[PFS1] 6-21 Tapestry's Toil (GM Watery Soup) (Inactive)

Game Master Watery Soup

"Oh. I'll need some healing, too. Would someone please use my wand on me?”

"I better go get my rope and grapple hook."
Rakesh hustles over and grabs his rope anchored to the ledge and pulls it up. Clinging to the rope near the top is Fuzzfoot. Rakesh holds the rope in his outstretched arm as the halfling dangles at Rakesh's eye level.
Rakesh glares at the halfling, not happy that Fuzzfoot stayed out of the fight
"What happened to you?"

Wha en blazes is ye?

"I was formerly one of a pair of dosojin kami, guardians of travel and roadways. Jiraku and I protected this place when it was a Temple of Yamatsumi, as well as the pilgrims who came to pay their respects.

One day, a mighty sorceress decided to move the temple, from its home into this demiplane. My ward was torn in two, and Jiraku was left behind.

I fought the duergar when they began defacing the temple, but having failed to protect my ward, I became what you see now - a spirit oni."

"Say, you ever think of trying theatre?"

She points at her cloak liberally sprinkled with various comedic masks.

"I love theater, but more kabuki-style."

"Can you tell us anything about the dangers within the fortress and more about this Chergin Ironwhip?"

"The dwarves that lived in this demiplane lived in peace for many centuries, until the sorceress vanished. The dwarven god Droskar noticed the dwarves' plight, and offered a solution: eternal slavery in return for security. Under the leadership of Chergin, then a young oracle, the vast majority took up the offer of the Dark Smith and became duergar of the Ironwhip clan.

Droskar guided the nascent clan to quarries of good stone and veins of iron, and took this temple of Yamatsumi as the entrance to the mountain.
Teams of duergar scoured the tapestry for slaves, and used their captives’ labor and Droskar’s magic to carve out a new home.

Chergin met with those you call the Aspis Consortium, who have poisoned his mind against others that seek to enter. They are likely to fight you every step of the way."

"Speaking of, do you know anything about keys they may have lying around here?"

"There are two keys you may be interested in. One is a fragment of an artifact that the Aspis Consortium called the 'Sky Key' - that is under heavy guard in Chergin's inner sanctum. The other is a master key that can unlock the chains of the the slaves that the duergar are forcing to mine.

If we were to release the slaves, the duergar would not be as powerful as they are. There are still too many to fight on an individual basis ..." There are thousands/millions of duergar within the mountain, and defeating them in combat is outside the scope of the scenario. "... but freeing them would send their society into steep decline.

To guide you through the mountain, I can impress myself upon one of you."

In order to receive Tanbaru's guidance, one of you will need to volunteer to "put on" the Tanbaru mask.

Mechanically, to move through the mountain, someone will need to make a high-DC Survival or Knowledge (dungeoneering) check. The character that melds with Tanbaru will receive a +10 bonus to this check. Success will mean moving through the mountain undetected. Failure will mean encountering a patrol. Rather than play out the fight, each patrol encountered will be defeated at the cost of 1d8+5 hit points to every character.

I will need one check to make your way to the place where the slaves' chains key is kept, and then another check to move to the inner sanctum. There's supposed to be a combat to get the key, but it's a very trivial combat and unless someone objects, I'm just going to skip it.

Rakesh has a +17 (including wayfinder and tracking) to Survival. Anyone got higher?

"A spirit oni, hm...?" Ansha muses.

Knowledge (planes): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18

"Oh. Oh." The enchantress narrows her eyes at the floating mask.

Knowledge (dungeoneering) at +10, but Ansha isn't inclined to stick a possessed mask on her face even if she did have a higher skill modifier.

Though Ehm is willing to experiment with wearing the Mask, he only has a +7 survival. Can probably get it a few points higher with spells, but can't come close to Rakesh's +17.

Though Kit would love to wear a spirit mask I bow to the wisdom of having someone with a decent survival skill wear it. Though that doesn't mean she won't try.

"Why that sound very interesting. What things you could teach me! What experiences you could share! Any exotic foods you could share with me? Sea urchin? Calamari? Tripe? Pizzle? I'm sure your, uh, 'life'? has been full and exciting."

