Risen from the Sands with GM Deadly Secret - Table 1 (Inactive)

Game Master Deadly secret

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Flori doesn’t see any signs of danger. She knows she can cross over on this plank that was set down. move action to perception in combat.

Krixus runs.

Garidan shouts for help.

Dakoa lowers a rope into the pit.

I don’t want to just throw your turn away, what does Garidan do? Or is that all? They pyramid is next. I’ll wait to see what you do first.

Still waiting on, Enjilo & Garidan

yes, that's all. I'll sit in the pit and mourn until help arrives

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Enjilo pokes his head over the edge of the pit and says, "Give us like ten seconds. Dakoa is securing the rope as we speak. Will you both be able to climb?"

Garidan calls for help.

Enjilo responds with help.

They pyramid double moves.

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Up next, everyone!

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Combat Tracker
Round 8
Bold may act
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08.04 - Flori
14.06 - Krixus
08.02 - Garidan Hemlock'
21.04 - Enjilo Svar
06.02 - Dakoa Lightbridge
04.00 - Rolling Pyramid
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Enjilo pokes his head over the edge of the pit and says, "Give us like ten seconds. Dakoa is securing the rope as we speak. Will you both be able to climb?"

With a surprisingly sad sounding voice, Garidan responds. You can barely understand him. "No. You need to pull Khonn's body up."

Flori is saddened to see the lifeless man in the pit. This is an awkward place to meet people for the first time.

I'm Flori, and this is Krixus. I'm sorry to have to meet you in such circumstances. Let us help you.

Flori will help the others with Khonn however she can.

Dakoa confirms the rope is secured to a pillar, and then returns to the edge of the pit to help pull the others out.

What is the plan here? Are you going to fight the pyramid? Close the doors? Wait and see if it can jump this pit and attack you on the other side? Let me know as we might be able to exit combat based on your decisions.

I would close the door. But my decisions have proven unreliable.

Acrobatic/Jump: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (8) - 1 = 7

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Krixus doesn't manage to make the jump, but grabs the others side of the pit.

"little help." He looks up to the others to help him out of the pit.

Not sure how to close the doors from this side of the pit. Lets just see if it falls in. We should get the others out first though.

Not sure how to close the doors from this side of the pit. Lets just see if it falls in. We should get the others out first though.

I would like that :)

Accelerated Climb (-5, Rope = DC 5): 1d20 + 8 - 5 ⇒ (13) + 8 - 5 = 16
assuming the pit was 30 ft seep, at least thats what I remember. double move at half speed

After Khonn's body was pulled up, Garidan gathers all his strength and hurries up the rope within one round.

Flori runs around to help Krixus up.

No interest in fighting the pyramid. Dakoa is gambling that because it moves on rollers, it likely wont be able to make it over the pit. So just helping the others up and only fighting the pyramid if it jumps the pit.

So it appears you all made the move to get on the other side of the pit? if so then...

The pyramid races forward but stops at the double doors then resets back to a few squares south.

Out of Combat!

What do you do?

"That was a fun introduction. We are here to help. Everyone alright? He doesn't look so good." Krixus looks at the unconscious fellow.

"He...he...he didn't make it...He stopped to fight and heal us. Then he was trampled to death by the thing." Garidan stuttered. He looks at Khonn than back to the rest and pauses. Then he continues even quieter. "Maybe he was still alive, when we fell. I don't know....Oh Zyphus, you son of a b%*~$!

I'm sorry that happened. That thing is dangerous! Let's get the departed's corpse somewhere safe and find another way out of here.

"I can safely shoot the thing from hear if we are just trying to leave. We should check this place out though. I am sorry about your friend."

Tall, pink granite columns, carved and painted to resemble palm trees, stand around the perimeter of this chamber, supporting the barrel vault of the ceiling. Slabs of the same pink granite line the walls. A stone sarcophagus stands alone on the limestone floor in the center of the room. Beyond, a dark doorway leads deeper into the pyramid to the west.

Do you attempt to close the double doors? It might be tricky with the pit there. You many also roll perceptions for examining this room.

perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24

we probably leave the door open
Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15 (+1 traps)

Yeah leave the doors open.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

You don't notice any traps.

"Ahh, the wonders of ancient Osiriani." Garidan spent several minutes investigating the sarcophagus. He took much longer than actually needed, because he wanted to get over the sudden loss and used this time to gather himself.
If there were any inscriptions, Garidan would have read them out loud and explained the meaning to the rest of the group.
Similarly, he thoroughly investigated the walls trying to distract himself.

