GM Chyro [PFS] Season 1 run. (Inactive)

Game Master Chyrone

Ting lulls his tongue out of his beak, in a tengue smile and nodding toward Las he answers "Wroight you's are gov'n'r, we's'l 'ead up tha steppy-stairs an poke around's a bit, wroight." ting returns to the stairs and begins carefully ascending them, keeping his eyes peeled for danger.

I am going to assume that he did not make it all the way upstairs the first time but returned to the lower level when called. So I reposted this here, I hope that's ok. I assume the party got up there unimpeded, if not ignore this second half.

A set of graceful spiral stairs, constructed of black marble veined with scarlet, wind upward.

The bonfire in the entry hall sends waves of intense heat flowing upwards, along with thick black smoke. Directly above the flame, at the level of the chamber’s ceiling, is a wide capstone concealing the interior of the hall’s large minaret.

The stairs wrap around the capstone and end in a small landing adjacent to an egg-shaped enclosure suspended inside the minaret.
The chamber’s exterior walls are wreathed in smoke flowing in wide ribbons toward the minaret’s peak. A squat stone door leads inside.

You don't know what exactly, but something looks slightly off about the door, as you stand within proper sight to see it.

ting moves carefully about the minaret looking at the egg-shaped enclosure suspended inside, "You's don't bloody wells see 'at everyday do ya's." He then carefully inspects the door for locks, traps or any other curiosities.

take 20(30) on perception looking for locks or traps, if it is locked he will take 20 (39) unlocking it, if it is trapped he will "disable device" the trap.

disable device: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (18) + 21 = 39

Awww, I'm glad you're here to take care of the traps, Beaky.I'm not very good at it.

Save roll time....

You all ascend the stairs towards the scene above. as i assume Joseph's not eager to remain alone in a possibly spooked room?

As Ting Tang takes out his tools to work on the door....the thing swings open by itself.

An explosion of fire flies out, hitting all at the top of the stairs.
Fire dmg: 6d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 2, 3, 6, 1) = 16
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Brallenera: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Joseph: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
Las Lajas: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Ting Tang: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
Of all, it Brallenera who avoids most of the damage, mostly because she's shielded behind the bigger folk.

Within the room it is dark and bare of any furnishings, although the walls are decorated with a large mural of the Qadiran desert and a second large mural that’s of a battle tapestry.

Likely it depicts of the followers against the crusaders.

Awwww.. you're not that good at it either, Beaky, it seems.What happened?

Ting Tang, disable device is one skill take 20 is not applicable to, when facing a trap. Locks are open game, traps not so much....as those involve risk for failure.

Ting Tang, disable device is one skill take 10/20 is not applicable to, when facing a trap. Locks are open game, traps not so much....as those involve risk for failure.

I think you can take 10 for lockpicking, but I know you can't do take 20 for locks or traps because taking 20 means you're doing every number on the dice. E.g. 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on and obviously if you fail on a trap so badly it activates.

Joseph leers at the bird-man for a moment.
"I don't believe you disarmed it..." he states, clearly struggling to hold his composure.

Ting Tang, disable device is one skill take 20 is not applicable to, when facing a trap. Locks are open game, traps not so much....as those involve risk for failure.

right, I think I am still trying to describe too much at one time. Ting can take 10/20 for locks as long as there is no distraction, but for traps will have to roll no matter what. I said:

take 20(30) on perception looking for locks or traps, if it is locked he will take 20 (39) unlocking it, if it is trapped he will "disable device" the trap.

disable device: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (18) + 21 = 39

so he was looking for something and has a 30 on perception: if he found a "lock" he took 20 (30) to disable the lock: if he found a trap he made a "disable device" roll of 18 adding his 21 for disabling traps so his total was 39.

So when you rolled "tricky stuff" of 35 I assumed that was the number to "perceive" the trap, which a 30 would have failed, If it was the number to "disable" the trap, then tings "rolled" of 39 would have disabled it.

but I think we all agree, take 10/20 on perception or locks (f not being distracted) but always roll on traps. If it messes things up for saying what he will do if he finds something I will stop and wait to see what he finds. (I hope that makes sense.)

reflex save: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 9 + 1 = 11

Ting, smoke coming from his singed feathers, turns to Brallenera shrugging his shoulders. "I ain't sure's, Missy. I thoughts I had it, wroight" Placing his 'Ioun torch' spinning around his straw hat (to combat the darkness of the room) he then toddles inside the room and carefully looks around.

he will take 20 (30) on perception inspecting the room.

