Redelia's Emerald Spire level 1 (Inactive)

Game Master Redelia

Elado blasts the near goblin as we open the door.

ray of frost: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 5 + 1 = 241d3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 Is there still a Bless going?

Elado miss chance, low good: 1d100 ⇒ 3

Elado manages to hit a goblin he can't see with a cold ray. The goblin yelps in pain.

The goblin in the red hat steps forward, and then both goblins slash out with their shortswords at Khana and Ahraq respectively.

yellow: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
red: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
damage on Khana: 1d4 ⇒ 4
Khana feels the sharp blade slice at her shoulder.

Entire party is up.

masterwork greataxe vs yellow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Khāṇa raises her axe high over her head, only to be dragged backward by the weight of her own weapon.

She never claimed to be particularly good with the damned thing.

Seeing the nasty little monsters so close, Yroh draws his morningstar for melee.

Morningstar on Yellow: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15
Damage on Yellow: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Not sure if I'm flanking with Ahraq or not if it is attacking Khana. Just made a base attack.

If every room has two goblins, how many goblins are left in the whole tower? Ummm, let's see, carry the one....

The higher math involved distracts the (easily distracted) young man, and his swing at the goblin wearing just one red glove goes wild.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Damage: 2d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (6, 3) + 4 + 1 = 14

And I too am slightly confused about the positioning and how Yellow attacked Khana.

Evidently Khana moved. When the attack happened, she was right in front of yellow.

Can't see, can hear folks being attacked... gahhh...

Raga swings her sword around in the general direction in front of Ahraq to help distract anyone that attempts to attack him.

"What's going on?" calls out Baku, hearing a loud clank ring out through the hallway. Frowning, he nudges Herra. "Get in there, sounds like trouble."

"If you need me, I'm out here."

Handle Animal: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

"SSScaawww!" screeches the bird as it flies into the narrow corridor. Flittering away next to Ahraq, it bites at the goblin with the Santa hat.

As his beak nears the foe, the possibility of no more bird seed at Christmas cross through the avian's mind. "BuKAw" it cries out, hold back.

Bite vs Red: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Nope, the last bless was several rooms ago and has worn off, unless Yroh has some way to lengthen it.

No one is able to hit the stinky little goblins.

Elado, don't forget you're up again.

Elado targets as best he can with the darkness mingling with our light sources. He sends a ray of frost at the yellow hat.

ray of frost, pbs: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 = 61d3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

pitiful

Elado's ray passes over the goblin's head.

The goblin dressed in red swings his dirty little sword at Ahraq.
1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1
So Ahraq takes 1 damage

The goblin dressed in yellow thinks it's funny to see Ahraq injured, so he swings at Hera.

1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Raga, I would certainly allow aid another here. I assume that was aid his AC? Or was that aid his attack? It doesn't matter in this case because you didn't make the DC.

Party is up.

Elado lines up his shot a little better this time. The White Dragon takes you, fiend!

ray of frost: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 = 71d3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

omg

You guys certainly aren't making this easy for yourselves... :)

No. The DIE ROLLER ON THE SITE is not making it easy for us. Let us be honest and pass the buck to where it needs to be passed. :P

Raga will continue to try and protect Ahraq, being a bit more circumspect as she does so... as her previous efforts may have made the Ifrit jump into the goblin blade's path.

Aid Another(Ahraq AC)with Longsword: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 23

Of course, it figures that happens, right?

"My grandmother does more damage with her frying pan than you do!" Ahraq sneers at Little Red.

"Of course, she's an Ifrit, too, so that thing is HOT when she hits you with it."

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Damage: 2d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4, 1) + 4 + 1 = 10

Unfortunately, the memories of Gramma Fireheart and her frying pan cause Ahraq's vision to get all misty.

But those same memories cause him to remember his faith in Svarozic.

"Let's have Hope for some better luck."
Activating Bestow Hope. Ahraq, Herra, Raga, and Yroh all have DR 1/-.

A little late, but at this rate, we'll be in this fight all day....

I think when this is all over, I'm going to count the d20 rolls and see what our averages were.

Khana, Yroh, Baku (and Hera), we need you to act. Does anyone know if Yroh's technical problems are fixed?

With little other recourse, Yroh swings around the corner at the closest goblin.
Morningstar on Yellow: 1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 2 - 4 = 2
Damage on Yellow: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Sorry, I was busy trying to kill Reynard's alt in King of the Storval Stairs last night. A pity the dice roller isn't being as merciless as Roll20 was.

