JZ's Carrion Crown - COMPLETE! (Inactive)

Game Master JamZilla

I tell everyone about what I know that doesn't seem to be much :P - I suppose we just hit it.

Flying high in the air, still feeling the maggots crawl over him he shouts out a spell as he pulls out a small golden chain.

In an instant, it glows purple and unfurls as Markus flicks it out wrapping around the worm that walks.

Casting chain of light dc 24

There isn't much to know. You can't determine what type or level spellcaster it is which is the biggest issue here.

The golden chain lashes out and seeks to wrap around the walking worm but it simply slips off it's shoulders in the same way as the maggots did so from Jon.

I only asked as I had hoped I'd know if that would work or not and I guess I didn't know.

As far as I know there is no way to determine active spells on someone unless they have an obvious visible effect like Stoneskin or you see the spell being cast.

Cara, Morbar and Erek to act

Will move this on tomorrow

Morbar and Erek rush up to the maggoty thing, heedless of the pit of writhing filth and attempt to lay down their wrath upon it.

Morbar: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (17) + 23 = 40 Hit
Damage: 6d6 + 22 ⇒ (5, 3, 3, 5, 2, 1) + 22 = 41

Erek: 1d20 + 25 - 3 ⇒ (6) + 25 - 3 = 28 Hit
Damage: 1d8 + 17 + 2d6 ⇒ (7) + 17 + (1, 6) = 31

Cara moves up and begins inspiring the party!

1d6 ⇒ 3
1d6 ⇒ 4

Morbar reflex save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16 Success
Morbar reflex save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18 Success
Morbar reflex save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19 Success

Erek reflex save: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26 Success
Erek reflex save: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 32 Success
Erek reflex save: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24 Success
Erek reflex save: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30 Success

As the two warriors wade through the pit, dozens of maggots trying squirming between the gaps in their armour and burrowing under their skin!

Round 2 - Enemy

The worm takes a hasty step away from Erek and Morbar and conjures a series of duplicates that begin floating all around it.

Mirror Image: 1d4 ⇒ 3

There re now 8 duplicates of the Worm

Round 2 - Heroes

Erek calls out in a loud voice and shouts " I judge thee foul being. May Iomadae grant me strength to destroy you."

2 judgements: destruction +4 damage and +4 saves

He smashes the Ravens Head into the mass of maggots that make up the torso of the being.

1d20 + 25 - 3 ⇒ (17) + 25 - 3 = 39

Dam 1d8 + 21 + 4d6 ⇒ (7) + 21 + (1, 3, 4, 4) = 40

1d20 + 20 - 3 ⇒ (15) + 20 - 3 = 32

Dam 2d8 + 21 + 4d6 ⇒ (4, 1) + 21 + (6, 6, 4, 2) = 44

Markus curses that his spell didn't work, annoyed that he didn't know.

He then shouts out a commanding word and bolsters thoughts around him. Casting blessing of fervor. Blessing

"Keep up the attack focus him down!" He says moving across the room.

if Markus spell takes effect immediately then do I get another attack? If so...

1d20 + 25 - 3 ⇒ (4) + 25 - 3 = 26

Dam 1d8 + 21 + 4d6 ⇒ (5) + 21 + (5, 6, 5, 6) = 48

Davos flies into the room and stares dead into the spell caster before him manipulating the air around the creature he begins to freeze the moisture around it, in an attempt to encase it in ice.

Icy Prison, dc24 reflex

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Blessing fervor +2 reflex/AC
AC - 21 / 23 vs evil
Heroism +50%, prot from evil, life bubble, death ward, shield +50%, fly +50%

Sorry guys, been mauled by a really crappy week...

"I don't even know what ye are!" - Morbar roars, stepping to the side, and mauling at the creature as hard as he can - "But ye're not getting away that easy!"

Morbar has Step Up so, he will have to cast defensively, because tha dwarf will follow! :D

Using Fervor for another attack.

Earthbreaker: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (16) + 26 = 42
Damage if it hits: 2d6 + 27 ⇒ (6, 2) + 27 = 35

Earthbreaker: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (9) + 22 = 31
Damage if it hits: 2d6 + 27 ⇒ (6, 4) + 27 = 37

Earthbreaker: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (17) + 17 = 34
Damage if it hits: 2d6 + 27 ⇒ (5, 4) + 27 = 36

Earthbreaker: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22
Damage if it hits: 2d6 + 27 ⇒ (4, 3) + 27 = 34

Obviously will not attack if it is encased in ice :D

EDIT: Just realized I never leveled Morbar to 14.....

