1. GM Edwin's Zeitgeist Campaign

Game Master Insnare

Cretien installs his turret into the bulwark, rendering it a small (though functional) tank. It will move 5ft southeast, bringing Cretien with it as a rider, then it fires at the nearest of the legionnaires on Falko.

ranged: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
firepower: 2d8 ⇒ (7, 5) = 12

Chretian's turret destroys one of the legionnaires on Falko.

Iva hits the legionnaire on her twice and it goes down.

Femi destroys two of the legionnaires.

Belcamp full attacks Ottavia 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (1) + 15 = 16 miss and 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23 hit 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10+2 bleed and +2 again.

Isaac, Primma and Falko

Isaac fires at the legionnaire on Falko and has the turret do the same.

Large Heavy Repeating Crossbow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25 Damage: 2d8 + 1 ⇒ (6, 8) + 1 = 15
Crossbow Turret: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 4

Large Heavy Repeating Crossbow Crit: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9 Damage: 2d8 + 1 ⇒ (5, 4) + 1 = 10

Isaac's attacks decimate the legionnaire behind Falko.

Primma, Falko

You mentioned Belcamp attacking Ottavia, but the map shows him near Femi and far from Ottavia.

Falko watches in surprise as legionnaires fall left and right of him. With a sigh, he sees Belcamp. He wishes he had a bit more time, but his companions were already suffering from the devil's onslaught...

He springs forth, rapier first, and lunges at the devil: "I guess you're about to die, or whatever it is you do in this prison..."

Malice Rapier with Heroism and Luck: 1d20 + 10 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 10 + 5 = 291d6 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 3 = 13

AOO on Falko 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31 hit 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Moved him to get rid of one of the legionnaires, forgot to put him back.

Primma

Who is making the AoO? Can I make an acrobatics to try and avoid it?

Acrobatics if I can with Luck and Heroism: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (17) + 16 = 33

OK because of the glaive.

Last round

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

Carmen curls herself around the devil, invading its mind with her image and drawing its full attention towards her. All attacks he makes until Primma's next turn must be against Carmen if she beat DC 10+1/2HD+WIS mod. If his weapon is not magic it deals no damage, if it is it only deals 1/2 damage.

This round

Primma and Carmen both continue their attack routine.

Primma attack: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28
Primma damage: 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (1, 2) + 6 = 9

Carmen attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
Carmen damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Carmen attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18
Carmen damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Primma, I have no idea what you are doing. You are not looking at the map. You cannot go changing your actions one round later. You are not flanking. I will finish the round tomorrow.

MAP

Primma's attack kills a legionnaire.

Both of Das' attacks hit but the legionnaire is able to shrug them off.

legionnaire 3 attack Iva 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21 hit 1d6 ⇒ 6
Legionnaire 5 attacks Dascarmen 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 miss
Legionnaire 7 attacks Primma 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 miss

Within 30 feet of where Ottavia and Iva was hit two sacred skeletons assemble from the bone dust on the floor.

Two legionnaires open the door to the south and come in the room and two more emerge from the statuary as well as two dretches from the other path.

Initiative Skeleton 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24, Dretches 1d20 ⇒ 13

Round 3

Skeletons, Ottavia, Femi, Chretien, Iva, Belcamp, dretches, Isaac, Primma, Falko, Legionnaires

I am going to allow you to use your word... first come first serve

Not sure what you mean by 'I am going to allow you to use your word... first come first serve.' Can we post our actions now?

I mean the words Adolini taught you. Whoever uses it first will be able to direct the skeletons and is in control.

Ok, I'll let someone in range do that. Also, did my acrobatics roll work? Did it allow me to avoid the AoO?

Yes it worked.

Round: 3, Initiative: 23

Seeing the skeletons rise up, Femi shouts, ”Noli me tangere, fratris. Saepi cum fide, nobiles” he hesitates, not really sure how it’s supposed to work, he tries to direct the skeletons to the legionnaires to the south to keep them busy while the party fights. "Go! There! Go there! Attack them!"