Helpful reminder: Rules for aiding another in combat (which is what I'd do if I could, but can't).

Khāṇa pulls back and takes a risky bow shot....

shortbow, cover, melee penalty vs red: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (17) - 4 = 13 +1 for bless?
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1
chance to recover arrow if I miss; even is good: 1d100 ⇒ 78

Herra continues to press the fight against the goblin dressed like santa. Unable to shake the thought of losing presents on Christmas, she holds back and nips the air.

Bite: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Frustrated with the sound of battle, but a severe lack of metal hitting metal, Baku shoulders his way through the corridor. Entering the opposing room, he turns to peer through the darkness.

Acrobatics vs yellow: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Acrobatics vs Red: 1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 - 2 = 5
Provoking an AoO from Red...course I roll high on a non combat roll

Sorry thought I'd posted on this one yesterday. Work kicked my butt

Khana, Hera, and Yroh are all unable to injure the goblins. Yellow starts cackling madly at all the missed attacks. Red strikes as Baku moves past, but misses.

AoO, Baku: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
red attack, Hera: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
yellow attack, Ahraq: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22
confirm, Hera: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
confirm, Ahraq: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
damage, Hera, crit: 2d4 ⇒ (1, 1) = 2
damage, Ahraq: 1d4 ⇒ 1

The stinky goblin in the red hat slices hard at Hera, but only manages to do a little bit of damage. The slimy goblin in the yellow hat whacks Ahraq with his sword.

Party is up again.

shortbow, cover, melee penalty vs red: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (10) - 4 = 6
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1
chance to recover arrow if I miss; even is good: 1d100 ⇒ 77

Khāṇa smells a tasty bug crawling up the wall. Nailed it.

Elado thinks he has a better chance hitting a goblin by NOT aiming at it... but he tries one more time to singe it with cold.

ray of frost: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 = 91d3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

UNBELIEVABLE

Raga growls a bit as she attempts to keep helping Ahraq.

We're going to die by scratches and pokes at this rate.

Aid Another(Ahraq AC): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21

Sorry folks, not a goshdarn thing else I can do in this closet of a murdercloset.

"Raga, I appreciate the help, but Svarozic will protect me from their puny scratches. Maybe you could help me hit them, instead?"

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Damage: 2d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3, 6) + 4 + 1 = 14

Ahraq grins gleefully as he finally hits the one in red.

"Take that!" he cries, stepping forward into the space where the goblin fell.

I'm gonna presume that's a killing blow. If so, please remove Red, and 5' step Ahraq into that space.

Did somebody say...murderCloset?!?!?!

Ahraq's blow cuts of a large chunk of the goblin in red's head, killing him instantly.

Yroh, Baku, and Hera?

Did somebody say...murderCloset?!?!?!

Khāṇa shoves the...thing back to wherever it had popped out of.

"Dammit, I still don't know who, or what, you are! STOP POKING MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

Yroh swings again, but cannot seem to get off that corner.

Morningstar on Yellow: 1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (7) + 2 - 4 = 5
Damage on Yellow: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Bite vs Yellow: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Seeing Santa fall despite her efforts, Herra begins to sob. "Caw cheep cheep"

Steams of water blurring her vision, she frantically bites at the door.

Unable to see the combatants in the dark closet, Baku rubs Elado's shoulders. Whispering into the man's ear, he says "Relax. You've got this. I have faith in you."

Willing to let others have a crack, reminder heading away this weekend for convention and posting will be sporadic at best. Move Raga intelligently, the information for L1.2 attacks is under a character level spoiler on the character profile. See folks after the weekend, good luck!

The yellow goblin sees his friend cut down, shrieks, and runs down the stairs. AoO if you want, but not really needed. A moment later you hear the shrieks turn very shrill, and then suddenly stop.

The stairs take you to the next level of the dungeon, so moving you elsewhere.

A site outage ate a long post I wrote setting up the next part, and now I'm getting sick. I'll get back to you guys and set up the next fight as soon as I'm feeling up to it.

All good. Feel better!

You move around the edges of the dungeon, and find a closed door. You check it, and conclude that it appears to be safe, so you open it. Inside, you find a goblin and some sort of robot or statue or something of that nature, all green. The goblin shrieks and moves behind the other thing.

bold may post:
Yroh
Ahraq
green thing
Elado
Khana
Baku
goblin
Raga

Apologies, posting from my phone. Could someone move Ahraq to a position behind the "statue" where he can attack the goblin. If there is nowhere he can get to to attack the goblin, then to the north side of the statue. And is it Large?

attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
Damage: 2d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2, 2) + 4 + 1 = 9

"Another one! Let's get him!"

