GM Silbeg 1-11 Flames of Rebellion [CLOSED] (Inactive)

Game Master Silbeg

Thecla continues moving up and searching until she finds something interesting.

Farzin, happy to let someone else stand in front, steps timidly into the room, like a simple lost farm girl who stumbled into a crumbling tower. And up the stairs. And around the corner. Following a group of adventurers.

He admits to himself that it's getting harder and harder to maintain the ruse. But yet, it's so fun to try.

You move around, carefully, but see nothing until you make your way further in. Then, you see a checkerboard of tiles with glowing runes!

I will probably not be posting until Sunday night, as I will be at a local in person convention

Nat, intrigued, creeps forward and examines the checkerboard for any hidden traps.

"Be careful, Nat," Grams warns. "You don't know what could be there." She raises her shield, looking around for any threats.

I think we need as many inconsequential filler posts as possible until GM Silbeg returns.

Kralgang picks his teeth while he stares at the magical squares.

"Hmmph. Bit of breakfast."

He inspects his bow string for any wear or damage.

Farzin looks at the glowing floor tiles.

"From what I can see, it looks possible to cross without touching any of the runes, which probably means that we should touch them. But how and in what order?"

"It's a puzzle, boss!" squawks Papayo.

"Or a trap. Oh, things were so much simpler back on the farm," Farzin laments.

"But boring? I love my boys, but ... Society life definitely adds a bit more experience before Folgrit calls me to Magrim's hearth."

a checkerboard of tiles with glowing runes

It looks like a dance floor to me.

"Though my memories are unclear and disjointed, I believe I was a dancer in a former life. I remember flashing lights and a spinning room. It think I may have been an elf at the time."

Kralgang's leg starts to twitch rhythmically, but he catches himself and thinks better of it.

"It looks like a dream I had once. I was in some sort of competition; a race from one place to another, with obstacles in the way. The judges were monsters, too; I think one was a ghost! Right after I slid down a giant slide, here was this floor with colors like this, only they were constantly changing! The the ground started moving, then some angry red eyes tried to light me on fire. That was a weird dream."

"To a Duskwalker, each life is much like a dream. Fleeting, confusing but rarely as colourful as you describe. This dream is grounded in service to Pharasma and the ending is unchanging and inevitable. And then the dream begins anew, though it is much the same as the last."

Nat notices some sort of magical sensor on two of the tiles that do not have runes. Also, you hear some noise coming from the far end of the tiles, in a location you cannot yet see!

More coming... just wanted to get this out

What the noise might have been you don't know, but it causes the party to slow down....

Nat, Thecla is/are up.
Universal Adjustments: Inspire +1
Buffs/Adjustments: 


Round to progress 2021-09-04 1700 CDT (UTC-5)

Well then… let's dance.

Lingering Performance DC 19: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (15) + 14 = 29 Lingers 4 rounds

She then conjures an illusory venture-captain dancing down the hall. Illusory creature

Drandle Night Fever: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20 Dance check for my illusion

Nat moves up and attempts to disable one of the traps he spotted (assuming he thinks he can do so with Thievery). ◆Stride, ◆◆Disable Device (+2 AC/saves if he accidentally sets it off via Wary Disarmament). If he doesn't see a way to attempt that with Thievery, he'll instead Seek twice for the source of the noise.

Thievery to Disable Device: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31

This trap requires an acrobatics check to approach safely
Nat acrobatics: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

Nat makes it to the trigger rune, where he realizes that it only one of a few triggers. He then scratches out the rune, content that it will not trigger.

Thecla, please list the DCs for spells like this, as it is both the save and AC... I did go in to your character profile and found it.
attack vs AC20: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
attack vs AC20: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
attack vs AC20: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

What appears to be three crossbow bolts shoot out from behind the darkness, the third one striking the illusion.

Who shot that??!!
Grams, Farzin is/are up.
Universal Adjustments: Inspire +1
Buffs/Adjustments: 


Round to progress 2021-09-05 1700 CDT (UTC-5)

"Come on out, where we can see you," Grams calls, raising her shield. She steps forward, trying to see what's shooting at them.

Raise Shield, Step, Seek (30-foot cone) +5 Perception

Farzin follows Gram's lead. He moves closer, casts shield, and searches for the source of the arrows.

