Redelia's MotFF [PFS] (Inactive)

Game Master Redelia

After vomiting his last meal, Ezren heads over to where Raz is. You may be on to something, friend."

"I still don't see what the big deal is, but if you guys want to go the other way, that's fine with me."

You go back around to the other door and after Merisiel checks it for traps, you open it. Judging from the shelves lining the walls, this darkened room might once have been a storeroom, though its contents have long since succumbed to the passage of time. A crack in the northern wall has apparently let in some rainwater, which has collected in a large puddle on the floor. A lizard about the size of a small dog is in the room, and looks up excitedly as you open the door. Its behavior also reminds you a bit of an excited puppy dog.

"Aww! Who's a good boy?"
Handle Animal to convince it we are no threat: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Raz is pretty sure the lizard will leave you alone if you move across the far side of the room from it.

"Seems like it's cool with us, as long as we stay on this side of the room. Okay?"
Raz moves along the side of the room and opens the next door, allowing time for Meri to check it for danger.

"You know it can't understand you, right, Raz?" says Merisiel. She enters the room and follows Raz alongside the wall.

"I think this may be the barf room" comments Merisiel when Raz cracks open the door. Brace yourself, Meris

The same wave of sickening stench washes out from the crack the door is open.

If you made the save last time, you are immune to the effects of the stench. If you failed the save, then you need to roll a save now.

Fortitude: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
Distinguishing, but a little more bearable with preparation she thinks to herself.

Fort: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15 Better.

Fortitude: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

Yay! Everyone has passed, so you don't need to make saves against normal trogs for the rest of the adventure!

You open the door the rest of the way, and find two standing reptilian creatures holding weapons.

bold may post:
Raz
Merisiel
Ezren
trogs
Ghik
Valeros

(in addition, anyone who is trained in it can roll knowledge nature to find out about the enemies.)

"I normally wouldn't do this, but you two smell horrible... so I don't think we're gonna get along!"

Raz moves into the room and stabs at the (green) nearest troggy-froggy.
lance: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

I'm still fuzzy on movement, If i take my 5ft-step action in a diagonal direction, am i then blocking the door? Should i move in that direction and throw my dagger, or would it be better to spend the round moving so others can come through the door?

You can always move through ally squares, so if you take the diagonal step through the door, you would block the trogs from moving through the door, but the rest of us wouldn't be impeded OTHER than the fact that we can't end in the same square as you without "squeezing". TL;DR: You're good to go.

good to know, thanks!

moving 5ft diagonal

Merisiel follow's raz's lead and throws a dagger at the same (green) monster. "This dagger is going to smell like vomit for weeks!"
Dagger: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Raz and Merisiel both injure one of the trogs, almost bringing him down.

Ezren?

Merisiel, since the enemy has not gone yet, he is 'flat-footed' and so you get your sneak attack damage. I'll roll it for you this time.
1d6 ⇒ 6

The trog falls over dead from Merisiel's carefully placed dagger.

Making my knowledge check first before making my move.

Knowledge (nature): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

These are troglodytes. They are known for being stinky.

Ezren moves past Merisiel and throws his staff at the last trog.

Hand of the Apprentice: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

"Take that! Die, you miserable creature, die!"

Ezren's staff smacks hard into the trog, who is clearly hurt by it.

He rushes towards the stairs.

this triggers an AoO from Raz, and also from Ezren if he has a melee weapon in one of his hands. I'll pause for Raz's AoO, since this could make a big difference in how the rest of the adventure goes.

AOO: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 BAH! Minimum damage!

You couldn't have rolled a 2?

Ezren, your staff would have returned immediately to your hand, so you can take an AoO with it.

Mwk Staff: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21
Confirmation: 1d20 ⇒ 15
Damage: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 4) = 6

Ezren wacks the creature so hard he felt his teeth rattle a bit. I wish it would stay down. All this adventuring is making me tired. Perhaps I can get a smoke after this.

beware the cranky wizard and his cane

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

Ezren reduces the fleeing troglodyte to a pile of stinky goop. He had one hit point left, and had only started out with 9.

With both Trogs down, Raz holds her nose and investigates the rest of the room.
Perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (8) + 0 = 8 But the smell is very distracting.

"And stay down!" Ezren pauses to catch his breath. He sits down and lits a pipe. "Anybody want to check if they have anything useful on them?" He blows smoke, hoping it will remove some of the smell.

Merisiel retrieves her dagger from the dead creature.

"impressive work for an old man!"

