GM Tyranius House on Hook Street (Inactive)

Game Master Tyranius

It's a penalty so I think we just have to wait for it to wear off.

I have nothing that will help.

Nothing here, Grim. Sorry...

Carrington feebily holds her hand up. It seems her affliction is non existent within the Dream Realm. "Save your healing. Thanks again for saving my life."

"Say, Carrington, what can you tell us about that thing old bones there was so distracted by. Hope you don't mind us putting the fate of the world above yours. Seems small minded of us, I'm sure."

Carrington shakily stands. "Sally seems to be what is known as a Night Hag. That stone is what is known as a heartstone. The magic within is fueled by the hag's spirit and proximity. Though with her death the stone will lose it's magic within the day." She goes about explaining the magical properties. The heartstone instantly cures any disease contracted by the holder. In addition, a heartstone provides a +2 resistance bonus on all saving throws

"You should hurry before it is too late. I will see you upon your return and protect you where I can help." Carrington takes a moment, forcing herself awake as she fades back into the Material Realm.

Nestled in Sally’s tattered gown is one blank and unused waxen image and another one formed in a disturbing approximation of Madame Carrington.

Perception 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21

The psychic spots the hidden wand and hands it to the grippli. "Maybe this wand will keep us running until we get out of this damned place..."

I seem to have escaped unscathed this time.

"We should pass the heartstone around in case anyone picked up a disease they are not aware of while Grinner heals our wounds. I also think he should hold on to the stone until we get out of here."

"Well, I don't feel well."

Grinner gets the stone.

"I feel a little better now. I would appreciate being able to carry it. I'm the sickly type."

What next?

On to the next floor?

"Is everyone healed? We might not have time on the next floor!". He fell in line, following along with the others.

"Let me scout ahead a bit."

Terry sneaks up the stairs to take a look.

stealth: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

With sneak, in this case, being a very loose term.

Terry slowly moves up the stairs that creak and moan with each board pressed.

The scent of stale smoke permeates this crossroads of stairwells and hallways. A moth-eaten rug stretches before a dormant fireplace surrounded by a beautifully carved mantle, and a magnificently carved bar stocked with hundreds of rare liqueurs stands along the stony face of the Old Wall to the west. A heavily adorned staircase in the room’s northeast corner descends into darkness below.

Though what constituted sin and vice changed greatly over generations of the Caligaro family, their appetite for rare intoxicants has remained consistent. This barroom holds hundreds of bottles of rare liqueurs from across Golarion, complete with all of the specialized and cultural serving implements designed to accompany their consumption.

Down the hallway the preserved heads, antlers, and bodies of hundreds of
animals hang lifelessly on the walls of this hallway of trophies. Dark, wood-paneled walls reflect the warm glow of a single candle set on a small pedestal in the center of the hallway. The candle casts its soft light on a multitude of trophies: a large fire pelt rug covering the floor, numerous deer heads and antlers, looming bears, an eagle posed in flight, and the mounted heads of an aurochs, a griffon, and a manticore.

Looking back at the bar Terry suddenly notices a man that resembles Nahum. Nahum is a frightening creature, handsome and terrible, his features shifting to emphasize his emotions. Shadows dance around his form, coalescing into leering arrangements as if he were haunted by incorporeal creatures. Light seems to always fall short of reaching him. He pours a drink a takes a small sip. "I see you wish to deliver the Paginarum Lethargica and Clavis Somnus to me personally. That is wise. Set them on the bar and you shall leave with your life."

Something small and dark skitters away in the shadows and always seems to move just as the light is about to reach it. Out of the corner of his eye Terry sees shadows reaching for him.

Stalling for time to allow the others to buff and join him, Terry prods the cult leader.

"I heard you were trapped in here. Some disagreement between you and Myra fostered by the spider? What are your plans if you get these items?"

"My plans? You make me sound like some sort of monster." He pours another drink and slides it in Terry's direction.

