oops, sorry Lauranna, when I was checking if everyone acted, I saw your post reminding everyone about being inspired. Reminder to self: drink coffee _before_ posting.
Lauranna's smiley earthbreaker smashes the two remaining zombies to bits.
This time, not only Lauranna but also Aerian and Syllyn get splattered with yucky zombie bits.
Do you guys want to do anything about Lauranna's damage and Syllyn's disease exposure before we go on to the next room?
Edit: Actually, Lauranna squished the yellow zombie before it could attack her, so no one was injured other that Syllyn's two points from a missed alchemist fire throw.
The disease doesn't take effect for several days, so it won't impact anything now. I'm going to push forward to the next room, and we can always retcon it or drink from the fountain on the way out at the end.
A shallow reflecting pool divides this long chamber, running from one end to the other. The water looks cloudy and stagnant. What must have once been marvelous murals covering both walls are now scorched and ruined, the original subject lost in the destruction.
Dylph as usual enters the room first, checking for traps.
The pool is a trap. Anyone who gets within 5 feet of it cannot help look into it, and will then be targetted with a spell that causes fear. This looks like a difficult trap to deal with.
Dylph throws up a hand. "Halt! The pool is trapped...anyone who goes near it will be targeted..." He grimaces and goes on, "...I'll try to disable it but I think I'll need Aerian's help..."
Sorry, Dylph, but you can't take 20 on disabling traps, since there's a consequence for failure. You can either take 10 or roll. You also could request guidance from Lauranna, and an aid another from Aerian. Aerian has +9 on disable device, so his aid auto-succeeds.
edit: You also could ask Lauranna for bit of luck. It would let you roll twice and use the better roll.
Dylph reassesses the situation. "Seems we have two options. I can try to disable the trap, with Aerian's assistance, and perhaps Lauranna can cast guidance upon me...or we can blindfold ourselves so we won't look into the pool and walk around the pool, using the walls as a guide, until we reach the exit..."
We will say that Lauranna can tell accurately enough which is the key round in order to use bit of luck properly, if that is what the group decides to do.
Dylph shrugs. "It's a magical trap...it appears that looking upon the pool in any way will 'cause that person to have a spell cast on them...some kind of fear spell, I'd guess...
While I think we could avoid the trap via blindfold, we would be vulnerable to attack until we got to the other side of the room..."
"We could tie a rope harness to you, Dylph. If you start to act funny we could haul you back." " I think you and Aerian with Laranna helping could do this."
I'm assuming that Aerian and Lauranna both help, in which case Dylph disables the trap. Please go ahead and post whatever comments you make or anything like that. I wouldn't want to miss a chance for Lauranna's 'guidance.'
You move through the room with the pool and also move through a doorway. This doorway looks like it is usually blocked with a portcullis; this must be what the wheel moved.
You move forward into another room with large niches in the walls for bodies, like the one with zombies earlier.
Lorqinor, Syllyn, Purnel, and Dylph all notice many tiny (technically diminuitive) bats hanging from the ceiling. As you enter, you disturb them and they form two swarms that come towards you. You four may all act in the surprise round before I roll initiative.
"Wasn't there brandy in the packs that the village gave us?" Purnel wasted his alchemist fire but if he can find the brandy, he will add brandy to the fire of someone's alchemist fire hit.
"Aren't you hungry? Almost as good as fried grasshoppers."
Syllyn continues his performance and moves to the southeast corner and bombs blue.
No takers on that flask? I hope this hits. By the way, PFS rules say you are not allowed to damage another player intentionally unless you get their permission. Since a hit will damage Purnel he has to OK this. But under the circumstances, fighting swarms and all, I think a little collateral is inevitable.
To Hit Ranged Touch:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Crap. Well, with that roll I doubt anyone would have hit.
