[PbP Gameday VII] GM Irish202 RotRL: Spires of Xin-Shalast (Inactive)

Game Master Irish202

Got it!

Grognar's attack will hit. Ezren, were you or the elemental planning on any actions this round? The elemental passed the will save.

Oh yes. I plan to use that crit for the previously rolled attack for the first first attack. Below are those rolls again.

The elemental seems to sense that this giant tried to harm it. And it resented the attempt. It full attacks.

First Attack

Slam: 1d20 + 30 - 5 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 30 - 5 + 2 = 462d10 + 14 + 1 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (7, 5) + 14 + 1 + 10 + 2 = 39

Confirm?: 1d20 + 30 - 5 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 30 - 5 + 2 = 402d10 + 14 + 1 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (7, 8) + 14 + 1 + 10 + 2 = 42

Second Attack

Slam: 1d20 + 30 - 5 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 30 - 5 + 2 = 382d10 + 14 + 1 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (6, 1) + 14 + 1 + 10 + 2 = 34

Ezren is summoning, but if the giant goes down AND he can cancel the spell without penalty he might. If the giant is still up OR Ezren need to complete or loose the spell then he will and I will post again. Let me know.

Sorry for the delay, work is ramping up before the Thanksgiving holiday.

Oh yes. I plan to use that crit for the previously rolled attack for the first first attack. Below are those rolls again.

In the interest of keeping the Franken-counter going, I will let you do this as I did not state anything about carrying rolls forwards between rounds. However, going forward, The Statute of Limitation of "re-using" rolls ends during the turn in which they were rolled. Furthermore, the giant remains standing at 203 apparent points of damage after Grognar's and the elemental's attacks.

There are no apparent actions for the intervening period between Ezren and Jeb/Sharton, so I will open things up for their actions as well.

Initiative Order: Center Map Updated
Round 23:

Shump (5 STR Drain, 12 WIS Drain)
Griff (Flying 10 ft up)
Grognar (4 Wis Drain)
Ezren and Friends (EFS taken 105 points)
Lamia (Green -140, out of sight, nauseated)
Man in Robes (Out of sight)
Something Ominous (Out of Sight)
Jebediah (No longer blind)
Sharton
Black Giant (-203)

Ezren completes his spell summoning a Tyrannosaurus. The creature appears, moves up and seems ready to bite and any enemy that presents itself. On my phone and cannot paste in an image. I did manage to draw a big square.

Jebediah steps in, and goes to town on the giant.

Although without Haste or Bard's Song, he has less of a chance...

Talon, Rage: 1d20 + 24 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 24 + 2 + 2 = 32, for 1d8 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 22 + 2 = 29 damage +2d6 ⇒ (1, 6) = 7 Holy damage +1d6 ⇒ 5 Acid damage.
Talon, Rage: 1d20 + 24 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 24 + 2 + 2 = 45, for 1d8 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 22 + 2 = 26 damage +2d6 ⇒ (6, 6) = 12 Holy damage +1d6 ⇒ 6 Acid damage.
Bite, Rage: 1d20 + 24 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 24 + 2 + 2 = 44, for 1d6 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 22 + 2 = 29 damage +2d6 ⇒ (3, 2) = 5 Holy damage.
Foreclaw, Rage: 1d20 + 19 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 19 + 2 + 2 = 35, for 1d4 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 13 + 2 = 18 damage +2d6 ⇒ (6, 5) = 11 Holy damage.
Gore, Rage: 1d20 + 24 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 24 + 2 + 2 = 43, for 1d8 + 18 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 18 + 2 = 25 damage +2d6 ⇒ (1, 3) = 4 Holy damage.

Ezren did cast Haste. He just could not include those where both invisible AND had Mindblank running. Also, just recalled that Ezrel has a full round action left as this summons was started last round.

His summoning complete the wizard moves around the corner as he draws a rod of Lesser Empower and casts magic missiles at the giant.

Spell Pen: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (17) + 23 = 40

Magic Missiles: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (3, 1, 4, 3, 4) + 5 = 20 So 30 points of force damage.

Ezren's magic missiles leave the giant extremely wounded, which leaves it open to Jebediah's second talon attack that fells the giant. Jeb goes to town on the giant as it collapses in a loud metallic crash of armor, its blood flying in all directions as the dinosaur makes sure to finish the job. Silence finally fills the hallway, with only the distant sound of whistling winds from outside and the faint dripping of blood from giant corpses able to be heard.