Nah, i can't roll a stealth check for a trap, now can i? :)
It's the spookiness playing here.

To any inspecting the room within, can i get a fort roll DC 15.
-4 penalty to any who wear armor or heavy clothing.

Ok, it's official, this place is spookier than I thought. So, new plan! Las can be Fred, Brallenera can be Velma and Joseph can be Daphne or "Shaggy": (or maybe both depending on which personality is in control at the time), but ting gets to be Scooby Doo, Just sayin'

fort: 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 6 - 4 = 4 wow a one for reflex and a two for fortitude, well at least he was hitting in combat...

Will post more later, but Las should still have Resist Fire going as it lasts for 40 minutes.

Aww, maybe we should wait untiol the heat dissipate? Or throw large amounts of water in the room to cool it off?

Squawk I hate's it when's I singe me feathers, stinks like smoke fer weeks. Since I's 'ear I's may as well takes a peak about wroight." Ting quickly looks around the room.

Stepping out of the room, before he goes back down stairs, he asks Joseph for healing, "Oy yer lordy-ness would you's use tha magical wand fer curin' on me's? I's don't like tha ways at trap sort of 'ad a mind of it's own, wroight.

for inspecting the room he will just take 10 (20) on perception and then get out quickly.

You just find what is described above. Pretty decorations and that the chamber is particularly hot.
Now if somebody closed the hatch, you'll have roast chicken. Add some sauce and potatoes.... :P

Though not feeling the heat but seeing it affect the others, "It would seem that this is chamber is intentionally designed to be kept hot by the fire below. Perhaps if we put out the fire down below someone will show up to put light it again. Now that I stop to think, I suspect we could have some sort of mephit or humonculous floating about."

If/when the group decides to go down stairs, Las will use his powder to try and reveal the what the invisible trouble maker, by sprinkling it in the air.

Joseph gets out his wand and uses it on himself a few times, before offering to others.

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

All is silent briefly, but as Las Lajas been powdering the air in half the room, the tapestry from earlier rustles again, briefly rapidly.

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

ting nods at Joseph, "Tanks your lordy-ship, I's appreciates it! Shall we's takes another eye-balls down stairs?" Ting begins to toddle back down the stairs to the entry chamber.

does ting see the tapestry rustle this time?

Likely, as Las Lajas had been dusting the room for more than a round.

seeing the tapestry move Ting, sword in hand, toddles over to it and pulling it back looks around, "Tell me's you's blokes bloody well eye-balled 'at!"

perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16 every time I choose to roll perception I remind myself I should just take "10"

Las turns to Joseph,

"Joseph, perhaps we're going about this the wrong way. Let's see what a detect magic can turn up."

Joseph probably does just that...and notices there is nothing magic about the tapestry, nor the stone that was rolling around earlier.

How wide across is the room?

I take it that ting saw nothing in the tapestry?

At its full, the room is 40 x 30 feet.
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Nothing apart from a pretty picture, no.
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What's the plan?

After looking under the tapestry seeing the pretty picture, ting moves to the nearest doors, telling his fellow pathfinders "Well's I's'l check out tha doors an' 'en we's'l decide where's ta go, wroight" So ting carefully inspects the double doors on the north east corner and then he moves to the doors on the south east corner and inspects them.

ting will take 20 (30) on perception on both sets of doors, looking for traps and then to see if the doors are locked, after he determines which door may be safest to proceed through we can decide where to go

"Let's put out this bonfire. Perhaps we can use one of the tapestries to smother it.

Is there any pictorial information on the tapestries?

The tapestries have pictures of fights, between the cult and the crusaders, with the winning side the cultists.

Ting Tang inspects both sets of doors, and finds no traps on them.
They are fine craftsmanship, however.

The small stone earlier bounces across the floor towards Ting Tang.

Which doors will you take?
Likewise, can i get perception rolls for the first room you want to enter?
Since stuff is going on, these rooms won't be safe to take 10/20.

were the doors unlocked?

