PFS by PbP scenario TBD (Inactive)

Game Master Brayden Green

The shadow's essence seems to waver upon Flori's last attack as if it is barely able to hold onto its form.

With a sigh, Shilyn holds her place on the balcony knowing that her rapier is of no use against the shadowy creature. "If only I'd listened better to the instruction of my youth," she mutters thinking of the hours her mother spent trying to teach both her and her sister the arts.

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I fire another acid dart, beginning to hope that the beast is just too clumsy to reach any of us.

touch attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
acid damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

On her next turn, Flori steps away, and fires again.

atk: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

dmg: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

crap!

Ahhh you guys are sooooo close! Amnur's the only one left for this turn and I'm gonna bot him for that attack shortly.

Alright, cat ruined my last post, so trying again. More so since Paizo was down for most of the day.

Amnur, seeing most of his allies depart for safety upon his assistance and the arcanists using what little magical ability they had left, summons the last of his holy energy within his hand and with a mighty "ROOOOOOOOANOOOOOOOOCK!!!" punches his positively-charged fist into the shadow.

Amnur Lay on Hands Touch @ Shadow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Damage on hit: 1d3 ⇒ 3

The shadow is split in half, too weak to continue to keep its shadowy planar essence together. Howling an almost guttural moan, the shadow's form swirls and dives towards Shilyn at the other end of the room. The shadow appears to slam into the elf, giving her a chill that fills her soul, but all that is left is a small, bluish-purple lapis lazuli that lands at her feet.

Shilyn's eyes widen as the shadowy form seems to charge straight at her. Before she can brace herself, she feels a sudden cold filling her to her very core being and lets out a gasp.

She shakes her head when as the feeling passes to clear it. "Ok, that was most unpleasant," she quips half-heartedly. Looking down, she sees a small stone and picks it up. Giving a quick glance around she asks, "Is it gone?"

"Well, at least this little tidbit didn't pass through me. That would have not been a good thing."

Holding the stone up for a better view, she runs her fingertip over it as her eyes examine it closely.

appraise: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

@Shilyn: It's a small stone, not much larger than the size of your thumb, but it's unique color would probably make it fetch around 50 gp.

Looking at the stone, Shilyn holds out her hand with the stone to Mylvwara. "Very pretty if you ask me," she says, "Probably worth around fifty crowns. Could have some significance if it was embedded in that shade."

Amnur shakes his hand absently, the holy energy expended still tingling slightly, "That was a treat, lets hope there's no more of those things! What kind of significance do you mean Shi?"

Looking at Amnur, she replies "Well, maybe it's magical. Not sure as I have no experience in those things. Why else would a shadow creature hold onto it?" With a shrug of her shoulders she continues, "Who knows.. maybe it is, maybe it's not. Worth a check though right?"

Varian casts a quick detect magic and examines the stone. Though he can tell if it's magical or not, he can't discern anything else about it. no spellcraft skill, so just aura or no aura

@Varian: No magic!

"It's not magical, but it might have some other use... we should save it."

Amnur gives the rock a distrustful look and points his finger at it, detecting evil.

@Amnur: Confusingly to you, it's also not evil.

Amnur grunts and informs the others, "It's not an evil rock... should I smash it?" and while he waits for the others to respond he looks about the room for the next exit.

"I have a feeling it might come in handy... we shouldn't smash it... just bring it along with us."

Just to help those who can't check out the map, exiting the shadow's room takes you to the balcony of the room where the goblins attacked. Across from you would be a stairway heading down, while on the right side of the square balcony is a door. Two goblin bodies, appropriately arrowed, also lay on the other side.

Amnur moves onto the balcony and smiles as he surveys the groups earlier handiwork with the irritating goblins. He turns to Shi and points questioningly to the door on the NW side of the room, "Care to inspect the portal M'lady?" he says with an over-exaggerated bow, beard brushing the ground.

Shilyn walks to the door shaking her right hand and flexing her fingers as if to relieve a cramp. "Sure, I'll take a look," she says then mutters something softly to herself before giving the door her undivided attention.

perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29

@Shilyn: The stone door appears untouched from this side. There are no signs of anything traps or dangerous things on the door.

Orion watches intently, mimicking shilyn.

I cast detect magic, just to be sure, and try to steady my shaking hands.

Holding tightly to her rapier with one hand, Shilyn reaches out with the other to try and open the door.

Varian just watches Shi work, ready in case something nasty pops out.

With Amnur standing nearby, waraxe held tightly and an appropriate dwarven curse ready at his bearded lips.

@Mylvwara: You get a faint magical aura from somewhere far away behind the door. Assuming you would tell everyone to wait as you concentrate, the aura is roughly faint and about 40' away from the door give or take.
Everyone:

As Shilyn opens the door, a 20' tall statue of a man carrying a tome stands in a round niche at the end of this impressively large chamber. The chest and head of the statue have been badly damaged and look like they melted and ran before congealing again, giving the statue a crude, blob-shaped face with eyes of red stone. An exit leads to the southwest away from you, but a pair of goblin bodies lie sprawled on the ground at the foot of the statue.

Shilyn's eyes take in the room, pausing on the statue and dead goblins. "Hrm, this doesn't look good. Damaged statue and dead goobs," she says aloud. Turning her gaze toward the bodies, she tries to determine what killed them prior to stepping into the room.

perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

Do the gobs look like they've been smashed, mashed, or otherwise turned into a partial paste? :)

Sheathing her rapier, she pulls her mace from her belt in case she has to smash something.

@Shilyn: It's hard to tell at this distance, but you can rull out smashed and burnt; one of the goblin bodies looks partially eaten, but that's as much as you can make out without getting any closer.

