GM Otha's The Ghol-Gan Heresy (Inactive)

Game Master Otha

Zaarah has pity. She hates to tear families apart.

”Yeah, I think we should drink tea together and then these men should be allowed to leave. I mean they are not Aspis and have children and we already killed all the Aspis guards and have the other lunatic staying behind. Maybe he could be handed over to the grippli tribe!“

Since it appears that three of you are leaning towards leniency, I'll run with the rule of first to three...

Although Kiboko and Rudzik have their reservations, you decide to intervene in the prospectors' behalf...

The gripplis confer for a moment before Mother Bogwynne speaks on their behalf. "While we don't necessarily agree, the Pathfinders have done well by us of late...so we will, reluctantly, agree, and set these prospectors free..."

Her eyes then narrow and flash anger as she addresses those of the Vanji Guild directly. "Be aware however, not to read any weakness in our mercy...if we find any of you here again, or in other sites protected by us, you will be condemned to death. Do I make myself clear?"

Just Joh nods fervently and bows. "Yes, mistress, it will be as you say. I swear that I will report both the gripplis’ mercy and the Society’s assistance to his superiors in the Vanji Prospector’s Guild.
I further promise to ensure that neither he nor any other member of the Vanji Prospector’s Guild will bother the grippli tribes around Kaddodi again." He bows again and then he and his companions leave the temple and head back to Bloodcove...

Temple Ruins - Upper Level

That being taken care of, Purpurrup steps up to speak. "We thank you for your assistance in keeping Parveen imprisoned. We give you these for the battle that we know lies ahead."

Led by Purpurrup, the gripplis provide four potions of cure serious wounds to you...

The gripplis then form a defensive perimeter around the temple. The majority of the gripplis investigate the damage done by the Aspis Consortium’s operation and begin efforts to salvage what wards and ritual seals they can. Six grippli fiend-keepers will accompany you further into the temple to make sure that Parveen does not escape.

You trek back up to the entry room and then down the stairs to the east...

It's dark so, from here on out, those without darkvision will need a light source

This long, wide hall is littered with thousands of smashed and broken relics, idols, icons, and statuary of all kinds. An enormous door, slightly ajar, sits at the end of the hall. Much of this chamber is choked with rubble, which would be difficult to move across. Despite the general disarray apparent in this area, someone has cleared a path through the rubble leading to the enormous door...

Temple Ruins - Upper Level

"When Kiboko was here before those doors were sealed. This bodes ill.

Kiboko and Mvumbu can go over these broken relics without damaging them. The rest of you take the path if you need to."

"Shall Kiboko conjure an earth elemental to scout ahead?"

Kiboko readies his sword, and looks to the group for advice.

Zaarah still has her shocking grasp spell in her sword and is careful not to touch anything.

She retrieves her continual flame ion stone and throws it into orbit around her head.

Dull grey Ion stone with continual flame heightened to 4th level from Vybus Abbin (PFS# 103843-21), 0 lbs.

She also casts ablative barrier on herself.

90 minutes duration.

”Let us go in. I can fly!“

She activates her flight hex and flies over the rubble.

perception : 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23

Bo pulls a similar stone and sets it into orbit around his head. He then knocks an arrow and ventures forth

Also heightened to 4th level

"I am, off course, prepared." Trey confirms, unfurling his insect wings. As he lifts off the ground, he consults his store of concoctions, drinking another set.

Renewing Shield if it hasn't expired already and activating Freedom of Movement as well.

Kiboko asks the professor to recharge his ioun stone using a wand - and will then cast Shield from the stone just before going past the open door. He'll also cast Heightened Awareness again (from a wand).

As others prep in various ways, Zaarah perceives nothing significant and opens the door leading to the next area...

This room terminates in a wall of stone and iron, seemingly newer than the rest of the complex, decorated with glowing runes and symbols. A hole large enough for two humans walking side by side has been hacked through the wall with mining tools, revealing a staircase that spirals down into the darkness beneath the temple.

Purpurrup groans loudly. "The stone-and-iron wall along the south side of this room once served as one of the layered wards containing Parveen’s power. This recently torn hole through that wall has freed much of the asurendra’s power and allowed her to exercise more influence over the mortal world. This wrecked wall is now the entryway to the deepest reaches of Kaddodi’s blighted temple..."

