GM Ladile & the Pathfinder Society Present: From Shore to Sea (Inactive)

Game Master Lady Ladile

When McKieg sees a second giant crab join the first, he swings his axe at the monster, but he cracks the stone walls instead. Blast it, man! Should have been easy to hit, squeezing into that tight spot like it is!
AoO vs Blue (-4AC penalty from squeezing), +1 adamantine dwarven longaxe, divine favor, Power Attack; Damage: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 101d12 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

When the red crab moves in for the kill, the dwarf seizes the opportunity to deliver another powerful blow to the creature.
Combat Reflexes, AoO vs Red, +1 adamantine dwarven longaxe, divine favor, Power Attack; Damage: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 231d12 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

(I might have mistaken which of the critters suffers the -4AC penalty for squeezing.)

Then McKieg steps back, in front of Luurg, and swings his axe again at Red Lobster.
+1 adamantine dwarven longaxe, divine favor, Furious Focus, Power Attack; Damage: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 221d12 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

(If red was killed earlier by the AoO, then McKieg will stay where he was, in front of Adyr, drop his axe and use his cold iron dagger as a sacred weapon against blue, +6 to hit and d8+6 damage.

Red was the one suffering the penalty for squeezing~

As Blue comes charging up McKieg takes a swing at the thing but misses, his axe cracking against the nearby wall. When Red moves in McKieg takes another swing, this time having better luck as he slices off a grabby claw!

Luurg then starts to move in for the kill but realizes that Red looks mightily hurt; banking on McKieg being able to handle it from here, he instead jabs his new spear at Blue! Blue shrieks in agony as the spear pieces its tough exoskeleton, doing just a little more damage than usual.

McKieg then takes another swing at Red and cleaves the lobster's head clean off its...shoulders? Neck? Something like that.

Adjusted the target order just to make things a little easier & save some time.

Though pained and enraged by Luurg's attack Blue can't reach him, so he turns his attention to the next best target - McKieg.

Claw vs. McKieg: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34
Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (4, 5) + 7 = 16

Crit!?: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23

Grab?: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (20) + 19 = 39
Constrict: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (3, 5) + 7 = 15

Quick as a flash Blue shoots out a mighty claw and snaps it closed around McKieg, easily hefting the dwarf and delivering him to his nasty mass of mouth-tentacles. As McKieg feels a stinging, tingling sensation beginning to spread over his body it occurs to him that there are just way too many grabby things living on - and under - Nal-Kashel.

McKieg, please make a DC 19 Fort or be paralyzed for 6 rounds.

With one target out of the way the creature also lashes out at Adyr with his other claw, for good measure. But does he hit the right one?

Claw vs. Adyr: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34

1=True
1d6 ⇒ 4

He doesn't! He instead pops one of the images!
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Round 2/Round 3

Sheela (Mage Armor) + Friend
Adyr (Mirror Image; 4 images)
Tiffany
Luurg (Barkskin, Heroism, Long Arm, Str. Mutagen)
McKieg (-31; Grappled Barkskin, Defending Bone)
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Blue (-30; Grappled)
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Wadi (Mage Armor)

Active Conditions: Inspire Courage +2/+2

Environmental Conditions: None

Wadi is UP at the bottom of Round 2 and then everyone else is UP at the top of Round 3!

Down Below

Wadi cries out to the remaining creature, "Let him go!" as he points at the creature grappling McKieg. Soon it is engulfed by flames!

Cast Spontaneous Immolation at Blue. Blue takes 3d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 3) = 8 points of fire damage and catches on fire. A successful DC 16 Fortitude save reduces this damage by half and prevents the target from catching on fire. Each round on your turn, a burning target can attempt a DC 16 Reflex save to extinguish the flames; otherwise it takes another 1d6 ⇒ 4 fire damage.

Queen Rainbowprances, the Celestial Horse continues her assault.

Hoof, Flanking: 1d20 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (17) - 2 + 2 = 17
Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 Add +2 if it's evil

Sheela realizes there is no way to shoot through here, so she casts vanish and moves forward.

