GM SpiderBeard's Carrion Crown (Inactive)

Game Master motteditor

OK lost a post. Weird.

Lena advances, and if she can see the Migo, she cast fireball. Otherwise, she casts elemental body 1.

fireball: 10d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 4, 2, 1, 3, 5, 4, 4, 2) = 31 Reflex DC 21

OK, this is stupid. Now the post turned up again. Ignore this one, except for the elemental body spell if I cannot get the fireball off.

The half-orc slayer ghosts forward, prepared to flank any creatures that move forward.

Bronin sprints off to the quasi-middle of this oblong cavern. He wants to try and see as far as he can. The Mi-Go's are retreating, and he knows that there's danger lurking.
He guesses that he'll just draw out that danger... for others to Fireball!

Double move. I already moved character.

Seeing Bronin sprint off Elena grabs the bottom of her stained work apron and dress and takes off after him. Squawking loudly the battle chicken leaps into action as he follows behind, wobbling just past Lena as he runs in between her legs, ruffling feathers and clawing at the ground.

Elena will run and PotPie will double move.

Thought I resolved that. Palamedes has THOROUGHLY disabled the pirate he was on. And by disabled I mean ripped a limb or two off. Feel free to take a second to confer.

I thought Sir William ended the pirate problem years ago when he opened the rift to the Lands of Diemsyay and allowed the dreaded Takedown Enforcers to enter our world.

Whiskeyjack moved forward at a trot, his heavy plate armor not slowing him down one bit.

Double move

Hahahahah. Siigh. Crossed wires, clearly.

Elena takes 29 damage and is grappled! Bronin takes 8 damage and is grappled! Everyone is up!

Bronin squeezes his muscles against the force of the hold by the Mi-Go.
break grapple: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

Contingent-if he breaks the grapple
Bronin shows off some strength, possibly some bolsterd by WhiskeyJack's blessing just a few minutes ago. He shakes and shimmies backward to allow his friends to get a tactical advantage on the shambler that is attacking Lena-- who he jjjuuuuusssttt made an oath to protect.

If he doesn't break the grapple, he wiggles to get his short sword hand free to rebuff this thing.

"Oi! Yer supposed t' be goin' after th' ones wit' th' armor. Tha's why we wear i', ye inter-dimensional garbage scows!"

Whiskeyjack pumped his legs in place a few times to build up steam then charged the shambler, shield held like a mobile battering ram. He collided with the creature, the emblazoned sigil of Agradd connecting fully with the creature's back.

bull rush: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22 trying to break the grapple, if possible

Adder grumbles as the space hoppers foil their battle line.

Double move.

Elena screams a shrill cry that echoes the cavern's walls. She squirms and struggles to break free from the grasp but is unable in the end. As she kicks her feet the Dimensional Shambler's insides begin to knot up.

Agony hex on Shambler DC 20 Fort Save

Round 2, Init 18

”Oh Dearie! Elena! Don’t hug that one!” Wren flies 40’ into the room (will move on map when I get home).

What is that thing?
1d20 + 20 ⇒ (15) + 20 = 35 Know (Arcana/Planes/Religion/Dungeoneering)

If she thinks it will work, she will fire her wand at the creature holding Elena.

”cawCAW!”

5d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 3, 3, 4, 2) + 5 = 21 force damage
27/50 charges left.

Still battling with the Mi-Go's, unsure if he's fully gotten free from the one clinging to him, knows that the battle is now in full tilt and will need his flurry of swords.
Rule number one of being a Monarch.... do no harm.
Unless, you intend to harm, and then do LOTS of it! *

Dimensional shambler, you identified and fought them in the first room. DR/lawful and they're all about teleportation and planar travel.

Some day, SOME DAY something is gonna fail a save vs Elena. :\

Bronin throws the smaller insect off of him, quickly backing off. He gets clawed twice as he wit As he does so, a huge angry dwarf charges in at the shambler, but it feels unnaturally rooted in space as it does not move. Wren's magic missile does its usual good work as it slams into the shambler, which does not seem to notice much.

The dimensional shambler starts to rake away at Elena, clawing through her skin with its twitching, eleven-fingered hands. The mi-go see Adder all isolated and move in with rapidity, one zipping around to come at his back. However, he parries the blow.

Elena takes an additional 21 damage! Everyone is up! Also I promise one day something will roll under a 10 on a save vs Elena. o.O

I just figure you are getting them all out of the way now :)

Elena screams in pain as the dimensional shambler rakes it's claws into her back. She immediately regretted following Bronin and allowing her anger to lead her actions into the chamber. The twisting of the shamblers internals strengthens.

