GM XaveTheNerd's Emerald Spire Full Run (Inactive)

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Your bonus alone would kill the goblin.

Heading towards the arguing goblins, or are we hoping to go down the hallway a bit?

I've moved Merritt to outside what I think is the door the voices are coming from; please update his position on the map if I'm wrong.

Merritt approaches the door the voices are coming from cautiously, doing his best to stay quiet.

Stealth: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

With the voices so loud, he doesn't bother listening at the door; he knows the goblins are behind it. But he takes a moment to check it for traps.

Perception, heightened awareness: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 6 + 2 = 21

Once he's comfortable that it's safe, he quietly nods to the others; he points to Torrak, then the door, indicating that the dwarf is likely the right one to barge in.

He readies his crossbow with a bolt loaded.

Now that's what I'm talking about! Maybe this devil will turn out alright after all. Torrak dutifully posts up by the door, ready to step in first after it is opened.
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Haven't moved my token just yet, I'll wait to see which door is the door we hear the arguing from. IF we get a surprise round, I would appreciate it if someone opened the door for me. Then I could 5ft step in and there is a chance I could swing. No pressure though, I won't be miffed in the slightest if somebody would rather do what they want to do instead!

Tseghet would be happy to open the door for Torrak.

Sorry. door was hidden by a grey box. Oops. I've updated all of your positions. How would you like to do this?

Zelphar moves slightly aside in case Merritt would like a clearer shot into the room. He looks at everyone and says, "Well, I guess I'm as ready as I'll ever be."

Tesghet throws the door open, hoping for a surprise attack. The goblins immediately stop their conversation and drop whatever, umm, meat-like substance they appear to have been fighting over.

Initiative Order - The BOLD may act
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Merrit
Zelphar
Gobs
Torrak
Felix

Merritt rushes through the door. He begins to line up his crossbow, but finds the pair standing side-by-side to be too good of a target. He whips out one of his bombs and tosses it at them.

Merritt throws in a bomb, which knocks blue immediately unconscious.

Goblin Reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 Well. He failed

The other goblin appears close to unconscious as well.

Initiative Order - The BOLD may act - Will bot in around 18 hours.
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Merrit
Zelphar
Gobs
Torrak
Felix

Zelphar looks into the room and decides to delay. He hopes his melee compatriot can take care of a singular goblin.

The goblin shoots an arrow at Merritt.

Arrow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Initiative Order - The BOLD may act - Will bot in around 24 hours.
Remember. Everywhere is difficult terrain.
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Merrit
Zelphar
Gobs
Torrak
Felix

Torrak rushes in as fast as he can, eager to get in on the goblin slaying. "Heeeeere Gobby Gobby Gobby!" he taunts.
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Nice Bomb! :D

Tseghet follows Torrak, then heads south to block off the goblin's escape route and help funnel him towards Torrak.

Double move.

Merritt lines up his crossbow and fires from where he stands.

The MVP, Merritt, also manages to slay the other goblin, this time with a crossbow bolt directly between the eyes.

Out of initiative.

Now what?

Begrudgingly, Torrak throws Merritt a respectful glare. He's not half bad at goblin killing. He grunts with something made up of approval and annoyance before relaxing. "Let's toss tha place an' then take a look through tha door!" he suggests.
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Search then go south is my thought, but I'm open to whatever.

There's nothing to be found in this room aside from moldy, gross looking (presumably) horse meat.

Where to?

Merritt takes a moment to search the goblins' bodies themselves, then listens at the next door. He checks it for traps, then gets ready to open it.

Perception, heightened awareness, goblins: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 2 = 18
Perception, heightened awareness, listen: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 2 = 16
Perception, heightened awareness, traps: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 6 + 2 = 26

Tseghet stands ready as well.

The goblins have nothing more than undersized equipment.

Any thoughts Zelphar?

I'll assume he agrees and move you all to the southern door.

Merritt opens the door, and standing before him is a strange green creature with gears and a human arm, and a goblin that appears to be gripping a holy symbol. The goblin shouts something, and the creature whirs to life, ready to protect the goblin.

Initiative order - the BOLD may act
Remember, everywhere is difficult terrain
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Skizzertz
Zelphar
Merritt
Torrak
Clanky
Felix

The goblin utters some divine words while holding out its holy symbol.

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

(Who is this Felix person?)

Hehe. oops. The slides never got updated. I'll take care of that.

Initiative order - the BOLD may act
Remember, everywhere is difficult terrain
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Skizzertz
Zelphar
Merritt
Torrak
Clanky
Tseghet

Seeing the goblin using their holy symbol as a focus, Zelphar casts grease on the symbol, hoping they'll drop it.

DC 15 REF or drop it.

