[PFS][RD] The Guantlet -- SPELLS Table (Inactive)

Game Master Andrew Harasty

"Any of you have Bag of holding?"

Menas looks around waiting for someone to have a solution, but not wanting to take risk with a brainwashed magic user, will begin to tie Thoriel up for her safety and the rest of the parties. "I hate chains. You should be free to pursue your own way, but you can't find it with this orb giving you commands. Soon you'll be free of the chains and the orb."
maintain to tie up: 1d20 + 27 - 10 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 27 - 10 + 5 = 23
greater grapple to tie up: 1d20 + 27 - 10 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 27 - 10 + 5 = 38

He then tosses the orb to Enora knowing that she tends to know a great deal about magical items.

The escape DC would be 47 and the break DC for chains is 26.

"Get your hands off me,...this is so rude!" Thoriel tries to wrest the orb back and escape from Menas's grasp.

Thoriel has no way to make that Escape check

Protection from Evil will suppress the compulsion. And although not ideal, the orb can be carried without any additional ill effect at this point

Tull looks on with concern. "My wayfinder can be used to cast Protection From Evil once per day, but I'm afraid I already used it earlier. Does anyone else have a way to help our poor friend here?"

"Sorry, I don't have anything that can help here."

Periel draws his wayfinder and casts protection from evil, as requested.

"Thank you for that. I feel much better now. Not sure what came over me there." Thoriel adjusts her hair and clothing as she comes out from under the evil effect."Let's ah...let's carry on shall we?"

Putting the orb somewhere safe you move though the next hall and find yourself at a Gold Door.

Room 14

The Gold Door opens inward to reveal a long stone chamber instantly recognizable as the entrance chamber! Across the room, the three deans of the Pathfinder Society look down at you from their table at the top of a raised dais, their faces beaming with pride. “You’ve made it!” exclaims Master of Spells Sorrina Westyr, slamming shut her massive book with a smile. She gestures toward the red metal doors that lead outside. “Once you step beyond these doors,” she says, “you leave with the approval of the Society’s leaders. Congratulations!”

"That was easy!"

"I appreciate the challenge, but where did this gauntlet come from? Why does a demon reside there? And what is that evil artifact that controls minds?" Menas says as he unties Thoriel from her chains.

Tull squints suspiciously at the three masters. "What of the dragon?"

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Enora is beaming.

”I am soooo happy we are all alive!!“

Sorrina smiles. "Odd things are found and placed here. A Home you would say things that we wanted to keep safe, but also examine"

She looks at Tull. "Did you not kill it? Or did it flee?"

Menas looks a little confused, "Was this a challenge for us or a cleaning service for you? Did we need to defeat a dragon; was the task not simply reaching the golden door?"

Not that anything bad will happen...But please place your tokens in the room

Done. Is Tull still enlarged? Or sickened?

With that Sense Motive roll Tull has no doubts about the situation... "I saw no dragon. Perhaps it saw what we did to the others and was afraid and ran away. I am glad we taught it to fear the butterfly!"

"What is going on here?! I am confused!"

sense motive: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

"Ah, what's behind the green door, then, if the red is the way out?" Thoriel asks, also feeling suspicious that they didn't face the dragon that was promised to them.

Jeras checks red door for the traps.

Perception: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (15) + 19 = 34

Jeras looks at the red door, that should be the exit to the place. But realizes that it is fake. Not only that there is a nasty negative energy (level draining) trap on it. As you are about the alert the rest of your party the deans leap forward, changing shape in to formless blobs of meat, mouths and tentacles.

Everyone except Periel the slow can act.

Room 14 -- Current Time (0:10) + 8:20

Group Conditions: ; '

Thoriel - dmg ; Heroism (1:40);
Enora - dmg; False life: 15 temp hp (7:00); Sickened ; -5 movement, +6 Init and Perception
Jeras - dmg; Sickened
Tull - dmg; Defending the bone (35/35 DR 5/B); Sickened; enlarged (0:11)
Menas - 8 dmg; 2 str damage; Mage armor (1:00); Barkskin (1:30);

Chaos Beast, Marcos - dmg;
Chaos Beast, Sorrina - dmg;
Chaos Beast, Kreighton -- dmg;

Periel - dmg

Enora immediately casts HASTE!!

