[Gameday X] PFS1 #8-20 Torrent's Last Will (Tier 7-11) (Inactive)

Game Master cmlobue

Trokkus, Ingrge and the elementals combine efforts to defeat the other golem.

Combat over!

On the ground in the room is a magic suit of armor.

Spellcraft 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (7) + 21 = 28
Spellcraft 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (2) + 21 = 23

Tess looks closely at the armor with her detect magic spell. ”That coral armor is wonderful for anyone spending time underwater,” she says as she explains its properties.

Please read the first spoiler.

Ingrge moves quickly to recover his bolts. He then warily checks out the room...

Perception: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (15) + 25 = 40

There is nothing else of note in this room other than another door on the opposite end. You are fairly certain there is something alive (or possibly undead) on the other side, but it is not speaking or doing anything else that would allow you to determine any more through a closed door.

“Hmm … if you had trouble Tess to identify then this seems hard! Ranalus, can you cast guidance on me?“

spellcraft , guidance, heroism : 1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 12 + 1 + 2 = 32

“This is a pearl of power!“

”If we expect more trouble these water creatures will be around for maybe a half a minute more at most. “

“Hmm … if you had trouble Tess to identify then this seems hard! Ranalus, can you cast guidance on me?“

The half-elf arches an eyebrow.

"Oh, fine, have your spell."

He smirks and casts Guidance on Dana as requested.

Dana is at the beginning slightly confused but clearly interested!

“No, no, Ranalus, please continue… we’ll have time after this mission! I would love to hear more about you also. How did Count Ranalc the Betrayed find you and so on!!!“ she says and blinks twice.

"The Count is the patron of exiles, you see. And was betrayed and banished by his 'peers' because they disapproved of his love for a nymph.
The story of my parents is similar.
A captain in the army of Cheliax fell in love with an Elven woman, and came to renounce Asmodeus.
They were not welcome in either his land or hers, and became exiles.

A grand jest played on the Eldest and on the other gods of Golarion."

Yes, Ranalus believes that Cayden Cailean is just a disguise of Count Ranalc. Count Ranalc is missing, and the Eldest are never that big on strict doctrine anyway, so the Count's followers have gone in all sorts of directions with the theology.

Ranalus goes to the next door and uses Door Sight again.

This large circular space has a vaulted ceiling. In the center of the room, a pillar of pearly shell vaguely resembling a sailfish rises twenty feet from the floor.

A figure with swirling white and orange skin sits perched atop the pillar. She has enormous wings sprouting from her back, shaped liked the fins of
a manta ray, and carries a heavy morningstar at her side.

Ranalus will relay what he sees.

Is there a Knowledge check to know what sort of creature this might be? Ranalus has a smattering of such skills.

"I am hopeful that we need not fight, but we should prepare just in case."

Ranalus will activate Feyskinned again, wait a round for others to do such preparation, and then open the door.

Know planes 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19

Tess didn’t recognize the stranger before the group.

I am not sure if anybody else gets to make checks before I open the door - not sure if a verbal description conveys enough to make a Knowledge check. But maybe.

Knowledge (Planes): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20
Ranalus, looking through the door, does not recognize the being.

As I said above, Ranalus opens the door after giving others a moment (1 round) to prepare.

Dana listens and listens to Ranalus with fascination!!

“You seem to be very powerful so your god must exist! And your theories are truly intriguing. I’ll note that down … you never know. Memories are so hard to grasp. Can you please remind me of these stories later please!!“

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kn planes : 1d20 + 20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 20 + 2 + 2 = 44

“Ahh, the creature you describe Ranalus is a monadic deva, an aquatic angel!!“

DR, spell like abilities, defenses please.

Dana casts HASTE before the group opens the door.

"Well, if it is an angel then I hope we won't have to fight it. Let us have our weapons sheathed as it does."

Ranalus will sheathe his rapier and open the door.

The winged creature stands and spreads her wings wide. “Hail, mortals, and well met,” she says in a flowing voice, “I am named Aquel, shieldwarden of Elysium. Long have I waited in these halls, seeking a worthy charge to assume my burden. Tell me, who are you and what do you know of this holy place?"

A monadic deva has DR 10/evil and a protective aura that is similar to a magic circle against evil and lesser globe of invulnerability. Their spell-like abilities include constant detect evil and heal, hold monster and holy aura once per day.

Being in the presence of an actual angel makes Trokkus feel uncharacteristically shy and embarrassed. He stammers: "We, uh ... Were sent here. On account of um . . ."

Victoria bows and speaks in celestial

Greetings, holy one. Victoria is the name I am given. An honor to meet you. What do you mean when you state 'worthy to assume my burden'? What is your burden and what qualities are needed?

“I was conjured here by Cintra Eelmaster, the last priest of this temple. Before he met his end, he entrusted me with the temple’s most precious treasures until a new guardian of pure intent could be found. I have tarried here many years, hoping to find a suitable replacement.

“The bloodlust of the sahuagin awakened dark energy inside two rooms nearby. I am bound to this room and cannot leave it until I find a suitable replacement, but it is in your power to cleanse the evil from this temple. If your hearts are pure, venture into the rooms and lay the spirits to rest.”

How 'pure' are we talking, exactly?

Ranalus is not malicious, but neither is he a paragon of virtue. He is hesitant at first to accept the task.

"Is this evil a haunt of some kind?"

True Neutral here. If being non-Good means making a Will save against some effect, Ranalus will still probably be fine.

