GM Zer0darkfire's Emerald Spire (Inactive)

Game Master asdffghjkl01

Barm makes a step to the south 5ft. and starts attacking the green and yellow enemy.

+4 adamantine Greatsword (+ Furious Focus, power attack - shaken: 1d20 + 28 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 28 - 2 = 30
damage: 2d6 + 22 + 12 ⇒ (1, 5) + 22 + 12 = 40

+4 adamantine Greatsword (+ Furious Focus, power attack - shaken: 1d20 + 19 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 19 - 2 = 28
damage: 2d6 + 22 + 12 ⇒ (6, 4) + 22 + 12 = 44

+4 adamantine Greatsword (+ Furious Focus, power attack- shaken: 1d20 + 14 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 14 - 2 = 29
damage: 2d6 + 22 + 12 ⇒ (1, 2) + 22 + 12 = 37

Blessing of Fervor: 1d20 + 28 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 28 - 2 = 38
damage: 2d6 + 22 + 12 ⇒ (5, 3) + 22 + 12 = 42

cofirm crit: 1d20 + 14 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 14 - 2 = 25
damage: 2d6 + 22 + 12 ⇒ (6, 2) + 22 + 12 = 42

Feeling the blessing course through him Trutzburg hisses and attacks with blessed speed.
Prefering damaged mirrormen
Attack: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (12) + 23 = 351d10 + 28 ⇒ (6) + 28 = 34
Attack: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (10) + 18 = 281d10 + 28 ⇒ (2) + 28 = 30
Attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 181d10 + 28 ⇒ (9) + 28 = 37
Attack: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (4) + 23 = 271d10 + 28 ⇒ (5) + 28 = 33

great bot, thank you. St Gudule, please step aside so Frēodwēn can get closer to the archers

probably won't be able to post again until Friday or Saturday; bot me again if needed

Frēodwēn unleashes a hail of arrows on the servants of the lich, focusing on the archers first if he can see them, while maintaining his encouraging oratory.

+2 holy composite longbow, inspired, heroism, blessing of fervor, point blank shot, rapid shot, deadly aim, arcane strike, manyshot: 1d20 + 17 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 2 - 3 ⇒ (1) + 17 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 2 - 3 = 22
cold iron, good, magic, piercing: 2d8 + 10 + 4 + 2 + 12 + 6 ⇒ (5, 6) + 10 + 4 + 2 + 12 + 6 = 45

+2 holy composite longbow, inspired, heroism, blessing of fervor, point blank shot, rapid shot, deadly aim, arcane strike: 1d20 + 17 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 2 - 3 ⇒ (5) + 17 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 2 - 3 = 22
cold iron, good, magic, piercing: 1d8 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 3 = 19

+2 holy composite longbow, inspired, heroism, blessing of fervor, point blank shot, rapid shot, deadly aim, arcane strike: 1d20 + 17 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 2 - 3 ⇒ (14) + 17 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 2 - 3 = 31
cold iron, good, magic, piercing: 1d8 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 3 = 22

+2 holy composite longbow, inspired, heroism, blessing of fervor, point blank shot, rapid shot, deadly aim, arcane strike: 1d20 + 12 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 2 - 3 ⇒ (14) + 12 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 2 - 3 = 28
cold iron, good, magic, piercing: 1d8 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 3 = 19

You clear out the mirror soldiers while Freodwen starts shooting the mirror archers.

His first two arrows miss, but only because of the archers' ability to cover each other from formation tactics. His next two arrows hit, but deal less damage than normal.

You see magical lights from inside the green cloud for a moment, but nothing else happens that you can currently see.

You can get to the archers, although the book doesn't explain any important information about how. Let's say their balcony point is 10ft off the ground and getting into melee with them requires opening the door on the ground floor and spending 10ft of movement using some hidden stairs to get up to their floor (appearing where the back doors are).

Inspire courage +2, Hasted!
Initiative Order, Bold May Go!
Map Slide
Regnum, shaken
Mirror Men, orange archer -31hp
Baied
Trutzburg, -35hp
Barm, -17hp, shaken
Freodwen, shaken
Nhur (lich)
Saint Gudule

Regnum fixes his weapon and then maneuvers to a better location for his next shot.

"Sure! Lemme just... FLAMES OF CHAOS!" shouts back at Freodwen Gudule as a column of fire engulfs the emerald archers.

Flames of Chaos (Flame Strike): 12d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 5, 2, 1, 6, 4, 3, 3, 1, 1, 1) = 34

Putting both hands on his hips, the ganzi frowns.
"Not very satifying. Maybe I should stick to do other things. I'll be back!"

