burning hands wand 1 charges, disguise self wand 5 charges, longstrider wand 46 chgs Wands and wayfinder are from confirmation and first steps Hand of apprentice 6 remaining AC 18*, touch 10, flat-footed 18 (+6 armor) hp 51/41 Fort +5*, Ref +4*, Will +5*; +2 vs. enchantments Immune sleep
Fromagalli Pushes in through the door with his sap at the ready Making a mental note to prepare message not flare tomorrow
Kasvot quickly follows Fromagalli into the house, motioning the others to follow so they can get off the street and out of view. "Don't forget to call in Liet-Gar!" he whispers to the last person outside.
Fromagalli moves inside, followed quickly by Kasvot. What they see is chaos.
Scratches and dark stains cover nearly every surface in this spacious living room. To the east, paintings and other once-fine objects give fuel to a fire roaring in the hearth. Bent, broken, and bloody cutlery juts at odd angles from the table in the center of the room. Books lie scattered in heaps next to broken shelves, and shards of shattered dishes spill forth from their cabinets. An open door to the west looks into the filthy kitchen, and stairs to the southwest lead up to the next floor. Tiny bloody footprints cover the stairs, heading in both directions.
When Kasvot sees the destruction, a low whistle escapes. "This is bad; this looks really bad!" He urgently motions for the others to join him, then he rushes to the fireplace, trying to see if he can safely recover anything from the flames.
Female | HP 46/46 | AC 19, T 14, FF 16 | CMD 16 (13FF)| F +6 R +9 W +9; +2 vs. fear | Init +9 | Perc +13 | Speed 30ft | Bard Spells 1st 6/6 | 2nd 4/4 | Bardic Performance 24/24 | Cleric Spells 2/2+1 | Channel 1d6 7/7 | Active Conditions: |Agile Feet 4/4 | Bit of Luck: 4/4 | Reroll 1/1
Before entering, the bard cups her hands and calls into the night. "cu-KAW, cu-KAW"Wait a bit, birds are asleep now. Again she brings her hands up to her mouth, "me-OW, me-OW". With a satisfied smile, she nods at a job well done.Textbook Pathfinder signalling. I have no idea why my instructor tossed me out of that class. I'm amazing at that. Blended right in. Wait, what if it was too good and Lightenfeffer does not realize they were for him? Naw...I nailed it.
Pleased with her self, the gnome heads inside. Seeing the damage to the home, Dimple lets out a low whistle. "Sleepless night! Look at this place. This boy was a slob."
As you enter, you notice a tiny devil toy crouched on a chair underneath the table in the middle of the room. It is a very crudely crafted item and obviously some sort of evil monster bad guy toy as it has two sharp knives held in each hand and large teeth poking out of its grinning mouth. Its head turns from watching Kasvot and looks at you. What do you do?
'Is that hawk fighting a cat? What's a hawk doing out at night...I've GOT to see this!' considers LGZ as he silently makes his way around to the front door.
"Oh, they let you in? Out back looks clear." he whispers, following Dimple through the door.
Female | HP 46/46 | AC 19, T 14, FF 16 | CMD 16 (13FF)| F +6 R +9 W +9; +2 vs. fear | Init +9 | Perc +13 | Speed 30ft | Bard Spells 1st 6/6 | 2nd 4/4 | Bardic Performance 24/24 | Cleric Spells 2/2+1 | Channel 1d6 7/7 | Active Conditions: |Agile Feet 4/4 | Bit of Luck: 4/4 | Reroll 1/1
She will deal with this situation with her usual grace, dignity, and aplomb.
Her eyes fall on the infernal beast and she momentarily freezes. Her mouth drops open as she stands agog. The bard raises her arms and starts pointing at the planar invader; pumping each limb back and forth, as if milking a sideways cow. The gnome tries to look away, but no matter how far she turns her head, she simply cannot stop looking at the hell-spawn. Finally, the whole situation becomes too much. Dimple struggles to pull out her blade as an ear piercing scream erupts from her. "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! BY THE STARS!!! ITS A MONSTER!! RIGHT THERE ON THE CHAIR! Killitkillitkillit!" She continues to tug on her blade while staring at the imp, "Ooo... you're a...a bad hell beast....you ...you ..aw c'mon stupid sword!"
Inspire Courage asap (hopefully as a surprise round action).
No surprise action, but we will be going into Initiative without IT getting a surprise action at least. If you go before it I'll presume you start I.C. and pull your weapon. But, I'm headed to lunch so everyone chill for an hour or so!
