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

Game Master Will Huston

Hayden healed everyone to mostly full. A night's rest will likely get you the rest of the way.

The group stands before the golden citadel at the heart of Xin-Grafar. The very top of the citadel is unadorned stone. Throwing open the doors, the entrance is nothing more than a giant pit with thousands, tens of thousands, possibly more, of gold pieces. Helpfully, a rope is strung across the pit.

On the other side, in the massive room, there are some Razmirans, though interestingly enough, one in a silver mask is tied up and bound on the floor, and other two are arguing.

"She's gonna kill us, she doesn't care if we die!"

"We don't have way off the island! And we couldn't make it back to the coast by ourselves if we've tried!"

"We're dead either way!"

"Ah, Razmir! Those guys aren't with us!" One of them has spotted the group. She throws her hands up, and her companion does as well.

"She's in there!" He says, pointing at the other day, "And between you and me, she's insane!"

"I mean, sanity is overrated." Dawn ponders. "But more importantly, I'm glad we're not fighting. I mean, what's going on in there with your boss?"

"We're currently discussing the current chain of command," the woman says, nudging the tied up Razmiran priest with her boot. "But if you're talking about in there, I don't know. Some weird wizard stuff."

Angela gives a nod at the few sane seeming members of the Razmirian group. "I couldn't help but overhear you talking about not being able to leave this place. If you want you coudl return with us provided you promise a few things. A) you won't try to attack, maim or harm us and B) you don't have some irrational prejudice against alliteration or other literary tools. I don't want to have that argument again. If you are interested in leaving Razmir completely, the Society would be glad to have you and I'd be glad to handle the paperwork, but if you want to go back we won't stop you."

She pauses for a moment ot let her words sink in before continuing. " You don't have to answer us right away, as long as you won't interfere in what we do next in there. But, more pressingly, is there any specifics or detail syou can tell us about what might be going on in the next room? Who went in there? Did they go alone? Are they a caster? How did they seem to go 'insane'?"

"And who is that you have there? If you are willing to step away from Razmir, I will help you."

Eltran is really not feeling that this encounter makes sense.

He listens to the conversation and then jumps in.

"Listen, I think that we all want to get out of this town alive. It would be absolutely logical to forget our current ideological differences and try to cooperate! So please tell us what you know about this place and if you have any resources to make it easier to overcome certain challenges!" he says to the group of Razmirans.

diplomacy, influence: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (20) + 15 = 35

"Did you say 'wizard stuff'?" Golthwur, his inquiry promptly equally by eager curiosity and hearing impairment due to excessive ear wax. "Explain yourselves and describe what it is that you have seen!"

Nisha nods with everything that Angela says.

"Listen, its not irrational prejudice, its just a religious edict," the man says, "Our God, Razmir says that alliteration isn't --"

"We just want off the island," the woman says, "She already killed Terry, for some Razmir-forsaken reason. Said she was trying to unlock the powers of the jewel?"

"It was a golden jewel, a jewel made of gold," the man pipes up.

"Anyways, after that, we realized that we were gonna be next," she continues, "So we decided to take our concerns to our direct supervisor." She nudges the tied-up man with her boot again. "He wasn't receptive to our feedback, so we had to raise the issue in a different way."

"Iramine, the elf in there," the man says in barely above a whisper, "She's been here before, a long time ago. All she cares about is that jewel. She's not a true believer. She only used us to get us to steal the amulet pieces back in Nirmathas. After she took Terry, she been in there for hours. I don't know what she's doing, but we heard screams, and our boss said she said she needed the heart of a condemned man."

"Terry was going to be hanged in Brevoy, but in prison, he found Razmir, and the Church got him out." The woman says. Her breathing was strained, like she was trying very hard to keep her emotions in check.

The woman turns to Eltran. "I got a smokestick and a rapier. Is that gonna help you kill a wizard?" Then, turning to face Golthwur, "I don't know, old man, wizard shit. She's got a book, and she's trying to break Tar-Baphon's magic keeping the jewel here."

"She's also got a sword, one of those elven swords," the man says quietly, "and she knows how to use it."

"Sounds like we can do something about that. After all we did just kill an undead gold-plated dragon. One elf wizard might not be too much of a problem."

Dawn simply nods along. "Well then. Glad you're willing to get out of here. But first we gotta handle your former? Boss. She's got to go."

