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

Game Master Yiroep

Tanna goes in swinging but misses.

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Laeowynne runs into the room to get better positioning.

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Initiative Order - Bolded Characters May Post Their Turn

Ray (-0)
Valeros (-1) - Aid
Tyranius (-0) (12 temporary HP) - Aid
Blue Zombie (-3)
Tanna (-0)
Laeowynne (-0) (8 temporary HP) - Aid, Mage Armor
Creat (-5)
Green Skeleton (-0)

Botted Turn
Creat moves around to get better postioning for next turn, and tries to stab the skeleton.
Rapier Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Rapier Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
But misses!

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Green's Turn
The skeleton retaliates on a random target.
Target (Creat, Tanna, Tyranius): 1d3 ⇒ 1
It goes for Creat!
Skeleton Claw Attack 1: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Skeleton Claw Damage 1: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Skeleton Claw Attack 2: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Skeleton Claw Damage 2: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Many misses!

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Initiative Order - Bolded Characters May Post Their Turn

Ray (-0)
Valeros (-1) - Aid
Tyranius (-0) (12 temporary HP) - Aid
Blue Zombie (-3)
Tanna (-0)
Laeowynne (-0) (8 temporary HP) - Aid, Mage Armor
Creat (-5)
Green Skeleton (-0)

"Tanna! Give Ray a shot!"

Valeros moves up, keeping his shield interposed between him and the zombie.

Move=5'step SE to 'side' of zombie

Longsword versus Blue Zombie(Defensive): 1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (7) + 3 - 4 = 6

Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

However, being protective still, there is scarce more than longsword invading zombie personal space...

Current AC 20, fighting defensively)

Seeing his falchion is ineffective against the skeleton Tyranius releases another wave of positive energy to burn away at the undead in the room.

CPE: 1d6 ⇒ 5 Dc 13 half

Valeros swings for the fences, but unfortunately still misses.

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Tyranius Channels!
Will Save (Blue): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Will Save (Green): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Both feel the sting of the holy energy. The skeleton is destroyed!

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Initiative Order - Bolded Characters May Post Their Turn

Ray (-0)
Valeros (-1) - Aid
Tyranius (-0) (12 temporary HP) - Aid
Blue Zombie (-8)
Tanna (-0)
Laeowynne (-0) (8 temporary HP) - Aid, Mage Armor
Creat (-5)
Green Skeleton (-5)

Ray spins and tries to plink the zombie with Disrupt Undead.

Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Ray tries to disrupt the zombie, but misses.

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Blue's Turn
The zombie goes for a random target!
Random Target (Tanna, Valeros): 1d2 ⇒ 1
It attacks Tanna!
Slam Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Slam Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
There was a lot of power behind the swing but not much accuracy.

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Initiative Order - Bolded Characters May Post Their Turn

Ray (-0)
Valeros (-1) - Aid
Tyranius (-0) (12 temporary HP) - Aid
Blue Zombie (-8)
Tanna (-0)
Laeowynne (-0) (8 temporary HP) - Aid, Mage Armor
Creat (-5)
Green Skeleton (-5)

Creat slides through the disintegrating skeleton and stabs at the base of the zombie's skull.

rapier (flanking): 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 2 = 14 damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 2 + (6) = 10

Creat stabs the zombie in the right spot, and it falls overs.

Out of Initiative!

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Status Wrap-Up

Ray (-0)
Valeros (-1)
Tyranius (-0)
Tanna (-0)
Laeowynne (-0) - Mage Armor
Creat (-5)

At this point, the Aid magic fades.

No treasure in this room. Lots of places to explore still... let me know where!

"This place is huge! Let's try that door, right?" Ray points at the door at the opposite end of the room, because you know he isn't taking the lead...

"*koff, koff* I think I swallowed some bone dust back there." says Creat covered in fine white dust.

He steps forward and quickly checks the door for traps.

perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Wand CLW - Creat: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

"Good as new..."

"You all continue to impress me with your martial aptitude." Laeowynne says to the others as a compliment following the fight. "Where to next?"

Traps you say? 20 perception you say?

