GM Thrawn's PBP Gameday VI - Tome of Righteous Repose Table 2 (Inactive)

Game Master Thrawn007

As you head towards the shrine with the statue and begin examining it, Ellismus hears voices down the eastern hall. Although he can't make out the words, they sound humanoid, and aren't as deep and guttural as orcs.

Knowledge(religion): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

"This statue is not familiar to this warrior. It might be one of the Dwarven pantheon, but they are not well know in Tian Xia."

Kasei's sword is at the ready, as always.

Ellismus motions the others to be silent and points down the hall where the voices are coming from.

Jaan nods and advances with weapon at the ready.

As the party advances down the hallway, they see a fairly large chamber with a number of already triggered traps in it. A stone floor tile that must be a trigger mechanism has a piton wedged into it to keep it from moving. Several holes in the far wall look to be filled with some kind of putty or cement. You overhear two male and a female voice discussing possible methods of disabling some kind of ward without getting injured. When you come into view in the hall, a halfling notices you and holds two daggers in your direction while shouting an alarm, and 3 more halflings similarly armed come into view.

"HOLD ON! WAIT! We're from the Pathfinder Society and we need experts like you!"

Great, ten gets you one they'll turn out to be Apsis consortium agents...

Great, ten'll get you one they're Aspis Consortium agents... Kasei thinks.

"Who are you!" hisses the first halfing as he tries to look imposing with his daggers.

"I'm Ellismus the Blue, from the Kortos Island, near Absalom. We've been hired by the Society to map out these halls. We've cleared a few monsters out but we're happy to see some civilized folks finally!"

A robed female elf steps into the view of the hall. By the way the halflings immediately defer to her, it's evident she is in charge. "Pathfinders? I was worried you were a bunch of snakes or orcs. I am Laurlathsa, and this is my band of treasure hunters. We've been in these ruins for almost 2 days. After a full day sifting through orcish rubbish, we believe we found what we were looking for. We've been taking our time after hitting a rather nasty trap, and have managed to disable over a dozen more in this hall."

"I can see you've done great work here already, yes. Perhaps we can join forces together to finish this dirty job. If I may be so bold what kind of treasure are you looking for? this old site is a lot of trouble to get to, and I hope you didn't lose any comrades on the way here!"

"We've lost a couple of our group along the way unfortunately, and we are running very short on resources having come this far. This was originally a dwarven hold, but it's the crusaders during the shining crusade that left their treasure here. Be believe a great cache of unknown holy relics lie behind this door." The elven woman indicates a steel door on he south end of the room, wrapped in chains and covered in glowing magical runes. "We've come this far, but now that we are here, with our current condition we are afraid to proceed. Perhaps this is an opportunity for both of us. If you would be willing to go forward and face whatever lies ahead, I will provide you with the key to the door. All we ask is 25% of the take of the treasure within. At least with that much, this mission won't be a total loss, as it would be if we just turned back now taking the key with us."

Phosdlon ponders the lady's comments..

sense motive: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

Phosdlon mumbles a little too loud...
"Hmm....I'm not so sure if she is telling the whole truth or not...

She seems very sincere

"25% sounds fair, as you guys took care of all these traps, and our guys love to battle monsters and ancient evils... but to strike a proper deal, you need to disclose your employer. I can draw the papers if you wish. Agreed?"

"This warrior has no objection to the deal, but is it necessary to take the time to write it down? We are not devils -- is a binding contract truly necessary?"

I like to think that among good-aligned folks in Golarion, written contracts are seen as vaguely diabolic.

Jaan shakes his head subtly behind his Hellknight mask at Kuwabara.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

Kasei notices but doesn't respond to Jaan's disagreement.

Is this game still going? I'm gonna need this character soon for a local game...

With the agreement of the party, the elven woman hands over the key. Then instructs her companions to back off to allow your group to take over the trap springing. The halflings and elves retreat to the northern part of the room giving you access to the locked door.

Map updated. You are at the final encounter.

Thank you GM Thrawn! did we lose the witch and her gator?

Ellismus takes the key and opens the door.

Phosdlon utters a blessing to ,Yuelral, for her gift of good.

Can we look for traps first?

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

Kasei casts Shield of Faith and Bull's Strength as they prepare to open the door.

Jaan steels himself against the dangers to come.

You enter and twist the key. The chains fall from the door, and all of the runes begin to glow hot white and blue, with the light consuming more and more of the door, until no solid surface is there any longer.

As the light fades, winged humanoid in shining golden plate stands in front of you, wielding a large flaming sword in both hands. "Defilers! I am Grythyk, guardian of this tomb, and your death."

Conditions
None

ROUND 1
Jaan
Ellismus
Grythyk
Kuwabara
Phosdlon

"Cool off, celestial! we are not defilers!" responds Ellismus before throwing a frost bomb and backing up behind the party.

