GM Otha's Hall of Drunken Heroes: High Tier (Gameday IX) (Inactive)

Game Master Otha

Roger that, Andor; my PCs carry MW Backpacks but I'm gonna have to look into those Muleback Coils...

Andor succumbs to the most foul stench...and the word of blasphemy spoken by Graz’ith Ur Maurgith overwhelms the Kitsune...

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

Andor (-1 CON drain, -11 STR/currently 1, Dazed)
Rudzik
Graz’ith Ur Maurgith (-39)
Shirley (-16; read last Spoiler before taking any action)
Krazy Kat (-1 CON drain; needs a DC18 Fort Save for the fumes)
Eorsten (read last Spoiler before taking any action)
Torean (-1 CON drain)

Beneath Cayden's Hall

Major downside to muleback cords is that they take the same slot as a cloak of resistance.

"Demon!" Torean snarls when he sees the creature cast a spell on the others. He send a prayer to Torag, asking for his favor and channeling his power. His warhammer pulses with holy light for a moment as the dwarf stalks forward.

Cast Divine Favor, then swift action to activate Justice and Smiting judgements. His warhammer will count as a Good weapon.

Pretty sure the stench save is supposed to be Fort, not Will =)

Shirley Fort vs Stench: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (12) + 17 = 29
Shirley Will vs Blasphemy: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

Effy Fort vs Stench via Indomitable Mount: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (9) + 18 = 27
Effy Will vs Blasphemy: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

So 5 strength damage apiece?

Gah, now I have to recompute so many numbers!

Was the demon sickened by Andor's attacks?

Shirley will delay slightly, for Kat to start her inspire... though mostly he's trying to clear his nasal passages and get used to the sudden strength drain!

Shirley reels backwards as he his hit by a stench even worse than anything a goblin could produce, he quickly turns Effy's head aside, so she doesn't get hit quite so bad. He shakes his head hard, trying to acclimate, then grins at the demon. "Baddest of smells!"

Of course, they then get hit by the evil miasma of the blasphemy spell, and again Shirley, and Effy reel, as they find their strength slowly weakening! Neither seems pleased by this particular event, Effy letting out a loud aggrieved shriek, and Shirley throwing out a long string of goblin curses, directed at the demon.

"No fun! Will carve new holes!" He cries. "Maybe smell worse dead!"

Challenge the demon!
All allies receive a +3 to attack rolls vs the demon!

With almost no encouragement, Effy surges forward, trying to stomp all over the offending creature!

Overrun vs CMD, flank, challenge, bard: 1d20 + 20 - 2 + 4 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 20 - 2 + 4 + 3 + 2 = 35

If successful, will move to be on the far side, with 5' seperating him from the demon.

Fort Save: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22 +3 vs poison, maybe?

If it's a stench, I assume Torean is subject to it when he moves closer.

DC24 Will save to withstand the stench: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27

DC21 Will save for the Blasphemy: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28

Iomedae protects Eorsten towards Stench and Blasphemy, he uses his ability to smite evil on Hezrou and activate divine bond to make good damage on his weapon

fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Still feeling a bit dizzy, she starts to sing to Inspire Courage (+2). She also uses her Bardic Knowledge to determine which is the best starknife to throw, the magical one or the cold iron one.

kp+bk: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

Torean: Ahhh, well then, no muleback cords for my PCs then, all of mine wear cloaks. Yes, when you move to within 30', you could be affected by its stench but you made the save...

Shirley: Thanks, yes, that was my bad, stench is Fort save; and yes, the demon is sickened till his next turn...

Torean preps his warhammer to do battle with the large hezrou and heads that way, resisting its foul odor...

Both Shirley and Effy ignore the bad smell and overcome the worst of the blasphemous word, but feel its weakening effect...they overrun and move past Graz'ith but he manages to keep his feet. Moving into the chamber, they notice its ceiling soars to nearly 100 feet in height and is split southwest-to-northeast by a thin crevasse that plummets into much larger, much deeper caverns below. The entire chamber is surrounded
by red glyphs, faintly glowing in the darkness...

Shirley, need a little clarification; the overrun was not >= 5, so no AoOs. But in your spoiler, there was also a single attack by Shirley; was that only if the hezrou was prone or did that take place even if it wasn't?

Eorsten withstands both stench and spell, but even so, feels weakened in the attempt...he then preps his blade for battle...

Kat starts to sing to inspire her comrades...even while the fumes get into her lungs once more...

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

Andor (-1 CON drain, -11 STR/currently 1, Dazed)
Rudzik
Graz’ith Ur Maurgith (-39; sickened)
Shirley (-16; just need a little clarification on last action)
Krazy Kat (-1 CON drain/-1 CON damage)
Eorsten
Torean (-1 CON drain)[/b]

Beneath Cayden's Hall

Effy moved 30' on the overrun. Shirley and Effy never takes AoO's for moving about while mounted, due to the Escape Route teamwork feats on he and Effy
And improve overrun kind of removes them too in this case.

