[PFS/DMK] 7-09 The Blakros Connection (Inactive)

Game Master Kludde

The magical lights seem to be the remnants of a tremendous magical force unleashes in an arcane battle. Some very powerful magic must have been used here.

Beyond the double doors is a huge library hall. Once a repository for dangerous magical books, the library now resembles a battlefield. Tables are overturned and books litter the floor. Some of these tomes float listlessly in the air as if they weighed nothing, their pages slowly turning by unseen hands. Others lie in smoldering heaps on the floor, arcing with sporadic gouts of electricity or flame. Haunting music fills the library, a mixture of Taldan nursery rhymes and lilting, arrhythmic tunes plucked on invisible strings.

..was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he...

"Okay, we need to find the unaltered copies of the codices detailing the lantern. That'll hopefully tell us what we need to know!"

Any skill checks particularly helpful here, DM?

"Dangerous game, this altercation must have been. I would not wish to run into the mage that caused this."

Balon prepares himself for anything.

The party moves into the large library hall, the magical lighting effect drawing strange colored shadows, as a fluttering of wings is heard. What seems like a ball of glowing creatures turn out to be a swarm of confused little fey.

The little creatures look confused, terrified, and they chatter amongst each other with a thousand voices, they move out toward the party.

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Vasily
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Swarm
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Fredrik
August
Balon
Tess
Elliot
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The fey are diminutive creatures

In his experience, angry fey is a bad sign, especially when there was a cloud of them. Not understanding their words, he begins singing himself, trying to inspire his allies to greater feats against these magical foes. While doing so, he digs in his pack for an explosive cocktail which should hurt the packed mass of fey.

Standard action to begin Inspire Courage which grants +1 bonus on attacks, damage, and some saving throws. Move Action to grab Alchemist Fire if the swarm gets close enough to launch.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

"They seem to think that killing us... it's hard to determine... perhaps will send them home? In other words, they seem hostile."

The swarm closes in fast while Vasily starts inspiring courage.

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Fredrik
August
Balon
Tess
Elliot
Vasily
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Swarm
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Balon will charge forward and swing his scythe at the swarm, not entirely sure it will do anything at all...
scythe: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20
damage: 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (1, 1) + 6 = 8

Tess readies an action to cast Burnjng Hands once the swarm moves within 15' of her.

Burning Hands fire damage 5d4 ⇒ (4, 4, 1, 1, 3) = 13

Reflex DC 17 for half.

Fredrik! What'll I do? I dunno if I can fight them things like that! August looks for instruction from his new liege while moving up inside the door, grabbing an alchemist fire as he does so. Balon! Be careful with them things!

Balon sweeps his scythe through the swarm, but for though he hits some of the tiny wings, the damage to the swarm as a whole seems insignificant.

Tess expects the swarm to move closer, and readies a burning spell. August waits for instructions from fredrik.

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Fredrik
August
Balon
Tess
Elliot
Vasily
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Swarm
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Vasily will advance into the main archive with alchemist's fire in hand. He looks about making sure the conflagration caused by his bomb wouldn't burn or threaten any of the tomes or works. If the coast is clear, he will ready an action to throw the fire if the swarm comes with in 20' (currently at 25'). He will also continue his bardic performance.

Move forward 20' as move action, ready bomb throw as SA. Maintain performance is free action. 2/12 rounds used. Will show attack roll below for readied action

Alchemist fire throw (ranged touch), readied action, 1 range increment, inspire courage: 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 1 - 2 = 10

Vasily peers around the room, checking the location of the nearest books, as he takes an alchemist's fire in hand.

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Fredrik
August
Balon
Tess <-- Readies BH
Elliot
Vasily <-- Readies AF
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Swarm
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Elliot watches Vasily and does the same. "I have seven Alchemist's fire, just in case you also want to throw them!" Elliot offers to the rest of the group.
moving into the room 15ft., readying a vial of AF to throw when the swarm is within 15ft., avoiding to hit companions or archive things
Ready AF, ranged: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Elliot follows the example of Vasily, and grabs a hold of a vial of bottled fire.

Can I have an action for Fredrik?

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Fredrik
August
Balon
Tess <-- Readies BH
Elliot
Vasily <-- Readies AF
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Swarm
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Frederick inspires courage in his allies.

