PFS PbP Gameday 5: Feral's #4-12 Refuge of Time (Inactive)

Game Master Feral

Miklos joins in on Crowe's eagerness.

"Well, I'm not the greatest fan of fair fights, but they sure are interesting."

He walks over to the south-western door and examines it.
Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Confident that there are no traps, he opens it.

"I don't know who he is beyond that he's a very powerful mage."

"The link is still there but he went silent when you started working your magics. He's deeper within the temple. I don't know exactly where."

Studying the doors, Miklos doesn't believe they're locked or trapped.

Azzik stands away from the door, looking over the shoulders of those who open it, wondering what lies on the other side.

Aeris moves to the door as well, laying a pair of arrows on his bow, ready for whatever waits beyond.

Crowe takes the lead, and when his companions nod their assent, opens the door.

The rotted pews, the collapsed pulpit, and the giant Sihedron mosaic on the floor indicate that this room once housed Lissalan worshipers. A circular door set in the northern end of the eastern wall has no apparent handles or hinges, though an obviously magical key hole lies in the center of the door. Stone double doors also rest in the eastern wall, farther south.

An imposing figure guards the chapel - barely recognizable as female beneath its heavy armor. It speaks in a hoarse voice.

Feral - I'm not entirely sure where we are on the map. Can you move our tokens to the door we're looking through? Danke.

In a low voice, Aeris asks, "Anyone know what she said?"

Linguistics to puzzle it out?: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29

Glad he spent all that time in dusty libraries learning Thassalonian, Miklos translates the message.

"She said that non-believers aren't allowed inside."

Hatching a foolhardy and likely dangerous plan, Miklos answers the armored lady.

Based on the little he knows of Miklos, when Aeris hears the man answer the strange figure, he readies himself for a fight, lifting ever so slightly onto the balls of his feet and quietly muttering the first words of a prayer to Milani.

Any knowledge checks we can make to figure out what this nice lady is?

Azzik starts to translate, but is beaten to it by the charismatic Miklos.

Agreement with Aeris, Knowledge applicable?

The tiefling stands, gazing at the figure intently.

Sorry, map's updated now. Without watching it do something or seeing beneath that armor, it's not going to be impossible to ID her.

Sihir's able to more or less puzzle out what it's saying.

The armored figure angles its helmet to 'look' at Miklos.

Miklos sighs.

"Well, that didn't work... I'm up for fighting her, if you guys are."

"She's a servant of Lissala," Aeris replies, "I was ready from the get-go. Would be helpful to know what we should hit her with, if anyone can figure that out."

"Are we sure of that?"

"I can't sort out what's under the armor, if we could see it's skin, perhaps I could glimmer some information."

DM: The spell "Revelation" could possibly be useful here at your discretion. If allowed by you, Azzik will leave the room and use the spell as a precursor to making some knowledge checks. If not allowed, then... I tried? :)

Sure, I'll allow revelation.

Azzik's spell reveals what's below the guardian's armor in a flash of insight. He sees pallid long rotted flesh bound by spectral chains.

You're not going to have time for a focused trance but you can make a religion check on your own.

Crowe adjusts his grip on his earthbreaker, unsure if his companion's diplomacy will make any headway.

Init: 7d20 ⇒ (13, 20, 5, 1, 13, 15, 13) = 80

When the party doesn't follow her demands, the armored figure gestures with one hand conjuring a skeletal armored steed made of smoke and flames. She effortlessly climbs onto its back and fires a cone of hellfire into the party's ranks.

Fire Damage (reflex 18 for half): 6d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 5, 3, 1, 2) = 15

Anyone can make a religion check now. Aeris and Azzik are up.

Reflex save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25

Knowledge (Religion) to identify undead: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34

*raises triumphant fist*

Sihir recognizes this creature as a graveknight, a deadly undead warrior.

Pick three areas of interest.

Reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28

Aeris nimbly dodges most of the fire's effects, then calls upon Milani to bless his bow with the power of good! He darts to the doorway and runs up the wall!

Standard action to activate Holy Strike blessing, move action to use Slippers of Spider Climbing. Assuming the door is 10' tall, being a big fancy entrance to the shrine, he'll be in the doorway 5' off the ground.

Status: 46/53 hp

Defenses, special attacks, weaknesses.

Defenses: channel resistance, DR/magic, immunity to cold, electricty, and fire, standard undead traits, and SR.

Special Attacks: Devastating Blast (the fire cone thing), Channel Destruction (extra damage on weapon attacks), and Undead Mastery.

Weaknesses: None.

What does Undead Mastery do?

"Aha! A graveknight! My advice is to hit it hard with enchanted weapons or banes against the undead, try very hard not to let it hit you, and don't try to freeze it, burn it, or electrocute it, because none of that will work!"

It allows a graveknight to command lesser undead.

okay, that's cool, thanks.

Know Religion: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20
Investigative Minds, Know Religion: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29
I think Sihir got most of the important things, how about "how does one get it's service?", and best/worst saves, in that order or preference.
Reflex Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

Azzik lets the flame wash over him, his red skin helping slightly against the pain....

