GM Endless Forms' PFS 01-35 Voice in the Void (1-7) (Inactive)

Game Master Mike Tuholski

Using her body rather than her hands Omorose attempts to help the others move the boxes, making up her lack of strength with determination to do something useful.

Str Aide: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (20) - 2 = 18

Phyton throws his shoulder into the door.

STR check: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21

Satisfied that she is protected against whatever may come through the door Nari attempts to help open the stuck door and move the boxes.

Aid Str Check: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (20) - 1 = 19

Phyton throws his shoulder into the door and is able to push it open. True to its name, the shrieker begins to emit a high pitched noise as the door moves and the party moves past it.

The shaft deposits you in an alcove at the far end of an antechamber, free of the riotous growths of fungi and mold that choke the shaft and archives above. The simple, clean lines of the basement’s basalt walls give way here to a disturbing, organic style of architecture that makes it seem like you are walking through the gullet of some monstrous behemoth. At the far end of the hall, a large, ornate arch that looks disconcertingly like the beast’s toothed maw stands in the wall, covered by a heavy black curtain with sickly green light from the chamber beyond shining around the edges. A plain iron box sits on the floor in the middle of the room.

Well this is ominous. Phyton says as he looks around.

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19

Omorose casts detect magic and gazes upon the box with her magically augmented sight.

"This totally doesn't have trap written all over it. Shrieker leads to mysterious iron box? Totally normal. Not that anything in this goddess forsaken basement has been..." Nari states looking around at the ominous looking room.

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Omorose detects an abjuration aura coming from near the box.

Right. OK, so who is the locksmith here? Might as well find out what's inside. Jaysin will keep his bow at the ready, watching the curtain and the box for surprises.

Random moves forward a bit with an arrow nocked, giving the iron box a wide berth. He listens for noise from the other side of the curtain, while he waits to see if anyone has the skill to explore the iron box.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Taking 20 on perception for 26 or 27 vs traps.

"I will be slow, it is warded somehow," the Osirian woman says, moving forward cautiously scanning the area for potential traps and hazards. Once at the chest she studies it for a couple of minutes careful not to touch it searching for traps.

If it is trapped and/or locked, and I can't just take 20.

Sighing she carefully removes her armour, clearly not happy about doing so and removes a lacquered box which proves to be filled with picks and wires. She then casts guidance on herself, and turning back to the group says,

"I promise you I will get this open,"

Disable Device Legalistic: 1d20 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 2 + 1 + 4 + 1 = 18
Misfortune Reroll: 1d20 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 2 + 1 + 4 + 1 = 26

Legalistic curse gives me +4 to a d20 roll I make once per day while trying to fulfill a promise made to another individual. I am not a big fan of ACP applying to disable device, but it does hence the removal of armour, etc.

The box does not appear to be locked but when Omorose moves to open it, something inside the box emits a high-pitched alarm (as if the shrieker weren't enough) and dozens of diminutive spiders escape into the room!

Initiative:

1. Nari
2. Spider swarm
3. Jaysin, Random, Manzcar, Omorose, and Phyton

Nari is up!

Aha! Another enemy I am not duly equipped to handle! Just let me know when you people can find something I can help you with, like a goblin or something! Jaysin will step back and simply watch once more, not wanting to get near the swarm.

I really must remember to buy acid or alchy fire or something.

"Eww, Eww, Eww. I really hate this place." Nari screams, backing away from the swarm.

5ft step back.

Nari backs away and Jaysin laments the fact that they are too small to put arrows through. The spiders swarm over Omorose.

swarm damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5
DC 11 Fort save against distraction (nauseated).
DC 11 Fort save against poison or take 1d2 ⇒ 2 Str damage

Initiative:

1. Nari
2. Spider swarm
3. Jaysin, Random, Manzcar, Omorose, and Phyton

You guys are up!

Frantically shaking off spiders Omorose rushes away turning and chanting as she sends a torrent of flame shooting from her hands to envelop the swarm.

Fort vs Distraction: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
Fort vs Poison: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12

Burning Hands DC 15 Reflex half: 1d4 ⇒ 4 Is it 1.5 damage vs swarms?

Phyton reaches to his bandolier and withdraws an alchemist's fire, holding it out to Jaysin. Here, you will have better aim than I.

Can't see map atm. Will move toward Jaysin if needed.

"You got another of those, Omorose?" Random drops his bow and arrow and moves to the curtain, drawing his longsword. He grabs hold with one hand to pull it tight, and begins slicing through it with the sword, as high as he can reach, trying to make a make-shift net.

Not sure if this'll work, but there's not much else he can do. Plus, now we can see what's behind the curtain!

"No, I have used all my spells healing," Omorose says, her voice panicky as she shakes another spider form her hair.

Ah, finally someone proves themselves useful to me. Very good, sir. Jaysin will move up to about 10' from the swarm and throw the projectile at the swarm.