Accursed hex to use Agony Hex on Shambler once again DC 20 Fort Save.

Eek! Now that's weird She counts on her fingers, as she moves.
possibly the 3rd weirdest. After Eldon trying to play a musical instrument and that glowy light thingy

Elena, dodge!

Lena ripples of another spell.

magic missile: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 4, 3, 4, 2) + 5 = 22 at the big guy.

Concerned that the dimensional shambler didn't move when he plowed into it, Whiskeyjack changed tactics and began whalloping the thing with his hammer, using his shield to try and fend off the creature's blows against Elena.

attack,pa: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 12 - 2 = 11
damage: 1d10 + 6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 4 = 11
attack,pa: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 7 - 2 = 22
damage: 1d10 + 6 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 4 = 20

Switfly studying the mi-go, he attacks the north one then steps out from between them.

Attack 1: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (5) + 19 = 24
Damage: 2d4 + 20 ⇒ (1, 2) + 20 = 23

Attack 1: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24
Damage: 2d4 + 20 ⇒ (2, 1) + 20 = 23

Round 3, Init 18

Wren fires another volley of missiles at the creature holding Elena. ”I’m coming, Dearie. Just hold on.”

”cawCAW!”

5d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 4, 2, 4, 4) + 5 = 23 force damage
26/50 charges left.

Bronin moves into position and finishes his slogan with pinache.

Unless, you intend to harm, and then do LOTS of it!

and he swings. Gaining tactical advantages by flanking with WhiskeyJack.Bronin puts all of his strength, knowing he will need it to get past the tough alien skin. This is an enemy he knows a lot about .

LS attack PA FL FE: 1d20 + 14 - 3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 14 - 3 + 2 = 15
damage LS PA FA: 2d6 + 6 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (6, 1) + 6 + 5 + 4 = 22 Long Sword

SS attack PA FL: 1d20 + 14 - 3 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 14 - 3 + 2 = 30
damage LS PA FA: 1d8 + 3 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 5 + 4 = 15 Short Sword

LS attack PA FL: 1d20 + 9 - 3 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 9 - 3 + 2 = 17
damage LS PA: 2d6 + 6 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (3, 4) + 6 + 5 + 4 = 22 Long Sword

SS attack PA FL: 1d20 + 9 - 3 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 9 - 3 + 2 = 24
damage LS PA FA: 1d8 + 3 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 5 + 4 = 20 Short Sword

The fight is over as quickly as it began as Bronin's expertise in destroying the weird horrific things from elsewhere comes into play and he rips apart the dimensional shambler, its bits falling to the ground before shuddering out of existence.

Adder manages to take out the mi-go just as well, throwing the thing off of him and slicing it in two mid-air.

End of Combat

As you check over Elena's wounds, you inspect the area. The huge corpse shredder in the centre of the room dominates things, as well as the pile of corpses. The only unexplored area is to the east.

Wren floats over to console Elena, again lowering her feathered arms to comfort the woman after the experience. ”That things was a nasty beast, Dearie,” Wren coos, her yellow teeth showing in sympathy. ”You should be more careful and stay back and let the brutes handle the brutes.”

Wren holds and comforts Elena as long as she needs it.

* * *
Wren will search the area with Detect Magic while others heal.

1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14 Perception

Bronin hands Elena two potions.
Take this one potion. If you still feel horrible, take this other amazing potion. Potion of cure moderate wounds and a potion of cure serious wounds.

Bronin then moves forward with a swagger. Giving a little pause as he sees Wren scanning the area.
Moved to spot on map unless warned by Wren

Adder stretches then checks his blade for nicks.

"Well done all."

Elena nods to Wren. "That sounds like a good idea." She sips on the potion that Bronin hands her. "Why Mr. Bronin you aren't trying to take advantage of me are you?" She laughs weakly at her own bar humor.

CSW: 3d8 + 5 ⇒ (5, 6, 3) + 5 = 19
CMW: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (7, 4) + 3 = 14

Elena feels much better after the small drinks and stands handing the small vials back and helps Wren look around the chamber.

Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28

that was entertaining. Elena, you should learn to dodge

"Or a' leas' t' ge' ou' o' th' way when th' gribblies star' comin' fer ye. Le' th' armored ones do th' fightin' up close. Still, ye hung in there like a trooper. Good on ye, lass! Now, take a swig o' this an' le's be on our way."

Whiskeyjack held out the flask he had just taken a hit from, shook it to hear only a few drops of liquid splashing around, eyed the flask suspiciously, then passed a hand over it. He handed the now brimming flask of Dwarven Whiskey to the barmaid.