There is only one immediate (and unlikely) enemy in your immediate vicinity (the nauseated lamia), who I would be happy to hand-wave away by saying that Ezren sends his freshly summoned T-Rex (and/or the earth elemental) off into the gassy clouds to finish it off. This would mean...Dare I say it...

OUT OF INITIATIVE!!?!?!

I have listed all of the lootz below in the spoiler. Everything listed beneath each creature is the loot per monster. So if there is multiple monsters, the loot listed is multiplied by that number of monsters (e.g. 7 cloud giants = multiply listed loot by 7). To estimate the amount of time it takes for retrieving your spoils, it will take about 1 minute in total to locate/search/remove/stow all loot from one creature. Based on the party's overall Spellcraft bonuses, I have automatically assumed all checks are auto-succeeded unless mentioned otherwise; you are freely welcome to look up any and all information about any of the listed identified items from references.

Spellcraft on the scimitar: 1d20 + 26 + 1d6 ⇒ (8) + 26 + (5) = 39

Grognar will aid Sharton for a +4. Spellcraft: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (16) + 20 = 36

"This rune hear is actually similar to this divine rune that means....

Sword Image Link

Sharton examines the golden sword, amidst the acidy half-melted remains of the armored woman. The sword is incredibly heavy to lift from the wizard's perspective, and almost seems to increase in weight in an attempt to cause Sharton to lose grip of it.

Griff begins the healing while others tend to other things.

He uses 100 gp of diamond dust and a Restoration to cure Grognar's wisdom drain.

An invisible voice whispers, "This sword is nice, but what of Shump? Do we presume dead, and I can med, or a plane away, where we need to save the day?"

"I have diamond dust. Here. But thank you for saving me the spell. You saved us many times out there."

I agree, we need to try to track down Shump's last known position after he was taken.

Sharton quickly goes through the giant pile of loot. Most of this we can't use, except all of these sihedron rings. However, this armored woman had lots of good stuff, starting with this sword. It's talking to me, and not in a nice way. Sharton goes on to explain the sword's history and powers. This purple ioun stone holds three levels of spells, although it's empty right now. This belt could be of great use to Jeb or Grognar, since it brings your strength and fortitude to near perfection. This ring will prevent you from being grappled or caught in a web, while this scarab gives you resistance to spells and can absorb a number of negative energy effects.

I don't think this headband will help anyone, since Jeb has one of this strength and the rest of us have one for different abilities. Her boots can be used to teleport you three times per day, and her cloak makes you look a small distance from where you actually are.

Sharton tries to pull on the bow, which doesn't flex in the least. Looks like this bow is defective.

I'll grab one of the potions, and while that belt would make me harder to kill or poison I know I don't have a primary need for it. I don't mind hand-me-downs of one of you takes it and has a similar belt you don't need anymore, at least until we get back to Heidmarch Manor!

"We should recover our friend. I can use the belt and I can put a buff in the a stone the could help someone.

Does the ring maintain caster leveling? Divine favor would be great for Jeb.

Ezren will retrieve a ring for his second summoned creature and then he helps look over the loot. We do not know where that wizard took Shump, but I agree we need to find both Shump and that wizard. I believe he came from the eastern passages. I will send Baal to check the path we came in on but do not expect to find him there. Unless someone thinks it a bad idea he will send his companion to search the way they came in with his hasted fly speed.

Looking over the items he asks and admits Who should wear the ring of Freedom of Movement? I could use it as being grappled is something I fear. I could also use that Scarab of Protection if no one else will wear it.

Does the ring maintain caster leveling? Divine favor would be great for Jeb.

I assume you mean the stone. If so, I'm pretty sure that's Yes, the spell that is stored in there is at the caster level of whoever put it in.

I can't wear the scarab, my bonded item is a necklace already. Grognar, if you take her belt can I borrow yours for a while? Too bad there aren't more Rings of Freedom of Movement. And what should we do with this sword?

I'll put it in my handy haversack for a moment, is it able to talk to me while in the extradimensional space?

I will send Baal to check the path we came in on but do not expect to find him there. Unless someone thinks it a bad idea he will send his companion to search the way they came in with his hasted fly speed.

Baal flies back towards the entrance ramp (and/or further downwards, if desired) and will find no traces of any recent passage beyond that of your group.

Grognar the Oracle wrote:

Does the ring maintain caster leveling? Divine favor would be great for Jeb.

I assume you mean the stone. If so, I'm pretty sure that's Yes, the spell that is stored in there is at the caster level of whoever put it in.

