GM Fuzzfoot's S01-41 The Devil We Know, Part III - Crypt of Fools (Standard PFS) Tier 1-7/Subtier 1-2 (Inactive)

Game Master PJP

Alaneo, seeing the once again cramped battlefield, tries to trip the ghoul covering the ground with a thick layer of ice.

Slick utility wild talent, Ref DC 15 or fall.

Ref Save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

The ghast manages to retain its footing while dodging both Masa and Sheela's attempts to hit it.

It continues to assault Masa, clearly annoyed that paralysis has not yet set in.

Claw Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Claw Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Bite Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Ouch - 13 damage I believe puts you at 0, and I need 4 more fort saves from you (although actually, only the 2 paralysis ones matter).

Round 1: (Bold may act)
Bernard, Nikolai

Round 2: (Bold may act)
Masa (22 dmg, sickened, disabled, diseased, pending 2 paralysis saves), Alaneo, Sheela
Ghoul

Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (7) + 3 - 4 = 6
Disrupt Undead: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Sheela is too worried about Masa to shoot straight.

Nikolai grabs Masa and throws him behind him. "Come on, you twice-born bastard!", Nikolai roars, getting into a defensive stance. "I'll put you back in the ground!"

Move action to pick up Improved Reposition with Martial Flexibility, standard action to reposition Masa. Assuming he fails one or both of those paralysis rolls, his CMD will drop dramatically. My plan is to move him to one of the alcoves on either side of me.

Reposition: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

I guess it is up to Masa to see if he even objects. If he doesn't, or is paralyzed, then it is automatic success since he isn't actually a foe.

Round 1

Bernard tries to use his wand of gravity bow.

UMD: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

"I can't do anything if you stand in the way, buddies", the halfling alert.

Round 2

As the others are still in the corridor, Bernard tries again to use his wand of gravity bow.

UMD: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

"Sheela, can you..." - he points, indicating to her make a step beside to open space to him.

With a -8 to hit, I'll continue to try tripping the ghoul.

Alaneo tries once again to freeze the ground under the undead's feet.

"Come back, we can't see anything!" he shouts to the frontliners.

Blabla slick UWT, ref DC 15 ^^

Is that an unlimited use thing? It's pretty nice...

Ref Save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

"Sheela, can you..." - he points, indicating to her make a step beside to open space to him.

"Huh? What? Oh. Yes."

Indeed ^^

Fort Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Fort Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

As Masa's body locks up and the group's ranged assault falters, he feels the rough grip of Nikolai pull him from the area and shove him into the alcove, off to the side.

"Grr... ba..... he...." he tries to mutter as his hands grip his sword tightly and his body refuses to respond to his mental commands.

Good news is at least he is at 0, and not dying....
Paralysis lasts: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 rounds.

The undead monster grins as he sees fresh meat, and steps forward to wail on Nik.

Claw Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Claw Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 Need a Fort DC 15 save

Bite Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Round 1: (Bold may act)
Bernard, Nikolai (8 dmg, save pending)

Round 2: (Bold may act)
Masa (22 dmg, sickened, disabled, diseased, paralyzed)
Alaneo, Sheela
Ghoul

@GM: The ghoul needs to make an acrobatics check to move out of the Slick, I believe. "A creature can walk within or through the area of grease at half normal speed with a DC 10 Acrobatics check. Failure means it can't move that round (and must then make a Reflex save or fall), while failure by 5 or more means it falls (see the Acrobatics skill for details)."

Masa stands frozen, facing the wall in the dark. He is only able to hear the savagery behind him and prays to the great Tien gods to deliver him from this fresh hell.

2 rounds down, 1 more left.

@GM Fuzzfoot, I already posted Bernard's actions for rounds 1 and 2.

Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 3 - 4 = 2
Disrupt Undead: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Sheela fires once again, and then backs out of the way so Bernard and Alaneo can get a better angle. Her aim somehow got worse each time, and she's not sure how.

Masa's right about that, actually. And I think that he can't "5 foot step" out of the grease area. So I'd say it was unable make a full attack.

Alaneo tries to catch the man with his ice, hoping that Masa's state is not permanent. "GO for it, Nik!"

