Round 2 | HP 44/52 | AC 19 | Lay on Hands 0/7 | Smite Evil 3/3 | Arrows 16/40 | Spells: 1st - 1/1; 2nd - 1/1
Brag attacks the north wraith with two arrows and the south with one.
Adamantine +3 Longbow Point-Blank (+1), Rapid-Shot (-2), Deadly Aim (-2, +4 Damage) Attack
Arbaro's arrows pierce the southern wraith, and the essence of the ghost melts into vapors as the two red eyes fade into small rubies that clatter to the ground.
Brag unleashes three shots, and while all three hit, the energies of the wraith's incorporeality keep it alive.
AoO
Round 2 | HP 48/48 | Advice 16/18 | Awaken Divinity 7/7 | Ki Pool 8/10 | Bardic Performance 9/9
AC: 28 FF: 25 T: 20 CMD: 35 Barkskin and Mage Armor active
Thurl moves over the fallen pillar to attack the enemy from behind.
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Round 1?
Lem rages seeing the wraths takes a 5 foot step and attacks savagely.
round 2?
Lem keeps going after the wraith if the wraith is still there.
"Lem! Lem! You can stop. I think the wraith is dead."
"Lem, I know that your anger gets the best of you and you can rage like the barbarian you are. And, I know that it's helpful when we're under attack, but, really, I think you need to relax more often. You're kind of scary." Says, Brag with a rather large smile.
Lem wipes at his quaker and notices none of the standard viscera is present. Lem takes a couple rounds to calm and says, "Huh, I never noticed it being a problem." Lem looks at Bragoleb with confusion. "Anyone know what he's talking about?"
Arbaro investigates further now that we are no longer threatened.
Brag uses a wand to heal Roccavisk and then himself.
Brag helps Arbaro investigate.
The wraith dissipates in Lem's smashing blow. Sticky bits of black ectoplasm cling to Quaker, but they rapidly melt away into nothingness.
This chamber is a place of worship; an altar stands at the back of the room, a large, empty stone bowl flanked by two empty candlestick holders. The four statues behind the pillars are depictions of Theseus and his three companions, each standing in various heroic poses.
Theseus, in the NW, stands with his hand to his temple, arching an eyebrow carefully carved in the marble. His other hand holds the decaptitated head of a minotaur. The inscription below his sandaled feet tells of how Theseus slew the minotaur in a maze using his wit and intellect instead of skill at arms. It particularly praises how he used a golden thread to find his way back out of the maze while his three companions wandered helplessly without him.
Beside Theseus, in the NE, is a statue labeled Perseus. His hand is clasped to his breast and he bears a look of empathy and love on his face. He has the head of a medusa in his hand. The inscription tells how Perseus fell in love with Andromeda and remained devoted to her his whole life. On one of their adventures, they encountered a medusa, and Perseus' three companions were all turned to stone because they desired to look at the beautiful snake-headed woman, but Perseus stayed strong because of his devotion to his wife and was able to slay the medusa using his mirror shield.
In the SW corner is Bellerophon. His marble statue depicts Bellerophon proudly bearing a handful of holy symbols to the heavens. In his other hand are strung together the three heads of the chimera: a goat, a lion, and a dragon. The inscription reads of how Bellerophon heard the voices of not one deity but many, almost half of the Golarion pantheon speaking to him because of his devoutness. His companions turned to him for spiritual guidance. He was given a pegasus by the gods to ride, and in doing so, was able to face the chimera in its own element and slay it in the very air it terrorized.
Lastly, in the SE corner, is the largest statue of Heracles. He is a burly, hairy man with the cloak of a lion's skin draped over his head and shoulders. In his two hands are a dozen heads of various monsters: lions, hydras, boars, birds, etc. The inscription tells of how he overcome 12 labors using his physical might when his companions were unable or unwilling to assist him. Crushing creatures beneath his hands was a joy to him, and his cloak of lion-skin was the only clothing he valued above all else.
The altar's inscription gives a simple account of how Theseus founded the temple here with his companions. He saw the wisdom in allowing others to follow their example for future generations as demigods. Heracles cared not for religion, and Perseus was too caught up in Andromeda's eyes to care for the gods. Bellerophon, the most religious of the four, was too humble to name a religion after himself and asked Theseus if he could, in his intellect, oversee such a huge undertaking.
Over the doors leaving this chamber inscriptions read of how visitors to the temple of Theseus may visit the four relics of the companions in rooms behind the statues.
"Let's check out the rooms behind the statues. I think we should start with Theseus as he's kind of the reason we're here."
"Sounds good! Let's go!"
The statues are covered in graffiti and defaced. Foul curses, explicit images, and even fake mustaches are all drawn on the four statues, though the damage is mostly cosmetic.
After the evil is cleared from all of the temple, Brag will offer to help the Sexton clean the graffiti from the statues.
