The Great (Pathfinder) Society...in Magnimar! (Inactive)

Game Master Eric Swanson

Carridan looks nervously at Yamyra and Carmina, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly. "Yes, I would think that to be the right course, Gared."

Horven give Yamyra a glance, somewhat knowing how she felt about the matter. "It's only a matter of time before he loses what's left of himself. It would be proper...but...it's a bit complicated, isn't it?"

Carmina sighs and rolls her eyes. Again with the "putting to rest" nonsense. Since talking about it hadn't been very fruitful so far it sees the her that the time is right for something a bit more drastic.

"Well, I don't give a damn what you do," she exclaims. "But I am going to check out the staircase behind that secret door I found. You can either come with me or not, but if you don't you'll do it knowing that I'm probably being ripped apart by something that would've been easily avoided had I not been all alone while my companions were assaulting innocent fishermen." Immediately after finishing her tirade, she turns around and starts briskly walking towards the secret door and the staircase beyond it.

"But, you're Carmina Scarnetti, I didn't think there was anything alive or undead that could rip you apart," Horven says off-handedly.

Carridan seems vexed by Carmina's reaction and tone, his discomfort and uncertainty showing plainly in his face. He offers Horven a sheepish nod after his quip, then looks to the others and shrugs hopelessly.
"But he's not innocent and he's not a fisherman," he offers quietly, his voice low and dejected.
I'm not explaining this well at all. Why is talking to people so hard?

"How about we leave Brast in peace for now and do what we came here to do?" Horven asks. He walks up to Carridan. "I think taking some time and letting the subject drop would be beneficial here. There are untold dangers still remaining in this place, I'm sure. We still need to be focused as a group."

Quickly following Carmina, Yamyra briefly mutters to Carridan in passing, "Ea într-adevăr ar merge în jos singur, știi. Horven poate fi uitat, dar îmi amintesc cel puțin de două ori atunci când ea a fugit chiar în mijlocul unei lupte și singurul lucru care a ținut în viață a fost-" She pauses, clearly thinking of something or someeone she would rather not.
"Doar, e foarte erupții cutanate și cu adevărat are nevoie de ajutorul nostru, indiferent de ce s-ar putea spune Horven."
Catching up to her friend, Yamyra cautions, "If you are going to insist on this course, would you at leat allow me to call forth Fancy first so you aren't running in by yourself?"
"ខ្ញុំបានសញ្ជឹងគិតជាមួយនឹងអារម្មណ៍នៃការបាត់បង់ផ្ទាល់ខ្លួនដូចជាមួយនិងនៅឡើយទេ មិនដូចជាការរបួសរាងកាយរបស់គាត់ក៏មានវិធីបែកគ្នា" She adds quietly.

Dismay is plain on Carridan's face as the group shuffles away from dispatching the undead Brast and chases after Carmina. He nods at Yamyra's explanation, but it seems to bring the ragged druid little solace.
I don't know that I'll ever understand these people. Any people! Everything I say just seems to upset someone else.
He sighs softly to himself as he stays with the group.

Gared's expression turned a combination of guilty and wounded as Carmina ran off. "Innocent fisherman or no, me purpose be me community and me kin, Carmina included." With that the dwarf set off after the tiefling, his gaze directed towards the floor as he went.

Horven follows the rest to the discovered secret passage.

Leaving the undead ship captain alone to his off-key crooning, you backtrack to the chamber where the blue glowing fungus still makes your heads ache.

Heading into the secret passageway you all head past the stuffed shriezyx and down the stairwell. It descends into darkness. Gared estimates the stairs descend over 200 feet and curving slowly to the opposite direction. The stairs do eventually end into a natural cavern where a short flight of stairs lead up to a door, flanked by two alcoves where standing in a pose of readiness you see a pair of incredibly lifelike shriezyx statues. They do not react to your approach however.

A quick search of the door shows the door is not trapped or locked so Gared pushes open the door. Beyond the door you see the room shines with a golden light emanating from crystals embedded in the domed ceiling. The entire dome is painted in reds and golds depicting the glory days of ancient Thassilon and remain as pristine as if the pigments were just laid. An altar shaped like a seven-pointed star sits in the center of the room—a smaller seven-pointed shape has been carved into the center of this larger block of stone. Sitting in one of the star’s arms is a shard of black metal.

