Silas will move to where Nigel pointed and will look and sniff around.
Silas, you don't smell nothin'!
Anyone else? :-)
Tilver goes over to the area again and keep looking for anything unusual. "I'm telling you, there's nothing here!"
Tilver's absolutely convinced there's nothing there.
You could always just to to the northwest passage...
**sigh**
"Stop using your eyes and use your brain." Nigel says as he walks over to the NE corner with Tilver and Silas.
He then methodically starts rapping him staff on the wall, starting S and moving N along the eastern wall.
"It's an illusion so we have to focus on not seeing what we see."
Nigel discovers that the wall is merely illusory, and he can suddenly see through it to the passageway beyond!
Nigel gives a smirk to the gladiator and litorian before stepping through the wall into the chamber beyond.
"What the..." Tilver looks back at Silas. "You saw me touch that wall, right?" He shakes his head and tries to follow Nigel.
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Silas shrugs and says, "To be honest, I don't pay to much attention while your doing your thing." He then follows the others through the illusion.
Beyond is a short corridor ending in a nondescript door. Checking it, you find no traps.
Silas readies his blade and waits for the others to open it.
Nigel waits patiently for the others to pass the illusion.
Tilver checks the new door, trying to look like he's ignoring whatever Silas is doing.
The door opens with a click. Beyond is a large chamber painted in painfully garish colors so bright you'd almost think they were luminous.
Four people await you within, ready for mayhem.
The first is a male human wearing grey robes with an iron breastplate bearing the symbol of a coiled asp, ready to strike. His mace looks like a serpent’s head, similar to that on his chest.
The second is a dark elf woman, regal-looking and beautiful. She wears a long red cape and has a charcoal-grey skin tone.
The third is a a weasel-faced human male in a green hooded robe.
The fourth is a hideously deformed Harrow elf who wears a hooded maroon robe and silver bracers.
"Intruders!" shouts the first man.
"Unbelievers!" shouts the third.
"Suffer," whispers the woman.
Initiative
+2 Initiative if Perception, wins ties regardless of which skill is used.
+2 Initiative
STATUS
Tilver -
Grealdan (BLUE)-
Zlith (ORANGE)-
Dain -
Nigel -
Vocaetun (PURPLE)-
Theral (RED)-
Silas -
Calculating a bad angle on Red, Tilver moves over and tries to sweep Orange's legs out from under them.
Which makes the Initiative order:
STATUS
Tilver -
Grealdan (BLUE)-
Zlith (ORANGE)-
Nigel -
Vocaetun (PURPLE)-
Theral (RED)-
Dain -
Silas -
Tilver steps up and trips the beautiful drow woman who curses him as she falls. "Slime! You will scream for my forgiveness as the flesh is removed from your bones!"
The weasel-faced man fires his pistol at Tilver, grazing his shoulder then steps up and stabs with his shortsword, though Tilver manages to deflect this.
The elf rises gracefully and stabs at Tilver with her spear. It is a mighty blow that nearly pierces his armor.
STATUS
Tilver - 59/96 hp
Grealdan (BLUE)-
Zlith (ORANGE)-
Nigel -
Vocaetun (PURPLE)-
Theral (RED)-
Dain -
Silas -
Nigel raises both arms, staff in one hand, and slowly brings them together. He then lowers them sharply and utters something sinister sounding. An inky blackness bursts forth from the tip of his staff and swirls forward and around the four people inside.
He watches his magic take hold and studies the caster with the staff, waiting for a spell to be cast.
Trigger A creature Casts a Spell that you have prepared.
When a foe Casts a Spell and you can see its manifestations, you can use your own magic to disrupt it. You expend a prepared spell to counter the triggering creature’s casting of that same spell. You lose your spell slot as if you had cast the triggering spell. You then attempt to counteract the triggering spell (page 458).
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Quick Recognition
Prerequisites master in Arcana, Nature, Occultism, or Religion; Recognize Spell
You Recognize Spells swiftly. Once per round, you can Recognize a Spell using a skill in which you’re a master as a free action.
