GMTrex's PFS [Normal Mode] 1-40 Hall of Drunken Heroes (Inactive)

Game Master Andrew Trexler

Val's inspection of the fountain is, in fact, for naught, as it appears disused and covered a variety of toxins--similar to those that fill the air.

Terrill has a bit more luck while holding his nose against the fumes, and discovers a secret panel in the floorboards beneath some rubble.

"Quickly, let us descend."

"Aye, Ahh'm richt behind yae."

"And let's hope these foul airs aren't heavier than air, and simply follow us down," Terrill comments as he opens the hidden panel and begins to descend. "I've heard tell of a wizard's spell that does that, another Pathfinder told me he saw it flow down the stairs like a killing cloud."

Terrill opens up the secret panel amid a great deal of cough-filled conversation. He finds, not a stairwell, but a small crevice containing a locked book and a switch on one of the walls.

The toxic gases have not gone away, and every minute spent here it seems harder to breathe...

Bishop: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23 SUCCESS Timber: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12 FAIL Round 2: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12 FAIL Round 3: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20 success Round 4: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25 SUCCESS Total damage: 1 Con drain plus 1d3 ⇒ 1 Con damage
Faeron: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22 SUCCESS
Skybek: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16 FAIL Round 2: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18 success Round 3: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13 FAIL Round 4: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15 FAIL Round 5: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16 FAIL Round 6: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16 FAIL Total damage: 1 Con drain plus 4d3 ⇒ (2, 2, 2, 3) = 9 Con damage
Terrill: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16 FAIL Round 2: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16 FAIL Round 3: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14 FAIL Round 4: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29 success Round 5: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22 SUCCESS Total damage: 1 Con drain plus 2d3 ⇒ (1, 1) = 2 Con damage
Val: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20 SUCCESS

Terrill looks a little worse for the wear, but Skybek's condition is deteriorating quickly.

Ouch, not great rolls. If anyone has an ability to boost/alter the first roll, go ahead and do so. If not, you've got a locked journal, a mysterious switch, and a room full of poisonous fumes.

Status:
Timber: 99/99* hp, 1 Con drain, 1 Con damage (Con 18*)
Faeron: 81/81* hp, 1 Con drain (Con 13*)
Skybek: 41/41* hp, 2 Con drain, 9 Con damage (Con 6*)
Terrill: 57/57* hp, 1 Con drain, 2 Con damage (Con 11*)

if we suffered because of inhalation, is holding breath and option or is it merely exposure?

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Still waiting on confirmation of the "inhale" versus "exposure." Breath holding becomes an option, as do Air Crystals (for which I odn't have enough to supply the entire party.

Timber will take my reroll only if the rest of the options aren't viable: 1d20 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 11 + 4 = 20. Yikes, that was still close.

Bishop rushes over and flips the switch. "Timber, fetch!" as the ranger points at the journal.

I'll take a Heal check to determine the method of exposure!

Take 10: 21.

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You haven't included the +2 to saves from heroism , which would put Terrill's first roll at an 18, which looks like it succeeds. So he shouldn't suffer any effect or have to make the follow-up saves.

@ Bishop: inhalation!
@ Terrill: indeed! Thanks. Updated below:

Status:
Faeron: 81/81* hp, 1 Con drain (Con 13*)
Skybek: 41/41* hp, 2 Con drain, 9 Con damage (Con 6*)

I will eat my air crystals then. Sorry guys, I don't have more.

Regardless, I'm flipping the switch and getting the hell out of dodge.

Faeron drinks a vial of antitoxin (+5 to saves vs. poison for the next hour).

Skybek immediately flees out of the toxic area. Once he has some room to breath, he will cast Lesser Restoration on himself.

Less Restoration: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Skybek goes fleeing up the stairs and Bishop flips the switch, opening a secret door in the northeast corner of the room. While Skybek is upstairs frantically drinking ale to clear the poison from his lungs, Bishop and the rest of the party go check out the door--only to come face to face with a charging ball of spiky demon!

Honestly, though, the smell is worse than the terrifying visage.

Bishop: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20 FAIL gain the sickened condition Timber: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25 SUCCESS
Faeron: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28 SUCCESS
Terrill: 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 11 + 2 = 26 SUCCESS
Val: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20 FAIL gain the sickened condition

Round I -- bold may act!
1. Faeron (81/81* hp, 1 Con drain [Con 13*]), Bishop (sickened), Val (sickened)
2. Graz'ith, Epherione
3. Terrill, Skybek (50/50* hp, 2 Con drain, 7 Con damage [Con 8*])

"Erastil, let me be victorious"

Swift action, Instant Enemy

Full attack, Rapid Shot, Deadly Aim
Arrow 1: 1d20 + 16 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 16 + 6 - 2 = 32 DMG if hit: 2d6 + 11 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (2, 3) + 11 + 6 - 2 = 20
Rapid: 1d20 + 16 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 16 + 6 - 2 = 35 DMG if hit: 2d6 + 11 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (5, 1) + 11 + 6 - 2 = 21
Arrow 2: 1d20 + 11 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 11 + 6 - 2 = 19 DMG if hit: 2d6 + 11 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (3, 2) + 11 + 6 - 2 = 20
Arrow 3: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 6 - 2 = 22 DMG if hit: 2d6 + 11 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (6, 3) + 11 + 6 - 2 = 24

"Timber, kill."

