[PFS_Aerondor] 06-06 Hall of the Flesh Eaters PbP Gameday 4 (Inactive)

Game Master Aerondor

Can we roll knowledge on it?

Eyes wide, Sumil manages to maintain his silence as he tries to identify exactly what it is he is seeing, his brain races through every possible theory.

Knowledge Planes: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15
Knowledge Religion: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Once satisfied, either with his knowledge, or that he has none, he glances around the room.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

"What on earth?!" The professor is shocked at the sight and doesn't know whether to reach for his notebook or his weapon.

Knowledge, Arcana: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Knowledge, Religion: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Knowledge, Dungeoneering: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21

perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

"Looks like more cannibals!"

"Seems like these ones are less starved. Gross." Hanabi seems sick by the thought.

Ali reels at the amount of evil in the room, while the professor lives up to his name.

Everything in the room is undead. Mostly the smaller creatures are ghouls, but a couple appear to be Festrogs. The thing in the middle he has never heard of before, but it seems to be sometype of undead focus. He guesses it is akin to a queen bee - unable to move but central to the long-term 'live' of the colony of undead.

The Professor watches the odd undead feast with a mixture of horror and fascination. "It's some sort of hive collective. Like a colony of bees, but undead. Those feeding on it are ghouls and festrogs. Both of them carry disease and the ghouls can even paralyze you. Fascinating. The thing in the middle seems to be controlling them like a hive queen would, though I doubt it can move." Dario continues to watch the horrifying scene.

Do they notice us?

" So what, kill the queen and maybe the workers go away?... or should we run?"

"If its unable to move, wouldn't it be best to handle it last, I don't fancy our chances at those workers just letting us walk into the middle of them unharmed, do you?"

"Whatever we do, it should be soon, if they don't see us they are likely to in a moment. I'm not thrilled about fighting them, but we need to go deeper if we're to complete our mission."

The undead seem too busy feeding to have noticed you. Yet. Surely it is only a matter of time.

"If we attack the hive center, surely they will all come after us. It might happen anyway. Give them enough time and I'm sure of it. What we should do is to concentrate our first attacks on one or two. If we can kill them outright before the others have time to react, then it will help. And I think staying away from the hive center is prudent for now. Once we destroy all the ghouls and festrogs, then we can see how to deal with it."

The Professor draws a shortbow, putting his rapier away for now.

We should all enter the room, but stay as far away as possible. Just entering the room though, might make them take notice.

Hanabi tries to keep from being sick and follows quietly. Keeping to shadows and hiding behind cover when possible.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Not well though

Ali shrugs Got it, take down the children. Follow me into the breach! , and declares smite evil on one of the ghouls and charges across the room at him.

You foul creatures are an affront to the beautiful world of Shelyn's design!

charge, smite evil with Halberd: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 231d10 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Did you add double smite damage as they are undead? I think you may have undercooked your attack by 2 points!

Ali charges in and knocks one of the ghouls flying!

In their feeding frenzy, the rest of the undead are slow to react to the Paladin.

Status, bold may post
(surprise round - single action)
Everyone apart from Ali
(round one, full round)
Everyone
(round two, full round)
Everyone
The Dead Guys. (staggered)

That is right, you have two and a half rounds of actions, given you are pre buffed, the only confusion is likely to be if you target something that has already been killed. To help with that, I'll give you a break and let you know they all have ac14, ghouls have 13hp and the Festrogs 9hp

(surprise round - single action)
Everyone apart from Ali
Sumil rushes into the room to provide Ali with back up.
20ft Move only draws sword, -2 to AC for not drawing shield

(round one, full round)
Everyone
He turns on the pink ghoul to his left and moves in to attack.
Attack: 1d20 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (4) + 5 - 1 = 81d8 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
Move and attack

(round two, full round)
Everyone
Though his first attack was unsuccessful he swings again, knocking out his opponent.
Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 151d8 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

As the ghoul drops he moves in toward the next one green and draws his shield, done pressing his luck.

8 rounds left on +1 sword enhancement, AC is no longer -2, Pink is down, but not dead so I did not remove it from the map.

Ali charges from the first ghoul to the next (orange) one.