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Recognize Spell
Prerequisites trained in Arcana, Nature, Occultism, or Religion
Trigger A creature within line of sight casts a spell that you don’t have prepared or in your spell repertoire, or a trap or similar object casts such a spell. You must be aware of the casting.
If you are trained in the appropriate skill for the spell’s tradition and it’s a common spell of 2nd level or lower, you automatically identify it (you still roll to attempt to get a critical success, but can’t get a worse result than success). The highest level of spell you automatically identify increases to 4 if you’re an expert, 6 if you’re a master, and 10 if you’re legendary. The GM rolls a secret Arcana, Nature, Occultism, or Religion check, whichever corresponds to the tradition of the spell being cast. If you’re not trained in the skill, you can’t get a result better than failure.
Critical Success You correctly recognize the spell and gain a +1 circumstance bonus to your saving throw or your AC against it.
Success You correctly recognize the spell.
Failure You fail to recognize the spell.
Critical Failure You misidentify the spell as another spell entirely, of the GM’s choice.
Silas rages and moves to suddenly charges the one that looks like a caster.
The strange defenders of this place (Chaos Priests, they call themselves) reel back from Nigel's terrifying words, all save the drow woman, who blows him a kiss.
The man with the staff (PURPLE) (whom I previously failed to point is blurred slightly at the edges, making him hard to see with details)(who is not yet confronted with an angry litorian), casts a spell. Nigel has no trouble whatever identifying it as fire erupts around him and his friends.
"Burn with the fires of creation!" he yells.
Then the man with the snake mace (RED) raises it and snarls "The wrath of the Galchutt!" and casts a spell.
STATUS
Tilver - 59/96 hp
Grealdan (BLUE)- Frightened 1
Zlith (ORANGE)-
Nigel -
Vocaetun (PURPLE)- Blur
Theral (RED)-
Dain -
Silas -
Fair enough. The DC for both checks should be 25, not 26.
That is an unwarranted assumption. Lots of groups worship Chaos.
Dain calls out for angry spirits and finds a the spirit of a long dead human trapped in these sewers for who knows how long. He urges it to release its anger, and is rewarded by a storm of glowing debris swirling in the middle of the room. Dain moves to engage the snake worshipper, spear in hand.
The onslaught of the fireball and the wrath of Chaos leaves the party injured and Nigel sickened.
Then, Silas charges Vocaetun and despite the mage's blurred outline, slashes him, cutting his shoulder.
Dain summons one of the more vindictive of the spirits of Ptolus and it hurls debris around it at the enemy.
STATUS
Tilver - 26/96 hp
Grealdan (BLUE) - Frightened 1
Zlith (ORANGE) - 10 damage
Nigel - 44/80 hp, Sickened 1
Vocaetun (PURPLE) - 29 damage, Blur
Theral (RED) - 10 damage
Dain - 76/96 hp
Silas - 104/124 hp
Tilver takes a split second to assess the gunner before slashing at his gun arm. Then he steps around him to get some distance between the other warriors.
Tilver stabs the gunman, leaving a deep wound. Grimacing, the gunman stabs back repeatedly, shanking Tilver in the chest. Tilver drops to the floor, bleeding out!
Then the fearsome drow woman rams her spear into Dain's side, drawing blood. She sighs with pleasure.
STATUS
Tilver - DYING 1, PRONE, POISONED
Grealdan (BLUE) - 26 damage, Frightened 1 Flatfooted to Tilver and Dain 1 rd.
Zlith (ORANGE) - 10 damage
Nigel - 44/80 hp, Sickened 1
Vocaetun (PURPLE) - 29 damage, Blur
Theral (RED) - 10 damage
Dain - 55/96 hp
Silas - 104/124 hp
Nigel tries to compose himself as the chaos muddles his brain, but the nauseousness is too much and he vomits.
