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: it is vulnerable to cold, can create a cloud of smoke and fire around it that deals 1d6 fire damage to adjacent living creatures each round and explodes in a 30ft radius fireball when destroyed.
Torrag, Van and twitter pound the blast shadow with magic, Hakime sends two arrows past that fly unimpeded through the smoke, and Blan reduces the blinded skeleton to bone powder.
The blast shadow follows Torrag and attacks 1d2 ⇒ 2 Blan again with its sharp flaming claws.
attack:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 attack:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27 confirm:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13 damage:1d8 + 2 + 1d6 + 1d8 + 2 - 3 ⇒ (8) + 2 + (6) + (3) + 2 - 3 = 18 fire cloud:1d6 ⇒ 5
The first strike misses but the second one gets Blan deep in the gut, and the smoke and fire around it continue to burn both Blan and Torrag.
The other skeleton keeps chasing Hakime.
attack:1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (15) + 7 - 1 = 21 damage:1d8 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 = 8
It strikes Hakime in the side, drawing alot of blood, though not enough to be life-threatening yet.
Torrag and Van only have 20ft move speeds, so I don't think we can outrun them. On the other hand, if Torrag has a pit spell and we drop the blast shadow into a pit, I could drop crap on it from above until it blows up, and the pit could contain the blast.
If it makes its reflex save, we may need Blan to bull rush it into the pit, but he's going to be in deep trouble if he falls in as well.
This could change some of the later actions, so let's see what happens from Torrag's action first.
ref:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Torrag creates a pit under the blast shadow and sends it dropping 30ft to the bottom.
3d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 6) = 12
You see the blast shadow disappear into the pit. Moments later, a blast of flame erupts from the pit, but fortunately none of you are close enough to the explosion to suffer any damage.
Twitter, I assume you will redirect your attack at the last skeleton? Good idea btw.
Hakime, you can decide if you still want to withdraw or change your action.
Still need actions from Blan and Van.
Hakime will (still) withdraw, but draw her wand out as she moves away, looking to see which way Blan will go, hoping he follows her close enough she can heal him next round.
Twitter and Van hammer the skeletal champion with magic, and Blan finishes it off with an actual hammer.
Post-combat, you take a moment to tend to your wounded and track down one of the instances of Kreighton Shaine to report your findings about the Sky Key Vault's likely location.
"Indeed! I see that where a direct application of magical might failed us, your cleverness and ingenuity has pulled us through. Well done! There are a few Pathfinders I know who have talents in summoning and excavation magics, and will gather them here to begin making a path to the Sky Key Vault. But that will do us no good as long as the anchors remain! If we do not find enough anchors and sever their tethers to this time, we will all perish. I passed a few of them on my way here and can give you their locations and a brief description."
"One had a remarkably Azlanti appearance, and were she not garbed as a Harbinger I would have thought her native to this time. In any event, she was speaking to some of the locals like she was one of them, which either makes her a very convincing actor or mentally disturbed by the magics suffusing her being."
"Another was sitting by a table at a park, flipping over Harrow cards as if doing a Harrowing. I actually saw him several times, always at the same place, flipping over cards, as if he could not stop performing harrowings, or perhaps he was unable to accept what he saw."
"The last was a rather handsome young man, also with Azlanti features, but unlike the woman this guy was strutting around like a peacock, talking down to the locals as if he believed he was some kind of dignitary. And if you ask me, he didn't seem all that bright."
Torrag -8
Van -21hp
Hakime -16
Twitter
Blan -57hp
It is now time to find those anchors! Some of them you may be able to talk to, some of them you will have to fight. Which is which? Which will you choose?
Your choices for now are:
1. The Wannabe Azlanti
2. The Harrowed One
3. The Delusional One
And then offers to heal others... with their own wands if they have them, or hers if they don't... let me know if I need to take the charges off my own wand, otherwise, take them off your own
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
As the battle ends, Van consumes the potion of Cure Moderate Wounds given to him earlier by Shaine.
CMW Healing:2d8 + 3 ⇒ (4, 4) + 3 = 11
He then finishes healing by using his wand of Infernal Healing and waiting a minute.
"All of those people sound pretty nuts, but I think we should talk to the guy who acts like a peacock. If we act subservient to him, we can probably talk him down without having to fight him."
Consuming a level 1 spell slot to replenish 1 arcane reservoir point.
"Contrary to appearances, I don't have any special affinity with peacocks. But I think you got this, Hakky. We'll follow your lead. Peacock-man it is!"
The instance of Kreighton Shaine leads you past a few blocks of buildings to where the man he described is. As described, the man is rather handsome and does look like one of the locals, but is dressed in the robes of the Harbingers and is emanating the same green energy as the dome that encases the bubble of time that you are in.
He smiles when he sees you and spreads his arms in a welcoming and magnanimous (to him) gesture.
