[PbP Gameday V] GM Volandis' The Wounded Wisp [closed] (Inactive)

Game Master Luthor Volandis

As Pioni shines the plate she notices it move slightly. She checks it again an realises that the plate can slide to the side. On doing so she finds a small chalkboard recessed slightly into the alter just enough to hold conceal a small shelf holding a piece of chalk.

Interesting but please be careful as it could be trapped

Casts Detect Magic

"I'll just move over here before my luck runs out."
Pioni takes a large step away from the sliding panel. And another, 'cos she's short.

"Well I can give it a once over to see if anything looks dangerous"

Cyto will have a look to see if there are any traps

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16

So I assume we just enter the password? Celestin will have a go and write "wibble" on the chalkboard, in his most elegant script. He dots the 'i' with a smiley face.

"Before we press on I will patch up your wounds Cyto"

Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 on Cyto

Pearlianna detects magic and picks up a strong illusion aura on one of the walls.

Cyto looks around the area but doesn't seem to find anything extra, even around the illusion aura.

Celestin scribes a word on the chalkboard, but nothing happens. Celestin then gives a slight curse under his breath in a strong Galtan accent, rubs out the 'bb' and corrects it to 'ff', as he does so the wall at the rear of the room shimmers and disappears revealing a hidden door just as it slides open. Beyond the door is a passageway leading behind the shrine and opening up into a larger area.

Several desks are arranged along the northern and eastern edges of this small stone alcove. Whereas the stonework leading to this chamber is rough, the walls in the alcove are polished. A single gem rests among the neatly filed papers on the desk, emitting a soft luminescence that brightens the small room.

Oops! Apparently my phone recognises the word wibble, but not wiffle! XD

Detect magic on the gem, guys?

Casts detect Magic

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (8) + 0 = 8

"Well this matches my expectations for a secret repository of knowledge"

Cyto will look through the desks and have a brief read of the neatly filed papers to see if any of it looks pathfindery.

Is the chamber a dead end Btw, or does it lead somewhere?
We need to find a clue on where to go next.

"Not the death trap I was expecting!" Pioni peers around the alcove.

Pearlianna tries to work out the magic on the gem, but can only pick up the tell tale signs of an evocation spell.

The paperwork on the desk is a priceless collection of Pathfinder Society lore and information describing dozens of unexplored sites. Most seem to be written in a strange ancient language and are unreadable. Even to those who cannot read the documents it's very clear that this collection is very important and will require several weeks of careful study by researchers at the Grand Lodge.

You all gather up the documents and start to leave to hidden section of the shrine. As you get back to the antechamber you can hear the sounds of movement outside.

A voice shouts out from behind one of the pillars, "Whatever you found in there is now the property of the Aspis Consortium. If you surrender and come quietly you have my word that you will not be harmed!"

I've updated the map link to show you all the new area.

"Unlucky. We found this and it clearly belongs to the pathfinders society, so why don't you leave and find your own secretly hidden secret very old secret stash of secret things?" Hob says somewhere from the back of the group

"I beg to disagree with the Consortium; saying something doesn't make it so."

Pioni draws her kukri.

"For example: Your brain has the consistancy of an overripe uglifruit! Or; you reek like the year-old den of a psuedodragon!"

the map hasn't updated for me btw

Celestin ensures he is safely behind Pioni before drawing his own crossbow. "Indeed, I believe ze phrase you are looking for is: 'Finders, Keepers!'"

Cyto will move into position and draw a dagger.

"I'd rather not have to hurt anyone but as you've no doubt heard we aren't going to surrender."

Pioni steps from the alcove.

Assuming the one hour has lapsed since I cast Blessing of the watch I recast it.

Then prepare to fight. IE Don shield as move action

So +1 morale bonus on all attacks and saves vs fear.

"OK i'll take that as a no then!" says the man, as he gestures for his allies to attack.

I took some enemies away as i think i was getting a bit carried away there...

Celestin Initiative: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Cyto Initiative: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Hob Initiative: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
James Initiative: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Pearlianna Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Pioni Initiative: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Virgil Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
GREEN Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15
BLUE Initiative: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
RED Initiative: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (19) - 1 = 18
YELLOW Initiative: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

Round 1
Pearlianna <-UP NEXT
Enemy RED
Enemy GREEN
Enemy YELLOW
Virgil
Pioni
Enemy BLUE
Celestin
Cyto
Hob
James

Delay

The dwarf mutters a prayer to his god as he moves forward. When his minor prayer ends his image blurs and then splits in to two identical copies.

The female human armed with a bow steps from behind her pillar and takes a shot at Pioni...

bow attack, point blank: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 1 = 11 bow damage, point blank: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

... but she misses horribly.

