GM MattMorris Tyranny of Winds Series (Inactive)

Game Master ChesterCopperpot

”Hmmm ... I have little issues with the first two tasks but to be honest I do not want to hurt a woman that is just doing what she desires ... you believe her wish is a sin because it has to do with the plane of earth. So except her to be unharmed after the third task!“ Toral says with a stern look.

"It matters little to me, as long as you get rid of her."

Iyasset seems pretty dismissive about your concern for the oread.

I suppose I could use a club if you have one . . . I've come to rely on this," he says, holding up the shifting sword of green ectoplasm in his hand.

Sunlight Under Stone just smiles at Iyasset's offer. "I'll be fine," they say as they casually toss a rock from one hand to the other. "Ready to see this sand creature in person."

"And in regards to the oread," they continue, "all we have been asked to do is remove the oread from the Sandflow. Nobody said anything about killing her, Toral."

They turn though to Iyasset. "I draw power from the plane of earth," they tell her solemnly. "Do you still think me a prophet? Or am I an abomination too?" There is a fierce look in their eyes and a challenge in their voice.

Iyasset lets out an undulating whistle that echos over the desert. A few minutes later, a whirlwind appears and drops 6 clubs on the desert floor in front of you before reforming into a vulture-shaped Small air elemental.

Iyasset replies to Sunlight Under Stone:
"Oh, I'm sure the Plane of Earth has its charms--I mean they occasionally have lovely sandstorms there--but why you'd want to turn yourself into an earth elemental is beyond me."

Thanks for the bot, I hadn't realized/completely blitzed I still needed to roll something! And sorry about the lack of posts, this weekend was much longer and much crazier than I expected! From Friday morning (when you botted me) to now I spent maybe two hours at home where I wasn't sleeping.[/ooc]

Menarul tries to read over all of the information presented in the hieroglyphs, but given his larger than expected size, he can't really get close enough to see. When Iyasset talks about needing a bludgeoining weapon, the half elf grins slightly pulling out a few flat headed arrows with one hand and tapping the end of his Lucerne hammer with the other. "I should be good. Having a romp in the plane of air would be a great experience! Maybe the sorcerer could be convinced to try her experiment somewhere else where she isn't testing the patience of some air elementals..."

”Let’s go in! I am eager to test our spiritual self to prove ourselves worthy to be the prophets you seek!“ Toral says.

Everyone who cares to having armed themselves with blunt weapons, you carry on into the next chamber.

If you folks have a problem with the marching order that I put you in, please just move your token into the space that you would have been in as you entered the next area. You had time to prepare, and you have a good idea of what is coming next.

The stone floor gives way to a track of soft sand that runs from east to west and curves northward in both directions. Thin green vines and bright violet flowers protrude from the sand in various spots. The flowers give off a strong fragrance that leaves the air thick with their pleasant perfume. A skeletal human form, partially obscured by sand, lies to the west, while the roar of violently swirling winds echoes just past a sheer drop to the north.

If you would have made any preparations before entering the next room, please post them. We will start the next area tomorrow afternoon. I'm planning on using block initiative--I don't know how experienced everyone is with it. If you have questions, please feel free to ask in the Discussion thread.

Calvert's blade disappears, and he picks up one of the clubs offered by Iyasset.

when everyone is ready . . .

Cal enters and once he see the skeleton, will move towards it to investigate.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

Robyyn uses his wand of mage armor before entering, and casts guidance at the last moment. He looks curious and anxious to see this earth creature that Iyasset so opposes.

I moved Robyyn to where I'd like him to start when initiative kicks in. This assumes that at least one or two more of our martial characters starts in the hallway like Calvert has.

As Calvert nears the corpse, and the colorful growth of desert flowers that surround it, a bipedal creature formed out of packed sand rises from the floor of the room. A wave of soporific energy seems to flow from the creature as it glares at you menacingly.

Combat Initiated!
If you have not yet adjusted your starting position, you may do so, but please don't go any farther than 5 ft. from the hallway exit into the room.

Round 1 - Bold May Act

Robyyn
Sunlight Under Stone
Menarul
Vaylin
Calver
Sandman
Toral

When you come within 20 feet of the sandman, and each round at the beginning of your turn (if you are within 20 ft. of it) you must attempt a DC 14 Will save:

Will save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

Calvert begins by casting shield on himself and then five-foot steps in and attacks with the club.

spell combat to cast and attack as full round action

club attack: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 - 2 = 4

And hits only air; he shakes his head and attempts to refocus.

Meanrul, still enlarged, gives a grumble as he sees how small the entrance to the temple is. "Why do they always make such small entrances to temples? I mean open parts of the place up to the sky so you can watch fireworks!" Still grumbling and complaining, Meanrul squeezes into the entrance of the cave before the effects of the sand man hit him.

