Rise of the Runelords Book 1 Table 2 PFS (Inactive)

Game Master DoubleGold

yeah, 16 dmg, I did forget to factor in chill touch and MM

Not sure if it's my turn or not, but I agree that we need to speed up, so:
Mariel gives a smile as he sees his spell works it's magic. He glancaes over at his hand and the smile widens as he sees there's still a bit of a carge left. He then tries to reach out and lightly touch the hound again. He starts to try growling something out, but a small look of disappointment at Faliana's lips and nose, instead of a muzzle is all that results. Instead switching to common he continues. "There, there little one, just lie down and rest!"

Chill touch, touch attack 2, IC: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 5 + 1 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
DC 14 Fort save or -1 str penalty. He needs to save twice from last round's too!

On Jey's turn:
Rage
Greatsword, Rage, Power Attack, Inspire: 1d20 + 10 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 10 - 2 + 1 = 17 for 2d6 + 9 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (4, 2) + 9 + 6 + 1 = 22 slashing damage.

And in one fell swoop Jey does double the amount of damage the poor doggo had before!
Mariel tries not to get too much hound guts in his mouth as he gapes in surprise at the brutality of the large oread's attack. "What had that little one ever done to you? I know he's evil and attacking us, but he's still a dog and we should treat him better! Hrumph! Fali, I can't be around this man right now! You can finish this fight!"

Monty waits and shouts out to the one down in the pit.

Ya wanna just surrender? Toss up your holy symbol, and any other arms you have, and we'll just tie you up and bring you back for trial. Otherwise, we're gonna start pouring a couple of gallons of alchemist fire down into that pit from our alchemist here. I can't imagine burning alive from that stuff will be pleasant!

Bluff: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23

Assuming the doge dies with another 17 damage stacked onto it XD
Lynn drops her crossbow to the ground for a moment and pulls her pistol as she moves forward towards the hole. She aims her weapon down into the pit, "Think of it this way, even if you try to wait out any spells you'll just have to deal with all of us at once. Let's just say I've seen someone try it, and it does NOT end well for you. So just give up and face your fate."

bluff(aid): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

Faliana hits the doggy
fort: 3 + 1d20 ⇒ 3 + (7) = 10 ouuch, although doggy has an odd numbered strength number, so this affects neither dmg or to hit
fort: 3 + 1d20 ⇒ 3 + (18) = 21
doggy bites Jey or tries to bite: 7 + 1d20 ⇒ 7 + (7) = 14 nope
Then Jey kills it
Nualia intelligence dc 15 to realize she can't climb out: 0 + 1d20 ⇒ 0 + (12) = 12

And she is pure evil, as you kill her or subdue her as she tries to climb out all 6 rounds and you use ranged attacks on her.

Background on Nualia: The primary villain of this adventure is likely encountered here. I'm just copying from the book, but if you are confused the final boss is not humanoid.
Nualia's recent success with the ritual to offer her foster father's corporeal reamins to Lasmashtu saw her rewarded with a promise of things to come--her left hand has been transformed into a red demonic talon. With the exception of her demonic hand and her scarred belly, the rest of her body is incongruosly beautiful. Yet in her madness, Nualia has come to view her silver hair, violet eyes, and shapely figure as a curse, a scar visited upon her by her angelic heritage. She wants to shed this part of her, to become fully monstrous to better serve her new mistress, Lamashtu. Her hound was her faithful companion.

Treasure You find her journal which has plans to send goblins to Sandpoint and burn it to the ground.
+1 Breastplate, +1 bastard sword, masterwork composite longbow with 20 arrows, Sihedron medallion and her holy symbol of gold.

Long rest here? Move onto E5 and go in order?

I'm good with resting before moving on to E5, during this rest i'mma swap out my loaded round in both of my pistols to silvered bullets instead in case we meet up with anymore yeth hounds.

Lynn spends a lengthy time cleaning and making sure her weapons are ready for the battle ahead before pulling out her bedroll, "We should lock all the doors and make sure there are no secret exits before we take our rest. Bar and block them if we must."

Once the group has successfully done this or, retreated to a more defensible area and barred it from the rest of the world she'd curl up in her bedroll and cover herself with a blanket to avoid the stench of the place. While she was unconscious her form would revert to that of her natural one, but unless there were prying eyes into her bed and blanket cocoon it would be fairly difficult to see this.

Once the crew re-awoke and got settled to move on Lynn took a few moments to reload her firearms with silver bullets before grabbing Aroden's crossbow once more.
disguise(human): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (3) + 19 = 22

We read her journal in detail and question her. What other monsters are on this level? Any mention of anything else at all? Any servants of Lamashtu?

I would like to rest and re-prep spells, but only once I know what we are up against.

Dragon? Resist Energy. Ghost? Force Sword to give to Jeydahvu. Caster? Touch of Idiocy. Demon? Protection from Evil. Aroden can be more useful with some knowledge of what he is facing.

"Jeydahvu, do you have a magic weapon? Maybe take her sword."

Barred door long rest seems fine to me

First, Monty helps everyone bar the door and hold it shut, making sure no one will disturb them while they sleep.

Once that is done, Monty helps Falina set up a place to sleep, and snuggles in close to her, being a fluffy warmer to hold in the cold dungeon. As they fall asleep, he kisses her on the forehead and softly chirps out something that she by now recognizes as "Good night my treasure" in Vanaran.

If there is absolutely no way to find out what the mystery monster is, Aroden will prep the following:
Liberating Command, Ray of Enfeeblement, Vanish, Resist Energy, and Force Sword.

He has Prot Evil, Shield, Dispel Magic, Haste, and See Invisibility on scrolls (the last one from this dungeon). And Mage Armor in a wand.

That, combined with his 1/day spell from his bonded item, should give him enough versatility. Though he would rather have some way of getting a clue about Nualia's boss.

Faliana practically pounces on the magical breast plate. "Ooohh, This is mine, unless anyone else wants to fight me for it."

She then hauls the two downed forms of the hound and the cleric out of the room before helping with baring the door, dragging things over from the walls and then using her two long weapons to further brace it. After that she pulls out her bedroll and then pulls off her masterwork breastplate and changes into a some pajamas. She heads over to Lynn and begs the woman to clean her clothes again, before snuggling in close with Monty and giving him a good scratching in the places he likes the best and responding in a short elven phrase that he recognizes as "And you too, my dearest!"

The next morning she gets up early, changing out of her pajamas and into her explorer's outfit again. She sets up the basics for a ritual, before starting to prep a meal for the group, trying to make the best with the trail rations and no fire. Once everyone is up, she gathers them all into her large ritual circle and gives them an end of a piece of string that leads back to her hand. "If you don't want to, you don't have to but I highly recommend staying in the circle and holding onto the string. You can do whatever else you want to, though!"

After a second to breathe, a new, much deeper-sounding voice in a heavily polygot accented common issues from Faliana's mouth. "Oh, I wonder where this is? It be interesting!" With a glance around the room he takes in everyone's faces with a good natured smile. He trundles up to Everyone in order, somehow giving off the impression he's much shorter and bulkier than Faliana's 6 foot frame. "Nice ta meetcha! I'm Moke! And you? ... We fighting demons? Please tell me we are!" After a few introductions, the man turns to Monty and catches him up in a big bear hug. "Ahh, gowd to see my favorite vanaran's still up and kicking!"

Having finished packing up before everyone got up, the spirit and half-elf spend the next bit of time while everyone is getting ready, reading through a few letters from a certain 'Avnavi' and writing a few in return. When the two finish they go collect the weapons barring the door and take a look outside for a second, before pushing Jey ahead of her and starts the expedition to the rest of the dungeon.

You don't have to accept it, but Moke's Champion Séance boon gives everyone a +2 to non spell damage rolls! I highly recommend it as it's an untyped bonus that applies for 24 hours. Fali is also taking the Taboo fro Moke, so don't try casting an arcane spells on her, cause she won't take them willingly.

Monty smiles as he's set back down and gives a small whoop.

I love that part! Hehehehe.

After the ritual finishes he steps up and raises a hand.

Ehhhh Moke! Good to see you, how's it hangin!Fali hasn't kilt me yet, and neither has anything else that's tried! Hoho! We got a big demon to kill today, should be fun!

Absolutely accepting. Reminder all, that means when we get going we get a stacking with Aroden's Bonus, Plus Seance, Plus inspire, for +3 to hit and a +5 damage! Yowza!

Jey nods to Aroden, and sheathes the magic bastard sword appreciatively. Once everyone settles in the room, he lays down on his back, and starts sleeping almost immediately, his deep, rhythmic breathing sounding like rocks being rolled unto shore by the rising tide.

Before bedding up Lynn would gladly take a few minutes to thoroughly was Faliana's clothing, even giving her armor a bit of a shine with her magic. With some more help from her simple magic Lynn assists Faliana with heating up everyone's trail rations for the morning. Watching the dance reminded the woman of some of the more viscous war dances of the southern islands and resisting the urge to join in.

With everyone rested, relaxed and rearmed it was time to set off into the deepest part of the dungeon.

