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

Game Master Crashwheeler

Ahh, great. I thought we had already used it at the to of the stairs? Or is there a portal at the top that the chime was used on (when it had 6) that we will need to use it on again? I'm assuming that is the case.

"If these doors all lock after we pass through them, the chime will possibly only allow us to examine behind two of them - unless they are somehow connected. One to get in, one to get out. And a last chime to get all the way out of the complex."

The door that she opened with the key to let you guys in to head towards the stairs is what the last use would be for, since it is now locked.

"I didn't get out of bed this morning to worry about someone elses doors. Move back."

After ensuring no one is closer than 10' to her and the door, Pitbull just gets to work smashing the door in.

"They are magically warded..." says Valandil backing up the stairs and out of the room with unseemly haste.

Each stone door has a Break DC of 38 and a hardness of 8, so you would have to be able to deal +8 damage each roll to damage one of them. Add to that they have an HP of 60. So, if you want to try, start rolling.

"I think you may break your Falchion before the stone door.." says the wizard from the safety of the stair.

I should be able to work out those wards. That darkness creature really threw me.

"Perhaps if we try the chime we were given?"

Pitbull has no intention of banging the door with her Falchion, instead looking for a large piece of reinforcement bar, or perhaps a hefty piece of masonry.

"Do the chime, if that don't work we just crash the door. Shoulda brought some picks and crowbars"

Grinning pleasantly, Zanaver looks to Pitbull. Retrieveing a crowbar from his backpack. He shoves the end into the edge of the door and lets out a grunt of exertion

Force Open Door: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

The door seems as though it will not budge

"Pitbull, would you like to try?"

He offers the crowbar to Pitbull

Father Yefimovich sheathes his rapier and retrieves the chime of opening from his backpack. Raising it up, he shakes it a little for attention, "Yes, yes, I believe the lovely priestess said this will do the trick. But," he adds, motioning with his free hand for them to continue as they please, "by all means. Saving the cathedral the expense of crafting a new chime might be an added bonus." Pensively, he adds, "Though, not so much if we break the doors in the process..."

If and when the group decides to do so:
Grigori touches the chime to the Pharasmin seal as instructed. Cautiously, he slowly draws his rapier as it opens, awaiting what might greet the party beyond the door.

Chime first, happy with that

Which door? According to the lopsided map, there are doors on the north, east and south.

East, start heading towards the centre I suppose

As good a way as any.
As the chime rings out, the door opens revealing a long corridor. Once Nesterok and Grigori pass the door, the door slams shut. Looking around the corridor the party sees bodies wrapped in age-yellowed linens lying in alcoves lining both sides of this wide corridor. Thick cobwebs hang from the ceiling and drape the walls of the crypt; everything is coated in a deep layer of dust. Out from the last four alcoves scuttle four skulls with eight legs each.

Initiative Rolls
Zanaver: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Valandil: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Pitbull: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Nesterok: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Grigori: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
Garox: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
Creatures: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21

Round 1
SS, Valandil, Pitbull, Grigori, Zanaver, Garox, Nesterok

The skulls advance on the party. The two closest ones come upon Garox and Pitbull.
Attack on Garox: 1d20 ⇒ 6
Attack on Pitbull: 1d20 ⇒ 18Damage: 1d2 - 4 ⇒ (1) - 4 = -3 plus poison. Give me a Fort Save, DC 10. BTW, any damage less than one is still one damage, just nonlethal...as per the CRB.

Party up! :)

Valandil ensures there is light for those at the front, and then calls out: "שלא יהיה חומצה"

A blob of acid appears over the rearmost skull/spider

attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Acid splash on an out of combat spider (southmost)

Fort Save 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

She then swings back for it...

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

"What the heck! Walking skulls?!"

Garox says while tumbling over the closest skull in order to flank with Pitbull and swinging his club at that skull.

acrobatics: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
attack: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 2 = 14
dmg: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 1) = 2

Nesterok followed his comrade in the corridor.

But he was too far from the fight. He tried to remember some piece of knowledge about these skull's creatures

Know (any): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Zanaver flys through the air, behind the skulls flanking them with his party and slashes downward with his Kama

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
Attack roll: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

DMG: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Round 1 (partial)
Two skulls attack Garox and Pitbull, one misses Garox but the other bites Pitbull.
Valandil sends an orb of acid over and past the skulls.
Pitbull swings at the skull in front of her, but it dodges and her falchion ends up hitting the floor.
Zanaver is able to get the first line of skulls and squishes the one he attacked.
Garox is also able to get past the first line of skulls and damages one of them.
Try as he might, Nesterok cannot figure out what these things are.