Before you can even enter the room, movement catches your eye. Both the shriezyx start moving out of their alcoves, yelling in an ancient tongue.

Round 1: Gared, Shriezyxs, Horven, Fancy, Carmina, Yamyra, Carridan.

MAP

Okay guys, this is it. The final encounter and it is a tough one. Good luck.

I'm actually quite frightened.

I don't recall if Yamyra knows enough of Thassilon to recall in the heat of the moment which Arcane school each of the Thassilonian virtues was associated with?

"Η απληστία είναι αιώνες νεκρός, όπως είναι η Οργή! Έχετε τη δική σας ζωή για να ζήσει τώρα! Μην τα πετάτε απερίσκεπτα στη μάχη, όπως αμέτρητοι άλλοι έχετε μπροστά σας!" Yamyra cries out in reply to the guardian's warning.
Turning to the others, she adds. "Carmina was right, the item is here. It must have been possessed by a different Runelord for a time. They are screaming something about us being agents of another."

Can Gared get a clear shot from where he's standing or are they just walls? If they are, can use his quick runner's shirt and make an acrobatics check to leap down the stairs and rush around the corner and still make a full attack?

Acrobatics 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 Ooof, maybe I'm just taking a double move action to get into position with that roll. Moving to BW 103 regardless assuming Gared doesn't have a clear shot from where he's standing. If it takes two move actions, just ignore the second attack and bump the to hit bonus up by one

Attack 1, with deadly aim, point blank shot, and perfect shot 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Attack 1, second attack for perfect shot 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17 Damage 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Attack 2, with deadly aim, point blank shot1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15 Damage 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Assuming we put mage armor up when we headed back into the dungeon, AC is 23, 19 otherwise.

Fear welled up in Gared as he heard the statues seemingly come to life and yell out their fearsome challenge in a language he didn't understand. The dwarf half jumped, half fell down the stairs before squaring off with one of the alcoves and bringing his bow to bear. "I'll try and hold this one here!"

I really do hope we did put Mage Armor up, otherwise I'm kind of screwed with my 14 AC. :D

Gared, The walls provide partial cover to the shriezyxs but you can get into position with a single move. No Acrobatic check is needed here.

Carmina, I will assume you already cast you Mage Armor spell prior to descending the staircase. That goes for any other preparatory spells the rest of you wish to cast as well.

Gared reacts quickly, nearly flying down the stairs and loosing an arrow at the shriezyx. It impacts the spider-like creature drawing what look likes a dark ichor from the shallow wound.

The creatures ignores Yamyra's pleas and respond violently. The one facing Gared arches its abdomen high in the air and a strand of web strikes the dwarf in the center of his chest. The other one skitters along the wall and fires its own web nailing Carridan as well. The sticky webs not only adhere to their bodies but they also feel a spreading numbness from where the webs touch their bodies.

Both Carridan and Gared need to make Fort saves DC 16 or be Slowed. Both of them are also considered entangled. An entangled creature can escape with a successful Escape Artist check or burst the web with a Strength check. The web can also be cut with a slashing weapon.

Round 1: Gared (entangled), Shriezyxs, Horven, Fancy, Carmina, Yamyra, Carridan (entangled).

MAP

Fort save1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
and Knowledge Dungeoneering check, since I forgot to do that...1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23
"Fire, they be afraid n' weak t' flames!"

"I don't think I have much in that department," Horven says, leveling his crossbow and firing at the one (BS,108) across from him.

Attack: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 8 + 1 = 21; Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

"They'll be afraid of tieflings soon enough as well!" Carmina boasts before casting a spell to make her claws more dangerous and putting herself between one of the Shriezyxs and Gared.

Cast Chill Touch and move to BV 103.

Fort Save (DC 16): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Carridan grunts as the webs blast into him but he shakes off their numbing effects fairly easily. Realizing the group is being flanked, he reaches out for Fancy, blessing the eidolon with a measure of nature's power.

Concentration Check (DC 17): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

bull's strength on Fancy (+4 str for 4 minutes)
if Carridan's able to do that without moving at half speed from the entangle, he'll also spend a move action to draw his sickle

Having been given the opportunity, Yamyra will also have cast Mage Armor upon Fancy beforehand.