Temple Ruins - Upper Level

Zaarah looks at the grippli and nods.

“Is there anymore information you can give us about what we’ll face? How long does it take to get to Parveen from here?!“ she asks.

Just want to be sure this is the right time for minute buffs.

Purpurrup bobs her head. "We are close...a couple of minutes or so. Down the staircase leads to an entry hall and then what used to be a small library...beyond those two rooms, lies Parveen's prison..."

Temple Ruins - Upper Level

Bo ensures his protections are in place, then heads toward the breach as soon as the others are ready.

Will re-up Mage Armor and Barkskin if they are close to expiring.

Zaarah casts shield on herself.

“Let’s go in!!“

Kiboko eyes the staircase suspiciously...

GM, will Spider Climb and squeezing be enough to get Mvumbu down there, or do I need to use a Reduce Animal scroll?

Zaarah stopped using her flight hex after seeing the entrance.

“When we are near the final container of Parveen please tell us as we need to make final preparations!!“ Zaarah says to the grippli while still being careful to not hit anyone with her scimitar.

I hope buffs in rounds can be cast before the final fight. I would haste us and cast displacement later.

Rudzik's own ioun torch orbits his head slowly as he and Wilk bring up the rear. "T' be clear, are ya hopin' we'll slay th' fiend, or just slow 'er down while y'all fix up th' wards?" he asks Purpurrup.

Zaarah shrugs.

“I don’t even know if it can be killed?! Probably we will be dead if it is really awake! I think we have to strengthen the ritual bindings, right?!“

@Kiboko: It doesn't specify the dimensions of the staircase; since the table in the entry room was cyclops sized, I'll assume the staircase is as well. And looking now at the lower level map, the stairs are 15' wide, so that is the case. Mvumbu is good on getting down the stairs without squeezing or spider climb, same with Beak and Wilk...

Purpurrup shudders as she answers Rudzik and Zaarah, shaking her head. "I doubt she is free; if she we were, we would all be dead by now...I think her prison is weakened to the point where she's been able to influence the area surrounding the temple...she's obviously influenced those looting the temple...most likely she's attempting to get them to break her free. We need to prevent that so we can repair the seals...we must hurry!"

You make your way down the staircase to the area below...

Great stone stairs reach their end well below the surface, terminating in a fifteen-foot-wide corridor whose length suggests a larger structure than what appears above the earth. The northern end of the hallway lies choked with rubble from an ancient collapse, while a large, bronze double door marks a likely entrance to the inner reaches of the lower temple.

Purpurrup looks to you. "Beyond the doors lies the former library I told you of...the eastern wall there was another seal but I fear it as been breached as the wall on the upper floor was. Beyond that, lies Parveen's prison..."

Temple Ruins - Lower Level

“Let us go in!“

When the group is ready:

Zaarah casts mirror image on herself, then activates her flight hex again, casts displacement and swift action activates her swordmaster’s Flair to give her weapon reach, casts haste on the party and simultaneously swift action gives her scimitar power (keen +5 weapon).

mirror images : 0 + 1d4 + 2 ⇒ 0 + (2) + 2 = 4

She then opens the door!

Flight 3 minutes remaining, displacement 7 rounds, +5 ft reach 7 rounds, haste 8 rounds, keen weapon +5 9 rounds remaining when door opens.

Survival vs DC 24: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (17) + 17 = 34

”Four humanoids ahead.” Rudzik spits. ”An’ they tried t’ cover their tracks. Badly.”

survival: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 34 +3 more for tracking

"Kiboko agrees." The giant half orc nods approvingly at Rudzik's skill.

Kiboko casts a Strong Jaw on Mvumbu, then pops a Shield spell on himself (via wand and ioun stone again, with somebody's arcane/umd assistance) just before the doors are opened.

Bo enhances his weapon before moving ahead.

Gravity Bow

Zaarah opens the door and you see...

The creators of this temple built towering stone bookshelves into this chamber’s walls. Many of the shelves still stand, although some have collapsed under the weight of years. Each bookshelf is adorned with a carefully crafted frame depicting the sun, stars, and other celestial bodies. Looters have chipped away at the frame, taking what they could from those carvings. Those looters seem to have also stripped the rest of the chamber bare, as the empty shelves seem devoid of any lore that the Ghol-Gani left behind. The northern wall has partially collapsed, though in the large pile of rubble is a single hole large enough for one human-sized creature to fit through at a time. A muted purple light shines from the chamber beyond.

