GM Zer0darkfire's Emerald Spire (Inactive)

Game Master asdffghjkl01

"This is one way to get our attention."

"Well, that's something!" says Gudule, surprised.

The ganzi tries to tap in the knowledge of ages to see if he understands what is happening here.

With a little detect magic too

Knowledge?: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

Spellcraft?: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30

You detect a faint aura of abjuration. The female hellknight has a wand of shield in her wrist sheath.

The ball continues to stab people in order to write on the wall, “Knights fought in fire. Burned away. Investigating power. Secret. Deep. Return life/save Chaid.” Once finished it floats over the female hellknight.

PER: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (6) + 22 = 28

Regnum heads over to inspect the hellknight.

"This you?"

The ball pokes the line "Return life" repeatedly in response.

So we need to return life to Chaid?

Saint Gudule shrugs. "Well, we'll try our best to find the secret, then."

Maybe we could bring the Hellknights cadavers back to the town and to the Fort? Someone there might have the power to call that Chaid back to life

The ball spins around Baied excitedly, then it moves between her and the female hellknight repeatedly.

"Well, I still have my transport token, we can make this happen."

Trutzburg looks at Regnum and nods enthusiastically.
"Barm and me can each carry one and two of you should be able to carry another one. So we are covered!"

Let's go!

Regnum moves his transport token to a more easily accessible pocket and goes to help grab a corpse to return to the surface.

You take the hellknight known as Chaid DiViri back to Fort Inevitable where her order raises her back to life rather quickly. You discover that she is a pretty high ranking member (wizard 6/Hellknight Signifier 3).

She thanks you for raising her and explains that the bladed ball is her Augur Kyton familiar named Aoz. He will appear as a boon on your chronicle sheet as a new improved familiar option!...and none of you have familiars...thats PFS for you

The book states you get an experience point bonus for bringing her back and nothing else. I'm going to take a small liberty here and say she offers you free spellcasting services as a 9th level wizard for bringing her back to life for the remainder of the spire.

You then return to the magma vault floor of the spire and continue your adventure!

Just going to move you forward then

You to the northeast.

The tunnel here narrows so much that Medium creatures must squeeze to pass through the last 15 feet of the easternmost bend. The whole tunnel smells disgusting, but in its tightest area, the gases condense and blow through this tunnel.

Barm tries to squeeze to pass through while holding his breath.

Nice!
Barm: I moved you on the map according to what you said.

Saint Gudule follows Barm pretty closely.

If only I had a trick up my sleeve to counter this gazes!

"Anyone can summon wind or something?" asks the ganzi.

"I can fart if that is what you are asking for."

As you make your way through the tunnel, some of you can feel the gas sickening you.

Everyone needs a DC 18 fort save vs poison from passing through here.

A narrow flow of magma writhes through this broad cavern. To the south, a promontory of jagged stone juts out over a magma lake.

Two creatures are here...they don't look friendly.

1) This hulking beast has slick, gray, hairless skin. Its numerous yellow eyes and wide toothy maw are its only facial features.

2) This smoldering mass of metal-encrusted goo sports half a dozen pseudopods, each tipped with a burning-hot sword blade.

Fort: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (10) + 18 = 28

Choking from the gas, Regnum moves into a good cover/overwatch location on the two targets.

FORT: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28

Barm is ready to attack if they show some aggression.

Fort save: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

Saint Gudule coughs a lot!

Fort: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 12 + 2 = 18
Trutzburg follows suit and readies his shield if there should be violence.

Saint Gudule takes 1 con drain from the fumes.

2 consecutive saves to cure, duration is 6 rounds. Each failure is 1d3 con damage

Fort save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Baied gets a quick peek at the two creature, and tries to recognise them

Know Planes: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Know religion: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28
Know Arcana: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Regnum sees that most of the group is with him, ready to take on the two creatures, whatever they actually are. Weapon up at the ready to fire, he signals to Barm and the crew to move up and ambush them.

Fort save DC 18, 1: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17 for Con dmg: 1d3 ⇒ 3
Fort save DC 18, 2: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24 for Con dmg: 1d3 ⇒ 1
Fort save DC 18, 3: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10 for Con dmg: 1d3 ⇒ 1
Fort save DC 18, 4: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14 for Con dmg: 1d3 ⇒ 3
Fort save DC 18, 5: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
Fort save DC 18, 6: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

Saint Gudule coughs blood, eventually takes himself back on track and whispers a few words to heal himself. If I have the time to lesser restorate myself...

