He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
The chest opens easily enough and is full of traveling clothes (various cloaks, boots, a haversack and other environment specific apparel), a complicated brass chronometer, and a silver compass. The last two items are the items giving off the faint divinatory auras that Veshtahz sensed within.
Male Elf (Core) Diviner 8 | Init +9 | HP=40| AC=17/14/13 | CMD=15 |Fort=5, Ref=7, Will=8 (+2 vs enchantment, sleep immunity) | Perception +12 (Low-light, Detect Scrying) ---- Familiar Doru Div (usually invisible) => constant Detect Magic and Detect Good | See in Darkness| Perception +12 -----
Diviners Fortune:
10/10
Veshtahz telepaticaly suggest that Jair take the chest and get out.
He'll spend couple more minutes here among this aroma trying to find something useful. Or a hole to sleep.
Male Elf (Core) Diviner 8 | Init +9 | HP=40| AC=17/14/13 | CMD=15 |Fort=5, Ref=7, Will=8 (+2 vs enchantment, sleep immunity) | Perception +12 (Low-light, Detect Scrying) ---- Familiar Doru Div (usually invisible) => constant Detect Magic and Detect Good | See in Darkness| Perception +12 -----
Diviners Fortune:
10/10
Veshtahz want to tempt you, Las. And he suggests Jair is impudent. They are fine and found something. Lets give them more time to work. I can summon help as well, if necessary. I wonder, can someone conjure Erase ?
End of Atums spech directed towrards all room inhabbitans.
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Lasaraleen wrote:
With the mention of toxic gases, Lasaraleen weighs in her mind the idea of entering or summoning something to help.
Waiting by the scroll, if anyone (Shrec, Veshtahz etc) emerges, she will ask Where is our friend, Jair? Does she need help? in a near panicked tone.
She can summon a Bralani with whirlwind to try and disperse the gas.
You could. According to Vesh (via telepathic communication with Atum) there's no place for the gas to go (i.e. windows or vents) so while you could disperse it to the far corners of the area with a whirlwind it would return in a few rounds. Jair (though she hasn't said it explicitly is under the effects of delay poison) and Vesh are both basically immune to the effect. It is only Shrec who is slightly insulated thanks to antitoxin and naturally high Fort who is currently in danger.
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Jair Whisper wrote:
Jairs casts detect magic and tries to identify the objects.
Male Elf (Core) Diviner 8 | Init +9 | HP=40| AC=17/14/13 | CMD=15 |Fort=5, Ref=7, Will=8 (+2 vs enchantment, sleep immunity) | Perception +12 (Low-light, Detect Scrying) ---- Familiar Doru Div (usually invisible) => constant Detect Magic and Detect Good | See in Darkness| Perception +12 -----
Diviners Fortune:
10/10
Veshtahz. Please be our interpretive person. Let Jair describe and help her with comments. Lasaraleen worrying.
After short delay Atum says:
Veshtahz insulting you. He will do it if yoy later share with hima secret. Jair is fine. They found 2 magic items. We should give them a minute.
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Jair Whisper wrote:
Jair want to explore a little bit the place in hopes to find something interesting.
@GM I don't know how much time perusing through the volumes will take with the profession (librarian)
Assuming there is else nothing hidden you are probably taking 20 minutes just to look at the names of the books and inspect various items.
Shrec the Powerful wrote:
Shrec will get out of the area now, wherever it is he can go to get out of the gas.
Shrec Will save v scroll text:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
There's no wand. It was a steampunk-looking magical timepiece sort-of-thing that Jair could not identify. There was also a super lightweight silver compass thing that she figured out was a featherlight compass.
Male Elf (Core) Diviner 8 | Init +9 | HP=40| AC=17/14/13 | CMD=15 |Fort=5, Ref=7, Will=8 (+2 vs enchantment, sleep immunity) | Perception +12 (Low-light, Detect Scrying) ---- Familiar Doru Div (usually invisible) => constant Detect Magic and Detect Good | See in Darkness| Perception +12 -----
Diviners Fortune:
10/10
Atum is writing half-visible glyph in the air just before his eyes and whispers...
Uzrey rerum
... he wears blindfold to one eye, while another observes world around with Arcane Sight
The Diviner with Doru will follow Lasaraleen right behind.
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
This opulent, 40-ft tall gallery hosts an esoteric collection of relics, dioramas, and portraits. The prow of a frigate juts from the far wall, a seared section of bridge sits in the shadow of a gallery walkway to the left, and unmoving figures play out a diabolic sacrifice beneath a twisted tree opposite. Along a reproduced battlement, a desperate battle between ghostly human combatants seems to move with supernatural slowness.
