[PFS - CORE] The Godsmouth Heresy - Table 2 (Inactive)

Game Master Yiroep

Tanna shoulders her crossbow but cant get a shot as heads are in the way, she steps towards the NE and looks for a shot...

With no BAB, Tanna cant move and take a shot in the same round, right?

Nature untrained: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

"Have care! These are skull spiders! They are vermin, immune to mind-affecting, and have a venomous sting! Keep them away from me!"

Laeowynne casts Color Spray on the largest number of critters he can target cant access the map at this moment, DC15

Tanna shoulders her crossbow but cant get a shot as heads are in the way, she steps towards the NE and looks for a shot...

With no BAB, Tanna cant move and take a shot in the same round, right?

You could still take a 5-foot move though--it's sort of the move you get when you don't actually move. Given the terrain and the size of the enemy though It might be safer to go with a melee weapon. I figure that Creat made a sort of show of opening the door, so you probably have whatever it is you normally have in your hand when surveying a dangerous archeological site.

[dice=Nature untrained]1d20+4

"Have care! These are skull spiders! They are vermin, immune to mind-affecting, and have a venomous sting! Keep them away from me!"

Laeowynne casts Color Spray on the largest number of critters he can target cant access the map at this moment, DC15

Color spray is mind-affecting.

and thus I learn as a novice spellcaster

Got any burning hands? If the place is full of undead, constructs and vermin, you might be sitting on that color spray for a while.

@Tanna, you can 5 foot step (non-action), pull out crossbow (move action), and shoot (standard action). However, right now the spiders are behind improved cover so would get +8 to their AC. It's probably best to ready an action to attack with the crossbow when they come out of an alcove. I'm gonna count that as a readied attack, and will roll it in my next post if you haven't yet.

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@Laeowynne I'll give you a chance to change your action, especially since your character made the knowledge check about mind-affecting on these things. :)

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn.

Creat (-1) - Readied
Tanna (-0) - Readied
Laeowynne (-0) - Mage Armor
Yellow (-0) & White (-0)
Ray (-0)
Tyranius (-0)
Red (-0) & Blue (-0)
Valeros (-0)

he has burning hands but not memorized. knew next to nothing about this module so i figured at first level his best bet was to disable baddies and let the melee deal with them. if the group gets a chance to rest then maybe...live and learn

Laeowynne realizes his spells are ineffective against these foes and goes full defensive...

Yellow's Turn
The spider starts to make its way towards Valeros.
Tanna shoots her crossbow at Yellow as it advances.
Heavy Crossbow Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
Heavy Crossbow Damage: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
She misses the tiny, hard-to-hit spider!

Creat also tries to hit as it advances, and as it passes by, but both attacks miss!

It enters Valeros's space, but doesn't quite get to attack. Out of actions.

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White's Turn
This spider moves into Creat's square, but also doesn't quite get to attack! Out of actions.

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn.

Laeowynne (-0) - Total Defense, Mage Armor
Creat (-1) - Init change due to ready
Tanna (-0) - Init change due to ready
Yellow (-0) & White (-0)
Ray (-0)
Tyranius (-0)
Red (-0) & Blue (-0)
Valeros (-0)

Botted Turns

Ray
Ray shoots a Ray of Frost at the yellow spider.
Ray of Frost Attack (Point Blank, Into Melee): 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 - 4 = 5
Ray of Frost Damage (Point Blank): 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Miss!

Tyranius
Tyranius uses his falchion to try to cut up the yellow spider.
Falchion Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21
Falchion Damage: 2d4 ⇒ (4, 1) = 5
Falchion Attack Crit: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Falchion Damage Crit: 2d4 ⇒ (3, 4) = 7
The yellow spider is taken out!

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Red's Turn
This spider moves into Valeros's square and attacks!
Sting Attack: 1d20 ⇒ 6
It misses!

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Blue's Turn
This spider moves into Creat's square and attacks!
Sting Attack: 1d20 ⇒ 20 Lol... a crit but it can never do more than 1 nonlethal.
It hits true!
Creat takes 1 nonlethal, and fort save needed from Creat!

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn.

Laeowynne (-0) - Mage Armor
Creat (-1, -1 nonlethal) - Fort Save Needed
Tanna (-0)
Yellow (-5) & White (-0)
Ray (-0)
Tyranius (-0)
Red (-0) & Blue (-0)
Valeros (-0)

Fort save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

Creat shrugs off the venom.

Sorry- Lost internet at the hotel yesterday and just got out of class.