Caradwen has nothing to say, and simply unleashes on the monster opposing them - "So gross"

Shot 1, Manyshot: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (19) + 19 = 38
Damage if it hits 1: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (1, 4) + 18 = 23
Damage if it hits 1: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (2, 2) + 18 = 22

Shot 2: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (10) + 19 = 29
Damage if it hits: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (3, 2) + 18 = 23

Shot 3: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (10) + 19 = 29
Damage if it hits: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (4, 6) + 18 = 28

Shot 4: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (15) + 14 = 29
Damage if it hits: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (2, 1) + 18 = 21

Shot 5: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
Damage if it hits: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (6, 1) + 18 = 25

1d6 ⇒ 3
1d6 ⇒ 2

Erek reflex save: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28
Erek reflex save: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29
Erek reflex save: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19

Morbar reflex save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12 Fail
Morbar reflex save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23

Constitution damage, Morbar: 1d2 ⇒ 2

Maggots once again begin burrowing into Erek and Morbar. This time one of them pierces the dwarf's skin and begins chewing it's way into his leg.

2 hits from Erek

MI: 1d8 ⇒ 6 Miss
MI: 1d7 ⇒ 4 Miss

Erek flails at the Worm but his mighty blows do nothing but tear at illusory images that disappear like smoke.

Meanwhile Davos levels his wand and covers the Worm in a thick rime of ice that forms solidly around it trapping it in place.

The Worm currently has the helpless condition. However, it is important to note that since it is immune to critical hits, it is also immune to a coup de grace

Cara and Morbar you may want to take different actions and Jon also has a turn to take

"What now?!" - Morbar roars, groping to cut out the maggot with a dagger, since the immediate threat seems dealt with.

Can I do so Jam?

"Couldn'ta one o'ya lads burn these maggots, fer God's sake?!"

Caradwen readies an action to shoot the monstrosity if it breaks free.

"Good question Morbar... What now?" - she echoes her companion's question.

Devilish smirk appear on the wizards face as his foe encase's in an icy prison "Unless it manages to get free it will continue to freeze inside until it perishes"

21 damage per round it will take J

Jon, are you taking any action this round?

Morbar, cutting the grub out is not enough, you also require a DC 20 Heal check in order to do it.

Applying flame to it also works in this round only

These things were the reason Sebastian died.

sorry j forgot to post

Jon watches the maggot thing disappear as davos' ice encases it completely.

I guess we wait and see if Davos spell destroys it, I don't want to leave it behind us he says as he manifests his great wings
get out of that filth, we have no idea what these damn things are he says

not doing anything else j

Just to clarify. You are waiting here for the next 14 rounds? (1 minute and 24 seconds to be exact)

I've been waiting on my round to aid Morbar my heal is more than enough to pass checks - But i expect we wont wait... I'll want to ask Davos if he can end the spell.

Well... Morbar has no fire, and actually don't think he would know it works. So he keeps on cutting at least to get the grub out. I'll leave the rest to Markus. I remember how Sebastian died....

its min/level and can’t end it :(

Sorry I thought it was rounds per level.

Ok so let's deal with the other pressing issue for a moment and come back to it. Morbar didn't remove the grub but dealt 1d6 ⇒ 6 damage to himself.

Markus - you know that it deals 1d6 points of damage oer round the grub has been inside the host or that Remove Disease will kill it instantly.

In round 3, Morbar takes another 1d2 ⇒ 2 points of constitution damage and it is the first opportunity Markus has to treat the grub.

Remove Disease is fine. If not, it will take 1d4 ⇒ 4 rounds to remove the armour around Morbar's leg giving you enough access to cut the grub out.

Erek climbs out of the pit while Markus tends to Morbar. The inquisitors, confident that Davos' spell will end the fiend, begins looking around the chamber for any other exits, loot or signs of other threats.

Perception 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18

There are a set of huge double doors in the west wall and the staircase you came down to the east

I have remove prepared disease

Markus remembers these evil things. "Step back from the pit." He shouts as he moves next to Morbar and attempts to destroy the taint inside him.

He casts his spell and then pulls out a wand and starts to cure what the pest did to his friend.

Lessor Restoration: 1d4 ⇒ 1 We'll eat the 3 rounds and then move

"If you can't end it then we move, we can deal with this monster later." He says still dealing with Morbar.

Ok, so moving on through the doors then?

Yea when Markus finished healing Morbar

Yes please - what happens to Morbar in the end? Are any penalties remaining?

