It Came from Hollow Mountain

Game Master DEREK LANE 127

Nasir nods at Frantino's request and accompanies him to check on the prisoner.

Ezranadir goes back to reading waiting on them to return from checking on the prisoner.

Damil Russo remains imprisoned in the room(s) in which you've sealed him.

Satisfied that Damil hasn't escaped, Frantino looks in on the Thassilonian books in the library across the hall, sighs, and heads back to the rest of the party with Nasir.

"Everything is secure with our prisoner, looks like this is a good time to see where these stairs go, unless anyone else has an alternative?"

Frantino waits to hear everyone's opinions. If we're all in agreement, he'll ask Ayita to take the lead in case there are traps and he'll take up the rear guard.

Sounds good! She looks around to doublecheck that we've looked into all the local nooks, and holds Yazhi back from bounding up the stairs... If she's at the wrong stairs pls let me know

perception for traps: 1d20 + 17 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 17 + 2 + 1 = 34

Hatfield nods

Sounds good! She looks around to doublecheck that we've looked into all the local nooks, and holds Yazhi back from bounding up the stairs... If she's at the wrong stairs pls let me know

[dice=perception for traps]1d20+17+2+1

Ayita finds no traps up the stairs. But, at the very top of the stairs is the underside of a trap door. Handholds on the door make it easy to push up and aside.

Upon opening it, Ayita sees a room. The floor is decorated with a mosaic of a serpentine tail curling to the southwest, as if pointing toward a domed alcove of rough-hewn stone made to appear like a cave. Ayita and the now open trapdoor are in that alcove. Moved to the side by Ayita opening the door is a repugnant idol of an eel-bodied demonic merfolk. To the north stands aquartet of squat sculptures of bloated sea monsters, all with disturbingly humanoid faces, each adorned with red gemstone eyes. What appear to be gobs of bloody gore cover these smaller idols and spatters the floor below.

On the eastern wall is a door, ajar, leading into another room.

Explainer: there is a room, in which a giant idol stands. Under the idol is a secret door. This is the door from which Ayita has now emerged. I have put all of you on the map, just so you can see, but only Ayita is really there. The rest of you are, currently, behind her in the stairs.

Hatfield plays with Yazhi and Ter whilst awaiting the all clear from Ayita.

Ayita moves out of their way, checking the immediate area for traps and then starting to look around more. Assuming no problems she gives the "all clear" but describes the issues with... possible pieces of former people...

perceive traps: 1d20 + 17 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 17 + 2 + 1 = 35

look around for what caused the bloody gore spatters: 1d20 + 17 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 17 + 2 = 23

Hatfield asks from the other room, "How old do them pieces look?"

Once everyone climbs the stairs and enters the room above, Frantino will cast detect magic and examine the statue above the stairs followed by the squat sea monster sculptures.

Knowledge religion statue: 1d20 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 10 + (3) = 17
Knowledge religion 4 sculptures: 1d20 + 10 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 10 + (4) = 15

Throughout this process he'll also help Ayita look for traps and the like, as well as tracks on the ground since Hira, Viralane, and Damil seem to have come through here multiple times.

Perception: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (16) + 16 = 32 +1 for traps

Ayita moves out of their way, checking the immediate area for traps and then starting to look around more. Assuming no problems she gives the "all clear" but describes the issues with... possible pieces of former people...

[dice=perceive traps]1d20+17+2+1

[dice=look around for what caused the bloody gore spatters]1d20+17+2

Ayita sees ears and eyes, bits of viscera (was that a stomach? or a liver?), gobbets of flesh and blood dripping down the wall as she examines it.

The four idols seem to have jeweled eyes, likely worth a bit of money. She wonders if they might be trapped. Hard to tell when they are covered in whatever (whomever?) this used to be.

Wait! Ayita looks down at the floor. The gore is oozing outward in a puddle... TOWARDS HER!

A horrible odor assaults Ayita's nostrils as she watches the oozing gore begin to organize itself into some sort of... fist? Arm?

Once everyone climbs the stairs and enters the room above, Frantino will cast detect magic and examine the statue above the stairs followed by the squat sea monster sculptures.

[dice=Knowledge religion statue]1d20 + 10 + 1d6
[dice=Knowledge religion 4 sculptures]1d20 + 10 + 1d6

Throughout this process he'll also help Ayita look for traps and the like, as well as tracks on the ground since Hira, Viralane, and Damil seem to have come through here multiple times.

