Male NG Human Arcanist 6 | HP 32/32 | AC 19* T 11 FF 19* | CMB 2, CMD 13 | F+2 R+2 W+5 (+1 vs illusion) | Init: +0 (+1 in Cheliax) | Perc: +4, SM: +4 (+1 vs. lying) | Speed 30ft | Arcane Reservoir: 1/15 | Tireless Logic: [X] | Volatile Conduit: [X] | Spells: 1st 0/6, 2nd 0/5, 3rd 0/3 | Active conditions: shield
Miserable and wet, Ferdrin begins a frustrated incantation. He wastes no breath on words beyond those needed for the spell. He could use a distraction and help was coming soon.
[full round] Being 1 round casting of summon monster ii
Although he is at the surface, Ferdrin treads water or floats on his back while he begins ✨casting a full round spell.
swim check DC 10:1d20 - 1 ⇒ (20) - 1 = 19
Ferdrin, please roll a second DC 10 swim check as your first post next round, before your summons can go off.
Round #1:
Knowledge (nature) DC 15 on your turn to identify the humanoid:
This is a male Cecaelia, curious and social half-octopus creatures with a love of novelty and BIG SPEARS!
For every 5 over the DC you may ask one question from >>this table<<
Party Buffs: ☆ When speaking, please spoiler your“Spoken text.”behind a ]spoiler=DC 15 Perception] ]/spoiler] tag. ☆ 10% failure chance on spells with verbal components.
☆ Everyone except Cade, if you don’t have a swim speed, you will likely need a DC 10 swim check before you can ‘do something’.
Cade Round #1 std readied action goes off
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Sea Witch charge AC
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Ferdrin need a second DC 10 swim check before summons goes off next round; water breathing Brakkiklikely bullrushed into the water Xiao Junior + Pars
Aldar
Raelene
Brakkik, Xiao Junior + Pars, Aldar & Raelene are go! Cade may take his standard Round #1 readied action.
Male NG Sylph Investigator 4 (Malice Binder) | HP 31/31| AC 20 T 14 FF 16 | CMB +3, CMD 16 | F: +4, R: +8, W: +4 | Init: +3 | Perc: +7+1d6, SM: +7+1d6 | Speed 35ft || Inspiration 4/4 || || Active conditions:
swim:1d20 ⇒ 11 I believe I can swim 10ft with a DC 10 check since that is 1/4 my speed. I only need 5ft though, so I think I still have half my movement left to move into the room.
Aldar focuses his ki and swims over to the steps, then rushes to the fray.
Casting Shield of Faith as a SLA so no components. AC 18.
Male CG Ratfolk Trap Breaker Alchemist 4 | HP 27/27 | AC 18 T 14 FF 15 | CMB +2, CMD 15 | F: +6, R: +8, W: +3 | Init: +5 | Perc: +10 (+2 vs traps), SM: +1, Darkvision 60 ft | Speed 20ft | Extracts: 1st 5/5 2nd 2/2 | Bombs 11/11 | Active conditions: None
Knowledge (nature) vs DC 15:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27(Let's go with special defenses and special attacks)
Perception DC 15:
"Whoop-"
Brakkik's voice cuts off as the ratfolk flies off the ledge and into the water. Grateful that his extract hasn't expired yet, he clambers back onto the steps and plucks a glowing vial from his mouth. "" he cheers, throwing the (likely) explosive into the fray.
With his swim speed, it looks like Brakkik doesn't need to make Swim checks unless the water is stormy. So move to get back onto the steps, then throw. If the bomb hits, Brakkik can exclude his allies with Precise bombs - but if it misses, everyone within 5 ft needs to make the Reflex save against the splash damage.
Xiao Junior | Male NG Halfling - usually enjoying life | Bard 5, Oracle 1 | Bardic Performance 14/21 | HP 51/51| AC 19 T 16 FF 14 | CMB -1, CMD 12 | F: +9, R: +14, W: +11 / +9 vs. fear | Init: +3 | Perc: +9, Dipl: +24, SM: +24 | Reroll 1/1 | Chaldira reroll 1/1 | Oracle 1st 4/5 | Bard 1st 6/6, 2nd 4/4 | Speed 15 ft (40 ft on riding dog), Swim 15 ft | Familiar 12/12 HP | Riding Dog HP 13/13 | Active conditions:
“Do not give up!!“
Inspire Courage is active in addition to flagbearer. So net effects:
+1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls and +1 morale bonus on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls. +2 to hit and damage!
Aldar ✨casts shield of faith on himself, swims strongly to the steps and races another 20 feet into the egg-shaped chamber. His movement provoking from the Sea Witch.
No special attacks to speak of – though you have heard Cecaelias are skilled grapplers.