Small engraved bronze placards explain the signifacance of some of the displays. The section of bridge is in fact a fragment from the Arch of Aroden burnt with hellfire when the devil Baraxiel dragged the paladin Rius Galdaeon to Hell outside Corentyn. Ghostly figures fighting on a Corentyn battlement during House Davian’s last surge during the Battle of One-Hundred Kings in 4639 AR. The prow is from the Sargavan frigate Dauntless that sank in that same battle. The tree and its accompanying accompanying figures depict a ritual scene reenacting Abrogail I’s sale of her soul to Asmodeus in Winter Grove. A copy of the contract’s two page preamble sits in a prominent glass display case before it. The large portraits staring down from the upper gallery seem to depict members of the extended Thrune family and their agents. One space is curiously bare.
Ghostly figures in opulent attire wander the hall mutely, cleaning, dusting and straitening. Most appear to be people depicted in the portraits on the walls.
Zarta starts down the stair to inspect the collection. She reads off the description of the battlement display as the slow-motion battle plays itself out between the two ghostly armies.
"The Battle of One-Hundred Kings. My ancestor. My real ancestor, Lannavia Davian, fought at this battle. This was the last major offensive before the end of the Civil War against House Thrune and its allies." she says half-lost in reverie.
Male Elf (Core) Diviner 8 | Init +9 | HP=40| AC=17/14/13 | CMD=15 |Fort=5, Ref=7, Will=8 (+2 vs enchantment, sleep immunity) | Perception +12 (Low-light, Detect Scrying) ---- Familiar Doru Div (usually invisible) => constant Detect Magic and Detect Good | See in Darkness| Perception +12 -----
Diviners Fortune:
10/10
Atum silently observing magic pigments and colors through Arcane Sight. This place is so interesting, intriguing, and dramatic. Atum want to be lucky to find something worth.
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Lasaraleen feels a growing sense of dread as the sounds of the ghostly battle seem to grow louder to her ears.
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Lasaraleen wrote:
invisibility purge is still operational
Noted.
Atum Shane wrote:
Hopefuly Atum can see something too?
Arcane sight picks up the fact that many of the items here have faint transmutation enchantments (basically effects that keep them from deteriorating due to age--common in many high-end museums and collections in Golarion as well), it also identifies the wall scroll on far side of the room, but it does not help here.
The spectral army assaulting the battlement fragment increases in size, filling the room with ghostly combatants. Then, suddenly, a huge demonic creature erupts from a pillar of flame in a pillar of flame amid them, sowing terror.
Lasaraleen spontaneously channels the power of her goddess and the burst pushes explodes upon the pillar blowing much of the flame away. The winged red titan within bellows in rage at the seeming affront.
Creatures in the area are panicked for 1 round and then confused for 2d4 rounds; creatures who succeed at a DC 18 Will save are only shaken for 1 round and not confused. If you fail the check roll to see how many your PC is confused.
Also, if they are not confused, your PC may make the following rolls if otherwise able.
Knowledge (history) 20:
The huge "demonic" creature is the devil Gorthoklek, one of Asmodeus' generals, deployed to the Battle of One-Hundred Kings to end the command of the House Davian's war leader, Lannavia Davian, and end the Civil War, a feat it was able to accomplish. Currently he serves as one of Queen Abrogail Thrune II's chief advisors.
To identify the huge demonic being's "type" roll one Knowledge (planes) check and open all the spoilers below that apply.
Knowledge (planes) 30+:
The huge creature is a Pit fiend! Pit fiends are among the most powerful devils in Hell.
Knowledge (planes) 35+:
Pit fiends have all the usual diabolic resistances, but to a much, much greater degree. They wield powerful magics, and their bites carry devilish poisons and disease. Nearly unstoppable by spell or sword, only blessed weapons of silver have any noticeable effect upon them.
AC18(T12,FF16) CMD16| HP 61/70| F +9 R +5 W +14 | Init +1, Perc +7, Sense Motive +15 | Haste
Will:1d20 + 14 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 14 - 4 = 28
Jair, in her new mental state is not that much shaken by the infernal figure that just appeared!
Know. History:1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 7 - 4 = 22 Know. Planes:1d20 + 11 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 11 - 4 = 10
She's not able to recognize the creature, but she remembers the date and place where the battle take place and the tall infernal figure as Gorthklek, the General of Asmodeus that give victory to the Thrones armies at the battle of the One-Hundred Kings.
What's going on Las?
Asks Jair, a little bit confused by the situation.
-whispers Atum. He is ready to run away from demonic forces. But will he?
He does because that first round he is panicked.
Vesh dives into Atum's robes and Atum himself dives screaming in a panic for the wall scroll. Make your Will saves vs the devilish scroll script (-2 to the save for panic).
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
The huge fiery devil laughs and looks down at a shaken Zarta Dralneen.
"LANNAVIA DAVIAN, I HAVE YOU AT LAST!" Its voice is like a volcano. It flaps it's tremendous wings once and the force of it flaps everyone's clothing like an oncoming windstorm.