4 taps from CLW wand.
CLW: 4d8 + 4 ⇒ (6, 4, 3, 8) + 4 = 25

"I do have good skill at survival in various environments which may help us in avoiding duergar patrols. Maybe I should be the one to bond with Tanbaru to help guide us."
Rakesh steps forward, ready to bond with Tanbaru.

Entering the fortress, Rakesh speaks quietly to his companions.
"Follow me closely. There could be many dead ends and various traps and other hazards not easily detected. Make no sound and stop moving when I hold up my hand. Hide quickly if sounds of a patrol or creature is heard."
Rakesh makes sure the group is ready to infiltrate the fortress.
"Slow and quiet now."

Checking his wayfinder every so often and following duergar tracks to avoid becoming lost, he allows Tanbaru to help guide the group to where the slaves' chains key is kept.
Fortress Sneak: 1d20 + 17 + 10 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 17 + 10 + 4 = 32
Ugh. Of course. Maybe a couple Survival checks to aid will help?
And then the group makes their way to the inner sanctum...
Fortress Sneak: 1d20 + 17 + 10 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 17 + 10 + 4 = 40

Edit: Oh! I also get a +4 for underground favored terrain! Added 4 to my rolls.

Anyone who wishes to aid Rakesh, please make your rolls.

survival: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20

"Say, any way to get my horse up here or will I need to leave it behind, again."

Seems like leaving her horse behind is an all to common occurrence for Kit.

Not sure if I can use Knowledge (dungeoneering) to aid him on his Survival rolls, but....

Aid Another: 1d20 ⇒ 8 +10 for 18 if I can use Knowledge (dungeooneering), otherwise +0 for 8 if Survival.

"I'm sure it'll be fine. It's not like it can wander too far in a demi-plane."

survival aid 1: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
survival aid 2: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Rakesh moves the group forward, with Tanbaru giving directions empathically. Unfortunately, Tanbaru cannot fully account for all the patrols, and the group runs into a patrol on the way to the office where the keys are kept. Survival 36 is a failure.

The Pathfinders easily defeat the patrol with no use of consumables, but each takes some damage.

Ansha: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Ehm: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Fuzzfoot: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
Kitoro: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Rakesh: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Roderick: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

They arrive at a forge where a duergar blacksmith and two xorns ambush them; they make short work of the trio.

The forge also contains a wall that displays one copy of every simple and martial weapon in the Core Rulebook and two masterwork warhammers. Six manacles sit in a pile in the corner of the room, each secured with an average quality lock (DC 25 Disable Device to open), and the blacksmith carries a small iron key on her body that opens all the manacles, including the manacles in use.

The group can heal as they wish in the forge.

While the group heals, Ansha tells them what she knows about spirit oni, and Tanbaru is happy to fill in any gaps. Kami and oni are the yin and yang of spirits, kami being benevolent and charged with protecting a ward, and oni being angry/mischievous/violent and often having nothing to protect. Tanbaru used to be a kami, but turned into an oni when his ward (the temple) was desecrated.

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Rakesh, with Tanbaru's help, manages to guide the team to Chergim's sanctum without encountering any patrols. Survival 42 succeeds.

See Slide 7 - please place yourselves where you want to be when the door opens.

Use another charge off wand of infernal healing. I'm down 2 hp. I'm also taking the clothes off the smith. Unlock the manacles of any slaves we come across.

Psst. Dinna open yonder door anow. Let's us be gettin ready fer dem scuggins ya ken. Here, yous uns drink dems and I'll drink dese. one o youse wanna be lookin like dem udder scheevey blokes?

