Retrocon Elinnea's Legacy of the Stonelords (Inactive)

Game Master Elinnea

Yanda checks out some of the coins, picking them up and turning them over, trying to make heads or tails of them (pun intended). Unfortunately, she has no learning in history. Nor in religion so the idol is foreign.

"Anyone know who that bull guy is?"

Provided she does not spring a trap when she picks up the coin.

As soon as Yanda picks up a few coins, a strange taste of ashes fills her mouth.

You need to make a Will save, DC 18.

Know. History 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

Ash tried, but was unable to place anything about the room and its items.

I did I’m at 26/27

Knw History with Inspiration: 1d20 + 1d6 ⇒ (11) + (1) = 12

”I must have slept through the section on large bronze bull-pig hybrid statues.” Thadeaus mutters as he gazes at the statue and piles of treasure.

“Uhm perhaps we shouldn’t touch these items, they look like offerings and some Gods frown on that!”
Thadeaus states just a moment too late!

"Shiny," Kahwen says and he has much the same expression and movements that a non-anthropomorphic crow would have if it found an interesting button on the street.

He pays no attention to the coins, weapons, armor and other treasure littering the floor, his eyes only on whatever is shining in the bowl the boar/bull man is holding.

Of course, a tengu's instinct for self-preservation is as strong as the one for coveting shiny things and he is careful to follow the trail and just as careful to look for any traps that might be here to trip up the unwary along the way.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

While walking carefully along the path, Kahwen doesn't notice any traps. But when he gets closer to the statue, he can see that the shiny object in the bowl is a carved jade bull the size of a dwarf's head. It is held about 10 feet off the ground.

He also notices some writing etched onto the lips of the statue.

"Friend Balin! The path is safe. The big statue is holding a little statue but there's writing in Dwarven on the big statue. I don't want to touch the little statue until I know what the big statue says," Kahwen calls out, in much the same tone that a child has when he sees a toy in a shop window.

Will ST: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Uh oh. Didn't stand much of a chance on that one. She's a bit weak willed. And curious. A bad combination.

"Hey! I was just looking!"

She quickly tosses the coin back but by then it is too late. She growls, "I'm not a thief."

(Everyone can read the "If you fail" spoiler above, since you would all see it happening.)

sorry fixed. I was swamped today and last night

Balin has Thadeus use his wand 2 more times.

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

- - - -

"It says: A master earns enough to give, and a novice can spare enough to earn my favor. Both give gifts to Ghrode.""

He looks at the sylph and shakes his head. "Yanda lassie was a bad hin' tae dae"

Ooo, that’s a tough curse! Hopefully it is just temporary...

Kahwen cocks his head as he examines the statue and what it is holding. His eagerness to take the elephant is almost palpable. In fact, he approaches the statue as though to climb it but stops at the last moment.

"I wonder what that means." He looks around at all the things scattered on the floor.

"Are these things given? If they are, how do you know if you are a master or a novice? And how much do you give, either way?"

"Well it seems to me that worshipers are expected to give according to their means! I am not a master, as yet, neither am I a novice but a craftsman I am in a manner of speaking so I will give something made with my own hands!"

Setting actions to words, Thadeaus pulls out an extract of Long Arm and places it at the statues feet with a slight bow.

If you want to reflect on the question of how much to give:

appraise: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

"That's a nice sum, but this fellow seems a bit more greedy than that from the looks of the past offerings. I would say we need to put about 5 times that much on the altar. Or is that an extract and not a potion? I don't know that an extract would have ANY value for this purpose."

Yanda moves up and puts an alchemist's fire next to the extract Thadeus placed there.

Maybe I can get rid of this curse if we offer enough.

Ash wasn’t happy, but he threw his Scroll of Enlarge Person into the altar. ”That’s 50 hard earned gold from me, that better be enough for my end,” he grumbles.

Balin looks at his coin purse. "Hoo much shoods we gie?"

Ash wasn’t happy, but he threw his Scroll of Enlarge Person into the altar. ”That’s 50 hard earned gold from me, that better be enough for my end,” he grumbles.

You mean 25 gp, unless your character was deliberately lying.

Balin looks at his coin purse. "Hoo much shoods we gie?"

Yanda looks around again and refines her estimate. "I would say just shy of 250 gp. Say, um, 230? So far we are at 100, maybe more if it accepts an extract as an offering, which I doubt since it loses all worth soon after it leaves ones person. A lot like a fool's gold spell." Except that we are really at 75 since the scroll is only worth 25, not 50.

Somehow I came with up 50 when I purchased it. Hmm.

