Post Apocthulhu Pathfinder RAW

Game Master Michael Johnson 66

Initiative 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19

Here we go.... Give my children my love....

Initiative: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19

Get outta my head!

Initiative: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22

Sieg cracks his knuckles in anticipation.

Initiative 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21

Let's finish this s+*#.... No more Great Old Ones.... A second chance for humanity....

initiative: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (12) + 17 = 29

"'Bout time we ended this, don't you think big guy?"

Initiative 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6 x8

The last hurrah! Round 1!

Koran!
Cthulhu!
Sieg!
Daisy!
Marcus!
Mikey Jay!
Star spawn of Cthulhu! (9)

TBD: Derrik! Radsworth!

Eeeeek!! Eeeeeek!!!

Init: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (3) + 11 = 14

For the things I may succeed in, I place the motivation to endure and the will to persevere at your young feet. For the things which I leave unfinished, I ask you for patience. The universe needs balance, and together we will bring it. Should the machinations of a flawed creature prevent me from returning to you, note you have my love as a daughter forever.

-Note from Professor Radsworth to Sun Mi

Map of Cthulhu's Throne Room

Note colossal Cthulhu at the north end of the throne room, with smaller but also colossal star-spawn to his left, right, and one before him (9 altogether)....

Koran is the frost giant front left, Al-Torac is the Large blue dragon, front center from L to R is Derrik, Mikey Jay, and Sieg.... Daisy is the female figure on the back R.... Radsworth is the guy holding up a pair of pistols.... Yingzen is the dark tengu mini.... Marcus is the remaining mini....

AC: 32, SR: 32, DR: 10/lawful
ROUND 1
Free (rage), free (ring of spell turning), full-round (charge), swift (smite evil)

Koran roars with the force of a storm and launched himself across the thrown room. Fire and lighting trail behind him as his personal storm flies him through the air. As he nears Cthulu he speeds down at the great olds ones tentacled head and launches a barrage of fury filled attacks each with the force of an entire army behind it.

rage, charge, wild fighting, aerial assault, power attack, smite evil

Jump: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (3) + 21 = 24+ 100 ft = 106 ft.

Attack 1: 1d20 + 43 ⇒ (10) + 43 = 53 Damage: 10d6 + 6d6 + 2d6 + 2d6 + 98 ⇒ (1, 5, 2, 6, 1, 1, 4, 5, 3, 1) + (3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 5) + (2, 3) + (6, 6) + 98 = 168
Self damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Attack 2: 1d20 + 43 ⇒ (17) + 43 = 60 Damage: 6d6 + 2d6 + 2d6 + 78 ⇒ (1, 5, 3, 6, 5, 2) + (6, 5) + (3, 3) + 78 = 117
Self damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Attack 3: 1d20 + 43 ⇒ (9) + 43 = 52 Damage: 6d6 + 2d6 + 2d6 + 78 ⇒ (1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4) + (4, 5) + (1, 3) + 78 = 105
Self damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Attack 4: 1d20 + 43 ⇒ (15) + 43 = 58 Damage: 6d6 + 2d6 + 2d6 + 78 ⇒ (6, 3, 1, 4, 6, 3) + (4, 6) + (2, 1) + 78 = 114
Self damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Attack 5: 1d20 + 38 ⇒ (2) + 38 = 40 Damage: 6d6 + 2d6 + 2d6 + 78 ⇒ (5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6) + (3, 6) + (1, 5) + 78 = 126
Self damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Attack 6: 1d20 + 33 ⇒ (11) + 33 = 44 Damage: 6d6 + 2d6 + 2d6 + 78 ⇒ (6, 5, 4, 4, 1, 5) + (1, 5) + (4, 5) + 78 = 118
Self damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Koran is also now sharing Cthulu's space with titan's bane

Koran's mighty blows stagger the Great Old One with their relentless intensity! Cthulhu roars in pain and outrage!

[b]RAAAAAWWWRRRR!!!!/b]

Oopsy! Disregard my post above this one for now.... Forgot Koran and everyone else must actually make 9 more Will saves vs the star spawns' frightful presences, and each of Koran's successful attacks might still be negated by Cthulhu's non-Euclidean defense....

Koran is immune to fear.

