GM Crash's Godsmouth Heresy-Table Alpha (Inactive)

Game Master Crashwheeler

"Nice work on those statues. I wonder what is in the passages behind each?" compliments the elf.

The party opens the door behind the Runelord of Pride and see a plush red carpet runs down this narrow corridor between wood-paneled walls polished to a high sheen. Floating lanterns cast a gentle glow into each alcove flanking the corridor, where bodies wrapped in pristine linen are laid to rest in niches. Rather than the clammy chill of most underground rooms, this chamber is pleasantly warm, and the soothing sound of chimes tinkles softly in the distance. Does Garox enter first again? Use the wand before entering this room. *hint hint*

"Wait." The priest takes hold of Garox's shoulder, holding him back from entering.

Tracing the spiral of the Bonesland in the air before the party, Fr. Yefimovich recites a short prayer to his Lady of Graves, while paying attention to the wrapped bodies...

Cast deathwatch.

Grigori can tell that all the bodies that he sees are dead, but there is one that he can't see that is undead.

Garox makes sure he is healed before going in after he got zapped.
"Right that's the lot of them. Heals please."

Nesterok came and use his wand on Garox

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Is that ok ?

That heals Garox fully. :)

Will DC20: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

Will 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Pitbull simply awaits the all clear from Garox and follows him.

Valandil looks into the chamber

"Wow, pretty..I wonder if this is where the bad boy lives?"

will: 1d20 ⇒ 17

will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12

"Interesting tomb. Seems to be a trap there guys be careful. Please assist Pitbull."

disable devicewith aid and guidance: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 9 + 2 + 1 = 30

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As soon as he sees it, "Not only traps, but the blight of undeath is here."

Grigori takes out the wand of disrupt undead. Looking for where the creature might be, he prepares to use the wand on it...

"Oh," he adds while placing his hand through what appears to be a solid and finely crafted artifact, "and the finery we see is actually all illusory."

As requested:
Will vs DC 20: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

Where is the undead creature?
Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

Once Garox disables the trap, a gory skeleton steps out of the next alcove from the party.

Round 1 [begins]
Pitbull, Valandil, Garox, Nesterok, Skeleton, Grigori

Valandil curses under his breath as yet another creature appears. So he defaults to alchemy mode again.

ranged touch: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
damage: 1d3 ⇒ 2 +1 more from acid focus

Heh, I just realised that disrupt undead is a wizard spell, Val is probably the only one who can use the wand. The dungeon designer loved his wiz treasures.

"Let it come towards us so we can attack it from three sides using these alcoves and flanking tactics." Garox suggests. With that he steps sideways 5 ft and readies an attack for when the undead creatures comes to stand in front of him.
attack: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 4 + 2 = 19
dmg: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6
The rolls are assuming someone stands in the other alcove, otherwise deduct 2 from attack roll and 3 from dmg

Nesterok tried to remember something usefull about the skeleton

Know. Religion: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14

Pitbull awaits the advance, and readies an attack.

Ready attack, when it moves in, she steps and attacks
Attack 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Damage 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (4, 2) + 6 = 12
Confirm 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Nesterok is unable to place what kind of skeleton is covered in gore and blood. When the skeleton steps forward to attack Garox, Pitbull lashes out with her weapon, smashing it apart despite the fact she is using a slashing weapon and not a bashing one. When the bones fall to the ground, they start twitching, trying to come back together. The party knows that if they hang around long enough(an hour), the skeleton will come back together and start attacking again.
Combat over for now. :)

Grigori wonders about the wand and why it won't discharge... then realizes, "Oh. Perhaps someone capable of casting arcane spells would like this wand?"

He then proceeds to assist anyone doing a search of the place.

Search the place:
Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

Lol Valandil, you are correct. Who wants it?

Grigori finds nothing in the room, except for a rune above the door heading out. Thinking back he recalls seeing a rune above the exits from the previous room as well, the room with the mold in it.

Garox would like to put something heavy on the bones to stop it from rising again. Hide the upper thighs for instance.

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Know. Arcana: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13
Know. History: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13

Nesterok followed his comrade to the next statue.

Valandil looks at the various runes and statues
know-arcana: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29
know-history: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

"Thank you" he says, holding the wand. "It may be more effective against the creatures we meet here."

Looking at the skeleton he pauses "We could take a couple of minutes to drop this guy down that big pit we passed..."

"Got an hour? Just lock the door as we leave"

Pitbull gets to searching, She kicks the skeleton as she passes in a display of bad sportsmanship.

I agree, If there is nothing more we can do or take, let this creature in his tomb

said Nesterok

Fr. Yefimovich scratches his goatee as he looks on the twitching bones with disapproval. "I would prefer to destroy this abomination. It has no place in this existence, or below a Pharasmin ossuary of all places."

He ponders it a moment. Then, "Well, I am unsure of how to do so. Maybe we can leave it trapped in here, for now. I will talk with the priestess on how to destroy it for good."

Does Grigori know how to destroy the skeleton for good?
Knowledge(religion): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Grigori knows that holy water will destroy the skeleton for good.

"Oh wait," the priest changes his mind. "This should do nicely..."

