Flora's borrowed magic slurps up the mucusy wall like a straw, leaving the chamber open to her companions once more.
The Trophy Room
Round 2! Bold may act!
Lissa
Flyn
Kramac (-2)
Beaky (-1)
Flora
Zagan Blue (-59)
Eorsten (1 negative level)
Red
Area Effects:
- Ceiling is 20 ft high
- Mucus wall (dark green) is 15 ft high and blocks sight and line of effect
- Area is dark save for Pathfinders' light sources
- Nonmagical light sources do not function
- Magical light sources have their radii halved (i.e. light creates 10 ft radius normal light, 10 ft additional radius dim light)
Male LG Ifrit Pei Zin Oracle 7/Divine Hunter Paladin 4 | HP 98/113 | AC 20 T 12 FF 18 (23/15/21) | CMB +11, CMD 23 | F: +17, R: +13, W: +17 | Init: +10 | Perc: -1, SM: -1 | Speed 20ft | 3rd (3/6), 2nd (6/8), 1st (6/8) | Channel 4/8, Healer's Way 4/8, Lay on Hands 5/9 | Active Spells: Prayer, Shield of Faith, Shield Other (Flyn) | Active Conditions: None
Kramac and Beaky feel their wounds close up as Zagan takes the small hurts from them. As he does so, Zagan looks at Kramac, How on all the hells did you get hurt there? then shakes his head.
Kramac and Beaky are both at full, Zagan takes 3 damage, bringing him to -8
Zagan draws down on the ooze with his bow and fires off two shots.
Not wanting the creature to throw up another wall, Flyn moves 5' NW and takes careful aim before releasing another rain of blunt arrows at the puddle monster...
Male Half-Orc M Half-Orc Normal AC: 36 Current AC: 36 T 14 FF 33 | HP 121/121| F +22 R +16 W +16 / +2 Heroism | CMD 28 | Init +5 | Perc +18(+4 On Beak)| Spells: Level 1 4/6 Level 2 5/5 Level 3 3/4 Level 4 0/1 | Bane 10/10 | Animal Focus 8/10 | Hunter Trick 4/7
Kramac's eyes flash with fire, and his sword once again ignites as he begins to reign down blows on the mud creature.
Activate Hunter Focus:Fire, then full attack with flurry and power attack.
I'm kinda assuming that a puddle of mud is immune to sneak attack? Either an ooze or some kind of mud elemental infused with necromantic energy?
@Zagan - Lifelink only works in sets of 5 damage, so no absorbing damage from Kramac and Beaky yet.
Zagan's arrows go wide as the paladin avoids shooting LIssa in the back. Flyn's arrows have a little more luck, but they still don't seem as effective as the archer would expect. Lissa's whip cracks down on the slime, but slides off its slick form and crashes down to the floor harmlessly. Kramac and Beaky shift their assault to the goop, but it slips and squishes away from their combined attacks.
The ooze quivers slightly...
Concentrate, Combat Casting vs DC 25:1d20 + 17 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 17 + 4 = 39
...then makes a heaving motion with its body...
Kramac Will:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15
...and Kramac finds himself flying through the air at Flyn!
You're too busy staring at the rapidly-approaching Kramac to recognize this spell!
Kramac slams into Flyn, knocking the breath from the archer's lungs from the impact and falling to the ground.
The Trophy Room
Round 3! Bold may act!
Eorsten (1 negative level)
Red Lissa Flyn (-23)
Kramac (-5, Prone)
Beaky (-1)
Flora
Zagan Blue (-125)
Area Effects:
- Ceiling is 20 ft high
- Area is dark save for Pathfinders' light sources
- Nonmagical light sources do not function
- Magical light sources have their radii halved (i.e. light creates 10 ft radius normal light, 10 ft additional radius dim light)
Male LG Ifrit Pei Zin Oracle 7/Divine Hunter Paladin 4 | HP 98/113 | AC 20 T 12 FF 18 (23/15/21) | CMB +11, CMD 23 | F: +17, R: +13, W: +17 | Init: +10 | Perc: -1, SM: -1 | Speed 20ft | 3rd (3/6), 2nd (6/8), 1st (6/8) | Channel 4/8, Healer's Way 4/8, Lay on Hands 5/9 | Active Spells: Prayer, Shield of Faith, Shield Other (Flyn) | Active Conditions: None
@GM my 28 and 30 both missed the ooze?
