PFS1 - #10-04: Reaver's Roar - Gameday X - GM Nowruz (Inactive)

Game Master noral

You already noticed that the floor here is very noisy! Walking alone definitely alerts others of your presence.

And your engineering talent and perception tells you that the floor might have some weak points.

Acrobatics checks needed to circumvent the weak points and the noise.

"What a wonderful idea. Using those poisonous pods as a weapon if we encounter the reaver. I could take a couple. I'm pretty good at throwing things."

"Ja. Like temper tantrums if she doesn't get her way sometimes."
Smörboll whispers to Varack.

Junia, overhearing Smörboll, elbows him in the ribs.
"Oof!"

Oblivious to his comment, Inga looks over at Smörboll with concern.
"Are you alright, Smörboll?”

He gives her a nod and a grunt as he rubs his side.

Ajax could tell Rallas was the spry sort, "After you collect the spores, perhaps you can find a quiet path through the hall?"

Rallas, I think you still need to make the check to successfully move a spore, even if there is no risk of getting poisoned. Maybe take 10 on the first?

yeah...makes sense...taking 10 on the first one...will roll 5 more...

DD: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (5) + 21 = 26
DD: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (15) + 21 = 36
DD: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (18) + 21 = 39
DD: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (5) + 21 = 26
DD: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (17) + 21 = 38
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Leinad will happily assist Rallas with prying loose the spores, "Careful - that part looks stuck on!"

Acrobatics-if-needed: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Rallas can easily enter the room and harvest six doses of the spores without making any noise!

Taking 10 on disable device and acrobatics is possible. See my spoiler above for Ajax to know what the spores can do.
What do you do now?

Leinad hefts one of the spores, certain he could throw it well enough. He then picks his way through the damaged floor as carefully and quietly as he can to look around the corner.

Take 10 Acrobatics: 15
Stealth: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26

"Let me transform Klaus into incorporeal form first and have him fly across the room. Then I can change him back into ectoplasmic form when he's on the other side."

Klaus floats over the rickety floor to the other side of the room.
"Woooooo. WooOOOooo!"
Klaus moans spookily as he floats across.
Full-round action to change manifestation forms. 40' fly in incorporeal form.
Rolling her eyes, Inga turns to her companions.
"Sorry. He gets very overdramatic in ghost form."
She then converts Klaus back to Ectoplasmic form.

With a bit of guidance on herself, Inga carefully tip-toes around the edge of the rickety floor.
Stealth: 1d20 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 12 + 1 = 14
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

She strongly considers changing out of her pumps and wearing adventuring boots.

I can see Leinad's icon on the map. @Inga: Can you please move Klaus and yourself tell me where Klaus manifests in ectoplasmic form?

Right next to Rallas.

Before anyone crosses, Ajax turns to the casters, "Does anyone have a silence spell?"

I have an idea...tie a rope off here to something...I'll jump across and secure the rope over there...and use the rope to traverse the area...might work...

ok...out of the box time...can I rig a harness to use to traverse the rope? like a climber's harness...and slide it across...so you don't fall...have a climber's kit...might help...

I'm confused. Again. Where's the rickety floor? I thought it was in the small 20' x 20' room and Rallas was already across.

A2

You see a short hall containing a rickety floor. To the north of these hallways are sets of old staircases, collapsed from years of neglect and disuse.

Over the years the floorboards in the hallway have begun to rot and warp.

Now loose in many places, the rusting nails squeak loudly against the wood when stepped on in this room.

Strange fungus grows on the walls in large bulbs, and the air inside the hall smells of acrid mildew for Leinad who is the only one that does not have the bubble up.

A2 is where the action is happening right now.

Leinad hefts one of the spores, certain he could throw it well enough. He then picks his way through the damaged floor as carefully and quietly as he can to look around the corner.

Take 10 Acrobatics: 15
[dice=Stealth]1d20+9

Leinad moves through the area but it makes quite some noise unfortunately.

Rallas ties off the rope and takes a running start at the jump.

acrobatics: 1d20 + 18 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 18 + 1 = 33using the guidance from the jade wayfinder as well.

Rallas can easily take 10 on acrobatics to make no sound and walk around as much as he wants. With your disable device and 80 ft of rope you can build a support that gives +4 to acrobatics checks of others in area A2! ;-)

Not going to pretend anything the party can do will help enough.

