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Game Master JASON RODARTE

"Hey! The acid worked! Now lets see about fire."

Cloudia sprays out a wedge of fire and the corner catches the animated statue and barely misses three of her allies.

burning hands: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5

So many things for a GM to keep track of!

Lukian moves within range of the statue, and it begins to corrode as the acid hits it!

Lukian moves within range of the statue, and it begins to corrode as the acid hits it!

Aurus once again takes a mighty cut at the living statue, carving off a wing! His sword holds true. Cloudia casts burning hands with her wand, but the spell, disappointingly, has no effect.

Second Round
Mao
Uldar

Third Round
Aurus
Mao - 2
Cloudia
Lukian
winged demon statue -18
Uldar

Bold still to act.

"You are a tough opponent. But you will not prevail." Mao tries to grab the statue as Aurus hacks away.

Grapple, IC, Flank: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 5 + 1 + 2 = 17

Sigh, he does have acid splash as a cantrip

Sigh, he does have acid splash as a cantrip

I corrected my mistake. Your acid splash did damage. You may use it again this round.

As Mao moves in to wrestle with his demons, the statue takes a swipe at him with its sword.

Attack of Opportunity: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Missing! Mao manages to get around the sword, putting the carytid column into a strangle hold. One arm still free, it attacks Mao again!

Attack: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 6 - 2 = 12
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Once again missing the fearless and intrepid monk.

The demon statue still stands, corroded, cracking, and hard to miss, one more strong blow and a little more acid likely to kill it.

Second Round
Uldar

Third Round
Lukian
Uldar

Fourth Round
Aurus
Mao - 2
Cloudia
Lukian
winged demon statue -18
Uldar

All characters may act. Lukian and Uldar may act twice

Uldar will keep performing.

and Mao has improved grab, so he doesn't provoke! ;-)

Uldar will drop his wand of grease, pick up his club, step in and swing at the statue.

To Hit: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 2 + 1 = 19 for Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

He wil repeat this action if the statue and club are still working.

To Hit: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 2 + 1 = 23 for Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Confirmation: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 2 + 1 = 21 for Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

and Mao has improved grab, so he doesn't provoke! ;-)

Yah. I forgot to mention that Mao has both Improved Grapple and Improved Trip feats.

I'm guessing Cloudia will not need to make an attack here. Nice attacks!

I'm guessing Cloudia will not need to make a attack here. Nice attacks!

I was surprised as well!

Uldar raises his club, bringing it down on the statue's fiendish head! It smashes into its skull, creating another giant crack, but it also cracks Uldar's club. club broken

Undetered, Uldar attacks again with his cracked club. He strikes the statue so perfectly that his club shatters into tiny splinters! club ruined

Third Round
Lukian

Fourth Round
Aurus
Mao - 2
Cloudia
Lukian
winged demon statue -20
Uldar

All players except Uldar still to act. Lukian may go twice.

club ruined

"Luckily I didn't pay anything for it!"

Cloudia reaches into her sachel and launches a vial of acid at the construct.

To Hit ranged touch, inspired: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 2 + 1 = 21
Damage, inspired: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3, one point splash

"Well I've tried magic and fire; now how about some acid?"

Cloudia reaches into her sachel and launches a vial of acid at the construct.

[dice=To Hit ranged touch, inspired]1d20+2+1
[dice=Damage, inspired]1d6+1, one point splash

"Well I've tried magic and fire; now how about some acid?"

If we were in trouble, I wouldn't mind the splashdamage, but as the combat is technically over, it's a waste of resources (and PVP). You'll do 75% of the damage done to the party this combat!

I assume Mao used his 2nd succeful grapple action to pin the statue

I'll keep swinging til the doctor calls this one as dead :)

Aurus gives an excited whoop. "Hold 'im steady, Mao!"

Power attack, greatsword: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 10
Damage: 2d6 + 4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4, 1) + 4 + 3 + 1 = 13

Assuming that the grapple holds, my check for round 2 includes pinning the statue. Here's my round 3 action.

Mao is surprised at how the statue stands, despite receiving huge amounts of punishment. He continues to push the statue against the wall...

Grapple, IC, Flank, Maintain: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 15

Do I get any bonus for successfully pinning the target?

If the grapple still holdsSeeing that the statue has nowhere to go, Mao tries to aid in inflicting damage to it.

Unarmed Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4

Cloudia wrote:

"Well I've tried magic and fire; now how about some acid?"

If we were in trouble, I wouldn't mind the splashdamage, but as the combat is technically over, it's a waste of resources (and PVP). You'll do 75% of the damage done to the party this combat!

I considered that, but 3 points of damage, one point to each of three characters, seems a reasonable trade off because:

Another splash of acid at the creature
1d20 + 1 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 1 + 2 - 4 = 15 rta
1d3 ⇒ 3

Cloudia reaches into her sachel and launches a vial of acid at the construct.

[dice=To Hit ranged touch, inspired]21
[dice=Damage, inspired]3, one point splash

"Well I've tried magic and fire; now how about some acid?"

That should be a 17 to hit as she is firing into combat.

1d3

It's 1d3+1 due to inspire courage

Hooray 4 damage

He takes another shot
1d20 + 1 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 2 - 4 = 5 RTA

BUT MISSES

More importantly, in PFS you can't take an action that damages fellow PCs without their explicid permission

True enough. Cloudia will hold action until right before it attacks. At that point, you can either give the go-ahead or not. If not, she twiddles her thumbs, and does an 'Oh dear, what do I do now?', which would be just like her.

Mao bravely continues to hold the statue guardian in a head lock. With all the splinters flying about, Aurus misses hitting it with his greatsword. Lukian scores another hit with his acid splash! The winged demon no longer has a face, but still stands.

