Mun dodges most of the cold and sends two rays of fire flying through the tentacles and all Pathfinders to hit Milena and severely burn her!
"Arghhhhhhh .... " she shouts out in pain.
~
With soft cover you hit Touch AC 15 and that is exactly what you needed! :-)
Round 4 wrote wrote:
Milena, -47, black tentacles
Mun, -17, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing
Selune, -0, readied attack, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing
Armik, -12 , freedom of movement, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing, DC 21 reflex save
Ugly being, red, -65
Vordrek, -12, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing, DC 21 reflex save
Ilan, -97, holding bestow curse charge
Malaika, -22, freedom of movement, AC and reflex bonus from Blessings, slowed, DC 21 reflex save
Trokkus, -25
Kit, -8, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing, DC 21 reflex save
Bold is up.
GROUP BUFFS: Prayer, Blessing of Fervor, Protection from Evil, Beacon of Luck, GOOD HOPE, INSPIRE COURAGE +2
Armik's first two strikes are so unbelievably vicious that they cut the Totenmaske down to pieces!
The spindly, skeletal humanoid with moldy green flesh looses both hands with the long talons and hits the floor first with its head that seems to be mostly mouth.
~
Round 4 wrote wrote:
Milena, -47, black tentacles
Mun, -17, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing
Selune, -0, readied attack, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing
Armik, -23, freedom of movement
Ugly being, red, destroyed
Vordrek, -12, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing, DC 21 reflex save
Ilan, -97
Malaika, -22, freedom of movement, AC and reflex bonus from Blessings, slowed, DC 21 reflex save
Trokkus, -25
Kit, -8, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing, DC 21 reflex save
Bold is up.
GROUP BUFFS: Prayer, Blessing of Fervor, Protection from Evil, Beacon of Luck, GOOD HOPE, INSPIRE COURAGE +2
Although his underplanar skin absorbs a little of the blow, Vordrek takes the full force of the icy blast. From the air, he responds with a fiery one of his own.
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:
Sweet! Gonna use my beacon of luck bonus on this too. And I didn't declare it in time, but the +2 AC & Reflex is really the only blessing of fervor option that's useful to Vordrek, so I'd like to add that too if it's ok.
Mun, -17, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing, DC 19 Will save
Selune, -0, readied attack, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing, DC 19 Will save
Armik, -23, freedom of movement, DC 19 Will save
Ugly being, red, destroyed
Vordrek, -23, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing, DC 19 Will save
Ilan, -104
Malaika, -22, freedom of movement, AC and reflex bonus from Blessings, slowed, DC 19 Will save
Trokkus, -25, DC 19 Will save
Kit, -24, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing, DC 19 Will save
Bold is up.
GROUP BUFFS: Prayer, Blessing of Fervor, Protection from Evil, Beacon of Luck, GOOD HOPE, INSPIRE COURAGE +2
DC 19 will, heroism, protect evil:1d20 + 6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 6 + 2 + 2 = 27 for half of 21
After the cold, the negative energy does not feel very good. She manages to resist but she knows she is jut getting lucky. Must be the wall she is hiding behind. Had she not been so lucky she would have been on the ground. In any case, that was too close. She starts up another performance, this time using oration wishing she could skedaddle around the corner and hide, but those still wriggling tentacles are in the way. She drops her whip and zips out a wand of CLW using her spring loaded wrist sheath and taps herself.
Ilan is hit by the positive energy that Trokkus hurls at Ilan but he can resist most of the divine presence!
Milena is protected by the wall!
~
Round 4 wrote:
Milena, -72, black tentacles
Mun, -17, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing, DC 19 Will save
Selune, -0, readied attack, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing, DC 19 Will save
Armik, -23, freedom of movement, DC 19 Will save
Ugly being, red, destroyed
Vordrek, -23, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing, DC 19 Will save
Ilan, -113
Malaika, -22, freedom of movement, AC and reflex bonus from Blessings, slowed, DC 19 Will save
Trokkus, -36
Kit, -25, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing
Bold is up.