Ahraq moves to attack the squealing little goblin, Bestowing Hope to protect his allies as he does so.

DR 1/- for Ahraq, Herra, Raga, and Khana. And I presume we had time to burn a charge off my Wand of CLW, just to be safe.

Yep, when I move you guys on like that, we can retcon any reasonable healing or buffing ahead of time.

The goblin screeches again, calling on Lamashtu to take Ahraq's soul.

Moving in, Yroh raises his shield high, not seeing a need to waste the blessings of the snows on a lone goblin.

Move in and total defense to up AC to 21.

The green thing just stands there, since it has not yet been given instructions.
bold may post:
R1
Elado
Khana
Baku
goblin (-9 HP)
Raga
R2:
Yroh
Ahraq
green thing
Elado
Khana
Baku
goblin
Raga

Elado moves in the room and backs into the corner. He fires a ray of frost at the goblin to hopefully bring it down.

ray of frost: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 1 = 221d3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

The nasty little goblin yelps as he is hit by the frosty ray.

(status: -12 HP)

Khāṇa's eyes widen as she sees the mossy automaton, but engages it as best she can....

masterwork greataxe, flank: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
damage: 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
+ any modifiers I overlooked to either?

Moving towards the open door, Baku's mouth drops open at the site before him. With a tentative whistle, he mutters "Herra, get in there, with that...thing...if you can."

Standing back, Baku waits to see what the massive structure does.

Flying into the room, as instructed, Herra works her way between the monstrosity and the wall.

Khana's greataxe bounces off the creature's armor.

Baku gets his animal friend to prepare to attack, which she does.

The little goblin squauks again, yelling to the green thing to protect her, and then casts a spell.

She can't get out of AoO range, so Ahraq gets an AoO against her.

Ahraq, please post that AoO. Everything to follow depends on its results, so please do that before I finish the bad guys' turn.

oh gosh. please kill it.

"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" he yells as the little guy begins waving his fingers at him.

AOO: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Damage: 2d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (6, 4) + 4 + 1 = 15

Crit confirm: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
Crit Damage: 2d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (5, 6) + 4 + 1 = 16

Gonna let GM describe the kill, cause I don't know whether the Crit confirmed. But at least it wasn't Single Digits!

Ahraq lifts his sword as the little goblin starts to cast. As his sword falls, the goblin falls to the ground, cleanly cut into two pieces. The green thing stops moving.

combat over. That did not confirm, but it didn't need to. The goblins was already almost at 0 HP.

What you had labelled as '3' you can't get to yet; it's actually on a different floor, so we will skip on to '4'.

You move on around the circle, and come to a door on the 'outer' side. It has no signs of traps, so you open it. A plush, human-sized bed stands in this chamber, along with a table holding a bone scroll tube and jars filled with eyeballs, claws, and teeth. Various automaton parts lie scattered around. When you look around more carefully, you find a piece of parchment containing a magic symbol, similar to an arcane mark, which is labelled in a language you don't know.

You check on the door on the other side of the hall, and find a staircase going up. You climb the stairs, and find a locked door at the top.

Hi, everyone, welcome. Please introduce your character to us here. Please also give me the following info for your chronicle:

Player name:
Character name:
Faction:
PFS #, including char #:
exp before game:
Prestige and fame before game:
slow track?
day job:

Also, please let me know anything else I should know about your character. In particular, let me know about any unusual abilities, or any abilities that are complicated to run on play by post. Also, I need to know if you have darkvision or low light vision.

Player name: I'm Hiding In Your Closet
Character name: Khāṇa Tsogtsos
Faction: The Exchange
PFS #: #40025-19
exp before game: 4
Prestige and fame before game: 2 Prestige, 8 Fame
slow track? No
day job: Profession (Gambler): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Other: Darkvision 60 ft - also has Scent! Has the infamous Fate's Favored trait, as well as the more obscure Friend of the Dead; various Boons that could conceivably come in handy; forsakes alchemy for the strange and exciting field of necroforensics!

Player name: Wei Ji The Learner
Character Name: M. Reynard AKA Ragathiel's Hand
Faction: Silver Crusade
PFS#: 145296-8
Exp before game: 2
Prestige and fame before game:4 Prestige, 4 FameConsidering picking up a PFS MK I Mod O Cure Light Wounds Wand, will know when we hit game-play.
Day Job: Nope!
Other: Normally vigilantes have two guises they flip back and forth between. Having seen how disruptive it was to one table to have someone do that, going to stick to vigilante form unless circumstances require that the 'society' form is required.

