GM FedoraFerret's Year of the Shadow Lodge Table (Inactive)

Game Master FedoraFerret

Auric does his best to remain calm as he beholds the large dragon.

"That's a large one. We could try to sneak past it. If someone can make us invisible, I can cover the sound of our footsteps with silence."

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The huge dragon is an imposing site, and has brought the small army to a bit of a standstill, some start trying to work out a way around – seeing a chance to make a break for the single door and hopefully passing through it to the safety of the mausoleum.

A half a dozen of the most seasoned Pathfinders instead ready to make their stand, drawing swords and casting spells – their faces set in grim masks of steely resolve.

Alie Saechel
Boswick Bumbleberry
Dwayne the Rock
Oxirane
Rogar Stonehand
Sareth

This is the vanguard leading an assault on the dragon, each one of them heroes towards the twilight of their careers – leading what may be their final charge into glory. Should they fall this day their names will live on in song – and forever be engraved on the Wall of Names.

A small number of other journeymen Pathfinder seem equally set on following up on the charge with their steel also at the ready.

Still waiting on reports, so let your GM know your intent. More to follow...

"Agree, we leave her to the big blades."
Aikio's Stealth: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15
while moving invisible adds +20 to stealth.

Sickly watches some of the Pathfinders engaging the dragon with mixed feelings. On one hand wanting to go in and help, on the other, common sense.

As the others decide to try to sneak past it, while its distracted, he looks unsure, but nods and agrees anyway, more worried about alienating his new 'friends' than the fact he has little skill at such things!

He will point out the door, however. "Will have to get that open." He mutters, worriedly.

"I'll try to get it open by the time you get there." He adds dubiously.

Lets do this thing!
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After the others signal readiness, and cast what spells they can, he hurries across trying to arrive there first, arms covering his head as if that will somehow make him harder to see.

He will move as quickly as he can (with the penalty), invis or not... As with one, he can spare a few points, and the other it won't matter! =)

fast Stealth: 1d20 - 1 - 5 ⇒ (20) - 1 - 5 = 14

As he closes in on the barred door, he brings his adamantine hammer around, like some sort of improvised battering ram, and tries to bust it open quickly, before the dragon notices his friends.

Rage, attempt to burst open the door!

Strength Check: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 2 = 23

edit: yowza! Covering your head does help!

Ariana isn't much for stealth. She hopes that the assault on the dragon will cover her group's moving for the door.

stealth: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (7) + 0 = 7

Aikio casts a spell on Sickly. Then she pulls a pearl from her orange red robes and casts again. The dwarf and human disappear. "Stay close but don't line up.

GM, has heroism run out? If so, I'll also recast it on myself before doing anything else. Let me know so that I can manage my spell slots accordingly, please. The first one was cast at the first arena fight iirc.

Auric casts silence on an arrow he's carrying and moves with his companions, endeavoring to remain as stealthy as possible.

Stealth: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15

I'll say Heroism has run out yes.

Unseeable and unheard, Sickly reaches the door easily without being noticed. With Auric right behind him, he also makes no sound as his hammer smashes the door off of its hinges.

However, not all of the party is quite stealthy enough, and the dragon's head rears towards the party. Just before they can sneak through the doors, the dragon's tail swings into an overhang over the roof, sending rubble scattering down on them.

15 damage from the rubble, DC 18 reflex to halve

Reflex: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
"Ack she saw me!"
23/38

Ariana ducks out of the way of most of the rubble. Some of it still hits her.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

60/70

Stealth: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31

Kishara slips carefully for the door, hoping to avoid the dragon's notice and trying not to be in a line with the rest of her group in case she is seen.

I'm a little confused by the map, so didn't move my own token.

Reflex, Evasion: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

When the rubble falls, she tumbles out of the way.

Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Sickly reaches the door, and manages to bash it open on his first attempt.
He turns to beam triumphantly at the others, only to realize he can't see most of them, and they can't see him.

The dragon can, however, and the cascading rubble manages to catch the dwarf solidly on the top of his head.

