GM Pox's "The Mummy's Mask" (Inactive)

Game Master WerePox47

He'll open it and see where it goes.

Findlay cast Detect Magic, and scans over the debris on the altar -- and just generally around the area...

Nothing magic, just alot of monetary value..

Hemket opens the door into a small hallway that leads into a circular room.

Painted on the floor of this circular chamber is a strange arcane design, though it is marred by spatters and pools of congealed blood. A few oddly twisted bones also lie strewn about this grisly scene. The ceiling is high above, and there is a corridora heading south.

Know Arcana and a Heal check.

Hadjii's Heal check: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (14) + 25 = 39

Findlay's Knowledge:Arcana check: 1d20 + 29 ⇒ (17) + 29 = 46

Hadjii successfully id's the bodies as human, while Findlay figures out the design is a summoning circle of sorts.

With Hemket out of pocket moving forwards will be tough. I dont feel like botting two pc's.

I can wait a week...

I don't blame you Pox

Hemket will search the room.

perception: 1d20 + 32 ⇒ (10) + 32 = 42

Nothing else can be seen. Moving south, assuming Can is in the lead, you see another circular type room approaching. When Can reaches 15' from the entrance some unseen force tries to pull him closer.

2d20 ⇒ (19, 6) = 25 and succeeds. Can is pulled 10' up to the entrance of the room. At the same time a blasts of dark energy comes flying at him.

Touch: 1d20 ⇒ 19 and hits him square in the chest.
Dam: 8d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 3, 3, 1) = 26 Untyped Energy damage.

He can see a dark blob covering the entire ceiling, but does not know what it is. The rest of see this happen but cannot see into the room yet.

Init Order:
Everyone but Hadjii
Blob
Hadjii

Party up..

Not gonna add a enemy because it covers the whole ceiling. Which btw is 25' up. And btw if you move within 15' of the room and you wear metal armor or have a metal weapon roll a d20.

Findlay wears no armor, and carries a Staff of Fire; he has one ring -- presumably metal -- a pair of bracers, and a headband of Intellect (those last two may or may not have some metal content); he also has a robotic heart, made from advanced space-alien technology...

seeing Canaan suddenly advance, Findlay furtively proceeds forward 30' -- pushing his way past Ama and Hemket. He takes a knee, hoping to get a better look at the ceiling as he glances into the room from 15' away:

Findlay's Perception check: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (18) + 17 = 35

if he happens to see the blob, he'll think hard to recall if he's heard of a weird tractor-beam monster that covers ceilings and pulls people forward:

Findlay's Knowledge:Dungeoneering check: 1d20 + 29 ⇒ (15) + 29 = 44

(substitute any of the following for Dungeoneering: Arcana, Engineering, Nature, or Planes -- they are all at +29 -- but Findlay does not have Knowledge:Religion...)

That's not enough metal to count.

Findlay moves up to take a peak and to his astonishment is looking at a Plasma Ooze of some kind. Only 2 questions.

Well I have a bow made of mithril, so I'm not much help.

Is Canaan able to do anything or is he disarmed?

He is not disarmed. It made two checks, one because you are in armor and one against your sword. It's based solely off of CMD. Currently Can is at the entrance of the room. The ooze is 20' in the air, on the ceiling and covers the whole room.

immunities and special defenses? he'll communicate what little he knows over the mind link...

(on the off chance it is not immune to lightning, Findlay is thinkin' Lighning Bolt for this round's action -- if immune, Findlay will try something else)

Immune acid, electricity, fire, bludgeoning and piercing damage. It has considerable DR and splits if when it takes a certain amount of damage.

Hearing that arrows won't work, Hemket stays back.

Canaan ask over the link "Can you make me fly? I can't reach it. "

If we have a group fly up, I don't recall

I will note that there is an hallway leading off to the east out of the blob room..

Still everyone but Hadjii's turn..

Well if we don't need to deal with the blob let's go down the hall

"Any way to get to that hall without going through the room? If it sucks away my bow, I'm a bit useless. It's immune to arrows anyway. "

Findlay does have fly, and in theory if he laid it on Canaan, he might be able to beat the thing down eventually.

the huge air elemental simply flies forward enough to touch Canaan and use a charge from his wand of Cure Moderate Wounds:

Cure Moderate Wounds: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (4, 8) + 3 = 15

then he flies back to his starting position (Flyby Attack)...

Findlay will indeed use a 3rd level slot to cast FLY on Canaan...

Canaan will fly up and attack the thing.

power attack
to hit: 1d20 + 32 ⇒ (12) + 32 = 44 damage: 1d6 + 33 ⇒ (3) + 33 = 36

Can moves and hits the ooze, doing less damage than expected.

O -21

Amarantha is still up if she wants to act.

after the ooze zaps Canaan, Hadjii will start conjuring, finally using his highest-level summons -- to eventually bring forth a full-on augmented <storm giant>!

maybe the giant's improved vital strike will accelerate the demise of the plasma?

"If only we could harness this thing -- I believe it would make a great TV display! 'Live programming' would have a whole new meaning..."

Amarantha watches the fight unfold.

The giant ooze lashes out at Can and attempts to bring him into the fold.. He feels pulled by the magnetic force again as well.

Attack: 1d20 ⇒ 8 miss

CMB: 2d20 ⇒ (16, 3) = 19 Can is pulled close and engulfed by the Ooze. He still has his weapon though.

He can make an AoO and is auto engulfed or he can try to avoid it with a reflex save.

reflex: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24 that doesn't look good, I'm gonna surge it

surge: 1d8 ⇒ 4 so 28

You all see Can engulfed by the Ooze.

He takes Untyped Dam: 8d6 ⇒ (2, 4, 6, 2, 4, 1, 5, 4) = 28 and is pinned. He also begins to suffocate.