GROUP BUFFS: Prayer, Blessing of Fervor, Protection from Evil, Beacon of Luck, GOOD HOPE, INSPIRE COURAGE +2
Malaika cannot dodge the cone of cold but his natural resistance and strong mind can push the negative energy far away!
Mun and Armik are also less affected by the negative energy but Selune is less strong.
The spiritual ally is not able to overcome Ilan's defenses!
~ ~
Milena's wounds heal slightly.
"Ilan ... Ilan ... how could this happen?!? What do we do now?" Milena says with true desperation in her voice.
She then steps back and sends a web spell into the room!
The Web spell creates a many-layered mass of strong, sticky strands. These strands trap those caught in them. The strands are similar to spiderwebs but far larger and tougher.
Trokkus, Mun and Vordrek are caught within a web and have to dodge to not become grappled by the sticky fibers.
See RED area. Reflex DC 18. If this save succeeds, the creature is inside the web but is otherwise unaffected. If the save fails, the creature gains the grappled condition, but can break free by making a combat maneuver check or Escape Artist check as a standard action against the DC of this spell. The entire area of the web is considered difficult terrain.
@ALL PLAYERS: Anyone moving through the webs must make a combat maneuver check or Escape Artist check as part of their move action, with a DC equal to the spell’s DC. Creatures that fail lose their movement and become grappled in the first square of webbing that they enter. If you have at least 5 feet of web between you and an opponent, it provides cover. If you have at least 20 feet of web between you, it provides total cover. The strands of a web spell are flammable.
Trokkus moves into the black tentacles and they get a hold of him again!
Trokkus, your CMD is 24, right? If yes then you are grappled again with CMD 25 for the black tentacles.
Round 5 wrote:
Milena, -67, black tentacles
Mun, -26, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing, DC 18 reflex save
Selune, -19, readied attack, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing
Armik, -32, freedom of movement
Ugly being, red, destroyed
Vordrek, -23, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing, DC 18 reflex save
Ilan, -113
Malaika, -36, freedom of movement, AC and reflex bonus from Blessings, slowed
Trokkus, -36, DC 18 reflex save, grappled???
Kit, -25, AC and reflex bonus from Blessing
Bold is up.
GROUP BUFFS: Prayer, Blessing of Fervor, Protection from Evil, Beacon of Luck, GOOD HOPE, INSPIRE COURAGE +2
Kit takes an immediate action to cast a 7th level [url=https://aonprd.com/SpellDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Liberating%20Command]liberating command[/url on Trokkus]
When will that black tentacles spell finally run out? That and any other round per level spells cast near the beginning of combat. Speaking of which I moved my icon and forgot to move it back when I realized I would have to run through the tentacles spell to get there, so I put her icon back where it belongs, trapped in that corner, which means she has to make a save vs. the web spell too.
Trokkus, your CMD is 24, right? If yes then you are grappled again with CMD 25 for the black tentacles.
Note that the +2 to AC from blessing of fervor, if that was Trokkus' selection this round, should also apply to CMD.
Reflex DC 18, protection from evil, blessing of fervor, prayer, good hope:1d20 + 7 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 7 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 2 = 27
Mun twists his shoulders as the web appears, and avoids the worst of the stickiness. He again calls on another Pathfinder ally, calling in a favor from a recruit he sponsored to join the Society: the spiritualist J. Dacilane. J. appears beside Mun and casts a spell on his behalf, attempting to use Ilan's very bones to compel him to move into the black tentacles and webs, and past some of the Pathfinders' worst martial threats.
With J. covering him briefly, he lays hands on himself to heal some of the damage he's experienced.
