Qwerty's #8-07 Tome of Righteous Repose Low Tier (Inactive)

Game Master qwerty1971

Segray detects magic and tries to identify the aura and specificity.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Zora tries to do the same...

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

...with the exact same ignorance.

"There is something magical in the water, but I cannot tell more than that," she frowns.

Miji wades into the water to retrieve the object, with a big grin on his face, "Finders keepers, right ladies?"

Miji pulls out a older designed blade still in its scabbard. After the more learned members of the group take a look at it they decide it is a +1 Fire-Forged Longsword. Most likely a remnant from one of the Crusaders from ages ago.

Sorry, been at a con all weekend. Won't be fully home til tomorrow night, but:

Zora informs Miji of the nature of his sword. "Certainly it is yours to use if you wish it, though the Society will lay claim to it eventually as they do."

Letting Miji entertain himself with drying off the new sword, Zora strides up the hallway to see what lies ahead. Moved on map

"Are you implying that I would use this brute's weapon? I have no use for such a clumsy tool."

apologies- had some live game responsibilities to run this weekend

After discovering the sword the group searches the next room. Racks for bows, crossbows, and other ranged weapons line the southern walls of the chamber. Receptacles for ammunition stand between the racks. A large arcane mark glows on the floor atop a raised platform.

Remembering the orders that sent them on this mission the group recalls they have to find out what magiks the poem refers to as a protection against the influence of the Whispering Tyrant. The answer may be in the room with the golem...

"We're going to have to deal with that golem, aren't we?"

Segray nods gravely. "I hoped we didn't have to fight this creature. Let's get on with it."

Dark Prince Asmodeus. Guide our steps.

"I dunno . . . it hasn't done anything to us. Unlike those orcs. I say we go fight them again, and let this golem go."

Balomar nods and heads back to the room with the golem.

Delio shrugs. "Of course. It is as the famed playwright observed, a golem found in the early part of exploration must be fought before the exploration can be completed."

Balomar heads back to the golem room.

Delio follows.

Segray follows as well, shrugging.

Benedict reluctantly follows.

Hey! This reverse-psychotic thing actually works.

The group moves back towards the golem room. They stand outside the room pondering who will enter first.

"I suppose the wisest course of action will be to prepare with magic before we essay the fight, attack it all at once, and finish it off with ranged attacks. How wise do you feel, good Miji?"

[ooc]@GM: Really? There's a doubt about who goes first?[ooc]

Miji and his rapier lead the way. "I hope you know, this isn't personal. I didn't even want to fight you, but my friends insisted." It's really more of a need to fight you, technically speaking.

Zora wordlessly moves after the others, seeing the golem's destruction as a necessity but neither positive nor negative beyond that.

"A moment," she murmurs, and touches Miji with the same spell as before. Shield of Faith, +2 deflection AC for Miji

Drawing her wand of bless, she invokes the spell upon her colleagues as they rush in to defeat the golem. +1 morale to attacks

Before Miji runs in recklessly, Benedict will drink an extract. Shield.

Balomar steps into the room, and gives a nod to the patrolling golem, ever prepared to strike the creature should it attack him or an ally.

Readied Action: Power Attack golem

Power Atk with +1 Adamantine Katana: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12 for slashing damage of : 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (2, 3) + 13 = 18

As soon as Balomar gets close to the golem's path the golem recognizes the paladins presence and acts in a threatening manner which triggers Balomars attack...which misses the golem...

COMBAT 1ST RND
Balomar, Benedict, Zora, Segray, Delio, Miji
Golem

all of you go before the golem; this should be over quickly

Delio closes the distance and cuts at the golem, but his blade glances off the creature's icy body (I think).

Attack!: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
Damage, just in case: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Benedict moves forward, longspear drawn as he attempts to skewer the golem.

Bless: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 1 = 10
1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Segray double moves into the room.

Delio strikes with his rapier and knocks off a bit of ice from the creature... but he notices the blade did not go in as far as his thought it would...

Benedict meanwhile strikes from reach but misses the creature...

Segray enters the room and sees the men fighting the ice creature...

COMBAT 1ST RND
Balomar, Benedict, Zora, Segray, Delio, Miji
Golem (-4)

Balomar takes a powerful swing at the golem.

Power Atk with +1 Adamantine Katana: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28 for slashing damage of: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (4, 3) + 13 = 20
Confirm Crit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16 for slashing damage of: 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (4, 4) + 13 = 21

Zora hurries after the others to position herself for striking-- or healing, as needed.

Double move

Balomar delivers a precise swing with his katana and cuts off a large chunk of ice... he feels he just missed cutting off a larger piece of ice with a tad more luck... he smirks to himself after watching the light weapon-ed fighters struggle to deliver a deadly strike as he just did...

COMBAT 1ST RND
Balomar, Benedict, Zora, Segray, Delio, Miji
Golem (-24)

Miji dances into position opposite Delio, then takes a stab at the golem.

The ice golem tries to hit the moving Miji...but has little hope of hitting the graceful fighter...Slam: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18...and the fencer counterattacks the golems AoO hitting the creature slightly...DR and immune to precision damage
Once in position Miji attacks once more and hits the creature yet again but finds his blade is stopped by the creatures innate nature and not all the damage goes through...

The golem moves from his current location and opens its mouth sending out a 20 ft freezing blast of cold air at Balomar, Delio, Benedict and Zora and they suffer Breath Weapon: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 1) = 8...DC13 REF for half damage well that was disappointing

COMBAT 2nd RND
Balomar, Benedict, Zora, Segray, Delio, Miji
Golem (-31)

DC 13 Reflex save: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24

Delio avoids the worst of the blast of cold, and his innate celestial nature protects him from the rest. The slickness of the floor takes him unprepared, though, and he misses the golem by a large margin.

