[PFS] GM Derek W's Echoes of the Overwatched #3-07 (Inactive)

Game Master Derek Weil

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
"Ow! Watch it, Johann!" Gunther shouts, dodging the brunt of the blast.
Then he takes another powerful swing at the creature.
Power Attack: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 8 - 2 + 1 = 18
Damage: 2d6 + 12 ⇒ (4, 1) + 12 = 17

Walter winces as he taps himself with his wand.
clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Tossing the wand down in disgust, Walter tightly replaces his hands on his longspear.

Thy justice be yours, Abadar!
And he rushes forward--back into battle!

Gunther can't pierce the creature's tough hide!

Then is swings at Gunther and then Walter!

Claw v. Gunther: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Claw v. Walter: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Reflex: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Johann's bomb singes it a bit, but it keeps on fighting.

Back to you!

"Ooh, what a nasty brute you are, yes!"

Johann considers the possibilities. How badly hurt does this thing look? Is it on its last legs, or still going strong?

heal check if needed to determine this: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Gunther, after you hit the thing, can you sidestep or something so Johann has a clear shot?

Walter roars back at the beastie!

He launches his longspear at it with all his might!
hopefully..lol!
As a swift, Walter pronounces Judgment!

longspear: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 19
damage w/ PA: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

"Understood Johann," Gunther grunts as the monster claws him again. He hacks at the creature again, this time making a more precise, but weaker, swing.
Attack: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 8 + 1 = 21
Damage: 2d6 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (5, 1) + 8 + 1 = 15
5" move to the side after the swing.

Oh, it was definitely getting close to the end. Dang AC 20, but we are in high tier now!

Walter's spear comes within an inch of hitting, but he can't quite connect. It's no matter as Gunther slashes a nasty tear in the merrow's hide and drops it into the shallow water!

Out of combat!

MEDIC!

Walter walks back to his wand,
using it with an intently disapproved look on his face!

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

"Whoah! Are you alright Walter? You might want to be careful with that slippery area I created there, I can dismiss it with a thought but I want to wait until you have checked if you can see anything dangerous from here."

"I could use a bit of healing also," Gunther comments, looking at the bloody claw marks and burns all over him.
"But it was a nice bit of a fight, eh?" he continues with a lopsided grin.

I'll do healing for Gunther if he doesn't have a wand.

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

That has Gunther at only 1 damage

"That looks better... a few scratches is all that's left."

Walter smiles at Dimitra as he places his wand back into his wrist sheath.

He then scouts the area from where the creature come.
perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

Walter peers through the southern chamber, but finds no other threats. He does find a large satchel containing nearly 1,800 GP! Yay for flavor! This is of course already part of your chronicle reward.

The party then returns to the center chamber.

Stone shelves once crowded this chamber, but most have broken loose and lie in crumbled fragments on the floor. Desks, easels, and ruined books litter the floor, and patches of algae grow on the walls and floor.

Perception and Survival checks, please.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

Survival: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Johann peers through the gloom, lifting his goggles to his forehead to clear his vision.

survival: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23.....+2 if tracking
perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32....+2 traps

Walter scout ahead into the chamber, looking for another passage.

Dimitra dismisses the magical lubricant and peers down the rope in the collapsed staircase.

"We probably should investigate down here"

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Survival: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

"Thanks Johann. I needed that."

Walter and Gunther see that something recently disturbed this chamber, knocking several stone shelves loose and reducing them to a heap of rubble on the chamber floor.

In the southwest corner of the room you find the cracked carapaces of a pair of reefclaws.

Finding nothing else of particular interest or value, the team heads to the northernmost chamber.

Scattered bones and equipment lie strewn about this chamber’s floor. A wayfinder hangs from a corroded chain around the neck of one skeleton. Beyond these grim remnants, a brightly-colored mosaic covers the chamber’s back wall, largely free of the barnacles and deposits covering the other surfaces in the area. The mosaic depicts a group of wizardly figures gathered around a larger figure clad in robes of black and white.

Anyone examining the mosaic also notes that the god wears a brooch recessed half an inch below the surface. The area radiates faint transmutation magic, focused on the area of the brooch.

Walter cast detect magic during his search.
spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

knowledge religion: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Hmmm....something doesn't seem right...lol!

Knowledge(religion): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

"Hmm... of course, this figure here is Nethys... quite an interesting fellow... not as fascinating as Brigh of course..."

Knowlege(arcana) -- shouldn't History also work?: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

"Not sure who these others are. Probably his mortal servants, I would guess."

Know History actually makes MORE sense from a logical perspective: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

But I roll like crap too sometimes...

Searching the room bears fruit, though. One skeleton's bony hand clutches a golden amulet. The designs engraved on this item can easily be identified as matching the brooch on the mosaic, but parts of the design are missing. Small holes in the amulet suggest that two additional pieces are meant to overlay its face.

An ivory map case that lies among the debris preserves the notes of a fallen Pathfinder named Daling. The parchment sheets within describe the group’s ill fortune.

