GM Otha's The Infernal Vault (Inactive)

Game Master Otha

As Aelin warily opens the door, she can neither see the bell attached to the door nor keep it from ringing as the door is opened...and you hear voices coming from the room east of the hallway that the door opens into...

"What's that? Intruders! Take 'em out!"

COMBAT! Round 1 - The bold may post!

Aatish
Mercenaries
Aelin
White Rose
Seelah
Piotr
Goe Lem

FWIW, Aelin was right about the window; removing the bars would've alerted the mercs as well...

Deckland Townhouse (Slide 2)

Aatish moves forward on her riding dog.

Hi GM: Moved 35 ft of the 40 ft that the riding dog has and am looking through the doors. Will continue action based on what can be seen. Thanks!

As Aatish enters the townhouse and moves to the doorway, she finds herself face-to-face with one whom appears to be a mercenary...and another close behind him...

She notices a devil's claw insignia on both of their outer garments...

COMBAT! Round 1 - The bold may post!

Aatish (standard action only)
Mercenaries
Aelin
White Rose
Seelah
Piotr
Goe Lem

Deckland Townhouse (Slide 2)

Hi GM Otha, riding is a free action so Aatish still has her move and standard action and the combat trained dog still has his standard action.

”Die!!! Burn!!! Aatish burns you!!“ she cries out.

Aatish directs the dog to bite!

move action Aatish to command with handle animal DC 10 for combat trained dog : 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

The dog bites the man in front it.

Dog bite plus trip): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 3 = 231d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
CRIT?: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 61d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Free trip attempt of dog, CMB +3: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

~ ~

Aatish then inhales and starts casting, releasing fire with super hot intensity!

Assuming they are flatfooted.

Burning hands 15 ft on both of them // orc bloodline +1 damage per die, +1 CL varisian tattoo & +1 CL pyromaniac gnome racial trait, reflex DC 17 half: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (2, 2, 4, 3, 2) + 5 = 18

The dog takes a bite out of the blue merc and trips him to the ground...

Aatish sends blazing fire forth from her fingertips to burn the mercs...

Reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
Reflex: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16

"Aieee!" the mercs yell as they both take the full brunt of the fiery damage...

Badly burned and angry, the two mercs retaliate...

Black steps up 5' next to his prone comrade and swings his longsword...

Sword (Power Attack): 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (9) + 7 - 1 = 15
Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 2 + 2 = 11

...and just gets past her defenses, slicing severely into the side of Aatish...

The blue veteran merc, knowing standing up would invoke retribution, thrusts up from his prone position...

Sword (Power Attack): 1d20 + 7 - 1 - 4 ⇒ (17) + 7 - 1 - 4 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 2 + 2 = 10

...and feels the his blade sink deeply into the gnome's thigh...

COMBAT! End Round 1 / Begin Round 2 - The bold may post!

Aatish (-21)
Mercenaries (black -18, blue -22/prone)
Aelin
White Rose
Seelah
Piotr
Goe Lem

Deckland Townhouse (Slide 2)

Can I fire a ray from where Piotr's standing and hit Blue (see arrow)? I know there's cover, but I don't want to go inside ahead of better melee combatants.

Seelah hears the sound of battle and rushes in. She sees Aatish badly wounded. She will leave space of the others to enter and positions herself ready to strike or heal next round.

((double move))

will move in and try to acrobatics around to be able to get into melee with them

acrobatics: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

if it succeeds bashra will attempt to bite the one in black

Power attack bite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
damage: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Piotr rushes in while drawing his exotic blade. He sees Aatish in combat with someone in the doorway to the right. He stops right behind Aatish and tries to attack the thug around the door.
+1 nodachi: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19
piercing: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Aelin moves in behind Aatish in the other doorway, her face body shifting to adopt a bit of the tiger aspect, (swift action Animal Focus for +2 dex)and though he is prone, will attempt to make a shot at blue if still alive

attack: 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 9 - 4 = 23
damage: 1d8 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 2 + (4) = 8 4 of that is electric

Can I fire a ray from where Piotr's standing and hit Blue (see arrow)? I know there's cover, but I don't want to go inside ahead of better melee combatants.

Being a ranged touch attack against a prone opponent, there would not only be cover due to the wall, but also the bonus a prone target gets against ranged attacks...but yes you can fire if you wish...

Seelah maneuvers into a better position to attack next round...

White Rose sends a fire ray at the prone merc but it goes awry...

Piotr's exotic blade can't overcome the black merc's defenses...

Aelin and Bashra have better luck...while Bashra deftly maneuvers by the mercenaries and takes a bite out of the black one's rump, Aelin sends an arrow that pierces and shocks the blue merc...

COMBAT! End Round 1 / Begin Round 2 - The bold may post!

Aatish (-21)
Mercenaries (black -25, blue -30/prone)
Aelin
White Rose
Seelah
Piotr
Goe Lem

Deckland Townhouse (Slide 2)

Aatish sees the blood on her body and laughs maniacally.

