TOZ's Decline of Glory (Inactive)

Game Master TriOmegaZero

Darshan says, "Hmm, it seems that this parchment isn't really anything interesting."

He folds it up and puts it in his pocket.

Bluff, spending 1 point of inspiration: 1d20 + 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (12) + (6) + 6 = 24

"Now, as for this false bottom on this chest...."

"If'n it wasn' interestin', why did they put it in a box with that kind of security on it? Maybe one of us what has experience wit' ciphers an' whatnot could take a look at it?" Agraic inquires with a bit of a squint.

"Ain' ne'er seen anybody squir'l somethin' like that away so fast 'less they were tryin' t' hide somethin'. Not sayin' y'are, just sayin' it's weird."

"So wha' di' i' say? I gotta documen' it!" The rough and tumble Caydenite begins digging through his bags for parchment and writing equipment.

Darshan says, "Really, it's nothing. Waste of time. Now, this false bottom, that's what's really interesting about this chest."

Is Darshan able to open it?

The panel at the bottom of the chest lifts out to reveal the secret compartment below, containing...another sheet of parchment, much like the first.

"Careful now. Y' never know if they prepared 'splosive 'unes t'day. An' coul' we please read this 'un before it gets stashed?" Agraic asks that politely with a hint of irritation in his voice.

"Ah, interesting, another document."

Darshan, who has no idea what Agraic is talking about and therefore knows it has nothing to do with him, reads this document to see what it is.

The document appears to be another legal document that reads 'Official Deed of Ownership' for the Railford Distillery. Only this one has no suggestion that Darshan claim it for his own.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Not noticing Darshan's unusual behavior (Missed it by 1! Argh!), Chomper begins pawing at Kensaku. "Man still sick. Magic paper make his cough go away?"

I'm not sure, I'd need to examine him more to learn what he has before I know how to help him, Kensaku informs Chomper apologetically while patting a tentacle, I'll look at him more when we get out of here and see what I can do. First, we should go check out that paper.

If she can wrest the new paper out of Darshan's hands, she will examine it to see if it's legitimate or a forgery at some sort.

Linguistics to Detect Forgery: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (17) + 12 = 29

Darshan is perfectly happy to let anybody read the new paper. He's pretty sure that this one is a forgery, and also looks for evidence himself:

Linguistics: 1d20 + 1d6 + 9 ⇒ (3) + (3) + 9 = 15

I'm guessing that's not good enough for me to open the spoiler.

"Huh," he says. "Looks legitimate. Kensaku, do you see anything?"

Nothing on the deed, no. It looks legitimate to me, though we just need one thing to make it official, she informs the party after her inspection of the document, but I'm sure we can get that once we're back in town.

She turns to the injured man, Do you have any friends that survived this far? Or shall we depart back to town?

Darshan's brow furrows. "Hurm," he grunts

She turns to the injured man, Do you have any friends that survived this far? Or shall we depart back to town?

He shakes his head weakly. "No one else made it into the tunnel with me. We should git through the next tunnel and shore up the distillery. Grald ain't gonna wait forever." His words twist into another racking series of coughs.

Darshan nods. "Let's go."

The man limps his way through the tunnels with Agraic's aid, until it dead ends in another door. The hidden portal opens into another cellar, better kept than the last. Hobbling up out of the lower floor, the party finds themselves in a taproom, with 20ft high ceilings and 8ft tall scaffolding allowing access to the many barrels stacked on the walls. Outside, the sounds of shouting and heated arguments can be heard.

Map updated.

Darshan moves towards the door and/or window, listening in an attempt to determine what all the shouting is about.

The sounds resolve into barked commands and screams of protest. Through the window, Darshan sees phalanx-garbed men corralling the townspeople. Forcing them inside their homes as makeshift prisons, they bludgeon any resistance into submission. One man strides among the ruffians, finely crafted longsword in hand.

"BECHER! Time's UP! Git out here and surrender peacefully and no one has to git hurt!" he shouts in the direction of the distillery.

"LIKE HELL! 'At's where you can take yerself and yer grabby mitts!" Becher hollers back, before doubling over in a fit of coughing.

What would the party like to do?

Drawing his rapier, Darshan looks back at his companions. "The so-called phalanx is is further dishonoring themselves by oppressing civilians. Shall we be Big Damn Heroes?"

"Le's be Big Damn Smar' Heroes? An' force 'em t' come in 'ere?" Becher, let's getcha t' cover, y' keep y'r head DOWN, y'hear?"

Agraic is going to try and get Becher to cover somewhere safer.

"Aw right, go ahead and tear everything down, men!" the voice of Grald carries into the distillery. Immediately, the doors begin to echo with heavy strikes!

19 Agraic

19 Chomper
15 Shigeru
9 Darshan
4 Yellow Team
2 Kensaku

"Right," Darshan says, "Prepare for invasion. Let's get around the door so we can jump them as they come in!"

Darshan moves forward closer to the door and readies an action to stab any foes that come within reach, using his mithral rapier.

Readied Stab: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Readied Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Shigeru draws out a shaving of licorice root and begins incanting. "Our foes close in to deal mighty blows but soon will see they are too slow, for the flow of time is but a dream and by my will it shall be as I deem. HASTE."

