GM Kamro's Curse of the Crimson Throne

Game Master overlord_laharl

Shaeda first, actually. Thurrios delayed last round.

Shaeda will use a Free Action to add +1, Holy to her whip.

I think then, Bless, Haste, +1, Holy

Shaeda will start attacking the critter next to Thurrios...

+1 Shock Whip Hit: 1d20 + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 34 Disarm, Reach, Trip, Blindness/Deafness
+1 Shock Whip Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 1d6 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 5 + (5) + 1 + (5, 3) = 22

+1 Shock Whip Hit: 1d20 + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (13) + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 5 = 29 Disarm, Reach, Trip, Blindness/Deafness
+1 Shock Whip Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 1d6 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 5 + (6) + 1 + (3, 1) = 17

+1 Shock Whip Hit: 1d20 + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 10 ⇒ (11) + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 10 = 22 Disarm, Reach, Trip, Blindness/Deafness
+1 Shock Whip Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 1d6 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 5 + (3) + 1 + (6, 1) = 19

Hasted attack...

+1 Shock Whip Hit: 1d20 + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 33 Disarm, Reach, Trip, Blindness/Deafness
+1 Shock Whip Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 1d6 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 5 + (6) + 1 + (6, 2) = 21

Depending on results, she will 5' in some direction.

Shaeda first, actually. Thurrios delayed last round.

Shaeda will use a Free Action to add +1, Holy to her whip.

I think then, Bless, Haste, +1, Holy

Being Holy, it should overcome their DR, right?

Shaeda will start attacking the critter next to Thurrios...

+1 Shock Whip Hit: 1d20 + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 26 Disarm, Reach, Trip, Blindness/Deafness
+1 Shock Whip Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 1d6 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (10) + 5 + (6) + 1 + (1, 3) = 26

+1 Shock Whip Hit: 1d20 + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (14) + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 5 = 30 Disarm, Reach, Trip, Blindness/Deafness
+1 Shock Whip Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 1d6 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 5 + (1) + 1 + (5, 3) = 20

+1 Shock Whip Hit: 1d20 + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 10 ⇒ (1) + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 10 = 12 Disarm, Reach, Trip, Blindness/Deafness
+1 Shock Whip Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 1d6 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 5 + (3) + 1 + (2, 3) = 19

Hasted attack...

+1 Shock Whip Hit: 1d20 + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 23 Disarm, Reach, Trip, Blindness/Deafness
+1 Shock Whip Damage: 1d10 + 5 + 1d6 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 5 + (1) + 1 + (2, 2) = 14

Depending on the results, she will 5' in some direction.

Need results before I can know what Thurrios should do.

Three of Shaeda's blows find their target, and their holiness cuts the devil's skin deeply, but she remains on her feet.

Took off over half her hp, but that one was full up beforehand.

Ok, Shaeda did a 5' to the West then.

Thurrios moves around the enemy to his West, to be able to provide a flank for Searok's incoming full hasted attack.

That movement should provoke an AOO from the erinyes. Shaeda will BG Thurrios for that AOO...

Whip to Aid AC: 1d20 + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 18 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 24 vs DC 10 to give +9 Dodge to AC

Thurrios won't waste his time attacking. He will, however CLW himself...

CMW: 1d8 + 5 + 2 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 2 + 15 = 26

is the bad guy before Tronar still up or down?

AOO: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 311d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

The one before Tronar is up and going right now, I've removed the dead ones from the list.

The Erinyes will full attack Searok with her bow.

Longbow: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (7) + 16 = 231d8 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12 plus 1d8 ⇒ 1 Fire
Longbow: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (4) + 16 = 201d8 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 plus 1d8 ⇒ 3 Fire
Longbow: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 271d8 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14 plus 1d8 ⇒ 7 Fire

Looks like they all miss.

Tronar's up.

That AOO will miss Thurrios, BARELY! Against that AOO Thurrios has 22+9+1=32AC!!!

"You have this in hand. I will save my perishable skills" Tronar delays.

Searok then? I'll give him a few hours before botting him per his post.

Searok will 5' step to the West, and take a ton of swings at the bad guy there...

Blessed, Hasted, Flanking I think he already calculated for Blessed.

I believe this weapon overcomes their DR?

