[PFS1] 5-09 The Traitor's Lodge (GM Watery Soup) (Inactive)

Game Master Watery Soup

heal : 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

”Look here: Thurl’s latest experiment, which involved replicating a vermlek demon’s ability to inhabit a corpse and transplanting that ability into a construct. Dozens of pages describe his previous experiments!“

Ghost...would you like my vial of antiplague? Might help you shake off the effects of whatever inefcted you...

Feeling unwell, and seeing that combat isn't imminent, Orin retrieves his wand of cure light wounds and heals himself, storing it back into his spring loaded wrist sheathe before they continue.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 2 charges used, up to 29/30 HP

"Hrm, demons you say? Shall we enter this cold room, then? He may have more victims there. . ."

"That is certainly my vote, dear Orin. I believe we've learned all we can in this room," Vangral says.

"Quite ambitious trying to replicate such an unusual demonic ability. You'd think he'd stick with generating fire or having a beard that can stab people...or is that a devil?"

"I will gladly accept your elixir. Would you care for an oil of magic weapon for those falcatas of yours? I have one to spare."

Got one already...but thanks for the offer. You can buy the first couple rounds at the tavern when we're done..

Clawed limbs, scaly torsos, and other large body parts hang from large hooks connected to the ceiling by thick chains. Along the walls, large canisters and jars hold dozens of smaller body parts suspended in clear liquid.

A wand of sleet storm (10 charges) in this room recharges the magic that keeps the room cold for months at a time.

kn planes : 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

”Hmmm ... Look there: Most of the pieces are from demons.
Although most of the parts come from dretches, vermleks, babaus, and other relatively weak demons, there are also several samples from a hezrou, a nabasu, and a glabrezu!“

Toral is shocked.

He looks at their Pathfinder companion that is now partly a demon.

”I have to admit that I thought you are a demon. But this here shows that you surely were not the first experiment of this vile dwarf!!“

Toral casts detect magic and scans the room.

He then takes the wand.

The Ghostwriter checks the room for traps and inspects the wand twice to be sure while Toral scans for magic.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 11 + 5 = 24
Perception: 1d20 + 11 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 11 + 5 = 24

"Those are some impressive trophies. I cannot condone what he's done with them, but I must respect a man who can and does slay such powerful forces of evil. If I thought he was doing his experiments to do further good, I might even be able to forgive him for their gruesome nature," Vangral says as the nature of the body parts is revealed.

Fifi gasps loudly when Toral reveals the nature of the demons-"Such powerful creatures! However...I must disagree, Vangral. What good could come off such vile experiments? I will be the first to admit the world is not all black and white. But what outcome would be so beneficial to justify kidnapping people, and turning them into demons against their will? The poor elf back there, and not to mention Valais, and maybe those things in the vats."-she says shuddering, her flame shaking a little bit.

"Even if such experiments would take down the Aspis, I cannot accept it. The lesser of two evils is one thing, but what this man has done is vile, cruel and despicable."-she says clenching her scimitar as some sparks start flying off the handle.

I agree...to trade one evil for another, possibly greater one is no deal a sane person would make.

Ghostwriter finds nothing else in the room.

”I have to admit that I thought you are a demon. But this here shows that you surely were not the first experiment of this vile dwarf!!“

"Yes," Valais confirms. "THIS IS WHERE GREATNESS RESIDES. This is where you shall one day reside."

Two different demons in her, and they both seem to be jerks. Who would ha e guessed.

"Yes, yes, greatness resides and all that. The sooner we explore this place, the sooner we can go. Let's keep moving."

Fifi makes note of the demons Toral mentioned, and proceeds to go back the way they came from, and into the opposite door going to the east. She says-"Thurl might still be here, so we must make sure we don't leave any escape routes for him."-brandishing her scimitar and opening the door.