SS, Valandil, Pitbull, Grigori, Zanaver, Garox, Nesterok

While watching the skul-ders scrury around dodging his acid, Valandil has a think about what they may be.

know-arcane: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21
know-religon: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

Valandil can tell is that these "skul-ders" are not magical or religious, but natural.

Booking ahead for after Valandil resolves etc - will attack the spider threatening Nesterok, and if that is down the one on herself, otherwise the closest spider on her turn

Pitbull gets to work.

Attack 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Damage 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (4, 1) + 6 = 11

Zanaver channels his energy and unleashes into in a rapid series of blows at the Skull creatures behind their line

Attack with Kama: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
Unarmed Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13

DMG kama: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
DMG Unarmed: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

I have a question about Flurry of Blows. So it says I get one additional attack that can be used for any Monk special weapon or unarmed. Would a regular full-attack action grant me 2 attacks? 1 for unarmed 1 for kama. So then after those strikes would I get another Kama or unarmed strike?

I would say you get 3 whole attacks with a full attack action + flurry of blows.

Flurry of blows lets you use your full BAB and gives access to the TWF fighting tree. Unless you are very high level, it would give you two attacks - not three. At level 1 you get two attacks, each at -1 (plus your strength bonus). Each of those can either use your unarmed attack damage (d6) or your weapon damage (still d6). Haste, spending ki (at higher levels) etc gives you other extra attacks as well.

Flurry of Blows (Ex): Starting at 1st level, a monk can make a flurry of blows as a full-attack action. When doing so, he may make on additional attack, taking a -2 penalty on all of his attack rolls, as if using the Two-Weapon Fighting feat. These attacks can be any combination of unarmed strikes and attacks with a monk special weapon (he does not need to use two weapons to use this ability). For the purpose of these attacks, the monk's base attack bonus from his monk class levels is equal to his monk level. For all other purposes, such as qualifying for a feat or a prestige class, the monk uses his normal base attack bonus.

There's the correct answer Zanaver.

Round 1

Undaunted, Grigori exclaims "Ura!" as he hustles up to Pitbull's side and strikes at the skul-der with his rapier. He scrapes the floor instead as the creature dodges.

Skewer the skul-der? Not quite...
Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Actions: move 10 ft. [move act], attack w/ rapier [std act]

Round 1 (finished)
Two skulls attack Garox and Pitbull, one misses Garox but the other bites Pitbull.
Valandil sends an orb of acid over and past the skulls.
Pitbull swings at the skull in front of her, but it dodges and her falchion ends up hitting the floor.
Grigori stands beside Pitbull to strike at a skull-der, but fails.
Zanaver is able to get the first line of skulls and squishes the one he attacked.
Garox is also able to get past the first line of skulls and damages one of them.
Try as he might, Nesterok cannot figure out what these things are.

Round 2 (partial)
Unable to faze Pitbull last turn, skull-der 1 tries attacking Grigori but dents its fangs on his armor.
Attack on Grigori: 1d20 ⇒ 13
Skull-der 3 and 4 try to attack Garox and Zanaver.
Attack on Garox: 1d20 ⇒ 17 Damage: 1d2 - 4 ⇒ (2) - 4 = -2 plus poison.
Attack on Zanaver: 1d20 ⇒ 20 Confirm Crit?: 1d20 ⇒ 3 Damage: 1d2 - 4 ⇒ (1) - 4 = -3 plus poison.
Valandil tries to figure out what the creatures are, but are unable to...requires nature. Post another action, since you can do more.
Pitbull squishes skull-der 1.
Zanaver slashes skull-der 4 in half.
Garox and Zanaver need to give me fort saves.

Round 2
SS, Valandil, Pitbull, Grigori, Zanaver, Garox, Nesterok
I need actions from Valandil, Grigori, Garox, and Nesterok for Round 2.

Round 2
Valandil summons another globe of acid, confident his companions are more than capable of dealing with this minor threat.

atack: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (6) - 1 = 5 includes fire into melee penalty
damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Zanaver gives a grunt as his body fights the poison

Fort Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

fort save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

Garox moves into flanking if he has to and attacks another one of these spiders with his club.

attack: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 4 + 2 = 19
dmg: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 5) = 7

Completing Round 2
Valandil misses the skull-der he was aiming for.
Garox squishes the last skull-der.
Combat over.