CMD 31-34? Ouch! Mean beastie!

The single attack by Shirley happened only if he managed to overrun (he didn't need to knock it prone) as I was too close otherwise. The AoO attacks (from him and Effy, only happen if it gets knocked down)... technically Andor would usually get one too, but he's dazed.

So, since it didn't get knocked over, though he did manage to overrun it... I get the single attack, and all the AoO attacks are ignored

Thanks, Shirley. Yeah, it's got the advanced template; failing that, you would've damn near crushed it...but with everyone loading up on 'Good' weapons next round, I seriously doubt it lasts another turn after this one...

Shirley gives it a vicious swipe with his horse-chopper as he rides by...and it cleaves deeply into the demon, despite not doing its normal damage...

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

Andor (-1 CON drain, -11 STR/currently 1, Dazed)
Rudzik
Graz’ith Ur Maurgith (-56; sickened)
Shirley (-16; just need a little clarification on last action)
Krazy Kat (-1 CON drain/-1 CON damage)
Eorsten
Torean (-1 CON drain)[/b]

Beneath Cayden's Hall

Rudzik grits his teeth as he draws back the bowstring as far as he can without snapping it. "Back t' th' Abyss wit' ye!" he bellows.

Primary Longbow, RS, DA, FE, IC, Challenge: 1d20 + 19 - 2 - 3 + 4 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 19 - 2 - 3 + 4 + 2 + 3 = 43
Good Magic Cold Iron Piercing damage, DA, FE, IC, Boon: 1d8 + 3 + 6 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 6 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 22
Crit Confirmation: 1d20 + 19 - 2 - 3 + 4 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 19 - 2 - 3 + 4 + 2 + 3 = 32
Crit damage: 2d8 + 6 + 12 + 8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (5, 6) + 6 + 12 + 8 + 4 + 2 = 43

Rapid Shot Longbow, RS, DA, FE, IC, Challenge: 1d20 + 19 - 2 - 3 + 4 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 19 - 2 - 3 + 4 + 2 + 3 = 43
Good Magic Cold Iron Piercing damage, DA, FE, IC, Boon: 1d8 + 3 + 6 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 6 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 20
Crit Confirmation: 1d20 + 19 - 2 - 3 + 4 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 19 - 2 - 3 + 4 + 2 + 3 = 34
Crit damage: 2d8 + 6 + 12 + 8 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 1) + 6 + 12 + 8 + 4 + 2 = 36

Secondary Longbow, RS, DA, FE, IC, Challenge: 1d20 + 14 - 2 - 3 + 4 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 14 - 2 - 3 + 4 + 2 + 3 = 36
Good Magic Cold Iron Piercing damage, DA, FE, IC, Boon: 1d8 + 3 + 6 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 6 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 19

Tertiary Longbow, RS, DA, FE, IC, Challenge: 1d20 + 9 - 2 - 3 + 4 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 9 - 2 - 3 + 4 + 2 + 3 = 28
Good Magic Cold Iron Piercing damage, DA, FE, IC, Boon: 1d8 + 3 + 6 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 6 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 17

Scratch that one more turn thought; with the damage from Andor and Shirley, arrows end it. Rudzik the Legend!

Rudzik was already known about Golarion for his accuracy...it would now pass into legend. His first arrow impales the Hezrou’s right eye, quickly followed this second piercing the left one. Mortally wounded, another arrow sinks into its heart and, without so much as a whimper, the demon falls and hits the cavern floor with a loud thud!

Combat Over! Pathfinders victorious!

Kat, you need one more Fort save; if you leave this room, you won’t need any more...

Health Status
Andor (-1 CON drain, -11 STR/currently 1, Dazed)
Rudzik
Graz’ith Ur Maurgith (-56; sickened)
Shirley (-16; -5 STR/temporary)
Krazy Kat (-1 CON drain/-1 CON damage)
Eorsten (-5 STR/temporary)
Torean (-1 CON drain)

Beneath Cayden's Hall

Sheesh, two crits? Wish my archer was that lucky =)

Shirley watches the demon fall beneath Rudzig's arrows, with a grin... though perhaps joined by a tinge a disappointment that the fight was over already.

"Not so tough if fall to pointy sticks." He mutters.

Effy stomps her claws up and down on the thing a few times, just to make sure it doesn't get up again.

"Still smell bad." Shirley observes, wrinkling his nose slightly.

He turns to look around the room he finds himself in.

Perception: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (16) + 15 = 31

fort: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24

Kat stumbles into the new room, looking rather green and feeling like she's about to throw up any minute.