“Yes!!! Battle and war!!!“

The dog bites the man in front it.

Dog bite plus trip): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 41d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Free trip attempt of dog, CMB +3: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

~ ~

Aatish again inhales and starts casting, releasing fire with super hot intensity!

casting defensively dc 17 : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

Burning hands 15 ft on both of them // orc bloodline +1 damage per die, +1 CL varisian tattoo & +1 CL pyromaniac gnome racial trait, reflex DC 17 half: 5d4 + 5 ⇒ (4, 4, 4, 2, 3) + 5 = 22

—-

Please ignore all of the above. I just saw that a companion is behind the two opponents.

Aatish dreams of killing those two with fire but decides to not endanger her companion.

She withdraws.

Aatish starts to attack...but considering her injuries, she thinks better of it and withdraws...

COMBAT! End Round 1 / Begin Round 2 - The bold may post!

Aatish (-21)
Mercenaries (black -25, blue -30/prone)
Aelin
White Rose
Seelah
Piotr
Goe Lem

Deckland Townhouse (Slide 2)

Sorry, I had posted, but it seems to have vanished. Just a double move.

Goe Lem lumbers toward the sound of combat.

Goe Lem moves forward to join the fray...

The black mercenary opts for the tiger behind him...

Sword (Power Attack): 1d20 + 7 - 1 - 4 ⇒ (12) + 7 - 1 - 4 = 14
Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 2 + 2 = 8

...and it's blade cuts into Bashra...

I assume that hits the tiger...I didn't see any stats so if I'm wrong, let me know and I'll remove the damage...

Meanwhile the blue merc strikes from his prone position at Piotr...

Sword (Power Attack): 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (17) + 7 - 1 = 23
Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 2 + 2 = 8

...but Piotr's armor is just strong enough to deflect the Devil Claw's blade...

COMBAT! End Round 2 / Begin Round 3 - The bold may post!

Aatish (-21)
Mercenaries (black -25, blue -30/prone)
Aelin
Bashra (-8)
White Rose
Seelah
Piotr
Goe Lem

Deckland Townhouse (Slide 2)

Seelah does a 5ft step to stand in front of blue and flank with Bashra.
She swings her sword at the prone man.

+2 flank +4 prone

Longsword: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 2 + 4 = 22
Piercing dmg: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

Seelah steps forth and strikes, cutting deeply into the blue Devil Claw’s neck and he slumps to the floor, bleeding out...

COMBAT! End Round 2 / Begin Round 3 - The bold may post!

Aatish (-21)
Mercenaries (black -25, blue dead)
Aelin
Bashra (-8)
White Rose
Seelah
Piotr
Goe Lem

Deckland Townhouse (Slide 2)

Goe-Lem, these are thin wooden walls. Think you can bash through?
Piotr calls out as he points at the wood plank wall.

He then steps past Seelah, then over the dead thug lying in a pool of blood, and gets in a spot next to the thug wearing a black bowtie.
He smirks at the thug and raises his blade back.
I'm not going to give you the chance to surrender.
He brings his blade down in a diagonal chop on the thug's shoulder blade.
+1 nodachi & PA: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
slice ’n' dice!: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Cutting through the shoulder blade and into the thug's spine.

Confirm crit: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

updated the stats, and the attack misses, sorry about that

I'm not going to give you the chance to surrender.

Yes, they are who I thought they were,, White Rose Duelist thinks as she moves into the house. May as well let them have their fun now. She tries to maneuver past Seelah safely to check if there is anyone else coming from down the hallway (or whatever is beyond that isn't on the map).

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

Piotr, that confirms and will be enough to drop him...and you can step into the dead mercy’s square so as not to draw an AoO...

White Rose, this map is kinda wonky...there is nothing beyond the hallway at that point, just a wall...very small townhouse indeed...

Piotr steps up and with a mighty blow, cleaves downward through the black merc’s collarbone and into his heart, sending spurts of blood upward...his eyes glaze over and he drops swiftly to the floor...

COMBAT Over! Pathfinders victorious!

What do you do?

Party status:
Aatish (-21)

Deckland Townhouse (Slide 2)

Aatish laughs and looks at the dropped guards.

"Battle is exactly what Aatish was made for!"

She uses her wand of infernal healing on herself.

"Let us continue!"

GM, this is fast healing 1 for 10 rounds. Then she would use another charge. If battle starts soon again then we need to do some calculations. :-)

White Rose Duelist casts detect magic and searches the townhouse.

Perception: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (2) - 2 = 0

And might not even see the bodies.

"Are you sure we're in the right place? This just looks like an ordinary house to me."

But she can still easily see the trapdoor as it’s open...

While the White Rose detects no magic, she does see make a discovery in the southeast corner of the room the mercenaries were in. There’s a trapdoor there and it’s unlatched and open...

What do you do?

Party status:
Aatish (-1)

Deckland Townhouse (Slide 2)

Piotr glances around to check on his companions.
Everyone alright? Okay, good.

