GM RePete's GD VII Grotto of the Deluged God (Inactive)

Game Master RePete

Taarik already mentally prepares for a confrontation.

[ooc]GM, can we see what the dragon is doing in the cave? [/dice]

kn arcana: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21
kn planes: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

Hal frowns toward Altorin, then glances back toward Tempest Monarch. "Uh, excuse our friend here. He is overpowered by your ... resplendence. But I, I assure you, pledge fealty to my ruler, the ruler of the air and waves."

Bluff (untrained): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

I'm not strictly lying, because I am referring to Gozreh. But with that roll, the ruse is pretty obvious.

Balin turns to Hal "Hal pardon me..but I'm overpowered by his smell...cause he's FULL of s#@@e. He's not one of the Five Kings of the Mountains. Tis dwarf ain't bowing ta him. Let's go"

sorry I play Balin as grumpy and loud and as a stereotypical dwarf like Flint doesn't like boats. He's been in a boat and is on edge

Hal glances from Balin toward the dragon, then back to Balin, and back to the dragon. "Um ... he means your resplendent smell ... Earthy aroma ..." As he says this, though, he draws his crossbow, though does not point it at the dragon.

"I am NOT an anomaly! I am the Tempest Monarch! Sound it out young beast. Teeeeeemmmpest Monarch. The monarch of storms! I..." exclaims the creature, exasperated. Stopping as Hal and Balin chime in, it turns towards the gnome. "I rule the storms themselves!"

Shaking its head, it snarls. "Your insolence must be punished." Taking flight it calls out "Until you learn your place, you will learn nothing of my portal!"

Round 1:

Altorin
Balin
Leeda
Taariik
Hal
Dragon

All PCs up. Combat Rounds starting

"Someone sounds like they have delusions of grandeur ..." Hal calls as he brings his crossbow up, firing at the beast.

Crossbow attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Crossbow dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 5

"A dragon... well that was unexpected." Leeda had kept quiet during the banter, waiting to see which way the tides were turning. Apparently, they turned to combat.
apologies, long day yesterday
as soon as her turn comes around, she'll use inspire courage

Balin gets out his crossbow and fires.

attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19

damage: 1d8 ⇒ 2

Taarik sees the dragon turning violent and waits for Leeda’s encouragement! She then starts casting a summoning spell ... a celestial eagle appears.

Spending an arcane reservoir point. 2/5 remaining. Standard action summon - 1 minute duration. Summoned creatures with arcane reservoir.

* * *

The newly summoned celestial eagle attacks the dragon with inspiration from Leeda and with its smite.

Bite: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 3 + 1 = 19
Bite damage, smite: 1d4 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 1 + 1 = 7

Talon 1: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 = 7
Talon damage, smite: 1d4 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 + 1 = 5

Talon 2: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 1 = 12
Talon damage, smite : 1d4 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 1 + 1 = 8

Please GM, Deduct 1 damage if not evil.

"Oh my. That's a lot of buzzing coming out of your maw. No wonder why they named you the Ten Pest Monarch. How'd you even poop out a portal with that incessant yapping? Are you sure it wasn't just some multi-colored poop?"

Just keep on monologuing little one and we'll learn what we need...

Cold Blast, Inspire vs. Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 = 5
damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4

Not evil. damage deducted

Altorin again summons up some of the ambient moisture and propels it forward....though it flies well under the intended target as Balin hits the creature with his crossbow.

Leeda begins inspiring the group while Taariik summons another avian companion from the heavens. The celestial bird quickly bites the dragon.

Hal fires a crossbow at the foe as well. Just as it looks like his shot is going to miss, a gust of air redirects it into the dragon's side! (Leeda's inspiration saved you from missing. AC 18

"You insulant beast!" it screams at Altorin. "I didn't 'poop out' the anomaly! That's no way to speak to your Master! You must learn your place!" Maintaining it's altitude, the creature flies backwards and expels a gout of acid. With a chuckle it adds "Though, with the your lack of skill with the elements...I may be better of cutting my losses."

Hal and Leeda DC 13 Reflex for half damage --> 11 or 5

Round 2:

Altorin
Balin
Leeda (Reflex DC 13 11/5)
Taariik
Hal (Reflex DC 13 11/5)
Dragon (-13)

All PCs up.

Taarik retrieves an acid flask as a focus and attacks with an acid splash spell.

Acid splash last round, touch: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14

Acid damage, focus : 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

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Hover DC 15: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

The summoned celestial eagle flies 5 ft and attacks the dragon again but cannot hover ... and flies on after the bite attack.

