GM Rinaldo's Ruins of Azlant (Inactive)

Game Master The Great Rinaldo!

Back! Shell of a man, but back.

Gilstrom hangs back by the edge of the door and tries to stab around the corner and lure the skum into the centre of the ready group.

POwer Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (3) + 7 - 1 = 9 Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

'awk--be careful!

"Count on it, Arcilde. And thanks!" Gervase *winks* at her friend.

"Next time, Lily! Hmm ..."

The ranger surveys the tactical position of the group with admiration. "Nicely done, guys! They shouldn't last too long now."

Arcilde provides a blessing to Gervase, giving her a greater insight into battle. Going to retroactively allow that to have happened first; since Gervase isn't having trouble hitting, I'm saying she chose AC bonus this round.

Gervase stabs at the skum in the doorway, and again lands a strong blow.

Lily throws a blast of thors that embed into the door next to it.

Gilstrom attacks from around the corner, but the doorway proves to be an easier target than the creature behind it. Don't forget that attacking around a corner grants the target a Cover bonus to AC. Not that it made a difference this time ...

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Red trident vs Gilstrom (hard corner): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Not wanting to give up the protection of the doorway, the skum stabs back at Gilstrom the same way. His strike is much closer than Gilstrom's was, but the wily gnome uses the doorway to his own advantage.

Blue trident vs Gilstrom (hard corner): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Blue claw vs Gilstrom (hard corner): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Blue bite vs Gilstrom (hard corner): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
They do a mirror of the dance you are using, and trade places; the first skum returns to the doorway, and has the same luck as his companion.

Red uses the cover from the door to avoid an AoO has he moves back, then Blue 5' steps up to full attack.
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Everyone is up! Both skum are bleeding significantly.

Lily breathes deep, aims...

Wood Blast: 1d20 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 25
Damage: 2d6 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4, 5) + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 18

And launches one of her massively powerful spikes right at one of the Skum! HECK YEAH.

Lily fires another thorn, this time with amazing aim. It hits the skum directly in the forehead, and drops it.

It may or may not be dead, but it's definitely unconscious!

Pleased that he's doing his job of not getting skewered, Gilstrom steps into the doorway and a little back before yanking free a javelin to hurl it at the last skum!

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19 Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

So Gilstrom is uninjured, yeah?

Round #3: AC 17, ☤ 24/31 hp ☤

Gervase delays until after Arcilde has her turn, she then steps 5’ in front of Lily and hurls her trident at the out-of-melee skum.

thrown trident – range increment penalty: 1d20 + 6 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 6 - 2 - 2 = 12
magic piercing damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

She then quick-draws her club holding it in both hands. “Lily, if you want me out of the way before you shoot next time, just let me know.”

Gilstrom pulls a javelin out of a tube on his back and hurls it at the remaining skum, hitting it solidly in the chest.

END OF COMBAT

The remainder of this floor is unoccupied, so I've revealed the map, assuming you're looking around.

P4 A long marble workbench runs the entire length of the southern wall, and a rusting metal shelf stands on the opposite wall. Squat stools line up along the bench, which is littered with a variety of small, precise hammers and chisels as well as fragments of crystalline stone that looks like quartz.

P5 This dark chamber is featureless except for a large ring of an unusual-looking metal embedded in the floor.

P6 This chamber appears to be a workshop, as evidenced by a table along the western wall laden with tools and mechanical parts.

P7 The faint coppery tang of blood wafts out of this room when the door is opened. A gleaming metal table covered in blood stands in the northeastern corner of the room. Just south of the table is a smaller table covered in surgical tools—some of them obviously used. A body lies in a butchered pile in the center of the room.

Let me know if you are spending time searching or doing anything else before going up the ramp. There have been sounds of battle that anyone upstairs may have heard, so you may or may not have an issue with time.

P4 Wow... pretty! Lily walks along the bench looking at the instruments before nodding her head as if in a decision and wrapping up some of the tools and prettiest quartz pieces. If anyone gives her a questioning look she smiles.
The colonists can use the tools back at the colony, these are to fine a make to let them go to waste... and these crystals are just so pretty! Any knowledge checks necessary or anything like that?

Gervase scoffs the five good berries she UMD’d earlier, as she comments on Lily's workshop.

“I wonder if the gem-cutting room is for manufacturing ioun stones?”

She blanches at the body, checking it over quickly for a cause of death, race and any identifying marks or possessions.

heal: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
take 10 perception: 10 + 8 = 18

“If you guys want to search the chambers more thoroughly, I’m going to stand watch near the foot of the ramp.”

Lily investigating P4:
The table holds a multitude of small chisels, files, magnifying glasses, scales, and tools. A strange metal contraption at the workbench has a rubbery hose snaking up the wall to the ceiling and a fine, needlelike end set near a vise built into the table.

