[PFS - CORE] The Godsmouth Heresy - Table 1 (Inactive)

Game Master Yiroep

Character now updated. Would like to have used wand of magic stone at the top of the stairs to give her 3 magic stones for the next thirty minutes

Amelie readies for an opponent.

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@Lyteonira No worries. You have your stones. :)

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Blue's turn
You hear some quiet screeching from behind you!

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn

Amelie (-0) - Ready
Blue (-0)
Malakiah (-0)
Maulaxe (-0)
Lyteonira (-0)
Kayde (-0)
Thessaly (-0)

Maulaxe shouts "'Ey! It's some kinda giant black bat, an' its right over Kayde's head."

Maulaxe steps closer, unhindered by the darkness and slams into the darkness twice, trying to stun the creature with his first blow.

Flurry: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Stunning Fist DC 13

Flurry: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

"Cayden light our way!" cries a small voice. Lyrteonira tries to cast light defensively: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19 and succeeds but no light emanates from her chest puzzled she tries to make her way to the wall to her left. (provoking an aoo probably)

(provoking an aoo probably) I am assuming at least level 1 darkness spell or spell like ability is what we are dealing with here not that the little cleric has any clue

Maulaxe attacks it twice, hitting once, trying to knock it out of the sky!
Fort Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25

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@Lyteonira Yup, no luck with your light spell.
You feel you are being attacked as you stumble around!
Slam Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
But doesn't seem to hit!

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn

Amelie (-0) - Ready
Blue (-6)
Malakiah (-0)
Maulaxe (-0)
Lyteonira (-0)
Kayde (-0)
Thessaly (-0)

"AAAH!" Kayde shouts in the dark as he steps away from his attacker, "What kinda gods-damn halfling-size bath-thing is that?!"

Then he tries to stab it.

Move back to make enough room to use longspear (hoping this is a 5' step), then attack.
longspear: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Kaybe moves back to stab it. With a longspear you have to move, but fortunately Lyteonira took that attack for you! However, it dodges the attack.

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn

Amelie (-0) - Ready
Blue (-6)
Malakiah (-0)
Maulaxe (-0)
Lyteonira (-0)
Kayde (-0)
Thessaly (-0)

Thessaly lets out a fine stream of curses in Ulfen-- it's a good language for cursing in-- as darkness closes over them like a blanket.

She stands, frozen and unknowing where the threat is, until she hears Maulaxe's guide to its position.

"DUCK, I'M TRYING TO SWING OVER EVERYONE'S HEADS!" she bellows as she awkwardly tries to sweep glaive through the air at above-head-level, over the square where she last saw Kayde standing.

not sure if Kayde's current position shows his movement, or if I need to move to reach-hit the original square that Maulaxe has indicated. Assume that I do move if so, please!

Glaive, probable cover: 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 6 - 4 = 8
Total concealment, high hits: 1d100 ⇒ 71
Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Her glaive swooshes through the air, connecting with nothing. Though there was a lot of force behind it, anyway.

"AAAH!" Kayde shouts in the dark as he steps away from his attacker, "What kinda gods-damn halfling-size bath-thing is that?!"

Maulaxe responds unhelpfully "The big unfriendly kind."

Thessaly tries to swing at the creature. She chooses the right square but misses the creature.

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At this point, I went ahead and put the creature on the main map. Maulaxe and Kayde will be shouting enough to let you know what square it is in. (It is currently 5 ft. in the air) Remember, if you can't see in darkness, you can't target it with targeted spells and attack rolls still have a 50% miss chance, but area spells and attacking with that miss chance still works.

Amelie: You can go ahead and take your next turn too as your ready isn't going to go off.

Gonna bot Malakiah tomorrow if nothing is posted.

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn

Amelie (-0)
Blue (-6)
Malakiah (-0)
Maulaxe (-0)
Lyteonira (-0)
Kayde (-0)
Thessaly (-0)

"What a hell...!?", Malakiah exclaims when everything becomes dark.

"I won't stay here as an easy prey", he thought as walks to a safe corner.

Withdraw action.

So, at weekends my posts are reduced to almost zero, so, bot me if you think is necessary.

So, at weekends my posts are reduced to almost zero, so, bot me if you think is necessary.

No worries. I will keep that in mind. This weekend will probably be no progress anyway due to me having to organize a convention at a place with no Wifi. :)

Amelie: You're up

"Oh I don't like this at all, let me try something else!" Amelie shouts as she drops her bow to the ground and unsheathes her longsword, gripping it with both of her little hands. Following her companions directions in the dark, she tries to move under the creature and slice her sword through the darkness.

Concealment, high hits: 1d2 ⇒ 2
Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 81d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Amelie tries to swing at it with her sword, but misses!

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Blue's Turn
It thinks the dwarf is its greatest threat, and goes after Maulaxe!
Slam Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Slam Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1
Grab Attempt: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Constrict Damage: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
It hits the dwarf lazily and is unable to latch on. 1 damage to Maulaxe

Note: The darkness has moved slightly as the creature has moved slightly. Still 5 ft. up, and now above Maulaxe.

