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

Game Master Kludde

Is it indeed a swarm?

Redke: you are to blame for this song in my head

Yes, it's swarm. Notice how it is also mostly underwater.

Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 1) = 2

Ilya is suddenly covered all over in little crabs, nabbing her with little pincers.

DC 14 Fort save or be nauseated

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Ilya
Kellan
Vayu
Zen'yr
Ketill
Redke
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Crabs
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GM, can we assume that we gathered before the entrance for the room?

Ketill wades forward and throws a bomb at the mass of crabs, excluding Ilya from the blast.

Attack, PBS: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 8 + 1 = 23
Damage: 3d6 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (2, 3, 4) + 7 + 1 = 17

Sounds reasonable

Ketill's bomb sends a shockwave through the water, causing it to splash up high against the walls, and crushing many spiders on the rocks.

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Ilya
Kellan
Vayu
Zen'yr
Ketill
Redke
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Crabs (25)
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Kellan will step back, fumbling for something useful. Unfortunately she forgot to grab more scrolls of burning hands or such things. :-S

Vayu advances, letting his pistol drop to its weapon cord and pulling his dragon pistol. He positions where it will hit most of the mass, and hopes that the water does not lessen the fire effect too much.

From this position his 15' cone should be able to hit three squares of crab.

Dragon's breath DC15 for half fire damage: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 2) = 7

The water provided ample cover for the crabs, but Vayu's shot still hits the part of the swarm that sticks out

RFX: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 2 = 18

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Ilya
Kellan
Vayu
Zen'yr
Ketill
Redke
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Crabs (30)
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Redke sits still on the stairs out of the water, and reminds himself to buy either a swarmbane clasp or some alchemists fire after they figure out whats going on in this dungeon.

Unfortunately, Kineticists in their current state can do as much damage as a fighter against swarms.

Zen'yr moves behind Ketill and hands him a vial of acid from her pouch.

Here, use this if you want to conserve your other resources

please move me behind Ketill

Ilya 5-foot step west and takes a flask of acid from her backpack. She aims at the swarm's southeastern corner and throws the flask.

Acid: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9 Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Ilya throws a flask of acid, but with the large body of water, the potent stuff just causes a slight hissing sound before it washes away.

The crabs crawl over Ilya and Vayu

Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7 A DC 14 fort save each

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Ilya
Kellan
Vayu
Zen'yr
Ketill
Redke
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Crabs (30)
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"Thank you Zen'yr, but I am afraid it would get diluted in the water. Best stick with the bombs for now"

Ketill throws another bomb, excluding his allies from the splash

Attack: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 1 = 27
Damage: 3d6 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (2, 1, 4) + 7 + 1 = 15

"just like my fire does!"

Dragon's breath DC15 for half fire damage: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 2) = 7

Kellan steps back once more and tosses a ray of frost at the crabs, hoping to do at least a little damage to them.
ranged touch: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
cold: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Unfortunately she utterly misses anyway.

Zen'yr will take a step back and wait.

delay until I can think of a way to help

Ketill and Vayu rain fire on the crab swarm. As many of the creatures boil up, the remainder skitters away, dispersing the swarm.

Combat over

Fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

"I do hope we won't encounter more of these swarms..."

Ilya takes her wand of cure light wounds and sets to healing herself up.

After several minutes of messing around with the wand Ilya's finally manages to heal herself. She puts the wand away and, when everyone else is also ready, moves over to the next passage in the corridor.

The corridor leads to another water-filled room. The brackish water in this room is mostly clear and smells clean. A gentle current flows south, where a waterfall can be heard.

Ilya clealry notices a creature lurking in the water, but before she can react, it rushes at the party: it is a being made of pure water!

---Surprise round---
Vayu - surprised
Redke
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Elemental
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Kellan - surprised
Zen'yr - surprised
Ilya
Ketill
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--Regular round---
Vayu
Redke
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Elemental
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Kellan
Zen'yr
Ilya
Ketill
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Redke moves closer and says, "Ilya, I've got a new trick I want to try, but I need to be able to get to the elemental!"

"Ilya, how many times do I have to tell you that I can use that wand without any difficulty?" Ketill kindly asks the struggling human.

Knowledge (Planes): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

"I don't know, is that really an elemental?"

"Well if it is, I bet a nice electrical jolt will take care of it. Let me at it!"

Redke moves closer. The elemental charges Ilya, but she manages to react just in time to avoid the single foe.