+7 Perception

Neither Grams nor Farzin notice anything other than the triggers that Nat is working on.

need to get on my computer for the next step. Will be in the morning

First, one kobold comes out from the obscured area, and shoots at Nat!
crossbow vs AC20: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21 piercing: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Then another comes out and does the same!
crossbow vs AC20: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28 piercing: 1d6 ⇒ 2

While both seem to be fired with very good aim, neither does much damage.

Who shot that??!!
Kralgang, Nat, Thecla is/are up.
Universal Adjustments: Inspire +1
Buffs/Adjustments: 


Round to progress 2021-09-05 1700 CDT (UTC-5)

"Ow! Quit it!" Nat ignores the slings and arrows of outrageous kobolds and steps into the space formerly occupied by the rune he just disabled, trying to do the same to the one in front of Farzin.

Acrobatics, if needed again: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10
Thievery: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

Hero Point re-roll on Acrobatics, if that check was called for again, Promotional Vestments: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 9 + 1 = 19

Kralgang eyes the green kobold, looking for an opening.

devise a strat: 1d20 ⇒ 20

He looses a shot and crits!

NAT20+9+1-1 (lesser cover)= 29

Damage: 2d6 + 2 + 1d10 ⇒ (4, 4) + 2 + (10) = 20

"A gift to you, Pharasma. I send this creature for judgement."

Emboldened by his success, he takes a second shot at the white kobold.

2nd shot: 1d20 + 4 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (18) + 4 + 1 - 1 = 22

Damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Nat almost stumbles when approaching the rune, but recovers. hero point used

He then is able to smudge the hidden rune to his liking.

Kralgang murderates the first kobold, and hits the second one.
Thecla?

Didn;t realize I was up!

Thecla moves forward and sends a sharp chip of stone flying at the kobold. Arrows marked on map, I assume the upside-down "T"" is disabled.

Telekinetic Projectile, IC: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 9 + 1 = 30
B/P/S: 2d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3, 2) + 4 + 1 = 10 20 S

Upside down T is in fact, disabled
Thecla moves up, and then throws a rock through the head of the next kobold.

First one kobold (red) steps out, and fires his crossbow at the rogue... it misses, curses, drops its crossbow, and draws a shortsword.
crossbow vs AC20: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16 piercing: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Then another kobold (silver) steps out, and fires his crossbow at the rogue... it also misses, curses, drops its crossbow, and draws a shortsword.
crossbow vs AC20: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10 piercing: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Running out of kobolds!
Grams, Farzin, Kralgang is/are up.
Universal Adjustments: Inspire +1
Buffs/Adjustments: 


Round to progress 2021-09-08 1700 CDT (UTC-5)

Now that the enemy have reveled themselves, Farzin will apply reach to his spell, and send debris flying at red.

Telekinetic Projectile w/reach: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Damage: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (6, 4) + 4 = 14

"And you probably thought I was just a lost farmer!"

Just noticed my HP are down, but I healed up at the end of the last combat.

Grams moves to an area Nat seems to think is safe, keeping her shield up.

"There's no need to fight!" she admonishes the kobolds, though she realizes it's probably a lost cause.

Not sure she could hit one with one of her javelins, she looks around for any further threats.

Raise Shield, Stride, Seek in a cone straight ahead (for lack of anything better I can do right now)

"Indeed there is no need to fight! Your fate is inexorable and Pharasma is ready to greet you! Embrace your fate and die easy. Grams is right."

Devise a Strat on White Kobold: 1d20 ⇒ 5

Kralgang moves past Thecla along the same route and then leaps over the final tiles.

Athletics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

Unfortunately he mistimes his jump and only makes it 10', avoiding only the blue tile.

Farzin throws another projectile, hitting, but not killing, the kobold.

Grams does not notice anything new from where she stands.

Kralgang, however, seems to have found something! As he lands, the rune on the blue tile he just leapt over flares, and a small devilish creature appears!

It flies up to Kralgang and attempts to sting him with its tail!
stinger vs AC20: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23 piercing: 1d4 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1 evil: 1d4 ⇒ 4
Kralgang poison save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27 easily

Tempting?!
Nat, Thecla is/are up.
Buffs/Adjustments: Inspire +1 


Round to progress 2021-09-09 1700 CDT (UTC-5)

Kralgang shouts aloud at the devilish creature.

"I have no soul to offer, foolish creature, as mine is in eternal service to the Lady of Bones! You seek to steal from her, and this will be your last proposal!

What Kralgang said. Your last proposal.

