GM Endless Forms' Psychics at Bitter Manor (Inactive)

Game Master Mike Tuholski

I agree with Zeldones.

So is the consensus to keep pushing forward and hope to find Branda and Verus?

Either way, level up to 7!

Temujin looks around at his party. "Are we ready to keep going to find the elders?"

He finds Snak Pak and hops back up on the beast of burden. "We should move quickly."

Ruckus would like to go back to town and sleep in a warm bed, but he sees the others aren't so inclined so he remains quiet.

Coward!

Temujin feels his heart pound in his chest as the anger he felt earlier returns in a massive wave. His body begins to feel as if he is on fire. His head snaps back and his body levitates off of Snak Pak.

Flames erupt from Temujin, shooting high into the sky. A suddenly as it started, Temujin's body collapses onto the ground. When he stands up, he looks at his hands. His rocky exterior is laced with a flowing magma. He is hot to the touch.

"What... is this?" he asks to no one in particular.

A five-foot-tall stone wall surrounds the grounds of Bitter Manor. A grove of staggered trees outlines the path leading to an iron gate. Beyond the gate, a sodden dirt path leads up a small hill to the mansion’s front porch. Even from a distance, the house clearly shows signs of neglect. Boarded-up patches; broken windows of dirty glass; and faded, peeling paint make Tristeza House’s reputation as a haunted manor seem reasonable.

A graveyard, complete with a family mausoleum, is visible inside the stone wall. Between the graveyard and the house lies an overgrown garden of wilted flowers.

As you approach the narrow grove of trees, decorated sparsely by flowers, bushes, and statues, the unkempt and sickly garden comes alive as two tangles of rotten roots start grasping for sustenance! A short female with goat legs laughs from behind the row of bushes.

Girl:

Roots:

Initiative:

1. Temujin, Tobian, and Thomson
2. Rigzarreth and Leechroots
3. Galtar, Ruckus, and Zeldones

Temujin, Tobian, and Thomson are up!

Knowledge (religion): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

"Careful of those roots, use something with a slashing edge against them! They'll tangle you up and bleed ya!" Galtar looks at his falchion and smiles. "I got this."

Temujin's body seems to exude a calm earthen aura. His eyes flash a cold grey as he waves his hands from the back of Snak Pak. Two sharpened rock rise up out of the ground and try to snip the leechroots in half, like scissors.

Earth Kinetic Blast-PBS/Feel the Burn (+2) | Empowered: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 12 + 1 + 2 = 35 Move Action/Slashing Damage
Damage: 4d6 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (3, 5, 1, 5) + 4 + 4 + 1 + 2 + (5, 2) + 5 = 37

Earth Kinetic Blast-Confirmation: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 12 + 1 + 2 = 19 Move Action/Slashing Damage
Damage: 4d6 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (3, 2, 1, 2) + 4 + 4 + 1 + 2 + (3, 1) + 5 = 28

Temujin quickly dispatches of the first leechroot!

Initiative:

1. Temujin, Tobian, and Thomson
2. Rigzarreth and Leechroots
3. Galtar, Ruckus, and Zeldones

Tobian and Thomson are up!

Thomson readies his scythe for any oncoming attacks.

Ready: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 9 - 2 = 27
Damage: 2d4 + 5 + 6 ⇒ (4, 4) + 5 + 6 = 19

Readied Confirm: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 9 - 2 = 10
Crit Damage: 3d4 + 15 + 18 ⇒ (4, 4, 4) + 15 + 18 = 45

Tobian!

Tobian uses Flaming Sphere: 3d6 + 3 ⇒ (1, 5, 2) + 3 = 11 once more and slams it into the north enemy! DC 21 save

Just realized the leechroots are large. Whoops!

Ref: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23

The fey woman leaps away from the flaming sphere and begins casting her own spell!

The remaining leechroot lurches forward 10 feet but can't make it any further.

Initiative:

1. Temujin, Tobian, and Thomson
2. Rigzarreth and Leechroot
3. Galtar, Ruckus, and Zeldones

You guys are up!

Temujin waves his hands as the large earthen shears rise up out of the ground and swing down to snip the other leechroot.