The temporal distortion sweeps out and washes over the party and their compatriot, causing the world to appear to slow drastically around them. Shigeru smirks. "Big damn FAST heroes."

Chomper squeaks like a kitten and wriggles their tentacles excitedly as the spell takes effect. "Speedy speedy speedy speedy speedy speedy speedy speedy speedy speedy speedy speedy" they burble as they move over to the shaking door and prepare to remove the limbs of the creatures on the other side.

Readied Power Claw: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (15) + 14 = 29
M/B/S Damage: 1d4 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

Agraic pulls out his guisarme once it appears that Becher is going to shelter/cover, and likewise readies a powerful attack for the door opening.

Readied Power Guisarme(Power Attack, Furious Focus, Haste): 1d20 + 10 - 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 10 - 2 + 2 + 1 = 15

Damage (Power Attack): 2d4 + 6 + 6 ⇒ (1, 1) + 6 + 6 = 14

HACK HACK HACK: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (8, 3) + 2 = 13

The thunks against the door have the sound of axework, but no breach occurs.

Kensaku is up, then the rest of the party in Round 2.

Darshan says, "Do you suppose we should spare the door some damage and just open it for them?"

"It likely needs replaced at this point already and I rather like the opportunity to cast more spells." Shigeru responds as he pulls out a small pouch of powdered iron.

Kensaku calmly hums while the door is being smashed in, pulling a silvery scroll from her pack and reading it, her words the sound of falling gravel and shifting earth. The magic falls from the scroll like a lava flow onto her naginata, giving it the dull grey hue of lead as the paper falls into rivers before finally dissapearing altogether onto the blade.

Draw a scroll of Leas Blades, cast it on her Naginata.

The hatchet job at the door continues.

19 Agraic

19 Chomper
15 Shigeru
9 Darshan
4 Yellow Team
2 Kensaku

Any further actions?

Darshan steps forward and readies an action to attack the first hostile that comes through the door and in range. Er, I mean, he readies an action to swish is rapier around elegantly but ineffectively should a combatant come in range.

Mithral Rapier Stab: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
Damage if hits: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

HACK HACK HACK: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (6, 2) + 2 = 10

19 Agraic

19 Chomper
15 Shigeru
9 Darshan
4 Yellow Team
2 Kensaku

"Oh, hey! Watch this!" the barbarian offers with a bit of a mischievous smirk, pulling out a pouch of caltrops and dumping them on the ground in front of Chomper.

Figure there should be at least enough time to do it once, if not twice for the squares in front of the doors, Agraic's got two packages of them. GM call on what can actually get laid down, and if it'll actually do anything. C1 for first square, C2 for second, time permitting.

Shigeru crouches, pours the powdered iron out onto the ground, and begins writing numbers and symbols into the dust. "Size, surface, weight, and volume, all inextricably intertwined. Unto this mundane world we shall now unbind." he chants repeatedly. On the second verse the iron powder begins to smoke, and that smoke swiftly flows over and begins to swirl around Chomper.

Full round casting

Chomper begins happily dancing back and forth as the smoke wisps swirl around them. "Gonna getcha!" the eidolon calls out in the voice of an old woman.

Ready action to attack when the door opens

Hasted Power Attack: 1d20 + 15 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 15 + 1 - 2 = 16
B/S/M Damage: 1d4 + 7 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 1 + 4 = 14

Kensaku jogs up behind Shigeru and watches his arcane ritual, seeming to draw inspiration from it, she mumbles oh, that would be lovely... as her naginata and her eyea glow with a yellow hue. She continues her movement towards Agraic, and after a brief moment the light leaps from the weapon to her hand and she reaches out to touch Agraic. The light envelops the man and causes him to grow in size.

If Agraic doesn't want to be large I can alter my actions, but that's me for now

1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
HACK HACK HACK YELLOW: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (5, 5) + 2 = 12
HACK HACK HACK BLUE: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (6, 8) + 2 = 16

From the south, shouts and shuddering blows can be heard!

19 Agraic

19 Chomper
18 Blue Team
15 Shigeru
9 Darshan
4 Yellow Team
2 Kensaku

No doors busted in yet!

"...we shall now unbind. ENLARGE PERSON." Shigeru slams his hand down among the powder as he finishes his incantation. The iron bursts into flame and lights the smoke trail. Like a fuse, flame travels down the trail and ignites a flash of light around the eidolon. As the light and smoke around Chomper fades it is apparent that they are now twice as tall and eight times as heavy.

Shigeru then pulls out a bit of arabic gum and begins rolling it between his hands as he starts a new incantation. "A shadow cannot be seem within the light and this shall now be your might. Obscured from view none shall see even as you make them bleed. GREATER INVISIBILITY" He slaps the semi-transparent sap onto Darshan's back and the investigator disappears from view. He then steps close to the eidolon.

If you don't want to be invisible for some reason then I can adjust my actions, Darshan. We can also open those doors if we want to advance things a bit. I've gotten off the important spells.