Slam, Ilya: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 7 + 2 + 1 = 20

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Kellan - surprised
Zen'yr - surprised
Ilya
Ketill
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--Regular round---
Vayu
Redke
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Elemental
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Kellan
Zen'yr
Ilya
Ketill
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"Okay, I'll move to its other side," Ilya replies to Redke.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

Ilya tumbles through the water elemental's square and ends up on its other side, where she enters a stance belonging to the dragon style.

Redke steps closer to the elemental and tries whacking it with a dagger that appears just as Redke hits then disappears. Using kinetic blade

Attack!: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 10 + 2 = 23
Damage!: 3d6 + 8 ⇒ (2, 5, 3) + 8 = 18

Vayu goes wild with the gun unleashing both barrels

Ranged Touch + Point Blank - Two Barrels - In Melee - Rapid Reload: 1d20 + 10 + 1 - 4 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 10 + 1 - 4 - 4 - 2 = 4
Ranged Touch + Point Blank - Two Barrels - In Melee - Rapid Reload: 1d20 + 10 + 1 - 4 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 10 + 1 - 4 - 4 - 2 = 14

Damage w/Point Blank: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 1 = 7
Damage w/Point Blank: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 1 = 6

Using Rapid Reload, he loads up and fires again ...

Ranged Touch + Point Blank - Two Barrels - In Melee - Rapid Reload: 1d20 + 10 + 1 - 4 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 10 + 1 - 4 - 4 - 2 = 3
Ranged Touch + Point Blank - Two Barrels - In Melee - Rapid Reload: 1d20 + 10 + 1 - 4 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 10 + 1 - 4 - 4 - 2 = 15

Damage w/Point Blank: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 1 = 6
Damage w/Point Blank: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 2 + 1 = 10

Just trying it out ... that's alot of negatives ... so, with the double-barrel pistol he can fire both in one action with a -4 to hit for both barrels. Rapid shot lets him reload and get another shot off. Reload is a free action ... can he get both loaded and fire both again or just one more barrel?

Ilya moves for a better position, while Redke's kinetic blade and Vayu's shot pepper the elemental.

@Vayu, I don't have a lot of time for researching it, but it would seem like you get both shots

After the second blast from Vayu's portable cannon hits, the elemental dissipates into inert water.

Combat over!

"Oh the glorious sound of burning gold ... twenty four lovelies down the drain ..."

"Vayu! I thought I was the one delivering the explosions!" Kettil says with a grin on his face

Redke looks over at Vayu, "Other than shooting gold, do you think that your gun could be any louder? My ears are still ringing."

And that smell, is just, ugh, as Zen'yr wrinkles her nose at the smell of the gun discharge.

"Wow, well done, Vayu!"

To Redke, "What? Can't hear you!", Vayu yells while winking at Kellan, and waving his hand bank and forth by his backside, feigning clearing out the smell of passed gas.

"Neat, I like it when things are resolved quickly."

Ilya takes her time to look around to room.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

If she finds nothing she'll head into the eastern passage. (And if that dotted line on the map means it's blocked she'll go back to the main corridor and head into the eastern passage there.)

The dotted line on the south end of the room is a waterfall, the faint dotted line means nothing for now.

The water in the room is clear, and so is the fact that the water elemental was the only thing in the room.

To the east, a half-submerged shimmering area on this room’s north wall occasionally spurts out water. Sturdy tables stand about a foot above the water level. Some are stacked with crates, others with bedding.

Ketill looks at the waterfall "Do you think there might be something behind it? I wouldn't like to get wet and find out it is just a stone wall behind it"

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Ketill looks beyond the waterfall. The room beyond is filled from wall to wall with water that reeks of dead sea life. The cascade pouring from the northern wall churns up silt and other filth in the water, creating a murky mess.

How far does the waterfall go down, just a couple of feet?

"Shall we check this part out first, then work our way toward the south?" Ilya asks while pointing into the eastern room.

If the others agree Ilya will step into the eastern room and take a look around.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

"Seems reasonable to me, Ilya."

The waterfall drop about eight feet, and the water look a lot deeper there. In this room, and in the next, the water is only two feet deep.

Ilya steps into the eastern room, and as a gush of water spouts from one of the portal, a portion of the water rises up to attack her. It looks much like the previous creature, but bigger.

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Vayu
Ilya
Zen'yr
Ketill
Kellan
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Elemental
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Redke

"Boy, these elementals just don't know when to quit!"