Piotr thoroughly searches the thugs. Hoping to find potions, notes, or any other noteworthy items.
He then drags their bodies and stuffs them into barrels.
Best to hide the bodies.

Now that were out of sight of townsfolk. I will transform.
Bones snap and pop as they realign into monstrous form. Fur sprouts and skin stretches.
Aaaahhh. Much better.
He growls.

I am glad my transformation is magical, White Rose thinks as she almost falls down the open trap door. That looks uncomfortable.

Seelah will look around the bodies for any sign of orders or clues.

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16

While Seelah finds no orders, she does find a finely crafted set of chainmail, a heavy steel shield, and a very fine longsword on each of the mercenaries...

What do you do?

Party status:
Aatish (-1)

Deckland Townhouse (Slide 2)

bashra will give an almost wide grin as she sniffs the guards, and moves over to where the trap door is and looks down into it

perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Bashra sees only a stairwell that descends down; she can also see faint light below but nothing else...

What do you do?

Party status:
Aatish (-1)

Deckland Townhouse (Slide 2)

Piotr the Wolf looks down into the stairwell.
Do one of you sneaky types want to scout ahead first? The rest of us will be several paces behind.

Or, we all go down together.
He shrugs.

"As things went right now, it took us a bit of time to reach ahead before we could engage... I'd say we go together."

Aatish jumps on her riding dog.

”I want war!! I do not sneak!“

She just goes down.

"Bashra follow that one closely and and I will be behind" she will follow behind Bashra who is following behind Aatish down the stairs

In his bulky Hellknight armor and his hulking wolf form, Piotr squeezes into the shaft and clambers down with the others.

Wow you guys are posting fast! I'm going to have to step up my game to keep up.

Goe Lem raises a fist to smash through the wall as Piotr suggested, then realizes it isn't necessary.
Goe Lem will check the rooms for anything else hidden then follow the others down the stairs.
perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24

Led by Aatish, you make your way through the trap door and down the stairs to find...

This small, stuffy square room was cut from the building’s stone foundation. The room’s east wall features a large stone mosaic of stone that shows several faceless people worshipping at the top, and others being condemned at the bottom, with no figures in the middle pattern. The mosaic contains a set of three identical circular indentations: one set within the top section, one in the empty center, and another set within the bottom section.

Mosaic

Illuminating the room are two lit torches in sconces on the north and south walls.

Along the east wall, Goe Lem notices three circular stone disks stacked neatly against the east wall by the door with the mosaic...

What do you do?

Party status:
Aatish (-1)

Deckland Basement (Slide 3)

Hmm... Obviously these disks go in the indentations. I wonder if the order or placement is important?

I guess I'm assuming, the disks are sized/shaped appropriately to fit in the indentations? Is there any differences between them.
perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28
detect magic on the mosaic and the disks.

Hah! A puzzle.
The beast snorts.

Are there pictures or writing on the discs?

Does Seelah recognize any religious significance with the disks and the figures.

K.Religion: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

White Rose also studies the discs. "Hmm... the first image seems to be of worship - a disk with the image of a god or goddess might go there.
The third looks more like slavers disciplining whatever is on the disk."

Knowledge: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16 (arcana, dungeoneering, local or planes - all have the same modifier)

Goe Lem detects no difference in the size of the plates; each plate could fit any of the indentations...and he detects no magic on the mosaic nor the discs...

On one of the discs, Seelah and the White Rose think the creatures giving ‘discipline’ might be devils as opposed to slavers...

What do you do?

Party status:
Aatish (-1)

Deckland Basement (Slide 3)

"Devils... no surprise from Cheliax supporters," Seelah says with disgust. "Try that disc there."

Are the discs on the slides too? Any ways to match the discs and the wall relief?

Sorry, just noticed part of my post got dropped when I copied and pasted it over...there are no pictures of the discs but the following is the part that got dropped:

The stone discs represent a happy looking female child, a grandiose city, and a brooding devil.

Also, there was some confusion (my fault) in the previous posts of Seelah, White Rose, & myself, the pictures they describe they were studying were on the mosaic stone door, not the discs. So to summarize the mosaic indentions in the door showed: several faceless people worshipping at the top, and others being condemned at the bottom, with no figures in the middle pattern. The stone discs displayed the images listed above...

What do you do?

Party status:
Aatish (-1)

Deckland Basement (Slide 3)

Ah, ok I was getting confused.

Hmm... Seems to me... devil with punishment at the bottom, smiling child with with worship, and the city with no figures?!? Not sure, but probably worth a try.

knowledge religion: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25 Can I tell what they are worshiping to see if that gives any more clues?

Piotr scratches his furry head and tries to figure out along with Goe-Lem what the pictures on the discs represent.

Know: Religion: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

"I would say that is they are from Cheliax, perhaps worshiping the devil is what they would do at the top... let's try what Goe said. If nothing happens then we go the other way around"