The Half Dead City (Mummy's Mask Part 1) (Inactive)

Game Master Chainmail

Faisal casts mage armor on himself, before following Setesh.

Appraise: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (8) + 0 = 8
Appraise: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (2) + 0 = 2

Hmmm yes, well, I wasn't hired for that skill

Sabola will let the others check out the trinkets while he keeps looking for physical threats.

As Sabal moves in to look at the weapons and Faisal completes his mage armor, three dolls from the diorama attack Sabal from behind.
Link to doll picture

Setesh1d20 ⇒ 6
Sabal1d20 + 0 ⇒ (20) + 0 = 20
Dusty1d20 ⇒ 20
Faisal1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
Umbral1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
Enemy 11d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15

Order
Dusty
Sabal
Umbral
dolls
Entire party

That damage is much less than I was fearing when I saw three attacks incoming, I was thinking it was time to roll up a new character already.

Your rolled initiative put me right where mine did, as it rolled a 19. Didn't know you were rolling, so I just deleted mine.

Oh, and it's "Sabola"

Having survived the onslaught from the dolls, Sabola observes, "well they aren't coffins, but this place seems full of animated objects."

Sabola will activate his judgement as a swift action. I will presume that Dusty healed him a bit, and will roll the dice as if he set the judgement of Destruction. If she did not heal him, then he would have started a Healing judgement instead.

Also, it appears the dolls and Setesh are sharing a square, so I'm guessing we're not flanking the dolls.

Falchion Hit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Falchion Damage: 2d4 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 3) + 6 + 1 = 12

Assuming this is the suprise round
Dusty spins, hearing the commotion behind her. She steps (five feet) towards sabola and casts bless.
+1 morale bonus to hit and to fear saves to everyone.

If it is a normal round she still casts bless, but moves up behind sabola, and draws her scimitar.

blessings of the dawnflower on us all. Take these creatures down.

know religion: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 7 + 1 = 18 are these beasties undead?

Ok, so with those being Dusty's actions, Sabola instead uses the Healing Judgement.

With her Bless up, my To Hit is 22, and I do 11 damage to the doll instead of 12.

I also heal 1 HP.

Sabola strikes the doll and shatters him into wooden pieces.
Can't help but think of Chucky from Child's Play

Did it appear to soak any damage via DR or hardness?

"They may sting, but they drop quickly," observes Sabola.

Setesh steps to a flanking position, calmly draws his sickle, and takes a swing at one of the dolls!

Cold Iron Sickle: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 24, for 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 1 + (6) = 8 Cold Iron Slashing damage.

" Finally something valuable." Umbryl smiles as he sees the gold plated books.

Following Setesh into the room, scanning with Detect magic, Umbryl is distracted by the diorama of a battle. " Hey I don't know if this is worth anything but it looks really coo......"

Drawing his Cold Iron light mace, he takes a step back to Sabola and swings at one of the dolls.
Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

But misses badly, afraid to hit Sabola with his attack.

Sabola steps away, but the dolls quickly close to attack him again. This time the attack him more rapidly, having already closed the distance.
Sabolax4: 4d20 ⇒ (14, 6, 17, 19) = 56
Three attacks hit home for piercing: 3d3 ⇒ (2, 2, 2) = 6
After Sabola falls, Setesh strikes one and the construct seems to resist the brunt of the damage, but massive cracks in the wood show the doll can't take another shot like that again.
Dusty
Umbral
Faisal
dolls

Errr, two things, Sabola didn't move and my AC is a 15, so that 14 should miss. If that's the case, I take 4 damage, not 6 and am still up.

Sabola will swing at the same one Setesh damaged.

Falchion Hit: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 14
Falchion Damage: 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (4, 2) + 6 = 12

Also, Sabola's judgement heals him for a hitpoint this round.

However if I am missing something, and I did drop, here is my stabilization roll.

Constitution: 1d20 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 - 1 = 10

Dusty holds her holy symbol, and casts CLW on sabola.
dawnflower, a little help holy one, we might need him later
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

"Thank you Priestess. I may need me later too."

Dusty grins at the embattled half orc, you're welcome. Now kill these things.

" Coffins, Dolls, what's next, kittens and puppies?"
attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
" Dangerous enough though. And awfully hard to hit."
Umbryl grunts as he again fails to connect with the little magical guards.

btw everyone, remember you have plus one to hit due to the bless spell, not that will help much to you umbryl with that roll, lol

Faisal, seeing the dolls attacking, moves up and swings his sword.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

"Have at thee, wee beasties!"

The rolls have +3 to hit--I was lazy and didn't put that in the roller at the time, so three should hit for six hp again. If you wish to rise from prone, let me know.
Dusty heals the fallen half orc and he finds himself on the ground under two dolls with spears. Faisal hits a doll, but he does no damage to the sturdy construct.

Ahhh, ok. My bad. My attack roll would have only been a 10 then attacking from prone.

I will attempt to stand once my attack fails. Take your two AOOs. My AC should be an 11 against your AOOs.

@Sabola: No, we definitely want you conscious - you can 'effectively' bypass their hardness with your blows!