Sorry- Lost internet at the hotel yesterday and just got out of class.

No worries! You killed a spider anyway! This battle isn't all that exciting so I decided to move it along (especially with Ray saying he is pretty unavailable).

Laeowynn steps forward to aid in the attack of Creat against the White foe using his staff...

Aid Attack: 1d20 ⇒ 6

Valeros backs up a bit and draws his blades, intent on ending the bug between him and Tanna.

"Take this!"

Longsword, TWF, Flanking: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 2 = 131d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Short sword, TWF, Flanking: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 3 + 2 = 251d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Critical on Short Sword?: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 2 = 131d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Laeowynne tries to aid!

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Valeros strikes at one. The spider is struck by the short sword but remains conscious. It looks extremely beat up.

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn.

Laeowynne (-0) - Mage Armor
Creat (-1, -1 nonlethal)
Tanna (-0)
Yellow (-5) & White (-0)
Ray (-0)
Tyranius (-0)
Red (-4) & Blue (-0)
Valeros (-0)

Creat moves to flank, had there been anyone with a melee weapon there to flank with. Sigh, first level. ;)

rapier v blue: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24 damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
THREAT!
confirm: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17 damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Creat skewers one making a kebab.

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn.

Laeowynne (-0) - Mage Armor
Creat (-1, -1 nonlethal)
Tanna (-0)
Yellow (-5) & White (-0)
Ray (-0)
Tyranius (-0)
Red (-4) & Blue (-11)
Valeros (-0)

In case Ray comes up again before I can next check in...

Ray continues to try to freeze ray some spiders.
Ray of Frost Attack (Point Blank, Into Melee): 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 - 4 = 5
Ray of Frost Damage (Point Blank): 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Botted Turn

Tanna
Tanna swings at the White spider.
Warhammer Attack (Flank): 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 2 = 12
Warhammer Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Miss!

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White's Turn
Having seeing its fellow spider skewered, it goes after Creat. Creat swings at it as it enters his square, and hits! However, the spider is still swinging.
Sting: 1d20 ⇒ 19
Another point of nonlethal and a fort save!

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Ray shoots a Ray at one of the spiders, but the aim goes wide.

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn.

Laeowynne (-0) - Mage Armor
Creat (-1, -2 nonlethal) - Fort Save Needed
Tanna (-0)
Yellow (-5) & White (-3)
Ray (-0)
Tyranius (-0)
Red (-4) & Blue (-11)
Valeros (-0)

"Sonnova-!"

Fort save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

That makes it! :)

Tyranius tries once again to bring his falchion crashing down on the red skull spider.

Falchion: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Damage: 2d4 ⇒ (1, 3) = 4

But overall he finds out that he is still quite uncomfortable holding his father's blade.

Tyranius tries to slash at the spider, but it's just so small!

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Red's Turn
The red spider steps into Valeros's square. Technically Valeros gets a free hit, but...
Sting: 1d20 ⇒ 9
It misses! It also falls over as it has expended all its energy to do that.
Only the White outlined spider is left.

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Initiative Order - Bolded characters may post their turn.

Laeowynne (-0) - Mage Armor
Creat (-1, -2 nonlethal)
Tanna (-0)
Yellow (-5) & White (-3)
Ray (-0)
Tyranius (-0)
Red (-5) & Blue (-11)
Valeros (-0)

Creat steps back 5-feet and lunges at the cat-sized spider.

rapier v white: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24 damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
THREAT!
confirm: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Laeowynne feebily tries to strike at the last foe with his staff...

ATK: 1d20 ⇒ 4...DMG: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Creat downs the last spider!

Out of initiative!

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Status Wrap-Up

Laeowynne (-0) - Mage Armor
Creat (-1, -2 nonlethal)
Tanna (-0)
Ray (-0)
Tyranius (-0)
Valeros (-0)

A recap of the room you're in...
Bodies wrapped in age-yellowed linens lie in alcoves lining both sides of this wide corridor. Thick cobwebs hang from the ceiling and drape the walls of the crypt; everything is coated in a deep layer of dust. There is a set of double doors to the north end of the corridor.

If someone makes that perception check or points out what they find...

perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

"Hey will you look at that! A 4621 dragon, buffalo and lobster chimera-head copper!?"

"That was exhausting and dangerous. Glad we all came out of that alive....Look at these strange symbols interlaced on the walls of the catacombs...I wish i was a religious scholar right about now."
Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 9

Valeros focuses on cleaning the gunk off himself and his weapons as he waits for folks more learned than him to figure things out.

