Gestalt Carrion Crown

Game Master bigrig107

When they retreat to a place they can speak privately, Zhandar takes a look at the flayleaf crown and confirms Mila's findings (Profession: Herbalism, take 10: 22). "It's mildly addictive and dulls the senses," she mutters, "But can help steel the mind against enchantment and fatigue. I would say it is mostly harmless, unless it has some other use that I do not understand. I wonder if Kyle was also chosen to wear the crown? It might be worth asking some of the other townspeople who might remember, since the mayor is so slippery."

She also relates her uncomfortable instincts when speaking with the tiefling with the pastries. "It is not evidence of wrongdoing, but I had a sense that the woman was angry that I was asking about Kyle, and that she knew what had happened to him. Also, she didn't seem to care that we were investigating, as if she didn't think that whatever we discovered would matter. It chilled my spine, as I got the notion that she expected us to disappear in much the same way." She bares her teeth. "Could be I'm imagining things, of course. But the way the mayor reacted seemed to confirm my suspicion that something is going on. He is good at blustering and lying, that much seems certain."

She adopts a crafty expression (which she is unable to do subtly). "I have prepared a spell that will summon insects and send them to investigate a building, to report on the structure and hazards that might be found within. Would anyone object if I sent them to pore over the mayor's house? It will take several hours, but when they return we might learn the approximate layout of the manor and if there are any secret rooms, traps, or alarms."

Before they head out, she fills her canteen, and then mixes some herbs and casts a spell on the water within. The water changes into a clear, red liquid. "Drink this," she suggests. "It will heighten our intellects and sharpen our senses." She also casts another spell on herself. She casts tears to wine, which gives everyone a +2 enhancement bonus to all Int- and Wis-based checks, and heightened awareness on herself, giving her a +2 competence bonus to Perception and Knowledges. Unless anyone objects, she will cast insect scouts on her way to the stables, directing the insects to explore the mayor's home.

When they arrive at the barn, she glares furiously at the carnage, trying to determine at a glance how long the animals have been dead, what might have killed them, and if there are signs of any other animals. "That bastard," she swears quietly. "He must have known this is what we would find here. Beware!"

Heal, tears to wine: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 12 + 2 = 23
Knowledge (nature), heightened awareness, tears to wine: 1d20 + 10 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 10 + 2 + 2 = 22

It’s unfortunately hard to tell what killed the animals at this distance, but Zhandar can tell that the calf and its mother are the ‘freshest’ of the corpses in this Rajuna-titled abattoir. The horses look to have been dead for a week or more, but the cows only a few days at most.

Absolutely disgusted by the stench of the place Park holds everyone at the door. "Whatever killed these might still be inside. Everyone quiet and listen for a moment. Is there anything alive that we might save? If not, I think we should just close the door. And tomorrow we ask the mayor why this place hasn't been torched!"

Perception to listen for any sound of a living animal?: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

Doesn't look like anything is alive in there besides the hundreds of insects crawling across the bodies and flying in the air, although Park does spot a ladder in the northwest corner leading up to the second level. The middle part of the building is actually open, a few crossbeams making up the support above the stables along the northern wall.

Black circle on the ladder, the red rectangle is the part that is open up to the second floor. You can see the rafter on the second map.

Sorry, been dead tired the last few days!

Mila is wide-eyed at all of Zhandar's tricks, duly impressed. "You can tell insects what to do? Holy hosts-- yeah, do that!"

***

Mila doesn't say anything right away once the stables are opened-- she's trying not to gag. One hand over her mouth, then pulling up the front of her shirt to cover her nose.

"Gods," she manages after a bit, as the urge to retch subsides a little. "What... why.... this don't make any sense...."

Straightening back up, she looks, not into the stable itself, but back behind them.

"Why would they send us on here knowing what we'd find?? Some of those animals been dead a while-- folk had to know that. What's the point of sendin' us in here if they're tryin' to keep stuff hid from us? Unless they're plannin' to lock the doors when we go in or some damn thing," she whispers, a bit fiercely. Her eyes scan their surroundings for any surreptitious would-be ambushers.

