Gandel will cast Message directed at Suekhan.
"The Four Pharaohs it seems chose wisely to hide you in this place, imagine their shame at having a servant so base and vile that it is afraid to confront a handful of pitiful mortals. Whence we lave this place with you still in it, I shall spread tales far and wide of your cowardice in battle. I wonder if your brethren snicker at you in your plight. I imagine that after I am done you will be ashamed to show your face in the Hells ever again. Yes it is best if you stay trapped here, 'Suekhan the Meek'".
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Neat idea there, but message requires you to point to the recipient. It can't be used as a radar or means to flush an unseen opponent out.You could, though, still have Gandel simply shout those lines. Perhaps Suekahn can hear you.
Perhaps he can unleash his inner-kender after all.
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"As usual"!? You guys have accused me of hyperbole, like, a thousand times! ; )P.S. Donkor's check is sufficient to get "Listen to Moonpate" across.
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I think it's a typo and should be a "3".Wait a second, weren't you in charge of policing the PC sheets? Don't I get to pin this on you?
. . .
(I think he's left the building. . .)
And that takes us to Gandel (who may be taunting), Xerissa, Breach and then Moonpate and his mini-army.
Breach relaxes, realizing they've been had. "Bah. He's gone. Wherever he is, it ain't here. Hopefully that rock monster can find us a way to 'im. If we find 'im, we find Lydia." Although Breach takes his guard down, he keeps a wary eye out just in case.
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Hal thinks the devil could be doing many things. Perhaps it is healing. Perhaps it is buffing. Perhaps it is waiting to select a more advantageous battlefield. Perhaps it even has allies to recruit. If it has been here for thousands of years as it claims, it might be very patient -- or it might have none left.If Suekahn is a fiend that capitalizes on its teleportation, then dimensional anchor might be one option to try to pin it down.
Now that we are more or less out of initiative, Donkor saunters over to the sand wall and sees what his goddess shows him on the other side of it.
Hal will approach both Pate and Donkor inquiring if either has access to dimensional anchor fir the day. His voice will not raise above a whisper to either.
Now that we are more or less out of initiative, Donkor saunters over to the sand wall and sees what his goddess shows him on the other side of it.
The halfling elects to taunt the fiend out loud:
"The Four Pharaohs it seems chose wisely to hide you in this place, imagine their shame at having a servant so base and vile that it is afraid to confront a handful of pitiful mortals. Whence we leave this place with you still in it, I shall spread tales far and wide of your cowardice in battle. I wonder if your brethren snicker at you in your plight. I imagine that after I am done you will be ashamed to show your face in the Hells ever again. Yes it is best if you stay trapped here, 'Suekhan the Meek'".
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And this happens. . .
And then this:
Breach relaxes, realizing they've been had. "Bah. He's gone. Wherever he is, it ain't here. Hopefully that rock monster can find us a way to 'im. If we find 'im, we find Lydia." Although Breach takes his guard down, he keeps a wary eye out just in case.
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The hound-warrior strides over to the disgruntled dwarf and rests his free hand on Breach's shoulder.
"Who is this Lydia? Perhaps I can assist you to find her?" He sniffs the air. "I am attuned to certain things that your companions may not be."
(Breach gets that many temporary hit points plus a +1 morale bonus to attack)
And Moonpate directs Dignon to stick his head through what the party seems to believe is a wall of sand. .
. . . Also, I neglected to confirm Hal comes off of delay to make his discreet inquiry of Donkor and Moonpate. Unless I am mistaken they both silently shake their heads, confirming they do not have dimensional anchor prepared. . .
. . . and that ends the round.
Initiative order
Karek and Hurgah are up next! But I imagine that Karek and Hurgah are likely waiting on the results of the impending Eye of Sooron. Did they want to delay for that? Take a readied action? Or a round of total defence?
Karek will wait with the rest of his allies, mildly hoping that the earth elementals and the Hound Archon can find him something to fight.
Donkor, having cast all of his spells for now, will stand by as well.
Oh, yeah. Donkor's scanning. Karek will move next to the seer and take total defense.
Hurgah delays
The hound-warrior strides over to the disgruntled dwarf and rests his free hand on Breach's shoulder.
"Who is this Lydia? Perhaps I can assist you to find her?" He sniffs the air. "I am attuned to certain things that your companions may not be."
"She is this lovely little lass who's been takin' from us. You canno' miss 'er if ya see 'er, she's been turned into stone. The demon's got 'er. We got ta get 'er back," he tells the hound-warrior, determination in his voice.
Karek will move next to the seer and take total defense.
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Got it! So I have Karek and Donkor side-by-side, just 5 feet from the mysterious sand wall.
The Return of the Eye
Donkor places The Eye of Sooron beyond the barrier of strangely compacted sand and peers into it to see what he can see.
Inside is a small square chamber . The room is unoccupied. The chamber itself is rather unimpressive, lacking murals, hieroglyphics, or other décor. Inside is a squat wooden table surrounded by four modest but comfortable chairs. A ceramic Osirion tea set sits on the table, the cups empty.