@ the rest of the party I have several infusions I can hand out.
Heroism
Shield
Alter Self - I'd suggest druegar and wear the smith's clothes for a few moments of confusion. Stagger in pretending to be drunk. Or maybe dragging some manacled (unlocked) prisoners.
Bear's Endurance.
Which of you wants which one?

false life: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
I will be drinking heroism, shield, see invisibility, and heightened awareness. GM, I will burn the Heightened Awareness for a +4 to the next initiative roll. I will update the slide to reflect that.

buffs:
heroism - dur 80 min
see invisibility - dur 80 min
heightened awareness - dur 80 min
shield - dur 8 min
AC: 22
HP: 91 of 77

When all are ready, Ehm carefully approaches the door.
stealth to door: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12 hopefully the door muffles my clumsy approach
perception, looking for traps: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (13) + 17 = 30 +2 vs magic traps
disable any traps found: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (20) + 17 = 37 +2 vs magic traps
perception, listening at door: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18 well crap

After hearing more about Tanbaru from Ansha, Rakesh speaks to the mask.
"Tanbaru, you should not need to be malevolent any more. You are protecting us. Can we be considered your ward now? Will that be enough to change you back to a kami spirit?"

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Rakesh has someone tap him with his CLW wand after the battle in the forge area.
CLW x 2: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (2, 2) + 2 = 6
Ok. Another charge.
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
He'll take whatever buffs anyone can give him. Heroism & Shield would be great. He attempts to UMD his wand of lead blades, using Diverse Training from FJC for a +7 on his first attempt.
Use Magic Device: 1d20 + 8 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 8 + 7 = 21

Rakesh taps himself with his wand of lead blades then returns the wand to his pack. He spins the blades with a grin of approval and sheathes them quickly. He rolls his shoulders then puffs out his chest and takes a few deep, meditative breaths in preparation for battle.

"I am ready. I plan to go in there stealthy, assess the situation, then attack with bow or blade."
Rakesh whispers quietly before the door is opened.

Roderick smiles as the party continues through the tunnels and bypasses the foes encountered.

Minor injuries considere the opponents we have faced.
He will help others with their curatives and tap himself a couple times as well

clw x2: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (5, 8) + 2 = 15

He downs a mutagen and heroism

CLW: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (3, 5) + 2 = 10 Willing to risk the remaining 3 points of damage as Kit is very cheap.
also casting a heightened awareness from her wand.

Kit loves a freebie and snags the Alter Self potion and slugs it down, turning into the suggested duerger.

"Not as fun as playing dress up, but quite effective. Harris, come with me and do some scouting, will you?"

Kits Pooka familiar comes out of hiding, sort of, for he is invisible (though Ehm can see him of course), ready to take the lead.

"Since I look the part and Harris ins invisible, allow me to go first, but be ready to charge in once things start happening."

Ansha uses a charge from her wand of infernal healing after the scuffle in the forge. She expounds on the nature of oni (and kami) as they walk, quieting once they get to the door to the duergar chieftain's chambers.

Quietly, she invokes a ward or two before things get out of hand. She'll cast Mage armor, shield mirror image, and protection from evil just before they open the doors.

Mirror Image, CL8: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Nobody detects traps, and the door creaks open.

The sanctum is a large, multipurpose room. Two rows of stone benches face a lectern, which sits in front of a stylized iron anvil. A thin curtain of water trickles down from the ceiling behind the anvil. Beyond this curtain, a slick ramp descends into a large open window, which reveals the roaring waterfall just beyond. A sturdy table in the southwest corner bears a pile of bloodstained ropes. Barred doors lead out of the room to the north and south.

Environmental hazard (yellow): Walking across the ramp at full speed requires a successful DC 20 Acrobatics check. Walking across the ramp at half speed, or standing up from prone while on the ramp, requires a successful DC 10 Acrobatics check.

A proud duergar in gleaming armor stands next to a corpse in tattered clothing. The duergar narrows his eyes at the intrusion, and gestures toward the undead creature next to him. “This one warned me that you would come. His people are trapped, scattered across the realm like dead leaves. His hate for you was strong. I let him stay, to tell me more about this Pathfinder Society—this band of thieves and braggarts. Even after he blasphemed Droskar’s name, I kept him to remind me of your coming.”

In a sudden fit of violence, the stout priest shoves the zombie down the ramp. Helpless on the slippery surface, it falls prone and slides into the torrent of falling water.