That said, he wanders out of the room humming a song.

Picking extra speed from BoF

reflex saves: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
reflex saves: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
reflex saves: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

Saint Gudule calls down holy fire on the stone archers. They mostly stand there and ignore it, though the holy empowerment allows for it to harm them slightly.

The archers open up on Regnum as he comes into sight.

longbow vs Regnum: 1d20 + 12 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 12 + 4 = 28
longbow vs Regnum: 1d20 + 12 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 12 + 4 = 23
longbow vs Regnum: 1d20 + 12 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 12 + 4 = 30
2 hits damage: 2d8 + 8 ⇒ (2, 3) + 8 = 13

Inspire courage +2, Hasted!
Initiative Order, Bold May Go!
Map Slide
Regnum, -13hp, shaken
Mirror Men, orange archer -31hp
Baied
Trutzburg, orange -52hp, yellow -17hp, red -8hp
Barm, -17hp, shaken
Freodwen, shaken
Nhur (lich)
Saint Gudule

Trutzburg looks left and right and shakes his head.
"What now?"
Delaying

Barm is big now.

Barm tries to be as close as possible to archers. So he goes to there's room.

GM, can you put me on the map as close to the archers as I can be

Without using the door or stairs? Sure, you can reach the two in front from being large, and I'd say you could reach the back one as well, but he would have cover.

Barm moves toward the archers with his new-found size. They are not long for this world.

Inspire courage +2, Hasted!
Initiative Order, Bold May Go!
Map Slide
Regnum, -13hp, shaken
Mirror Men, orange -52hp, yellow -17hp, red -8hp
Baied
Trutzburg, -35hp
Barm, -17hp, shaken
Freodwen, shaken
Nhur (lich)
Saint Gudule

Barm starts attacking the archers.

+4 adamantine Greatsword (+ Furious Focus, power attack - shaken: 1d20 + 28 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 28 - 2 = 40
damage: 3d6 + 22 + 12 ⇒ (6, 2, 3) + 22 + 12 = 45

+4 adamantine Greatsword (+ Furious Focus, power attack - shaken: 1d20 + 19 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 19 - 2 = 36
damage: 3d6 + 22 + 12 ⇒ (2, 6, 5) + 22 + 12 = 47

+4 adamantine Greatsword (+ Furious Focus, power attack- shaken: 1d20 + 14 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 14 - 2 = 24
damage: 3d6 + 22 + 12 ⇒ (6, 3, 2) + 22 + 12 = 45

Blessing of Fervor: 1d20 + 28 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 28 - 2 = 37
damage: 3d6 + 22 + 12 ⇒ (4, 1, 5) + 22 + 12 = 44

confirm crit: 1d20 + 19 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 19 - 2 = 35
damage: 3d6 + 22 + 12 ⇒ (3, 6, 5) + 22 + 12 = 48

We can call those archers dead now.

Combat currently over! (unless you have a way to get through the wall of force?

Trutzburg, -35hp
Barm, -17hp

"What shall we do now? Maybe I can destroy that wall!"
Barm starts hitting the wall with his sword.

"Go right on ahead."

I didn't mention it before but I was thinking of force wall.

Let's do some math! You have four attacks for a couple of rounds, you can't miss, and you deal an average of 45pts of damage per swing. The wall has hardness 30 that adamantine can't get around and has 220hp. Dealing 15 damage a hit would take you 15 attacks (wow, that's neat), which is equal to 4 rounds.

If Barm hits the wall repeatedly, you have 4 rounds to do healing and other buffing.

Trutzburg, -35hp
Barm, -17hp

Trutzburg will also join in the bashing.

You're average damage is 30 even which is the hardness of the wall. You're welcome to assist, but I don't think its going to speed up the process at all.

@everyone, please place yourselves on the map in the room where you want to be when the wall is broken.

ready

CSW wand,Barm: 3d8 + 3 ⇒ (8, 7, 2) + 3 = 20
CSW wand,Truzburg: 3d8 + 3 ⇒ (5, 5, 3) + 3 = 16
CSW wand,Truzburg: 3d8 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1, 3) + 3 = 10

Baied moves with astonishing speed to heal the fighter's wounds, using her wand, then casts a protective spell on herself

20% arcane spell failure, need 21+: 1d100 ⇒ 100
Mirror image: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

6 fakes Baied appears
CSW wand 47/50

Haste has an 11 round duration, so it will still be up when Barm breaks through. Frēodwēn will cast Good Hope and Expeditious Retreat.

