GM Mauve - PFS 1e Module: The Godsmouth Heresy (Inactive)

Game Master MauveAvengr

Grelthe smiles genuinely and pays the promised amount. "You have a satisfied customer!"

After they leave the room, to her companions "I honestly was not expecting that to work." and laughs

Andros examines the symbol. The church would pay handsomely for this...and welcome if back to their way.

Yrix hisses happily.

Where to next?

Can we go in room where is the red dot on the map? I have put that dot there.

Agree with red dot exploration, but also think we should inspect the center path (that goes above the big round room - moved green dot to show location) on our way past, just to clear that part of the map.

red works for me

Red dot room is about 20 ft above the stairs. If I recall correctly, you tried to climb up to it after your fight with the crawling hands, but failed. You'd likely have to approach from the red star room.

red star it is then!

There was also a set of armor in the room with the pink dot that you passed by.

After saying goodbye to Yrix, she seems to be giggling at her trade. "Byeeeeee my lovelies. Come back to the Great Yrix if you ever want to trade againnnnnn."

The Pathfinders check in on the creature on their way to the red star - still sleeping, curled into a ball now.

They make a wide loop, past the deep pit, past the ominous pillar, down south, through the secret door.

Sneaking up, Grelthe passes a set of staircases to her right that spiral up through the ceiling. But in front of her, the acrid stench of chemicals and reagents fill the chamber just to the north. The walls are marred by strange stains and scorch marks. Several tables are scattered about the room, covered in a bewildering plethora of glassware, alembics, retorts, tubes, simmering cauldrons, and smoking beakers full of brightly colored liquids. Scattered pages of written notes in a crabbed hand lie strewn about the chamber. A large alcove in the northwest corner contains a bookshelf groaning under the weight of heavy, dusty tomes and scrolls.

Three large glass vats stand against the eastern wall, filled with bubbling green fluid. Floating within the vats are three grotesque objects - putrescent corpses, tubes, and wires embedded in their rotting flesh, their skin discolored with decay and chemical stains.

?: 1d100 ⇒ 10

As Grelthe and the other Pathfinders turn the corner and peer into the room, they see a weary hunchbacked, haggard-looking man in his 30s, with black hair starting to turn grey. He's reading some notes and mumbles to himself angrily. He's about to cross over to the room to the north (the one with the red dot). There seems to be a wooden bridge now where there wasn't one before!

His ears prick up as he hears Grelthe and the other Pathfinders and turns to them.

"What... who are you?" he yells in a fit of rage.

"We are contractors for the Church of Pharasma. Are you the one who has been stealing the bodies of the dead?"

"Those manipulating *****" He calls them a word that dares not be repeated. "They're sabotaging my efforts. All I want to do is study undeath.". He starts walking towards the Pathfinders. "You see, Pharasma abhors undeath. I found my way down here into this wondrous Ossuary. Here, I found proscribed books from a heretical sect calling itself the Chymists of Life in Death. They found a loophole. Alchemical undead, not magical undead.".

This man starts doing the stereotypical villain rant. "Those ***** found out that I was partaking in research. All I wanted to do was to increase manpower and solve the problems of the shrinking amount of free space in the Ossuary above.". He starts pacing back and forth. "Yes, yes it was I who was 'stealing' those bodies. But for a good purpose!" He looks up at everyone.

"Now, leave me be. Go back to the Church and leave me and my research alone. Mr. Marrow? Show them out.". A zombie comes out from the shadows and starts walking towards the Pathfinders.

"Call off this zombie and surrender. You may continue your research somewhere else. No one here needs to die."

Loophole or not, your "research" is likely heretical in the church. For this reason alone! You need to stop this...this...abhorrent quest now! Andros says incredulously as he grips his morningstar a bit tighter seeing the zombie.

Call off your pet or it goes down hard...and you'll be next!

"Stop! Do you really want to die!?"

"I was just about to retire to spend time with my lovely bride. This interruption is rude. If you wont leave me in peace, then there's only one thing I can do."

