GM ZD Presents: Eyes of the Ten (Inactive)

Game Master Z...D...

Hey, no grabbing the one I already have grabbed! Hmm... tug of war? Strang will happily letg Kali have him, but I don't know if I can let go when its not my turn.

I think we need a few people heading to the other room!
Or I could go there, I suppose... but the burrow speed is a bit slow, and not sure how much structural damage that would do to the place... 8P

Oh no, that is going to be messy and gross as they use him as a human shaped wishbone.

I don't think the rest of the party that took off bothered to tell us where they were going or what they were doing. If we even noticed because of stealth/invis.. I'm not sure my characters hear them doing anything in a different part of the building (especially when they are being invisible/stealthy and whispering).

Boswick moves up and slashes the grabbed mook across the chest.

LT makes one of the yellow one into a pin cushion, while Kali plays tug of war with the scarlet worm. The red mook eyes become glossy as the volume of blood on the outside is greater than what remains on the inside.

The yellow mooks begin to retreat but fall over their own feet.

Combat Tracker
Bold May Act
White Outline is Web. It is difficult terrain. Any one that moves into it needs to CMB or escape artist check at DC 15 or you are stuck in the first square of movement and are grappled.

Theodric-DC 15 reflex or you are "grappled" by the web
Cale the Calistrian
Gnomes
Purple Mooks
Red Mook
Lavode
Voros
Blue Mooks
Boswick-6 damage
LT
Kali-26 damage
Dr Strang-20 damage
Possessed Red Worm
The Red Raven
Yellow Mooks-both prone

Whispers to Theodric, This is Lavode. What is the situation and where did all the sticky junk come from?

Reflex save DC 15: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

Theodric delays

The elf yells from inside the room, "Why don't you come in and join" me a moment later a bead of blue enters the hallway and explodes outward, hitting both Theodric and Lavode. Both Lavode and Theodric 3d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 1) = 5 bludgeoning damage and 2d6 ⇒ (1, 2) = 3 cold damage[/dice]

What is left is a storm of ice and wind inside of the hallway.

attack: 1d20 ⇒ 141d6 ⇒ 6
The red mook gives a last ditch swing at the worms mouth, but can not manage to do any damage. He then goes limp. [ooc]He is now unconscious and bleeding out

White Outline is Web. It is difficult terrain. Any one that moves into it needs to CMB or escape artist check at DC 15 or you are stuck in the first square of movement and are grappled.

Blue Outline is Ice Storm. Creatures inside this area take a –4 penalty on Perception skill checks and the entire area is treated as difficult terrain.

Combat Tracker
Bold May Act
Cale the Calistrian
Gnomes
Purple Mooks
Theodric
Lavode
Voros
Blue Mooks
Boswick-6 damage
LT
Kali-26 damage
Dr Strang-20 damage
Possessed Red Worm
The Red Raven
Yellow Mooks-both prone

Combat Buffs Active
Ant Haul - many hours
Mage Armor - many hours
Greater Invisibility - 7 rounds
-8 hp

Whispers to Theodric, Certainly, just a moment. Endi sizni hech kim ko'rmaydi!
Greater Invisibility (12 rounds) on Theodric. Then move a little further from the door to not get caught in further area effects.

Theodric thanks Lavode with a whisper and with an invisible smile sneaks into the room.

Stealth, Moving at speed greater than half speed, invisible: 1d20 + 2 - 5 + 20 ⇒ (16) + 2 - 5 + 20 = 33
CMB vs. DC 15 to move through webs: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (5) + 20 = 25

Theodric then quietly summons the inner powers he gained from defeating the undead frost giant Queen Skirkatla!

Spell-like ability: Power of the Giants (Frost) --> enlarge person (self only) and gain cold resistance 4 and first melee/thrown attack in each round deals an additional 1d6 pts. of cold dmg; duration 2 min.

Lavode magically conceals Theodric.

Thedric moves in and grows larger.

Botting Voros

Voros moves forward and chucks more bombs at the mooks. Wiping out the remaining yellow mooks. Voros, that was three bombs used

The remaining Blue mook stands and takes off towards the front door. Provokes and attack from the Dr Strang aka scarlet worm...assuming you would have released the red mook once it died.

