Rannik's Carrion Crown

Game Master Patrick Levasseur

Tolvan reacts almost as quickly as Anna, Readying to cast his Glitterdust spell at the heads trying to blind them. Anna, back away from those things!

As soon as Anna is away or as soon a a head moves far enough away from Anna he will cast his spell.

Kimberly was hanging head first inside the crate she was looking through her feet dangling in the air when he hears Anna's shriek and something about spiders.

I told you there might be... Her sentence cut short at the sight of the floating heads.

Those are not spiders. Kimberly lets out a little shriek of her own and yells something in celestial holding her holy symbol over her head.

there is a black glow around Kimberly's hand and a wave of Pharasma's divine energy washes over the party guiding their actions closer to Pharasm'a will and the destruction of these presumably undead things.

cast Bless on the party

Tolvan reacts almost as quickly as Anna, Readying to cast his Glitterdust spell at the heads trying to blind them. Anna, back away from those things!

As soon as Anna is away or as soon a a head moves far enough away from Anna he will cast his spell.

Right! Anna agrees, and takes a 5-foot step back. (I think that's all I've got this round.)

Danica rush to Anna's aid and draws her temple sword. She tries to discern what these flying heads are.
Monster Lore: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

Tolvan wrote:

Tolvan reacts almost as quickly as Anna, Readying to cast his Glitterdust spell at the heads trying to blind them. Anna, back away from those things!

As soon as Anna is away or as soon a a head moves far enough away from Anna he will cast his spell.

Right! Anna agrees, and takes a 5-foot step back. (I think that's all I've got this round.)

As soon as Anna steps back Tolvan's Giltterdust spell blankets the two heads. DC17 Will save or be blind. -40 to stealth checks regardless.

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25 One makes the save
1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7 Blinded

Just need Andejela and/or Danica's actions. I'll bot the last if needed.

Danica starts to dictate strategies of the new threat.

"These are shrieking medusa head. Their bite will temporarily turn you to stone. They can attack while flying by and they have a shrieking long range attack."

"Kimberly, you can damage them like you damage other undead creatures."

Using Monk's Advice (Inspire Courage) ability - +1 moral bonus.

if I have no morals do I still get the bonus?

just kidding

Round 1
Anna moves quickly, drawing and slashing upward with her dagger. The dismbodied head takes the slash across the side, cutting through the cheek and ear, leaving a portion dangling grotesquely. Then, reacting to Tolvans shout, steps away directly to the east to make room for Tolvans magic.

Tolvan reacts almost as quickly as Anna, readying to cast his Glitterdust spell at the heads trying to blind them. As soon as Anna steps back Tolvan's Giltterdust spell blankets the two heads. The northern head twisted and bucked in the air, avoiding blindness but now glittering like a pixie. The southern head stares mindlessly as the glittering dust coats it, covering the eyes and rendering it blind.

Botting - Andjela moves west to try and get a clear a shot as possible, drawing a releasing with skill.
1d20 + 12 - 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 12 - 2 + 1 + 1 = 211d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Danica rush to Anna's aid and draws her temple sword. She tries to discern what these flying heads are. Danica starts to dictate strategies of the new threat. "These are shrieking medusa head. Their bite will temporarily turn you to stone. They can attack while flying by and they have a shrieking long range attack." then at last to Kimberly, "Kimberly, you can damage them like you damage other undead creatures."

"Those are not spiders." Kimberly lets out a little shriek of her own and yells something in celestial holding her holy symbol over her head. There is a black glow around Kimberly's hand and a wave of Pharasma's divine energy washes over the party guiding their actions closer to Pharasm'a will and the destruction of these presumably undead things.

The first Medusa Head opens its gaping mouth even wider and lets out a horrific scream which reverberates throughout the entire area. All - I need a DC16 Will save or be shaken for 1d4 ⇒ 2 rounds. FYI: This is a sonic mind-affecting fear effect.

The blinded head sort of wobbles as it struggles to remain airborne, head twisting and turning erratically as it tries to orient itself in complete blackness. It apparently decides to move NW, banging it's face into the wall and biting at the uncaring wood to no effect. However, it seems through bashing it's face into the wall, it's managed to clear up some of the glitterdust on it's eyes, and it turns a baleful look at the nearby Anna.
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 51d10 ⇒ 11d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25

Ongoing Effects: Bless (all), Inspire Courage (all) . Please post for Round 2!

Initiative

• Anna
  
• Tolvan
  
• Andjela
  
• Danica
  
• Kimberly

• Medusa Heads

Will Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Tolvan shakes off the effect of the scream and moves for a better shot then fires an arrow at the wounded head.

longbow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 261d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Will, bless: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 = 7

Anna backs away, the fear clutching her heart. She pulls out her heavy crossbow and shoots at the nearest head. Ranged, shaken, pbs, bless, inspire: 1d20 + 9 - 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 9 - 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 11
Damage: 1d10 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 6

Will Save: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32

Danica lets out another ear-piercing scream at the non-blind shrieking head.
Ear-Piercing Scream: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 6) = 8

The target is dazed for 1 round and takes 1d6 points of sonic damage per two caster levels (maximum 5d6). A successful Fortitude save negates the daze effect and halves the damage.