"Hey. Once we're ready, I'm gonna turn >Invisible< and then >Blurry<. I assume her Foredaddy is going to curse her with... super powers or something."

Hayden knees and removes the bound man's mask. Then he turns to look at the cultist. "She has someone in there? As a sacrifice? We have to go now."

He looks to the others to be sure they're ready and prays to Sarenrae for her blessing. Despite the evil of this place, the proximity to molten fire does seem to grant him comfort of the Dawnflower.

Casting Bless on everyone before we head in.

any other buffs or preparation you'd like to make?

"She took Terry a while ago. The screams stopped a while ago..." the woman says bitterly.

Eltran casts mirror images on himself.

”Ready to go in!!!“

images : 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Golthwur casts mage armor, then see invisibility upon himself.

Angela pulls out her Extracts and downs her Shield and Ablative Barrier extracts. "Anyone have a potion they'd like to use? I can make sure you don't waste it."

Nisha will cast heightened awareness and go in with the rest of the crew.

Can you guys update your taglines with your current AC and HP?

Taking a moment to prep for fight, the group breaches the door. Inside is an elven woman in a gauzy dress and veil with a curved blade in her hands. She's carefully examining a golden jewel on the dais in the center of the room. The room is extremely hot, immediately you start to sweat.

Without a word, she raises her sword.

Iramine Init: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Nisha Init: 1d20 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 1 + 4 = 21
Angela: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
Golthwur Init: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
Eltran Init: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Hayden Init: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
Dawn: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16

Round 1
Bless is active
Nisha
Golthwur (See Invisibility)
Dawn (Blur and Invisibile)
Angela (Ablative Barrier, 50)
Iramine
Eltran (Mirror Images, 3)
Hayden

Nisha, uncaring of the heat will walk in, Stare at the woman, and cast Anticipate thoughts

DC 16 Will save with a -2 penalty. If she succeeds I have a +2 to AC against her, if she fails I have +2 to AC, Attacks, and damage. Every time she misses me with an attack, the bonus increases by one (max +5)

Dawn practices her hardest to keep quiet as she sneaks up to the altar.

Covering her blade in sound, she reveals herself smile first and giggles. "Pathfinders, piercing the silence!"

Falchion, Invisible: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25
Slashing Damage: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 1) + 4 = 9
Sonic Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 6) = 15
Fort Save DC 15 or deafen the target

Move: Stride towards Iramine
Swift: Spend 2 Eldritch Scion pool points to gain Thunderous Spellstrike
Standard: Spellstrike

Golthwur casts glitterdust behind the woman so to catch her in its effect.

10-ft radius burst. Will save DC 17 to negate blinding only

GM I hope you don't mind but I changed the map to be a layout and thus part of the background instead of an object we can accidentally move around (should help anyone posting from a phone.) If you want the original image is cropped in the bottom right corner and can be restored to full size easily.

Angela dashes into the room as she studies the woman and rolls through the glittering dust into a hopefully flanking position. She then harries the woman from behind and makes it easier for Dawn to land her devastating attacks.

Aid Another, Studied: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 6 + 2 = 26

Will Save vs Anticipate Thoughts: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 6 - 2 = 9
Dawn Miss Chance vs Blur, low is bad: 1d100 ⇒ 6

Nisha's magic gives her insight into Iramine's future actions. Dawn advances and swings at her, but Iramine's not quite where Dawn thought she was, and her blade passes harmlessly through the air. Dawn I moved you just because that dais wouldn't allow you stand there. If only she had the aid of Angela...

Will Save vs Glitterdust: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 6 - 2 = 7
Cast Defensively, DC 21: 1d20 + 9 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 9 + 4 = 26
low is bad for gm: 1d100 ⇒ 86
But she's blind right now. She blindly casts a spell and massive sticky, many-layered mess of strands takes up a large chunk of the room, engulfing both Dawn and Golthwur. you could do Spellcraft, but c'mon, we know what it is. At least now she's got the enemy wizard engaged.

Reflex saves from Golthwur and Dawn, DC 15 or become grappled. The red circled area is difficult terrain, and if anyone wants to move through it, I need an Escape artist or CMB check or you lose your movement and become grappled as well.

Reflex: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

"Whoop." Dawn catches herself. "Blurry. It helps, sometimes!" Dawn hacks away at some of the tentacles.

Reflex (DC 15): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

"I believe the woman has cast web!" declares Golthwur as the sticky strands form around him.