Kramac and Flyn both heal 5 as Zagan absorbs 10 from them, bringing his total damage to 15.
Zagan will move up to get out of cover and fire once at the ooze again.
+1 Darkwood Composite Longbow with Divine Favor:1d20 + 12 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 12 + 3 = 30
for 1d8 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 3 = 7
Lissa ducks and flows a little to the side as Kramac comes flying past her. "Oh, you're the more dangerous of the pair... Aren't you?" she mutters before calling another lash and bringing it down on the puddle, as she blurs with speed once again.
Full attack via Water Whip vs. Blue. Using round of Haste from Boots
Zagan's arrow strikes the blob this time, but sinks harmlessly into its body. Flora's missile, on the other hand, slams into the creature and leaves it barely holding itself together. Lissa steps up to the plate and beats the ooze into submission, leaving nothing but a wet brown stain on the floor.
Out of combat! Damage report:
- Eorsten (1 negative level)
- Flyn (-18)
- Beaky (-1)
- Zagan (-10)
Go ahead and include any restorative actions in your next post.
After taking a moment to collect themselves, the Pathfinders press onward. The darkness relucantly reveals another chamber, its walls lined with tarnished silver mirrors - some of which have been smashed to pieces. Reflections of reflections dance about in the adventurer's lights. As they press further in, the Pathfinders find that the hallway to the south is crisscrossed with crackling black energies that block the entire passageway. To the west, rubble blocks what might have once been an exit.
Each character can attempt each of the following activities:
Study and Manipulate the Wards: You cast detect magic and study the wards in an attempt to gain insight into undoing them. (Cast detect magic and roll Knowledge (arcana) or Spellcraft - pick one.)
Study a Mirror: You look into a mirror and see... something familiar. The images swim and change, but the scenes within are from one of your previous adventures. But something is not quite right in the reflection - there's some detail out of place from what you remember. (Briefly describe a previous adventure, then roll Perception or Sense Motive - pick one.)
Weaken the Physical Structure: You think that weakening the very walls these mirrors are affixed to might also weaken the wards. (Roll Craft (stonemasonry or similar), Disable Device, Knowledge (engineering), or Profession (miner or similar) - pick one.)
Each activity takes 10 minutes to complete, for purposes of tracking effect durations. Please note any re-castings or expirations in your post as well.
After Flora and Lissa drop the blob monster, Flyn nods their way, ”Good job, girls!”
He reaches down to help his friend turned missile weapon up from the ground. ”Kramac, my friend, I thought I was the ranged weapon specialist...but you are a ranged weapon itself, it would seem, and an effective one at that. Come, let us move on and put an end to this madness...”
Flyn nods his appreciation to Zagan and then uses three taps of his wand to heal up. (Using the average for 16 total)
Coming upon the maze of mirrors, Flyn casts detect magic and studies the wards...
...he then takes a particular notice of one of the mirrors...and sees visions of a past adventure in which he entered an old domain of Tar-Baphon, the Whispering Tyrant, a place on the cursed isle, affectionately called the ‘City of Golden Death’...he sees himself alongside his party fighting the great undead dragon that guarded the entrance to the lich’s treasure room...but something is off...the dragon looks different and one of his friends is down...
Perception:1d20 + 23 ⇒ (20) + 23 = 43
...and then he goes to work on trying to weaken these wards so they can press on...
Flora offered her healing wants to anyone who needed them.
I have about 60 CLW charges, so if you need them for healing just roll it and I'll mark it off.
She then peered into one of the mirrors. She saw a younger version of herself leading a group of novice Pathfinders through her homeland. They were racing through the jungle for some prize, a chalice of some sort. She didn't really get the idea of racing for prizes, but was more than happy to explore. After this she would get to explore many more lands than she'd ever dreamed possible.
Lissa's voyage into the past leads to a much less pleasant place. Her first mission outside of Absalom involved finding a dwarven prospector and helping him with a site of dwarven historic significance. However, the site was overrun with Mites and Derro, and the party was not ready for them. They lost the prospector and 3 agents that day before they fled, including one that Lissa considered a dear friend.