As you open the door labeled Theseus, you see a hulking, furred humanoid slouching in the room, his back turned to you. Hanging limp in his hands are two jagged hatchets gilt with runes, his feet bullish hooves instead of shod in shoes, and the stench of death hangs all about him. When the creature turns at the sound of your approach, you see where his head should be a gaping hole writhing with flies and maggots.
Round 1
Hatchets deal negative energy damage, dual-wielding them is probably going to hurt you a lot.
DR 10/magic and slashing
Can summon undead
1/day— darkness, fear (DC 17)
Round 1 | HP 48/48 | Advice 15/18 | Awaken Divinity 7/7 | Ki Pool 7/10 | Bardic Performance 9/9
AC: 32 FF: 25 T: 24 CMD: 29 Barkskin, Mage Armor, and Ki Dodge active
Thurl focuses his Ki into his reflexes. Then, he puts his hand on Lem's chest and says quietly, " Hold until it gets in the hallway, let it come to us. This is going to be nasty."
CR of 9.
Magic AND slashing, so it must be both. Magic but piercing? Slashing and non-magical? Do not bypass his DR.
Round 0 | HP 52/52 | AC 19 | Lay on Hands 0/7 | Smite Evil 3/3 | Arrows 13/40 | Spells: 1st - 1/1; 2nd - 1/1
"This guy is evil, for sure, but he's not the most evil one down here. There is some greater evil lurking. I feel it in the air."
Round 1, AC 33
The headless minotaur 5' steps forward and with its long arms slices at Thurl with his hatchets.
Round 2
Party is up.
Round 2 | HP: 71/71 | Judgements 2/2 | Spells 1: 6/6 2: 3/3 | Perfect Strike 4/4 | Gravity Bow Wand charges 21 | True Strike 1/1 | Blood Scarab 1/1
"Go back to the labyrinth you came from!"
Round 2 | HP 52/52 | AC 22 (SE) | Lay on Hands 0/7 | Smite Evil 3/3 | Arrows 13/40 | Montrous Bane Arrow 1/1 | Spells: 1st - 1/1; 2nd - 1/1
Brag calls on Iomedae to smite the evil, foul beast. "Guide my arrows into the evil beast and bring about its destruction. There's a greater evil that we must destroy in this holy place."
Brag attacks with magic DR bypassing bow:
Adamantine Longbow Rapid-Shot (-2), Deadly Aim (-2, +4 Damage), Point-Blank (+1), Smite-Evil (+3), Thurl-enhanced (+2) Attack
"Die on the point of my last monstrous bane arrow, you evil scum."
Lem was holding his action, but seeing the creature attack Thurl, Lem can wait no longer!
Lem is enraged and closes with the creature and attacks.
Magic AND slashing, so it must be both. Magic but piercing? Slashing and non-magical? Do not bypass his DR.
Arbaro misses with both attacks.
Brag hits with his first attack, smiting the creature...
Lem, to close in, rushes into the creature's 10' reach and takes an attack of opportunity.
Lem smashes the headless minotaur's leg and cracks a few bones.
Now Lem provides cover to anyone behind him within the headless's 10' reach (which is just Thurl right now).
Still waiting on Round 1 Thurl.
"One must destroy the monster with slashing and magic, you fools! Beware, for the abomination may also elect to summon more undead, or shatter our resolve with fear. But take heart! I know how to defeat such a creature. Because being decapitated... is the pits!"
She casts create pit in the back part of the headless minotaur's room.
The headless minotaur falls into the pit and takes
"This guy is tough!"
Round 2 | HP 28/48 | Advice 15/18 | Awaken Divinity 6/7 | Ki Pool 7/10 | Bardic Performance 9/9
AC: 28 FF: 25 T: 20 CMD: 25 Barkskin, Mage Armor active
Thurl places a hand on Lem’s back and Lem feels Thurl’s Ki flow into him.
Round 3
The headless minotaur shakes in anger; you're sure he would yell and curse had he but a mouth to speak. Lem can see the monster chop his hatchets into the pit's walls like an ice climber as he scales the extradimensional pit.
He scales the walls easily, and now stands teetering on the edge between Lem and the pit.
Round 3; AC 29 (33-4)
Round 3 | HP: 71/71 | Judgements 2/2 | Spells 1: 6/6 2: 3/3 | Perfect Strike 4/4 | Gravity Bow Wand charges 21 | True Strike 1/1 | Blood Scarab 1/1
Arbaro attempts to put 2 regular arrows into him before he's knocked back down into the pit.
Perfect Strike
"He can't even see! How am I the one missing?"
Round 3 | HP 52/52 | AC 22 (SE) | Lay on Hands 0/7 | Smite Evil 2/3 | Arrows 11/40 | Spells: 1st - 1/1; 2nd - 1/1
Brag pulls up his stealth hood and heeds Roccavisk's warning and pulls out his magic longsword. Though some would consider this a misnomer since it is a small longsword. Halfling and all that.
