GM Sior's PFS Crypt of the Everflame Module (Inactive)

Game Master Sior

So Nijena moves on, slowly, along the hallway and past the statues.

What happens to her? Just in case:
Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Nothing happens to Nijena, but she looks up to see Darren has simply walked over and thrust open the doors, and a date with destiny...!

The wide brass doors swing open on silent hinges to reveal a vast crypt. The only light emanates from a torch mounted above the crypt, flickering with a pale golden fire. Tall pillars march across the chamber, ending at a dais on the far side, on which is set a large stone sarcophagus. A single form rests beside the coffin, that of a comely woman in tattered clothing. She appears to be asleep or unconscious.

"So, Kassen’s heroes have come to fight me again. You will make fine minions in my army of the dead. Come and meet your fate."

With that, a wicked-looking skeleton strides into view wearing polished mail and brandishing a cruel sword in both hands. A cold blue flame burns in its empty eye sockets.

Other skeletons can also be seen waiting in the crypt...

R1
Blossym
Darren
Kuran
Nijena
ENEMY

Darren sighs, eyeing the pointy tip of his sheathed rapier. "Not again!" He shakes his head. "Come and get me, punk bones!" He turns to Nijena as he draws his bardiche, "Let's hold them at this natural checkpoint."

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Blossym drinks the potion of invisibility and she silently slips into the shadows.

would a magic weapon bypass DR/bludgeoning?

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would a magic weapon bypass DR/bludgeoning?

Unfortunately not :(

Darren braces up against the pending assault, meanwhile Blossym vanishes from sight!

R1
Blossym - draws/drinks
Darren - Readied action
Kuran
Nijena
ENEMY

Nijena advances into the room and activates her smite evil ability on the skeleton with glowing eyes. She grips her sword and readies an attack at the first skeleton that comes into range.
Ready Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15 Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
+2 to attack and +4 to damage in case master skeleton is the first which comes into range

Single move (drawing a light flail), swift action for smite evil, ready attack, AC21 vs. the master skeleton

Just waiting on Kuran :)

Sorry, busy days and all kinds of crises.

Sighing heavily, Kuran whimpers as he once again curses his silly head for forgetting all his necessary equipment back at the Grand Lodge; a bludgeoning weapon, for one. Nevertheless, Iomedae's will commands Kuran to go forth and at least try to be valiant and vigorous, although that's the opposite he feels.

Kuran advances towards the battle, reluctantly, and stutters a chant for his allies to bring victory.

Move action 20 ft, then cast bless. Affects all, +1 morale bonus to attack rolls and saves versus fear.

that puts my readied attack at 23 to hit and 19 to confirm

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Kuran inspires his fellows with a welcome blessing.

The skeletons move forward, just a small distance, and they ready their blades...

Meanwhile the skeletal lord appears to wait patiently.

R2
Blossym
Darren
Kuran
Nijena
ENEMY

"Th-they're waiting f-for us? Th-this is a t-trap!" Kuran whimpers, walking up to Darren and casting a protective spell on him. "Y-you be safe now, o-okay, D-Darren?"

In addition he uses his prehensile tail (guess you didn't know he had one) to snatch the healing wand off of his belt, ready to use it. 9 charges remaining.

Protection from Evil on Darren. Spells depleted for the day.

Darren clinches his foxy jaw. "Follow my lead" he says and then makes a run at the blue-eyed skeleton "For Tessa!" He shouts. Although he brandishes his bardiche, he lands the attack with a punch from his cestus.

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Kuran gives more magical protection...

Darren pushes to the melee, but the attention being paid to the enemy moving about sees his blow come up short. The creature was waiting on such a bold move and counterattacks Darren!

Attack 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16
Damage 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Wow that was close...

R2
Blossym
Darren - move/attack
Kuran - casts
Nijena
ENEMY

Blossym sneaks into the chamber following Darren and taking position behind the master skeleton.

Stealth: 1d20 + 12 + 20 - 10 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 12 + 20 - 10 + 5 = 43 +12 Skill, +20 Invis, -10 fast movement, +5 Swift as Shadows
Double move to take flank... almost... 5' short

R2
Blossym - moved
Darren - move/attack
Kuran - casts
Nijena
ENEMY

Blossym daringly creeps in, cautious as a cat!

Seeing the creepy skeleton surrounded by her companions, Nijena swings at the one near the stairs, hoping to drop it immendiately.
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Skeletons have been colour coded for ease of reference

Nijena swings but the timing is all off - nothing comes of it.

The skeletons move in on her...
(Yellow)
Attacks 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (15) + 0 = 15

(Green) moves in to flank!
Attacks 1d20 + 0 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 0 + 2 = 17

Meanwhile, Darren is set upon too!
(Orange)
Attacks 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (6) + 0 = 6

Kuran likewise is engaged!
(Red)
Attacks 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (11) + 0 = 11

But in this round, the party escapes unscathed!

R3
Blossym
Darren
Kuran
Nijena
ENEMY

Nijena swings again at the sekelton next to the stairs. yellow
Attack Light Flail: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

There is a crack and splinter of bone as Nijena smashes the skeleton to small fragments!