"Very well then!", and he responds by casting Haste on the party.

Reflex (evasion): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30

Graveknights are intelligent but are bound to serve whatever dark powers created them. In this case that appears to be Lissala. They are hardy but slow.

Crowe, Sihir, and Miklos are up.

"That's a lot of ways not to kill it," Crowe says to Sihir. "How about blunt force trauma!"

The bloodrager enters his bloodrage and brings his earthbreaker down on top of it.

+1 furious earthbreaker, bloodrage, power attack: 1d20 + 14 + 2 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 14 + 2 + 2 - 2 = 242d6 + 3 + 2 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 3) + 3 + 2 + 6 + 2 = 22

I took the liberty of 5-foot-stepping Crowe into melee on the map.

Miklos moves around the graveknight with his magically enhanced speed, ducking and weaving when necessary.

Moving around the baddy and her mount, tumbling when needed.
Acrobatics v mount: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18
Acrobatics v graveknight, CMD+2: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (11) + 17 = 28
Not a good time to start rolling poorly...

When sufficiently in position, he takes a graceful swing at her.
Attack, haste, flanking: 1d20 + 14 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 14 + 1 + 2 = 19
Damage, slashing, magic: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15 + Sneak Attack: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 6) = 12

Sihir blasts the graveknight with a vortex of eerie starlight....

roll to penetrate SR: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
magic missile: 4d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 4, 4, 2) + 4 = 15

I took the liberty of 5-foot-stepping Crowe into melee on the map.

I'm using an earthbreaker with reach, so that was too close. I moved myself back to 10'. :)

@Crowe: But an earthbreaker dosen't have reach. You might be thinking of a lucerne hammer. Or am I missing something?

Yep! Thinking of a lucern hammer, which this pregen doesn't have! My bad...moving back!

The graveknight jabs at Crowe and Miklos when he tries to tumble past her.

AoO vs Crowe: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (16) + 20 = 36
Damage: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20
Fire Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 4) = 7

AoO vs Miklos: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (14) + 20 = 34
Damage: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15
Fire Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 1) = 6

Sihir's missiles dent the undead warrior's heavy armor but the Pathfinders' blades and hammers struggle to find an opening.

Finding herself surrounded the graveknight stabs at the intruders again.

Primary vs Crowe: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (9) + 20 = 29
Damage: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19
Fire Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 3) = 8

Iterative vs Miklos: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22
Damage: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19
Fire Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 2) = 7

Aeris and Azzik are up.

His bow now shining with glowing white light, Aeris takes a step higher up the wall to have a clean shot, then unleashes a volley of holy arrows!

5-foot step to get to 10' up, full attack.

Longbow, Rapid Shot, Manyshot, PBS, Deadly Aim: 1d20 + 14 - 2 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 14 - 2 - 2 + 1 = 31
Longbow damage, Manyshot, Holy Strike: 2d8 + 20 + 2d6 ⇒ (2, 6) + 20 + (2, 6) = 36

Longbow, Rapid Shot, Manyshot, PBS, Deadly Aim: 1d20 + 14 - 2 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 14 - 2 - 2 + 1 = 14
Longbow damage, Holy Strike: 1d8 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (7) + 10 + (3) = 20

Longbow, Rapid Shot, Manyshot, PBS, Deadly Aim: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 = 20
Longbow damage, Holy Strike: 1d8 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (8) + 10 + (6) = 24

Crit confirm: 1d20 + 14 - 2 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 14 - 2 - 2 + 1 = 28
Crit damage, Manyshot: 2d8 + 20 ⇒ (6, 3) + 20 = 29

Might be only the first roll hit, but it did 65 damage!

If Aeris' third attack fails to hit, Azzik will use his 'Gallant Inspiration' to help. Let me know if this fires: +Gallant Inspiration, Aeris third attack: 2d4 ⇒ (3, 2) = 5

Azzik, seeing the fight and the damage being put out by the graveknight advances behind some pews for the cover they provide, reaches his hand out to clap Crowe on the back.

Cure Critical Wounds, Crowe: 4d8 + 10 ⇒ (6, 4, 6, 7) + 10 = 33

Thanks, Azzik! I was getting worried there!

One of Aeris's arrows looks like it's lined up with the eye socket of the armored figure's helm only to be snatched out of the air! Deflect Arrows.

The archer's third arrow veers back on track under the power of Azzik's spell but misses when the graveknight takes cover behind her mount.

A humanoid shape of living shadow emerges from the northern wall a moment later. It drifts toward Sihir and reaches for him with an insubstantial claw.

Touch: 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 11 + 2 = 23
Strength Damage: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Crowe, Sihir, and Miklos are up.

Crowe, after receiving some reassuring healing from Azzik, continues his wild assault on the armored figure.

+1 furious earthbreaker, bloodrage: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 13 + 2 + 2 = 302d6 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (4, 2) + 7 + 3 = 16
+1 furious earthbreaker, bloodrage: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 2 + 2 = 162d6 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (4, 3) + 7 + 3 = 17

Miklos takes advantage of his magically bolstered body to gracefully slash at the graveknight, while staying on the defensive.