Non-Euclidean defense vs Koran's attacks, all of which except #5 could hit. Rolls of 01-50 indicate a miss....

Vs attack #1: 1d100 ⇒ 79 hits!

Vs attack #2: 1d100 ⇒ 68 hits!

Vs attack #3: 1d100 ⇒ 54 hits!

Vs attack #4: 1d100 ⇒ 14 misses!

Vs attack #6: 1d100 ⇒ 51 hits!

Koran strikes a total of four times, dealing a staggering 508 damage to Cthulhu!

GGGRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!

The Dread Cthulhu, The Thing Which Should Not Be, knows uncertainty for the first time in over a billion years....

Koran is immune to fear.

Right. Fair enough....

Concentration check vs DC 33 to defensively cast mythic wish 1d20 + 42 ⇒ (16) + 42 = 58 succeeds, of course....

Cthulhu raises one slimy claw skyward and utters a mythic wish that all of Koran's attacks this round failed to connect.... The four great bludgeon marks from Mjolnir suddenly vanish, restoring the Great Old One to full vigor!

In telepathic Aklo: You are doomed to fall before my relentless might, foolish mortals!!!

The last hurrah! Round 1!

Koran! (Storms throne, opens can of whoopass on Cthulhu)
Cthulhu! (Mythic wishes away all Koran's damage)
Sieg!
Daisy!
Marcus!
Mikey Jay!
Radsworth!
Star spawn of Cthulhu! (9)

TBD: Derrik!

Eeeeek!! Eeeeeek!!!

Sieg stomps his boots against the ground, granting him bolstered morale.

Swift action activate Boots of the Battle Herald, Greater Heroism for 30 rounds. Immune to fear now. Also activating Mythic Power Attack. Spending 1 point from my Ki Pool negate his Freedom of Movement.

Then he calls upon the spirit of Beowulf within him and rages, growing large, and follows Koran's course, flying over the Star-Spawn and going straight for their dread father.

He roars in anger and throws all his might into a single punch as he divebombs the tentacle-y threat to all humanity.

CHAOS SLAM STUNNING FIST: 1d20 + 46 ⇒ (14) + 46 = 60
Non-Euclidean: 1d100 ⇒ 54

Damage: 24d8 + 300 + 2d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 4, 8, 6, 7, 5, 2, 7, 8, 3, 7, 8, 5, 5, 3, 8, 8, 5, 8, 2) + 300 + (2, 4) = 431

Grapple: 1d20 + 98 ⇒ (3) + 98 = 101

Next round Cthulhu is sooo getting Grappled.

Sieg's mythically powerful blow thunders down on Cthulhu's octopoid head, causing the Great Old One's entire, colossal, flabby frame to quiver like green gelatin!

RRRRAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!

Edit: forgot all miracles were cast to give mind blank to the martials....

Daisy watches the furious fray unfold, awaiting the right moment to act--when one of her allies needed her powers....

Oh, almost forgot, DC 29 Fort save or be Stunned. Maybe he'll roll a 1.

Fort save 1d20 + 29 ⇒ (5) + 29 = 34 succeeds--Cthulhu is not stunned by Sieg's blow....

Miley Jay darts toward Cthulhu, The Sword of Sif upraised to strike! But he must pass within the range of nine star spawns' frightful presences to reach the Great Old One....

Will save vs DC 29 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (3) + 25 = 28 plus surge equals at least 29

Will save vs DC 29 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (9) + 25 = 34

Will save vs DC 29 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (16) + 25 = 41

Will save vs DC 29 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (7) + 25 = 32

Will save vs DC 29 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (6) + 25 = 31

Will save vs DC 29 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (5) + 25 = 30

Will save vs DC 29 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (15) + 25 = 40

Will save vs DC 29 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (11) + 25 = 36

Will save vs DC 29 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (12) + 25 = 37

Edit: Forgot mind blank grants +8 to Will saves vs mind-affecting effects....

MJ shrugs off the frightful presences! Attacks to follow....