Kellan spends a point of Talon's arcane pool to boost his damage as a free action, then uses a point of her own arcane pool to add the shock property to him as a Swift action, then casts shocking grasp, moves forward, and delivers it using Talon.
Talon: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28
damage: 1d6 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 2 = 9 plus shocking grasp: 5d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 6, 5, 3) = 24 plus shock: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Crit chance!: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
damage: 1d6 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 2 = 11 plus shocking grasp: 5d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 2, 2, 2) = 15 plus shock: 1d6 ⇒ 4
SWEET!!! Total of 64 damage!

You all hear a shrill laugh coming from Kellan's sword as he hits the elemental and shocks the CRAP out of it. You can tell he is thrilled at dealing so much damage, and obviously suffers from a bit of bloodlust.

knowledge planes: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
Any special defenses?

Seeing the determination on Kellan's face Vayu delays until after she moves in ... then he moves and unleashes more hell

Ranged Touch + Point Blank - Two Barrels - In Melee - Rapid Reload: 1d20 + 10 + 1 - 4 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 10 + 1 - 4 - 4 - 2 = 19
Ranged Touch + Point Blank - Two Barrels - In Melee - Rapid Reload: 1d20 + 10 + 1 - 4 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 10 + 1 - 4 - 4 - 2 = 13

Damage w/Point Blank: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 1 = 5
Damage w/Point Blank: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 2 + 1 = 10

Using Rapid Reload, he loads up and fires again ...

Ranged Touch + Point Blank - Two Barrels - In Melee - Rapid Reload: 1d20 + 10 + 1 - 4 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 10 + 1 - 4 - 4 - 2 = 10
Ranged Touch + Point Blank - Two Barrels - In Melee - Rapid Reload: 1d20 + 10 + 1 - 4 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 10 + 1 - 4 - 4 - 2 = 18

Damage w/Point Blank: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4
Damage w/Point Blank: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 2 + 1 = 10

"What is going on there?" Ketill asks as Kellan seems to loose it and Vayu blasts some more

Kellan: CRB: Extra damage dice over and above a weapon's normal damage are never multiplied on a critical hit. So the shock weapon die is not multiplied. And to really spoil your fun: Elemental subtype

Ketill moves back a bit to get a better shot and then fires an arrow

Attack, soft cover: 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 8 - 4 = 17
Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 4

BAH! Well-played, dicebot! Make me think I did something awesome when really my critical threat MEANS NOTHING! In that case, we're looking at 34 total damage. I should have known that, but got caught up in the excitement of critting. Sigh.

Shocking grasp. Unstoppable by anything short of a glass of water.

Kellan pokes the creature with her electrical strike, and nearly fries herself as the electricity surges through the elemental.

Vayu fires another four shots (Just keep track of that money, ok?) and manages to hit the elemental with three of four shots. Ketill fires an arrow, but he's not quite it hit at all.

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Vayu
Ilya
Zen'yr
Ketill
Kellan
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Elemental (44)
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Redke

Zen'yr will move right behind Ilya, touch her shoulder and implant a thought in her mind that fades just as quickly.

2) Mesmerist Mirror (An illusory image appears around the subject to throw off attackers. The mesmerist can trigger this trick when the subject is attacked or becomes the target of a spell that requires an attack roll. One duplicate of the subject appears, and the attacker must determine randomly which it hits (as mirror image). For every 5 caster levels the mesmerist possesses, one additional image appears, to a maximum of five images at 20th level. This is an illusion (figment) effect.) The mirror image lasts 1 minute per mesmerist level or until destroyed.

"It's resistant to some of our damage ... and has no organs!"

See spoilers and links above

With how many shots Vayu can take, I may not have purchased enough rounds this time ...

Zen'yr makes sure Ilya has a trick up her sleeve...

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Vayu
Ilya
Zen'yr
Ketill
Kellan
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Elemental (44)
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Redke

"Thank you for the first bit of damage, Vayu!" Ilya enters the dragon style and steps up to the elemental. She throws a single, and somewhat sloppy, punch at it.

The latter bit I already figured...

+1 Dragon Punch: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12 Damage (Str x1.5): 1d8 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 = 7

Ilya clumsily kick at the elemental, who moves back bit and slams down hard on the monk

Slam, Ilya: 1d20 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 12 + 1 = 251d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Slam, Ilya: 1d20 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 12 + 1 = 14

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Redke
Vayu
Ilya
Zen'yr
Ketill
Kellan
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Elemental (44)
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