Disguise +2 (+12 circumstance to fool others with impersonation, +22 to appear as part of polite society while in your social identity, +22 to assume the shape of another with a polymorph spell or effect)

Low Light Vision, Sacred Touch (Stabilize dying targets by touching them).

I appreciate your caution about the disruption caused by the vigilante identity switch. If you want to, I think you could use the social identity during the briefing, and then switch over when you leave town without causing any issues.

Player: RePete
Character Name: Baku Shaw
PFS #: 126566-15
Faction: Liberty's Edge
Day Job: Profession (Aviculture): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
XP: 1
PP: 0
Fame: 2
Starting Gold: 7g

At level one, I only have a couple oddities so far. My druid has the spell 'acid splash' due to samsaran alternate racial. Due to my animal companion going with the bodyguard archetype from Animal Archives, the druid and the pet gain alertness as a bonus feat when they are adjacent to each other.

Normal Progression and both the druid and pet have low-light vision.

Herra here is my animal companion. I should probably mention she has Combat Reflexes Feat so she can take AoOs while flat-footed and up to 3 per round.

You may have to remind me about Herra's AoO's while flatfooted. If I forget, we will retcon to make it right.

*had to hunt around for the avatar, here is the 'mundane guise'*

Player: OG3
Character Name: Elado Zoros
PFS #: 175185-3
Faction: Grand Lodge
Day Job: no DJ
XP: 2
PP: 1
Fame: 3
Starting Gold: 441g

+2 to acrobatics from a tail i acquired through a boon.

woohoo. got a session in before we start.

updated info

Player: OG3
Character Name: Elado Zoros
PFS #: 175185-3
Faction: Grand Lodge
Day Job: no DJ
XP: 3
PP: 3
Fame: 5
Starting Gold: 926g

+2 to acrobatics from a tail i acquired through a boon.

Player name: Steven
Character name: Yroh
Faction: Grand Lodge
PFS #, including char #: 3217-32
exp before game: 0
Prestige and fame before game: 0
slow track? No
day job: None
Vision: Darkvision

Yroh will introduce himself when the gameplay starts, but basics are divine caster, backup melee, and resistant to cold. A little unhinged, worships snow, and generally likes to defeat rather than kill. I may go Bludgeoner/Enforcer for fun Intimidate checks on every hit.

Looks like everyone has checked in, and almost everyone has given me chronicle info. I'm waiting for another game to end before starting this one up, but after Thanksgiving I'll set everything up so that you guys can chat in character while you wait.

Heading to convention for weekend, will be slow to post during that time.

Just a brief RL note, our household is being force-migrated to fiberoptic connectivity on Friday. Theoretically it will have minimal impact, but just wanted to make folks aware.

Hey, I'm going to be ready to start pushing forward on this later today. The homebrew I was running just finished, which means I have enough bandwidth to do justice to this game. I hope the slow roleplay while waiting has at least helped you get a sense for your party.

I will do my best to contribute, but I will be headed to Disney this afternoon.

Can you guys please let me know what marching order you want when we get into the dungeon? I need a 1x6, 2x3, and 3x2.

Sorry if this intro is a little rough, I'm having to make it up as we go.

a humble suggestion for people to edit or order as they please

khana
ahraq
elado
yroh
baku
reynard

reynard khana ahraq
yroh elado baku

khana ahraq
elado baku
reynard yroh

reynard khana ahraq
yroh elado baku

This looks like one of those things you need a secret decoder ring for...!

I take it I should be in front for the sake of scouting and trap-finding? I can do that - just be ready to reorganize and cover me in a hurry when monsters show up. I'm merely a competent fighter at best.

that's what i figured.

GM: It's okay, I just wanted to make sure that my posts were visible... the site HAS been acting a bit odd the past couple of days and I have a new 'Net connection.

And completely sympathize with headaches and trying to keep things rolling.

When the party can get some rooms (and Modesta would insist on a private room for religious reasons) a well-armored kitsune warrior type will appear from her room and introduce themselves as 'Ragathiel's Hand', and there will be a slight hint of 'rabid do-gooder' about them. They would be the 'party of the nth part' that Modesta referred to earlier.

Will change back over to 'Rabid Fox' mode after dinner tonight for simplicity's sake. Trying to keep the shift from public persona to vigilante seamless and reasonably believable.

Unless there's a less disruptive point to do so, of course.

