OK, so Molos gets Protection from Chaos, and both Xantanax and Korandil receive magic weapon (+1) on their main weapon. Xukong gets Cat's grace, bringing his Dex to a whopping 12.
You quickly descend to the basement, Nigel following for part of the way to finish casting his spells on you before retreating to the main floor. The door to the storage facility under the museum seems to be unlocked, but doesn't open when pushed -- it appears to be barred or blocked from the other side.
This will be done in rounds -- we need to determine how long it takes you to get in there. A strength check will be needed to break through the door.
Male Human (Osiriani) Herald Caller of Dispater 4 (Cleric) | HP 33/33 | AC 14, T 10, FF 14 | Fort +5, Ref +1, Will +7 | Init +0 | Perc +3 | Channels Remaining: 6/9
Aid:1d20 - 1 ⇒ (13) - 1 = 12
Vlazis does his best to give Xantanax more leverage.
Male Human (Osiriani) Herald Caller of Dispater 4 (Cleric) | HP 33/33 | AC 14, T 10, FF 14 | Fort +5, Ref +1, Will +7 | Init +0 | Perc +3 | Channels Remaining: 6/9
If 26 isn't enough (with Xan's crowbar included) we may want to consider new strategies...
After Xantanax's blow shakes the door on its hinges, weakening it, Korandil jams the crowbar into a crack that was just opened, and pushes hard, forcing the door open. You can now all look into the room.
A nauseating yellow light emanates from a glass sphere levitating ten feet above a distant stairway, which leads up to a large copper door etched with geometric patterns and sigils. Dense yellow smoke billows from the beacon’s aura, flowing down the stairs like gaseous water. The sour light casts eerie shadows from the giant taxidermy exhibits and massive stone structures that fill the chamber, making even the disorganized wooden storage crates seem sinister.
Halfway between the door and the gate, a dark-skinned human woman lies on the floor, apparently unconscious or dead. A thin layer of the yellow smoke is beginning to approach her on the floor. Between her and the beacon stands a strange being -- humanoid in shape, but with bulbous eyes, horn-like growths sticking out of its skin, and a twisted, misshapen body.
DC 24 Perception:
There are two man-sized winged creatures hiding behind the taxidermied dinosaur and mammoth at the north and south sides of the room, respectively.
You may now enter the room. The small crates are 5 feet high, and the large ones are 10 feet high. The weird wavy table-looking things are actually models of the Irespan of Magnimar, and these, along with the huge-sized taxidermied animals and magical beasts are 15 feet high. As foes are now visible, we'll go into initative order.
Male Human (Osiriani) Herald Caller of Dispater 4 (Cleric) | HP 33/33 | AC 14, T 10, FF 14 | Fort +5, Ref +1, Will +7 | Init +0 | Perc +3 | Channels Remaining: 6/9
Vlazis moves forward, careful not to outstrip the more martial members of his party, calling them on to battle!
Using Inspiring Command on Xantanax and Xukong to give them +2 insight bonus on attack rolls, AC, combat maneuver defense, and skill checks for 1 round - this stacks with my earlier bless
Male Human (Osiriani) Herald Caller of Dispater 4 (Cleric) | HP 33/33 | AC 14, T 10, FF 14 | Fort +5, Ref +1, Will +7 | Init +0 | Perc +3 | Channels Remaining: 6/9
|AC 14, T 14, FF 11|HP: 42/42|F +5, R 0, W +4 (-1 vs sonic, +1 vs earth/acid, +2 vs MA/poison/curse, +4 vs disease)|Init -1 Perc +2|CMB +7 CMD 16|5/5 Arcane, 2/2 Shard, 3/3 erase, 1/1 六, 1/1 Scholar, 1/1 Archivist, 1/1 Time
Xukong advances behind Xantanax, more ominously silent than ever before, now that the enchantment has remedied its normal tics and spasms....
I'll assume Molos moves into the room because otherwise he'd not have anything to make knowledge checks about.