Female Human Cleric (evangelist) of Chaldira Zuzaristan 5 | hp* 42 | AC 16 T 10 FF 16 | CMD 15 | F +6 R +1 W +10 (+2 v death) | Spd 30' | Init +0 | KnNat +4, KnPla +3, KnRel +3, Perc +4, SensM +4 | Luck 7/7 | Chan 5/5 | Perf 14/14 | wand clw 33/50 | *Fey Foundling |
Purnel Yull wrote:
'Lauranna! Focus! These bats will hurt us. Please smash them!"
GM Redelia wrote:
Lauranna and Purnel each take 1 splash damage from Syllyn's alchemist fire. So does the blue swarm.
"As bad as we are hurting ourselves? How would you react if someone burst into your room while you where sleeping and splashed acid in your face? WAIT! I'VE GOT AN IDEA!"
Casts sanctuary (Will DC 14) and rushes through a swarm of bats.
She gets to Dylph and in a commanding voice says: "Dylph! Give me your fishing kit! Put a lure on it! MAKE IT A BIG FLY LURE!"
"You would think you two are married humans or something. Let Laura do her thing and maybe it will work. We may have to just hightail it out of here if none of our weapons work on it and we run out of splashy things."
Lauranna runs through the red swarm.
will save:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15
She confuses it enough a few bats fly away, although they do bite her as she goes past, doing 1d6 ⇒ 4 damage.
It's such a cool, crazy thing to do, I'm making the swarm lose 1 HP.
Syllyn is unable to affect the bats but he could soak up damage. So he moves next to the red swarm and waves his sword through them to rile them up. He also ceases his performance. Too busy swatting bats.
"Wow there are a lot of them. I guess I don't usually pester them in their lair, though there are Plenty of these things where I come from."
Once Aerian flees the swarm, Dylph will move 15' west and then 10' south dropping his backpack at Lauranna's feet as he does yelling, "Fishing kit in backpack!"
Once Aerian clears the swarm, he tosses another flask, this time at red...
Female Human Cleric (evangelist) of Chaldira Zuzaristan 5 | hp* 42 | AC 16 T 10 FF 16 | CMD 15 | F +6 R +1 W +10 (+2 v death) | Spd 30' | Init +0 | KnNat +4, KnPla +3, KnRel +3, Perc +4, SensM +4 | Luck 7/7 | Chan 5/5 | Perf 14/14 | wand clw 33/50 | *Fey Foundling |
Dylph wrote:
Once Aerian flees the swarm, Dylph will move 15' west and then 10' south dropping his backpack at Lauranna's feet as he does yelling, "Fishing kit in backpack!"
"Huh? What?! I don't know how to fish! Can you at least tie the icky bug on for me?"
You move on into the next room, which has a high vaulted ceiling. The center of the room has a deep chasm, crossed by a 10 foot wide bridge. On the other side of the bridge, a pair of stone statues watch over the bridge. A set of large brass doors stand on the other side of the bridge, imprinted with images of villagers holding spears and shields.
Wow, insert sound of drink flying all over my keyboard. I just hope I don't keep rolling like that, considering what's in the next room after this...
You all notice that the statues are a trap. If you stand on pressure plates on the bridge, the statues will move forward and push you, either back off the bridge, or into the chasm.
"Anyone have a spare healing potion? I seem to have used mine already." Purnel pauses to see if anyone answers.
He continues after with, "Do bats carry any diseases?" "These scratches...they are deep!"
As they approach the bridge, Purnel inspects the architecture. Is this typical of the work during Dessen's time? Bumble bees... trees with carrots growing on them... falling would hurt a lot...Is there something else here that would point to anther way or a trap circumventing aspect? profession Architecture:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Purnell sees several interesting flourishes in how the bridge is decorated that he wants to think about more at his leisure, but nothing that impacts the statue trap.
Aerian safely disables the trap. As soon as you are all ready, you make your way across the bridge and up to the heavy, imposing looking brass doors. If we were playing face to face, I could also use my voice to emphasize how important this door looks, but here I can't, so please consider that fact suitably emphasized. Syllyn took a scratch or so from the alchemists' fire, and some others may also be very mildly hurt.