All the while ghostly armies clash about the party.
Round 1! (Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
_________________
__ Shrec
__ Atum/Vesh confused 6/5
__ Jair
__ Chandu
__ Zarta
__ Leonabot
__ Huge, powerful, sinewy, winged, balrog devil-thingy -15 hp
__ Lasaraleen
__ Various other NPCs in the entrance temple chamber
LN Female Half elf Bard 7|DD4 Init +8 | HP 99/99 | AC 25, T15, FF22| Fort +13, Ref +15, Will +12, +2 vs ench, +4 vs bard | CMD 29 | Perception +22, Sense Motive +30
AMF:
AC18, HP44/88, F +8, R +8, W+8
Resources:
Claws 8|8; IC 13|21; LM 1/1; Reroll: Used
Spell Slots:
7/3/0/2
| Conditions: Delay Poison
Chandu moves up to Zarta and shouts, Get out of here you fool! as a piece of inspirational advice to the group. The tip of her spear bursts into golden light.
Move action to move, standard for inspire courage +2|2, attack damage, charm and fear saves, swift to activate arcane strike
Male Elf (Core) Diviner 8 | Init +9 | HP=40| AC=17/14/13 | CMD=15 |Fort=5, Ref=7, Will=8 (+2 vs enchantment, sleep immunity) | Perception +12 (Low-light, Detect Scrying) ---- Familiar Doru Div (usually invisible) => constant Detect Magic and Detect Good | See in Darkness| Perception +12 -----
Diviners Fortune:
10/10
Will for scroll elevater:1d20 + 5 - 1 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 5 - 1 - 4 - 2 = 1
New tatoos appear at elven face...
Will Veshtahz:1d20 + 6 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 6 - 2 - 2 = 12
Bulbous sausages power nowhere - babbling Veshtahz from underneath.
We are in great danger. I feel my thoughts a so unusual, without proper connections. I barely recognize you.
- answered Atum in trembling voice to Vetrivides and other room inhabbitans. Actually, bonedevil is the person to be far from...
He still observes the world around partially seen, through Arcane Sight what makes diviner even more confused.
I probably got some Boon to help with confusion. Will look for tonight when I get home.
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Seeing the state of the party's wizard Shrecbot curses and presses himself through the scroll drawing his weapons as he goes. He arrives on the other side next turn.
Shrec Will save v scroll script:1d20 + 4 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 - 4 = 3
Leonabot attempts to calm her friends with her most soothing voice, imagining that it might work better than casting burning hands, glitterdust or lightning bolt at the addled pair. Not getting anywhere she begins to despair.
Then, she hits upon it! "GUMBI!" she cries.
She casts web (reflex DC 17) upon Atum's side of the room.
Chandu moves up to Zarta and shouts, Get out of here you fool! as a piece of inspirational advice to the group. The tip of her spear bursts into golden light.
Move action to move, standard for inspire courage +2|2, attack damage, charm and fear saves, swift to activate arcane strike
"That's not terrifically inspiring my dear. You should try for a more competent commanding tone. Like this: She turns to address the desperate spirit armies of House Davian.
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our Chelish dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let pry through the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit
To his full height. On, on, you noblest Chelish.
Whose blood is fet from mothers of war-proof!
Mothers that, like so many Iomedaes,
Have in these parts from morn till even fought
And sheathed their swords for lack of argument:
Dishonour not your mothers; now attest
That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.
Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman,
Whose limbs were made in Avistan, show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;
For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'ARODEN FOR DAVIAN, CHELIAX AND IOMEDAE!'
In response the ghostly armies of Davian's coalition roar forward against Thrune, and slowly begin to press the diabolic hosts back.
Zarta turns to Chandu like a proctor and says "And that is how a bard should say it." She draws the dagger from her garter sheath.
Inspire courage An affected ally receives a +3 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +3 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls.
He doesn't believe in 'game balance'. Gandalf always lets him pass. As a feat, he has Exotic Weapon Proficiency (beard). The city guard often question him, just because they find him so interesting. His dice bag is woven from tarrasque leather. His TPKs end game lines. His blood cures moderate wounds. He once punched a flumph. Yes, you heard me. He belongs to a prestige class whose sole requirement for entry is just being him. ♬ He is indeed, the most interesting GM in the world. ♬
Jair Whisper wrote:
Realizing that she was facing an Haunt, Jair tries to dissipate its effect.
May the secret of your History help me destroy you!
"YOU DARE DEFY ME?! ME!?" bellows the infernal giant. It takes to the air and lunges at Jair!
But before it can reach her with it's claws (a +32 attack that deals phantasmal killer death or damage on each strike) Jair slaps the ground with her daemonic unholy symbol and sends the entire scene, devil armies and all, back to the grave (by 1 hp), leaving only the servant spirits still silently going about their tasks.
