GM Ietsuna's Master of the Fallen Fortress (Inactive)

Game Master Ietsuna

"Next room."

Agni nods at Relgar and advances through the door to the next chamber.

This octagonal room is covered in a fine layer of dust. It’s clearly been abandoned for a long time.

Survival: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Whatever was of note, it is lost on Agni. He instead inspects the room to see what it contains.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Relgar looks around but finds nothing of interest.

Survival DC 15: 1d20 ⇒ 7

Survival: 1d20 ⇒ 11

”Huh”

There is nothing of interest in this room that you can see. The shelves are dusty, but mostly bare.

Agni proceeds through the remaining door.

Relgar follows Agni's lead.

Judging from the shelves lining the walls, this darkened room might once have been a storeroom, though its contents have long since succumbed to the passage of time. A crack in the northern wall has apparently let in some rainwater, which has collected in a large puddle on the floor.

Inside the room sits a god sized lizard. It has horns on either side of it's forehead and sparks seems to jump between some of its scales.

It hisses as you enter the room.

Green advances on Agni and unleashes an attack. A jolt of electricity moves to Agni.

Zap: 1d8 ⇒ 7

DC12 Reflex save for half Agni

Combat Round 1 - Bold May Act

Green
Jezebel
Agni
Relgar
Mbende
Heroki

Relgar steps back and unleashes the fire. Waves of flame erupt engulfing the weird lizard.

Burning Hands,Reflex DC 16: 4d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 4, 3, 2) + 4 = 14

Lizard Reflex: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

he fire washes over the lizard. Its skin looks a little dryer are blacker.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

Agni shouts as the lightning courses through him, reeling back in a combination of pain and anger. "Blasted lizard! Agni will relish reducing you to ash!"

5-Foot Step, Move Action Study Target, Swift Action Shikigami Style, Standard Action Attack

Studied Target Attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
Studied Target Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

The lizard gives a shudder and drops to the floor, a past-lizard.

Relgar smiles at Agni.

"It appears the beast could not stand against our combined flame."

Heroki comes charging moments too late, brandishing his sword above his head. Stopping just short of falling into the flames he says.

“The pyros are at it again, I swear they never save any for me.”

"Surely more powerful foes yet await deeper, our combined strengths will be required to overcome this fortress."

Agni doubles back into the last room and tries the door to the central staircase. Perhaps the rubble didn't reach this floor?

With a slight shove the door into the central stairway opens for Agni. He sees the rubble build up down the shaft, but overhead is clear.

Relgar looks at Agni.

"Should we proceed?"

"We shall." Agni nods to Relgar and begins ascending the stairs.

The party stands at a closed door onto the third floor. Do you open it, or keep going up to the fourth level?

The diminutive gnome looks at the doughty warrior.

"The door Agni. There is burning to do."

Agni opens the door on the third floor and proceeds through.

Two stone altars, one black and one white, sit at either end of this large chamber, which takes up two wings of the tower on this level. The crumbling remains of wooden benches sag in front of each altar beneath rotting ceiling tapestries. Carved symbols and writings snake along the walls. The burnt corpses of two troglodytes lie on the floor in the center of the room.

Two skeletons stand here, one near each altar. Flames lick across their bodies.

Combat Round 1 - Bold May Act

Agni
Skeletons
Heroki
Relgar
Mbende
Jezebel

Knowledge Religion: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Agni's eyes light up at the flaming skeletons. "You shall make perfect sacrifices to the Queen of the Inferno. May you return to her fires with haste." Agni dashes forward and swings his torch in an upward arc, aiming for the center of the nearest skeleton's ribcage in an attempt to blast it apart.

Torch Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Torch Damage (Bludgeoning): 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

I'm assuming they're immune or resistant to fire damage, and didn't include the fire damage from the torch attack.

As Agni swings his torch through the skeleton and it explodes into a fountain of flaming bones scorching Agni.