Unable to make out much from where she is, Shilyn proceeds quietly into the room and moves in for a closer look.

stealth: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Amnur detects evil in the room, scanning all he can from where he is by the door, mouth-moistened finger upraised. Seeing Shi move ahead he'll take a step through the door and wait just inside, ready to spring to her aid... well spring as well as a dwarf is able. It's more of a rumble if you want to get picky, maybe bull ahead can work. Always difficult to say with dwarves. If his evil finger detects anything, he'll immediately alert the others with the specifics.

@Amnur: No evil!

Shilyn, as you stealthily approach the center of the room towards the statue, the sound of a large cricket catches your ears around the left corner.

"We found a blue stone... now a statue with red stone eyes... Perhaps this is a pattern of colors we should follow and investigate further. Shi, can you recover the eyes from the statue safely?"

"Hmm, looks like the statue carries some enchantment."

I perk up at Varian's words, "Well, if we find a ring of stones, the red star goes at the top... apparently." and start flicking through my notebooks.

Orion waits, bow at the ready, to fire at anything that threatens himself or the group.

As the group slowly makes its way inside the room, a skittering sound rouses everyone's attention: a pair of cricket-like creatures with a mushroom cap top on its back Damn you Paizo for bringing Pokemon into this! crawl along the sides of the wall, attracted by the gossip from the room entrance.

Init Order:
Varian (a first)
??2
Flori
Amnur (aware dwarf is aware)
??1
Mylvwara
Orion (too busy watching Shilyn)
Shilyn (too busy watching the gems)

Varian, you're up first. These things seem aggressive as they scuttle along the wall. Also note that this room is 25' tall and these things are along side the ceiling as they move towards you, easily out of reach for most melee weapons unless you have a great Acrobatics.

Finally, after looking at the Knowledge rules: anyone with ranks in Knowledge Dungeoneering may make a free Knowledge check to identify these things! Combat map's updated, too.

Varian extends a lucerne hammer from his hands and moves forward to stand below the creatures. He stands ready to attack whichever one makes first foray into his reach zone. (readied action with reach weapon)

readied attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
damage if hits: 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

Moving up to take the initial offense, Varian summons his giant hammer, ready to smash the first thing that tries to move past him.

He doesn't have to wait long as the first one around the corner sees the aasimar, and leaps down towards him from near the ceiling!

??2 Acrobatics: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20
Varian swings hard and barely connects with the insectile creature. Almost wrote that off as a miss, but forgot the -2 charging penalty! Still, it continues its drive towards the oracle and lashes out with all four of its sharpened claws.

??2 claw @ Varian: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Damage on hit: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
??2 claw @ Varian: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Damage on hit: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
??2 claw @ Varian: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Damage on hit: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
??2 claw @ Varian: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Damage on hit: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

All but one of the swipes cut into Varian, who goes down limp underneath the fungal aberration.
Varian, you just took 16 points of damage and you're currently at -5 HP. Combat map updated to reflect this

ouch... cut that out!

This particular battle and the wight were the 2 that I was most afraid of you coming in as a level 1. At least you gave it a solid hit before going down :P

Amnur yells as Varian goes down, Dadburn, bug-eyed, pustules! ROOOAAANNOOOOCK!!" and charges over to his companions side, waraxe whistling through the air at the insect standing over Varians bleeding form.

Attack (charge) & Damage: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 5 + 2 = 161d10 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

HP27 AC21 DR/1 Adamantine. Conditions: Charging

Holy Moses! O.O

Orion will fire at the one he has the best shot at when it gets to him, or the most hurt if both are in equal range.

Rapid Shot.

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 if hit damage 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Attack 2

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20 if hit damage 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

hopefully on my turn I'll stabilize and all will be well if the rest survive... *peers at everyone else, with one brow raised* y'all have to survive this or i'm dead too lol

EDIT: Doing the other creature's attack since I doubt Flori will want to be within melee range after seeing what happened to Varian and that she cannot kill it in 1 hit.

Amnur's strike holds true and the mushroom top is oozing aslimy mucus-like substance. It still lives though is looking to bite at you!

However, the other creature decides to go for the closest food and assaults the dwarf with the same tactics.

??1 Acrobatics: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20
Just like the other was to Varian, the bug lashes out with all four of its sharp tendrils to cut at the hardened dwarf!
??1 claw @ Amnur: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
Damage on it: 1d4 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 - 1 = 2
??1 claw @ Amnur: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Damage on it: 1d4 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (3) + 2 - 1 = 4
??1 claw @ Amnur: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
Damage on it: 1d4 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 - 1 = 5
??1 claw @ Amnur: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Damage on it: 1d4 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 - 1 = 2

And just like before as well, three of the swipes injure the dwarf, even going through his hardened skin. Luckily, the paladin's hardiness holds true and he still fights despite his multiple wounds.
Thanks for reminding me about the DR against you Amnur! Only taking 8 points of damage now :)

Flori fires into combat. acid splash: 1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 3 - 4 = 18

dmg: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Oh Flori, always the kill steal.

The aberration that assaulted Varian lays on its side, twitching after your acid ball nailing it (and on the dot, too, might I add :P)

Combat map updated.

THank you, Flori!

Letting out a muffled gasp as she watches Varian fall beneath a torrent of flashing claws, Shilyn moves to Amnur's side to help the dwarf before he too, falls to the strange beast.

Holding her time until the bug gets a little too anxious, she uses the stout dwarf as a spring-board as she launches herself upward and swings her mace at the huge bug.

acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
damage if flanked: 1d6 ⇒ 6

attack to confirm crit: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
damage if crit: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
damage if flanked if applicable: 1d6 ⇒ 3