The Confirmation (Inactive)

Game Master Awenydd83

"Who knows, maybe he's friendly." At least, I hope so.

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Grimnir squints into the cavern and looks at the figure in the water.

"Who's gonna talk to 'im? Most likely not tha dwarf!" he chuckles.

I'll talk to him if no one else wants to, but if someone has good diplomatic skills, maybe that person should take the lead.

Not to give too much away, but diplomacy is going to be very key. There is a very high DC to beat here.

"I am not likely to make a good impression either. We'll be lucky if I can assist."

Sindarintol maintains an air of elven superiority. We don't have time for customs and courtesies. Lets just see why he is here.

My diplomacy is at a -2

Okay, we have a -2 and a -1...hopefully someone with a positive modifier can take the lead.

Grimnir inches forward.

"Per'aps I'll jus' get 'is attention first," the paladin says as he waves at the man in the water.

"Oy! We don' mean no 'arm!"

Mamori Kojoro has a +5 Diplomacy, so let's help her out.

Diplomacy Aid: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 Nope, no help there.

Diplomacy aid: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Grimnir continues to try to get the gillman's attention.

"Excuse our disturbance, good man," the paladin says.

diplomacy: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (12) - 1 = 11

The creature stays in the water, his back to you. He gives no appearance of having heard you, or even knowing that you are there.
Wow.. those are some pretty bad rolls. For the party's sake, I will allow one reroll for all of you for diplomacy or aid another.

Lemme try.

"Hey!" Levin calls out, fingering his lucky coin. "Hope we aren't interrupting, but we're looking for something."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Diplomacy (Bit of Luck): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Mother f***er...

Seeing all of his companions stumbling on their words Sindarintol attempts to help.

Diplomacy: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (20) - 2 = 18

Sindarintol lays a light hand on the creatures shoulder. Excuse my companions. We come in peace and mean you no harm. We just wish to speak with you.

Let's try this again.

"We come in peace!"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20

"Aye, now tha 'oneyed words come out..." Grimnir mutters to himself.

"We be friendly, lad!" he adds to the gillman.

diplomacy aid: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (13) - 1 = 12

The Gillman jumps and recoils from Sindarintol's hand, then calms and quietly assesses you. As you speak, you can see the man looking intently at your lips as you speak.

Finally, he speaks.
"You disturb my communion with the waters. You may remain as long as you do not disturb me."

As he is speaking, you can see that he is eyeing the cloak that the party found at the bottom of the pit

"Does this cloak belong to you? We found it at the bottom of a pit."

"It belongs not to me, but to a brother pilgrim that was not found and did not return from here. His family would be glad of it." Uori says to Jaxal.

"Give'im tha cloak, lad," Grimnir urges. "'Peers ta mean somethin' to 'im."

Sindarintol grasps the edges of the cloak and holds it before the gillman.

The Gillman takes the proffered cloak with a humble bow. "You have my thanks, and the thanks of this mans family. You have entered a holy place.. used by many over the years, but mostly by my people for the last few centuries. May I ask what you are doing here?"

"Aye," Grimnir responds. "We are Pathfinders sent ta explore this cave an' see what purpose yer kind might 'ave in coming 'ere. We'll be leavin' after explorin' what's 'ere. Ye said ye are communin' wit' tha water?"

"Yes, I am communing with the water. My people seek out our gods through meditations with water in holy places. Although we may not be using this place for much longer. Evil has transgressed upon these caves and it will not be long before it soils these waters and we will no longer find our gods here."

What evils do you speak of?

"This I do not know. All that we know is that there is an evil presence that is becoming more established here, and several of our pilgrims have vanished with no trace."

Is there anything we can do to help?

"Perhaps this cloak is evidence of one of them. Maybe we can find a few more clues and help solve this problem for you?"

"Per'aps we ought ta search tha rest o' these caverns ta find this evil 'e speaks of," Grimnir says.

"This cloak most certainly belonged to my friend, and not the evil ones. As for what the evil ones are, all that I know is that this cavern is the last sanctuary. There are two tunnels leading from here, one each to my right and to my left. To my right, the air smells foul and diseased. Dead. To my left, it seems that many things come and go, none of which are kind." Uori tells you.

"I can't believe I am saying this, but let's check out the dead smell first. Evil and dead often go hand in hand."

Grimnir nods. "Aye, seems tha best course of action."

Levin nods. "Sounds good to me. Thanks for your help!"

Is anyone willing to look into those rituals before we move on?

"Oy! Almost fergot somethin' I was meanin' ta try," Grimnir says.

"There be a mural back there depictin' 'The Beggar,' one o' tha forms o' Aroden. I wanted ta try tha ritual it shows..." the dwarf suggests.

