GM Ietsuna's 10-13 Fragments of Antiquity

Game Master Ietsuna

" This is why you brought 2 wizards" Kenath says as he backs away from the swarms.

Would a small fire elemental do much to the ant swarm? I think our evoker is a much stronger play here.

The swarm would be immune to the slam, but not the burn of a fire elemental, I think. If anyone has counter information we can discuss.

Hey...wasn't that wand able to cast some magical noise or some such? Get Pooka out of the way and blast those ants!

Oh - this is my play. But we need to draw the swarm AWAY from the books.

"Pooka, move that swarm over here." Nugats points to the middle of the room away from the books.

Just waiting on Pooka before we move forward.

Sorry!

Pooka is fantastic at giving instructions. At his kennel back home, his pack of dogs is a well trained pack, and he is their alpha. Both he and his dogs know how important it is to listen to and immediately obey each of his commands.

Except the puppies. But that is why they are puppies.

Pooka doesn't hesitate when Nugats calls his name. Honestly he practically expected it. Half walking, half skipping in his urgency to get out of the way and hopefully draw the ants behind him, Pooka goes exactly to where he is directed without delay. "Luna, Stay!" he commands his pup, knowing she wouldn't hesitate to get into the fray, yet would be mostly useless against these swarms.

[ooc[ No worries Pooka. I was not giving you a hurry along, just letting everyone know that I was not ignoring you all[/ooc]

The green swarm heads for Pooka, moving and an covering the halfling as they sting and bite.

Swarm: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 6) = 15

Pooka, can I have a roll vs distraction please. Will save DC15

The red swarm continues to crawl across the books. They are so agitated now that the begin to bite at the tomes, beginning to obliterate some of the texts.

Combat Round 2 - Bold May Act

Nugats
Kenath
Rallas
Pooka
Red Swarm
Green Swarm

Would a small air elemental, with a 10-20' whirlwind, be able to hoover up those ants (and preferably not the books!)? We need to do something about those books...

If you present me a compelling enough argument I will certainly allow those type of shenanigans

Kenath quickly scrambles for a solution. Theres always a summon for each situation, they drilled that into me! He quickly realizes that an air elemental, or a few of them, may be able to create a negative vortex vacuum, preserving the tome they were sent to save.

fortitude save: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28
small air elementals: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Kenath calls upon his training, summoning 3 elementals. He calls to them in whispy Auran ,” get the ants off the books, use your winds. Bring them above the gnome!”.

They quickly each assume a whirlwind form and move rapidly over the swarms, staying on the books until the ants are affected, and then using their rapid speed to hastily fly them above Nuggets.

with 100' speed, they could all affect both swarms. so I think each swarm requires 2 DC 14 reflex saves per elemental (so a total of 12 reflex saves). If they fail the first, they take 1d4+3 damage, if they fail that and the second, they are now flying ants, on this mother Fing plane. The visual of this is *much* better than the mechanics...

Will Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19

"Yeeeaaa getemoffgetemoffgetemoff!!!" Pooka spins his stumpy little legs as fast as he can, trying to escape from the swarm. "Doooo yoooouurrrrr thiiiing NUGATS!" he wails as he wiggles, the damned insects crawling underneath his armor.

Double move again... And no worries. I felt bad I had missed a few days. I've been bumped to a weird split 2nd/3rd shift for the next month or so, and life has been weird lately.

Green Reflex Ele 1 First Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Green Reflex Ele 1 Second Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

Green Reflex Ele 2 First Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Green Reflex Ele 2 Second Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Green Reflex Ele 3 First Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Green Reflex Ele 3 Second Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

Red Reflex Ele 1 First Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Red Reflex Ele 1 Second Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18

Red Reflex Ele 2 First Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

Red Reflex Ele 2 Second Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Red Reflex Ele 3 First Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

Red Reflex Ele 3 Second Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

The green swarm continues to pursue Pooka, but the Red swarm is picked up and carried away by the Third elemental.

Rallas moves to help cut off the swarm from getting to Pooka.

I am holding until I can hit the ants without damaging the books

The red swarm continues to be whirled about in the whirlwind. 1 round per 2HD for the whirlwind form? Also please move the red swarm to wherever your elemental is.

Green continues to pursue Pooka.

"Whaaaat aaaarrre yoooouuu waaaiiiting foooorrrr Nuuuugggaaats!?!?!" Pooka continues to huff and puff, running from the surprisingly fast swarm of ants.

What was I thinking? Sure Pooka, let's have some fun Pooka. They can't bite that bad can they Pooka?" he chastises himself, but still can't help from grinning at the absurdity of it all.

Sweat soaks into the lining of his armor as the little halfling pumps his legs. It won't be long before he begins to test the limits of his endurance. Not really lol...

Double move again... eek!