Perception, with tears to wine: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (8) + 18 = 26

Zhandar glowers darkly. "Maybe we should just throw in a few jars of alchemist's fire and let it all burn? How likely is it, do we think, that there are any clues in there about what is going on in this accursed town?" She sniffs the air and listens for sounds of anything larger than the swarm of vermin inside.

Perception, familiar, heightened awareness, tears to wine: 1d20 + 12 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 12 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 23

Notably it doesn’t look like the insects are an actual swarm in the mechanical sense, just a ton of insects converging on the bodies. Just in case that wasn’t clear!

Zhandar and Mila add two more pairs of eyes to the small barn, one inside and one outside, but Zhandar doesn’t notice anything the other two haven’t already seen.

Mila looks around the outside of the stable, trying to see if anything is amiss. All of the candle lights that you saw in houses on the way over here have slowly been extinguished one by one as the household went to sleep. Small trails of smoke drift out of a handful of the windows still, likely the flayleaf that the villagers mentioned burning to aid their sleep on this holiday. The silence continues outside the stable, not a single soul moving around besides the party.

The night is dark and cold; you are alone.

Raj makes a 'stay here' gesture then circles stealthily around the north side of the barn to the door on the other side. It gives him a chance to see if the locals have any other surprises outside the building. He opens the door cautiously.

Stealth: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (7) + 12 = 19
Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22 (+2 vs surprise, +2 to detect invisible or incorporeal creatures, +2 vs traps)

"They had to get...." Park steps away from the barn to get a breath of air without gagging. He looks around, his eyes taking on a distant look as he senses Birdie, then he continues.

"They had to get that pig, for the event. That was probably the last living animal here, so they had to know. This whole thing just makes no sense. I'm half tempted to just go and storm the Mayor's home...." He pauses to regain his calm, anger practically causing his eyes to flash red.... "But, I don't think that will help. Let's see if we can open this barn fully to let the stink out as much as possible. If we approach upwind with light maybe we can see what killed them? If they're all like the pig the villagers may be in danger. I think we need to know."

Open any other doors or windows that we can open. Allow air to flow through the building. Then give it a bit of time to flush out some of the stink.

Stealth: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (4) + 16 = 20
Inflicted falling damage: 4d6 ⇒ (1, 3, 5, 3) = 12
Falling damage: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 4) = 8
Reflex half DC 15: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (16) + 9 = 25

Rajuna doesn't see any particular 'other surprises' outside of the building when he first looks, but as he reaches out and opens the door he notices way more of the tiny spiders out here than inside. In fact, are they falling on him from...above? They're almost swarming him now, his arm covered in the things. He looks up just as a giant spider the size of a small horse drops from the side of the stable, having squeezed itself out of a window above. Rajuna looking up and noticing it right before it launches itself at him allows him to step out of the way of most of the falling mass, although a part of it does hit him.

Rajuna takes 6 damage from the giant spider falling on him.

The spider, on closer look, actually has giant cracks running along its carapace that are filled with thousands of spiders crawling in and out of them. The swarm of things almost look like they're in control of the giant spider, actually, now that Rajuna is right next to the horrible thing. They extend outside of the carapace as well, creating a creepy crawly swarm surrounding the thing.

Init, Rajuna: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
Init, Park: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Init, Mila: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19
Init, Zhandar: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12
Init, spider: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

Init
23- Rajuna
21- Park
19- Mila
18- spider (8 damage dealt)
12- Zhandar

Rajuna, Park, and Mila are up. Knowledge (religion), if you got it!

As the spider drops on him, Rajuna has a moment to consider… Yeah, I should have torched the barn.

Then he’s fighting for his life, leveling a blistering series of punches and kicks at that giant spider and the thousands of mini-spiders. Even as he fights, he tries to back away from the horror.

SWIFT: Ki Flurry
FULL: FOB
FREE: 5’ step

Knowledge: Religion: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

Know-Religion: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24

Assuming I see the horse-sized spider almost crush Rajuna?