Recognizing the creatures unwillingness to respond to reason, Yamyra calls up forces of acceleration & power to aid her companions.

Cast haste, affecting Carridan, Carmina, Gared and Fancy.

It appears that both Shriezyxs' are within melee range for Fancy, is that correct?

Holding just long enough to receive the magical aid of both her anchor & Carridan, Fancy proceeds to wallop the nearer of the two beasts.

Slam attack: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 1 = 27, Slam damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 bludgeoning
hasted Slam attack: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 8 + 1 = 18, Slam damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14 bludgeoning

Fancy is appx. 15' away from both shriezyxs, so she will need to take a 5' step to attack one of them. Let me know where she is stepping to.

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Horven's shot strikes a glancing blow against the shriezyx's carapace, while Carmina readies to strike the other one. After Carridan and Yamyra's spells take hold, the eidolon steps forward (BU104) and reaches over the stair wall striking the shriezyx hard.

Round 2: Gared (entangled), Shriezyxs, Horven, Carmina, Yamyra, Carridan (entangled), Fancy.

MAP

The dwarf dropped his defensive pose as the web fell over him despite it, calling to his god to fill him with righteous wrath even as his halfling's arcane spell quickened the pace of his shots. "Horven, if ye could cut me free I can be killing these damned things a bit faster!"

5 foot step to BW 104 swift action to use judgment for +1 to hit and hasted full attack with perfect shot on first attack.

Gared's first arrow penetrates deeply but he other two arrows are deflected by the creature armored carapace.

The two shriezyx's skitter up the wall towards the ceiling (15' up) and each one fires another web from its spinner. One strand strikes the eidolon squarely, but Carmina manages to dodge out of the sticky webbing aimed at her.

Fancy needs to make a Fort save DC 16 or be Slowed. She is also considered entangled. An entangled creature can escape with a successful Escape Artist check or burst the web with a Strength check. The web can also be cut with a slashing weapon.

Round 2: Gared (entangled), Shriezyxs, Horven, Carmina, Yamyra, Carridan (entangled), Fancy (entangled).

MAP

I really ought to keep a dagger handy.

Horven thinks for a moment. "I'd need something for cutting. Anybody have one?"

Delay until either end of the round or someone hands me a slashing weapon.

Is the Fort save a poison or petrification effect?
Fort: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5 + 2 if it is either poison or petrification.
Not much effect. Of course, that just means she only gets one action since the Slow & the Haste cancel each other out.
Strength: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21, what is the DC on the strength check?

Caught in the Webbing, Fancy endeavors to rend it's confines.

Yamyra passes her dagger to Horven as she closes with Fancy, beginning a now-familiar incantation as she does so.

Move action; move to BV 105, hand Horven her dagger.
Standard action; begin casting Enlarge Person on Fancy.

Okay, so delaying until after Yamyra.

Horven moves behind Gared and begins cutting him free of the webbing.

Carridan turns his sickle against the webs that have him entangled, struggling to tear himself free so he can better aid the group. "They don't like fire? nnnngh! That's- gah -good to know!"
+1 Sickle: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9for: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
+1 Sickle: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23for: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

With no way to physically reach the shriezyx high on the wall, Carmina sends two bolts of arcane force towards it.

Casting Magic Missile.

Damage: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 4) + 2 = 10 Yay!

Gared continued his barrage of arrows at the spider-like things, undeterred by their dash up the side of the wall. "If ye wanted to conjure us up some, Carridan, I'm thinkin' it'd help!"

Full attack, add +2 to each hit if Horven managed to cut away the web

Carmina allows her previous spell to fizzle, instead firing a pair of magical missiles at the climbing shriezyx, wounding it further.

Yamyra passes her dagger over to Horven, who starts cutting the dwarf loose. He makes some progress but he is unable to completely sever the webs. Carridan has better luck, succeeding in cutting the webs from his body. Fancy uses a more brute force method, but again she is able to free herself from the webbing.

Gared fires another volley of arrows at the heavily wounded shriezyx, one arrow striking it. The things is badly wounded now and is moving slower now (Staggered), but that does not stop it from firing its webbing again, this time at the tiefling girl. It is joined by its companion who aims at Horven and both are struck once again.