Ting looks nervously at the small stone bouncing towards him, leaving the doors he returns to the pathfinders, pointing back to the stone; ” ’is place is givin me’s tha 'eebee-geebees, ‘at's fer bloody well sure."

ting scratches his head and asks the team as he head toward the north eastern doors. "Do we's want's ta mess wit tha fire er can we's just 'ead through tha doors an keep lookin' fer shinies, wroight."

It seems that Las wants to put out the fire, ting wants out of this room. If anyone tells him they are ready to leave he will open the north-eastern door, if it is locked he will disable device taking 20 (39); then he will quickly look inside. If no one tells him to go he will wait nervously by the north-eastern doors watching them attempt to put out the fire. Once someone from the team tells him they are ready to leave he will then open the north-eastern door, if it is locked he will disable device taking 20 (39) then he will quickly look inside.

perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17

The doors are not locked, no.

Las looks for a way to quickly extinguish the fire.

Survival: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22

Las Lajas looks around the room, but there are no pitchers of water to be found.

These darned cultists sure keep the belief of 'keeping it lit' to heart.

Was thinking more about separating the logs or using dirt from outside to smother it.

The edge of the bonfire is encircled, separating the logs would be possible if lifting, but pretty painful if unprotected.
It would involve strength checks and fire dmg.
If you're going with dirt, it will take some time, unless you've got a container for a haul big enough to quickly smother the fire? :)

Brallenera looks at Las Cajas
Awww, can't you simply explore the hot place, if you can't be burned?

She seems unsure what nickname to give.

"Good point. But I prefer to do things as a team. We're stronger and safer working together."

didn't ting explore the place already? I thought we were putting out the fire to see who would come and tend it.

ting reaches up under his straw cone hat and scratches his head and asks "Is you's blokes wantin ta explore 'at room again?"

Aww, let's follow Beaky. We'll check on that room when it will be colder. If it becomes colder.

She tugs at Las Sajas clothes
Come. The room will still be there next hour, I suppose.

that's tings clue:

Ting nods his head and says "Lets go find some bloody shinies, wroight." he then opens the north-eastern door and begins to look around.

he rolled a 17 for perception earlier: if there is no activity or once the activity is over he will roll again or take 20, but for now I assume we go with the 17 ;)

Las shrugs and prepares to move to the next room, whip in hand.

I think Brallenera & Las Lajas need some healing done.

The room is lit by 2 torches, and the walls of this room are lined with weapons: crossed halberds, spears, and longswords, all decorated with flame motifs.
Two shields with portraits of Moloch towering over the Citadel of Flame sit near the ceiling.

A plain obsidian bench sits on the floor, with a skeleton splayed across it.
The skeleton’s armor is bedecked in stylized flames, and its scimitar’s hilt is shaped like an idol of Moloch.

The nothing unusual changes, however, as he sets foot inside.
The skeleton's bony fingers close around the grip of the scimitar, as it stands up, taking a stance for battle.

In a raspy voice, a voice comes from it.
<"Get..out..or..die..">

Actions?

perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

Awww, I 'm still a bit hurt. Could you heal me Songbird?

What did Las take damage from?

Slam attacks and reduced fireball.

So I'm down 7 points, correct?

11 from the surprise round slam from the fire elementals.
6 from the reduced fire damage from the fire ball. 17 total.

Ting, shifting his bastard sword to his left hand and sliding his shield to his right, cocks his head and steps in the room, "About's tha only ting uglier 'an yer bony finger is yer scratchy voice, wroight? If'n you's wants us's ta leave, yer a gonna hafta work 'arder 'an 'at"

init: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

I already used one charge of Infernal Healing on myself after the fight.

Las invokes his wayfinder to heal himself again

UMD on IH wand: 1d20 + 11 + 1d6 ⇒ (17) + 11 + (4) = 32

Las tries to identify the creature.

K. Religion: 1d20 + 7 + 1d6 ⇒ (12) + 7 + (2) = 21

"What we have here is a skeleton warrior. These things can hit like a trained fighter Power Attack, Cleave and are undoubtedly weak to blunt, but it shouldn't be talking."