The wizard tries to remove himself from the area.
Looks like Golthwur was on the edge of area of effect and can simply take a 5 ft. step out?

He draws his wand and sends a bolt of force towards the woman.
MM: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Falchion vs Blind: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19
Slashing Damage: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 3) + 4 = 11
Sonic Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 2) = 9
Concealment vs Blur: 1d100 ⇒ 31
Fort Save DC 15 or deafen the target

Dawn tiptoes away from the goo and takes another swing.

Sorry, everyone (but Golthwur and Dawn now) are up.

Attack blind elf w/ adamantine longspear: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
damage if hit: 1d8 + 7 + 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 7 + (3, 1) + 3 = 19

If I miss the next attack to damage her deals +3 damage

"I believe the woman has cast web!" declares Golthwur as the sticky strands form around him.

The wizard tries to remove himself from the area.
Looks like Golthwur was on the edge of area of effect and can simply take a 5 ft. step out?

He draws his wand and sends a bolt of force towards the woman.

I needed to wait until I was home to check the rules, but I don't think you can five foot step. "You can only take a 5-foot-step if your movement isn’t hampered by difficult terrain." I think Golthwur needs to make a CMB or Escape Artist check to get out. But I'm pretty sure you can use a wand while grappled so it may not actually change your end result?

CMB: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Golthwur stays put.

Angela lashes out again, this time trying to hurt the wizard woman thing.
+1 Longspear, Studied, Flanking?: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 6 + 2 = 25
Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 2 = 8

She then slides her spear into the woman's space and gives her something sharp and pointy to worry about as Dawn digs into her.

“This type of enemy has weak points here, here, aannnd here!” +1 Longspear, Aid another, studied: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 2 = 10

Hayden still have Life Link on Angela and Dawn. Also remember Bless is up and active for everyone.

The knight limps through the doorway to address elven woman. "Your little game here is over, Iramine. Surrender now and this can all be over. Redemption is still possible, but choose your next actions carefully." He raises his bow at her, his body again filling with the Dawnflower's fiery justice.

Swift action to Smite Evil on her. I doubt she's undead or an evil outsider or a dragon.

Eltran moves and starts to inspire courage!

“This woman can be tackled easily, right?!!“

+1 competence bonus to hit and damage and + 1 vs saves vs fear.

Nisha's miss chance vs Iramine's blur, low is bad: 1d100 ⇒ 53
Nisha has an easy time poking Iramine. Golthwur's wand sends a jolt of pure force pain into Iramine. Dawn's CMB: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 Sorry, I should have had you do this as well for the same reason Golthwur did. i'll allow Angela's Aid here to get you out and let you take your turn as posted. Angela helps Dawn get free from the web and both have promising hits aimed at her...
Angela's miss chance vs Iramine's blur, low is bad: 1d100 ⇒ 100

and both connect!

Iramine Will Save vs Glitterdust: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 6 - 2 = 16
Iramine Fort Save vs Deafen: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

She's blind and deaf, almost completely disconnected from Golarion. She reaches into her pocket and draws upon some of the power of the Jewel of Everlasting Gold! Her features turn to fire and she grows, grows, GROWS, pushing people back. She's now a huge elf made entirely out of fire.

Hayden's miss chance vs Iramine's Blur, low is bad: 1d100 ⇒ 76

Hayden casually takes a shot and with the divine power of Sarenrae, puts an arrow between her eyes and kills Iramine. The fire dissipates leaving only behind a dead elf.

On her body, there is a jewel made of gold, a glowing green and black amulet, a wand, a ring, a spellbook, a potion. She wore a cloak, a chain shirt, and an elven curve blade that all detect as magic.

Huh, that was easy, especially compared to that dragon thing. Let's get going home then?

Angela blinks a few times as the wizard goes down before she grabs at the Wayfinder on her longspear and quickly starts to detect magic on the items in the room.

Spellcraft on gold jewel: 1d20 + 9 + 1d6 ⇒ (17) + 9 + (1) = 27
Spellcraft on green and black amulet: 1d20 + 9 + 1d6 ⇒ (19) + 9 + (6) = 34
Spellcraft on wand: 1d20 + 9 + 1d6 ⇒ (7) + 9 + (6) = 22
Spellcraft on ring: 1d20 + 9 + 1d6 ⇒ (18) + 9 + (3) = 30
Spellcraft on spellbook?: 1d20 + 9 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 9 + (4) = 19
Craft Alchemy on potion: 1d20 + 13 + 1d6 ⇒ (8) + 13 + (3) = 24
Spellcraft on cloak: 1d20 + 9 + 1d6 ⇒ (9) + 9 + (5) = 23
Spellcraft on chain shirt: 1d20 + 9 + 1d6 ⇒ (10) + 9 + (2) = 21
Spellcraft on elven curve blade: 1d20 + 9 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 9 + (2) = 17

Here's a battle where all of the rolls went in our favor, unlike the dragon.