If it can detect invisible creatures, Sheela provokes an AoO.

Luurg smiles as New Spear does gud. His smile quickly turns upside, just like his half mang friend McKieg as he's being claw cramped. "Hold on half mang, New Spear comin' ta help right.... NOW!" He jabs up and over the half mang's head.

+1 Spear aberration bane, PA, Heroism, Mutagen, inspire, Soft Cover, Flank: 1d20 + 9 - 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 9 - 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 - 4 + 2 = 161d8 + 7 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 6 + 3 + 2 + (5, 6) + 2 = 33

Bahh, 3 dice? Ungood. Is soft cover -2 or -4? Add 2 if its only -2.

"First tentacles, now claws! What's with this place! Everything just wants to give us the grossest hugs ever!" Tiffany complains, swapping her sling for a net, and trying to toss it over McKieg's shoudler to bag the crab.

Net (Net Adept) vs Touch to entangle: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Adyr maintains his oration (free action) and channels arcane energy into his sword (swift action) and attacks (standard action).

Attack with Longsword: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 2 = 16
Damage (Cold Iron/Magic): 1d8 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 2 + 2 = 7

"Another creature of the deep! Should we have expected any less?"

Fortitude DC19: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22 (+3 vs Poison?)

Grappled in the giant lobster's claw, a crushed and bleeding McKieg drops his axe and draws his cold iron dagger. He utters a swift prayer, "Yuelral the Wise, sanctify this blade as a sacred weapon."

He thrusts his dagger at the lobster, but the creature's hardened shell deflects the weapon.
Cold Iron Dagger, divine favor, Sacred Weapon, Inspire Courage +2, Furious Focus, Power Attack, Grappled; Damage: 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (5) + 8 - 4 = 91d8 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

Wadi points at Blue and snaps his fingers, causing the creature to burst into flame...and to continue to burn! Queen Rainbowprances continues trying to batter Blue with angry hooves but even with its guard lowered a little thanks to tangling with McKieg, the celestial horse can't quite manage to land a solid blow.

Deciding to take a risk Sheela vanishes from sight for just a moment and darts through the melee, remaining blissfully undetected and unmolested as she does.

Luurg tries to come to McKieg's rescue as he jabs New Spear at the beast but with McKieg actually in the way somewhat, it's harder than usual to land a blow - even with the creature being as big as it is. But Tiffany fares better as she flings her net and just manages to land it atop Blue's head and shoulders!

There's a lot going on but Adyr tries to return the favor and strikes back at Blue, but he's also unable to strike the creature. McKieg doesn't fare much better, though he's able to fight off the paralytic secretions from the thing's tentacles...for the moment, anyway.

While Blue's mandibles chew away on the dwarf morsel he's got stashed in his tentacles...

Mandible Damage: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Also need another DC 19 Fort from McKieg; the ability isn't listed as a poison effect even though it's sure flavored as one.

...it continues to flail its claw-hands at the only targets within reach, which are Adyr and Queen Rainbowprances!

1=Adyr, 2=QRP
2d2 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3

Claw vs. QRP (Entangled, Grappled): 1d20 + 14 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 14 - 2 - 2 = 25
Damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (4, 3) + 7 = 14

Claw vs. Adyr (Entangled, Grappled): 1d20 + 14 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 14 - 2 - 2 = 16

Though Queen Rainbowprances takes a nasty blow, Adyr is once again spared by his magics as another image is popped by a near miss! And Blue's day continues to get worse as it finds itself unable to extinguish the flames that cover it, taking a little more damage in the process.
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Round 3/Round 4

Sheela (Invisible, Mage Armor) + Friend (-14)
Adyr (Mirror Image; 4 images)
Tiffany
Luurg (Barkskin, Heroism, Long Arm, Str. Mutagen)
McKieg (-44; Grappled, Barkskin, Defending Bone, Pending Fort)
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Blue (-42; Entangled, Grappled, On Fire!)
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Wadi (Mage Armor)

Active Conditions: Inspire Courage +2/+2

Environmental Conditions: None

Wadi is UP at the bottom of Round 3 and then everyone else is UP at the top of Round 4!