Actions:
Blessing of fervor: +2 attacks/AC/Reflex Standard: activate New Recruit boon to have J. Dacilane cast boneshaker on Mun's behalf to move Ilan along the path indicated (Fortitude DC 15 negates) Swift: use Miracle Worker faction reward to lay on hands as paladin of level equal to number of goals completed (6 goals)
lay on hands:3d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 2) = 8
7-05 School of Spirits wrote:
New Recruit (J. Dacilane): Your team of Pathfinders sponsored J. to join the Pathfinder Society. In exchange, she is eager to assist you on one of your future missions. You can direct J. to cast a spell from the spiritualist list (Pathfinder RPG Occult Adventures 76) as a standard action. The spell’s level can be up to one third of your character level (minimum 0). J.’s caster level is equal to your character level – 3 (minimum 2), and her Wisdom score is 17. J. is a noncombatant, and she is considered to be in your square for the purpose of determining the origin of her spell. When you use this boon, cross it off your Chronicle Sheet.
Boneshaker wrote:
By using a bone fetish like a marionette, you take control of a target creature’s skeleton. This has a variety of effects depending on whether the target is living or undead.
A living creature....
An undead creature takes no damage. Instead, you manipulate the undead, forcing it to take an immediate action to either move up to its speed (provoking attacks of opportunity as normal) or make a single attack against a creature of your choice in its reach. Either of these is the most basic version of the action the creature can take (it doesn’t activate any special abilities that it could apply to the movement or attack, such as grab). A successful saving throw negates this effect. A mindless undead creature doesn’t receive a save against this effect.
Silver Crusade Faction Journal Card, Season 7 wrote:
Miracle Worker (4+ goals): Once per adventure, you can use the lay on hands class feature as though you were a paladin whose level equals the number of goals you have completed.
And, if boneshaker doesn't work:
Mun commands Selune to move up and strike at Ilan.
It's a long shot, but if it works, it will provoke 3 AoOs from some heavy melee folks, and give Milena a reason to dismiss her web and black tentacles.
Armik is suddenly possessed by the forces of battle! They fill him with physical might and tactical knowledge, aiming to have him uphold the glory of combat, prepare against the necessity of conflict, or endure the inevitability of war.
“Noooo .... “ you hear Ilan and Milena cry out!
And each strike proves more precise than the last and after the Tiefling is finished the vampires are only a bloody mess on the ground.
Suddenly, they turn into a gaseous form and the gas moves to two of three coffins!
Aasimar Oracle of Shaelyn Lvl 10 AC:20, FF:10, Th:10, HP 63/63, F8/R7/W11, Perc +0, Init +0
Buffs:
Ant Haul - dur 20 hours
Tongues - dur 100 min
Communal Resist Energy, Fire (20) - dur 10 min
Beacon of Luck - dur 10 min
Communal Protection from Evil - dur 6 rds
Blessing of Fervor - dur 5 rnds
Prayer (party) - dur 5 rnds
Freedom of Movement - dur 70 min
spiritual ally
Slow
Good Hope
inspire Courage
AC: 23, HP: 46 of 63
Shelyn's might shall burn through those foul webs! An orb of fire appears and begins to roll through the webs. Lighting any it touches on fire. Flaming sphere on the indicated path. Fire will spread out from there, So you folks may take a little bit of fire damage. But if you can then get into the room, I can heal you. I'm out of channels, but I still have lots of spell slots for heal spells. I will also cast a liberating command on anyone Kitoro didn't get. Still slowed, so next round I will move into the room.
The spiritual ally would still try to attack the gaseous clouds since that was it's last command. I don't know if that would do anything.
You put your heads together and remember the necessary details.
Based on your earlier knowledge checks:
Vampires: Once it has been reduced to 0 hit points it turns gaseous and must return to its coffin within two hours. If for some reason it cannot reach the coffin in time it is destroyed. Once inside the coffin it materializes again and is helpless for an hour after which it is raised to 1 hit point and is no longer helpless, and then its fast healing kicks in again. During the time the vampire is helpless, it can be destroyed by the traditional means, like, driving a wooden stake through its heart and severing the head and anointing it with holy water."