He quickly collapses back into the Mausoleum away from the creature, mouthing the word 'Ow', one hand checking the new bumps on his head.

Ref, evasion: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32

Auric easily dodges the falling rubble, taking shelter in a nearby hole.

"..." shouts silently the archaeologist, pointing forward and running like Hells.

Good work on the door! Rough landing for the rest of you :p

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The battle is joined with ferocity, he show is far more spectacular than the entertainment in the Irorium earlier.

The most seasoned Pathfinders appear to be faring well, and a small cohort of around a score are in lending them aid and trying to harry the dragon.

One enterprising group has simply abandoned all due care and has crashed the gates into the mausoleum, leaving the entrance wide open for any who can make it across the courtyard!

reflex: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Brewslee mumbles to himself as he watches Sickly rush towards the dragon and smash into the door. Stumbling after him Brewslee is able to deftly avoid small pieces of rubble. Fro the innocent bystander it looks as if the gods are moving the monk around. That is until he reaches the door and a large stone rebounds off of his skull, cracking it open.

With the dragon still to his back Brewslee slams into the rear end of everyone, pushing the through the door as fast as he can. His eyes wide for once he has panic in his voice.

Thish would drive a man to drinking!

One enterprising group has simply abandoned all due care and has crashed the gates into the mausoleum, leaving the entrance wide open for any who can make it across the courtyard!

Woot for being enterprising, and maybe a little bit crazy.

If that was us, I object... we exercised care... we just didn't succeed =)

Yeah it was and maybe you did, but that's how it LOOKED from the grandstand and the audience :p

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Under heavy attack, the mighty black dragon falters, blood spilling from dozens of wounds. She staggers forward, raises
her wings, lets out an ear-piercing roar, and takes flight, headed for the harbor.

we have a few moments to heal up a bit? If so, Sickly will try to get one of those capable of activating it, to use his CLW wand on him...

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Somehow, he managed to get a splinter going through the door.

"Shiny!" Aikio says of the barbarian's handy work.

Yeah it was and maybe you did, but that's how it LOOKED from the grandstand and the audience :p

Ha! From the grandstand it looked like two humans and a tengu ran across the courtyard and the door exploded. :)

"I was nowhere near the door. It wasn't me. It's like that cookie thing when I was twelve all over again. It wasn't me!"

You enter the mausoleum, a dim but lit building that smells of formaldehyde. The way to a small room stands to one side, while two sets of doors, one double and one single, line the northern wall.

Take your pick: Ossarium, double doors, or single door.

Sickly looks around the mausoleum nervously, clearly uncomfortable in the place.

"Where would they keep the scrolls?" He mutters quietly, unsure which way to go.

Barring any other input, he starts making his way down the hallway towards the nearest door.

Any obvious signs of someone? Bloody footprints, sounds of searching, doors left open during hasty movement, et al?

Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

Gm, any chance to align the map up a little closer to the actual grid? Its a little off-putting when moving tokens about. =)

Sickly, I challenge you to line up a Paizo map on the Roll20 grid. They don't actually make their grid squares, it is legitimately not possible.

You don't see any tracks or anything.

Heh... not with that negative attitude! =)
Having never used Roll20 as anything but a player, I have no clue what's involved, so will live with it!

FYI for everyone else, if you hold down the ALT key while moving your token, you can move it without it snapping to the invisible gridlines, and thus get yourself in the displayed map gridlines!

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Not seeing the invisible dwarf, the tengu offers "Let's start with the closest door.

invisibility will last 6 minutes.

Sickly nods emphatically, at Aikio's suggestion, and heads towards the first door and opens it up, steadfastly avoiding the Ossarium (That's where dead people go, not live ones!).

Should be the single door mentioned, if my understanding of the descriptive text is correct

The fact that he's invisible never quite sinks in, as he's never been so before (at least not for real)... so assumes the others are behind him.

He's not exactly in stealth mode, audio-wise, however, and his wheezing breathing and the occasional congested sniffle might be heard moving off.