Orin trains his crossbow on the door as Fifi opens it, wakisashi in his other hand, [b]"Aye, if this traitor is still here we should watch for signs on him, true enough my charming compatriot!"/[b]

The door leads to a corridor which splits (see map). East or west?

How does East sound?

How does East sound?

Like "beast" without the "b." But it's also as good a choice as the other.

"May I commend you on your self control, Madame Valais," Vangral says after the latest outburst. "If your unwanted 'guests' are able to enforce enough control to speak when you don't want them to, I can only assume they are trying to perform other activities, as well. I for one, appreciate the fact that you haven't tried to stab me in the back, strangle me, or devour my still living flesh."

He wanders along with the group almost aimlessly as he speaks.

"I have no idea what you mean," Valais comments. "I am in total control."

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Stairs descend from the west into this flooded chamber. Stagnant water opaque with grime and scum fills the chamber, which is featureless but for a rusting metal door to the north and several eroded runes near the waterline.

Toral continues to detect magic everywhere and see if anything is amiss.

Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (17) + 14 = 31

"Did anyone bring a 10' pole? I'm just wondering if I'm going to have to wade or swim before I get in there. And maybe poking around a bit will lure out anything that might be lurking in there. That seems like perfect water to hide an aquatic ambusher," Vangral says.

Here...use this.. Patros says as he gets out a prybar that morphs in his hand into a pole.traveler's anytool...not sure size limit, but i assume a 10ft pole isn't out of bounds

You don't have to be so suspicious! Sure, you're in a labyrinth-protected torture dungeon-shaped theater of horrors with a Frankensteined half-human half-demon creation of a twisted traitor, but sometimes a pool of water is just a pool of water.

Not this one, though.

A giant ooze roars out of the water and grabs the pole!

Surprise Round!

Ooze
Ghostwriter

Round 1!

Orin
Vangral
Fifi
Patros
Ghostwriter
Ooze
Toral

Fifi moves in behind Ghostwriter, knowing the tight corridors will hamper any advances. She points her scimitar at the ooze, spins it and slashes right through her hair, which wraps around the blade like fire and is propelled right at the creature!

"An ooze! Let's deal with it quickly!"-she says as the bolt goes for the creature's mouth.

Fire Bolt vs Touch: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Fire Bolt damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3 fire damage

(As a Sacred Servant, Fifi can use the Fire Domain Power: Fire Bolt. Comes in handy! As an added note, Fifi's hair is made out of fire, she hasn't actually cut it lol)

"To arms fair companions! To arms! Let us prepare to face the beast of the deeps with the composure of the heroes of old!"

Begin Bardic Performance Inspire Courage +1 to attack and weapon damage. Will also use a move action once I see where everyone before me moves to.

The Ghostwriter's surprise action

"Egads! We are under attack!"

The vigilante draws his longbow.

On his action, the Ghostwriter will fire a cold iron tipped arrow at the ooze, then fall back.

Composite Longbow: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 8 + 1 = 29

Piercing, Cold Iron: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 1 = 10

Solid hit. To bad ooze's are typically immune to critical hits.

"Fall back everybody! Let's force the creature to come to us!"

Patros grabs a flask of acid from his bandolier and backs up a step.

Vangral (and his player) suddenly realizes that there are no repeatable damaging spells available for him to learn.

He quickly cycles through his options and, though it feels like a bit of a waste when there are potentially larger dangers, he realizes that many of the other things he might face down here will be immune to it, settles on one.

Taking a careful step back he places his thumbs together and fans his fingers out. A few arcane words and a fan of fire ripples out to wash over the ooze.

Burning Hands (DC16 Refl for Half: 3d4 ⇒ (4, 2, 1) = 7

"It would be nice if someone were between me and the water monster!" he calls out to the group.

"Stop engaging it! We need to draw the beast out in the open instead of letting it devour us one at a time in the corridor" the Ghostwriter cries out as the fragile elven witch heroically stands his ground in the narrow hallway face to face with the giant ooze.

