GM Chadius presents 8-02: Ward Asunder (Table A) (Inactive)

Game Master chadius

Doubtful gives the snake a hard look.

"I don't like the way its lookin' at me." He growls.

The cobra looks at the cliffside.

The purple tipped snake prepares to slither down the cliff into the pit below.

Sounds like 1 vote for the Dormitory on the left side.

Doubtful assumes whichever way they go will be the worst possible way, so its all equal to him. Though he will take the lead, by habit, once said direction is decided.

Once Kalas is done prepping additional spells, he casts one on himself and a couple on Jinnivwer. After that is finished, he takes a wand in his left hand, and the enormous club in his right. "We're just getting older here, let's move it."

Barksin on both of us, delay poison on Jinnivwer. Wand of shillelagh in hand.

"Yes, let's make haste. The Dormitory is as good a place as any to start."

Kalas motions Jinnivwer to the base of the dormitory steps, then gives her a quick word of command. What good is Mirage supposed to do up on that roof? Hiss to herself if she sees anybody?

"Might as well get this over with." Doubtful grumbles, as he hops up to the top of the steps, and stomps towards the nearest door to see what horror waits them there.

Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (17) + 14 = 31

In the dormitory, rows of columns divide this spacious room. A pile of blankets lies in the southwest corner, but otherwise, the room is bare.

You head northward into the Storage Rooms. Old clothes, barrels, large sacks, rusted pickaxes, and other miscellaneous junk lies in piles in this room.

If you look through the junk, you find some dried rabbit meat.

If you made the above check (or someone tells the party), you can try one Knowledge(Nature) check.

At this point, you can head east into the altar room, or double back and look in the Meditation Room that is next to the courtyard.

Survival: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Doubtful stays away from the blankets, sure they're probably full of vermin of one variety or other. Instead, he works his way along, glancing into the storage areas, eyeing the supplies there dubiously.

Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34

He ignores the meat as well, sure its probably spoiled now... or more likely poisoned!

He will point out the eggs, not because he cares about such things, but more to indicate that whatever laid them is probably still lurking.

"Probably more snakes." He adds.

Once folks have done poking about, he will proceed out of the storage area, heading east towards altar room.

survival untrained: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

"Would Mirage want to adopt the eggs?"

Rogar is happy to go wherever.

Kalas walks through the dormitory, picking out three of the bedrolls. "These were used recently, so keep your guard up if we only run into one or two people."

When the eggs are spotted, Kalas shoos away Doubtful and very carefully hands them to Anwar. "This is a rather large, strong breed of snake. I suspect you may want to train them."

Second for the altar room, it's closest.

Kalas takes the eggs and hands them to Anwar. You move on to the altar room. A polished, fifteen-foot-tall stone statue of a coiled snake sits at the center of this room.

Tanbaru looks at the statue, confused. ”I don’t remember this statue at all.”
You will need a DC 10 Acrobatics or Climb check to climb if you are small or medium. Larger creatures treat it as difficult terrain.

Anwar carefully packs away one of the eggs. looks like a big hunk of rock to me

"Tanbaru, do you remember what was here before?"

"Great, more snakes." Doubtful mutters unhappily, as he looks at the giant statue.

"Would take more than a handful of strong dwarf backs to drag something that big in here." He adds, with a frown. "We're probably breaking some taboo just looking at it."

craft, untrained: 1d20 ⇒ 10

"You go away for a few centuries, you tend to get squatters." Doubtful replies to Tanbaru's confusion.

Knowledge (history): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

"Would seem the volcano god, got himself evicted." He looks around, a little worriedly. "Which I'm sure has made him angry..."

Knowledge (engineering): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26
Knowledge (dungeoneering): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20
Knowledge (religion): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17
Knowledge (history): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24

Tomren scratches his beard thoughtfully.

"The reason you don't recognize this place, Tanbaru, is that it is not a part of the original temple. It seems like we've stumbled upon a naga cult of some kind, though I can't tell you more than that..."

"How strange...The temple must have been abandoned for so long, outsiders claimed ownership."

Noting the statue, the party moves on towards the Sacristy.

The shelves carved into the walls of this small building are lined with bottles and vials of many sizes. A faint scent of incense hangs in the air.

You find several oils in the room, used for religious worship.
Make Spellcraft or Perception checks to identify these.

Once you are done, please make Perception checks, including Mirage.

Rogar is clearly bored and begins sniffing and tasting things describing them as he goes.

Make all the DCs on a 1.

Perception: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (17) + 17 = 34

Same here. +17 with heroism and Tanbaru.

"Well, whoever the new occupants are, it's lucky for us that they didn't notice these potions here. We have five that will heal minor wounds, and seven other different ones."