Down Below

Fortitude DC19: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23
Little more than a crushed, bleeding pulp, McKieg falls unconscious, and the giant crustacean lets his limp form fall to the ground.

There comes a time in every med'cin man's life where he's gotta choose between applying the healing stick and applying the beat stick. This is the time to apply the beat stick. While he's concerned for half mang, Luurg is also happy to see much more of the creature's chest now that McKieg has fallen to the ground. He jabs New Spear with great killing power at that chest plate.

+1 Spear aberration bane, PA, Heroism, Mutagen, inspire, Flank: 1d20 + 9 - 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 9 - 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 281d8 + 7 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 6 + 3 + 2 + (4, 5) + 2 = 34

"Bad crabby. Some fix half mang quicky!" He hollers as he wrestles with his crab on a stick.

Still invisible, Sheela pulls out her wand of Cure Light Wounds and tries to apply it to McKeig.

UMD, DC 20: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

The spark of life flows to his battered body. He lives for a bit longer.

Queen Rainbowprances, the Celestial Horse continues her assault.

Hoof 1, Flanking, Inspired: 1d20 - 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (5) - 2 + 2 + 2 = 7
Damage: 1d4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 2 = 6 Add +2 if it's evil

Hoof 2, Flanking, Inspired: 1d20 - 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (8) - 2 + 2 + 2 = 10
Damage: 1d4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 2 = 5 Add +2 if it's evil

Once the creature has dropped the unconscious warpriest Wadi takes advantage of the situation to send a fiery ray at it!

Elemental Ray, ranged touch: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 = 9; Fire damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Regaining consciousness, McKieg looks up at... no one, and with a swift flick of his wrist releases his wand of cure light wounds from its spring-loaded sheath and activates it.
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 (36 charges remaining)

To the group's horror, McKieg goes limp in the creature's grasp as its mandibles cheerfully chew away on the captive dwarf. Thinking the dwarf dead, the creature releases him from his tentacles and McKieg falls to the floor with a *thud* and a *clang*.

Luurg hauls off and delivers a mighty, powerful blow with New Spear, a blow that would surely have felled a lesser beast! Blue screeches in agony and thick, black blood flows freely from the wound left by the spear...but the creature doesn't fall.

Still invisible, Sheela draws her healing wand and manages to activate it as she taps the unconscious dwarf, stopping his bleeding and returning him to consciousness! Queen Rainbowprances keeps flailing away at Blue but still can't seem to hit him.

With McKieg now somewhat out of harm's way Wadi takes advantage of the situation to shoot a small ray of fire which only just misses the mark and scorches the nearby wall instead.

On the floor, McKieg's eyes flutter open. Realizing that he seems to have been granted a reprieve from death for the moment, he activates his spring-loaded wrist sheath and further heals himself with his own wand.
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Round 4

Sheela (Invisible, Mage Armor) + Friend (-14)
Adyr (Mirror Image; 3 images)
Tiffany
Luurg (Barkskin, Heroism, Long Arm, Str. Mutagen)
McKieg (-36; Prone, Barkskin, Defending Bone)
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Blue (-72; Entangled, On Fire!)
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Wadi (Mage Armor)

Active Conditions: Inspire Courage +2/+2

Environmental Conditions: None

Adyr and Tiffany are UP!

Down Below

Adyr continues his performance and attempts to heal McKieg and his companions via arcane energies.

Channel Energy 2d6 selecting out the two enemies.

Healing Burst: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 1) = 4

"Defend yourself McKieg!"

"Oh no! McKieg!" Tiffany looks at the fallen dwarf. "Not cool, nope! Not cool at all! Just for that, I'm taking out the big guns! We're about to dine on some snow crab, friends!" The grippli winds up a snowball and lobs it at the crab.

