GM Auke's #8-99: The Solstice Scar, Version D (CORE Subtier 3-4) - OUTPOST II (Inactive)

Game Master Auke Teeninga

Mage armor will have run out, but you can have those precast (I assume Lukian will have cast on himself and the dog and Cloudia on herself and Mao)

You are back on the stone circle map, but a recent pulse of negative energy has left all vegetation dead and crumbling. Forested sections on the map do not impede movement or grant cover any more

Eshimka stands inside the circle and looks at the forces gathered. The giant commands its forces and sends a towering suit of armor with three humanoid corpses walking on all fours in your direction.

Initiative
Cloudia: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
Aurus: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Lukian: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Mao: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Ny'a: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Festrog Red: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Festrog Green: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Festrog Blue: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 1 = 12
Giant Phantom Armor: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

The blue festrog charges Aurus!

To Hit (Bite): 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 4 + 2 = 21 Hits for damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

As the creature feasts on the flesh of Aurus' leg it tries to pull the paladin's legs from under him.

Trip: 1d20 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 + 4 = 19 Succes!

Mao
Cloudia
Giant Phantom Armor
Ny'a
Lukian
Festrog Red
Aurus
Festrog Green
Eshimka (Round 1)
Festrog Blue

Mao flurries the blue festrog.

Flurry 1: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Flurry 2: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12

Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Mao flurries the blue festrog.

[dice=Flurry 1]1d20 + 5
[dice=Flurry 2]1d20 + 5

[dice=Damage]1d8 + 2
[dice=Damage]1d8 + 2

Mao destroys the festrog!

knowlegde rolls?

Cloudia moves over to where Mao is and casts a bull's strength on him.

"Oh, Aurus. It's like being a paladin has painted a target on your chest."

knowlegde rolls?

Religion, so they're undead.

The Giant Phantom Armor walks forward, clearly not as fast as the zombies acting like canines.

Ny'a
Lukian
Festrog Red
Aurus
Festrog Green
Eshimka (Round 1)
Festrog Blue
Mao
Cloudia
Giant Phantom Armor

The gnome begins chanting and summoning a celestial eagle to help them.

Putting Ny'a in delay

The red festrog charges the prone Aurus

To Hit: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 2 = 11 Miss

Ny'a
Aurus
Festrog Green
Eshimka (Round 1)
Festrog Blue
Mao
Cloudia
Giant Phantom Armor
Lukian
Festrog Red

These things are mean, lol

The good news is that they have two paladins to choose from. That means that they will probably leave us alone - at least until they run out of paladins.

Aurus tries to drop the festrog from the ground.

Attack: 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 8 - 4 = 17
Damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (2, 3) + 6 = 11

Aurus tries to drop the festrog from the ground.

[dice=Attack]1d20+8-4
[dice=Damage]2d6+6

Aurus manages to cut the festrog down!

Putting Ny'a in delay

The green festrog charges Aurus

It's not that the undead pick on Aurus, but noone else dares to step forward.

To Hit: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 2 = 23 Hits for Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Trip: 1d20 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 4 = 10 Fails

Ny'a
Mao
Cloudia
Giant Phantom Armor
Lukian
Aurus
Festrog Green
Eshimka (Round 1)

Ny'a nods at Lukian, grateful for the gnome's attention to her dog. "He really seems to like you," she mentions in a quiet moment as they get ready for the battle.

When the festrogs appear, she studies the battlefield for a moment, getting her bearings and seeing where the festrogs are moving. She guides her dog, the pair circling around Lukian to approach the last festrog from the side. She slices out with her longsword.

Mao takes a careful step forward and flurries once again, this time at the green festrog. "Looks like more of them are coming in. Be at the ready everyone."

Flurry: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Flurry: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Religion: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

Ny'a and Mao cut down yet another festrog

I like him too he says to N'ya as he ruffles Champion's ears.

It's not that the undead pick on Aurus, but noone else dares to step forward.

Uh huh, sure.

Who wold be the better target for Cloudia's last Bull's Strength - Nya or Aurus? Heck, first to request it gets it as her action.

The giant armor charges Mao!

To Hit: 1d20 + 2 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 2 + 7 = 22 Hits! for damage: 2d8 + 7 ⇒ (3, 5) + 7 = 15

Lukian
Aurus
Eshimka (Round 2)
Ny'a
Mao
Cloudia
Giant Phantom Armor

The eagle appears in a flanking position and begins to bite and scratch at the undead
1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 2 = 13 bite

1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 3 + 2 = 22 claw
1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 2 = 6 claw

damage bite
1d4 ⇒ 3

Claws
[die] 1d4 [/dice]
1d4 ⇒ 3

The eagle appears in a flanking position and begins to bite and scratch at the undead

I'm going to assume the eagle is smiting this undead

One of the eagle's claws hits and deals some damage.

I wasnt sure if the thing is evil or not so I left that up to the DM

He will blast the skeleton with a magic missile
1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

He will blast the skeleton with a magic missile

1d4+1

it’s not a skeleton, it’s an empty suit of armor that is posessed, but magic missile works just fine!

Aurus moves up to the living armor, rolling his arms as he does so. "This is really gonna hurt, huh," he says, looking up at the looming creature, before he tries to cut it down.

