[PFS_Aerondor] 03-21 Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment (Inactive)

Game Master Aerondor

Will: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17 Birseko takes 1 hp of damage

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Birseko tries again with his wand of Magic Missile.

Caster Level Check: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Magic Missile dmg: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

will save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

sense motive: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

"I think I'm just going to wait outside. Let me know when you're done alright."

Will Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8 Taking 2 damage
Sense Motive: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Feeling her body suffer real wounds, Esper concentrates on her own protection, implanting another mental defence in herself. Implanting psychosomatic surge on herself as a standard action. It will automatically trigger the next time she's wounded.

Esper picks up another blessed spear. There's still another blessed one down there, right? I feel like there is.

If anyone causes Dakang harm, she'll use painful stare on Dakang to add +1 to the damage. She can only do this once a round.

Birseko tries his wand, but the missile flashes silently out of existance when it hits the worm.

Magrat looks rather queezy and falls over.

Status, bold may post
Durlo studied target on worm; 14 damage; guidance ; Will DC 12 vs 2 (or 1) damage
Kett 9 damage ; Will DC 12 vs 2 (or 1) damage
Priest 40 damage; on ceiling. Hypnotic stare in effect.
guards
Birseko 8 damage;
Esper 4 damage ; (temporary hp trigger in place)
Magrat 7 damage; Will DC 12 vs 5 (or 2) damage ; guidance; Either way I think she is unconscious

Magrat, you have another will save to make, you are one behind
Esper, is there any limit to the temporary hp you can give folk?
Yes, there are plenty of blessed spears for anyone who wants them to use at the moment.

will: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
trip; rage, not proficient: 1d20 + 8 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (5) + 8 + 2 - 4 = 11

Will Save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20

Durlo throws another blessed spear. His arm is like jelly, heart pumping rust through the veins across his bicep.

"Hunh!"

spear, guidance, studied target: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 7
DMG (piercing, good): 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 1 = 9

If it is an consolation, the RNG has been evil to the BBEG as well. 7d6+6 damage to you all, and you are (almost) all still standing. Kett, you know there are spears around as well?

The worm, its ranged options exhausted crawls down the wall and bites the head off one of the aasimars.

Status, bold may post
Durlo studied target on worm; 15 damage;
Kett 10 damage ;
Birseko 8 damage;
Esper 4 damage ; (temporary hp trigger in place)
Magrat 7 damage; Will DC 12 vs 5 (or 2) damage ; guidance; Either way I think she is unconscious
Priest 40 damage; on ceiling. Hypnotic stare in effect.
guards

"YESS!"

Durlo's eyes go wide. He picks up his greatsword and steps in and tries to turn the creature into mush.

mwk greatsword, power attack, studied target: 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 6 - 1 + 1 = 25
DMG (slashing): 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (1, 4) + 8 = 13
confirm: 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 6 - 1 + 1 = 13
critical DMG: 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (1, 2) + 8 = 11

Alas poor worm. Or perhaps it would be fair to say alas poor worms, for now there are two. Two half worms. It collapses to the ground, twists and twitches horribly and eventually stops moving.

The foul remains of the dead priest slip from the creature like a discarded skin, and lie in a disgusting pile on the floor.

Yes, there's a limit. Psychosomatic surge is a trick, of which I can only use five a day. Also, each person can only be implanted with one trick at a time, and I can only have one trick implanted in someone at one time (unless I use my feat split trick, which lets me implant one trick into two people, although I can only activate the trick on one of them). Once activated (like it currently is in Kett), it no longer counts as implanted, which is how both Kett and I ended up under the effects of her trick at the same time. I've just implanted Esper with her third trick of the day, so I can implant two more today, but cannot implant any more until the one on Esper activates.

Esper smiles widely as Dakang finally comes down from the ceiling and promptly gets slaughtered by Durlo. "Well done, everyone!"

Seeing Magrat unconscious, Esper moves to her side. "Kett? May I borrow your wand?"