Dimple points out a creature hiding under the table. It appears to be a tiny devil toy crouched on a chair underneath the table in the middle of the room. It is a very crudely crafted item and obviously some sort of evil monster bad guy toy as it has two sharp knives held in each hand and large teeth poking out of its grinning mouth.
Round 1 Liet-Gar
Kasvot
Evil Toy Thing?!?
Fromagalli
Niza & Albis
Dimple
K: Arcana DC 11:
This is a variant of a homunculi. It is a Construct. You get one tidbit of knowledge (see header) if you succeed on the DC listed. For each additional 5 you beat the DC you may ask for another tidbit.
burning hands wand 1 charges, disguise self wand 5 charges, longstrider wand 46 chgs Wands and wayfinder are from confirmation and first steps Hand of apprentice 6 remaining AC 18*, touch 10, flat-footed 18 (+6 armor) hp 51/41 Fort +5*, Ref +4*, Will +5*; +2 vs. enchantments Immune sleep
Construct Traits covers all of its resistances and immunities. It has no weaknesses. It doesn't have special attacks other than the ability to craft traps. No special defenses. It's special ability is that it is an unbound homunculi.
Unbound Homunculi:
Unlike a traditional homunculus, it is not physically or telepathically bound to it's maker. If it is destroyed, the maker takes no damage, and if the maker dies, the homunculus doesn’t lose its Intelligence score, feats, or skill ranks, or suffer any negative effects.
The magic missile slams into the creature for full damage.
But misjudges the angle and his polearm leaves a gouge on the table instead. The apparently easy to identify homunculus hops backwards and whips the weapon in his hand at the obvious threat in front of it.
NG Gnome Wizard 5 & Rogue 2 | Perc: +14 (+1 vs. traps), Low-Light, SM: +2 | HP: 72 (-0) (+X Temp HP) | AC/Tch/FF 20/15/17 (+4 Dodge vs. Giants) | F/R/W +7/+8/+6 (Evasion, +4 vs. illusions) | CMD 17 | Init: +2 Active conditions: False Life? | Speed 20ft | Spells in Profile, Telekinetic Fist 6/6, Shirt ReRoll 1/1
Hearing Dimple's scream, Niza dashes into the room, closer to the ruckus. Seeing the grotesque abomination before her, she pulls out her club... ready to send it back into non-existence.
burning hands wand 1 charges, disguise self wand 5 charges, longstrider wand 46 chgs Wands and wayfinder are from confirmation and first steps Hand of apprentice 6 remaining AC 18*, touch 10, flat-footed 18 (+6 armor) hp 51/41 Fort +5*, Ref +4*, Will +5*; +2 vs. enchantments Immune sleep
Fromagalli drops his sap and draws his sword as he moves to engage the toy
Fromagalli slashes at the creature, missing the tiny and hard to hit thing. It does not respond to your question, maybe out of anger or just inability to speak.
Niza darts into the house and pulls out a nasty looking barbed wire wrapped club. Albis almost falls at her quick movement, but manages to stay perched.
Dimple inspires her allies' courage by helping them realize how much less cowardly they are then her?
Liet-Gar gets a solid slash against the creature, but it still stands.
Right after LZG's slash, Kasvot releases another bolt of force. It slams into and then through the little creature, leaving a large hole in its middle. The created thing begins to melt, eventually collapsing into a pile of alchemical components.
Pile Composition:
Water (35 L), Carbon (20 kg), Ammonia (4 L), Lime (1.5 kg), Phosphorous (800 g), Salt (250 g), Saltpeter (100 g), Sulfur (80 g), Fluorine (7.5 g), Iron (5 g), Silicon (3 g) and fifteen traces of other elements.
Female | HP 46/46 | AC 19, T 14, FF 16 | CMD 16 (13FF)| F +6 R +9 W +9; +2 vs. fear | Init +9 | Perc +13 | Speed 30ft | Bard Spells 1st 6/6 | 2nd 4/4 | Bardic Performance 24/24 | Cleric Spells 2/2+1 | Channel 1d6 7/7 | Active Conditions: |Agile Feet 4/4 | Bit of Luck: 4/4 | Reroll 1/1
"Do you think there is more of them? We should be very careful as we look around." Dimple goes to the stairs and listens for any noise up on the second floor.
Perception:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
She flashes a thumbs up to the team before ascending.
Dimple slips quietly up the stairs, they barely creak at all! Once at the top, she sees two hallways and multiple doors, all closed.