Creat discovers a trap on the southern door that looks like it would go off when the door is opened. It appears to be mechanical in nature, and you see a small arrow slit above the door.

"Thanks Tanna! You know I always trust to your magic and guidance*. Uh, yours too there lad." He adds hastily to Tyranius.

* Hint, hint, wink, wink.

Tyranius speaks at length to Creat giving the younger man what guidance he is able to.

Cast Guidance on him

I have seen something similar to this before during my time with the tribe. He grunts pointing out a few possible weak spots.

"So here you think?"

disable device (guidance): 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 10 + 1 = 14

"CRAP!"

Woops!

An arrow shoots out of the arrow slit at Creat.

Arrow Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21
Arrow Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

"Um, Creat? Is that an arrow in your gut or are you just happy to see us?"

Valeros uses some morbid humor to take the point off the pain, while glancing to Tanna and the injury and then offering a mug of brew from his second keg.

"Here, it'll take some of the edge off..."

The trap has been "disabled" now, so I will continue with the description of the next room.

In front of you past the door is a black curtain. Once you pull it aside, you see into the room.

Heavy black curtains drape the wall of this chamber, and a thick layer of dust carpets the floor. Two sets of stone double doors stand in the east and west walls.

The description of "door" on the west 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.

The doors to the east are normal stone doors; it's just the west "doors" that are weird.

"We will need to come back here if we find something that might make these doors more real. So, to the east then?"

Laeowynne helps Creat stumble along into the room until he recovers from his injuries.
Once inside the room Laeowynne looks around...

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

"Torag's balls, rogue... ye are becomin' a full time job ta keep alive!"

Wand CLW- Creat: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Laeowynne doesn't find anything of interest. It seems this room has been kept empty by the alchemist.

"Well, we've had a day, we want to set up a watch and a camp at the top of the stairs to make sure we don't get jumped, and get some rest?"

Valeros is on-board with 'take some rest' plan.

"Yes get some rest... wait down here..?! In this place...? Not in a comfy bed? Egads man! Are you serious? Cant we use the chime thing to leave and come back?"

"We found a way out that doesn't need a chime, right? We can camp out at the top of those stairs and rest. Without a comfy bed, but if you're really set on comforts we can take different watches and I'll give you my blankets?"

"I will defer to the group but beds are not to far away either"

we can stay in the crypt, just doing some rp

Tyranius snorts. Elves and their fair beds! He growls We can rest here just fine, a little dirt won't kill you. Tyranius slumps down inot the corner of the room.

Tanna casts light on the center stone of the roof in the small chamber and then begins to make preparations for her devotional prayers to Torag prior to her watch or slumber... which ever comes first.

As you head back to go up the stairs...

A woman stands in the center of the vat room. Her face is beautiful, yet decayed, but does not seem to have lost all of her human features. You see she even has decent, but worn, clothes on, and she has a spell component pouch by her side, along with lots of adventuring gear. She looks like she may be wearing heavy amounts of makeup to disguise her ghastly self.

Alongside the woman are two human female zombies. They seem to follow her commands.

The more intact zombie is kneeling down next to the unconscious alchemist. She doesn't seem to cry or be upset, but as soon as she hears the party, she gets up and begins speaking.

Hello? Intruders! Who are you? Explain yourselves! Are you the ones who did this to Svilennius? She speaks with conviction but also a hint of being frightful.

"I wish i had paid more attention to my religious studies." Laeowynne whispers to the group...then shuts his mouth

"Oh, hello there. We were attacked by him, we had to defend ourselves. I'm Valeros, how do you do?"

Talking things out hopefully is a good thing, right?

She looks at you, seeming to discern if your statement is true. After a few seconds of silence, she reiterates, "My name is Esme, and this is my husband." Again, she doesn't seem too dismayed by the fact that he is badly bruised.

"You must be some sort of group? What are you doing here?"

Diplomacy checks may be worthwhile to include in your responses to those questions.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Tanna cant seem to tell if any of what the ghastly woman says is true, or if she is a threat or not,

Knowledge- religion: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21

but she says to her companions, "She is a Magus or Magical Zombie. This type of zombie is intelligent, and they are not necessarily evil."