Fire damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

DC 11 Reflex save for half damage

Its attention drawn by the explosion of its companion the Purple skeleton charges Agni.

Claw: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15 Damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 Fire Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

The claws scrape across Agni's armour.

Combat Round 1/2 - Bold May Act

Agni
Skeleton
Heroki
Relgar
Mbende
Jezebel

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Agni howls in pain as the flames wash over him, but the anguish is replaced by a smile of ecstasy moments later. ”Heat gives me life, I welcome her pain!”

Relgar has only one trick that will work against a burning skeleton. He hurls a blob of acid at the creature and moves through the door to make way for the others to act.

Acid Splash vs touch, in-combat: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (2) - 2 = 0
Damage: 1d3 ⇒ 3

"This is going to hurt you more than it's going to hurt me," mutters Jezebel as she lunges toward the remaining skeleton, a solidly-crafted warhammer in hand.

As she advances, her already-formidable body further enlarges in several dimensions, and begins to gleam with random flickers and flashes of unearthly light and colour....

warhammer, BLOODRAGE!: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Jezebel swings and smashes the skeleton with her warhammer. The skeleton explodes in a burst of flame.

Boom: 1d6 ⇒ 1

DC 11 Reflex save for half damage. Although I suspect half of 1 is still 1

Combat Over

DC 11 Reflex save for half damage. Although I suspect half of 1 is still 1

Unless it's rounded down to 0, or perhaps downgraded to 1 nonlethal. I'm pretty sure one of the two happens.

Reflex save: 1d20 ⇒ 20

"A lot more," She breathes.

3.5 had 1 damage minimum. Pathfinder rounds down, so 0 it is apparently.

I think that 1 hit point non-lethal is the minimum damage. But as the GM you can say it rounds down to 0.

Heroki rushes forward sword held high yelling

“Finally my shot!”

The small gnome stands mischievously pouting.

"Well. That was no fun. The skeletons were on fire already!"

"What is next?"

Heroki herumphs frustrated, and spits out

”PYRO”

There are no doors of this chamber. There are still the altars at each end of the room though.

Relgar goes to look at one of the Altars determined seemingly at random.

"Ok (determined by the GM), why don't we go look at that one."

Relgar goes to the black altar. Looking at it he sees a silver service worth roughly 50gp, a sliver holy symbol of Nethys and a scroll.

Relgar identifies the scroll with Read Magic and casts Detect Magic to see if any of the other items are magical.

"Loot! Finally a reason to be here."

The gnome grins.

"I mean an official reason other than indulging my obsession."

Scroll of Shatter

Relgar takes the scroll for safekeeping and he hands the remaining treasure to others. He then heads towards the other altar.

The white altar holds a silver service worth 50gp, a silver holy symbol of Nethys and a scroll of Shield Other.

Assumed you would ID it

Relgar seems satisfied that at least they found something else of worth. He distributes the loot.

"More stuff to sell. Especially this scroll if we can find someone foolish enough to purchase it."

"Did we miss anything or are we done here?"

The marking of the secret door is plain to see on the map but did any of the characters notice it?

”Finally a reward for all my hard work.”

Relgar eyes the lizard-man grinning with mirth.

"Did you actually get to do anything yet?"

Heroki grins back, then shifts his gaze slowly to the pig.

”I’m aching for some bacon”

No-one has rolled a perception in this room to notice anything unusual. The marking is clear, but your characters don't know.

With the exception of the secret door have we explored all the other rooms that we know of?

"This cannot be all. It has been too easy. There must be more creatures to fight somewhere."

With these words a small toad appears on Relgar's arm and the gnome starts looking around a bit hopeful that the adventure is not already over.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

Yes, you have everything in the room

Relgar looks around the room and notices something strange with the masonry on the south east wall. It is a secret door but it seems to be locked.

"Hey guys we are not done. There is a door and it is locked. Can anyone deal with that?"

What kind of door is it? Can it be smashed through?