The Infernal Vault Table 2 (Inactive)

Game Master Baerlie

He moves quickly, and avoids most of the damage. Takes 2 damage, and has a total of 6 HP left. He calls up the ladder,[b]"The trap is now dealt with. Come on down."[b]

Okay. That is quite terrible text formatting. My apologies.

After the trap triggers, Vrald climbs back down.

"Sometimes trying to be too clever is worse than being stupid.

What was the right order in the end? Gril at the top, city in middle and devil down the bottom?

He gestures to the cat-demon. "After you, mighty Graxus. I'd not want to get between you and your prey"

Not sure how wide the passage is, but assuming 5' proposed order:
Illusion -> Conner -> Graxus -> Vrald -> Gilfroy -> Tywin -> Seinto -> Belka

We have muscle at both ends of the party, and (hopefully) a good perception front to spot traps.

Connor feels a whet raspy tongue up against his bare arm and sees Graxes ponder the flavours.
"Hmmm needs a little longer cooking time and I think some rosemary will fit you nicely, hehehe." Graxus jokingly says.

However, you can't shake the feeling that in other circumstances, he might have done more then merely lick you. ..

When Vrald makes his suggestion, Graxus responds.
"Ah right you are human, right you are. Get ready Tywin, I smell more of those rejects."

Tywin rides on Graxus so they are at the same position

Because he's concentrating on the illusion, Gilfroy can only move half speed. However, others will be Perceptioning for traps, so they're going at half speed, too.

Gilfroy climbs down, floating the ninja in front of him. Once down, he concentrates on making the ninja move more realistically, practicing the appearance of stealth.

Connotr goes through the door, and to the vault beyond it, going slowly to look for traps, with the illusion in front of him.

Belka climbs down the ladder and grudgingly takes place at the rear of the party, grumbling that there's not a lot to fight in remaining behind.

Just in case somebody wants to know, the correct order is: the child disk at the top, the city disk in the middle and the devil disk at the bottom

After opening the door you see a room. It is split by a Long, ten-foot-wide Stone walkway, extending sixty feet east to west between two spiral staircases. Two ladders rest on the North side of the walkway and two more on the south, leading down into a fifteen-foot-wide trench twenty feet below. These Sub rooms are filled with objects rangin from decripit suits of rusted armour, to piles of rotting fürs, and to various over-stuffed footlockers. On the other side of the room you see two lemures.

Round 1
Gilfroy
Connor
Vrald
Seinto
Belka
Graxus
Tywin
Lemures

Map updated in a few minutes

Vrald draws his sword and charges the southern most demon.
I'm sure Gil can have the ninja tumble past those demons and create a distraction from behind

"For Taldor!" cries the knight.

attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19 <= if the Ninja provides flanking (and as Gil moves before Vrald) then add another +2.
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

The illusion dashes forward. Just shy of the lemures, it leaps into the air and nimbly flips through the air to land on the other side of the creatures.

As this is just an illusion, even though it looks like it's trying to set up a flank, it can't provide a flanking bonus, set up sneak attacks, etc.

Gilfroy himself stays put, waiting to see if the creatures buy his illusion. DC 18 Will save to disbelieve.

Connor quietly takes out his longbow, holding an arrow to the string. He draws the bow back, sending a silent arrow flying toward the lemure that Vrald targeted. attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
damage: 1d8 ⇒ 7

crit is 3x. rolling to confirm
Confirmation: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

"What are you pansies doing here!"
Graxus roars as he charges into one of the lemures.
charge bite: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 2 = 19
dmg: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Tywin holds on to the running Graxus and lowers his lance into the same Lemure.

charge lance: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 2 = 23
double lance dmg from charge: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (1, 2) + 6 = 9

Belka moves straight ahead and places herself just behind Vrald.

Double move 7 squares in a straight line (I am not able to move my token on the map right now).

Seinto moves forward. "Fear not my friends. We have the power of Iomedae to confront these foul creatures" says while raising the hand, holding the symbol of his goddess. The weapons of Vrald and Belka start shining with pale light.

