Netopalis' Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment (PFS 2013 PBP Game Day) (Inactive)

Game Master Netopalis

Mizunoken is within five feet of it, yes.

As it has been 24 hours since initiative was rolled, we'll consider Lily to be holding her turn. Mizunoken, you're up.

Mizunoken draws his sword with frightening speed and strikes at the shuttering knife.

Attempting to break the knife (if it is unattended), otherwise I'll be making a sunder check instead

Attack, Adamantine Katana: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
Damage, Adamantine/Slashing: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Swing and a miss.

Shan attempts to grapple the knife before it can do any harm. He will 5' step if he needs to get within range of the knife.

Grapple vs Knife's Flat Footed CMD: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29

Aikio steps into the room.
perc: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
might provoke? Is there an actual fire in the hearth?

Aikio: You do not provoke. There is no fire in the hearth.

Shan: You are successfully grappling the knife.

Will Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Shan, do you wish to shirt that save?

No, but thank you for asking. If it matters, I get +2 vs Poison, Spells and Spell-Like effects (Hardy)

Shan looks at the knife, and he reflects on his life. His fallen comrades. The injustice he has seen. He starts to believe that perhaps it's all truly not worth it. Perhaps Wei had it right. Perhaps peace can truly be found in self-sacrifice.

A final self-sacrifice.

He grabs the knife and starts to glare at it...deep in thought. To the rest of you, it looks like he may be thinking dark thoughts.

You see him slowly draw the knife to his throat. What do you do?

Next up is Tamerius. After that, Hawk. Lily has a held action. The knife will now act on Shan's turn.

And +2 vs. enchantment spells and effects from Still Mind

Tamerius come back to see what's going on

Move in the room where his comrades are

What's going on here ?

Know. Arcana: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18Know. Religion: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

Tamerius: You are able to identify this as a haunt. However, because you just barely made the DC, that's all you know.

Shan: Unfortunately, even with the +2 bonus, you still fail to save.

By all the fire in Hell it's a haunt !

CHANNEL ! NOW ! IT'S A HAUNT
shouted Tamerius

You can inform your party members that it is a haunt. You may also channel to try to suppress it.

Channel Roll: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6

The haunt will take half of this due to variant channeling. The haunt is immune to fire.

The haunt takes 3 damage; the turn is now Hawk's. Lily may act whenever she gets online.

Hawk, you hear that this is a haunt. Let's see what you know about those.

Knowledge(Religion): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

Hawk, you know that by dealing positive energy damage to the haunt, its effects can be suppressed. You also suspect that anybody interfering with Shan attempting to kill himself will be attacked, but will be successful in doing so.

Hawk following Tamerius' lead will tap into his energy, calling it forth to harm any undead that might be in the area.

Channel Positive Energy (Harm Undead): 1d6 ⇒ 4

Tamerius channel negative energy, he unfortunately can't damage the haunt

Ah, that's right. You Asmodeus worshiper you.

Since Tamerius can't channel energy will you allow me to change my action and attempt to use the more powerful cure light wounds (at least more powerful on average - 6.5 vs 3.5) to damage this haunt

If allowed

Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
Touch Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

Mizunoken has seen this look in a man before.

He's gonna do himself in and there's not a damn thing I can do about subduing him. Have to get that knife out of his hand...

Assuming Hawk moves in to Shan's eastern flank, Mizunoken will take the long way around the table, flanking Shan from the west, and attempt to disarm Shan. Mizunoken considers his adamantine katana for a split-second, dropping it on the floor and drawing his nine-section whip.

Besmara guide me...

Disarm: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25 vs CMD, +2 if flanking; provokes attacks of opportunity

Tamerius: Sorry, when you said channel, I thought you meant you would like to channel.

Hawk: I'll let you change your action. You deal 10 damage to the haunt.

Shan's hand starts to quiver and he lowers the knife, then drops it to the floor. It seems that he is no longer under the effects of the haunt.

We are out of initiative rounds now. There is still a dead body in the room.

Mizunoken keeps his guard up and his whip primed for attack.

"Shan, speak to me friend..."

How could have this happend so fast ? asked Tamerius seeing the hanging Wei. And How could a haunt be here, in a blessed temple of Korada ? Hawk, an idea ?

Bypassing the knife, he examined the body.

Heal: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

Easy there friend Hawk says to Shan You were about to take your own life

Did Hawk's knowledge roll give him any idea on why the haunt was around?

Does anyone know of anything, some rumor perhaps, that might explain why this haunt was here? It might be key to putting this to rest.

With that Hawk will take his time and start a very thorough search of the room, looking for the 'skeleton in the cabinet' if you will, looking for any clues that might suggest why a haunt was here.

Take 20 on Preception to search the room: 20 + 5 = 25

You are unsure as to why the haunt is here.