He takes a deep breath. "Mr. Morrow. Cornelius. Attack. We need fresh test subjects anyway."

One of the putrescent corpses in the glass vats in the eastern wall starts to come to life unlife as it bursts forth (as a free action) and charges at Grelthe. (+2 to hit, -2 AC). This creature looks like one of the alchemical zombies you fought earlier - a little tougher than normal.

The zombie crashes in to Grelthe hard (critical hit, but does not confirm - Grelthe has an amazing FF AC). Grelthe takes 5 points of damage!

In the background, Svilennius drinks a extract and pulls out a bomb from his side pouch.

Updating everyone's HP based on their headers. Let me know if it looks accurate.

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[u]Round 1[/u]

Vat Zombie (-2 AC)
Svilennius Tripe

Tavon (21/25 HP)
Aatish (11/11 HP)
Andros (12/12 HP)
Rachel (9/9 HP)
Roomba (22/22 HP)
Grelthe (6/11 HP)

Mr. Marrow

Everyone is up!

Roomba moves to the other side of Svilennius Tripe. Double Move

Grelthe knows she should probably heal, but she sees the magic guy pulling out a bomb and Roomba providing a flank and she sees red and just can't help herself. (She charge, provoking AoO from green. AC 18 this turn due to charge)

Ranseur 2H attack (Reach, Charge, Power Attack, Flanking): 1d20 + 5 + 2 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 5 + 2 - 1 + 2 = 26
Ranseur 2H damage (Reach, Power Attack): 2d4 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (3, 4) + 6 + 3 = 16

Tavon enters the room. He passed by the enemy. AoO

Looks around trying to decide who to shoot first.

shoots red one

Water blast - B. and magic - Precise Shot: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
damage: 1d6 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 5 = 8

Aatish moves forward and strikes the undead with her scimitar!

Cold Iron Scimitar: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 181d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Rachel moves and shoots the one to the east calling upon the power of her god.

+2 str mwk darkwood composite longbow, point blank shot, smite evil vs. blue: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 6 + 1 + 2 = 20
smite dmg, bypasses all DR: 1d8 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 1 + 2 = 13

Andros moves up, eager to get in the fight.

double move...assuming the bad guys are dropped..other wise I take an AoO moving by green dude

AOO vs Grelthe: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

The vat zombie slashes out at Grelthe as she charges by, but the heavily armored paladin is okay!

A lot of damage is done to Svilennius Tripe, but he's still standing. He screams out in pain. "What have you done?!"

Aatish slices at the vat zombie, but it still stands.

Then Rachel puts an arrow through Mr. Marrow and downs him!

The vat zombie slashes back out at Aatish, dealing a significant amount of damage. 6 points of damage!

Svilennius runs north to the wooden bridge. Looks like there is a hole in the shoddily built 'bridge' and will attempt to jump down. Provokes AOO from Roomba and Grelthe. Assuming he's not killed, he easily slips through some floorboards, drops 10 ft and starts running away.

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[u]Round 1[/u]

Vat Zombie (-6 HP)
Svilennius Tripe (-24 HP)

Tavon (21/25 HP)
Aatish (5/11 HP)
Andros (12/12 HP)
Rachel (9/9 HP)
Roomba (22/22 HP)
Grelthe (6/11 HP)

Mr. Marrow

Everyone is up!

Ranseur 2H attack AoO (Reach, Charge, Power Attack, Flanking): 1d20 + 5 + 2 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 5 + 2 - 1 + 2 = 9 whiff

Does he take any fall damage from dropping 10 feet? *waggles eyebrows* Also I *think* I can reach him with my 20' speed, but that will affect my turn so please verify.

waiting ti see if Roomba takes him out or knocks him down...if yes, i'll channel, if not i'll heal Grelthe with a CLW...will roll each and apply them as needed

channel: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

He parkoured down! Got a Nat 20 on his Acrobatics, which means he ignores the first 10 ft of his jump down. Do you have a Paizo reroll, perhaps owning a Pathfinder themed t-shirt or something like that?