"With the Paginarum Lethargica and Clavis Somnus I would be able to gain complete control of this Dreamstone, thus stabilizing the Dream Realm. Only then will I bring Mog-Lothar down from below. I will bargain for immortality to use the Dream Realm to free Mog-Lothar from it's prison so it may attain Godhood!" Nahum explains calmly and only grips his glass further a the mention of Myra.

Gerard casts False Life and moves into the room.

False Life 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

"I'm not sure we want Mog-Lothar here."

"Yea, from what I read, she is not a fan of yours. Did she REALLY sick that spider girl Myra on you? Dang! I saw what she did to some of those other guys and I'd hate to be on her bad side. I REALLY think you should reconsider your idea. Though eternal life is quite a carrot, I have to admit. How long have you lived already, may I ask?"

Terry takes the drink and eyes it suspiciously yet longingly, then puts it down.

"I think I'll wait to see whether we can work together nicely before I drink this, OK?"

Nahum frowns at the route the conversation is turning. "Myra did what she thought she must at the time. Now help me fix this Dream Realm. You see how bad it is. It needs to be fixed." He holds his hands out for the requested items.

Prior to this room: Does the magic stone happen to heal my -4 Str if I touch it?

Grimnir smirks through his beard as they talk to Nahum.

"Ye've some grand ideas, lad," the dwarf says. "Which will nae come ta fruition. Now 'elp us or get outta th' way."

"He's not very diplomatic. Perhaps you could tell us what your plans are? They may coincide with our own. Seems like we BOTH want this mess fixed."

Please review your icon placement. I updated your positions as best I could based on your posts. Some, like for Grinner I had to make assumptions for. Also note that you will have to use the scrollbar within the slide itself to see th enew room. I failed to notice that and could not figure out where the map was.

Fine by me. Thanks, Terry.

@Grimnir- Unfortunately not since it is not a disease.

Haha yea sorry second floor is down below.

Nahum begins to move around the bar as he speaks calmly, His voice slightly rising in irritation. "Enough games already. Give me he items so I can set this right and uproot the sprouting seeds of betrayal"

The floor boards loosen as their nails rise into the air and slowly drop to the ground. The long wooden boards snake up and reach around each of your ankles as the shadows grasp at your bodies like some sort of black tentacle.

Grapple vs All: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Can Terry parry a grapple attempt?

Grinner healed himself for HP when he healed his Con damage earlier so should be in better shape.

"You clearly are mental!"

Standard Action
Grinner tries to draw bad luck onto the deranged man. Misfortune DC 19

Move Action
*Ribbit Ribbit* Chant hex to extend duration.

Also, a report on the buffs would be nice. I need to know what is active in order to decide what to do.

The grapple attempt is from the spell black tentacles.

@Grinner- You took out 4 of your six Con damage and only healed yourself for 32 HP. You were at 7 hp which brought you to 39. Getting the Con damage healed doesn't heal the lost HP. You can retcon the healing if you need to.

@Terry-Whatever personal buffs you had going during Sally should still be fine. Haste will have ended by now.

Grimnir and his stone servant both try to escape the grappling tentacles.

CMB stone servant: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
CMB grimnir: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31

Terry will attempt to use a spell scar to hit him with a magic missile if he attempts a standard action.

concentration: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 2 + 4 = 16

Well, with that roll it pretty much didn't matter WHAT he tried.

"Rather abrupt, wasn't that? We could have tried to work things out, but NOOOoooOOO! You had to attack us."

His minor tirade is interrupted by grunts and gasps as he tries unsuccessfully to free himself enough to do something.

Hrm, not used to that interpretation of restoring Con and HP. I don't have a problem with it at all though (and don't see anything against it) so I'm fine with just the retcon.

Cure Light Wounds (x3): 3d8 + 3 ⇒ (4, 3, 4) + 3 = 14 - Should be full before the grapple.

11/50 charges left CLW wand.

