Labyrinth Souls (Inactive)

Game Master Mighty Glacier

(Go ahead and post Pahleg and Tannan's actions.)

(Edit: Bah, why does the page-top post always become a lame ooc-only post...?!)

Pahleg perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 241d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Tannan perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 101d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Pahleg jabs at the orc with his spear over Ulrich's shoulder.
Longspear: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 121d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Tannan attempts to tumble behind the armored foe and set up a flank.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13
Dagger attack w/flank: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

MEDIOCRE!

I have returned! I will wait until my next action to post.

(Forgot burning damage last post:) 1d6 ⇒ 5

Round 3

Elyna steps back and blasts the armored orc again. Her fire hits the enemy, but she starts to notice that fire does not bother the enemy that much, made more evident when the orc did not bother to put out the fire. (Fire resistance of some amount.)

Araden stands by, ready.

Ulrich presses the attack on the armor-clad figure. His sword hits only the plate armor for now.

Pahleg jabs at the orc with his spear over Ulrich's shoulder, but he too only hits the plate.

Kekkle casts a psychic knack on the foe. Will: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11 (Indeed, orcs are dumb.) The Unstoppable is stopped momentarily.
Kekkle's other Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

Tannan attempts to tumble through the armored foe, but fails. The orc would have surely seized the opportunity to strike Tannan, but luckily Kekkle's knack knocked the contender's knack of killing out.

... The violent enemy pauses.

Araden, Kekkle, and Elyna start to smell some kind of gas in the air. Elyna realizes it to be harmful, and, by virtue of being proficient with fire and sorts of explosives, estimates the gas is not explosive.

Pahleg makes sure to maintain his distance and raises a crackling electric hand, then a thundercloud appears appears on the orc!

Electricity Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 4, 1) = 7

DC 15 reflex negates

Having not smelled the gas, Ulrich tries to assert more pressure on the armored orc.

Longsword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 81d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

"ARRGH! Damn your hide!"

Elyna points a finger at the orc: "Ugh, did you fart?"

She lobs another blast of fire at the enemy. "We should leave, there's some kind of poison gas in the air."

Ranged Touch Attack (Elemental Overflow): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
Damage (Elemental Overflow): 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (3, 5) + 5 = 13

Kekkle nods along with Elynas notion. "I will hold the Orc for now, the rest of you pass behind me and down the tunnel."

Standard to ready a casting of Shocking Grasp if the Orc gets within striking range. If I am attacked in melee I will parry using Flamboyant Arcana

Tannan does as he is instructed and tries to get away from the foul smelling gas.

acro if needed: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21

Araden backs off.

Double move toward the exit

Sorry for making everyone wait.

(I had forgotten burning damage AGAIN.) 1d6 ⇒ 1 (Doesn't go through fire resistance.)

Round 4

Elyna lobs another blast of fire at the enemy. With so many people in the way providing cover to the enemy, she misses the armored orc.

Araden begins to back away, advancing towards the exit.

Ulrich does not back away, instead he continues to attempt to harm the invader. He's having difficulty accomplishing that.

Pahleg raises a crackling electric hand, thus calling a thundercloud to strike the orc. Ref: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22 The invader withstands the lightning.

Kekkle prepares to shock an attacker, but so long as Ulrich stands in the way there's no way for the enemy to advance that far, for better or worse.

Tannan follows Araden's lead, backing away towards the exit, away from the stenching gas.

Everyone except Araden and Tannan take 1 Con damage, and...

The enarmored foe coughs in the gas, while still on fire. Burning: 1d6 ⇒ 1 The gas seems to trouble the enemy more than the fire, but it's not enough to stop him: he brings his axe on Ulrich- Melee attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16 -who blocks it with his shield. It seems the orc and Ulrich are stuck in battle.

Making decisions for 3 characters is hard. Especially with how the situation looks.

Elyna backs away from the Orc as well, continuing to shoot fire at him. "I don't feel so good, you guys."

Ranged Touch Attack (Elemental Overflow): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18
Damage (Elemental Overflow): 2d6 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (3, 5) + 5 - 1 = 12
Then move 20 ft toward the exit.

HP are now 41(37)/41

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Araden stops for a moment: "There's another one this way!"

Raising his bardiche he gets ready to charge. If possible charge toward the new enemy

Bardiche: 1d20 + 7 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 2 - 1 = 12
Damage: 1d10 + 8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 3 = 13 I assume the numbers in his profile do not include power attack, if they do, then count +1 to the attack roll and -3 from the damage

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Ulrich waits for the others to retreat before he disengages and backs off as well, making sure to stay between the Orc and his companions

Delay until Pahleg has moved away and then retreat as far away from the orc as possible as he stays closest to the orc

HP are now 34/34

Tannan looks down the side tunnel and sees a shadowy form.