Elby accepts everyone's help and tries to cross the floor inconspicuously.

Acrobatics: 1d20 - 5 ⇒ (16) - 5 = 11
Stealth: 1d20 - 5 ⇒ (6) - 5 = 1

I’m sorry Elby. :-(

cmb, 1-2 arm, 1=left, damage : 1d20 + 29 ⇒ (4) + 29 = 331d4 ⇒ 11d2 ⇒ 112d6 + 11 ⇒ (6, 6, 3, 2, 5, 4, 3, 5, 6, 5, 1, 5) + 11 = 62

You all see Elby stepping into the hall and using Rallas support rope.

Suddenly, from beneath Elby you see the Red Reaver’s strong arm ripping through one of the weak points in the floor!! The beast can grab the suprised Paladin’s arm … and with an unbelievable display of force and cruelty the Red Reaver rips off Elby’s left arm!!!

Blood is spraying everywhere and the Red Reaver is gone as fast as it appeared!!!

Elby’s body is in shock and she is bleeding with incredible intensity!!

Elby instinctively uses her magical healing to stop the bleeding.

Lay on Hands: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 1, 5, 1) = 9

This is what Prestige is for... though not having my primary weapon available is going to be problematic for everyone.

did you add the +4 from my rope set up?

I moved Klaus across that hallway of A2 (next to Leinad) and put Inga behind Rallas so that she can see Klaus to turn him back to ecto form. I also moved Elby to the middle of the hall in A2, where I assume she got mauled by the reaver.

Inga gasps in horror and Junia screams in terror when they see Elby's arm get torn off by the reaver.
"Nooo!!! Elby!!! Holy Hells!!!...
Save her!!!"

"Izihogo ... azingcwele ..."

Leinad immediate does a lay on hands on Elby. Whether by touch if she's finished making it across, or with ranged LoH.

LoH: 5d6 ⇒ (4, 2, 6, 5, 6) = 23

Rallas: "did you add the +4 from my rope set up?" A +4 would only match my failure at 15 :(

ahh...right you are...I was hoping....

What in the blazes...Elby! Rallas yells as he goes to render aid to the fallen warrior. He tries to pull her across.

if that doesn't work, I'll shimmy across the rope and bring her across...

Klaus helps Rallas pull Elby to safety. He grabs the dismembered arm, if possible.

"Inga, you have that wand of lesser restoration. Will it be of any use?"

Inga assesses Elby's horrific wound where the arm was torn off.
"Luckily you stopped the bleeding and healed it some. Unfortunately, a lesser restoration will not restore the arm. You'll need a full restoration spell."
Inga looks over at Rallas with a pleading look in her eyes.

Do the rest of us need to cross?

Of course...here... Rallas says as he fishes a scroll out of his collection and hands it to Inga

"You're a sweetheart, Rallas. Thank you so very much."

Klaus, hold the arm against Elby's shoulder. Press it tight."
Klaus nods and presses the torn limb against the wound, matching it up at the tear.

"You won't feel a thing, Elby. You're doing great. You'll be back to normal in just a moment."
(Restoration is a 4th level spell on the Spiritualist spell list. Inga can cast 4th level spells.)
Inga reads the spell from the scroll. Elby is bathed in a warm light of healing and the arm miraculously reattaches itself.
"That's one hell of a scar you'll be able to show off, Elby. How does it feel?"

Lorian watch as the paladin had her arm ripped off. It would have darn near killed him. "It was a good thing that the group had assess to strong magic to help save the limb. I am not sure if the critter is still there. We can try to join the others or they will have to cross back over and we start checking the place in the other direction. Suggestions?" he asked.

Don't worry about your combat ability...just relax...Rallas says as he looks for a way to get everyone across without getting bitten in half.

The restoration spell washes over Elbesamiya dy Bulaka.

Holy energy seems to make this spell much stronger than it actually is and from the bloody wound a completely new arm is starting to grow.

Elby feels pain but then after a moment the spell leaves her with a sense of true peace and harmony.

Within seconds she is as good as new.

~

From the distant you suddenly hear the Red Reaver howling and it seems as if it enjoyed the snack that it was able to grab.

Walking through area A2 is still dangerous!

Ok...now that we know that thing is down there...we can plan a little more carefully. Just go quickly using my truss rig. We'll pull you across to speed it up.

so just Lorian, Ajax and Klaus are on the other side?