Frēodwēn casts a few spells in preparation and then takes up a position on the high ground.

When Barm seems to have the wall nearly down, Frēodwēn will begin his inspiring oratory and ready an attack.

+2 holy composite longbow, inspired, good hope, haste, point blank shot, deadly aim, arcane strike: 1d20 + 17 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 3 ⇒ (10) + 17 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 3 = 28
cold iron, good, magic, piercing: 1d8 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 3 = 21

I assume blessing of fervor is not still up, but if it is then replace the +1 from haste with the +2 from blessing of fervor

Regnum moves up to join Freodwen, weapon reloaded and ready to fire.

As you smash open the wall of force, the green cloud comes spilling out to its full size. Trutzburg and Barm are engulfed in the green cloud. They both mostly shake off the effects for now, but still feel the cloud draining away their strength. Regardless, no one currently is able to see the Lich.

The fog obscures all sight, including darkvision, beyond 5 feet. A creature within 5 feet has concealment (attacks have a 20% miss chance). Creatures farther away have total concealment (50% miss chance, and the attacker can’t use sight to locate the target).

con damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2
fort save, BARM: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21
fort save, Trutzburg: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26

Initiative Order, Bold May Go!
Map Slide
Regnum, -13hp, shaken
Baied
Trutzburg, -9hp, 1 con damage
Barm, shaken, 1 con damage
Freodwen, shaken
Nhur (lich)
Saint Gudule

Dispel magic on the cloud: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25

Baied cast another spell, targeting the eerie vapors themselves

Need to see if Baied's spell removes the cloud.

Trying my best!

The cloud vanishes! However, there is no lich to be seen...

Frēodwēn casts see invisibility

I can't tell you how close I came to casting that before the wall came down. Really hope this was the right spell. I have glitterdust also, but if he has already moved...

Freodwen doesn't see anything out of the ordinary with see invisibility up.

delay

Same

Frēodwēn swears under his breath as he anxiously scans the room for any sign of the lich. "he's here somewhere..." he says.

the most uninspiring inspire courage ever

Sorry guys, I wanted to do cool things but work and family took over my time online.

Saint Gudule comes back and raises an eyebrow.
"What is happening here?"

Delay

Trutzburg licks the air to smell for the rotten stench of a undead mage.
Perc: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (4) + 24 = 28

Trutzburg doesn't seem to be able to find him.

The lich trapped the wall of force with the cloudkill, then d-doored out assuming his mirror men and trap would be able to take care of you guys.

A button in the armrest of Nhur Athemon’s throne unlocks the doors below the balcony, where an arched stairway leads down. The stairs descend almost 600 feet in multiple long flights.

Note: This is one of the times I do not recommend taking the stairs immediately. You will lose out on a cool boon if you do not explore this level further.

"Well, the Lich must be scared of us, he took off. Shall we keep exploring this level to make sure he isn't hiding here?"

"Yes, we should finish flushing this place out. He has been in this dungeon long enough that he won't be going anywhere if we don't go after him right away."

and most of our buffs are active for another 10 or 100 minutes

Barm opens eastern door.

The balcony area is not explained well; actually, it isn't explained at all. I'm pretty sure those doors are just the doors to get to the balcony area as nothing else is connected to them.

"Well, that lead nowhere. Now where? Back where we came from?

If we wan't to totally defend the lich, we'll have to find and destroy its phylactery, a place where its soul rest. Of course, it will be well guarded, with traps and foes galore. And the lich won't stand idly while we try to destroy its most precious item

"Let's go!"

Back to the room with the construct to go east or take the double doors to the south?

double doors to the south first

PER: 1d20 + 28 ⇒ (18) + 28 = 46

"Hold up Barm, let me check for traps before you open that door!"

don't forget your skill bonuses from good hope

Moldering tomes line the shelves in this roomy, square chamber, and lie open on reading tables throughout the room.

Most of the deteriorating paper material in this room crumbles at the slightest touch. A careful search (Perception DC 20) turns up a blessed book, a scroll of stone to flesh, and 23 salvageable tomes on ancient Azlanti topics worth 3,500gp to an experienced collector or historian.

In addition, a large tome written in Azlanti contains a set of the Spire level sigils, one for each level from Level 1 to Level 15. With this tome and sufficient Spire transport tokens, the PC group can travel to any level except Level 16.

Barm starts looking around.

perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22

Guys, here is some scroll!

Perc: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (13) + 24 = 37

"Shall we go there next?" Frēodwēn points at the southern set of doors.