Bite: 1d20 + 14 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 14 + 6 = 26 DMG: 2d6 + 10 + 6 ⇒ (6, 3) + 10 + 6 = 25
Trip: 1d20 + 14 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 14 + 6 = 37

ROUND 1 (after Faeron--unless he delays of course)

DESNA BLESSES THIS BATTLEFIELD!!

Cast Prayer. +1 to everything for thegood guys, -1 to everything for the bad guys.

Faeron unloads on the demon.

Full attack, Rapid Shot, Deadly Aim, Clustered Shots (total all damage before applying DR), Sneak Attack, Prayer. Targeting touch.

Attack 1: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 13 + 1 = 33 Damage: 1d8 + 1d6 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (2) + (5) + 14 + 1 = 22
Rapid Shot: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 13 + 1 = 29 Damage: 1d8 + 1d6 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (2) + (5) + 14 + 1 = 22
Attack 2: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 1 = 12 Damage: 1d8 + 1d6 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (1) + (3) + 14 + 1 = 19

Confirm Attack 1: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 13 + 1 = 27 Extra crit damage: 3d8 + 32 ⇒ (7, 1, 1) + 32 = 41

3 extra crit damage...forgot prayer.

If it's not too late, also forgot studied target, assuming it was subject to sneak attacks. If so, that's an additional +2 to hit and damage for each attack, +6 on the extra crit damage.

FINISH HIM

Err, 14 * 3 = 42, not 32. I must have been having a rough night yesterday. The correct extra crit damage would be 60 if subject to sneak attack, 54 otherwise. Sorry.

I'm just going to leave this here.

S, both of those are hilarious. You win this session.

Yep, it's dead. Bishop, your math was off. It was more damage, even with DR. :)

In a fit of rage, your old friend Epherione emits a blood-curdling scream of anguish at the death of her lover. She hurtles towards Bishop and tries to wrap him in a tight embrace!

Grapple: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20

The rest of the party promptly kills her (waving it) and gets back to the business of checking out the chamber.

Two dead clerics grace the floor near the entrance, and a third weeps quietly on the far side, apparently unaware of the new arrivals. Demonic runes cover most of the cavern floor, and the ceiling stretches nearly a hundred feet above. A great crevasse slices through the cavern, descending well beyond the power of Bishop's light to break the darkness.

Ha, no problems there.

Arrow with a Light spell....

"Ummm... ahhh.... someone should check on the cleric."

Faeron cautiously approaches the live cleric, gun still drawn.

What's going on here? What happened to those other two?

Terrill moves up toward the edge of the crevasse with Faeron, curious to hear why the cleric is weeping.

Moved Terrill and Faeron forward on the map, moved the dead foes off to the side.

After casting lesser restoration upon himself, Skybek returns to the rest of the company.

"What are yae daein withoot me? It looks like yae've been busy."

Since no one else seems to, Bishop ...tries to talk to the cleric. "Ho there. It's safe now. The demons are undone and the way is safe. Speak your name cleric. I am Bishop. My friends are Timber, Skybek, Val, Faeron, and Terrill. Skybek is a brother of the cloth. What happened here?"

Bishop - Faeron walked up to the cleric and spoke to him a few posts up, and Terrill went with him.

My bad. I was working on that post during the morning and didn't catch the ninja. I just hit post when I could.

Hmm, I'm a little concerned about our ranger, gang. Faeron gets in the door almost 12 hours before Bishop, and he's a ninja? I thought rangers were all Perceptiony and stuff. ;p

Ha! That's what I get for using my work laptop to post!

Let's roll with it. Bishop still says what he says, even if he interrupts the gunslinger and inquisitor to do it.

Also if the GM will allow it, I'll send Timber to "Fetch Osprey" He should know what Timber wants. He's a druid after all.

"Aye, Ahh'm Skybek Odeon at yer service! Ahh'm sorry aboot yer bruders. Ahh'm sorry that we didnae get here fast enough! Is there anathing that we can dae fer yae?"

Val takes a close look at the reticent, weeping cleric.

Heal: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16

The cleric turns to Faeron in a fright, but suddenly realizing that the gunman is not actually a demon he throws himself at the party's feet and sobs happily. "You, you saved me! Oh, thank you, thank you! I knew you would come for me!"

He continues that way for the remainder of the conversation, not saying much else.

After scooping up the other bodies, the group decides their work here is done and heads back up the stairs. Rounding the last corner, they find Osprey scratching an indulgent Timber behind the ears (under the mithral barding). "You called? I must assume that you have rid this place of its demonic taint. I shall ask that you keep this matter quiet, at least until the Decemvirate can sort out all the details..."

Osprey turns to lead the way back into Cayden's Hall proper. An overjoyed Saphira embraces her lost disciple and immediately declares you all Honored Guests of the Hall -- a great honor that also means you never have to pay for anything at the Temple!

Within hours, Bishop and Val are dead of alcohol poisoning.

Congratulations! You have cleared Cayden's Hall of its lingering evil and emerged as great Drunken Heroes! Con drain is taken care of courtesy of the High Priestess.

huzzah! Awesome game. Tough, different, and a great party and GM.

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