Bite, inspire: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 1 = 10
Bite damage, inspire: 1d4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 1 = 5

Balin shoot at the dragon again.

"Bugger come down here and get a taste of mah axe"

attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

damage: 1d8 ⇒ 3

But he almost shoots his foot.

"Ah..I dinna know how ta use this blasted thing sometimes"

Reflex save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Hal gets blasted with the acid, screaming in pain as it burns across his flesh. He loads his crossbow with another bolt and fires.

Crossbow atk, w/ inspiration: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 7 + 1 = 23
Crossbow dmg w/ inspiration: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

"How's that for learning my place, Master"

reflex: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Leeda screams as she's covered in the dragon's acidic breath. She drops and lies still on the ground, smouldering slightly.
unconscious, but her performance should still add a bonus for 2 rounds with lingering performance
con roll: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 bleeding out

"Hah! Did you just spew acid now? How ironic given the caustic nonsense you just recited! Or did you accidentally open a portal to the plane of acid in your throat due to botching the spell to wherever you intended to open it?"

Altorin makes a quick glance at the party to assess the damage while continuing with the ruse and maintaining the barrage of ice shards at the dragon.

Do we have combat healing?

Cold Blast, Inspire vs. Ranged Touch: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 3 + 1 = 19
damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4

I can give her a potion of cure light wounds

Unfortunately, I think Leeda is our combat healing. ;) Looks like Balin will get the CLW potion to her before her next death save, though.

Regards to feeding a CLW potion to an unconscious paty member:
It takes a full round to feed it to the player and you must be adjacent with the potion out. It takes a move action to draw the potion. Therefore it would take two round to feed Leeda the potion.

Now, that said, you could draw it as a move action this coming turn and start the full round action of pouring it down Leeda's throat. It would take a move action this round to draw, standard to start pouring it, and your move action the following round to finish pouring it. With you going before Leeda, that would mean Leeda would have 1 more saving throw to stabilize before it took affect.

Altorin's blast of cold air slams into the dragon, causing it to cry out in a mix of pain and anger as Balin and Hal both fire at it as well. Hal connects resulting in addition cries of anguish.

Taariik's acid coats the dragon, but the celestial bird fails to connect.

"That is better little on, though not attacking would be an improvement." cires out the dragon to Hal. "Elemental, you have a long streak of insolence in you, eh? We'll have to do something about that."

Turning towards the celestial bird, it calls out "And you! You can stop that now!" While one claw misses, the dragon bites it hard and rips a wing off with it's second claw.

(Guessing 23 damage to the eagle is enough? :-P)

Round 3:

Altorin
Balin
Leeda (-12)
Taariik (Eagle: -23)
Hal (-11)
Dragon (-25)

All PCs up

stabilize?: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 wow, dice roller wants her to die!

Crossbow atk w/ inspiration: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 7 + 1 = 21
Crossbow atk w/ inspiration: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Hal loads another bolt and fires. "We can stop any time if you want to just tell us what's happening here, Tempest."

Great rolls GM! ;-) Yes, the eagle is gone!

Taarik sees his eagle being bitten and clawed at!

Again, he starts casting a summoning spell ... another celestial eagle appears.

Spending an arcane reservoir point. 1/5 remaining. Standard action summon - 1 minute duration. Summoned creatures with arcane reservoir.

* * *

The newly summoned celestial eagle attacks the dragon.

Bite: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Bite damage, smite: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Talon 1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Talon damage, smite: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Talon 2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
Talon damage, smite : 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Hall's crossbow bolt plinks into the dragons right wing as an eagle from heaven reforms and rips the wing clean off!

The dragon's eyes roll back in it's head and it plummets to the ground with a solid *WUMP*. The small creature bounces once and lays still...dead.

Fall Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 4, 1) = 14

Round 3:

Altorin
Balin
Leeda (-13)
Taariik
Hal (-11)
Dragon (-55; Dead)

Still in 'Rounds' due to Leeda's situation

Once this is resolved you can investigate the portal. Be a K Nature or Planes check. You get +5 to the check because you have the captain's log to reference.

Taarik assumes that somebody takes care of Leeda and immediately walks over to the portal.

kn planes: 1d20 + 9 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 9 + 5 = 22

if anyone can even wake her up, she can heal herself

if anyone can even wake her up, she can heal herself

I believe Balin is going to give you a potion, but didn't want to assume it. If anyone has smelling salts, that would also work at waking her - I've learned to carry them on my non-caster characters

Sorry, I don't have anything to help :(

knowledge nature: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Balin grabs the potion as a move action and then starts to give her the potion.