Casting Weapons against evil on Vrald and Belka

Connor and Vrald critically hit the southern lemure and kill it where it stands. Seinto enchants Vrald's and Belka's weapons. Belka moves closer to the lemures. Graxus bites the remaining lemure, but the wound closes fast. Tywin attacks the lemure with his Lance, making a big hole in his fat belly.

Will Save Lemure blue DC18: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (3) + 0 = 3
Will Save Lemure red DC18: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (7) + 0 = 7

The lemure thinks the Ninja is real. It tries to attack the ninja illusion with his claws but the attack hits nothing.

Round 2
Gilfroy
Connor
Vrald
Seinto
Belka
Graxus
Tywin
Lemure blue -4HP

"Grab the silver mace you idiot, they are devils!" Graxes yells as he closes in and claws at the last Lemure.

bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
DMG: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
claw: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
DMG: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
claw: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
DMG: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

"Oh, yes right you are!" Tywin weakly respons.
He drops his lance and pulls out his silver mace. He uses that to hit the last Lemure.

attackrol: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
dmg: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Slightly surprised by the glow on his weapon, Vrald steps forward to start working his way around the Lemure.

As he does so, he strikes out at the foul devils.

attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

After the attacks of Vrald, Graxos and Tywin the lemure falls to the ground and a foul, smelly liquid spreads on the floor.

Combat over

From the walkway you can see three levers. One in the northeast corner, one in the southeast corner and one in the southwest corner of the room.

Is the door ahead of us closed?

The staircase on the other side of the room is blocked by a portcullis. It is closed and locked.

"I wonder if there is a fourth level hidden down there?" says Vrald.

The armoured knight makes no move to actually climb down the ladder and investigate though.

"These devils are rather weak" Belka says while watching the glow on her weapon. "If that are Celeena's bodyguards, this should not be hard to defeat her."

She then glances at the levers displayed into the room. "One of those levers surely allows the portcullis opening but which one? Unless you are able to open the lock?" she asks Connor.

He says to Belka "I doubt I can pick any lock here, unless if it's a simple one, and anyone who leaves demon bodyguards doesn't like simple. But the practice of finding a trap, setting it off, then pushing though works just as well." Connor moves ahead, examining the portcullis and lock, checking for traps. takes 20 on a perception check for a total result of 26.

"Sadly, my illusion cannot be used to set off traps. He looks tough, but has about as much substance as Pumpkin's sense of moral decency."

Connor finds a small lever at the wall next to the portcullis. Pulling it opens the portcullis (and does not set off any traps).

"Lead on brave and perceptive Conner"

"Before we continue... If Graxus is right, these creatures are vulnerable to silver weapons." Seinto says, looking at Vrald and Belka. "I do have a silvered mace, but I can hand it over if you don't have one. You are better warriors than me."

Connor mutters, "This looks important", and pulls the lever, opening the portcullis, leaving the path to the stairs down open. "Go down whenever you feel ready. I'll be behind Graxus." he says to the group.

Vrald looks back at Seinto.

"I confess my sword did not seem to strike as cleanly as I expected, until you blessed it."

He looks at the sword, disapointed to see the glow vanish already.

"That may be a wise suggestion Seinto. Unless you can renew the blessing?" He asks hopefully.

Looking at Graxus he gestures for the creature and it's rider to go forward

"Demons before Gentlemen?"

I wonder how it will handle the stairs?

"I am no demon mortal!" Graxus roars.

"But I will go first if you scaredy cats are afraid to go first. Weakhearted fleshbags." Graxus mumbled the last sentence as he walks on.

The weakhearted fleshbag follows the mighty demon down the stairs.

"If you are not a demon, what are you?" inquires the knight, as much to make conversation as he is genuinely curious.

"I am Graxus the mighty! That is all you need to know Vrald. I am not asking you about your heritage so why do you think I will tell you mine?" Graxus says as he walks on down the stairs without looking back.

Insulting him by calling him a demon then asking personal questions won't help you here Vrald ;)

"My own heritage is a fine one. Son of the great Karl Sehir, grandson of Rutgar Sehir II, great grandson of Rutgar Sehir I. My family has a fine tradition of warriors."

