GM Otha's Season 4 Trilogy (Inactive)

Game Master Otha

Taking a closer look at the door himself...Cerryl isn't looking for traps per se leaving that to the better qualified individuals but rather trying to identify if there is any significance to the etching on the door.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Knowledge (any): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

Not sure if history, local, or some other knowledge skill would be best...but...thankfully Cerryl has +8 modifier for all of them.

While the others look for traps and examine the artwork, Toban pops his lip.

POP POP POP!

He casts detect magic and examines the area.

Cerryl detects no traps either...also doesn't see any significance to the etching on the door other than it's nicely done...

...and Toban detects no magic in the area other than some of his companions magical items...

Toban continues to tap his lip. POP POP POP as he studies the door.

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16

Alas, like the others before him, Toban cannot find any traps on the door ...

Lovissa takes a look at the steps and door.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20

If she thinks it's safe she ascends the steps and opens the door.

Lovissa's sharp eyes discover a well hidden javelin trap, ready to trigger when the door is opened...

Lovissa pulls out her tools and attempts to disable the trap.

Disable Device: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

Unfortunately, Lovissa has a hiccup in disarming the trap and the javelin comes flying from its hiding place...

Javelin: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Fortunately, luck is on the brave lady's side as she exhales sharply and the javelin barely Nick's her elbow...unfortunately, looking at the javelin afterwards, she notices the tip is coated, undoubtedly with some kind of poison...

Fortitude: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Lovissa looks at her elbow, then looks at the trap. "Whoops." She lets out a laugh and double checks the trap. Does it have more ammunition? Or was it a one-time use?

My bad, Lovissa, should have listed that, it's one time only...unless you want to reset it and have another go at it :)

Rosie walks up to the door. "You gonna open it?"

Jatrokan grins. ”Wow. You’re lucky you weren’t skewered, Lovissa! You should add ‘Lucky Lady’ to your titles."

Seeing Lovissa only scratched...Cerryl picks up the javelin and attempts to determine the poison on the end of it.

Craft (alchemy): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Though without adequate tools and an unwillingness to taste/touch it Cerryl simply has to give up and hope Lovissa is strong enough to overcome on her own.

"Oh, dear." Toban remarks as Lovissa's wounded by a trap he couldn't see. He taps his lip. POP POP POP.

"Is it safe now?"

While Cerryl can't quite determine the exact poison, he suspects it is snake venom...

Lovissa opens the door.

Lovissa opens the door with no further issues...

Past the stone door, the coarse brick of the sewers gives way to cut stone block construction with corbeled arch ceilings that peak at a height of ten feet. Sturdy wooden doors line the walls, though years of mildewed neglect have eaten away at the facades.

Jatrokan holds up his paintbrush and examines his surroundings, looking for the perfect view. "Hmm... Oh, yes... Picture perfect!"

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Rosie waits to see if Lovissa gets skewered by any more traps before heading inside...

Toban continues to tap his lip as he scrutinizes his surroundings. POP POP POP!

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

Jastrokan and Toban don't perceive much other than this room appears to have what might be several holding cells...

Hmm...unsure why no one else has entered yet.

Cerryl still looks over everyone's shoulders waiting for the rest of the group to enter first.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

After what happened with the javelin trap, I think they're waiting on Lovissa to lead the way...

Cerryl can perceive little more than Jastrokan and Toban…

Sorry, we had a busy weekend. Mom is posting soon.

No worries, Rosie! And no hurries either; I know how weekends can get. Hope y'all had a good one...

Lovissa checks for traps, then heads inside!

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28

Lovissa finds no traps and boldly strides forward into the room...

Each door in these halls would appear to open into a cramped cell. Most of the doors are unlocked and many of the cells still hold musty blankets.

As Lovissa moves deeper into the room, she notices another hallway with similar cell doors branching west...at the far end, would appear to be stairs leading down...

Knowledge History: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

Lovissa walks down the hall, inspecting the contents of each cell as she passes by. Then she searches the cells in the branching hall, as well.