You can tell someone, in all likelihood the four humanoids whose tracks you found in the previous room, created a makeshift path up the rubble and dug a simple entry through a weak spot in the wall. The rubble is piled approximately 10 feet high, leading up to said hole; from the tracks, you assume they climbed up the slope and then dropped into the chamber beyond...

The hole is not big enough for Mvumbu, Beak, or Wilk to fit through at the size they are now. The rubble pile is considered difficult terrain but no climb check is needed...

The gripplis enter and spread out into the library; Purpurrup looks to you earnestly. "We must hurry before they free her..."

Temple Ruins - Lower Level

Kiboko eyes the gap. His hand goes to a wand...

GM, might a stone shape spell safely widen the gap in the wall?

Kiboko: From my reading of the spell, I can't see why it wouldn't work; it specifically mentions making a door is possible. So seems like you could widen it or even make a new hole by crafting the stone where the hole would end up. I'm good with it; just describe what you're making/doing with the stone to widen the hole...as it's a touch spell, looks like you'd need to move up the rubble to the hole to touch the stone you want to 'shape'...

ok, cool.

"Kiboko will open the way."

Kiboko steps lightly and confidently up the rubble slope Featherstep spell with wand in hand. At the top, he touches the wand to the stone and activates it's magic, causing the stone around the small opening to ripple and flow like mud into a new shape. The stone moves outwards, substantially widening the hole.

GM, depending on what Kiboko sees on the other side he'd like to shape the stone into a ramp on the other side. If that's too much stone though he just has it form a safe step at the top.

stealth, animal focus: 1d20 + 15 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 15 + 4 = 37

will burn heightened awareness for +4 initiative when we roll.

I'm ignorant on construction matters...but the spell says you can shape at least 10 cubic feet of stone. That would seem to me more than enough to create a crude ramp that slopes down from the hole ending 10' from it...since there's no moving parts, it auto-succeeds. Moving down it will be considered rough terrain...

You will be able to see what's going on in the prison room before you cast...so if that might change anything, let me know...

Kiboko sneaks up to the hole, wand in hand, and peers inside before casting and sees the following...

Temple Ruins - Lower Level

Kiboko touches the wand to the stone and makes a ramp from the portion that he removes to widen the gap; immediately he waves Mvumbu and the pathfinders forwards to launch the attack!

Foul Aspis! Always releasing evil into the world! Kramac says not today!

And joins Kiboko in charging through the breach.

The tan rectangle represents Kiboko's ramp, also showing the width of the hole; it's now 10' wide and 10' high so the animal companions can move through it. However, the rubble to get to the hole is 10' high and is considered rough terrain as is the ramp (i.e., no 5' steps). Initiative post is incoming shortly...

Copying Kiboko's spoiler for the rest of you as this will be what you see as he widens the hole...

The ceiling of this large chamber rises to a height of at least fifty feet, which can only be Parveen, with carvings along the sloping walls depicting a precise and detailed diagram of Golarion’s constellations in each of the four seasons. A violet light bathes the entire chamber, emanating from a ritual circle at the center of the room surrounded by rubble. A twenty-foot-tall, six-armed creature surrounded by glowing weaponry is trapped within the ritual circle, bound by chains that crackle with white lightning.

The light emanates from the ritual circle itself, which looks to have been surrounded by a stone pillar which looks to have been chipped away at. Parveen seems aware of her surroundings but cannot break free of her bonds. A circle of magical energy surrounds the bound asurendra, preventing anything from physically interacting with her. The four humanoid agents appear to be working to undo spells woven centuries ago; two of the agents are working to topple a rune-covered pillar while the other two hack at a statue of a robed cyclops clutching a large tablet. They appear poised to succeed at their tasks given just a few more uninterrupted moments...

Upon Kiboko casting the spell, Parveen is alerted and her eyes light up immediately as she looks his way; the humanoids you see turn their heads, their eyes mirror images of hers...and now you can plainly see the snake symbol badges on their uniforms confirming their association of which you are so familiar. Keeping their picks in hand, they rush towards you...

