[PFS_CORE_Aerondor] 01-49 Among the Dead - Outpost IV (Inactive)

Game Master Aerondor

Ledt CMD is 12, does he still need to make a Will save?
Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23 +2 vs fear
For a second it seems Ledt is going to jump over the pit. But he does not "There is something unnerving about this pit. I think we should move forward"

The little halfling tries to open the door. Then depending on what he finds, he might move forward or attack.

"It is probably a haunt. If someone could throw a little positive energy at it, they might leave us alone. Try to leave Gumbo out of it though."

@Silgil/GM Aerondor - Would it be possible to make a K-Religion to determine if it is a haunt or not?

Sylvester calls down from higher up on the staircase.

"You might want to summon something with Blind Sense and can fly like a giant bat. They should be able to find whatever spooked Shaggy assuming it is not a haunt."

I agree. It is an annoying encounter. :)

I'm happy with a religion check to get an idea about what it might be.

Positive energy? Sorry out of luck there.
Knowledge (religion) 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

Silgil doesn't know much about gods and such. He's run into undead a few times but would be hard pressed to recognize anything by sight, or in this case, effect, besides just guessing.

Gumbo crosses the chasm and Silgil hops off on the other side and tries to go through the door, also depending on what he sees after Ledt opens it.

Ledt opens the door, with nothing jumping out at him. Lucky.
While he does that Silgil rides Gumbo over the pit.

Looking within he sees four evenly-spaced canvas walls run parallel to each other in a row stretching from north to south through the middle of this room. On both sides of each wall hang dozens of paintings, drawings, and sketches of a variety of violence-themed scenes.

A solid wooden door is in the middle of the south wall and a heavier, oaken door is in the middle of the north wall.

Status, bold may post; round 2
Hadanka -
Graff -
Shen -
Sylvester
Spooky stuff
Ledt -
Silgil
Gumbo the Zombie - 37 damage.

Ledt steps into the room, to leave space for others to cross the pit "We found Violence Museum of Art in here. Terrible taste these Zyphus cultists"

The halfling looks around for dangers and traps.
Perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (9) + 0 = 9

Shen also looks around.

perception : 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (15) + 14 = 29

"I wasn't particularly attentive when they were teaching this but I think we're dealing with poltergeists. They are quite uncommon but are known to spook animals and be able to move things remotely. Also they're incorporeal undead." Graff informs the rest and waits for his turn to get his GrabZombie Ride.

Ledt notices the first picture is one of the tragic death of a child hit by
a wagon.

Shen also notices what might be a slight disturbance in the air around the south side of the pit.

Most of you still have the pit to cross.

Status, bold may post; round 2
Hadanka -
Graff - delaying for zombie ride.
Shen -
Sylvester
Spooky stuff
Ledt -
Silgil
Gumbo the Zombie - 37 damage.

Sylvester attempts to coax his pet into entering the room.

Handle Animal: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

(I am assuming that this is a move action as my character is not a Druid. Please let me know if this is enough.)

“There might be a slight disturbance in the air around the south side of the pit. What should we do?!“ she asks and touches her bald head.

Not small. Not trust bridge. Hadanka backs up a few steps and takes a running leap...
acrobatics to jump: 1d20 + 10 + 4 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 + 4 + 10 = 27
And sails across, almost plowing over Ledt.

Shaggy thinks about it for a moment, and then resolutely refuses to go back down the stairs.
It would be a "push" to get him to go down, which you almost made, DC 25

Hadanka joins the jumping crowd on the far side of the bridge.

Status, bold may post; round 2
Graff - delaying for zombie ride.
Sylvester - still a move action remaining.
Shen -
Spooky stuff
Ledt -
Silgil
Gumbo the Zombie - 37 damage.
Hadanka -

Sylvester struggles with Shaggy to get him to go down. He thinks that it is best that they deal with this problem now as it will not disappear on the way back.

