. I forgot to describe that. It wasn't happy, and being surrounded and getting blasted it decided to GTFO of there.

I purposefully placed you NOT going up the stairs and standing at the base, so that you could get one off. I didn't think you'd mind :)

Oh, no. I don't mind at all. ;)

Not sure if Brennan got an AoO or not. If so dagger 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15, damage 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 +1d8 ⇒ 3 SA = 8 total

RETCONNING the quasits turn:

(the quasit waves its hands while in the air and chants something.)

Any spellcasters can make me a spellcraft if they'd like.

Spellcraft 1d20 ⇒ 14

Quasit / Sinspawn

IODEM - Taking a few steps while knocking another arrow, Iodem takes a slightly different line while firing at this target. 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 161d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 . Iodem misses, and curses silently.

KERDIN Are you raging this round? I also don't get why you are claiming 1d20+6+2 attack. It shouldn't be that much should it? +3 STR + 2 BAB is 5. +5 STR raging + 2 BAB is 7. Am I missing something? You hit this round either way Also, I think your damage is +4 and not +5. +3 STR + 1.5 two handed = +4 DMG, not 5. Always round down and not up. From now on, I want you to type "Enter Rage" in ooc text when you are entering rage. Otherwise I will always assume that you aren't raging, ok?

Giving a bit loud scream from the bite Kerdin pushes the creature a bit back and gives a wide slash back at him, targeting its neck area.
The bloody dwarf lets out a scream of hatred and tireness, full of wrath, as he hack this monstrous opponent.
Seeing as the quasit takes the flight Kerdin spins around with the weight of his previous turn, resembling a small tornado of wrath, to continue his vicious slash turning it to upward attack and trying to reach the quasit body. He sinks in with both strikes.

Zen moves to flank the barely standing monster and bonk it. She misses.

BUGSBY Bugsby curses his nearly depleted magics and decides to let his companions know, his voice uncertain, "I've used most of my spells, maybe destroy the basin!"

Moving to the base of the stairs he uses his last remaining protoplasm before he must resort to more mundane attacks. Overcome SR: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11 . Bugsby does not hit the creature.

VIRGIL shouts "AGAIN!" Virgil channels dark energies through his symbol of Abadar. He hits the freaky dude.

Brennan dives past Kerdin and the sinspawn and rises to slam both daggers into the hollows of the thing's back where its kidneys would be on a normal humanoid.

acrobatics 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18 to get behind the thing, flanking with Kerdin

dagger 1 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
damage 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 + 1d8 ⇒ 5 SA = 11 total

dagger 2 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
damage 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 + 1d8 ⇒ 1 SA = 6 total

Brennan finishes the sinspawn off in gory "Assasins Creed" detail.
(BRENNAN misses the attack of opportunity, and zen misses also.)

Round 2 summary: SInspawn killed.

End round 2: Beginning round 3.

The quasit flying up above stops waving it's hands, and in the middle of the floor a giant spider appears, and attacks Iodem.

Spider bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 191d6 ⇒ 4

Iodem takes 4 damage. I need Iodem to make a fortitude save, and then make one each round.

The quasit waves her arms again as she hovers and casts another spell.

Your turns.

I am currently having only 1/9 rage round left and not raging. If I do rage: I will inform you (actually been always doing it) with the text Raging and Raging Attack etc etc. With the bonus damage I did round up so thanks for clarification there (used to round things up). The hit however is 6 correctly: 3 STR + 2 BAB + 1 Weapon Focus [+1 to attack (Waraxe, Dwarven)] = +6 to hit. The Extra +2 come from flanking, as I though I was already flanking with Brennan

dotting for Bugsby, his spoiler tag is off.

unreliable internet ill post when i can if i dont post please feel free to bot me. sorry still in the field till next sunday

"If you can't get the quasit, get the spider!" Brennan yelled as he leaped from the balcony to flank the hairy thing.

Thanks Kerdin. That math makes sense :)

Iodem steps back scowling and trying to hold down his last meal. Turning his attention to the spider he growls through his teeth; knocking and firing another arrow. He fights it off though, and does not become sick. His arrow thunks in the large spider with a distinct THUD! Iodem doesn't need to make anymore FORT saves

Zen hits the basin. It doesn't seem to have much affect. It is a stone basin, and built very strong.

Kerdin sees his opponent down and Brennan standing behind it Kerdin turns his head to find out a spider attacking Iodem. Raising his axe and rushing towards the spider to slash at it. The spider is hurt badly by this blow.

Bugsby blanches at the appearance of the spider and moves closer to the basin in which the first enemy bled into. He launches a smooth sling stone at the enemy in the rafters as the thing starts a spell, the gnome hoping to disrupt the casting. He only just misses the quasit by less than an inch.

"If you can't get the quasit, get the spider!" Brennan yelled as he leaped from the balcony to flank the hairy thing.

Brennan leaps off the balcony and falls about 10 feet, makes an acrobatic roll and runs over and double stabs the spider and sends it legs up and twitching.

Virgil holds to see what spell is happening, and maybe find a way to counteract it, or to prepare for it.

It is a summon monster level 1.

Another one coming! he yells. I will take the best attack at this monster coming, and let it happen before the monster gets a chance to move, as "Virgil" is using his round to identify this and give you time to prepare. Because I'm nice... And I fear for your lives :) Everyone else's will go towards the quasit, or you will have to do something different.

End of round 3. Round 3 results: Spider died.

Round 4:

The quasit finishes motioning with her hands while hovering, and suddenly a ... very, very small frog appears in the water.

She also throws her dagger at Iodem.

1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 311d2 ⇒ 2 to confirm 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 171d2 ⇒ 2

It doesn't confirm. Iodem takes 2 damage, as the tiny blade sinks in. (I don't know what you have been imagining, but the creature in the room is "tiny" not medium sized. I probably should have explained that better, lol.)

Interestingly enough, the tiny blade pulls itself out of Iodem and returns back to the quasit.

Your turns. Round 4.

Wow, the dice-roller is showing me no love today.

Zen was cool with being played as a bot if the connection was unreliable

Sigh. The Paizo site makes me want to punch someone sometimes.

THe post monster ate two long posts from me, one by phone and one by cpu.

Iodem critted.

Bugsby notes the frogs appearance and rushes for the basin, "We can't let blood get in the water!". He reaches in and pulls the frog free, dropping it to the ground as quickly as he snatched it up. He'll detect magic on the water if he has a standard action left, which I don't believe he does...
Kerdin said this: Ayaa.. dunno but I for sur ainna getting there! A bit too small and not having anything to throw.. Kerdin speaks as he looks at the quasit.

Seeing the frog in the water Kerdin keeps his eyes on it and that... froggie tere eh... suspicious! What evil schemes might da plan there eh?

Brennan said this:

What's that about the frog's blood?" Brennan called, pulling his strike at the last moment. He contemplated lobbing a knife at the quasit, but decided the thing was just too far our of range for that to be feasible.

Bugsby notes the frogs appearance and rushes for the basin, "We can't let blood get in the water!". He reaches in and pulls the frog free, dropping it to the ground as quickly as he snatched it up. He'll detect magic on the water if he has a standard action left, which I don't believe he does...

The quasit dropped about 10 feet as it was struck right above the heart by Iodems arrow.

End of round 4. The water is not magical. However the liquid in the basin at the top of the stairs is magical.

Beginning of rd 5.

The tiny quasit throws its dagger at Iodem, hitting him for 2 damage.