GM.Kashka's PFS Crypt of the Everflame (Inactive)

Game Master Andrew Torgerud

Witht then orcs on top of the team, Antonius decides to use extra caution. He pulls out an alchemists fire, and throws at the nearest orc, using his concentrated fire feat to focus all the fire on the single target.

fire into melee vs touch: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 5 - 4 = 3 fire: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10 x1.5
Scatter: 1d8 ⇒ 5 5 damage, fire, red dc14 for half

if I am picturing correctly, should only hit the orc

could hit an orc... coulda hit all three... let's randomize!

1 single target, 2 all: 1d2 ⇒ 2

orc 1 ref: 1d20 ⇒ 7

kelnea: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

orc 2 ref: 1d20 ⇒ 16

Okzat rides Ragnarok in beside the creature, draws his beloved katana, returns the flank and strikes at the creature.

Katana, PA, flank, higher ground : 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 6 - 1 + 2 + 1 = 20
Damage, PA: 1d8 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 3 = 13

"No one touches my comrades"

Okzat gives Ragnarok the signal to attack.

Ragnarok takes a bite at the creature.

Bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Damage : 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Rat Tony's bomb falls short, scorching the orcs and Kelnea.

Okzat and Ragnorak ride upon the less scorched orc and the foaming mouth orc is dropped by the bite.

Initiative Round 1 - Bold May Act!
Vlad
Kelnea -9hp
Bad guy -5hp
Rat Tony
Okzat
Rafael

Rafael runs up behind everyone and it last to the melee party. "Hey! Wait for me!" Some of the runes on his skull begin to glow faintly as he mutters something in Auran before lunging with his sword.
Spellstrike(Shocking Grasp): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 1 + (1, 3) = 6 Best rolls eva!

Vlad drops his mage armor wand and pulls out a magic missile wand firing it at the last remaining orc. "that'sssss going to leavvvve a mark!"

magic missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

"Well, boyo! Looks like ye missed yer chance to run! Say 'ello to the Lady of Bones!" taunts Kelnea. He then taps his hand onto the blade of his weapon, which begins to glow with magical energy.

Attack (MW): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
Damage, Bastard Sword (Arcane Strike): 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 5 + 1 = 13

Wiping the sweat from his brow he looks up to Okzat, "Thanks for the assist! I owe ya one!"

Kelnea follows up his allies attacks with a mighty swing... that swishes through the air as the orcs all vanish. The wounds the illusions caused disappear as well.

Only kelnea's burns remain.

Antonius walks over to Kelnea, pulling out his want. "Yo, baby, you need to be a little more careful about where you are standing!" he says, winking, as he triggers the wand.
CLW wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Okzat simply nods at Kelnea as if one would do no other than protect their colleagues.

Okzat looks puzzled at the disappearance of the orcs and their inflicted wounds, clearly uncomfortable not understanding.

"What was that about?"

Knowledge anything? Not that Okzat has aaaaaany.

"Wha?.. Wait, just warmin' up and ya'll vanish?" Rafael starts to sweat. He hadn't taken any wounds and believes that these three have become invisible. "S#!&, s#$~, s#**" He looks around erratically becoming paranoid.

Knowledge(Arcana): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Casts Detect Magic

He then relaxes slightly, whispering, "Ah, find the caster nearby, quickly!"

Rafael detects no magic.

Seeing nothing magical, Rafael continues to search with just his eyes and ears. His rapier is gripped tightly in his left hand as his right hand fidgets though portions of somatic spell patterns.
Perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (20) + 0 = 20

kn:arcana: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Antonius nods at Rafael, and starts shoving alchemists fire and acid flasks into his mouth.

"Gwotta be weddy" he says over the stuff in his cheeks.

Okzat climbs off his horse and hold the reigns in one hand. He kneels and places his fist into the earth, closing his eyes.

Earth sense from being an Oread - 60 ft tremorsense

Okzat senses the various creatures of the forest. Neither Rafael nor Okzat can find an enemy.

"Wetsh go. Thumoneth haffing fun with uth." says the ratfolk.

"I don't want them following us, best ta check the woods quick, keep'n eye behind us from now on?" Rafael looks to Rat Tony, "You have jerky or tabac or something?"

Antonius reaches back into his mouth, and pulls out an acid flask. "Nowp. Jszustht weaponshhh"

Knowledge (Arcana): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

"Well, I been seein' things! You all saw them too, no? I ain't had that much to drink!"

Kelnea looks around for any other surprises.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

"Well, mayhaps we'll find more interesting things on the way! Keep on, keepin' on, I say!"

Rafael will looks through the surrounding foilage for a minute or two before they head on, doing a perimeter sweep before heading on. "I don't like, just don't like that kind of nonsense."

Okzat shakes his head, not understanding.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
But, not having much of a choice it appears, gets back on his horse and continues on the way.

Vlad looks around, annoyed. "this must be what he meant when he said it's mostly a 'show'"

The party moves on. They follow the map for the rest of the day without incident.

i need a survival check for following the map, and then a survival check for finding a safe campsite

Survival, you say...
Antonius tries to help Okzat out with following the map. Unfortunately his continual banter doesn't actually help.