Anyone got a drink? I don't care what it is she asks

Torean lowers his hammer anti-climatically. "Good shooting, Rudzik!" He glances at the entrance of the hidden space. "What is this area?"

Andor leans against the wall and slowly sinks down.

“Thanks for supporting me with this thing!“

He looks at Kat and smiles. “Unfortunately not!“

So the str damage is gone after a couple of rounds, right?

He then stands up again and looks into the room where Kat went into.

He jumps to the other side.

acrobatics : 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (10) + 17 = 27

"WOW!!!! Rudzik ill never saw this ability with a bow, count with me for future missions"

Eorsten make a fast check around room but his ability is not find
perception check: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (15) - 1 = 14

"You should make a fast check of instance to locate any interesting"

The fight over now, within this binding chamber, you find that two clerics of Cayden Cailean, identifiable by their plain brown robes, lie dead near the southeast side of the crevasse. A third cleric, bearing obvious wounds, sits nearby them, softly crying...

On the other side of the crevasse, Andor finds a prized long sword, which lies in a dark case wrapped in silks on the far west side of the chamber. Alongside that weapon, there are several chests all filled with Absalom trade bars worth 18,000 gp.

Andor, Eorsten, Shirley, and Effy all slowly regain their strength back...

Health Status
Andor (-1 CON drain)
Graz’ith Ur Maurgith (dead)
Shirley (-16)
Krazy Kat (-1 CON drain/-1 CON damage)
Torean (-1 CON drain)

Beneath Cayden's Hall

Rudzik exhales softly, another arrow already in his hand. Thanks Deadeye, he prays internally before slowly making his way down the stairs. ”You sure it’s dead?” he asks cautiously, seeming to ignore both his teammate’s praise and the flush creeping up his neck.

Hearing cries of distress, the ranger quickly excused himself to attend to the priest’s injuries. ”Hold still ‘n’ let’s look fer injuries.”

Heal: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (19) + 17 = 36

Eorsten goes to injured cleric and use a few charges of Lay Hands to restore the health and stabilize him.

Kat also goes over to the crying cleric to give him/her a hug.

What's wrong? she asks softly Want to talk about it?

The surviving cleric of Cayden Cailean looks up at you, his eyes clearing up as he says in wonder, "You killed the demon! Cayden be praised!"

After being healed and tended to by Rudzik and Eorsten, he nods at Katrina. "I am Dahar...I'm a new acolyte. Thank you so much for rescuing me...we were tortured unmercifully...and I was to be the next to die...I am in your debt..."

Health Status
Andor (-1 CON drain)
Graz’ith Ur Maurgith (dead)
Shirley (-16)
Krazy Kat (-1 CON drain/-1 CON damage)
Torean (-1 CON drain)

Beneath Cayden's Hall

"Let's get you back upstairs. I think the High Priestess will want to see this too." Torean pauses a moment. "Were there any other demons? Do you know what they were trying to do?"

Dahar nods. "Aye...there was a seductress demon...Graz'ith called her Ephierone...I think they were lovers; she loved torture even more than the large one. There was also a Shadow Demon that traveled with her..."

Just a friendly reminder: Andor, Torean gave you a locked journal that he found in the secret floor panel in the gas room...

Health Status
Andor (-1 CON drain)
Graz’ith Ur Maurgith (dead)
Shirley (-16)
Krazy Kat (-1 CON drain/-1 CON damage)
Torean (-1 CON drain)

Beneath Cayden's Hall

”Well, we took care of those other demons! I am glad that you are well! I almost forgot but we still have this journal to look through!“

Andor looks through the journal!

If you have any Day Job rolls or re-rolls or any faction bonuses to complete/attempt, go ahead and those when you get a chance. There's one more room to explore but no more encounters, so we'll be finishing up in a day or two...

Andor easily picks the lock of Baldimar's journal. Inside, he finds many details of his demonic experiments including summoning and binding the Hezrou...

It tells of how he took a fancy to the study and cataloging of demons. As he became further engrossed in his work, it grew apparent that for his own safety, and the safety of others around him, he should hide away his studies before continuing their pursuit. After sequestering substantial funds from anonymous patrons, including the Pathfinder Society, he built himself a covert lab in which he sought to continue his work. He chose to construct the secret locally in a complex of abandoned catacombs directly beneath Cayden’s Hall, based on the premise that none outside would see his comings and goings and none within would remember them. Deep below Cayden’s Hall, Baldimar secreted away his legacy: a sizable archive of texts devoted to his dark and mysterious pastime, a small private room in which he occasionally slept and dreamt dark dreams, an extensive laboratory, and a safe-room in which he’d successfully bound the demon Graz’ith Ur Maurgith.

Health Status
Andor (-1 CON drain)
Shirley (-16)
Krazy Kat (-1 CON drain/-1 CON damage)
Torean (-1 CON drain)

Beneath Cayden's Hall

“Wow! He was really busy!! This will provide us with an edge I hope!“

Andor looks satisfied!