1 round is correct, so I think at the start of the air elementals next turn, the ants (that were flow overhead of Nugats, up to the ceiling), are going to fall down. I suggest you AoE that swarm and we'll deal with the next one when we can. The swarm with ants is as high up as it can go (assuming nothing looks too valuable, like a second floor of the library), with the ants for Nuggets to fireball. The other two elementals start where the other swarm was, although not with their 5' base sitting on books, waiting for next round to try the same action by reassuming whirlwind form for that round.

Combat Round 2 - Bold May Act

Nugats
Kenath
Rallas
Pooka
Red Swarm (In whirlwind)
Green Swarm

Twirling his fingers together, a bit of bat guano falls from Nugats. A small ball of ice flies towards the swarm, becoming larger and larger.

Admixture change fire to cold: 15d6 + 4 ⇒ (4, 5, 6, 3, 1, 6, 1, 2, 6, 3, 1, 4, 6, 4, 2) + 4 = 58 DC 21 Reflex save for 1/2

Red Reflex: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

Nugat's Iceball hits the red swarm taking out many of the ants but not dispursing the swarm.

As an aside, the elemental should take the damage too, yeah?

Combat Round 2 - Bold May Act

Nugats
Kenath
Rallas
Pooka
Red Swarm (In whirlwind) -29
Green Swarm

That elemental is gone.... 17hp

The two remaining elementals try on the green swarm once more, as the remaining ants in the swarm fall towards the gnome.

damage from whirlwind: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 Maybe 6 more will do it?

Rallas tosses a vial of acid at the swarm of green ants.

splash: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 261d6 ⇒ 3

Green Reflex Ele 1 First Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

Green Reflex Ele 1 Second Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

Green Reflex Ele 2 First Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22

Green Reflex Ele 2 Second Save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

The Green ants avoid the damage and stubbornly stay on the ground.

Rallas tosses a flask into their midst and the ants sizzle.

Green continues to pursue Pooka.

Combat Round 3 - Bold May Act

Nugats
Kenath
Rallas
Pooka
Red Swarm (In whirlwind) -29
Green Swarm -4

Spreading his hands wide, an arc of cold flies from Nugat's hands towards the Red Swarm.

Burning Hands (cold): 5d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 1, 2, 4, 1) + 4 = 16 DC 19 Reflex save for 1/2

Pooka huffs and puffs, turning around the corner as his greaves scrape against the stone floor. He skids to a half, hoping he has put enough distance between himself and the swarm of ants and takes the opportunity to pull a vial of alchemist's fire from his bandolier. Not enough to do much damage, but better than nothing!

Rallas tosses asnother flask of acid at the swarm

splash: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 251d6 ⇒ 4

The red is out of whirlwind, since that elemental went back home

The green elementals try once more to help Pooka, while Kenath gives encouraging words.

Red Reflex: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

The Red ants avoid some of Nugats blast.

The Green ants sizzle a little more as Rallas' flask smashes into them.

Green Reflex 1 Elemental 1: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Green Reflex 2 Elemental 1: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Green Reflex 1 Elemental 2: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Green Reflex 2 Elemental 2: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

Green is now flying, being whipped up by the elementals.

Red catches Kenath and swarms over him.

Swarm: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 2, 5) = 9 Please roll a Fort save vs Distraction, DC 17

Combat Round 4 - Bold May Act

Nugats
Kenath (take 9 damage please)
Rallas
Pooka
Red Swarm -37
Green Swarm -10

fort: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
Kenath moves swiftly away from the ants, he furthermore readies to run away another 30 feet should the ants close to him again.

His victorious elemental brings the green swarm over to its red colleague.

A number of the ants still cling to Kenath.

Ants?: 1d6 ⇒ 4

The Red swarm takes 4 damage to reflect the loss of a number of it's constitu-ants. Kenath, be aware of the following "A creature with army ants clinging to him takes 3d6 points of damage at the end of his turn each round. As a full-round action, he can remove the ants with a DC 20 Reflex save."

Combat Round 4 - Bold May Act

Nugats
Kenath
Rallas
Pooka
Red Swarm -41
Green Swarm -10 (In Whirlwind)

Use the bloody wand on them! Rallas yells as he tosses the last of the acid he harvested from the trap.

splash: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 181d6 ⇒ 1aiming at red

Looking at the map it seems that both swarms are together - targeting both swarms.

A Nugats looks at the field, he is surprised at the resilience of these swarms. Both times he flung his magics the swarm was able to mitigate of its destructive power.

"Enough." he cries. "You cannot evade my magic forever." with that, another coldball flies from his hands. Sacrificing slow for fireball - Greater Spell Specialization Sacrifice a spell to cast your specialized spell

Coldball: 15d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 1, 1, 6, 1, 2, 6, 3, 5, 1, 5, 6, 2, 2, 3) + 4 = 49 DC21 Reflex

"Thank Desna for air elementals!" Pooka shouts with glee as the chase is finally off, for now. He spins on his heels, flask in hand, and runs back the other way to try to get in range to throw his flask. He arrives just in time to see one of Nugat's cold spells go off. He shakes his head in awe at the power his diminutive friend displays. Not for the last time, he is glad the gnome is on his side.