She also looks around the room
perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

"I knew you guys could handle it. Nice work."

Looking around carefully, you find that this room appears to have been an armory. However, time has not been kind to the contents, and other than a masterwork silver dagger, nothing is usable anymore.

There are also stairs in this room. Trying to go down the stairs takes you to the blockage that kept you from using them to get up here, but they appear clear upwards.

"Hey Meri, there's a dagger here that's calling your name... just needs wiped off I'd say!"

With that, Raz will suggest the group start heading upstairs.

Merisiel grabs the dagger and adds it to her collection.

"Ready when Valeros catches his breath from that last fight!

After you are done looking around, you go up the stairs to the next floor. At the top of the stairs, you find a locked door.

"Careful. If he was running this way there must be friends of stinky ones on the other side of this door" whispers Ghik "Unless..." He cocks his head to one side and looks questioningly at Merisiel

No she will have found any keys they may have had thinks Ghik and doesn't complete his question as to whether they had keys

Merisiel, 'locked door' was your queue! You're probably the only one trained in disable device, which is the skill to unlock locks.

"Hey long-ears, you wanna handle that door?"

Ooops, sorry i got back from vacation that night and i missed that verbal queue!

"Long-ears? what kind of fight you trying to pick Raz...ma..tazz..?" says Merisiel, deliberately pausing and enunciating each syllable while staring Raz directly in the eye.

"I'll forgive you this time. Next time I might forget about a trap I see" she says with a smirk.

Merisiel approaches the door and attempts to unlock the it.
Disable Device: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
additional Disable Device if needed: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
additional Disable Device if needed: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Not sure if this is like climbing where sometimes i need additional checks.

Also, where can i learn about the Masterwork Silver Dagger stats?

Masterwork adds 1 to attack but nothing to damage. Silver is not usually relevant, but might hurt some monsters that other weapons won't.

The lock yields easily to Merisiel's experienced touch.

Thanks!

"Easy enough! Ezren, Ghik. One of you able to do that nose sniffing thing for magic? Or should we just have Raz and 4leggers charge in?"

"Charging in works for me!"

Valeros prepares to enter the room but still waits, assuming one of the others might want to try to get an idea of what's on the other side of the door.

Looks like we have a door drill. Merisiel checks for traps and unlocks, Ghik and Ezren sense for anything magical. Valeros rushes in first closely followed by Raz?

Ghik tries to sense any magic ahead

Ghik gets a sense of their being some magic items ahead somewhere, but they are too distant for much more.

You carefully open the door from the stairs. Two stone altars, one black and one white, sit at either end of this large chamber, which takes up two wings of the tower on this level. The crumbling remains of wooden benches sag in front of each altar beneath rotting ceiling tapestries. Carved symbols and writings snake along the walls. The burnt corpses of two troglodytes lie on the floor in the center of the room. Two human skeletons, flames licking from them, stagger towards you.

One of the skeletons claws at Raz.
attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11 (miss)

The other claws at Valeros
attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22 critical threat
attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18 critical hit confirmed
damage, critical: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3
fire damage, critical: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3

At the start of their turns, Raz, Valeros, and Merisiel feel the heat radiating off the skeletons near them.
red damage to Raz: 1d6 ⇒ 6
red damage to Merisiel: 1d6 ⇒ 4
yellow damage to Valeros: 1d6 ⇒ 1
yellow damage to Merisiel: 1d6 ⇒ 2

round 1:
Merisiel (4/10 HP)
Valeros (9/16 HP)
Ezren
Ghik
Raz (6/12 HP)
round 2: skeletons

"Undead abominations feel the wrath of PHARASMA!"

Ghik shows the tattoo on his palm to the burning foes

channel to harm undead: 1d6 ⇒ 4 And a downpour of holy water drenches the undead

DC 11 will for half damage

Raz drops her lance, draws her longsword, and swings it at the nearest skeleton.
Longsword: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 Unfortunately, I'm using slashing, so this probably does nothing.

Also you forgot to deal fire damage to my pup. fire: 1d6 ⇒ 1

red will save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16
yellow will save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22

Raz's sword thrust hits, but seems to do no damage to the bony creature.

"What the?! Should've sent 4 leggers in first!"

group - I'm at a loss here. Is there anything I can do that will be effective and won't get me killed? Would the masterwork silver dagger work here?

A glowing arrow appears next to Ezren and it speeds towards the nearest skeleton. Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

I think we just need to keep our distance, redeux. Can Ghik's armor protect him from the heat?