Slash again!: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

Reflex: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Benedict dodges most of the icy breath and moves to flank the golem.

Flank, Bless: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Reflex: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Zora does not dodge well. The cold washes brutally over her and she grunts. She stoically walks forward and attacks all the same-- less to strike the creature directly, but to aid Balomar's blows.

Aid another, vs DC 10, bless: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 = 6

Unfortunately her attack doesn't distract the golem any.

Benedict discovers he barely did any damage with that attack...but he namaged to hit the golem unlike his friend Delio who loses his footing and misses widely...Zora meanwhile figures Balomar is better at attack the creature and gives him a bit o'luck...

Miji dances back and shoots fire at the icy creature. "Let's see how well you handle the heat!"

Segray poses her hands on Zora's shoulder.

"May the fire within you heal your wounds."

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Well... Segray is useless against a golem.

Segray stays ready to act, however.

On its next attack, if it hits, Segray will curse the golem with Misfortune to make it reroll.

REF vs DC 14: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12
Miji sends arcane fire at the golem and melts away a good portion of it as Segray heals Zora...

calling it, one hit from Balomar, even if he rolls double 1's, drops it...

Balomar manages to strike the remainder of the golem down and the ice body explodes into a burst of cold energy and ice shards...

REF vs DC 13 Ice Shards: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 4, 3) = 9

CON check vs DC 10 Cold: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 3) = 9 temp CON damage; which does not really matter since this is the last fight encounter

After recovering from the explosions the group recovers. Looking around the room the group finds painted walls of activity and what can only be coded words in poems...

DC 13 Reflex save: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23

Perception check: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

INT check: 1d20 ⇒ 1

CON check: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

Delio rolls out of the way of most of the explosion, taking only a few scrapes from flying shards of ice. As he comes up, he spots a fragile piece of vellum discarded in one corner of the room, and carefully retrieves it. "I suppose anything we find in a place like this has a tale behind it. This seems to describe some sort of ritual, which may make its tale more interesting than most."

How does the CON damage work with cold resistance, GM?

Segray wanders around, looking at the painted walls in genuine interest.

Appraise DC 15: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Heal DC 15: 1d20 ⇒ 1
Perception DC 15: 1d20 ⇒ 8
Perception DC 20: 1d20 ⇒ 17
Int DC 12: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20

After some time, she puts her hands on her hips and states.

"Have you noticed? There was a powerful holy ritual performed in order to seal away a particularly troubling pocket of necromantic energy, sacrificing her own life to fuel a ward. What a foolish woman! The recent orcish raiders disrupted the ward though, threatening to unleash the necromantic force once again. However, if we repeat the ritual in the first tomb discovered, we should restore the ward over the negative energy. What do you think about that?"

Appraise: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19
Heal: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Engineering: 1d20 + 11 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 11 + (4) = 16
Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20
Int Check: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

"Yes, and this silver holy symbol was used as part of that holy ritual. The erosion on the walls here indicate a concentrated burst of holy energy. And this bronze object is an embossed prayer to Shizuru. The prayer is a warrior’s plea, asking for strength and courage when facing the final moments of life. Most interesting."

Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22 Pass: Half -> 4 Damage
Reflex: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17Pass
Con: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15Pass
Perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (19) + 0 = 19
heal: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Int: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (14) - 1 = 13

Balomar listens to the pathfinder's nodding in agreement.

Almost forgot:

Untrained Heal check: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21

Delio mulls over the paintings, cogitating. "I should like to take two words to expound upon an oddity. These noble but deceased samurai that are pictured here seem to have met their end in a burst of holy energy. I am but a simple swordsman in Shelyn's service, so I shall leave the interpretation of this to my more learned colleagues."

Reflex: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
Con: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17

...and it looks like y'all have already passed all the other rolls, heh, good work crew. I've injured my wrist or I'd roll them anyway, but as it is:

Weathering the last blast, Zora stands a moment, feeling the cold as though it were the chill of the grave. As the others explain the history, she nods, smiling faintly even, pleased to be traveling with such knowledgeable souls.

"Then perhaps we can once more seal away the dark energies. I will gladly lend my power to such a task. Hold a moment, some of us are hurt."

Channel positive for heals: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (4, 6) + 1 = 11 That should get everyone full, let me know if anyone's not.

Satisfied her colleagues are healthy and ready to face the ritual, Zora gently takes the embossed prayer of Shizuru-- if Benedict hands it over, anyway-- and nods. "Shall we?"

"It is probably better in your hands so yes."

The party gleans enough information about the ritual to purify the site and restore the ward. The conduct the ritual take any last notes regarding the crypt and begin the 6 day journey back to report to VC Besnik in Lastwall.

Besnik listens to the retelling of the adventure and says, "“I knew you would triumph! Just goes to show I picked the right pathfinders to seek out adventure while unknown dangers lurked. There could have been almost anything there! Go and rest while I put our report together for the Ten. Surely, this addition to the Chronicles will put Uscalin Lodge on the map."

“Though I may joke about the crusaders, they play a vital part in the service of good. You, too, have done important work today. You have removed a pressing danger and helped the spirit of an ancient hero find rest. Well done, Pathfinders. I hope you are as proud of yourselves as I am of you.”

That is it. Both Primary and Secondary conditions met. Please ensure you provided all the right info and day job rolls in the discussion tab and I will crank out the chronicles. Many thanks.