"Down you go, lady. I hope whatever creepy gold god is waiting for ya." Dawn sighs. "Looks like we can bring the two relatively sane cultists and Drusan back home with us. I doubt they want to ride the wave."

The magical properties of the jewel are far beyond the ken of Angela, though its clearly the jewel of everlasting gold that Reginar Lacklan talked about back in Tamran. The green and black amulet acts as a key to Xin-Grafar. If the Pathfinder Society has the amulet, it can control who goes into the underground city.

The wand is a wand of false life with a few charges left.
The ring is a ring of counterspells, and if only she weren't flat footed when she was blinded, she might have been able to do something with it.

The spellbook is not magical, but it contains the magic writings for ice storm, fireball, lightning bolt, blur, scorching ray, web, chill touch, magic missile, shield, alarm, dispel magic, hold person, invisibility, levitate, true strike, dancing lights, detect magic, light, and read magic.

Potion is a Potion of Cure Moderate Wound. Cloak of Resistance +1. +1 chain shirt, and the elven curve blade is magical, but Angela isn't sure of its exact enchantments.

"Okay, we can control who goes into the underground city! Great! So let us investigate the rest! Is there anything else!" he says looks around.

Any more knowledge checks or anything else of note?

"Better us who have that, than anyone else." He nods at the amulet. Hayden holds up the spellbook. "Master Wizard, would you like this book of spells?"

"Better us who have that, than anyone else." He nods at the amulet. Hayden holds up the spellbook. "Master Wizard, would you like this book of spells?"

"Well, I suppose there is little within that I don't already know," Golthwur replies as he yanks the book from Hayden's hand. "But I suppose it can't hurt to take a look."

The wizard can hardly disguise his glee as he flips through the pages.

No Day Job for this old man.

Any more knowledge checks or anything else of note?

I really really really wish there was more about the city in the adventure, or anything besides the string of combats, but there really isn't.

The party makes their way back out of the underground city of Xin-Grafar with hours to spare before the flood of molten gold. As long as Eltran can do the golem tricking thing at least twice a day?

Eltran will definitely try to fascinate the golems again.

DC 16 Will save. He still has many rounds of bardic song. ;-)

Golden Guardian Will Save: 1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 - 2 = 10
Golden Guardian Will Save: 1d20 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 - 2 = 6
The party eventually makes it back to the surface of the Island of Terror, and is able to collect Drusan and the two sensible Razmiri and get back to Tamran. Reginar Lacklan is enthused about the society having now exclusive control to the city of Xin-Grafar. The jewel of everlasting gold disappears back to the center of Xin-Grafar the moment the party leaves the party. Tar-Baphon's enchantments are far beyond the Pathfinder Society's ability to unwind at this point.

"Ahhh!! That was a glorious adventure!! Brigh was such good mentor to me!! And you clearly enjoyed the battles, too, right team?" he asks a little nervously.

Hayden limps out of the city, thankful to the Dawnflower that he was able to keep everyone alive. "A fascinating and terrible place. Let's hope we never have to go back inside."

The older Pathfinder sighs. "Who's ready for a drink, then? Reports can wait, right, Angela?"

"Alright! I'm always allowed to announce alliteration!" Dawn drags the Razmiri cultists with a brain onto the deck of the ship as soon as the sun rises. "Literature languishes among lowlives, so elevate your linguistic labors! "

Both Razmiri cultists escape in Tamran and flee back to Razmiran where they can live beautiful, alliteration-free lives.

Golthwur simply finds a place to sit and nurse his aching back. He quietly mopes, "Not quite the trove of magic items and spellcrafting knowledge that I had hoped."

However, his ears perk up when he hears the elf woman speak.

"Alright! I'm always allowed to announce alliteration!" Dawn drags the Razmiri cultists with a brain onto the deck of the ship as soon as the sun rises. "Literature languishes among lowlives, so elevate your linguistic labors! "

"She make quite a mage, yet," he observes.