[GPT] ULTRA PLUS City of Golden Death (Inactive)

Game Master Will Huston

I can try but unless we know we want to get over there, I'd prefer not to risk it.

Angela gives a small shake of her head and decides that they can't really prove if the things are dangerous from a distance. She steps up to the area before the trap starts and sees about jamming a series of slivers of gold under the pressure plate and completely preventing it from activating.

Diable Device, Int based: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11 And that is what I was fearing would be rolled... INSPIRATION!

Inspiration: 1d6 ⇒ 3
Hopefully the DC wasn't too high. But, if this kills, AVENGE ME!

"Um... I thought stomping around pressure plates was a bad idea?" Dawn watches the expert at work, but she has many questions about her approach...

well, this turned out well for the GM. I need everyone to give me a reflex save, DC 15 for half. You're not getting full on Viserys-Targaryen-ed here, but there's a splatter of molten gold coming

First lets do some fire damage just from the heat of what's happening.

Fire Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 1, 3) = 8

And the impact of the heavy gold, even above and beyond the heat is going to do some damage.

Bludgeoning: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 6) = 12.

Its one reflex save, I'm just dividing it into two rolls since some people resist fire damage.

reflex save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
"Oh! I'M stepping on the plate!" Angela realizes a bit too late, and Dawn is much too giddy.

Superheated gold spews forth from underneath her, blasting her several feet into the air. "This is what people want, right? To bathe in gold?"

"It's not very fun, honestly."

Reflex: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Golthwur is caught unaware.

Angela, ready for a deluge of molten lava like gold to come pouring down all over her and leave a nice golden halfling skeleton behind is surprised to find the click that was Dawn stepping onto the plate only results in the central area where the golden skeleton is getting covered in gold. As it hits the newly made statue and then splatters everywhere, Angela tries to dive for cover.

Reflex save, Trap sense: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 1 = 17

Being low to the ground makes rolling for cover from the splattering solidifying gold easier than one might expect. Coming up from behind Golthwur, Angela looks relatively untouched. "That was less deadly than I thought. Now, if I'm going to disable this thing, please STAY BACK. Dawn, I love you to pieces but if you set another trap on us like that again, there might only be pieces of you left to love!"

reflex : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

“Arghh … sir Hayden… I need you to use the wand I gave you on the team!!“

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

Hayden manages to leap back to avoid most of it. He pulls out the wand Eltran gave him. "Yes, yes. I can help."

Hayden will start taking people's damage through Life Link. Then healing himself. I think that's 20 damage to Dawn and Golthwur, while everyone else took 10?

Nisha has Fire Resistance 5, IIRC. Tiefling privilege.

"If I had a sheet of wood, I could ride it like a surf wave! Whee!"

Angela gives a good natured shake of her head at the free-wheeling antics of Dawn. "You want to go surfing? Fine just stand riiiight here, hold onto something and DON'T MOVE! Everyone else, back, over there, unless you want a second possible gold bath."

Going to try this again, with only Angela in the splash zone (and whoever is willing to risk it.)

Disable Device: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

"Don't hold the gold because it's cursed. Don't hold onto the plate because it burns... maybe there's some gold plated wood around here." Dawn looks for a door sized plank of wood and then returns to... near her original spot. Maybe gold lightning will strike twice.

So before the life link, I see the HP standing as follow
Golthwur (-20)
Eltran (-10)
Hayden (-11)
Nisha (-6)
Dawn (-20)
Angela (-10)

I'd assume you'd parcel out the life link and healing and not take all 77 points of damage at once, and kill yourself, right, Hayden? And you don't need to give me another disable device check. The trap was set up like landmines are in movies. It was stepping off the pressure plate that triggered the trap.

With the eruption of gold, there's nothing left to recover from the piles.

Ready to move on?

Yes, Hayden will generally use Life Link on a single person and be healing himself of the damage sustained, then move onto the next person.

After 11 charges from Etran's wand, everyone except Nisha is fully healed with her having 1hp of damage.