Park sees his friend attacked and moves forward, starting his bardic performance to inspire the courage of the team while he draws his recently acquired magical dagger.

Inspire Courage: +1 morale bonus on saving throws against charm and fear effects and a +1 competence bonus on attack and weapon damage rolls. Duration extended to 3 rounds by Lingering Performance.

Assuming I see the horse-sized spider almost crush Rajuna?

Yeah, Rajuna got the door open before he was jumped.

Park and Rajuna both identify this horrifying blend of two sizes of spider as a deathweb, an undead exoskeleton of a giant spider tied to a swarm of spiders with the vilest of necromantic rites. The swarm gives it a form of intelligence, allowing it to act with some cunning.
Rajuna gets two questions and Park gets three, but Rajuna is about to experience one of its abilities firsthand.

Once Rajuna fires off his flurry of attacks, hitting twice and dealing some damage to the carapace, he notices that the spider swarm infesting the corpse actually spreads out farther than he thought. They crawl all over him, biting him dozens of times.

Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3
Fort save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Fort save: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Rajuna takes 3 damage from the thing's aura but fights off the poison, this time. He is, however, nauseated for one round by the feeling of the spiders crawling over his skin.

Waiting on Mila.

"Sonofa--"

Mila stares in wide-eyed horror for a moment. That is a lot of spiders. That is so many spiders...

Religion vs undead: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22

...but the thing they live in is undead. She knows how to fight undead. Even if her hand burns and stings with the memory of a spider's bite, in a dream....

"GET OFF HIM!" she yells, running forward as she reaches for the pendant of the stag that hangs at her neck. "BE GONE - OR BE HUNTED!"

Channel positive to harm, DC 13 for half: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 5) = 6

White light streams forth from between Mila's fingers, stabbing forward looking like nothing so much as the antlers of a stag.

I can't seem to move my token but I'll move up to just behind Rajuna (single move for me) then channel, drawing my bow if I can as part of my move

Questions:
1. Is this thing considered a single creature or a swarm? Meaning can we kill it with single attacks or do we need something AoE-ish to take out the little spiders?
2. Any weaknesses?

Already answered the one I assumed. Swarm attack and poison....
1. Special attacks other than swarm and poison?
2. and probably 3. Immunities and/or resistances?

it is a single creature, and weapons work normally on it. Once the carapace is destroyed the spiders will disperse. It doesn’t take extra damage from AoE like a swarm would, and doesn’t have any specific weaknesses beyond undead traits (positive energy).

The infestation aura is just from being adjacent to it, and carries the poison and nauseating effects. It has a web ability, like normal spiders; can throw webs to entangle targets. No special resistances or immunities beyond normal undead stuff (mind-affecting, etc).

You can draw your bow as part of a move, Mila. I’m not at my PC to reassign your token (if that’s what is wrong) but I’ll do it as soon as I am.

Will: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

The deathweb takes 3 damage from Mila’s channel, increasing the total damage dealt to 32 total.

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15 Damage: 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (3, 5) + 8 = 16

The deathweb launches itself at Rajuna, trying to take a large bite out of him but the frame of the door protects him from its large form.

Init

Round 1
23- Rajuna
21- Park
19- Mila
18- spider (32 damage dealt)
12- Zhandar

Round 2
23- Rajuna
21- Park
19- Mila
18- spider (32 damage dealt)
12- Zhandar

Party is up again! Rajuna is nauseated for one round and might need to save against the aura again if he stays next to it at the end of his turn.

Park steps in to attack the creature, hoping they can drop it quickly.

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21
damage?: 1d4 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

Inspire Courage lasts this round and next.

Round 2

Nauseated is a beast. I’m limited to a Move action per round.

Raj doesn’t like leaving Park to face the spider by himself but he needs a moment to steady his stomach. He steps away from the monster, trying to come up with a new plan of attack.

FREE: 5’ step

Mila lets the pendant drop in favor of the Stag Lord's other weapon. Seems the best way to put this down is just to hurt it.

