[pfs] Words of the Ancients (Inactive)

Game Master Matthais777

Menas is very wounded and will spend a standard action and 2 ki points to use wholeness of body to heal 9hp. He will then spend another ki point as a swift action to gain +4 dodge AC.

I'm currently at all of 15hp, but I have 26 TAC this round for incorporeals.

Touch: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (13) + 16 = 29
Damage: 6d8 ⇒ (1, 7, 1, 6, 6, 3) = 24
Will: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18

One of the things flies through the room and reaches out to Menas as enora and Deaglan swipe at it. Deaglan misses, but Enora burns it a bit. Unfortunatly, it doens't stop the thing from reaching almost into Menas's heart, and he feels his strength drain away. As he slumps to the ground, his mind is filled with a swirl of nightmares...

Wis Drain: 1d4 ⇒ 1

I believe that leaves poor Menas at 2 Hp from death! Someone might try to shove a potion down his throat or something.... Sorry Menas. :(

PATHFINDERS FIGHT! THE BOLD MAY ACT!
Loxx -47
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???? -50
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Enora
Dealgan
Menas -84 -1 wisdom, fatigued
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???? -15
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Looks like he's 7 away from death (-9 hp, 16 con)

Loxx moves over Menas so that he hand Dealgan can have the best position for a counterattack and then readies to try to crush the next one that comes.

Vital Strike: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 21 Damage: 6d6 + 18 ⇒ (4, 6, 1, 4, 5, 1) + 18 = 39

I've got a wand of CLW on my body if I survive long enough for someone to use it. I'm also only at -9hp, so I'm 7hp away from death.

Heal: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21

Deaglan sees that Menas still has some time and decides he better focus on the enemy. He casts holy smite

Vs Evil: 4d8 ⇒ (1, 8, 2, 5) = 16
Vs Evil Outsider: 9d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 2, 4, 3, 6, 4, 5, 2) = 37
SR?: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
Will DC 17 for half. On fail also blinded

I think I also can make an AoO because it left a threatened square
AoO: 1d20 + 13 + 1 + 2 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 13 + 1 + 2 - 2 + 1 = 35
Damage: 3d6 + 8 + 6 + 2 + 2d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 2) + 8 + 6 + 2 + (3, 3) + 1 + (1) = 32

Can not do crits vs incorporeals without ghost touch

I forgot that your AOO refreshed when your turned passed, so yes you do. And glad my math was off on Menas. And I'll assume that's a readied holy smite Deaglan, since your turn isn't up yet..

As the THING flies in to attack Loxx again, Loxx swings for the fences and slams the creature hard... it's not enough to kill it though, and it reaches out to touch him!

Touch: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (9) + 16 = 25
Damage: 6d8 ⇒ (3, 3, 3, 1, 2, 7) = 19
Loxx will: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24

Loxx takes a swing as the thing flies away... Insert your AOO here.

PATHFINDERS FIGHT! THE BOLD MAY ACT!
Loxx -47
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???? -66
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Enora
Dealgan
Menas -84 -1 wisdom, fatigued
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???? -32
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Enora readies her staff of Ember to shoot two scorching rays at any appearing creature.

Scorching ray, touch attack, melee : 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Fire damage : 4d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 5, 2) = 17

Scorching ray, touch attack : 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Fire damage : 4d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 2, 3) = 16

GM, Holy smite is a burst, so I should be able to catch them both in it. Therefore it also does not need to be readied, but I should be able to just cast it.

AoO: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (3) + 17 = 20 Damage: 3d6 + 18 ⇒ (3, 5, 1) + 18 = 27

The problem is that it's a burst, and bursts stop at walls, so if you just activate it now on your turn, you'll actually catch neither of them. Since neither of them are in the room with you.

Menas bleeds a little as Loxx swipes at the thing as it flies way. Deaglan holds a holy bomb in his hand, ready to trigger it, as Enora prepares her staff.

Target?: 1d3 ⇒ 3

The creature flies out of the wall, this time going straight for Deaglan! Deaglan is ready for it though, and blasts the thing with holy light!

Will: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13Womp womp.

