GM Thrawn's PBP Gameday VI - Tome of Righteous Repose (Inactive)

Game Master Thrawn007

'A full rest would be nice!"

The skeletons don't seem to have any magic on them.

Everyone settles down to get back to sleep. After an hour, I need a perception check from second watch.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
Lucita is sitting in the dark, or looking at the embers in the fire if one was lit.

As the fire dies away, and most of the party gets back to sleep, someone creeps up on the camp, coming upon Lucita and striking, before the dhampir new anyone was there. The assailant is a humanoid wielding a katana, which she evidently is quite skilled with as she slices into Lucita, coming dangerously close to a decisive strike.

Everyone, as combat commences, you will have to make a DC0 roll, modified by distance to awaken again. Basically, don't roll a 1, and most of you even make that, as your DC's are generally in the 2-3 range after modifiers.

Initiative

ROUND 1
Glorne
Barl
Lucita (14 dmg)
Grag
Raynor
Akina
Xukong

perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

Glorne wakes up, re-activates his Ice Shield (AC:+2; free action), moves to the new position on the map, and fires his Cold Blast at the new assailant

cold blast(+2H due to burn, ranged touch attack): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
damage(+2 due to burn): 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (5, 5) + 4 = 14

"Freeze right there!"
Yes, I went there

Surprised, and bleeding, Lucita steps away from the blade-wielding sneak, her spear in one hand she pulls out a black-wood wand with the other, speaking the word of command that casts the spell, healing herself.

5ft step ; move to pull out wand of Inflict Light Wounds ; action to "heal" w. the negative energy (removing 1 charge)
Perception: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

perception+free inspiration: 1d20 + 9 + 1d6 ⇒ (7) + 9 + (4) = 20

Barl pops up. "What's that? Who's there?"

Still feeling weakened, he collects his crossbow and sneaks around the fire to find an open shot.

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14
Ride to Fast mount: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17[fail: move action to mount Mozza]
[move action to draw lance- threat range 10ft.]

perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Hearing the disturbance, Grag quickly grabs his axe and stands up. He then begins moving toward the threat. Five foot step

Seeing the party is all waking quickly and she's likely to be surrounded quickly, she tries to finish off one foe in order to face the rest. Lucita manages to use her wand, only to see the healing undone in addition to additional damage being done.

Initiative

ROUND 2
Glorne
Barl
Lucita (15 dmg)
Grag
Raynor
Akina
Xukong

Automatic success on untrained Knowledge (Local).

Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21

Xukong's eyes narrow at the sight before it. She looks just like the woman from the book...if that is so, she will be a worthy adversary.

Assuming it's been at least a minute since the last 2, I spend another Arcane point. Also drawing on Shard's own Arcane Pool for an additional +1 damage for 1 minute.

Xukong's sword screams as it swings it, almost as though it were alive...!

[dice=Shard +2, Black Blade Strike, chill touch]1d20+9[/dice]
damage: 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
rounds of repulsion on failed DC 15 Will save: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

knowledge (religion)+free inspiration: 1d20 + 7 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 7 + (6) = 15
knowledge (local)+free inspiration: 1d20 + 7 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 7 + (6) = 18
perception+free inspiration: 1d20 + 9 + 1d6 ⇒ (8) + 9 + (5) = 22

"It is the elf from the poem! Perhaps she still remembers!"

He addresses her: "We have come in search of you, my lady! We have seen the destruction and corruption done to this place by the orcs. We have begun to restore it and have sworn to complete that task. We are not your enemies- we are on your side. Put down your katana so we may work together."

I'm not really sure if she's capable of being affected. And maybe I don't have time for a whole check? Rolling just in case.

diplomacy+free inspiration: 1d20 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (11) + 3 + (2) = 16

"Harborwing, guide my lance!" says Raynor, before spurring Mozza for a ceiling charge.

+1 Lance, Power Attack, Mounted, Ceiling Charge, Smite Evil: 1d20 + 11 - 2 + 1 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 11 - 2 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 32 for 1d8 + 1 + 7 + 6 + 10 + 1d8 + 1 + 7 + 6 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 1 + 7 + 6 + 10 + (1) + 1 + 7 + 6 + 10 = 56 magic and piercing damage (bypasses all DRs)

AC 27

Grag readies his axe, if she does anything but try to surrender or talk, he will bring it crashing down on her.
Put down your blade!
readied action axe: 1d20 + 12 - 1 ⇒ (7) + 12 - 1 = 181d12 + 14 - 1 ⇒ (11) + 14 - 1 = 24

Glorne fires another cold blast at the intruder

cold blast(ranged touch; adding elemental overflow +2): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
damage if cold blast hits(adding elemental overflow +2): 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (6, 2) + 6 = 14

*Glorne has point-blank shot and precise shot, but is firing through Grag's space. I did not adjust for target's cover since I'm not the GM

Could Barl share the information about the Religion check?

Lucita takes a step back, and uses the wand upon herself once more.
Inflict Wounds to heal self: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 5 ft. step & use Wand

Glorne didn't make any checks.

Just ate my long post. I'll try to retype later, but the TLDR is combat over as she gets skewered. You have one undead elven samurai body, and 1 katana.

Me no religion buff but me no sure vamps stay dead when they dead...

If we have time, Lucita will heal herself with her wand, tapping her body thrice to finally close all the wounds: "This is not a restful night".

Wand of Inflict: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 31d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 51d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

But Lucita does not know she is undead yet, let alone what undead, since only Barl did a religion check

Xukong carefully loots and examines the katana....

Appraise: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

detect magic/Spellcraft: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

Sorry, you can always assume Barl will share whatever knowledge he has. He's kind of a smarty pants that way.

The Katana is magical, and the runes on it match the artwork of the book.

I'll also refer everyone back to this.

The Katana is magical....

Meaning what, precisely?

I'll also refer everyone back to this.

I vote for the midday sun tradition! :)

It's a +1 katana with more significance as a historical artifact than in actual power. How the body is being disposed of, and what is actually getting done with the Katana are the questions at hand.

"According to what Barl said, we should probably sever this lady's head, cremate her body on a pyre under the midday sun, and have her ashes returned to her descendants, while giving her skull to those who will etch her name and dates of birth and death before placing said skull in rhe Ossuaries of the Fallen, back in Vigil. Up to them to debate what the date of death or undeath or whatever was. Doing this should cover the rituals of both traditions".

"Should we bring the katana back to the Pathfinder Guildhall for study, to Vigil, or to her descendants? Something to think about when we are finished exploring here. In the meantime, I think we should finish our rest. Wake me when my turn on watch starts, please."

Glorne cancels his Ice Shield, and lays back down.

"Er, yes, that's what I was saying. Thank you for expounding. After we do all that, let's bring the katana back to the Grand Lodge temporarily. Once this site has been re-consecrated, it should find it's eternal resting place here."

There are no disturbances as you are able to rest the remainder of the night into the morning.

Glorne eats breakfast, uses his basic hydrokinesis to refill everyone's waterskins, re-packs his supplies, and re-activates his Ice Shield

"Ready to go when everyone else is."

"I defer to our Lady Priestess and our Dwarven Scholar! I will assist with these somber tasks, if you require a steady hand. Then, let us depart these lands, for they are no longer meant for mankind."

Lucita is impressed by all Glorne's fresh water...

Now that we found her, I say that we consecrate the shrine and head on out.