GM MattMorris Fragments of Antiquity (Inactive)

Game Master ChesterCopperpot

But if Morrolan falls, the foe hasn't any cover yet. The archer fires a rain of arrows over the blue one.

Arrow 1: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27

Damage 1: 2d6 + 10 + 2d6 ⇒ (6, 6) + 10 + (5, 2) = 29

Arrow 2: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28

Damage 2: 2d6 + 10 + 2d6 ⇒ (4, 6) + 10 + (5, 2) = 27

Arrow 3: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21

Damage 3: 2d6 + 10 + 2d6 ⇒ (1, 2) + 10 + (5, 4) = 22

Arrow 4: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11

Damage 4: 2d6 + 10 + 2d6 ⇒ (3, 2) + 10 + (6, 1) = 22

Then the Spirit warrior comes to finish the job, just in case...

Spirit warrior: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 10 + 2 = 25

Damage: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Don't be worried, Grel. You will for sure save us the fight another time.

"NO!" cries Not-Trixie in alarm as her companions attack the soulsliver next to Morrolan's unconscious form. "If that thing explodes next to him, it could kill him!" She races forward, options racing through her head as fast as her supernaturally-speedy feet. Please work please work please work she thinks as she throws herself over the fallen dwarf, trying to cover his most vulnerable spots.

I forget if unconscious characters automatically fail Reflex saves, but maybe this counts as cover? Or she's deliberately failing her saving throw so that he has a better chance of making his?

Wow, heads up play! hope that works.

HP: -3 of 61

stabilization check: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

As far as can tell. I still get a save. However, "A helpless target is treated as having a Dexterity of 0 (–5 modifier)." So it is difficult to be successful on that reflex save.
Hopefully the GM doesn't roll to high on that 4d6!

Oups, Tholgrin should comes right like the hero to heal Morrolan with a wand of clw.

Tholgrin takes a five foot step, shifts Ros into one hand, draws a wand of cure light wounds, then tries to activate it and touch Morrolan

UMD: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 32
Healing: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Let's hope that's enough (and in time!)

Grel, you actually would have hit due to the evil eye.

As everything is happening simultaneously, I think we should do things in the most advantageous order, here.

Morrolan looks stable, but due to his many wounds, and the proximity of the enemy, Tholgrin rushes up and heals the fellow dwarf, bringing him gasping to consciousness. Trixie rushes up and throws herself on top of Morrolan, giving him cover.

Skewed by many arrows, the last librarian explodes in a spray of glass.

Piercing/Slashing: 4d6 ⇒ (6, 2, 5, 3) = 16

Morrolan is again plunged into unconsciousness due to the spray of glass, but the cooperation of his teammates saves him from death.

~+~End of Combat~+~
Not-Trixie (-8)
Tsura
Grel (-32)
Tholgrin (-24)
Styfis (-19)
Morrolan (-66) Stabilization check

The last soulsliver shatters with a loud crack, and at the same time, the scrying mirror set into the floor bursts into a fountain of sparkling dust. You are free to search the Planar Cosmology collection.

In this section, Knowledge (planes), Spellcraft, or Appraise check could help you select the most valuable books.

You also find a neatly-bound collection of notes on the floor near the now-broken scrying mirror. A cursory examination of these notes shows that they were penned by Hao Jin, herself, who was researching a variety of locations, including known sites across Golarion, several cities throughout the Inner Planes, and unrecognizable numerous destinations (sites on the Material Plane but well beyond Golarion’s solar system). However, her extensive itinerary culminates in a major visit to Axis, the Outer Plane of absolute law.

On the table to the southwest sit a ring and an amulet.

stabilization check: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
HP: -6 of 61

Spellcraft/Planes
1d20 + 16 ⇒ (8) + 16 = 24

"Ooh, pretty baubles."

Reflex: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 8 + 1 = 10

After the blast Tholgrin weathers the injuries and tries to activate his wand again to staunch Morrolan's wounds.

UMD: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33
Healing: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

"Welcome back Lad, take it easy, you've taken some nasty wounds"

With the danger passed he then peruses the books of the planar library.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 8 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 8 + (5) = 16

Great to see you conscious after all this mess, Morrolan.

The elf think they shouldn't stay here too long as well. So he search for books quickly.

Knowledge planes: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (15) + 17 = 32

Not-Trixie slowly gets back on her feet, then offers Morrolan a hand up. "I'm... I'm glad that worked," she says breathlessly. "I was so worried when you fell next to the soulsliver." After her breathing settles back down, she heads to the bookcases as well to search for interesting tomes.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 27

Does Morrolan need another charge of CLW to not be at 0 hp?

At staggered, I can handle it myself. Thx for the save!

The clanking groaning pile of metal and bloody flesh slowly drags itself to a more-or-less sitting position. I need several large strong drinks. Then he begins activating his wand.

wand CLW: 11d8 + 11 ⇒ (6, 5, 4, 4, 1, 2, 6, 5, 8, 7, 7) + 11 = 66

Better. Everyone else in acceptable condition?
Those things are a menace!

Tsura piles together the most useful looking of the esoteric texts in the Planar Cosmology section. You are also able to piece back together the fragments of six mirror that were spread around the room and reassemble them in the frame that sits in the nook in the room's northeast corner. You should be able to use it to return to the main portion of the library.