Attack 1: 1d20 + 26 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 26 + 1 + 2 = 32
Attack 2: 1d20 + 21 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 21 + 1 + 2 = 41
Attack 3: 1d20 + 16 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 16 + 1 + 2 = 32
Attack 4 (Hasted): 1d20 + 26 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 26 + 1 + 2 = 39
Damage 1: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12 + Evil Followers: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 5, 2) = 11
Damage 2: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14 + Evil Followers: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 4, 3) = 11
Damage 3: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17 + Evil Followers: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 4, 4) = 15
Damage 4: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16 + Evil Followers: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 3, 2) = 11

Searok slays the erinyes under a torrent of mighty blows with Serithial.

Which makes Ziranu up with one target left

With the last devil standing, Ziranu focuses all of his fire upon her until she falls, again leveraging both his Improved Precise Shot feat to eliminate any cover bonus, and his Clustered Shots feat to limit any DR to but a single instance...

Manyshot-Rapid Shot-Deadly Aim-Bless-Haste-Enhanced Longbow Attack 1 against Evil Outsider: 1d20 + 15 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 15 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 = 31

Attack 1 Damage: 2d8 + 2d6 + 16 + 8 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (5, 4) + (1, 3) + 16 + 8 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 2 = 53

Rapid Shot-Deadly Aim-Bless-Haste-Enhanced Longbow Attack 2 against Evil Outsider: 1d20 + 10 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 10 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 = 38

Attack 2 Damage: 1d8 + 1d6 + 8 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + (4) + 8 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 28

Rapid Shot-Deadly Aim-Bless-Haste-Enhanced Longbow Attack 3 against Evil Outsider: 1d20 + 5 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 = 31

Attack 3 Damage: 1d8 + 1d6 + 8 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + (6) + 8 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 33

Rapid Shot-Deadly Aim-Bless-Haste-Enhanced Longbow Attack 4 against Evil Outsider: 1d20 + 15 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 15 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 = 33

Attack 4 Damage: 1d8 + 1d6 + 8 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + (4) + 8 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 26

Haste Bonus Rapid Shot-Deadly Aim-Bless-Haste-Enhanced Longbow Attack 5 against Evil Outsider: 1d20 + 15 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 15 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 = 45

Attack 5 Damage: 1d8 + 1d6 + 8 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + (5) + 8 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 31

A couple of low rolls, but fortunately on the attacks with the highest bonuses! Post-Attack Strikes Analysis:

Against AC 31 or higher: 53+28+33+26+31 = 171 points of damage this round!

Ziranu's arrows finish off the final devil.

Each of the fiends has a +1 Flaming Composite Longbow in their possession, and a +1 Longsword.

But more importantly...Everyone hits level 16.

Exits are still as marked, you'd got two doors in this room and a staircase leading up.

Loot added to spreadsheet (8900gp per bow, 2315gp per sword). Anyone want to claim any of those?

Woot! Level 16!

I'm guessing Searok may be a little delayed, but...

Shaeda points at the door to the West, "Ziranu, can you check that out please? Also, there appear to be some stairs back there, do we clear this level before we go up, or do we catch them in our 'righthand' sweep?"

"Zhat I can, Shaeda. I'm zhinking zhat we at least attempt to clear zhis level first, so long as we don't give zhe enemy an opportunity to warn ozhers of our presence. Still a number of doors here..."

Ziranu moves quietly to the western wall of the chamber to search the double doors and their immediate environs...

Perception: 1d20 + 22 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 22 + 6 = 47, +2 more if dealing with undead or dragons; +4 more if dealing with evil outsiders; +6 more if dealing with humans; and +7 more if trapfinding is applicable.

The western door is untrapped. Ziranu hears a sort of creaking sound beyond it, and the clink of chains. He also is certain he can detect the smell of blood and rotting flesh beyond.

"Standard positions," Shaeda whispers.

Once everyone is in position (which I will reposition us in a second), Searok will open the door.

This large chamber smells of seasoned wood and blood. It contains a long table with four wooden chairs on one side and a single stool on the other. Torture implements, including a rack, an iron maiden, and a complex pulley machine, are arranged near the walls, together with a wide range of crafty restraining devices.

Against the far wall is a vision of horror. It looks like a large fiendish statue, and wouldn't be pleasant to gaze upon at the best of times. But it too is an instrument of torture and death; a human body is pinned to it like a butterfly in a collection, crucified with an expression of anguish still on his face. Although he has suffered horrible abuse before perishing, the features of the victim are still familiar. This pour soul was once Ishani Dhatri, a priest of Abadar who you encountered during the plague on the city, and who helped Cressida in raiding the Hospice that was secretly engineering the disease. It seems Ileosa eventually had him punished for his minor role in spoiling her plans.