Charge Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 231d10 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

and then slashes him again for good measure

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 211d10 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

He will then take a step into the hallway to prepare to charge the festrog as the 2nd ghoul drops, Ali's eye glowing purple in Holy Terror.

At zero I'm happy with you removing the monsters. I removed pink and orange

Surprise Round
Dario steps into the room, drawing his bow.

Round One
The Professor fires at the undead across the room, as Ali and Sumil take out the nearby ones.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Round Two
Dario continues firing at the Festrog on the far side.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Unfortunately, both of his arrows fall harmlessly to the ground.

Surprise Round: Aria runs up to the undead, preparing for a full attack next turn.

Round 1

Aria marks the ghouls as her priority targets as she swings her Scimitar.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Round 2

Aria attacks again.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

try and flank with another party member. Tumble if needed

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Round 1

Chak Chak moves into flank and attacks with his sword

attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Round 2

attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

You guys know there's a map right? I don't think flanking is possible at the moment because Ali and I took out the closest enemies.

Aria and Chak Chak follow-up the initial assault but with slightly less effect.
I moved you each round opposite sides, so you could get in an attack without suffering an AOO yourself. Given the distance, you each spent the surprise and first turn moving, and I used your round two attacks which were better anyway.

Status, bold may post
(surprise round - single action)
Hanabi
(round one, full round)
Hanabi
(round two, full round)
Hanabi
The Dead Guys. (staggered)
Ghoul (green) - 11 damage (TBC - Aria damage)
Festrog (red) - 8 damage
Festrog (black) - uninjured
Everyone.

Hanabi spends the surprise and first round moving his little Halfing legs into position and lets a globe of fire leap towards the red Fetsrog.

Fireblast: 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 1 - 4 = 101d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 1 = 8

Hanabi's blast misses the Red festrog, as slowly the undead turn away from their current feast, and look to their next.

The green ghoul turns on Aria, savagely attacking her with filthy teeth.
attacks@+3 vs AC17: 3d20 ⇒ (5, 8, 3) = 16
The agile bard easily evades the horrible creature

The red Festog tries to take a bite out of Chak Chak
bite: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

While the black one moves around a pillar to get at the Tengu.

It would appear they are all still too distracted to mount a solid offence.

Status, bold may post
Hanabi
Professor
Aria
Chak Chak
Sumil
Ali
The Dead Guys.
Ghoul (green) - 11 damage
Festrog (red) - 8 damage
Festrog (black) - uninjured

Unhand that bird, you abomination!

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 101d10 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Ali trips a little on his way to the red Festrog, but he fails to connect with his halberd.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 81d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Sumil moves passed the pillar and toward the green ghoul, hoping to take it's attentions off Aria, unfortunately his swing fails to connect.

7 rounds left on sword enhancement bonus

The Professor drops his bow and moves up toward Sumil and Aria. He watches the hive mass in the middle to see if it is reacting to any of it's followers dying.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21

Aria remains quietly proud of her ability to nimbly dodge the strike, and lashes out again with her scimitar.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

attack tne red one

attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

confirm crit

attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Someone care to post for Hanabi?
After their initial onslaught, the path of pathfinder destruction slows down a little.

Only Chak Chak succeeds in hitting one, but he manages to cut off its head.

Status, bold may post
Hanabi
The Dead Guys.
Ghoul (green) - 11 damage
Festrog (black) - uninjured
Professor
Aria
Chak Chak
Sumil
Ali

Hanabi lets lose with another blast of fire
attack: 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 6 - 4 = 17
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Smoking the last Ghoul.

The Festrog then attacks Chak Chak all out.
3 attacks: 3d20 ⇒ (13, 7, 16) = 36

It scores a nasty claw on the Tengu
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Chak Chak also notices that the blood that spurted out of the first Festrog he killed seems to be causing him some type of irritation..

Status, bold may post
Professor
Aria
Chak Chak - 7 damage; Fort DC11 save required.(disease based)
Sumil
Ali
Hanabi
Festrog (black) - uninjured

Ali, determined this time to end things, slashes at the Festrog!