Fifi unleashes a bolt of fire, which sizzles as it burns the ooze.

Ghostwriter pulls out his bow and puts an arrow between what looks like its eyes are. Unfortunately, there's no real defining features to target. Correct, immune to crits.

Patros grabs a flask of acid.

Vangral shoots it with fire.

LOL Reflex vs DC 16: 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (12) - 3 = 9

The ooze tries to squeeze into the corridor!

Escape Artist: 1d20 - 5 ⇒ (8) - 5 = 3

Not sure what the DC is supposed to be, but I don't think that's going to make it.

Disinterested, the ooze sinks back into the water.

Round 1/2!

Orin
Vangral
Fifi
Patros
Ghostwriter
Ooze (-20 hp)
Toral

"Aha! It can't follow us back here, but we need to get past it! Reverse, course chaps, full speed ahead! Once more into the breech!"

Double move forward, maintain inspire courage as a free action. (6 rounds lefts after this) My movement will provoke from the ooze if it can take an AOO, and if it does I opportune parry/riposte it.

As Orin moves into the room, he realizes that the water is deep ... very deep. The water is 8 feet deep inside the room; it's calm, so it's going to be a DC 10 Swim check to move through it.

I'll leave it there before I resolve any AoOs/parries/ripostes, as Orin may move differently or be underwater (which may affect his ability to parry ... I haven't looked up the rules.).

A creature is allowed to squeeze through a tight space. They just take a -4 to AC and attack rolls and move at half speed. No Escape artist needed. On the other hand, considering that an ooze is basically just an amalagation of cells, I probably wouldn't even give them those penalties. It's not a solid 10 X 10 cube (I mean there is an ooze that is exactly that), it's a bunch of liquid slime that should be able to flow around obstacles.

Toral walks forward.

”Oh dear Chaldira, what is that?!“

kn dungeon : 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

kn dung. reroll with reroll with wis mod insight bonus (Knowledge of the Ages ) : 1d20 + 3 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 6 = 16 DR and resistance

Toral casts spiritual weapon !! A force short sword appears and attacks the creature!

Force damage : 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 201d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

There's no real reason to cram into a tight hallway so Ghostwriter will delay.

Swim Check with Derring Do: 1d20 + 1d6 ⇒ (7) + (3) = 10 2/4 panache remaining

A creature is allowed to squeeze through a tight space. They just take a -4 to AC and attack rolls and move at half speed. No Escape artist needed.

I went to d20pfsrd to quote the section I looked up, but I see where my misunderstanding is - a create has to make an Escape Artist check if it's less than half its width, not half its width. This is my mistake; however, given action has already occurred, I suggest we move forward as is. The blob is supposed to be a guardian for the room, anyway, so chasing you guys through the corridor may not be in character even if it physically can.

Fifi moves in and continues her assault of fire projectiles-"I agree the wise choice would be to fall back, but the creature seems to be defending this place. If we wish not to be outflanked as we move deeper into the compound, we must deal with it, water or nooOT!"-she says as she yells, perhaps recognizing it's not very wise to walk down stairs with water wearing a skirt.

She goes for another fire bolt!
Swim just in case: 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (18) - 3 = 15
Fire bolt!: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 6 + 1 = 18
Fire bolt dmg: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 fire damage

Vangral pulls out his bow and an arrow. It is pretty obvious by the way his tongue is sticking out of his mouth in concentration as he knocks the missile that he hasn't used it very often.

But he doesn't fire. Instead, he does something that he suspects will not be much more effective against a (probably) mindless pile of animated gunk.

He can barely see it but throws a fierce, unsettling glare at the creature.

Evil Eye: -2 to hit for 8 turns or 1 turn if it succeeds a DC16 Will save. It's a mind affecting effect.

Sighing, the Ghostwriter runs down the hallway to queue up behind the rest of the party.

Double move

Orin moves into the water. The blob swings at him as he swims by, but Orin parries and ripostes.