Desini, Molos, Vlazis, and Xukong:
The beacon is similar to the beacons of Ralzeros you've already seen, except this one is far more active and powerful than the other two. An active portal has opened in the middle of it, and the thick gas pouring out of it is from the far end -- most likely Aucturn, based on your earlier research. Perhaps this is the reportedly poisonous atmosphere of that distant planet?
Xukong:
The individual facing you is a human, but mutated and twisted into an aberrant shape, with similar twists and distortions probably happening to his mind. Many such creatures have mysterious powers.
The following happens before Xukong and Xantanax move up, so Korandil is the furthest ahead.
The distorted man moves forward and crouches behind a small crate, pointing a wand above towards Korandil, and sends a flurry of magical missiles into the serpentine champion. 9 damage to Korandil, unless you have Shield or some other effect that would block Magic Missile. By the way, I can't see your HP in your profile. How much do you have?
Perception DC 18:
What looks like the head of a human-sized bat peeks out from behind the bulbous head of the mammoth, and its eyes glow briefly before ducking back behind.
Korandil, make a DC 13 Will save. On failure, you are Confused.
Initiative:
Desini
Roderick
Xantanax (Double moves to the location shown on the map.)
Xukong (Moves and then has a standard action remaining)
Molos
Korandil (Needs a Will save, on failure 1d100 ⇒ 85 attacks the nearest creature.)
Vlasiz
Fyzilka
???
Male Human (Osiriani) Herald Caller of Dispater 4 (Cleric) | HP 33/33 | AC 14, T 10, FF 14 | Fort +5, Ref +1, Will +7 | Init +0 | Perc +3 | Channels Remaining: 6/9
Vlazis continues forward, still calling out to Xantanax and Xukong to strengthen their efforts.
Using Inspiring Command on Xantanax and Xukong to give them +2 insight bonus on attack rolls, AC, combat maneuver defense, and skill checks for 1 round.
Bull's Strength is still up on Xantanax, and Bless is still up on the party
Molos expends a point from his arcane reservoir, which combined with his potent magic exploit makes his magic missile spell more powerful. He directs the three missiles at the man.
Potent magic with arcane reservoir point increases caster level bytwo.
The head of the creature that you saw looked like a Grioth -- a batlike monstrous humanoid, foreign to Golarion like many of the other creatures you've encountered today. Like most monstrous humanoids, they have darkvision. You recall two additional areas of information.
Xukong still has a standard action to perform. Korandil still has a full round of actions.
The grioth's bite is venomous, and it imbues weapon attacks with psychic power to do additional damage. They're also apparently capable of spellcasting. As befits a creature from the depths of space, they are immune to cold, and they do not need to breathe, so they are immune to poisons that must be inhaled.
male Human Chirurgeon 8 AC20(24)/T15(19)/F16/CMD17 |HP 67/67 | Fort:+11;Ref:+13;Will+6 |Percept.+12 | Init.+10 (1/1 mutagen: used bombs 11/15 used) wings 2/7min {heroism, cues, endure elements, shield, mutagen}
Roderick will share his knowledge
”Watch their bite is toxic and they are rumored to have strange powers on their weapons and possibly spells. Being from the void they resist cold completely. “
male nagaji Paladin 2 Oracle 3 initiative + 1 bmc +4 dmc +19 ts fort 10 ref +6 will +8 pg 33 ac 22/25 flat 21/24 touch 12
as swift action korandil uses his smite evil on aberration and lay hand on him and as standard action use double movement, PG 33 lay hands:1d6 ⇒ 6 perception:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Korandil also sees the creature lurking in the shadows cast by the taxidermied mammoth. Since multiple characters have seen it and pointed it out, I'll reveal it on the map.
I'll bot Xukong since he has't posted another action. Xukong will continue a double move forward.