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:
"That is an excellent question," Vordrek answers, misunderstanding Kit completely. "Why wood? Why isn't it silver, or cold iron? Some have suggested that vampires are an affluent folk, and wood is a simple material available to any peasant, so this takes the power away from the nobility and returns it to the hands of the people. Others speculate that wood is an inherently religious material, used to construct temples and so on, so they cannot tolerate it. In the end, those of us in the field are forced to admit that... we have no idea.
"But of course the other question is: does it really matter?"
Male Tiefling Oracle 10 | HP: 93/93| AC: 30 (16 Tch, 27 Fl) | CMD: 23 | F: +12, R: +11, W: +17 | Init: +1 | Perc: +8 (darkvision), SM: 0 | Active: Freedom of Movement, Shield of Faith, Prot Evil, True Seeing, Gorum's Armor, Beacon of Luck, Weapon of Awe, Shield, Divine Favor, Channel Vigor (spirit), Blessing of Fervor, Heroism, Good Hope, Inspire Courage | Saves: +1 vs poison and disease, +2 vs death, charm and compulsion
If anyone is still hurt, Armik has 3 Cure Moderate (2d8+10) and 3 Cure Serious (3d8+10) spells he is willing to use to heal you up. Feel free to roll it yourself.
Returning from his combat haze, Armik grunts "We can make our own stakes then..."
He looks around for anything wooden that could be fashioned into a stake.
Mun has a faction goal to spend 100 gp/level on healing for another PC that he's really struggled to find the right opportunity for (PFS characters are too self-sufficient, who knew?). Anybody need anything? Any restoration to heal ability damage? I saw that tchotcke throwing around some Charisma damage there for a bit.
Mun helps break up the furniture to make stakes to kill the two vampires, then offers the stakes to Trokkus and either of Armik or Vordrek. "You all are the real heroes; I'm but a learner," Mun adds in a strange show of humility.
He stands close to have a good view of the staking, though.
Now that you are standing in this room ... with the altar to the goddess Lissala near you and feeling how this room permeates evil, you understand the might of the vampires that you just destroyed.
Armik, Vordrek and Mun:
You can feel the branded tattoo under your skin writhing. It does neither fell good nor bad but it is a part of you now!
See handout. You receive this for free.
Treasure: A PC who accepts the Sihedron brand from the
cultists' magic branding iron receives the magic tattoo at
no cost. The tattoo appears on this adventure's Chronicle
sheet, but only those PCs who receive it as part of this
ritual gain its effects without needing to expend any
character resources.
The statue of Lissala turns out to be plaster covered in gold paint, but around her neck is a medallion of thoughts.
A chest behind the statue preserves the cult’s documents: ancient tomes and recent correspondence, including a letter from the de facto high priestess of Lissala planning to bring Runelord Krune back to Varisia, as well as 1,200 gp worth of gems, coins, and jewelry.
You are most certain Lady Heidmarch will be most interested in the Lissalan High Priestess's letter...
After disposing of the vampires and their coffins you return what information you gained to Sheila Heidmarch, who, after giving you high praise, in turn shares it with the Decemvirate.
From this, especially the correspondence between Ilan Kosta and the mysterious Vandiana, the Pathfinder Society learns that the cult of Lissala today is largely decentralized but that its branches are in the process of unifying behind one ultimate goal: the resurrection of Runelord Krune, the last high priest of Lissala before Earthfall.
With this information, the Pathfinder Society can begin finding out when and how Krune will be resurrected, and how to stop his return.
Congratulations! You have lived through The Cultist's Kiss. You each receive 1 XP / 2pp for successfully completing the scenario.
Sorry for the Discussion post misplaced here; oops!
Mun spends some time in town for a few weeks--per his faction leader's request--spreading word about the Lissala cult's presence in town, how they were able to infiltrate it, and how the Pathfinders eradicated them.