Will save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13

He then, out of the blue, punches himself in the face.

Positioned to be in front of Robyyn at start of combat.

Will DC 14: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

As the swirling sands coalesce, Sunlight Under Stone shakes their head as if getting rid of an errant thought. They take a quick step away from the earthen form, then focus on the earth surrounding them. Sand begins to swirl into a lump that suddenly flies at the creature...

Ranged attack, Point-blank shot, Shooting into melee: 1d20 + 5 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 5 + 1 - 4 = 16
Bludgeoning damage: 1d6 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 1 = 10

...and Sunlight Under Stone calls out, "Be careful! I don't want to hit you on accident!" to Calvert.

Sunlight Under Stone passes the Will save, takes a 5 ft step north, and fires a kinetic blast at the opponent. This attack is vs regular AC (or perhaps Flat-footed since it hasn't acted yet?). Feel free to ask me about kineticists and how kinetic blasts work - it's taken me a while (and an AP with a kineticist in the hands of an experienced player) to get my head around the class.

Also, if folks are willing to dance a bit, not having anyone engaged in melee with the opponent will help Sunlight Under Stone hit much more frequently.

Menarul, I'd agree that you'd go back to the last legal square when you become confused.

Calver swings at the sandman, but its swirling form eludes him. Sunlight Under Sun's attack blasts off a piece of the creature, and it hisses exclamations of pain in Terran.

Round 1 (cont.)- Bold May Act

Robyyn
Sunlight Under Stone
Menarul (confused)
Vaylin
Calver
Sandman (-10)
Toral

When you come within 20 feet of the sandman, and each round at the beginning of your turn (if you are within 20 ft. of it) you must attempt a DC 14 Will save:

Will DC 14: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 89 attack nearest creature
Toral = 1, Sunlight = 2, Sandman = 3: 1d3 ⇒ 1

As soon as the creature appears, Robyyn begins studying it, trying to figure out what it might.... and his gaze lingers, numbly. He loses track of what he was thinking, and can't figure out where he is, or what he's doing there. Foes! Foes all around! I have to defend myself!!! Ahhh! Who's this dwarf; what's he doing here?!?

"Get away, you rapscallion! Evil, ugly thing! You won't hurt me!"

He retrieves a dagger from his belt and slashes at Toral wildly. "Stay away!"

Vaylin takes a moment to to centre himself and then he runs awkwardly round the skeleton to provide an easier attack for someone else.

Will: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

The -14 wasn't a typo. I think I should be last.

The -14 wasn't a typo. I think I should be last.

Ha! Whoops, I assumed it was a typo. I'll fix it. You should indeed be last.

The sandman burrows beneath the earth and emerges next to Sunlight Under Stone, as they had grievously injured the elemental.

This will provoke from Sunlight Under Stone if you have a weapon available/

The elemental attacks the leshy.
Slam: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13 for Bludgeoning: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
It's slams ruffles the air above the leshy's head.

As it attacks, it hisses at the group, its words like the sliding of sand over stone.
"איך מוזן באַשיצן די טייַער! יאָ, די טייַער! די שיין! טאַקע שרעקלעך ביינדינגז האָבן די פאַראָאַהס, און טייַער געווען זייער בלומען."

Round 1 -> Round 2 Bold May Act

Robyyn
Sunlight Under Stone
Menarul (confused)
Calver
Sandman (-10)
Toral
Vaylin

Meanrul stands there is a daze for a moment before starting to mutter "Precious... Beautiful... Pharoahs... Flowers..." in time with the sandman. After a few seconds though, he blinks a few times clearly coming out of te confused stupor, roused by the scent of a mystery.

"Wait a precious? What's precious?" He then gives a shake of his head clearing it completely and repeats himself in Terran. ".חכה,קירי ? מה כל כך יקר"

He then tries to squeeze through the hallway again, hoping he doesn't lose control of his mind again.

He stops mid stride te blank look on his face. His eyes then sharped as he looks at the two people right at his feet. "Oh, Erastil Damn! Pixies! Annoying little buggers!" The enlarged half-elf then takes a massive swing at the dwarf with his spiked gauntlet, before the pressure from the narrow tunnels squezes him back out into the antechamber.

Would leaving its previous square also trigger an AoO from Calvert?

As the creature rises from the sandy floor, Sunlight Under Stone swings with a dagger...

Dagger: 1d20 ⇒ 2
Piercing/Slashing damage: 1d3 - 2 ⇒ (1) - 2 = -1

...and also misses. They glare at the elemental before stepping back towards the group and lobbing another mass of sand at it.