Setesh continues to take full advantage of his flank, and hacks away at the 'injured' statue.

Cold Iron Sickle: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 19, for 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 1 + (2) = 9 Cold Iron Slashing damage.

Aoox2 @+7: 2d20 ⇒ (10, 19) = 29
damage: 2d3 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6
The little dolls beat Sabola down again as he tries to rise. The continue to stab at him trying to stop him from popping up again.
attackx4: 4d20 ⇒ (4, 19, 2, 14) = 39
Three more spear stabs hit him. damage: 3d3 ⇒ (2, 1, 3) = 6
Setesh hits the one already cracked with his sickle finishing him off as wood splinters everywhere and leaving one left intent on maniacally finishing off Sabola.
Setesh lost initiative, so his second attack goes off after the dolls.

Order
Dusty
Faisal
Umbryl
Setesh - attacked
one doll left

Chucky would be ruthless!!

hoo boy, all you need is chukky's voice.

Dusty channels energy to save her fallen companion.
1d6 ⇒ 3

The AOOs would not have dropped me. I would be at 0HP. Now 2 of those follow up attacks would hit though, so how many HP of damage should I take from those? At which point I am on the ground again.

Just the first two rolls for 3 total
Umbryl cracks a doll and Dusty channels bringing Sabola back to consciousness with a single doll trying to finish him.

"Fragging Dolls! Get off!"
Umbryl grits his teeth in frustration and swings again.
attack with bless: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 3 + 1 = 21
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

gtg then. I'd have been at -3, so the heal makes me even again.

Following Dusty's heal, Sabola's judgement heals him again, he swings at the remaining doll.

Falchion Hit: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 1 - 4 = 13
Falchion Damage: 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (1, 2) + 6 = 9

Oops and +2 more for flanking I guess.

Faisal swings again.

attack/damage: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 71d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

"Die you creepy possessed doll!"

Sabola grits his teeth as he waits for the next round of attacks from the cute little ball of wood and cloth.

Umbryl brings his light mace around above his shoulder getting a two handed grip, preparing to strike again.

Sabola cannot help but wonder when the other shoe will drop, even though it be a tiny doll sized shoe.

no gm? Last message was a few days ago.

Well, we had a firestorm of activity the other night, and then nothing really. I figure it's summer, and people get a bit busy over the summer.

bump

no gm? Last message was a few days ago.

Have faith, the Dawnflower will provide.

The last doll attacks Sabola.

attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 51d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

The last doll misses Sabola. Party up

Sabola will ankh himself. Similar to Catholics crossing themselves, but different.

Dusty strikes at the doll with her scimitar, seeking to assist sabola in his attacks.

aid sabola's attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 2 = 20

+2 to hit sabola. Wreak it!

Sabola will take another swing at the doll!

Falchion Hit: 1d20 + 4 - 4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 4 - 4 + 1 + 2 = 21
Falchion Damage: 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (1, 3) + 6 = 10

i sure hope that hits!

And his judgement will heal him for another hit point.

Setesh takes a swing at the remaining doll...

Cold Iron Sickle: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 11, for 1d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 1 + (4) = 8 Cold Iron Slashing damage.

And the last doll succumbs to the fury.

Akhentepi’s khopesh and spear are both masterwork weapons. The composite shortbow is still serviceable, but its string has deteriorated, and must be replaced before the weapon can be used. The scarab- shaped light steel shield detects as magic.

Further identification may be possible of the shield

Setesh breathes a sigh of relief.

"Well, I am glad we are no longer being attacked by children's toys!"

He then settles down to search the room.

Taking 20, looking for traps, secret doors, and any other loot.

Nodding to the magical shield, Setesh comments:

"I would not mind using it, provided it isn't cursed..."

Since we are fairly loot-poor at present, we should probably use the items we come across, at least for the moment...

hmmm, let me see
cast detect magic, and examine the item.
Spellcraft take 20 total of 25

Hanging his mace on his belt, Umbryl will pick up the light wooden shield of Ancient Osiriani design and strap it to his pack. Then while Setesh searches and Dusty studies the shield, he will examine the five chests and the urn.
"This ancient shield is probably the kind of thing the church is looking for...
I have no problem with letting folk use what they can. better survivability for the group as a whole! It is only one point, but Umbryl nets a 26 if needed on the Spellcraft roll.

For bragging rights, who dropped the last doll?

Sabola dusts himself off and clears his throat, "ahem, Priestess, a little help here if you would," and he gestures to the damage remaining from the now destroyed ankle-biters. He will also offer up a litany of thanks for success in battle.

"Practicality demands we use whatever we can and sell the rest."

Someone tracking loot?

Dusty looks at sabola.
she casts a CLW on him
dawnflower, can you help your follower here? Or at least teach him to dodge
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
hmm, have you be saying your prayers every night?
She channels energy
1d6 ⇒ 5
that's better

"I am beginning to like our chances of surviving less and less. It seems that every room we enter nearly ends one of us." Faisal says with a shake of his head.

"Most appreciated."