Guys, we have more trouble down a tunnel. We got ugly ahead of us...and something trying to pin us in whatever is causing you guys to hack up part of your lungs

Tannen, despite better judgement, gets one of his daggers ready to throw at the shadowy thing near him.

readied ranged attack if shadowy thing gets closer. Attack +5, Damage 1d4+1. If it seems like the gas vapors are spreading near them, he will instead retreat out of the maze if possible to escape the vapors altogether.

Pahleg gets a furious look on his face and summons a spiritual longsword to also attack their enemy, raining him in magical attacks!

Spiritual Weapon: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Electric Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 5) = 10 DC 15 reflex negates

Seeing Pahleg is not about to retreat, Ulrich stands his ground and continues attacking.

Longsword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

(We need our scarecrow.)

Do I have to make fortitude?

Unable to reach the attacker, Kekkle retreats away from the poisonous cloud.

Spellcraft to identify?

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

(entrance <-) XUPKE (40ft.) TA (20ft.) Z (-> exit)

Do I have to make fortitude? Spellcraft to identify?

(The idea was that people rolled their own Fort, but whatever. Hm, no, but try Craft (alchemy) or (poison).)

Round 5

Elyna backs away from the orc as well, continuing to shoot fire at him. The blast lands a hit, and manages to do some damage in spite of the enemy's resistance to fire.

Araden (charge isn't possible; it looks like the stats in his profile do not include Power Attack) warns the others and then hustles to attack the foe in the hiding. His bardiche swings over the figure clad in shadows, who turns out to be smaller than Araden first expected. The blood-red shadows swirl around and envelop a halfling.

Ulrich stands his ground and continues exchanging blocked blows with the orc's axe. (miss)

Pahleg summons a spiritual longsword to also attack their enemy, to go nicely with the thundercloud. So far it's more a distraction than a lethal threat to the invader, however. Ref: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20 Frighteningly, the armored orc withstands the barrage of lightning.

Kekkle retreats away from the poisonous cloud, unable to participate in the crowded fight.

Tannan clarifies Araden's warning and gets one of his daggers ready to throw at the so-far-unclear shadowy enemy near him.

The shadow-clad halfling who Araden tried to chop pleads with him. "Eeeek! Don't hurt me, I beg you!" the female halfling says with a high-pitched voice. "They made me do this! I never-" She stops, kicking Araden mid-sentence in the shin. Dirty Trick (Entangled): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15 Araden is too battle-hardened to fall for this trick, however, and is not bothered at all. The halfling then unsheathes a dagger.

The other invader continues the furious fight with Ulrich. Melee attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15 Furious but stale-mate. Burning: 1d6 ⇒ 6 The fire is starting to bother him a little.

(entrance <-) XUP (20ft.) E (40ft.) KT (20ft.) AZ (-> exit)

Round 6

Araden wastes no words debating with the threatening invader. Although small, she's proven dangerous and cunning, and so he simply lashes out with his metal-and-leather-gauntleted fist.

Cestus Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (12) + 7 - 1 = 18
Damage: 1d4 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 2 = 11

I always find myself confused on where to find us on the map. Where are we at? Is it possible to reach the orc with a reach weapon, taking a move action if necessary?

We're not really on the map per se at the moment: we're in the maze, which is a single-file hallway system that can't really be mapped out or it defeats the purpose. Given the pseudo-map GM MG posted at the bottom of his last update, I'd guess you can just stab the orc, since it's just Ulrich between you and him.

Ah right, my apologies!

Pahleg lunges forward to attack while his magic continues to barrage the orc!

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Spiritual Weapon: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Electricity Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 5) = 11 DC 15 reflex negates

Okay, so 3 Con damage leaves me at 31/31 hp.

Coughing from the gas, he hacks at the orc.

Longsword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 121d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

And misses completely.

Fortitude: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

(James, you're back and in charge of action calling. Go nuts.)

Tannan, not wanting to go near either the gas or who o whatever is down the other way, stays out. Dagger at the ready in case this get worse, or an enemy appears.

Same action of readied attack. Ranged attack +5, damage 1d4+1

I'm going to play it safe and continue with the same actions as much as I can.

Elyna, seeing the party's exit blocked, runs to the position behind Kekkle to put the halfling in range of her flames.

Kekkle produces a puff of pyrotechnics in the halfling's face, seeking to Daze her.
Kekkle uses daze vs. the halfling. DC 12.

(entrance <-) XUP (20ft.) E (40ft.) KT (20ft.) AZ (-> exit)

Round 6

Elyna runs (double move, presumably) to the position behind Kekkle and Tannan. She has no clear line of sight to the second invader, but if she moved a little closer (15-20 ft.) she could.

Araden mercilessly punches the halfling girl with his metal-and-leather-gauntleted fist, dealing a visible injury.

Ulrich coughs and hacks at the orc, continuing the tradition of not misses and blocks.