Perception: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (10) + 17 = 27

Shouldn't the DC of the first one be a 21? And the 4th and 5th a 20? It even lists the caster level =)

"More likely they left them for a reason." Doubtful mutters, suspiciously.

After a brief discussion during the taste tests Rogar drinks the potion of Barkskin.

Anwar perception: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31

mirage perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Mirage had scent. On phone excuse the brevity.

Three scaly humanoids emerge from the shadows. They remain quiet but their weapons are drawn and they coordinate their approach with murderous intent! The one with the red robes is accompanied by another one of the cobras you fought.

From the roof top, Mirage smells them approach and begins to slither down to approach her master.

Doubtful's Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24
Doubtful is too busy waiting for a fire elemental to erupt below him to really notice what's going on.

Surprise Round - Move or Standard Action only
Jinnivwer
Rogar
Kalas
Mirage (Needs Move Action to get to ground level)
Anwar
Tomren

Red
Blue
Black
Purple Cobra

Doubtful

Surprise round! Mirage needs a move action to get onto the ground level.

"Ah. Excitement at last."

Rogar will stay non murdery for now until he knows for sure.

He will move up to cloaked figure and scowl menacingly.

He will also spend a ki point as a swift action to add to his AC for the round.

Alarmed by the presence of the strangers Mirage slithers down the cliffside towards her master. Anwar casts a spell and steps to her, pressing his hand against her flank.

Mirage takes a move action to move down. Anwar 5' steps and casts bulls strength on her

HIIIIIIISSSSSS!

oops, sorry for not rolling the perception check myself. Knew I was forgetting something! Failing it seems proper! =)

Jinnivwer would still be in the courtyard, covering the staircase. Though I might have moved her to the other side when we moved.

Kalas touches the wand to his club, then steps up to cover the hallway with Doubtful. "This is how I use my [i]shillelagh, Tanbaru![/i]

I've moved Jinnivwer to the courtyard and moved Red to the side so their stealthy approach makes more sense.

Rogar runs up to the black-hooded man. Caught off guard, he draws his spear and quickly flees the room, circling around the room to a more open area. This provokes from Rogar.

The blue archer focuses, empowering herself.

The red robed man and the cobra accompanying him move towards the courtyard stairs, only to see a very angry horse in the distance.

Round 1
Jinnivwer
Rogar
Kalas
Mirage (Bull's Strength)
Anwar
Tomren
Red (4 ki)
Blue (Magic Buff 3 ki)
Black (4 ki)
Purple Cobra
Doubtful

As the black cloaked figure tries to move away Rogar tries to trip him.

improved trip: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29

I suspect that is good enough. If so, Since it was a surprise round he starts his turn prone and next to Rogar.

Rogar's AC is 30 on Black's turn btw from the spent ki point.

Given the scorch marks we noticed earlier Anwar draws out a scroll and casts a spell on Mirage. He then directs her at the enemy.

Anwar uses resist energy fire on Mirage from the scroll

Mirage slithers forward towards the enemy, crawling over the roof of the building and then down onto the walkway. She hisses loudly and rears up, ready to strike.

Mirage double moves, using her climb speed to get over the building if possible. She has combat reflexes, her OA's are in the spoiler block. She will normally grab on a bite but I am putting them all in on the off chance an enemy goes down from one or she misses and multiple people provoke. She has 10' reach.

Kalas rushes in front of Mirage, putting himself between her and their assailants. Where is her foolish companion? He should be right here protecting her!

Sorry Rogar, I just realized the black robed guy could perform a Restricted Withdraw during the surprise round, so he didn't provoke.

Rogar steps forward and tries to pummel the black robed man. It's only when Rogar focuses his ki that he is able to land a blow.

Kalas and Mirage advance as Anwar prepares her against the intense heat.

Round 1
Jinnivwer
Rogar
Kalas
Mirage (Bull's Strength, Resist Energy (Fire))
Anwar
Tomren
Red (4 ki)
Blue (Magic Buff 3 ki)
Black (12 damage, 4 ki)
Purple Cobra
Doubtful

Tomren advances up behind Mirage and let's the would-be ambushers have a taste of their own medicine.

Casting fireball in the are I've marked on the map. Since it's a spread, it should wrap around all the corners nicely. Reflex DC 19.
Fire damage: 5d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 5, 3, 4) = 15

A small bead streaks out of Tomren's finger, exploding in a ball of flame.
Red's Reflex Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
Blue's Reflex Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Black's Reflex Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Cobra's Reflex Save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

The Red and Black-clothed fighters are caught off guard, but the Cobra lays flat against the ground to evade the fire. The woman with the blue sash holds her longbow close and seems to evade the flames altogether. Scorch marks line the columns and walls of the Meditation Room.

The Red Robed man returns fire, conjuring a bolt of flame in his hands. He hurls it at Mirage.
Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Fire Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 4, 2, 2) = 9
It scores a solid hit, but Anwar's protection neutralizes the flames before it can scratch her. The Red robed man hisses and sends his cobra forth after Kalas.