Earth Kinetic Blast-PBS/Feel the Burn (+2) | Empowered: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 12 + 1 + 2 = 29 Move Action
Damage: 4d6 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (2, 1, 4, 5) + 4 + 4 + 1 + 2 + (3, 6) + 5 = 37

Snak Pak rears back a little as he begins to try and turn from the din of battle. "Easy Snak Pak! We got this."

Snak Pak doesn't listen to him and starts to trot off down the path from the direction they came.

40' move speed on Snak Pak. Half a move action to turn around and 1.5 move actions to trot. Temujin is 60' from where he was!

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (7) + 16 = 23

Call Lightning! Prepare yourselves!

Tobian slams the fireball into her again Flaming Sphere: 3d6 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1, 3) + 3 = 10, hoping to break her concentration. Just in case, he casts Resist Energy on himself. Gain resist 10 vs. lightning for 70 minutes.

Galtar moves in on the leechroot and swings!

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30 *threat*
Damage: 2d4 + 17 ⇒ (3, 4) + 17 = 24

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26 *confirm?*
Damage: 2d4 + 17 ⇒ (4, 4) + 17 = 25

Seeing the leechroot taken care of, Thomson heads around the hedge toward the other creature.

Ref: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15
concentration (damage) DC 18: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

Temujin finishes off the leechroot! Tobian hits the fey with a ball of flame but she keeps her concentration on her spell! Thomson closes in on her. I'm guessing Galtar does the same, although its a shame to lose that crit.

Initiative:

1. Temujin, Tobian, and Thomson
2. Rigzarreth (10 dmg)
3. Galtar, Ruckus, and Zeldones

Ruckus and Zeldones are up!

Shaking his head, Zeldones strides towards the woman while drawing a strange lump of organic matter from a belt pouch. A few words and a graceful gesture, and the lump vanishes in a wisp of vapor, which streaks towards the fey before bursting into a column of iridescent smoke. Casting euphoric cloud, positioned to include only the fey woman; DC 17 Fort save or fascinated, and the cloud reduces visibility to 5'.

Fort: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18

The fey resists the allure of Zeldone's fascinating cloud!

Initiative:

1. Temujin, Tobian, and Thomson
2. Rigzarreth (10 dmg)
3. Galtar, Ruckus, and Zeldones

Ruckus is up!

"Lightning?!" Ruckus squeals at Tobian's warning. "Hey, how about you direct your magic at something other than us today?" He calls out to the fey woman.

Casting Suggestion and enhancing it with my overpowering mind phrenic amplification (DC 19)

Sorry no update yesterday. Wednesdays are busy for me. Well, not busy. Just stupid and full of meetings and colloquia.

Will: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31

"No. . . I don't think so!"

She brings a lightning bolt down on Ruckus!

electricity: 3d10 ⇒ (1, 2, 6) = 9

And on Thomson!

electricity: 3d10 ⇒ (4, 3, 8) = 15

One bolt upon completing the spell (1 round action) and once as her action this round.

Initiative:

1. Temujin, Tobian, and Thomson
2. Rigzarreth (10 dmg)
3. Galtar, Ruckus, and Zeldones

You guys are up!

Galtar rushes forward through the row next to the fey, "I don't think so!"

Single move, assuming difficult terrain for the bushes still puts me next to her.

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20
Damage: 2d4 + 17 ⇒ (2, 3) + 17 = 22

Reflex?: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Thomson grits his teethas the electricity races through his body and out through his feet. He then charges the creature!

Charging Power Attack: 1d20 + 9 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 2 - 2 = 15
Damage: 2d4 + 5 + 6 ⇒ (4, 1) + 5 + 6 = 16

I hate to mention this, but anyone who enters the euphoric cloud has to make a DC 17 Fort save or be fascinated She also has to save each round that she's in the cloud.

ETA: Come to think of it, when she's in the cloud she can only see 5'. Does she need to see Ruckus and Thomson to target them?

Fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

As Thomson enters the cloud, he slows. "Wow....this cloud is.....groovy...."

"Snak Pak! We must return!" Temujin says, trying to command the poor beast of burden.