She whispers the briefest syllable of a prayer as she raises her bow, and her hands move like pale birds in the dimness of the barn as she nocks, draws, looses... then again... then again.

Using a ki point for an extra attack

Attack 1, flurry, deadly aim: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (8) + 8 - 1 = 15
Attack 2, flurry, deadly aim: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (8) + 8 - 1 = 15
Attack 3, flurry, deadly aim: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (8) + 8 - 1 = 15

....seriously? Welp, I don't think any of those hit, especially with cover in play.

Mila's shots are very... consistent, but that's all they are, at least right now.

Round 1

"Raj!" Zhandar cries, shocked by the creature's sudden descent.

Knowledge (religion), heightened awareness, tears to wine: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 2 + 2 = 29

Zhandar hopes she recognizes the creature and determines that it is not immune to electricity damage.

She rushes forward to a position next to Mila as she draws one of her aggressive vaporous potions from her bandolier and throws it at the giant spider.

Throwing a shocking grasp potion! I believe she just has to hit a square that the creature occupies, and when the vapor appears there the creature is automatically affected by the potion.

Ranged attack (DC 5), inspire courage: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 1 = 13
Shocking grasp damage (electricity): 5d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 4, 5, 3) = 16

It is not immune to electricity, and I believe that you know everything you need to know about it. You are also correct on how the vapor works.

Zhandar's bottle of lightning strikes the creature and it makes some sort of chittering sound that something like this shouldn't rightfully be able to make. Park finds a good opening to stick his weapon in between the cracks on the thing's carapace, eliciting another awful chatter. He also unfortunately finds himself covered in the dozens of spiders that Rajuna experienced. He manages to throw off the sense of horror, but can feel the venom pulsing in his veins. Not nauseated, but took the poison in.

Fort save, poison Park: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
Fort save, nausea Park: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Poison damage: 1d2 ⇒ 2
'swarm' damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

And yet the deathweb still lives. The spider, seeing the new target in front of it, lashes out with its dagger-sized front fangs at Park. Yet again, however, the frame of the stable door protects Park from being struck and the spider...howls in frustration? Surely an undead can't make those noises.
Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13 Damage: 2d6 + 8 ⇒ (6, 6) + 8 = 20

Round 2
23- Rajuna
21- Park
19- Mila
18- spider (57 damage dealt)
12- Zhandar

Round 3
23- Rajuna
21- Park
19- Mila
18- spider (57 damage dealt)
12- Zhandar

Party is up again! The carapace has taken a lot of damage and seems to be close to breaking.

Round 3

Rajuna leaps back into the fight with a set of flying kicks. His second strike connects with the spider’s carapace.

SWIFT: Snake Style ON
FREE: 5’ step
FULL: FOB

Park feels the poison burn into him and the swarm stinging him. He struggles with nausea but forces himself to attack again.

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13 CRAP!
damage?: 1d4 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Last round of inspire courage. That'll teach me to tell Birdie to go with someone else!

Round 2

Zhandar plants her feet and using her special magus training casts a spell on a pair of vaporous potion of cure light wounds that she throws at the undead carapace with her staff.

Using spell combat, she throws a vaporous potion at the ground beneath the deathweb, then quickly draws another from her bandolier and casts a disrupt undead spell on it. Then she throws this one at the creature as well.

Attack (throw potion), firing into melee, inspire courage, spell combat (DC 5): 1d20 + 7 - 4 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 7 - 4 + 1 - 2 = 17
Damage (positive): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Spellstrike attack (Disrupt undead, throw potion), firing into melee, inspire courage, spell combat (DC 5): 1d20 + 7 - 4 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 7 - 4 + 1 - 2 = 22
Damage (positive): 1d6 + 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + (6) + 1 = 10

I don't think I get to roll for a critical because as usual I was only aiming at the square the deathweb was in.

Park doesn't manage to find purchase in it this time, but luckily for the party Zhandar combines her alchemical weapons with Rajuna's strikes and brings the deathweb down. