Year of the Risen Rune PbP (Inactive)

Game Master DaWay

Are the guards actually watching this?

No you have been left in the cell. There are two orderlies on either side of a long row of the cells. You are to the south end. An orderly is about 10 from the cell now with a mop. The entrance to the room is 40' to the north and 10' to the west. The other 'inmates' are sleeping/minding their own business.

Additionally, how many guards on the way in? What types of gates, entry, locks on the way out.[/ooc

[ooc]Seelah would like to detect evil on any guards she sees or the Alienist we spoke to earlier. She would have alot less of an issue with an outright break out if there was any evil involved.

It would be preferable if we could accomplish this without bringing attention to ourselves ... maybe we need to leave first, acquire the appropriate 'resources'." Seelah says, referring to the rest of the party. "This would also also us to acquire a detailed lay of the land."

The orderlies are the only evil ones in the prison. And it's just those two.

Quietly to Quelion, "I have no problem with misfortune falling upon these orderlies, they are evil, but we cannot bring havoc down upon any 'innocents'"

"Trust me, I've worked for the Pathfinders long enough to know what spells hold risks and what don't. I would hardly send a fiend bound by a bargain to destroy them when it might slip its' bonds, but far more simple summonings should make short work of them, if handled carefully."

"Can your summons deal with the eyes and the straight jacket?"

Just to be clear, he's just locked into the restraints, including the covering on his eyes, correct?

Straight jacket. Just scabs holding his eyes closed.

"...those eyes are going to require a real priest, but I doubt we can get away with returning. The straightjacket is simple enough, and I believe we can lead you out of here without difficulty and find one once we are past the guards."

"I think we need to be gone before he 'escapes'. We can not afford to have any undue attention brought upon us or have this escape blamed on us. Your original idea is sound ... we open the gate and leave a summons. We leave, talk to the Alienest, I would like to scrutinize the her ... then, when we are gone the escape is sprung. Tomasz, we will free you, but you need to tell us what we need to know first, so we can be gone when you escape. We will free you of your bounds and cage, and provide you a means to circumvent the guards."

Ah, Ah, Ah, clever Lady. The information is yours once I am free of this cage. I will meet you behind the Bank of Abadar.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18

"I desire a down payment ... tell me about the Feasters of the Heart. Quelion, begin your part ... but hold off until we have our collateral."

The group, the Feasters of the Heart, is the only card I hold because my father is the high priest. I will tell you of them and how to join them once I am free.

He is telling the truth

"Sigh ... let us do this then. Quelion ... let slip the dogs of war ..."

"Quite" Quelion begins weaving his magic in the cell.

Although, on second thought, maybe do this a little more quietly than the Kyton. Stepping down to Summon Monster IV so I can apply Silent Spell, summoning a Hound Archon while applying my Master of Pentacles trait to extend it for an extra two rounds (It will last 13 rounds total). The next round, still applying Silenced Spell, I will cast Greater Invisibility on said archon, then on the third will apply a silenced Haste on all of us before sending it out...in case this goes horribly wrong, having Seelah and the Imp hasted already will give an edge. Before I go on...well, DeWay, you can give me whether or not the prisoners go berserk at a dog-man appearing in the cell.

The hope is that we can walk ahead ... Seelah will say something to the Alienest like "Useless, why do you even let that madman live, and why do you allow arcane devices in his cell?. She will detect evil on her, and then quickly walk out of here. Then, all heck breaks loose behind us. Thus giving us plausible denial as to being the cause.

Uhm...yeah, no. Summon Monster has a rounds/level duration, and one casting alone has almost zero chance of settling this encounter. If it doesn't work we need to be in place for damage control. And we can't come back later to let him out either or we'll be just as, if not more, suspicious. Mind, we already let them see our faces and there's no real way a blind man who has been in place for years is getting out on his own, and they know damn well there are no "arcane devices" in that cell if they're even borderline competent. In the long run, our cover's already blown, it's just a question of how much of a head start we're going to get now. If we take out the guards in here without raising an alarm and get out quietly without seeing the Alienist again, we stand a chance of getting everyone together and being able to use the information before it goes out of date. The odds of pulling even that much off get worse the more we try to be clever about it.

If you really want to make sure no one can identify us as the cause, we're going to have to kill the Alienist too. Evil or not. Since I realize that's probably not an option here, we're probably just going to have to accept that we'll have to move fast on the infiltration with what we've got for info.

Well, let's see how this goes ...

Doesn't the place have a window? If it does we can come later and you can do your summon waiting outside... Your plan is getting dangerous.