Ironwhip holds out his hand and grins menacingly, still clutching a scrap of torn cloth affixed to a stylish bronze pin.

--Round 1
Roderick (mutagen, heroism)
Ehm (+16 hp, heroism, see invisible, AC 22)
Rakesh (lead blades)
Chergin
Red Duergar
Yellow Duergar
Green Duergar
Blue Duergar
Kitoro (-3 hp, duergar image)
Ansha (5 images, protection from evil, AC 18?)
--Round 2

Is Ehm giving Rakesh a heroism & shield mutagen?

"A lot more enemies than I expected. No sense in sneaking in."
Rakesh says quietly to himself quickly drawing his bow.
He sends two cold-iron arrows flying straight at the large duergar.
Assuming Ehm gave Rakesh a heroism mutagen earlier...
+1 adaptive comp. longbow, hero & DA: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 10 + 2 = 27
cold-iron piercing & DA: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15
+1 adaptive comp. longbow, hero, & DA: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 2 = 15
cold-iron piercing & DA: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

Is Ehm giving Rakesh a heroism & shield mutagen?

You asked for them and noone countered, so they are yours.

"Well, so much for the Duerger disguise; looks like I'm the one surprised."

Popped that heightened awareness and lost init by 1 by rolling a 1. Ugh.

Roderick scowls at the dark dwarf's darker actions.

Now that was entirely unnecessary. But you asked for this.

He steps forward and hurls a couple explosive bombs at the large dwarf.

Bomb, range, mutagent,hero: 1d20 + 11 - 1 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 11 - 1 + 2 + 2 = 26
for Explosive dmg : 4d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (5, 2, 3, 4) + 3 + 1 = 18 10'r splash, 7 fire dmg (DC14 for half).

Bomb, range, mutagent,hero: 1d20 + 6 - 1 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 6 - 1 + 2 + 2 = 11
for Explosive dmg : 4d6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (6, 1, 5, 2) + 3 + 1 = 18 10'r splash, 7 fire dmg (DC14 for half).

miss splash?: 1d8 ⇒ 1

If hit, needs to save or catch fire. Red gets the splash possibly

buffs:
heroism - dur 80 min
see invisibility - dur 80 min
heightened awareness - dur 80 min
shield - dur 8 min
AC: 22
HP: 91 of 77

Kitoro or Ansha, are either of you taking the Bear's Endurance? If not I will.

Nuff yakkin ya seevy scuggins!
Ehm steps into the room for a clear shot at mister self important. point blank, explosive missile, deadly aim, reckless aim
grenade launcher touch attack: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33, if hits, Kaboom damage: 1d6 + 6 + 10d6 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 6 + (3, 5, 3, 3, 1, 2, 1, 4, 4, 2) + 12 = 52

The first 12 points is magic, physical, piercing, and bludgeoning. The rest is fire.

Roderick scowls at the dark dwarf's darker actions.

Now that was entirely unnecessary.

It's been a while since the beginning, but there's been a secret backstory that's been hinted at through the various encounters that I'll just spell out now. The Aspis Consortium recognized the significance of this location way before the Pathfinder Society did - their agents used a secret entrance to the Tapestry (hinted at in other PFS scenarios) and looted the site at Naldak's Point (they were the other humans that the eidolon alluded to in your first encounter), and several of the animated corpses you fought in your second encounter were dead Aspis Consortium agents (sacrificed by the duergar). The zombie that was unceremoniously pushed into the waterfall was the head Aspis agent, Gaer Medlock, only kept alive to warn Chergim about you, and discarded as soon as he was no longer useful. I don't think you had any way of finding out all of this information, but it's not as random as it seems. The duergar are your enemies, but they're not siding with the Aspis Consortium either.

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Rakesh quickly release a pair of arrows, one of which hits and one misses. It does not do as much damage as he had hoped, and it does not appear that cold iron nature of the arrows helped. If you want to save the second cold iron arrow, I'll allow a retcon.

Roderick lobs two bombs at Chergin, the first of which lands on him and splashes Red, and the second landing just short.

