Wrath of the Righteous- go to 11 (Inactive)

Game Master drbuzzard

I assume we are in G1 now. I take a quick look around in each of the cells on the walls, then a quick glance in G1a then G1b to see if there is any loot in the room. If nothing particularly interesting, then moving to the door towards G2. Going down that hall next.

Godwin is in front.

You head into G1a and it's apparently quarters for someone. There's a couple beds, chests, and some shelves.

Let us move on! Godwin booms.

Can we try not to let the whole place know we are here yet?

She does a quick look through the chests if they arent locked.

Not locked, and they have been emptied out as if nobody has stayed in the room for a while.

You head into G1b, and it's the same sort of thing (beds, chests, shelves).

Lets' get to G2 then.

G2:
A long passageway extends past multiple prison cells before ending within a barred chamber to the east. An alcove along the south wall includes another set of iron doors leading south, while opposite this a barred gate provides access to another set to the north.

As you advance into the hallway a few (4) spectral figures emerge from the walls and attack you.

init: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

Init: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Initiative: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

"What are those things?"

They appear to be men in armor who have been very ill used. Of course, they are also slightly transparent.

knowledge religion to identify

Know Religion: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

They are scary ghosty thingies.

Init: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17

Know Rel: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (20) + 20 = 40

Special Defenses, Special Offenses, Resistances, Immunities, anything pertinent I didn't ask for plz.

They are specters

LE Medium undead

defenses:incorporeal, channel resistance
offense: energy drain, create spawn
Resistances: none
Immunities: standard for undead

Rayne has been MIA for a couple weeks. So I'm going since I'm before the ghosts.

Swift action study target #4 & #1. Current studied targets #1 & #4

Using +1 holy longbow ghost salt cold iron durable arrows vs. Evil target, ignore cover up to total concealment
Rapid shot, Clustered Shots, Studied Target, Point Blank Shot, Deadly Aim, Sneak Attack

Attacking #4 and if it falls, targeting #1

Using my ghost salt blanched arrows but only have a very limited supply of them (10).

Manyshot
longbow to hit: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (20) + 20 = 40
longbow damage: 2d8 + 32 + 4d6 + 2d6 ⇒ (5, 8) + 32 + (6, 2, 1, 1) + (3, 3) = 61

longbow to hit: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (18) + 20 = 38
longbow damage: 1d8 + 16 + 2d6 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 16 + (5, 5) + (5, 5) = 39

longbow to hit: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 34
longbow damage: 1d8 + 16 + 2d6 + 2d6 ⇒ (8) + 16 + (4, 1) + (1, 5) = 35

crit confirm to hit: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (1) + 20 = 21 nope

6 fancy arrows left.

Gonna wait to see what happened with those attacks before acting.

My poor, poor spectres. <scoooby villain>You damned meddling youths and your ghost salt! </scooby villain>

Hit, dead

hit, hit, dead

In that case Nuala fires some magic missiles at #3 and then a battering blast as a swift action..

Magic Missile: 4d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 4, 3, 4) + 4 = 19

RTA 1: 1d20 + 11 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 11 - 4 = 27
RTA 2: 1d20 + 11 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 11 - 4 = 27

wtf.. lol..

Confirm: 2d20 ⇒ (2, 12) = 14 AC 19?

Force Dam: 10d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 1, 1, 2, 1, 5, 5, 5, 1) = 31
Confirm 2?: 5d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 3, 3, 2) = 16

Bull Rush: 2d20 ⇒ (10, 8) = 18 at +24, so vs CMD of 34 it is pushed away.

Godwin hasn't moved yet!

@Godwin Don't be afraid of no ghosts. sung in the Ghost Busters theme

It's dead Jim.

The last one kills Rayne using undead Shinanju.

PCs are up.

Godwin rushes up and with a mighty grunt of effort swings though one of the disappearing forms. His satisfaction is immense as the swing dissipates the ghost entirely. Ahah!

You do have to actually attack it to kill it.

Oh damn I misread it as Rayne killing the ghost my bad. Actually rolling now.. Weapon is magic

mythic power attack: 1d20 + 17 - 3 ⇒ (5) + 17 - 3 = 19

Two handed mythic power attack: 2d4 + 12 + 13 ⇒ (2, 3) + 12 + 13 = 30

mythic power attack iterative: 1d20 + 17 - 3 - 5 ⇒ (15) + 17 - 3 - 5 = 24
Two handed mythic power attack: 2d4 + 12 + 13 ⇒ (3, 3) + 12 + 13 = 31

Hit, hit, but 1/2 damage so it is still up.

Back to the top of the round so the archer can kill it.

Swift action study target #2. Current studied targets #2

Using +1 holy longbow ghost salt cold iron durable arrows vs. Evil target, ignore cover up to total concealment
Rapid shot, Clustered Shots, Studied Target, Point Blank Shot, Deadly Aim

Attacking #2

Manyshot
longbow to hit: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (16) + 20 = 36
longbow damage: 2d8 + 32 + 4d6 ⇒ (7, 4) + 32 + (1, 3, 5, 6) = 58

longbow to hit: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (18) + 20 = 38
longbow damage: 1d8 + 16 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 16 + (2, 5) = 28

longbow to hit: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31
longbow damage: 1d8 + 16 + 2d6 ⇒ (8) + 16 + (2, 1) = 27

Let me know how many hits it takes so I can track the ghost salt arrows used.

dissipated, combat over

"Well losing Rayne was unfortunate.. We can retrieve his body on the way out.. Let's continue"

He gave his life in service to rightenousness. Iomedae will reward him! and we will visit wrath on the evil that killed him!