[dice=Perception]1d20 + 16 +1 for traps

Ayita's examination of the room has awoken something. Your above can be your action, upon entering the room on your turn (assuming Ayita will call out to you!).

THE GORE OOZE

BOLD may go!

STATUS
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Ezranadir (42/42hp) ||
Ayita (58/58hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **
Yazhi (49/51hp) || -2hp
Doc (60/61hp) || -1hp
Frantino (59/59hp) ||
Nasir (60/60hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **

When planning your move for Round One, please remember:

I have put all of you on the map, just so you can see, but only Ayita is really there. The rest of you are, currently, behind her in the stairs.

Hatfield casts guidance on Ezranadir and then moves out of the way--in case the others need to retreat down the stairs.

If we can, Ezranadir makes a Knowledge check on this Ooze before acting & relays the info to the party.

Knowledge: Dungeoneering: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (6) + 15 = 21

Frantino climbs the stairs into a horror scene. Like Ezranadir, he tries to figure out what this creature is so he can let the party know how to fight it.

Knowledge dungeoneering: 1d20 + 8 + 1d6 ⇒ (17) + 8 + (2) = 27

Then he'll cast shield on himself.

"Move back so that it has to leave that alcove and more of us can attack him!"

If we can, Ezranadir makes a Knowledge check on this Ooze before acting & relays the info to the party.

[dice=Knowledge: Dungeoneering]1d20+15

Other than its oozing nature, Ezranadir can't really figure out what it is. Some ancient thing, not seen on Golarion for eons.

Frantino climbs the stairs into a horror scene. Like Ezranadir, he tries to figure out what this creature is so he can let the party know how to fight it.

[dice=Knowledge dungeoneering]1d20 + 8 + 1d6

Then he'll cast shield on himself.

"Move back so that it has to leave that alcove and more of us can attack him!"

Frantino, confronted with the thing, can smell a terrible odor of brimstone. He realizes it must be some sort of fiendish ooze-thing from the nether regions of Hell.

Whatever it is, Frantino thinks that being touched by the coalesced gore-ooze would be horrificly, likely incapacitatingly disgusting.

"By the smell, this ooze has some devilish element to it so it's likely to be resistant or immune to fire. Its touch will probably have some kind of secondary incapacitating effect, too."

Not knowing what it is and taking Frantino's summary of his knowledge, Ezranadir comes out of the passage and moves behind the statue to stay out of the way. He launches a volley of Intense Magic Missiles at it.

Intense Force Dmg: 4d4 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1, 1, 2) + 4 + 3 = 14

Overcme SR?: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21

THE GORE OOZE

ROUND ONE
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Ayita:
Ezranadir: moves up stairs; magic missiles!
Nasir:
Doc Hatfield: guidance on Ezranadir; remains in stairway
Frantino: moves upstairs into room; casts shield; knowledges
THE THING:

BOLD may go!

STATUS
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Ezranadir (42/42hp) ||
Ayita (58/58hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **
Yazhi (49/51hp) || -2hp
Doc (60/61hp) || -1hp
Frantino (59/59hp) ||
Nasir (60/60hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **

Not knowing what it is and taking Frantino's summary of his knowledge, Ezranadir comes out of the passage and moves behind the statue to stay out of the way. He launches a volley of Intense Magic Missiles at it.

[dice=Intense Force Dmg]4d4+4+3

[dice=Overcme SR?]1d20+10

You successfully overcome its SR!

Ayita tries not to beathe, the smell is so bad. She raises her weapon and attempts to hit it, hoping it doesn't get on Social Control.

swing at Thing: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
smash Thing: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (6, 4) + 5 = 15

She likely did not get the benefit of Frantino's knowledge check before acting.

Ayita tries not to beathe, the smell is so bad. She raises her weapon and attempts to hit it, hoping it doesn't get on Social Control.

[dice=swing at Thing]1d20+8
[dice=smash Thing]2d6+5

She likely did not get the benefit of Frantino's knowledge check before acting.

She hits it, crushing... something (a liver?). It slips off Social Control and <plops> back onto the floor, where it reforms.

It has Damage Reduction.

THE GORE OOZE

ROUND ONE
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Ayita: swings, hits!
Ezranadir: moves up stairs; magic missiles!
Nasir:
Doc Hatfield: guidance on Ezranadir; remains in stairway
Frantino: moves upstairs into room; casts shield; knowledges
THE THING:

BOLD may go!