I mean if we've gotta wait for it anyway i don't see why we wouldn't take it XD

Absolutely accepting. Reminder all, that means when we get going we get a stacking with Aroden's Bonus, Plus Seance, Plus inspire, for +3 to hit and a +5 damage! Yowza!

Close - I think it is +3/+3. Aroden grants +2 to hit but not to damage. Fali grants +2 to damage but not to hit. Lynn grants +1 to both. Still pretty good! Aroden also gives +2 to saves and skills - when he is using his sword.

Marvelous to be a martial in your team folks! ;)

A seance? Most interesting. I wonder who else she can channel?
Aroden takes part in Faliana's ritual, racking his brain and trying to sift through the fog of memories.
Did I/He know a Moke? I/He didn't spend much time in Mwangi. I/He did meet Jatembe that one time, before my/His ascension - such an adventure! Both our/Their powers were needed that day. I/He also remember stories of Savith, an Azlanti warrior who fought in the jungles of Garund.
"Moke? I am Aroden, in honor of the Last Azlanti."

Moke gives Monty a teasing smile and with a laugh comments, "Wish I could say the same! Everything else's been alright. Anavi's being a sweetie, but we really need to figure out some kinda sign language. Nobody ever told me the worst part of being dead is not being able to talk!" At the mention of the big demon his eyes light up though. "A demon? And a big one! Ooohhh-ho Let me at 'im! We should purge his influence from this land!"

He then turns to Aroden and squints for a second in thought. "I think I've heard that name somewhere... But you seem like a strong fellow! Glad to have you along! Though, that hulking guy with the rocky things growing out of his skin is a little scary. He, you know, part demon?"

Heroes rest of for the day, and cook up some doggy meat to eat to fill themselves You got a long rest

They then move onto E5: Portal of Greed. Heroes here finds lots of gold, but having been here for five minutes enjoying the gold, they end up taking 20 on perception and insert a coin into a pillar. The pillar grinds down to the floor and the gold disappears. The pillar which appeared to be gold and now shown to be stone.don't worry, your pfs gold isn't affect

Heroes move into E6: the Crypt and from it three shadows emerge...Actual shadows attacking you.

init: 5 + 1d20 ⇒ 5 + (17) = 22 Lynn
init: 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 2 + (6) = 8 Faliana
init: 1d20 ⇒ 7 Jeydahvu
init: 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 2 + (11) = 13 Mr. Monty
init: 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 2 + (6) = 8 Aroden
init: 2 + 1d20 ⇒ 2 + (10) = 12 shadow, it is undead if you wish to id it.
Lynn and Mr. Monty are up

Monty yipes and spins his staff for a moment.

ARGH! These things don't look pleasant at all!

The steps back as he flicks his tail, bouncing from one foot to the other.

I don't even think I can hit those things!

I either need a magic weapon cast so I can actually hit, otherwise I'll just take full defense and let our caster magicky types handle it.

Pre-buffs: protection from evil, shield (AC 24; T16; FF24)

On his turn in the initiative, after everyone goes, Jeydahvu plans to do the following; posting now to speed things up; will change the post if anything else changes

Extremely worried about these foes, Jeydahvu displays uncommon caution... No rage to keep AC normal, but yes to Power Attack... sequence corrected below

+1 Bastard Sword, Power Attack, Aroden, Seance, Inspire: 1d20 + 9 - 2 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 9 - 2 + 3 = 30 for 1d10 + 6 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 6 + 3 = 21 magical and slashing dmg.

CONFIRM CRIT: 1d20 + 9 - 2 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 9 - 2 + 3 = 25 for 1d10 + 6 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 6 + 3 = 20 magical and slashing dmg.

Aroden hasn't gotten to go yet, so his +2 to hit is not active, and Lynn hasn't gotten to go, so her +1 to hit and damage is not active.
Also: was there no chance at all to learn there were shadows in this crypt? No information from the NPCs, nothing in the journal? This 'you're in the room now fight' is not how I like to play an 18 Int character.

He's taking his move early to speed things up, and assuming you and Lynn will take that on your turn. If not, things can be adjusted appropriately.

Nor has Jey, he's just pre-posting to keep things moving. And do shadows splat? Cause I think one just went splat!

And in the same vein, I don't know when I'll get another chance to try getting a post in so:

Faliana gives a small eep as the shadows come out of their hiding places. "Bloody fried frog nuts! I knew I should have bought that magic spear, and of course Mariel got offended... Ummm. I think I've got nothing here. Unless and acid, alchemist's fire or ruler of cure light wounds helps."