Perception:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21
When those horrid memories resurface, Lissa goes to see if she can remove the offending mirror from the wall itself, if anything as a means of rebellion.
Male Half-Orc M Half-Orc Normal AC: 36 Current AC: 36 T 14 FF 33 | HP 121/121| F +22 R +16 W +16 / +2 Heroism | CMD 28 | Init +5 | Perc +18(+4 On Beak)| Spells: Level 1 4/6 Level 2 5/5 Level 3 3/4 Level 4 0/1 | Bane 10/10 | Animal Focus 8/10 | Hunter Trick 4/7
Kramac gazes into the mirror recalling one of his most meaningful missions. He sees himself navigating a plague laboratory to save the Jeweled Sages. Delving deep to uncover the corrupting influence, and free each of the sages from her control. And then standing firm against a fell knight, protecting his companions while they dealt with the spirit that had buried its evil influence in the magic jewels.
The Pathfinders get to work trying to learn more about the barrier before them and how to bypass it. The wards themselves turn out to be too complex for Flyn and Zagan to comprehend, but Kramac helps the elf find a strange pattern of alterations in their reflected memories. Lissa lends her aid in eroding the walls holding the mirrors, allowing Flyn to adjust one just enough the cause the black energies to flicker and die like a fire without fuel.
Flyn:
A powerful, vibrant voice of a young woman speaks in your mind.
As the Pathfinders quickly pass through the southern exit, the disrupted barrier crackles - and seconds after Lissa steps past, the wards reseal with a loud POP!
On the other side, the room’s marble walls, floors, and ceiling hint at its former glory. Four statues of a skeletal figure dressed in ornate robes and crowned with a horned helmet stare menacingly at the wide bridge that crosses a bone-strewn pit.
GM Screen:
?? Stealth:1d20 + 18 ⇒ (20) + 18 = 38 Eorsten Perception, Distance vs DC 38:1d20 - 1 - 7 ⇒ (18) - 1 - 7 = 10 Flora Perception, Distance vs DC 38:1d20 + 23 - 8 ⇒ (9) + 23 - 8 = 24 Flyndyngylyn Perception, Distance vs DC 38:1d20 + 23 - 8 ⇒ (3) + 23 - 8 = 18 Kramac Perception, Distance vs DC 38:1d20 + 21 - 7 ⇒ (17) + 21 - 7 = 31 Lissa Perception, Distance vs DC 38:1d20 + 14 - 9 ⇒ (19) + 14 - 9 = 24 Zagan Perception, Distance vs DC 38:1d20 - 1 - 8 ⇒ (14) - 1 - 8 = 5
Lissa skates farther into the room, though staying close to the others. "Yes, the quicker we get in, the quicker we can complete this assignment. This place is giving me the creeps more then normal."
Flyn frowns. "Is anyone else hearing a young woman's voice in their head or is it just me? Must be some trick of that bastard Whispering Tyrant..."
He eyes the bridge over the pit warily...as well as the four skeletal statues eying the bridge...
Perception:1d20 + 23 ⇒ (19) + 23 = 42
"Well we just can't stand here, we need to move on...don't know if I trust that bridge though, with all those statues staring at it...think I'll try a different route and then cover those who wish to cross it..."
Assuming these are 5' squares, otherwise, wouldn't attempt the jump...
Flyn surveys the room a bit to find his preferred launching spot, gets a running start and attempts to leap over the pit...
Acrobatics:1d20 + 25 ⇒ (16) + 25 = 41
He then puts his back to the east wall, draws his bow, and looks over the room, covering his companions as they move forward...
Master of Spells Sorrina Westyr frowns at the black veins running through Gallowspire’s walls. “Do you see that? That’s pure negative energy flowing through the walls. It’s strengthening every undead creature in all of Gallowspire. If we don’t do something about it, I shudder to think how tough our battles will be against Gallowspire’s strongest defenders. Let’s put a stop to it here and now!”Players, you can send your Spellcaster Aid Characters on this mission.
GMs, please begin the Aid Mission (Spellcaster) when you reach a good point to do so.