Roomba takes a stab at the man as he squeezes by.

Roomba AoO, +1 rapier, flank: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 2 = 9
GM 4-star reroll: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 2 + 4 = 18
magical piercing dmg: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

She follows the man down with a perfect front spin and landing beside the man, attacking him some more.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Roomba AoO, +1 rapier: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
magical piercing dmg: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

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CONFIRM CRIT: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
magical piercing dmg: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

OOPS I do have a reroll from my messenger bag (brain fart)
Ranseur 2H attack AoO (Reach, Charge, Power Attack, Flanking): 1d20 + 5 + 2 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 2 - 1 + 2 = 20 REROLL
Ranseur 2H damage (Reach, Power Attack): 2d4 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (2, 3) + 6 + 3 = 14

Roomba stabs Svilennius and he wobbles, but is still on his feet. He doesn't expect anyone to follow him down so he's surprised when the rapier enters his body right where his heart is. He stares at Roomba as blood fills his mouth. He mumbles a few incomprehensible words as all life escapes him. Dead

Will: 1d20 ⇒ 10

Andros channels but seems remarkably unharmed (what's the DC for your channel?)

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[u]Round 2[/u]

Vat Zombie (-7 HP)
Svilennius Tripe

Tavon (21/25 HP)
Aatish (5/11 HP)
Andros (12/12 HP)
Rachel (9/9 HP)
Roomba (22/22 HP)
Grelthe (6/11 HP)

Mr. Marrow

Tavon, Aatish, Rachel, and Grelthe are up!

Ack, didn't see your reroll @Grelthe before I posted. Your reroll would've killed him for sure.

Tavon shoots Vat Zombie.

water blast - B. and magic - Precise Shot: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
damage: 1d6 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 5 = 12

Anyone within 5' of Grelthe can hear her humming to herself as she attacks the alchemist. You've caught snippets of music before during combat, but could never place the source before it ended.

She drops her ranseur (free action) to smoothly draw (move action) and launch a javelin at the remaining enemy.

Cold Iron Javelin attack (in melee): 1d20 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (4) + 2 - 4 = 2 (50' range due to ammentum)
Cold Iron Javelin damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 (x3 on crit)

If green is still up:

Aatish 5 ft steps and strikes the undead with her scimitar!

Cold Iron Scimitar: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 51d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

If green is down then double move.

Only green is remaining. Unfortunately, no one seems to be able to hit it. Will bot Rachel to see if she can!

+2 str mwk darkwood composite longbow, point blank shot, : 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 1 = 12

cold iron, piercing: 1d8 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 + 1 = 5

The zombie dodges each and every attack that comes it way! It bites down hard on Aatish! Hard enough for her to faint. 8 points of damage

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[u]Round 2[/u]

Vat Zombie (-7 HP)
Svilennius Tripe

Tavon (21/25 HP)
Aatish (-3/11 HP)
Andros (12/12 HP)
Rachel (9/9 HP)
Roomba (22/22 HP)
Grelthe (6/11 HP)

Mr. Marrow

Everyon is up! Aatish is bleeding out and must make a DC 13 Constitution check to stabilize or lose 1 HP.

Grelthe is feeling better from Andros' healing and she will draw her morningstar and charge the lone zombie that downed Aatish, her humming gets louder.

Morningstar 2H attack (Reach, Charge, Power Attack): 1d20 + 4 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 2 - 1 = 25
Morningstar 2H damage (Reach, Power Attack): 1d8 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 3 = 17

Morningstar 2H attack CONFIRM (Reach, Charge, Power Attack): 1d20 + 4 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (9) + 4 + 2 - 1 = 14
Morningstar 2H damage (Reach, Power Attack): 1d8 + 6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 3 = 12

con dc 13 : 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Grelthe runs up to the last remaining enemy around and easily dices him into pieces. Nice job on the crit!

Aatish starts bleeding out slowly as she's grasping for air.

Out of initiative - for now at least, as long as someone heals Aatish before she bleeds out and dies.