Once per hour as a standard action, a cecaelia can emit a 10-foot-radius sphere of ink while underwater. This ink cloud provides total concealment and persists for 1 minute.
After an unscheduled dunk, the Water Ratfolk monkey fishes back to the stairs. Unfortunately his bomb misses its target, bouncing back to land near Brakkik’s hind paws.
Brakkik, Cade, Xiao Junior & Sea Witch, Splash Damage 7 or DC 15 Reflex for half.
Sea Witch Reflex DC 15, modifier added off screen:1d20 ⇒ 1
With his flag held high, Xiao Junior attempts a bardic performance, though it may be difficult to perceive given the Celestial racket reverberating from within the Sea Witch’s 'office' and the bard’s low-cation in the water.
Xiao Junior, please describe the bardic performance you are attempting.
Pars swim check DC 10:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
Pars manages to stay dog-paddling in the calm water.
Ferdrin isn’t as fortunate, slipping 5’ below the surface, breathing in a pint of brackish water and losing his summons spell as he does.
Raelene channels to heal Aldar and the victims of Brakkik’s bomb, excluding the Sea Witch who gets silently roasted by the salty priestess, who doesn’t much care for his actions to date.
channel positive energy:2d6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 5) + 1 = 8 Sea Witch Will DC 16 to resist dazzled, half fire damage:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Cade slices and dices Sea Witch calamari like an experienced seafood chef. 3 hits!
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The Sea Witch 5 foot steps onto the top of the stairs and attempts to grapple Brakkik.
Provokes from Brakkik, if he is wielding a melee weapon
Party Buffs: Flag +1/+1. Awaiting Xiao Junior’s description of his bardic performance. ☆ When speaking, please spoiler your“Spoken text.”behind a ]spoiler=DC 15 Perception] ]/spoiler] tag. ☆ 10% failure chance on spells with verbal components.
☆ If you are in the water and don’t have a swim speed, you will likely need a DC 10 swim check before you can ‘do something’.
Cadeeven full splash damage healed by Raelene
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Sea Witch grappled, bloodied, hp tracked off screen
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Ferdrin 5’ below the surface; water breathing Brakkikgrappled; even full splash damage healed by Raelene Xiao Junioreven full splash damage healed by Raelene Pars Aldar☤ 31 - 9 + 8 = 30/31hp Raelene
Unimpressed by his opponent’s spear work, Aldar lays the Sea Witch out on the staircase like he’s the Catch of the Day.
Combat Over!
Aldar ☤ 30/31hp
Xiao Junior:
Where is your Familiar currently located?
While Freddy remains water breathing 5’ below the surface, Raelene guides Pars to the staircase. The inquisitive mastiff sniffs the Sea Witch’s body thoroughly, before barking at Xiao Junior to finish up his swim and rejoin him.
Inside the oval room, you find tributes to the Sea Witch. Among the assorted coins and trinkets are a pearl in a shucked oyster shell, a four carat aquamarine and a silver statuette of a rook.
Pearl: detect magic + spellcraft DC 32:
pearl of power (second level)
Aquamarine: detect magic + spellcraft DC 26:
water elemental gem
Statuette: detect magic + spellcraft DC 21:
silver raven figurine of wondrous power
There remains the matter of the HIGH DECIBEL HYMN SINGING originating from the pure white tome on the altar.
As well as the problem of how to escape the watertight chamber.
Cade moves to the sea altar and closes the ivory-bound tome without touching it.
The resulting silence is as sudden as it is welcome.
✨detect magic + Spellcraft DC 24 or Knowledge (arcana) DC 25:
The White Book rimes ❆magical energy❆ with a strong abjuration aura.
Xiao Junior and Ferdrin make is safely back to dry land wet steps. Following Cade to the altar, Freddy notices a number of tabs, slots and patterned spaces running along the spine of the White Book.
At about the same time, Raelene feels the Infernal Incantation*FLASH* with the fire of hell within her haversack.
Male CG Ratfolk Trap Breaker Alchemist 4 | HP 27/27 | AC 18 T 14 FF 15 | CMB +2, CMD 15 | F: +6, R: +8, W: +3 | Init: +5 | Perc: +10 (+2 vs traps), SM: +1, Darkvision 60 ft | Speed 20ft | Extracts: 1st 5/5 2nd 2/2 | Bombs 11/11 | Active conditions: None
Knowledge (arcana) vs DC 25:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28
“It’sh got shome shtrong protective shpellsh on it,” Brakkik observes, water dripping from his fur into the floor. “Oh, and look at theshe shlotsh! Maybe that’sh a short ov locking mechanishm vith rah other book?”