STATUS
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Ezranadir (42/42hp) ||
Ayita (58/58hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **
Yazhi (49/51hp) || -2hp
Doc (60/61hp) || -1hp
Frantino (59/59hp) ||
Nasir (60/60hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **

The puddle of gore coalesces into a reeking brimstone pseudopod that SLAMS into Ayita!

Bull Rush DC20: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (10) + 17 = 27

She is thrown backwards 10ft! The puddle moves with her, starting to spread beneath her feet!

@AYITA This provokes an AoO from you. Do you want to take it?

THE GORE OOZE

ROUND ONE
—------------------------------------------------
Ayita: swings, hits!
Ezranadir: moves up stairs; magic missiles!
Nasir: DELAY
Doc Hatfield: guidance on Ezranadir; remains in stairway
Frantino: moves upstairs into room; casts shield; knowledges
THE THING: bull rushes Ayita 10ft; moves up with Ayita; AYITA's AoO pending

FINAL

STATUS
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Ezranadir (42/42hp) ||
Ayita (58/58hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **
Yazhi (49/51hp) || -2hp
Doc (60/61hp) || -1hp
Frantino (59/59hp) ||
Nasir (60/60hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **

THE GORE OOZE

ROUND TWO
—------------------------------------------------
Ayita:
Ezranadir:
Nasir:
Doc Hatfield:
Frantino:
THE THING:

BOLD may go!

STATUS
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Ezranadir (42/42hp) ||
Ayita (58/58hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **
Yazhi (49/51hp) || -2hp
Doc (60/61hp) || -1hp
Frantino (59/59hp) ||
Nasir (60/60hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **

Ayita's AoO from last round:

opp attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (14) + 8 = 22
opp damage: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (3, 5) + 5 = 13

She then does a regular attack.

attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12
damage: 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (6, 3) + 5 = 14

Ayita's AoO from last round:

[dice=opp attack]1d20+8
[dice=opp damage]2d6+5

HIT!

She then does a regular attack.

[dice=attack]1d20+8
[dice=damage]2d6+5

also HIT!

THE GORE OOZE

ROUND TWO
—------------------------------------------------
Ayita: previous round's AoO: HIT! Swings this turn, hits!
Ezranadir:
Nasir:
Doc Hatfield:
Frantino:
THE THING:

BOLD may go!

STATUS
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Ezranadir (42/42hp) ||
Ayita (58/58hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **
Yazhi (49/51hp) || -2hp
Doc (60/61hp) || -1hp
Frantino (59/59hp) ||
Nasir (60/60hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **

Upon hearing that the creature is an ooze, Nasir remembers that the group was given oozeclot unguent on the trip over to the island and fishes the vials out of his bag of holding while making his way up the stairs.

I was wondering when we would get to use this stuff! It was so super specific that I was waiting to encounter an ooze to use it.

Since the ooze conveniently moved up next to him, Frantino will full attack it.

+2 halberd w/ PA: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14, damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24
+2 halberd w/ PA: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6, damage: 1d10 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24

Apparently the smell is so bad that Frantino's eyes are watering. Terrible rolls!

Nice recall on the oozeclot unguent!

THE GORE OOZE

ROUND TWO
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Ayita: previous round's AoO: HIT! Swings this turn, hits!
Ezranadir:
Nasir: pulls unguent, runs upstairs into room
Doc Hatfield:
Frantino: swings, hits x1
THE THING:

BOLD may go!

STATUS
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Ezranadir (42/42hp) ||
Ayita (58/58hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **
Yazhi (49/51hp) || -2hp
Doc (60/61hp) || -1hp
Frantino (59/59hp) ||
Nasir (60/60hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **

Ezranadir casts forth an Intense Force Missile.

Intense Force Missile Dmg: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

I was wondering when we would get to use this stuff! It was so super specific that I was waiting to encounter an ooze to use it.

That only covers a 5' section at a time. This thing is large (10x10 taking up 4 squares) & would require 4 vials & the time to apply it. Not sure if that will help much here.

He also pulls out a scroll from his haversack. (Move Action).

Since the ooze conveniently moved up next to him, Frantino will full attack it.

[dice=+2 halberd w/ PA]1d20 + 12, [dice=damage]1d10 + 15
[dice=+2 halberd w/ PA]1d20 + 5, [dice=damage]1d10 + 15

Apparently the smell is so bad that Frantino's eyes are watering. Terrible rolls!

Nice recall on the oozeclot unguent!