"Iomedae, you prefer the sword. Guide my strokes and smite this evil creature.
Longsword + SE + Thurl Attack
Only the second swing hits as a crit.
Round 3 - Revised | HP 52/52 | AC 22 (SE) | Lay on Hands 0/7 | Smite Evil 2/3 | Arrows 11/40 | Spells: 1st - 1/1; 2nd - 1/1
Brag cast the Protection from Evil spell on Lem. As he touches Lem on the shoulder to cast the spell, he whispers nearly inaudibly, "Lem thou art protected from Evil."
(2) Lem immediately receives another saving throw (if one was allowed to begin with) against any spells or effects.
(3) The spell prevents bodily contact by evil summoned creatures. This causes the natural weapon attacks of such creatures to fail and the creatures to recoil if such attacks require touching the warded creature. Summoned creatures that are not evil are immune to this effect.
Round 3 | HP 28/48 | Advice 15/18 | Awaken Divinity 5/7 | Ki Pool 7/10 | Bardic Performance 9/9
AC: 28 FF: 25 T: 20 CMD: 25 Barkskin and Mage Armor active
Thurl touches Lem again, imparting his Ki to him .
Thurl backs off away from the creature so that any spells cast would miss him, out of the creatures line of sight
Brag hands Lem his sword for magical slashing attacks.
Lem grabs Brag's sword and slices the minotaur. He also takes the swift action for +4 AC.
Round 4
The headless undead clashes his hatchets together and tries to bull rush Lem with his fleshy neckhole to avoid being pushed into the pit again.
He fails.
Party is up.
Round 4 | HP 52/52 | AC 22 (SE) | Lay on Hands 0/7 | Smite Evil 2/3 | Arrows 11/40 | Spells: 1st - 0/1; 2nd - 1/1
Brag whips out the Wand of Cure Moderate Wounds and heals Lem.
Lem is fully healed.
Round 4| HP: 71/71 | Judgements 2/2 | Spells 1: 6/6 2: 2/3 | Perfect Strike 3/4 | Gravity Bow Wand charges 21 | True Strike 1/1 | Blood Scarab 1/1
Arbaro reluctantly puts his bow away and cast Boneshaker. Manipulating the creature backward, creating an AoO for Lem and plunging it into the pit once again.
Lem swings away.
Lem misses his AoO.
The minotaur falls back into the pit.
Round 4 | HP 20/48 | Advice 13/18 | Awaken Divinity 5/7 | Ki Pool 7/10 | Bardic Performance 9/9
AC: 28 FF: 25 T: 20 CMD: 25 Barkskin and Mage armor active
Thurl speaks from around the side, "Arbaro, Brag, back away, it has some spells that can effect areas."
Brag does not heed Thurl's good advice. "Lem, I'm with you all the way. You keep slicing and I'll keep healing."
Lem leaps into the pit to stab at the creature, ending its life.
Roccavisk's pit dissapates, leaving Lem and the monster on the level ground.
In the alcove is a pedestal, with a plaque that reads:
Here lies the Golden Thread, used by Theseus to navigate the labyrinth and escape after slaying the minotaur. His wits and intellect saved the four companions from eternal wanderings in the minotaur's maze.
The pedestal bears a glass case. The glass is smeared and muddy, as if it has been roughly handled by someone who was dirty outside. Inside you can barely make out a coiled yellow object.
Over the western passage is a narrow, winding pathway made up of chest high walls. A plaque reads:
Try your luck! Navigate our scale replica of the minotaur's labyrinth and see if you have a mind like Theseus!
The labyrinth looks fairly simple.
Arbaro cuts a swatch of cloth from the dead minotaur and wipes away some of the muck to get a better view of the yellow object that has drawn his attention.
Looking down the labyrinth hall, Arbaro looks excited.
"Looks like a tourist trap. Anyone else care for a quick jog just to see what is back there?"
"If we're going to do the maze, we should do it right!"
Thurl follows Arbaro to the pedestal and reads the plaques as well. Thurl sighs and says, "Yes, it would not do to be trapped in here because we couldn't navigate a maze for small children." Thurl pauses for a moment, and continues, "Although, it might have been altered since its original intent. Perhaps a slow and methodical search for traps would be warranted?"
"Lem hand's back Brag's longsword, Iomedae lead us to victory eh?"
Then leans over and collects the discarded Quaker, "I might have to find a sword suitable for me to take into battle... that had a nice balance to it"
"that was some pretty good teamwork. I thought I might be able to stand in his way but I didn't expect him to start climbing, then the pit? Neat moves everyone."
Brag detects evil in the direction of the labyrinth, checking for the strong emanating evil he felt earlier.
”I think the labyrinth sounds fun. Let’s give it a whirl Thurl!”
Lem eyes the hatchet that the minotaur was wielding before moving on, "Anyone mind if I grab this?"