Qwerty's PFS#8-00 Cosmic Captive Classic (1-2) (Inactive)

Game Master qwerty1971

vote for leaving too

flee, I'd hate to die being dragged through a special.

"It's best we leave." Razdin quickly quips. "You guys are crazy if you think we should take on his henchmen." He continues trying to look as if it was his idea.

"Great talk dude but we gotta get going. Appreciate the monstrous waste of time." He says rolling his eyes.

"Fine... take your leave... you begin to bore me anyways..." the giant replies to Razdin while he turns away to grab another delicacy.

You move out of the labyrinth, back towards the crater. Then you move through a frozen city and enter icy tunnels. Directions are provided by junior pathfinders moping up events in those areas allowing you to pass on. Finally you exit the icy tunnels and enter rocky tunnels. The rocks glow green and yellow, with occasional patches of red. You are glad you all benefit from the planetary adaptation spell provided to you at the spire of Nex.

Vaulted arcs of stone create a bizarre network of geometric recesses, like a petrified beehive but in orders of magnitude larger. In one cell stands an altar smeared with blood and ochre. A humanoid with chiseled, angular features that make him look almost like a statue brought to life stands on top of the raised dais on which the altar stands. He quickly moves down and stands ready for what comes in a defensive pose.

COMBAT 1st RND
Razdin, Jogun, Kaya
Foe
Ree, Huck, Fentar

"That doesn't look good," Kaya says, staring wide eyed. When the humanoid moves, though, she reacts immediately, stepping to the left, trying to slip out of view via the altar. Once she gets close enough, she tries to better examine the altar - is there anything else there?
Stealth: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Double move.

Razzy wastes no time rushing down and taking a shot with his crossbow.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 91d8 ⇒ 8

Knowledge (Local) and Knowledge (Religion) to identify this foe

Kaya senses nothing out of the ordinary for the altar save that it appears cold as does the air around it, not enough to damage the living.

Razdin hurries his shot and misses, the bolt clanging across the stonework...

knowledge (religion): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

Knowledge (Local): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Fentar tells the group that the foe appears to be an Oread, one of the earth touched humanoids sometimes found on Golorion. Kaya adds that this oread is more elemental than human, it probably resists acid and can see in the dark.

Jogun again raises his musket and takes careful aim. With no resupply in sight Jogun doesn't want to waste any ammo. The halfling takes his time lining up the shot.

BANG: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 201d10 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

I will ready an action to shoot the first enemy that gets within thirty feet of me.

★ - OVERSEER ANNOUNCEMENT - ★

“The crater has been claimed, but our divinations indicate that Ayrzul is not happy about this! We’re experiencing unexpected surges in gravity everywhere, especially near the crater and vault!” Sorrina Westyr declares, madly strapping herself down as everything as everything rattles and shakes around her. “Hold on!”

Meanwhile behind her, Drendle Dreng is holding up a bottle, as he weaves back and forth in the convulsing landscape. “I feel the earth move under my feet, I feel the sky tumbling down... WOOOOOO HOOOOO!”

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AREA B; The Crater, is claimed and safe for travel! GMs, there is an Earth Event happening now!

Unsure of what's going to happen next and most definitely unhappy with both the timing of the announcement - honestly - and the potential fight with the shaking and the chaos.... Well. Kaya doesn't actually know what to do. She's wary of the altar because it's covered in gore, but has no other way of actually bracing herself. She glances around and sighs, disheartened by the frankly disgusting situation.

She settles in a stance taught to all of the kids early on back when you learn you don't ever know when it'll be time to run - she bent her knees and lowered her center of gravity.

Of course, she also eyed the stone for a good spot to snag if she really did lose her footing.

These announcements! Could they possibly be timed any more poorly? she mentally grumbled. Still, at least it means the lead groups are making good progress.

Why not make the metaphor real and have some magical coat-tails appear for us to ride along on. How many times a day are these other groups posting?

apparently there are two higher level teams that are whizzing through and leaving a wake of destruction... i believe. You all are middle of the pack and then there is one table that fell silent. Dont worry about them- focus on you. I will try to give you exposure to different areas for some different fights/encounters until everyone is summoned to the last big fight. You will never see/experience all of this special.

The Oread moves closer to the group in a threatening manner and once he gets within range Jogun sends a bullet at him tearing a chunk of his rockiness off the main body... but the man continues on to get close to Razdin...double move once next to Razdin two earthen tendrils spring out from the ground and one attempts to smack Razdin...
Tendril ATK: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13...DMG: 1d3 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

the earth event, apologies, had to look it up

Right after the tendrils miss with their attack on Razdin the earth starts to shake violently, cracks appear in the cavern walls and you are all tossed 10 feet into the air! What goes up must come down again and you fall down, spraining ankles and other limbs. The good news is that your enemy is not spared this ordeal and when he hits the ground after the fall his body crumbles sustaining too much damage after the gunshot and fall...

When you are about to move your limbs they feel very heavy, gravity seems to suddenly have increased...