Lorian, Ajax, and Ara. Ara can probably make it across just fine. I'm guessing the other two not so well.

"Can either of you.. fly? Or climb the walls perhaps?" asks Leinad.

You believe that the beast is currently occupied but you do not have much time.

I moved you all to the middle of the central room. Probably another 5 rounds before the Red Reaver has fully digested Ebby's arm. :-/

You see double doors in the central room and no magical properties anywhere.

Rallas quickly checks for traps.if i find one, ill disarm or/pick the lock

perception, +3 traps: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (14) + 20 = 34
DD, +8 is a trap: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (13) + 20 = 33

Don't bloody well trust anything here anymore...

Except of the same weak points in the floor that you saw earlier, Rallas does not see anything else that is dangerous.

Based on your roll Rallas you know that you need to be careful how much time you spend in this area. Everything in A2 to A3 is structurally weak and the Red Reaver can easily break through the floor!

Ahh...ok...moving to the double doors then...try to find a way around the "trapped" areas

A0. Empty room

Rallas opens the double doors and sees an empty room with dirt and fith everywhere on the ground.

The group cannot find anything magical in here either.

The important aspect of this room is that there is no structural weakness in the floor so that the Red Reaver would not be able to get them here!

There are two doors on both sides of the room.

Elby follows as carefully as she can, flexing the muscles of her new arm as she goes almost like she were wearing in the leather of a baseball glove.

Leinad ushers everyone in quickly, then wanders over to the western door, sniffing tentatively.

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Ajax and Ara follow Rallas, eager to leave the areas with the noisy floor.

Ajax continues to take 10 on Peception and refresh Heightened Awareness every 10 minutes

Nothing notable about that round fountain looking thingy in the big triangular room?

"We should check the northern rooms so that we have that entire side of the bastion explored."
Inga suggests to the group.

"Klaus can float through the wall to see if there are any occupants. Actually, maybe we should listen at the door first."
Inga presses her ear against the door to listen for any sounds within, then takes a step back to allow others to check the door.
Perception: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (17) + 16 = 33

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 2 + 4 = 16
Stealth: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22
Seeing that he needed to join the others, Lorian made his way across the room, using the rope that Rallas had set up.

Klaus can confirm that both of the rooms behind the doors on the western side are empty and as dirty as the others!

The door to the west however reveals an interesting room.

A4. THE RELIQUARY

The room contains several small benches, some still upright and intact, arranged around a large reliquary at the far end of the room. The reliquary is an oak-and-brass stand containing a two-foot-tall marble statue of a soldier in armor, kneeling over a shallow bowl. The soldier’s face wears a pained expression, and they appear to weep over the bowl. The bowl, made from a black, lacquered wood, contains a clear liquid.

A severely wounded orc rests in the room.

Ajax immediately sees that the orc wears the broken remnants of a wooden holy symbol of Sarenrae around his neck.

The orc looks at you with fear but also determination in his eyes.

The orc clearly survived an attack by the red reaver but is gravely injured, with his right arm and leg badly mangled by the reaver’s claws.

Knowledge: Religion: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

"This is a sacred place of healing. Crusaders would pay respects to the fallen here, and a priest may grant one of the devout a sip of is waters. Perhaps Leinad and I could at least begin the process of re-consecration."

She then moves to the orc in as non-threatening a manner as possible. "Uxolo, sihlobo," she says softly, holding up her still-mismatched arms. "The reaver is here, but we have come to stop it. I was also gravely injured, but the skill of my friends, coupled with the power of this place, healed me. We can help you as well."

Inga slowly moves forward with Elby.
"It's okay. We're here to help you."
She says softly with a warm smile.
Inga knells down and assesses the orc's wounds.
Heal: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27

Inga...use my wand to help him... Rallas says as he hands her a curative wand, but me makes sure he doesn't hand her the one with the infernal energy invested in it. He then checks out the rest of the room, for threats or anything else.

use my clw wand...save our resources...]

perception: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (11) + 20 = 31

Lorian indicated himself and Elbe by pointing to each other. "I am Lorian Theran, called the Peacemaker, and this is Elbesamiya dy Bulaka, we both serve the Dawnflower, tell us what happened please." he asked the orc as he started to introduce the rest of the group.
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