Lesser Resto 1: 1d4 ⇒ 4
Lesser Resto 2: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Lesser Resto 3: 1d4 ⇒ 1
Lesser Resto 4: 1d4 ⇒ 2

He recovers almost everything on his own.

The drain stays, though.

You forgot to include the drain and damage in your saves. So your first save is at -1 since your drain put you to 15 CON, then the 3 damage put you at another -1 for the next save, but you don't suffer the effects of a poison on a pass, so you don't take the damage from that one. The next two fail and put you at 1 drain, 7 con damage for -4 saves. Of course the natural 20 passes, but the 11 does not with all the penalties so you'll take 1d3 more con damage, otherwise its pretty close and I'm just going to ignore that 1d3 extra damage.

Baied knows that the large grey creature is a Grey Render. A large, dumb, and not friendly, magical beast.

The other creature is dungeoneering.

Initiative Order, Bold May Go!
Map Slide
Regnum
Barm
Saint Gudule
Lava Creature
Grey Render
Trutzburg
Baied

Barm moves closer to Gray Rander and strikes.

know. dungeoneering: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

Barm moves closer to Gray Rander and strikes.

vital strike, Devastating Strike - Furious Focus (power attack) +3 adamantine Greatsword: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (12) + 24 = 36
damage: 4d6 + 19 + 9 + 4 ⇒ (2, 2, 3, 1) + 19 + 9 + 4 = 40

Barm knows that the huge creature is a Shard Slag, a type of lava ooze.

Barm also knows that his sword sliced into the Grey Render easily, dealing a large amount of damage to it.

Regnum does what he knows best, shoots, and keeps shooting.

Musket: 1d20 + 14 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 14 + 1 - 2 = 32
Damage: 1d12 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 14 + 1 = 25

Musket: 1d20 + 14 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 14 + 1 - 2 = 24
Damage: 1d12 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 14 + 1 = 19

Oh! Thanks, I completely forgot about that! I rolled in a the dice in lot. However, since I would have time, I think Gudule would have cast lesser restoration each round, lessening the effect of the damage.

Saint Gudule surrounds himself and the party in a battle aura that sharpens everyone's senses.

Everyone has +2 at/dmg

The problem with that is that lesser restoration takes 3 rounds to cast, so you'd only get 1 finished before the poison ended.

Barm and Regnum tear into the Grey Render, but it's planning on tearing into Barm.

bite barm: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (8) + 14 = 22
claws barm: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28 damage: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15 grab: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (7) + 20 = 27
claws barm: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22

One claw manages to hit Barm and the creature tries to grab him at the same time, but Barm slips out of the hold.

The lava ooze rolls over to Barm, creating blades of lava as it goes.
how many attacks: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 Ouch

The ooze creates 6 blades of lava that it tries to stab Barm with.
slag blades: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
slag blades: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14
slag blades: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25 damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7 fire damage: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 3) = 4
slag blades: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22
slag blades: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25 damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14 fire damage: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 4) = 5
slag blades: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27

Luckily, only two blades just barely manage to hit Barm, but they prove to be quite deadly and exhausting.
Barm needs two DC 16 fort saves or he is staggered for 1 round.

Creatures that begin their turn within 5 feet of a shard slag take 1d6 points of fire damage. If damaged, they need to make a DC 16 fort save or be staggered for 1 round
+2 attack and damage
Initiative Order, Bold May Go!
Map Slide
Regnum
Barm, -45hp, 2/3 fort saves
Saint Gudule
Lava Creature
Grey Render, -84hp
Trutzburg
Baied

Regnum reloads his musket and shoots again at the Grey Render.

Musket: 1d20 + 14 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 14 + 1 + 2 = 18

Missfire!

Use a grit point to clear the misfire.

Regnum, once again with practiced hands, fixes his musket without incident.

fort: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24
fort: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30
fort: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30

Barm continues to attack Grey Render.

If Grey Render drops after first attack then Barm will attack Lava Creature

Furious Focus (power attack) +1 adamantine Greatsword: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (19) + 24 = 43
damage: 2d6 + 19 + 9 ⇒ (5, 6) + 19 + 9 = 39

Crit confirm: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (7) + 24 = 31
damage: 2d6 + 19 + 9 ⇒ (2, 4) + 19 + 9 = 34

Furious Focus (power attack) +1 adamantine Greatsword: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 27
damage: 2d6 + 19 + 9 ⇒ (5, 3) + 19 + 9 = 36

Baied casts a protective spell on Trutzburg

This spell will protect you agaisnt fire. You won't be immune to the danger of flames, but this will act as a temporary barrier. Get the lava creature down while Barm attacks the grey render.

