[PFS/DMK/YotSS]8-07 Tome of Righteous Repose (Inactive)

Game Master Kludde

"I'll lead the way." announces Jhalan as he takes the first left,fauchard in hand and his wits about him.

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The next room turns out to be a toolshop of some sort (Number 3). Tools for repairing armor and mending weapons are is disarray, broken bits and pieces scattered all over the ground.

The next (Number 4) room's door is ajar. Shelves of weapons and armor racks line the walls in this small chamber. The racks are well-stocked with tarnished and broken equipment.

Further down the corridor (Number 10), rusted metal beds, stacked three high, line the walls of a room. The mattresses are little more than dust held together by mold.

Boram keeps his eyes and ears open, alert to any danger...or anything else of interest, for that matter.

Perception: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (13) + 17 = 30

Scarlet picks her way forward, carefully...

Jhalan leads the way, searching for traps or ambushes.
Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

Appraise: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32

The elf checks out the tools, weapons and armor as they pass through the rooms, looking for the tell-tale signs of strength and decay.

Mogall keeps to the rear watching the group's backs, not being able to see over all the tall people up front, commenting darkly "Your doing a good job providing cover for me!"

perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

Taking 10 to sweep through the area for remaining traps. Trapfinding: 10 + 15 = 25

Krux follows along. "Looks uneventful. Do you see anything out of the ordinary?"

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Jhalan ensures the route ahead is safe, and as Rhanloi enters the room with the ancient beds, he notices a discarded piece of vellum on the floor.

The vellum looks fragile, ready to crumble at the slightest touch.

Is the vellum flat where it can be read without touching?

Rhanloi will examine the crumbling vellum without touching it, using his skills and spells. (Detect magic, Linguistics, Kn(Arcana), other Kn skills. If they can't see what's on it, he will pull out his spellbook and study a new 0-level spell, then cast mending...)

"Poppy here can mend that for you"

Brownie, mend at will

What's better than me? Many me.

Krux casts Mirror Image and moves 30' ahead.

Images: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

The mending spell patches up the scroll well enough to be able to unfold it and read it. The scroll contains an incomplete account of a holy ritual: it tells of a samurai sacrificing himself to contain a pocket of particularly malevolent necromantic energy.

Krux casts a spell, protecting himself with illusory doubles, and moves forward. The next room contain more and more of the expansive barracks complex.

As he does so, Jhalan notices an unsprung trap in the corridor, separating this room from the next. It's a blade trap, set to injure unsuspecting passers-by.

Can I have a dungeoneering check?

Kn(dungeoneering): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17

Know Dung 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Mogall collects the mended scroll "Might come in handy later, though I'm not too keen on the sacrificing part."

k(dungeoneering): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Mogall is more that happy to share his knowledge about dungeoneering with the rest of the less educated companions.

Knowledge (dungeoneering): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

"Careful here, there's an unsprung blade trap. I can't disable it, can you Scarlet?"

Scarlet and Poppy pull out their tools and get to looking at the trap mechanism "Let's have a look, should be straightforward"

Poppy assist (auto)

Disable 1d20 + 17 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 17 + 2 = 29

Fortunately for Jhalan, he notices that the killing blade of this horrific trap drips with an animated sheen of foul brown-orange slime. This is not a trap, it's a shape-changing monster hidden as a trap!

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Krux
Jhalan
Scarket
Rhanloi
Boram
Mogall
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Ooze
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True to his training, Boram applies an alkali flask to one arrow and fires it and another at the creature.

Swift action: Apply alkali flask (alchemical weapon class feature)
Full-round action: Fire at ooze (rapid shot)
Attack (+1 Composite Longbow (+2 Str), Dex Mutagen, Point Blank Shot, Deadly Aim, Rapid Shot): 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 9 + 2 + 1 - 2 - 2 = 12
Attack (+1 Composite Longbow (+2 Str, Cold Iron Arrow), Point Blank Shot, Deadly Aim, Alchemical Weapon): 1d6 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 + 4 + (2, 3) = 13 (alkali damage doubled vs. oozes)

Attack (+1 Composite Longbow (+2 Str), Dex Mutagen, Point Blank Shot, Deadly Aim, Rapid Shot): 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 9 + 2 + 1 - 2 - 2 = 19
Attack (+1 Composite Longbow (+2 Str, Cold Iron Arrow), Point Blank Shot, Deadly Aim): 1d6 + 2 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 1 + 4 = 10

Rhanloi moves to get a shot at the creature, draws, aims, and releases an arrow in one fluid movement. As the arrow leaves the bow, it trails a blueish streamer of frost!
+1 Frost Longbow + Point Blank + Precise Shot: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 1 = 12
Cold damage+ Point Blank: 1d8 + 2 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 2 + (4) + 1 = 10

EEEEK! IT'S SO SLIMY!

Krux defensively casts Shocking Grasp at the metal trap ooze and moves away.