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 201d10 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

And she does so. As with Chak Chak, she notices an...irritation develop after being covered in the creatures "blood".

fort DC 11 save required

Out of Combat ...for the moment.

Status,
Professor
Aria
Chak Chak - 7 damage; Fort DC11 save required.(disease based)
Sumil
Ali ; Fort DC11 save required (disease based)
Hanabi

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

The huge pulsating blobby thing is still there, in the middle of the room. Six bodies of formally undead creatures lie around it, their blood slowly draining toward the centre of the room and back into the blob.

- recap of description

This cathedral-like hall has a vaulted ceiling supported by eight square pillars. Dominating the middle of the hall is a huge mound of undulating gray-green flesh covered with weeping scarlet boils. The entire mass stinks of a weeks-old corpse.

There is a collapsed passage in the middle of the western wall. A single door is also set towards the northern end. Between them there is a series of scratched symbols.

linguistics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Ali will hack into the big hunk of meat until he is sure it is dead.

Dario makes some notations in his journal after retrieving his shortbow. He also pulls out a flask of alchemist's fire, thinking this could help later. He waves his hand dismissing the scratched symbols. "Sorry, etymology is Professor Jonas' area of expertise. I never had too much use for it."

Fort: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

Chak Chak casts cure light wounds on himself

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

The big hunk of meat proves quite resilient to damage. After a minute of hacking, you all notice that not only is it hard to hurt, but it seems to also regrow at an unnatural rate - maybe explaining how hungry undead such as ghouls and festrogs can survive here...

Ali guesses it would take hours of hacking to make a substantial dent in it...

Sumil will inspect the door, looking for any physical or magical traps.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24
Using detect magic as well

No traps or magic are apparent on the door.

Sumil will open the door when the party is ready to move on.
On my phone and cannot position myself in front of it at the moment.

Moved you

Hanabi gathers his composure with the scent of rotting meat filling the room and follows Sumil.

Sumil opens the door and looks within.

This large chamber has a relatively low ceiling. The far southwest wall is set at an angle, and against the center of the wall sits a heap of bones and skulls resembling a large makeshift throne. To the left of the throne sits an oak and brass sea chest, carved with images of sea serpents chasing their own tails.

Three more of the horrible undead creatures are in the room. One reclines on the throne, while the other two stand to each side.

The one on the throne raises his hand in greeting, while the two slavering creatures at the foot of the throne look on, their mouths watering at the sight of such a lot of fresh food.

"Approach, and introduce yourselves" suggests the creature on the throne.

Dario enters the room, his eyes going wide at the undead lounging in the chair. "Well, this is interesting." He bows his head slightly. "Professor Dario Westone. And who might you be? Lord of the Hall of the Flesh Eaters?"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Ali looks disgusted at the creature.

I am Ali Salujah of Osirion and you seem to be a foul abomination. Tell me quickly why you should be allowed to perpetrate such foul business here and why you seem to comfortable in the presence of servant of the Heavens.I am a reasonable man, so I am sure you are not so brash as to present yourself this way for no reason.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27

"I am Sumil Alyza, a humble relic hunter. We seek to travel unmolested through your halls, perhaps you could assist us with this?"

Aid Diplomacy (Ali): 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4

"Now, now!" the creature on the throne chides Ali.

"What may be wrong in the streets of Absalom is not necessarily wrong here. This is my land, and as such you are subject to my authority."

He looks hard at the group.

"Why have you come to my realm and slaughtered my servants?"

His gaze turns to Sumil.

"Many treasure hunters come here, but few leave. I may let some of you leave in search of your treasure. Perhaps. Leave one of your number to replace those of my people that you have slain, and I will allow you to pass undisturbed."

Ali swallows hard , hating that he has to treat this creature with a modicum of respect.

We were sent here, to Old Sevenfingers Tomb as it is known, to investigate this ruin and take notes of it for historical documentation purposes and to retrieve the Orb of Stars. We are also to make it safe for future expeditions from our society. Is that something we can work out? You seem reasonable, but I could see you not taking too kindly that I killed your servants - but you see I am a servant of Shelyn and it is in her vision of beauty that undead be seen as abominations against nature. I did what any Paladin would do.