It screams in pain and clutches at where's eyes should be! It tries to continue it's flight as Deaglan smashes it as it draws close. It swipes at where Deaglan was...

Touch miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 87
touch: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19
damage: 6d8 ⇒ (8, 5, 5, 2, 1, 6) = 27
Deaglan will: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20

Deaglan feels it try to burn his soul, but he just barely fends it off. The creature however howls in it's blindness, and doesn't fly away!

Sweet luck on that blind roll! Kill the thing! You've almost got it and it's buddy!

PATHFINDERS FIGHT! THE BOLD MAY ACT!
Loxx -47
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???? -80
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Enora
Dealgan -27
Menas -84 -1 wisdom, fatigued
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???? -57
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Loxx momentarily removes a hand from his staff. He feels the power of Torag flow through him through his connection to Dornarus and some of his wounds close.

Using one use of Blessing of the Atoned as a swift action to use lay on hands on himself as an 8th level paladin.

Lay on Hands: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 6, 6, 1) = 15

He then puts a hand back on the staff and lays into the creature that didn't leave.

Quarterstaff (TWF - Main): 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21 Damage: 3d6 + 13 ⇒ (4, 5, 6) + 13 = 28
Quarterstaff (TWF - Main): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13 Damage: 3d6 + 13 ⇒ (2, 1, 2) + 13 = 18
Quarterstaff (TWF - Off): 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18 Damage: 3d6 + 7 ⇒ (6, 6, 3) + 7 = 22

And my dice decide to roll like crap. Hopefully it being blinded lowered its AC enough.

I should be at 19 hp (51 damage) after the lay on hands. It looks like you forgot to apply the last damage I took to my total. It's not much, but 19 is better than 4 and may keep me alive.

Loxx resoundingly beats the one over the head that couldn't leave... but it's random twitches make it surprisingly difficult to hit. Still, something blind doesn't dodge very well, and all his attacks hit, if just barely. But he is relentless, and finally the thing dissipates into swirls of screaming ether that dissipates from the room.

As if on que, the other one comes screaming back at Loxx!

Touch: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19
Damage: 6d8 ⇒ (2, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5) = 20
Loxx will: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (16) + 12 = 28

Loxx, just barely, collapses as the thing touches him, slumping to the floor next to Menas! The thing flies away, trying to get some distance...

Alright Enora, alright Dealgan, it's up to you.

PATHFINDERS FIGHT! THE BOLD MAY ACT!
Loxx -71
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???? -80
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Enora
Dealgan -27
Menas -84 -1 wisdom, fatigued

As his rage subsides, the damage Loxx sustained doesn't seem as bad as it first did.

Guarded Life activates, converting 4 points of lethal damage to nonlethal, rendering him merely unconscious rather than dying.

Again, Enora readies her staff of Ember to shoot two scorching rays at any appearing creature.

Scorching ray, touch attack : 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Fire damage : 4d6 ⇒ (5, 3, 2, 3) = 13

Scorching ray, touch attack : 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
Fire damage : 4d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 6, 6) = 23

Staff charges 4/10

Fair enough on the burst. Did you resolve my AoO?

Readied attack: 1d20 + 13 + 1 + 2 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 13 + 1 + 2 - 2 + 1 = 18
Damage: 3d6 + 8 + 6 + 2 + 2d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 4) + 8 + 6 + 2 + (6, 6) + 1 + (3) = 40

Next AoO: 1d20 + 13 + 1 + 2 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 13 + 1 + 2 - 2 + 1 = 22
Damage: 3d6 + 8 + 6 + 2 + 2d6 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (6, 2, 4) + 8 + 6 + 2 + (3, 6) + 1 + (5) = 43

Reroll readied attack, 5 GM stars: 1d20 + 13 + 1 + 2 - 2 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 13 + 1 + 2 - 2 + 1 + 5 = 31

"One down Enora, now we need to get the other one!"

Sorry guys! Apparently the site ate my post! I wondered why no one was celebrating!

Enora burns the horrid specter just enough to give it pause, which is enough time for Deaglan to get in and beat the thing down with his gray flames, which burn away at the thing as it screams and finally fades into nothing...

the room is still once again, except for the labored breathing of Loxx and Menas.