The statue he's on doesn't seem tot hink it's been the cause of enough suffering, and it lurches to life at your presence, taking its late and unfortunate passenger with it.

Initiative: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Initiative: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (18) - 1 = 17

Init: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14

[Dice=Init]1d20+1

"Welcome back, stud."

Ziranu Initiative: 1d20 + 8 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 8 + 6 = 20

init: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17 @gm knowledge check for this thing?

Monster Initiative: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

@Tronar It's a Construct, so Arcana

Turn order will be:

* The Monster (it's called an Akaruzug)
* Ziranu
* Thurrios
* Tronar
* Shaeda
* Searok

(Couple of ties, I defaulted to just whoever rolled first, but feel free to swap)

The monster goes first. With a crack, the poor abused form of Ishani Dhatri snaps to attention and then opens its mouth in a silent scream of horror. Light bursts from his eyes and mouth and shoots across the room, manifesting behind you as a ghostly manifestation of the man. It's eyes are filled with anguish as it reaches up and strikes...

1d2 ⇒ 1

...Tronar!

Attack: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (9) + 24 = 331d10 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9 Force damage.

Ziranu is up.

Thurrios will let Tronar go before him...

Ziranu delays until after Shaeda, in the hope that Tronar, Thurrios, or she will have magicks to aid his strikes against this vile construct...

knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (5) + 27 = 32

@gm is there a way the creature can see Tronar who has his ring of invisibility?

Whatever Tronar learns he will pass along to his party but at a minimum: "It is a construct and as such, I may be of limited use. However, I can speed us up one more time." Tronar will use wand Haste on the party.

Thurrios' life link activates and heals Tronar for 5HP (if needed).

Beyond that, Thurrios and Shaeda are waiting to get a report on the creature from Tronar.

@Tronar Oh, you're invisible? In that case no, it couldn't see you. So I guess redirect that attack to Ziranu.

Tronar identifies this as a horrific device he's only heard rumors of, an Akaruzug. Only the most vile and corrupt beings would construct one. It's a torture device that absorbs the soul of the victim crucified upon it at the moment of their death to animate it, and can summon it forth as a Spiritual Ally spell.

The statue radiates a constant Unhallow spell, is resistant to all physical damage that isn't both Bludgeoning and Good (good thing Serithial can change forms), and can periodically unleash a burst of dangerous soul energy that drains those around it to heal itself.

The one upshot is that it is bound to the soul of the body pinned to it. If that can be removed, the statue will deactivate shortly thereafter. Doing so is no easy task though, as the creature will hold on tightly.

IE if you could successfully grapple and pin the statue, you could yank the body off, and it would soon "die". Alternate methods of removing it might work if they are sufficiently clever.

Assuming all of that is relayed from Tronar, Thurrios says "Look, I can possibly hold the thing down for a little bit, but I doubt even Searok can pull the dead guy off of it!"

Thurrios will cast bless.

Shaeda will use a swift action to add +2 Light Fortification to her armor. Her AC is now 40.

She will say to Searok, "I'll be right back to you, make your weapon blunt and go kick that thing's ass!"

She moves to Ziranu and casts align weapon and touches his quivers of blunt arrows (no jokes please) to make them good! She then says "Now, you too kick that thing's ass!"

@gm would Tronar know if a Dim Door would work on the crucified form being a separate entity from the construct? i.e. Tronar touch the body and dim doors away as a way to remove it from the construct?

"This is a Akaruzug. an abominable construct of the most foul magic. To damage it properly, one must use good bludgeoning weapons, and it has a aura about itself that may suck the life out of the living to heal itself. I suggest we do not all get close to it. If we can get the body attached to the front away from it, then it will return to harmlessness within a few seconds. let me think about that."

Dimension Door by itself wouldn't do the trick, as the body is physically nailed to the statue. Same reason you can't just Dim Door away someone's armor, it's not "unattended". But if you did something like a Disable Device check (which would normally provoke AOOs, though you are currently invisible so might get away with it) I could rule that you manage to pry the nails loose and then teleport away with the body.

Back to Ziranu, since he delayed until Shaeda went.

When its his turn, does Searok think he could cut the hands and feet off the body?

Tell you what, I'd let you try it using the Called Shots optional rules. That makes for small, specific targets, so anything else the other players could do to give you a bonus or lower the enemy's AC would make it more likely to work.