White Outline is Web. It is difficult terrain. Any one that moves into it needs to CMB or escape artist check at DC 15 or you are stuck in the first square of movement and are grappled.

Blue Outline is Ice Storm. Creatures inside this area take a –4 penalty on Perception skill checks and the entire area is treated as difficult terrain.

Combat Tracker
Bold May Act
Cale the Calistrian
Gnomes
Purple Mooks
Theodric
Lavode
Voros
Blue Mooks
Boswick-6 damage
LT
Kali-26 damage
Dr Strang-20 damage
Possessed Red Worm
The Red Raven

AoO vs blue 2: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (1) + 25 = 26, for 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15 damage.

Ha! Missed on a 1! =)
Hopefully the strength poison will take him down before he gets too far.

The scarlet worm fails to finish off blue with the AOO.Now for you turn

White Outline is Web. It is difficult terrain. Any one that moves into it needs to CMB or escape artist check at DC 15 or you are stuck in the first square of movement and are grappled.

Blue Outline is Ice Storm. Creatures inside this area take a –4 penalty on Perception skill checks and the entire area is treated as difficult terrain.

Combat Tracker
Bold May Act
Cale the Calistrian
Gnomes
Purple Mooks
Theodric
Lavode
Voros
Blue Mooks
Boswick-6 damage
LT
Kali-26 damage
Dr Strang-20 damage
Possessed Red Worm
The Red Raven

Boswick seeing no remaining threats rushes toward the commotion in the back of the lodge, he races down the stairs, into the side hall, wades through the webs, and begins to slide across the ice. Giving a nod to Lavode as he passes by.

CMB v DC15 CDM: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (5) + 17 = 22

Double move in yellow

"I'm not sure why everyone is running off, there is still this big worm to deal with."

I 5' step closer then full attack the worm.

bow: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19 damage: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14
bow: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21 damage: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20
bow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23 damage: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

Kali flies off the balcony chasing after her snack and attempting to protect Dr. Strang on the ground. Probably not provoking from the possessed worm.

Claw: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22damage: 1d6 + 8 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 8 + (3, 3) = 15
If a hit: damage self: 1d6 ⇒ 4grab attempt: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (7) + 20 = 27
If opponent grabbed: Bite: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21damage: 1d6 + 4 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 4 + (2, 3) = 14
If a hit: damage self: 1d6 ⇒ 5

The giant worm doesn't even try to avoid any of Lifetracker's attacks, or Kali's.... though all of them still bounce off its tough skin with nary a scratch.

The worm has a very good AC, even flat-footed =)
Its also too big for Kali to use grab on, fyi

Seeing the ineffectiveness of their attacks, Strang decides to put the worm to work instead, and hopefully they can kill it off later. He certainly does not want to abandon it, so it can run rampant again.

The worm suddenly burrows down into the ground, disappearing out of sight.

This will provoke from Kali

Double move, heading towards the courtyard side door, as that's less likely to cause too much structural damage =)
Moved me on the map, but am technically still underground there.

Hmmm... do I leave a tunnel that Kali and LT could follow?

Unfortunately you do not leave a tunnel.

Boswick moves down the steps and into the halls.

LT plinks the worm with three more arrows.

Kali easily finishes off the remaining mook in the main hall.

The scarlet worm burrows back under ground and towards the back of the lodge.

"Very well, I guess I'll just continue to destroy the building." The elf calls out before evoking a bead of red in his hand. He then commands it to fly past his mooks and into the hallway before exploding out.

Using the same template of the ice storm(blue). Boswick and Theodric take 10d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 3, 4, 6, 6, 4, 6, 4, 4) = 47 fire damage. DC 16 reflex for half.

The fireball also burns off most of the web. Boswick takes an additional 2d4 ⇒ (2, 4) = 6 fire damage from the burning webs. No save listed for this one.