Hal walks over and begins investigating the corpse of the dragon for any goodies it might have been carrying with it.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Once finished, he turns his attention to the portal.

Knowledge(nature): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

Taarik assumes that somebody takes care of Leeda and immediately walks over to the portal.

[dice=kn planes]d20+9+5

After investigating the anomaly (see last post) Taarik looks at the dragon and tries to use its hide and teeth and all other materials from its body for further research.

potion of clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Feeling substantially better, Leeda slowly gets to her feet. "Thanks, Balin. I'll pay you back."
IOU 50gp

As Leeda's wounds are tended to, Taariik and Hal investigate the portal.

Searching the area you find an unlocked chest containing a masterwork longsword, 50 feet of spider's silk rope, 250 gold, and a potion. You also notice the dragons notes about the anomaly are quite detailed. Perhaps the Society could use this information in their studies. While the teeth are quite difficult to remove, Taariik does manage to scrape off a couple scales for further study.

Looking back towards the waters, you notice as the dragon fell, the currents subsided. Is this permanent? Is it temporary? Hard to say at this point. You are confident though you could easily make your way out of the cave by boat at this time.

Assuming you leave by boat at this point (no checks needed)

As you exit the mouth of the cave, a pinpoint on the horizon resolves into the sight of another small boat. As it nears, it brings with it the fragrant scents and bright colors of garlands of flowers. In the boat are several masked figures, unarmed and wearing ceremonial regalia. They seem shocked to see a vessel emerging from the cave, and stare openly. “What was your business in the sacred grotto of our god?” one of them calls. “No one, not even we, may enter!”

don't worry about it

"Tis fine lassie. Didn't want to lose a fellow Pathfinder!"

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Seeing the masked figures Balin keeps his mouth shut and his hands on his axe.

spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Leeda doesn't recognize the potion.

"Shall we enlighten them? Or maybe we can convince them that Taariik is their god in mortal form - if he still has those scales handy."

Hal nods to Leeda, saying softly, "See if you can talk your way out of this, bard. Tell them that we were summoned to the grotto. If these fools worshipped that blowhard of a dragon as a god, they'll likely be easy to trick."

Spellcraft : 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
kn local : 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

”Ah, brothers! We are also members of the cult of the eye. Our mission is secret and you will learn about it in due time. Let us pass!“

Bluff : 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

Eyeing Taariik inquisitively, the man stares silently for a moment before nodding slowly. "I suppose it's not our place to question the methods of our god...though how or why did you go inside his home in the first place?"

Another, more eager cultists pipes "Hey! Perhaps is something we could help them with." Turning to you, he presses, vibrating with excitement "What can we do to help?!"

”Our god‘s path is beyond our knowledge but we complied! A dragon was trying to harness the power in the cave. Now he will fear our god in his eternal silence!“

Bluff: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

The first cultists continues to speak "You...really?" His mouth hangs open in disbelief...though his overtly hostile appearances visibly softens.

The energetic one jumps up and down in the boat...rocking it violently. "THAT'S AMAZING!!! Did you really? NO WAY!!! Surely, there is something we can do to aid your cause. For a just cause of the gods can not be denied!"

GM - Can you remind us of our mission parameters? We found the ship, and we figured out that the whirlpool in the cave is causing the tides to be off-kilter. Is there anything else we are supposed to be looking for? Sorry, but it's been a while since we started this.

GM - Can you remind us of our mission parameters? We found the ship, and we figured out that the whirlpool in the cave is causing the tides to be off-kilter. Is there anything else we are supposed to be looking for? Sorry, but it's been a while since we started this.

Officially speaking: You have completed your mission. This part here is simply for those that fail to defeat or swear allegiance to the dragon to have a second chance for 2 PP.

Taariik (Bluff): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21

With a little more small talk, the locals help you navigate back to the 'Grinning Pixie' where the captain greats you eagerly.

Pouring over the notes within the Captain's Log, she smiles broadly. "Well done! This certainly explains a few things and...a dragon? So early in your young career? EXCELLENT! Many seasoned adventurers find themselves unable to deal with such a foe!"

"I have high hopes for you and can not wait to have you join me again in the future."

Scenario Over

Leeda is just glad that Taariik's lie worked so well.

”It was a pleasure venture captain. I am currently not so sure if killing the dragon was really necessary but our diplomatic efforts were not fruitful. Team, I very much hope to see you again on further assignments!“ Taarik says and bows.

"Thanks all that dragon was full of himself! I'd journey with all of you again!"