Eventually, without asking anyone, he tried to open the left secret door.

Flori watches Garidan do his thing, hoping he doesn't get zapped or something.

Post in progress!! It would be easier for me if "all" of you filled out slide 4. But now I will have to spend extra time setting up the post as I have to dig through your sheets to pull the info I need. Sorry I will have to update your post later today when I have the time to do so.

Your characters may take no more actions until I post as you spawned an encounter.

Slide 1 & Slide 5

Just as Garidan gets near the sarcophagus, it slams at him. It’s surprise action FF AC 16
Melee slam: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23 20/x2
Hits
1d8 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
An thick slime exudes from this creature and Garidan is now stuck to it and in the grappled condition. This is a tricky thing to express to the player without them knowing what's happening. But basically it's like an adhesive and you can't free yourself from it until perhaps it's dead or you have a way to dissolve the adhesive.

Knowledge (dungeoneering) to see if you know anything about this creature.

Initiative
Garidan 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
Flori 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20
Dakoa 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Krixus 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Creature 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

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Up next, Krixus, Dakoa & Flori!

Flori casts a cone of flame at the creature, aiming it so as to not harm Garidan.

fire: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1, 3) + 3 = 10

burning hands? What's the DC?

Knowledge Dungeoneering: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

DC 15

"Another animated object. Everything in here is going to try and kill us."

Krixus draws and fires arrows as the situation unfolds.

Pointblank Rapid Shot: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 1 = 24
Pointblank Rapid Shot: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 8 + 1 = 25

Damage shot 1: 2d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (6, 5) + 4 + 1 = 16
Damage shot 2: 2d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2, 6) + 4 + 1 = 13

Dakoa?

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Dakoa fires a shot at the object, muttering a simple incantation to enhance his arrows.

Attack roll: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Damage: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 5) + 1 = 8
Acid damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Garidan does not know what this is.

Krixus hits with both arrows and does a lot of damage to the creature.

Dakoa hits and does some damage. You notice that it didn’t take any of the acid damage.

Flori casts burning hands and the creature dodges and takes half damage.

The creature though you can’t get free from it, it still must maintain to do the following. maintains the grapple gm roll and does automatic slam 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 bludgeoning damage and then constrics Garidan for an additional 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 bludgeoning damage.

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Up next, Garidan and then everyone else after!

"Wha! What is this! Please someone he... Help mmm."
Garidan drops to the floor still engulfed in the sticky goo.

I'm at 22-7-10-11=-6
Stabilize: 1d20 - 6 ⇒ (12) - 6 = 6
- 7 now

It's killing him!

Flori sees that the fire did little, and opts for force.

magic missile: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (2, 2) + 4 = 8

Rapid Shot 1: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 8 + 1 = 17
Rapid Shot 2: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 1 = 1150/50 recover low always good: 1d100 ⇒ 33

Damage: 2d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3, 1) + 4 + 1 = 9

Dakoa releases the wand from its spring loaded sheath and reaches out to Garidan. As a single drop of blood falls from the tip of the wand to Garidan, his wounds seem to stop bleeding, slowly mending themselves.

Grants fast healing 1 for ten rounds to Garidan.

With the combined efforts Flori & Krixus knock the creature unconscious. However, you think it's still alive. Do you finish it off?

Dakoa casts infernal healing as Garidan's wounds close up.

Out of Combat!

Krixus will finish off the beast freeing his new companion.

CDG w/ Falchion: 4d4 + 6 ⇒ (4, 2, 2, 3) + 6 = 17

Flori draws her falchion and takes a round to coup de grace the nasty monster.

falchion: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 1) + 4 = 9

Die, you evil thing!

One minute apart. Well, that should do it!

Should have doubled my dmg, too, but I think we're OK. :D

Stabilize: 1d20 - 6 ⇒ (20) - 6 = 14
A few seconds later, after the healing started and the monster was slain, Garidan's wounds closed. It took him almost a minute to regain consciousness, but finally he awoke at 3 hp.
"What was that?" he asked while searching his pockets for the last potion.
Potion CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
He felt much better already, yet not well enough for any great adventures.

Where to next? West, North or East? or rest if you need?

Garidan's down a lot of hp. Rest.

Turning to Garidan, Dakoa says "If needed I can provide additional healing to help you return to full strength over the course of a few minutes, or we could rest for you to regain your strength. As you are the worst hurt, I leave for you to decide."

"The wounds are quite deep. I don't think a night's sleep is gonna help much."

"I'm fine resting if that is the group decision."