And finally, Cloudia valiantly pulls out a flask of acid, throws it at the statue, and hits! Uldar, Mao and Aurus all take one point of damage, unless you guys REALLY want to fight this thing for another round...

The acid seeps into all the cracks our heroes have already caused, and the carytid column breaks into tiny pieces of useless marble, leaving, rather miraculously, a fist-sized opal in Mao’s left hand.

COMBAT OVER

The battle over, the party notices another door to the south that the demon statue seems to have been guarding. A wooden sign on it reads “Scriptorium—Quiet Please.”

The party may heal up, further explore the room, and then either return to the entryway and go through the door marked Storeroom #2 or enter the room with the sign that says “Scriptorium”. If you want to explore the room, please roll Perception checks.

Uldar, Mao and Aurus all take one point of damage, unless you guys REALLY want to fight this thing for another round...

Yes, I REALLY don't want to be splashed with acid when it is completely preventable. The statue can't even attack us at the moment...

Uldar continues his performance and gets out his rope.

GM CoolFrostyOne wrote:

Uldar, Mao and Aurus all take one point of damage, unless you guys REALLY want to fight this thing for another round...

Yes, I REALLY don't want to be splashed with acid when it is completely preventable. The statue can't even attack us at the moment...

Uldar continues his performance and gets out his rope.

Uldar, I don't want to reverse engineer the story line, it makes for poor game play. You can keep the hit point, as can any of the others who choose to.

COMBAT OVER

Uldar will use his wand to cure Mao of his wounds and gives the monk his sliken rope.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

"Here, have my rope, so you can just tie up the opponent next time!"

With regards to the place to go next, would it be possible to have an overview of the map? I don't like to have unexplored bits behind us, but without a map it's hard to see what's behind.

Mao reaches for the rope while dusting off parts of the statue they just battled. "Thank you friend," He inhales deeply as his wounds from the acid splash begin to heal. "This will be of good use in the futures." He secures the rope by his waist. "So, where to next?

He will take a little piece from the creature and put it in a pouch.

Cloudia will expore the room. She's a little excited about the interesting thing one might find int eh basement of a museum.

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 18

As she wanders from thing to thing she peppers the others with questions like, "What do you think this is?", or "I wonder how old that is."

Aurus carefully wipes the dust off of his sword. "Man... when are they gonna send us on one of these milk runs that actually turns out to be a milk run?" Aurus gripes. "Uldar, any idea why that thing would turn out attacking us? How's it know we ain't just patrons of this fine museum?"

The wizard will cast detect magic.

Lukian picks up a souvenir and sticks in his pouch. His detect magic spell reveals nothing.

Cloudia explores the room, looking closely at the odd collection of effigies. Inside a statue of the archdevil Mephistopheles she finds a secret compartment in the statue’s base that contains a dozen black vellum scrolls sealed with crimson wax and molten silver.

I’ve added a map of the previous room—the entryway. You’ve gone through the door at the top of the map of the entryway into Storeroom #1. The options are to go back through the entryway and through the doorway at the bottom of the map into Storeroom #2, or through the door marked Scriptorium at the left side of the map of Storeroom #1.

"OOOhhHH! Look here. I found a hidden compartment with scrolls!"

She fairly dances with excitement and opens them up to read, disregarding the safety of herself or the scrolls. I guess the lesson about preserving artifacts did not take.

"I think it would be best if we go to storeroom 2 now. In case we have to retreat, I don't want to have any surprises!"

Cloudia reads through the scrolls. They are written in Common and seem to consist of contracts between the Blakros family and various nobles. Surely, these would have been of interest to the Sovereign Court if Cloudia were a part of that faction.

Meanwhile, the party moves on to Storeroom #2

The doors open with a grinding creak, revealing a large room filled with monsters of all shapes and sizes. Giant skeletons and stuffed taxidermic monstrosities are frozen in poses of snarling ferocity, while mummified corpses lie in sedate repose in ornately carved sarcophagi. As silent as a tomb, the air in the hall is stale and musty.

You don’t have much time, though, before you realize that one of these taxidermic monstrosities is moving, intent on rending you apart with his claws.

BEGIN COMBAT

ROUND 1

Aurus
Uldar
Cloudia
Lukian
Mao
owlbear skeleton

The map is updated. All characters may act.

"Whoops!" Aurus cries as the thing starts moving. He moves to the creature and takes a swing at it.

Greatsword power attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (2, 4) + 7 = 13

Cloudia muttters, "Please let this work!" while hoding back on the other side of the door.

magic missile damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Uldar starts inspiring courage again!

"If only I had a club!"

Wand of grease in one hand, wand of CLW in the other.

An owl bear skeleton, it needs to be smashed and cold doesnt do much to it he says Let's try some acic as he casts acid splash
1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 3 - 4 = 13 RTA
1d3 ⇒ 1

An owl bear skeleton, it needs to be smashed and cold doesnt do much to it he says Let's try some acic as he casts acid splash

1d20+3-4 RTA
1d3

I think Lukian's post got ninja-ed by my own, so +1 to attack and damage!

An owl bear skeleton, it needs to be smashed and cold doesnt do much to it he says Let's try some acic as he casts acid splash

1d20+3-4 RTA
1d3

So that should be a 14 rta

Too bad he has necromancy as a prohibited school or else disrupt undead is always a great cantrip to have :(

Mao shares what he knows on how to defeat the undead owlbear to his comrades. He joins Aurus and delivers a knee to the enemy.

Acrobatics if enemy has reach: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Unarmed, IC: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 1 = 10

Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4