Not sure if that’s my action. If I still have a standard left…

Femi lines up the legionnaire on Iva, he hopes to drop it so Iva can concentrate on the devil. He uses a Force Missile.
Force Missile: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

One skeleton moves 30ft south and the order attacks the legionnaire 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 miss

Ottavia tries to withdraw but is attacked with an AOO 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 34 hit 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12 +2+2 bleed

The force missile connects but the legionnaire is still up.

Chretien, Iva

Iva studies the creature, and then slashes at the legionnaire in front of her with both her weapons.

Longsword, Studied Target: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Damage: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21
Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Cretien and his turret fire upon the enemy near Falko.

Cretien
ranged attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
damage: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Turret
ranged attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
firepower: 2d8 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6

Brooch, swift action
ranged touch: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
laser damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Iva is able to dispatch the legionnaire on her with her weapons.

All of Chretien's attacks miss.

Belcamp full attacks Falko 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20 hit 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18 +2 Infernal wound bleed. and again 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24 hit 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14 +2 Infernal wound bleed. Falko is unconscious.

The dretches double move towards the party.

Isaac, Primma, Falko

Upon seeing Falko fall Isaac begins muttering, "This isn't good. This isn't good."

He then pulls out a little cube and activates it as he sets it down next to him between the dretches and himself. It then unfolds into a little humanoid.

While this is happening he orders the turret to attack the closest dretch.

Crossbow Turret: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12 Damage: 1d10 ⇒ 5

Belcamp says, seeing the rod of negation on Femi's belt "For me this was all in good fun. Your group is fairly tough. I could use you against Giovanni the painter. You give me the rod and we can cut this charade."

You did 32 hp of damage with 2 bleed (bleed doesn't stack, I believe). So by my count I'm still up, though not by much. Let me know if I'm missing something.

[ooc] Ok, I think I may have misread.On each of those wounds, 2 points of the damage are bleed. So you are still up. Which has an effect later. [ooc]

Anyone want to talk or act?

Femi pauses. He does not want to deal with a devil, but he's not in charge here - he's the newcomer.

He readies another spell but waits for Gauthier, or one of the others to make a pronouncement.

I think Falko has the rod. Femi didn't want to touch it for fear of losing his own magics... He's a little fearful of the thing.

"Gauthier, if you could come here for a moment..."

Cephas has some CLW potions that he will offer to you if you need

Belcamp says, "Do we have an accord?"

"I'm not in favor of your proposal." Iva responds.

Falko doesn’t reply. Bloodied badly, he rolls out of reachand gets to Cretien’s side.

Acrobatics with luck and heroism: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31

I'll hand him a potion or pour it on his passed-out body.

It’s likely a double move to get to you, so pouring it for me works fastest.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Unless, you agree to stop hostilities, you cannot take a potion. It is also Primma's turn.

Ok. I thought it would use Cretien’s actions, since he has not acted yet this round.

Falko says: ”Give us some of your gold as well and we have a deal.

He has already acted this round.

Belcamp says, "We have an accord. I hope you enjoy the vault, feel free to drink the holy water, we have to conquer the painter and his minions." he rips off his gold chain around his neck and hands it to Falko as he takes the rod of negation from you.

Combat Over

Falko drinks the CLW Caster level check DC16 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15 the potion has no effect.

Heal DC 17

This check is the same for both Falko's wounds, Iva's and Ottavia's wounds.

After the tense exchange with the Devil, Falko takes the potion, but nothing happens.

"Hum... It's... Not working... I'm bleeding bad. Can somebody help?" he says as he sits down and improvises a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.

Heal with Heroism and Luck: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

"Looks like it stopped, but see to the others! Why didn't the potion work!?"

He then tries to use an incantation to heal his wounds.

CLW spell: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 Does the spell work?

Falko is able to stanch one of his wounds but the other is still open.

DC 16 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

It does not work.
You need to do Heal twice.

