L/G Female Aasimar UMonk/1 Inquisitor/15| HP: 148/148 (0/25 Ab Br)(0 NL)(0 temp hp) | AC/T/FF: 31/23/28 31/23/28 | CMD: 37 37 (+3/5)[coord def][RoTP] | F/R/W: 20/17/24 18/15/22 | Init: +11 (+2)[HuBl] (+4)[HAw] | Acro +21, Intim +37, Perc +30 (+2)[HuBl], SenMot +32, SpCft +5, Stealth +11 (+2)[HuBl], Survival +13 (+2)[HuBl] | Speed 30ft | Active Conditions: see spoiler for other effects; current effects: instrument of agony, Div Favor +3, shield, height aware, shield of faith, freedom of movement, ablative barrier, see invisible, heroism
Marta casts detect magic, pulls out some tools, and sets to work on a rune. No pro, but as she said she is a bit of a jack of all trades.
disable device:1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 10 + 2 = 20
but will that be sufficient?
Fade recalls that these runes act like a construct and that includes how magic effects them. They're unaffected by things that affect biology (sickness, etc.) as well as psychology (mind-affecting.) Otherwise they're not particularly resistant to anything special.
As the party begins to try and disable the runes, they flash and swirl ever faster, looking to defend their charge! Marta's quick attempt doesn't seem to do much good, but as soon as Fade works his knowledge, the runes REALLY begin to swirl. It's almost like they're a swarm! A reminder, you can fight them or try to disable them, depending on your skill set and tactics.
Marta: Go
Theritis: Go
Fade: Go
Faeranduil: Go
Sue: Go
Rune Swarm: TBD
Magor: TBD
Sue helps Marta out quickly, hoping to get the jump on the Runes. Arcana:1d20 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 4 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 29. Between Fade and Marta the runes begin to lock into place, becoming dormant. Still, there are a LOT of runes left.
Marta: Go
Theritis: Go
Fade: Go
Faeranduil: Go
Sue: Help Marta
Rune Swarm: TBD
Magor: Will use Spellcraft: 35
Had some trouble with my post and editing vs previwing on the worlds worst wifi. Judging by GM response it finally stuck correctly. Going to have words with hotel staff in the morning.
L/G Female Aasimar UMonk/1 Inquisitor/15| HP: 148/148 (0/25 Ab Br)(0 NL)(0 temp hp) | AC/T/FF: 31/23/28 31/23/28 | CMD: 37 37 (+3/5)[coord def][RoTP] | F/R/W: 20/17/24 18/15/22 | Init: +11 (+2)[HuBl] (+4)[HAw] | Acro +21, Intim +37, Perc +30 (+2)[HuBl], SenMot +32, SpCft +5, Stealth +11 (+2)[HuBl], Survival +13 (+2)[HuBl] | Speed 30ft | Active Conditions: see spoiler for other effects; current effects: instrument of agony, Div Favor +3, shield, height aware, shield of faith, freedom of movement, ablative barrier, see invisible, heroism
Marta starts a judgment, knowing how hard it will be to pierce the defenses, gaining smiting (to bypass damage reduction) and protection (a bonus to AC), then casts Divine Favor defensively (auto success), setting herself up for the next turn.
Wayang Magus (Bladebound) 11 | HP 102/102 | Cold 30 | AC 30^° (Blink) (Mirror Image: 4 images) | T 16^ (20 incorporeal)° | FF 27° | CMD 27^ | F +15 | R +11^ | W +11 | +2 vs. shadow subschool | Init +5 | Perc +21 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive -1 | Arcane Pool 2/10 | Black Blade Pool 1/3 | Dissolution's Child 0/1 | Light and Dark 1/1 | Reroll 0/1 | Active Spells:Ablative Barrier (45 points), Blink, Fly, Haste(^), Harrow (+1 weapon damage), Mirror Image, Resist Energy (Cold 30), Shield(°)
"Constructs and a swarm. Blast if ya got it, disable if that's more your thing."
Move Action
Fade heads back, not wanting to take damage from a swarm.
Standard Action
He casts Fireball hoping to take it down quickly. Gonna aim it somewhat in the air so will miss the building and the party. Fireball:10d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 3, 6, 6, 2, 2, 5, 5, 5) = 40- DC 18 Reflex for half Does not include 1.5x damage for swarms.
and tries to determine if there is still any power left in the runes. If there is he follows up with a quickened fireball, aiming it so that his fellow pathfinders are not included in the blast.