Horven and Carmina need to make a Fort save DC 16 or be Slowed. Fancy can make another save to remove the Slow poison. They are also considered entangled. An entangled creature can escape with a successful Escape Artist check or burst the web with a Strength check. The web can also be cut with a slashing weapon.

Round 3: Gared (entangled), Shriezyxs, Carmina (entangled), Yamyra, Horven (entangled), Carridan, Fancy (slowed/Hasted).

MAP

Freed from the webbing finally, Carridan conjures a pulsing tongue of fire to his hand. With a quick gesture and a satisfied grunt, he hurls the flames at the more wounded creature. By the time the flames find their mark, a second tongue of fire curls hungrily around his hand.

Flame (ranged touch): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17for: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Fort Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21

Escape Artist: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

While Horven manages to avoid the slowing poison, he writhes within the webs. He starts cutting at them with Yamyra's dagger.

Fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

Completely avoiding any ill effects the poison could have caused, Carmina starts ripping apart the web entangling her with her fangs.

Bite: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15 Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
Bite: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15 Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Fort: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 = 8
Sigh...

Still impeded by the creature's poison, Fancy flails uselessly at it.

Slam attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Sigh again...

Carmina rends the webbing entangling her to ribbons, while Horven struggles with his own webs. Fancy barely is able to even get a swing off against the shriezyx, but Carridan's flame is far more effective. The shriezyx is barely hanging by a thread, if you will.

End Round 3/ Start 4: Gared (entangled), Shriezyxs, Carmina, Yamyra, Horven (entangled), Carridan, Fancy (Slowed/Hasted)

Gared continued his barrage with intensity, but swore as his bead was thrown off by the flames.

Remember, Fancy is now Large Size.

Emboldened by her companion's entanglement, Yamyra takes a chance & hurls a gobbet of acid at the near-dead creature.

Acid Splash attack: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 5 - 4 = 21, Acid Splash crit confirm: 1d20 + 5 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 5 - 4 = 3...
Acid Splash damage: 1d3 ⇒ 1 Acid

Yamyra's acid blob drips from the wounded shriezyx, scarring its armored carapace further, while Gared's aim is thrown off by the druid's spell.

The shriezyxs both wave their claws in the air pointing at the druid. The one hanging on by dear life fires another web at Carridan, while the other one charges him! Fancy, you may take your AoO attack.

The web strikes the druid and entangles him fast, while the bite from the other shriezyx sinks into the druid's flesh. He soon feels its poison coursing through his veins. Fort save DC 16 or be Slowed. Also Carridan takes 6 points of damage and needs another Fort save DC 14.

Round 4: Gared (entangled), Shriezyxs, Carmina, Yamyra, Horven (entangled), Carridan (entangled), Fancy (Slowed/Hasted).

MAP

Do these Shriezyxs have fast healing? Do their wounds appear to be healing or anything? I thought the injured one was staggered and ready to topple over 2 turns back?

Fort Save (DC 16): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10
Fort Save (DC 14): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Oh for Pity's sake...

What are the effects of the second failed save?

Carridan: The Shriezyx does not appear to be healing and frankly you are amazed it is still moving.

Horven continues to cut at the webbing.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
Damage: 1d3 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1

In case Carridan's able to make an attack after failing that second fort save, he lashes out at the nasty beastie next to him with the flames in his hand

Flame (touch): 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 6 - 2 = 11for: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Carmina moves away from the shriezyx clinging to the wall and towards the one that attacked Carridan. Preferring closer combat over trading magical bolts and poisoned webs, she rushes teeth bared towards the creature.

Move to BU 107 and bite the shriezyx.

Bite: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 Damage: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 [ooc]:/[ooc]

(Enlarge Person/other Mods: present AC: 17/present CMD: 20, present Reach: 15', present Slam damage: 2d6 + 9 Bludgeoning.)

Slam AoO: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15, Slam damage: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (1, 4) + 9 = 14 bludgeoning,

Recalling once more that she possesses the pike Gared gifted her with, Yamyra tries poking it at the near dead Shriezyx.

longspear attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22, longspear damage: 1d6 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4 Piercing.
If she had to make a step to do so, she did.