HP 94/94 | AC 24 TAC 16 FF 19 (fortification 25%) | CMD 26 | F +11 R +15 W +9 [immune poison] (evasion,+4 vs. sonic and language effects) | Sing: 28/28 Ex: 3/3 LM: 2/2 L1: 6/6 L2: 5/5 L3: 5/5 L4: 3/3 | Ini +6 | Senses +12
Pandora shouts an ear piercing scream trying to break the fabric of the nasty red turret.
Sonic damage:5d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 5, 6, 5) = 20 Fort DC 15 for half damage and to avoid daze (I am conscious it is probably immune to daze)
"Well, let's do this the hard way" profiting her haste, Pandora quickly goes up the stairs while drawing her longsword in her free hand, she then continues her inspiring whistle.
Zanice cuts though the one turret with is cold infused blade.
Fort Save:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10
The remaining on shatters from the sonic damage.
With the automated defenses dealt with the ranking guardsman greets you "We thought it was going to be it for us. It was all quiet on the ship until we tried to access one of the sealed doors down below. Jenas, attempted to break though the door, and that is all this happened. Then, well, you can see what happened. Most of us were able to get back up here but still lost a few. "
Zanice sheathes his Adamantine Scimitar, then goes to collect his Black Blade from the deck where he dropped it. He pulls out his wand of Infernal Healing and uses three charges(over 3 minutes) to heal himself to full.
While he is healing, he turns to the guardsman. Best to leave the exploring to us. I'm sure you can handle yourself most of the time, but there's no telling what might be down there.
The compartment appears empty and sterile except for the crumpled bodies of the two Harbor Guardsmen that lie on the floor—smashed by the crystalline automaton that attacked them so suddenly. The opposite end of the compartment has a single door in the bulkhead, seemingly constructed of a single piece of crystal. Lying beside it is an ornate heavy axe with a head of a lustrous silvery metal.
The Axe is magical and you identify it as a +2 Adamantine battle axe
The door on the other side is also magical and is some type of portal know as a ghost portal Studying it for a few rounds you can determine that it is programed to let a only those that meet certain criteria though the portal.
Anyone want this axe? I can use it but won't be as good with it as with Neph or my Adamantine Scimitar.
Am I able to determine the criteria for who can pass the portal if I study it more?
Spellcraft or Knowledge(Arcana):1d20 + 19 ⇒ (1) + 19 = 20 Ghost Portal - only non-living matter maybe? I'm completely guessing here. I don't recall any specifics.
Tje walks up to the portal shimmers and you can make out the chamber on the other side. However you can tell there is still something there since it looks like you are seeing the other room though the surface of water.
HP 94/94 | AC 24 TAC 16 FF 19 (fortification 25%) | CMD 26 | F +11 R +15 W +9 [immune poison] (evasion,+4 vs. sonic and language effects) | Sing: 28/28 Ex: 3/3 LM: 2/2 L1: 6/6 L2: 5/5 L3: 5/5 L4: 3/3 | Ini +6 | Senses +12
Before going down Pandora asks the guardsmen "Have you unveiled any piece of useful information about the ship?"
Once down, Pandora helps examining the area and trying to understand the portal.
Perception+HR:1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 11 + 2 = 24 K. planes+HR:1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 9 + 2 = 21
"Is any of you able to teleport back to Absalom or summon an outsider? If we are to send someone there we must make sure she has the means to come back to the city if the portal only works one way" the woman looks at her bow performing some simple fixes to make sure it is ready for the worst.
Where there other doors to follow GM or was this the only one accessible from the main deck?
Before we progress further, Zanice will cast False Life:1d10 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16 for Temp HP.
I can't cast Teleport but I do have Dimension Door available, as you saw earlier. Either one will not help if the space beyond the portal is not on the Prime Material Plane.
Do I think that is the case?
Knowledge(Planes):1d20 + 19 ⇒ (14) + 19 = 33
Well, then i hope we won't be needing any teleportation. it'ss a lesser magic anyway. Now this barrier however is very interesting
is it physical? can i touch it? is it hard? or does it give little? is it more like a regular egg or like an egg you've soaked in vinegar for a day? can i lick it? what does it taste like?
Garmit goes up to see how to make sure the door is safe. Tje looks at it and think "Ghost Portals. They are empowered by Ethreal spirits, ghosts, that can provide its ability to be selective"
As she telling this the ghost in question flies though Garmit as he attempts to disable the portal, and manifests.
At tiefling warrior wielding a ghostly warhammer appears in the room with you.
Damage is magical, but not ghost touch, so will do half assuming a 29 hits. 8 from the sword, 2 acid, 2 electric and 9 electric from the spell for a total of 21 after halving.
Tje recognizes this as a ghost of a Teifling Barbarian. Aside from standard ghostly traits (incorpreal, undead imunities) this has has some additional energy resistances (cold, fire, electricity 5) and a very nasty ghost touch warhammer.
Free Action: spend 2 points from his blade's Arcane Pool to have all it's damage count as Force until the start of his next turn.