Combat Tracker
Bold May Act
Cale the Calistrian
Gnomes
Purple Mooks
[b]Theodric
Lavode
Voros
Boswick-6 damage
LT
Kali-26 damage
Dr Strang-20 damage
Possessed Red Worm[/b[
The Red Raven

Hmm... not sure who's up... but the bold tags look to be around everyone (just with the closing tag messed up) so assume its all of us!

GM, am going to assume the tremorsense will let me know where people are.

Strang is well out of his usual element, controlling such a massive beast... but he is afraid to let it roam free again, for fear it will attack his fellow Pathfinders. Still, it would prove useful as a distraction, though he was loathe to burrow up inside the vault, for fear of damaging the important artifacts collected therein. Instead, he decides to surface in the courtyard, and smash through the doors. The creature seemed to have enough bulk to manage that.

The crimson worm surfaces again, in the courtyard, just outside the western doors.

Am assuming they're closed, so:

Its entire massive bulk slams into the double doors there, as it tries to smash them open through pure size and strength!

Strength check to burst door: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26

Dunno if that will open them... will if they're poor/medium/strong doors... but might be other stuff going on

Anyway, single move to get up to the surface, standard to smash on the door.

if the door proves to be already open, he'll chomp on the cyan gnome instead (1d20 + 25 ⇒ (14) + 25 = 39, for 3d8 + 10 ⇒ (6, 7, 5) + 10 = 28 damage.)

Yes everyone is up...i messed up on one of my brackets.

Reflex DC 16: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

Theodric hops on the table to his right and nimbly runs on top of it, squeezing past his foes and then landing with one leg on either side of the north table.

Narrow surface 1-3 feet wide, Acrobatics DC 5, Moving at Full Speed DC +5, Lightly Obstructed Surface DC +2 (DC 12 total): 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (5) + 19 = 24

He then attacks the elf caster with a mighty downward slash, attempting to follow through and cleave through his weapon!

Standard Action: Chopping Blow (Ex)

Two-handed, Power Attack, +1 adamantine Keen Falcata, Invisible: 1d20 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 22 + 2 = 44
Adamantine Slashing Magical Dmg, Enlarged: 2d6 + 32 + 2 ⇒ (6, 5) + 32 + 2 = 45
Power of the Giants, Cold Dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Free Action Sunder Attempt, Englarged, leaving weapon with only 1 hit point and the broken condition, Invisible: 1d20 + 28 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 28 + 2 + 2 = 35 CMD
If Sunder successful, Adamantine Slashing Magical Dmg to Weapon, ignoring hardness less than 20, Enlarged: 2d6 + 32 + 2 ⇒ (6, 6) + 32 + 2 = 46

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CONFIRM CRIT ON ELF CASTER: 1d20 + 22 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 22 + 2 = 26
Additional Adamantine Magical Dmg, Enlarged: 2d6 + 32 + 2 + 2d6 + 32 + 2 ⇒ (3, 5) + 32 + 2 + (6, 3) + 32 + 2 = 85

Combat Buffs Active
Ant Haul - many hours
Mage Armor - many hours
Greater Invisibility - 6 rounds
-8 hp

fly check: 1d20 + 5 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 5 + 4 = 19
Unseen, Lavode swoops into the room and to the side of the door.

Miltillagan chiroqlar sizni xursand qiladi!
Another persistent Glitterdust. Must pass 2 DC=22 will saves or blinded. If they survive, can I get a description of the 3 main opponents? It might change what I do next round.

Voros, standing on a see of blood and corpses, gathers his spirits and runs down the stairs quickly.$

Double move

"Where the heck did everyone run off to?"

Perception: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24 Maybe I hear the others downstairs somewhere.

I double move downstairs and towards some sounds of battle.

The large worm resurfaces in the rear courtyard and knocks the doors off of the hinges...so much for preserving property

Dr Strang notices a new hole in the northern wall. Through the hole you see a hedge maze and a red figure, covered in gold dust, slip into the maze.

Theodric dances through the room and slices the elven caster in half. Yeah, he is good and con dead.