Kinetic Cold Blast (Ranged Touch), PBS, cover: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 5 - 4 = 13 for Cold: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Fort save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Nikolai grimaces as the ghoul claws a ragged wound across his chest, his snarl becoming more pronouced as he fights off the numbing chill spreading across his limbs. "Lucky shot, bastard. My turn." He unleashes a flurry of strikes, pummeling the creature with punishing strikes.

Attack 1, PA, flurry: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
Damage 1: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Attack 2, PA, flurry: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Damage 2: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Jabbing Style?: 1d6 ⇒ 4

OK, I don't really see anything to support 5' step in grease or not, but based on what it does say I think it is logical to assume no 5' step. So...

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22 <== allows move at 1/2 speed

Only 1 attack then, and since the first one missed, Nik is still uninjured.

Unfortunately, his attacks all miss as well - as do Alaneo's and Sheela's. And this round, it will full attack.

Claw Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

Claw Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 Need a Fort DC 15 save

Bite Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5 Need a Fort DC 15 save, and a Fort DC 14 save (disease)

Round 2: (Bold may act)
Bernard (UMD), Nikolai (13 dmg, 3 saves pending)

Round 3: (Bold may act)
Masa (22 dmg, sickened, disabled, diseased, paralyzed til round 4)
Alaneo, Sheela
Ghoul

Bernard isn't in the turn order for the round 3. Is he up?

This one ghoul is one agile fella. We haven't hit it once?

Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 3 - 4 = 11
Disrupt Undead: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Not that I'm helping.

Glad that you ruled it that way. That's because I think it kinda acts like difficult terrain.

Alaneo sees that the tunnel is too tight for him to reach the ghoul and tries to trip it once again!

Slick, Ref DC 15

Waiting on Nik before I resolve the rest. Bernard - no, you are not up until after the ghast. You and Nik will be at the end of round 3.

Fort 1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Fort 2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Fort 3: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

"You're going to have to do better than that!", Nikolai snarls, fighting through the chill that threatens to take hold of his limbs. Still, he unleashes another barrage of attacks upon the undead beast before him, beginning to lead the creature back towards the rest of the party.

Full attack, then 5' step back.

Attack 1, PA, flurry: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Damage 1: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Attack 2, PA, flurry: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Damage 2: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Jabbing Style?: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Nik comes in with a flurry of attacks, knocking the ghouls head off of its decaying body!

Combat over, just like that...

Masa, still conscious, feels his muscles return to his control shortly, and the sickness passes about a minute after that. He is still at 0 hp though.

For those that do not recall the room description:

A purple radiance washes over this cold chamber from a variety of lichens and fungi that grow on the walls and ceiling creating an otherworldly sheen. Straw-filled cages line the north and south walls. In the room’s center, a strange pedestal, carved in the likeness of dozens of grasping tentacles, sits fixed into the stone floor.

The bodies of six thief-takers rest in the cells. All of them are barely alive (same condition as Masa, including being sickened which will pass now that the ghoul is destroyed).

In addition, the ghoul had masterwork torturer’s tool (masterwork artisan’s tools), 100 gp, and an unknown potion.

Heal: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

"This is not good", Bernard says as he watches the bodies in the cells. "Their wounds are all made by ghoul bites, and they likely suffer from ghoul fever, which will turn them into ghouls if not cured within a couple of days."

Perpception DC 10 (take '10): 20 = 20

"Hey, look what I found here", the halfling calls from a 'empty' cell. "A chest and a masterwork longbow with 20 arrows. Interesting."

@GM Fuzzfoot the chest is locked?

Perpception DC 15 (take '10): 20 = 20

After check the chest, the gunslinger finds another point of interest - "well, if the chest was supposed to be interesting, you have to look at this...", he shows the hidden switch beneath a floor tile to the others.

Good rolls, Nikolai!

Sheela breathes a sigh of relief. "Finally...these ghouls are getting annoyting." She frowns as Bernard describes their fate. "We should tell the guards, upstairs about this. The last thing we need are more ghouls roaming about."

Sheela looks at the potion.
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
"Uhhhh...what is this?"

Nice job, Nik! The dice gods eventually were on our side :)

Alaneo sighs in relief when he sees the ghoul fall to Nik's powerful blows.

Sheela pulls out her wand of Cure Light Wounds. "I think both of you need this."