@ Kett - Do you mind if I try to activate your wand of cure light wounds on Magrat to heal her?

UMD: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30 Succeeding.
Healing Magrat: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Then she hands the wand back to Kett.

Birseko will attempt to activate his wand of CLW on himself.

UMD: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
UMD: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Not fully healed, he continues trying.

UMD: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
UMD: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
UMD: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
UMD: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
UMD: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Now fully healed, he asks to see if anyone else needs healing.

"Whew, what *was* that?" Turning to the guards, he asks, "Have you ever seen anything like that before? And did you have any inkling that your priest was actually this foul creature? Had he been acting strange?"

"Dakang has been corrupting their faith and this temple for many, long decades." Esper explains, more for the benefit of the guards than anything else. She gestures to those knowledgable about the planes and religions, allowing them to further explain.

Knowledge (planes): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
Knowledge (religion): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23

Birseko realises the creature was probbaly a vermlek demon, one who was apparently also a cleric of some horrid demon lords.

The two remaining bodyguards bow respectfully to you.

"We never realised..." They look at their fallen friend with horror.

"We must gather the faithful to decide what to do. Tell us, friends, who are you and why are you really here?"

Magrat 7 damage.... Either way I think she is unconscious

A burst spell affects whatever it catches in its area, including creatures that you can’t see. It can’t affect creatures with total cover from its point of origin (in other words, its effects don’t extend around corners). The default shape for a burst effect is a sphere, but some burst spells are specifically described as cone-shaped. a burst’s area defines how far from the point of origin the spell’s effect extends.

She's behind a wall when that last one goes off I think.

Will save v 1 point of damage: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 = 8 @ 0 hp and staggered. Since she probably doesn't fall unconscious at this point Esper can probably save Kett his charge (though the offer is certainly appreciated ;)).

"Ooo. I think I need a lie down." She says and takes a lie down.

The two remaining bodyguards bow respectfully to you.

"We never realised..." They look at their fallen friend with horror.

"We must gather the faithful to decide what to do. Tell us, friends, who are you and why are you really here?"

"You couldn't keep it down in there could you?" Magrat yells down from the podium, laying in the spot in most temples dedicated to evil cult gods where the sacrifices are made. "And this rug could probably still do with a good cleaning."

She nods off, exhausted.

"Who are we? Well, for myself, I wish I could answer you. But my friends here are Pathfinders, and I suppose that makes me one too. We've been sent here by our society to learn all that we can about your temple and your deity. But of course we never dreamed that your priest had been taken over by some awful spawn of Hell. But then, I suppose you probably didn't either..."

"Well, you have our thanks. Our temple is your to explore, and I suspect we owe you our lives too."

One of the bodyguards sticks with you while the other goes to round up the other worshippers.

While in the room you look over the desk and find various texts missing from the library which are in the middle of being modified to corrupt their intent.

Esper examines the books and shakes her head, sadly. Then she turns to the guard.

"We were sent to this temple to learn all that we could of your faith, and to catalogue its contents. We're scholars, of a sort. We never expected to find people still living and praying here. Unfortunately, the false Dakang's corruptions will be difficult to separate from what was once a pure and good religion. With your blessing we would like to examine the temple and its contents. Through our efforts, and with your help, we may be able to discern what was true and what was corrupted through the years."

With a gentle smile she asks, "Will we have your aid?"

Durlo pulls out of his pack a potion and quickly downs the contents.

potion of CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

He wipes his beard and burps.

"That was exhausting. Let's not fight one of those again, or at least in a room with a low ceiling. Should we explore the crypt next?"

Esper nods. "I believe we should. Lead the way Durlo."

"Dakang had pronounced the crypt and hallway off limits. But now I don't know if that was him or that worm thing." says the guard, leading you to the long hallway that leads to the crypt.