"Ah, who do we have here? More plebs come to prostrate themselves before the grandson of Aroden? Ah the work of a demi-god never ends, I see. Alright then, what tributes and petitions do you have to present before me?" he asks genially as he invites you to kneel before him in worship.
"Say...this guy ain't playing with a full deck, is he? Hmm... I got an idea. Just keep him occupied, don't do anything threatening, don't do anything to piss him off, just humour him for awhile," Twitter chirps as she ducks into the pouch at Hakky's side. Lights flash from within the pouch for a moment as she pokes her head out and chirps as softly as she can.
GM read this, the rest need a DC25 Perception check:
You hear a whisper from within the pouch.
"Hear me, oh my grandson. Hear the voice of Aroden! These people are here to bring my voice to you. The green energy that surrounds you is part of a remnant of Tar-Baphon's power, sent from him to harm my progeny. It may appear to be a gift, but in fact it will corrupt those who seek to cling to it or use it. These agents of mine come with a warning - recant that magic! Purge it by your will!"
1d3 ⇒ 1 "Grandfather? I... I don't know...." the strange man mutters as Twitter does her thing. There is another flash of green energy from the dome above that comes crashing down on the ground before you. When the green glow fades, you see that a large ochre pool of gel has been left on the ground. It quivers a little before beginning to flow slowly towards you.
"Ah! I see! A test! If you truly were sent by my grandfather, and the green energies are truly from Tar-Baphon, then you should have no trouble defeating this creature. If you win, I shall relinquish this magic, hmm?"
The delusional fool sits himself by the fountain in the plaza and gestures towards you, inviting you to prove yourself to him.
How will you respond to this new development? It will not be hard to out-maneuver the yellow blob, but you will need to defeat it to pass the delusional one's 'test'.
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
Knowledge (dungeoneering) for more questions:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
If that gives Van a question, I want to know special abilities.
Not liking his chances against oozes of unusual size, Van retreats 20 feet and fires a wand generated Magic Missile at the monster. He also takes a brief moment to recall anything else important about ochre jellies that might be helpful.
Pathfinders have found and uncovered the Sky Key Vault. It is there that the Sky Key—the Society’s ticket home—awaits. However, the dome of green energy remains strong, suggesting that too many Harbinger spellcasters are still anchoring the Society in this time period.
GMs, it is now possible to gain Vault successes. Map is also updated.
Van has no idea what this thing is. Twitter, like Torrag, knows it is a prodigiously-sized ochre jelly. It secretes a digestive acid that only attacks flesh and it is adept at grabbing and constricting its targets with its pseudopod slams (slam has acid damage, grab and constrict).
ref:1d20 - 3 ⇒ (16) - 3 = 13
Much like your Blan, the ooze is large, slow and easy to hit, but can soak a lot of damage. Your spells hit the ooze to full effect, but it does not seem to be slowing down. Fortunately it was never quick to begin with.
0 init:0 perp:+9 hp: 83/83 dr 3; 17\18 rounds of rage ac16 cmd 20 saves fort: +10 reflex +3 will +3 reroll 1\1.
Really Torrag you should have wait for us to that we slash this . Anyways we just have to walk and the other spell caster would hit. That is the safe plan.
Blanmieux takes his light hammer and throws to the jelly.
1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 6 - 2 = 24why it is not with my scythe!!!! 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Blan flings his hammer at the ooze and strikes it dead center. However, lacking a discernable anatomy, his perfectly-aimed strike does no more than a normal strike. Ooze traits - immune to critical hits.
Torrag looks at Blan backs away from the ooze, running past him. He looks back to the ooze, and suddenly realizes that the front-line has moved, and he is now the frontline. He barely has a moment to mutter a curse before the ooze flows towards him and flicks a goopey pseudopod limb at him.
Hakime looks around a bit helplessly almost, til she spots something that might be usable as a club, at least for a few hits before it breaks... She picks it up, stashing her bow on her back and takes a couple of swings through the air to test the balance and adjust her grip for the least resistance to it's form. Then she approaches to stand at Blan's side, watching the ooze cautiously.
Hakime, you can pick up Torrag's hammer instead of finding an improvised weapon. Do you want to run back since Blan is running away, or will you stand between Torrag and the ooze?
Van and Twitter continue to shoot at the ooze with magic. Torrag pulls back and hands Hakime his hammer, and the paladin bravely stands her ground against the ooze while Blan grows feathers and a beak.
Sure enough, the ooze slides towards Hakime and slams her with a pseudopod.
slam:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9 I continue to be amazed. My last 3 attack rolls were 2,1,3.
Serenrae herself smiles upon her paladin for her courage, and the paladin glows briefly with a golden light that cows even the mindless ooze and causes its attack to fall short. The time displacement however prevents even the goddess from further direct intervention, and the glow quickly fades.