Male Half-Orc M Half-Orc Normal AC: 36 Current AC: 36 T 14 FF 33 | HP 121/121| F +22 R +16 W +16 / +2 Heroism | CMD 28 | Init +5 | Perc +18(+4 On Beak)| Spells: Level 1 4/6 Level 2 5/5 Level 3 3/4 Level 4 0/1 | Bane 10/10 | Animal Focus 8/10 | Hunter Trick 4/7
Kramac will fly over the pit as Flynn jumps across, hoping to help establish a beachhead on the other side. Kramac will re-cast heroism on himself if it has been 90 minutes since starting the adventure - I know we spent 20 or 30 minutes working on the previous puzzle.
As Kramac flies over, he will attempt to scan the bridge for any traps.
Perception:1d20 + 21 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 21 + 2 = 41
Come friends, press forward! Flynn and I will secure the other side of the bridge.
Surprise Round! And unfortunately, nobody made the Perception check when you entered the room.
As Flyn lands on the far side of the pit, he hears a chittering voice. Moments later, the ground beneath him erupts with countless insects that bite the archer...
...and Flyn feels something terrible coursing through his veins as he retches and shakes from the vile onslaught. Kramac and Beaky fly above the insects, but find themselves under assault nevertheless as countless bats appear as if out of nowhere, screeching and biting at the pair...
Flyn manages to push through the poison from the bites, but his nausea remains!
To clarify - Red cast a spell as a standard action and another as a swift action in the surprise round.
Too Many Legs
Round 1! Bold may act!
Zagan
Flora
Eorsten
Kramac (-2, Bleeding)
Beaky (-2, Bleeding)
Lissa
Flyn (-15, Nauseated 1/1)
Red
Blue Swarm
Yellow Swarm
Green Swarm
Purple Swarm
Orange Swarm
Environmental Effects:
- Room is dark except for light around Beak, Lissa, and Eorsten
Of note, Kinetic blasts do full damage to swarms. It's written into the description of the ability.
Lissa frowns as the mass of bugs begins to swarm over Flyn and Karmac. With a moment to call the crashing surf once again, she fires off another stream of water toward the closest edge of the mass of bugs.
Move action - Gather power Standard action - Empowered Extended Range Water Blast vs. Blue
GM: Flyn is wearing a Swarmbane Clasp; while he can suffer damage, he autosaves Distraction, so no nausea. Also, his weapons deal normal damage to swarms.
...and dang, GM! Whassup with your Flyn-hating dice? Two 1's and a 2? You're killing me, Smalls! :)
Flyn fights through the poison and fires at the green swarm he's in...if it disperses and he has an attack left, he'll fire at orange...
Male Half-Orc M Half-Orc Normal AC: 36 Current AC: 36 T 14 FF 33 | HP 121/121| F +22 R +16 W +16 / +2 Heroism | CMD 28 | Init +5 | Perc +18(+4 On Beak)| Spells: Level 1 4/6 Level 2 5/5 Level 3 3/4 Level 4 0/1 | Bane 10/10 | Animal Focus 8/10 | Hunter Trick 4/7
Kramac directs beak out of the swarm, then utters a swift prayer to Kurgess, slides out of the saddle, and interposes himself between Flynn and the creature that faces them.
Swift action cast Litany of Defense, swift dismount Beak, then take full defense action. AC should now be 39
Flyn's barrage of arrows scatters the insects closest to him, and two massive blasts of water and ice destroy another patch of the crawlies. But more of them remain, and Flyn is quickly surrounded again...
The other mass of insects starts to head towards the archer as well, then suddenly halts and turns around as if of one mind. Skittering across the floor on tiny legs, the bugs swarm over Kramac instead!
The chittering bats do not follow Kramac and Beaky as they retreat, but instead go after the closest creature - Flyn.
Swarm damage:1d6 ⇒ 4
The archer ignores the distraction of so many creatures biting and clawing at him, but he can't ignore the steady drip of blood from the tiny cuts - and neither do the insects beneath him!
Meanwhile, the large creature behind the pillar starts to grind and click its many mandibles and chitinous plates together. The sound worms into the nearby Pathfinders' minds...
