[PFS/DMK/EMS] The Emerald Spire Superdungeon - Table II

Game Master Kludde

Kellan will grab a few of the daggers for last-ditch fighting. "Well, let's each put on a mask and go figure out the rest of this place."

Where do you want to go? Investigate a door, or move down the hall?

Kellan moves to the door that the last assassin was trying to enter. "If he was trying to go in here, this is probably where the action is. Let's deal with any stragglers before we explore more of the area."

Once the rest of the party joins her, she'll open the door.

Redke grabs a mask and dons it, then hurries after Kellan.

As the party gathers up, dons masks and move around the corridors, they could easily be mistaken for members of the splinter clan. Kellan moves to investigate the door that the fleeing scout tried to enter. It leads to a chamber that is someone’s personal quarters. A comfortable bed stands in the southwest corner. Several small keepsakes, including a couple of small leather journals, clutter the wall shelves.

Vayu jumps onto the bed landing on his back ... "Ahhhh ... wake me when you find the boss monster!"

Through the mask he's a little muffled. Shutting his eyes in jest, Vayu finds it difficult to not actually slip into sleep.

Kellan puts the tip of Talon under the hem of Vayu's pantaloons. "Alright funny boy, you want to sleep, I'll cut your bottoms into comfortable sleep pants... or just cut them off of you completely. Let's keep moving." She smiles, clearly joking with him, but does tug a bit at the hem of his pants, making a small fray.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

After taking a look inside the room Kellan found, Ilya walks back into the hallway. She grins when she hears Kellan 'threaten' Vayu, and walks over to the first closed door she passed during the chase.

Ilya opens the door, and takes a look into the new space.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

"Mmmm ... I don't think we have time for my pants to be coming off ... how about the next time we're in town ...", Vayu says with a wink and a smirk as he hops off the admittedly exquisite experience of a bed.

Ketill has also taken a mask and wears it. He also took an additional vial to examine later.

"Kellan, Vayu, get going! We need to find these wizards." Ketill takes position behind Ilya, looking over her shoulder.

Zen'yr takes and dons a mask, even though she find it smells like sweat and clashes with her outfit.

Lead the way folks, she grabs her crossbow, loads it and gets ready for more than likely hostiles.

The next chamber is a small barracks with a pair of double bunks and a small privy in the north wall. The eastern portion of the room is partitioned into a pair of cells with doors made from iron bars. Inside each is a shoddy bunk and a rusty bucket.

per: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

While she may be towards the rear, Zen'yr hears the dustinct sound of something rustling under something.

She calmly walks up to whoever is nearest to the door, and very quietly whispers in their ear, I hear something in, near, around the northern bunk.

With that she will focus and target the mind of the creature in the northern bunk.

mesmerist gaze, mind wiping so it doesn't remember as always

Zen'yr tries to make contact with the creature's mind, but what she finds is fragmented, disturbed, confusing. A thousand voices seems to vie to attention at the same time, and the resulting cacophony is overwhelming.

The creature is a many-mouther, amorphous blob. It squeezes out from under its bunk, and immediately starts uttering incoherent gibberish.

Between roses, ancient flask! Open gas, rude dove creates nowhere bark. The jam! THE JAM! Thank you baby, I'll be here all day. Deckchair! Many horse carriage babies!

Ketill and Redke, and to a lesser extent Ilya, still suffering the aftereffects of the synesthesia poison, see the blabbering as a rainbow of colour, and the words smell like a cross between a farmyard and a spice bazaar.

DC 13 Will save for everyone, or be confused as per the spell

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Vayu
Kellan
Redke
Zen'yr
Ketill
Ilya
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Strange creature
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I have to be within 30' for the strategy so I would have moved to the border of the 30'

arcana, will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 91d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Zen'yr has no idea what the blob is, but she laughs a little at its attempt to affect her mind.

Kn.arcana: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16
Will save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

"It's a gibbering carpet door knocker! Everyone fly out of the doorknob!"

As Kellan was about to try to tell everyone what the creature is, its strange speech spreads to her like a contagion, and she speaks incoherently.

confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 49 => Do nothing but babble incoherently. LOL

"My bologna has a first name, it's REDKE. Our lunch pants are green and salty. My sword's legs are long and stringy. His gravitational monkey includes lots of jangles."

Will save Talon: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

In addition, Kellan's sword is also affected by confusion.

confustion: 1d100 ⇒ 36 => Do nothing but babble incoherently as well

Your training shoes are deceptively yellow and dangly. I can't believe you've blanked your toes from this curly monster. What are you going to delve yesterday? Talon says into Kellan's head, confusing her even more.