Knowledge (Religion): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
"Wand of healing helps!! Monty, Snake Style!"
The best low-level defense against shadows.

Seeing the rising threat Lynn shouts to her allies. "Be swift and vicious, shall we survive drinks are on me and the god of luck!"

standard:bardic performance(inspire courage) +1's you know how to use em :D

lynn encourages everyone
They see Mr. Monty as not a threat as he speaks up
so they attack Jey
hit: 3d20 ⇒ (1, 17, 14) = 32 with a +4 to hit with each, miss
They Jey kills one as the shadow mist splatters to the ground, though he finds out he can't crit on them, though he did hit and did do enough dmg.
Aroden finds out they are incorporeal undead that can channel negative energy.
Aroden, Faliana and Top of round 2 are up

Prescience 1/7: 1d20 ⇒ 2 Not using that
Aroden casts Magic Weapon on Monty's staff.
"Here you go Monty - don't forget your Snake Style!"
Inspiring Sword is NOT active this round.

Monty spins and strikes out with his staff.

Quarterstaff: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
Strike Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Flurry Quarterstaff: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Strike Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Snake Style - AC vs first attack in round=
Sense Motive: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30

Aroden makes Monty's staff magical, and Mr. Monty misses.
Faliana uses a charge from the Wand of Magic missiles found on Lyrie dmg: 4d4 ⇒ (2, 3, 4, 2) = 11 And the Shadow takes some damage
Lynn is up 2 shadows, 1 of which is bloodied.

Wow! 4 missiles? Lyrie had a 7th-level wand? I had asked about it earlier and I'd have been using that if I had known.

Dashing forward Lynn hits a high note and sends a wall of crystalized air at the shadows as her voice crescendo's to the top of her ability.

ChordofShards: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 6) + 1 = 9
Reflex DC: 14 half damage, Move, Standard:Cast, free maintain bardic performance.

also dont forget to add another 2 onto monty's damage since it wasn't a spell and he accepted faliana's boon

reflex: 3 + 1d20 ⇒ 3 + (6) = 9
reflex: 3 + 1d20 ⇒ 3 + (2) = 5
I did the magic missiles wrong, should have only been 2, yeah, not 7th level, so not 4 missiles, so it took 5 dmg
Then the thing tries to attack while Mr. Monty snake style's it and kills it.
hit: 4 + 1d20 ⇒ 4 + (8) = 12 vs Mr. Monty Bottom of round 2 and top of round 3 is up one hurt enemy left.

"BEHOLD THE GLORY!!"
The Sword of Aroden inspires everybody!
+2 to attacks, saves, and skill checks.

Seeing as her weapons would likely prove ineffective Lynn pirouettes on her heel and with a flourish launches another shattering scream.

"Kren Su!"

This time the air seems to vibrate like and shimmer like thin panes of ice or glass before flying forward at the shade. Lynn quickly skips backwards leaning back and forth like a reed bending in the wind gracefully before coming to a stop near Aroden.

CoS: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 3) + 1 = 10
again Dc:14 reflex for half, sadly silver bullets are not magical bullets DX. Standard: Cast, Free: Maintain performance, Move: Retreat after casting. Also sorry didn't realize i was the next one officially up.

reflex: 3 + 1d20 ⇒ 3 + (7) = 10 dead. As lynn takes care of the last shadow. No treasure here. Let me know when you are ready for the next fight.

Before the next fight, we want to find out WHAT THE HELL IT IS.
NPCs, journals, tracks, whatever.
What is the room like? Can we get a surprise round? Or lure it out into a trap?
This 'kick in the door and just start fighting' is not how I like to play and definitely not how an 18-Int wizard would act. I want to gather intelligence and information. I want to play smart.

I mean, I understand real-world time is short to finish this. Just take into account that Aroden is doing everything he can to figure out what foes are left on this level, and maybe get the drop on them, not charging blindly ahead.

Jey will renew his protection vs. evil and shield spells then he'll be ready for the next fight.

It was a shadow. You find something on the shadow, like the remains to show what it is, but you don't know how is got here, or the shadow of whom. Shadow
Aroden, for the creatures in future rooms, there is no possible way to find out what you will be fighting ahead of time. There is no possible way to stealth in on the creatures, considering all of these creatures are looking at the doors at all times and there is only one entrance. There are no notes or anything to show what is ahead. THE ONLY WAY IS TO SEE THROUGH WALLS. You might be able to question the human NPCs, but they won't tell you, at best they might say powerful undead, instead of shadows.

I was editing when you posted, but see my last post. And Combat starts when door is opened. You can make it chase you if you placed bear traps or whatever, but that is about it.