Alchemist Bomb; Frost + Precise Bomb to exclude squares occupied by allies; ranged touch *DEX mutagen and reduce person and Fox's Cunning and Cat's Grace and Heroism*: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (17) + 17 = 34 for dmg: 4d6 + 8 ⇒ (3, 4, 2, 4) + 8 = 21 cold damage + DC 18 save to avoid being staggered for 1 round.

As a note this is my 8th time playing ToRR, and this is the first time I've encountered a group like this with a locked door and such. Neat!

Jaan has no patience for a creature that has just called for his death and lets his inner strength flow, as his form begins to blur and he assaults Grythyk with wide powerful strikes.

PA Naginata: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30
damage: 1d8 + 18 ⇒ (6) + 18 = 24

iterative Naginata: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
damage: 1d8 + 18 ⇒ (5) + 18 = 23

iterative crit confirm: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
extra damage: 1d8 + 18 ⇒ (8) + 18 = 26

"What are you? We are not defilers, we came to see the last remains of the samurai elf who died her laid to rest properly!"

There are 12 end fights for each tier, so 24 ends in all.

Ellismus bomb hits home, but doesn't seem to slow the celestial. Jaan manages to get two very solid hits in, but it seems that the angel is highly resistant to physical attacks.

"I am the guardian, here to see the elf's remains are left alone!" The angel swings it's flaming greatsword twice at Jaan, connecting once. Although the flames do no harm to the suil, the blade does hurt.

Conditions
None

ROUND 2
Jaan (13 dmg)
Ellismus
Grythyk (48 dmg)
Kuwabara
Phosdlon

Phosdlon activates his sacred weapon ability as a swift action giving his bow the flaming property this round

rapid shot#1: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
possible fire damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4
[dice=possible "good" damage]1d6[/dice]

rapid shot#2: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
possible fire damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6
[dice=possible "good" damage]1d6[/dice]

blur?: 1d100 ⇒ 43

Jaan seeing the flaming weapons and cold being ineffective decides to infuse his attacks with acid as he steps back and unleashes another flurry

PA Naginata: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17
damage+d6 acid: 1d8 + 18 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 18 + (1) = 24

iterative Naginata: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
damage+d6 acid: 1d8 + 18 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 18 + (6) = 26

iterative nag crit confirm?: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
bonus crit damage: 1d8 + 18 ⇒ (8) + 18 = 26

"Hold! This being is a sacred guardian! We must stop the violence and come to terms. If it is the will of Heaven that this lady's remains stay here, it is not for us to oppose it!"

Kasei steps in front of the suli and stands between him and the celestial being. He focuses his faith on his sword, willing it to avoid killing this holy being. "This warrior does not wish to fight you, but must protect fellow pathfinders. Please, let us reason together."

Swift action to add merciful to his katana. Readied action to attack the archon with nonlethal damage if it attacks him or another PC.

Attack roll for readied attack: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 9 + 2 = 22
nonlethal damage: 1d8 + 7 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 7 + (2) = 13

Ellismus prepares another frost bomb, and readies an action to throw it at the angry angel if he does not hear reason.

READIED ACTION: Alchemist Bomb; Frost + Precise Bomb to exclude squares occupied by allies; ranged touch *DEX mutagen and reduce person and Fox's Cunning and Cat's Grace and Heroism*: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (2) + 17 = 19 Touch AC for dmg: 4d6 + 8 ⇒ (5, 1, 6, 5) + 8 = 25 cold damage + DC 18 save to avoid being staggered for 1 round.

Phosldon's arrows are not able to penetrate the Angel's thick armor, although one of the arrows manages to singe it a bit. Jaan manages to land one blow, which while less effective than he hoped, does manage to deliver it's acid.

It's pauses a moment with Kuwabara's insistence on parley. It's gaze goes over all of you. "You are not evil, why do you serve him?" Although the angel does not swing the blade again, it seems to ready a blow if it does not like the answer.

"Who do you think we serve? we have been sent by the Pathfinder Society to reclaim these halls from evil! Right now it seems haunted by past wars waged against the dwarves!"

"Serve who? This warrior serves the goddess Shizuru, and in this mortal realm also the Pathfinder Society."

Give me diplomacy checks.

"The necromancer Tar Baphon and his minions wish to defile this place. Why do these so-called pathfinders serve him?"

Ellismus throws his arms out of his cloak in a grand gesture, revealing a pair of white wings. He spreads them wide, and stretches them. Then speaks:

"Grythyk, a great hero was buried here. A long time ago. You have performed a noble service, but this site has fallen to evil since then, and we wish to relocate her remains to a place of honor. All that is left here is death and rot and the lands outside are now overrun with warring orc tribes. No man nor dwarf nor elf remains. It has fallen. Unlike you. So follow your heart and see for yourself. Take a tour of the place. After that, if you feel like she should stay here forever and her deeds fade from history and unable to inspire anyone, then I will step aside, despite the pointlessness of it all, for surely the powers of Heaven have wisdom beyond understanding that transcends the facts that now stare us in the face."

