[Gameday VIII] GM Brew's Slaver's End 10-21 (Inactive)

Game Master Wicked Brew

Riptide doesn't bother moving from his current location. He merely uses his abnormally long arms to reach across the hall and open the door directly across from him.

that's the door due east of door wo kitchen, or whatever it is. Might as well get some use from the buff...he still has the longspear in hand.

Don't think we have anyone like that in the party - you have my leave to keep opening doors until we find something worth killing :D

I follow behind Riptide, ready to attack or defend.

Riptide's freaky long arms reach across the hall to try the next door. The door is locked.

Actions?

Would I be able to crouch down enough to see through the gap in the bottom of the door and/or through the keyhole? If so, I can use my shift ability to get to the other side and unlock it from there. Otherwise I think we're either moving on or breaking it down.

The door is pretty solid and no light emits from the other side of the door. You will have to bypass it another way.

hmm, locked. Anyone able to pick a lock or bash it? I stand ready to attack should anything unfriendly come out of the room as we get ready to try and enter it.

Perhaps leave it locked for now, and check the other rooms.

Riptide moves toward the north and reaches across the hallway, trying the NE door to see if it opens.

Long Arm 1 rd, shield 2 rd, htened awareness

Riptide tries the door and finds that it is not locked.

What do you do?

Riptide moves into the kitchen.

There appears to be an area that we didn't see. Shield 1 rd, heightened awareness

Following behind as we go from room to room and looking for keys that might open locked doors; searching.

Perception: 1220 + 11 = 1231

Following behind as we go from room to room and looking for keys that might open locked doors; searching.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22

Riptide takes one step into the kitchem and his foot flies out from under him. He discovers the floor is coated is old cooking oil and falls flat on his back. Riptide is now prone. Actions?

Riptide crawls out of the kitchen and gets back to his feet.

With Ark's help, Riptide is able to get back on his feet. Other than making some notable noise, nothing else happens in the kitchen.

Actions?

Feeling paranoid, Riptide quietly attempts to use his scroll of Feather step.
UMD: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
Then he quietly uses his wands to renew first his long arm, then his shield. He moves to north and reaches across, opening the NE door.

Feather step 10 min, heightened awareness 8+min, shield 9 rd, long arm 8rd

After Helping Rip get back up on his feet and watching him him use a bi t of magic to make him more agile than an elven ballet dancer in tights, I prepare to enter the next room with him, suddenly becomes the #2 guy in a 4 man stack to enter the room.

Well by Iomeade, can't wait to see what happens next.

Whether now or in the future, doom and insanity wait for us all!

Colin whispers menacingly to Titus.

The party prepares , but nothing happens at the moment. The many doors of the hall await.

Try another door?

Riptide opens the door in front of him, longspear in hand.

Riptide opens the door and can catch the glimpse of a creature inside the room. Short and covered in black feathers, he turns to alert his friends when he feels a strange power wash over him.

***ROUND 1***

Colin
Riptide needs WILL save
Vanzetti
Titus
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Tengu

Party up!

Will save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
SHARE WILL, Sonic's Will Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Both Riptide and Sonic feel the freezing grip of the Tengu's spell clench up their bodies.

I'm assuming it's a mind-effecting spell. If not, Share Will wouldn't apply, though that didn't mean much this round.

Fort Save vs. Fatigue, DC19: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25

Colin approaches the end of the hallway, seeing the hostile magic vs his companion, makes a few quick arcane motions, and a tiger materializes at the other end of the room, which wastes no time pouncing on the Tengu.

Your doom comes a little sooner than the rest it seems

Move action to advance, standard action to cast Summon Monster IV (Acadamae Graduate allows me to do this). Tiger pops in and pounces.

Claw 1: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21
Damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

Claw 2: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24
Damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

Rake1: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22
Damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Rake 2: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31
Damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

bite: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17
Damage: 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (1, 6) + 8 = 15

Grab attempt for claw 1, if the attack hit: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (14) + 17 = 31
Grab attempt for claw 2, if the attack hit: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (12) + 17 = 29
Grab attempt for bite, if the attack hit: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23

I I bust into the room right behind Rip, or past him, it doesn't matter, its time to act. With my weapons free and shield up I move to a position of advantage that hopefully my friends can exploit before I then swing at the bird man.