”Oh nooo!!“

kn arcana +15 and all others +10 to identify : 1d20 ⇒ 2

I don't think I have any Strength damage, do I?

Menas steps forward to meet these strange creatures in melee combat and he quickly grabs one up and begins crushing it.
Swift to kraken style it up

grapple the master of spells, defensively: 1d20 + 27 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 27 - 4 = 27 5 automatic damage on a success.

AC 27 currently

Enora recognizes these creatures at Chaos Beasts. (Knowledge Planes) But is not able to discern anything more than she can see. The are shapeless blobs of mouths and tentacles. As having no describable anatomy, they are not subject to crits or other precision damage.

Menas is able to move up and wrestle the blob.

You do not. Was lingering from a previous copy of the status card

Jeras move closer to Menas and stabs Beast.

+3 adamantine dagger, haste: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 14 + 1 = 28
damage: 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13

Jeras stabs at the wrangling mass of flesh and cuts some of it out.

Tull and Thoriel can still act

Room 14 -- Current Time (0:10) + 8:20

Group Conditions: ; '

Tull - dmg; Defending the bone (35/35 DR 5/B); Sickened; enlarged (0:11)
Thoriel - dmg ; Heroism (1:40);
Enora - dmg; False life: 15 temp hp (7:00); Sickened ; -5 movement, +6 Init and Perception
Jeras - dmg; Sickened
Menas - 8 dmg; 2 str damage; Mage armor (1:00); Barkskin (1:30);

Chaos Beast, Marcos - dmg;
Chaos Beast, Sorrina - dmg;
Chaos Beast, Kreighton -- 18 dmg; grabbed

Periel - dmg

Tull quickly calls upon the power of Desna to aid him. Swift action to spend 1 fervor to cast Divine Favor. Then he flies into a rage and hastily moves forward to attempt to deliver a lunging vital strike against the so-called Master of Swords.

+1 butchering axe, haste, sickened, rage, divine favor, enlarged: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (9) + 19 = 28
Magical S dmg, vital strike: 8d6 + 15 ⇒ (4, 1, 3, 4, 5, 4, 2, 1) + 15 = 39

Current AC, enlarged, rage, and lunge, is 16

Thoriel calls up the stored spell from her Pearl of Power, her blase sizzling once more with electricity. She then rushes forward and strikes at the beast that had taken the form of the Master of Spells.

Spellstrike
Shocking Grasp Scimitar: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 14 + 1 = 20 Damage: 1d6 + 7 + 5d6 ⇒ (2) + 7 + (6, 2, 1, 3, 1) = 22

Using a pearl of power is a standard action as far as I know.

To cast the spell or to store it? Thought I already had it stored but maybe not. Meant to but may have forgotten to post it? If not will use an arcane point to recall the spell instead.

To recall the spell. Then you can use it but I had not seen you post that you recalled it but I might be mistaken. :-)

Spells are not "stored" in a pearl of power, the pearl simply refreshes a spell slot of your choice upon use. As a typical magic item, it takes a standard action to use, so is great to use out of combat to refresh some slots before the next encounter.

It is a standard to recall, but since this is one of your basic spells, I would assumed you recalled it earlier. Your character knows how pearls work

Tull steps forward and smashes the false Marcos

Thoriel cuts the other beast but the shock damage seems to dance on the formless body. These creatures have SR, You will need to make a check for the electircal damage

The last one moves up to Tull Take an AoO

Roll your saves and eveyrone is up again.