Ellismus looks down, furious. "I don't know who these folks are over there, but they helped disable the traps in this room that got us here. I can't vouch for them, but I can vouch for my fellow Pathfinders here. And they do NOT serve Tar-Baphon! this one, even in today's modern age by your reckoning, is still trapped and held in check by Lastwall!"

Kasei holds up his holy symbol. "No servant of Tar Baphon could serve the Lady Shizuru. Surely you know of the Empress of Heaven? This warrior has no talent for words, but you must believe us. It would be a grave injustice for there to be conflict between two servants of Heaven."

As he speaks, Kasei infuses his sword with holy energy to prove, as best he can, his bonafide connection to the forces of good. (Using the Good blessing to make his sword have a good aura.)

Diplomacy: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (13) - 2 = 11

Jaan lowers his blade and lets his rage fade as he listens to the conversation.

Phosdlon holds up his holy symbol

"I serve Yuelral, the Elven Goddess of Good, Knowledge, and Magic. I would never sully my soul with the likes of Tar Baphon."

diplomacy(here goes nothing): 1d20 ⇒ 13

"I will trust you to take over this duty pathfinders. You worship dieties of respect. I will return to my plane, and the body of Akina will now be your responsibility." With another flash of light, the angel disappears, leaving open the way to an open door.

"Thank you for opening the way. I'll no longer have need of your services." With that Laurlathsa casts a spell, and one of the elves and 2 of the halflings get ready for another fight. The other elf and the other 2 halflings look confused at this turn of events and cower against the north wall. The female elf completes her spell, which seems to have an effect on everyone.

Conditions: One of the elves (pink) and 2 of the halfings (blue and purple) are don't participate, and cower against the north wall. They have been removed from the battle map.

ROUND 1
STORM SORCERER
Kuwabara
Phosdlon
Jaan
LAURLATHSA
MURDEROUS HALFLINGS (2)
Ellismus

will: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
precentile: 1d100 ⇒ 54

Was she invisible or hiding? I don't quite understand how she got a surprise round.

will save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

will save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

Jaan easily shakes off the treachery.

Will Save Ellismus vs. DC 18: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

"This stinks of treachery," says Ellismus, before he lobs a bomb swirling with green and red active content at Laurlathsa. "I'm hoping your fine elven nose can fully appreciate the putrid nature of this betrayal."

[Dice=Alchemist Bomb; Stink Bomb + Precise Bomb to exclude squares occupied by the cowering halflings and elf; ranged touch *DEX mutagen and reduce person and Fox's Cunning and Cat's Grace and Heroism*]1d20+17[/dice] Touch AC for dmg: 4d6 + 8 ⇒ (2, 3, 5, 3) + 8 = 21 fire damage to Laurlathsa + nauseated for 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 rounds (FORT DC 18 to negate nauseated)
--> SPLASH 5 ft. radius: 12 fire damage REF DC 18 for half + nauseated 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 rounds, Fort DC 18 to negate.
--> SPLASH 10 ft. radius: nauseated 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 rounds, Fort DC 18 to negate.

The stinking cloud obscures all sight, including darkvision, beyond 5 feet. A creature within 5 feet has concealment (attacks have a 20% miss chance). Creatures farther away have total concealment (50% miss chance, and the attacker can’t use sight to locate the target).

They actually were all supposed to hold actions/delay, and just attack. So I actually soft-balled things by making it a surprise round without the rest of them acting. I used new initiative in order to mix in their actions more giving more chance to respond.

You hear some commotion within the cloud. Kuwabara seems to be confused by the appearance of the cloud, and strikes himself instead of an enemy.

ROUND 1
Phosdlon
Jaan
LAURLATHSA (21 dmg, nauseated)
MURDEROUS HALFLINGS (Red (6 dmg, nauseated), Green (6 dmg, nauseated))
Ellismus

ROUND 2
STORM SORCERER (12 dmg, nauseated)
Kuwabara (6 dmg, confused)
Phosdlon
Jaan
LAURLATHSA (21 dmg, nauseated)
MURDEROUS HALFLINGS (Red (6 dmg, nauseated), Green (6 dmg, nauseated))
Ellismus

Fatigued, Jaan drags himself to range of the red halfling and tries to cut him down.

fatigued slash: 1d20 + 12 - 1 ⇒ (18) + 12 - 1 = 29
fatigued damage: 1d8 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (6) + 7 - 1 = 12

Kasei is under the effect of Bull's Strength so 2 more damage from that.