GM supervillan's Godsmouth Heresy [Menagerie] (Inactive)

Game Master supervillan

Felix (-4hp) and Data (-9hp) are still injured.

"Er, once we finish patching up, of course," Tsamara adds after realizing that two of her allies are still a bit injured. Assuming neither of them have alternative means of healing themselves, she produces a wand from her pouch and takes care of it herself.

CLW Wand (Felix): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

CLW Wand (Data): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
CLW Wand (Data): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
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Personal wand charges remaining (44). Or if Data and/or Felix have their own, she'll activate it for them.

Wounds healed, you proceed with your investigation.

When you reach the next east-west corridor you see a stone door to your left. It is emblazoned with a seven-pointed star, and bears a complicated lock.

Djahan sends his phantom through the door. It returns. "A bottomless chasm! Nothing is to be gained by attempting descent!"
Also - beyond the scope of this adventure ;)

Will post again later on assumption that you proceed to the east.

Thanks, Tsamara...and sorry; I opted to spend the 2PP on a MW Composite Longbow as opposed to a wand...perhaps I erred there...

Moving on down the corridor to the east you reach another door. The phantom passes through, and returns to report: "A great pit lies beyond, but there is a walkway around it and another door on the other side!"

You check the door, and find that it opens easily.

A thirty-foot-diameter pit fills this circular room, its bottom lost in darkness. The ceiling arches twenty feet above the pit, which is encircled by a narrow, five-foot-wide walkway. A door stands in the opposite wall of the room, across the pit.

There are no magic auras in this room.

Onye's keen nose detects the scent of decay rising up from the pit.

"Holes that go deep into the earth? No thank you," Tsamara shudders as they opt to bypass the sealed door to the left. When it turns out that what lies beyond the next door isn't a whole lot better, she sighs.

"Maybe the church should look into sealing up some of these pits. It might help alleviate the, uh, pest problem that this section seems to be having..."

Arcana: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Aw dookie!

"Something has died recently enough to still smell," Onye says. He gestures toward the pit with his enchanted pole-arm. "Can you see the bottom, Demm tad-draguni?"

kn arcana : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

“This place is giving me the creeps!!“

"My thanks for the healing, Tsamara."

He nods at the catfolk as the group continues on, giving a bit of a shudder as they come to the room with the giant chasm. Heights have never really sat too well with him; massive, bottomless holes under the earth definitely fit that bill too.

"With the smell coming up out of there, I shudder to think what might lie at the bottom. Given what we've seen so far, if it is something dead, it may be restless."

The pit extends deeper than the limits of Demm's vision...

...but as you peer into the pit, something stares back at you!

As if in answer to Felix, a serpentine skeleton emerges from the pit. It sways rhythmically and fixes you with its eyeless gaze. Its head appears to be the skull of a human!

Combat round 1

Felix
Tsamara
creature
Demm
Onye
Data
Djahan
Phantom

The bold may act!

"Ooooh no, why does this thing exist??" Tsamara cringes as a skeletal thing emerges from the pit. She conjures another small blessing of sunlight before falling back a pace; the narrow ledge is no place to fight.
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Casting Bless then moving to current map position~

Adjusting his grip into his battle stance, he too falls back to a better position away from the pit and on wider footing.

"Might be safer to try and draw it out; back into the hall maybe? I don't fancy fighting next to such a long drop, personally!"

The serpentine creature crawls around the walkway, rises up like a venomous snake about to bite, and sways hypnotically from side to side captivating you with its rhythm.

Everyone except the phantom attempt a DC15 Will save vs a mind-affecting effect. (I'm ruling the phantom immune whilst incorporeal, since this is not a magical attack form.)

Combat Round 1 / 2

Felix
Tsamara
creature
Demm
Onye
Data
Djahan
Phantom

Active conditions: bless

The bold may act! assuming you save ;)

As usual, I will resolve all round 1 actions before any from round 2.

will save : 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Will: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (14) - 1 = 13

Onye stares at the hypnotically moving serpentine skeleton.