Wren shakes her head and looks at W’Jack, as if the rapid head shaking might help her makes sense of what the dwarf said.

Reminds me of that gibbering mouther encounter I had back in Kaer Maga...talk about a toe...

Why Mr. Bronin you aren't trying to take advantage of me are you?"

He chuckles at the joke.

I now need to progress forward. My quarry awaits.

GM, next encounter activate trait as Disgraced Noble. and stealth forward.
stealth: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (7) + 18 = 25

Wren moves forward, flying up to near the next doors. She will wait for others to be ready to open it.

Adder moves up with Wren, hovering protectively and ready to chop anything threatening her.

With Bronin leading the way, silent as a mouse, the group makes their way down the hall. Up ahead, you hear the quiet sounds of laboratory work.

The view within this strange metal dome is mind numbing. All manner of incomprehensible equipment has been set up around the chamber, including a pair of bloodstained metal operating tables surrounded by racks of instruments for vivisection sitting in the center of the chamber. The walls at the base of the dome are transparent, giving a clear view of the dark waters of the lake bottom, but forty feet above,
the do me displays an image of a mysterious dark gray planet orbiting a burning orange star never seen in Golarion’s skies, which gives the entire chamber its lurid glow.

Four mi-go work quietly in this room. Two of them are working on their own unfathomable experiments at the side of the room. The remaining two experiment on a human male, stripped naked and strapped to one of the operating tables with metal straps. Numerous needles and clamps attached to hoses and leads extend from the man's body to a bank of cylinders, levers, and dials on the wall.

Bronin recognizes the man immediately. The visions he saw in Feldgrau of a Dark Rider bearing the seasage effigy to this place. The Whispering Way agent that Wren, Lena, and Whiskeyjack have pursued from the other side of the country has finally been found. And the mi-go have him.

However, as Bronin pushes through some strange opaque fungus to get into the room, he makes some noise and alerts the mi-go! Two buzz to face him while the two working on the man seem to burst into action doing... something to him.

Surprise round! Elena has a standard action only.

Surprise Round

Sensing something weird which pushes her to act in the surprise round, Wren casts Haste. She skitters 5’ back after casting.

Haste:round 1/10. +1 to attx and yadayada.

Elena turns crimson rage, both from embarrassment and from rage as she seems the naked man being operated on the table. Without her knowledge the shadows in the room begin to grow darker and stretch as the visibly reach up from the floor at the Mi-go.

cast Black tentacles. template is on the map. Not sure if they affect the man being operated on as he is up on the operating table and I assumed he would be safe. Otherwise re-position to a spot I can still see while creating a choke point.

Adder has Ever Ready (Ex) Never unaware and can always act in the surprise round.

Adder moves up next to Bron, studying the man and the mi-go.

As a note, two of the mi-go are NOT surprised so they act before anyone but Elena and all y'all can act in the surprise round since you were expecting a fight and they were otherwise distracted.

The two mi-go on the table are completely wrapped up in the tentacles, which also include the dark rider, strapped to the table, he is drawn into the tentacles as the strange metallic objects, wires, and various horrific equipment are pulled from his body. He pulsates strangely as he is drawn downwards. One mi-go who noticed Bronin flies southwards out of line of sight of the casters.

Wren fires off a haste spell while Adder moves up next to Bronin.

Lena, Whiskeyjack, and Bronin have surprise round actions! HASTE IS ACTIVE

Bronin is quit happy to keep things the way they are. He has Adder at his side, and that is enough.
You and me Adder. You and Me. We are going to wreck this room something fierce.
He bypasses his action for the surprise. Ready for next round, when he and Adder will move in unison to attack any Mi-go's or the former human baddie that gets free of the tentacles.

speaking of tentacles. Bronin assumes that it was created by Wren, and not the barmaid Lena.
Wren, Good work on the magic spell with the tentacles. That'll keep them busy. Do the tentacles move? Can we skirt around them, and not get trapped ourselves? Tell us quickly Wren, we have enemies abound.

Lena moves forward and casts scorching ray at migo circle

scorching ray one: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24 touch

scorching ray two: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18 touch

scorching ray two: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13 touch

damage 1: 4d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 4, 2) = 16

damage 2: 4d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 4, 5) = 16

damage 3: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 2, 4) = 14

Whiskeyjack casts Divine Favor on himself, then reaches over to give Bronin a little of Angradd's War knowledge.

Swift to cast DF, then standard to give Bronin Battle Lust All of the ally’s melee attacks are treated as if they had the vicious weapon special ability, but the additional damage dealt to the ally from that special ability is nonlethal. In addition, the ally receives a +4 insight bonus on attack rolls made to confirm critical hits. These benefits last for 1 minute.