Perception to search the cells on the North/South hall: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22
Perception to search the cells on the East/West hall: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23

(If she finds nothing of interest she approaches the stairs and checks for traps)

Perception on the stairs: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27

Jastrokan follows Lovissa, lending a hand in her search.

Perception to aid (NS cells): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Perception to aid (EW cells): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Perception to aid (stairs): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16

Lovissa finds only musty blankets and pillows in the cells and nothing significant...the locks (on the few doors that are locked) look like tough nuts to crack, and from viewing their contents from the cell bars on the doors, look to have nothing but the same blankets and pillows...

Lovissa and Jastrokan also give the stairs a thorough perusal and find nothing suspicious...

Rosie heads down the stairs and looks around, being sure to push Lovissa in front of her like a human shield. "You first, Lovissa."

Lovissa lets out a chuckle at Rosie's not-so-subtle tactics, then proudly leads the way down the stairs.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21

With Rosie egging her on, Lovissa descends the stairs, entering the chamber...

The few furnishings in this large chamber are restricted to racks, iron maidens, and other implements of torture. Near the center of the room a massive table with manacles hanging from each corner bears testament to grisly interrogations, and nearby a pair of wooden tubs stand empty, their contents long since evaporated. Against the north wall stand several empty racks and hooks for holding weapons or tools; the implements that once hung there are now scattered in disarray across the floor. The stairs you entered from are the only exit...

Toban thinks as he examines the halls and cells. POP POP POP!

Knowledge History: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Toban thinks, tugging on his moustache as he looks at the big torture room. "Didn't she say... I quote: 'There’s a big room inside, and I stashed my share under the flagstones in one of the small chambers nearby.' Which small room is the question..."

Toban approaches the first of the small cells off the big room. "I'll start here." Using his traveller's-any-tool he attempts to pry up and shift the flagstones, hoping to find the stash they're searching for.

Unwilling to go digging through the cells himself...Cerryl instead walks towards the middle and casts a Detect Magic to see if there are any thing stashed nearby or any illusions in the area.

Wonder what group would take advantage of a torture chamber down here in the sewers...though it appears they haven't been down here in a while.

Knowledge (Local): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Knowledge (History): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Just as Toban and Cerryl enter the room, and well before they can get more than a few steps into it, they find it will be rough going...all the tools scattered along the floor are sharp and moving through the room will be slow...

Cut Foot (Toban)<=50: 1d100 ⇒ 52

Cut Foot (Cerryl)<=50: 1d100 ⇒ 65

Both barely avoid being cut...

The floor is treated as rough terrain...if you move more than 10' on your turn, there's a 50% chance of stepping on a sharp instrumemnt, 75% if you can't see where you step..…

As Cerryl casts a spell, he notices an aura on the ceiling, just north of his position...at the same time the area they're in goes dark...

Only those with darkvision can see in the area of darkness...

"Oh my! Almost stepped on something! My your footing, don't get cut!"

Toban gives his traveller's any-tool a few twists and turns it into a strange looking broom. Toban begins sweeping the sharp tools into a pile.
See X on map for pile

Unwilling to move any further after nearly cutting himself on the tools.

There was something on the ceiling though couldn't tell what before the lights went out.

I am assuming Cerryl can still see the aura without light since it is spellbased sight? If, so is it still there or was it the spell trigger...and lastly is it moving or not? Course I guess if he needs to be able to see to also see the aura it doesn't matter.

Cerryl, I'd say you couldn't see the aura after the darkness spell hits; as I recall, darkness will suppress any magical light that's at an equal or lesser spell level...but you do know that the aura was just 5' feet north of your position. Also, you can move 10' without cutting yourself...

Toban sweeps the southwest quadrant of the darkness clear of sharp implements...however, he is the only one aware of where the pile is...

Cerryl hears a shrill voice coming from the west...he can tell the language is Undercommon...and it sounds like a summoning spell...

As Toban and Cerryl have already reacted, I'll wait a bit to give Lovissa, Rosie, and Jastrokan time to react to the darkness, if they so wish, before moving us on...

Sorry, my kids and I are sick.

Cast into darkness, Lovissa lets loose the magic stored in her ancient statuette. There's a sudden breeze, and a small air elemental vaguely the shape of a winged humanoid appears before her.