Cast Protection from Energy, dissipates after 60 point of damage negated (12* caster level) or 50 minutes, whichever comes first

Moving forward Trutzburg attacks the grey render.
Attack: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (9) + 21 = 301d10 + 24 ⇒ (9) + 24 = 33

Trutzburg cuts down the Grey Render in a single hit, leaving Barm to swing at the Shard Slag ooze.

reflex save, Barm: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

He feels his sword get stuck for a moment, but pulls it out just in time.

Not sure if you want to attack a second time, but tell me if you do and I'll apply the damage (can't crit an ooze though).

Regnum's gun misfires and Baied applies a protection spell on Trutzburg.

+2 attack and damage
Initiative Order, Bold May Go!
Map Slide
Regnum
Barm, -45hp
Saint Gudule
Lava Creature -39hp
Trutzburg
Baied

Barm will hit and second time. I only hope that I will not lose the sword. :)

Saint Gudule lays a healing hand on Barm's wounds.

Cure critical: 4d8 + 10 ⇒ (3, 5, 6, 4) + 10 = 28

barm reflex save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Barm doesn't pull his sword away qucickly enough to avoid the lava eating away at the adamantine.
This is a special effect to damage an object. Damage caused to weapons and unattended objects is not halved, and ignores the first 5 points of hardness. However, vs hardness of 20, 2d6 can't damage it.
sword damage: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 4) = 9

Barm realizes he could stick his sword in this creature all day, and the fancy adamantine would never melt.

number of blades: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 Wow, twice in a row.

The shard slag produced six lava blades once again before stabbing at Barm yet again.

lava blades, Barm: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22
lava blades, Barm: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
lava blades, Barm: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14
lava blades, Barm: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32 lava blades, Barm, confirmation: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31
lava blades, Barm: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24
lava blades, Barm: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24

Barm parries some of the blows, while is armor deflects others, but one blade gets through in a weak spot of Barm's defenses.

damage: 2d8 + 12 + 4d6 ⇒ (8, 7) + 12 + (2, 6, 3, 5) = 43

+2 attack and damage
Initiative Order, Bold May Go!
Map Slide
Regnum
Barm, -60hp, 2 DC 16 fort saves vs staggered
Saint Gudule
Lava Creature -39hp
Trutzburg
Baied

so my second attack didn't deal any damage to lava creature?

fort: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22
fort: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

Barm continues attacking Lava Creature.

Furious Focus (power attack) +3 adamantine Greatsword: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (4) + 24 = 28
damage: 2d6 + 19 + 9 ⇒ (2, 1) + 19 + 9 = 31

Furious Focus (power attack) +1 adamantine Greatsword: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (20) + 16 = 36
damage: 2d6 + 19 + 9 ⇒ (6, 1) + 19 + 9 = 35

Barm, step back so I heal you!

Baied gets closer from the heated confrontation, and uses her wand on Barm

CMW: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (4, 1) + 3 = 8

Barm: no Crit confirm on that 20?

Barm, step back so I heal you!

Baied gets closer from the heated confrontation, and uses her wand on Barm

[dice=CMW]2d8+3

Barm: no Crit confirm on that 20?

Lava creature is ooze, so no crit damage

Sorry, I remembered to roll your reflex save, but not update the numbers.

With Barm's attack from last round, and his two from this round, he slices the living lava into small enough pieces that it no longer wiggles on the floor.

Combat Over!
Barm, -52hp

You see two suits of Hellknight plate, although, completely shredded apart by the Grey Render. Amid the ruined suits of armor are a masterwork composite longbow (+3 Str) and two chaotic outsider slaying arrows.

Regnum reloads his musket after the misfire. He heads over to Barm, seeing him badly hurt. "Someone come over here quick, Barm needs help."

"That was painful and hot!" he sits down on the floor.

Saint Gudule seems bewildered by the fight.

"Wow guys, you truly make wonders in here! You even kill lava!"

He slaps Barm hard on the shoulder, taking advantage on the fact that the huge man's shoulders are now at his reach. Curiously, though, the wounds begins to close.

Cure Serious Black: 3d8 + 10 ⇒ (8, 8, 4) + 10 = 30

"Oh! Wow! I didn't know I could SLAP you into good health! Let's try again!" he yells, excited, giving a harder slap.

Cure Serious Burns: 3d8 + 10 ⇒ (4, 7, 3) + 10 = 24

There you go ;)

"Thank you Saint! I am glad that we have you!"

"Let's move on to the south!"