Male NG Sylph Investigator 4 (Malice Binder) | HP 31/31| AC 20 T 14 FF 16 | CMB +3, CMD 16 | F: +4, R: +8, W: +4 | Init: +3 | Perc: +7+1d6, SM: +7+1d6 | Speed 35ft || Inspiration 4/4 || || Active conditions:
Aldar muses as he watches the interaction, "Hopefully fusing the two will erase them from our world. Leave the divine to the outer planes, not ours."
Aldar then contemplates taking a trip to Rahadoum after this experience. While Raelene's magic and healing prove to be beneficial, there are clearly costs to such magic existing in this world, and directly in front of him is evidence of such costs.
Male NG Human Arcanist 6 | HP 32/32 | AC 19* T 11 FF 19* | CMB 2, CMD 13 | F+2 R+2 W+5 (+1 vs illusion) | Init: +0 (+1 in Cheliax) | Perc: +4, SM: +4 (+1 vs. lying) | Speed 30ft | Arcane Reservoir: 1/15 | Tireless Logic: [X] | Volatile Conduit: [X] | Spells: 1st 0/6, 2nd 0/5, 3rd 0/3 | Active conditions: shield
Fat chance I'll be 28, but...
Knowledge (arcana):1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28lol
Ferdrin leans down, inspecting the runes and patterns. He doesn't get much further than Brakkik.
Suddenly the side of his face begins itching and he looks over to see Brakkik's whiskers protruding into his face! He backs away and rubs his face vigorously.
Male NG Sylph Investigator 4 (Malice Binder) | HP 31/31| AC 20 T 14 FF 16 | CMB +3, CMD 16 | F: +4, R: +8, W: +4 | Init: +3 | Perc: +7+1d6, SM: +7+1d6 | Speed 35ft || Inspiration 4/4 || || Active conditions:
Watching the group hesitate, Aldar offers to take the Hellish text from Raelene. Assuming she hands it over, Aldar takes the text and tries to place it on top of the holy text.
Raelene protects her hands with a scarf as she hands the smokingInfernal Incantation to Aldar.
As the brave Brother places the two books together, he finds that the grooves and tabs in each spine fit together perfectly. As the two covers touch, the twin tomes align themselves and a *bright* band of *light* dances across the seam at the border of Dark + Light, before fading quickly.
With the Song and Incantation now securely linked, the smoke and *sparks* from the latter dissipate quickly.
There remains the matter of how to get out of the flooded chamber back into the Gillfolk tunnels.
You find nothing within the Sea Witch’s lair looks like it will help with this task.
Male NG Sylph Investigator 4 (Malice Binder) | HP 31/31| AC 20 T 14 FF 16 | CMB +3, CMD 16 | F: +4, R: +8, W: +4 | Init: +3 | Perc: +7+1d6, SM: +7+1d6 | Speed 35ft || Inspiration 4/4 || || Active conditions:
Aldar looks around for another chain in this room or anything to interact with. Finding nothing surprises him, and he has little idea what to do next, "If we don't see a way to drain the water, maybe we have to flood the entire chamber?"
Keep pulling chains until the water overflows? It's a risk, but I'm not sure what else to do. Either we live and get a way out, or we all drown and die, simple really.
Aldar looks around for another chain in this room or anything to interact with. Finding nothing surprises him, and he has little idea what to do next, "If we don't see a way to drain the water, maybe we have to flood the entire chamber?"
Keep pulling chains until the water overflows? It's a risk, but I'm not sure what else to do. Either we live and get a way out, or we all drown and die, simple really.
"That sounds like a last resort option. If it doesn't work, we won't have much time to try something else," replies Cade.
Male NG Human Arcanist 6 | HP 32/32 | AC 19* T 11 FF 19* | CMB 2, CMD 13 | F+2 R+2 W+5 (+1 vs illusion) | Init: +0 (+1 in Cheliax) | Perc: +4, SM: +4 (+1 vs. lying) | Speed 30ft | Arcane Reservoir: 1/15 | Tireless Logic: [X] | Volatile Conduit: [X] | Spells: 1st 0/6, 2nd 0/5, 3rd 0/3 | Active conditions: shield
I still have my gills from Raelene graciously providing me with a dose of Water Breathing. I can now provide arcane Air Bubbles, which will follow your head throughout the water, to four of the remaining members of the party. Ferdrin offers.
Female NG Undine Cleric (Blossiming Light) 4 | HP 25/25 | AC 12 (16-mage armor) T 11 FF 11 | CMB +1, CMD 12 | F: +4, R: +2, W: +7 | Init: +1 | Perc: +4, SM: +7 | Speed 30ft | Channel Positive Energy 11/11, Hydraulic Push 1/1, Touch of Glory 6/6 | Spells: 1st 4/4, 2nd 2/3 | Active conditions: none
"Sarenrae is silent on this matter, or I am not listening close enough," Raelene sighs.