Ready but at this point why don't we stop for the night and focus on getting everyone healed and spell slots back? Or do we try one more encounter?

"I am still ready to go on but not for long to be honest!" Eltran says.

"Oh, the well is empty..." Dawn clutches the good plated wood plank for a bit longer, but the magic is gone.

"Maybe we can take a nap. We're making a good pace so far."

"A nap is always a fine idea." notes Golthwur. However, the man experiences an ache as he struggles to find any remotely comfortable place to lay.

If we stop now, Hayden would have used some of his spells and LoH for healing rather than use the wand. Hayden could go for one more encounter, but others might be tapped out.

As usual, Nisha has spent like, 1 first level spell so far I think? She can go for days.

I think we only have 2 votes for a rest, but I'm not sure. Kind of a hanging chad situation here.

If we still have a few resources left, I sey let's try one last encounter and then turn in for the night. I take it we've made it to the second ring already or are we still in the first?

you are in the second ring, yes.

The group presses on further.

A voice calls out, a clarion in the eerie silence of Xin-Grafar. "Lay down your arms, heretics and traitors, and we shall spare you! You are surrounded! Hundreds of Razmir’s faithful beg me to kill you—but I will spare your lives if you surrender to the Living God. Make your decision!"

Everyone make a perception check.

Someone's asked you to lay down your arms. Quick vote, yes no? Surrender to the will of the Living God?

Perception: 1d20 + 15 + 1d6 ⇒ (9) + 15 + (2) = 26
Hundreds? Pah you barely got here with 20. Hundreds of followers would have mostly died on the surface.

"Hrmm, hundreds? Interesting... But more importantly, do you and all your followers know what is to become of this place in less than a two days? If not, take a single piece of advice and don't dwadle around here putting on grandiose statements like that."
Not going to submit unless the rest of the group does.

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

Hayden looks out, spotting a few of the cultists trying to hide on their flanks. "I suppose, I should give you a similar offer. The Dawnflower seeks redemption among those who have strayed. I can offer you a path should any of your followers choose it. Safety and redemption. Otherwise, her fury is one filled with flame and sword. Choose wisely." The knight lifts his winged symbol of Sarenrae.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

Bluff to send a secret message to my allies and to decieve them: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (20) + 18 = 38

"Oh no! You clearly have us surrounded. I see TWO hundred of you off to the left at the least! How could those such as we possibly defeat you? Tell us what we have to do to convert to Razmir's favor?!"

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

"Ack! Two hundred to the left? Razmir must truly be a god of incredible magnitude!"

Bluff: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

"Fool! Do you not realize that you are conversing with Golthwur Strath, Annihilator of Armies, Destroyer of Divisions, and Lambaster of Legions?" The old wizard cries out in response. ""Your minute mass of men are no match for a mage of my measure!"

perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

"Ehh .. yes!! What Golthwur and Nisha and Hayden and Dawn said!!" the corpulent bard says with some insecurity in his voice.

"Simple enough, Tiefling. Throw your weapons down and surrender. And if your Sarenite fool doesn't go along, beat him down with your own fists." The same clarion voice calls out.

Screwed up the spoilers. It should read as below

Another voice calls out, "And the old man. Kill that one as well. Don't like what he said."

"Alliteration is a crime against Razmir!"

"The Living God uses no alliteration in his 31 Steps!"

"Also, how can the fat one say what they said? They're all saying different things!" More voices call out from the hinterlands.

"Down with the Alliterator!"

I think Golthwur ended the possibility off trying to entreat with them more.

Black Init: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13
Red Init: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (17) + 0 = 17
Orange Init: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (11) + 0 = 11
Yellow Init: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (15) + 0 = 15
Green Init: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (9) + 0 = 9
Blue Init: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (12) + 0 = 12
Purple Init: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (10) + 0 = 10
Golthwur Init: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28
Eltran Init: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Hayden Init: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Angela Init: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Dawn Init: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
Nisha Init: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

Round 1 Death to the Heretic!
Golthwur, the Heretic
Hayden, the Heretic
Red
Yellow
Black
Blue
Eltran
Orange
Green
Purple
Angela
Dawn
Nisha

"But I love alliterations..." Dawn mumbles. Swept up in her thoughts, she's unable to react to the incoming battle!