Most of the everburning lanterns hanging in this hall are dark, but the dimness does not diminish the grandeur of this corridor. Along the north wall stand several statues, each depicting an angel or other good outsider. Some are depicted in dramatic poses befitting a holy warrior. Others have heads bowed in eternal contemplation and hands cupping glass spheres. The southern wall bears a large set of double doors, but these doors are boarded up. Smaller doors stand at opposite ends of the hall. A few bits of stone and other debris litter the floor and a musty odor hangs in the air.

Birseko offers his wand of Cure Light Wounds to any of his comrades who may not have their own I can attempt to UMD it if no one has it on their spell list - I think Magrat probably does though?

You have time to heal up. You can even rest a day to get all your hp back at this stage if you like.

"Oh I'm fine." Magrat says, vaguely waving folks away. "I don't need any headology (though maybe the couch might come in handy). I just need **yawn** some rest.... Zzzz, zzzz...."

If needed, Magrat will use the headologist's wand on others, then go lay down somewhere quiet... I bet no one is in the crypts!

Esper heads down to the crypts with Durlo to catalogue the tombs, as per their mission orders.

Durlo sketches the statues in his notebook and takes copious notes of the hall and connects its imagery with the other areas they have visited.

"Friend Magrat is taking a rest. We probably should too," he says to Esper. He tries to find a good place to sleep in this strange place.

Durlo will finish up cataloging the corridor and then sleep. Then the next day, he will suggest they tear down the boards and go through the last door.

Sounds good!

The team rests up. Those who still have energy might spend some time in the library or the garden, or perusing the books that the priest had been modifying. There is also the meditation chamber, but the worhsippers are now confused about how much they did there was proper.

You meet back at the end of the hallway leading down to the crypt.

The boarded up doors were half way down and a different way into the corridor.

Please include a perception check with your next posts

After resting, Esper uses her split trick to implant psychosomatic surge into she and Kett. Then she proceeds to the boarded up doors.

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

"Hmmm..." Esper muses.

Esper heads down the corridor to the boarded up doors half way down.

It takes a little effort, but she can eventually pry them off.
Take 20 does the trick even with a STR of 10

Beyond is the semi-cleared garden. The little gnome can be seen sitting next to the flayleaf plant.

Before resting, Birseko writes numerous notes to himself to remind him of what is going on, in case he remembers nothing when he wakes. But, to his surprise, when he rises, refreshed, he remembers everything from the previous day except he no longer recalls how to cast Ear-Piercing Scream. How odd. I know it was quite useful yesterday, but now I don't remember how I did it...

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

Are you going for the doors down the corridor, or trying to open the doors from the garden/courtyard?

Magrat gets up, and meditates on her harrows to select new spells for the day. Then she uses one of them on herself.

cure light wounds v self: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12

She follows Esper about figuring her for another witch.

Esper heads down the corridor to the boarded up doors half way down.

It takes a little effort, but she can eventually pry them off.
Take 20 does the trick even with a STR of 10

Beyond is the semi-cleared garden. The little gnome can be seen sitting next to the flayleaf plant.

"Oh, Granny Weatherwax has some of those in her back garden. It makes the bees fly all wobbly. They make delicious brownies though."

After the worm incident, Kett takes no risks and follows the others with his hammer in hand.

Which door are you going for?

Let's try the door from the garden. We still need to come back there later and finish mapping the full plan of the garden layout.

Birseko greets the gnome in the garden and asks him what he makes of the revelation about the priest.

Going through the garden you remove the boards from the crypt door and enter its dim light.

This vaulted mausoleum holds six large sarcophagi, each bearing the carved image of an aasimar dressed in ornate robes and holding glass spheres in one hand and a bell, a book, or a lotus flower in the other. Innumerable runes
crowd the top edges and sides of each sarcophagus. A solid wooden door stands near another door that has been boarded shut.

Within are three skeletons. Each turns its head to look at the pathfinder team, cold blue light burning in their eyes.