I can't wear the scarab, my bonded item is a necklace already. Grognar, if you take her belt can I borrow yours for a while? Too bad there aren't more Rings of Freedom of Movement. And what should we do with this sword?

I'll put it in my handy haversack for a moment, is it able to talk to me while in the extradimensional space?

I did mean stone, it's based on the ring of spell storing,

Each spell has a caster level equal to the minimum level needed to cast that spell.

So my buff will not be great options for the ring as the AL require higher caster levels.

"The wizard took Shump in a northern direction a few hundred feet, but then what happened next I cannot say."

Then lets us go that way to look for him. Ezren will send his summoned monsters ahead of the group.

19 minutes elapse during looting phase, plus 30 seconds for travel.

The group finishes their recovery of their spoils with the giants in the eastern chamber, the chamber filled with what seems like endless rows of empty side chambers along its halls. The chamber curves around to the north, where it splits into two separate halls lined with these empty cells. The left hallway appears to have a side room that appears to be someone's living quarters; it is a triangular room with a golden bed bearing exotic furs and silk sheets, as well as a long shelf above the bed holding nearly two dozen leather-bound books.

There is a closed set of doors on the southern end of this chamber that appears different from the cells to the north. Assuming you all don't look behind this door quite yet, given your focus on recovering Shump.

As the group comes within visible sight of the living quarters in the left hallway, they hear what appears to be a heated conversation echoing from further up the hallway just around the curve out of direct sight.

Center, Eastern, and Current Maps Updated. Forgot to decrease Grognar's size after expiration of Divine Vessel, will update on next map update.

Baal Communicates <<Let us take that wizard now. With him we should find our friend. I suspect a fiend dines upon Shump's flesh as we dally here. My master says he can prevent the wizard from teleporting away if he is can get close enough.>>

Exren casts lesser globe of invulnerability as the group begins to close on the voices.

Grognar will cast extend divine favour and hope it last until the fight.

"Let's get our Friend back."

Sharton pops his wand of shield from his spring-loaded wrist sheath, activates it, and moves forward with the rest of the group.

He whispers, "The wizard seems to have some kind of powerful demon with him."

And after a strange warping of time, we are not looking for Shump at all but I say we are still hunting that wizard.

The lamia's constant attacks have Shump wondering what is happening. Another attack and his wits utterly fail. His limbs lock up like iron and he collapses straight on his back.

He dreams of his friend Rhino. He wonders if Rhino is okay.

In the mists...a dagger slams deep into Shump's right eye.

-- - -

A tall Chelaxian woman with short black hair who outfitted in bright polished full plate with a longsword at her waits watches Shump swirl through the Boneyard. She awaits his return to Proelera in Heavan for a seat in her hall. He knows this place well having spent a short time there, before she recalled him back to Golarion.

- -- - -

He shakes his head. No that didn't happen. Suddenly he sits dressed in a worm shirt and dirty pants, on the floor of an empty stable staring at the bottom of a large worn feed bag. It has a label which reads "Rhino" on the outside, at the bottom a few bits of alfalfa remain. All is quiet.

Grognar casts restoration on Shrump. Back before we started moving.

"Welcome back to the world my friend. You kept saying rhino while you were out."

Addressing Hmm's ruling, with a little bit of RP seasoning!

As the group hears the conversation echoing down the hallway, they abruptly feel a shuddering rumble rip through the entire Spire. The sound of furniture and ornamental gems falling from their places can be heard all around. Over the noise, the voices up the hallway can also be heard; with one voice actually seeming to laugh maniacally.

The rumbling crescendos as a rippling wave of cascading brilliant golden energy erupts from up the hallway and crashes down it with incredible speed. The wave of light crosses the entire length of the hallway in seconds, giving the group time for a startled breath before it washes over them. Time almost seems to slow down as it passes over the party, carrying with it a sense of vertigo and an oddly intense wave of greedy urges. It is at this time that the group sees two shapes being carried along by the energy wave, one of which is a very heavy medium sized creature which slams into Grognar at a velocity that leaves him staggering with the impact. The other, a much smaller and lighter object made of cloth, slaps into Ezren's face much like a newspaper caught by a strong wind.

The energy wave passes and with better visibility Grognar find Shump's unconscious body in his arms. Oddly enough, Ezren removes the thing caught on his face, only to realize that the object appears to be someone's pants, albeit very finely made and expensive looking. The shuddering and rumbling of the Spire continues, and the group hears more of the voices down the hall over the din.