I think that provokes on the way in. I'm not seeing any party buffs up? Is that correct?

Attack: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 8 - 1 = 21
Damage: 2d6 + 6 ⇒ (2, 3) + 6 = 11

Indeed no party buffs, but Cloudia was handing out Bull's Strengths. I guess this round she'll hand one out to Ny'a and next turn you?

To Hit AoO: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 Hits for Damage: 2d8 + 7 ⇒ (1, 2) + 7 = 10

Aurus gets in and his attack hits!

Eshimka looks in the direction of your party and with a simple handmotion he lets dark energy rain down on you. Harming you and healing your opponent.

2d6 ⇒ (4, 6) = 10

Willsave DC17 for half
Aurus: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12 Fail
Lukian: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22 Succes
Lukian's eagle: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 Fail
Ny'a: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15 Fail
Champion: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 1 = 21 Succes
Mao: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16 Fail
Cloudia: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 Fail

Ouch, 60 points of damage in total! (and 10 healing for the armor)

Ny'a
Mao
Cloudia
Giant Phantom Armor
Lukian
Aurus
Eshimka (Round 3)

Ny'a would love a bull's strength

Ny'a smiles broadly as Cloudia enchants her, grateful that Iomedae saw fit to bring them together on this assignment. As she turns towards the walking armor, Eshimka's energy washes over, wiping the grin from her face and reminding her why they were here.

She guides the dog around to the other side of the walking armor as she retrieves a wand to heal the dog.

Ny'a would love a bull's strength

Ny'a smiles broadly as Cloudia enchants her, grateful that Iomedae saw fit to bring them together on this assignment. As she turns towards the walking armor, Eshimka's energy washes over, wiping the grin from her face and reminder her why they were here.

** spoiler omitted **

Ny’a retroactively gets the Bull’s Strength last turn, as Cloudia declared she would cast on the first one to volunteer

**OVERSEER ANNOUNCEMENT**

Her dark armor riddled with arrows and sliced by a dozen blades, Eshimka staggers back from the nearby Pathfinders attacking her. With one blade-arm she beckons for more of her shadowy minions to reunite with her body and heal her wounds, but other Pathfinders have slain too many for any to answer her call. For the first time, Eshimka seems worried, fighting for her survival rather than leading her army.

Table GMs, the Eshimka Defeated condition is now in effect, ending the ongoing hazard.

Bye bye eagle

Indeed no party buffs, but Cloudia was handing out Bull's Strengths. I guess this round she'll hand one out to Ny'a and next turn you?

Hmm... I DO have one left!

Cloudia casts bull's strength on Aurus, expecting more waves.

"We got them on the run now!"

GM Auke wrote:

Indeed no party buffs, but Cloudia was handing out Bull's Strengths. I guess this round she'll hand one out to Ny'a and next turn you?

Hmm... I DO have one left!

Cloudia casts bull's strength on Aurus, expecting more waves.

"We got them on the run now!"

Hooray!

Are we supposed to engage the big bad or the armor?

Hooray!

Are we supposed to engage the big bad or the armor?

You need to take out the armor and then the next challenge will reveal itself. The big bad is/was just a hazard at tiers lower than 10-11.

Okay. That is very helpful to know

Botting Mao

Mao steps forward and attacks

Flurry: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17 Miss
Flurry: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 Miss

The giant phantom armor seems to become more reckless and puts more power in its swings.

1=Aurus, 2=Mao: 1d2 ⇒ 2

Power Attack
To Hit: 1d20 + 7 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 7 - 2 = 23 for damage: 2d8 + 7 + 6 ⇒ (7, 5) + 7 + 6 = 25

The enormous flail hits the monk on the head and Mao's body falls to the ground lifeless.

Ny'a
Cloudia
Lukian
Aurus
Mao✝ Dead
Giant Phantom Armor

Remember the blessings you've earned earlier.

Seeing the monk fall the gnome screams out in fury and using his connection to his wand casts a magic missile at the armor
2d4 + 2 ⇒ (2, 1) + 2 = 5

Cloudia hurries to Mao's side and feebly tugs at the body to get it out of the way (flavor text) and suddenly remembers the blessings and calls upon Vildeis to bring Mao back to life. Not really expecting it to work, she is surprised when Mao takes a shuddering breath and tries to encourage him to get out of the battle with panicked but gentle tugs.

Cloudia hurries to Mao's side and feebly tugs at the body to get it out of the way (flavor text) and suddenly remembers the blessings and calls upon Vildeis to bring Mao back to life. Not really expecting it to work, she is surprised when Mao takes a shuddering breath and tries to encourage him to get out of the battle with panicked but gentle tugs.

Cloudia's blessed touch restores hitpoints: 5d8 + 15 ⇒ (8, 1, 6, 3, 8) + 15 = 41 and brings Mao back to the land of the living!

Ny'a
Aurus
Mao prone
Giant Phantom Armor
Cloudia
Lukian

Have we done a lot of damage to the armor thing?

Have we done a lot of damage to the armor thing?

The party has done 22 damage, but 10 got healed, so it doesn't look that damaged currently.