There are no entrances or exits to this chamber (other than the small doorway blockaded by the wall of sand).
Based on Donkor’s snapshot, it is difficult to see what all the fuss over this room could be. There is no sign of danger or treasure.
Meanwhile!
Suddenly a second barrier of sand springs into being inside the mosaic chamber. This one is much longer – and larger. It cuts the room off into two halves, running straight up to the ceiling.
The larger half, on the east side of the barrier contains: Hurgah, Moonpate, Donkor, Karek and Halstadt. This side also contains the gigantic double-doors and the controversial “sand door”. It also contains the two small earth elementals.
The much smaller half contains: Xerissa, (the taunting) Gandel , and Breach. Thanks to Moonpate’s last second intervention, it also contains Tasem, the summoned hound archon. Finally, this side contains the strange butterfly bas relief, the “song tube” the Dune Squad entered by in vapor-form, as well as the much larger cylindrical tube or stone shaft in the floor that you verified leads to another level down below.
A horrid laughter echoes from somewhere within that very stone tube:
Next up is Gandel, then Hal, then Moon – with possibly a few people electing to come off delay (Breach, Xerissa, and Hurgah)
Gandel will cast Summon Monster II to call forth the Celestial Spider Ambriel Aranaeus for assistance with this Demon trap.
Hal will hold, "Donkor, can you see what is on the other side of that new wall! Our friends may be in trouble!"
Hal will hold, "Donkor, can you see what is on the other side of that new wall! Our friends may be in trouble!"
Gandel will cast Summon Monster II to call forth the Celestial Spider Ambriel Aranaeus for assistance with this Demon trap.
This happens!
(Nice name)
And then Hal re-joins the hold train.
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Xerissa screams like a banshee. Everyone hears it, regardless of what side of the wall they are on.
When Xerissa screams her voice seems to change. It doesn't sound quite like her.
Moon is up (as is his earth elemental and hound archon)!
Breach raises an eyebrow in curiosity. "That doesn't sound good. Suppose it's one of our own?"
Did I fail a save?
Moon will instruct the two elementals to tear down the sand wall and then go on total defense, waiting to see what happens.
Perception
Perception
Moon will instruct the two elementals to tear down the sand wall and then go on total defense, waiting to see what happens.
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Dignon and Cragg-el transform into rams of living stone and charge head-first into the sand wall that seals off the small door to the south.-----
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Shaz'jam! They collide simultaneously with the wall in perfect precision. The wall blows apart. There is a spray of sand and when the dust clears you will be able to see inside to the chamber beyond.
"He's in the shaft!
The hound archon wastes not a second. He leaps into the black abyss of the dark stone shaft of the floor and sails through the air looking to meet his foe, sword first.
There is a loud crash and echos of savage other-wordly snarls make there way back up the tube.
Initiative Order:
Now we've got at least half the party on delay, it's starting to look like the Dune Squad we know and love after all.
Hal will leap through the hole created by the elementals and charge to the edge of the pit and activate his Alignment Channeling ability to harm the Evil Outsider, hopefully this will also heal and invigorate Tesem el-Kep
Alignment Channeling
Shaz'jam! They collide simultaneously with the wall in perfect precision. The wall blows apart. There is a spray of sand and when the dust clears you will be able to see inside to the chamber beyond.
Very cool but...I was actually thinking about them tearing down the new wall that is separating the party.
Very cool but...I was actually thinking about them tearing down the new wall that is separating the party.
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Ah!Presumably Cragg-el and Dignon are better at following Moonpate's instructions than I am.
In my defence you did just say wall, and Moonpate has been ruminating on the sand wall covering the door to the south for several rounds.
On the other hand, taking down the isolation wall would appear to be a lot more responsive to the Dune Squad's immediate tactical needs--I probably should have realized.
And, hey, I haven't had to retcon in like 24 hours. Though that might be because I hadn't posted in 24. . .
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Er hem!
Shaz'jam! They collide simultaneously with the wall in perfect precision. The wall blows apart. There is a spray of sand and when the dust clears you will see a screaming Xerissa together with Gandel and Breach. . .
Hal will leap through the hole created by the elementals and charge to the edge of the pit and activate his Alignment Channeling ability to harm the Evil Outsider, hopefully this will also heal and invigorate Tesem el-Kep [/ooc]
Almost! With his squat height he can burst through the breach in the wall as a move action without even needing to duck. And he'll have just enough move to get to the edge of 'the pit'. He'll then have his standard action left over to alignment channell.
My one quibble is that channelling cannot be used to heal and harm at the same time, Hal will have to pick one - your choice.
(You used to be able to do both back in the Pathfinder Beta test, and it makes sense with how we understand divine energy to work, but it was found to be overpowered.)
Suekahn is floating half-way down the shaft. He appears to be flying or suspended in the air, though without any visible wings. A large golden wolf is on top of him, its four claws trying to find purchase on the demon's skin while its jaw goes for his throat.