Fleet hasted furiously focused raging Sword of Sif 1d20 + 46 ⇒ (19) + 46 = 65 (non-Euclidean miss on 01-50 1d100 ⇒ 93) strikes for 2d6 + 59 ⇒ (2, 1) + 59 = 62 slashing plus 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6 holy damage, confirmation 1d20 + 46 ⇒ (14) + 46 = 60 confirms, dealing 2d6 + 66 ⇒ (2, 3) + 66 = 71 critical slashing damage (total damage=99 after DR); prismatic effect 1d8 ⇒ 1 red, 20 fire damage soaked

Fleet hasted furiously focused raging Sword of Sif 1d20 + 46 ⇒ (13) + 46 = 59 (non-Euclidean miss on 01-50 1d100 ⇒ 39) misses!

Fleet hasted furiously focused raging Sword of Sif 1d20 + 41 ⇒ (7) + 41 = 48 misses!

Fleet hasted furiously focused raging Sword of Sif 1d20 + 41 ⇒ (11) + 41 = 52 (non-Euclidean miss on 01-50 1d100 ⇒ 58) strikes for 2d6 + 59 ⇒ (4, 4) + 59 = 67 slashing plus 2d6 ⇒ (3, 6) = 9 holy damage (total damage=56 after DR)

Fleet hasted furiously focused raging Sword of Sif 1d20 + 36 ⇒ (17) + 36 = 53 (non-Euclidean miss on 01-50 1d100 ⇒ 66) strikes for 2d6 + 59 ⇒ (2, 1) + 59 = 62 slashing plus 2d6 ⇒ (5, 6) = 11 holy damage, confirmation 1d20 + 36 ⇒ (19) + 36 = 55 confirms for 2d6 + 66 ⇒ (1, 5) + 66 = 72 critical slashing damage (total damage=125 after DR); prismatic effect 1d8 ⇒ 6 indigo, immune to mind-affecting effects

Toral damage for all attacks = 280!

Having sustained a staggering amount of damage between Sieg's single tremendous blow and MJ's furious flurry of strikes with The Sword of Sif (711 total), Cthulhu roars in agony and outrage!

GLLLUUUUURRRRRRGGGHHHHH!!!

The Great Old One is reeling in shock and pain hitherto unknown to him!

Just realized Marcus hasn't acted yet. Wish I had known more about the CLeric list when we started this because a Readied action to use Soul Bind here would be rad. Don't have the right gemstone for it though.

Marcus uses his Divine Metamastery, then drops a Maximized Empowered Mythic Firestorm over the whole battlefield.

"Burn babies burn! We're havin' calamari tonight!"

Spell resistance: 2d20 ⇒ (5, 8) = 13 +33 to bypass SR is 41 result, barely overcoming Cthulhu's SR I believe.

Using 2 MP to exclude Humanoids from harm. Everyone that's not humanoid in 42 total 10 ft. cubes (so...this whole room, basically) takes 240 damage. Reflex for half damage and to avoid being caught on fire and taking a further 36 fire damage every round until they spend a full-round to extinguish it. Half of this damage is Fire, and half of it is Divine and bypasses all fire resistance or immunity.

Non-Euclidean defense, 01-50 negates damage....1d100 ⇒ 43

The instant the divine storm of flames roars down, Cthulhu briefly flickers into another dimension, evading the damage!

Reflex vs fire storm 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19

Reflex vs fire storm 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

Reflex vs fire storm 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23

Reflex vs fire storm 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

Reflex vs fire storm 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19

Reflex vs fire storm 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

Reflex vs fire storm 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

Reflex vs fire storm 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

Reflex vs fire storm 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

*Coughs*

Bueller.....

Bueller.....

Bueller.....

In the great battle that ensued, perhaps the most ferocious in Earth history.... More savage than the clash of titans, or dragons, or dinosaurs.... More bloodthirsty than the carnage of the World Wars, Viet Nam, the War on Terror.... The Fierce Ones earned their title one final time.

Cthulhu and its star spawn raged like nightmare leviathans from the drug-ravaged psyche of an insane alien, summoning demons, devils, daemons, slaadi, aberrations from the furthest realms, and undead monsters from the pits of Hell or other, equally terrible dimensions....

The Fierce Ones were at first horrified when Professor Naomi Levinson made her reappearance at Dread Cthulhu's side as a lich, Kepler long cannibalized for evil power....
But when it became apparent that she had actually turned on Cthulhu--her devious plan the whole time--they rejoiced at the potent necromantic aid of their long-lost companion!