He grins.

"But then, you were not asking about my heritage. I'm proud to share mine with you, are you not as proud of yours?"

Vrald is a caring, sharing kind of a guy!

"I never knew my parents, but my masters were very nice. Always very nice yes, yes." Tywin adds in.

"No one asked you anything whelp!" Graxus responds to Tywin.

"As for you son of Karl..." Graxus continues. "Do not assume I am not proud of who I am and from whence I came. However, I feel no inclination as to sharing these facts with someone I have just met. There is power in knowing someones background and true name and I tend not to just toss that power out on the streets."

"Power to do what?" Gilfroy asks, half-distracted from the conversation by the effort to continue concentrating on the ninja.

Seinto lends the silvered mace to Vrald.

"Make good use of it, Sir Vrald."

He then adds, looking at everybody "I recognize that Graxus didn't make a good impression on me. But all I need to know is that Tywin and Graxus were accepted in the Pathfinder Society. Remember that 'Cooperate' is one of our main duties. I think it would be better if we stopped guessing his nature and focused on the mission."

"Wise words good priest" agrees Vrald, following Graxus and Tywin down the stairs with the silver mace in hand.

"The celestial blooded one speaks wisely. Rare for his ilk. Let us move on and speak no more of this. We have cowards to hunt!" Graxes says.

Though you cannot see it as he is walking up front. You can imagine a grin coming to his face when he says the last sentance.

The stairway leads you down into a long room. This long hallway stretches sixty feet east to west between two spiral staircases. The walls of this hall contain deep notches and cuts at five-foot intervals, and a liver lies in the down position beside the western staircase. Skeletal remains litter the floor, and among them rests a recently slain corpse of an elf, his arms torn off and several feet from the body.

On the other side of the room you see another Devil's Claw Mercenary. He's already waiting for you. "Ah, here you are. I've been waiting for you. You defeated the other mercenaries, but let's see if you can defeat me." Janks says with a big grin.

Round 1
Graxus
Tywin
Vrald
Belka
Seinto
Janks
Connor
Gilfroy

I can't see the map yet, but assuming that Vrald can make the distance he will charge Janks. Given he has medium armour on, that is only 40' he can cover in a charge. If Janks is further away, or charge is not allowed, he will just close (can run up to x3 giving him 60' which sounds like it is probably enough

"We'll deal with you just as we did your stooges" calls out the young knight.

He charges across the room at the Devil's Claw, swinging his sword as he goes.

Rolls for if he can attack
attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Graxus ponders the mercenaries words. He's awfully alone and yet thinks that he can beat us. and the corpse and skeletons on the floor suggest that this area is quite deadly. Hearing the fighter behind him edging to charge him Graxus lets him past. Lets see if his intuition was correct.

Delay until after Vrald. Graxus and Dywin have reach so its easy to attack from the second row.

"This smells like a trap" Belka says with a frown. She walks a few steps, then quickly gestures and points her finger towards Janks.

Armor Arcane Spell Failure Chance (5%): 1d100 ⇒ 29

Cast daze (DC 12)

Vrald charges at Janks but steps on a trap trigger. He can see a large axe swinging from the ceiling.
Trap Attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
Trap Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Belka casts daze at Janks but does not succeed.
Will DC12: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (14) + 0 = 14

Round 1
Graxus
Tywin
Vrald
Belka
Seinto
Janks
Connor
Gilfroy

After the trap has been spring Graxus smiles and charges at the mercenary with Tywin on his back.

charge: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
bite: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

But missed due to having to attack with Vrald in front of him.

Tywin lowers his lance to try to stick it into the mercenary without hitting Vrald and

lance: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13
dmg: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (2, 1) + 6 = 9

The lance (probably) just bounces off the armor of the mercenary due to the angle of the hit.

Graxus and Tywin miss Janks, because Vrald is moving too much in front of them.

Round 1
Graxus
Tywin
Vrald
Belka
Seinto
Janks
Connor
Gilfroy