Using her servitor ability as a standard action to summon a small air elemental for one minute. The elemental has darkvision and immediately attempts to attack the nearest enemy. Not sure what it sees, but the elemental flies up to the enemy and attacks. If it can't see an enemy for some reason it will spend the turn trying to find one.

Attack (slam): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

No worries, Lovissa, y'all's health is much more important than this game. Hope y'all feel better! I'll wait till morning to move us on in case Rosie and Jastrokan want to take an action beforehand. That servitor ability sounds cool and, quick spoiler, should prove beneficial to y'all…

Rosie opens up and activates her wayfinder, curious if it's powerful enough to glow through the darkness.

"Ahh!" Jastrokan shrieks. "Hey! How am I supposed to paint in this?"

Jastrokan thinks about what just happened, so see if it's a spell he knows about, how to counter it, and how big it might be...

Spellcraft (darkness): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

When he hears the person chanting in the background he tries to figure out what they're doing...

Spellcraft (spell being cast): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

And if he has time he listens to where the chanting is coming from, so he knows which way to go.

Perception (where are they?): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14

The area in darkness below the white line is what Toban cleared of sharp objects...

Unfortunately, the darkness prevents Rosie from seeing her Wayfinder as well as keeping Jastrokan from his painting...Jastrokan instead moves forward slowly west, towards the voice, correctly identifying the spell as a summoning...

As Lovissa summons up some help for the party, things start to happen very quickly...

Surprise Round/Begin Round 1

The aura that Cerryl detected earlier, drops from the ceiling unseen, attacking the wizard...

Slam: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Damage: 1d3 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Grapple vs. CMD 11: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Constrict: 1d3 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

...and the beast slams the mage, grabbing and squeezing tightly...

Since it was up close with Cerryl, he can make the check, all others must wait till it's in sight...

In an instant, Lovissa's elemental swoops in to attack the creature on Cerryl, slamming into it and getting its attention...

After being hit and seeing the air elemental as a bigger threat, the creature releases Cerryl and attacks the elemental...

Slam: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

...but the air elemental easily avoids the creature...

Combat! Round 1: The bold may post!

Attacking in the dark: if you target the correct square, your target will have 50% concealment, i.e., you'd have a 50-50 chance of hitting your for even if your attack would otherwise damage it...

Ceiling creature (-3)
Lovissa (-1)
Lovissa's elemental
?
Rosie
Jastrokan
?
Cerryl (-12)
Toban

Combat Map - Slide 3

"Hey, what's going on? Who turned out the lights?"

Attempting to determine what is attacking him.

Knowledge (Dungeoneering): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

So lets see not sure what acceptable questions would be...but lets go for elemental strengths/weaknesses. Unless that is considered 2 questions.

Calling out while taking a step back towards Toban.

Its a Darkmantle though doubt it is the one casting a summoning spell also.

As he steps back Cerryl is also pulling a CLW potion off his bandoleer and drinking it quickly.

I am assuming he no longer has sight of the creature...if so he would attempt to avoid it while taking his 5 ft step.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Lovissa's elemental slams into the enemy again!

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

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Listening to the sounds of battle, Lovissa slowly moves towards the fight. Unfortunately, that makes her bump into Jastrokan. "Oh, dear! Who was that? Jastrokan? Careful, lad! The enemy's close."

Then she tries to listen to see if she can figure out which way to go next...

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

Cerryl, while you can make the Knowledge check anytime, your turn as far as initiative goes is not yet up...unless circumstances change, I'll take your CLW result as your action when your turn comes up...

The water elemental's attack misses this go round but Lovissa's keen senses think that her elemental friend is directly west of her and its target directly west of it...

Combat! Round 1: The bold may post!

Attacking in the dark: if you target the correct square, your target will have 50% concealment, i.e., you'd have a 50-50 chance of hitting your for even if your attack would otherwise damage it...

Ceiling creature (-3)
Lovissa (-1)
Lovissa's elemental
?
Rosie
Jastrokan
?
Cerryl (-12)
Toban