The undine quickly counts on his fingers, sussing out his scrolls value. He puts a scroll of Endure Elements on the altar as ell.

That should get me to 50 now!

"Easy come, easy go," Kahwen comments. His contribution is easy enough to find, its the latest thing he bought.

"Here's hoping there aren't TOO many demons along the way," he says as he takes out the oil of Bless Weapon he bought from the quartermasters upstairs in the pile.

I think that's 50 from Kahwen, whose mouth is watering to figure out what the elephant does.

Balin adds 50gp to the total.

Thadeaus digs out 50gps and sheepishly adds them to the pile.

At that moment the coins, scrolls, and vial of alchemist's fire that have been placed at the statue's feet suddenly flash brightly, then disappear and reappear off to the side on top of one of the other piles of treasures. The mark on Yanda's cheek disappears, as does the ashy taste in her mouth. (The other effects also go away.)

Nothing else happens, as far as you can tell. The statue continues watching over the room in stony silence.

Kahwen looks around expectantly.

His hopes quickly and obviously fade as nothing in particular happens.

"Well, that's disappointing. I was hoping for something more interesting to happen," he says, then looks around for the exit.

Not willing to trash talk a god in its own temple, Yanda mollifies the Tengu.

"Who knows, perhaps we'll be blessed with fortune or something in the future. Gods are not always flashy."

"Shall we move on?"

"Quite right Yanda! Onward and downward I assume?"

Esmeralda, quietly watching the conversation from the door, nods to the comment. "Best not to linger at a place like this. Worst we do is tag the place for a later expedition to catalogue."

You pass uneventfully back out of the chamber, and discover that this particular tunnel doesn’t go any further down. You loop back the way you came, but just as you’re passing by the room with the forge, you hear some noises of beings coming this way. They make no attempt to hide themselves, and within moments you see three more large duergar walking down the corridor towards you!

We’re back on the forge map now, and in combat!

Round 1
Ashwell
Kahwen
Yanda
Blue
Green
Balin
Thadaeus
Red
Esmeralda

You can be in any square on the map, except the very center where the forge chimney is. The squares with rubble in them are difficult terrain.

Moving just a little bit closer, and appreciating the nice cluster, she lobs an explosive bomb at the middle giant dwarf. (at the x, 10' radius).

"Fry, suckers!"

to hit ranged touch, range penalty: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 7 - 2 = 12
damage: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (3, 3) + 5 = 11, catch fire, 7 splash damage; DC 15 Reflex save for half splash damage

FYI: She has precise bombs to which is like selective and always excludes her allies. Unless she misses and the others are in the splash zone. Then the hurt begins.

Perception 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Know. Planes 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

”These dwarves seeem different somehow. Be on your toes!”

"Bah more grey dwarves!"

Anyone else feel like we missed something in that last room?
I shoulda just grabbed the elephant.

Kahwen is still contemplating the room with the boar/bull man as the sounds of people approaching come to his ears. His hopes that they will run into more Pathfinders with tales of excitement and discovery are dashed when he sees more of the duergar.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

"They look sick or something, right, Friend Ashwell?"

Sick or not, they probably don't have good intentions towards the Pathfinders and he surges past the others, drawing his sword along the way and taking a slash.

Elven Curve Blade minus Fighting Defensively: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 10 - 4 = 25
Slashing plus Sneak Attack: 1d10 + 9 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 9 + (5, 3) = 18

AC is 24 this round.

Anyone else feel like we missed something in that last room?
I shoulda just grabbed the elephant.

Kahwen is still contemplating the room with the boar/bull man as the sounds of people approaching come to his ears. His hopes that they will run into more Pathfinders with tales of excitement and discovery are dashed when he sees more of the duergar.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

"They look sick or something, right, Friend Ashwell?"

Sick or not, they probably don't have good intentions towards the Pathfinders and he surges past the others, drawing his sword along the way and taking a slash.

Elven Curve Blade minus Fighting Defensively: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 10 - 4 = 9
Slashing plus Sneak Attack: 1d10 + 9 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 9 + (4, 5) = 23

AC is 24 this round.

Sorry...I hit preview and forgot to submit so double posted, by accident. The second post is the one that has the right dice rolls.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

knw Planes: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Thadeaus closely observes the Duergar and is sure he has seen their condition before!

Ashwell and Thadeaus both recognize that these duergar have been infested by intelligent plants known as fungus queens. Aside from growing fungus on their bodies, this also takes over their minds and gives them immunity to all mind-affecting effects, paralysis, poison, polymorph, sleep, and stun.