"What tha hell is that?" Torrak shouts, unclear if the goblin with the human arm or the robot is the source of his confusion. Regardless, he swings his weapon at the robot.
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Dorn-Derger vs Clanky: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Bludgeoning: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Merritt again likes the positioning of these foes. He pulls another bomb out of his bag and tosses it lightly into the room, targetting the goblin. He steps into the room carefully to make room at the door.

Drop the holy symbol?: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17

The goblin manages to hold on to the holy symbol as a flask of fire flies its direction. It nails the goblin in the head, covering him in flames.

Clanky splash damage?: 1d20 ⇒ 10

Clanky is also caught up in the flames of the bomb.

In this confusion, it manages to move out of the way of Torrak's attack, step forward, and counterattack.

Angry robot punch: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (13) + 6 - 1 = 18
Slam damage: 1d6 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 3 = 12

AoO should have been first. Sorry. If I move it the dice rolls change
Torrak AoO on Clanky: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Damage: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Torrak is able to get in a nice attack of opportunity as the automaton steps forward clumsily, but it doesn't seem to be fully effective. Yep. It's got some DR. The creature then lands a satisfying blow on the dwarf, but Torrak remains standing.

Initiative order - the BOLD may act
Remember, everywhere is difficult terrain
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Skizzertz
Zelphar
Merritt
Torrak
Clanky
Tseghet

Tseghet begins preaching loudly. "All hail the Inheritor! Remember her mighty works, such as when she and her soldiers bravely stood their ground against an unending army of wraiths! So too shall we stand tall!" And his words to seem to bolster his companions' spirits.

Inspire Courage +1

Clanky strikes Torrak across the side of the head with a crushing blow. His vision swims and the taste of blood fills his mouth. "Now THIS is ah fight!" he declares with a bloody grimace, trimming his grip on the Dorn-Derger and bringing it down again upon the robot.
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Dorn-Derger (Inspire Courage) vs Clanky: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 = 6 ffs
Reroll (2 Stars): 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 + 2 = 10 Flips table
Bludgeoning (Inspire Courage): 1d10 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 1 = 12
HA! He showed me what's up. Forgot how painful this level can be! Damn robot. I was gonna move out of the way to provoke an AoO so Merritt could move/throw and be safe and Tseghet could join the fray, but I can't take another one of those. GM, I will send pictures if you wish for me to prove my ability to reroll.

I'll believe you on the ability to reroll. Skizzertz got to go before you, though, Torrak. Also, sorry for not posting last night. i got through my tables I'm a player at and then just conked out for the night.

Skizzertz, afraid of the dude throwing fire, casts a spell at Merritt.

Merritt Will save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Merritt finds himself frightened of the goblin for 1d4 ⇒ 1 round(s).

Initiative order - the BOLD may act
Remember, everywhere is difficult terrain
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Skizzertz
Zelphar
Merritt (frightened of Skizzertz, the goblin)
Torrak
Clanky
Tseghet

Merritt, overcome with supernatural fear, bolts into the farthest corner of the room, his eyes on the goblin worried that it might approach.

Frustrated that the goblin still clutches the greasy holy symbol, Zelphar concentrates his arcane energies and suddenly a celestial eagle appears opposite the big clanky thing and attacks the goblin. at ground level so as to provide flanking with Torrak
bite, IC: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 3 + 1 = 17
damage, IC, smite evil: 1d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 1 = 6
talon, IC: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 = 6
damage, IC, smite evil: 1d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 = 3
talon, IC: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 3 + 1 = 22
damage, IC, smite evil: 1d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 1 = 6
Standard action: summon a celestial eagle to attack the goblin. Move: one square to the left

The cleric goblin drops unconscious from Zelphar's summoned eagle (needing the other talon).

The automaton, now angered by the death of its master, strikes at the creature to deal the killing blow. Lucky for you all, it's the eagle.

EAGLE SMASH: 1d20 + 6 - 1 ⇒ (9) + 6 - 1 = 14
Damage: 1d6 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 3 = 8

The eagle poofs out of existence as the automaton seems to deactivate, finishing up what it believes to be its most recently given directive.

Out of Initiative.

Now what?

Breathing heavily, Torrak spits blood onto the ground. "I guess it is done fighting then?" he says uncertainly, weapon still in hand. "Don't know about you lot, but I could go for a little rest. That thing packed a wallop!" Too bad it stopped fighting, maybe tomorrow I'll come in here and kill it myself.

Zelphar smiles triumphantly as the summoned eagle makes quick work of the goblin, equally pleased that it took the blow from the automaton and not one of his fellow Pathfinders.

"Would it be wise to smash it apart now with that spiked ball of yours while it seems to be deactivated?" Zelphar asks Torrak. "Either way, I too feel due for a rest. Today's been rough, to say the least. I hope to not become buried under rubble again any time soon. My magical resources are all but spent and I'm exhausted."