Ranged attack, Point-blank shot: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 1 = 18
Bludgeoning damage: 1d6 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 1 = 11

Sunlight Under Stone takes the AoO, then takes a 5 ft step and throws another kinetic blast at the opponent. I will note that while it is impossible for Sunlight Under Stone to get through the opponent's DR with the dagger, that doesn't mean they won't try. And they were too cocky to take a club, so no dice there.

Toral is very surprised about the sudden attack from Menarul.

"Are you blind boy!? Blind?! I know dwarf are rocky but the Sandman is over there!"

Toral goes total defense as he fears an attack of opportunity if he moves.

AC 24 now.

Will DC 14: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 71 harm self
Damage: 1d8 - 1 ⇒ (6) - 1 = 5

Robyyn, still delirious from the influence of the sandman, attempts to slash himself!

Cal get a firmer grip on the club, and swings again, connecting with the sandy form.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

Battered by the attacks of your party, the sandman withdraws to hover next to a bunch of the bright violet flowers. It hisses worriedly at you:
איר וועט קיינמאָל באַקומען מיין מאַזלדיק בלומען!

Round 2 (cont.) Bold May Act

Robyyn (confused)
Sunlight Under Stone
Menarul (confused)
Calver
Sandman (-29)
Toral
Vaylin

Toral continues his total defense as he fears that casting a spell will lead to him being attacked or loosing the spell.

"Stop this now! Please, what is going on? Why are you hitting yourself?"

Vaylin starts to pray to himself quietly. In your head you start to hear a prayer to Desna. As you hear the words you become more confident.

Move and prayer.

Round 3 Bold May Act

Robyyn
Sunlight Under Stone
Menarul
Calver
Sandman (-29)
Toral
Vaylin

Sunlight Under Stone follows the elemental. "Why did it not attack?" they ask as they send another mass of sand at the opponent.

Ranged attack, Point-blank shot, Prayer: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 22
Bludgeoning damage: 1d6 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 9

Sunlight Under Stone moves and throws another kinetic blast at the elemental.

Whatever forces where holding the sandman together dissipate under the onslaught of the party's blows. The creature dissolves into a heap of grit that is quickly dispersed by the desert wind.

Out of initiative. You can heal, check out this room, etc.

Toral enters the room and looks around.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

"This was a strange creature! Are you guys ok now? No more hitting each other?"

Calvert will return to the skeleton he was seeking to investigate when they first entered, and will also examine the flowers as well.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

The sketelon wears a masterwork chain shirt and a backpack lies next to it. Inside the backpack is a 50 ft. silk rope and two potions.

The flowers are beautiful, but getting too close to them makes your head swim. Something about their odor is very disorienting.

spellcraft to id potions: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19

"These are potions of cure moderate wounds."

Toral casts detect magic and looks at the items in more detail.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Then he looks at the flowers.

kn(planes): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

"Ahhh ... interesting! The orchids may have use in certain binding rituals, especially if used to bind earth elementals. let me take a cutting!" Toral says and starts preparing the flowers.

kn(nature): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Vaylin makes notes of everything said and includes a drawing of the orchids.

Menarul gives the entrance a suspicious look and then waits for his extract to wear off before heading into the space. He takes notes of the flowers and then takes a few clippings for his own experiments. As Toral starts to prep his flowers, Menarul hands over a few glass jars with a good seal on them. "Here use these."

Sunlight Under Stone moves to the south, looking for anything interesting amongst the flowers. From the safety of their mind, Ancient Stone Glider also looks around.

Sunlight Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16
Ancient Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

"Are we ready to move on? Next room is this way!" they call back to the rest of the party.

Vaylin nods and moves up behind Sunlight Under Stone.

”Yes of course! These flowers are really special and I am happy that we could collect samples! Now let us move on and I will help you to search for any danger!“ Total says and follows whoever goes ahead.

Perception : 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17

Cal stows the club, and summons his ectoplasmic blade from his mind.

"I am ready to proceed to the next challenge."

As you follow the room around to the south, the roar of swirling winds becomes overwhelming at the entrance to a depression. The ground drops away at the entrance, leaving a sheer 30-foot drop. Debris floats through the air, moving in a never-ending dance conducted by extremely localized winds. Chunks of rock, several of human size or larger, hang in midair, openly defying any laws of gravity. A large, sealed treasure chest floats near the center of the debris. Halfway up the northern wall of the depression lies an opening that leads to a tunnel beyond.

Iyasset makes a high-pitched roaring sound that almost matches the noise of the wind and states, “You must retrieve the chest in order to proceed beyond, but enjoy yourself upon this voyage. In this chamber, we are all of air!”