Lavode, save your spell. Calling it now

Discuss among yourselves how you handle the remaining mooks and the two gnomes. They all surrender once Cale is incapacitated. And do what you will with the scarlet worm.

Before the PC's can even think about heading into the Maze, Eliza and Osprey rush to the armory.

“The attackers fled into no ordinary hedge maze,” Eliza says. “The Lodge’s books call it the Maze of the Open Road, and my own investigations reveal that it contains portals that connect to sites all over Golarion. It’s been here for centuries, and it’s extremely dangerous. I’ve been spending most of my time worrying about the rare curious citizen who sneaks onto the grounds and wanders in, but I wonder if I shouldn’t have been more concerned with what might come out.

“Before you follow the Red Raven into the Maze of the Open Road, we should investigate the scene of the crime and see what can be learned. There’s no telling where the Raven wandered off to inside the Maze. If you’re to follow him, you’d best do so with as much information as possible.”

Now time for a pseudo investigation. Eliza has granted you pretty much free reign of the lodge. You also have 6 prisoners to tortureinterrogate to get answers.

Hey breaking open a door seems a minor inconvenience =)

Once the others surrender, the huge scarlet worm falls to the ground, and just sort of lay there, expectantly... apparently with no fight left in it.

Hmm... can't go prone, as I have no legs, and flat footed really doesn't change my AC at all. Have fun hacking. =)

First we need to revive and stabilize any that can be saved. Then we can begin the interrogations. Not only the prisoners, but we will need to question everyone here including the staff. That was too well timed to not have been planned with inside information!

Perfectly willing to use charges off my CLW wand to make sure everyone is stable and conscious.
Detect Magic on all the bodies and prisoners.
Then question each person individually.
When we start questioning people, I have a high perception. Anyone else have a high sense motive or zone of truth? I think some of the celestials I can summon have the capability, but I don't remember off the top of my head for sure. Will look it up tonight.
I suppose I could summon a fiend to terrify someone if necessary, but I don't really like doing that.
Any other ideas or things I am forgetting?

Voros nods silently to Lavode.

I have a high perception and can get it a little bit higher with alchemy. My sense motive isn't bad but there is better :)

I'm going to use up a few charges from my wand to heal up Kali from the fight, then help her strap a couple bodiessnacks to her saddle bags for later.

Wand Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 41/50
Wand Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 42/50
Wand Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 43/50
Wand Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 44/50
Wand Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6 45/50
Wand Cure Light Wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6 46/50

Kali looks ridiculously happy (if you could interpret mantis facial expressions) now that she is getting some extra snacks for later and having a good old feast.

Sorry traveling the next few days, feel free to bot me if needed.

Bos has both Zone of Truth and pretty good sense motive.

Boswick initially moves around the lodge using lay on hands to heal the injured and will stabilize anyone still breathing, but out. When the time comes he’ll cast Zone of Truth.

Ok GM, not sure how much you want to hand wave or type it all out. But I will set forth a basic plan. Everyone else chime in if you don't like or if I miss anything.
Question each individually.
We will do a 'good cop bad cop'
I think I have the highest diplomacy so I will be 'good cop'
Whoever has the highest intimidate will be 'bad cop'
Voros and Bos can watch to see anyone being shifty or evasive.
Those will get a second round of questioning under Bos' zone of truth.
After we learn all we can from the people, then have maybe Voros and Dr Strange take the lead on some quick research into the maze.

I can't do anything 'til you deal with the worm! =)
Could always animate it afterwards... ha! But Bos would probably object

Q: what do you want us to do with the worm?

Intimidate to help Lavode with his thing: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (9) + 17 = 26

I can't say!

Out of character: I have no idea what you're saying. My guess is that you're magic jarred into something and you can't pull back on your own? however, if you didn't communicate that IC before, I don't know how we'd know what to do... IC, do our characters know you're in that meat suit?

Theodric is the one most likely to know.... see the post where it happened ... Strang said something to Theo before he did it.

Assuming Theodric makes the connection I suppose... otherwise I'd assume folks should be wondering why Strang just keeled over dead at the start of the fight!