...and Kramac feels his mind evaporating, leaving nothing but primitive instinct!
Because of the difficulty in implementing the "you must use this reroll before you know the results of the original roll" clause in PbP when the GM is rolling reactive saving throws, I ignore it. If you want to use a folio reroll (or something similar), just make sure it's the first roll of your next post.
Too Many Legs
Round 2! Bold may act!
Zagan
Flora
Eorsten
Kramac (-14, Bleeding, Feebleminded)
Beaky (-3, Bleeding)
Lissa
Flyn (-31, Bleeding)
Red
Yellow Swarm
Purple Swarm
Orange Swarm
Environmental Effects:
- Room is dark except for light around Beak, Lissa, and Eorsten
Flyn concentrates his fire on the insect swarm around him (purple) until it disperses...he’d then target the bat swarm (orange) if he had any shots left...
Cursing in Varisian about the lack of light, Lissa skates down toward the wall, watching over the pit. As soon, as she has a clear line of sight, she launches a stream of water at the bug swarm that's still harrassing Flyn.
Move Standard action - Extended Water blast vs. Yellow
Male Half-Orc M Half-Orc Normal AC: 36 Current AC: 36 T 14 FF 33 | HP 121/121| F +22 R +16 W +16 / +2 Heroism | CMD 28 | Init +5 | Perc +18(+4 On Beak)| Spells: Level 1 4/6 Level 2 5/5 Level 3 3/4 Level 4 0/1 | Bane 10/10 | Animal Focus 8/10 | Hunter Trick 4/7
I'll go ahead and use my Folio re-roll on that...
Will:1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 13 + 2 = 16
And still fail!
Kramac, his mind mostly gone, attacks the creature like a savage beast! Beak, seeing his master engage the monster with such ferocity joins in as well!
The creature lashes out with a long claw-tipped leg as Eorsten runs to the swarm...
Red Claw vs Eorsten AC 23:1d20 + 21 ⇒ (5) + 21 = 26 Slashing, Piercing damage:1d6 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13
...and catches the paladin in the shoulder even as he cuts away a large swarth of the swarm! Flyn likewise disburses the insects at his feet, though the bats remain around his head. Flora tries to take aim in the oppressive gloom of the spire...
Miss chance, 1 = Miss:1d5 ⇒ 5 Red Reflex vs DC 24:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25
...and strikes the creature where its spindly legs join its body. It shakes the seedlings clear of its body before they can take root, and the new growth withers on the stony floor. Zagan takes some of his companions' injuries upon himself even as his arrow plinks off the statue and clatters to the ground - and the healing cuts off the blood leaking from his companions' myriad wounds. Lissa finishes what Eorsten started, sending the last insects flying with her powerful blast of water. Kramac, mind reduced to less capacity than his faithful companion Beaky, tries to chop at the creature's leg with his sabre and draws black ichor as his heron's beak clacks empty in the air.
The creature clacks its mandibles in delight, the strange chittering sound it had made earlier fading as it jabs a clawed limb at Kramac!
The claw hits, but not as deeply as it might have thanks to Beaky's timely peck. An eyeless head turns toward the bird, followed by even more claw-tipped limbs...
...and as two blades sink deep into the bird's chest, the creature pulls them apart and rends Beaky's torso!
Rend damage:1d8 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
The bird feels weakened from the blow, with some of its guts hanging outside its body from the onslaught. (Mechanically, 2 Con damage)
Not finished toying with its prey, the creature steps back into the darkness and another flood of bats emerge, squeaking and chittering as they surround the half-orc and bird and bite at them! Flyn's flying companions also continue biting away...
Too Many Legs
Round 3! Bold may act!
Zagan (-10)
Flora
Eorsten (-13)
Kramac (-28, Feebleminded)
Beaky (-63/65, -2 Con, Bleeding)
Lissa
Flyn (-26)
Red (-37)
Orange Swarm
Blue Swarm
Environmental Effects:
- Room is dark except for light around Beak, Lissa, and Eorsten
@Flyn - Red is certainly out of Point-Blank Shot range. Please make sure your attack modifiers are correct, as it saves me a lot of time tracking things down and double-checking rolls.