R3
Blossym
Darren
Kuran
Nijena - attacked
ENEMY

R
O
Y - Dead
G
B

I'm pretty sure Darren should have got an AoO on the skeleton behind him via his reach weapon.

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attack of opportunity, bardiche, bless, power attack: 1d20 + 3 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 - 1 = 4

well...

Kuran is behind Darren on the map, but I think he should still be at the top of the stairs. He hasn't posted since he moved there before Darren's charge.

"I'll get behind him, Nijena, you take this side!" Darren dives in between the blue-eyed skeleton and the skeleton on his right-hand side, drawing his rapier as he goes.

acrobatics, avoid AoO: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19

Darren springs to his feet and spins around, then finally realizes that Nijena was not at his left hand. "Uh, Nijena, that's not what I meant by follow my lead..." He frowns but then shrugs it off I guess I'm really in the corner now... Huh. Where did Blossym go?

He drops his Bardiche and then uses that hand to punch at blue-eyes.

cestus, attack, bless, power attack, flanking: 1d20 + 3 + 1 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 3 + 1 - 1 + 2 = 18 for bludgeoning: 1d4 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 2 = 6

can you flank with an ally that is invisible if you don't even know they are there?

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LOL, I stepped into the room with a 5-ft-step waiting for Darren to go further, then I realized Darren is already near the glowing-eyes-undead so I kept swinging at the one near the stairs to make sure they are stabbing our backs XD

Blossym quietly steps behind the skeletal leader and attacks the unsuspecting undead with her hanbo.

Hanbo: Bless, Flank: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 1 + 2 = 28
Damage: 1d4 - 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) - 1 + (4) = 7

You're right, Darren. I had posted my next action way too in advance, and of course forgot to correct the map after this.

"F-For Iomedae! Aah!" Kuran says with a trembling voice, dashing past all the three remaining skeletons, drawing their attention with his whimpering, shrieking, and overall puny attitude.

Double move, drawing all AoOs.

I'm pretty sure Darren should have got an AoO on the skeleton behind him via his reach weapon.

All good, last action was fighting with a Cestus, you didn't specify returning to your reach weapon.

Darren swings at the repositioning skeleton but it is too quick.

Blossym comes out of nowhere and smashes into the skeletal leader with a strong blow - it clearly does a lot of damage, but he fights on still!

Darren strikes at the skeletal leader, but once again - the creature is too fast and the blow fails to land...!

Kuran moves...
Where were you moving to?
AOO 1d20 ⇒ 19
AOO 1d20 ⇒ 19
AOO 1d20 ⇒ 2
The three attacks almost cause some grief.

The skeletons fight back!
(Green) attacks Nij
Attacks 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (4) + 0 = 4

Darren is ganged up on...
(Orange)
Attacks 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (11) + 0 = 11
(Red)
Attacks 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (4) + 0 = 4

Blue eyes turns on Blossym!
Disarm 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26
- her Hanbo falls to the flagstones!

R4
Blossym
Darren
Kuran
Nijena
ENEMY

R
O
Y - Dead
G
B - 7

Blossym draws wakizashi and attacks the skeleton again.

Move action: draw Wakizashi. Std Action: Attack.
Wakizashi, Bless, Flank: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 1 + 2 = 13
Damage: 1d4 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + (2) = 6

I apologize. HeroLab on my iPad was viewing her rebuild at level 2 for that last attack. Her attack should have been 26 with 8 damage.

Darren moves to take advantage of flanking from Kuran and then attacks blue-eyes. "Nijena, over here!"

cestus, bless, power attack, flanking: 1d20 + 3 + 1 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 3 + 1 - 1 + 2 = 18 for bludgeoning: 1d4 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 2 = 7

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Fixed Bloss

Blossym and Darren both find they have no luck getting purchase on the Skeletal monstrosity!

R4
Blossym - attacked
Darren - attacked
Kuran
Nijena
ENEMY

R
O
Y - Dead
G
B - 8

Kuran looks at the skeletal champion with terror, and makes an audible gulp. He takes a long hard look at the source of his horror, and then swings his sword at it, knowing the attempt is nearly futile.

Mwk longsword + bless + studied target + flank w/ Darren: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 211d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 2 + 1 = 9

After a rather good swing, Kuran takes a cautious step closer towards the skeleton with the fiery, orange eyes.

Move action: Studied target, Standard action: attack, Free action: 5ft-step to provide flank to Blossym. I noticed both of them included flank in their attacks, so I'm guessing, based on the positions in the map, Kuran is meant to move one square. He is now correctly positioned.

Nijena swings at the skeleton next to her.
Light Flail vs. green: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Kuran is surprised o see he connects neatly, drawing the creatures ire.

Nijena shatters another Skeleton!

The skeletons reposition and attack...
One moves in on Darren
Orange
Attack 1d20 ⇒ 2

Another moves to circle in on Kuran
Red
Attack 1d20 ⇒ 9

Whilst the blue eyed lord seeks to repay the blow in kind...lashing at Kuran
Flank
Attack 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 9 + 2 = 14
...Kuran avoids the swipe.