This is the greatest thing ever. LOL

Will Save!: 1d20 ⇒ 4

Redke's eyes glaze over as he looks at the creature, and his mind wanders to thoughts of cake ...

coincidentally, as I write this i'm eating cake :D

Confusion!: 1d100 ⇒ 92

Redke stuns everyone by suddenly shouting out a loud berserkers cry and starts attaking the nearest person to him.
1 is Kellan, 2 is Vayu, 3 is Ketill
Who's it gonna be?: 1d3 ⇒ 3

Ketill has a second to breathe before he gets attacked in a mad fury.
I'll let the Kludde decide which action he takes :D

Will DC 13: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

"O... kaaay," Ilya mutters when Kellan begins to imitate the creature's weird gibbering.

It's when Redke attacks Ketill that Ilya decides she should act fast. She moves over to the creature, takes a stance fitting the dragon style, and throws a punch it the gibbering carpet door knocker.

Punch, Stunning Fist: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13 Damage, Dragon Style: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

If the attack hits the creature, it has to roll Fort DC 14 or be stunned for 1 round.

Vayu is taken aback by the strange abomination ...

Will Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

.. but he maintains his wits, running forward and getting as close as he can, but leaving room for others to get in for melee. He gets within range and fires before Ilya starts the fisticuffs ...

Ranged Touch w/point blank: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 = 9

I think I will shirt re-roll that ...
Ranged Touch w/point blank: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 = 6
Damage with Up close & PB: 1d8 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (7) + 1 + (3) = 11

Ah! Misfire! A look of horror crosses his face as his gun becomes a club.

Very gun jams with a loud bang. Kellan seems to be caught in an imitation of the mouther.

Redke uses the power of his mind to throw a stone at Ketill. (Who takes 15 damage)

What is the action of Zen'yr?

Ilya move up to the creature, unaffected by its babble, and tries to punch it. The creature is too amorphous, and just wobbles out of the way.

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Vayu
Kellan
Redke
Zen'yr
Ketill
Ilya
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Strange creature
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Zen'yr lowers her crossbow, and takes a shot at the blob, trying not to hit her friends.

crossbow: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 101d8 ⇒ 8

While Redke is busy trying to hit his friends, Zen'yr tries to avoid exactly that, and misses the gibbering creature as a result.

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Vayu
Kellan
Redke
Zen'yr
Ketill
Ilya
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Strange creature
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Will Save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12 So close and so far away....
Since Ketill is confused and Redke attacked him he will strike back, no need to roll

"I will kill you all for messing with the rainbows!"

Miss direction: 1d8 ⇒ 3

The confused group outside of the door is suddenly shaken up by an explosion: Ketill was trying to hit Redke with a bomb. Redke, despite his mental state, manages to avoid the bomb and kick it against the wall that previously tasted to nicely of chocolate. A blast and a shockwave fill the room.

Kellan, Ketill and Redke: 8 damage, DC 15 RFX for half.

Hardly a day, neighs the horse! The Razmiran priest and a hedge wizard, please don't break my eggs. May contain traces of peanuts.

The formless creature keeps blabbering nonsense. (Those who failed their save may save again, those who made it are unaffected), while the mouths closest to Ilya start biting at her. One of the mouth even spits at Ilya, narrowly missing her with an acidic blob.

Spit, Ilya: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Bite, Ilya: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
Bite, Ilya: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 211d4 ⇒ 2
Free grab, Ilya: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 No grab

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Vayu
Kellan
Redke
Zen'yr
Ketill
Ilya
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Strange creature
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Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Kellan takes only 4 fire damage, which is negated by her innate fire resistance.

Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
Unfortunately, she's still confused.
confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 1
Luckily she gets to act normally!

Kellan unfortunately can't reach the stupid creature, but she uses her prehensile tail to retrieve a scroll of expeditious retreat, casts it, then moves forward into the room with the mouther.

Acrobatics to avoid AOO: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19

Talon also needs to save again!
Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Wandering peanuts have no business being pig-stickers. Why don't you indigo your prancing destructive bangle?

Ilya 5-foot steps to the corner of the small room, making room for someone else. She mixes her dragon style with the tiger style, changing her unarmed attacks to deal slashing damage.

Unarmed Slash (Tiger Style), Stunning Fist: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15 Damage, x1.5 Str (Dragon Style): 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

If the attack hits the creature, it has to roll Fort DC 14 or be stunned for 1 round.

Within the tight confines of the room, Ilya tries to land another punch, but the air is the only thing she hits. Kellan manages to get it together despite that babbling of the monster, and closes in.

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Vayu
Kellan
Redke
Zen'yr
Ketill
Ilya
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Strange creature
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Vayu pulls his dragon pistol and aims such that it's scatter shot will only hit the strange creature.