"Wow, I didn't know Razmiran edicts were so precise to literary devices. Sarenrae is much less strict about poetic forms." The knight calls upon the Dawnflower's favor for the group, blessing everyone.

"Look out, there are two groups to either side of us!" Hayden steps in front of Golthwur to shield the old man.

Cast Bless. +1 morale bonus for everyone to hit.

Angela gives a shake of her head and massages her temples. I Should have known Golthwur's astounding attachment to alliteration would get us killed one day. She keeps a hold of her walking spear and frowns.

"Well if we're doing this, everyone should be well aware of the two hiding bihind that pillar over there." She says pointing to where the Orange a Blue ones are on the map.

No sneaky flat footedness from those enemies!

"Old man!?" Golthwur responds indignantly, before turning to Sir Hayden, "Well, I never thought of you as 'old'. 'Tired and worn', perhaps. But certaingly not old."

Raising his voice once again to the Razmirans, he decrees, "If you assess alliteration as an asperation, then I have no alternative but to alter your attitude with actions all the additionally agitating!"

The wizard casts obscuring mist.

"Where'd they go?!" One yells as he runs up!

"Sarenite poetry is unreadable dreck!" Another says as she tries to stab Hayden with her shortsword. She fails to stab Hayden's heart.

Someone jumps down from the columns, but with the mist obscuring your vision, who can tell?

"I didn't know you spoke Kelish." another voices rings out.

"I don't!"

"Well then how do you know its unreadable?"

"I tried reading it, couldn't do it!"

Round 1 Death to the Heretic!
Golthwur, the Heretic
Hayden, the Heretic
Red
Yellow
Black
Blue
Eltran
Orange
Green
Purple
Angela
Dawn
Nisha

Three more move closer, but with the fog up, they can't move quick to actually stab someone with a shortsword, which is the fun part.

Round 1/2 Death to the Heretic!
Golthwur, the Heretic
Hayden, the Heretic
Red
Yellow
Black
Blue
Orange
Green
Purple
Eltran
Angela
Dawn
Nisha

Nisha will run up to orange and, upon seeing them, cast Farie Fire (this provokes) and also stare at them. (next time they take damage, they take three extra)

Eltran begins to inspire his colleagues!!

”We will prevail!!“

+1 to hit and damage!

"How can Razmiri rewrite reality if he abhors awesome alliteration!" Dawn draws her falchion and moves up alongside Angela and Eltran, the only people she can really see. This provokes from Red if he can get around the concealment

"I reluctantly recant Razmiri! My literary license is loose!"

Falchion vs Red: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 9 + 1 = 26
Damage: 2d4 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4, 2) + 4 + 1 = 11
Miss chance, 21+ is a hit: 1d100 ⇒ 63

She swings wildly at the Red-cloaked Razmiran.

The one next to Nisha is purple, not orange... I'm assuming you meant purple.

Nisha uses magic to outline a Razmiri in the mists. Eltran's soaring rhetoric will echo through the ages, and Dawn's falchion strikes true, but Red's short sword slices her for 5 points of slashing

Round 1/2 Death to the Heretic!
Golthwur, the Heretic
Hayden, the Heretic
Red
Yellow
Black
Blue
Orange
Green
Purple
Eltran
Angela
Dawn (-5)
Nisha

Angela steps back and tries to study the now foggy individual as she lashes out at them twice.

5 foot step, quick study and then move action aid and standard attack.