Round 2
Anna backs away, the fear clutching her heart. She pulls out her heavy crossbow and shoots at the nearest head but the shot is errant, her fear making her hand unsteady.

Tolvan shakes off the effect of the scream and moves for a better shot then fires an arrow at the wounded head, striking another glancing blow.

Botting Andjela steps west once more, and releases another arrow, this one striking solidly and tearing yet more dead flesh from the monsters face.

Danica lets out another ear-piercing scream at the non-blind shrieking head. It reverberates, visisbly, and when it orients itself it seems nearly defeated, but not quite.

Botting Kimberly steels herself and releases another blessing on Pharasma, this one in the form of a red-rimmed wave of holy energy, which ripples into and through the medusa heads violently. That same wave passes harmlessly past Andjela. The wounded medusa head shudders as the energy rips through her, and then falls to the group like so much carrion.

The first Medusa Head remains fallen.

The previously-blinded head maintains it's hungry gaze on Anna, and swoops in at the rogue, teeth gnashing and biting. But as it swoops past, trying to sink it's putrid teeth into her, Anna's defenses hold, and the bite fails to land. Continuing it's motion, the head swoops back away from Anna slightly, eyes searching for a more bite-able target.

Ongoing Effects: Bless (all), Inspire Courage (all) . Please post for Round 3!

Initiative

• Anna
  
• Tolvan
  
• Andjela
  
• Danica
  
• Kimberly

• Medusa Head

Tolvan, seeing that the creature is only close to Anna, drops his last Glitterdust onto it while avoiding the rogue and his other allies. (he memorizes 2 as one is his conjuration school bonus) hoping to blind it again. He then moves again to be ready to shoot next round.

DC 17 Will save or be blind.

Anna tosses aside the crossbow and draws her second dagger. Noting that Andjela seems to be moving towards it, she swallows her fear and dashes at the floating head. She drops and tumbles past its snapping jaws to get in the best spot, waiting for the paladin to reach the creature before slashing at it.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22

Melee, shaken, bless, inspire, flanking: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 9 + 2 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 12
Damage: 1d4 + 2 + 1 + 3d6 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 1 + (3, 5, 6) = 19

Danica moves up to help Anna with the last shrieking head and takes a swing at it with her temple sword.

Attack, Temple Sword, inspire, bless: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 11 + 1 + 1 = 30
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Andjela reluctantly drops her bow, and rushes to flank Anna's opponent.

atk, curved-blade, bless, inspire, flank: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 12 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 18
dmg, curved-blade, inspire: 1d10 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 1 = 9

Round 3
Anna tosses aside the crossbow and draws her second dagger. Noting that Andjela seems to be moving towards it, she swallows her fear and dashes at the floating head. She drops and tumbles past its snapping jaws to get in the best spot, waiting for the paladin to reach the creature before slashing at it. The blow was expertly aimed, and would surely have caused much damage had the head not moved just enough to avoid getting hit.

Tolvan, seeing that the creature is only close to Anna, drops his last Glitterdust onto it while avoiding the rogue and his other allies, hoping to blind it again. He then moves again to be ready to shoot next round.

Andjela reluctantly drops her bow, and rushes to flank Anna's opponent, her curved blade whistling through the air. Unfortunately, the blade does indeed catch only air, the head ducking slightly at the last instant to throw off the powerful blow.

Danica moves up to help Anna with the last shrieking head and takes a swing at it with her temple sword, and connects solidly, the head boxed in on three sides now.

Botting Kimberly reaches out and touches Danica's back, infusing her with a small portion of Pharasma's guiding power. Cast Guidance on Danica

The first Medusa Head remains fallen.

Hemmed in like it is, the head reacts to the stimuli presented it, turning it's jaws on Danica this time and it darts in to try and bite her. The monk is far too agile for the bite to land, the pointed teeth snapping together on empty air.

Ongoing Effects: Bless (all), Inspire Courage (all), Guidance (Danica). Please post for Round 4!

Initiative

• Anna
  
• Tolvan
  
• Andjela
  
• Danica
  
• Kimberly

• Medusa Head

Did it make its will save against the Glitterdust?

Danica takes a jab at the flying head.
"Kimberly, make sure that other head does not get back up."

Attack,Temple Sword, Inspire, Bless: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 11 + 1 + 1 = 33
Crit Confirm,Temple Sword, Inspire, Bless: 1d20 + 11 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 11 + 1 + 1 = 31

Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Crit Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Oww... my tooth! That was SWEET!

Again, Anna... I'm with you!

Don't know if we need this after Danica, but here goes. I think the shaken should be gone now.
Melee, flank, bless, inspire: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 2 + 1 + 1 = 19
Damage: 1d4 + 2 + 1 + 3d6 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 1 + (2, 2, 1) = 11

Two ones in a row, then a six, and mediocre damage. I'm really off my game this fight!