Chergin Reflex vs fire: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19 vs DC 14
Red Reflex vs splash: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 vs DC 14
Chergin Reflex vs splash: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16 vs DC 14

Ehm steps up and fires a bomb, which explodes with a massive fury. The physical damage does not appear to be very effective, but all the energy goes through.

Chergin smiles. "Is that all? You might as well surrender now. I will let you live as my slaves, and die an honorable death, rather than torturing you for all eternity as my undead servants."

He waves his hands and a massive wall of stone rises from the floor, covering the doorway (15' wide x 20' high, unknown thickness), isolating Ehm from the rest of the group. You may break the wall with spells, attacks that deal physical damage, or a Strength check.

Striding forward, Chergin unleashes a rain of stone spikes from his body, creating difficult terrain around him (purple square). The shard explosion is a swift action.

Piercing: 6d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 1, 2, 6, 3) = 19 DC 18 Reflex for half

The duergar seem as surprised as Ehm about the difficult terrain. They move in, but struggle as much as anyone else to move through. Only Blue is close enough to get off an attack. The rest double-move.

Dwarven Waraxe: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16
Damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

--Round 1
Kitoro (-3 hp, duergar image)
Ansha (5 images, protection from evil, AC 18?)
--Round 2
Roderick (mutagen, heroism)
Ehm (+16 hp, Reflex vs -19 hp, heroism, see invisible, bear's endurance, AC 22)
Rakesh (lead blades, heroism, AC 25)
Chergin (-88 hp, +DR*2) "bloodied" (<50% max hit points) / Wall of Stone
Red Duergar (-3 hp)
Yellow Duergar
Green Duergar
Blue Duergar

Loathe to waste a spell breaking rocks, and out of any dispel magic scrolls, Ansha hesitates. Delay.

In case it informs any decisions ...

Kitoro or Ansha, are either of you taking the Bear's Endurance? If not I will.

Not me. I intend to avoid combat as much as feasible.

spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8, *clueless*

Kit has absolutely no way to break the wall and her predominant thought is that she is glad she is not on the other side. Of course she limbers up her puppets and begins a stirring performance starring rock headed Duerger accidentally bumping heads and knocking each other out. Really. Stirring, quite stirring.

Then she casts a heroism spell on Rakesh since he is between her and the enemies. Very practical girl she is.

At a +18 Spellcraft, can't fail that check.

Ansha frets over the stone wall. "That's a powerful wall of stone spell. Probably easier to dispel it than to break it down--anyone have a scroll of dispelling?" CL 12, hardness 24 wall.

Ansha doesn't want the Bear's Endurance potion either.

buffs:
heroism - dur 80 min
see invisibility - dur 80 min
heightened awareness - dur 80 min
bears endurance - dur 8 min
shield - dur 8 min
AC: 22
HP: 100 of 95

I'm going to assume from the other side of the wall and over my explosions I can't hear Kit's performance.
reflex save: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (11) + 15 = 26

Thas a wee cute trick! Aye jes keep on wit dis one. point blank, explosive missile, deadly aim, reckless aim
grenade launcher touch attack: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17, if hits, Kaboom damage: 1d6 + 6 + 10d6 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 6 + (3, 3, 6, 2, 5, 3, 3, 5, 4, 1) + 12 = 56

Will provoke from Yellow. The first 9 points is magic, physical, piercing, and bludgeoning. The rest is fire.

Crap, even for touch, that might not hit. Sure am glad I buffed up.

@GM - thanks for the backstory - I actually ran this once and found that act interesting but it was also lost on my players.

I need to work on my aim with multiple bombs undoubtedly.

Roderick sighs at the missed bomb and doubly at the wall blocking his chance.

Unless someone has a way to remove this wall, Rakesh I am going to need you to hold this for me.
A relatively recent investment. Crude, but better than nothing.

Draws and hands Adamantine Morningstar for the ranger.

If he takes it, Roderick will start casting enlarge person.

If the wall is removed otherwise, he goes back to hurling bombs at the big guy!

