Kit moves to where the vamp can see her and really turns up the insulting melodrama. The Charito puppet is subjected to a number of undignified physical and verbal insults.
But really she is just making ready to use the saving finale if needed. She really does not have much useful to do.
@GM I'm ok with absorbing an attack. Whatever would get me in the other room so that we are not all stuck fighting through the doorway.
I moved my token to where might work when Charito was pushed back.
Okay, Selune gets an image back.
As if time itself is somehow changing, you suddenly see that Charito is hit by Selune with a vicious claw attack and Armik is able to move towards Charito.
Charito then tries to slam into Armik and she is really able to hit him hard! Armik also feels very weak!
"Is everybody okay? I have healing, if you need it."
Armik, you won't mind if I feel bad that you made that save, will you? Mun has a faction goal of spending money on healing for another PC that is the only goal remaining on that card. Would have loved to contribute to your restoration, haha!
I really didn't think the battle would last all that much longer so I wasn't planning on tossing a combat spell. A heroism spell would have made sense though.
"Vordrek's right; if everyone is okay, we should move." He takes another measure to protect himself and Selune, then steps into the next room with his companion.
Actions:
Standard: cast fallback strategy on self and Selune with improved spell sharing (3.5 min duration each)
Prayer was only 7 rounds, so I've removed that from our stat lines, but all of Mun's other buffs are measured in minutes or 10s of minutes. I'll keep them in our stats until you notify me that they've expired.
Aasimar Oracle of Shaelyn Lvl 10 AC:20, FF:10, Th:10, HP 63/63, F8/R7/W11, Perc +0, Init +0
Buffs:
Quickly stack up on the next door! Malliaka casts a spell on Selune as he walks by. Shield of Faith +3 deflection bonus for 10 minutes.Shelyn will speed our action when one of you opens the door.Intend to cast blessing of fervor as someone opens the door
If there's a free round of actions available before the door gets opened, Mun will cast heightened awareness from his wand, which he'll burn for the initiative bonus.
Mun leans in and gives it a closer look. "If I find anything, I won't be able to do anything about it, but we don't seem to have a trap specialist with us, do we?"
Mun will add a moonrise arrow to his arsenal, and equip his bow instead of his longspear. Adjusting map position to have a firing lane through the door as it opens, just in case. And how have I forgotten mage armor on Selune? Adding that, and refreshing protection from evil on both of us (from a wand), too.
The cultists all burned to ashes and you find no remaining equipment. But Charito lived the life of a Pathfidner and has many useful items!
Combat Gear potion of inflict moderate wounds, potion of invisibility; Other Gear +1 shock rapier, cloak of resistance +1, locket worth 500 gp, 80 gp
One final update for Mun; I realized he doesn't wear a cloak of resistance, so he'll grab this one for the remainder of the adventure. Pro evil trumps it vs evil, so it may not have a tremendous impact, but might as well use it.
The ornate tapestries that cover the walls of this room almost disguise the rough stonework of the foundry.
Sarcophagi line the walls, covered in blankets and pillows to serve as divans.
An altar and a seven-foot-tall statue of a six-winged, snake bodied woman dominate the room's western end.
This chamber obviously houses the sarcophagi of the leaders of the Feasters of the Heart, and here they perform their most unholy rites to Lissala at the altar along the western wall.
After Vordrek uses a spell to open the double doors you suddenly see a larger room with five beings inside!
Three ugly spindly, skeletal humanoid with moldy green flesh, long talons for hands, and heads that seems to be mostly mouth.
Furthermore, you see a beautiful woman that is sticking to the ceiling upside down with a rod in her hand and a charismatic older man with a whip and rod in his hands.
Please give me two knowledge religion checks, first for the ugly beings and second for the male and female in the room.
The woman looks at Armik and casts a quickened spell that hits and weakens him!
Fort save DC 17 for only 4 str penalty for 10 rounds.
Additionally, she casts another spell and black tentacles appear all around you!
A field of rubbery black tentacles to appear, burrowing up from the floor and reaching for any creature in the area.
CMB black tentacles:1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29
Everyone with CMD below 29 (that is everyone I think) get 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 damage and are grappled.
Round 1 wrote:
Milena
Mun, -9
Armik, -9, DC 17 fort save
Ugly being, white
Ugly being, red
Ugly being, black
Selune, -9
Vordrek, -9
Ilan
Trokkus, -9
Malaika, -9
Kit, -9
Bold is up.
GROUP BUFFS: Prayer, Blessing of Fervor, Protection from Evil, Beacon of Luck.
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Defensive Abilities: A vampire gains channel resistance +4, DR 10/magic and silver, and resistance to cold 10 and electricity 10, in addition to all of the defensive abilities granted by the undead type. A vampire also gains fast healing 5. If reduced to 0 hit points in combat, a vampire assumes gaseous form (see below) and attempts to escape. It must reach its coffin home within 2 hours or be utterly destroyed. (It can normally travel up to 9 miles in 2 hours.) Additional damage dealt to a vampire forced into gaseous form has no effect. Once at rest, the vampire is helpless. It regains 1 hit point after 1 hour, then is no longer helpless and resumes healing at the rate of 5 hit points per round.