It was a shadow. You find something on the shadow, like the remains to show what it is, but you don't know how is got here, or the shadow of whom. Shadow

Aroden, for the creatures in future rooms, there is no possible way to find out what you will be fighting ahead of time. There is no possible way to stealth in on the creatures, considering all of these creatures are looking at the doors at all times and there is only one entrance. There are no notes or anything to show what is ahead. THE ONLY WAY IS TO SEE THROUGH WALLS. You might be able to question the human NPCs, but they won't tell you, at best they might say powerful undead, instead of shadows.

Okay, that would have been something. If the NPCs had told us there were powerful undead. I'd probably have done Magic Weapon on Monty ahead of time, because many undead have DR/magic.

Is there anything at all they can tell us about the mystery monsters in the other rooms? The mystery boss monster?

And hey, you know what? There is a way to Stealth. Aroden has Vanish. When we get to the room where we think the boss is, Aroden will cast Vanish (using his ring), open the door, look inside, then shut the door. We will not all be in the room in melee range. None of us will be in the room. He'll take what he sees and use that information to prepare before the fight starts.

If this boss is in fact the superior of that cleric (maybe a demon?) I would think her journal might mention them. Otherwise are they just irrelevant to her plot?

Vanish, Invisibility, I'll allow it, the enemy will see the door open, but will probably dismiss it as powerful winds or whatever. Want hints? Roll me Intimidation against an NPC you've captured, even if it is a goblin, we'll assume you've kept one alive. DC 15, and ask the question, roleplay out the intimidation.

Journal I can find nothing in the book that has the Journal words in it, but yes it will have details about the final boss which I will have to give, for now, lets intimidate for the next enemy

I'm not trying to be difficult - gathering information and playing smart is standard operating procedure in just about every RPG I have ever played. And that's a lot. I did mention numerous times that I wanted to question the NPCs about what we might find.

Aroden wants to talk to Orsik, the human fighter we spared. Or Ameiko, who we rescued. Neither of them are hostile.
"Well, we've defeated Nualia. Is that the end of it? We also killed some undead shadows, don't know if she created them or what. Do you know of other monsters that she kept around? Or served?"
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

If that doesn't work, he'll talk to Lyrie the wizard. "If you want a chance of living, tell us everything you know. Traps, monsters, passwords, keys. If we don't make it out of here, you die of starvation tied up where you are."
Intimidate: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20

The Vanish trick is only for the boss fight behind (presumably) the locked door. (And he has it prepped, doesn't need to use his ring for that.) They'll know for sure that someone is somewhere out there, but could be using Open/Close from a distance for all they know. I suppose we could set up flanking the doorway if they are stupid enough to come charging out as soon as the door is opened.

"Wizard, stay in the back row and you'll be fine! ok? now that you're all magicked up, on the count of 3, let's go! ...THREE!!!"

Jeydahvu puts his boot to the door!!

"Wizard, stay in the back row and you'll be fine! ok? now that you're all magicked up, on the count of 3, let's go! ...THREE!!!"

Jeydahvu puts his boot to the door!!

Aroden still has his 1/day bonded item spell to use. If there is another thing that needs magic weapons to hit, he'll use it on Monty before opening any doors to the rooms where such things are, and also give a Force Sword to Lynn. Wasting turns in combat on buff spells that could have been done beforehand is not ideal. I can't do much to help Faliana, but I guess she could flex into some feat that ignores demon DR? Or just power through it? I would really like to do what I can to make sure everybody can contribute in the boss fight.

And it would be a shame for those great Diplomacy and Intimidate rolls to go to waste.

Did we find all three of the keys? Also Force sword would probably go better for some other member of the party, Lynn is 100% not a front-line fighter, if there are demons she'll stick to the sides using chord of shards, or other 1st level spells since she's got 2more of those. But this scenario shows me i should get something to deal with ghosts and such.

Also Force sword would probably go better for some other member of the party, Lynn is 100% not a front-line fighter,

Force Sword to Jeydahvu, and the +1 Bastard Sword to Faliana, is an option. The champion spirit gives her martial weapons. I can only do one more Magic Weapon spell and Monty may need it. And can't cast spells on Faliana anyway - but can hand her a permanent +1 real sword, I think.

Well in the collapsed Treasure beyond the crypt is a crab the size of a human. And in the Last room, the master I serve is a Beats that walks on fours. It ain't a natural animal, so telling you the name of it won't do you any good, but it is big and strong and will eat you. He can make himself invisible, get into your head and other stuff. and you check the notebook to verify that as true.