Fade steps back to let fly REF:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14 and the ball of flame explodes among the runes! Faeranduil knows that these runes likely control magical traps, so if there's one close by it can move the trigger point to directly underneath someone's feet...
The elf steps back and tries to dispel as much of the swarm as possible, and indeed many more lock up. Not all of them do though, so he utters a swift incantation and a second ball of flame explodes REF:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25. This time the remaining runes twirl and twist out of the way.
The swarm immediately moves towards the tightest concentration of agents. Despite their reduced number, it's still a massive swarm.
Marta, Theritis, and Magor: each take NONLETHAL:4d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 6, 5) = 18 and you need to make a FORT DC 16. Magor, your check is dependent upon you passing this save.
After analyzing the runes himself, Magor's body visibly turns into stone for a brief moment, and then he sinks down into the earth.
Crunch:
Standard Disable runes (See Spellcraft above)
Free Activate Earth Glide (assuming the ground isn't worked stone)
Free Activate Crystal Sight
Free 5-ft. step down into the earth
Fortitude:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26+3 vs. spells & SLAs, poison effects are delayed
Magor et al withstand the onslaught, and as they crash over the dwarf he works diligently to undo their magic. With a flash, he gets enough of the remaining to undo the magic.
For now.
There's a sigh of relief from others, but crashes from within the museum remind you that there's still much work to be done.
The party goes back and makes their way inside the storied museum.
Place yourselves in the red rectangle on the map.
Under a sign that reads “The Shining Armory,” priceless Shining Crusade artifacts displayed on pedestals creak and move by some unseen force. Eerie light seems to dart between the objects while the din of a raging battle echoes throughout the chamber. The central feature is a low, artificial hill atop which stand two stuffed owlbears surrounded by shattered undead foes. Each of the beasts wears chainmail barding and an orange-and-black caparison depicting a stylized owlbear. A dead man dressed in furs lies on the floor before a suit of full-plate armor.
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Knowledge (arcana) DC 18:
ANIMATED OWLBEAR MASCOTS
For every 5 that you beat the DC, you may ask for one piece of information from this list.
Knowledge (arcana) DC 21:
ANIMATED HERO’S REGALIA
For every 5 that you beat the DC, you may ask for one piece of information from this list.
L/G Female Aasimar UMonk/1 Inquisitor/15| HP: 148/148 (0/25 Ab Br)(0 NL)(0 temp hp) | AC/T/FF: 31/23/28 31/23/28 | CMD: 37 37 (+3/5)[coord def][RoTP] | F/R/W: 20/17/24 18/15/22 | Init: +11 (+2)[HuBl] (+4)[HAw] | Acro +21, Intim +37, Perc +30 (+2)[HuBl], SenMot +32, SpCft +5, Stealth +11 (+2)[HuBl], Survival +13 (+2)[HuBl] | Speed 30ft | Active Conditions: see spoiler for other effects; current effects: instrument of agony, Div Favor +3, shield, height aware, shield of faith, freedom of movement, ablative barrier, see invisible, heroism
Dang. Marta's Amulet of Merciful fists is quite the liability so far. I strongly suspect that non-lethal damage won't cut it (pun intended), again. Icons are placed and I tried to tag Magor as being underground.
Wayang Magus (Bladebound) 11 | HP 102/102 | Cold 30 | AC 30^° (Blink) (Mirror Image: 4 images) | T 16^ (20 incorporeal)° | FF 27° | CMD 27^ | F +15 | R +11^ | W +11 | +2 vs. shadow subschool | Init +5 | Perc +21 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive -1 | Arcane Pool 2/10 | Black Blade Pool 1/3 | Dissolution's Child 0/1 | Light and Dark 1/1 | Reroll 0/1 | Active Spells:Ablative Barrier (45 points), Blink, Fly, Haste(^), Harrow (+1 weapon damage), Mirror Image, Resist Energy (Cold 30), Shield(°)
"More objects... they have hardness so use Adamantine if you got it!"And unfortunately, counting as adamantine for overcoming DR doesn't beat hardness, so Fade will be taking minuses.
As a construct, those owlbears are really just objects, so they aren't wounded as easily (hardness 5). They don't have any special defneses beyond being hard to damage. Thankfully they don't have any strange attacks, though their beaks and claws seem VERY functional.
