GM Burglar's 4-20: Words of the Ancients (Inactive)

Game Master mechaedd

What? A 17 doesn't hit at Tier 7-8? This game sucks! :-D

A 17 would hit if you're the DM and you're running for either a 2-handed fighter wearing Rhino Hide (only for the +2d6 on a charge), or my cleric, do ho ho.

Taurus continues to avert his gaze and ready.

Ashur, tired of waiting moves up to the remaining dog and gives it the horns!

1d20 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16

But in his haste he misses. Lame

Taurus, fed up with the antics, groans in frustration and opens his eyes.

Fort?: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19

Not sure on the damage. Was it fort negates or fort for half?

With a roar, the big shoanti throws himself forward towards the visible dog-thing.

Charging Overrun: 1d20 + 25 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 25 + 2 = 33

Need to know if that beat its CMD and if so, was it by 5 or more?

Fort negates and renders you immune to that dog's Gaze attack for 24 hours.

CMD vs Trip/Overrun/other leg-related maneuvers is 32. Were it not for the fact it has 4 legs, you would have prone'd it.

Would you be willing to consider enhancement boni to my unarmed strikes to apply to my overrun? If so, it'd be +2 higher.

Would you be willing to consider enhancement boni to my unarmed strikes to apply to my overrun? If so, it'd be +2 higher.

I would, though it still doesn't hit 37 (it's CMD+5) and you succeeded without it.

Oh, I misunderstood your previous post.

Taurus drives a spiked shoulder into the beast as he thunders past it.

Spiked Destroyed: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (3) + 18 = 21
Damage: 1d3 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

In addition, it takes 9 from being overrun.

Ashur, tired of all this running around walks up to the creature and tries to grab it.

1d20 + 18 ⇒ (11) + 18 = 29 Provokes, AC is a mighty 20!

AoO Bite: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 212d6 + 3 ⇒ (1, 2) + 3 = 6 Mathcheck9k: 29 - 4 = 25

Miniupdate: Ashur attempts to grab the dog, but fails only when because of the bite he set himself up for!

"Is it still hiding back there?"
Erin yells in response to the sounds of everyone running towards the hall.

It isn't actively hiding, so Erin can definitely hear something really close to her.

KULIK takes a five foot diagonal right for a clear shot at the beast, activates his Bane ability (sacred destruction +3 and sacred healing 3 judgments still up), and full attacks using Deadly Aim and Point-Blank Shot.

atk 1: 1d20 + 11 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 11 + 1 - 2 = 29
dmg 1: 1d8 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 3 + 1 + (5, 6) = 24

atk 2: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 6 + 1 - 2 = 17
dmg 2: 1d8 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 3 + 1 + (5, 1) = 20

Bane 2/8 rounds

5 foot north, avert, full attack.
Avert %1d100 ⇒ 10
Fortitude 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Damage 5d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 6, 3, 1) = 16

Attack 1 %1d100 ⇒ 55 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21
Damage 1 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Attack 2 %1d100 ⇒ 59 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16
Damage 2 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

"Nevermind, it is out here."
She quickly follows with while taking a few swings at the creature by the statue.

Any sign of the other one?

Nope. Ashur tore into it pretty good.

Time-traveler answer edit: Ashur did NOT kill it.

Did he kill it or just maul it enough to scare it off for good?

Taurus rounds the corner and closes on the hound-thing’s flank.

Move to left side of it.

While stomping and snorting, the horned shoanti tramples the beast again.

Overrun: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (11) + 27 = 38

Assuming that gets the 37 you mentioned previously, it takes 9 damage from the initial trampling and then…

Taurus drives a spiked shoulder into it…

Spiked Destroying: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (18) + 18 = 36
Damage: 1d3 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

…drives his horns into it…

Greater Overrun Gore: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (7) + 20 = 27
Damage: 1d8 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18

…and kicks it once more for good measure.

Vicious Stomp: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (16) + 20 = 36
Damage: 1d3 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

Erin can take an AoO as well due to Greater Overrun.

When I wrote north above I guess I really meant west. The statue is north, and I had forgotten this map was rotated.
AoO Attack 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
Damage 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Confirm 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19
Damage 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Ashur runs up to the now prone beast and tries to gore it himself.

"No more games!"

Prone: 1d20 + 15 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 15 + 4 = 36

1d8 + 16 ⇒ (7) + 16 = 23

Ashur breathes heavily as the combat ends, fatigue setting in. "That was annoying..."