The party drive off some reefclaws when they entered the tower, and were badly beaten by an animated statue upstairs. One member of the party was badly wounded and left to die in the room above, and the survivors fled back to the lower level. Instead of retreating from the tower, however, the adventurers bickered while the rising tide cut off their exit. By the time the tide retreated again, the scent of blood
in the water had drawn another reefclaw, and they lacked the energy to defeat it. The weakened party managed to crawl into this chamber, where blood loss, fatigue, and despair finished them off.

Knowledge Religion: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11
Knowledge History: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

"I assume those are his children or something like that." Dimitra reads the notes "Reefclaws, I never encountered a live one but I do know they are a delicacy to eat" she shrugs "seems like that medallion is a kind of key, lets search for the other parts"

Walter raises an eyebrow at Dimitra.
If that thing out there wasn't a Reefclaw, then what was it?

"That was a merrow Walter, a reefclaw is an aquatic creature that resembles part lobster, part eel."

Walter nods.
Can't wait to meet one then!

Walter straightens his shoulders, calling out to Abadar for Guidance,
as he begins to track their prey again.

survival tracking: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 8 + 2 + 1 = 22

"Dimitra, my dear, would you please determine if this is magical?" Johann asks, holding up the amulet.

Knowledge Arcana DC 15 + spell lvl for school take 10: 10 + 8 = 18

"Sure thing. Did you know that Gunther is actually better at identifying magic items than I am? That recessed area radiates faint transmutation, so I suppose the amulet does the same"

Dimitra takes a look at the staircase, and it is completely ruined, blocking the way to the lower levels.

The amulet is not magical, but the tracks end right in front of the wall. A close inspection shows there may be a hairline crack...but no realistic way of getting through.

You locate among the skeletons an everburning torch and a masterwork cold iron longsword in a jeweled scabbard.

No other pieces can be found among the debris on this floor. The only way seems to be the rope leading up...

Sorry, the rails are strong with this one!

Dimitra points to the rope "After you gentlemen"

Walter looks at the rope dubiously, prays to Abadar for each of them, asking for Guidance, before attempting the climb.
climb: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 3 + 1 = 13

Gunther just scrambles up the rope after Walter gives him Guidance.
"Easy as climbing the rigging on an Ulfen ship," he laughs.
Climb: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 10 + 1 = 23

"I'm not very good at climbing, though I'm working on a formula that will let me climb walls like a gecko. When you big folks get up top, can you lower a rope and haul me up on it?"

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Gunther makes the climb like a veteran sailor, though Walter falters. Still, once Gunther makes the top and lowers a knotted rope, it's easy going for the rest of the team.

New map very soon!

Climbing a knotted rope is DC 5 isn't it? I suppose even Johann can make that.

Dimitra can inspire some competence in you Johann, if a DC5 is still impossible by taking 10 ;-)

Dimitra easily climbs up the knotted rope

Walter stares--sternly--at the rope.

Abadar, assist Your servant!
guidance

climb: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 3 + 1 = 15

"Sure thing Johann. Make a sling and I'll pull you up, if you can't climb."
Gunther helps Dimitra up at the top, and waits for Walter.

Let's assume we're all at the top of the rope now.

Yeah, that's kind of what I did. I figured once one of you made it, there would be a way for all of you. Anyway, I have linked to the floor you're now on!

Broken statuary and debris covers the floor of this level. Some statues still stand, fragments chipped or broken off here and there, but for the most part retaining much of their former splendor. The hallway opens up into a larger chamber to the west, the statues in which appear slightly different than those in this hall.

Walter prays to Abadar for Guidance in his peering around the chamber for any hostiles.
He then begins to track their prey.

survival: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 8 + 2 = 23
perception: 1d20 + 13 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 13 + 1 + 1 = 32

Dimitra signals to the others that they need to wait for Walter "shh, this is what he likes best, let him have his moment"

Gunther stands back, a mildly amused expression on his face at Dimitra's statment.
Still his eyes also take in the floor, searching for tracks...
Survival: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 8 + 2 + 2 = 29
Ranger tracking +2, Favored Community: Absalom +2; I don't know if the last would apply, but included it anyway.

Very funny, you two....lol!

Walter begins the exploration, and does not get far before one the statues comes to life! It brandishes a quarterstaff and makes as if to attack!

Most of the team is quick to react, only Johann is a bit slow on the draw.

Know Arcana to ID it.

Round 1:
Gunther
Dimitra
Walter
Statue
Johann

knowledge(arcana): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

"Brig's Gears! A walking statue!"

Knowledge Arcana: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Dimitra starts to sing, integrating what she knows into her song so her teammates know what to expect. She also retrieves her bow from her quiver.

Walter sizes it up before wading in!

is it large?

"Here we go again!" Gunther shouts, closing with the statue and attacking with all his strength.
Power Attack: 1d20 + 8 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 8 - 2 + 1 = 9
Damage: 2d6 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (1, 1) + 12 + 1 = 15

Dimitra remembers many details about the moving statue. Creature is a graven guardian. It is a Medium construct. It has DR/adamantine and fast healing. It cannot attack someone bearing the holy symbol to which it is dedicated. This one is dedicated to Irori. It carries a quarterstaff that is magical and has the keen property when the guardian wields it. Yes, this is true even if keen couldn't go on the weapon normally. Also, it has Familiarity. It gains a +2 bonus on attack rolls against creatures that attacked it in the prior round.