GMG's PbP: Quest for Perfection Table B (Tier 1-2) (Inactive)

Game Master Magabeus

Hearing nothing of concern behind the doors, Kivuli looks to the team. "If yetis are here, they are shoutlessing goodly. Which knob-handle are we open?"
Kivuli studies the handles and the seem of the portal to ensure there are no traps or tripwires to injure allies or alert enemies.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Assuming no detected traps, lets take the north door, and see waht we may see.

Fine by me. Shall my 18AC open it or should we have Korug's 13 hit points,lol.

Korug forces himself to get up and heads over to the door. With his long bardiche drawn he readies himself for what may be inside. "I'll open it when everyone is ready"

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Modekai steels himself and nods to Korug

Kivuli draws his blade and leans against the wall, body taught in anticipation.

Folium nods, bow ready if something attacks them.

With the rest of the party prepared for whatever may be inside, Korug swings the door open and peers inside.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

Eleven ruined mattresses and a few aged and cracked pots are this room’s only furnishings. A section of the ceiling has collapsed in the northwestern corner of the room, causing the wind to howl eerily as it blows over the building. A series of images has been carved into the still-standing sections of the room’s walls, each image indicating a humanoid in a series of different positions and stances.

You enter the room and find a large pile of rubble brown shape on map. It is obvious that the ceiling collapsed, burying everything underneath it under the rubble. Clearing it would probably take days and is out of scope of this scenario ;-)

At the end of the room two double doors lead onward. You move towards those doors and assume the same formation. Korug opens the next doors.

You open the doors to a walled courtyard, the remains of four wooden training dummies stand near you and towards the south a few scraggly
plants struggle to grow. Folium has an uneasy feeling, he just knows battle is about to start!

Initiative
Surprise Round
Folium
- - -
Enemy
- - -
Normal Round
Aurum
Folium
Kivuli
Modekai
Zobmaggle
- - -
Enemy
- - -
Korug

At least you didn't roll a 1 this time for my init... :P

"There IS something here! Sometimes I hate being right."

Folium tries to cast a spell improving his aim.

Arcane failure 15%: 1d100 ⇒ 68
True strike

The spell works, and glitters on his arrow.

"Just come on... I'll shoot your eyes out," he mutters.

Aurum takes a careful look around.

Knowledge(Religion): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

He nods. "Good, this place is Iroran. Good man, Irori. Knew the importance in being in control of your desires."

Noticing Folium acting oddly, Aurum calls out, "Keep sharp!"

Casting bless as usual.

Around the corner another yeti appears! This one also is not as big as expected, although it seems to be a stronger version of the one you encountered outdoors.

Initiative
Aurum: will cast bless after making the save / averting his eyes
Folium
Kivuli
Modekai
Zobmaggle
- - -
Enemy
- - -
Korug

You know the drill with the gaze; this one is Fortitude DC 14. Fail and you are paralyzed. Modekai and Kivuli don't have to make the save, they are out of line of sight, which also implies that they can't make attacks from their current positions.

Fortitude: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11

And I'm paralyzed.

Aurum, there is no reason why you would not avert your eyes as you are not attacking, giving you 50% chance you do not even have to save

Does Aurum avert his eyes >50 = yes: 1d100 ⇒ 76

Bless is active and Aurum is not paralyzed!

Gaze: 1d20 + 4 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 8 = 29 smoked goggles as previously mentioned

"Zombaggle ready this time! Go Away!"

Zobmaggle steps up and swings...

Greataxe 2H: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Damage: 1d12 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Upon hearing the familiar growl, Kivuli takes a moment to set his own goggles into place. Forgot to put these on earlier, so I think that is my round whenever initiative gets to me.

Sweet, thank you! Everyone, remember that bless gives you +1 to the gaze attack save, because it is a fear effect!

Fortitude: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 = 5

Folium freezes in place as the yeti comes into view.

Folium freezes while Kivuli puts on his goggles. Zob already has his cool outfit on and slashes at the white monster, but misses

Initiative
Bless active, +1 to hit and on saves vs gaze!
Modekai
- - -
Enemy
- - -
Korug
Folium
Kivuli
Zobmaggle - saved

You know the drill with the gaze; this one is Fortitude DC 14. Fail and you are paralyzed. Modekai and Kivuli don't have to make the save, they are out of line of sight, which also implies that they can't make attacks from their current positions.