The rumbling of the aftershock will continue for as long as the group needs to cure/heal/buff Shump up as needed, covering up the sounds of any spellcasting and noises people might make.

(Look like he needs 2 restorations? I will pitch in another, already marked)

(No Abyssal here XD )

Shump stands shakes his head and looks at Griff and Grognar. "Thank you. Those lamia's took it out of me. I will do my best to uphold my end next time." He turns to Grognar. "Yeah I had a dream about him. I was looking for him in a stable. Hope he's ok. He looks around Where's that wizard?"

By the Lady of Valor I am the first into battle, and the last to leave it. I can't abandon my friends like that again

The enemy awaits and our protections wane. Let us be about the business we came for. Ezren urges.

Griff, you may also want to drop some healing on Shump as well to bring him back up to full fighting strength.

I'm unsure of how far he's down. The last status I see of him he has no damage.

He had been down 74 hit points before bridging to present time. He also only needs wisdom drain restored (the strength drain no longer applies due to ruling adjustments), which it looks like Grognar took care of in case you want to mark those spells/components back.

Refunded my diamond dust and level 4 spell.

Using level 6 spell to heal him up.

Griff heals up Shump in a flash with a Heal spell, not saying much or expecting thanks. "You are healed."

Sharton is ready to go! He's just not going in first this time...

Grognar also is ready.

Back from vacation, so let's continue on shall we? Approximately 2 minutes of in-game time passed (including conversation, Shump, and moving down the hallway). I will make the assumption Sharton/Grognar made their short buffs after Shump is ready, so the effects will be active for what you see below...

The group cautiously moves further down the hallway towards the voices they have been hearing, towards a single room at the end. In this 50-foot high room is a 20-foot tall golden statue of the Runelord in a pose with his hands held out before him; as if it had been holding an object of some kind in them. A brazier stands before the statue, with plumes of smokeless fire churning within it. North of the statue stands a stone pagoda-like structure, with a single opening in its southern side and its contents not visible from the group's current vantage point. To the west, a massive pair of golden double doors shimmers behind a hazy screen of golden energy.

In this room, the sources of the two voices becomes readily apparent. One appears to be a gargantuan multi-eyed bear-like monster, with a serrated tail and insectoid claws sprouting from its back; while the other voice is the grumpy wizard from the fight earlier. The insect bear appears to be sporting a devilishly amused look on what passes for its face, as it observes the wizard (who, for some reason, appears to be missing his pants) failing miserably at attempting to magically manifest a pair of slacks using prestidigitation.

Without even turning to look behind it, the insect bear snorts and rises from its relaxed crouched position and it growls at the wizard.

"Why are you all not dead yet?" the mage gripes as he lets the badly half-manifested pants fade away into smoke as grasps his staff and assumes a spell-casting posture.

Insect Bear Image

And so we re-enter initiative! Please take a moment and re-assess the stats you have listed in your signature fields; many short-term buffs have expired since the last combat and your stats/AC/Saves may have changed. The Eastern Map image has been updated for the current combat field. I have placed your tokens on the map approximately about where you have started to see things; you can adjust your token location back if you wish, but may not be any farther forward than Jeb's token location.

Initiative Order: Turn advances after actions or by Wednesday 12/5 @ 9PM EST.

Grumpy Wizard (Delays/Readies)
Grognar
Ezren
Jeb
Sharton
Insect Bear
Shump
Griff

Nigel roars a challenge, and pounces upon the insect bear.

Talon, Rage: 1d20 + 24 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 24 + 2 + 2 = 35, for 1d8 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 22 + 2 = 31 damage +2d6 ⇒ (3, 5) = 8 Holy damage +1d6 ⇒ 4 Acid damage.
Talon, Rage: 1d20 + 24 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 24 + 2 + 2 = 29, for 1d8 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 22 + 2 = 26 damage +2d6 ⇒ (1, 5) = 6 Holy damage +1d6 ⇒ 1 Acid damage.
Bite, Rage: 1d20 + 24 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 24 + 2 + 2 = 41, for 1d6 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 22 + 2 = 27 damage +2d6 ⇒ (3, 5) = 8 Holy damage.
Foreclaw, Rage: 1d20 + 19 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 19 + 2 + 2 = 37, for 1d4 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 13 + 2 = 19 damage +2d6 ⇒ (5, 3) = 8 Holy damage.
Gore, Rage: 1d20 + 24 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 24 + 2 + 2 = 37, for 1d8 + 18 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 18 + 2 = 24 damage +2d6 ⇒ (5, 3) = 8 Holy damage.