Fr. Yefimovich retrieves a flask of clear liquid. Opening the stopper, he pours the holy water onto the bones until he's satisfied it is destroyed. He nods his head and speaks a brief prayer, sending the poor soul back off to the Bonesland where it belongs.

"That was well done Grigori." murmurs the scholar.

He then goes in to the room and starts to search it, trying to ignore the illusion all around.

Valandil finds that there is nothing of worth in this room.
Now that the bones from the skeleton has dissolved, the party moves on to the next room behind the obese rotting man. As the party looks around, they get deeper into the room when two humanoid creatures with long, sharp teeth, and their pallid flesh are hanging over their starved frame appear in two alcoves.

Round 1 (begins)
Garox, Valandil, Pitbull, Nesterok, Grigori, Creatures
Knowledge (religion) to identify them.

Preferred plan? We just going to rush them guys? Garox and I just rush the one at the end and the rest of the party cleans up the closest one?

Valandil looks at the creatures. "More undead?"
knowledge(religion): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

He points the wand at one...
disrupt undead: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Know. Religion: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

What's that, undead, again ?

"Are these undead or alive?" Garox asks before he goes in with his mace in one hand and sap in the other. Depending on the answer he attacks with one weapon or the other. He walks all the way past the last creature and readies an attack.

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Valandil and Nesterok identify these undead as ghouls. Their defense goes against channeling more than any particular weapon. They inflict ghoul fever and paralysis with their bites and only paralysis with their claws (paralysis DC 13 and ghoul fever DC 12).

attack with mace around a hard corner: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 - 4 = 18
dmg: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 1) = 2

Garox runs in, hits the undead creature on the head but just skims the skull.

Maneuvered pitbull and Garox according to suggestion.

An audible sigh comes from the Pharasmin priest on sight of even more unnatural creatures. Unable to squeeze in comfortably, Grigori resolves to pray and give a guiding touch to Nesterok in front of him.

Nesterok gets the benefits of guidance. Also, Grigori's deathwatch remains active for 10 minutes btw.

Pitbull moves in for the kill, hoping to catch it flat footed!

Attack 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Damage 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (4, 4) + 6 = 14

Nesterok thank Grigori, then called again for his luck and striked the creature in front of him.

Falchion: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 3 + 2 = 232d4 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 4) + 4 + 2 = 13 add +2 if Valandil can help me flank the creature
Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 2 = 132d4 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 3) + 4 + 2 = 12

His weapon slash deeply in the creature's body.

Round 1 (complete)
Garox hurts the first ghoul.
Valandil is unable to disrupt the undead.
Pitbull strikes hard but barely misses connecting.
Nesterok cuts the second ghoul's head off. Unfortunately Grigori comes after Nesterok, so the guidance is used next turn and guidance only affects a single attack roll, saving throw, or skill check. Fortunately though, you didn't put your whole bonus down and the ghoul is flat-footed.
The remaining ghoul attack Pitbull.
Bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 231d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6 plus disease and paralysis
Claw: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 161d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 plus paralysis
Claw: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
I need two fort saves from you Pitbull. You aren't unconscious yet, but you are barely hanging in there.

Round 2 (begins)
Garox, Valandil, Pitbull, Nesterok, Grigori, Ghouls(2, dead)

Garox tries to attack the creature around the corner, but has a hard time doing it.

attack: 1d20 ⇒ 13
dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Fort 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Fort 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Pitbull shrugs off the toxin and simply smashes back in anger...

Attack 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Damage 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (2, 3) + 6 = 11
Crit? 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Add Damage 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (2, 3) + 6 = 11

Nasty :p

Good rolling on the fort saves. I'm having trouble with the map at the moment (can't see it) If there is a way for Valandil to step up and cast burning hands to get both ghouls without burning hte party he'll do that, other wise continue to use disrupt undead

Weaving wand and word together he brings magic to bear.

Well, I'll take the disrupt undead, but if you also want me to take the burning hands then Pitbull would get hit as well. Also, there is only one left...correction no more after Pitbull goes.

Round 2 (complete)
Garox tries to hit the ghoul again, but he just ends up hitting the corner instead.
Valandil is able to disrupt the ghoul.
Pitbull gets mad at the ghoul and cuts it in half.
Combat over. Time to heal. :)

"Nicely done Pitbull." Garxo says as he searches the room for anything good.

perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

The half orc looks at her blood flowing from filthy wounds, and then back at the smashed undead and she just smiles. "Thanks Garox, I reckon that thing was more grabby than a drunken sailor in a whorehouse"

Valandil peers at the creatures, wondering if there is anything required to stop it coming back as well.

know-religion: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21

He then looks around the room in general.

perception: 1d20 ⇒ 20

Nothing is found in the room and Valandil knows that the ghouls will not be coming back.

For those hit ! I have the magic's stick !

said with a smile Nesterok, happy to see everybody alive.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

The creature are nasty. I heard that sometimes, people bite by these creatures became one !

Fr. Yefimovich pats Nesterok on the back. With a slight smile, "Well done. But if you're using up too much of your power, I could assist with the healing."

A frown comes over his face as he observes the recently rendered dead again. As if spitting a foul taste from his mouth, "Ghouls. Beneath the Lady's ossuary, of all places! What ever else from the depths of unnatural Evil shall we find in this once hallowed place?"