Weaknesses: Vampires cannot tolerate the strong odor of garlic and will not enter an area laced with it. Similarly, they recoil from mirrors or strongly presented holy symbols. These things don’t harm the vampire—they merely keep it at bay. A recoiling vampire must stay at least 5 feet away from the mirror or holy symbol and cannot touch or make melee attacks against that creature. Holding a vampire at bay takes a standard action. After 1 round, a vampire can overcome its revulsion of the object and function normally each round it makes a DC 25 Will save.
Vampires cannot enter a private home or dwelling unless invited in by someone with the authority to do so.
Reducing a vampire’s hit points to 0 or lower incapacitates it but doesn’t always destroy it (see fast healing). However, certain attacks can slay vampires. Exposing any vampire to direct sunlight staggers it on the first round of exposure and destroys it utterly on the second consecutive round of exposure if it does not escape. Each round of immersion in running water inflicts damage on a vampire equal to one-third of its maximum hit points—a vampire reduced to 0 hit points in this manner is destroyed. Driving a wooden stake through a helpless vampire’s heart instantly slays it (this is a full-round action). However, it returns to life if the stake is removed, unless the head is also severed and anointed with holy water.
Mun, surprised at the sudden--and so completely effective--trap they sprung on themselves, calls out for Pathfinder aid. Using tools provided by the Society on a previous mission, he reaches out to a former ally.
Actions:
Swift: activate Unravel Magic boon from 10-98 Siege of Gallowspire
10-98 Siege of Gallowspire wrote:
Unravel Magic (Spellcaster Mission): You have friends who know their way around magic. Check the box that precedes this boon as a swift action. A Pathfinder ally briefly enters the fight and casts dispel magic, with a caster level equal to your character level. If your character level is at least 13 when you activate this boon, your ally can cast greater dispel magic instead.
Participating Aid Character Number: 192785-5 Robyyn
Will continue turn after learning results of Knowledge checks, above, and dispel magic, below.
A scraggly grey-haired sylph--somewhat unbelievably--pokes his head in the room. "Well, that's a pickle. Let's try to get you out of it." The ancient-looking man casts dispel magic, doesn't even wait to see if it works, and vanishes without another word.
A pathfinder is called via strong magic but unfortunately the dispel attempt is in vain!
Mun unfortunately knows nothing about these creatures!
Mun: That was a boon and as a swift action allowed.
For all others: Please note that you are all grappled so if you want to cast you have to make concentration checks vs DC 25 + Spell level.
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GRAPPLED: A grappled creature is restrained by a creature, trap, or effect. Grappled creatures cannot move and take a –4 penalty to Dexterity. A grappled creature takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls and combat maneuver checks, except those made to grapple or escape a grapple. In addition, grappled creatures can take no action that requires two hands to perform. A grappled character who attempts to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability must make a concentration check (DC 10 + grappler’s CMB + spell level), or lose the spell. Grappled creatures cannot make attacks of opportunity.
Mun tries to break free of the tentacles so that he can make a mad dash for an unobstructed area, while he instructs Selune to do much the same in the opposite direction.
Actions:
Blessing of Fervor: +2 to attacks/AC/Reflex Free: Handle Animal (attack any) DC 10, link:1 + 7 + 4 = 12 Standard: Combat maneuver check to escape grapple Move?: 20'
Selune has to break free to follow Mun's command, so she struggles mightily against the black tentacles, hoping to pop into the corner to be ready to bite the nearest foe.
Actions:
Blessing of Fervor: +2 to attacks/AC/Reflex Standard: Combat maneuver check to escape grapple 5' step?
To escape a Grapple is a standard action unfortunately and you cannot use an attack action so blessings of fervor does not help to provide two attempts! :-( But 24 was so close.
Armik can hit the ugly beast in front of him only once.
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The two ugly beasts attack the Pathfinders in front of them!!
Mun, -9
Armik, -12, freedom of movement
Selune, -9
Ugly being, white
Ugly being, red, -25
Ugly being, black
Vordrek, -9, grappled
Ilan
Trokkus, -9, grappled
Malaika, -9, grappled
Kit, -9, grappled
Bold is up.
GROUP BUFFS: Prayer, Blessing of Fervor, Protection from Evil, Beacon of Luck.
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To escape a Grapple is a standard action unfortunately and you cannot use an attack action so blessings of fervor does not help to provide two attempts! :-( But 24 was so close.
Selune cashed in fallback strategy for the 2nd roll; it's a simple reroll.
I realized, though, that she acted early. I thought I remembered them on the same initiative in the first combat, but that's probably because of the carry companion spell, right? I.e. she appeared mid-combat, so was acting on Mun's initiative because that's when he unfroze her?
Also, I assume my spoilered listing of buffs works? Mun and Selune have so many up right now, they don't all fit in the header by name. I'm keeping the numerical stats updated round-by-round, though, and you can always check the spoiler in every post if there's a doubt about where the numbers come from.