Room 14 -- Current Time (0:10) + 8:20

Group Conditions: ; '

Tull - 7 dmg; Defending the bone (35/35 DR 5/B); Sickened; enlarged (0:11)
Thoriel - dmg ; Heroism (1:40);
Enora - dmg; False life: 15 temp hp (7:00); Sickened ; -5 movement, +6 Init and Perception
Jeras - dmg; Sickened
Menas - 16 dmg; Mage armor (1:00); Barkskin (1:30);
Periel - dmg

Chaos Beast, Marcos - 39 dmg;
Chaos Beast, Sorrina - 18 dmg; grabbed
Chaos Beast, Kreighton -- 9/22 damage

Only one of those attacks hit me, so I'll make one fort vs poison.

fort save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
Menas steps over to Marcos and tries to grab him while he smashes Sorrina into the ground.

standard action, grapple Marcos, defensively: 1d20 + 27 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 27 - 4 - 2 = 40 5 automatic damage on a success
move to maintain, Sorrina, defensively: 1d20 + 27 - 4 - 2 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 27 - 4 - 2 + 5 = 41 5 automatic damage on a success
swift to maintain for damage, Sorrina, defensively: 1d20 + 27 - 4 - 2 - 5 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 27 - 4 - 2 - 5 + 5 = 30

damage to Sorrina: 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13

AC still 27.

Periel moves up, into flanking position and attacks.
Attack: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 13 + 2 = 341d8 + 17 ⇒ (3) + 17 = 20
Confirm: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 13 + 2 = 321d8 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23

Jeras continues to stab the beast.

+3 adamantine dagger, haste:: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 14 + 1 = 23
damage: 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13

+3 adamantine dagger, haste:: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 11 + 1 = 28
damage: 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

haste attack: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 11 + 1 = 14
damage: 1d4 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

Caster Level Check for last turn's attack: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 9 + 2 = 25

Thoriel continues her attack against the beast impersonating Kreighton, charging up her blade with an even more powerful electrical spell, then slashing at the chaotic beast.

Cast Defensively DC19: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24
Spellstrike. Spell Combat. Intensified Shocking Grasp. Haste. Heroism

Instensified Shocking Grasp Scimitar +1: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 12 + 1 + 2 = 25
Damage: 1d6 + 7 + 9d6 ⇒ (2) + 7 + (3, 4, 6, 3, 3, 1, 2, 4, 5) = 40
Caster check v SR: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 9 + 2 = 21

Cold Iron Scimitar +1: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 12 + 1 + 2 = 30 Damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
Iterative: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 7 + 1 + 2 = 21 Damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Hasted Attack: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 12 + 1 + 2 = 32 Damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Scimitar Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 1 + 2 = 14 Damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9
Hasted Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 12 + 1 + 2 = 16 Damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

Tull stabs out at the chaos beast as it moves towards him.

The beast manages to hit Tull.
Fort vs poison: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24 @GM, reminder that Tull cast Delay Poison, Communal on the entire party after we got up from our rest.

@GM, for the purposes of Tull's Dutiful Strike ability, which chaos beast was it that attacked him? Also, where is it on the map? I don't see anyone near me that would have provoked an AoO.

@Tull it would have been the Marcos beast before Menas grabbed him. Also just went to the source on Chaos Beasts, and not my outside notice. The special attack is technically a curse that has the same mechanics as a poison.

Tull Smashes the one creature as undulates up towards him, and is able to resist the destabilizing touch.

Menas grabs and begins the juggle between the two beasts.

Periel steps up and slashes at the held beast, but the amorphous creatures are immune to critical. However Jeras is able to finish off the false dean

Thoriel's Shocking blade explodes the beast in front of her with all her strikes.

Tull and Enora are can still do their actions.

Room 14 -- Current Time (0:10) + 8:20

Group Conditions: ; '

Tull - 7 dmg; Defending the bone (35/35 DR 5/B); Sickened; enlarged (0:11)
Thoriel - dmg ; Heroism (1:40);
Enora - dmg; False life: 15 temp hp (7:00); Sickened ; -5 movement, +6 Init and Perception
Jeras - dmg; Sickened
Menas - 16 dmg; Mage armor (1:00); Barkskin (1:30);
Periel - dmg

Chaos Beast, Marcos - 72 dmg;
Chaos Beast, Sorrina - DEAD
Chaos Beast, Kreighton -- DEAD

Seeing that Menas is injured again, Enora starts casting glitterdust on the monster trying to blind it.