Next to move is the armoured human with a sword and shield. He strides over to Pioni and swipes at her with his longsword...

sword attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16 sword damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

... but she nimbly dodges the powerful attack.

Round 1
Pearlianna <-DELAY
Enemy RED
Enemy GREEN
Enemy YELLOW
Virgil <-UP NEXT
Pioni <-UP NEXT
Enemy BLUE
Celestin
Cyto
Hob
James

Virgil approaches the nearest foe, rapier in hand lancing out.

Rapier: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 61d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Pioni attempts roll into flanking.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Then if she doesn't get herself killed introduces the bad guy to her blade.
AttackvsYellow: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22 for damage: 1d3 ⇒ 3

Don't forget everyone has a bless effect up.

Virgil stabs at the swordman but is blocked by his wooden shield. Pioni nimbly dodges around the man's guard and stabs past his shield to pierce his side.

A large, brutish looking man strides round another pillar getting rather enraged by his ally getting wounded.No rage yet, but he's getting there...

He moves over and aims a poweful attack with his greatclub at Virgil.

greatclub attack, p. attack: 1d20 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (17) + 5 - 1 = 21 greatclub damage, p. attack: 1d10 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 3 = 13

Virgil falls to the ground unconscious as the brutish man's grin grows wider making him look more deranged by the moment.

"Eurrgh...", Celestin grimaces as his friend falls to the ground in one strike. He decides to take precautions here, and casts Mage Armour on himself.

Round 1
Pearlianna <-DELAY
Enemy RED
Enemy GREEN
Enemy YELLOW 3 damage
Virgil -2HP, bleeding, unconscious, prone
Pioni
Enemy BLUE
Celestin
Cyto <-UP NEXT
Hob <-UP NEXT
James <-UP NEXT

Hob will move up and pat Cyto on the back and say "Go get them you lucky bastard"

Use Bit of Luck on Cyto

Cyto concentrates his saliva into a toxic venom and licks it onto his blade. He steps over Virgil to protect him from further harm and while seeing the man distracted by Pioni attacks at an opening hoping to get lucky.

Dagger: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Bit of Luck Roll: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Damage: 1d4 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + (5) = 7

The poison is Vishkanya Venom: Injury; save Fort DC 12; Frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d2 Dex; cure 1 save

Is bless +1 damage as well as attack?

It is not

fort save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

The swordsman looks quite badly wounded but is just about still standing. He resists the Vishkanya's venom coating the dagger.

Round 1
Pearlianna <-DELAYED
Enemy RED
Enemy GREEN
Enemy YELLOW 3 damage
Virgil -2HP, bleeding, unconscious, prone
Pioni
Enemy BLUE
Celestin
Cyto
Hob
James <-UP NEXT

Round 2
Pearlianna <-UP NEXT
Enemy RED
Enemy GREEN
Enemy YELLOW 3 damage
Virgil -2HP, bleeding, unconscious, prone
Pioni
Enemy BLUE
Celestin
Cyto
Hob
James

I did miss the +1 from Bless from my attack so the best roll was actually 22, though I really hope it doesn't make a difference.

you mean you really hope it does make a difference. Else we're gonna get caned.

No, I mean I hope I hit anyway because I don't want to fight someone with 22 AC

Cyto had already hit without the +1 from the bless effect. Now if it had done 1 more damage...

Move and Channel Energy excluding Blue and Yellow

Channel: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Due to no details on his equipment i'm going to use my best guess on James' attack options.

James moves in to engage the swordsman and tries to take him out of the fight.

longsword attack, bless: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 1 = 12

longsword damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

His attack bounces off the swordsman's shield.

The twin images of the dwarven man both step forward and simultaneously hold forth a holy symbol of a mask with one eye painted black. As they do a wave of negative energy flows out from him and flows through everyone near to him. He doesn't seem to care about the damage he causes his allies.

channel negative enrgy, DC10: 1d6 ⇒ 2

will save YELLOW: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
will save BLUE: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
will save GREEN: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (12) + 0 = 12
will save Pioni: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
will save Virgil: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (16) + 0 = 16
will save Cyto: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4
will save James: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
will save Hob: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
will save Pearlianna: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
will save Celestin: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

The elf woman swears under her breath as her allies block her line of sight to the group. She moves to get better shot at Pioni and fires her bow, but misses the nimble halfling.

bow attack, point blank: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 1 = 12 bow damage, point blank: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

The injured swordsman barks out, "We'll have words later, Dwarf!, but continues to focus on the Pathfinders for now as he focuses his anger to slice out at Cyto with his sword.

sword attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 sword damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Potential critical...

sword attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17 sword damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10 Only just doesn't confirm.

