PFS: Tomb of the Iron Medusa (Inactive)

Game Master drbuzzard

"I say we try the west way before the door to the east"

More niches along the walls, and you end up in an empty room.

Map link

Move you to the empty room. It is empty. Searching finds nothing.

"Hmm.. This must be where all the whiskey was stored.. Obviously someone else has already drank it all.. Sorry Duhwoo.. Lets try the door to the east.."

Duhwoo, still feeling rather thirsty for some aged corn squeezins, ambles over to the unopened door and gives it a looksee.

perception: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (6) + 19 = 25

"Reckon it seems OK to ta me. "

The door has a small medusa face on it, but no obvious means to open it.

"My guess would be to touch it.. Duhwoo how bout lettin an elemental try first?"

Duhwoo "Yeah, sure thing"

He summons an earth elemental which touches the face and the door opens. The door is stone, and slides into a recess in the ceiling.

Hmm, looking at the map more closely, that's not a door, it's a niche, ahh screw it it's a door

Arranged in various raised niches in the ornately-bricked walls are
several dozen mummified corpses, attired in clothing of bygone
eras, standing in lifelike poses as though engaged in conversation.
Four oval niches in the north wall are obvious places of honor,
as each holds but a single mummy bearing valuable-looking
treasures. The room itself is lit brilliantly by two spheres of bright
light floating near the center of the thirty-foot-high ceiling above.

Everyone going in?

Vuvu marches through with purpose.

The obvious treasures are often coupled with hidden defenses. Past experience would suggest some measure of caution. Lithaun looks hopefully at Duhwoo and Vuvu with 7 pairs of eyes.

As a bot Duh will respond with a confused look.

I have a bad feeling that if we take anything those are going to start to move.

I should still have a few minutes on my images. Vuvu casts detect magic and checks the mummies.

OK, I need to know who is in and outside of the room.

K(arcana) on the lights, det magic if necessary.
1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26

I'll drop a displacement on Duhwoo and will follow him in, keeping eyes peeled for traps, stopping in the middle of the room

perc: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (14) + 25 = 39

OK, I've moved Vuvu and Duh into the room since Duh is a bot and Vuvu said he was examining one of the bodies. Just need to know if Avoreal followed or waited in the hall.

Reluctantly she'll follow into the room.. Scanning around with extraordinary vision..

Perc.: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (10) + 21 = 31 Detect Magic, True Sight

Know Arcana: 1d20 + 30 ⇒ (3) + 30 = 33
Know Religion: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (9) + 25 = 34 For zee Mummies

As Avoreal moves into the room she notices that the globes of light illuminating the room are not just globes. The True Sight reveals them to be illusions masking these strange creatures. Each looks something like an emaciated child with clawed hands surrounded by a nimbus of near-blinding light.

I need initiative. Knowledge planes if you want to know what they are.

Monster init roll
initiative: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

The mummies in the room seem to be of the inert non-ambulatory sort. You don't notice any standing spells for the arcana to pick up.

Know Planes: 1d20 + 28 ⇒ (18) + 28 = 46
Init: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

Smoked that knowledge check by 24. The critters are shining children. What do you want to know?

Special Attacks
Resistances
DR
SLAs
Favorite candy

1 per every 5 im over right?

Yay blind fight and soon echolocation

1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

I can't see them so no check I assume?

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Duhwoo will stop blinking for the duration of the Displacement, and approach the middle "special" lookin' figure...

"Hey there, big fellar -- how come they got ya all by yerse'f?"

From your check.

They will become visible once they act, then you can make a check.
Need an init Duhwoo.

Duhwoo's init roll: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21

Did my detect magic reveal any abjuration buffs on them? Like say a spell turning?

You did not notice any abjuration auras.

Avoreal relays defenses abilities quickly and then casts a spell Prismatic Spray DC 27

1d8 ⇒ 8
1d8 ⇒ 3 So 27 Reflex or 80 Elec.

Rolling Twice for the 1st one
1d8 ⇒ 2 27 Reflex or 40 Acid
1d8 ⇒ 2 27 Reflex or 40 Acid

and then she'll quicken a Scorching Ray, augmented to acid damage using her lesser rod at the first one..

Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17
Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22
Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30

Acid Damage: 4d6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 6, 2, 4) + 1 = 19
Acid Damage: 4d6 + 1 ⇒ (3, 2, 4, 2) + 1 = 12
Acid Damage: 4d6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 1, 6, 5) + 1 = 15

Look Duhwoo Fireworks!

The eye shutting thing happens after all that..

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Still unaware of the threat, Duhwoo is whoopin' and hollerin' over the wonderful display

Vuvu slams his eyes shut to avoid getting blinded and casts echolocation and starts his inspire courage

reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29 make it
reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26 fail
reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28 make it

SC 1 takes 40
SC 2 takes 60

Then 1 take 27 more because i assume a 17 misses.. Some stout rolling you did there..

init: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

You're up, critters go last.