Handle Animal: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

"Come on people. We need to deal with this problem. They are not disappearing on the way out. Put your thinking caps on."

@GM Aerondor - What is your ruling regarding Glitterdust outlining incorporeal, invisible creatures assuming that they are in the area of effect to begin with. The rules on this are not exactly clear to me.
But If they are outlined or someone can See Invisible then Magic Missile should be able to effect them normally as it is a force effect. Also area of effect spells like Fireball or Lighting Bolt or even Burning Hands should do half damage to incorporeal creatures.

Glitterdust will outline invisible creatures but not incorporeal, ethereal or astral ones. They literally have nothing to outline. That said, I am happy for them to be potentially blinded by the glittering if they have sight.
See invisible would allow you to see invisible, incorporeal, ethereal or astral.
MM would work normally against incorporeal, and ethereal creatures. Astral I don't think so.
Fireball, LB, and burning hands are magical, so 50% effective against incorporeal, but not ethereal.

Quite frankly the same, same but different use of incorporeal and ethereal in D&D (and thus PF) is kind of problematic. IMHO they should have got rid of incorporeal and just stuck with ethereal

Shaggy so doesn't want to go back down those stairs. He wines and looks pitiful. If you insist on trying to get him down there then pretty soon there will be a smelly yellow rivulet running down those stairs. Hope nobody slips on it.

"... We need to deal with this problem. They are not disappearing on the way out. ..."

Not our problem. Just deal with cultists. No one said we have to deal with the ghosts. Also, might be another way out. He holds out a piece of meat (from his rations) so Shaggy can see it, Here doggy. Want something to eat?

"Dead ones are already dead. We came here for the ones alive. Let's leave the spirits be. I just see nothing, and they do not seem to be doing anything anyway" says Ledt while he continues scanning the library with his eyes.

I do not see how to help with your problem Sylvester, but the thing seems to be doing nothing other than unnerving us. Let's go on, and if it manifests, then more options will open for us to deal with it I guess.

"Pick up Shaggy and bring him?" Graff suggests.

I could try picking him up and jumping with him or tossing him across....

Just waiting for an action from Shen, then we'll see what happens next..

Shen tries to jump over as well.

acrobatics : 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23

"I really hate these places. Never ever have they sent me to a party or something more festive!" she complains.

Shen flies over the bridge crashing into Status,
The group senses a positive malevolence in the air.

Shen and Hadanka both feel tugged toward the pit.
CMB vs shed: 1d20 ⇒ 3
CMB vs had: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

But both resist the pulls.

Status, bold may post; round 3
Graff - delaying for zombie ride.
Sylvester - still a move action remaining.
Shen -
Ledt -
Silgil
Gumbo the Zombie - 37 damage.
Hadanka -
Spooky stuff

Sylvester tries to quickly dismount off of Shaggy.

Riding,Fast Dismount as a Free Action DC 20: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

However it takes him more time than he would have liked (move action).

He step down a step (5' step) while he tries to calm his mount.

@GM Aerondor - Riding Dogs know the Heel trick. This allows them to go places where they would not normally go. The DC to handle an animal to do this trick is DC 10. If you disagree I can just leave Shaggy behind for now. Pushing him too hard is just cruel.

Hadanak begins looking for danger in the next room.
perception: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 10 + 2 = 24

Silgil turns around and commands Gumbo again.

"Gumbo, carry Graff over here. Don't let Graff fall in the pit. Graff tell him who you are."

Silgil monitors Gumbo and makes sure he knows what to do.

Looking nonplused at the direction, Graff follows the instruction exactly.

"I am Graff."

If it was just a bad smelling giant cave, I'd go with heal. But there is a supernatural reason why Shaggy doesn't want to go down there.

Hadkana doesn't notice anything suspicious, although a picture of a building collapse killing dozens of workers does strike him as especially tragic.

Gumbo lumbers over to Graff, who climbs aboard. Gumbo then lumbers back.