Dragon's Breath DC 15 for half: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7

Dropping the dragon pistol to the ground, he quickly makes his pistol serviceable spending one grit for move action

Zen'yr curses slightly as the jiggling blob is continuing to harass her and the others. She reloads her crossbow, and takes another shot at the creature. Her emotions get the best of her, the bolt breaks against the wall behind the creature.

Painful Stare: Once per round when the target of the mesmerist's stare is hit by an attack that deals damage, the target of a mesmerist’s stare takes additional damage equal to 1/2 the mesmerist’s class level (minimum 1). The mesmerist can use this ability as a free action, and can use it even if it isn't his turn. If the mesmerist uses this to increase his own damage, increase the damage by 1d6 for every 3 mesmerist levels. This damage is precision damage and is not multiplied on a critical hit.

crossbow: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 71d8 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + (2) = 6

RFX: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Vayu covers the blob in fire, as Zen'yr tries to mentally harass the abomination, but only manages to harass the wall.

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Vayu
Kellan
Redke
Zen'yr
Ketill
Ilya
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Strange creature (7)
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Reflex Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15
Will Save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Ketill jumps aside, avoiding most of the explosive blast of his bomb and absorbing the remainder due to his demonic heritage. He then prepares another bomb and lobs it at Redke

"So you want to play the bombing game! I will kill you for what you did to the poor floor! It doesn't spark no more"

Explosive Bomb Attack, PBS, excluding self from blast: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 1 = 21
Damage: 2d6 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (1, 1) + 5 + 1 = 8 Splash 10ft for 8, DC15 reflex for half

Redke is on fire

Reflex!: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

Even in his confused state, Redke sidesteps the bomb and only feels it singe his hair.

will: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (4) + 0 = 4

Redke has a mere moment of clarity wondering what's happening as another bomb gets launched at him.

Feeling the fire take hold of him, Redke feels the madness coming back

Confuzzled!: 1d100 ⇒ 15

And luckily, snaps out of it for now.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TIEFLING! YOU LIT ME ON FIRE!!!" Redke screams at Ketill as he moves into the room. "What's happening with Ketill," Redke asks Vayu as he passes him before shooting a pebble at the creature which is speaking in color.

Attack!: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20
Damage!: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (3, 6) + 7 = 16

sorry Redke, no save for you, only for splash damage. You take 1d6 fie damage at end of turn if not extinguished. And that takes standard action + reflex. Additionally: when confused and attacked you attack back without rolling. I am afraid you just almost killed Ketill at -10 with con 12

Ok, what the ... just happened?

I think Ketill is right: the spell description says "Any confused character who is attacked automatically attacks its attackers on its next turn, as long as it is still confused when its turn comes." (where 'confusion' is defined as any roll on the table, including act normally).

I do want to point out that I understand this to be one of the few circumstances where character are able to harm each other without the other player's consent. Had Ketill not attacked, then a Redke acting on his own accord would not have been allowed to attack Ketill. (Redke should probably move back to his old position, though)

As for 'killed': I'm seeing 6 hp before taking 16 damage, doesn't that put Ketill at -10? That means he still has 12 seconds to live. (--edit: ninja'd, I see you changed it)

What a mess.

The creature keeps babbling Many centimetres cross, thermal ink flows from the batter.

It spits at Vayu (DC 18 Fort or be blinded for rounds: 1d4 ⇒ 4), then snaps at Ilya and Kellan. Ilya manages to evade the many mouths, but Kellan gets bitten twice, and the second time the maw does not let go. (Kellan is grappled by the creature)

Spit, Vayu: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
Bite, Ilya: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Bite, Ilya: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Bite, Ilya: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Bite, Kellan: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Bite, Kellan: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 161d4 ⇒ 2
Free grab, Kellan: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
Bite, Kellan: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 221d4 ⇒ 3
Free grab, Kellan: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

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Vayu
Kellan
Redke
Zen'yr
Ketill
Ilya
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Strange creature (7)
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Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Ooh, I get to attack though, since I got bit! That's a good rule to remember! Unfortunately, Kellan has no spells she can cast while grappled, so she will just attack!

Talon: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Talon also tries to save against the babbling:
Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
Talon is no longer affected by the babbling creature! :)
Kellan, you must snap out of it.. your allies will be in serious danger if you do not kill the creature!

well... *bleep* ... at least he won't attack you *this* turn ....

The reflex save was for the first bomb that missed. No reflex on that second one, you are correct :D

Hearing the commotion, Ilya glances over at Redke and Ketill just in time to see Kellan collapse.

Did he finally snap and attack Ketill?! No, it must be the creature. Even Redke wouldn't kill a tiefling if that tiefling's a fellow Pathfinder.