"Before we rest though, let's see if the goblin had any interesting we might, um, confiscate."

Zelphar casts detect magic around this room and all others we've been through, concentrating on any auras he might detect. He'll assist try and fail to assist the other Pathfinders looking around for loot on the corpses and anything else interesting.
perception: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (10) - 1 = 9

On the body of the goblin you find a wand.

The remainder of his equipment seems both too small and not very valuable.

The automaton has nothing on his person.

Tseghet? Merritt? Time to get a rest in back at the local town?

Spellcraft, Take 10: 10 + 6 = 16

Tseghet's eyes light up as he examines the wand. "A blessing from the Inheritor! This wand contains magic to heal our wounds and keep our fighting spirits strong - though it appears most of the charges are spent."

Tseghet could go either way, especially now that we have a healing wand he likes.

"If you've got one ah those, then I say we get patched up and keep going. No use giving these runts a chance to reinforce themselves," Torrak points out. "If we are feelin' spritely on the way out, we could even have another go at this thing," he says gesturing to the robot.
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Still open to resting if that is what others want!

"I agree, Torrak; now that we can heal ourselves, I'm comfortable exploring at least a couple more rooms." He approaches Tseghet. "Think the Inheritor has one charge in that thing for me?"

Rolling my own; I assume your LG cleric isn't going to deny healing to an ally. :)
cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Merritt has 2 bombs, a shield extract, and a mutagen left; he can definitely keep going from here. Zelphar, are you out of spell/reservoir now?

I've got one more arcane pool point (best used for another celestial eagle) and one spell slot (grease or color spray). And unlimited uses of acid splash, which isn't much, but something. I'm good for at least one more combat.

"Splendid! What a fortuitous find indeed! Although I'm feeling mostly spent, that wand should help us if we want to explore a bit more before resting."

@GM: can we use average CLW wand charges out of combat (5.5/charge or 11/two charges)? That's fairly common, but your call of course.

I allow taking the average on all my PFS tables. This is no different.

So, then, where to?

Tseghet happily uses the wand on his companions, then stows it carefully on his hip. "Onward then?" he says as he picks his way through the rubble to the western door.

Looks like 4 charges uses in total - 1 for Zelphar, 1 for Merritt, and 2 for Torrak. Remaining charges: 6

Torrak grunts in approval as he makes his way to the same door, scratching his recently reformed flesh. Always gets itchy right after healing from a wand. Damn things, magic must be old or something.

Dorn-Derger back to its usual grip, Torrak stands at the ready to open the door once his companions have joined up.

Merritt joins Torrak at the door, checking it for traps before giving the dwarf his blessing to open it. He makes sure that he has a crossbow bolt loaded and his crossbow at hand when the door is opened.

Perception, heightened awareness: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 2 = 27

Adjusted the hp healed from clw per the average calculation; Merritt is now back at full hp.

The door does not appear to be trapped.

Torrak opens the door, expecting combat on the other side, but instead he finds a rather empty looking room. This curving hall has been badly damaged, but there are intact doors to the south, east, and west, as well as set of double-doors that appears to lead to the center of the tower. The southeast corner of the room has collapsed in a mound of green glass rubble, but a tunnel runs through the debris, shored up with rough timbers.

Map revealed. Where to?

"These goblins have no honor," Tseghet proclaims, "and would gladly sneak up behind us if given the chance. Let us clear out the rooms to the south and north before continuing onwards."

"All the more fun we could be havin'! What's a fight without a few surprises, eh?" Torrak responds to Tseghet as he waits for Merritt to look over the doors to both rooms. Once he gets the all clear, he opens the Northern and then the Southern door.

Merritt investigates the northern door first, then examines the southern door. "Goblins are indeed a menace. I'm grateful to have survived that first trap! Sneaky little bastards. I agree, there's no sense in leaving even the weak possibility of an ambush behind us."

Perception, heightened awareness, N: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 2 = 16
Perception, heightened awareness, S: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 2 = 11

Zelphar follows wherever the group decides to go.

Just a quick check-in as I still have company.

The doors do not appear trapped.

The northern door leads to a stairway upwards. These stairs wind to the right, circling around a glowing wall of semi-translucent green stone. It seems the Azlanti tower was built around a core of some other material--a spire within a spire. There is nothing of note to see on this floor.

The southern door leads to a plush, human-sized bedroom. The bedroom has obviously seen better days, but in this chamber stands a table holding a bone scroll tube and jars willed with eyeballs, claws, and teeth. Various automation pars lie scatter around.

Map revealed. What now?

"How abhorent," Tseghet declares as he investigates the bedroom. "Perhaps these foul goblins kept these jars and their contents for study? Or for use? Perhaps they are magical?" He sweeps the area with detect magic, determined to get to the bottom of this.