Toral remembers these creatures. They're called globsters, and they're immune to acid, bludgeoning and piercing damage, and can resist cold and electricity. His spiritual weapon slashes the globster.

Fifi sends a bolt of fire into the water ...
Caster Level Check vs DC 20+spell level: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
... but it fizzles as soon as it hits the water.

Vangral glares at the creature. It returns a vacant, mindless stare with its many eye-like patches.

Ghostwriter moves.

Round 2!

Orin
Vangral
Fifi
Patros
Ghostwriter
Globster (-32 hp)
Toral

ok...posting 2 actions, due to unsure about the exact rolls i need. do I need to make a swin check just to get to the first square, or only after that? i'll put my actions in spoilers to unclutter the thread.

You'll need a swim check in the room proper - the last stairs square / first flooded square is still walkable.

Patros slips and begins sinking. You have 2*CON breath left, every round that you don't make a Swim check counts as 1 breath, and every round that you attack will cost 1 breath. You are flat-footed and take a -2 to make a piercing attack (in addition to a -2 for slashing and bludgeoning attacks, which you take whether you make the Swim check or not). See Aquatic Terrain for details.

Patros still manages to stab the globster.

The globster attacks Orin, tracking the first to enter the water.

Slam, bludgeoning: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 9 - 2 = 14
Bludgeoning: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (4, 6) + 9 = 19 plus Grab and nausea

Round 2/3!

Orin
Vangral
Fifi
Patros
Ghostwriter
Globster (-42 hp)
Toral

swim: 1d20 ⇒ 7

Son of a...*blub*....goat....*sputter*...the young Taldan curses as he tries to gatherhimself as he tries to cut the creature again. He tries to fend off the creatures flailing limbs.

unsure if i can do a parry/riposte in current state...will roll and if not, disregard

attack: 1d20 + 10 - 3 ⇒ (6) + 10 - 3 = 131d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Swim with Derring Do: 1d20 + 1d6 ⇒ (8) + (3) = 11

Swimming three squares around to make room; 1/4 panache- this does provoke and I have no parry/riposte. I don't believe I can acrobatics while swimming?

"This foul water shall not stop us, this beast shall go down!"

Maintain Inspire Courage 5/8 rounds remaining, standard action to attack.

+1 Adamantine Wakizashi, Slashing: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 9 + 1 = 27
Damage: 1d6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 1 = 6

You have never seen an elf handle a bow as poorly and with so little familiarity as Vangral. Still, he draws the string back, takes careful aim and looses an arrow.

Bow minus shooting into melee and cover: 1d20 + 3 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 3 - 4 - 4 = 12
Arrow: 1d8 ⇒ 5

Is the creature actually immune to piercing attacks? Bows are piercing so my initial hit shouldn't have done any damage but it looks like you counted it. And are we factoring in that slashing weapons deal 1/2 damage and have a -2 penalty to hit when attacking something underwater, and that swimming creatures have improved cover against creatures on land or we hand waving underwater combat rules? It looks like we're following the rules on how fire interacts underwater, but not the other parts, but I just wanted to clarify what rules we're following before deciding my action.

We are following the underwater rules when I get the underwater rules right, and the globster is only immune to piercing when I remember it.

Globster was not damaged by Ghostwriter's initial hit, and two slashing attacks are half damage in water. +17 hp

Patros slashes at the glob, but can't land.

Orin circles around, taking an AoO.

Slam, Bludgeoning: 1d20 + 9 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 9 - 2 = 18
Bludgeoning: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (5, 6) + 9 = 20 plus Grab and nausea

Orin, because this happened as you began moving, I'm moving you back to your original square.

Vangral fires an arrow as best as he can, but it doesn't land.

Round 2/3!

Orin (-10 hp, grappled, nauseated, 22 breath)
Vangral
Fifi
Patros (24 breath remaining)
Ghostwriter
Globster (-30 hp, grappler)
Toral