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn

Amelie (-0)
Blue (-6)
Malakiah (-0)
Maulaxe (-1)
Lyteonira (-0)
Kayde (-0)
Thessaly (-0)

Malakiah takes position, and hearing his comrades, throws a tanglefoot bag in the direction of the "bat".

Concealment +50% hits: 1d100 ⇒ 77
Rgd touch atk: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

Tanglefoot bag: A flying creature is not stuck to the floor, but it must make a DC 15 Reflex save or be unable to fly (assuming it uses its wings to fly) and fall to the ground and other tricks...

Emboldened by Caydens delayed blessing Lyteonira takes out her sling loads her magic stone and lets fly at the heart of darkness"Cayden's light will consume your evil darkness"
miss on 1-50: 1d100 ⇒ 22
sling shot: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 5 - 4 = 18
stone damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
extra damage vs undead: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Her stone clatters on the wall and she remains where she is and begins reaching for her second stone

point blank shot makes no mention of being able to see taken -4 for firing into combat

Kayde stumbles back from the fight, still trying (clumsily) to bring his longspear to use on the ... whatever-it-is.

"Thess!" he calls out, trying to be helpful, "it's about five feet closer to my voice than where you attacked last time!"

5' step back (into the corner), then attack
longspear: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Malakiah throws a tanglefoot bag right at the bat.
Reflex Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
It is entangled by the tar but remains flying!
Entangle Duration: 2d4 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6

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Lyteonira tries to shoot it with a sling stone, but doesn't quite aim it correctly.

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Kayde tries to stab it, but the spear goes off target.

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn

Amelie (-0)
Blue (-6) - Entangled 6 rounds
Malakiah (-0)
Maulaxe (-1)
Lyteonira (-0)
Kayde (-0)
Thessaly (-0)

Amelie follows Kayde's directions and swings her sword again at the unknown creature.

Concealment, high hits: 1d2 ⇒ 2
Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 211d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Malakiah: for future reference, you can't use the withdraw action when you can't see. Would hate for that to get you in trouble somewhere down the line.

Thessaly swings blindly again at the spot that Kayde is indicating to her.

Glaive, possible cover: 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 6 - 4 = 16
High hits: 1d100 ⇒ 41
Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Another woooosh of the big blade.

Amelie lands a solid hit on the bat, you hear it screech in pain, but it still persists!

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Thessaly swings again and yet again misses. It's just so hard to see!

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn

Amelie (-0)
Blue (-14) - Entangled 6 rounds
Malakiah (-0)
Maulaxe (-1)
Lyteonira (-0)
Kayde (-0)
Thessaly (-0)

Maulaxe grunts as the creature runs into him.

Maulaxe retaliates with his fists.

Flurry: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

More Flurry: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Maulaxe shouts "It's right above me, and I think it's got sharp teeth."

@Thessaly noted.

Maulaxe flurries and takes it out!

Out of initiative!

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For dramatic effect... The darkness fades to reveal a creature.

To identify the creature:

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Status Wrap-Up

Amelie (-0)
Malakiah (-0)
Maulaxe (-1)
Lyteonira (-0)
Kayde (-0)
Thessaly (-0)

Just to recap the room you're in.
Old carvings cover the walls of this square chamber, thick with dust and cobwebs. Three sets of stone double doors stand in the three facing walls. Heavy bronze seals emblazoned with the symbol of Pharasma secure the doors against whatever lies beyond.

All the stone doors don't seem to have a lock, but are sealed by some kind of mystic energy.

On inspecting the carvings (Remember, if you don't have a rank in a knowledge skill, you can't make above a 10 on it):

Take 10 Perception: 10 + 7 = 17 (+2 vs stone)

Maulaxe grunts before he points and reads aloud a passage on the wall "My 'eart beats on the wrong side of my chest, or is it right? Is left right, or is it wrong? I don’t know what it means, or why."

Lyteonira Looks over the creature knowledge arcana: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17
And the chamber perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

"That's a darkmantle they lurk in dark places and grapple living prey. Not the cause of bodies going missing. Maybe what is now preying on is? I will look for my stone

Lyteonira then casts detect magic and 1 shattered stone 2stone still whole: 1d2 ⇒ 2 and finds her stone unless she finds something else when looking for the stone

knowledge (arcana) DC 11: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
knowledge (history) DC 15: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25
Perception DC 15: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

"Hmmm... It was a darkmantle", Malakiah points to the creature entangled in the glue. "It can cast darkness, so now we know what did this".

"Look at these carvings. They reference the seven runelords of ancient Thassilon. Very interesting..." - Anything more that Malakiah would know about what the carvings are representing?

"Well pointed, Malauxe. Maybe it indicate that we need to go through the east door, if we wanna reach "its heart"?"

Whatever is the answer, Malakiah uses his wand of mage armor to protect himself, before pass through any door.

Nothing jumps out.

With Detect Magic:

Anything more that Malakiah would know about what the carvings are representing?

Not really, other than what the Runelords were. Powerful wizards each tied to a deadly sin who constantly vied for power, and who each possessed their own relic weapon to aid them.

spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

"We have another problem, guys. The doors are barred with a spell which reinforces a lock. The problem is: there are no locks on these doors, so it's just keeping them sealed. Does any of you is REALLY good with locks?"