Double move

Nugats blast takes out the Red swarm Half damage is enough to take it out so not even rolling

Green Reflex: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

Green takes the full force of the coldball

Green falls to the ground.

Combat Round 5 - Bold May Act

Nugats
Kenath
Rallas
Pooka
Green Swarm -59

taking damage for previous round
bity damage: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 2) = 7

damage from whirlwind on green last round: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6 9 damage, from 50% more

Kenath rolls to remove the ants.

reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

The sole remaining elemental tries to buffet the green ants once more as a whirlwind.

Rallas prepares a flask of liquid fire to toss when the swarm touches the ground.

Pooka spins around the corner and sees that most of the ants seem to be gone. One writhing pile remains and the halfling chucks his flask of alchemist fire, hoping the glass breaks on impact.

Throw, 2nd range increment: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 9 - 2 = 27 for fire damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

WOAH!!

Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 9 - 2 = 22 for Crit damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Pooka's flask disperses the second swarm.

Combat over. Back in the original area now.

The remains of several mostly-eaten kobolds have been piled in the southeast corner. Among their discarded belongings are a pair of gloves, a scroll and two potions. A shard of amber glass is propped up on a bookshelf.

Oh boy - I blew through 3 spells there.

Kn Nature: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25

"Nice work everybody. Glad you saved that acid from the trap Rallas and Kenath brilliant air elemental. Every time I summon them they seem to flit out the window. Probably chasing a Cumulonimbus cloud."

Nugats moves over to inspect the dead kobolds and their treasure.

"This one looks interesting ... Administering to Public Health in Large Cities"

Nugats cast Detect magic to try and discern what the gloves, a scroll and two potions are.

"And more amber glass from the mirror."

"Interesting title there, I wonder how useful it would be in a world-wide pandemic..." Pooka muses idly. He absentmindedly shoves a couple fingers underneath the seams of his armor plating, scratching at the itch left behind by the ants. "Nice find Nugats. And nice work everyone with those ants. The air elementals were a brilliant touch. I am glad we froze them in their tracks."

"Luna, Hup!" he calls his faithful mount over, glad she was able to stay away from the ants. He plants a foot in a stirrup and swings his leg over, taking his familiar place atop his steed.

Anyone looking at the book can you give me a Linguistics check please?

It would seem a waste to not use that acid. Luckily, it was needed. I like to be prepared for most things. Can't think of everything, but at least, we still have our halfling battering ram... Rallas says with a small grin.

Hmm..I must study languages more when I can...my uncle can help with that.

Linguistics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

Autopass all the Spellcraft

Nugats flips through the tome careful not to lick his finger before he turns the page.

These are Trapspringer's Gloves. These studded leather gloves look similar to workman’s gloves, though they are reinforced with numerous metal strips that the user can extend or retract as she wills, turning the tip of each finger into a customizable tool useful in examining and disarming traps. While worn, these gloves grant a +5 competence bonus on all Disable Device checks made to disarm traps. In addition, the gloves grant the user a +1 luck bonus on all saving throws made against traps.

This is a scroll of Mage Armor

These are potions of Cure Moderate Wounds

Pooka grins at Rallas' compliment and pats Luna on her side. "I think every time I take one of these missions I think the same thing Rallas. I have a good friend who is amazing at that sort of thing. Skinny kelishite kid. You would never know it by looking at him."

"Well? Where to next?" the halfling inquires.

Why don't I look after these....perhaps I can make some use of them... Rallas says as he nonchalantly picks up the gloves. The potions should go to Pooka, I think, He heads into the fray and bears the brunt.

He snugs his gear down and checks the kobolds' map before setting off to the north.

perc: 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 14 + 2 = 18hey GM type person, can we get a mark on the map on the spots we've been at...just gets a bit confusing...

With the kobold's preclivities and our luck, we'll need those gloves

Kenath pulls and uses a wand on himself.
use magic device: 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 11 + 2 = 21 healing: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
use magic device: 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 11 + 2 = 25 healing: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Flipping through the tome Nugats realizes that this is a forgery and not worth returning to the lodge. It is full of inaccuracies and plain wrong information.

Green crosses mark areas you have been to

Hmm...perhaps we should take the forged document back...the scholars might be able to discover more if done by the same forger...just a thought... Rallas muses as he heads to the central area of the map according to the given map. He scans the area with his keen elven eyes and trained trapfinding skills.
perc: 1d20 + 14 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 14 + 2 = 27

"Alright girl, be ready." Pooka speaks quietly to Luna. He hefts his lance in his right hand, guiding his dog expertly with his knees. The halfling cavalier follows behind Rallas, leaving a safe distance between the two of them. Plenty of space to get up to speed should a threat appear.

He keeps his eyes peeled for anything the others might miss, with a keen interest toward the ceiling. S#&% always comes from the ceiling... he thinks to himself.