Please don't all fail this save :|

Will: 1d20 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 2 + 4 = 20

Unphased by the swaying serpent, Data fires a blunt arrow at it...

MW Composite Longbow: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 19
Magic/Bludgeoning Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 1 = 8

...and moves back 25’...

Will save: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1

Arcana vs DC 13: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18
Will vs ??: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21

More to come in a bit.

Demm waggles a finger at the construct. "Ah ha. You think you am very tricksy. Demm tad-draguni no am fooled by your bones. You am not dead, you am built." He then taps in to his diminishing blood magic and sends a pair of arcane bolts across the chasm.

MM (CL3): 2d4 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (3, 4) + 2 + 3 = 12 {YAY!!}

CL vs DR?: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 {BOO!!}

Will (DC 15): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7 Add +4 if this counts as a charm/compulsion/cure.

"Duhhh..."

Tsamara becomes entranced by the motions of...whatever this thing is.

Ouch.

The phantom wails uselessly, complaining again that it can't hurt anything whilst insubstantial.

Most of the menagerie (and their 'keeper') are held entranced by the swaying, skeletal serpent. Only Demm and the machine-minded Data resist. Both attack - missiles of steel and force damaging the monster, but not destroying it.

bite vs onye: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

The snake-skeleton seeks living prey! It skitters past the phantom to bite Onye - but the cat-warrior's armour protects him.

Combat Round 2

Felix, dazed
Tsamara, dazed
creature, -20hp
Demm
Onye, dazed
Data
Djahan, dazed
Phantom

Active conditions: bless

The bold may act!

The incorporeal phantom can neither harm the enemy, nor be harmed by it.

The phantom immediately starts to become ectoplasmic.

”I must act!!“ it shouts out in anger!

1 minute

Data fires another blunt arrow at the creature...

MW Composite Longbow: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 22
Magic/Bludgeoning Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 1 = 7

Demm rolls his eyes at the others. "Why am you all just stand there? Am furries and fleshies lazy or soft-headed?" Not waiting for an answer the dazed cannot give, the kobold launches two more missiles.

MM (CL 3): 2d4 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (1, 3) + 2 + 3 = 9

Fortunately Demm and Data are able to concentrate ranged attacks to destroy the bony serpent! The rest of the pathfinders recover their wits in 30 seconds or so...

You search the chamber, but find nothing. The phantom passes through the next door and returns to report another long corridor ahead. You open the door and proceed.

You approach a charnel house of blood, bones, and scraps of rotten flesh. Strange runes have been sloppily drawn on the walls using some dark brown pigment. A moss-covered stone monolith stands in the centre of the room, wreathed in gossamer wisps of grey mist that seem to congeal around the crumbling stone.

Two monstrous creatures, more beast than human, crouch amongst the decay. The hairless, boil-covered creatures have distended jaws and long claws. They pause in their struggle over a femur, turning their attentions towards you...

Combat round 1

Data
Djahan
red beast
blue beast
phantom
Tsamara
Onye
Felix
Demm

Active conditions: bless Tsamara's spell is still up

The bold may act!

Arcana: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

kn arcana : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

kn religion : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

“These are undead that can trip and attacks can lead to disgusting stuff coming out of their body!“

Djahan moves forward and readies an action to attack!

MW Cold Iron Longsword (d8+4; 19-20/×2) To hit: Str+3, MW +1, BAB +1 ; Damage: +3 : 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 71d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Data will quickly let loose an arrow at the foul red undead creature…

MW Composite Longbow w/Favored Enemy: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 5 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 16
Cold Iron/Bludgeoning Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 1 + 2 = 10

Data's programming is efficient - his arrow puts down one of the beasts. The second snarls and charges Djahan, running forwards like a dog.

bite vs Djahan, charge: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 2 = 9damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Djahan fends the beast off, but can't manage to wound it either.

Combat round 1 / 2

Data
Djahan
blue beast
phantom
Tsamara
Onye
Felix
Demm

Active conditions: bless

The bold may act!

