Female Human Occultist (battlehost) 4 | HP: 15/15 | AC 16 (T12, FF 15) | CMB: +4 CMD: 15 | F:+6* R:+2* W:+5* | Init +1 | Perc +4, SM +0, Social +0 | Speed 30 ft. | Spells: 1st: 3/3 | MF: Abjuration: 5/5, Conjuration: 2/2 | A Sure Thing: 1/1, Pharasma's Blessing: 1/1 | Active Conditions: Warding Talisman +1, Sunrod, Shield (2 min), Resistance, Nauseated (1/5 rounds)
"Riiiiiight... I uh... I feel ya' pal. My talons ache too, so if you'll just excuse us..." She turns and regards the bubble. "So is that going to burn my flesh off if I step inside, or what?"
|AC 16, T 12, FF 14|HP: 19/19|F +2, R +7, W +3|Init +2, Perc +4|CMB +4 CMD 16|
"Perhaps it will just turn you into a puppet," Remarks Lydia's umbral companion, who has been sticking around since summoned despite seeming as out of place as an Arshean performing devotions in the middle of a Kalistocratic business summit.
Perception, DC 13:
Um...why isn't Lydia casting a shadow of her own anymore?
"Riiiiiight... I uh... I feel ya' pal. My talons ache too, so if you'll just excuse us..." She turns and regards the bubble. "So is that going to burn my flesh off if I step inside, or what?"
"You have already entered one such bubble and returned safely, so I doubt it," says Skuroth. "But it is dangerous nonetheless. The bubble is a seed of evil, with the essence of the babau demon Ammoch at its center. Ammoch has great control over the world inside his bubble and has twisted it suit to his desires.”
Female Human Occultist (battlehost) 4 | HP: 15/15 | AC 16 (T12, FF 15) | CMB: +4 CMD: 15 | F:+6* R:+2* W:+5* | Init +1 | Perc +4, SM +0, Social +0 | Speed 30 ft. | Spells: 1st: 3/3 | MF: Abjuration: 5/5, Conjuration: 2/2 | A Sure Thing: 1/1, Pharasma's Blessing: 1/1 | Active Conditions: Warding Talisman +1, Sunrod, Shield (2 min), Resistance, Nauseated (1/5 rounds)
"Greeeeeat." Lizbeth draws her sword. "Well, not time like the present, eh?"
A burst of protective energy flows from her sword, creating a magical barrier around Lizbeth that's shaped suspiciously like a samurai's helmet. A moment later the shield fades from view, little more than an odd distortion in the air. Casting shield on herself.
"Thanks," Lizbeth says, although whether she's talking to the owl or her sword is up for debate. She steps into the bubble, sword out and ready.
Inside the bubble, an unending forest of massive tree limbs stretches out into the darkness. A dark mist obscures the floor of the forest, hundreds of feet below, and a tangle of branches blots out any glimpse of the sky. Red boils cover the branches of the trees, throbbing ominously.
As Skuroth warned, Ammoch hid himself deep within the festering forest and laid many traps to bedevil intruders. Safely locating the babau requires finding Ammoch’s trail, avoiding his false trails, and evading his sentries. The details of each task and the associated skill check are provided below. Be sure to highlight the unsettling nature of the forest as the PCs attempt their checks to hunt Ammoch. Pulsating pustules cover the trees, strange shadows flit overhead, and an oppressive silence fills the air. For the Survival checks below, PCs can roll individually or aid each other on the checks, though each PC can roll only once.
You're trying to accomplish three goals here:
1) Finding Ammoch's Trail: Ammoch has been cultivating boils on the trees. Each cyst he removes leaves a scar on the tree which leaves a trail you can follow. Following Ammoch requires a successful Survival check.
2) Spotting Ammoch's false trails. Paranoid and crafty, Ammoch regularly creates false trails to disguise his true route. This is a much harder Survival check.
3) Avoiding Sentries: Ammoch created hundreds of eyeballs, held aloft by bat wings, which constantly circle through the forest looking for foes. Stalking the forest without being spotted requires each PC to succeed at a Stealth check (PCs cannot aid one another on these checks).