The spell is Arcane Lock, so, Disable Decive DC 20 to open.

To clarify (since I wasn't clear I don't believe), it is ALL THREE sets of doors that have arcane lock.

Kayde pokes at the creature a few more times, then jams his spearhead into it ... ensuring it's dead. "Darkmantle, huh? Well, it's dead, whatever it is."

Kayde cleans his spear and shrugs at mention of lock picking, eyeing Thessaly sideways before looking at the writing on the walls. He scratches his head dumbly, "Damned if I know."

How is it written? Scratched in? Charcoal? Ink?

How is it written? Scratched in? Charcoal? Ink?

They are carved into the stone themselves. All of them look very old, but they are well crafted.

The passage that Maulaxe read is more recent that the other carvings, although it is still quite old (possibly a few years). It is also etched into the stone, but looks like it wasn't done with the same kind of craftsmanship as the other carvings. That carving is on the northern wall.

"... but anyone can see it wasn't part of those first carvings."

He looks at the three doors. "So which way first? Flip a coin?"

"I suggest we go to the east. But first, we need to open the door..."

Thessaly grumps a bit as someone Not Her brings the creature down, but she supposes it doesn't matter who has the kill as long as they do. "Hope there's not more of those little bastards. Not bein' able to see is about as fun as wooing a Gebbite noble."

She sets her glaive to one side and digs out her set of well-made tools. "Gimme a sec with this door."

Disable Device: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Thessaly disrupts the magical seal with ease. The seal on the east doors is now permanently disabled.

A large statue stands in the corner of this L-shaped room, depicting a tall feather emblazoned with a large open eye. Though apparently carved from stone, the statue gleams with a golden-green iridescence. A pair of stone doors stands in the east wall in the short leg of the L.

There is an inscription on the floor:
Though veiled behind the plumage of the soul, the Eye still sees, unblinking, through all the ages, from the beginning to the end of time. When the Three are One, and the spirit becomes flesh, the Seal may be opened and the Sleepers awakened. And the glorious apocalypse shall consume us all.

The description of "doors" on the far wall is not entirely accurate here. Upon further examination, it looks like the "doors" are really just a depression in the wall, and the wall is a flat stone surface with a small depression to place a small object in the middle.

You feel a disable device check wouldn't be able to bypass this, and neither would the Chime of Opening. They aren't actually doors right now.

Thessaly slips her tools away and recollects her glaive, squinting ahead into the room now that their light spills in.

"All this writing is awful damn cheerful, isn't it," she snorts. "Alright, what's hidin' in here..."

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26 +1 more vs traps

Walking around the room, Thessaly spots a hidden compartment at the base of the statue around the back. Upon opening, she finds there is a small green feather inside. It's about the size to fit into your palm.

Seems this game is most active while I'm at work :(

Kn Religion: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

"Wow you have quite the eye! I don't know how you saw that little compartment. I have problems finding my shoes in the morning!"

Amelie reads the inscription on the floor to herself and furrows her brow. "This is all just a bunch of nonsense to me. How can three be one? I was never the best at math but but that just doesn't add up."

Thessaly offers Amelie a brief, crooked grin, and a shrug. She plucks the feather from its nook and waves it around. "Bet you a drink this is magical... but I can't tell for certain. Anyone got some hoodoo to do on it? 's gotta tie into that 'plumage' bit."

She checks to make sure there is nothing literally behind the 'plumage' in its resting place in the nook.

Kayde looks at the words and sighs, ”I hate riddles.” He considers where they are, ”but I don’t hearing about spirit becomin’ flesh in a grave. And sleepers awakened?”

He shakes his head as he steps towards the feather, muttering a quick prayer for insight.

Detect Magic

The feather is, in fact, magical. There is nothing else magical in this room, and a more thorough search reveals nothing else inside this room.

Also, the feather is really hard to identify apparently...

Kayde steps back. "Magic, but I got no clue what kind." He grins, "Don't see too much magic from behind a bar top."

"I dunno maybe place the magic feather in the depression might work?" says Lyteonira. "Or maybe it's time for a little Cayden style inspiration" at which point she takes out her wine skin and takes a swig of wine

knowledge (religion): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
spellcraft: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28

"May I see it?", Malakiah asks as points to the feather.

Supposing that will have no opposition, he inspects the feather.

"Well, with the right words, this token creates a small bird that can be used to deliver a small written message unerringly to a designated target. Interesting", he gives it back to Kayde.

"Let's continue through the corridor?"

The other side of the room has a doorway that has the stone wall with a depression in the middle of it, mentioned above. It really looks like that wall should have been where doors were placed, but it's very clearly a stone wall.

Suspicious that they may be dealing with an illusory wall, Malakiah spends enough time analyzing the wall, looking for evidences that could prove his thinking.

Take '20 on Perception to a total of 23 to inspect the wall.

If he finds any evidence...

Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

With her short attention span, Amelie is quickly getting bored and begins fiddling with the string on her bow, "How much longer here? There were more doors in that last room ya know."