Swift Action: Activating his Bane Baldric to make his blade Undead Bane.
Casting Arcane Mark Concentration:1d20 + 20 ⇒ (15) + 20 = 35 (DC 15) and full attack:
Black Blade Spellstrike attack:1d20 + 20 ⇒ (11) + 20 = 31(Crit threat 18+),1d6 + 13 + 2d6 ⇒ (2) + 13 + (1, 3) = 19 + 1d6 ⇒ 5 acid,1d6 ⇒ 3 electric
HP 94/94 | AC 24 TAC 16 FF 19 (fortification 25%) | CMD 26 | F +11 R +15 W +9 [immune poison] (evasion,+4 vs. sonic and language effects) | Sing: 28/28 Ex: 3/3 LM: 2/2 L1: 6/6 L2: 5/5 L3: 5/5 L4: 3/3 | Ini +6 | Senses +12
"A ghost? What happened to you? What's this ship?" Pandora attempts to communicate with the ghost, but she quickly understands this will revert to combat.
The woman steps next to the wall and starts singing once more a inspiring song of heroics, then shots an arcane empowered arrow at the ghost.
+1 shock ataptative composite longbow+PB+IC+PS-DA+HR+haste:1d20 + 13 + 1 + 2 - 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 13 + 1 + 2 - 2 + 2 + 1 = 18 P/Magical damage+PB+IC+AS+DA+shock:1d8 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + (2) = 21
Sing rounds: 20/26
Inspire courage everybody: +2 competence to hit/damage, +2 morale vs charm/fear
It is an odd edge case, but it does not really matter, like most ghosts they don't have many "real" hit points. just seems like a lot when you only do half damage.
Zanice's force blades disperses the manifestation. Though Tje does not think it is fully destroyed. Though it will take at least a day to rejuvenate.
However with the ghost gone, the door loose it active magic. It is now just a normal door. Opening it reveals a two section chamber.
In the first, closer section, A crystalline grill is inset into a bulkhead with an aperture in the overhead that once provided ventilation, though it is now blocked by a seamless crystal plug. Side chambers are empty but still have meat hooks and hanging nets embedded in the overhead to provide storage for foodstuffs and other supplies.
Just beyond, a strangely shaped cabin stretches forward, but its dimensions are difficult to make out due to its alien features. Odd, man-sized cubicles seem to be stacked into the bulkheads themselves throughout the room, but whether sleeping berths, holding cells, or simply shelving is unclear. Their true purpose is further masked by the growths of ghostlike plant life that hang throughout the room. Like thick tendrils of ivy and great curling leaves, these colorless tangles and shoots mat the walls, twist upon the deck, and dangle in curtains from the overhead, eerily shifting in and out of phase as they protrude through solid surfaces and each other alike. It is as if sections of them are wholly present and other parts are mere ghost reflections of the strange plant life. The result is a wraithlike maze of otherworldly growths and tangles.
Zanice looks slightly embarrassed. Sorry Pandora, I didn't realize you wanted to talk to it. I figured it was best to deal with the threat as soon as possible. If you want we can hang out for a day and talk to it tomorrow. Tje says it should be back.
"Hang around in this creepy place for a day? I don't think so. Personally I'm glad to see the back of the thing...if ghosts even have backs." Garmit interjects. "Never trust anything that doesn't have a back to be stabbed...that's what I always say!"
Garmit then has a bit of poke around the room for anything not in plain sight.
Currently the room is devoid of active life. Except for the weird half corporeal plant like growth covering the forward section of the chamber. Garmit make out the somewhat concealed door at the far end.
Move yourselves in to the room as you investigate. The plant is more towards the fore of the ship.
Looking at the tentril, you recall something called xenophage creeper. This botanical monstrosity is semi-sentient and has been cultivated by the xill for years. Its semi-corporeal tendrils and roots permeate the forward section of the ship. Tje is also able to tell the given the composition of the The King Xeros that the plant is not orginally part of the ship. Something has caused this plant to take root.
What you are seeing here are the ends of its tendrils. The taproot itself is most likely on a lower deck.
HP 94/94 | AC 24 TAC 16 FF 19 (fortification 25%) | CMD 26 | F +11 R +15 W +9 [immune poison] (evasion,+4 vs. sonic and language effects) | Sing: 28/28 Ex: 3/3 LM: 2/2 L1: 6/6 L2: 5/5 L3: 5/5 L4: 3/3 | Ini +6 | Senses +12
K. planes+HR:1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 9 + 2 = 31 K. nature+HR:1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 9 + 2 = 21
Pandora follows suite after Zanice "It is like the creeper is slowly eating the ship... perhaps that is related with all it's travels through planes..."
The woman looks around the room with care while the ship slowly sways over the waters of Absalom's Bay "There is a door over there... perhaps we should look in"
Perception+HR:1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 11 + 2 = 31
"I'm with blondy, here. I'm opening the door." A sucker for a closed door, particularly if it's at least partly concealed, the rogue opens the door towards the front of the room.