Auric follows his companions without a word, his thoughts focused on not messing the next part, clearly aware that their lives are more than ever in danger. He checks the door cautiously for traps or locks, and opens it if he deems it safe.

Perception: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33

Brewslee leaps in the air as the northern door seems to open on it's own. Hearing Sickly speak he sighs a bit, holding a hand to his chest.

DON'T DO THAT! He yells a bit louder than he means to and makes his way through the door. He shakes one of his flasks. Empty!? He hurls it to the ground with a clatter and pulls another out.

Sickly, I challenge you to line up a Paizo map on the Roll20 grid. They don't actually make their grid squares, it is legitimately not possible.

You don't see any tracks or anything.

I have some experience with playing with Paizo maps. It's true they often extract differently than they look in the PDF, I often have to stretch, skew and clip them to get them aligned correctly. But I don't use roll 20, so I can't speak to the difficulties there.

Despite the occasional outbursts from her companions, Kishara continues to slip along quietly, listening for signs of life.

Stealth: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (17) + 12 = 29
Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17

Ariana would have preferred to go into the room without the door first, but she follows her companions through the door.

stealth: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (18) + 20 = 38

Within this vast chamber, rows and rows of dark-lacquered mahogany shelves hold thousands of texts.

Aaaaaaaand we're now in a freeze until everyone else reaches the library.

Can we look at the door less room while we wait?
Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

egads... didn't we just stop? And we're stopping again? All we did was open a door. 8P

I'll allow you guys to rewind and retroactively explore the other rooms.

Brewslee looks around seeing they are the only group that made it this far. Sheems we got ahead of everyone. elshe. Letsh look here. Brewslee runs to the western door and kicks it open with all his might.

Was there an open doorway? I don't see one on the map. Adriana & Kishara also have invisibility too.

Like a studious Pathfinder, Aikio the red asks, "Shouldn't there be someone on duty?"

Oh boy! Kish will scout around with her ghostliness.

Trying very hard not to think of the last time she was afforded invisibility, Kishara backtracks, investigating the areas they left behind.

Moved to a new spot on the map to peek in.
Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27
Stealth: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

Ariana stealthy heads to a different place on the map. She'd like to follow along with her group, but most of them are invisible, and not making much noise.

Stealth: 1d20 + 0 + 20 ⇒ (11) + 0 + 20 = 31
Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

She's not used to being invisible, and is having fun sneaking around

Whoops, I am dumb. Forgot my invis bonus to stealth. Puts it at 47.

What Kishara sees.
This cavernous hallway is contains a number of elaborate skeletal displays. The reassembled creations consist of both accurate assemblies and imaginative creation built from the bones of multiple specimens. Several large, glass cylinders contain colonies of dermestid beetles for cleaning bones. Several have actively decaying specimens. Arches along the side lead to small workstations. Near the back sits another, larger work area filled with kilns, a hearth, and some large iron vats. In the middle of the floor, six corpses lie piled together is a pool of blood.

Three goblins hide in this room, seemingly preparing for an ambush.

What Breweslee sees.
This huge chamber is entirely tiled with plain gray flagstones. It’s uncannily cold, and only a trickle of light slips through a trio of tiny windows, one set into each adjoining wall, just below the eaves. The room is lined and partitioned with rows of massive stone cubicles. The cubicles stand twice the height of a grown human. Each cubical has an iron door with a brass plate on it. The plates are labeled and numbered with a black wax pencil.

Wandering inside this room is the pearlescent white visage of a half-orc woman. It turns when Brewslee opens the door and lets out a piercing shriek.

We are in initiative. Aikio and Auric, please position yourselves. Initiative order is Brewslee->Kishara->ghosty->Party.

Can see where the ghostly woman is to move.

Please don't talk to loud! He says as he holds his head from the woman yelling. You sound like my ex-wife.....

Brewslee smiles sheepishly at the woman as he falls into the room.