"Moooooo...

Handle Animal: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1

Temujin, you lack the knack to make Snak Pack go back. And that's a wack fact, Jack.

"Aeeiii!" Ruckus cries as the lightning strikes him. Turning his mind to the woman again, he replies with blunt mental force.

Mind Thrust III (Will DC 18 for 1/2 damage): 5d6 + 7 ⇒ (6, 6, 3, 6, 2) + 7 = 30

@Ruckus: I don't think you can see her with the Euphoric Cloud on top of her.

Guess I'll wait for all this to be cleared up before I try something. I wonder if my flaming sphere does anything with the cloud or if she moved away from it to avoid damage.

Im assuming she moved out of the cloud.

Depends on where the cloud is sitting. It's a 20' radius but I guess I was assuming she was at the edge and could 5' step out but I guess Zeldones could have dropped her in the middle of it.

If that's the case, then she didn't have line of sight and couldn't drop lightning on people last round. She would have finished that spell and cast another (buff) spell instead. You guys can then react accordingly.

If Zeldones centered it on her it would have caught some party members, too. I just dropped a circle on the map that approximates where I thought it would go relative to where Thomson, Zeldones, and Galtar were when he cast it.

Fort Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20 vs. euphoric cloud

Ruckus will ready an action to cast his mind thrust psychic spell when he sees the fey.

If I can see well enough to slam the Flaming Sphere: 3d6 + 3 ⇒ (1, 2, 4) + 3 = 10 in her, I will. Either way I'll use my standard to move. If I can't direct the sphere I'll move some more.

No one can quite see what's going on in the cloud until Galtar and Thomson stumble in to find her! However, they don't find the forlarren druid they were expecting but instead a (medium-sized) grizzly bear!

claw on Galtar: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

claw on Galtar: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

bite on Galtar: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

New save on Zeldones' turn:
Will: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32

Confirm:
claw on Galtar: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Initiative:

1. Temujin, Tobian, and Thomson
2. Rigzarreth (10 dmg)
3. Galtar, Ruckus, and Zeldones

You guys are up!

Temujin pulls out his stern voice. "Snak Pak! Back to battle! ONWARD BATTLE YAK!"

Snak Pak chomps away at some tufts of overgrown grass on the side of the road.

Handle Animal: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (9) - 1 = 8

EF: All things being equal, shouldn't my last hit...hit? For 22.

"Bear with me lady, this won't hurt...much!" Galtar laughs at his own humor and swings again!

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25
Damage: 2d4 + 17 ⇒ (4, 1) + 17 = 22

@Galtar: Ah yes, sorry. Missed it in the confusion (euphoria?).

Snak Pak refuses to listen to his owner but Galtar lands another blow on the bear! His blade doesn't seem to be having full effect against her.

Initiative:

1. Temujin, Tobian, and Thomson
2. Rigzarreth (44 dmg)
3. Galtar, Ruckus, and Zeldones

Ruckus, Zeldones, Tobian, and Thomson are up!

Although the cloud is fascinating, Ruckus has no desire to enter it. "That cloud is crampin my style. Can someone get rid of it?"

Ready action for mind thrust III - using previous roll for simplicity.

Tobian will wait, hoping to be able to see his target so he can use the flaming sphere and cast another spell.

"I am sorry, but I cannot dismiss it. It will dissipate on its own in a few seconds, though."

Thomson enjoys the effects of the cloud.

The bear in the cloud continues to go after Galtar!

claw on Galtar: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

claw on Galtar: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

bite on Galtar: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

New save on Zeldones' turn:
Will: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28

Initiative:

1. Temujin, Tobian, and Thomson
2. Rigzarreth (44 dmg)
3. Galtar, Ruckus, and Zeldones

You guys are up!

Remember it's a Fort save, not a Will save.

We still can't see inside the cloud? I assume its still there.

Tobian waits patiently for an enemy to present itself.

Galtar swings for the stands!

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28
Damage: 2d4 + 17 ⇒ (3, 4) + 17 = 24

Ah right! Fort save, sorry. That's a +8 so she's still ok.

Galtar takes down the wildshaped forlarren!

Out of combat!