"That's not local ... I wonder what it is?" Tammm thinks to himself
Both of you recognize it as a Retriever, but you are not sufficiently familiar to determine any details (evil extraplanar conttruct).
Order
Laurel
Critter
Raphael
Darryl
Sazzat
Lucian
Raphael recognizes the creature as a Retriever, a horrible evil outsider which don't belong to this plane, and flies to one side of the room, away from the others (and the creature), and then asks for Sarenrae intersession to cast it back to the hell it came from.
"You are not welcome here, go back to the darkness!"
The critter has a higher initiative bonus, and hence goes before you.
"Oh my, that isn't good! Let me help all of us." Laurel then says some arcane words and makes a few gestures and all are suddenly faster.
You recall:
Defenses: it does heal fast
it has construct immunities
Constructs are immune to death effects, disease, mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects), necromancy effects, paralysis, poison, sleep, stun, and any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect also works on objects, or is harmless). Constructs are not subject to nonlethal damage, ability damage, ability drain, fatigue, exhaustion, or energy drain. Constructs are not at risk of death from massive damage.
SR: it does not have
That's all you get.
It sends out a beam of heat energy at the first of you to enter the room (Lucian)
PCs are up.
Lucian grunts in pain as he's burned, then slips on his ring of invisibility and vanishes into thin air. He charges into the room, flipping over the desks and chairs to get ready to flank.
Yes, it hits, it is a touch attack, and your touch AC is fairly low.
Sorry should have been specific. I generally say 'miss' instead of rolling damage when I miss.
poof, the spider thingy goes away to whence it came
There is still the student lying on the floor
Raphael moves towards the student and sees is she is hurt.
If in need of help, he casts whatever spell he thinks is more adequate (breath of life, heal, cure xxx wounds).
"Where does that creature comes from? Are there more?"
A cure spell will get them conscious.
"Is it gone? Did it hurt anyone else? I'm so sorry!"
" There's only the one. I was trying to show off that I could a big summoning and I lost control. "
At this point the Headmaster arrives on the scene.
"Alright, what happened in here?"
The student explains that she stole a scroll and tried an advanced summoning spell. The headmaster is quite angry and explains to the student that he time at the Academy is over.
You can intervene if you wish (diplomacy check).
Raphael tries to follow the conversation.
He decides is better for the girl to follow her calling elsewhere. he is not really fond of the Academae and his methods, and obviously this mishap is a sign of the gods for the girl to move on to a better place.
So he remains silent.
The girl is bawling.
He tries to comfort her.
"Hush girl, be brave. The goddess makes us stronger by forcing us to overcome misfortune."
sniffle "But all my friends are here! My family will be very angry with me! My life is ruined!"
bawl, whine, sob, etc.
"Your old life is... make yourself a better one."
"Well that was .... anticlimactic." Tamm drawls as he shifts his cigar from one side of his mouth to the other.
"Ralph .... I don't think the girl really wants to leave."
"It seems so... but I don't think is in her power to stay."
"Surely the girl's fate doesn't have to be decided immediately, headmaster." Tamm says to the old wizard.
"Yes, surely a more thorough examination could be had before such an irrevocable decision?" Darryl adds in hope of helping Sazzat's plea.
Diplomacy (aid?): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
Between the two of you, you are able to convince the Headmaster to reconsider and give the girl another chance. He appears to almost be deferential to you request.
Raphael looks the girl in her eyes.
"Whatever you do, have faith in yourself, and do good."
He goes to the headmaster.
"Very gentle of you to allow her to stay. I thank you, and I beg you to help her fulfill her potential."
He finally tells his companions.
"I am glad the creature didn't do much damage. Do we go and meet our other test companions?"
"I think so." Tamm answers.
"We should get some rest and prepare for the test. Meanwhile, I'm sure they want to clean up in here.
"Well done Raphael. That ended things quickly and efficiently. Let us continue on with the tour."
If the school is this dangerous I hate to see what the test is like.
The Headmaster once again returns to his office to get back to work.
You guide peeks his head in, to make sure it is all safe. Then he enters when he observes that the coast is clear.
"So what do you wish to see now good sirs?"
"We would like to meet the other contestants, if that is possible."
"That sounds good. After that you may continue your tour of the grounds if there is more to see." Laurel is looking at the buildings and every so often you hear a mumbled comment about the styles.
"Well hmm. The other contestants. I'm not really sure where we might find them. They are only required to be present come tomorrow morning. we have provided places for people to stay until then, so I can take you there and maybe some of them will be around. However most of them are from Korvosa, so I suspect that are just staying at their own places until tomorrow. "
He leads you over the a large building in the NW of the grounds.
"This is the staff quarters, and we've reserved a few room for the use of contestants. They are usually kept for visiting faculty. "
Poking around in the area you are only able to find a gruff looking dwarf sitting around in his armor drinking ale.
Raphael approaches the dwarf.
"Good night! May Sarenrae light shines on you always. Let me introduce my companions and me."
After the introductions he continues.
"We have entered the Breaching Festival contest."
The dwarf belches loudly in response.
"Right. Knur here. " and he shakes everyone's hand in a crushing grip.
"Ale anyone? Keg's over yonder. " indicating a tapped keg. He doesn't indicated any glassware however.
Laurel looks the dwarf over, "Are you in the breaching festival as well? Do you have a specialty?"
"No, I'm staying here for the spa service. "
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"I have an axe. I hit things with it. "
"Well, good luck to you my talkative friend." Friend sounded anything but friendly. Laurel then looks to the others. "Shall we retire and prepare for tomorrow?"
"Thank you, but I am forbidden to taste the product of fermentation. I wanted to make you know I am at your service, for any assistance, especially healing, you could use during the breaching. An you are welcome to work with us in defeating the wards tomorrow. As a team. Finally, do you know where we could find the other contestants? I would like to extend the same invitation to them."
"I don't see them here. I'll be fine on my own. Want the money for myself. "
"Good luck to you my friend. Should you require any assistance in the coming days please don't hesitate to ask." Tamm extends his hand to the dwarf.
"Right. Best of luck. "
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"May Sarenrae bless you."
That would be fairly tricky, and to be honest not really worth your time.
This Raphael guy is awfully free with offering up additional splits of our prize money.
"You do realize that this is a competition as well, don't you Raphael? That prize money isn't for each, it gets split up if a team beats the challenge. As it is, a six way split is barely making this worthwhile. Let's try to not add more."