Dana thinks.

“Yes, yes!! We saw the evil touch when we entered and cleansed part of it!“

She looks at the angel in awe.

Diplomacy improve attitude, heroism : 1d20 + 21 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 21 + 2 = 35

“I was raised by Setare and Xiao, an Ifrit and Halfling couple, that saved me from slavers on the plane of fire. I still have trouble remembering everything that happened to me … but My father Xiao brought the possibilities of Chaldira Zuzaristan into my heart and her intent is pure and raw!!“

"Well, uh, I'm sure my buddies and I can help with the evil-cleansing bit. Then we can figger out the rest later." Trokkus heads over to one of the doors.

”Do you know sort of evil is contained in the closeby rooms? If we knew what we were getting into, we’d be better situated to remove it.”

All of this is still underwater, correct?

This entire scenario is underwater.

”Do you know sort of evil is contained in the closeby rooms? If we knew what we were getting into, we’d be better situated to remove it.”

“The first room contains a dragon tooth embedded in the wall, left behind by the brine dragon that slew Riam. For many years, the holy coral here suppressed the tooth’s evil, but now it festers and gnaws. Tendrils of pain and anguish haunt the room. You must extract the tooth to end the festering. The second room contains the body of Cintra Eelmaster, who summoned me in ages past. After the murajau were slaughtered, the spirit of Cintra became filled with hate. In death, Cintra is calling eels into his burial chamber and filling them with malevolence. Cleanse the room of these eels and lay Cintra to rest once more.”

Ingrge sighs. ”Neither room sounds appealing…but we have to cleanse both…”

He loads his crossbow with a cold iron bolt before continuing. ”So…which one should we start with?”

"I reckon we should put that spirit of Cintra to rest. That's a sufferin' that's gone on too long."

Can folks remind me of group buffs? I think the heroism is still active? I imagine the haste has run out.

The elementals are both gone. I will see what Victoria has left and buff if she can before we enter one of the rooms.

Agreed. It is the least we can do. I can provide haste and resistance to some energy(?) to our group before we enter.

"I reckon we should put that spirit of Cintra to rest. That's a sufferin' that's gone on too long."

Can folks remind me of group buffs? I think the heroism is still active? I imagine the haste has run out.

You have heroism and enlarge person.

"I can look through the doors again, though we do know generally what we are facing and it might not be worth taking the time."

Door Sight takes 1 minute each time, so would eat up some of the remaining time on the Enlarge Person on Trokkus. Won't use it unless needed.

Ranalus doesn't cast any spells just yet, but will again invoke Feyskinned before entering the room with the eels. He can use it 6 minutes per day in 1-minute increments, and has used it for 3 minutes so far. This use will be his 4th for the day.

If we think eels are electric then Victoria will cast communal resistance to energy electricity.

Trokkus opens the northernmost door. Inside are twelve bodies, wrapped in seaweed. They are not moving.

"Well, ain't no way this is gonna go easy." Trokkus reaches out with his mystic senses to discern if evil is emanating from the wrapped bodies.

Detect evil on the room.

Ingrge covers Trokkus as he casts, looking over his shoulder to scan the room…

Perception: 1d20 + 25 ⇒ (11) + 25 = 36

There is no evil within this room, and nothing to find except the wrapped bodies. Do you want to unwrap them?

Dana casts detect magic and concentrates.

spellcraft: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (17) + 12 = 29

"Wait a moment ... let me check."

The room has no magic auras in it.

Victoria is skeptical as she did not expect to find these here.

I am not so sure we disturb the bodies. There are these other doors which could contain clues to the wrapped corpses.

"Yeah, I figger leave the dead alone. Unless they start walkin', of course."

"We need to put the spirit of Cintra Eelmaster to rest. That likely involves finding the body and giving it proper rites."

Ranalus will inspect the wrapped bodies closely, to see if there are any distinguishing characteristics on any of them.

Perception: 1d20 + 30 ⇒ (20) + 30 = 50

The bodies appear to be ascetic monks. They were buried with nothing beyond a simple loincloth and the seaweed wrappings. None of them have any distinguishing markings.

You are fairly certain that if there were any eels in this room, you would have noticed them.

”Are we sure Aquel is on the up and up? I’ve seen a. Lot of strange things in my day. A corrupted Angel wouldn’t be the strangest, you know….”

"Sounds pretty far-fetched, Tessara. Least, I hope it aint' happening.
Anyway, I reckon these folks ain't going nowhere. Maybe we got the wrong room." Trokkus will head to the next room and open the door.

Tessara, are you talking about Aquel in front of her?

This room is similar to the last, with a dozen bodies wrapped in seaweed. Nothing in here is magical, and none of them seem inclined to fight.

I assumed we’d went into the next room that she said contained eels, when I mentioned that.

Ranalus will channel positive energy in the room to harm undead.

Shadowy tendrils creep out from his eye-and-moon holy symbol.

Variant Channel: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 4) = 7
Halved to 3, then Will DC 18 to halve again to 1.

Sorry, misunderstood your intent. Eels are the next room that Trokkus would reach, and your location before opening that door may matter a bit...

Trokkus waits for everyone to get into position and then opens the door.

Reminder: Trokkus is not designed as a front-liner, so don't expect too much!

Victoria will summon one last water elemental to help our modest front-liner :)

Ready

Assumes she had already cast communal resist electricity on party for 10mins each