COMBAT 1st RND
Ree(-2), Huck (-5), Fentar (-5)
COMBAT 2nd RND
Razdin (-3), Jogun (-5), Kaya (-3)
Foe (crumpled rocks),
Ree(-2), Huck (-5), Fentar (-5)

Phew this special has my head spinning lol

Huckleberry, saddened to not fight the ifrits is somewhat gladdened at the opportunity to fight an oread!

"Dat der rock-guy betta naht be resistant to mah bullets!"

Huck hustles away from the group to line up a better shot, kneels down and blasts at the Oread!

Attack + PBS - DA: 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (18) + 5 + 1 - 1 = 23
damage: 1d12 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 1 + 2 = 13

"Whhoooo Weeey! I gawt dat der sum o' b$+%+, yas I did!" Huck hoots and hollers at what looks like a successful shot!

perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

knowledge (planes): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Huck blasts the former oread rocks even more and then shouts in glee like a Varisian harrower, but like Joguns shot, these foes are made of rocks and are somewhat hardy to damaging.

"Wait, what... what was that?"

Fentar falls back on prayer, "Oh soothing lord, aid us through this strange ordeal." calling on the god's energies to restore his allies' health.

channel enery to heal: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

do you have selective channeling?

do you have selective channeling?

Nope, I can't see any enemies on the map though, is slide 7 the correct slide to look at?

i will always make it slide #2. apologies for not pointing that out sooner

Does that mean we do/don't get healing?
Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

Kaya cries out at the way the earth all but throws them into the air before catching them - roughly. It takes her a moment to resort her surroundings seeing as that particular ride hadn't been kind in the least. At least their foe had been taken out, too?

"Ow, ow, ow," she almost chanted. Her body felt heavy, but that wasn't unusual. It wasn't until she started listing in favor of reintroducing herself to the ground that she realized something was off.

"Woah, is anyone else feeling really... heavy? And what happened to the weird mound that was following that guy around? Is it still... moving?"

Does that mean we do/don't get healing?

depends on Fentar if he still wants to do so

Kaya looks for the earthen mound and sees it moving towards their recently fallen foe...

Kaya points at the mound - "Stop that thing!" she yells. She doesn't know what'll happen when it meets up with its friend, but like hell does she want to let it!

Not sure if we're still in combat order or not? o:

If the guy in front of me is on the ground do I get sneak attack if it's probe, if it's immune you can lie to me and still say yes lol

Still channeling, I have just stepped back so that the foe is out of the area of effect. The team are still in the AoE and so are healed.

Fentar steps back and channels for his companions. The others try to target the earthen mound but it darts away from their attacks... it makes it way to the fallen oread and in a spark of energy, it poofs out of existence with the energy going to the oread... the oread begins to reform quickly with that spark and as it stands up those around it hammer him with attacks of opportunities until it falls motionless again.

pushing on as you all would kill the reformed oread rather quickly. essentially the earth mound was an earth wysp that buffed elemental beings, it will sacrifice itself to give life to the elemental it is with, but the amount of life is dependent on the elemental hit dice so at lvl 1 the amount would not be enough to survive the dangers of the oread standing up

Looking around the area you uncover a bag with a small cache of supplies including four potions of endure elements, two potions of cure light wounds, and a potion of remove disease. you all would eventually get those spellcraft checks

Pressing on after redistributing the gear the group comes to a large chamber underground. The ceiling of this deep chamber is barely visible in the distance. Stairways designed for giants connect multiple levels, and bright illumination wipes away the shadows, unlike most other areas on the asteroid. A central platform inscribed with arcane runes hangs carefully balanced in the center of this network of enormous pathways paths. The floor of the platform appears to be a never-ending cascade of earth, forever falling into a black void.

With no knowledge of the arcane Razzy simply walks up to the platform to examine it the only we he knows how. He begins touching the runes to see if they react. Giving time to focus on everything in the room for a moment.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

"Wow!"

knowledge (arcana): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Jogun takes one look at the altar and goes back to working on his rifle. While polishing Jogun asks, "Does any of that mean anything to anyone or is it just another altar?"

Kaya passes this new cache of potions around to whoever wants it - keeping on potion of endure elements in reserve for herself. You could never be too careful, after all. After the distribution, they continued onwards... More or less, into the darkness.

When they came across the altar, Kaya stayed decidedly away from it. Considering what had happened the last time she'd gotten close to one... Ugh, she just didn't want to deal with it. They were lucky they had someone so capable of healing them, which...

"Thanks for healing us back there, by the way," she addressed Fentar. "I was a bit preoccupied so I forgot to say as much sooner."

★ - OVERSEER ANNOUNCEMENT - ★

The image of Sorrina Westyr appears as she helps an enormous water elemental dispatch a band of gargoyles. “We do not stand alone in our efforts, my friends. Our teams discovered a band of rebels fighting back against our adversaries and we have begun to coordinate with them. Some much needed assistance should be arriving shortly.”

Table GMs, the Allies benefit is now in play!

Your eyes adjust to the cavern setting. You hear some movement to your left and behind a rocky outcropping you see two humanoid figures stumbling their way towards you, one looking like a rocky humanoid the other looking undeadish...