Mithral LS attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

Mithral LS damage: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

"Ah, the plot thickens, and the other shoe finally DROPS!" Declares V, who says the final word with such jarring clarity that the others can feel their egos being purged of parasitic and invasive maledicta.

I cast suppress charms and compulsions upon all three of you, the 10-minute saving throw bonus form.

Riptide and Sonic freezes as the magic takes hold!

Colin summons a tiger which springs into the room and attacks. It only manages a few hits but does grab hold of the tengu!

Vanzetti uses his magic to aid the party to resist magic that effects the mind.

Titus bravely enters the room and attacks! His first attempt misses.

The Tengu, panicked by the large tiger holding on to him, brings forth damaging energy from the negative planes. The party feels painful waves of negative energy wash over them.

Evryone make a WILL save v DC 18 for half.

***ROUND 2***

Colin (-17)
Tiger (-17)
Riptide (-17)HELD needs will save
Vanzetti (-17)
Titus (-17)
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Tengu (-29)

Party up!

Will save v Neg Energy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
Will save v Hold: 1d20 + 6 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 4 = 24

If it's Hold Person spell, it's full round action to make another save, so that's Riptide's entire turn. If Riptide cannot act, he's still normal sized, outside the door, and delete the big token. If he can act, delete the normal-sized token.

Colin will save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
Tiger Will save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Roll to maintain Grapple: 1d20 + 17 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 17 + 5 = 25

Rake attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

Rake attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32
damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Confirm Rake Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22
Extra Damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Bite Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19
Damage: 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (6, 6) + 8 = 20

Colin will take the opportunity to cast Heroism on himself.

Ahhh this is FOUL.
Will Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

Dang, second edition I would walk away with no damage..lol

Forcing off the negative effects... I swing hard at the creature.

LS attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17 19 if in flank

LS Damage: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

First of all: Negative Energy Resistance 5 - been a while since it's come into play!

Will save, heroism vs negative energy: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

If V so much as feels the dark power assaulting him, he gives no sign of it. Noticing that the same could not be said of Riptide, he tends to him using a trick he learned back in Razmiran (infernal healing)....

The party tries to resist the negative energy of the small crow person.

Colin bolsters himself as his tiger attacks. The cat cannot hang on to thewiry tengu but manages a few claws.

Riptide wills himself to break free of the magic holding him in his place. He gathers himself to join the fight. It was a Hold Person spell, so Rip may act normally next round.

Vanzetti seems to barely feel the effects of the negative energy and draws forth dark power to heal himself.

Titus resists the energies pull and swings at the tengu, missing him.

The tengu looks at the agents suddenly surrounding him again kets forth a burst from the negative plane!

Channel Neg energy, Will v DC 18 for half: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 5, 1) = 8

***ROUND 2***

Colin (-16)
Tiger (-25)
Riptide (-25) no longer held
Vanzetti (-6)
Titus (-17)
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Tengu (-48)

Party up!

Riptide drops his longspear, takes a five-foot step into the room and then sets free the anger that rages inside him most waking hours. His eyes go bloodred, and he grows to nearly 10 feet tall, wicked claws springing from his hand.

Still, might want to catch him alive, so he'll try and bite the tengu for nonlethal damage. Then he lets his bloody nature take over.

Raging & Enlarged NONLETHAL BITE: 1d20 + 16 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 16 - 4 = 26
Nonlethal Bite dmg: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16
Raging & Enlarged Claw#1: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31LETHAL Claw dmg: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
Raging & Enlarged Claw#2: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (1) + 16 = 17LETHAL Claw dmg: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18
He will stop attacking if the tengu drops.

Vanzetti seems to barely feel the effects of the negative energy and draws forth dark power to heal himself.

No, I was healing Riptide - also, I believe I should be at -4, not -6 (prior to this round's incoming damage). I think saving throws happen BEFORE resistances are applied.