Perception 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Once again, Pitbull has a good smell of the spiders, familiarising herself with their scent.

She then moves up towards the bronze doors...

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
know-rel: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

"Odd symbols these." says Valandil, pointing out the symbols to the rest of the group. "Anyone know what they mean?"

He then turns his attention to the bronze doors, muttering another incantation under his breath.

Detect Magic, are these doors also warded? Any other magic in the area?

"I wonder where those skul-ders came from? Anyone see a hole for them?"

Nesterok moved to see the symbol showed by Valandil

Know. Religion: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21

These symbol will be of interest for Grigori. They represent Pharasma, but they are strangely and subtly different from those used today.

He said to the Elf wizard

These creatures looks like hermit crab, but with skull. I don't know how they can survive here...or came from.

Zanaver steps down the corridor coming to the Bronze double doors. As he walks to looks for any traps.

Perception:: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

As Zanaver comes to the doors he shouts back to the party

"Should we at least try to force open the door without using the precious chime?"

He draws the crowbar and pushes on the door testing if its truly locked.

"Ugh another door!"

Garox studies it closely (take 20 for 29) maybe this one does open.

The doors are not locked and they open as Zanaver pushes on them. On the other side of the doors is a chamber. The ceiling of this cavernous chamber vaults to a height of sixty feet, forming an architectural wonder unsupported by any visible columns or buttresses. In front of them a
wide stone bridge with an elaborately carved railing arches 40 ft over the chamber from east to west, joining two sets of massive bronze doors at either end. With Valandil's dancing lights everyone can see the whole chamber. The central portion of the chamber contains an inlaid spiral symbol and is recessed into the floor, with eight staircases leading up to a wide ledge that encircles the room ten feet above. On this ledge stand bronze doors to the north and south. Eight larger-than-life statues stand upon the ledge as well, evenly spaced around the room’s circumference—seven carved from white stone, and the eighth carved from black stone.

Valandil looks around the Cathedral in amazement. His eyes drink in the sights of the site.
know-religion: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
know-history: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21
As before he is more than happy to show off his knowledge with the rest of the party.

So four doors, west (we came through), east (via the bridge over the symbol of Pharasmin ) and north/south (via one of the stairs that lead up to the upper ledge)

More arcane words flow from Valandil's mouth.
Casts Detect Magic and looks around.

All 8 of the statues light up, but they are too far away to examine closely enough to see why. Even though they are on the upper ledge, they are still 30 ft below you.

Garox will study the statues if he can get near them. He will move carefully detecting for traps along the way. This smells like a trap.

"Let me scout ahead here, I don't trust strange statues like this."

taking 20 for 29 and studying the statues if he can reach them. Not sure how the layout is can we reach the statues at all from here?

Unless you want to fall 30 ft...though since there are doors down there, you might be able to get down there a different way.

Zanaver glances at the statues and starts to go over the bridge to the next set of bronze doors, he pushes then slightly open peeking inside

Perception test if needed: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

"I have a rope and grapple" Pitbull offers.

Zanaver hears slight thudding noises through the doors far away, but doesn't see the source. He only sees 10 feet of stone corridor.

"The statues are magical. I don't think we need to investigate this room too much just yet. Let us see what is on the other side of the bridge before we worry too much about statues 30' below us"

Ahh, so we are at the top of the room, for some reason I thought we were on the ground and the bridge arched over the room and back down again, this makes much more sense

Valandil moves the dancing lights further down the passage to provide Zanaver more light.

The lights continue moving until they come to an intersection.

Zanaver draws a shurieken from his belt, using the light provided. He opens the doors wider, and looks inside

In case of traps: Perception test: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

No traps are found. The thudding noises are still far away.
BTW Zanaver, you need to check for traps before opening doors, or else the trap will go off first. And other than that, I will tell you if you guys find a trap, using Garox's 'take 20' from Perception. Since he said at the beginning that is what he wanted to do.

"Lead on good Garox! says Valandil. You note he allows a small gap to grow between the "front rank" and himself while going down the corridor.

Putting in a 5' spacing, just to give a little room in case there are biggers traps in play.

Valandil keeps the party lit with his wayfinder even as he keeps the intersection illuminated with his dancing lights.