Question on Liberating Command. It says it gives an immediate action to escape and costs an immediate action to cast. By RAW, does that mean that she cannot use it on herself? I've read contradictory statements so I wondered if there is a ruling. If so, who is still trapped? Trokkus, Trokkus, and Malaika?
Kit attempts to slip away using her own wiles and activating her four leaf clover (2/3 uses left) but fails! Remembering how Malika tossed the last vampire around with those channels, Kit starts an inspire competence performance to help her (+3 to roll) and casts a liberating command on her as an immediate action (+14 to an escape artist roll as an immediate action).
4 leaf clover does not stack with the prayer as they are both luck bonuses, so she fails by 1 unless there is another +1 out there somewhere!
Question on Liberating Command. It says it gives an immediate action to escape and costs an immediate action to cast. By RAW, does that mean that she cannot use it on herself? I've read contradictory statements so I wondered if there is a ruling. If so, who is still trapped? Trokkus, and Malaika?
It is not your turn yet Kit. :-) But you, Trokkus, and Malaika are still grappled. Liberating command is an immediate action so you cannot use it on yourself outside of your turn but as far as I understand if you use during your turn then the first immediate action is essentially your swift action for the round and the second immediate action to get free as normal consumes your swift action for the next round. But please note that while you are grappled you would still need to make concentration checks.
Oh and the CMD of black tentacles is 25 so your escape artist check was successful. So you might free yourself, use liberating command on an ally and start inspire courage as you planned.
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Just realized that the ugly undead have 2 higher to hit and damage as a CONSECRATE spell is active in the middle of the room (yellow area) so I will include the modifiers from next round onwards.
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Vordrek is so close to cast his spell but fails ultimately!
~~ Ilan' reacts ~~
The male vampire is now looking at you with malice in his eyes.
"Milena, it would appear we have guests...prepare to welcome them..." Ilan says.
The female replies, "Of course Kosta, my love...come in guests, we're waiting for you to follow us ... to the grave!"
Armik 1, Trokkus 2:1d2 ⇒ 1
The man holds the rod and casts a quickened spell and Armik's eyes become blurry!
Armik, please make DC 20 Fort save or face a blindness spell.
Armik 1, Trokkus 2:1d2 ⇒ 2
Then he casts another spell targeting Trokkus and he his limbs become numb!
Trokkus, please make DC 17 Will save or face a hold person spell.
Mun, -9
Armik, -12, freedom of movement, DC 20 Fort save
Selune, -9
Ugly being, white
Ugly being, red, -25
Ugly being, black
Vordrek, -9, grappled
Ilan
Trokkus, -9, grappled, DC 17 Will save
Malaika, -9, grappled
Kit, -9, grappled
Bold is up.
GROUP BUFFS: Prayer, Blessing of Fervor, Protection from Evil, Beacon of Luck.
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Male LG Half-Orc Paladin 11 (Oath Against Fiends) | HP 56/74 | AC 24 T 12 FF 24 | CMD 25 (26 vs disarm/sunder) | F: +12, R: +8, W: +12| Init: +0 | Perc: +7, SM: +14 | Speed 30ft |Shirt Reroll: 1/1, Pin: 1/1, +1 on a d20: 1/1, +2 on a Sense Motive: 1/1|Lay on Hands: 7/7, Divine Bond 1/2, Smite Evil 3/4| Spells: 1st 3/3, 2nd 2/2, 3rd 1/1 | *Active: Extra +1 holy (11 min)
Trokkus resists the paralysis spell and tries to shatter the grasping tentacles with a holy punch!
I'll use up the beacon of luck (thanks Armik) and roll the Will save twice.
Will save # 1:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32 Will save # 2:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31
As an immediate action, I'll cast my liberating command to try to break free of the grapple (+14 Escape Artist bonus)
escape artist:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (4) + 14 = 18
I'll then expend one of my smites to use my Smite Evil Magic feat on the black tentacles. This is a sunder attempt vs a CMD of 15+caster level. I'm not sure if the caster was an evil outsider or undead; if so, please add 2 to my attempt below. In addition, I've subtracted two from the attempt on the assumption I'm still grappled (if not, please add that back in.
Unfortunately, Trokkus is not able to escape the black tentacles! Also his sunder attempt is not strong enough to dispel the evil magic.
So sorry Trokkus! You have to decide if you want to use the luck reroll or the liberating command as they are both immediate actions. So you still have your liberating command. Tentacles CMD is 25. And for the spell sunder the CL is 10 so DC 25 and it is an evil undead so you reached 23. :-(
Male Tiefling Wizard 3/Cleric 3/Mystic Theurge 4 | AC: 15/11/14 (+bestow curse) | HP: 30/75 | Fort +10, Ref +5, Will +15 | CMB +6, CMD 17 | Initiative +1 | Perception +12 (darkvision) | Active conditions:
Kitoro wrote:
GM Nowruz wrote:
But please note that while you are grappled you would still need to make concentration checks.
What if the spell is verbal only? Should I reroll her escape attempt?
I had to look this up too. The grappled condition makes no allowances for what components a spell does or doesn't have. I guess the assumption is that you aren't calmly standing there with your arms pinned, but instead you and the grappler are both struggling against each other making it hard to get words out or even form complex thoughts.