However, he does guide the oread away from a bed of poison oak when looking for a good campsite.

aid Okzat on survival 1: 1d20 ⇒ 3
aid Okzat on survival 2: 1d20 ⇒ 19

"That's not North, you're holding it upside down. It's not pronounced North anyways, it's Noth." Rafael is worthless, if only this was a city, library, or sea port.
Survival Map: 1d20 ⇒ 8
Survival Camp: 1d20 ⇒ 1

"If there issss one thing I know, it'ssss nature"

survival map: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
survival camp: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

"jusssst ovvvver here issss a great place to camp" Vlad starts walking off the trail to what he hopes is a clearing.

Vlad leads the group along the map perfectly. Nearing dusk, he finds a nice campsite - level ground, thicket of bushes on three sides for protection, plenty of dry firewood.

During the first hour after dark, as you are all enjoying your meal around a fire or no fire?

perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Antonius works around the small fire, brewing up some concoctions. The smells coming out of his alembic are not particularly pleasant, but he is working happily away, when he suddenly perks up.

"Did you all hear that?" he asks, as his hand immediately goes to his bomb satchel. "Sounds like wolves... be on the ready!"

Survival map: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Survival, camp: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Okzat does what he can to help Vlad with the map, but is mostly just supportive in the efforts.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

Okzat hears the wolves then turns to Ragnarok for his reaction.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Ragnarock hears the wolves then lifts his head into the air to try to determine a direction/distance by smell.

Scent

Survival to track: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Rafael attempts to sneakily take a taste of the small bottle of local brandy while people seem distracted. "Mmm hm? Wolves you say, well.."
Sleight of Hand: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Vlad hits himself with a wand of mage armor. Ac now 16

"Harric! Where are you? We might need you thisssss time. I can't take that damned ssssnake anywhere."

perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

15 tense minutes go by as the party waits on high alert...

another 15 minutes go by... the howling is still off in the distance but seems to be slightly closer...

the shadows on the trees sway... giving away no hint of what lurks in the forest...

Okzat looks to Ragnarock, but appears to get no further information. He shakes his head then gets back on his horse.

"I am not about to wait here to be ambushed, I am going to go scout ahead. If we find anything I should be able to outrun them on Ragnarock." He gives the horse an affectionate pat.

"Be ready"

He would not wait 30 minutes before deciding this. But does stay a moment before departing in case anyone wants to add suggestions

"Picking a fight with wolves, bah! Let them come if they're brave enough." Rafael relaxes by the fire.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

"Ayy, the wolves is easy enough to hear. Maybe e'en too easy..."

Kelnea looks to Okzat mounting up.

"Ye wanna scout it out, tha's fine. But I'm goin' wit' ye!" Kelnea says as he draws his MW Bastard Sword, while mumbling something unintelligible, which then begins glowing, shedding light like a torch.

"Let's go."

Rafael relaxes by the fire as Okzat and Ragnorak head off in the distance after only a few minutes... 45 minutes have now gone by as Okzat returns, having found nothing.

The fire light continues to dance on the swaying trees. The wolf howls in the distance, howling for a few minutes, then are quiet. Then another round of howls.

"Thisssss may be another part of the 'sssshow' no point waiting up all night. Let'sssss deccccide who hassss firsssst watch and try to get sssssome ssssshut eye"

Vlad starts to get his bed ready.

"tomorrow is going to be a big day and i'd rather facccce it ressssted. Besssidessss, even if the wolves are real, they wouldn't attack a group of our sssssizzzze. Ssssomeone
Sssshould keep watch though. Good night"

Vlad lays down on his sleeping mat

perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

"But they seem to be getting closer. Or at least louder."

Antonius drinks a heightened awareness extract, which will last 20 minutes.

perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
Vlad notices Rafael has been sneaking drinks from a flask.
"Everyone knows friend. No one cares"

most of the party has moved on from the wolf howling... which suddenly disappears entirely.

what are the watch rotations?

"Guys, we should figure out the watches. Obviously, not all of you can see in the dark like Okzat and I can, though the rest of you can see pretty well in moonlit conditions. Also, unfortunately it is only Okzat and I that can do without a full eight hours of sleep. So, we should figure out our watches appropriately."

Suggestion. 12 hours of watches, broken up as below.
Hours 1-4: Rafael and Kelnea
Hours 1-6: Antonius
Hours 7-12: Okzat
Hours 9-12: Vlad

Sound good?

Works for me!

Rafael settles in and nods to Kelnea, "Know any good jokes?"
Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 1

The party settles in for the night.

A half hour later, okzat and vlad snoring softly, and the glow of embers warms the camp...

perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Antonius notices nothing as he stirs his extract.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

"Hmm... There's gotta be some positive way to spin fighting the illusions! ... overcoming dangerous thoughts?... fighting a perceived evil... Maybe I can right them as a clever form of foreshadowing? That could make an interesting story to tell! I dunno. Maybe something will come to me tonight. I should just write this all down while it's fresh. Once Tony's done clinking around with those vials..."