+2 to hit and damage IC bonus.

Frederick inspires courage in his allies.

+2 to hit and damage IC bonus.

Vasily already started his inspire courage, it does not stack with mine.

Attack August!
Fredrik moves and attacks the swarm.

Silver Earthbreaker +1: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 1 = 17
Dmg: 2d6 + 4 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (3, 6) + 4 + 6 + 1 = 20

Fredrik starts inspiring courage, but even that doesn't prevent Vasily and Eliot from swinging their fires wildly off-target, immolating some tomes in the process

Scatter: 1d8 ⇒ 6
Scatter: 1d8 ⇒ 3

With sheer luck, Balon doesn't get hit by the fire, while the some of the faeries are burnt by the splash of the burning substance. A blink of an eye later he is surrounded by thousands of fluttering faeries, picking away at him.

Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8 I need a DC 16 fort save vs distraction

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Fredrik
August
Balon
Tess
Elliot
Vasily
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Swarm (2)
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Fredrik press on with his attack.

Silver Earthbreaker +1: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 9 + 1 = 28
Dmg: 2d6 + 4 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (3, 1) + 4 + 6 + 1 = 15

2nd Attk: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 1 = 17
Dmg: 2d6 + 4 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (3, 2) + 4 + 6 + 1 = 16

Fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 Balon is distracted. He simply moves out of the swarm.
Moving back 20 feet, and i'm currently at 0 HP.

Elliot hurls another vial at the swarm.
Ranged: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Scatter: 1d8 ⇒ 2

Kludde did my readied action go off last round?

I'll replace Fredrik's last action with the one he posted

At the last minute, Fredrik decides to swing his hammer at the swarm, but having a similar effect as Balon's Scythe: no damage.

Since he figured that out last round, I'll refund this round's action

Balon is looking rather bad again, staggered by the many tiny stabs of the faeries.

Elliot hurls another bottle of fire, and hits spot-on this time, burning some of the fluttering wings.

The swarm didn't come within 15 ft of Tess, so her action didn't trigger.

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Fredrik
August
Balon
Tess
Elliot
Vasily
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Swarm (5)
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August does as Elliot does and throws his alchemist fire!

Throw!: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24 for Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2
If missed, direction: 1d8 ⇒ 2

Thx Dm Kludde

Fredrik moves back drawing one of his wands and casts bless on the party.

Immune to weapon dmg and mind effects. Damn, not much I can do against it.

Tess moves forward 30' and uses her Burning Hands spell, hoping to cut the swarm down to size.

Fire Damage 5d4 ⇒ (1, 2, 1, 4, 4) = 12

Reflex DC 17 for half.

August adds to the fire, and while Fredrik blesses the party, Tessara steps in to ensure all the fuel in the alchemical substance gets burned, causing the fire to blaze high.

RFX: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

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Fredrik
August
Balon
Tess
Elliot
Vasily
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Swarm (26)
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Can I have an action for Vasily?

Vasily moves forward and tosses another vial of alchemist's fire at the swarm.

Alchemist fire throw (ranged touch), inspire courage: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 6 + 1 = 18

Damage 1d6 ⇒ 5

Guys, that is I think 4 posts for other players Tess alone has made in this game. Can we get on a more regular posting schedule, please?

I second that. I'll respect it if you are too busy to participate (please let me know if that is the case), but I'd appreciate at least a single post per 24 hr interval during combat.

North to south: 1d4 ⇒ 3

damage, burning fire: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 5) = 7

Though the swarm is diminishing, it does move forward to engulf August and Tessara

Damage, Tessara: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 6) = 12
Damage, August: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7
DC 13 Fort save from each of be nauseated

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Fredrik
August
Balon
Tess
Elliot
Vasily
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Swarm (43)
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Seein his tactic works, and due to a lack of other ideas, he throws another vial of alchemists's fire at the swarm.
RTA: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

GM, do you mean August or Elliot? According to the map Elliot was engulfed by the swarm. I'll roll just in case.
Fort: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

Balon pulls out a wand of inflict light wounds and casts it on himself. inflict: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 Now at 4 hp. He'll probably have to heal himself a couple more times before he can head back into combat.