Map of upstairs has been revealed!
You all can go with her if you wish, tell her to stay with the group or stay below and do whatever. Just clearly describe where you are going and what you are doing. Thanks!
Kasvot refocuses on pulling anything out of the fire that can be salvaged and then putting the rest of the fire out. He'll then quickly follow Dimple in the interest of not splitting the party.
Going to follow the little people, LGZ takes a step...and waits as they move ever so slowly forward. Then takes another step and....waits... With a grunt, he steps over the duo and heads upstairs, keeping an ear out for trouble.
His blade in hand, he approaches the first door he sees and waits for the little ones to join him.
burning hands wand 1 charges, disguise self wand 5 charges, longstrider wand 46 chgs Wands and wayfinder are from confirmation and first steps Hand of apprentice 6 remaining AC 18*, touch 10, flat-footed 18 (+6 armor) hp 51/41 Fort +5*, Ref +4*, Will +5*; +2 vs. enchantments Immune sleep
Fromagalli picks up his sap and tries to use it to extinguish any still burning objects kasvot pulls from the fire
Nothing of value is visible in the fire and it is roaring quite hard. Without magic, one would need to collect water from the kitchen to put out the fire quickly. Otherwise it would take quite a while to pull things out slowly and stomp them out.
The sneaky sneaks upstairs are mostly quiet, though the red headed gnome is managing to step on all the creaky stairs instead of just half of them.
Female | HP 46/46 | AC 19, T 14, FF 16 | CMD 16 (13FF)| F +6 R +9 W +9; +2 vs. fear | Init +9 | Perc +13 | Speed 30ft | Bard Spells 1st 6/6 | 2nd 4/4 | Bardic Performance 24/24 | Cleric Spells 2/2+1 | Channel 1d6 7/7 | Active Conditions: |Agile Feet 4/4 | Bit of Luck: 4/4 | Reroll 1/1
Dimple looks over her shoulder and give the elf a "Be patient Mister I'm tall AND a super long-lived race who be alive for centuries" look. She then continues sneaky walking to the top of the stairs and looks for any more 'ickycreepygross' things.
Niza, Dimple and LZG continue sneaking upstairs. None of them hear anything other than the crackling of fire from the first floor and the creaking movements of their allies.
burning hands wand 1 charges, disguise self wand 5 charges, longstrider wand 46 chgs Wands and wayfinder are from confirmation and first steps Hand of apprentice 6 remaining AC 18*, touch 10, flat-footed 18 (+6 armor) hp 51/41 Fort +5*, Ref +4*, Will +5*; +2 vs. enchantments Immune sleep
"Alright alright I'm coming!" responds Fromagalli to Liat Gar as he heads up the stairs
Family and I were hit with a small cold yesterday. Nothing major, but it put a damper on my posting. Should resume normal pace today.
Everyone works their way upstairs, Niza guarding against anything coming out from the other two doors and LZG whips open the door with a shout, completely defeating the purpose of being sneaky!
The shelves in this storeroom have been ripped off the wall and lie in a heap on the floor, along with their now-wrecked former contents—bloody linens, a broken broom, and other ruined household supplies. Past the storeroom is a tidy washroom that appears oddly untouched by the surrounding messy chaos.
"Hmmm, why so much destruction in here, but none in the washroom?" Kasvot studies the mess on the floor, and the order in the washroom, trying to determine if there's an obvious different that explains the mischief.
burning hands wand 1 charges, disguise self wand 5 charges, longstrider wand 46 chgs Wands and wayfinder are from confirmation and first steps Hand of apprentice 6 remaining AC 18*, touch 10, flat-footed 18 (+6 armor) hp 51/41 Fort +5*, Ref +4*, Will +5*; +2 vs. enchantments Immune sleep
Fromagalli looks for anything of note or even where those bloody footprints went once they got to the top of the stairs
Fromagalli notices that it looks like the mirror in the bathroom has been rigged to fall once anyone steps inside the bathroom. It doesn't appear to be trip wired or anything, just balanced incredibly loosely on the wall. The footprints are all over the floors, going into and out of all the rooms upstairs, though again the bathroom is oddly void of them.