Nice one Whiskey... I just grabbed the Long Sword that extends my crit range. Plus the Haste gives an extra LS attack... wow, 3 chances per round. Brilliant buff, and Bronin doesn't mind taking vicious damage.

Sorry guys, rough couple of days. I'm here!

Lena blasts one of the mi-go with a scorching ray while Bronin gets all camaraderie with Adder. The tentacles continue to beat the mi-go against each other and just destroy the equipment. The dark rider is covered in a writhing mass of tentacles and appears to be pulsating.

Elena's Black Tentacles Maintain Grapple: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Always forget to do this. Elena has her round one action now! The rest of you can front-load if you'd like so we can keep things moving.

The folds of the shadows begin to coalesce further as a small portal opens in the floor. A dark claw begins to reach forth from the depths of who knows where.

Begin Summon Monster IV.

The two mi-go in the tentacles try their best but still can't get free. The remaining two charge for Adder and Bronin! They buzz angrily, wildly at you. It seems you've interrupted something very important. Both of them rush in and scoop up both Adder and Bronin in their claws, clinging to the necks of the two frontliners!

Adder takes 4 damage, and Bronin takes 7 damage. Both are grappled!

"Oi! Budge over ye louts! Make some room!"

Holding to see if Bronin or Adder can maneuver to make a hole for me to charge into

Round 1

Wren, who does *not* like the Mi-Gos, sends a panicked and angry Fire Snake over all 5 enemies, hoping to burn them all good and dead.

10d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 3, 6, 6, 4, 4, 2, 5, 6) = 39 fire vs. Reflex DC 23 for half.

"Oh, I do *not* like those things at all. Not at all. SQUAWK!" Wren shakes with weird rage.

Lena focuses, drawing out the most she can from her spell

empowered fireball: 10d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 3, 6, 2, 6, 2, 1, 2, 1) = 27 *1.5=40 points of damage DC21 reflex for half, targeted on circle migo.

Tangled up with this Mi-Go attached to him, he is very inconvenienced- but not defenseless.
With his off hand, he uses a light and short weapon to swing on the enemy that is trying to do some brain re-arranging.
attack SS: 1d20 + 15 - 3 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 15 - 3 + 1 = 29 Short Sword.
damage: 1d8 + 3 + 5 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 5 + (5) = 16
I don't know if I get a haste attack with my "short sword" since that's all I am using this round. If so:
Hast attack : 1d20 + 15 - 3 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 15 - 3 + 1 = 23 Short Sword- Haste attack at full bonus
damage: 1d8 + 3 + 5 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 5 + (3) = 14

Second off hand attack
attack SS: 1d20 + 10 - 3 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 10 - 3 + 1 = 26 Short Sword.
damage: 1d8 + 3 + 5 + 1d6 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 5 + (4) = 20

Vicious Wound Damage to self. All nonlethal
First attack: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Second attack:1d6 ⇒ 3
Third Attack: 1d6 ⇒ 5

FOOOOOOOOOM

Fire completely blinds all of you as Wren and Lena let out a couple of their best spells, burning the remaining mi-go to a crisp with horrific intensity. As your vision clears you see blackened soot everywhere, and a bunch of crispy tentacles.

As well, in the tentacles, you see the body. And it is writhing. Before you can step into the room to investigate, something happens. The equipment in the dome - the equipment that still works - suddenly activates with a riot of flashing lights and buzzing alarms. You see the body of the Dark Rider suddenly swell to appalling proportions before exploding like an overipe tomato.

A hoofed, treelike abomination with writhing tentacles and gaping mouths rises from the rider's ruined corpse and bloats to its full monstrous size. The tentacles from Lena's spell grab wildly at its legs, but it notices them not.

Wren has read the book. She knows the horrors. The mi-go have succeeded in their efforts, and have brought forth a Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath. A slimy, jelly tree-thing out of the woods with green slime dribbling out of its countless mouths. It calls the praises of the Black Goat of the Woods, and will surely bring her to this world. Ever Their praises, and abundance to the Black Goat of the Woods. Iä! Shub-Niggurath! Iä! Shub-Niggurath! The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young!

Lena is up!

Well, there goes the neighborhood!

is this an evil outsider - for purposes of my favorite enemy bonus?

Looks like my attempt to break the grapple got eaten, but looks like the fire took care of it anyway.

The fire ate everything. I will say your favored enemy bonus applies. Although this is technically an aberration there's nothing more extraplanar than this bad boy.