The Regalia is even harder than the owlbears and you know it's straight up immune to things that effect the mind. The regalia may have some vestige of its old mission, and if it singles out a target, it can challenge it like a living Cavalier.
Positioning is good--and in general I don't mind being placed by another PC, but default is actually above ground. I can only go underground for 11 minutes/day, so I don't use the ability until its needed.
"Sue! Keep the red-feathered owlbear off our flank. Everybody else, focus your fire on the other one until it's down!" Magor shouts, then begins summoning help.
I'm headed back to California first thing tomorrow morning. Going to be our of contact for about 36 hours from this post. Feel free to have Sue attack more as below, using LoH as appropriate.
Next turn:
Sue nods and flips up onto one hand and unloads a series of vicious open handed blows.
hopefully making a 5ft step next to the red owl bear, preferably next to both red and yellow if possible. If Sue gets next to 2 opponents and not next to any allies she'll get +2 to hit/AC (not included in header or following attacks)
Both animated owlbears erupt into a flurry of claw and beak. Their long reach affords them an advantage:
Blue attacks Fade
Bite:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25 Left Claw:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14 Right Claw:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26
But all of the attacks fail to his defenses!
Red attacks Marta
Bite:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25 Left Claw:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32DMG:2d6 + 6 ⇒ (5, 5) + 6 = 16 Right Claw:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22
And a claw sneaks through her defenses!
Theritis matches the beast with reach. His swing is immense and the owlbear pieces shatter into a myriad of shards as the magic holding it together is undone.
The animated regalia does an end around to get to Theritis, bringing a mithral blade to bear ATK:1d20 + 21 ⇒ (12) + 21 = 33 for DMG:1d8 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Round 2:
Faeranduil: Go
Sue: Go
Fade: Go
Magor: Go
Marta: Go
Animated Owlbears: TBD
Theritis: TBD
Regalia: TBD
Wayang Magus (Bladebound) 11 | HP 102/102 | Cold 30 | AC 30^° (Blink) (Mirror Image: 4 images) | T 16^ (20 incorporeal)° | FF 27° | CMD 27^ | F +15 | R +11^ | W +11 | +2 vs. shadow subschool | Init +5 | Perc +21 (Darkvision 60 ft.) | Sense Motive -1 | Arcane Pool 2/10 | Black Blade Pool 1/3 | Dissolution's Child 0/1 | Light and Dark 1/1 | Reroll 0/1 | Active Spells:Ablative Barrier (45 points), Blink, Fly, Haste(^), Harrow (+1 weapon damage), Mirror Image, Resist Energy (Cold 30), Shield(°)
"Here we go."
Free Action
Fade drops his wand on the ground and looks as Faeranduil. "Don't burn it please."
Swift Action
Fade enchants Penumbrae to give her more power. Using Arcane pool to give her +2 and Keen, making her a +5 Keen Scimitar.
Full Round Action
He begins a spell combat by casting Shocking Grasp defensively. He can't fail to cast any of his spells casting defensively in spell combat unless the enemies have something that makes it harder.
Starting with Yellow, and then 5 ft. if necessary to get Blue if Yellow drops.
Shocking Grasp Damage:5d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 3, 3, 1) = 11- Apply this to the first attack that hits. If it's a crit, just roll 5d6 more for it.
Fade begins the dirty work of slashing repeatedly at the regalia. Alas only a single hit gets through, but what a hit! Sparks of the clash of metal and magic burst from the contact. Unfortunately, the regalia continues to fight.
Round 2:
Faeranduil: Go
Sue: Go
Fade: Crit
Magor: Go
Marta: Go
Animated Owlbears: TBD
Theritis: TBD
Regalia: TBD
As the strange creature moves to strike him, Theritis suddenly meets its attack with two of his own.
power attack with adamantine lucerne hammer vs blue:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (7) + 19 = 26
PA damage with adamantine lucerne hammer:1d12 + 25 ⇒ (1) + 25 = 26
power attack with adamantine lucerne hammer vs blue:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (17) + 19 = 36
PA damage with adamantine lucerne hammer:1d12 + 25 ⇒ (2) + 25 = 27
Using Unexpected Strike Rage Power as an opportunity attack as he enters my threatened area and then another as he leaves a threatened square to close with me.