After your current conversation, unless you guys ask to do something else, you'll go rest for the night and set off for the dungeon first thing in the morning, so during the night's rest would probably be the best time for your switch over, if you want to keep the switching to a minimum.

Understood, will hold off for now.

a humble suggestion for people to edit or order as they please

khana
ahraq
elado
yroh
baku
reynard

reynard khana ahraq
yroh elado baku

khana ahraq
elado baku
reynard yroh

Works for me for the most part. Baku would certainly prefer to be in the middle of the pack, though if we didn't have a scout, would be willing to sub in there.

Only suggestion I have is lets make it a tad more difficult for them to get us in an AoE.

reynard khana ahraq
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
yroh elado baku

khana ahraq
XXXXXXXXXXX
elado baku
XXXXXXXXXX
reynard yroh

Or something along those lines. Still within fireball formation, but hopefully a group of level ones don't have to worry about such a spell yet. :-P

Edit: Incase GM would like it explicitly stated, my pet would be near me during 'marching order' situations. In front, behind, beside...doesn't make a difference. Above me is fine too. lol.

The current plan is that this evening (US Eastern time) I will move you guys on to the dungeon. I just want to give Khana a reasonable length of time to ask questions.

Khana, do you want to teach me how to type in your name properly? Otherwise, you just get the plain ascii letters. :)

Truth be told, I initially got it from Google Translate ('Khāṇa' comes from the Hindi for something related to 'eat/eating/eater/to eat,' and 'Tsogtsos' is Mongolian for 'corpse'), and I've just been cutting and pasting it from post to post ever since.

The fox figure will need to be adjusted, it was being very balky with me, but at least I got it down to close to size.

OK, I adjusted it.

Thank you.

EDIT: Not trying to slow things down, Raga's been involved in two scenarios where not scouting things out a bit first has caused some issues.

Even without a 'scout' as it were, I've found it best to send a sparrow ahead. If they can see the trap early, great! If they set it off with their face....well good for the rest of us. :-P

Heading to work, able to post in about nine hours or so...

Khana posted they were doing a 'sniff check' of the passage ahead, but I don't know if any information was imparted from it?

I think that's part of the reason we're held up, waiting for some sort of 'all clear' or 'approach carefully'?

I need to know which door you guys choose to investigate first. I'm not going to wait for everyone, but for some agreement.

My F2F group has adopted the "Always Left First" mentality, so I would vote for the south door.

2nded

Yes, I figure Khāṇa is a bit of a "Chekhov" for the Kingdom of the Dead.

Does Lowlight vision help in any way with the lighting conditions?

I had wondered about that. I've heard the horror stories of this level.

And despite the horror stories I resisted the urge to mitigate it.

Sorry for going from 'rockstar' to 'nearly blind', folks.

Hopefully the rest of you can pull this off!

The adventure actually says nothing about low-light vision. A quick google search does not turn up any discussions on the topic. If no one has any definite information, I am going to use my best judgement to say that with low-light vision, you get 10 feet instead of five. The penalties to attacks and perception and things like that will apply to things outside that 10 foot radius. If anyone knows otherwise, I'd like to hear about it.

I also will describe the rooms as normal, assuming that those who can see describe everything to those who cannot.

The rubble looks like it's to the 'left' and the passage to the 'up' looks open?

That is correct. There is a narrow way through the rubble which is to the left on the map, but most of you would have trouble getting through. The size small goblins have to squeeze through. Hera could fit.

Up is a passageway to the other part of the room.

You have evidence from sounds and smells of goblins both ways.

Ah, thanks for the clarification.

...and thus was invented the sport of 'Goblin Fishing'???

Sorry for my delay - been a rough couple days - family issues.

anyone else finding our current combat nearly comical? This one goblin is going to get up and whip all our butts!

Just to grant you an update (in case it becomes a problem)...had a death in the family Saturday. My grandmother's health has taken a turn for the worse as well.

The only day I will for sure be unable to post is Thursday. I should be able to keep at least 1/day other than that. However, if need be, feel free to bot me this week to keep things moving.

Edit: Yes, Elado, picturing the fight in my head makes me giggle... :-P

At least I'm rolling just as poorly...

On a more serious note, my sympathies, Baku/RePete.

so sorry to hear about your family situation, baku.

Hey guys,
I just wanted to let you know that I'm removing my usual posting requirements for the next week and a half because I'm expecting many people to be busy with family activities. If you get a chance to check in, please do, and if everyone but you has posted and it's been several days, I'll bot you, but if you aren't able to check in, no problem. I expect posting to return to normal unless I have heard from you on January second.

Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate it.