Unable to maintain his composure as the chaos continues to wreak havok in his logical brain, Nigel straightens for a moment for casting a hand out toward Silas.
"Celeranter!" He shouts, spittle and bile flying from his lips. Silas's metabolism heightens and his reflexes sharpen with magical speed.
Magic empowers the target to act faster. It gains the quickened condition and can use the extra action each round only for Strike and Stride actions.
Nigel casts haste on Dain, causing the oracle to move rapidly.
Vocaetun (PURPLE) steps back and gestures at Silas, spraying him with a strange gas. The litorian begins to giggle...
Theral (RED) shouts "Blood and souls for my lords of Chaos!", then touches Vocaetun, triggering his previously-cast Vital Beacon spell, curing him for hit points. He then gestures at Dain, transferring that harm to him!
negative damage.
STATUS
Tilver - DYING 1, PRONE
Grealdan (BLUE) - 26 damage, Flatfooted to Dain 1 rd.
Zlith (ORANGE) - 10 damage
Nigel - 44/80 hp
Vocaetun (PURPLE) - 12 damage, Blur
Theral (RED) - 10 damage, Vital Beacon 1/4
Dain - 55/96 hp - HASTE
Silas - 104/124 hp
Silas tries to ignore the humor!
No, he really tries to ignore it.
But falls over laughing anyway.
Tilver's stops bleeding out, should anyone care to check.
Dain's willpower is strained as he tries to ignore the clamoring spirits all around him. Focusing, he first calls to the angry spirit urging it on. Then he senses two life spirits high above him in a vegetable garden and calls to them to help Tilver.
Finally, with a burst of magical speed, he stabs his spear at the Chaos priest.
Pernicious Poltergeist
Heal(H+3)
Silas falls to the floor, wracked with hysterical laughter!
Dain feels the full force of Theral's channeled dark energy.
The Street Oracle orders his spirits to blast Grealdan (Purple). The mage avoids some of the attack, but old wounds and new still fester on his skin. Dain then heals Tilver and tries but fails to stab Theral (Red).
With a wild light in his eyes, Grealdan looks down at Tilver and says "Time ta die!". The pistoleer tries to stab Tilver repeatedly, but the battle-hardened investigator rolls out of it neatly, unharmed.
The drow woman laughs at Dain and stabs him with her spear, driving it hard through his thigh. She then draws a potion from her bandolier, still smiling sweetly.
STATUS
Tilver - 46/96 hp - Wounded 1, PRONE
Grealdan (BLUE) - 26 damage
Zlith (ORANGE) - 10 damage
Nigel - 44/80 hp
Vocaetun (PURPLE) - 20 damage, Blur
Theral (RED) - 10 damage, Vital Beacon 1/4
Dain - 10/96 hp - HASTE
Silas - 104/124 hp, PRONE, unable to act or react 1 rd. Then Slowed 1 the next round.
Nigel grasps his staff and raises it in front him pointed at the red clad foe.
A surge of energy crackles down his arm and into the staff. The orb atop it glows with a fiery red light before shooting out three beams of fire.
As the rays fly through the air, the orb atop Nigel's staff becomes dull matte stone; no longer swirling with magical potential.
Nigel blasts Theral (RED) with two of his three rays, burning the Chaos Priest. In return, Theral hurls a ray of pure darkness back at the Inverted Pyramid wizard. Then he slaps his own chest, healing up some damage!
Vocaetun (PURPLE) then fires a magical arrow at Silas, but it skitters off the tiled floor. He then invokes a shield spell.
STATUS
Tilver - 46/96 hp - Wounded 1, PRONE
Grealdan (BLUE) - 26 damage
Zlith (ORANGE) - 10 damage
Nigel - 30/80 hp
Vocaetun (PURPLE) - 20 damage, Blur, shield.
Theral (RED) - 26 damage, Vital Beacon 2/4
Dain - 10/96 hp - HASTE
Silas - 104/124 hp, PRONE, unable to act or react 1 rd. Then Slowed 1 the next round.