Status, bold may post
Durlo
Birseko
Esper
Kett
Magrat
Skeletons

Knowledge (Religion): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22 Requesting, in order of preference: DR, resistances, immunities, weakest save

Kett moves forward smiling. "Skeletons! I've read of these!"

knowledge religion; trained: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (15) + 0 = 15

He happily moves deep into the crypt and takes a swing at one in the back.

attack; +1 Large Silver Taiaha: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
damage; +1 Large Silver Taiaha: 2d8 + 8 ⇒ (7, 4) + 8 = 19

Single move forward 25ft, attack with hammer end.

Two of them appear to be normal skeletons, the yellow one is a champion however. All skeletons are immune to cold and resistant to non bludgeoning weapons. The champion is tougher and resistant to positive energy as well. Weakest saves are reflex.

It's thick armor deflects Kett's hefty hammer blow.

Status, bold may post
Durlo
Birseko
Esper
Magrat
Skeletons
Kett

Esper enters the room and pulls out her quarterstaff. She looks around and then tries to focus her gaze on the blue skeleton.

Attempting to focus her gaze on the blue skeleton as a swift action, which would give it -2 on will saves and allow her to use painful stare on it, but her stare is a mind-affecting effect, so it won't work on a skeleton.

Sensing her powers aren't of any use, Esper holds her staff out and ready.

Durlo yawns, still slightly asleep as the others investigate the hall. When the skeletons are revealed within the room, his quick reflexes snap into motion and he moves into the room, drawing his greatsword and raising it high in the air, awaiting the creature's charge.

"Make sure there are no snakes in those bones, huh?"

"You look terrible!" Magrat says seeing Durlo's condition. "Are you running a fever? I bet you eat a lot of meat. Meat is extremely bad for the digestive system. If you could see inside your colon you’d be horrified."

More witchery on Durlo! (healing hex): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Birseko will shoot at the Champion with his wand of magic missile.

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Esper gives the skeleton a glare. It glares back. Durlo moves into the room and stands ready. When the skeleton approaches he swings, but cannot connect to the bony monster.

Birseko takes out her wand and blasts the champion skeleton. It takes it, well, like a champion and keep standing.

Magrat, Durlo is not currently hurt, do you want to do something different? You can act twice this round.

The champion, enraged by the magic missile slashes Kett, catching the brave warrior with a hefty blow. The other two skeletons are ineffective against the warriors.

Status, bold may post
Durlo
Birseko
Esper
Magrat may act twice.
Kett 10 damage.
Skeletons
yellow - 5 damage

Sorry about that. Forgot to update his hp once we rested.

Durlo studies the skeleton, looking for a weakness. He then swings again at the creature, hoping to end it with one strike.

mwk greatsword, power attack, studied target: 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 6 - 1 + 1 = 22
DMG, studied target: 2d6 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (6, 3) + 7 + 1 = 17

As soon as Kett is harmed by the skeletons, he can feel a familiar welcoming feeling blossoming inside him. Esper's magic is once again protecting him.

As soon as Kett is hit psychosomatic surge activates on him. Kett gains temp HP for one hour equal to:

Temp HP: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

In addition, because she used split trick, Esper no longer has psychosomatic surge implanted in herself.

Feeling her own magical protection activate on Kett, Esper focuses her magic onto herself. Standard action to implant psychosomatic surge on herself. The next time she's harmed it will automatically activate.

And one strike is all it does take Durlo. He notes some of the impact of his greatsword is lost, slicing between the skeletons ribs. But the powerful blow is easily enough to shatter the blue skeleton.

Status, bold may post
Birseko
Magrat may act twice.
Kett 10 damage. 3 temporary hp
Skeletons
yellow - 5 damage
Durlo
Esper implanted psuchosomatic surge (1d8+1 tmp hp)

Birseko uses his wand on the champion again.

MMissile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Magrat, Durlo is not currently hurt, do you want to do something different? You can act twice this round.

You mean he always looks that way!? Well then, I guess he gets unsolicited guidance instead. Then she concentrates on bringing the most misfortune she can to the nearest active pile of bones (Will DC 14).