Silently thrilled he can keep his dwindling spell power in reserve, the kobold scampers up and launches a beam of positive energy.

Disrupt Undead vs Touch AC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Onye advances down the hall and thrusts his glaive-guisarme past Djahan to strike at the beast. "This place is full of corruption," he remarks.

Move, Attack

+1 glaive-guisarme: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
Magic, P: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Tsamara wisely opts to stay back and out of the way, though she does step up next to Felix and Djahan's angry ghost friend, granting the agile warrior a small bit of guidance for the battle.
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Move to current position & cast Guidance on Felix~

Shifting his grip on his spear out of his style's stance and back to a more traditional one, he moves up beside Onye and joins the catfolk in taking a stab at the monstrosity from around Djahan.

"You're not wrong... I've seen more undeath today than in any two years of my time with Father's mercenaries put together!"

Spear (Guidance): 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 4 + 1 = 15

Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Djahan attacks!!

MW Cold Iron Longsword (d8+4; 19-20/×2) To hit: Str+3, MW +1, BAB +1 ; Damage: +3 : 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 61d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

The pustulent undead crouched before Djahan presents a low profile. Demm's ray of energy strikes, burning the thing's flesh with its purity, but the polearms of Felix and Onye can't find their mark past the armour-clad tiefling, even with Tsamara's blessings. Djahan himself almost seems preoccupied with not getting bitten, his blade scoring the stone floor.

Combat round 2

Data
Djahan
blue beast, -3hp
phantom
Tsamara
Onye
Felix
Demm

Active conditions: bless

The bold may act!

Data will fire again, this time at blue…

MW Composite Longbow w/Favored Enemy: 1d10 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 5 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 18
Cold Iron/Bludgeoning Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 1 + 2 = 7

Data can't hit the target amidst the press of the melee.

With no reason to seek other prey, the 'ghoul-dog' continues to bite and scratch at Djahan.

bite: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
claw: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
claw: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

The vile creature tears into the tiefling, but Djahan still manages to parry its bite.

Combat round 2 / 3

Data
Djahan, -10hp
blue beast, -3hp
phantom
Tsamara
Onye
Felix
Demm

Active conditions: bless

The bold may act!

Demm launches another ray at their foul opponent.

Disrupt Undead vs Touch AC (Bless): 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 4 + 1 = 20
Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Data tries again...

MW Composite Longbow w/Favored Enemy: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 5 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 28
Cold Iron/Bludgeoning Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 + 2 = 6

Onye thrusts his pole-arm past Djahan once again, trying to strike the ghoulish creature.

Attack

+1 glaive-guisarme: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
P, magic: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Djahan attacks!!

MW Cold Iron Longsword (d8+4; 19-20/×2) To hit: Str+3, MW +1, BAB +1 ; Damage: +3 : 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 191d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Giving things another try, he once more attempts to spear the undead abomination.

Spear: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Felix finally ends the fight, thrusting his spear point through the undead monstrosity. In return, Felix is sprayed with disgusting pus.

Fort save vs disease please, Felix.

Combat over!

Party status:

Djahan, -10hp
Felix, Fort save needed

The mist-shrouded stone monolith in the centre of the room radiates strong conjuration magic. Approaching it, you hear sibilant whispers from all around you. But no words can be made out.

There is nothing else to be found but rotting meat.

A corridor leads to the south.

Djahan heals himself.

clw : 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (4, 7) + 2 = 13

"Good job! I seem to missing mostly!" he says with a smile.

"...well that was awful. Ugh, I don't know if I'm ever going to feel clean again after this."

Fort save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

"I agree. This is an awful place full of wretched abominations," Onye says with a low growl in his throat. "Chohar needs to come and burn these halls clean."

Data frowns, his circuitry lights flashing. "All undead are abominations no matter where they reside..."

"And that monolith...I wish we could destroy it," Tsamara murmurs, her ears flattening a bit in as she tries to ignore the indecipherable whispers that emanate from it. "But I guess we'll have to settle for letting the Pharasmins know that it exists. Maybe they can figure out what purpose it has..."