Round 2
Pearlianna 1 damage
Enemy RED
Enemy GREEN 1 damage
Enemy YELLOW 4 damage
Virgil on 4HP, prone <-UP NEXT
Pioni 2 damage <-UP NEXT
Enemy BLUE 2 damage
Celestin 1 damage
Cyto 9 damage
Hob 1 damage
James 1 damage

Pioni draws a tonfa and 5-foot steps past the pillar.
She stabs at the guy in front of her.
Stabitystabvsyellow: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13 for damage: 1d3 ⇒ 2

Virgil stabs up at his foe from the ground with his rapier. Blue

Rapier: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 - 4 = 81d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

I think I still have my folio reroll.

Rapier: 1d20 + 4 - 4 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 - 4 + 4 = 241d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Confirm crit

Rapier: 1d20 + 4 - 4 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 - 4 + 4 = 161d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Unless he moves out of sight, Celestin will take a shot at BLUE with his crossbow.
Xbow vs blue: 1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 2 - 4 = 4(cover included)
damage: 1d8 ⇒ 3

The shot just clatters off the wall, Celestin sighs and reloads.

Pioni fails to get past the swordsman's shield as Virgil stabs the angry half-orc in the leg from the ground.

The damage only further angers him as he takes a wild swing at Cyto while howling with barely contained rage.

greatclub attack, rage, P. Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 2 - 1 = 7

He barely misses the Vishkanya and makes Virgil jump as the large wooden weapon comes crashing down inches from his head.

Round 2
Pearlianna 1 damage
Enemy RED
Enemy GREEN 1 damage
Enemy YELLOW 4 damage
Virgil on 4HP, prone
Pioni 2 damage
Enemy BLUE 7 damage
Celestin 1 damage
Cyto 9 damage <-UP NEXT
Hob 1 damage <-UP NEXT
James 1 damage <-UP NEXT

Round 3
Pearlianna 1 damage <-UP NEXT
Enemy RED
Enemy GREEN 1 damage
Enemy YELLOW 4 damage
Virgil on 4HP, prone
Pioni 2 damage
Enemy BLUE 7 damage
Celestin 1 damage
Cyto 9 damage
Hob 1 damage
James 1 damage

Deftly Cyto coats his blade in his own, now freely available blood and stabs at the man wielding what can only be assumed is the better part of a tree, hoping the last of his toxin will aid in bringing him down.

Dagger: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5 damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Folio Reroll

Dagger: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

He then carefully edges back towards his friends, hoping his wounds can be treated.

Hob will draw his spear and heal Cyto

Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Channel Energy: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Exclude Blue and Yellow Enemies

that is the weapon I'm using and I think I will continue what the gm started

Growling at his lack of ability to show off his combat prowess so far James lifts his longsword and attempts to strike the swordsman once more.
longsword slash: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 1 = 131d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Using folio reroll
Reroll attack
reroll: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 4 + 1 = 23

James takes another stab at the swordsman.

longsword attack, bless, flanking: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 1 + 2 = 26

longsword damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Possible crit...

longsword crit confirm, bless, flanking: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 1 + 2 = 19

longsword damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

James stabs through a week point in the mans armour and seriously wounds him. He drops to the ground unconscious and bleeding out.

The cleric tries to defensively cast a spell.

concentration, DC17: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

Then reaches down to stop his ally from bleeding out, just about bringing him back to consciousness.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

The archer continues shooting at Pioni.

bow attack, point blank: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 4 + 1 = 19

bow damage, point blank: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

The heavily injured swordsman tries to grab an potion from his backpack. This provokes an attack of oppotunity from James, Virgil and Pioni.

Round 3
Pearlianna
Enemy RED
Enemy GREEN
Enemy YELLOW 0HP, prone, staggered
Virgil prone <- UP NEXT
Pioni 7 damage <- UP NEXT
Enemy BLUE 10 damage
Celestin
Cyto
Hob
James

As I'd already calculated everything based on my bot rolling for James i'll take James' post as the opportunity attack, which will get the swordsman out of the fight again.

Round 3
Pearlianna
Enemy RED
Enemy GREEN
Enemy YELLOW -6, prone, bleeding
Virgil prone <- UP NEXT
Pioni 7 damage <- UP NEXT
Enemy BLUE 10 damage
Celestin
Cyto
Hob
James

Rapier: 1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 - 4 = 11d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

As Pearlianna's magics close up Virgils remaining wound, the duellist thrusts upwards at the half-orc again.