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Gervase investigating P7:
A metal sheet attached to the eastern wall of this room is etched with anatomical diagrams and brief instructions of incision length and depth for various parts of the human body. The body in the room has been stripped of most of its meat, but the carcass is otherwise intact. A set of bloody and torn men’s clothes sits in a pile near the smaller table. In a pocket, you find two bars of what appear to be some sort of soap.

Lily tries to investigate the odd contraption further.

Flower trained Engineering?: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (15) - 1 = 14Worth a shot.

Lily messes around with the needle, examining the structure.

What a odd thing... so strange... I wonder what it was used for...

Gilstrom wanders over to inspect the strange contraption. "IF it's a needle I imagine it pushes something out rather than pulling something in."

He tries to detach the hose from the contraption to figure out what liquid it carried.

How fresh is the body?

Heal check: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

Detecting Magic throughout the area.

“Maybe the needle-thing was used for etching, kinda like a tattooist’s needle?” Gervase *shrugs*

“I can’t imagine skum are smart enough to dissect a human body. I’m fairly keen to meet the things that are.”

The ranger's features are a grim mask. “I’m gonna go stand watch now, while Arcilde checks for magical loot/clues. Holler when you’re ready to go up.”

take 10 perception: 10 + 8 = 18

Gilstrom: Detaching the hose would require careful effort with specific tools, or else just destroying it. Which will it be? ;-)

Arcilde: The body has been here quite a while ... the decay is consistent with this being a missing colonist.

The two bars of soap from the clothing radiate a very odd magical aura; one of the stones on the worktable in P4 radiates a strong aura.
Arcilde spellcraft vs Soap: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Arcilde spellcraft vs Stone: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Arcilde isn't sure what either of them do, however.

Lily shakes her head.

Better be careful and let it be... we can let some of the more research minded make trips out here later to look at it closer. I don't think it'll be going anywhere anytime soon.

Lily will investigate P5 next.

Gilstrom thinks about destroying the thing, but then finally decides against it. The hose goes up, and so does the tower. He'll find it later. He follows Lily into the northeast room.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

Lily goes into the room and starts looking around. Gilstrom follows a bit after, and as he moves from one place to another, he crosses over the metal circle. Immediately, his shirt begins to glow blue, and a ring on his finger glows orange.

Gilstrom stares down at his equipment. "WOW!" He takes off the ring to see if it still glows and tries to step back and forth over the circle, trying to have some impact on the effect.

Gilstrom experiments briefly, and determines that the ring appears to reveal magical auras. Arcilde comes to watch, and can confirm that though it isn't exactly the same as she senses when she casts her spell to detect magic, it seems to reveal the same information about magical auras.

"Is everything all right in there?"

Gervase's tone gives the impression she is worried about missing out on something ;)

"Don't worry about me. I'll just keep standing here ... watching and waiting."

"It's actually quite fun once you get used to it."

bluff: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (16) - 1 = 15

What the hell I totally posted!

Gilstrom stares down at himself in awe. "Wow! This is what the world must look like to wizards! ... I've wasted my life." He shrugs with that knowledge, and rejoins the others. "Neat magic detection room. Not much to it. Can we go upstairs now?"

Pushing on unless I've missed an unexplored area.

You make your way up the ramp to the next level. After what seems like DAYS AND DAYS!

Much of this level is a room that wraps around the tower. At this room’s northernmost end, a ramp descends to the lower level, and another ramp on the south wall ascends to the floor above. Against a wall to the southwest is a table suitable for quiet study. The western side of this area sports half a dozen bookshelves covered in the dust of deteriorating paper and leather. Opposite the shelves is a small stone plinth holding a clockwork bust of a nondescript woman. A large table surrounded by a few stools occupies the eastern side of this room.

Please place yourselves in the yellow box on the ramp up in the order you are ascending.

Gilstrom scampers his way up happily, done with the boring rooms of yesteryear. He pushes his way to the front, holding his shield up as he advances.

If something doesn't eat us Gilstrom will start exploring the room.

Library? I’ve heard of those …

Gervase pushes onward and upwards behind Gilstrom, the holy reliquary longbow locked and loaded.

Pausing at the top of the ramp, she holds her right index finger vertically against her lips to her friends.

Lily follows close behind, one arm held out and a spike of wood wrapping around her arm, coiled and ready.

Gilstrom Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

Gilstrom said he was going to explore, so I'm picking a direction and having everyone else close behind. The occupant of the room was hiding and waiting for you, and gets a surprise round - Gilstrom's Perception check just barely missed it.