There is so much gore everywhere, it is nearly impossible to miss. But Frantino slips on a bit of intestine as he swings the second time, missing completely.

Frantino can tell, however, that his first swing didn't damage the gore thing as much as he thought it would.

The gore forms a pseudo pod again, this time with a bit of shredded lung tissue on the tip, and SLAMS into Frantino!

@FRANTINO Slam plus nauseating gore: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31 Slam dmg: 3d6 + 15 + 9 ⇒ (6, 3, 2) + 15 + 9 = 35

@FRANTINO Fort DC19 or be nauseated: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12 for: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 rounds.

The pseudo pod crashes directly into the half-elf's face! In the midst of strenuous combat with this hellish thing, Frantino's mouth is unfortunately OPEN. Bits of lung, blood, and miscellaneous viscera are slammed into his mouth. He retches, spits, swallows and then coughs when he realizes he's swallowed the blood and gore down the wrong pipe!

Nauseated creatures are unable to attack, cast spells, concentrate on spells, or do anything else requiring attention. The only action such a character can take is a single move action per turn.

THE GORE OOZE

ROUND TWO
—------------------------------------------------
Ayita: previous round's AoO: HIT! Swings this turn, hits!
Ezranadir: magic missiles!
Nasir: pulls unguent, runs upstairs into room
Doc Hatfield:
Frantino: swings, hits x1
THE THING: slams Frantino! Hit! Frantino fails Fort vs nausea. Nauseated for 4rnds

BOLD may go!

STATUS
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Ezranadir (42/42hp) ||
Ayita (58/58hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **
Yazhi (49/51hp) || -2hp
Doc (60/61hp) || -1hp
Frantino (24/59hp) || -35hp ** Nauseated 1/4 **
Nasir (60/60hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **

THE GORE OOZE

ROUND THREE
—------------------------------------------------
Ayita:
Ezranadir:
Nasir:
Doc Hatfield:
Frantino: NAUSEATED; move action only
THE THING:

BOLD may go!

STATUS
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Ezranadir (42/42hp) ||
Ayita (58/58hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **
Yazhi (49/51hp) || -2hp
Doc (60/61hp) || -1hp
Frantino (24/59hp) || -35hp ** Nauseated 1/4 **
Nasir (60/60hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **

Now in the room with oozeclot unguent in hand, Nasir moves up and pours the contents of one of the vials on the ooze.

"Zis beddar work as advertised."

Now in the room with oozeclot unguent in hand, Nasir moves up and pours the contents of one of the vials on the ooze.

"Zis beddar work as advertised."

As Nasir approaches, the thing reaches out and strikes at him!

@NASIR AoO Slam: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18 MISS

Fort DC15: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14 for: 1d6 ⇒ 1 rounds.

Nasir pours out the unguent. A quarter of the gore-ooze monstrosity hardens, its blood clotting up. Nasir watches as the thing tries to move towards him, but can't escape the spot to which it is stuck!

Not quite RAW, but creative idea, Nasir. One vial = 5ft square. It will remain stuck where it is, unable to move. But the rest of it remains dangerous and able to attack.

ROUND TWO

• Life Link: Frantino heals 5, Hatfield takes 5
• Move: Hatfield moves up the stairs as far as he can (double move, if necessary)
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ROUND THREE

• Life Link: Frantino heals 5 more, Hatfield takes 5 more
• Move: Hatfield moves next to Frantino
• Standard: CMW on Frantino: 2d8 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (3, 5) + 7 + 1 = 16

(spell slot decremented)

THE GORE OOZE

ROUND THREE
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Ayita:
Ezranadir:
Nasir: pours unguent on ooze
Doc Hatfield: moves; lifelink Frantino; heals Frantino
Frantino: NAUSEATED; move action only
THE THING: ooze fails save; frozen for 1 round

BOLD may go!

STATUS
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Ezranadir (42/42hp) ||
Ayita (58/58hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **
Yazhi (49/51hp) || -2hp
Doc (55/61hp) || -1-5 = -6hp
Frantino (45/59hp) || -35+5+16 = -14hp ** Nauseated 1/4 **
Nasir (60/60hp) || ** Poisoned: -1 dex penalty **

Seeing the ooze immobile, Ezranadir continues to plink it with a Force Missile.

Intense Force Missile Dmg: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Seeing the ooze immobile, Ezranadir continues to plink it with a Force Missile.

[dice=Intense Force Missile Dmg]1d4+3

Did you want to delay until Nasir makes it immobile?