Surprise round consists of Kiboko casting his spell and Parveen's minions rushing towards you...

COMBAT! Round 1 - The bold may post!

Just a reminder...as the hole is 10' above, while all of you can see Parveen and the emanating light, only Kiboko, Zaarah who is flying, and Kramac mounted on Beak can glimpse all, or some of the Aspis agents coming towards the breach...

Rudzik/Wilk
Possessed Aspis Agents
Zaarah
Kramac/Beak
Bo
Trey
Kiboko/Mvumbu
Gripplis

Temple Ruins - Lower Level

Ride vs DC 20: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21

Swift Mount as a free action.

Rudzik grabs Wilk's saddle and swings up in one fluid motion. From atop the wolf, he unleashes arrow upon arrow at the Aspis agents stupid enough to try to free an ancient unfathomable evil from its prison.

Primary Longbow, PBS, RS, DA, FE, Haste: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 19 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 = 30
Piercing damage, PBS, DA, FE: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 = 14

Rapid Shot Longbow, PBS, RS, DA, FE, Haste: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 19 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 = 25
Piercing damage, PBS, DA, FE: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 = 16

Haste Longbow, PBS, RS, DA, FE, Haste: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 19 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 = 19
Piercing damage, PBS, DA, FE: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 = 14

Secondary Longbow, PBS, RS, DA, FE, Haste: 1d20 + 14 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 14 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 = 33
Piercing damage, PBS, DA, FE: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 = 17
Crit Confirmation: 1d20 + 14 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 14 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 = 23
Crit damage: 2d8 + 6 + 2 + 12 + 4 ⇒ (2, 6) + 6 + 2 + 12 + 4 = 32

Tertiary Longbow, PBS, RS, DA, FE, Haste: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 9 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 = 26
Piercing damage, PBS, DA, FE: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 = 14

"Y'all" twang "remember" whiz "t'" shoom "protect" thunk "everyone" whoosh

Full-attack with haste.

Wilk pads forward at Rudzik's silent signal, baring his teeth.

Move and ready to attack any hostile creature within reach.

Rudzik mounts and from his current angle can barely make out one the Aspis agents as he unleashes a barrage at the one in blue...the ranger proves most accurate as 4 of the 5 turn the possessed man into a pin-cushion, one piercing deep into his chest...

Seriously injured, but still standing, blue casts some sort of spell and the Aspis agents move visibly faster...and then blue retreats back...

Two agents move swiftly to the top of the ramp and attack the only Pathfinder in reach, Kiboko…

Pick: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 19 + 1 = 33
Vital Strike Damage: 2d6 + 11 ⇒ (2, 3) + 11 = 16

Pick: 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 19 + 1 = 39
Vital Strike Damage: 2d6 + 11 ⇒ (4, 6) + 11 = 21

...both picks getting by Kiboko's defenses, one landing on his shoulder, the other on his thigh. The red agent moves up in support...

The gripplis, able to see Parveen through the enlarged hole made by Kiboko, do their fiend-keeping thing trying to keep her and her influence at bay...

COMBAT! End Round 1/Begin Round 2 - The bold may post!

Rudzik/Wilk
Possessed Aspis Agents (Hasted, Blue -93)
Zaarah
Kramac/Beak
Bo
Trey
Kiboko (-37)
Mvumbu
Gripplis

Temple Ruins - Lower Level

The Professor takes a moment to drink nothing conconction, seeming to shift phases for a moment. Diplacement extract. He then takes to the air, trusting in his defenses to avoid the strikes of the Aspis.

Assuming there is space in the shaped opening, Trey will fly overhead into the room.

Bo sends a flurry of arrows at the black clad Aspis.

Flurry {PBS/DA/CS/Haste} vs BLACK: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18
Damage {PBS/DA/GB}: 3d6 + 10 ⇒ (1, 3, 1) + 10 = 15

Flurry {PBS/DA/CS/Haste} vs BLACK: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32
Damage {PBS/DA/GB}: 3d6 + 10 ⇒ (6, 6, 5) + 10 = 27

Flurry{PBS/DA/CS/Haste} vs BLACK: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Damage {PBS/DA/GB}: 3d6 + 10 ⇒ (6, 3, 5) + 10 = 24

HASTE: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15
Damage {PBS/DA/GB}: 3d6 + 10 ⇒ (3, 6, 1) + 10 = 20

Ki Point: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24
Damage {PBS/DA/GB}: 3d6 + 10 ⇒ (5, 2, 4) + 10 = 21

Rudzik follows Bo’s assault with his own flurry of arrows, trying to clear a path for Kiboko and Kramac to move through.