Splash!: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 1 = 16 Do I still get point blank shot?
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Yes, since you are going for a direct hit. You should also get 1.5 times damage, so 4 total I believe.

Thanks for the confirmation. The +1 is for PBS. However 2*1.5 = 3, unless the splash damage of 1 counts since the swarm is so large that I can aim for a certain square and the splash hits itself.

Yes, swarms take 50% more damage from splash weapons and area of effect spells.

Ref: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

Omorose sets some of the spiders on fire and Jaysin tosses an alchemist's fire into the mix. Meanwhile, Random is busily cutting down the curtain to the next room.

The walls and ceiling of this chamber bulge outward, continuing the grotesque architectural style of the antechamber, as if you were standing in the leviathan’s stomach. Queer, glowing nodules protrude from the walls at seemingly random intervals, bathing the room in their sickly green glow. A tall, free-standing, almost organic-looking archway carved from a strange, glowing blue-green stone stands atop a low dais in a wide alcove at the far end of the chamber. The center of the arch is empty, revealing the wall behind it, but the space occasionally flickers with curtains of starry darkness, as if somewhere else lies just beyond the portal. A susurrus of ghostly whispers seem to issue from the gate, their language and meaning unclear, but fraught with a sense of wrongness.

Imrizade Blakros stands on the dais before the arch, connected to the Gate of Beyond-specifically a small metal cylinder at the crown of the arch-by five disgusting, fleshy, fungoid umbilicals attached to her hips, shoulders, and the base of her skull. She is half-Osirian, with long, dark hair and light brown skin, wearing a weathered explorer’s outfit. Her eyes are completely black, showing no iris or whites. A zombie joins the Blakros woman.

Entering them in the existing initiative after we finish this round:

Nari and Manzcar are up!

That can't be good. Jaysin remarks after seeing the woman and zombie. At least I can shoot arrows into them.

Knowledge Religion: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Not wanting to get closer to the spiders then necessary, Nari skirts along the wall, trying to get a view of the zombie advancing on them.

"I have had enough of all these horrible things." She screams, leveling her crossbow and firing at the zombie.

I didn't explicitly state that I loaded my crossbow when we dropped down, but seems like it would be a reasonable assumption when she commented about the box. I would understand if you say my crossbow was unloaded, in which case my action would be move to where I am now on roll20, and move action to load crossbow, ignoring the below dice.

attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
damage: 1d8 ⇒ 4

No, I usually assume people reload things like crossbows in between combat. Same with gunslingers reloading with bullets between combats.So you're fine.

Omorose recognizes this as a fast zombie. Other than being undead there's really nothing special about it.

Seeing the scene in the next room and knowing that a swarm of spiders is not something he can take down, Manzcar move to get closer to the zombie in the next room while drawing his sword.

Double move into the next room. can swarms take opportunity attacks If so they get one on me.

Manzcar moves into the next room, bypassing the swarm, and Nari fires her crossbow at the newly-revealed zombie, hitting it in the chest.

The zombie moves up to swipe at Manzcar.

slam: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

The spiders move about and begin to crawl over Phyton, Jaysin, and Nari.

swarm damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4

DC 11 Fort against distraction (nauseated)
DC 11 Fort against poison or take 1d2 ⇒ 1 Str damage

Initiative:

1. Nari
2. Zombie and spider swarm
3. Jaysin, Random, Manzcar, Omorose
4. Imrizade
5. Phyton

Swarm: 7 dmg
Zombie: 4 dmg

Jaysin, Random, Manzcar, and Omorose are up!

I think the swarm should have a total of 10 damage, 6 from Omorose's burning hands and 4 from the alchemist's fire. It looks like the 1.5 multipliers were left off.

As Random reveals the room beyond, his gaze fixes on the woman. Ah, we found Blackros! He then turns back to the problem at hand. He moves back to stand over his bow, curtain in tow. He drops his sword next to his bow, and takes the curtain in both hands. "Get out of the spiders!"

Ready action to throw the curtain over the spider swarm after the party moves out of them. If it looks like it works to hold them down, he yells out, "Stomp on them!" GM, sorry to try something so unconventional. Feel free to roll anything for me that you think necessary.

it would be 9 if both had the 1.5 multipliers. 4*1.5=6 from burning hands and 2*1.5=3 from the alchemist's fire.

Save me vs. distraction: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
Save me vs. poison: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Jaysin manages to escape without further damage from the swarm with a quick 5' step and takes aim at the zombie!

Bow: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Currently 14/18 HP

Swarm made the Ref against burning hands to make it 2, then times 1.5 becomes 3. Jaysin used alch fire, which did 3*1.5 = 4. So that's 7 damage total. But they should have taken another 1d6 on their turn from the alch fire. Sound right to everyone?

alch fire: 1d6 ⇒ 2 So another 3 damage And that brings the swarm down!

@Random, you can change your action.

Jaysin puts an arrow in the zombie!