Female | HP 46/46 | AC 19, T 14, FF 16 | CMD 16 (13FF)| F +6 R +9 W +9; +2 vs. fear | Init +9 | Perc +13 | Speed 30ft | Bard Spells 1st 6/6 | 2nd 4/4 | Bardic Performance 24/24 | Cleric Spells 2/2+1 | Channel 1d6 7/7 | Active Conditions: |Agile Feet 4/4 | Bit of Luck: 4/4 | Reroll 1/1
"Well Lysol-Gar, I guess we need to be real careful opening up these other doors." Dimple moves down the hall and takes a goood looong look at the knob and hinges.
Dimple moves up to a door down the hall, taking her sweet little time to investigate the door, frame and nob. About a minute later she is quite confident that there is no mechanical or magical trap ready to be sprung if it is opened. She does, however, hear the very faint scrape of something moving behind the door.
Female | HP 46/46 | AC 19, T 14, FF 16 | CMD 16 (13FF)| F +6 R +9 W +9; +2 vs. fear | Init +9 | Perc +13 | Speed 30ft | Bard Spells 1st 6/6 | 2nd 4/4 | Bardic Performance 24/24 | Cleric Spells 2/2+1 | Channel 1d6 7/7 | Active Conditions: |Agile Feet 4/4 | Bit of Luck: 4/4 | Reroll 1/1
The tiny gnome gasps as her eyes go wide. She covers her mouth to keep herself quite. She then spins and runs down the hallway back to the others. "Blrf... bis... GIFFLIG... bin blr!" She stares at the team, wondering at their lack of response to this important news. Dimple uncovers her mouth and grabs the elf as she points back toward the door, "There...is...SOMETHING...in there!
With a nod the the smaller companion, LGZ tiptoes towards the door. *Thunk*Thunk* His blade still at the ready, he glances back to the others. Once sure they are prepared, he reaches out slowly...turns the knob and throws the door open.
Not so much a who, but a what reveals itself quickly. An eight legged fiendish monstrosity pounces on the half elf, attempting to rip his face off and feast upon his delicious insides.
GM Screen:
Bite vs. FF:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22 for Smite Good BPS:1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Crit Confirm? Bite vs. FF:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15 for Smite Good BPS:1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
And the spider, fueled by fiendish energy, does pretty much exactly that, ripping flesh and tearing into the half-elf. (11 damage from confirmed crit, DC 14 Fort Save (poison) or take 1d2 ⇒ 2 Strength Damage)
For those interested in what the room looks like, once you can take a look you see a small room that contains a simple bed, desk, and chair. Thick webs cover the west end of the room, where the bed sits—and two humanoid forms appear trapped within. Sticky, purplish-black strands cling to the desk and chair on the east side of the room, except in one spot where the strange filaments have left a clear space around a small piece of metal.
Round 1 Fromagalli
Kasvot
Niza & Albis
Liet-Gar (-11, Fort Save Pending)
Dimple
Spider
Bold is up, nasty first bite there, but everyone gets to act before the spider finishes his meal.
K: Nature DC 6:
This is a Fiendish Giant Spider, a Medium Sized Vermin. You get one tidbit of knowledge (see header) if you succeed on the DC listed. For each additional 5 you beat the DC you may ask for another tidbit.
K: Planes DC 11:
The creature has been corrupted with Fiendish energy and have Resist Cold & Fire 5, Spell Resistance 6 & may be able to do extra harm against good aligned targets. Their alignment is now Chaotic Evil.
Staggering backwards into the far wall as the poison takes root, he gasps "F-f-found the something."
The massive weapon slips from his hands, clattering to the ground as he brings his warhammer to bear. Swinging it wildly, he stumbles down the hall to give his companions room.
Mechanics:
Stupid small areas... Drop Ranseur as free, Draw Warhammer as Move, Swing, 5ft step
NG Gnome Wizard 5 & Rogue 2 | Perc: +14 (+1 vs. traps), Low-Light, SM: +2 | HP: 72 (-0) (+X Temp HP) | AC/Tch/FF 20/15/17 (+4 Dodge vs. Giants) | F/R/W +7/+8/+6 (Evasion, +4 vs. illusions) | CMD 17 | Init: +2 Active conditions: False Life? | Speed 20ft | Spells in Profile, Telekinetic Fist 6/6, Shirt ReRoll 1/1
Niza steps into the space vacated by Liet-Gar and looks at the creature before her. "Oh my! Gross. I've seen one of these before. It's a Fiendish Giant Spider. I hate spiders!"She shares whatever other information she receives from the GM as well.
She pulls her club back to whack the spider when she sees it twitch. Instead of hitting it, her club smashes and sticks into the wall behind her. "Damn small hallways!!!" she yells.