Modekai!

the goggles give me a 20% miss chance, I just didn't bother in the last post because the roll was so poor

Keeping his eyes down, Modekai manages to maneuver himself into the room and fire a shot at the yeti over Zob's shoulder

20% miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 86
fire into melee: 1d20 + 1 - 1 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 1 - 1 - 4 = 15
damage: 1d8 ⇒ 1

edit: actually, I'm unclear as to whether I lost the Summon Monster I spell I was trying to cast in the same round the last yeti was defeated or not. If not, he'll begin trying to cast that again

Modekai: yeti was alive, you tried to avert your eyes (not rolled for) and failed your save. If you are able to avert your eyes you would have cast, if you did not manage to do that you would be paralyzed. As averting your eyes is 50% you have a 50% chance you still have the summon because you would be paralyzed.

Has Mordekai got his summon? >50 is yes: 1d100 ⇒ 50 That is a no.

Modekai moves and misses the beast because his goblin companion is in the way. The yeti pounds his claws against it's chest while roaring in anger before it claws at Zob! The first claw hits and leaves the goblin bleeding on the floor. The yeti takes a step and also lashes out at Mordekai, who also goes down! Folium feels the utter panic leaving him, although the yeti is still a very scary opponent.

Claw: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20
Damage, last d6 is cold damage: 1d4 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 6 + (5) = 15
Claw: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29
Damage, last d6 is cold damage: 1d4 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 6 + (6) = 16

Initiative
Bless active, +1 to hit and on saves vs gaze!
Korug
Folium
Kivuli
Zobmaggle -4/11, dying, saved
Modekai -5/11, dying
- - -
Enemy - raging 1 round
- - -

Everyone standing needs to save, Fortitude DC13 or be paralyzed, not 14, my apologies (but it did not matter). Remember to include bless and avert your eyes if needed

Ouch!

Those are some nasty attacks for this tier. And this fatigue keeps me from raging :/

Fort: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 6 + 1 = 22

Watching the beast take down his companions steels Korug's nerves and he refuses to give in to fear. He swings at the yeti with his long bardiche with all his might before stepping back to put a little extra space between him and the beast.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 1 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 1 - 1 - 1 = 5
Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 1 - 1 ⇒ (9) + 5 + 1 - 1 - 1 = 13 Folio reroll if you allow it
Damage: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Barbarians are always nasty at this tier, add the fatigue, gaze, 2 attacks and the +1d6 cold damage and this is a truly difficult fight that is not at all represented in the CR2

Korug seems to miss, but by some divine intervention manages to score a severe hit!

Initiative
Bless active, +1 to hit and on saves vs gaze!
Folium
Kivuli
Zobmaggle -4/11, dying, saved
Modekai -5/11, dying
- - -
Enemy - raging 1 round, 14 damage
- - -
Korug - saved

Fort: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 8 + 1 = 14

We must get this beast away from our friends

stabilize: 1d20 + 2 - 5 ⇒ (16) + 2 - 5 = 13

Stablize: 1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 2 - 4 = 1

GAHK!

-1 HP

Some adventure writers love to cram as much difficulty into a given CR and somehow assume it's reasonable. The writer's version of a killer GM. Also, somehow I appear missing from the initiative order.

Aurum summons the courage to just look at the beast and be prepared to meet it.

Fort: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 1 = 4

Yet it overwhelms him.

Kivuli pulls an Alchemist's Fire from his pack and moves away from his friends for fear they may be burned.

Korug, we have must take yeti monster from others. Me heading fur is burny

Folium tries to get control of his actions.

Fortitude DC 13: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 = 5

But the horror of fallen friends is just too much.

Aurum, please take another round of actions, you missed an entire round by my fault, the paralyses was your previous round. Remember that you can avert your eyes, giving you a 50% chance of not even having to make a will save in exchange for a 20% miss chance.

Kivuli moves away from the beast, alchemist's fire in hand while Folium stands transfixed and Zobmaggle bleeds some more.

Initiative
Bless active, +1 to hit and on saves vs gaze!
Aurum
- - -
Enemy - raging 1 round, 14 damage
- - -
Korug - saved
Folium
Modekai -5/11, stable
Zobmaggle -5/11, dying, saved
Kivuli - saved

Last Round Aversion: 1d100 ⇒ 75

Vision averted.

Aurum draws his longspear and advances on the beast to attack.

Attack: 1d20 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (14) - 1 + 1 = 14 Fatigue for -1, +1 for higher ground
Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 1 Misses

Present Round Aversion: 1d100 ⇒ 98 Averted

Attack: 1d20 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (18) - 1 + 1 = 18
Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 37
Damage: 1d8 - 1 ⇒ (7) - 1 = 6

And move to step back.

Aurum scores a hit with his spear! The beast steps over the downed pathfinders and lashes out at Aurum, hitting the kalistrocrat hard!

Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18
Damage: 1d4 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 6 + (2) = 9

Aurum and Korug get AoO's, Aurum, you still have 20% miss chance

Initiative
Bless active, +1 to hit and on saves vs gaze!
Aurum: 1/10 hp
Folium
Korug: saved
Kivuli: saved
Zobmaggle: -5/11, dying, saved
Modekai: -5/11, stable
- - -
Enemy - raging 2 rounds, 20 damage
- - -

Fort save DC13 if you do not have saved behind your name (and are conscious) for paralysis. Avert =50 chance no save for a 20% miss chance.

And the step up triggers an AoO with my longspear!

Attack: 1d20 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) - 1 + 1 = 11
Miss Chance: 1d100 ⇒ 13 Missed

Aversion chance: 1d100 ⇒ 68

Aurum staggers back and withdraws to stand with Kivuli.

When the Yeti moves to swipe at his companion, Korug again forcefully swings his polearm down on it.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 1 - 1 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 1 - 1 - 1 = 12
Damage: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

After the Yeti's claws dig deep into Aurum he takes a step back slices upwards at the beast.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 1 - 1 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 1 - 1 - 1 = 19
Damage: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Great shot! Tell me that finishes the ugly beast off!

Korug's first attack in reaction to the yeti's move just hits the monster! But a hit that just hit is also a hit, and it hurts the monster significantly, blood is flowing from the long gash that the weapon leaves. The second strike finishes the snowy beast!

Combat over!

Aurum steps up after checking his wounds. "I'm out of curative magic for the day," he observes. "What other options would we have for our companions?"

Kivuli races forward, pulling a wand from his belt. He taps each of the two downed members of the party on the forehead and steps back waiting for the magic to take effect. He smiles as the wounds slowly start to close.

Use a single charge from the Wand of Infernal Healing on each on Zob and Mod.

His eyes flutter briefly as his body regenerates before they open wide in shock at the magic, antithetical to his own, subsumes his divine aura and he scrambles onto his hands and knees before vomiting spectacularly.

coughing and spluttering uuugh... um... thank you?

He takes a few long, deep, heaving breaths as he stands up

so, what now?

Whoops, didn't realize how hurt Aurum is. I will hit him with a charge too.

Remembering the protocol he learned from Mr. Geld earlier, Kivuli put on some gloves and taps the wand to Aurum's chest.

"You are thanked. Fewer holes for closing making for less deading."

Aurum gives the vaguest hint of a smile and nods toward Kivuli. "Thank you for being so thoughtful."

Looking around, he replies, "At this point, we will have to...augh, by the prophet..." He clutches his side for a moment as the infernal magic does its work. He quickly removes the makeshift bandage he had placed earlier on his wound, pulls out a new swath of linen, and wraps himself again. "I'll have to burn these clothes afterward..." he mutters to himself.

He coaches himself to breathe normally a few seconds later. "As I was saying, we will have to continue deeper into the shrine. At the very least, find somewhere with some shelter from these winds."

You find the place where the yeti has made his nest,a pile of filth covers the once-fine mats laid upon the floor. You search the room and find a braid of white hair, the braid is almost a foot long. Folium detects that it is magical, radiating strong transmutation magic, but can't find out what it does or how to activate it.

Searching further you come upon the next room. This fifteen-foot-by-thirty-foot room seems to have escaped the destruction found throughout the rest of the monastery. A statue, leaning against the northern wall, appears out of place among the rest of the room’s contents—clay pots, ruined sacks, and aged tools. The statue, made of finely carved stone with jade inlays, depicts a man with a serene face, standing in a meditative stance.

1d6 ⇒ 6

save your charge, i got this
Almost as much to reinforce his sense of self as to heal Aurum, he forces a holy spell and a small wave of divine energy through the infernal veil cast over him
cure minor: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
channel positive: 1d6 ⇒ 3

mostly
Edit:oops, got ninja'd

No problem, heal up first ;-)

Folium takes the magical braid and ties it to his belt.

"Until we find out what's it for. Could be stylish even if we don't. Hey, wasn't it something like this we were searching? Well, if it's a monk thing I cannot probably use."

He walks around looking around the room, carrying his rabbit and scratching it behind its ears.

"Stupid of me to freeze like a bunny, wasn't it? For that thing? I shot one already, was the other so much uglier?" he says to the rabbit in a low voice.

He reaches the statue and stares at it for a moment.

"Is that the Irori guy? And hey, wasn't there still some areas we didn't check? I wouldn't want to get more of those furry surprises."

"Zobmaggle wait to long to use powerful secret weapon. Next time Zobmaggle chug this first!"

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Turning to the statue he says,

"Hi! Zobmaggle always tries to find out more secrets. Always want to know more."

Korug gives Zob a confused look "Who are you talking to? I think you need more healing you must have hit your head"

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