Initiative:

1. Nari
2. Zombie
3. Jaysin, Random, Manzcar, Omorose
4. Imrizade
5. Phyton

Zombie: 10 dmg

Random, Manzcar, and Omorose are up!

Manzcar smirks as he swings the new longs word with all his might
Power attack: 1d20 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 5 - 1 = 5
damage: 1d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 = 8

He misses very badly and hopes no one saw.

Ouch swing and a miss. LOL

Retcon Random!

As Random reveals the room beyond, his gaze fixes on the woman. Ah, we found Blackros! He then turns back to the problem at hand. Seeing another flare of fire scatter the remaining spiders back to the darkest corners of the room, however, he's left to toss aside the curtain dejectedly. Hmm... I hope that curtain wasn't an antique. He then turns to the next problem at hand. He steps forward a bit, beginning to circle around the zombie. He cautiously takes a distracting swing at the zombie, to help lower its defenses for Manzcar, who clearly needs all the help he can get.

Fighting defensively, aid another to give Manzcar +3 to his next attack, Random's AC is now 17: 1d20 + 0 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 0 - 4 = 15

Manzcar swings and misses! Random moves about to aid Manzcar in his next attack.

Initiative:

1. Nari
2. Zombie
3. Jaysin, Random, Manzcar, Omorose
4. Imrizade
5. Phyton

Zombie: 10 dmg

Omorose is up!

Oops sorry, swore I'd posted.

Wincing as her spider bites sting with each movement Omorose moves over behind Manzcar and casts guidance upon the warrior.

Omorose moves up to guide Manzcar, whom everyone seems to think needs a lot of help.

Thinking he must be the leader, Imrizade sends two magic missiles flying towards Manzcar!

force damage: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 1) + 2 = 6

Initiative:

1. Nari
2. Zombie
3. Jaysin, Random, Manzcar, Omorose
4. Imrizade
5. Phyton

Zombie: 10 dmg

Phyton and Nari are up!

Did the spider swarm die before or after attacking me? Not sure if I'm at full health or half health. Assuming they attacked.

DC 11 Fort against distraction (nauseated)
Fortiude: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12
DC 11 Fort against poison or take 1d2 ⇒ 1 Str damage
Fortidue: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

Nari reloads her crossbow with another bolt, then saunters up to the group converging on the doorway. "Imrizade! Fight whatever is controlling you, you don't want to do this!" Nari yells from the doorway.

Move action - Reload. standard Action - move to behind random

Spiders are gone.

Phyton calls upon his diety and blesses the party, then moves closer to the fray.

Cast Bless

@Nari: I believe they went down after attacking you. They died from the extra d6 of fire from the alch fire. They're gone now.

Nari moves about and Phyton calls down a blessing on his allies. The zombie presses its attack!

slam on Manzcar: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

slam on Random: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Initiative:

1. Nari
2. Zombie
3. Jaysin, Random, Manzcar, Omorose
4. Imrizade
5. Phyton

Zombie: 10 dmg

Jaysin, Random, Manzcar, and Omorose are up!

"Move back so we can to surround him, this place helps him not us!" Omorose calls, casting another guidance upon Manzcar before stepping back.

I believe his is fine right where he is. Just keep him still. Jaysin fires another couple of arrows toward the creature. Using Rapid Shot.

Bow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Arrow: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Bow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Arrow: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Omorose gives Manzcar guidance again and Jaysin puts an arrow into the zombie, dropping it to the ground.

Initiative:

1. Nari
3. Jaysin, Random, Manzcar, Omorose
4. Imrizade
5. Phyton

Random and Manzcar are up!

Random quickly moves to the bewitched Blackros woman, looking more closely at the things connecting her.

Double-move. If she's unarmed, Random will move one square more onto the dais, to be beside her, to flank her if Manzcar can get on the opposite side.

Any hints on the nature of the connection with a perception or some knowledge check? Mostly wondering if cutting the connections would harm her. Random has kn: dungeon and nature at +6 each.

Random moves up next to the Blakros girl. He notices that she is currently unarmed (but wears a rapier) and that the tendril seem to go into her body, likely connecting with (and taking over) her brain. They ultimately come from a small metal cannister at the top of the arch (about 15 feet up).

Initiative:

1. Nari
3. Jaysin, Random, Manzcar, Omorose
4. Imrizade
5. Phyton

Manzcar is up!

sorry had issues with kids and couldn't get on this weekend

Manzcar swings with all his might.

Power Attack, Aid, Bless, Guidance: 1d20 + 5 - 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 5 - 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 23
damage: 1d8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 2 = 7

HP 7/13

Manzcar swings at the Blakros girl and cuts deep. Some of the wounds seem to heal up immediately, however, as Imrizade begins to cast.

DC 17 Defensive Casting: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

touch attack on Manzcar: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
electricity damage: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 2) = 8

Initiative:

1. Nari
3. Jaysin, Random, Manzcar, Omorose
4. Imrizade
5. Phyton

Im: 4 dmg

You guys are up!

Phyton tries to get closer to the melee.

Double move