I'll assume the manyshot took him out since he already had some damage and thus two more arrows are used up.

"I hope we don't run into any more ghosts soon as I only have 4 more of those special ghost arrows prepared. I can prepare another batch of 10 of them if we have to time to get a fire going.

Hmm, note to GM, lots more incorporeals.

I'm pretty sure Nuala can provide a fire if we need one :)

I have a pretty good idea of my char, but I won't make it today. We have a big family party...

As you look around in the dungeon after dispatching the specters who dispatched Rayne, you find one occupied cell. Within is a buck naked human strapped down on his cot looking up at the ceiling above him.

"Not another stray. Wonder if this one is crazy like the last one."

I checkout the lock on the cell to see if it is locked and if so trying to open the door.

Disable Device: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (7) + 25 = 32

"Umm, are you sane." I try that in Common and Celestial to see if there is any response.

Just curious but since we are the find loot train do we get Raynes equipment lol..

Rayne's equipment went away with him.

Door was locked but you are able to open it by picking the lock.

Suspended above him from the ceiling is a lot of equipment (armor, weapons etc.) likely left then to taunt him while he's strapped down.

(obviously enough Kendren, you're on the cot).

"Umm, hello, are you alive still?"

Heal check: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

"Hey guys I think we're too late and he's already dead. Kind of creepy that he is still staring up at the ceiling. Maybe he was one of those ghosts we just killed. Look at all this loot though. Oh I think that might be a magic belt and a couple rings, boy I could sure use a couple of those. Nuala do you want to start identifying any of this stuff as magic and we can divvy it up."

Starting suddenly, Kendren says, ”What? You’re not demons come to taunt me? Excellent! Release me so I may fulfill my glorious destiny!”

Maranse pipes up "Hey, I know I'm just an NPC, but damn that was cheesy. What kind of two bit campaign is this? YA fiction?"

Cheesy? Nae, it is the hand of Iomedae guiding us to destroy evil in her name!

Mana was good enough to run my character through Hero Lab and I will be making some minor changes. I was doing somethings that helped me and somethings that did not! Thanks Mana, everything you noted in the DM is correct as far as I can see.

"Ah, a fellow Iomedaen! How marvelous! Sir Kendren Nollt, paladin of the Inheritor! A pleasure to meet you. Now, would one of you be so kind as to release these shackles and help me don my equipment? There are demons to exterminate - I can sense it!"

Feeling disappointed that I don't get all that gear just dangling there like a loot piñata I start to work on the buckles.

"*sigh* I could have sworn you were dead. Who are you and what are you doing in here?"

"As I said, I am Sir Kendren Nollt. I was born in Kenabres, and I am here because I was hunting demons and attempting to scour them from this land. I made enough of a nuisance of myself that some dwarf named Staunton Vhane sent some demons to capture me. They've had me chained down here, tormenting me ever since. But I did not fall, no, for the Inheritor is with me, and I know my destiny is to drive these foes from these lands and back to the Abyss from whence they came! And you, my good lady, who might you and your companions be, and what is it that brings you to these dungeons?"

I just pulled a name from the previous pages I've read - he seemed to be listed as being in charge.

That's accurate enough as backstory goes. Of course I also generally don't care about backstory since we're don't take anything seriously here (in a game of gestalt+mythic how can we?).

But in an amusing story about my recruitment for my normal WotR game. I specified it was beer and pretzels and wanted no more then a paragraph of background. One person posted up a background of close to two pages, and then wondered why I didn't choose them.

"I am Mama Mana but most just call me Mama. I usually just hang out in back and *pew* *pew* the demons and other assorted bad guys. If you are competent with all that equipment you got there and not a burden on the group you're welcome to join us as we continue our crusade against the evil here."

"That funny looking guy in the back also is Maranse Delaskru he's another stray we found here in the fortress. The others can introduce themselves as we continue on, so get dressed and lets go."

Following the right hand rule, we go down the hall until the doors leading to G5. Going though the doors we continue to G5. If we make it in there, then continuing to check G5a rooms (W, SW, SE) then G6.

We need an icon for Kendren on the map.

"Thank you, Mama, for your most timely assistance. Fellow knight of the Inheritor, will you assist me in donning my armor?"

Kendren began pulling on his equipment, strapping everything into place and finishing by putting his helm on and drawing out his longsword, which proceeds to say, quite audibly, "Oh, so someone finally came along and helped you out? We gonna stop laying around and go find some demons?"

Eyeing Kendren who was naked and now getting dressed and squeezing into that full plate.

"Ya know Kendren, you might want to lay off the beer and pretzels in the down time. It is kind of hard to find an armorer out here in the World Wound to let out that full plate in the tummy a bit. I have some of this flexible metal I found that kind of looks like spears but says "Bowflex" on it, I thought it was some special bow material, but turned out to be nothing like a bow and not really good for making weapons. But it's good for some resistence during working out if you want to, you know, work on those abs hiding under that belly."

Lest we get too serious.