NG Male Gnome Bard2/Summoner4 Condition: Inspire Courage Init +2; AC18, Touch13, FF16, CMD13; hp 30/34; Fort +1, Ref +6, Will +8 (+2 vs Illusions; +4 vs bardic, sonic); Perception: +6 (low-light)
Maeglin dismisses his water elemental and chants, asking planes for more help.
Summon Monster:1d3 ⇒ 1 After his gestures and arcane words a single celestial dolphin appears next to place where the Marra was seen last. Aquatic creature acute senses detect the fosegrimm smell and it charges through the water.
Male Elf Fighter (Lore Warden) 1/Wizard (Enhancer)) 5 [ HP 41/41 | AC 19/FF14/T16 (23/18/20 w/Mage Armor) | Fort +3, Ref +6, Will +6 (immune to sleep, +2 vs. ench) | Init +7 | Perception +9 ]
Castien was before Marra in the initiative order; would he not have been able to reach her before she went into the water? If not, then I'd prefer to not lose the spell nor Castien's action for round 1, and would fire two arrows
Marra is no longer under the influence of the unnatural lust
Pibull resists the temptation that Marra fell for, as she sees Marra clear the water from her lungs and rise above the surface. She can act normally
Maeglin's dolphin manages to find the Fossegrim, but doesn't manage to hit it, whereas Grimaldus misses altogether. Castien let loose a volley of arrows, and a single splotch of crimson in the water indicates a hit.
Castien goes the brute force route, and tries to drive out the creature with a volley of arrow. Sure enough, his first arrow is a hit. Pitbull splashes in the water, unable to find the source of the blood trickling out, while Grimaldus cannot repeat Castien's success.
Marra bravely fights the invisible man, and her underwater strike meets resistance, as she draws her blade across the creature.
Cold damage on the first attack that hits:4d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 1, 2) = 13 Moreover, the target is staggered for 1 round (1 minute if the delivering strike is a crit).
Aetherys finds the right moment to strike, lashes out and misses, then turns around and manages to score a direct hit on the invisible creature. Crystals of ice float to the surface, and the Fossegrm with it, rapidly bleeding out an no longer a threat.
Combat over!
DC 15 Perception:
The undead from earlier are each wearing a bronze badge - embossed with the sigil of the Aspis Consortium.
Wedged into a small crevice at the bottom of the river south of the rapid, a small cache of gold and gems lies hidden. Among it is a peculiar magical gem.
Spellcraft DC 26:
This is a primal elemental gem that can summon a huge water elemental.
A primal elemental gem functions as an elemental gem in all ways, except that it summons a huge elemental as per the summon nature’s ally VI spell, with a caster level of 11.
The path leads further eastward, toward a large cliff. From a considerable distance, the cliff face at the base of the mountain appears corrugated from erosion. Two pairs of enigmatic, smiling stone faces are carved into the face of the mountain. These faces flank a precariously tall, ten-foot-wide stone staircase that leads to a flat plateau 60 feet overhead.
The staircase is so steep that it is essentially vertical, and the steps are rough and uneven.
It takes a DC 15 climb check to climb at quarter speed, DC 20 to climb at half speed
Castien examines the undead and finds bronze badges marking them as former Aspis agents. In addition, when the gems are brought to the surface, he casts a spell and points to one of the larger gems. "Th-that is a p-p-primal elemental g-gem. It c-c-can s-summon a huge w-water elemental."
Climb (Take 10):10 + 6 = 16(he's also got a grapple and rope, if anyone needs it)
The halfling flounders around a bit before getting the hang of swimming to the shore and pulls herself out "I don't know why I just had to kiss that merman, but it will make a great tale!"
Marra spots the Aspis agent's badge too, and takes CAstien's word for what the gem is "That's very powerful!"
Pitbull and Grimaldus climb up, and together they make sure the rest of the party has no trouble in joining. At the top of the stairs, the party reaches a plateau.
Jagged and barbed iron sculptures of various sizes cover the floor of this large stone plateau. A pair of wide stone stairs ascends to a balcony overhead. Shattered pieces of intricately painted pottery and shreds of fine silk are piled along the walls. Four pillars divide the space, holding aloft stone arches covered with pictograms. A wide pair of iron doors bears a ruby-studded engraving of an inferno and a hefty iron lock.
Marra clearly hears the pacing of guard up above. Up on the platform, on top of the balcony, four Duergar sentinel stand guard.
NG Male Gnome Bard2/Summoner4 Condition: Inspire Courage Init +2; AC18, Touch13, FF16, CMD13; hp 30/34; Fort +1, Ref +6, Will +8 (+2 vs Illusions; +4 vs bardic, sonic); Perception: +6 (low-light)
Maeglin whispered several words, summoning small air elemental and asked him to bring gnome over that steps.
Maeglin weight is 61 lbs, air elemental STR is 12, so below 64 lbs is medium load for him, meaning ACP -3.