Primary Longbow, PBS, RS, DA, FE, Haste: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 19 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 = 35
Piercing damage, PBS, DA, FE: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 = 19

Rapid Shot Longbow, PBS, RS, DA, FE, Haste: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 19 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 = 38
Piercing damage, PBS, DA, FE: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 = 20
Crit Confirmation: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 19 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 = 28
Crit damage: 2d8 + 6 + 2 + 12 + 4 ⇒ (1, 3) + 6 + 2 + 12 + 4 = 28

Haste Longbow, PBS, RS, DA, FE, Haste: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 19 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 = 23
Piercing damage, PBS, DA, FE: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 = 15

Secondary Longbow, PBS, RS, DA, FE, Haste: 1d20 + 14 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 14 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 = 29
Piercing damage, PBS, DA, FE: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 = 20

Tertiary Longbow, PBS, RS, DA, FE, Haste: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 1 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 1 = 14
Piercing damage, PBS, DA, FE: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 = 15

Focussing on Black, shifting to Orange if they fall.

Trey does a flyby through the hole past the Aspis agents...

AoO (Black): 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 19 + 1 = 40
Miss<=50: 1d100 ⇒ 41

AoO (Orange): 1d20 + 19 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 19 + 1 = 27
Miss<=50: 1d100 ⇒ 30

...and his concoction proves most efficient as black's strike might have otherwise impaled him...instead, both picks sniff only the air...

Two of Bo's arrows pierce deeply into black, followed up by two more of Rudzik's, the last going straight through his right eye, completing the Aspis's transformation into porcupine road kill. For good measure, Rudzik puts another two into red...

Yep, this is gonna be quick...

COMBAT! End Round 1/Begin Round 2 - The bold may post!

Rudzik/Wilk
Possessed Aspis Agents (Hasted, Black dead, Blue -93, Orange -15)
Zaarah
Kramac/Beak
Bo
Trey
Kiboko (-37)
Mvumbu
Gripplis

Temple Ruins - Lower Level

Kramac will swift dismount, and lay into Orange with a full attack, activating Bane.

Attack 1, Outflank, Power Attack, Haste, Bane, flurry: 1d20 + 17 + 4 - 3 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 17 + 4 - 3 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 23
Damage, Sneak Attack, Power Attack, Bane: 1d6 + 8 + 1d6 + 6 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 8 + (3) + 6 + 2 + (1, 2) = 23

Attack 2, Outflank, Power Attack, Haste, Bane, flurry: 1d20 + 17 + 4 - 3 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 17 + 4 - 3 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 33
Damage, Sneak Attack, Power Attack, Bane: 1d6 + 8 + 1d6 + 6 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 8 + (2) + 6 + 2 + (4, 1) = 28

Attack 3 (Haste), Outflank, Power Attack, Haste, Bane, flurry: 1d20 + 17 + 4 - 3 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 17 + 4 - 3 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 35
Damage, Sneak Attack, Power Attack, Bane: 1d6 + 8 + 1d6 + 6 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 8 + (6) + 6 + 2 + (3, 6) = 37

Attack 4 Iterative, Outflank, Power Attack, Haste, Bane, flurry: 1d20 + 12 + 4 - 3 + 1 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 12 + 4 - 3 + 1 + 2 - 2 = 17
Damage, Sneak Attack, Power Attack, Bane: 1d6 + 8 + 1d6 + 6 + 2 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 8 + (5) + 6 + 2 + (1, 1) = 24

Beak bites the orange Aspis agent!

Attack, Outflank, Haste, Power Attack: 1d20 + 16 + 4 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 16 + 4 + 1 - 2 = 39
Attack Confirm: 1d20 + 16 + 4 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 16 + 4 + 1 - 2 = 32
Damage: 2d6 + 11 + 6 ⇒ (6, 6) + 11 + 6 = 29
Damage: 2d6 + 11 + 6 ⇒ (5, 2) + 11 + 6 = 24

Kramac devastates agent orange with three mighty swings of his blade; the dude is barely standing when Beak’s beak bites down viciously, tearing the man in two...