Knowledge Religion: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Tyranius has a look at the symbols. Those are Pharasman. Though they are different than what is used today. Back then, Pharasma was worshiped more solely as a goddess of death than she is with all three of her aspects now (birth, death, and fate).

He wipes his hands smoothly along the symbols in reverence. We should keep moving. We have a long way to go to get out of here still. He begins to make his way to the set of double doors to the north.

Tanna nods in agreement to Laeowynne's statement as she continues to study her surroundings looking for clues to the crypts and the mystery.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

She then turns to Tyranius and looks, eyes wide, as she tries to continues to learn all she can about the numerous religions of this area, but specifically that of Pharasma.

Knowledge-Religion: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

She takes out her journal and makes some notes and copies some of the symbols, consulting with the more experienced Half-Orcish Cleric on his perceptions of their meaning.

Laeowynne follows Tyranius, but then stops to ensure there are ample people in front of and behind him.

Ray chimes in, "Lead the way!", and then brings up the rear.

Opening the door to the north.
The ceiling of this cavernous chamber vaults to a height of sixty feet, forming an architectural wonder unsupported by any visible columns or buttresses. Forty feet overhead, a wide stone bridge with an elaborately carved railing arches over the chamber from north to south, joining two sets of massive bronze doors at either end. You are actually on that bridge. The central portion of the chamber contains an inlaid spiral symbol (the same type as seen in the previous room) and is recessed into the floor, with eight staircases leading up to a wide ledge that encircles the room ten feet above. On this ledge stand bronze doors to the east and west. Eight larger-than-life statues stand upon the ledge as well, evenly spaced around the room’s circumference—seven carved from white stone, and the eighth carved from black stone.

The door you opened is what leads the bridge across. It is a 40 ft. drop down to the lower level.

I placed the descriptions of each statue on the map. Unless someone wants to find a way to climb down, the only doors the exit on this level are the doors to the north.

The door you opened is what leads the bridge across. It is a 40 ft. drop down to the lower level.

"Or we could use rope." Creat says producing some made of silk.

Looking around he adds: "I think we've found the legendary Lost Museum of Obscure Pole-Arms."

"This might be important. I think I know who these statues represent. These are the famed Runelords of old. I read a book on them once. The runelords were aligned to a certain sin. Karzoug- Runelord of Greed, Alaznist- Runelord of Wrath, Sorshen- Runelord of Lust, Krune- Runelord of Sloth, Zutha- Runelord of Gluttony, Xanderghul- Runelord of Pride, and Belimarius, Runelord of Envy. I do not know this last one here..." Laeowynne tells the others as they see the statues...

"... Or what he said. Which one was the best at cheating at cards?"

Thanks to Laeowynne's descriptions, I added names and associated deadly sins to the map.

With a knotted rope, it's an easy DC 5 climb down (so unless anyone has -6 or less to climb skill, a take 10 can work just fine for everyone)

Valeros amazingly has a +3 to Climb, even with gear!

"Polearms are too clunky in close quarters. Plus you end up trading away part of your defense for minimal extra damage."

The fighter will watch and help as necessary to set up the rope.

Knowledge-Religon: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

Tanna moves in cautiously to the east, her magically lit buckler illuminating the great hall. She approaches the eighth statue, carved in black stone, looks up and says, "This tall woman with three faces looking in three directions must represent Pharasma... me thinks."

She then takes in every detail of it, without touching it... sketching some of the finer points in her journal, looking for anything more unusual that it being carved in different colored stone.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

On the mention of climbing by Creat, Tanna also produces a coil of rope and a grappling hook stating, "A good Dwarf never leaves home without one, at least that's what the Nuns at the convent used to say!"

Don't be so hasty in climbing into a hole when we don't even know what is around us yet. Tyranius growls. We could have whatever is in here falling in around us.

"I am not so sure cave climbing is in my job description. I am more of a book person."

"Well then you should be aware of how much more potential energy you have up here. Besides, who said anything about climbing? You just tie this to your belt and we'll just lower you. That and I don't want to leave yet either without looking over the other doors. We could use the chime but why waste it when we have another path to tread?"

He gives them a good 2 minute once over for 25 (26 for traps). If he doesn't notice anything he give them try.

No traps seen on the door. Also not locked.

Shove or pull as the case may be.

Creat shoves the doors open, and there's a hallway that branches east and west. Revealed on map.

So, does the party want to climb down or continue on North?