Silently cursing her current position, Ilya realizes she may have just one shot at saving her comrade. "I'm sorry, Kellan! I'll return swiftly!"

Acrobatics, avoid AoO: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

With great speed, Ilya moves over to Kellan. She retrieves the single potion of cure light wounds she has from her backpack.

Glad I bought this some time ago!

"Redke, have you come to your senses?!" Ilya asks, or rather yells, when she's next to the kineticist. "Go help Kellan if you have!"

I'll administer the potion as a full-round action during my next turn. Ketill will live :)

Probably a good moment to mention I got UMD +6 and a CLW wand. Though that's likely to be more useful out of combat most of the time. (Until I roll a 1.)

Fortitude: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

Closing his eyes in time Vayu is able to avoid being blinded.

Vayu is vaguely aware of the commotion behind him, and seeing Ilya helping the others, he sees his best course of action it to try to finish the beast rather than heal.

"SHUT! UP!"

Ranged Touch w/point blank: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 6 + 1 = 23
damage w/up close and point blank: 1d8 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 1 + (2) = 4

Kellan shakes off the confused effect, and tries to strike at the blob that's holding her. She strike, and almost hits the creature, but a metal chain in the prison cell deflects her blow at the last moment.

Vayu rises to the occasion, leaves Kellan to her own devises, and with haste retrieves a potion.

Vayu manages to avoid the acidic spit of the creature, and returns fire with a blast from the gun, silencing at least one of the mouths.

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Vayu
Kellan
Redke
Zen'yr
Ketill
Ilya
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Strange creature (11)
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Zen'yr is worried as she hears explosions coming from outside the room, but as well as Ilya Bengeirr's grappled by the strange creature. She once again, reloads her crossbow and fires a bolt at the strange blob.

1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

down to 6 bolts, and the dice gods hate me. Is there other gear we missed from the bandits that could be useful. Were there other crossbow bolts, I would have grabbed some.

I prefer to have my first PFS death by the hands of a Tiefling-hating son of Cheliax prostitute. That is much better than by random mook #6, so no problem if Ketill does not survive this encounter (although I hope you will chip in for a raise death)

DC20 stabilisation roll: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

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DC20 stabilisation roll: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 + 1 = 14

Ketill continues to bleed out from the wound in his face that was caused by Redke's stone.

Will!: 1d20 ⇒ 4
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Will!: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15

Redke shakes of the confusion and the glazed look leaves his eyes. He mouth drops in horror at the realization that yes, he's almost killed one of his friends.

Stifling the tears as he walks over Kellen's almost dead body, Redke shoots a pebble at the strange creature which invaded his mind.

Attack!: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
damage!: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (4, 4) + 7 = 15

Is it that hard to see the differences between two Tieflings?

They all look the same to him :-P

@Zen'yr: There were plenty of crossbow bolts on the bandits. Assume you have another ten or so.

Zen'yr's attack misses, while Ketill lies bleeding on the floor. Redke stands over him, ready to kill the tiefling when the Kineticist finally snaps out of it, and turns his fury on the mouther. A flying pebble causes massive damage as it bludgeons the gibbering creature.

The creature tries to swallow Kellan, but finds that she is quite chewy.
Swallow down, Kellan: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

All the while, the creature keeps up the cacophonous noise Yosemite! Inversion of the pupils. Overall blinking, green titanium sandwich.
Only Kellan needs to save, and she is being attacked.

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Vayu
Kellan
Redke
Zen'yr
Ketill
Ilya
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Strange creature (26)
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Constitution check to stabilize DC21: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

"GRAAAARR!!!"
Kellan is still affected, and she roars in animal fury at the creature, but at least she gets to attack!
Talon: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Kellan strikes the beast once more with her black sword. It continues yelling at her in her mind to calm down and break out of the creature's grapple.

DMK, I am wearing a bandolier, with a CLW in it. Am I able to move over to Ketill, draw it as part of my move, then force feed it to Ketill as my standard action?

if yes

Zen'yr fearing the worst for Ketill, she rushes over to him. She prays that she isn't too late, as she sees blood rushing from his body, is slowing to a crawl. She grabs a potion from her bandolier, and forces it down the throat of the Tiefling.

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Kellan appears relatively unscathed, so Vayu continues to put his efforts into killing the beast ...

Ranged Touch W/ Point Blank: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 6 + 1 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

You know Ilya's gonna pour a CLW Potion down your throat in a matter of milli-seconds, right Ketill, so you might wanna hold off on complaining that I killed you until I do. :D

Redke stares at the maddening creature who's essence fouls the entire area. Muttering under his breath, "Begone, foul creature." Redke shoots another pebble at it.

Attack!: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Damage!: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (1, 1) + 7 = 9