Seelah looks gazes at the orderlies to determine the strength of their evil.

Ah yes, moderate ... not push-overs by any means ....

"I will leave this up to you Quelion, we can try this now and lose our chance to infiltrate the 'feasters', or we can rejoin the others and either find a covert way to do this, or if we do have to go violent, we'll have some backup.

I will support your decision either way Quelion, but I am feeling a little naked without my weapons ...

"...oh, that's all that's making you nervous. Hardly a problem, ma'am."

As part of the preparations (assuming, again, that the silenced summoning doesn't trip the alarm from the patients all on its' own) he'll order the Archon to hand its' Greatsword to Seelah.

I presume preparations are progressing then ...

Other than the normal ruckus that the patients cause and an occasional bark from the patient across the way, the summon goes off with out a hitch. You then apply a greater invisibility spell to the hound archon Why not just do this for Tomasz and then a haste on all of you. Seelah now has the Archon sword.

Actions?

This whole scene is very cinematic

Seelah readies an action to strike any threat that steps into range, or to move up to and strike any threat that attacks an ally. But she his holding the greatsword, reversed, blade running up her arm to conceal it until as much as possible until we are discovered. Seelah's shield is currently strapped to her back current AC is 22 T10 FF22.

" I just had a thought, a message from Iomedae ... why not make Tomasz vanish and we walk him out of here?"

"...because I was assuming the guards were not complete idiots and would at least look in the cell before letting us leave. Oh well, I suppose I can force them to be idiots, perhaps."

He re-casts the spell, this time on Tomasz after freeing him, and then begins to non-chalantly walk out of the cell...

Moving with an invisible Tomasz and Hound Archon in tow. The two orderlies move to intercept you. Their visage changes as the flesh seems to be stripped away from their bodies pooling in a goo on the cold stone floor revealing the form of spindly, skeletal humanoid that has moldy green flesh, long talons for hands, and a head that seems to be mostly mouth.

Initiatives and actions
One is blocking the path to the north of the party and the other to the south.
Quelion you are in charge of the Hound Archon and your imps actions and they will go on your initiative

Totenmaske init: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16

Init: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12[/ooc]

Knolwedge (Religion) to identify: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28

Quelion reacts to this with all the expected professionalism, weaving a haste spell around himself and his companions, including the summoned archon and Tomasz. "I would let the hellspawn take the hits for you, if possible," he says to Seelah. "It will be exceedingly unpleasant for whomever has to suffer, and I'm sure you'll agree better them than you."

Once the magic is cast, the archon and imp each move to intercept one of the undead monstrosities threatening the pair.

Imp Stinger 1: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (3) + 18 = 21
Imp Stinger H: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (2) + 18 = 20
Imp Stinger 2: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15

Hound Archon Bite 1: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22
Hound Archon Bite H: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24
Hound Archon Slam: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

Imp total damage against north totenmaske: 2d4 + 6 ⇒ (1, 2) + 6 = 9

Hound Archon total damage against south totenmaske: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (2, 5) + 10 = 17
Also, as an addtional note remember the Archon radiates a constant magic circle against evil effect in addition to its' Aura of Menace.

Initiative: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (16) + 0 = 16 (dex bonus is 0)
Knowledge Religion: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Seelah calmly raises her newly acquired great sword and lets the Archon do what it was summoned for ... turning around to defend from the rear.

Assuming they are going before me on this tie. If I am however first I will move with Quellion and ready an action to strike either one if they move into range.

If in range when it's my turn

Full Attack
Attack 1: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
Attack 2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

:(

The totenmaskes close in to attack Seelah and the Hound Archon

will save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 201d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

bypassing the aura of menace it's nasty claws reach out to rip their opponents flesh.

T1 attacks Seelah 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
t2 attacks Hound 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Seelah's attacks miss.
Quelion casts haste
Imp aids Seelah hitting the totenmaske twice for 9 damage
The Hound Archon responds hitting its totenmaske twice for 17 damage.

RD 2.

T1 full attacks Seelah
bite 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 plus will save
claw 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
claw 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 plus fort save

T2 full attacks the Hound Archon
bite 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 plus will save
claw 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
claw 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 plus fort save

Quelion: HP: 68/68, AC 20 Hasted
Imp: HP 54/54, AC: 24, Hasted
Hound Archon 1: 41/51, Invisible, Hasted

Archon's AC should be 24 since it's still Invisible thanks to Greater Invis, forgot about that for a second. Still, it needs to make that Will save regardless: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

Quelion drops the act and begins weaving his magic again. The archon and imp, unlikely allies as they might seem, continue to defend the sorcerer and paladin valiantly while more summoning circles begin to appear.