Belcamp and his minions leave the chamber in the direction you had come from. After Belcamp has closed the door above the pious mount, the Lilend says, "Would you might be able to free me?"

Femi rushes to Falko's aid, casting Infernal Healing upon him. "Now this is an old remedy so it may make you feel a little funny, but it works."

"Damn devils." he spits in anger at being bested, but he understands why the party capitulated. There were simply too many of them. Damnit! Why did the grunts have to be immune to fire! he swears to himself.

Caster Level check?: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

because they are devils... You can use it to stanch his remaining wound.

The infernal healing works on Falko stanching his final wound now the healing process can start.

Ottavia casts CLW on herself 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9, again 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22, Stanches one wound. 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22, 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21 all of her wounds stanched, she then uses CSW on herself 3d8 + 8 ⇒ (5, 3, 7) + 8 = 23

"If there are other injured, I do have a wand, and I'm happy to share it's use. Everyone should be healthy in this place."

When he's done healing those who need it, he takes out his spellbook and consults it a moment (full round). Using a bit of his arcane reservoir, he swaps out Beast Shape I - his escape spell, for Haste to greater aid the party. Femi feels a little nervous giving up his safety net, but his fireballs won't be much good here, so he needs to do something.

"I could use your healing... Lots of it..."

Each casting heals 10hp. I presume your listed HP is prior to my first casting, or you'd be unconscious, so Femi will use the wand twice more. After a couple minutes, he asks, "Feel OK now, or do you need another?"

He offers as well to the others, before tucking the wand away and preparing for the holy water drink.

Iva needs a Heal check DC 17 or Caster level to stanch her wounds.

The lilend says, "Can you please free me? For you to escape, you will need to drink from this pious mount as well as the next one. I am able to help you put the demons in the next vault to sleep.

Femi tries one from the wand, in the hopes it will work.

Infernal Healing CL: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19

Do you need more healing? If so, just let me know.

Falko feels much better after Femi's wanding. He looks to the creature asking for help and says, suspicious: "Why are you here? And what's your link with Belcamp?"

The lilend creature remaining on the torture rack being constantly pierced by a very large mithral blade says, "My name is Somnia. I am a member of the Azata and I was an inspiration to a few famous artists in Sid Minos about 200 years ago. The Clergy were not so happy about the artist who I was inspiring and thought his works had taken a more blasphemous tone and they brought me here. I was working with Giovanni the painter here in the vaults and then heard Belcamp had gold and with that I could also leave this place, he is also in possession of Srasma's blade." she then nods in the direction of the torture device.

She continues, "I tried to treat with him but the fool had no idea that he could leave with the gold that you are now in possession of. He captured me and I have been his play toy for the better part of 50 years. He enjoys watching me be cut open and slowly heal around the wound. Cannot say I am surprised by a bearded devil."

One more tap with that wand should work." Iva lets Femi know about needing more healing.

"I can't stand this place. Let me help you." Iva tries to remove blade from the creature.

Iva sets the Lilend free by undoing the crude nature of the torture rack. She then takes the large mithral blade and says, "I thank you greatly for setting me free."

Your group then goes and completes the ritual for this chamber and you get another +1 bonus for the next 24 hours and you all get healed 3d8 + 5 ⇒ (2, 8, 6) + 5 = 21 hp.

You then move towards the next chamber keeping enough distance not to be randomly teleported. The halfway point in this hallway is marked by a 30-foot stretch of carvings of priests along the walls, facing each other.

You then cross the threshold to the next chamber and Somnia the lilend performs her song and the demons fall asleep.

Femi taps Iva with the wand and smiles as she frees the Lilend. He takes out a runestone of power and holds it in his hand for his next spell as he readies for combat... then Somnia puts them all to sleep.

His smile broadens with their new ally, "Thank you for your help. That's most agreeable."

He wonders if the group will slaughter the demons in their sleep or just push by. After his rush to combat in the last chamber, he patiently waits to see where the group's desires lie.

"Let's keep moving." Iva moves into the next area in the last chamber.