Hopefully ... still ... I still think that messing with demons is extremely dangerous and incredibly risky. Katrina replies. And they call ME Krazy?

She turns to Dahar and grins. Well ... if you've got something to drink .. I'd be appreciating it - the stink in the other room I think it burnt the back of my throat.

dayjob: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (19) + 17 = 36 Perform Dance.

((After this, she plans to do a performance of acrobatics and escapes in Cayden Hall - if the Priestess allows it - she also owes the jester 'a good time'))

"Baldimar did all this?! Let's search the area just to make sure there's no dark rituals still active then." Torean searches the area, hoping not to find an active portal to Hell.

Having found all you could in the binding chamber, you go up the stairs to the south and find another, albeit smaller, chamber...

Several sealed casks line the south wall, pressed against a work desk fitted along the room’s curved corner. Within a wide alcove at the far end of the chamber rests a bed with moldering sheets and a hope chest at its foot. Near the bed balances a crooked wardrobe adjacent to simple brown robes dangling from pegs. On another wall hangs a map of the area around Lake Encarthan. Pinned along its perimeter hang dozens of faded papers, diagrams, and notes.

This chamber obviously served as Baldimar Trud’s quarters during periods of extended research. All of the room’s cloth items are moldered and frail, and fall apart when handled. The casks hold naught but badly-soured vinegar. The hope chest holds blankets, while the wardrobe contains more cleric’s robes. The notes are faded beyond value or recognition. The desk drawer is locked...

Health Status
Andor (-1 CON drain)
Shirley (-16)
Krazy Kat (-1 CON drain/-1 CON damage)
Torean (-1 CON drain)

Beneath Cayden's Hall

disable device: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20

It doesn't take Kat long to get that desk drawer open.

Kat easily picks the lock...and finds even that wasn't worth the trouble as there's nothing significant there...

Other than this being the dwelling of Baldimar Trud, there's nothing of import here...you follow the stairs up and pull a latch that slides open another secret door, leading back into the archive room, with the acolyte in tow...

Now having more time to look around, you find several things of note. The shelves contain numerous writings compiled by Baldimar and his colleagues, as well as his expert contacts. Most of the records concern demonic studies, though some focus on other outsiders. And Rudzik is reunited with his beloved wolf, Wilk...

And in this desk, Kat finds something better than the one in Trud's room...while looking through the top drawer, she finds two scrolls of lesser restoration...

Health Status
Andor (-1 CON drain)
Shirley (-16)
Krazy Kat (-1 CON drain/-1 CON damage)
Torean (-1 CON drain)

Beneath Cayden's Hall

Kat is really interested in any books on azatas or any other type of good outsider related to Desna. She is actually tempted to keep them.

I think most of these books should be deposited in the Dark Archives she comments.

She also muses on the possibility of summoning azatas.

Your exploration of the archives complete, you head back upstairs to report to the High Priestess Saphira...and you find Osprey and a weak, but better, Xersus awaiting with her. Upon reporting your findings, in addition to the rescued acolyte pouring praises upon you for his rescue, they are very well pleased.

The High Priestess curtseys gracefully. "I grant you the title of Honored Guests of the Hall and you need never pay for anything beneath my roof for as long as I'm High Priestess. That includes not only food and drink, but any injuries you may have incurred on our behalf while ridding us of this foul demonic infestation..."

This healing includes the CON drain.

Osprey then adds. "Thank you...your aid is most appreciated and will not be forgotten. But I must ask you not to repeat the nature of your mission to anyone else...at least until facts can be sorted out and the Decemvirate has time to further assess things...

"In the mean time though, enjoy yourselves for a drink or three; Xersus and I will peruse a bit down in the archives you've discovered and will join you a little later. Well done, Pathfinders!"

Congratulations! You have successfully completed Hall of Drunken Heroes (S1-40)! You each gain 1 XP!

PFS Goals:
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Primary: The PCs discover the archive beneath Cayden’s Hall. SUCCESS! Each PC gains 1 PP!
Secondary: The PCs defeat the primordial demon. SUCCESS! Each PC gains 1 PP!

"No coin for drink?" Shirley mutters, as he realizes the implications.

He lets loose a hearty laugh, pointed teeth on full display. After putting Effy outside, where she can't nip at the still somewhat sober guests, he goes about putting the proffered benefit to the test!

And now have reached level 12!

Congrats Seeker Shirley

Kat starts arranging for a performance or too - maybe a double act with the jester.

Andor is in a melancholic mood at the end of day but very thankful for the healing.

"I really was not feeling well, thanks a lot high priestess! I might really take a drink or two!" he says with a sly smile and enjoys the evening with those Pathfinders that remain in the temple.