Miss chance, low = bad: 1d100 ⇒ 42
“This type of enemy has weak points here, here, aannnd here!” +1 Longspear, Aid another, studied, IC: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 6 + 2 + 1 = 25

Miss chance, low = bad: 1d100 ⇒ 99
Poke ( +1 Longspear), studied, IC: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 6 + 2 + 1 = 20
Piercing Damage, studied, IC: 1d6 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 2 + 1 = 10

Hayden turns to the highlighted cultist and draws his ill-used scimitar. He tries to hack at him to help Nisha take him down. Unfortunately, it's clear his training with this sword is much less than his training with his bow.

Draw Scimitar and attack purple.
Attack (IC): 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 1 = 9
Damage (IC): 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4

Take 5 damage from Dawn.

Realizing how close one of the cultists has come, Golthwur takes a step back and draws his wand of magic missiles. He waits to spy a target.

Angela's spear drives through the studded leather of her opponent, piercing her belly. Redcloak crumbles to the ground. Hayden shames himself and his ancestors with a missed swing. Golthwur's magic missile can't overcome his own magic.

Yellow shames themself and their ancestors with a missed swing of their shortsword. "Alliteration is a false prophet, says Razmir!"

Black seems to disappear in the fog cloud. Blue and Orange spend their turn getting closer to the fog cloud. Green slices down Dawn's arm with his shortsword. "This is penance for your blasphemous alliteration!" 8 points of a sinister slash dealing direct damage

"Death to the alliterator!" Purple shouts as she stabs at Golthwur. She gives him a close shave for 7 points of slashing damage

Round 2/3 Shame to you and your ancestors! Inspire Courage and Bless are up.
Golthwur, the Heretic (-7)
Hayden, the Heretic (-5)
Red
Yellow
Black
Blue
Orange
Green
Purple
Eltran
Angela
Dawn (-8)
Nisha

Hayden whirls on Golthwur's attacker, swinging his scimitar at cultist and trying to hack him down.

Attack vs purple (bless, IC): 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 26
Damage (IC): 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 1 = 7

Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 17
Extra Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 1 = 5

Another 5 damage from Dawn to Hayden.

"Blasphemy brings balance!"

Falchion vs Red: 1d20 + 9 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 9 + 1 + 1 = 24
Damage: 2d4 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3, 2) + 4 + 1 = 10
Miss chance, 21+ is a hit: 1d100 ⇒ 14

Dawn's Falchion slices through the mist.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

"You dare strike Golthwur Strath, Waiver of Wands and Master of Missiles!" The wizard lowers his wand at his assailant and gives the command. "You spout disdain for alliteration? Then, now, you shall face obliteration! By way of evocation!"
MM v. purple: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

He then takes a calculated move away and further into the magical mist.

Eltran moves out of the cloud and glitterdusts the two guys standing next to each other.

A dc 18 Will and he continues to inspire courage for +1 to hit and damage.

“Oh these people will learn to not pray to false gods. Right everyone?!“

Feint Purple: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (19) + 18 = 37
Attack (bite) purple with bardsong: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20
damage if hit: 1d6 + 5 + 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 5 + (6, 6) + 3 = 23
If I miss next attack against him does +3 damage.

Angela sticks her head out of the fog for a moment as she looks over at Eltran. "Wait who's gods are false in this context?" She pauses for a moment, and then adds, "Wait! We aren't adherents of your faith and thus we can't commit heresy against it! I believe Hayden specifically mentioned that Sarenrae uses more than a little alliteration practices. Just how fanatical are you?"

Perception, cause I can: 1d20 + 15 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 15 + (6) = 22

She then moves south of the fight and out of the mist to properly see what is going on, as she takes in the shadowed momvements of the new man in green. After a moment she lashes out with her spear again. "I will say that blatant misuse of language like this and evem ore importantly attacking someone over simple acts that hold little religious connotations like this is a basic but beligerantly blasphemous act against Abadar and all Abadarites." She gives a chuckle as she lashes out with her spear at the new man.

Poke ( +1 Longspear), studied: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 6 + 2 = 11
Piercing Damage, studied: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 + 2 = 7