A previously unseen Grioth behind a dinosaur in the north of the room flies out, landing on a tall section of the Irespan model and focusing its glowing eyes on Xantanax. Xantanax, please make a DC 13 will save. On failure, you are confused and 1d100 ⇒ 62 deal 1d8+your strength modifier to yourself with an item in hand.
The one from behind the mammoth swoops out and down, charging Korandil in the air. Its eagerness to attack makes it ignore the polearm in the nagaji's hands, and the suddenness causes Korandil's attack to go wide. The translucent knife jabs into Korandil's armor, the paladin's increased speed from haste just barely letting him avoid it. Korandil gets an AoO, which I rolled for him, and it missed. The grioth's attack was an 18, which I believe doesn't hit because of haste. If I'm mistaken and the AC in your status line already has Haste factored in, then it hits for 4 piercing damage and 4 nonlethal psychic damage.
The twisted humanoid peeks over the crate again and focuses on Korandil as well, and the nagaji feels his internal organs wrench and twist at the creature's mental command. Korandil needs to make a Will saving throw, DC 19. Whether he succeeds or fails, he is wracked with intense psychic pain and suffers a -4 penalty on all attack rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. On success this lasts for 1 round, on failure it lasts 4 rounds.
Desini
Roderick
Xantanax (Needs a DC 13 will save, on failure damages himself and does nothing else this turn.)
Xukong (Moves and then has a standard action remaining)
Molos
Korandil (Needs a Will save.)
Vlasiz
Red Grioth
Fyzilka
Green Grioth
LG Male Human Fighter 4 HP 44 | AC 23, T 13, FF 21 | CMB 8, CMD 20 | F +8, R +4, W +3 | Init +4 | Per +2 | Speed 20 ft | Torch Light
Will:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
Xantanax pivots and moves up the Irespan (assuming it is an arch) and strikes the Red Grioth after Roderick's bomb goes off. He engages it with his greatsword.
You could climb up the Irespan, but you'd need a climb check. The creature is taking cover on top of it. Since your speed is increased by the Haste, you could get up to where you can hit it with a single move action of accelerated climb, DC 15, or two move actions of regular climb, DC 10. Give me a climb check and if it is successful we can apply the first attack. You wouldn't get a second attack regardless since the extra attack from haste only works if you full attack.
The bomb strikes the creature on top of the Irespan model and hurts it a great deal. Molos just barely misses it, the acid hitting the plaster instead.
Xukong, disregard the parenthetical after your name above. I copied the initiative order from my previous post and forgot to remove it.
LG Male Human Fighter 4 HP 44 | AC 23, T 13, FF 21 | CMB 8, CMD 20 | F +8, R +4, W +3 | Init +4 | Per +2 | Speed 20 ft | Torch Light
Xantanax will attempt that climb check.
Climb:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
I need to add +2 and +1 to that ATK roll for the insight bonus and the enchanted weapon bonus. Plus +1 to the damage for the enchanted weapon bonus. So many bonuses! Love it!
Korandil, you seem to have just typed '20' instead of '1d20' in your dice tag. Please reroll that. Also, in order to get to the location your icon was in, you'd need to make an acrobatics or climb check to get over the 5 ft tall crate, or go the long way around. I can't find your speed in your profile, so it's probably 50 unless you have the lame curse? Please specify your details in that regard.
Xantanax climbs up the Irespan model, finds the creature clinging to it and shuddering from pain from the lightning bomb, and ends its misery swiftly. The bat-like head falls from the height and splatters strange-colored vital fluids on the ground and nearby pathfinders.
Male Human (Osiriani) Herald Caller of Dispater 4 (Cleric) | HP 33/33 | AC 14, T 10, FF 14 | Fort +5, Ref +1, Will +7 | Init +0 | Perc +3 | Channels Remaining: 6/9
The situation seems to be relatively in hand, so Vlazis continues to direct his comrades rather than use any of Dispater's more obvious blessings.
Shifting the Insight bonuses to Korandil and Xukong