Fort 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

Tess moves 30' to the right and pulls out a flask of acid.

Fort: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

August also retreats and reaches for an alchemist fire, his last.

Yes, I meant Elliot. Dwarfs all look the same to me ;-)

Elliot moves clear of the swarm, avoiding the worst distraction, and then proceeds to light fire to it. The faeries - those that are still alive - start to panic and flee in all directions as the swarm disperses.

Combat over!

Sorry to disappear and miss my turn, but had a death in the family this week that has caused me to be away from the computer. All is well considering, but time will be short through the weekend. Apologize again for missing but may miss again if before Monday. Will try to poke in at odd times otherwise.

Vasily grunts in frustration as the swarm finally is dispersed. "Tough little buggers, never seen their like." He then gets down to the business of searching for the unaltered documentation they came here for.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

Tess sees Vasily looking around, and she joins in the hunt.

Perception 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (2) + 14 = 16

Fredrik is relieved the immediate danger have passed, [i]I must equip myself better in the future.[/b] He thinks to himself before aiding in the search.

A. A. Perc: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Real life always takes precedence, of course, so take all the time you need.

Looking around, Tessara and Fredrik soon find the severed arm of a human under one of the library tables. Though the arm - cut off just below the elbow - has been lying there for some while, the magic of the area seems to have kept the blood in the wound fresh.

While much of the sealed wing is in considerable disrepair, the collection in a side wing of the library seems largely untouched by the battle that had come before. Bookcases that rise from floor to ceiling line the walls of this spacious library, and the table in the middle of the room is strewn with open books and crumpled notes referencing lists of books and page numbers. These jottings look fairly recent.

You may research these books, K(arcana, planes), LInguistics or Prof(librarian) checks all work

Balon pulls out his other, more efficient wand of healing, and casts it on himself three times over the course of the next three minutes.
Using three charges of my infernal healing wand. Those little buggers really did a number on me. LOL
He spends the time between wand-taps looking through the books.

Kn.arcana: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19

Know. Arcana 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (13) + 16 = 29

Tess starts her research yet again, looking everywhere for information on lanterns and the like.

1d100 ⇒ 51
1d100 ⇒ 111d100 ⇒ 8

Balon uses his wand once without any trouble, but the second time he activates it, the lingering magic in the library seems to disrupt the force coming from the wand. There's a bright flash when suddenly the gravity in the library reverses, causing the destroyed tomes in the hall to fall to the ceiling.

You can all make a reflex save to grab hold of a pillar (DC 15), or take Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 2, 5) = 13

Balon thinks that with a bit more of a concentrated effort, he might avoid another surge. Activating a spell or magic item might misfire, like it just did. A concentration check may help prevent it

Reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Balon flies up toward the ceiling and hits it, becoming instantly unconscious. Takes me to -9 HP! Luckily his spell had already taken effect, and after a full minute he awakens again. Now at 1 hp.

"That was unfortunate.... I think I can avoid that happening again, but perhaps it might be easiest if I leave the room and finish refreshing myself?"

Balon 'falls' to the ceiling, and is knocked unconscious. Though he does not seem to be bleeding out, but he will probably not survive another fall if gravity reverses back to normal. How long that will take, nobody knows.

You guys better think of something smart before Balon crashes to a pulp...

Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Whoa! Hey! What's goin' on? Why is ever'thin' flyin'? August isn't exceptionally helpful in this situation.

A.A. K. Arcane: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Fredrik starts to help Tessala in the search. He is in the middle of reading the book lists when reality reverses itself, with a leap born out of reflex the priest manages to hold to a pillar.

Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

There is still bad magic lingering around this place. We must be more carefull in the future.

He draws his rope and secures it to the pillar.
We have to try to get Balon before he pass away. Does anybody else have rope?

If someone else is already in the celling and conscious:
Fredrik says.
Secure Balon to the end of my line and I will pull him "up".

If nobody else falled to the celling:
Fredrik climbs to the celling.
Take 10 on climb to 18

I don't mind creative solution in this case...

Reflex 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

Luckily Tess grabs a pillar. "I'm scared to cast a spell to help him. It might kill him if it misfires! Try to secure him so he doesn't bust his head, if he falls again."