As the image of Sorrina Westyr starts to disappear a wave of water detaches itself from the enormous water elemental. The wave washes over you and sloshes away through the corridor, to form some puddles here and there. Moments later the water gathers and moves up to form a small water elemental. It looks at you as if it waits for a command.

Can be used in one encounter of your choice, calling it forward is a free action. The stairs are difficult terrain for you.

The red ragged foe quickly and unexpectedly moves towards the group with its sharp and bony claws out... double move; map shows where he started from for reference

Combat 1st RND
Foe Red
Fentar, Ree, Razdin, Kaya, Jogun, Huck,
Foe Teal

Wait, wait, are we being swamped near the eternally falling dirt, in that large underground chamber? Or have we entered one of those passageways it mentions?

Kaya moves forward, rapier in hand, to stab at the creature - unwilling to get caught off guard again, she's been holding it at the ready ever since the earth itself turned on them. All the same, she's flustered and it doesn't seem as though her attack so much as touches the creature... Whatever it is.

Attack w/ Rapier: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Ree takes a five foot step into flank with Kaya stabbing with her rapier not really caring what the foe is so long as she kills it before it gets past her to the party's cute healers and rogues!

Attack!: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 2 = 27
Damage!: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Confirm?: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 2 = 14
Crit damage!: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

I've had trouble posting in this thread. Seems okay now

k religion: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

You are in the large underground chamber, but not in the eternally falling dirt- that was just word art for you

Kaya moves forward and attacks the quick foe but fails to hit it. Ree moves to flank and hits the foe squarely in its back, but discovers not all of the damage gets through.

Kaya WIL: 1d20 ⇒ 19

Ree WIL: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (8) - 1 = 7 you notice nothing odd

Fentar tries to help the others by figuring out what the foe is but the lack of good light makes it hard for him to see it clearly.

Razdon, Jogun, Huck are up

Razdin pulls out both blades attempting to slash the beast. Putting all his might behind the blows.

Strike #1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 171d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Strike #2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 121d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

"It's an illusion! This thing isn't really alive!" Kaya immediately blurts out. "I think it's undead!"

Knowledge checks are usually not actions, if this is an exception, let me know.

Fentar decides to test Kaya's hypothesis.

He calls upon his god to come to his aid.

channel energy to harm undead and other things vulnerable to positive energy: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

hearing Kayas theory Fentar decides to test it after coming out of his delay...

Red WIL vs DC 12: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 4 + 2 = 15 takes 1 damage
Teal WIL vs DC 12: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 3 + 2 = 25 takes 1 damage

Both foes manage to resist all of the positive energy wave, however the teal one seems emboldened to the positive energy attack from the Red foes aura...

PEW: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 121d10 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10

Jogun was surprised how fast the zombie looking creature moved. In reaction to its attack Jogun moves to the side and takes a rushed shot at the nearest foe. Sensing danger Jogun reloads with one of his expensive cartridges.

Huckleberry can barely how many undead there are to face on this asteroid hurtling through space

"Day dee just ain't right"

He grabs his musket and shoots the nearest enemy.

attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
damage: 1d12 ⇒ 4

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Razdin manages to strike the questionable foe that is closest to the group and hits with his first attack but also notices his blades did not go as deep as he thought they did...

Jogun makes a nice shot on the foe flanked by his teammates and sees chunks of the foe get blown off but he feels there should have been more damage done...

Huck sees Joguns attack and changes his target to the regular zombie approaching feeling it would be more prudent to attack that foe than the one surrounded by his companions. took some liberty there since your shot, while it would hit, would not do any lasting damage to the close one, but would to the second foe

The teal zombie moves closer to Kaya but not close enough to attack her yet...

The red foe feels Ree is the closer threat and attacks the fire kin with 2 claws that are dripping with puss and ooze...
Claw ATK1: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9...DMG: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4MISS
Claw ATK2: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13...DMG: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3MISS

Combat 2nd RND
Foe Red (-9)
Fentar, Ree, Razdin, Kaya, Jogun, Huck,
Foe Teal (-4)

Eager to contribute, Fentar calls out again to his deity.

channel to harm undead etc. DC12: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Ree continues to stab at the red enemy!

Attack!: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 6 + 2 = 25
Damage!: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

If she drops the red foe she will circle around to get behind the blue one to provide Kaya and Razdin a flank. If either enemy attacks her, she will spend 1 point of panache to attempt an opportune parry & riposte

Parry: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21 must be higher than attacker's roll
Riposte: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 counter-attack vs attacker's ac
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Red WIL vs DC 12: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 2 = 18
Teal WIL vs DC 12: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 2 = 12

Both undead steel themselves tot he positive energy flowing from Fentar although they do take damage...

Ree finds a soft spot on the red foe and hits, but while it does not do the damage she thought it would, it does just enough to drop the creature to the ground...

Combat 2nd RND
Foe Red (-16)
Fentar, Ree, Razdin, Kaya, Jogun, Huck
Foe Teal (-7)