You ascend the stairs, Gilstrom taking the lead. The mighy gnome leads the way around the room. As you turn a corner, another skum leaps out from hiding, swinging a glaive at Gilstrom!

attack vs Gilstrom FF: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23 damage: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
The polearm slashes across Gilstrom's armor and finds an exposed section of skin, leaving a deep wound.

Lily is up!

Lily gasps and runs over to the side.

HEY! HANDS OFF MY TINY KNIGHT IN SHINY ARMOR!

Wood Blast: 1d20 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 10
Damage: 2d6 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1, 6) + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 16

As usual, her aim is terrible.

Lily fires a shot, but it goes wide.

attack vs Gilstrom FF: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24 damage: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
The skum makes a sound that might be a laugh as it slices Gilstrom again, dealing a nearly fatal blow!

OUCH! Gilstrom has 2hp left, and now everyone is up!

Round #3: AC 17, ☤ 29/31 hp ☤

Gervase delays until Arcilde has her turn.

Bow in hand she then moves 10 feet, to get a clear shot at the glaive skum.

longbow – firing into melee: 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 6 - 4 = 4
magical piercing damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Features grim, she then drops the bow and quick-draws the Levin longsword.

Oh come on! Work! I have to save Gil... She mutters as she fires off another shot with a blast of force.

Wood Blast: 1d20 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 21
Damage: 2d6 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3, 5) + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 17

Gilstrom's eyes go wide as he is stabbed twice by the glaive before he can even react. He tries to bring his shield up feebly before he dimly realizes through the pain that discretion is the better part of valor. Shield up, he retreats back to Arcilde's side, looking to her pleadingly.

Sweet Jesus. Full withdrawl action back to our precious precious healer.

Gilstrom carefully backs away as Gervase fires a final arrow before taking up her melee weapon. Lily takes careful aim and blasts a thorn directly into the skum's chest.

Solid hit for Lily. Arcilde is up!

Losing Air Bubble to cast cure light on Gilstrom, then moves up to give Lily some cover.

Cure light: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Gilstrom lets out a loud groan as the healing magic floods through him. Although he's still badly injured, he's at least back in the fight.

attack vs Lily: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27 damage: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
The skum moves to the side a bit to get all three of the women into his reach, then jabs at Lily, leaving a nasty gash on her arm.

Yeow! 14 damage to Lily. Everyone is up!

Lily steps back with a growl.

Your gonna pay for that!

Wood Blast: 1d20 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 19
Damage: 2d6 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5, 2) + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 16

Freshly healed, Gilstrom yanks out a javelin before hurling it and closing ranks again. "YOU AND ME YA BASTARD LET'S GO!"

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20 Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 3 = 8

Swift action to challenge the target, +3 to damage, then moving in.

Freshly healed, Gilstrom yanks out a javelin before hurling it and closing ranks again. "YOU AND ME YA BASTARD LET'S GO!"

Swift action to challenge the target, +3 to damage, then moving in.

So the only way that works is if you draw the javelin while moving, then throw once you get into place. If you have your shield, that means you had to drop your trident back before you started moving, and you are now unarmed. Is that what you intended?

Lily fires off another shot before stepping back. Her thorn catches the skum in the chest, leaving another wound.

Round #2: AC 17, ☤ 29/31 hp ☤

Gervase steps up 5’ raising the Levin longsword high above her head.

"Try and keep it away from Lily!"

longsword + PA: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (4) + 8 - 1 = 11
magic slashing damage: 1d8 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 3 = 18

Oh right, hands. Can I hold the trident in my shield hand for the purposes of throwing the javelin? Unsure of the rules are clear on that. If not, Gilstrom will just move up without the javelin so I don't eat an AoO.

Arcilde steps up to the skum and swings her battleaxe.
Gilstrom, if ye can block it from Lily, I think I can get behind it.

This round: 5 foot step and attack. Next round, another 5 foot step to flank with Gervase.

Attack, power attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Damage, power attack: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

Take that, ye fishy-beastie!

You can only hold an item in your shield hand with a buckler, which is strapped to your forearm; any other shield occupies your hand.
Feeling much better now, Gilstrom moves carefully back into the melee. Arcilde and Gervase step up and attack; dodging Gervase, it steps right into Arcilde's attack.

Bleeding from multiple wounds, the skum backs away carefully before turning and running up the ramp.

Skum takes a withdraw action up the ramp. You can continue in rounds and follow him, or stop here to recover and plan.

Lily runs to the bottom of the set, trying to follow the Skum. If she can spot him up the stairs, she'll take a shot!

Wood Blast: 1d20 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 10
Damage: 2d6 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4, 5) + 4 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 18

Lily moves up to the bottom of the ramp, but the skum appears to have turned the corner at the top.

Lily can take a second action, and everyone else is free to act.