Because Markus used Remove Disease, the only penalties are from the two rounds of con damage which will be healed in 6 rounds following the Lesser Restoration wand

Didn't get a chance to post last night after the drive, just crashed out nor will I be able to until tonight

Morbar shoves the double doors roughly and opens them onto a bizarre and Hellish sight.

Black flames lick the walls of this huge ceremonial chamber. Three giant statues of Urgathoa loom threateningly over stone pews and a processional leading to a black altar atop a raised natural outcropping.

A dark pit boiling over with foul necrotic energy gapes at the far end of the room, and a writhing humanoid form hangs stretched over the well, stout chains tethered to each of its limbs.

In an instant you recognise her. Drawn, paler than even she was the last time you saw her, but no less beautiful - the woman suspended over the pit is Kendra.

And yet sat on the pews, and milling listlessly around the room, are other humanoids that look exactly the same as Kendra. There are more than a dozen of them, each completely indistinguishable from the other.

At the centre of the throng is a tall, thin man dressed head to toe in black. Black robes draped over it's black breastplate, skull-like face looking out from below a black hood.

Just pausing here for reaction. If anyone makes to move into the room or cast a spell, I will roll initiative

Erek takes in the scene at a glance and senses Markus tense. He touches the priest on the arm and whispers. "Stay in control Desnan. Let your head rule your heart and remember: whatever they are... " he nods towards the figures "They are not Kendra."

To the others he whispers "That evil b@#$@&d is our focus. Hit him with everything we have."

With that he speaks loud and clear. "I judge the foul one. Iomadae grants me her strength to destroy you utterly. You will blight this world no more."

2 judgements: dr and increased saves. Both 4.

She looks like we saw her before all this? Not the ghosty thing I saw in the boneyard?

Markus clenches his teeth also breaking them as he sees her, Kendra after so long shes here.

Ignoring Erak he steps forward his voice almost leaving him. "Kendra!" He shouts hoping to get something back to see if shes alive if it's her just something. "Kendra we came!"[ He then face turns again he almost snarls at the black-robed man. "Who are you! What is this place, I give you one warning you give us Kendra and we will leave. We're here for our friend."

knowledge: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (12) + 27 = 39 Any knowledge of whatever this is?

"Kendra...?" - Caradwen mutters, tears running freely down her cheeks - "Kendra is that you?"

Following behind with the others hovering five feet in the air, Davos takes in the room not noticing the humanoids roaming the room or the fact that the others are calling to Kendra.

But more focused on the man in the black robes "Advion?" he says angrily

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AC - 21 / 23 vs evil
Heroism +50%, prot from evil, life bubble, death ward, shield +50%, fly +50%

Jon moves into the room with the others, grim and deternined.
He looks around at the multiple copies of Kendra and he can feel the cold anger churning in his stomach like a serpent.
if Kendra lives, she is the one above the pit....these others, they are not her. They can't be. he pulses this thought to the group whatever happens, that bastard in the robe goes down first. We hit him with everything we have Jon also pulses this last thought and he waits to see what happens next

The man in the robes is not Adivion - it is definitely not alive.

As for Kendra, she looks different. Drawn and tired-looking, pale and her hair is streaked with a sweep of white.

With a glance, all of the different Kendras are exactly alike and indistinguishable from the next. There are lots of ways this could be done, too numerous to list really, so you may need to determine which - if any - of these Kendras are real

Initiative?

Round 1 - Heroes

Map

"Tis gotta be some sort of illusion!" - Morbar roars - "Ye lads need ta do somethin'!" - he waits for his companions.

Morbar would start stomping, but not Kendra... So he delays.

"I'm tired of talking boys" - Caradwen roars through clenched teeth - "If any of you have anything to say, say it fast. And we should spread. I'm just saying..."

Delaying also - if fight breaks she starts Inspire Courage, and fires a shot.

Longbow: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (11) + 21 = 32
Damage if it hits: 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (3, 2) + 18 = 23

Jon looks across at Cara and nods grimly.
agreed Lady, there's no more talking to be done.
markus, if there's anyway you can tell if any of them is her do it quickly. Jon says as he spreads his wings and flies closer to the group, fixing his gaze on the skull faced thing he curses it and unleashes hell.

BURN!

balefire: 14d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 3, 1, 3, 6, 1, 6, 3, 6, 1, 1, 2, 1) = 38

casting balefire on the skull guy, will fly closer but about 15 ft up above them
Dc 20 reflex for half

Erek studies the creature attempting to determine what it is.

Monster more to identify weaknesses 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24

I've been dead, now I'm alive and back to posting. Did none of the people in the room react to what I said?

"Wait!" Markus shouts out as Jon goes in unleashing hellfire.