Will save, heroism vs negative energy: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

V barely seems to even be paying attention to the fool priest's pitiful powers. He pulls out what appears to be a humble pencil made out of petrified wood, and appears to idly toy with it...appears to.

readied action: wand of magic missile, replicating black powder for +1 damage, at the Cleric next time he does something (hopefully disrupting him if he should choose to cast a spell next time): 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Will Save Tiger: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Will Save Colin: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 7 + 2 = 28

Colin stands by and watches while his tiger mauls the tengu.

Claw: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13
Damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Claw: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24
Damage: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

Bite: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25
Damage: 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (2, 1) + 8 = 11

Grab Attempt for claw #2 if it hit: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18
Grab Attempt for bite if it hit: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (16) + 17 = 33

Not giving up the fight..

Will Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

LS Power Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

LS Power Attack Damage: 1d8 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

I Feel the negative Energy....wanting to channel but needing to also hit and hurt this creature, working to cause it serious bodily harm with my mithral blade.

Collin's conjured tiger roars to action and shreds the tengu before he can channel more destruction from the negative plane. It chews the brid, blood and black feathers flying about as it does.

Out of combat.

The party searches the room and discovers a gruesome sight. Several humans are shackled in the corner of the room. All but one lie motionless, clearly the victims of the tengu's negative barrage. One man clings to life. Coughing, he looks up weakly as the agents enter the room.

"Help..me"

What do you do?

I move to the man and channel healing to him and my companions.

Channeling: 1d6 ⇒ 1

V likewise rushes to the pitiful (yet simultaneously admirable) man's side with a wand of gnarled applewood capped with a faceted ruby-quartz.

Use Magic Device, False Piety to use wand: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (20) + 18 = 38
cure light wounds, replicating alchemical gold: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

While the party attends to the injured, Riptide asks Colin to use his wand of Infernal Healing on him. "Feel free to use a charge or two on yourself as well."

Then he moves around the corner of the room, and if no threats lurk there, he'll sneak a peek out the window to see what's outside this place.

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27

If V so much as feels the dark power assaulting him, he gives no sign of it. Noticing that the same could not be said of Riptide, he tends to him using a trick he learned back in Razmiran (infernal healing)....

You know I already did that for you myself, right? I understand if you need more, of course, but.

The combined healing efforts of the party successfully revive the captive. His eyes blink as the healing magic quickly restores his vitality.

"Thank you...thank you. That terrible creature." The man shakes his head. The man looks have starved and smacks his lips, clearly dehydrated.

"My name is Kaborghia, I was the leader of an expedition to explore this island when we well prey to these damn slavers!" The man tries to spit but cannot. "Before we were captured, we found tablets, these tablets came tied to the Katheer’s Venicaan College. They, uh, no.
I need to tell Ambrose before I say anything more."

The man is still shackled to the floor.

Actions?

V reaches into his Haversack and pulls out a trail ration parcel (which presumably includes some water, otherwise someone else will need to provide that) to give Kaborghia, while inwardly contemplating the man's words.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24

He looks up at the others.

"I don't suppose any of you gents can do something about these fetters?"

Colin will search the Tengu for a key, as well as casting detect magic to search for any magic items the bird had.

down 25. healed 1 with channel, 10 with first infernal healing. Will need 2 charges to finish healing--which will also take a couple minutes, time that can be spent questioning the prisoner. Riptide is okay at intimidate if we decide to go that route, but he's keeping watch until we decide if making nice is getting us the answers we want.

Colin will be happy to tap Riptide twice with his want of infernal healing.

[b] WHo needs healing...I can provide some, although I recommend that we use more disposable resources first, but I can help heal for sure. [/dice]

Colin finds a hey among the feathery remains of the tengu. He is able to free Kaborgia.

"Thank you! You have to put a stop to all this, Be careful though, I am glad that beast is dead but killing him was quite the spectacle. I am sure the masters of the house know you are here. Best find them quickly."

Do we know who he worshiped? His unholy symbol would be a giveaway.

"Who are the masters of the house? Who, for that matter, was that 'beast', why did he do this to you, and just what was his relation to the aforementioned masters? If you don't mind telling us, for that matter, who are *you*, who were they," V interjects with a gesture toward the dead, "and how did you end up here?"

Diplomacy, heroism: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 34 +1 in the unlikely event he's a Mendevian Crusader; +2 in the even less likely event he follows Razmir