Snowball, Ranged touch, IC, Into melee: 1d20 + 7 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 7 + 2 - 4 = 20
Damage: 5d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 6, 2, 5) = 20

As Adyr channels a small bit of positive energy and further strengthens his dwarven companion Tiffany decides that enough is enough. She conjures a snowball, of all things, and flings it mightily at Blue...

*SPLAT!*

The snowball splatters with chilling force across the creature's face! It staggers a step or two back and collapses to the ground, still at last.

Combat Over!

Adyr will use his arcane powers to heal McKieg (casting Cure Light Wounds twice).

"Here you go...this should make you feel a little better."

Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Total healing=22 points.

Luurg pulls out New Spear from the frosty crab corpse then helps half mang to his feet with a meaty handshake. "Dem tings no gud, Luurg 'member, Luurg 'member. We fix you up real gud den we go!"

Once McKieg is all fixed up Luurg takes the opportunity to finish off the two crabs with a well placed stick from New Spear then peaks around the corner to see just what they're dealing with.

"Thank you, Adyr," says McKieg, accepting the healing from the bard.

Then the dwarf expends two charges from his wand of cure light wounds restoring himself to full fighting form. (Average of 2 charges = 11hp; 34 charges remaining)

Sheela reappears and pets Queen Rainbowprances. "Thanks for coming back. I know you were mad at me that one time. But it was quite a party. And that duke was... well, he was very well trained." She giggles and then frowns as Queen Rainbowprances runs off. "Oh come on! His wife chased me out of town!"

She sighs. "Oh well. Onward."

Wadi stares at Sheela for a moment...She can't be serious about that! I would have heard something of this from the other gossip-mongers I spend time with. His gaze lingers over her for a moment before he abruptly shrugs. I think the...other rumors I have heard MUST be all true...

"Yes, we must be getting close now."

"Yeah! Plenty more where that came from!" Tiffany flaunts, dusting her snowy palms off.

Adyr nods to the dwarf, "You're welcome."

Pleased to have dispatched the two grabby lobster-things with marginally less trouble than last time, everyone takes a moment to mend wounds and recenter themselves before pressing on. Luurg is the first to brave seeing what's around the corner and down the passage to the right...which isn't really much.

The domed room smells horrible - probably because of the lobster guys -- and a pool of polluted water floods the eastern end of the chamber.

But wait...Luurg's keen eyes pick out the glint of something shiny in the pool of water! Further inspection, after Luurg and McKieg do their due diligence in looking around for traps or ambushes, reveals the source of the glint to be a fist-sized gem with a brilliant orange hue. It glows with magical power.

Down Below

Guidance, Spellcraft DC26: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 1 = 7
"Sorry, friends, but this magic is beyond my ken." McKieg is hopeful another member of the team has the skill to determine the gem's properties.

"Hey, this gem looks very similar to one I own..."

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

"Purdy gem. Mebe Tiffy n Sheelur do better. Luurg not much fer magic rocks." He tosses it to the ladies while he pokes around with New Spear into the water at the back of the cavern.

"Mebe moar?"

While Luurg searches the pool and others study the magical gem, McKieg moves forward to establish far-side security at the junction.
(Darkvision, Take 20 Perception for 24, detect magic)

"Luurg, it's going to take a miracle for me to identify the magic within." She shrugs. She takes a look.

Spellcraft with Guidance, did I roll a 20?: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 1 = 7

She laughs heartily. "No surprises there. I have no idea what this does."

"Ready when you are."

Adyr examines the gemstone.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Adyr's eye widen as he realizes what the magical nature of the gem is, "This is a gem of a pyromantic nature... commonly called a gem of Elemental Fire. I believe if its arcane energies are released it will summon an elemental of considerable size."

Please with himself, "Sheela, since you are our Master-Summoner, you should probably hold on to this for the time being."

"A fire elemental, huh. I can summon those too! But yeah, Sheela would totally be better suited for that gem.. even.. as... shiny.. as it.. is..." Tiffany gazes over at the pretty flickering gem.