He kneels before the diorama of the city, and says to the others "I 'ave 'ad some problems drinkin' too much on occasion...it leaves me angry wit' me own lack o' self-control!" he says, admitting a personal shortcoming to the others.

"Right - I saw one that represented the Artist. Let's see - anything around here to paint with?"

Jaxal looks for any odd muds or colored chalk maybe that he can use to paint on some of the buildings in the diorama.

After Grimnir confesses his shortcomming, a glow surrounds him and then moves to the rest of the party suddenly feels more lucky. +1 ac bonus in a surprise round when flat-footed.

Jaxal is notices some very crumbly whitish rocks that he is able to make into a paste with water from the lake. Just moving things along.. After he does this and applies it to a building on the diorama, another glow starts with him and moves throughout the party. +1 to perception to notice creatures

Grimnir smirks.

"Still 'as some remnants of 'is power, even bein' dead..." the dwarf mutters. "Le's keep explorin'," he suggests.

Sorry, I forgot to add this to my update earlier, even though I updated the map. Btw, the map is updated!

The party elects to follow the "dead" smell off to your left. You pass through a short tunnel and end up in an anteroom like chamber.

Reorganize yourselves as needed, and proceed!

Sindarintol moves further down the chamber. Looking back to the others he cringes his nose. This tunnel reeks of death.

Grimnir moves to the front and looks around.

perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

GM: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Grimnir walks towards the room and sees mounds of trash and bones laying about. Broken glass, detrius, and misshapen things lie everywhere. As he moves forward, several heaps of.. stuff.. shiver and start to move. Suddenly, standing before him are 2 skeletons Top 2 and 2 ghouls Bottom 2

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Levin
Sindarintol
Jaxal
Red Skeleton
Yellow Skeleton
Mamori
Grimnir
Zombie Blue
Zombie Cyan

Not seeing an opening, and primarily being a master of the mind, which do not typically include the undead, Jaxal casts mage armor from Janira's scroll on himself.

Sindarintol rushes into the chamber before the undead have a chance to react and lashes out at the dark blue abomination with his scimitar.

Just before he strikes his weapon glows briefly like a torch.

Use 1 point from Arcane pool to make my scimitar a +1 scimitar

Scimitar vs FF AC: 1d20 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 + 1 = 13
damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 1 = 6

I seem to be missing from the map...

Thinking quickly, Levin steps toward the creatures, kisses his lucky coin, and tosses it in the air. At the apex of the coin's leap, it glints brightly for a second as if from an unseen light source. Then, it falls back into Levin's waiting hand.

Channel energy vs undead: 1d6 ⇒ 6 Will DC 11 half

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Looks like skeles are up!

Levin, I am sorry about that. You are on the board now.. move your token to where you need him for your channel.

Jaxal casts mage armor

Levin steps forward and blasts the creatures with holy power, but only one takes the full brunt of it and falls over.. deadagain.
Will Red: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
Will Yellow: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20
Will Blue: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Will Cyan: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

Sindarintol steps forward to offer his due, and slices his foe right in half.

Yellow skeleton moves forward and reaches for Grimnir with his filthy claws
Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22
Fortune reroll: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

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Levin
Sindarintol
Jaxal
Red Skeleton
Yellow Skeleton-3 dmg
Mamori
Grimnir
Zombie Blue
Zombie Cyan- 3 dmg

Mamori jips and moves through the narrow passage to the other side of the zombie.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18

Grimnir recoils as the creature rakes his face with its claws, but stands his ground. But now in close combat, he cannot maneuver well enough with his longhammer.

Instead, he punches at it with his spiked gauntlet.

gauntlet atk: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 4 + 2 = 201d3 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Mamori manages to slide past both Grimnir and the skeleton, and Grimnir teaches the thing some manners, but the spike just slides off of the skull, leaving a small graze Damage Resistance

The Cyan Zombie closes with Sindarintol, attempting to slam him into the wall.
Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
Damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Fortune reroll: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
Not much better, but hopefully enough..

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Levin
Sindarintol
Jaxal
Red Skeleton
Yellow Skeleton- 4 dmg
Mamori
Grimnir
Zombie Blue
Zombie Cyan- 3 dmg

Jaxal throws a dagger at the zombie with all his might!
Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
Damage: 1d4 - 2 ⇒ (3) - 2 = 1

Wow - even worse than I imagined...

Wow, that worked pretty well. In truth, Levin had very little idea what would actually happen when he tossed his coin-- he just knows that good things tend to happen when he does. Will it do it again? He flips it into the air. As before, the twirling coin flashes at the top of its arc before falling down again-- and at the same time, the flash of light pierces through the remaining two creatures.

Channel energy vs undead: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Will DC 11 half