Pahleg lunges forward to attack while his magic continues to barrage the orc. Ref: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19 The longsword conjured with divine magic lands a blow through the enemy's defenses, though the spear lunge misses, and the orc continues to withstand the lightning cloud, in spite of all probabilities.

Kekkle moves so he can see the enemy Araden just punched, and produces a pyrotechnique to bother her. Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 The trick leaves her dumb-struck.

Tannan stands by. Is it to stand watch, to protect Elyna, or himself, who knows.

The shadow-clad halfling holds her dagger and does nothing else.

The armored orc shows no signs of fatigue in spite of the gas's obvious effects on health. Melee attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26 Damage: 1d12 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19 He lands a heavy blow on already-weakened Ulrich.

(entrance <-) XUP (60ft.) ET (10ft.) K (10ft.) AZ (-> exit)

Round 7

"Guh. Flesh... wound...", Ulrich grunts, retaliating with his blade.

Longsword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 81d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

The knight is clearly fading, as the attack doesn't even get close to the Orc.

Taking the opportunity for a little more space, Araden steps back and regrips his bardiche, bringing the large weapon to bear in a vicious swing.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 7 - 1 = 25
Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (16) + 7 - 1 = 22
Damage: 2d10 + 16 + 6 ⇒ (9, 10) + 16 + 6 = 41

Kekkle moves directly behind Araden, telling him to shield his eyes. A prism of color washes over the combatants before him.
If he can do so without catching Araden in it, I'd like Kekkle to use his color spray on the halfling, DC 13. If he can't he'll daze her again, DC 12.

Elyna moves closer to the melee with the halfling and chucks a fire bolt at her.
Ranged touch attack into melee (elemental overflow): 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 9 - 4 = 18
Damage: 2d6 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (2, 4) + 5 - 1 = 10

Tannan remains readied with his throwing dagger.

Pahleg strikes at the orc with his longspear while the spiritual weapon hammers (or swords) away at him.

Longspear: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 101d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Spiritual Weapon: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 181d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Electricity damage?: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 3) = 12

If Araden's crit is enough to drop the halfling, then the rear of the party retreats away from the noxious cloud. Pahleg will likewise move to retreat while Ulrich occupies the orc.

(entrance <-) XUP (60ft.) ET (10ft.) K (10ft.) AZ (-> exit)

Round 7

Elyna moves closer to the sound of Araden and the halfling's battle, and gets a line of sight, so she chucks a fire bolt at her. The blast sears the enemy.

Araden shows no mercy for the underhanded halfling lady, and brings his axe on her in a vicious strike. Coupled with the fire blast, the hit is enough to make her unconscious, and more. She gets no chance to say any last words, and vanishes to the shadows.

Ulrich continues to keep the menacing orc occupied, but he starts to notice his swordplay is only that: not an effective threat to the invader.

Pahleg keeps trying his longspear with little effect, but he's more a healer, anyway. The spiritual longsword also struggles to land a blow through the enemy's full armor. The thundercloud is already gone at this point. The aasimar then backs away from the gas cloud, which is fortunately already clearing.

Kekkle notices how brutally Araden destroyed the shadow invader, and conserves his magic abilities. Instead, he heads back to help defeat the other invader.

Tannan stands by.

The one remaining invader goes into an even deeper layer of ferocity with the swings of his great labrys. Melee attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28 Damage: 1d12 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18 Ulrich goes down.

The poisonous gas is already clearing,

(entrance <-) XU (10ft.) K (20ft.) P (30ft.) T (10ft.) E (10ft.) A (-> exit)

Round 8

(Let's try to wrap this up in a few rounds, shall we.)

Araden brings his axe back to a defensive position for a moment, but as the halfling fades into shadow, he turns and hustles back towards the remaining threat. Double moving, which I think gets me 10 feet from Pahleg's current position.

Tannan curses under his breath as he sees Ulrich go down in a heap. He sees the annoying halfling vanish into the shadowy darkness as Pahleg kills of that threat. Tanann, against better judgement, moves forward to engage the enemy.

Move 30 feet, and ready an action. +5 ranged attack, damage 1d4+1

Ulrich falls to the ground, pumping blood.

Stabilize: 1d20 - 6 + 1 ⇒ (16) - 6 + 1 = 11

But it slows to a trickle, his pulse remaining.
I'll give Pahleg, Kekkle and Elyna a bit more time before I post actions for them.

Pahleg moves to Ulrich's side and places a glowing hand on the fallen warrior. While the thundercloud goes away, the spiritual weapon continues attacking.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Cure Moderate Wounds: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (8, 3) + 4 = 15

I am now out of 2nd level spells.

I really don't have much to offer in this scenario. Total defense

(This is going to be a bit hasty post.)

Round 8

Elyna starts moving back towards the other enemy.