"Oo, fire." Sheela takes the gem and gives it a close look. "Tiffany, take a good look. Its luster is incredible."

"Big fire guy? Bigger den big Luurg big? Or wut. Luurg pretty big too." He flexes, which in his current state is a pretty decent set of guns.

He gives up fishing for gems and heads back up front with half mang McKieg. "You tink Luurg big ok? Ok." He asks the Dwarf, not entirely self confident about being challenged by a bigger fire guy.

Although he wishes he had more time to make a detailed examination of the gem, Adyr realizes that time is a commodity in short supply.

"Might I suggest we continue on our exploration of this place?"

"Let's move." McKieg grips his longaxe, loosening the muscles in his neck.

With the properties of the gem identified and nothing of further interest to be found in this small side chamber you continue onward through the passage. Your path continues on an almost circuitous manner, taking you past another branching passage that once led almost due north but has long since collapsed. From there, the passage continues northeast before slowly starting to curve south once again.

It's at about this point that McKieg and Luurg can see what appears to be another passage or room that leads away to the right.

Down Below

Guidance, Spellcraft DC16: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
McKieg sweeps the path ahead for magical auras. "The passageway directly in front of and just beyond this branch glows with an aura of abjuration," the dwarf whispers, "but I'm unable to identify the magic at work."

"Perhaps, one of you can identify it?"

The dwarf draws his wand of bless, activates it, then stows it away. (44 charges remaining)

"Let me try McKieg." Wadi attempts to identify the spell in question...

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Sheela sticks a curious head out.

Spellcraft, Guidance: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 1 = 22

"That... is an alarm spell! Yes!" Sheela is quite proud of herself.

"So, anyone has a mean of dispelling that, or do we prepare for trouble?"

"What's a dispell spell? Oh. Ya, no Luurg no do any of dat kinda tings." He puts his hand to his headband and nods as if its explaining something to him.

He draws out a pineapple though and munches on it. Shield: 6mins.

"An alarm? Ugh, I hate those things! I guess someone expects us to be coming. Is there really any way around this thing?" Tiffany looks down the hall.

"I don't think any of us possess the skill to dispel or disable an alarm spell," McKieg whispers. "We'd best be prepared for an enemy that will be prepared for us."

While the rest of the team gets ready, the warpriest casts divine favor on himself. (1 minute)

Then the dwarf looks at Luurg and nods, indicating he's ready to advance with the half-orc.

Adyr takes a few moments to listen to his companions and offers the following advice, "Whoever...or whatever has taken the time to set up a zone of magical protection without some form of immediate injury or death is indicative of some form of guardian or guardians which will be alerted and prepared for our arrival. Or they are on their way to us. We need to take precautions."

"A wise precaution," Wadi nods as he intones his own magical protection. Cast Shield on himself.

Sheela nods. "Well, my Mage Armor is still active. I can summon Princess Sparkletrot ahead of us, and see if she notices anything coming our way."

Summon Monster 1 to summon a pony. Maybe the guardians will attack it?

Painfully aware that you have no means of dispelling the Alarm that has been placed ahead of you there's little to do but gird your loins and forge ahead. Though there's no audible alarm that you can hear as you move forward you're certain that the spell has been triggered just the same and that someone, or something, is now aware of your presence here in the depths.

While Sheela sends Princess Sparkletrot further down the corridor the rest of you pause long enough to glance down the passage to your right, which leads to another small chamber. The organic structures of this room are badly decayed, exposing the island's dark bedrock beneath, but it otherwise appears to be empty.

Meanwhile, Princess Sparkletrot continues on just past a section of passage that seems to 'pinch' and then continue away towards the northeast. All is quiet, except for the gentle clip-clop of hooves.

Down Below

Perception DC 15: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19

"Hey what's this?" Wadi points out the small urn sitting next to the exposed bedrock. "And it's magical!"

Spellcraft DC 21: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

After examining them briefly he announces, "These are 4 doses of Salve of Slipperiness!"