As for the body, it is fairly obvious that Wei hanged himself, and, as I said before, is quite dead.

You do notice, though, that he is missing all of his fingers.

Shan's muscles begin to strain as he holds the knife to his throat. He stares out blankly, into the void.

"Seeing into Darkness is Clarity.
Knowing how to yield is Strength."

After the burst of positive energy, Shan slowly begins to fight against the possession and lower the knife.

"Use your own light and return to the source of the Light."

The dwarven monk finally let's his arms fall to his side, allowing the knife to drop.

"This is called practicing Eternity."

As his senses return to him, Shan looks around at his fellow Pathfinders. "Thank you friends. I have been preparing to return to the Tao for many years, but I did not want to travel there by my own hand."

Knowledge Religion: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Tamerius want to know for how long he's dead. A few second, a few hours, a few days ? Could his Heal check gave him a response ?

Is there a connection between the missing fingers and the death of this Wei ?

asked out loud Tamerius

May be must we warn the others people of this community to the death of one of their, don't you think ?

5-10 minutes? You saw him go in here at dinner.

Mizunoken relaxes his stance.

"Welcome back, friend."

Mizunoken walks around the table to collect his katana and joins in the examination of the hanging halfling.

"Missin' all the fingers. Under normal happenstance, I'd say punishment for filchin'. From what I understood at supper, the whole finger thing is a test o' faith, and it's likely this one's failed it once too many."

Mizunoken considers their own run-in with attempted suicide.

"Then again, Shan here tried do him hisself in, too. Could be the room, in which case I'd recommend examinin' what needs examinin' and gettin' out."

This is a right mess... and looks dreadfully suspicious toward us.

"So, is honesty our best shield in this case? Tell 'em we're snoopin' around and found a dead guy in the kitchen they don't use? Do we keep our beaks shut?"

About this time, several people arrive. Wei's wife gasps as she sees his dead body. Di shakes her head. Two aasimar, wielding weapons, move forward. One of them says, "We will take him to Dakang, he will know what to do..." They cut down the body and start to carry him out.

Mizunoken instinctively enters a guarded stance, right hand crossing his hip to his recently-sheathed sword, upon the entry of the guards.

The scene strikes Mizunoken as rather strange.

They don't move to apprehend us. They remove his body and disregard the suspects as though suicide is routine. Or we're being observed.

Mizunoken will make no attempt to obstruct the aasimars from removing the body.

Missing all his fingers? He was only missing one at dinner right? Aikio looks around the room for the other digits. perc: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
Is the haunt's 'immune to fire' common knowledge?

Hawk confronts the guards.

The haunt made the halfling do this. Unless the haunt was caused by the death of the halfling?

Any idea as to why he would have done this? And what happened to his fingers? How could they all be missing.

Aikio: I said that all of the adults were missing at least one finger, not that they were all missing exactly one finger. As for the haunt, if you know what a haunt is, then you would know that it can only be damaged through the use of positive energy.

The male aasimar says to Hawk, "Calm down, calm down. There's no reason to get worked up. Wei lost his fingers in the service of Korada. Korada has now eased his suffering. It is our way."

"Tis a shame, considerin' the family he left behind. When can we expect services in remembrance of his legacy and dedication to the faith? I imagine several of us'd like to be there for it."

I'll be blown away if they actually do.

Hawk exasperated "You don't seem to understand. This room is Haunted. Hawk tries to emphasize the H to make it clear he's not talking about something that is run of the mill spooky. Has anyone else ever died in here?

Aikio has never encountered a haunt, but she shakes her head trying to loosen memories of class in the Grand Lodge. She also tries to remember whose hands were missing which digits, but the featherless fingers all look the same to tengu and she gives up.Thanks for clarifying on the fingers as well :) "I'll wait outside with Lilly," the fire wizard says.

As the room starts to clear out, Di says, "I'm sure a few words will be said in today's sermon. Otherwise, why mourn? He is in a happier place. It would be selfish of us to expect him to stay here when he is unhappy...As for whether or not anybody else has died in this room, I wouldn't know. I can't recall anyone else having died here."

Lily shakes her head sadly, "How horrible. I am glad that you are alright, Shan. Should someone speak with his wife? She'll be devastated when she finds out!"

After a moment's hesitation, she smiles a little and leans down to Daisy, "No, sweety, I don't think it happened because the kitchen is jealous of the dining room table. Though... I suppose it's a possibility. Nothing else is making much sense here."

Shan requires time to ponder on this. In silence, he will follow temple's residents carry their halfling companion, if allowed.

Shan is allowed to follow the Aasimar to a door at the end of the hallway to the north of the dining room. The aasimar then stops him and says, "Dakang does not like to take visitors when he is performing final rites. You can see him at the service, or come back tomorrow."