Defensively cast, DC 17: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18
MTA: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 (+4 if metal?)
Shocking grasp: 5d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 4, 6, 3) = 23

Krux has Force Punch stored in his mithril buckler.

k(dungeoneering): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Mogall tries to recall what he knows about oozes, but can't think of anything for the moment, so he rase his staff and uses it to fire a volley of magic missile at the creature.

staff 2of10 magic Missile CL 8: 4d4 + 4 ⇒ (2, 1, 2, 1) + 4 = 10

Boram instinctively fires his arrow, and hits the shimmering creature before it reforms its shape. Rhanloi shoots his arrow as well, while Krux shocks the blade form before stepping away. Mogall shoots four magical missiles into the creature.

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Krux
Jhalan
Scarlet
Rhanloi
Boram
Mogall
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Ooze (79)
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Jhalan takes a step back, briefly studies the creature, then hacks into it with powerful blows.

+1 Keen Adamantine Fauchard, PA, Study: 1d20 + 14 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 14 - 2 + 2 = 331d10 + 8 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 6 + 2 = 20

Iterative: 1d20 + 9 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 9 - 2 + 2 = 101d10 + 8 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 6 + 2 = 18

I won't bother with the confirmation roll or sneak attack since it's an ooze.

Scarlet stays out of the way for now - just seeing what blows and spells make an impact.

/Delay until the nature of the thing is worked out

Jhalan hacks into the ooze, and the slow creature becomes victim of the sharp blade twice.

Everything seems effective up until now

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Krux
Jhalan
Scarlet
Rhanloi
Boram
Mogall
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Ooze (117)
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Poppy first to avoid taking a -8 to hit!

Poppy cracks off a shot!

Attack 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 9 - 4 = 9
Damage 1d6 ⇒ 3

Scarlet flies into a rage and rushes the thing....

Raging
Attack 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 10 + 2 = 28
Damage 1d4 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 2 = 8

Poppy narrowly misses the icky creature, following which Scarlet moves forward, ripping into the goopy mass.

Slam, Scarlet: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19

The mass changes form, and tries to slam into Scarlet, and action that the cat-like narrowly manages to avoid.

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Krux
Jhalan
Scarlet
Rhanloi
Boram
Mogall
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Ooze (125)
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Jhalan strikes again!
Fauchard: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 341d10 + 16 ⇒ (9) + 16 = 25

Fauchard: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 251d10 + 16 ⇒ (9) + 16 = 25

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Rhanloi continues with his ranged attacks, not really wanting to get body slammed...
+1 Frost Longbow + Point Blank + Precise Shot: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 6 + 1 = 19
Cold damage + Point Blank: 1d8 + 2 + 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 2 + (4) + 1 = 10

If it's still not dead Mogall fires another volley of magic missiles using his staff.

staff ch:4of10 magic Missile CL 8: 4d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 1, 3, 2) + 4 = 11

Krux also fires off a three force bolts at the ooze but not as potent.

Magic Missile: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 1, 4) + 3 = 9

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Seeing Scarlet under atack, Jhalan rushes in a quickly finishes the creature off, leaving a mess of goop on the ground.

Combat over!

"What an awful creature, disguising itself like that, just not a fair thing at all"

Scarlet examines it out of curiosity.

Mogall shakes his head, "There are darker and more awful creatures in the world."

Krux thoroughly searches the room for additional treasure and traps including the goop.

Well done everyone working together as a team. It was a most resilient foe.

Krux finds some small pieces of rubble stuck in the dead ooze, but other than that, nothing special.

Scarlet continues on moving through the dungeon, heading West.

Per map!

Rhanloi follows Scarlet, another arrow already nocked!

Mogall follows Rhanloi who is following Scarlet.

The group heads north along a long corridor. A room to the west reveals old crates, that lay open and scattered around the room. Bare shelves contain little more than patches of mold, and water trickles down the moldy west wall.

Jhalan scouts ahead, looking out for any danger.
Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17

Its all rubble to the Rogue

k(eng): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Mogall glances at the wall with the water trickle and shugs "That would probably cost a fortune to repair.". He continues on.

Kn(eng): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19 (If you'll allow Mogall to Aid Another, our combined engineering knowledge will let us notice whatever it is... =)

Krux scratches his head while his companions examine the wall. No knowledge skills trained.

Jhalan moves ahead just as Rhanloi was about to say something. Before he the elf can do so, however, the ceiling collapses, brutally injuring the keleshite.

damage: 8d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 5, 1, 3, 6, 3, 2) = 26 DC 15 RFX for half - if you fail, you are buried under the rubble.

Ref: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

"Look out!" yells Jhalan as he deftly avoids most of the falling rocks and dives out of danger. His bruises are numerous though, so he kindly asks Scarlet to use his own wand to remedy the situation.
CLW: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (5, 3) + 2 = 10