Rakesh is suddenly blocked from moving forward by a wall of stone sealing the way in.
"NOOO!!!"
As he raises a fist to punch the wall, Roderick thrusts a morningstar into the Nagaji's hand.
Accepting the weapon, Rakesh nods in approval.
"We must break through this wall of stone!"
Rakesh bashes away.
Adamantine Morningstar & Power Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20
Adamantine & PA: 1d6 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

whew. Until I saw discussion I thought we were hosed.

Roderick finished casting enlarge person on Rakesh - or handing it to him rather (shoot it may be better to just drink it himself). If not…

”Have a go at it now, big guy! “

damage goes to 2d6 and +3 more from strength - assuming two handed 2d6+14?

Just checking in - yah, just buried in RL issues, nothing serious but zero free time at the moment. As it looks, Fuzzfoot can't do much to help with this wall either.

Kitoro casts heroism on Rakesh and begins a performance.

Ehm fires his grenade launcher at Chergin, resulting in a massive explosion. When the smoke clears, Chergin is still standing, but barely - his face is covered with burns.

Rakesh grabs a morningstar from Roderick and smashes it into the wall. Roderick begins casting a spell. additional damage won't take effect until next round

Gonna bot Fuzzfoot and throw a bomb at the section that Rakesh is bashing. Every bit helps.

Damage: 3d6 + 5 ⇒ (3, 5, 4) + 5 = 17 minus hardness

Chergin looks up at Ehm. "You dare? Surrender now, your friends have abandoned you."

As the shards vanish, he steps up and swings his warhammer at Ehm.

Warhammer: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24
Damage: 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (2, 2) + 8 = 12

Warhammer: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (15) + 12 = 27
Damage: 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (6, 3) + 8 = 17

The smaller duergar swarm Ehm.

Red: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10 vs flanking
Damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Yellow: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15 vs flanking
Damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Green: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18
Damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Blue: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17
Damage: 1d10 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

They are ... ineffective.

--Round 2
Kitoro (-3 hp, duergar image)
Ansha (5 images, protection from evil, AC 18?)
Fuzzfoot
--Round 3
Roderick (mutagen, heroism)
Ehm (-22 hp, heroism, see invisible, bear's endurance, AC 22)
Rakesh (lead blades, heroism, AC 25)
Chergin (-144 hp, +DR*3) "near death" (<10% max hit points) / Wall of Stone (-28 hp)
Red Duergar (-3 hp)
Yellow Duergar
Green Duergar
Blue Duergar

Rakesh slings his bow onto his back and slams the potion of enlarge that Roderick gives him.
He doubles in size and has to hunch over a bit to avoid hitting his head on the ceiling.
"Thisss... thiss iss... Amazing!!!"
He roars in glee.
"Greatly appreciated, my friend. That damned duergar killed Gaer Medlock before I could. I have been hunting that bastard for years. Let's get through this wall and slay some dark dwarves!"

Adamantine Morningstar, PA, heroism, IC enlarged: 1d20 + 12 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 12 + 2 + 2 = 24
Adamantine, PA, 2-hand, IC, enlarged: 2d6 + 16 + 2 ⇒ (2, 3) + 16 + 2 = 23

With a mighty smash, Rakesh shatters the middle bottom section of the wall. The group sees a beleagured Ehm just on the other side, pleasantly surprised to see Rakesh the Kool Aid Man bust through a wall of solid stone.

"Ohhhh yeah!"

--Round 2
Kitoro (-3 hp, duergar image)
Ansha (5 images, protection from evil, AC 18?)
Fuzzfoot
--Round 3
Roderick (mutagen, heroism)
Ehm (-22 hp, heroism, see invisible, bear's endurance, AC 22)
Rakesh (lead blades, heroism, AC 25)
Chergin (-144 hp, +DR*3) "near death" (<10% max hit points) / Wall of Stone (-51 hp)
Red Duergar (-3 hp)
Yellow Duergar
Green Duergar
Blue Duergar

As the walls come crashing down, Ansha takes a step to the south and begins am incantation. As she finishes, she flicks a small bead of fire into the room, where it explodes in a roiling mass of flame that engulfs three of their dwarven foes.

