GM Bret's PBP GD VI: Masks of the Living God (Inactive)

Game Master BretI

As Fran's spell completes, an eagle shimmers into existence in the air behind the Cyan Hound. With a loud, "Screeee!" it attempts to tear into the hellish canine!

Attack vs. Cyan (Talon; Flanking): 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 3 + 2 = 17
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Attack vs. Cyan (Talon; Flanking): 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 3 + 2 = 14
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Attack vs. Cyan (Bite; Flanking): 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 3 + 2 = 22
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1
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Sidekick here will last for one more round and he's got his own token on the map :)

Fran cheers as her summoned eagle seems to manage to draw a little blood from the Cyan hound and then steps forward to try and follow it up with a poke from her longspear!

Attack vs. Cyan (Longspear): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Meanwhile, Mr. Sunshine bounces and skitters his way back to the open doors - just enough to see at least part of the battle but far enough away to hopefully not draw the ire of the hellhounds.

"Maoooow!"

Show those ugly mutts who's boss!

No smite?

An eagle appears and rips into the rear of blue dog.

Finished with her summons, Fran attempts to use her spear. The summon worked better.

A door in the parlor flies open and another black robe comes out. With a quick look, he then runs across the room yelling “Don’t worry, I’ll go fetch reinforcements!”

All the dogs recover from being dazed. The one in the corner quits trying to hide under the bed.

Egarthis swings again, this time landing two solid hits on the Swashbuckler! “Hurry![/b]” he shouts in response to the other black robe’s promise of reinforcements.

Flurry: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 5 + 2 = 25
Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 2 = 7

Flurry: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 5 + 2 = 25
Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 2 = 7

Egarthis’s Sense Motive: 1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 - 2 = 9

Round 7 & 8

Thomas Invisible, Stealth 38
Fran
Mr. Sunshine
Kriklishik
Shayna
Vlazis
Rennic
Egarthis -40 -1 NL
Brown Dog -6 -1 NL Shaken until round 9
Red Dog -4 -1 NL
Blue Dog -3 -1 NL
Ramon

sense: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Ow, you sorry son of a motherless goat! You'll pay for that! Shayna curses as she grits througb the pain. She swings her blade to fend off the monk and tries to limit his strikes against her.

attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 231d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

"Sister, don't let him past!" Ramon offers to Fran (not knowing Thomas is there) as they attempt to whack at the dog once more while protecting themselves.

Silver Morningstar, Defensive, Flanking: 1d20 + 4 - 4 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 4 - 4 + 2 = 11

Ray misses again with the morningstar.

Shayna slices into Egarthis again.

Round 8

Thomas Invisible, Stealth 38
Fran
Mr. Sunshine
Kriklishik
Shayna
Vlazis
Rennic
Egarthis -45 -1 NL
Brown Dog -6 -1 NL Shaken until round 9
Red Dog -4 -1 NL
Blue Dog -3 -1 NL
Ramon

Whoops, didn't read the description on Summon Monster close enough - I thought you had to have a feat to apply a Celestial/Fiendish template. Oh well, I'll take the smite on the second round.

Suddenly remembering just how awesome he really is, Fran's eagle calls on a heavenly power to smite the hellhound in front of him before ripping into the creature yet again!

Attack vs. Cyan (Talon; Flanking, Smite Evil): 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 17
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Attack vs. Cyan (Talon; Flanking, Smite Evil): 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 9
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Attack vs. Cyan (Bite; Flanking, Smite Evil): 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 2 + 1 = 12
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

And then, its time at an end, the eagle utters one last "Screee!" and fades from sight.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Oh no! We have to hurry!

Feeling a bit desperate at this point, Fran tries once more to stab at the hellhound in front of her.

Attack vs. Blue (Longspear): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 3

She finds herself extremely confused by Ray's insistence on trying to stick to some sort of cover story at this point, but moves to try and block one of the doors just the same.

Mr. Sunshine continues his odd little cat wardance, hissing and yowling as the fight rages on!

Bestiary pg. 294, adds Cha bonus to attack rolls and damage bonus equal to HD against evil foes. Eagles do not have a Charisma bonus, so no bonus to hit.

Again the summoned eagle manages to claw the blue dog one last time before it pops out of existence.

Fran’s spear doesn’t work nearly as well.

Just realized that I had applied the damage on the wrong hound last time. Fixing.

Round 8

Thomas Invisible, Stealth 38
Fran
Mr. Sunshine
Kriklishik
Shayna
Vlazis
Rennic
Egarthis -45 -1 NL
Brown Dog -6 -1 NL Shaken until round 9
Red Dog -1 NL
Blue Dog -12 -1 NL
Ramon

Thomas quietly steps 5ft towards Fran, softly bumping her with his arm as he arrives.

" Hey Fran, you ok? Got any healing for me, by chance?"