And the reason I can't say, is literal, not figurative. Purple Worms (even crimson ones) can't really talk =)

"Strang took over that worm's body earlier- any of you magic users knows how to return him to his body?"

Voros failed his spellcraft check when Strang cast the spell but I don't know if he's allowed another one with this information.

If he is: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

About the plan: I'm ok, I'd like to focus the search on the servants, though.

And I'm not stuck... just don't want the thing running roughshod again. =)

Theodric twirls his falcata patiently, waiting for the magical expertise in the party to provide instructions...

I started to attempt to kill the worm, but it ran off again underground.

After a couple of rounds of strapping dead bodies to Kali that have all of the fluids still on the inside (i.e. heads attached), I wander around the grounds until I find the worm. We then proceed to attack the worm until it is dead, thus freeing Dr. Strang.

While our Intimidate and Diplomacy scores are way to low to help, I will happily park Kali next to whomever is playing the bad cop. Kali snacking on a dead conspirator in front of the interrogation subject might just help influence anyone to starting talking (maybe getting a +2 to aid).

I will wave the attack rolls and killing of the worm to save us some time

If one of you all want to give and diplomacy, should not be too hard for this group. Or intimidate, either way. I will go ahead and say that Bos will cast zone of truth to negate the need for sense motive checks to lie. Bos what is the DC for the spell?

will burn a charge from my wands of adoration and aspect of the nightingale.

It will be better for everyone if you answer our questions completely and truthfully. First, I want to know...

diplomacy: 1d20 + 10 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 10 + 2 + 2 = 25
sense motive: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
perception: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (10) + 18 = 28

Theodric looms over menacingly to assist Lavode's efforts...

Being the bad cop to Lavode's good cop... using Intimidate 26 roll I did earlier...

Zone of Truth - DC18

Boswick casts Zone of Truth to get to the bottom of things. He also uses his way with words and ability to discern truthfulness as well.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (16) + 21 = 37
Sense Motive: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31

Wow Bos, that is a nice diplomacy modifier. I must have read it wrong before. You should be the 'good cop' with me assisting.

Voros lingers around, silent, and trying to discern the servant's intention. Before that, he downs an extract.

Heightened Awareness

Perception: 1d20 + 21 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 21 + 2 = 32

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

As the last scarlet worm is finally dispatched, Dr. Strang comes to laying face down on the carpet.

He lay there for a moment, pondering his recent out of body experience, then slowly pushes himself to his feet.

The others of course, are all off interrogating the attackers, but there are other pressing matters. He leaves them to it, and instead makes his way through the manor, seeing to any injured servants.

He conscripts a couple of those still hale, and has them carefully take the injured to a central location, for proper treatment. The dead, he leaves where they are, saying a quick prayer to Anubis to guide their way.

Eventually, he comes to Adril, and frowns... certainly not the most auspicious end to the evening. He takes special care to examine the venture-captain.

+26 on heal checks to stabilize anyone he comes across, and trying to get them in the same area to do more if needed.

Dr Strang moves throughout the building making sure to stabilize and bandage most of the servants.

The others start the interrogation process and are able to work out some information and motives of the attack.

You find out that the scallywags, the humans, were asked to pose as servants and have been doing so for the past two weeks. They just received word that the strike was for tonight.

The target was Adril Hestram, obviously, as revenge for killing Teppin Montrose. Which The Red Raven was able to confirm by speaking to the spirit of Montrose after his death. The Raven then tracked Hestram through the Maze of the Open Road.

Any more direct questioning, I just gave you the basics if the who and why

forgot to mention, from what you all gather, they do not seem to be lying about any of this.

Eventually the doctor wanders back to the others, and listens to what they have learned.

He frowns slightly. "Death for death... seems a common theme everywhere."

"Perhaps there is more information in Adril's suite?" He adds, pointing back to towards the rooms on the other side of the manor.

Do we know who Teppin Montrose is?
Knowledge (local?): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

Heck, I'm not even sure who this Red Raven person is.
Knowledge (local?): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22

"We should search the room where that blasted elf appeared... he was trying to destroy something I believe..."

Perception assist: 1d20 ⇒ 14