There is a reasonable chance that Thurrios can bind the thing for a round or two, if we want to go that route.

Ziranu considers the horrific circumstances of this fight - a vile construct, against which he has no specialized expertise, and moreover immune to nonlethal damage and thus his Vigilante-taught abilities. Still, given the construct's large size, it is easily targeted from his current position, with his Improved Precise Shot feat eliminating any cover bonus. Grimly drawing forth his blunt-tipped arrows, the Ranger uses the magicks of his companions and what gear and skills he possesses to bring it down, again leveraging his Clustered Shots feat to limit any DR to but a single instance...

Manyshot-Rapid Shot-Deadly Aim-Bless-Haste-Enhanced Longbow Attack 1: 1d20 + 16 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 16 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 = 24

Attack 1 Damage: 2d8 + 2d6 + 16 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 5) + (6, 1) + 16 + 4 + 2 = 38

Rapid Shot-Deadly Aim-Bless-Haste-Enhanced Longbow Attack 2: 1d20 + 11 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 11 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 = 34

Attack 2 Damage: 1d8 + 1d6 + 8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + (2) + 8 + 2 + 1 = 20

Rapid Shot-Deadly Aim-Bless-Haste-Enhanced Longbow Attack 3: 1d20 + 6 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 = 25

Attack 3 Damage: 1d8 + 1d6 + 8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + (3) + 8 + 2 + 1 = 22

Rapid Shot-Deadly Aim-Bless-Haste-Enhanced Longbow Attack 4: 1d20 + 16 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 16 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 = 34

Attack 4 Damage: 1d8 + 1d6 + 8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + (5) + 8 + 2 + 1 = 20

Haste Bonus Rapid Shot-Deadly Aim-Bless-Haste-Enhanced Longbow Attack 5: 1d20 + 16 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 16 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 4 = 38

Attack 5 Damage: 1d8 + 1d6 + 8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + (1) + 8 + 2 + 1 = 19

Three of Ziranu's shots, concentrated on a small area, knock a decent sized chunk of infernal stone off the creature.

Searok's up

Searok will attack with Serithial!

Attack 1: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (15) + 27 = 42
Attack 2: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (6) + 22 = 28
Attack 3: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (10) + 17 = 27
Attack 4: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22
Attack Haste: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (12) + 27 = 39
Damage 1: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16 + Evil Followers: 4d6 ⇒ (5, 3, 5, 3) = 16
Damage 2: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14 + Evil Followers: 4d6 ⇒ (6, 6, 5, 2) = 19
Damage 3: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17 + Evil Followers: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 3, 6) = 17
Damage 4: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15 + Evil Followers: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 4, 6) = 12
Damage Haste: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17 + Evil Followers: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 4, 2) = 12

Searok lands two very solid hits on the monster, Serithial's power smashing right through its resistance. It's at just over 50%

The statue lifts into the air, then slams down in the middle of the room, before unleashing a blast of diabolic energy.

Everyone within 20 ft needs to make a DC 24 Fort save or take 1d4 ⇒ 2 negative levels.

Monster can use this attack again after 1d4 ⇒ 3 rounds

Only Ziranu is outside the reach of this blast, but he has his own problems, as the enslaved spirit of Ishani Dhatri mournfully attacks him.

Full Attack: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (17) + 24 = 411d10 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9 Force Damage
Full Attack: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (18) + 19 = 371d10 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 Force Damage
Full Attack: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 201d10 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7 Force Damage
Full Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 121d10 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15 Force Damage

Thurrios is up.

Fort Save: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (5) + 21 = 26

Fortitude: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (6) + 19 = 25 +2 vs Fear

Fortitude: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (14) + 17 = 31

How injured are you now Tronar after the 5HP of healing last round? Same question to Ziranu, but accounting for the 5HP that Thurrios will life link for him right now.

Thurrios will 5' SW to put himself between Tronar and the construct..

Does Searok get an AOO when the thing moved?

Shaeda will draw a javelin, 5' to the NW, and hurl a javelin of lightning down the corridor at the creature.

Electricity: 5d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 4, 2, 1) = 11 Reflex DC 14 half

Yes, Searok can take an AOO

Tronar's after Thurrios, so I'll resolve the javelin after he goes.

AOO: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (2) + 27 = 29
Damage AOO: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12 + Evil Followers: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 3, 1) = 8

Searok's attack misses.