Fireball (DC19), CL8: 8d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 2, 6, 2, 2, 4, 4) = 28

Should be able to target Chergin, plus Red and Green duergar without catching Ehm in the blast.

Fireball is 20' radius, so at the red dot, it gets Blue as well.

Chergin Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Red Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
Green Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
Blue Reflex: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Chergin laughs as he dodges the pinprick of fire, only to abruptly stop laughing when the fireball explodes.

All the lackeys gasp with horror when Chergin falls. They blubber and plead with the Pathfinders not to hurt them (any more).

buffs:
heroism - dur 80 min
see invisibility - dur 80 min
heightened awareness - dur 80 min
bears endurance - dur 8 min
shield - dur 8 min
AC: 22
HP: 71 of 95

An tha be just in time afore now! Ehm steps back through his allies and taps the giant Rakesh. An be yer turn ya ken!

Withdrawl action

Rakesh snarls menacingly and shakes the morningstar, threatening the dark dwarves.
"Do we accept their surrender?"
He asks, looking over his shoulder at his companions.

"Of course we do! What was done can be undone. Can't have been pleasant under the tyrant and we bring hope."

Ansha shrugs nonchalantly. "Do what you want, but they're not worth my effort."

Kit languidly saunters up to the Duerger, looking rather ridiculous in her current Duerger form. I mean, when gas a Duerger ever languidly sauntered anywhere.

"Do you guys speak common? I sure hope so. I hate using an interpreter."

Roderick nods as the wall is sundered and the foes surrendered

Indeed. The wall was a minor obstacle, but I had no concerns at our eventual victory. Slavery never wins in the end!

He pulls out his pipe and puffs.

I care not if they are spared. They did not spare their own victims.

he will help disarm them and search the room.

perception: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 12 + 2 = 22

The duergar do not understand Common, but they are well acquainted with the procedures for surrendering weapons and hog-tying. However, usually they are the ones doing the hog-tying.

There are two points of interest. The first is in the northern alcove: A gleaming, solid, ovoid piece of metal with four cylindrical indentations and strange, fluid engravings rests on top of a long stone table. The second is in one of the jail cells to the south: a gaunt wayang is manacled to the wall inside the cell.

Let me know which one you want to investigate first. You can split up or stay together, just make clear who is doing what.

Invoking a cantrip to detect magical auras, Ansha sweeps her gaze across the complex, settling on the metallic ovoid. She takes a few steps closer, curious what it is.

Knowledge (arcana): 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (10) + 18 = 28

Kit, on the other hand, is a people person and not into machines. She approaches the Wayang and addresses him or her.

"Greetings. I am Kitoro and I expect you are an Aspice member?"

Using her skills at oratory, she disguises her distaste and, instead, sounds friendly and kind.

diplomacy: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (18) + 18 = 36

Ansha detects a faint magical aura consistent with whatever school of magic the Sky Key should belong to. It's not in the scenario, and I haven't GMed enough other Sky Key scenarios to know off the top of my head.

The wayang vigorously shakes his head. "I'm just a slave. Please, help me. The big one has a key."

Ansha looks over her shoulder. "I think this is what we're looking for."

As if noticing the wayang for the first time, Ansha's eyebrows rise. Uglyyyyy, she thinks, and laments the lack of people worth her time (i.e. beautiful people) in the room. She then picks up the probably-the-Sky-Key object.

Rakesh hands the morningstar back to Roderick. It shrinks down to normal size as he passes it into his hands.
"Thank you, my friend."

He then lumbers along to follow Kit to the lone prisoner.
"That wayang is no Aspis... I hope. Wayangs are no friend to the Aspis, at least from my past experience."

Rakesh hears the wayang and goes to grab the key from the duergar leader to open the cell.
"I'll get you out, little one. Hold on a minute."
He gets distracted by Ansha's announcement of finding a piece of the Sky Key.
"Splendid! A piece of the sky key!”

He unlocks the wayang's cell.

Roderick nods in acknowledgment as he accepts the Morningstar and hangs it on
His belt.

”I concur, very unlikely our wayang is even associated to the Aspis scoundrels.“