In anticipation of the 2nd guy coming towards the stairs, Thomas takes total defense, to be an invisible obstacle.

AC 22.

Thomas moves into position and suddenly realizes his vanish trick had expired.

I had to look it up. You vanished in round 3. The trick only lasts two rounds for you. You should have been watching this!

Round 8

Thomas Total defense, AC 22
Fran
Mr. Sunshine
Kriklishik
Shayna
Vlazis
Rennic
Egarthis -45 -1 NL
Brown Dog -6 -1 NL Shaken until round 9
Red Dog -1 NL
Blue Dog -12 -1 NL
Ramon

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
Kriklishik smiles smugly.

Move action: Gather Power
Standard Action: Blast (with burning infusion)
I looked it up to be sure. He can catch fire even if he has fire resistance that negates the damage.
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To Hit Black (Touch AC): 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 1 = 15

Damage: 2d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2, 2) + 2 + 1 = 7
Caster Level check for SR: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Reflex Save:

DC 15 or catch fire

Burn Accumulated: 1
Gathered Power: 1
Net Burn Accepted: 0 (Must ALWAYS be zero.)

Darn! <10 again! I think I may just get out the dagger and aid another! Sheesh!

Sorry, with everything else they have to take damage for a special to trigger. I hadn't even bothered to look it up -- just assumed they would be consistent in that. Silly me, expecting consistency in Pathfinder!

Previous Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

Kriklishik once again tags Egarthis with fire, only to have it not do any damage nor catch him on fire.

Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Round 8

Thomas Total defense, AC 22
Fran
Mr. Sunshine
Kriklishik
Shayna
Vlazis
Rennic
Egarthis -45 -1 NL
Brown Dog -6 -1 NL Shaken until round 9
Red Dog -1 NL
Blue Dog -12 -1 NL
Ramon

Lol, no worries. That's the first time I've used burning infusion on him, I think. The other two times I've had to move or move action or something. (Can't gather power with a wand in your hand, for example.)
I just knew it might come up, so I thought I'd get out ahead of it.

Edit: There was one, but you saved.

His servants will not be able to remain forever - cut the head off of this serpent!

Vlazis continues to overpower the hellhounds and hopefully the Razmirans with the will of the First King.

Channel Negative , omitting Shayna Thomas, and Krik, the rest of the party should be out of range. DC 18 Will save or dazed for a round. Either way they'll take Half Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Vlazis releases another wave of energy. This time only the Blue Dog is dazed.

Egarthis Will: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21
Rennec Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
Red Dog Will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
Brown Dog Will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21
Blue Dog Will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Rennec moves up and then across the dias that the status is on and then does an impressive cartwheel as he moves past all the people at the door. He continues running.

Double move, Tumble to avoid AoO, primary is Ray, secondary is Fran, third is Thomas.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25 Looks like success to me.

Brown dog recharge on breath weapon: 2d4 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7 Wow! Not ready yet.

Brown dog doesn't like the waves of energy coming from Vlazis so it moves up and tries to bite him!
Bite, shaken: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 5 - 2 = 18
Bite Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Fire drool: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Red Dog moves up a little bit and then gives a big cough of flames, catching Vlazis, Kriklishik and Shayna in the area!
Fire damage: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 4) = 9 Reflex DC 14 for half

Egarthis flurries once again against Shayna.
Flurry: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 5 + 2 = 20
Flurry damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Flurry: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 2 = 10
Flurry damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

People, please make sure the HP total is correct in your headers.

Round 9 + 10

Thomas
Fran
Mr. Sunshine
Kriklishik
Shayna
Vlazis
Rennic
Egarthis -46 -1 NL
Brown Dog -7 -1 NL Bad breath ready again on round 10
Red Dog -1 -1 NL
Blue Dog -13 -1 NL
Ramon

Reflex: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Kriklishik pulls his cloak up around himself and manages to avoid some of the blast. 4 damage; header updated.

Let's try one more time.

5ft step
Move Action: Gather Power
Standard: Blast Egarthis

To Hit Egarthis (Touch AC): 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 1 = 11

Damage: 2d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4, 5) + 2 + 1 = 12
Caster Level check for SR: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

Reflex Save:

DC 15 or catch fire

Burn Accumulated: 1
Gathered Power: 1
Net Burn Accepted: 0 (Must ALWAYS be zero.)

11. Heh. Probably not.

"If they're summoned up, they won't last forever. Get the masters!"

Kriklishik misses with his blast.

Round 9 + 10

Thomas
Fran
Mr. Sunshine
Kriklishik
Shayna
Vlazis
Rennic
Egarthis -46 -1 NL
Brown Dog -7 -1 NL Bad breath ready again on round 10
Red Dog -1 -1 NL
Blue Dog -13 -1 NL
Ramon

Kriklishik would have no idea. He doesn't have that knowledge.
He only knows that he's seen summons before. (Fran just did it, for one.) They don't stay around forever!