Esme smiles a bit. How astute of you, although I don't particularly like being this way. She seems to appreciate your show of knowledge.

I'm still waiting for your answer, however.

"By the heavens they are ghastly to look at..." Laeowyinne whispers to the others.

Valeros cracks his neck and pulls out his keg slowly, and his mug, offering the 'magus zombie' a drink. It's the polite thing to do, after all, right?

"We're with the Pathfinder Society. Someone has been taking remains from the Ossu-thingy that the local Pharasma folks use for putting the dead in after last rites. Whoever did this started small but they're ramping it up. We're here to shut that down. You're not doing that, I hope?"

Diplomacy: 1d20 ⇒ 15

Anyone going to aid another on that check? With that alone, she's not being convinced. :p

Diplomacy Aid: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (19) - 1 = 18

Laeowynne tries to assist Valeros in good tendencies of the group..."What my friend hear says is true. We came to help. Someone keeps upsetting the natural balance around here for nefarious purposes and we are here to stop them."

Diplomacy Aid: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

What my companions speak is the truth. We came to see who or what is taking the bodies and nothing more, though it seems something has awoken you with magic have they not? Tyranius growls deep and guttural, his tusks grate against each other.

Was it you taking the bodies or the Alchemist who attacked us?

With those aids, you got it!

Well, I think I should answer that question with a bit of backstory. I'll let you in on what happened. She sighs.

Esme says, You may see that I am of the undead now, but I really wasn't all that much different in life as I was in death. I got some kind of incurable disease that rotted away my skin not so long ago. It was painful, and I looked horrid. I wanted to get rid of that pain. That's when I met Svilennius.

He said that he would find a way to cure my affliction. I believed him despite many others trying to cure me, and he took me down to this lab. My condition became worse, and still he found no solution.

One day, he told me that he thought of a way to bring me back as a zombie, but be able to retain my memories and thoughts. I was skeptical at first, but eventually agreed because I was nearing the climax of my disease. When I didn't wake up from the process, he thought he failed and burned up all his notes on the alchemical process he used. I rose as a zombie three days later.

I am now as I am. I don't blame Svilennius for this state... I did agree to it after all. But as time has gone on, he has gotten more and more mad and started taking bodies from the catacombs and trying to replicate his process with me, but he has so far been unsuccessful. I... I haven't left this place in months, maybe years!

She looks at you, seeming to discern if your statement is true. After a few seconds of silence, she reiterates, "My name is Esme, and this is my husband." Again, she doesn't seem too dismayed by the fact that he is badly bruised.

"You must be some sort of group? What are you doing here?"

Diplomacy checks may be worthwhile to include in your responses to those questions.

"So you're married then?" Creat says, somewhat slow on the uptake.

Why can I not for once find a living, breathing, beautiful, young single--and above all grateful--girl during the course of one of these forays? He thinks, remembering the beautiful Ghaele woman from the Night March of Kalkamedes.

Ray rolls his eyes at Creat's antics.

"What lengths will he go to, do you think?" Ray asks the undead lady.

Sorry I missed the diplomacy checks, but I am travelling this week and have limited access. Please feel free to jump in and bot me as you need to.

"Huh. So he thought you were going to be aware and intelligent but didn't realize that it would take more time for you to recover? And then he's been doing this ever since?"

Valeros is a fighter, thinking isn't his strong suit, but an idea comes to mind.

"Did he do the zombie magic thing on you while you were still alive? Would that make a difference in how the magic works, maybe? And... does he know that you're still animate, or have you been hiding from him? If we wake him up, is he going to try and kill us again?"

Oh, he's well aware I'm here. He's gone a little mad trying to recreate the process of how he made me. You can try talking to him, but he'll probably give you the same information as I.

He got excommunicated from the Pharasmites for fooling with the creation of alchemical undead, so he hates the church a lot. He used to be a member, although not one of high caliber or anything.

@Creat Yes, I am married...

@Ray I've tried before to get him to stop from animating bodies and experimenting on them. I knew eventually it would catch up to him.

GM, are we talking about the guy we have already dispatched (hunchedback, tough as nails SOB alchemists) WAS her husband, or a different dude all together?

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