"Let's think this through, if the chains were part of a puzzle that acted as a trap for those not in the know, then I think we risk triggering the trap if we activate any more. What else is there here? What else can we interact with or has changed? Have we really searched thoroughly enough?"
While waiting for others to respond, Raelene starts poking about, searching for clues.
Male NG Sylph Investigator 4 (Malice Binder) | HP 31/31| AC 20 T 14 FF 16 | CMB +3, CMD 16 | F: +4, R: +8, W: +4 | Init: +3 | Perc: +7+1d6, SM: +7+1d6 | Speed 35ft || Inspiration 4/4 || || Active conditions:
Aladar shakes his head, "No, but I'll pull the lowest number chain to see what happens next. At worst, our feet get wet. At best, the water recedes by the same amount as that chain caused it to rise." he then turns to Raelene, "From my experience, you'll find the gods the quietest when you need them the most. They give you your spells and guidance in the morning, then cast you aside to deal with your own problems."
With that, Aldar dives down and pulls the 3 (+) chain.
When Aldar pulls the chain marked ‘+’ a number of things happen.
Aldar:
You can feel the water flowing into the sealed chamber at the rate you would expect, before the ‘+’ slab rolls back into the sealed position six seconds later.
You also notice heavy rain making contact with the water surface, about 33 feet above you.
Please make some DC 10 swim checks if you want to do something in the water. Taking 10 is OK.
Raelene, Cade and Ferdrin:
The metal door to the Sea Witch’s shrine *SLAMS* shut, sealing you all inside.
Please place any roleplay + dialogue under a spoiler tagged GM + Raelene, Cade and Ferdrin
Brakkik + Xiao Junior:
Firstly, the oval room’s metal door *SLAMS* shut, leaving you separated from the others!
Then, you hear a grinding sound coming from Aldar’s position, and the water level begins rising.
Finally, the twisted overhead pipes *SHOWER* you with a burst of icy water.
cold damage on Brakkik + Xiao Junior:5d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 1, 6, 4) = 15 Reflex DC 14 for half
Please place any roleplay + dialogue under a spoiler tagged GM + Brakkik + Xiao Junior
Male CG Ratfolk Trap Breaker Alchemist 4 | HP 27/27 | AC 18 T 14 FF 15 | CMB +2, CMD 15 | F: +6, R: +8, W: +3 | Init: +5 | Perc: +10 (+2 vs traps), SM: +1, Darkvision 60 ft | Speed 20ft | Extracts: 1st 5/5 2nd 2/2 | Bombs 11/11 | Active conditions: None
GM, Xiao:
Reflex vs DC 14:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
“Oh look! There’sh pipesh-” Brakkik’s voice is cut off with a shriek as the icy spray chills him to the bone. Teeth chattering, the ratfolk pulls out his willow stick and begins frantically chewing on it.
With Pars trapped inside the Sea Witch’s oval lair, he is shielded from the activity taking place outside.
As Aldar moves onto the stairs to discuss the party’s next move with Brakkik and Xiao Junior, a grinding sound is heard in the direction of the chamber’s entrance. At the same time, the metal door to the oval shrine springs open allowing a Pathfinder reunion!
No need to spoiler your dialogue anymore.
The water level falls rapidly until you can see the slabs blocking the exit have been lifted out of the way. Shortly afterward, any water remaining in the chamber escapes out through the Gillfolk tunnels, exposing the floor thirty feet below you … and an open portal back into the main tunnel, and up to the surface!
Male NG Human Arcanist 6 | HP 32/32 | AC 19* T 11 FF 19* | CMB 2, CMD 13 | F+2 R+2 W+5 (+1 vs illusion) | Init: +0 (+1 in Cheliax) | Perc: +4, SM: +4 (+1 vs. lying) | Speed 30ft | Arcane Reservoir: 1/15 | Tireless Logic: [X] | Volatile Conduit: [X] | Spells: 1st 0/6, 2nd 0/5, 3rd 0/3 | Active conditions: shield
Ferdrin stops his frantic searching for controls when the water level drops again, and he sees the slabs have been raised. However, instead of relief he seems to be burdened by a consistent confusion.
He turns to Aldar. What did you push... or pull? Don't touch anything else!
He waits for several moments to see if the water or slabs are going to move any more.
While Ferdrin worries, the slabs remain stationary, and the water remains drained from the chamber.
Knowledge (local or history) DC 10:
You recall the Gillfolk merchant’s warning about the tunnels flooding by dawn, and suspect you will need to make a move soon if you want to beat the rising tide.