Taurus takes a moment to catch his breath as well as his horns retract into his skull.

"Kulik, what the hell happened to you?"

"Quite... Creatures that are able to claw you from anywhere just because you look at them. I see weirder stuff with every new day I work for the Pathfinders."
Erin comments while digging for her wand to hand off to one of the casters.
Wand time!
CLW 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
CLW 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
CLW 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
CLW 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

"That was new actually. Though I like that teleporting trick they did.."

Ashur will heal Erin and himself with the various wands.

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

"Well maybe we can catch the one that got away and have them teach you that clawing thing. Will save me a great deal in potions in the long run."
She says with a laugh while everyone heals up from the fight.

"Let's not waste too much time here."

Down to two rage rounds!

I'm pretty sure what these are, though KULIK has no idea.

The half-orc considers a moment before answering the Shoanti. KULIK not sure. When dog look, KULIK felt like a dozen blades stabbed into eyes. Eyes hurt. A lot.

Eying the one corpse, he looks about again. Shtill one more. KULIK does not know where, though...

Perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21

"You think so? I would like to be able to shred stuff by looking at it." Ashur glances over at Erin's robe while chuckling at himself.

The group eventually moves to the room to the north after sexually harassing the sole female. No attempt at rushing at all; just posting since I'm leaving work now and wanted this up here for discussion about stuff.

Four corridors converge orthogonally upon an octagonal space roughly thirty feet across in the tower’s center. In the place of more bronze panels stand eight open, rectangular door frames adorned with metal studs, each doorway’s contents obscured by cool, gray mist. Embedded into the floor in the center of the room is a large numeral one crafted of red marble. A small niche in the southeast wall houses a hand-sized, polished granite statuette of a muscular dwarf wearing robes and hefting a hammer.

(The unexplored hallways in the back are the same as the ones you got ambushed in, except for the part where you don't get ambushed in these ones (unless you ambush yourselves somehow.))

Clearly picking up on the innuendo, Erin responds jokingly.
"...On second thought I suppose I will keep throwing my gold at the potion industry. I would not want to unleash that terror on women everywhere."
She then makes her way carefully into the octagonal room.

Taurus studies the contents of the room.

"These things mean anything to any of you?"

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

"Well I guess I could just keep tearing things the old fashioned way." Ashur brandishes his claws with a grin before following Erin in.

"Keep it up and I will have Osprey de-claw you like a house cat. I hear he is good with animals."
She snipes back before taking a good look at the dwarf for the first time.
"I have no idea Taurus, I was horribly wrong about the first statue. If I had to take a guess... He is a dwarf, this place is made of stone, maybe he created it?"

"You're a buzz kill sometimes you know that? But yea, I've never seen anything like this."

The statuette, upon closer inspection, is both impeccably well-made Sovereign Glued to the niche. A Strength check can rip it off, or a Disable Device/Craft (Stonemasonry) can remove it.

Each of the doors in this room has a number of studs in it, corresponding by letter. Please, for the love of all that is holy, let me know when you are opening, passing through, and/or closing a door, as well as what door letter/floor clearly enough so I can tell with my "two days of backlogged work, thanks to Staples" tomorrow self.

Oh good, another puzzle...

Calling 'not it' on this one.

But you're the king of puzzles!

You have no idea how much I want to make an Osirion summoner who calls himself the King of Games and yells out monster names and throws around random cards when using his SLA now...

"Well this dwarf looks like it detaches."
She states as she tries to remove it from the niche.

Disable Device 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19 (+3 Traps)

I would not be surprised at the slightest.

Most of the dwarf detaches anyway, except for the one leg that remains stuck to the niche after it cracks off.

"Oops..."
She says quietly while reflexively recoiling from the stand and waiting for something horrible to happen.

It is merely embarrassing (and both the Trade Prince of Qadira and his Dwarven contact in Janderhoff cringe.)

"You meant to do that right?"

Are there any checks we can make to give us a clue here?

Only if you had gotten the poem-clue (in Thassilonian) earlier.

Note that there is also a sidebar in here that basically says "IF YOUR PLAYERS ARE BUTTS AT PUZZLES, DON'T WASTE TABLE TIME AND DO THIS," but that has consequences, so I don't want to assume you're doing that.

I'll spend some time looking at this later.