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Duhwoo pulls potion of Fly, and slurp it down. Noticing others clenching their eyes shut, Duhwoo will do the same while he slurps...

I already have echolocation up. Close eyes, shoot right over my head, closest one.

Deadly Aim + Rapid Shot Arcane Strike + Point Blank
Attack 1, Good, Manyshot (2 arrows): 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (16) + 22 = 38
Damage: 2d8 + 44 ⇒ (8, 4) + 44 = 56 physical +2d6 ⇒ (4, 6) = 10 acid 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6 fire +4d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 5, 1) = 12 holy
Attack 2, Good: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (17) + 22 = 39
Damage: 1d8 + 22 ⇒ (3) + 22 = 25 physical +1d6 ⇒ 1 acid +1d6 ⇒ 4 fire +2d6 ⇒ (3, 1) = 4 holy
Attack 3, Good: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (10) + 17 = 27
Damage: 1d8 + 22 ⇒ (2) + 22 = 24 physical +1d6 ⇒ 3 acid +1d6 ⇒ 6 fire +2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6 holy
Attack 4, Good: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15
Damage: 1d8 + 22 ⇒ (1) + 22 = 23 physical +1d6 ⇒ 2 acid +1d6 ⇒ 4 fire +2d6 ⇒ (6, 3) = 9 holy

vs. Flat footed AC?
Clustered Shot
39 < AC no damage
AC = 39, 25 physical, 1 acid, 4 holy from 1 good arrows
27 < AC < 39, 81 physical, 10 acid, 12 holy from 3 good arrows
15 < AC < 28, 105 physical, 13 acid, 18 holy from 4 good arrows
AC < 16, 128 physical, 15 acid, 27 holy from 5 good arrows

The first critter begins to push up daisies.

The second one will blast 2 beams at Avoreal. to hit: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (9) + 19 = 28 damage: 10d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 5, 6, 1, 1, 5, 5, 3, 3) = 38
to hit: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (6) + 19 = 25damage: 10d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 6, 3, 5, 4, 4, 6, 3, 3) = 41

Somehow I feel certain that will be it's only attack.

I believe she still has mirror images up - 6 of them.

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Round 2 -- Lithuan goes first...

I will wait for Duhwoo to act first.

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Duhwoo open his eyes, rage, and attempt to charge...

Duhwoo' Fly check: 1d20 + 2 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 2 + 6 + 3 = 27

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Duhwoo's charge attack: 1d20 + 34 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 34 + 3 = 53
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damage: 2d4 + 2d6 + 30 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4) + (4, 4) + 30 + 3 = 46

Can these be crit'd?
Duhwoo's crit confirm: 1d20 + 34 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 34 + 3 = 49

.damage: 2d4 + 30 + 3 ⇒ (3, 2) + 30 + 3 = 38

They can be critted. 84 then. Still being frisky.

whether or not she has mirror image doesn't much matter since you still have communal resist fire 30 up, so at most she got singed. Meh.

1d100 ⇒ 100 Yay - Duhwoo doesn't miss from blinking (man I wish that had been a treasure roll)

Deadly Aim + Rapid Shot + Arcane Strike + Point Blank
Attack 1, Good, Manyshot (2 arrows): 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (13) + 22 = 35
Damage: 2d8 + 44 ⇒ (4, 8) + 44 = 56 physical +2d6 ⇒ (1, 4) = 5 acid + 4d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 6, 1) = 14 holy
Attack 2, Good: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (9) + 22 = 31
Damage: 1d8 + 22 ⇒ (5) + 22 = 27 physical +1d6 ⇒ 5 acid +2d6 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5 holy
Attack 3, Good: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (17) + 17 = 34
Damage: 1d8 + 22 ⇒ (5) + 22 = 27 physical +1d6 ⇒ 4 acid +2d6 ⇒ (3, 5) = 8 holy
Attack 4, Good: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31
Damage: 1d8 + 22 ⇒ (3) + 22 = 25 physical +1d6 ⇒ 3 acid +2d6 ⇒ (6, 4) = 10 holy
Attack 4, Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28
Damage: 2d8 + 44 ⇒ (4, 8) + 44 = 56 physical

...uh, it adds up to lots.

dead as a doorknob

when you search the mummified remains you find (after detect magic, spellcraft, etc)

+2 axiomatic short bow, a scroll of forcecage and a scroll of mage’s
sword (both CL 18), a lyre of building, and a violin of blasting
(functions as horn of blasting; the wielder must be adept at
stringed instruments and use requires both hands).

Vuvu snatches up the violin who wants the short bow?

Why don't tou take it? I can lend you arrows if you want.

The number of guardians bound to this place is impressive

"Indeed.. Ill take the scrolls.. How bout a few taps from that cure wand there.."

Since the bypassed my images i took 20 fire damage

"Shall we move on?"

Btw Vuvu the Lyre is a magical instrument as well..

Vuvu is instrumented up!

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do the mummies have ID tags? ("Hello, my name is Phineas Adella!")