Siege of Gallowspire - Champion 15-16 (Inactive)

Game Master Cwethan

Ah, destructive spellcaster.... I wasn't prepare for this. Out-of-context solution. I like it.

Wait... IT just been Three Days!

Does anyone know who that Venture Captain that just died was? 'Shevar' doesn't ring a bell to me.

Agata, I do believe that skill checks were an option. I'm not sure that 'skill checks mixed with massive pillar destruction' was an option, but you could find out. The DCs sounded high-ish to me, but Agata might be able to make them where Arillia wouldn't.

I haven't been doing area damage since elemental damage like fire is usually really bad on objects. They'd have to be pretty fragile to break under a Fire Snake even if I went all-out.

Did that announcement mean that we are out of the fight with the Reaper?

Shevar doesn't ring a bell for me either, but I have to admit that - for that very reason - earlier in the scenario when they were introduced I momentarily thought to myself: "red shirt."

Re skills, yes it would depend on what skills and how long it takes to do them but might be worth doing if this particular scene is continuing.

And yes, good point about the area damage issue. If skill checks aren't a viable option, after one more disintegrate probably the only thing I have left is a cone of cold (and stormbolts, but I don't think that would do anything to an object) which is what got me thinking about it.

You don't see him often, but Shevar was the guy who did your briefing in the Tomb of Righteous Repose.

A weird question for a weird situation. Would the fact that the pillar that is powering this ritual is now in a pit, moving it 70 feet, effect the ritual at all?

From the Tome of Righteous Repose is the only credit I remember with Besnik... Without any spoilers it's set in Lastwall.

However, you are still very much fighting the Reaper.

Do you mean dropping the entire Pillar into a 70' pit? Unknown. The pillar's about 200' tall however, so it certainly wouldn't have all connections severed.

Do we have any reason to believe that attacks on the Pillar (e.g. disintegrate) would be any more or less effective and/or helpful than attacking the Columns?

You do not, though if nothing else it's much bigger than a 10' cube :-)

Ah, good point. :-)

Before we get to far ahead of this, a couple of questions/clarifications.

Mr Mcbigs hit me for 43 damage but the tracker shows me at -53. His attack roll was a 53, was this a mix-up or did something do an additional 10 damage?

This one is totally my fault. I don't know where my out of character text went but last round the 'black moss' that I ate was Spectre Moss from

The last thing I feel really bad for not asking earlier. My climb check does not provoke normally so I am finding out (just now because I didn't pay attention) that he has reach. Since he is a medium creature, what is giving him this reach? Are his arms looking like pool noodles? Is he Lunging? Does it seem like this is a magical effect of some kind?

Agata, I think our GM said that the skill checks were a full round action, so if you are planning on doing one of those, I'll avoid blasting pillars that you fly next to.

GM: do we know whether the main column can be skill-checked? I could possibly blast through its base, but I don't know that we have enough time for that.

Re: the AoO for Tally. The Reaper doesn't have reach, but while the climb in and of itself doesn't provoke, it's still movement within a threatened area...

Hmm.

I was trying to figure out how this hadn't come up so I went back, and every other instance was against a creature with plenty of reach so an AoO was clear, or you had cover, were 5-footing or they were flat-footed so they couldn't AoO at all!

After a deeper dive into the Vexing Dodger, I'm inclined to go with you, and assume that the whole thing is protected from provoking by the Limb Climber rule, so Tally's fine for now.

(And not that it remains relevant, but the extra 10 damage was from the 2 negative levels, so you'd have been clear there due to the moss.)

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I'd picked a full-round action for Disable Device (with Trapfinding), rather than making it the d4-2d4 rounds that traps can be sometimes (which would have been more polite for me to just say, "no you can't," if that had been the case). What skill were you planning on using and how?

Arcana and Spellcraft have been established as kosher if used alongside a suitable magical energy dispelling/manipulating spell.

The pillar is a concentration of too much energy to be easily messed with, skills wise. The ritual stones are a much more manageable grabbing point.

... I haven't realised how powerful Géatan was until now.

Go Arilla and Agatha! beat that ritual!

Hopefully that is another pillar down but now Agata has no more Disintegrates. GM, from what you said above, I'm thinking next round of Dispel Magic combined with a Knowledge (Arcana) check. (If there is a next round). Sound reasonable? And how many columns are left?

Can i look what your onglet has Said.

At the other people's spoiler tags?

In this case, sure, though keep it as OOC knowledge :-)

At the other people's spoiler tags?

In this case, sure, though keep it as OOC knowledge :-)

I will wait for the player permission as in actually discussing what he heard.

I hope i Will not lose nothing.

edit:It may be hubris... but can the overseer shoot out that a table have done this encounter? I would very like this.

It was beyond epic challenge.

Géatan is probably happy, he was able to change the mind of Tally. (That make him a real elder.)