In a houdah strapped to the back of a somehow more malevolent-looking marble elephant than the lovable figurine of wondrous power The Fierce Ones remembered, the Scepter of Faust in her hand, Lich Naomi Levinson winks an undead eye at Derrik.

You didn't truly think I'd let you have all the fun without me, did you?

Arriving with Morgan the Fey at his side, Merlin returns to their side once more in The Fierce Ones' hour of need.... Bravely and brilliantly, the old wizard fights alongside his ward once more, urging Derrik to greater and greater fears of battle-glory!

Kill him, Arthur!!!! Kill the bloody brute!!! roars Merlin to Derrik with his final breaths as the ancient archmage vanishes down Cthulhu's tentacle-fringed maw....

Seeing her sometime enemy, sometime lover disappear into the void of the ravening maw of Cthulhu, the immortal enchantress wails her grief and fury....

MERRRRLIIIINNNNN!!!! NOOOOOOO!!!

Electrified with mad rage, the fey witch hurls epic magics at the Great Old One, rending his form for the first time!

*GASP!!!* M-m-master Merlin! Oh dear....

Turning its monocle to flash disapprovingly at Mahatma:

And you, sir.... What has happened to you!? You are not the dear, sweet Mahatma I parted ways with in the Silver Tower!

No, Mister Chesterfield. I am not. I have seen things, Mister Chesterfield. Things no mortal eye could bear to see. Things no immortal eye should suffer, even. Don't judge me!

Like a whirling dervish on crack, Mikey Jay rains down blows with The Sword of Sif, laying a field of carnage among the star spawn, demons, devils, and assorted ill-fated minions summoned to the arena, wisecracking dryly as he slashes and hacks....

Daisy worked hard to keep her companions standing.... It was not easy.... Cthulhu and the star spawn brought the martial heroes to the brink of death over and over again, and Daisy nearly exhausted her healing powers undoing the damage....

Don't give up, boys! We got this!

Like a primal hurricane or tornado embodied, Koran and Mjolnir, united in a common purpose of destruction, send the summoned horde of fiends, aberrations, and undead back to Hell, thunderclaps and lightning ripping the air with every furious blow....

For a moment, the battlefield is silent, The Fierce Ones seemingly victorious as all the star spawn and summoned minions were slaughtered, and even Dread Cthulhu reduced to a noxious cloud of roiling green gas....

Without speaking a word, Derrik removes his helm and lets it fall with a clang to the throne room's blood-slicked floor.... He strides with solemn purpose into the noxious green cloud that had once been Cthulhu....

Derrik?.... What are you.... Oh.... Oh no....

Daisy's face falls as she alone intuits Derrik's intention....

Coughing and spasming as the green gas envelops his armored form, Derrik falls to his knees and clutches at his throat before collapsing altogether....

A golden light radiates suddenly from his body as it begins to glow in the green gas!

Radsworth's visage grows stern as he watches the transformation, suddenly understanding what Derrik has done....

Ready yourselves for an even deadlier contest, Fierce Ones.... This is our chance to bring a permanent end to our evil foe....

The green gas coalesces around the brightly glowing figure, and a strange transformation occurs: rising from the floor and growing until it towers to Cthulhu's original colossal height, an armored, tentacled hybrid of Derrik and the Great Old One, brandishing colossal and warped versions of Excalibur and Dawnbringer, looms over the throne room!

It's voice is like thunder: The transmogrification is complete! I am more powerful than ever before! Behold the doom of galaxies, Fierce Ones, and despair!!!!

This can't be good.

Prologue

In the aftermath of that legendary battle, the ultimate clash between Yin and Yang, Light and Dark, Good and Evil, Life and Death, Resurrection and Destruction, Derrik Stonesmith made the ultimate sacrifice and fulfilled the destiny begun for him long before his soul inhabited the body known by that name.

A fallen angel was redeemed, but at the cost of his name and legend being stricken from the memories of every living being in the multiverse for all time.

The mythic companions who survived him knew that someone had been among them, a friend, a leader, a champion.... But the name and face were frustratingly lost to them....

Nonetheless, they celebrated the Forgotten One, and the sacrifice that saved the world, in the heady days of rebirth following the fall of Cthulhu and the New Renaissance of Humanity.