Pathfinders!" roars the sibilant voice of Ammoch which you've heard occasionally speaking from Valais's mouth. "Thurl did this to me! Gave me only enough strength to fail, while he got a new body! Well, I may fail but I'm taking you with me!"
The gaunt babau demon leaps out and stabs its wicked longspear at Lizbeth, but in its hatred and haste it is overbalanced and misses. Plopping down wetly before it is a disgusting boil, a quivering mass of putrescent flesh that moves of its own accord.
Male Human Samurai-4 HP 32 /32 AC 24 ( Touch 14 Flat 21) / Fort +6 | Ref +4 | Will +3 / CMB +8 | CMD 22 / Init +2 / Perception +2
Angie Sen moves forward and attacks with his katakana making a two handed over head strike.
Attack :1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24 Damage Slash :1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10 I will move avatar when I get to a computer
Male Human Samurai-4 HP 32 /32 AC 24 ( Touch 14 Flat 21) / Fort +6 | Ref +4 | Will +3 / CMB +8 | CMD 22 / Init +2 / Perception +2
I thought that I could to this point on the map.
If not then I will draw my bow and shoot
If he can not move
Drawing his long bow, Angie Sen nocks an arrow and fires it at Ammoch.
Using die rolls for sword attack
MW Composite Longbow Attack (17)+6=23
Damage 6
Angie Sen's arrow strikes Ammoch, but the demon hardly seems to notice as it barely scratches his iron-hard hide. He snarls and again assaults Lizbeth with his longspear.
|AC 15, T 11, FF 14|HP: 21/21|F +2, R +2, W +7 (+2 vs disease/MA, -1 vs attribute loss, +4 vs reading/writing)|Init +1, Perc +4|CMB +5 CMD 16|3/3 dooms 1/1 Guiding Spirit, 3/3 Sense Bond, 6/6 Manifestation, 1/1 ES
Knowledge (Dungeoneering or Religion?) RE 'Boilborn':1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
NIMBLE MOVES: Whenever you move, you may ignore up to 5 ft of difficult terrain each round. This feat allows you to take a 5 ft step into difficult terrain.
When the creature lunges at Lizbeth there's a sudden pulse of light as a ghostly samurai wielding a spectral copy of Lizbeth's sword knocks the blows aside! Activating her mental barrier as an immediate action for 2 focus points, which reduces the damage dealt to her by 2 points until expended (which it is on the demons third attack) or the start of her next turn. She only takes 4 damage from that hit. Her current hp after acid and the demon attacks is 3/9.
Angry and wounded, Lizbeth swings her sword at the demon! Using 'a sure thing' to get +2 on the attack roll if the demon is evil. I'm including that bonus in her roll.
Female Human Occultist (battlehost) 4 | HP: 15/15 | AC 16 (T12, FF 15) | CMB: +4 CMD: 15 | F:+6* R:+2* W:+5* | Init +1 | Perc +4, SM +0, Social +0 | Speed 30 ft. | Spells: 1st: 3/3 | MF: Abjuration: 5/5, Conjuration: 2/2 | A Sure Thing: 1/1, Pharasma's Blessing: 1/1 | Active Conditions: Warding Talisman +1, Sunrod, Shield (2 min), Resistance, Nauseated (1/5 rounds)
I just double checked the map. Is the demon's positioning accurate (and therefore he has reach)? Or is he actually in the space the boilborn is shown in? If he has reach I have a move action I can use to step into the space the boiborn once was in, but I imagine the demon is there.
Badly injured, Lizbeth lunges with her greatsword, bringing it down hard on Ammoch's shoulders. It cuts his iron-hard flesh, but less than she would have expected.
STATUS
Angie Sen
Ammoch - 11 damage
Felix - Acid?
Lydia - Acid?
Lizbeth - 3/9 hp
Felix's big falchion slashes across Ammoch's weakened body, causing the demon to hiss in pain. With a snarl of anger, it lashes out at both Felix and Lizbeth. Ammoch's long claws slash into Lizbeth's chest. She looks terribly shocked and then her eyes roll back as she slides motionless to the tree branch.