Sharton moves forward just enough to better see what Mr Grumpy is readied to do, drawing his persistent metamagic rod.

Perception: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (4) + 27 = 31

If Grumpy is readied to cast a spell, can Sharton figure out which one?

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 26 ⇒ (4) + 26 = 30

And he'll call out what he recalls about the big bear bug demon.

Knowledge planes: 1d20 + 29 + 1d6 ⇒ (7) + 29 + (5) = 41 asking about special attacks, spell-like abilities, and SR

IF he doesn't think he'll get blasted, or if it's just another magic missile, Sharton will cast a persistent phantasmal killer at Grumpy. DC 24, roll twice and take the lesser roll for each saving throw. If necessary, Sharton will ready to cast his spell and wait for Grumpy's readied action to occur first.

Eren had cast Lesser Globe of Invulnerability as the group was ready to advance. It only lasts a round a level so he would not have cast it until he was sure the group was ready.

Knowledge Planes: 1d20 + 33 ⇒ (4) + 33 = 37 +3 is from it being a demon. You seem you have already told us of special defenses. He would like to know things the creature hates fears or otherwise opposes to help the chances of his banishment spell. Also per the map Ezren cannot see or target the enemy wizard from where he moved to, which I hope means the enemy wizard cannot see or target Ezren.

As he advances to get in range for his spell Ezren will call out to the demon. I know you Shemhazian. I know your strengths and weaknesses. I know what you hate and fear. This is not your fight. I am a Hellknight Signafier of Cheliax and Diabolist of the 8th order in good standing with the hells. I command you GO HOME!

Presenting cold iron, a holy symbol of Asmodeus, his Imp familiar, and perhaps other things he might know from his knowledge check Ezren casts Banishment DC is 28 will save +1 to SR check and save DC for each thing presented that the creature hates or fears or or otherwise opposes. I am hoping that just being a Diabolist, who are quite anti-demon, might count as one, or even more than one.

SR Check: 1d20 + 17 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 17 + 6 = 41

Baal will use a wand to cast resist energy Cold on Ezren while making an obscene gesture at the demon.

If the spell fails Ezren will use Dimensional Shift to "hop" back away from the demon.

**Botting Activated**Grognar advances forward cautiously into the room, using a round from his boots of haste to dart around the reach of the insect bear to end up behind the Karzoug statue for cover. Ezren knows the deepest fear of this demon, a foul creature that relishes in devouring living flesh and meat, and reaches into his spell pouch in order to pull out...BROCCOLI! The shemhazian demon recoils from perhaps one of the most foulest of substances on Golarion and vanishes with a frightful pop from this plane of existence.

I hate broccoli, can't you tell?

Jebediah, all set and ready to go with an incredibly devastating pounce attack, find himself without a target! As he ponders his next move, Sharton darts in and unleashes his phantasmal killer spell upon the wizard. His illusion magic plies upon the mental defenses of his enemy, who struggles to resist its effects.

Sharton...do you have any weird boons or abilities to boost your DC on the phantasmal killer? The wizard is 2 points shy of failing the will save, which will actually kill him if he fails if Grognar is willing to drop a misfortune on his last fortitude save. Otherwise, he will resist your spell.

Initiative Order: Turn advances after actions or by Friday 12/7 @ 12PM EST.

Grumpy Wizard (Delays/Readies)
Grognar
Ezren
Jeb (Can change action since target is back in the Abyss)
Sharton (Possible shenanigans to increase DC?)
Insect Bear
Shump
Griff

Thanks, GM I was just trying to write a post through a bad migraine.

Can I pounce on the Wizard instead?

You don't have a direct charge line to him, so I would say no.
He is about 100 feet away from you, not sure if that would involve a double move for you or not. If you do end up moving towards him, let me know of you want to end up at reach distance or completely adjacent to it so I can token appropriately.

Move Action
Griff heads forward. (Will be 5 ft up)

Standard Action
He casts Blessing of Fervor on the party. (Will get Sharton, Jebidiah, Shump, and himself... sorry Ezren, you're too far away)

I don't believe I have anything additional to affect the saving throws. The whole point of Persistent is that half of the saving throws should be single digit, lol. Alas, not today! If only I could use Inspiration for that...

Is the first Will save for the demon? It's not particularly clear. All things being equal, that's probably the luckier option.

Shump waits for the party.

Alright then. I guess that I will just move to be base-to-base with him.