[ooc]In the meantime, the archon and imp will continue to attack:

Ganbate!

Have to be quick ...

Will Save: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Fort Save: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22

Seelah pops a smite
(+2 damage/level - undead)

Full attack 1 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (4, 1) + 18 = 23
Full attack H 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (5, 5) + 18 = 28
Full attack 2 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (1, 3) + 18 = 22

Full attack 2 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27 2d6 + 18 ⇒ (1, 3) + 18 = 22

Critical Threat

sorry ... like I said, doing that as I ran out the door

confirm: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

HP: 36/67, AC 25 (vs T1, 22 Otherwise), Hasted, Smite vs T1

Ok ... been in meetings and have time to look at this... the +2/level for undead is only on the first successful attack (+1/level thereafter) so damage for Seelah is ...

23
21
15

Total: 59

Quelion begins casting a spell
Imp continues its assualt (28 damage to T1)
Hound Archon bites and then slams its target (34 damage T2)
Seelah severs the creature in half (T1 dead) however. Seelah takes 1d4 ⇒ 1 Charisma Damage as the totenmaske ate some of the hopes and dreams of Seelah on its last assualt.

The Totenmaske continues its assualt on the Hound Archon
1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Hoookay, I'm ignoring descriptiveness and changing the order of rolls around a bit because we've got a lot to get to here. First, everyone will delay so the cheetahs can get into position for flanking purposes (this will leave one cheetah without a flanking opportunity - for simplicity's sake, this is Cheetah 1 and that's also the one that will take the AoO that will need to be provoked so everyone can move into position for this emulation of a swarm. First, every cheetah smites this round. Since the bite is the primary attack, it resolves first on all cheetahs. Since THAT comes with a free trip, I'm going to roll the bites first, in order, then any CMBs for trip attempts. Then all the cheetah's claws, then everyone else.

Cheetah 1 Bite: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25, 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11 ]Damage
Cheetah 2 Bite: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25, 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13 ]Damage
Cheetah 3 Bite: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22, 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11 ]Damage
Cheetah 4 Bite: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19, 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14 ]Damage
Cheetah 5 Bite: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27, 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11 ]Damage

CMDs (In order of hits): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15. 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14, 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21, 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19[/ooc]

Okay, don't think anything knocked it prone, so...

Cheetah 1 Claw 1: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21, 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13 ]Damage
Cheetah 1 Claw 2: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20, 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14 ]Damage

Cheetah 2 Claw 1: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16, 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12 ]Damage
Cheetah 2 Claw 2: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15, 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13 ]Damage

Cheetah 3 Claw 1: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21, 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 ]Damage
Cheetah 3 Claw 2: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23, 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14 ]Damage

Cheetah 4 Claw 1: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17, 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13 ]Damage
Cheetah 4 Claw 2: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13, 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11 ]Damage

Cheetah 5 Claw 1: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24, 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13 ]Damage
Cheetah 5 Claw 2: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24, 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13 ]Damage

More to come...if I need to go on, don't think so.

END OF COMBAT

Bearing an angry scowl on her face, Seelah lowers the tip of the greatsword to the ground, raises her hand, fingers spread, palm towards herself, comments, "That ... that, is a great number of cats." and lays hands.

Lay Hands, Self: 3d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 3) = 9

Quelion watches the felines tear the totenmaske to a shred silently for a moment. "More than I was expecting, I must admit. Still, it was effective. We should probably retrieve our things. This wasn't nearly as quiet as I'd hoped."

"Yes, that is was.", Seelah turns, places her hand on Tomaszes shoulder, "time to obtain your freedom ...", and begins walking towards the exit.

What is done with the cats, and the hound archon?

Well, we can probably just leave them, since they're not likely to harm anyone else and go away in a minute. The cheetahs, at least, the other option requires hanging around for almost a full minute to make sure of it, or maybe a handle animal check to try to "push" them into behaving in a manner they normally wouldn't.

The hound is invisible, maybe you could push him to heel ... we're not out of here yet."

To Seoni at the rendezvous point
"I sure hope Seelah, and that sorcerer are not in any danger. I believe we will need them if we choose to continue on our endeavor."

Don't worry, they seem capable of putting half the town down, but they are taking a while to get back. Should we go after them?

The Archon's intelligent, just tell him to follow, then leave, and grab our stuff on the way?