PbP Gameday VII - #6-10 Wounded Wisp - GM NOWRUZ #4 (Inactive)

Game Master noral

Darnellius grabs a flask off his bandolier and readies to toss it at the swarm.

grab flask and move within 20ft

Darnellius grabs a flask off his bandolier and readies to toss it at the swarm.

grab flask and move within 20ft

Please do not forget that you have a surprise AND round 1 action.

Derp....bombing now!

Darnellius launches his vial of liquid fire at the swarm.

splash: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 221d6 ⇒ 41d6 ⇒ 2Rolled second round of fire for expediency's sake...also forgot to ask to be moved up to range...on phone...cant move token...ty!

moved your token for you, you're right at 20' range since the hallway is blocked by allies and I couldn't get you closer without a double move action.

Side note: This is Willow's first campaign so I haven't had the cash, PP, or opportunity to get her potions or a wand of CLW. Any assistance with healing would be greatly appreciated after this combat

i got a wand you can use

Hearing Uri's warning, Tata curses under his breath and moves behind the some of the wine racks.

...and my Axe wand.

Akaash, Uri are up.

Since I was looking at the papers, I assume I was over by the table when those bats came in.

Akaash pulls his morningstar from its place on his belt and cautiously steps forward, swinging at the now-flaming swarm of bats.

Morningstar attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Morningstar damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Darnellius fire burns many of the bats and you can see that the swarm is smaller now!

@Akaash, unfortunately diminutive swarms cannot be harmed with weapons. I will bot Uri as I reminded im 24 hours ago.

Uri stays where he is and uses his wand of burning hands on the swarm!

BH damage +50%: 1d4 ⇒ 1
BH reflex save swarm: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

* * *

The swarm tries to retreat and at the same time eat and moves to Akaash.

Akaash, please make DC 11 Fort save or be nauseated 1 rd. because of the swarm's distraction - additionally you are bleeding with 1 HP on each turn of the swarm & receive swarm damage now: 1d6 ⇒ 4

@Jinny, Willow: 1 bleed damage.

* * *

Round 1
1. Jinny, Willow, Akaash, Uri, Darnellius
2. Swarm
3. Tata -> You are up!

Round 1
1. Jinny, Willow, Akaash, Uri, Darnellius -> You are up!
2. Swarm
3. Tata

#Swarm: -6 HP
#Jinny: 14/18 HP
#Willow: 5/9 HP
#Akaash: 6/10 HP
#Uri:
#Darnellius:
#Tata :

Willow gets a glint in her eye and a little grin as she tosses he flask of acid at the swarm, aiming at the far side from where Akaash is hoping to not splash him.

Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

She remains where she is and removes her second flask from her belt pouch. move action

Jinny drinks her potion.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Well, glad I didn't waste that dud on anything bigger. "Cherry flavor", he said! Ha!

From a pocket in her vest she pulls out a vial of liquid ice ready to use next round.

Akaash, Uri, Darnellius, Tata. You are up!

Come on guys! Lets kill this swarm off before the GM has to pause the campaign!

Darnellius launches a vial of acid at the swarm.

splash: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 161d6 ⇒ 4

Akaash tries to avoid the splash of acid from Darnellius' attack, then swings his morningstar again at the creatures.

Morningstar attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Morningstar damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Not much Tata can do here unfortunately.

Tata hold his ground, peeking around the corner and hoping someone can down these nasty things.

URI is up. I will bot you in 24 hours.

Akaash tries to avoid the splash of acid from Darnellius' attack, then swings his morningstar ...

You already noticed that your weapon is useless. Is this your action? :-)

Fort save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10

Akaash (being smarter and more observant than his player) realizes the morningstar is doing nothing, so backs out of the swarm's area and feels nauseated.

Can please one of you bot URI. Thanks

Uri shoots a pattern of brilliant colours from his hand aimed at the swarm.

casting colour soray...worth a shot...lol...DC 14 will negates...stunned: 2d4 ⇒ (3, 2) = 51d4 ⇒ 1if under 2hd, unconcious, blind and stunned for 5 rds, blind and stunned for 1, tgen stunned for 1

Will save : 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12

You clearly see that the swarm is affected by the colourful patterns!

Fire away! Everybody!! ;-)

Willow lobs her last flask of acid at the floundering bats

Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4

After watching the acid splash into the little beasts, she crouches in the corridor and waits, digging through her pouches looking for anything else that might hurt the buggers.

The last acid that hits the bats dissolves the main body of the swarm and you are now again in this silent ... and very ancient cavern that was not touched for ages.

You see black, dead bats everywhere and the smell of burned and dissolved flesh is almost nauseating.

You check all tunnels but they are too narrow to follow after a while and you cannot find anything more of interest in there.

You are certain that there is nothing to be found beyond the documents of those legendary Pathfinders.

Willow limps back over to the desk and begins to look through the papers more carefully, looking for any idea as to what they hold or why they were hidden.

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 13

or

Kn(History): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Not sure which one would better apply here

You enter and look at the desk and see that it contains various notes and leads. A first glimpse shows that these were obviously penned by Selmius Foster with later annotations by a certain Adolphus.