R5
Blossym
Darren
Kuran
Nijena
ENEMY

R
O
Y - Dead
G - Dead
B - 12

Nijena moves up to the skeleton next to Kuran before it can harm the Tiefling. She swings her flail again.
Light flail vs. red: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Another cloud of bones...

R5
Blossym
Darren
Kuran
Nijena attacked
ENEMY

R - Dead
O
Y - Dead
G - Dead
B - 12

Darren flips into the open space between the last two skeletons and then does another flip in the same direction. He lands on his feet and spins to his right to find himself flanking blue-eyes with Blossym. He tries to stab it with his rapier. "Nijena, this is the one that can kill us!"

acrobatics, DC +10 to avoid AoO from minion while moving full speed: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
acrobatics, regular DC to move half speed while avoiding AoO from both skeletons: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16
if this middle move provokes, Darren will use opportune Parry and riposte with his rapier against blue eyes' attack
acrobatics, regular DC to move half speed while avoiding AoO from blue-eyes: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
move costs per square are 5' to move NE(provokes from minion), then 20' to move NE (provokes from both skeletons), then 5' to move E (provokes from blue eyes)

cestus, attack, bless, flanking, power attack: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 1 - 1 + 2 = 17 for bludgeoning: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 2 = 5

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"So you think the others are not killers? Wait until they come for you with their claws!" Nijena shouts back.

seriously, a crit and you are down with level 1, even more dangerous if you have four of them stabing your back, but I'll join the glowing eyes mayhem next round

they're adding 0 to their attack rolls. This guy is adding 9

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Blossym looks for an opening and just when the time is right, she strikes at the skeleton.

Wakizashi, Bless, Flank: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 1 + 2 = 14
Damage: 1d4 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + (3) = 7

Darren moves like the wind, easily slipping the skeletons - but his attack once again fails to land.

Blossym also comes up short as she tries to press the attack.

R5
Blossym attacked
Darren attacked
Kuran
Nijena attacked
ENEMY

R - Dead
O
Y - Dead
G - Dead
B - 12

Kuran has his eyes locked to the skeletal champion, and thus he attacks the undead being with fright trembling his hands.

Mwk longsword + studied target + bless: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 81d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 1 = 11

But his trembling works against him, and his swing goes awry. Terrified of the being, he takes a step back, making way for Nijena to finish the abomination.

Standard action: Attack skeletal boss thing, free: 5ft-step.

Blossym groans as she hears the skeleton move to flank her, "Uh-oh!"

Freaky to be in google docs looking at the map and seeing the skeleton move.

Kuran also misses his swing.

The skeletons gang up on Nijena...!
(Orange)
Attack 1d20 ⇒ 15

Blue eyes
Flanking
Attack 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 2 = 18

Kuran also misses his swing.

The skeletons gang up on Nijena...!
(Orange)
Attack 1d20 ⇒ 15

Blue eyes
Flanking
Attack 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 9 + 2 = 21
Damage 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Blossym is struck squarely.

"Yesssss it bleeds!"

R5
Blossym
Darren
Kuran
Nijena
ENEMY

R - Dead
O
Y - Dead
G - Dead
B - 12

Blossym instinctively ducks as she anticipates the blow coming from behind. She shifts just enough to avoid the blow from the lesser skeleton, but it is in vain as Ol' Blue Eyes hits her squarely. I can't get out maneurvered again. I would surely die if they both keep me trapped.

"Bleed? Yes, but still able to kill evil creatures!"

Having recoiled towards the evil eyed undead, she springs forward and attacks its minion.

Wakizashi, bless: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 1 = 17
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Unsure whether she landed a blow, she uses her momentum to move away from the master.

5' step

The blow lands on the minion - but the blade bounces harmlessly off the bones...

DR

Yep... where did the hanbo land when she was disarmed?

Nijena finally lets the minor skeletons be and strikes against the skeleton with glowing eyes.
smite evil already activated before, +2AC vs. the master skeleton, ignoring DR
Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 4 + 2 = 21
Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 4 = 8

Yep... where did the hanbo land when she was disarmed?

At her feet...

Nijena comes in swinging for the fences and lands a terrific blow, the blue eyed monstrosity regards her with fury burning in its eye sockets!

R5
Blossym - attacked
Darren
Kuran
Nijena - attacked
ENEMY

R - Dead
O
Y - Dead
G - Dead
B - 20

Darren cartwheels past blue eyes to make his way behind the foe.

acrobatics, avoid AoO: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
acrobatics, avoid AoO: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26

"Kuran! Take him now!" Darren shouts.

readied action to attack blue eyes if Kuran either flanks with Darren or takes some other action

rapier, bless, power attack, flanking: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 1 - 1 + 2 = 15 for piercing: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 2 = 9

Darren will use Opportune Parry and Riposte if blue eyes attacks him

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Darren finds once more, Blue eyes is able to easily avoid him...!