Cobra vs Kalas: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
If that hit, make a DC 15 Fort save vs Poison
The Black robed man nods as the Cobra bites Kalas. He makes a single punch against Rogar (which Rogar saw coming a mile away) and then runs away with an unnatural speed towards Anwar.

The Black robed man has Spring Attack, so this does not provoke from Rogar.
Black vs Rogar: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
If that hit, make a DC 15 Fort Save vs Stunning Fist

The woman with the Blue sash sees Rogar and uses her concentrated aim to shoot him once. She then takes cover behind the wall.
Blue True Strike, Deadly Aim vs Rogar: 1d20 + 20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 20 + 6 - 2 = 41
Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 4 = 11

Doubtful looks up and realizes trouble's-a brewin'.

Round 1
Doubtful

Round 2
Jinnivwer
Rogar (11 Damage)
Kalas (12 Damage, DC 15 Fort Save vs Poison)
Mirage (Bull's Strength, Resist Fire Energy)
Anwar
Tomren
Red (15 damage, 6 ki)
Blue (3 ki)
Black (15 damage, 4 ki)
Purple Cobra (7 damage)

Party is up.

Rogar's usual plan of grabbing the caster or archer has many targets so he will go after the one that damaged him first.

He moves up to the lady with the blue sash.

improved grapple: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18

"Awkward. Would you by any chance like to surrender?"

am a little confused by the map... are those full floor to ceiling walls? And if so, are we aware what's going on on the far side of some of them?
Not sure if I'd even be aware of the black fellow, for instance... or what Rogar's up to

The solid walls will block your vision.

Hmm.. well, went through the version history on the map step by step... so think I knew where he was, and know enough to go head him off!

Doubtful scowls, as activity breaks out all around, though he is slow to react to it all.

"What, no one felt like talking?" He mutters... you're not sure if he's being sarcastic.

Noticing one of the scaly attackers circling around the building to his left, he heads the opposite way, to head him off before he can reach Anwar.

He pops around the corner, sliding in low, and gives the guy a solid punch to what he hopes is a sensitive spot... one can never be too sure with serpentine folks.

Single move, then a non-lethal punch to the solar plexus using Stunning Fist

unarmed strike, PA: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 10 - 2 = 20, for 2d6 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 6) + 4 + 4 = 18 nonlethal damage plus stun (DC 17 fort negates)

Doubtful cuts off the flanking attempt with a solid punch, hoping to stun him.
Black's Fort Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
The fighter in the black robe clutches his abdomen but maintains his composure.

Round 2
Jinnivwer
Rogar (11 Damage)
Kalas (12 Damage, DC 15 Fort Save vs Poison)
Mirage (Bull's Strength, Resist Fire Energy)
Anwar
Tomren
Red (15 damage, 6 ki)
Blue (3 ki)
Black (15 damage, 18 Non Lethal, 4 ki)
Purple Cobra (7 damage)
Doubtful

If Kalas fails the save against poison, he will take 1d3 ⇒ 3 Con damage.

Seeing that Anwar has blocked off the encroaching opponent Anwar ducks around the corner and uses the scroll again, warding himself against fire.

He urges on Mirage to take on the enemy snake and protect Kalas.

Mirage slithers forward and snaps out at the enemy snake.

Bite, GMF, Bulls Str: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
Damage: 1d4 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17
Grab: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24
Constrict: 1d4 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

Mirage isn't able to get through the cobra's thick hide. Anwar protects himself against fire and urges her to fight on!

Rogar runs up to the woman with the blue sash and tries to hold her down, but she replies by moving her legs as agile as she would her arms and kicking his grip apart. "Let us not disrespect ourselves with such silly ideas like surrender. You have invaded Hsamira's ground, and we will kill all who set foot in her new stronghold!"

Round 2
Jinnivwer
Rogar (11 Damage)
Kalas (12 Damage, DC 15 Fort Save vs Poison)
Mirage (Bull's Strength, Resist Fire Energy)
Anwar (Resist Fire Energy)
Tomren
Red (15 damage, 6 ki)
Blue (3 ki)
Black (15 damage, 18 Non Lethal, 4 ki)
Purple Cobra (7 damage)
Doubtful

If Kalas fails the save against poison, he will take 1d3 Con damage.

"Knew it was to the left somewhere." Doubtful mutters, as he clearly misses anything too vital.

The snake hit, but delay poison is up.

"Anybody ever had cobra for dinner? It's spicier than you might think"

You still need to roll the save, Kal... delay poison just delays the effects til later

But my bonuses will hopefully be higher at that point, and combat is not the time to figure that out. And I have a neutralize poison which will get used on me if still leftover at the end of the scenario.