** spoiler omitted **

See handout

No further checks necessary. Please read the handouts. ;-)

After discovering that there is a mystery at hand, Willow seems more focused and less timid. After reading through the notes, she turns to the group.

The actions of these Eylysia intrigue me. What would a supposed Pathfinder be doing hiding her activities from the Society? I think that we should investigate this, so that we can collect up what she knew and report it ourselves. ...as well as learn it ourselves... There seem to be three leads, the false entries on the Wall of Names, the mausoleum of this Arkath, and the gnome Fimbrick. I think we should start now and take these in reverse order since the puzzle of the names might be easier with any information we glean from the others. If we bring this to Dreng unsolved he might take all the fun away from us. Your thoughts?

Willow gathers up the notes and limps back towards the wine cellar. In her excitement she almost forgot her pain.

Oh...those bats did a job on me as well. Until I get my first commission I don't have much to heal myself up. Now that we seem to be a group, is there anyone who could help me out? I'll repay you in any way that I can.

Here...use my wand...I can't use it but was told by an experienced agent to always have one. Hang on tl it until we are done.fresh wand...use freely...just keep track of uses.

Jinny is more than happy to share her wand of Cure Light Wounds with anyone who needs it, but has no way personally to activate it.

Thank you Darnellius. I'll use it to heal you whenever you need it but don't worry, I'll check before using it on anyone else. I'll keep it safe. I know you said use it freely, but Willow's not the type to use it without asking unless it's on you. Gotta stay in character lol

Willow gently touches herself with the wand and then places it carefully in her pouch.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

And I would be happy to hold on to yours as well if you'd like Jinny, as I can use it whenever you want me to. It might make sense to spread them out in case something horrible happens to me though

Where to next?

You start to look at the documents in more detail.

The papers chronicle the personal exploits of Selmius Foster, a famous Pathfinder whose name some of you recognize from their training as Pathfinder agents.

Most of Foster’s more infamous adventures appear here in varying amounts of detail, but it is evident there is another investigation he had been pursuing before he died: the lost records of a Society agent named Eylysia.

You find two very interesting documents, which detail Selmius’s thoughts on the matter, and an appended note from Adolphus.

See Handout #1 and #2 in the slides.

Together, these reference three major leads Foster had found. But it seems as if they never had time to investigate properly as the thoroughly compiled notes just stop at some point.

You decide to leave the cellar and the secret room and return to the upper level.

The kitchen personnel is a little astounded to see you again, especially with some of you having blood stains on their clothes. And although Heryn Gale is quite busy when you return she notices that you obviously were in a fight.

"Oh my god, what happened to you?!" she asks with great concern and wants to run down to see what is going on.

When you explain to her that you found the secret door she obviously is very surprised about what you found.

You can decide if you tell her about the documents or not.

Heryn then says "That is truly unbelievable and I agree with you. But to be honest such a matter has to be discussed with a Venture-Captain to align on the next step. I do not know what you want to do now but good luck to you! And please come back and inform us what to do with the room ... I ... I am still in shock ... unbelievable."

I made my vote earlier about where to go next and whether to take the papers back to Dreng now or later. What is the opinion of the rest of the group?

I'm with Willow's plan. We don't want to return a mystery unsolved.

"I could use a bit of that wand, if someone would be willing ... And then, I agree, let's off to find out more. I suggest we try this mausoleum first. Mausoleum exploration shouldn't be put off till nightfall. Always a bad idea."

Darnellius, do you mind?
and since I know he said ok, I'll pretend his character did too lol

Willow takes out the wand and touches Akaash on the shoulder, then returns it to her pouch.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Of course...I trust you with it.

To the mausoleum then! with a glint in her eye.

Willow collects up the paperwork and places it in her scroll case for temporary safekeeping and heads out towards the Ivy District, where Foster's notes said the mausoleum was located.

Let's get this done before dark, as Akaash said

unless there's any objections

Let's go.

You depart to check the lead involving Arkath. Details left by Selmius Foster indicate the location of Arkath’s burial site: a plot of land in Eastgate operated by the faith of Asmodeus.

A fence surrounds the necropolis grounds, and although members of the faith of Asmodeus and city guards routinely patrol the property, you know that it is still legal to enter the grounds to respect the departed.

Arkath’s crypt is the northernmost structure on the map that you found in Selmius documents.

While the gates into the necropolis are left open to those paying their respects, the doors of the mausoleums are sealed with sturdy stone slabs.

You suddenly see a man in robes and a large pendant with the holy symbol of Asmodeus approaching. The man is holding up his hands and it is visible that he has lost several fingers.

The man approaching shouts out loud ”Who goes there?!“

see map.

The excitement of the mystery fades a little as Willow sees that they will have to deal with people again. She shrinks a little and stays behind Jinny.

This one seems pretty outgoing. Hopefully she, or one of the others, can handle the talking parts

Knowledge(religion): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12
Knowledge(local): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Aakash grumbles softly, "Don't suppose anyone here has a fondness for devil-woshippers, eh?"

Jinny - we voted to go to the mausoleum first, not the wall of names. We're looking for Arkath's grave

Thanks Willow, I deleted my confused post at one minute before it became permanent. That'll teach me to quickly respond before running off to a meeting.

We are here to pay our respects to Arkath's grave. Are you in charge here? We wish no trouble.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

know local: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11