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Kirana explains the wall to the party.
"MISTRESS, I CANNOT SEE YOUR FOE." the conjured treant booms ponderously.
"I see. One moment," Kirana says, then initiates a connection with the magical aspects of nature. She draws upon the 'fabric', finds the gaps, and balls that up. She then projects that null space at the wall, looking to unravel it!
With a rumble the treant picks up the chair in front of it, and with an epic wind-up throws it the ooze!
The treant's chair slams into the ooze's head! The ooze doesn't take as much damage as you hoped.
The ooze slides over towards Viognier, attacking from reach!
+ + Life Leech
+ + Life Leech
The ooze slams the leshy, hitting once. . The slime leaves a residue on Viognier's bark, leeching their life energy. This effect will continue for a number of rounds.
Trophy Room, Round 3-4
Melody
Narayan -42 HP
Sayna -3 HP
Viognier, -24 or -49 HP, Life Leech
Kirana
Ooze
Lazlo
It takes an AOO on Sayna!
+ + Life Leech
Trophy Room, Round 3-4
Melody
Narayan -42 HP
Sayna -33 HP, leech 2 on next turn
Viognier, -24 or -49 HP, Life Leech
Kirana
Ooze
Lazlo
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Narayan dives down from his position near the ceiling, trying to put the ooze down before it can harm anymore of his friends!
Shatters Defenses when he hits a shaken target, rendering them flat-footed
Medusa's Wrath attacks only happen vs. a flat-footed target, but will happen before other attacks
Medusa's Wrath attacks only happen vs. a flat-footed target, but will happen before other attacks
Narayan splatters ooze everywhere, and then the treant smashes it to a pulp.
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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!”
After healing up, you move on deeper into the complex.
You pass through a dim, claustrophobic corridor; as you spend time here, your throats become sore from the desiccated air and corpse dust. The treant creaks behind like an old tree, squeezing through the gap a spelunker.
The passage soon opens into a new chamber; its walls are lined with tarnished silver mirrors, some of which have been smashed to pieces. Reflections of reflections dance about in the dim light. The hallway beyond is crisscrossed with crackling black energies that block the entire passageway.
Lorenzo and Melody (and anyone else trained in Arcana) tell you that the black energy is a ward created by the Whispering Tyrant. Its powers are far beyond the capabilities for most mortal casters to dispel and it cannot currently be bypassed by teleportation.
You need to find a way to bypass this defense. You have a few strategies available:
Lazlo succeeds and begins to untangle the nature of the wards.
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Elsewhere...
A blonde aasimar man takes a moment to study the magic. He draws upon his innate magic, letting a radius of pure, unadulterated daylight emanate off his skin. He weaves a cantrip and says, "I can see the weaves of magic. If I draw on some of the null magic at my disposal, I can probably dispel... this!"
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Viognier gazes at a very pleased version of themself in the reflection. A delivery had come to them as they'd visited Kristoff Valicho at the Silver Spoon Tavern and Inn. They'd enjoyed catching their fellow Caydenite up on the events of the previous day — a raid on the estate of Amynta Ryel to free an imprisoned debtor.
The pair open one of the bottles and trade poems of romantic friendship sparked by wine drunk in revelry and in sorrow.
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Dunia scowls to herself as she examines the veins of dark magic running through the stones of Gallowspire.
Hmmp. Well, if they need someone to boot an immortal necromancer from their place of power, may as well call on the Obsidian Sage. Ain't like it's the first time I had to. She begins setting up a ritual, sheathing the walls in ectoplasm where the surfaces are too dangerous to touch.
The rigid bindings of Chelish exorcists form the basic structure of her working, but the source of her power, and the grace notes that customize it to this singular purchase, draw on the spirits and ghosts here that predate even Tar-Baphon. Let's see who else has some tricks. Focusing for a moment on the flawlessly knapped obsidian that rests near her heart, she adds a few more foci inscribed in Osiriani, Jistkani carved into the strangely conductive skymetals of Numeria to help direct lost souls to their destination.
"That should hold; what's next?"
Kirana comes close to unraveling this skein of magic but loses the thread at the last moment.
Viognier is so enraptured with the wine and their toast that they miss the simple fact that Kristoff eyes are the wrong color. They fully indulge in their memories with the impostor.
Narayan grunts and strains; the powerful monk barely pries some of the wards from the wall.
Checks needed from:
Melody
Sayna
Understand the nature of this magic (Arcana/ Spellcraft)
Kirana — Fail
Lazlo — Success!
Melody — Success!
Narayan
Sayna
Viognier
Look Into a Mirror (sense motive or perception)
Kirana
Lazlo
Melody
Narayan
Sayna
Viognier — fail
Find a Mundane Solution to a Magical problem (profession, craft, engineering, disable device)
Kirana
Lazlo
Melody
Narayan — Success!
Sayna
Viognier
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Sayna gazes into a mirror. She thinks back to that awful encounter with the linnorm. They had all barely survived. She had gotten knocked unconscious before she had been able to do much except drink a potion of fly. 750 gold down the drain *sigh*.
She is roused as she sees Narayan bringing out his crowbar to get to work. She remembers her own and goes to help.
Sayna remembers that potion of fly. In reality, it was the caramel color of the beer brewed by the Laughing Monk, not orange as shown in the mirror. This is a twisted memory — lies! She gains some insight into how this ward functions.
She then wrenches a ward out of the wall with her handy crowbar.