COMBAT! End Round 1/Begin Round 2 - The bold may post!

Rudzik/Wilk
Possessed Aspis Agents (Hasted, Black dead, Blue -93, Orange dead)
Zaarah
Kramac/Beak
Bo
Trey
Kiboko (-37)
Mvumbu
Gripplis

Temple Ruins - Lower Level

Rocked by the quick and vicious attacks of the apsis, it takes a few second for Kiboko to recover his wits. When he does so, his anger is powerful.

"ASPIS! YOU FACE KIBOKO AND MVUMBU NOW!"

Kiboko treads lightly down the ramp and draws his blade - levelling it at the aspis in his path, he calls Mvumbu. Rage, set focus to Tiger, move, ready action

"MOOOOAAAAARRGGHHHHHH!!!!!"

Infuriated that anyone could injure Kiboko, it hardly takes the barbarian's power to drive Mvumbu into a frenzy. She froths at the mouth as she gracefully bounds down the ramp to join battle.

tangling chomp! vs red, amplified ferocious beast, menacing pack flanking outflank, bull focus, power attack, haste, GMF: 1d20 + 11 + 4 + 6 + 1 - 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 11 + 4 + 6 + 1 - 2 + 1 + 1 = 37vital strike, GMF: 8d8 + 23 ⇒ (7, 2, 1, 6, 3, 8, 7, 2) + 23 = 59 On a hit, Red is entangled (which might even make Kiboko's attack hit).

Kiboko and the Wise & Beautiful Mvumbu do their patented tag team thing...Mvumbu's chomp crushes some ribs and leaves red entangled...which opens him up to Kiboko's follow-up which crunches what ribs were still pristine...

COMBAT! End Round 1/Begin Round 2 - The bold may post!

Zaarah is up!

Rudzik/Wilk
Possessed Aspis Agents (Hasted, Black dead, Blue -93, Orange dead, Red -86 )
Zaarah
Kramac/Beak
Bo
Trey
Kiboko (-37)
Mvumbu
Gripplis

Temple Ruins - Lower Level

Take Blue down if you can Zaarah. Mvumbu's vengeance strike should finish Red.

GM, Kiboko's AC is now 33. Not raging but fatigued.

Buffs after this round: Flight 2 minutes 6 rounds remaining, displacement 3 rounds, +5 ft reach 3 rounds, haste 4 rounds, keen weapon +5 5 rounds remaining. Other buffs: 5 mirror images, Shield, ablative barrier, held SG spell.
AC is 28, displacement is 50% miss chance.

Zaarah flies forward as far as she can and then readies an action to attack if the Aspis approaches her with her reach.

Reminder: Zaarah is stil holding the shocking grasp (intensified and piercing) charge so if any attack hits then this damage:
Shocking grasp, piercing / intensified metamagic without level increase due to traits : 9d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 4, 2, 5, 5, 1, 2, 6) = 32

READIED ACTION: Keen Scimitar Black Blade +5 attack roll, higher ground +1, haste +1 : 1 + 1 + 1d20 + 20 ⇒ 1 + 1 + (17) + 20 = 39
Scimitar Black Blade +5, Dex mod +7, Damage roll : 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

CRIT CONFRIM?: 1 + 1 + 1d20 + 20 ⇒ 1 + 1 + (2) + 20 = 24
Scimitar Black Blade +5, Dex mod +7, Damage roll : 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

CRIT? Shocking grasp, piercing / intensified metamagic without level increase due to traits : 9d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 3, 3, 6, 1, 6, 6, 2) = 34

Maybe confirmed crit so I rolled the shocking grasp damage again. If this confirms then 66 electricity damage, 30 slashing damage.

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As Zaarah has reach: In case the Aspis agent does not have reach and approaches to adjacent she gets an AoO.

AoO ACTION: Keen Scimitar Black Blade +5 attack roll, higher ground +1, haste +1 : 1 + 1 + 1d20 + 20 ⇒ 1 + 1 + (2) + 20 = 24
Scimitar Black Blade +5, Dex mod +7, Damage roll : 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18

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In case the Aspis has reach and therefore does not provoke and AoO then Zaarah still has her AoO and can parry / riposte.