Hadjii begins to summon a giant.

Top of the round, everyone but Hadjii may act.

That's weird, the site ate my post

Ama casts Freedom of Movement on Can using Faith's Reach

Can does have Life Bubble so not sure if he can be suffocated

Findlay will use a point from his Arcane Pool to attempt a <Sonic Blast>:

Sonic Blast damage: 8d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 1, 1, 1, 4, 5, 1, 2) + 4 = 24

ooze does 8d6, gets 28 -- Findlay does 8d6, adds 4, gets 24...

Canaan will fly out of the ooze, and slash away at it.

power attack
to hit: 1d20 + 32 ⇒ (1) + 32 = 33 damage: 1d6 + 33 ⇒ (1) + 33 = 34 nevermind

Findlay's blast hits the ooze, while Can flies out and misses with his weapon.

The ooze attacks can again and attempts to engulf him again.

Attack: 1d20 ⇒ 5

CMB: 2d20 ⇒ (11, 6) = 17 whiff all around.

Hadjii's giant gets summoned and the magnetic pulse hits it too..

CMB: 2d20 ⇒ (6, 19) = 25 The giant's massive weapon is ripped from it's hand and flies up and into the oozes body. There it starts to melt.

The giant itself is not pulled into the ooze however and may act.

Hemket and Amarantha still have actions this round if they wish. If not, after Hadjii it is the top of the round again.

Hemket is short on ideas of what he can do to help, so he ponders the deeper meanings of existence.

Ama is content to let Can pound it and fix him up afterwards

Hadjii will ponder what would happen if water hits that plasma:

Hadjii's Spellcraft check: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (4) + 21 = 25

if that check tells him it's not too dangerous, the druid/elemental -- mostly out of curiosity -- will use his <Create Water> cantrip to generate 32 gallons of water right into the plasma field where the giant's blade is being held...
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ignoring any pain it might cause, the storm giant will reach into the burny-blasty ooze's plasma field, and try to grab what's left of his weapon back out of the ooze's clutches:

"HEY! YOU GIMME DAT BACK!!"

augmented storm giant's grab check: 1d20 + 32 ⇒ (12) + 32 = 44

So.. I posted and I guess it got deleted somehow..

The giant manages to get ahold of his sword but takes damage in the process.

Untyped: 8d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 1, 1, 4, 4, 3, 3) = 23

The giants weapon has the broken condition as well, so -2 to attacks.

Without improved grab he gets swatted at as well.

Attack: 1d20 ⇒ 15 hit..
Dam: 4d6 + 19 ⇒ (3, 1, 4, 1) + 19 = 28
Untyped Dam: 8d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 1, 1, 5, 1, 2, 6) = 25

and a grab. 1d20 ⇒ 12 yes.

So giant takes 48 untyped damage, 28 that is subject for DR reduction, has his weapon that is broken, and is now grappled by the Ooze. Also to note the weapon is 2 handed so he can't use it while grappled..

On the plus side it's not bashing at Can.

Top of the round, everyone but Hadjii is up.

(note that the giant's <stat block> indicates "Constant--freedom of movement" under 'Spell-Like Abilities'...)

(also note that all of Hadjii's summon's are augmented -- so giant's CMD is 44 rather that 42)

Findlay thinks the melee types would like an extra attack, so he will use his second-to-last 3rd-level spell slot to cast Haste

(I believe dodge bonuses also effect CMD -- so giant's CMD will go up to 45)

Canaan will continue to hack away at the blob.

power attack
to hit: 1d20 + 34 ⇒ (5) + 34 = 39 damage: 1d6 + 33 ⇒ (6) + 33 = 39
to hit: 1d20 + 29 ⇒ (12) + 29 = 41 damage: 1d6 + 33 ⇒ (2) + 33 = 35
to hit: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (8) + 24 = 32 damage: 1d6 + 33 ⇒ (1) + 33 = 34
to hit: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (10) + 19 = 29 damage: 1d6 + 33 ⇒ (1) + 33 = 34

Ok not grappled giant, the damage is still the same though.

Can's first attack splits the Ooze into two huge ones instead of one. His 3 remaining attacks further split one of the huge ones into two large ones. So you now face two large ones and one huge one currently. Amarantha is up.

O1 8
O2 107
O3 20

Man figuring Ooze's splits and hp is a pain in the ass.. I dont like it.

Yeah, I've never cared for that splitting ooze business. It complicates things without really making them more dangerous.

Well depending on the situation it can make things more difficult. the fact that the little oozes have the same attacks/damage as the big ones can be a factor.

Amarantha delays..

The 3 Oozes attack. One on the giant and two on Can.

Vs Giant: 1d20 ⇒ 15 hit
Dam: 4d6 + 19 ⇒ (6, 3, 4, 2) + 19 = 34 plus Untyped: 8d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 3, 6, 1, 2, 4, 2) = 22

Vs Can: 2d20 ⇒ (7, 8) = 15 both miss.

More magnetic things happen..

CMB's: 4d20 ⇒ (14, 18, 8, 16) = 56 Can is not pulled in, but he is disarmed. His weapon is pulled in. The giant has the same luck. He is not pulled in, but his sword is sucked from his hands again. This time it disentegrates in the Ooze..

Can weapon takes Untyped: 8d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 4, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1) = 22 Ignores hardness..

Disarm CMD is 54 with Haste yes?

Hadjii is up, then everyone else again.

Hadjii will dismiss the useless giant

Findlay will whip out a 1,500gp diamond, and <Limited Wish> that the things had failed to grab Canaan's sword...

"Maybe you should just get out of there, Can -- these things need Area of Effect Sonic damage..."

If we can just teleport or something past this, I'm OK with it. Also, shouldn't the blobs being reduced in size reduce their CMB?