"Just hang on! Reinforcements will be here shortly!" It's not a lie, per se...

Ramon murmurs something sibilant to themselves after shifting their morningstar to their 'off' hand. So they can cast...

Cure Light Wounds(on Ramon): 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

They will then work at shifting the weapon back to their 'main' hand.

It'd be a full-round action to retrieve an item, a free action to drop it, a standard to holster it/secure it. Cool with whatever action cost it is going to take to NOT lose the weapon while casting Cure Light Wounds on self

I’m not sure how you do that.

Shield, Heavy; Wooden or Steel: You strap a shield to your forearm and grip it with your hand. A heavy shield is so heavy that you can't use your shield hand for anything else.

Maybe If you stow the shield (so it is no longer effective), shift weapon, cast, shift weapon? Use a move action next round to get use of shield back? That is about all I can think of.

Problems like this is why my casters avoid heavy shields.

Ramon lets the morningstar go, cursing inwardly having forgotten to affix the weapon cord to it, making a half-fist with the heel of the palm exposed after casting their spell.

Ray drops his weapon and heals himself.

Weapon cord would be a good solution! I will need to keep that in mind.

Round 9

Thomas
Fran
Mr. Sunshine
Kriklishik
Shayna Need reflex save
Vlazis Need reflex save
Rennic
Egarthis -46 -1 NL
Brown Dog -7 -1 NL Bad breath ready again on round 10
Red Dog -1 -1 NL Used bad breath on Round 9
Blue Dog -13 -1 NL
Ramon

It's a bit much of a risk to try stop that guy by myself at 3 HP.

Thomas hopes Fran can heal him a bit. If she can, he waits for that, and then climbs the dias, to move around to provide flank for Ramon, taking total defense.

Edit:
Otherwise he'll move over onto the dias, and use his bow to shoot at the hellhound.

If you have a wand of CLW, she is certainly capable of using it on you. I will only charge one or the other of you the move action to get it out.

I don't, unfortunately.

Fran nearly jumps out of her skin as Thomas' voice suddenly whispers in her ear and she fails to stop the man Rennec as he cartwheels past and out the door behind her.

"Um, sure, sure, hold on a moment..." Fran stammers, producing a wand and then poking at the air where Thomas' voice seems to be coming from.

Cure Light Wounds (Thomas): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

She then moves away from the door and towards the rest of the fighting, aware that she might be to employ her wand again very soon...
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If Thomas doesn't have a wand, Fran does (37 charges left). If she's using her own wand, Fran has it in a spring-loaded wrist sheath so she can access it quickly, use it, and still move to her current map position.

Mr. Sunshine yowls as the man suddenly cartwheels by, fluffing up even more if such a thing were possible.

No fair! People have no business being that graceful!

I don't, unfortunately.

Third level and you’ve already used one up? Wow, that is even faster than my Bloodrager does.

Thomas gets cured by Fran. He then moves across the dias to flank the blue dog.

Round 9

Thomas
Fran
Mr. Sunshine
Kriklishik
Shayna Need reflex save
Vlazis Need reflex save
Rennic
Egarthis -46 -1 NL
Brown Dog -7 -1 NL Bad breath ready again on round 10
Red Dog -1 -1 NL Used bad breath on Round 9
Blue Dog -13 -1 NL
Ramon

Thomas Hasoshi wrote:

I don't, unfortunately.

Third level and you’ve already used one up? Wow, that is even faster than my Bloodrager does.

No sir, i hadn't purchased one yet with Thomas. Should've in hindsight, but that is too important too late. :) I can only hope Thomas doesn't kick the bucket.

Shayna drops, bleedibg from a nasty cut over her forehead.

out cold...-7 hp

Vlazis collapses in a burnt heap.
Reflex: 1d20 ⇒ 8
GM Star Reroll: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Stabilize: 1d20 + 1 - 11 ⇒ (20) + 1 - 11 = 10 Ha!!!!!!!!!

Holy crap...

I wouldn't have flurried against someone at negative hit points. BTW, Shayna's status line still says full hit points.

I didn't see a reflex save for Shayna. Did I miss it? Give me a stabilize roll too, please.

Seeing both Vlazis and Shayna go down, Egarthis gives out an evil laugh. "Mwah ha ha" Fairly good quality on the laugh, he must have worked on it.

Rennec continues to run.

Red and Brown converge on Kriklishik, trying to bite him.

Brown Bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Bite: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Fire drool: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Red bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
Bite: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Fire drool: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Blue goes after Ray.
Red bite: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Bite: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Fire drool: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Egarthis uses the cover of the wall to cast a spell and then through the door and up on the dias. He seems to be slightly less hurt after his spell.