In case Zaarah is attacked she uses 'Opportune Parry' and parries by expending an AoO to parry and spends a panache point (so if the attack roll of she opponent is lower than Zaarah's parry then the opponent does not hit and Zaarah could potentially Riposte)

Opportune Parry: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (20) + 20 = 40

In case Zaarah successfully parries she uses 'Riposte' as an immediate action to attack the opponent that attacked her.

Riposte attack roll: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (13) + 20 = 33
Damage Riposte roll : 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16

Zaarah flies gracefully towards blue, ignoring Parveen's hiss as she flies by...then seemingly effortlessly, her contentious black blade slices through blue's neck like butter, his head landing upright with eyes wide open in surprise...

One of the gripplis, sweat pouring from her forehead, overcome by the effort to restrain Parveen, falls to the floor...

Red defiantly shouts out, attacking Kiboko with multiple pick attacks...

Pick, Entangled: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 19 + 1 - 2 = 26

Pick, Entangled: 1d20 + 19 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 19 + 1 - 2 = 33
Damage: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

Pick: 1d20 + 14 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 14 + 1 - 2 = 24

...his second strike connects with the half-Orc, but it only makes Kiboko smile...

Mvumbu, furious to see her friend struck, retaliates immediately, her huge mouth clamping shut on the agent's head, her teeth crushing his skull as he drops limply to the ground...

You hear an earth-shattering scream, "NOOOOOOOOO!!! AIIIIGHHHHHHHH!!!"

The defeat of the possessed agents sends Parveen reeling. The asurendra collapses within the summoning circle, temporarily overwhelmed by the efforts of the grippli fiend-keepers and the effort it took to empower the agents.

COMBAT Over! Pathfinders victorious!

Mostly over now, so if there are any Day Job rolls or re-rolls, go ahead and make 'em...

Possessed Aspis Agents (all dead)
Kiboko (-52)
Gripplis (one exhausted)

Temple Ruins - Lower Level

Mother Bogwynne arrives shortly after the battle with a contingent of the gripplis who helped secure the area around the temple. She quickly discerns what has happened...she heals and then helps the exhausted grippli to her feet and then turns to you...

"Excuse my abruptness...while we are very grateful to you and the Society, the danger is not quite yet over..."

Her attention quickly goes to Parveen; she moves over to see the imprisoned asurenda, examining both her and the damage done to her prison. After a moment of thought, she begins conversing with Purpurrup…nodding her head in agreement, she approaches you once again...

“The Consortium has done their harm, and Parveen will be free if we do not act. The fiend-keepers believe that Parveen’s wards have been interfering with their own rituals and techniques, and it may be possible for a group of fiend-keepers to keep her properly contained if we can replace the damaged wards with new totems to channel her power and disperse her will. The issue we are faced with in this solution is that it requires the efforts of fiend-keepers from several tribes and expensive components. Without some form of outside assistance, any other significant disturbance—such as another Aspis incursion—would unleash Parveen upon us all.”

Mother Bogwynne’s long tongue darts out in an anxious flicker before she continues. “We have one other option before us, and that is to strike now and kill the monster while we can. If we do this, she will not stay gone forever, though she should reincarnate as a weaker asura. Her rage will know no bounds, but her power will be diminished and we should have quite a few years to prepare for her return. As your Society has prevented her escape on more than one occasion, it falls to you to make the final determination of Parveen’s fate. What shall we do?”

Just to clarify, they are leaving this decision completely in your hands...killing her is automatic with no chance of retaliation, kinda like a coup...

Temple Ruins - Lower Level

Rudzik whistles softly as he slips off Wilk's back. "That's a bit o' a 'bird in th' hand, two in th' bush' question, ain't it." He frowns. "Killin' seems like th' safest solution, or this'll jus' keep on 'appenin' 'till she bursts loose. O' course, even if'n she's weakened, we can't let 'er 'arm any innocent folks living 'round these parts." He spits. "Don't suppose you'd know where'n she might respawn?"

To clarify - vote to slay.

"I concur vith Rudzik. Zhis containment ist no longer viable for zuch a fearsome specimen. Zhere ist no benefit to maintainink it vhen an opportunity to reduce ze risk hast appeared."