Aid Tokens
Once per encounter, any character at a table can use an Aid Token to assist the group in one of five ways described below. Once a table uses an Aid Token, the token grants no further benefit until the end of the encounter, at which point one of the players can pass the Aid Token to a neighboring table for them to use. It is very important that the players remember that there are a limited number of Aid Tokens, and hoarding one means that somebody else doesn’t get to use it. An Aid Token’s benefits can take one of the following five forms.
Aid Another: Ralph gives advice via a sending spell to help you solve a puzzle, disable a trap, or accomplish some other task as if performing the aid another action for a PC. The bonus for this aid is +3.
Allied Offensive: Ralph happens to be in a battle nearby and spares a moment to direct a long-range magical attack on a creature at the same time as the PC, increasing the damage dealt by one attack by 2d8 points. In addition, after the attack, the target is momentarily disoriented and anyone attacking the target is considered to be flanking it until the beginning of the attacker’s next turn.
Burst of Healing: Ralph asks a nearby cleric to send a burst of positive energy through the token. This heals all of the PCs of 3d6 points of damage. Alternatively, Ralph can send one of these spells thorugh the token to one of you: neutralize poison, remove curse, or remove disease with a caster level of 6.
Spellcasting Synergy: Ralph sends a surge of magical energy through the token as you cast a spell increasing the save DC and caster level of the PC’s spell by 1.
Timely Inspiration: Ralph broadcasts the effects of a bard’s inspire courage bardic performance for 3 rounds. The competence bonus is +2.
Table successes: 22
The beast rider
Research Encounter: The sacred pools
The Serpentfolk guards
The Scales of Ydersius
Research Encounter: Festival Preparations
Temple attendants
Research Encounter: Words of a Dead God
Beasts of a Civilised Age
Scions of the Serpent God
Research Encounter: An Azlanti Perspective (double success)
Guardian Idols
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Finding the Vault
Fate's Anchor: Gad Gemple
Fate's Anchor: Binui Skostravalus
Fate's Anchor: Romnus Vagarti
Fate's Anchor: Alrule Shahan
The Many Arodeths x 4
The Operations Center
Torrag, you can drink the potion instead of using the charges. Using the d8s you rolled earlier, you will be back to full health.
You head back out of the temple to see the plaza in chaos. Bodies litter the wide flagstones of the plaza. Many are serpentfolk, some are monstrous or Azlanti, but more than a few are also of humanoids dressed in attires from present-day Golarion.
You hear the sounds of battle nearby, and head over to investigate, finding your way though the plaza lined with pictograph-covered pillars and larger-than-life statues of serpentfolk and snakes. You arrive to see a lone warrior facing off against two very animated serpentfolk statues with multiple runes engraved upon their surfaces. The warrior is wielding a broken greatsword and behind him lie another four prone bodies that he appears to be trying to guard. He sighs with relief when he sees you approaching, but the momentary distraction causes him not to notice the stone fist of one of the statues being swung at his face. He falls to the ground, unconscious, as the statues turn to see what had caught the warrior's attention.
Twitter and Torrag identify the constructs as graven guardians, special constructs usually tied to a particular faith and who will not attack a creature displaying iconography of its deity unless first attacked by said creature.
Twitter:
1. Ref high; Fort low, but construct
2. DR 5/adamantine; SR 16; Immunity to all mind-affecting effects; disease, death effects, necromancy effects, paralysis, poison, sleep effects, stunning, ability damage, ability drain, fatigue, exhaustion, energy drain, nonlethal damage and any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect also works on objects, or is harmless).
Torrag:
1. Weapons are evil-aligned and deal +1d6 damage to good targets. The dagger it holds has the keen and returning properties. It can cast haste on itself.
2. AC 20, touch 12, flat-footed 18
3. Adamantine bypasses its DR. Mindless, straightforward combatant.
4. You have 1 more question, so I will tell you that it has fast healing 2.
Yeah... construct traits. I hate construct traits.... If they have fast healing, we should focus fire on one of them at a time... At least all our acid splashes will ignore their SR and do damage easily...
Twitter readies an action to shoot acid at the first one that comes into range, favouring one that is already hurt by his allies.
Mage Armor (22 hours); Deathwatch (constant); Overland Flight (7/9 hours); See Invisibility (75/220 minutes), Ring of Blinking
Torrag moves toward the back of the party and readies an action to cast grease on the weapon of the northern construct after it moves 10' toward us. Reflex DC 17 or drop the weapon plus new save each time weapon is used. Lasts 6 minutes.
No problem. I'll count that as a delay while you work out if there's anything you want to try.
Hakime holds her position while considering her options. Twitter and Torrag ready magical attacks.
The two graven guardians activate their haste abilities and then rush mindlessly forward to do battle. They are mindless, and so lack the capacity to realise that they are just giving Blan a free full attack.
As they run towards you, Torrag casts a spell to coat the lead guardian's dagger in grease.
ref:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11 1d100 ⇒ 10
The dagger slips from its hand, and the mindless construct follows its programing to immediately stop and pick up its dagger (next turn). The other guardian keeps running forward, and Twitter shoots a spray of acid that catches it right in the neck. The acid eats through the stone easily.
Hakime's strike hits the guardian at a bad angle and bounces off the hard surface. Blan's scythe cuts through the stone easily, but his second strike is evaded. Twitter and Van pelt the guardian with acid.
The guardian in the back picks up its dagger, and lacking the ability to aim precisely in combat, attempts to throw it at Torrag.
reflex:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
But the dagger slips from its grasp and clatters to the floor again.
Seeing as the next statue is a little out of range, Twitter readies an action to fire another acid splash at it as soon as it is within range (whether due to movement by it or by Hakime).
"You guys keep doing your thing. I'll just keep firing from the hip," Twitter chirps.
If you want "interesting", I could always send another naunet at you. :)
There's some interesting things I could throw at you in the next part too.
Next part scheduled to start on Thursday, so after this fight, feel free to do some rp, talk to each other about your adventures or how you're finding your journey to the past so far.
M Gnome Arcanist 6 - HP 38/38 - AC 16/T: 15/FF: 13 - Perception: +1; Darkvision 60 ft. - Fort: +6, Ref: +7, Will: +6 (+2 vs. Illusions) - CMB: +2, CMD 15 - Speed 20 ft. - Init. +3
My interest level as a player is good, Van just prefers fighting more sophisticated enemies than serpentfolk cavemen and their lackies with spell resistance. :)
Blan and Hakime have trouble coordinating their attacks and are unable to hit the guardian. Their activity also fouls up Torrag's aim, but Twitter and Van at least manage to hit the guardian with more acid and further damage it a little.
Faced with two opponents, the guardian decides that 1d2 ⇒ 1 Hakime might be a better target, and attacks her instead.
slam:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29 damage:1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 slam:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26 damage:1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Both of its fists connect with Hakime's chest, cracking one of her ribs.
One of the fallen pathfinders is now beginning to revive and thanks you for your rescue as she starts healing her allies with her wand. She barely has enough charges left to revive the biggest member of her party, and together they begin to carry their wounded to a safer location.
She points out that the Society will probably be interested in notes about the constructs you just destroyed, though they are more interested right now in getting to safety.
You may attempt an Appraise, Craft (sculptures or stonemasonry), Disable Device, Knowledge (arcana or engineering), Perception, Profession (architect, engineer, or miner), Spellcraft, or Use Magic Device check to make useful notes.
And then you can take a short break from your battles and heal up. You have no way of knowing this yet, but something big is about to happen...