"Aha, very good," Darshan says. "I find that moving about invisibly is good practice in developing one's body sense."

Guessing that the north door will give way before the one to the west, Darshan stays in place. However, he does not ready an attack; he waits for the men to come through, hoping to take advantage of his invisibility to get behind the men and into a flanking position with Chomper.

Agraic gets huge. He also has gotten beyond frustrated while waiting for these punks to hack their way through two doors.

"THA' AIN' HOW Y' DO I'" he bellows as he takes a ferocious swing at the door in front of Chomper and Darshan.

Free Action: Enter Rage

MWK Guisarme (On door in front of Red, Sunder, Power Attack, Furious Focus, Enlarge, Rage, Haste: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33

Sunder Damage (to door in front of Red, Power attack, Enlarge, Rage): 2d6 + 15 ⇒ (3, 6) + 15 = 24

If the blow does not disintegrate the door, he attempts to hit it again! If it does disintegrate, the blow is instead aimed at the lucky contestant on the other side of the aperture!

MWK Guisarme (On door in front of Red, Sunder, Power Attack, Enlarge, Rage, Haste: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

Sunder Damage (to door in front of Red, Power Attack, Enlarge, Rage: 2d6 + 15 ⇒ (3, 2) + 15 = 20

"THA'S HOW Y' DO I'!" he bellows.

Yeah, nat 1 on hittin' a door. Must have been tryin' to avoid getting splinters in party members or something... or the door wan't there nomore

With a mighty cleave of his enlarged polearm, Agraic shatters the doors to the north. His second attack hangs on the door frame rather than hacking into the nearest phalanx soldier.

"Well that was damn foolish of you to-WHAT IN TARNATION?!" the man behind the phalanx troops cuts off his snide remark on seeing the wriggling form of the eidolon waiting behind door number one.

18 Blue Team

15 Shigeru
19 Agraic
19 Chomper
9 Darshan
4 Yellow Team
2 Kensaku

Crazy go nuts!

Invisible, Darshan attempts to slip out the now-sundered door and past the men.

I'll leave it to GM discretion if there ought to be some sort of bonus to this roll since he's invisible. I don't think they get an opportunity attack in any event, unless they can see invisible, but I'm hoping it will also help in the attempt to get past them.

Acrobatics, spending one point of inspiration: 1d20 + 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (8) + (4) + 10 = 22

With a disturbing chorus of sweet old grandmother voices saying, "Hello dearie! Give us a kiss!" Chomper begins to wail on the surprised soldiers.

Flank and possible cover from the doors are not calculated. Target red, then yellow, then green, switching if one drops. If anything takes 2 hits, apply rend damage.

The two guardsmen are savaged by the outsiders flurry of claws, ending up shredded limb from limb. Darshan easily leaps over the scattered caltrops to stand by the commander, clearly the infamous Grald. Rather than frightening him, the savagery seems to infuriate the man. "Damn you monster for that!" he cries, leaping forward.

Acrobatics vs Chomper: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Caltrops: 1d20 ⇒ 14
Longsword vs Agraic: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30
Damage on Agraic: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

His footwork is not enough to avoid opening himself to Chompers attacks, nor enough to avoid the scattered caltrops.

18 Blue Team

15 Shigeru
19 Agraic
19 Chomper
9 Darshan
4 Grald (Damage: 1, Half Speed)
2 Kensaku

Darshan gets an AoO against his flatfooted AC, Chomper gets one as he moves in an pricks his foot, and Agraic unfortunately is too close to use his guisarme effectively. Will update damage if he survives the AoOs.

"That's no way to talk to your elders, young man!" Chomper admonishes Grald before attempting to thumping him on the head.

Enlarged Hasted Power Claw of Opportunity: 1d20 + 8 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 10
Damage: 1d6 + 8 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 1 + 4 = 15

Kensaku smiles as the man moves right into range of her naginata. Hey! she says while swinging her naginata in a downward arc, followed by a horizontal sweeping arc on the recovery.

Power Attack 1: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
Haste Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Damage 1: 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (3, 3) + 8 = 14
Damage 2: 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (3, 4) + 8 = 15

HACK HACK HACK BLUE: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (5, 7) + 2 = 14

Kensaku strikes a heavy blow to the enemy commander, but her second strike narrowly misses as he twists expertly away from the blade. The far doors bow inwards, but remain holding under the assault.

18 Blue Team

15 Shigeru
19 Agraic
19 Chomper
9 Darshan
4 Grald (Damage: 15, Half Speed)
2 Kensaku

Party is up, Grald is going down.

Darshan gets behind the other men, only to discover that Chomper has completely wrecked them. He nods, but nobody sees him do this, so he wonders why he even did it.

Taking advantage of his haste and his invisibility, he runs around the building in what would be a blur if anybody could see it, and gets up behind the men trying to break open the other door.

Double Move; first move at full speed (hasted, so 60ft), second move, once he comes around the corner, at half speed (hasted, so 30ft) for stealth purposes.

Stealth, including +20 for invisibility: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (7) + 22 = 29

Before taking off on his runabout, Darshan attempts to stab Grald as he moves away:

Rapier AoO: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7