PATHFINDERS WIN! VICTORY!

We're not quite done yet, so clean up (Heal) and get ready to exit the tower to head for home!

"Well done! Now let's get out and head home. We found Takkit and can raise him once we purchase those diamonds. Now who needs healing?"

CLW *4: 4d8 + 4 ⇒ (8, 1, 6, 8) + 4 = 27
CSW Loxx: 3d8 + 9 ⇒ (6, 6, 8) + 9 = 29
CSW Menas: 3d8 + 9 ⇒ (6, 3, 7) + 9 = 25

I also have a wand of CLW.

CLW all 8 charges : 8d8 + 8 ⇒ (6, 4, 1, 5, 3, 4, 8, 2) + 8 = 41

”Here Menas, Let this heal your wounds!“

Yes!!! We did it!! ;-)

Loxx gets up and takes out his wand.

"Looks like you got rid of the last one. Either that or I am having more nightmares."

CLW x6: 6d8 + 6 ⇒ (5, 8, 8, 2, 5, 4) + 6 = 38

That should bring me exactly to full.

Menas stumbles to his feet, "An early celebration can lead to an early grave. Stay on guard until we are clear of this place." he says as he hoists the body of Minmax and Takkit off the ground. "Thank you for closing my wounds, I can continue my journey to become stronger."

Side note, I got a developer to confirm that new options for a grappler to preform on a grappled target are arriving in the new Martial Arts Handbook next month. I'm excited to have some alternative playstyle aside from pin-locking a boss and ruining fun encounters.

OOOOooooo...

Outside the tower, Zonaladin sits and waits, staring at the pathfinders as they come out, and he looks at the dead bodies of Takkit and Menas.

Things did not turn out so well... did they then?

He sniffs the air and leans closer... it does not take a master of reading a room to tell he's not overall happy to see them, despite letting them pass earlier.

You reek of foul magic.... one might think that maybe you weren't in there to stop it...

He bares his fangs a little, issuing a obvious challenge.

Perhaps you are cultists in disguise. Perhaps I was to hasty in allowing you in... show me what you have found! Before I decide that maybe I should just save myself the headache of indecision and just eat you now.

"Well yeah, we were there to stop the cultists, because they were after the same things we were. See? But they wanted to use the rune plates to summon bad things. We wanted them to study them. Or at least the people who sent us want to study them."

Loxx will show anything that he has that they found inside.

He looks at the plates and then at them.

It still may be a trick...

Sorry all, I'm gonna need some checks just like at the beginning! Lucky you, he's not angry at you to start with like he could have been, but you still have to talk him into letting you go! I need 3 successful checks... not necessarily of diplomacy, but whatever you can leverage to convince me would convince the dragon. If you fail... well, dragon.

”Please be assured that we want to research and in no way intend to harm anyone. The Pathfinder has fought the Lyssalans for a long time now! We are not you enemies!“ she pleads.

Diplomacy aid, +4 if successful due to helpful trait : 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17

Deaglan tries to gauge the dragon, wanting to be sure that it still is the same dragon as before.

"It is as my companion here said, we are here to prevent evil from happening!"

Aid diplo: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (12) + 0 = 12

Enora, you are our best at Diplomacy I hate to say. Both Menas and I have Charisma penalties. Takkit was our face and he's dead. I pretty much have no skills that are useful at convincing anyone of anything.

From what I said before: Aid Diplomacy: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (5) - 1 = 4

For your guys sake, I'll assume Erona was the lead on that one

The dragon looks at you all and tilts his head in thought.

A long time fighting them.... hmm... I mean, that is a heroic thing to do...

He taps his claws on the ground.

But still, it is easy enough to lie about such things, especially when being eaten is on the line...

Menas sets Takkit and Minmax softly on the ground, "I would like to get these two back to the Grand Lodge as quickly as possible to revive them before rot sets in. If we cannot convince you with words, I'd be more than happy to wrestle you on it. This way, even if you lose and let us go, you can still feel good knowing you attempted to stop us if we were actually evil."

Enora knows that this is now a critical moment and activates her abilities to see into the future.