So does Araden.

Ulrich stops bleeding.

Pahleg places a glowing hand on Ulrich, healing him back to consciousness. The spiritual weapon draws a bit of orc blood.

Kekkle stands by.

Tannan, still ready to act, moves now a bit closer to the others.

The Unstoppable rages on, attacking the prone Ulrich. Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27 Damage: 1d12 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15 The new wound from the great labrys cancels out all the healing Pahleg had did, and Ulrich loses consciousness again.

(entrance <-) XU (10ft.) K (20ft.) PE (10ft.) TA (20ft.) (-> exit)

Round 9

"Rude." Pahleg places another glowing, albeit less glowy, hand on Ulrich.

CLW: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

"No! We must defend our friend!"

Araden continues to move toward the foe, although the cramped hallway makes it difficult to move with speed. (Another double move toward Ulrich, not sure where exactly that gets me though.)

At 5 hp. We'll see how the next round goes, though I think I have one more round of being on the ground getting wailed on...

Stabilize, if Pahleg can't make it: 1d20 - 6 + 1 ⇒ (1) - 6 + 1 = -4

I'll be at 4 hp when he heals me.

Tannan, despite conventional wisom, moves forward and throws one of his daggers at the raging behemoth.

ranged dagger - cover: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 5 - 2 = 12
damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

(I count two actions missing.)

Kekkle casts Daze again on the orc, hoping to give Ulrich a chance to get up. Elyna hangs back, since she's out of range to throw a fire bolt and doesn't want to block Araden from the front line.

Round 9

Elyna hangs back, not wanting to get in the way of the others.

Araden retraces back to the fighting, navigating the maze through a couple turns. (Puts you right behind Kekkle, your distance to the enemy is 20 feet, and you have a line of sight.)

Ulrich does a fine job at bleeding.

Pahleg places a healing hand on Ulrich, which brings him back to consciousness.

Kekkle uses a psychic knack on the raging orc. It has no effect, and Kekkle then remembers that he has already dazed that enemy just a moment ago.

Tannan follows Araden as he turns in the maze, hoping to get a line of sight to the enemy. He does, eventually. (You had to spend a double move to get a line of sight.)

The Unstoppable is clearly just trying to kill someone, anyone at this point, and attacks prone Ulrich again. Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18 Damage: 1d12 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11 (IIRC being prone gives you a -4 penalty to AC?) Again his large axe knocks Ulrich unconscious and negates all the healing Pahleg just did, but at least Ulrich is still alive.

(entrance <-) XUP (10ft.) KAT (20ft.) E (-> exit)

Araden grimaces beneath his helmet as he sees the enemy ahead, and steps up as quickly as he can, taking a stand over Ulrich's unconscious form and swinging his fist forward. "Begone, foul intruder, or face your better in fair combat!"

Attack: 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (12) + 7 - 1 = 18
Damage: 1d4 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 2 = 11

"I can do this all day."

CLW: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Stabilize: 1d20 - 6 ⇒ (3) - 6 = -3

At 3 hp, once Pahleg heals me.

"...urrgh... sweet oblivion.."

(Clearly this fight has gotten increasingly boring for everyone, judging from the drastic decrease in everyone's posting frequency. Here's how it's going to go: The Unstoppable hits Ulrich two more rounds, Pahleg wastes one more CMW and one CLW, and Araden ends the fight with Ulrich still alive. Ulrich is at, let's say -5 hp.)

The fight with the armored invader goes on a few more seconds. The Unstoppable and Pahleg go back and forth on their struggle to decide Ulrich's fate: one landing devastating blows on Ulrich and the other keeping him away from death's door. Eventually, attacks from Araden's cestus put an end to the raging enemy, and The Unstoppable vanishes to shadows like his co-invader.

(The Unstoppable was a barbarian, as you may have guessed, and was also starting to run out of rage rounds.)

Combat over.

Obtained 59 souls.
Obtained 55 souls.

The party also finds a suit of armor and 2 vials of blue substance, left behind by the two invaders.

Osch Plate Armor

A suit of armor from Osch, a duchy impoverished by pillaging crusaders. The plates are folded in untraditional ways; the armor is made mainly for duels.

Standard full plate. Worth 150 souls.

While a lowly soldier or squire would happily don this suit, knights would frown on it, seeing where it came from. Wearing Osch armor is a usually sign that one is either an honorless crusader, or a Cold Osch Knight.

Poison Resin of Blue Whinnis

A vial containing a common poison. Harvested from areas of miasma.

Blue whinnis (poison). Worth 12 souls.
Injury; save Fort DC 14; frequency 1/round for 2 rounds; effect 1 Con damage and unconscious for 1d3 hours; cure 1 save

Ever since the miasma spread above ground there have been an increasing number of people willing to expose themselves to it in order to harvest poisons.