Escape artist to get free 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25

Grimnir's sone servant remains trapped as Grimnir, kicks a board loose, freeing himself.

Will save DC 19: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

Terry tries some form of a spell but the pain in his legs causes him to botch it and sparks fly from his fingertips to ill effect.

Alongside Grimnir Gerard is also able to break free from the boards as they continue to grapple and pinch off the groups legs.

Maintain Grapple: 1d20 + 15 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 15 + 5 = 28
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Nahum steps back into the shadows, vanishing from sight as his voice seems to carry with an unholy and unearthly presence. "If you wish to continue this further I will be waiting for you upstairs. If you indeed wish to end this leave the book and key on the bar and leave at once. The choice is yours."

The spell is still in effect. Though it doesn't seem to be trying to re-grapple Grimnir and Gerard.

Note: Terry's spell did not even go off. He fai9led his concentration roll and the spell scar (which acts like a scroll) was not activated. No sparks. No nothin' but a lot of unprintable verbiage.

rolls to escape grapple:

Escape Artist: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Escape Artist: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

Yup. That was just some text fluff. Nothing mechanical.

Terry will use his wand of infernal healing to restore any lost HP from teh unfriendly flooring.

Gerard pulls out his CLW wand and has two charges to burn to restore his health.

CLW 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (1, 6) + 2 = 9

The stone servant tries to escape, but can't quite do it. Is this something we can aid?

CMB to escape grapple: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Grinned looks at those not grappled and stops resisting.

Yea you can aid the escape check.

Grimnir's stone servant remains trapped as the boards wrap around it's body while Grimnir tries to help.

Grinner just stops resisting but it only allows the baords to squeeze tighter.

Terry finally breaks free from the boards and draws his wand healing a sall portion of the injuries.

Gerard- You didn't take any damage except Temp Hp which can't be restored with the wand.

Gerard draws his wand of healing as the boards continue to crush Grinner and the earth elemental.

Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Grimnir (75/84; -4 Str)(Stone Servant 23/49)*
Grinner (25/51; 1 Con Damage; 1 Con Drain)*
Terry (40/56; Infernal 8 rounds)
Gerard (+4 Temp HP)

unfortunately Terry just stands there helplessly at the fringes of the tentacles. If he is able to he will cast Infernal Healing on anyone he can touch in the tentacles.

Grinner sighs and tries to break free.

CMB: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Can I touch our Grippli friend without exposing myself to the tentacles? If so, I can hit him with a freedom of movement and get him out asap.

Yea you guys can freely move through the spells area as once free it doesn't seem to try and regrapple you.

Gerard uses his Freedom of Movement spell to free his friend before all the life is beaten out of him.

That will free Grinner leaving just the stone servant trapped.

It takes a few seconds to free the stone servant, but eventually they get it freed, too.

"Le's heal up afore we continue," Grimnir suggests.

CMB: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
CMB assist: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

CMB: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18
CMB assist: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18

CMB: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
CMB assist: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

"I don't know about you guys but I think I'd like to wait before I 'continued this'. Maybe we can find something that would help on this floor before we continue our discussion with Nahum?"

"That's as good an idea as any. When we see him again, we can't hesitate again...we have to end him right then!"

Stone Servant damage 2 rounds: 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (1, 2) + 8 = 11

Though it takes some time the entire group gets free from the obnoxious and deadly spell from this accursed Dream Realm.

Where are you heading to?

Grinner starts healing with his wand.

CLW Wand (x2) (Grimnir): 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (7, 3) + 2 = 12
CLW Wand (x6) (Grinner): 6d8 + 6 ⇒ (5, 4, 1, 3, 4, 3) + 6 = 26
CLW Wand (x2) (Terry): 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (2, 4) + 2 = 8 Rest should be handled by infernal.
CLW Wand (x1) (Stone Servant): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Total 11 used. Wand drained.

Let's go into this full...I think we also found a cure moderate wand, right?