Prescience 3/6 : 1d20 ⇒ 18

Using this roll for a Diplomacy of 21

”Please believe us that we are on the same side and that our friends gave their lives for this common goal!!“

I need some aid I believe guys! ;-)

"You would think if we were up the nefarious plans we would have sought some other way out of the tower, would we not? Why chance provoking you."

Aid Diplomacy: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (16) - 1 = 15

Menas shrugs, "Honestly I have to agree with Loxx. I doubt we would choose to leave this way with you guarding the entrance if we knew you would stop us, especially with two of our number dead. Even then, I imagine most cultists would just aim to kill a noble dragon as soon as they had the chance while we would prefer for you to simply let us return home safely and free you from your duty to guard this tower."

diplomacy, aid: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (12) - 2 = 10

Score! One More! One More!

The dragon looks a little ashamed and looks around.

That is true... I just am really really suppose to not let anyone get away with anything... but you do seem like just and righteous folk... and I'm SO BORED of guarding this tower. Swear to me, swear to a dragon on something important to you that you will take these things and use them to stop evil...

The dragon sighs And then I can leave this blasted wasteland and get a drink.

"You don't happen to speak the language of fey creatures, do you?"

Here is what I am thinking. I imagine guarding this place is very lonely work. I could offer to release my leshy to serve him. However, leshies only speak Sylvan and Druidic. As a last resort I could offer to "teach" the dragon Druidic, but as I'd be intentionally breaking the druid code I would need the more expensive version of atonement (in addition to having to pay to replace my familiar). I'd be willing to do it if it would get the dragon to let us go however. I'd rather not fight a dragon.

I, on the other hand, would love to grapple a dragon, but lets hope it doesn't come to that anyway.

Menas places a fist over his heart in salute, "I pledge on my entire being as a monk of the Tetori monastery. Had I given myself to temptation and evil, I would long ago have committed my training to the order of Sin Monks."

I almost considered becoming a sin monk during this scenario by accepting the power from the globe thing, but tetori and sin monk don't stack so it would be a lot of work to flesh out the rebuild.

Again Enora tries to peak in the near future to see the dragon's reaction.

Prescience: 1d20 ⇒ 1 Won't take that future. :-)

"I believe that you dear dragon have done a lot of good and secured this evil tower. Please trust us that we are not going to disappoint you ... we want to regain your trust!"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Reroll with one little GM star. ;-)

Diplomacy reroll @1 GM star: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 3 + 1 = 20

With Menas Oath and Enora's plea, the dragon nods.

I think, perhaps, you are right... go home little pathfinders, and maybe you can stop this great evil.

With that, he spreads his wings and takes flight, leaving the team standing in his dust cloud.

PATHFINDERS WIN! MISSION COMPLETE!

Karethia meets the Team as they leave Desgard’s Thousand Columns, and she teleports them back to Heidmarch Manor for debriefing. Venture-Captain Sheila Heidmarch asks to see the rule plates immediately. She is overjoyed and informs the Team that the time to end Krune’s threat to Varisia once and for all approaches and that the Teams’ assistance at that time will be crucial.

PRIMARY SUCCESS CONDITION!
If the PCs recover the genuine rune plates and return them to Sheila Heidmarch, they each receive 1 Prestige Point for completing their primary mission: SUCCESS! 1 Prestige Point!

SECONDARY SUCCESS CONDITION!
If the PCs do not kill the Dragon Zonaladin, they gain a second Prestige point: SUCCESS! 2 Prestige Points!

Congrats everyone!

Deaglan bows to the dragon "Thank you." When back at the lodge he works with the temple to raise the dead. Once everyone is back at full health he joins them for a toast in the local tavern

"That was a nasty assignment, but we persevered and overcame the challenges! Thank you all!"

"You are truly right Deaglan! Thank you and your god for the blessing to have our companions back in our midst!" Enora says very happy to be alive!

Minmaximus actually smiles. It's not an action his face looks to perform often. "My compliments. Surely my brief example was more inspiring to you than even my usual presence would be. I look forward to seeing what use the Society puts these plates to, but if we are to face a risen Runelord, even one as mediocre as Krune, we shall need a great deal more preparation. It was not by accident that they ruled the world. But, and I say this rarely, well done, minions. I shall note your success in my report."