Status, bold may post; round 3
Shen -
Ledt -
Spooky stuff
Graff -
Sylvester -
Silgil
-Gumbo the Zombie - 37 damage.
Hadanka -

Still seeing no enemies to fight off, Ledt ventures inside the library "That is a tragic death of a child hit by a wagon. Interesting taste for the artist."

"We better don't touch anything. Our mission is to kill the cultists, not to fall on their traps" the halfling moves over and carefully checks the tiles as he goes.
Perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (20) + 0 = 20

Perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (16) + 0 = 16

Perception: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (4) + 0 = 4

Shen also looks around to search for traps and to see if something is off.

perception : 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33

Silgil is busy making sure Gumbo does not have issues, though he keeps his distance from the edge.

@GM Aerondor - Ok, it looks like I will have to leave my dog behind. Pushing it until it complies is just mean with a +5 bonus. Is there a door between the two rooms on the stairs? Also how big a jump is it to get from the stairs to over the spiked pit in the first room? It looks like a 5' jump to me but I want to confirm it with you.

"If the dog is really important, I suppose I could go back and dimension door him along."

"Sure. If you could Dimension Door myself and Shaggy across into the next room that would be greatly appreciated."

As a 7th level caster you should be able to bring along two creatures with you. He might be killed if he is left here alone.

"I guess I'm coming back then."

"I have a handy haversack. Do you think you could convince him to go inside before doing the crossing?" Ledt offers as the only alternative on his hands.

"Or a bag of holding? I have one of those and it will hold a lot more than your backpack!"

Riding on Gumbo, Graff calls out.

"I could carry him with me!"

For the sake of simplicity, I'm assuming you have bridged the pit at the top of the stairs with some of the odd bits and pieces of broken or activated traps that the cultists have left lying around. So Shaggy can wait at the top. The bridge is 15' long if you wanted to jump it.

I don't think a riding dog will fit in a handy haversack or bag of holding. Dimension door would easily let you bypass the room with Shaggy though.

Shen notices a suspicious looking roof tile over the door leading out of the art gallery.
Ledt notices a picture of a collapsed dam washing away a farmhouse. With a lot of detail provided on the farm-wife's terrified face.

Graff feels a couple of strong tugs on him. He totters..
cmd: 2d20 ⇒ (10, 10) = 20
@Graff, two DC12 will saves to keep your balance

Status, bold may post; round 4
Graff - two DC 12 will sves
Sylvester -
Silgil
-Gumbo the Zombie - 37 damage.
Hadanka -
Shen -
Ledt -
Spooky stuff

Will Save 1 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Will Save 2 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Graff resists the tugs. He had a ride. He wasn't going off it so easily.

I'm guessing Graff is hopping off and heading into the art gallery?

“Can someone please check out this suspicious looking roof tile over the door leading out of the art gallery!!“ she asks.

Is this a trap GM?

I think we can count on it being a trap. The question is what kind and what triggers it?

"Everyone, get away! I will try something" Ledt will step back and using mage hand he will propel the despicable picture of a collapsed dam washing away a farmhouse towards the trap to see if that triggers it once everyone has taken distance from the likely trap.

If not, he will also try shooting it with ray of frost.

Yep Graff will hop off but not go into Art Gallery.

Silgil hops on and heads back to get Shaggy, instructing Gumbo to ferry him back. Fortunately Gumbo is a patient fellow.

Sylvester waits with Shaggy for Silgil to teleport the three of them over into the next room.

Hadanka moves over to watch the door from around the corner of the shelf.

The scared looking Sebastus calls out. "Hey wait for me!"

While Silgil is on Gumbo, he too feels some more tugs, trying to push him off into the pit.

cmd: 2d20 ⇒ (17, 19) = 36
And two DC12 will saves from Silgil please

"Oh, my lord, you came back for me!" smiles the thin man gratefully.

Everyone else, are your icons where you want them to big when Ledt tries his trick.

Shen moves to the back of the room.