Attack1, haste, flanking, combat expertise: 1d20 + 14 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 14 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 35
Attack2, haste, flanking, combat expertise: 1d20 + 14 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 14 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 29
Attack3, haste, flanking, combat expertise: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 9 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 27

Damage1, slashing, magic: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11 +Sneak Attack: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 2) = 8
Damage2, slashing, magic: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10 +Sneak Attack: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 5) = 9
Damage3, slashing, magic: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14 +Sneak Attack: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 1) = 5

Crit confirm 1: 1d20 + 14 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 14 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 17
Extra crit damage 1: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Crit confirm 3: 1d20 + 14 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 14 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 25
Extra crit damage 3: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Sihir looks up at Aeris. Help me, He gasps weakly. "I'm not ready for the Dissolution!" He tries to defend himself with another vortex of otherworldly starlight.

defensive casting DC 17: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34
magic missile vs shadow: 4d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 4, 3, 1) + 4 = 13

Do I know if killing the graveknight will make the shadow go away? If so, I try to blast the graveknight instead.

spell penetration check if so: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

PatheticWretch, I can't tell if you missed the hasted attack or not? Also: You're welcome!

Crowe and Miklos land a pair of blows but the graveknight's heavy armor continues to stymie them. Sihir's hostile starlight blows bits and pieces of the living shadow apart but not enough to destroy it.

The graveknight rights herself in the saddle and jabs fiercely at Miklos again.

Primary vs Miklos: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (18) + 20 = 38
Damage: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15
Fire Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5

Aeris and Azzik are up.

"Where did you come from?" the tiefling asks rhetorically as the shadow steps from the wall.

Azzik hesitates momentarily, deciding on what to do with the newcomer... and a second version of himself appears as he moves away from the fight to try and safely get around to the Miklos's damaged form.

Using Copycat and trying to bait the shadow towards him if he winds up being the closest combatant to it on it's turn. *hint hint Sihir* Hopefully it doesn't bite him in the ass.

1 image of Azzik to hopefully absorb any attack that might come his way. (AC 18 Touch)

"Not to worry, Sihir," Aeris says calmly as he studies the shadow a moment then draws his bow back, "I've got just the thing for this."

Swift action to use Sacred Weapon to add Ghost Touch to bow for one round (1/8 rds used), full attack with haste, shooting at shadow until it drops, then switching to the damned arrow-deflecting hellknight if I have any attacks remaining.

Knowledge (religion) to know the shadow is incorporeal?: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 That should do it.

Longbow, Rapid Shot, Manyshot, PBS, Deadly Aim, Haste: 1d20 + 14 - 2 - 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 14 - 2 - 2 + 1 + 1 = 17
Longbow damage, Manyshot, Holy Strike: 2d8 + 20 + 2d6 ⇒ (4, 8) + 20 + (5, 1) = 38

Longbow, Rapid Shot, Manyshot, PBS, Deadly Aim, Haste: 1d20 + 14 - 2 - 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 14 - 2 - 2 + 1 + 1 = 25
Longbow damage, Holy Strike: 1d8 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 10 + (4) = 18

Longbow, Rapid Shot, Manyshot, PBS, Deadly Aim, Haste: 1d20 + 14 - 2 - 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 14 - 2 - 2 + 1 + 1 = 31 Haste attack
Longbow damage, Holy Strike: 1d8 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 10 + (1) = 16

Longbow, Rapid Shot, Manyshot, PBS, Deadly Aim, Haste: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 9 - 2 - 2 + 1 + 1 = 27
Longbow damage, Holy Strike: 1d8 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (8) + 10 + (3) = 21

Aeris's blessed arrows pulverize the living shadow. The last surviving shreds fade away as the undead creature is destroyed. The first shot missed and it took the last three to kill it.

Crowe, Sihir, and Miklos are up.

Relieved, Sihir staggers in Crowe's direction and tries a spell he's never cast before, tossing a generous handful of sparkling dust at him....

Crowe gets stoneskin - DR 10/adamantine for 70 minutes or 70 damage, whichever comes first.

If Crowe could 5-foot step to the north-west, that would be great.

Crowe smiles as the power of his companion's magic strengthens his skin.

"Let's do this!" he says as he steps into a flanking position with Miklos and swings furiously.

+1 furious earthbreaker, bloodrage, haste: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 13 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 272d6 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (1, 3) + 7 + 3 = 14
+1 furious earthbreaker, bloodrage, haste: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 8 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 192d6 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (5, 5) + 7 + 3 = 20

EXTRA HASTE ATTACK: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 13 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 382d6 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (6, 2) + 7 + 3 = 18

CRIT?: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 13 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 262d6 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (2, 2) + 7 + 3 = 14 If crit, 32 dmg total

Indeed, I did seem to miss my extra haste attack from last round. If I could still make it for last round, here's the roll.

LAST ROUND, +1 furious earthbreaker, bloodrage, haste: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 13 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 232d6 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (6, 5) + 7 + 3 = 21