Each attempt to disable the hazard is an action. So, you can attempt to disable the ritual multiple town.
Bubba and Broch manage to contain part of the flaw. Emdi comes up short.
Masigonde tries to snap Tavvar out of it, but he doesn't get a response.
As the PC's try to contain the ritual, a pules of negative energy rushes through the room. The assistants and Tavvar take the full brunt of the negative energy. Bubba and Broch take 9 damage from the negative energy and Emdi takes 4.
With the pulse of negative energy, a shadowy wisp appears from the rift. it floats toward Bubba and extends a shadowy tendril. It tries to then attach itself to Bubba's shadow, but fails. Bubba takes 2 neg energy damage.
Combat Rolls:
neg energy:2d6 ⇒ (4, 5) = 9 fort save Bubba:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 fort save Broch:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17 fort save Emdi:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25
Green vs Bubba:1d20 ⇒ 101d6 ⇒ 2 green acrobatics:1d20 ⇒ 1
Masigonde:
Were you trying to block the damage to Tavvar? If so, you will take the 9 damage instead of her.
If you wish to spend an action to recall knowledge about the wisp. Let me know and do your secret check for religion
Round 1-Bold May Act
Shandra
Imiraix
Round 2-Bold May Act
Bubba
Broch
Masigonde
Emdi
Ritual
NG Human (Garundi Half-Orc) Male Druid (Gozreh) 1 | HP 18/18 | AC 18 | Perc. +7 T| Fort. +5 Refl. +5 Will +9| Speed: 20 |Senses: LLV| Conditions: None
Broch will use one of the Heal Scrolls received from Pathfinder Training in the 3 action version, targeting all living and undead creatures in a 30 ft emanation, which I guess means everyone.
Willing living creatures will heal 1d8
Undeads will receive 1d8 damage, with a basic DC17 Fort save
No, you shouldn't. The cast rolls, and everyone gets what it is. However, given that it is 1 action to retrieve a scroll, that doesn't leave 3 actions for the 3-action cast.
GM: Yes, that is what Masigonde was doing.
Masigonde leaps in front of Tavaar, taking a powerful blow from the wild energies lashing the room. Once the shadow demon appears, he strides across the magic circle to engage it. He raises his hands in mimicry of claws and releases a loud hoot as he strikes at the shadow.
Shandra fails to disrupt the ritual and Bubba misses the wisp completely.
Emdi pierces the wisp right in the soft spot. deadly:1d10 ⇒ 1
Masigonde moves in and delivers a deadly tiger slash to the wisp. It disperses into the air and gets sucked back into the rift.
Imiriax recalls that these are shadow wisp. They are tiny undead. Weak to fire and light, also light weakness. Immune to death effect, disease, paralyzed, poison, unconscious. If they hit you with its shadowy tendril, it can enter you shadow and then stretch it.
Imiriax is able to point out to of the flaws in the ritual. As he corrects them, the swirling energy comes to a stop. Each of the rifts begin to close.
Tavvar is able to bring the failed ritual to a close.
Out of Initiative
Combat Roll:
wisp fort:1d20 ⇒ 1
GM:
Assistants: 12/14
Tavvar: 21/21
Occultism check down to DC 20
Male CG Half-Orc Bard (warrior muse) with Champion dedication 4 | HP: 52 | AC: 22 | F +8, R +9, W +8 | Perception +8, low-light vision | Move 25 ft. | Hero Points: 1 |
Bubba does not relax immediately but looks about the room for a couple of seconds before resheathing his weapon.
He tries a couple of different chords with his harmonica, looking for a start to "Mama, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Wizards!," which he reckons will be his next composition.
For the moment, he's happy to let the "experts" talk this out while keeping an eye open for any new rifts to hostile planes of existence.
"Well, we have been trying it for a bit now. This is the first time something has actually happened." Tavvar says shrugging her shoulders. She then points to a book, bound in human flesh. "From that book right there."
"I do not see why you could not have a copy of it. I will have one of my assistants scribe you a copy. It should take a day or two."
The agents leave the Blakros Muesem, with the promise of Tavvar delivering a copy of the text when it is complete, and make their way to the Precipice Quarter. The begins to ask around the area about The Mavedarus estate and its previous occupants.
Those of who wish to do so. Give me a secret Gather Information Check (Diplomacy)
Male CG Half-Orc Bard (warrior muse) with Champion dedication 4 | HP: 52 | AC: 22 | F +8, R +9, W +8 | Perception +8, low-light vision | Move 25 ft. | Hero Points: 1 |
Happily leaving behind museums, shadow demons, and books bound with human flesh, Bubba chats with the good citizens of Absalom as the party strolls over to the Precipice Quarters.
NG Human (Garundi Half-Orc) Male Druid (Gozreh) 1 | HP 18/18 | AC 18 | Perc. +7 T| Fort. +5 Refl. +5 Will +9| Speed: 20 |Senses: LLV| Conditions: None
Let's see if Emdi is a better patient.
It takes 10 minutes for each Treat Wounds attempt.. GM: can I go on treating the others or should I wait until something else happens to move the time forward?
It takes two hours to gather information, so you would have had plenty of time to attempt first aide again.
Bubba hears that the previous owners were crime lords who used to dispose of bodies in the ground below the house.
Shandra hears that they also were slavers who stored their merchandise on location.
At the mansion
This old home might have once commanded the respect and envy of its neighbors, but the remaining story is cracked and crumbling. Whatever upper stories it might have once had have long collapsed, scattering stone and debris across gardens grown wild and weedy. Two curving staircases lead to a broad veranda bereft of its railings. Two openings that might have once been doors lead into the faint remnants of a solarium, while two more doors lead further into the creaking house itself. A whiff of rot and decay seeps from the structure.
Heading inside
The tiled floor, ornate columns, and sweeping staircases of this once-grant hall evoke a distinctly Taldan aesthetic, though the finery has suffered greatly over the past years. The marble floor tiles are cracked and filthy, and the statuary lining the walls has been smashed. None of the three staircases climbs beyond head level before ending abruptly, debris from their fallen upper reaches scattered across the floor.
Before moving on, what exploration activity is everyone using?
Will keep us on train tracks for now, easiest way to get through this dungeon crawl portion
Drawing Room
Everything this room once held now lies jumbled over the floor in a soggy mess: torn pages, scraps of fabric, and splintered remnants of furniture. Doors hang askew in the north and east walls, but the door to the south has been smashed from its hinges.
Bubba manages to find a hidden compartment in the wall behind a collapsed bookcase. It contains a stack of notes containing the names of several businesses that were operational fronts for organized crime.
Imiriax locates a potion of some kind in an overturned desk. It is a vial of ruby red liquid.
Trained Identify Magic Check: DC 15 Nature or Religion Check
DC 15+:
It imparts a tingling sensation as the drinker’s wounds heal rapidly
On to the next
Ivy has overgrown the empty window frame, casting this room into cool shadow. A low shelf, its wood warped and cracked, stands against the south wall, and a desk has been overturned and smashed in the eastern part of the room.
Just before Emdi pushes ahead, Bubba hears whispers coming from the room. He hears voices begging and pleading forgiveness for betraying the family.
Bubba realizes to be a haunt.
Need a Trained Religion check to exorcise the haunt or Trained Performance to drown out the whispers. Or you can just avoid this room since it does not lead anywhere.