DC 17 Will save

Tull full attacks against "Marcos."

+1 butchering axe, haste, flank, divine power, rage, dutiful strike, sickened: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (6) + 23 = 29
magical S dmg: 6d6 + 15 ⇒ (6, 6, 5, 1, 6, 6) + 15 = 45

+1 butchering axe, haste, flank, divine power, rage, dutiful strike, sickened: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (12) + 23 = 35
magical S dmg: 6d6 + 15 ⇒ (2, 1, 2, 3, 6, 3) + 15 = 32

+1 butchering axe, haste, flank, divine power, rage, dutiful strike, sickened: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (19) + 18 = 37
magical S dmg: 6d6 + 15 ⇒ (6, 1, 5, 4, 4, 3) + 15 = 38

If we are over with combat.
Jeras carefully approaches to red door and tries to deactivate trap.

disable device: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (11) + 23 = 34

After that he tries to find trap on the green door.

perception: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (9) + 19 = 28

Tull easily finishes off the remaining chaos beast. Jeras has no problem disabling the very nasty energy drain trap from the false red door that does not go anywhere.

The green door is unlocked and does not appear to be trapped.

Room 14 -- Current Time (0:11) + 8:20

Group Conditions: ; '

Tull - 7 dmg; Defending the bone (35/35 DR 5/B); Sickened; enlarged (0:11)
Thoriel - dmg ; Heroism (1:40);
Enora - dmg; False life: 15 temp hp (7:00); Sickened ; -5 movement, +6 Init and Perception
Jeras - dmg; Sickened
Menas - 16 dmg; Mage armor (1:00); Barkskin (1:30);
Periel - dmg

Chaos Beast, Marcos - DEAD
Chaos Beast, Sorrina - DEAD
Chaos Beast, Kreighton -- DEAD

Collecting yourselves you open the green door:

Room 15

The green metal doors open to reveal an irregular chamber dominated by a massive statue of a leering demon. The figure sits cross-legged upon a small dais along the north wall, its clawed hands holding a wide silver plate covered with burning coals. The statue looms nearly twenty feet tall from its seat to the crown of its head, giving the impression of a giant stooping over to fit in a confined space. Four five-foot-wide columns of glowing energy run from the floor to the ceiling, two to either side of the demonic colossus. From right to left, the columns are bright red and orange, brown, white, and blue. Along the wall, twenty-five feet from the double doors you entered, another pair of closed green metal double doors seem to present a potential exit from the room.

Licking flames and subdued heat coming from the red and orange column, chunks of small, sharp rocks flying around within the brown column, and swirling vapor and the smell of ozone coming from the white column. The blue column appears to be composed of fast flowing water, and gives off an acrid smell.

"Elemental columns or elementals?" Menas says as he tries to think of who the statue might be of.

knowledge religion, untrained: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (6) - 1 = 5
knowledge planes, trained: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

Jeras steps in the room and tries to detect traps.

perception: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (19) + 19 = 38

disable device: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (9) + 23 = 32

The statue is of no one specific. Kind of an interminable djinn as if of all the elemental planes and not just one.

Jeras looks closely and see that the jaw of the statue could open and he makes out a arcane symbol hidden with in. With a few deft moves he makes sure that the magical symbol is made inert.

"That was nasty trap!"

Jeras checks other door for traps.

perception: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (11) + 19 = 30

disable device: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (15) + 23 = 38

The other green door is not trapped, but is currently magically sealed. You can tell that it has some ties with the statue and the columns of elemental energies.

Assuming you look at the columns of energy

Each column is permeable area of elemental energy. A person could step in to one but would take some damage in the process.

Jeras tries to disable that damage dealing part of column if possible.

disable device: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (17) + 23 = 40

Periel nods to the others and speaks up.
"I am prepared to enter one of them!"