Female Human Occultist (battlehost) 4 | HP: 15/15 | AC 16 (T12, FF 15) | CMB: +4 CMD: 15 | F:+6* R:+2* W:+5* | Init +1 | Perc +4, SM +0, Social +0 | Speed 30 ft. | Spells: 1st: 3/3 | MF: Abjuration: 5/5, Conjuration: 2/2 | A Sure Thing: 1/1, Pharasma's Blessing: 1/1 | Active Conditions: Warding Talisman +1, Sunrod, Shield (2 min), Resistance, Nauseated (1/5 rounds)
Another pulse of energy flows from Lizbeth as her spirit attempts to protect her. Although he deflect the blow off course it still strikes with enough force to knock Lizbeth unconscious. (Using her last two mental focus to use her mind barrier ability, which reduces the damage by 2. She takes only 4 damage, not 6, and is at -1 hp.
AC 15/T12/FF13 HP 17/17 F+4 R+7 W+5 Init +2 Perception +5
Archologist Bard 2
Swinging his blade back, Felix hopes for more luck this time, at the biggest draggon he ever saw.
Attack:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 272d4 + 6 ⇒ (2, 4) + 6 = 12
|AC 15, T 11, FF 14|HP: 21/21|F +2, R +2, W +7 (+2 vs disease/MA, -1 vs attribute loss, +4 vs reading/writing)|Init +1, Perc +4|CMB +5 CMD 16|3/3 dooms 1/1 Guiding Spirit, 3/3 Sense Bond, 6/6 Manifestation, 1/1 ES
VERY sorry for going missing so long. I'll spare you the details, but I was having a hard (as well as unusually busy) time this past week-or-so.
It looks to me like I'm at 14/16, not 13.
If you'll permit some low-impact retcons (i.e. taking rather than wasting last two rounds' actions):
2 rounds ago:
Lydia pulls out and reads a dusty scroll, which immediately disintegrates into thousands of tiny particles whirring around her like a magical shield.
last round:
She then steps directly over the fallen Lizbeth while drawing a rather stout wand of sculpted quartz, fitted with a somewhat oversized lapis skull; were it several times larger, it would be a scepter.
wand of cure light wounds on Lizbeth:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
touch of gracelessness:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19technically, it doesn't MENTION the need for an attack roll... Dexterity penalty, DC 15 Fortitude save for half:1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
AC 15/T12/FF13 HP 17/17 F+4 R+7 W+5 Init +2 Perception +5
Archologist Bard 2
Confirm:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 212d4 + 6 ⇒ (1, 1) + 6 = 8 Dragon=Highest goon of an enemy. I really thought we are battleing a dragon, do not ask me why!
Female Human Occultist (battlehost) 4 | HP: 15/15 | AC 16 (T12, FF 15) | CMB: +4 CMD: 15 | F:+6* R:+2* W:+5* | Init +1 | Perc +4, SM +0, Social +0 | Speed 30 ft. | Spells: 1st: 3/3 | MF: Abjuration: 5/5, Conjuration: 2/2 | A Sure Thing: 1/1, Pharasma's Blessing: 1/1 | Active Conditions: Warding Talisman +1, Sunrod, Shield (2 min), Resistance, Nauseated (1/5 rounds)
@ Lydia: Technically it does. The range is 'touch,' and the target is a 'creature touched,' so it requires a melee touch attack. Full details for ranges should be in the magic chapter. Also, thanks for the healing!
AC 15/T12/FF13 HP 17/17 F+4 R+7 W+5 Init +2 Perception +5
Archologist Bard 2
Felix continues to press his attack, using his luck again. Thanks to lingering performance good for 3 rounds Attack:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 272d4 + 6 ⇒ (1, 3) + 6 = 10
Felix's falchion sweeps a bloody arc across Ammoch's midsection, disemboweling the horrid demon. It screams in agony before falling from the festering trees.
The air around you begins to waver and warp. With a faint popping sensation, you suddenly find yourselves standing within the soothing
trees of the Unbent Forest. Skuroth the owl spirit perches on a nearby tree and regards you approvingly.
"Yes, you are hunters after all. See how meekly he follows you."
Turning, you see the small and sniveling form of Ammoch, groveling before you.
Skuroth speaks again. "I apologize for underestimating you. Receive now thy due." Skuroth hands over a banner sewn to resemble watchful eyes as well as a pair of goggles decorated with owl motifs, including clusters of feathers over the eyes.