Anyone with UMD?

Even though the ghast drops, Nikolai doesn't stop kicking it until a sickening crack is heard, and the thing's rotting brains begin to ooze out. "Rule #1 of the Twice-born - they ain't dead until you see brains."

No UMD here. How were we using this thing previously?

Uhh...I think we never needed to use it past part 1, when Davith could have used it. I guess Sheela should drop a point into UMD next level.

I have UMD. ;)

Well, Bernard, looks like you're Masa's only hope!

The chest is not locked, and it contains 1,600 gp worth of Cassomir trade bars!

"More money. Since when do ghouls need to get paid for their heinous acts?" Sheela looks at the bars, curiously. "We should tell the authorities about this and the prisoners here. Even if they don't care about them, they will be worried about them turning into ghouls."

Alaneo, having no ability to heal the sick, looks further at the switch.

"Bernard, do you think we can and/or should activate this?"

He then looks at the potion and tries to know what it is.

Perception DC 20 to identify the potion: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Bernard's UMD is +6.

Masa hands his wand to the halfling as he moves carefully and methodically, trying not to rip his wounds open any farther. "I leave myself in your care."

UMD @ DC 20: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
UMD @ DC 20: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
UMD @ DC 20: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
UMD @ DC 20: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
UMD @ DC 20: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
UMD @ DC 20: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7 And the wand is locked.

CLW x3: 3d8 + 3 ⇒ (8, 1, 5) + 3 = 17

The halfling gets the wand to work for a bit, but finds that he has expended what little healing magicks that he can from the wand.

Masa takes back the now-broken rod and bows gratefully. "Thank you for your aid. We should press on." he adds as he sheathes his sword and soldiers forward.

"Wait, Masa! Use my wand! We should get you fully recovered before what lies ahead!" says the undine, giving his own wand to Bernard.

Bernard tries Alaneo's wand and in one charge it heals the samurai fully.

UMD, DC 20: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Al's CLW wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Masa bows to Alaneo. "Thank you for the offering. It will not go to waste." he says before standing upright and moving to the center of the room to investigate.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

"So, uh, what are we doing with them?", Nikolai asks the rest of his team, gesturing with a thumb to the unfortunates suffering from ghoul fever. "Are we taking them topside for care? Letting them lie there while we finishing culling the cult from Cassomir? Putting them out of their misery?" He says that last part quieter, so that the cult's victims can't hear him easily.

"I'll go to the top side and tell the authorities about them, while Masa recovers." Sheela hurries up, crossing the pews and heading up the ladder.

This could be interesting... anyone do anything while Sheela is gone?

"I think Masa's recovered, Sheela," Nikolai calls out as the sorceress begins to head back topside. "By the way, Masa...you're welcome."

"Hah, I knew that all of that time at the libraries would be useful someday", Bernard said with the conviction of a man that once entered in a library, which never occurred.

"All of us will go to the top side. Let's go."

Masa nods to Nikolai and follows the woman to the topside of the sewers as it seems they have reached a dead end. "Anyone have any idea where to go now?"

It takes quite a bit of time to escort the prisoners topside, as they are all at 0 hp and moving very slowly.

Overhearing Masa, one of the freed men says "Were you looking for the derros? They rotated that room we were in to go further below."

No one actually asked them anything...

I wasn't they were conscious...
Sheela's glad to see them alive, although she wishes they would move faster. "Yes, well, we needed to know who brought you there, what those ghouls were planning, and if you saw them go somewhere else. So, thanks!"

Sheela is ready to search the room for hidden entrances.

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 1
"Ooo! A copper piece!"

They don't know much, but they tell you that the derros that took the prison captured them, and brought them to the ghoul for him to watch. They rotated that cell room to access another tunnel, but they can't tell you how long ago - time lost all meaning for them.

You recall that you already found a switch in that room that you haven't tried to do anything with.

Masa decides to take action as he sees that the group has avoided the switch. "Prepare yourselves."

He pushes the switch and expects the worst as the room begins to turn.

You enter the hidden tunnel system. You could clearly be wondering around in here for hours.

Each of you finds small scraps of paper scattered about the tunnels.

survival dc 15: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

"Hmmm... Any ideas, buddies?"