I expect that elemental grabbed Maeglin this turn and will lower him up there in the next round.
Elemental base speed is fly 100 ft. GM is free to alter my assumptions
Two-handed Fighter-5/Hellknight-5 | AC 26 T 14 FF 24 | HP 39/99 | F +12 R +6 W +7 (+2 vs. compulsion)| Init +5 | Perc +13
Grim pulls his greatsword and runs towards the opposite staircase, calling out in a low voice as he passes the rest, "Aren't we supposed to make nice with these folks??"
Castien conjurer a mess of tricky strands, trapping two of the dwarves, while Grimaldus runs toward the staircase opposite of Pitbull. Marra tries to climb up the steep stairs, but progress is slow.
NG Male Gnome Bard2/Summoner4 Condition: Inspire Courage Init +2; AC18, Touch13, FF16, CMD13; hp 30/34; Fort +1, Ref +6, Will +8 (+2 vs Illusions; +4 vs bardic, sonic); Perception: +6 (low-light)
Aetherys empowers her blade and charges it with crackling lightning.
Swift action: Using a point of Arcane Pool to make Dawnblade +4 (raw bonus) so that it is considered as adamantine for DR purposes (hence, hardness).
Standard action: Casting shocking grasp, and will deliver it through her blade once she's in melee range.
Then she circles far and wide around the statue, using her mobility as an advantage. As she closes up on the statue, she strikes with deadly precision, unleashing a mighty thunderstorm upon the statue!
Move action: Getting in melee range with the statue, then delivering the shocking grasp.
+4 Dawnblade, flanking:1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 13 + 2 = 331d6 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15+3 to hit if the statue is (partly or completely) made of metal. Extra electricity damage:5d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 1, 2, 3) = 13
The dawnblade looks about to miss its target when an arc of electricity leaps from it and draws the edge to the construct. The mighty storm melts the statue, and turns it into slag.
Two-handed Fighter-5/Hellknight-5 | AC 26 T 14 FF 24 | HP 39/99 | F +12 R +6 W +7 (+2 vs. compulsion)| Init +5 | Perc +13
Grim moves in a tactical way, sword held at the ready. If one of the duergar comes to meet him, he has a surprise waiting!
Readied power attack:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19 Chop Damage:2d6 + 2d6 + 16 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (1, 4) + (4, 3) + 16 + 2 + (6) = 36
Owlbears are notoriously bloodthirsty killers, well known for their short tempers, aggression, and savage nature. They tend to attack without provocation, slaughtering any living creatures that cross their paths. Many scholars that have encountered these creatures in the wild have noted that they all have red-rimmed eyes that roll about wildly when they close in for an attack. This is sometimes presented as a sign of madness, suggesting that all owlbears are born with a pathological need to fight and kill, but more level-headed researchers believe that it's simply part of the way the massive bird-beast's keen eyes are constructed.
Hence why Asbo is more an aggressive pet than a defensive one - and why Asbo would be more inclined to be a real problem if Pitbull doesn't actively keep the angry Owlbear from killing things :) With a -4 to handle animal checks (Owlbear feature) Pitbull has to keep preventing the Owlbear from tearing into percieved enemies... wild animal is wild.
Castien moves up, while the duergar keep up their defense of the platform. The two dwarves near Grimaldus emerge from the webbing, ready to hack away at the fighter, but the hacking is on Grimaldus - the first dwarf in range gets chopped to pieces without mercy. The second one manages to get through Grimaldus' defense, though, and causes a grievous wound.
The entangled dwarf next to Pitbull swing with his waraxe, and scores a lucky hit as well, while the final dwarf struggles against the strands.
Male Elf Fighter (Lore Warden) 1/Wizard (Enhancer)) 5 [ HP 41/41 | AC 19/FF14/T16 (23/18/20 w/Mage Armor) | Fort +3, Ref +6, Will +6 (immune to sleep, +2 vs. ench) | Init +7 | Perception +9 ]
The duergar that are moving through the webs need to make CMB/Escape artist checks (vs. DC 17) or be entangled in the first square they enter. In addition, the webbing is difficult terrain - not sure that the orange duergar would be able to reach Grimaldus and attack in the same round, since movement costs are doubled.
Two-handed Fighter-5/Hellknight-5 | AC 26 T 14 FF 24 | HP 39/99 | F +12 R +6 W +7 (+2 vs. compulsion)| Init +5 | Perc +13
Grim delights in his new power sword, the recent techomancer improvement still crackling energy around the blade. The first enemy goes down quickly, his metal armor a natural conduit for the electrical shock delivered. The second duergar got in a good shot, (or not, depending on Castien's comment above =) but Grim just moves up and engages in the dance with the assailant.
Power attack:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15 Chop + shock Damage:2d6 + 16 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (4, 2) + 16 + 2 + (3) = 27