Swift Action use 1 Ki to gain +4 Dodge to AC bringing AC to 27(31); T 23; FF 22 for 1 round.

He uses the cubicles to brace himself as he slashes his temple sword at the ghostly woman.

+1 Temple Sword; PA: 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 8 - 2 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 4 = 11

Kishara beats it back quickly to warn everyone of the goblins and then hears a shriek and oddly enough, Brews complaining about his ex-wife... She encounters Aikio along the way and whispers to her. "Goblins hiding in that room." She says, pointing, and then realizes that will do no good as she's invisible, so she tugs the tengu's robes to indicate the direction instead.

Stealth, fast: 1d20 + 11 + 20 - 5 ⇒ (10) + 11 + 20 - 5 = 36

Map updated, sorry.

Brewslee's sword passes through the ghostly woman slowly, as though through pudding, but it still seems to have some effect.

The phantom visage strikes back at Brewslee, but is far too slow for him.

Party turn.

Map updated, sorry.

No worries, I couldn't get to a computer any sooner. :)

"Goblins I can do something about. To the south you say? That scream came from the north. Time to take a look," the fire mage whispers. Then she begins moving into the room of cubicles.
double move, in line with the two doors.

Brewslee is happy that the cubicles are between him as they almost seem to be holding him upright. The man's eyes roll back in his head as he drunkenly waves his temple sword about high in the air.

Use 1 Ki to give my Flurry an extra attack.

+1 Temple Sword Flurry 1: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 7 - 2 = 24
Confirm Crit: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 7 - 2 = 24
Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 4 = 12
Crit damage: 1d8 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 4 = 9

+1 Temple Sword Flurry 2: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 7 - 2 = 7
Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 4 = 8

+1 Temple Sword Flurry 3: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 7 - 2 = 10
Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 4 = 12

+1 Temple Sword Flurry 4: 1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 - 2 = 20
Confirm Crit: 1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 - 2 = 6
Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 4 = 9

Oh, completely missed the fact it was my turn too! =)

Unsure where everyone else is, but totally sure he heard a ghostly shriek, Sickly moves into the room after Brewslee.

He is not at all happy to see the ghostly critter and racks his brain trying to recall what it might be.

Knowledge (religion): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10 (edit: bah!)

Huffing and puffing, he manages to move in behind Brews, and takes a swing at the creature over the drunken monk's head. Invisible when he starts the swing, but totally visible to all once he finishes.

Single move, rage, then attack. Ghostly thing will have soft cover from Brewslee but will also be flat footed unless it can see invisible (Take 2 off the attack roll if it can see invis). Weapon is admantine and magic

Melee Attack vs flat footed, rage, Invis, PA: 1d20 + 12 + 2 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 12 + 2 + 2 - 2 = 32, for 2d6 + 8 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (6, 4) + 8 + 6 + 3 = 27

Auric steps sideways and unleashes two arrows at the goblin in front of him (the southern one).

+1 Shortbow, RS, Heroism, PBS, AS: 1d20 + 10 - 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 10 - 2 + 2 + 1 = 161d6 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 1 + 2 = 8

+1 Shortbow, RS, Heroism, PBS, AS: 1d20 + 10 - 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 10 - 2 + 2 + 1 = 141d6 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 + 2 = 6

Double move.

Looks like the system ate my post. I just double moved.

What should be a decisive blow against the spirit from Brewslee seems to do far less than it normally should.

Casual reminder that incorporeal creatures can't be crit.

Sickly's attack does significantly more damage than Brewslee's strikes, though it too seems to simply pass through her.

Auric's first arrow fells the goblin, but his second missed, and now they're on their guard.

Goblins have joined the initiative order. For simplicity's sake, I'm resetting the initiative. Order is now Brewslee->Kishara->Sickly->spooky ghost lady->Ariana->Auric->goblins->Aikio

The spirit takes another swing at Brewslee, this time her hand passing chillingly through her chest.

Brewslee takes 6 damage and gains two negative levels. Ariana and Auric's turns.