No AoO because Fran has a reach weapon. No flanking currently because of reach weapon.

Round 10 & 11

Thomas
Fran
Mr. Sunshine
Kriklishik
Shayna Need reflex save and stabilize check
Vlazis Unconscious, stable
Rennic
Egarthis -46 -1 NL +8
Brown Dog -7 -1 NL
Red Dog -1 -1 NL Used bad breath on Round 9
Blue Dog -13 -1 NL
Ramon

sory..i had edited the stat line...must not have hit save...sorry...rlling save now.

reflex: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

Alright, so 4 fire and 4 fist. You were at 1HP before the bad breath? If so, he would not have swung at a down opponent. I’m not that murderous.

"Praise be the Living God!" Ramon offers as they punch at the hound in front of them.

5ft step, draw wand, activate on self

UMD: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29
Got there!
1 Level 1 Cure spell: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
yay...

"Uh...uh...oh no!" Fran gasps as she glances over her shoulder and sees both Shayna and Vlazis down on the floor and Krik facing down two of the dogs alone. Then she turns back to Ray and Thomas, a panicked expression in her eyes. On the verge of panicking, she remembers something about the way Thomas preferred to fight...something about pinning foes between himself and another...

I hope this wooooorks!

Dropping her longspear to the ground with a clatter, Fran draws out her dagger and holds it out in front of her as she tries to shield herself with her other arm.
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Fran drops her longspear, draws her dagger, and goes Total Defense - which should put her current AC up to 20 when combined with Mage Armor.

Ray tries to punch the blue dog in the face and misses.

Kriklishik draws his cure stick and gets it to work!

Fran drops her spear and draws a dagger. She frantically waves it around while making sure nothing hits her! She keeps her cure stick in her other hand.

Round 10

Thomas
Fran AC 20 total defense
Mr. Sunshine
Kriklishik
Shayna Unconscious, still need stabilization check
Vlazis Unconscious, stable
Rennic
Egarthis -46 -1 NL +8
Brown Dog -7 -1 NL
Red Dog -1 -1 NL Used bad breath on Round 9
Blue Dog -13 -1 NL
Ramon

Thomas grits his teeth....

Damn, this went really bad.

Seeing the situation is most dire, he makes a last ditch effort.

It's an all or nothing now.
Narrowing his eyes, he vanishes.

Vanish trick for extra +2 on my attack.

Then he reappears, a gladius jabbing at the fatman.
Gladius, flank, from invis vs FF: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 2 + 2 = 17 Dmg, SA: 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 1 + (6) = 10

"Huh!"

Drawing from inner strength, he spends a ki point to make a 2nd attack.
Gladius, flank, from invis vs FF: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 2 + 2 = 25 Dmg, SA: 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 1 + (3) = 10
"Heyah!"

Ki pool empty. Any jumping is back to basics.

Thomas spends a panache point if attacked.

Only the first attack would get the +2. It doesn’t matter, the second hit anyways. Also, Egarthis is not fat.

Thomas disappears and then reappears as his gladius stabs Egarthis. He then rapidly follows it up with another attack.

Egarthis falls to the ground after the second attack.

Calling combat over.

You all go on full defense, and shortly after that the dogs pop out of existence.

Stabilization check, Shayna: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12 Fails if below -1 HP
Stabilization check 2: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10 Fails

Ray or Fran can take care of her from here.

Now that combat is over, it is quiet.

What would you like to do?

Cheers unconsciously

Ray will Stabilize Shayna and Vlazis then fight for a bit trying to get their morningstar to go back into the holster for it, almost as if it has a mind of some sort. They will then apply wands as needed to heal up folks, including themselves.

"We have the 'bedroom' and at least two side rooms to explore. Be careful and watch for traps! Also, if we've got Egarthis and his mask, we could impersonate him but we'd have to do it quickly...." they offer.

"Oh...ohhh, that was awful! I thought we were all going to die," Fran gasps, lowering her dagger and leaning against the nearby wall to steady herself. "We need to hurry and get what we came for and get out of here!"

After Ray makes sure that both Shayna and Vlazis are stable, she also helps pitch in with getting everyone mended and back on their feet.

Thomas (CLW): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Thomas (CLW): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
35 charges remaining and that should get Thomas back up to full health again.

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Fran can also use people's wands for them; if you've got a wand go ahead and roll your charges and what not. If you don't have a wand (Thomas) then speak up so one of us can get you patched!

Yes, i was too late to edit that post.

Thomas' heart was beating rapidly, his body still tense even after the man fell.

"Finally..finally."

The healing came a welcome relief.
"Thank you, Fran, i feel much better now."

Thomas heads for the east door, and tries to fix the lock against reinforcements, but able to be opened from their side.

Take 10 for 20 to fix the lock, if able.