I'm amazed that we made it through that encounter. And without losing anyone. Well done, all. Now I'm feeling inspired to get back to my Vexing Dodger, who I built a while back ago with GM credit but haven't actually played yet.

Are we done with the scenario? Or more to come? (I'm afraid to imagine what might top that).

What! We need to kill this dragon!

It's been really slow. Are we just waiting for the House to catch up?

Slow-rolling a bit while I scoped out what encounters would be reasonable follow ups to be honest :-p

Sadly? Ollysta got her dragon, or that would be a fun direction to head!

But stay tuned...

So there two of those monsters... I fear more them that the reaper! Tally, we will need you for this one...

Aid Token

Type: Burst of Healing
Generated By: Naevys Driltormidan
Heroic? Yes
Effect: A young tiefling woman rushes forward, picking off weaker undead creatures with her pistol before an arrow catches her in the shoulder. Grimacing, she throws a bag of healing supplies at the Pathfinders with her other arm before retreating.

Passing From: GM Hawthwile
Passing To: GM Cwethan

It isn't unbeatable, but that's a high will save. I might taxi us out of there rather than staying to fight in melee range with that thing, Agata. Any thoughts?

Agata is going to have little to contribute against this thing and would be happy to be away from it (hoping that the shell does indeed stave off the nemhains). If we're within 60' she'll probably try Retribution next round, but so far we haven't seen it try to do melee dmg so that may be pointless. Undead are tough for witches.

On the other hand, if the skeleton's gas is bad news, it might make sense to stick with the martials just to protect them from it?

Just let me know if you want to go with. Arillia already took a big hit from that thing & isn't in condition to find out what a full attack feels like.

I'd consider going for all the marbles if my chances of landing Control Undead were better, but a 30% shot seems low to risk this kind of retaliation.

Too bad I wasn't able to get to L16. Access to Quickened Dimension Door would change a lot of calculations.

I’ll go with you

Just realized that Arillia is likely to have her readied action go off soon and she won't go again until after the big guy. Zadeh might want to take taxi duty. At your option.

Edit: Oops, posted this in discussion rather than gameplay. Going to leave it here as I have no idea if I try and move it whether it will change the dice rolls.

The Hypnalises swarm forward towards the Nemhain, heedless of the river of negative energy. The first drops into a flank with Marcus. The rest drop into various different flanking positions. Those that arrive first ready to bite when their flanking partner arrives. Five should get sneak attack, the last will not. Orange, red and purple will provoke from the Nemhain, purple and orange provoke from the big thing.

Thanks for the taxi Zadeh. Arillia can cast Fly on Marcus if he's still wanting it on her turn. Possibly Quickened if that still feels like a good idea. I liked stopping a Harm last round, so it might.

Marcus will ride along. Fly would be good. I doubt I can get close enough without it. 15 ft vs 20 ft reach is manageable. *grumbles about no celestial shield*

Why not? But i would like to shoot him before. I would like to aim the big Monster!

Man, my Grim Reaper and my Tzitzimitl have both just ruined me with poorly timed nat-1's X-P

Arillia, do you want to try to take Control of one of the Nemhains? I could try Misfortune on one of them (Yellow is currently within the 30' range, Blue isn't but I could move closer to try to get both of them with Split Hex

They're 50' down, so you'd need to get at least a little closer to hex 'em.

Ah, thanks for pointing that out. So they're at 0' elevation and we're at 50'?

Yep!

Going to pass on that. The Nemhains aren't much of a threat if the big guy is using Wail.

Going to pass on that. The Nemhains aren't much of a threat if the big guy is using Wail.

As someone who takes a -3 penalty on saves against death effects and whose soul is damned to Abaddon when he dies I very much support this idea.

On reflection I may have been better off bringing my sorcerer to this!

Zadeh, do you want Fortune (I think you are the only one who hasn't gotten it yet)? It will use my standard action but, other than Misfortuning the Nemhains, I don't have a lot of other great options right now. If one of your summons is within 30' of me and you, I could also Fortune it.

Edit: posted my actions spoilered for either way: a) if Zadeh wants Fortune; b) if Zadeh doesn't want it this round then Agata tries Misfortune on both Nemhains.

REMINDER TO MARCUS & TALLY (AND ZADEH IF FORTUNED): Fortune lets you choose a d20 and roll twice and take the better result ONCE EACH ROUND. You have to choose to use it before making the roll.

I Will attack the big Guy Now. For sure

Went ahead and scooted Agata a little closer, since as discussed up-thread, she'll need to float down a ways to be able to reach the Nemhains.

That will mean that cackle hasn't gone off.

Oops, I'm sorry - I completely forgot that we had just discussed that last night! Foggy brain today.

No problem - it was an easy fix :-)

I think we still haven't used the Aid Token, right? We should, if only to pass it on.

If we haven't let's pop it.

It doesn't actually pass the Aid token on in this special (or I'd have been a lot pushier about using them) - but feel free to do so!