Anything else you folks want to do inside the library? There's a little more RP with the kobolds outside before we wrap up.

Tholgrin would like to earn the name he claimed earlier and set a trap in the Kobold tradition, something that grabs the person who set it off and slams them with a hammer. Using a point of inspiration for the untrained check!

Craft Traps (untrained): 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (12) + 3 + 2 + (3) = 20

Can we use a disable device check to set a new trap?

The elf would like to made a trap which fires arrows from two sides. The set of will occurs from a touch plate on the floor. So the guy would be pierced from the right and from the left.

Disable Device: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (9) + 17 = 26

I'm very open to creative trap-making ideas. Use whatever seems appropriate to you.

In that case if a craft weapons would be appropriate instead (there is a hammer featured prominently in the design :) ), Tholgrin will also be at a 26

"This place won't be around much longer, I hope the researchers at the society can use the books we bring back and find a way to evacuate these kobolds"

I also hope the Society won't need to send some Pathfinders back here. Otherwise they will face our own traps...

Tsura would fortune you guys if you want to roll twice on your checks to set traps.

Thank you, Tsura.

So let's see if the roll is better...

Disable Device: 1d20 + 17 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 17 + 4 = 39 I still spend one point of mental focus for Sudden Insight and getting +4 on this roll.

Well, quite better...

Not-Trixie grins. "Oh, I have an excellent idea..." she says with a wicked smile. She pokes around for a bit, helping the others with their machinations and studying the books left on the shelves sadly. "Do you think we have room for a few extra?" she asks.

The elf smiles at the wizard and replies: I think we can all carry something more. What are you thinking about?

I know our friends the Kobolds (that was weird to say), think it is proper behavior. However, I cannot make myself believe that Ragathiel wants me to make traps. That just is not the hero's path.

Grel thinks it would be a respect to the kobolds to participate in their ritual.

Grel separates a panel of the stone wall such that it teeters. Brushing against it would collapse on the target. Perhaps they'll give me one of those funny names.

Casting Stone Shape and using my Craft (Pottery).

The sun is rising outside of the library when the you emerge, and the Scalebreaker kobolds greet you warmly.

"Hurray, you're all alive!" exclaims Bridge-and-Logs. "I didn't think the evil spirits would get you! How many completed the rite of passage?"

Hearing about your adventures in the library, Bridge-and-Logs consults with some of the other attendant kobolds, then straightens up and faces you a bit more formally.

"Due to your actions inside the sacred ground, we proclaims several of you to be adult kobolds!" Then, he mutters more quietly, "Always good to have some more of those around!"

Pointing to Grel, he says, "We name you Tipping-Walls!"

Continuing to Tholgrinm he says, "You will be known as Surprise-Smash!"

To Styfis he says, "Finally, to the tallest kobold, we give the name Arrow-Sandwich!"

"Wear your names with pride! You can always count on the Scalebreakers if you need anything." At this point, Bridge-and-Logs is squinting at the rising sun.

"Hmmm. Sun's coming out--not so nice for kobolds around here now. Time to look for a new place for the tribe to live, I think."

The kobolds invite you to feast with them, and you are welcome to take as long as you like to hang out.

When you return to Skyreach through the planar eddy, Ambrus Valsin debriefs you and listens eagerly to your report. He notes that the Society has lessons to learn from the librarians’ mistake and congratulates the team on taking the first steps toward finding one of the most famous missing people in the world. Winning the tapestry has been a great boon for the Society, and they stand to learn even more if they can find Hao Jin herself.

A few days later, you receive a note from the venture-captain. According to the note, Krieghton Shaine’s apprentices have begun sorting the documents you brought back. Their examination has already revealed some magical books with their auras disguised; the Society may be able to offer the team a discount on these books in appreciation of your hard work.

Excellent work, all. Full prestige and full boons. Chronicle Sheets are up here and I've reported the game through the Online Lodge. Let me know if I messed anything up on your sheets.

Thanks, Matt! I really enjoyed it! See you guys around.

Not-Trixie grins as Bridge-and-Logs asks about traps. ”Why, yes, I have also made a trap - a most devious and unavoidable trap. You’ll never find it, no matter how hard you look. But you’ll be caught nonetheless!” She points to a small, nondescript sign that reads (in both Common, Tien, and Draconic) Watch our for Not-Trixie’s trap!

Not-Trixie’s trap is a trap of the mind - a trap of knowing there is a trap without being able to find it because it doesn’t exist physically. But knowing that her trap is there, a creature will always be worried about triggering it. Little do they realize that the worrying is the trap! Haha! (She can explain this to the kobold if need be, but only to the elder.)

Tipping-walls. Brilliant. Grel thanks the kobolds and ushers out with the rest of the team.

The elf thanks the kobolds for his new adult kobold's name. He had a good inspiration to make a trap which represented him well.

So it is as Arrows-Sandwich that he ends this adventure.

Lol, the Master Archivist. Good that we got it: it's my irl job... mmhh can I ask for an augmentation tomorrow do you think?

Thanks for running this second one. It was fun and interesting. And almost dying again is actually very in-character for Morrolan. =p