While those in the back are musing on these matters, Yanda charges right in to lob a bomb in the midst of the large dwarves. Unfortunately, it doesn't manage to hit the one she aimed at.
Misdirection: 1d8 ⇒ 4
Reflex green: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1
Reflex blue: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (14) - 1 = 13

The bomb bounces off the corridor wall but still explodes over the two in the back, and their lumbering forms can't avoid the burst. Kahwen charges forward and takes a vicious slash at the one in front but it goes wide.

The middle duergar shuffles to the front. He doesn't have enough movement to go around so he will provoke an attack of opportunity. He takes an expressionless swing at Kahwen with his warhammer.

Attack, power attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

He misses quite clumsily. The one in the back moves foward and appears to be trying to spread out to the side, but he gets tangled up in some of the rubble on the floor.

Round 1
Ashwell
Kahwen - AoO on Green
Yanda
Blue (-7)
Green (-7)
Balin
Thadaeus
Red
Esmeralda

Edit: Sorry Ashwell, I saw your post and forgot that you hadn't actually acted yet. You can still take round 1 actions and I'll retcon if it becomes necessary.

As one of the shamblers clumsily leaves himself open in a misguided attempt to attack him, Kahwen takes a shot in return.

AoO: 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 10 - 2 = 25
Slashing: 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

Kahwen's strike, on top of the damage done by the bomb earlier, is enough to fell the duergar. Oddly, he has no reaction to being struck down but merely falls blankly to the ground.

Round 1
Ashwell
Kahwen
Yanda
Blue (-7)
Green
Balin
Thadaeus
Red
Esmeralda

Ash’s psychic stuff won’t work here but his wand of magic missiles will. He lets off two blasts at the one that was struck by the tengu.

Magic missile 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Magic missile 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Thadeaus extends his wand and aims at the one in Blue!

Wand MM lvl 3: 1d4 + 1 + 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + (4) + 1 = 7

Balin moves up close to the tengu and swings.

"Buggers don't attack mah friends!"

attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

damage: 1d12 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Ashwell's magical missiles streak across toward the fungal duergar engaged in combat, opening wounds in his moist skin. Thadeaus also sends missiles flying at the other remaining enemy. Balin's attack, though brave, does not find its target.

The duergar with a red scarf attempts to bring down his warhammer on Kahwen.

Attack, power attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

He doesn't do any better.

Round 1&2
Ashwell
Kahwen
Yanda
Blue (-14)
Balin
Thadaeus
Red (-8)
Esmeralda

Kahwen ducks under the reddish hued duergar zombie not-zombie's clumsy attack and uses the momentum to slide to his left, in what will, eventually, be moving behind him.

"Where do you think he's going?" he asks Balin, jutting his beak towards the bluish one that is meandering away.

Turning his attention back to the task at hand, he slashes at the closest one's guts, continuing to fight in a way to minimize his own risk.

Elven Curve Blade minus Fighting Defensively: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 10 - 4 = 26
Slashing: 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Crit plus Tengu Rogue Favored Class: 1d20 + 10 - 4 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 10 - 4 + 2 = 27
Crit Damage: 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

AC remains 24.

Ash fires at the same enemy yet again.

Damage 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Yanda pulls out a wand of CLW and realizes nobody is wounded. So she moves closer to blue in anticipation of violence.

Kahwen's blade finds a vital spot and with one slash he kills the fungus-infected duergar. Ash's magic missile unerringly finds its target in the last remaining duergar and injures him slightly.

Round 1
Ashwell
Kahwen
Yanda
Blue (-16)
Balin
Thadaeus
Red
Esmeralda

As the rest of the party swiftly deal with 2 of the zombies, Esmeralda runs across the ruined chamber, futilely trying to get a better line on the remaining foe.

Swift action - activate Kitsune Style
Double Move

The duergar sees a squishy-looking target run up to him, so he takes a swing at her.

Attack Yanda, power attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

He doesn't seem any more capable than the others.

Round 2&3
Ashwell
Kahwen
Yanda
Blue (-16)
Balin
Thadaeus
Esmeralda

The irregular, rubble laden ground means that Kahwen cannot charge at the last target. He hustles over to it, though, spinning at the last moment before performing a back flip to make himself a more difficult target then spinning again to lash out with his sword.

Acrobatics to Avoid AoO: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31

Elven Curve Blade: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16
Slashing: 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19

Yanda pulls out a dagger and moves to a position where she can harass the Duerger from behind (inviting an AoO).

"Finish him off!"