They then fly into the maelstrom, arcs toward the chest, gesturing at meaningfully at you before continuing through the area. The elemental ends their journey at the mouth of the tunnel but does not enter it, instead remaining floating in the air and enjoying the wind.

The chamber is under the effect of subjective directional gravity, and wind swirls around it.

Each round, a you can attempt a DC 12 Will save to “fall” in a chosen direction, effectively changing the direction of gravity for yourself. This movement is controlled as though you were under a feather fall effect, so you can “fall” up to 60 feet in a round. If you succeed at a second DC 12 Will save or Fly check during this movement you can change direction or hover in place.

Instead of traveling by manipulating subjective gravity, you can leap between the large stones suspended in the room. These stones wobble and waver but do not move from their squares. Once on one rock, can attempt a DC 15 Acrobatics check to leap to another stone within 15 feet.

If you can fly, you can move normally through the room.

The chest begins suspended 25 feet in the air in the center
of the chamber, and anyone who ends their movement next to the chest can grab it as a standard action.

Iyasset is helpfully shouting directions at you as navigate the chamber, granting you a +4 bonus on your Will saves.

We need to move through this in rounds, as...things...happen when you fail your check.

Round 1: Bold May Act
Calver
Menarul
Robyyn
Sunlight Under Stone
Toral
Vaylin

Please let me know if I'm doing this wrong and we need to retcon anything, but here goes!

Sunlight Under Stone shrugs, then lays down on the floor at the entrance to the chamber. Scrunching their face up, they try their hardest to ignore what their senses tell them and instead believe that the far side of the room is down.

Will: 1d20 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 + 4 = 21

As the world seems to shift around them, Sunlight Under Stone starts falling sideways from the perspective of the rest of the party. As they approach the chest, they scrunch their face up again. I am falling towards the ceiling, they think really hard, and I should be falling towards the floor.

Will: 1d20 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 4 = 27

Sunlight Under Stone is trying to fall towards the chest, then reverse gravity as they approach so they can hover next to the chest. If they have the standard action available, they'll use it to grab the chest. Otherwise, they'll grab it on their next turn.

"This is fun! I will be flying as I always wished to be able to! I am coming ... " and he jumps trying to manipulate gravity to fall towards the chest!

Will save, bonus +4 : 1d20 + 8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 4 = 16

Toral starts falling and tries to stop right next to the chest.

Will save, bonus +4 : 1d20 + 8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 8 + 4 = 19

I assume the above was a move action so he assists Sunlight to grab the chest as well!

You are doing it exactly right. You have secured the chest. Now, to get out of the room!

Menarul apprehensively glances at the floating debris and subjective gravity before making sure all of the clasps and stays on his small fortune in glasswares are completely closed, in case the gravity were to shift on him and cause them all to fall out. After a few moments, he apprehensively walks out into the gravity field willing the field to pull him to the chest.

Will save, +4 bonus: 1d20 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 2 + 4 = 24

He flies face forward to the chest, his scarf and hair flowing behind him as if he was falling sideways. As he nears the other two around the chest, he sees they have the thing well in hand and decides not to risk staying out in the open and instead tries to change the direction of his fall.

Will save, +4 bonus: 1d20 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 2 + 4 = 16

A little less gracefully Menarul jerks to the side and zooms straight to the other entrance ending up right below where Issayet is floating. "You have the chest, right? I would rather avoid risking breaking any of the glassware on me, lest this place start exploding!"

Not confident in flying through the air Calvert leaps into the room, but tries to make the wall to the southeast the floor, so he can run along it and up to Iyasset.

Will save: 1d20 + 4 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 5 = 11

folio reroll

Will save: 1d20 + 4 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 5 = 28

any checks needed to run along the "floor/wall" between the openings?

Not confident in flying through the air Calvert leaps into the room, but tries to make the wall to the southeast the floor, so he can run along it and up to Iyasset.

[dice=Will save]d20+4+5

folio reroll

[dice=Will save]d20+4+5

any checks needed to run along the "floor/wall" between the openings?

Once you set the floor as "down," you can just walk along it.

Second round of actions

Menarul takes a second to breathe and then moves off to one side of the entrance and starts taking notes, occasionally trying to point out better ways of moving about in the air to Sunlight. "Sunlight, I don't think you need to flap your arms to move!"

Not sure if He can aid another to help here but in case he can
Aid another will save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

::Beep Boop::
Seeing that their companions have secured the chest, Vaylin and Robyyn try to set the exit as "down."

Robynn Will: 1d20 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 4 = 21
Vaylin Will: 1d20 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 4 = 14

They are both able to float down to the exit, thanks in part to the helpful advice of the air elemental.