Melody is so concerned for the prisoners that she doesn't realize the bird sitting on her friend's head is a raven, not a thrush. It watches her carefully with its red eyes.
She cannot locate weakness in the structure.
Understand the nature of this magic (Arcana/ Spellcraft)
Kirana — Fail
Lazlo — Success!
Melody — Success!
Narayan
Sayna — pass
Viognier
Look Into a Mirror (sense motive or perception)
Kirana
Lazlo
Melody
Narayan
Sayna — success!
Viognier — fail
Find a Mundane Solution to a Magical problem (profession, craft, engineering, disable device)
Kirana
Lazlo
Melody
Narayan — Success!
Sayna — success!
Viognier
Kirana sees the truth in the mirror, and the illusions shatter!
The wards fall. Beyond is a room with 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.
There are horrid, three-legged and multi-eyed beasts on the other side of the pit. They chitter excitedly at you, waving their 5-limbed, wickedly-clawed arms at you.
One of the strange beings gets the jump on you. It waves its claws rhythmically, casting a spell — the walkway across the bridge is suddenly covered with a carpet of biting and stinging insects.
It then begins grinding and clicking its mandibles and chitinous plates together, creating a maddening sound.
[spoiler=DC 22 spellcraft]Creeping Doom. (https://aonprd.com/SpellDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Creeping%20Doom)
Receiving Room, Round 1
Inectiod 2
Viognier
Narayan
Melody
Inectiod 1
Kirana, Treant will have to squeeze through corridor
Lazlo
Sayna
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Viognier moves into the room quickly, striding five feet into the air.
"Cayd, be good for what ails me!"
They touch a flagon hanging from their belt and hold their rapier at the ready. A chrysanthemum flower sprouts from its pommel guard — fey beauty in a place of death.
Then, their form begins to flicker about — Nivi Rhombodazzle having some fun at the Whispering Tyrant's expense.
The second one sees flying enemies and casts another spell. Swarms of wasps fill the hallway, where everyone else!
+ Fort vs Poison + Fort vs Distraction (in that order, please)
+ Fort vs Poison + Fort vs Distraction (in that order, please)
It then rubs its mandibles on its chitinous hide, scuttling towards Narayan… he hears the maddening call…
It then quicken-casts a swarm partially on its own square, filling it with bats.
Receiving Room, Round 1
Inectiod 2
Viognier
Narayan, Will save vs Insect 1's aura (compulsion, mind-affecting)
Melody, -7 Hp, fort save vs Poison then Fort for Distraction
Inectiod 1
Kirana, Treant will have to squeeze through corridor, -10 HP, fort save vs Poison then Fort for Distraction
Lazlo, -10 HP, fort save vs Poison then Fort for Distraction
Sayna, -7 Hp fort save vs Poison then Fort for Distraction
Narayan is fine!
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Sayna enters her battle stance as she extricates herself from the bugs and finally gets a good look at the pathfinders' foes.
"We fight derghodaemons! They are evil extraplanar beings personify death from violent insanity. They resist spells."
She then continues advancing, walking through the air across the gap.
Receiving Room, Round 1
Inectiod 2
Viognier
Narayan
Melody, -7 Hp, fort save vs Poison then Fort for Distraction
Inectiod 1
Kirana, Treant will have to squeeze through the corridor, -10 HP, fort save vs Poison then Fort for Distraction
Lazlo, -10 HP, fort save vs Poison then Fort for Distraction
Sayna
A note on the order of operations: Follow your own order of operations for consistency, but try to always toll saves first if possible and on your next post.
Lazlo is unfazed by these weak wasps! He unleashes a blob of acid at the swarms…
Two of the swarms avoid the worst of the effect, but many of the diminuitive insects wither and die nevertheless.
Receiving Room, Round 1
Inectiod 2
Viognier
Narayan
Melody, -7 Hp, fort save vs Poison then Fort for Distraction
Inectiod 1
Kirana, Treant will have to squeeze through the corridor, -10 HP, fort save vs Poison then Fort for Distraction
Lazlo, -10 HP
Sayna
Swarms:
1b: -27 HP
1c: -27 HP
1d: -54 HP
Melody is okay!
Receiving Room, Round 1
Inectiod 2
Viognier
Narayan
Melody, -7 Hp
Inectiod 1
Kirana, Treant will have to squeeze through the corridor, -10 HP, fort save vs Poison then Fort for Distraction
Lazlo, -10 HP
Sayna
Swarms:
1b: -27 HP
1c: -27 HP
1d: -54 HP
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"Get out and let the magician do his work!" Kirana commands her treant friend. She then quickly changes shape into an air elemental and takes flight into the room (and outside of the swarm)
"AS YOU WISH," the treant rumbles, moving out into the room and squeezing through the corridor. Despite its best effort, it remains within the swarm somewhat.
#2 moves up and uses a free action to begin its aura (sonic, mind-affecting compulsion). Sayna and narayan hear a maddening sound as it scrapes its mandibles on its chitin…
It then takes a swing at the monk, whose 15 feet up (10 feet high creature, 10-foot reach) …
but misses.
Receiving Room, Round 2
Inectiod 2
Viognier
Narayan
Melody, -7 Hp
Inectiod 1
Kirana, Treant will have to squeeze through the corridor, -10 HP, fort save vs Poison then Fort for Distraction
Lazlo, -10 HP
Sayna, will save against a sonic sonic, mind-affecting, compulsion effect
Swarms:
1b: -27 HP
1c: -27 HP
1d: -54 HP