If it's realy Korada's way, I understand now why they are so secretive ! If could believed it's an evil temple !

Tamerius whispered to Hawk I'm not familiar with Good's faith, is it a courant behavior to test their follower so hard with self-mutilation or pain ?

than add for everyone

I think it could be interesting to attend the ceremony

'Interesting' is putting it mildly.

"Tamerius, I'm likely to agree to that notion."

Mizunoken remembers the grieving widow in the room.

"Bardzo mi przykro z powodu twojej straty. Daj nam znać, czy jest coś, co możemy zrobić dla Ciebie i Twoich dzieci."

To Tamerius Well I know - or at least I thought - that Korada was of foresight, forgiveness, and peace. He is a force of good, dedicated to peace and contemplation. Korada spends his time meditating in the Dream Lotus on the plane of Nirvana, balancing the spheres of existence in his mind and conversing with other enlightened beings.

That does not scream of the practice of self mutilation to me

Reiterating the knowledge from the beginning

Lily moves in to comfort the widow, "I am so sorry for your loss, Liso. This must be so dreadful, and I cannot even fathom what you're going through!"

"Please, let us know if there is anything we can do to help. The Society is here to aid those who need it," she adds in her naivety.

Your sense motive reveals that she isn't taking it as badly as an average person would.

Liso regains her composure. "It's...it's alright. I know that he is in a better place. He was so distraught over being unable to complete the Kiss of Korada...But then again, he doesn't have to worry about that now. He's in Vantian, with Korada himself. Who could want more?"

While the interview with the widow is going on Hawk wants to see what's in the room to the west, still hoping to turn up some clues about the Haunt.

Why bother with the Kiss of Korada if you'll be seeing him regardless? More curious by the minute.

"Might'n I recommend we convene elsewhere. Somethin' about this room is a bit... inappropriate for this type o' talk."

The western door leads to a hallway, off of which are a number of sleeping areas. A door to the north of that hallway is guarded by the two Aasimar.

Aikio gathers linen around her and matches the reds with blues and white. She sews for a while adding sparks here and there for a bit of flair.
craft: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Thanks Netopalis.

I only have two suggestions and they are both mechanical so it is a matter of preference.
Put a link to the map in the race or sex boxes of your profile (might be worthwhile to have an alias just for GMing.
Post an update of the round. Especially if the timing is important. I usually put them behind spoilers to reduce clutter, but someone pointed out put something behind a spoiler that everyone will open is pointless. in the future I will use the discussion thread for this.

No Day Job for Tamerius

No Day Jobs for Lily, either.

Do you need anything else to get chronicles out Netopalis? Or help reporting? It is the hardest part of PbP :)

Nah, I'm good. Just work stuff popping up. I'll get it done soon.

...and Chronicles are done. Posting a denouement and we'll call it a day. Thanks for playing, everybody, and for the feedback!

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B20nQdcTTj5qNGRTSURYeFdZTlU&usp =sharing

Great game everybody; was enjoyable playing with you guys, and glad I had such an active group for one of my first PbP experiences. :D

Netopalis, thank you for running yet another great game for my benefit -- have you ever played at one of my tables? If not, we need to remedy this.

Thanx for the game Netopalis. I got one more down on my Tapestry quest. ;) BTW, my PFS number is 15767-3. Don't worry about it for my chronicle, just so you know when you do the e-report.

I like the book on the sheet too! Whoo-wee!

Great game everybody; was enjoyable playing with you guys, and glad I had such an active group for one of my first PbP experiences. :D

Netopalis, thank you for running yet another great game for my benefit -- have you ever played at one of my tables? If not, we need to remedy this.

Looks like it's just been the one time with Rivalry's End. I'd love to try another of your tables, though - especially with a better scenario.

Also looks like you duplicated Lily's sheet in place of Hawk's. Mind reuploading?

Do you need anything else to get chronicles out Netopalis? Or help reporting? It is the hardest part of PbP :)

So true

Done.

Looks like it's just been the one time with Rivalry's End. I'd love to try another of your tables, though - especially with a better scenario.

Oh Lord... that was such a cluster. That run-through was impressive in no small part due to how gloriously bad it went.

I think you would like Shadows Fall on Absalom.

...and Chronicles are done. Posting a denouement and we'll call it a day. Thanks for playing, everybody, and for the feedback!

chronicles

Just now found this, thank you again Netopalos. Lilly, you topped this scenario for laugh out loud moments and I have Mizunoken to thank for using Morrocan on all future Tengu speech. Great fun for all.

I shall send send my book of things that don't burn to another publisher.

Just now found this, thank you again Netopalos. Lilly, you topped this scenario for laugh out loud moments and I have Mizunoken to thank for using Morrocan on all future Tengu speech. Great fun for all.

It was actually Maltese. There's a joke there, but I'll leave it unsaid. :P