Intimidating Glare vs tiny creature: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18

Telekinetic Projectile, IC: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 9 + 1 = 30
B: 2d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (5, 3) + 4 + 1 = 13 26 damage against the "devilish creature.

Guess she hates devils as much as koobolds

Though the little devil had some sort of resistance to her damage, Thecla still blows it up in to a puff of putrescent dust.

Seeing Thecla dispatch the tiny fiend, Nat quickly draws his sling and fires a bullet at the white-clad kobold, then moves up to the corner (path shown with arrow), and ducks out of sight. ◆Quick Draw and Strike with sling, ◆Stride, ◆Hide (Stealth +11).

Sling vs. white: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14
Bludgeoning: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Nat fails to hit the white-scaled kobold. He does land on another rune (that he had missed), but apparently that particular rune can only be activated once. Nat also notices another trap!

White turns and runs!
He quickly gets out of sight.

Combat is over, as you can avoid the traps now.

The kobolds in this area must have higher ranking than those on the first floor. They have a variety of rough gemstones, as well as a smattering of silver and copper coins, contained in their belt pouches.
Collectively, these coins and gemstones are worth 2 Treasure Bundles.

Hero Point to Nat!

What next? Healing up or pushing on?

Yes let's heal up.

"Careful, Nat," Grams says as the kobolds rush off. "You don't want to get too far ahead of us. You don't know what else could be out there, son."

She looks him over, making sure she's all right. Licking her thumb, she uses it to remove a smudge of trap dust from his forehead, the helps heal people as needed. She'll use lay on hands, unless we're in a rush, in which case I can use Medicine too.

Kralgang suggests we push onward instead of taking 10 minutes. Who knows what these kobolds will get up to if we give them time.

If anyone is still hurt he can make them a quick tincture of Elixir of Life. He only has a minor scratch himself.

I also vote to move on.

"I will, Grams, but really, I'm alright! It was just a scratch!" Nat is only down 3; Lay on Hands would take care of it, but I'm also happy rolling at 30/33 so Grams can LoH herself.

I'll let you handle the healing, and move on. Sounds like you are not taking 10 minutes.

The winding stairway spills out into a short hallway that leads to a receiving room. Once serving as a reception area for residents of the tower, the room now lies stripped of furnishing. To the north, another staircase leads further up into the tower. To the west, an expansive magical library, with books and scrolls stored on elevated shelves reaching up forty feet high, fills the remainder of the floor.

A library fills the western wing of this floor, its cases and shelves relatively pristine, if liberally coated by a century’s worth of accumulated dust.

The Library: Five pairs of pillars fill the room, holding aloft three platforms at 10-foot intervals, each laden with numerous shelves of books and scrolls. The ground level of the structure is empty, forcing anyone wishing to ascend and peruse the parchments above to either successfully leap high enough to reach the first 10-foot-high ledge.

You do see some runes and markings engraved into the pillars, which appear to have been intentionally obscured.

Arcana check if you'd like to figure them out.

Kralgang does his level best to interpret these runes.

Arcana: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15

"Seems like a wonderful place to study magic, if that's your thing."

Farzin walks over and takes a casual look at the runes, being usually more interested in the occult than the arcane.

Arcana: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Neither Kralgang nor Farzin can make any sense of the runes, as they are just too damaged (both failed if you wanted to reroll).

Grams, not caring for the look of Nat's cut, grabs him and lays on hands to heal him before the group rushes off. She follows afterward, hoping no one will get too hurt again. Going to lay on hands for Nat, but not Refocus, so I think we're all at full health.

She looks around the new room.

"Don't tell my boys, since I made them crack the books, but I was never that much for studying myself, other than what I really needed to know," Grams comments as she looks around. Unfortunately, the runes aren't anything she understands.

"We probably shouldn't touch the books right now, but I'm sure this is exactly the type of thing Venture-Captain Brackett was looking for!"

Kralgang takes a deep breath and focuses his mind, and then has a second look (spends a hero point).

Arcana: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

Thecla leafs through some books, looking for interesting plays or fiction.

Kralgang looks at the carvings again, and realizes that the runes and markings on the pillars are actually activation instructions. Touching one of the pillars and speaking the word “enlightenment” in Common activates the pillars’ magic, instantly levitating the speaking creature to the next higher level of the library structure. Touching a column and speaking the word “accomplished” in Common lowers the speaking creature to the next lower level of the library structure!