You can now examine Svilennius's body. He has four potions, a wand, two acid flasks, two alchemist fire, two smokesticks, a tanglefoot bag, two thunderstones, a finely crafted studded leather armor, a very finely crafted spear, an alchemist's kit, masterwork embalming tools, and a formula book.

Andros ends out a healing wave of energy to heal the group.
channel: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Hey boss...the last channel i did was a healing one as well..wasn't going for dealing damage to the skelteon...just caught that...

perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25

"Guys, doors!"

Tavon opens the door.

Grelthe searches the room - then has a moral dilemma on what to do with the books and notes of the Chemists of Life in Death. Pharasmin edicts say the information is heretical and they should be confiscated & destroyed... BUT they could also be worth quite a bit of gold to the right "collector."

Grelthe doesn't think Kurgess is opposed to undead. But also she probably doesn't want to piss Pharasma off. (Did we identify the phylactery of faithfulness?)

She presents the moral issue to her teammates.

Ah, thought you used your channel to harm the undead. Sorry @Andros!

Tavon spots the nearly invisible outline of a secret door in the western part of the wall. Opening it up, Tavon sees repeated lines of footprints mark the dust on the floor of this crypt. The burial niches lining the stone walls are empty save for ancient scraps of yellowed linen. At the far end of the chamber, a gate apparently crafted of bleached bone blocks an exit out of the tomb.

Then Tavon hears some rustling. The niches aren't empty after all! Four skeletons step out of the niches! These look like some of the alchemical undead you fought before.

The blue skeleton hears the motion coming from the door and walks up to Tavon, scimitar raised. double move

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[u]Round 1[/u]

Blue

Roomba
Aatish (7/11 hp)
Rachel
Grelthe

Orange
Red
Purple

Tavon
Andros

Roomba, Aatish, Rachel, and Grelthe are up!

Roomba delays, knowing that big brawny people with bludgeoning weapons is what's required here.

Grelthe really wants into that room. She attempts to smash the skeleton in her way.

Morningstar 1-h attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8

...and will ready a move action to move as far as she can into the room once the blue skeleton is dealt with.

Just a reminder that Aatish and Rachel are up

Aatish faces cover but she still strikes the undead with her scimitar!

Cold Iron Scimitar: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 61d6 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Will bot Rachel

+2 str mwk darkwood composite longbow, point blank shot: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 1 = 8

cold iron, piercing: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 1 = 6

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The skeleton proves to be too evasive and dodges all attempts of destroying it. One by one, the other skeletons walk up behind the blue skeleton, ready to strike!

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[u]Round 1[/u]

Blue

Roomba
Aatish (7/11 hp)
Rachel
Grelthe

Orange
Red
Purple

Tavon
Andros

Tavon and Andros are up!

got 2 channels left...may as well use one here..

Foul beings! Feel the burning touch of Sarenrae.! Andros says as he holds up his holy symbol and sends a wave of holy energy to fell the undead.

channel, dc 14: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Will, blue: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Will, orange: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Will, red: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13
Will, purple: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Channeling the Dawnflower, radiant energy bursts through the room. The red skeleton clatters to the ground, destroyed. The others seem on their last legs. A stiff breeze could blow them over.

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[u]Round 1[/u]

Blue (-3 hp)

Roomba
Aatish (7/11 hp)
Rachel
Grelthe

Orange (-3 hp)
Red
Purple (-3 hp)

Tavon
Andros

Tavon is up!

Tavon steps to the east 5ft and shoots Blue.

water blast - B. and magic - Precise Shot: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18
damage: 1d6 + 1 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 1 + 5 = 8

Tavon blasts the blue skeleton and it clatters to the ground too. Destroyed!

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[u]Round 2[/u]

Blue

Roomba
Aatish (7/11 hp)
Rachel
Grelthe

Orange (-3 hp)
Red
Purple (-3 hp)

Tavon
Andros

Roomba, Aatish, Rachel, and Grelthe are up!