Don't be so glum, we work as a team... wear them down.

atk1, mw curved-blade, bless, inspire, flank: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 12 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 19
dmg1, mw curved-blade, inspire: 1d10 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 3 + 1 = 14

atk2, mw curved-blade, bless, inspire, flank: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 7 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 27
dmg2, mw curved-blade, inspire: 1d10 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 1 = 8

AC 19, per chance?

Tolvan, it did make the save. AC 19 is correct. :)

In a swift series of jabs and slices, the head is sliced and diced apart, falling to the ground in pieces.

End of combat

I bite from one of those would have been "petrifying". Tolvan says. could not resist. Is anyone hurt?

Anna looks over at him. Their screams were pretty scary, too. I guess it's good they didn't bite me. I don't think they got anybody.

She takes a couple deep breaths and looks around. Then she speaks up again. Okay, why would anyone keep those things in their attic?

Danica goes to the heads and continues to chop at it. "Damn these undead things. Where are the orcs and goblins?"

They made a pretty effective trap though, I have to admit. I am not sure its worth digging through all this stuff now. Who can say how many more dangers are in this room. Lets move on.

we have the stairway up still, I believe.

Kimberly keeps a bit of distance from the chopped up heads not wanting anything to do with gore of their remains.

the box i was looking in had some nice stuff, probably valuable but I think it can wait. we still need to find the owner of this place.

Valuable? No, I think we can make the time. Anna perks up and checks out the crate Kimberly referred to.

Tolvan laugh but warns Just don't open any new boxes.

Anna returns to the crate Kimberly opened and verifies that it contains a plethora of ornate birds of a variety of precious materials and metals, the whole crate worth nearly 5k gp.

Danica wanders around the room with the box while the other look and appraise the contents of the box. She looks for anything that will help with cleaning the gore from her temple sword, like a rag or the fur or hair of one of the stuffed animals in the boxes.

"Let's finish up here and move on. The Bright Lady's power is slowly fading. I will only be able to show her power a few more times."

So... the hidden stairs?

Yes. That is Tolvan's vote.

Ooop, I'd forgotten as well. You're currently exploring up the hidden stairs. So the downstairs where the Golem came from was the direction proposed earlier. Not to mention the last place to explore in the building.

Moving back to the room with the Mummy and the Mimic, you skirt the corpses that remain and cautiously move down the spiral stairs located there. Three large crates sit in the room, now empty. Three large, sealed, opaque black glass jars sit inside the room.

Perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20

Tolvan casts Detect Magic as he inspects the room, the crates, and the three black glass jars.

Does it look like these crates were recently opened?

Rust monsters, three?

Looking over the crates, Anna raises a hand to her nose, which wrinkles involuntarily. Gross. Did we fight something with tentacles?

Shaking her head and wondering if that's a hint of what's still ahead in this increasingly bizarre house of curiosities, she checks out the jars that are drawing Tolvan's attention. You're not really thinking of opening those, are you?

I see no reason to do so at the moment. I think I am ready go go back to the house, have some dinner, do a little enchanting, and rest for the night.

Taking 10 on the3 Perception would result in 27 for Danica.

"Anna, not now. We can come back after we rested and ..... have some 'fun'" The inquisitor offers a wicked smile.

Danica nods in agreement to Tolvan's statement. "Resting would be the wisest choice to make at the moment. We will be needing your arcane energies at the fullest. I fear the worst is yet to come."

Danica approaches the jars and casts Detect Magic on them.

Anna gives Danica a look that seems to say that her idea of fun is vastly different from the monk's.

Well, if we're stopping for the night, maybe we should block the door upstairs. She'll move up the spiral case and again check to see if the corner door is secure. Then, if it swings out, she'll start piling things in front of it. If it swings in, she'll use the chains to keep it in place.

No sense in letting anything come this way easily.

Tolvan lends a hand in this sensible defense. Let us arrange things just so, that we will recognize if they have been moved. he adds.

Anna gives him a smile and a wink. Then she discretely plucks a hair from her head and sets it across the door frame. Slight of Hand: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21

Are we going back across those bridges? Kimberly asks a little concerned over crossing them again.

Food and wine, and comfortable beds, and unseen servants are there along with greater safety and comfortable studies and such. Anna can help us all across again and I have magics that can aid us if one of us should fall.

There is no magic detected inside the impenetrable darkness of the jar.

Making your cautious way back across the rope bridge, Anna leading and guiding the way, with a little help from Pharasam thanks to Kimberly, you make it back to the house without incident.

Let me know when you're ready for the next day and what your night time activities are. Then we'll proceed.

Anna leaves the group briefly to check up on Giovanni, Greta and Elsa at the carriage. She also grabs some extra clothes, but doesn't forget to keep the guard uniform on while she traverses the bridge.

Tolvan recommends they generally stay together but feels pretty safe in the house. He will set up in the study and spend some time enchanting.

Will have to do some research as to what he will be making. Any requests?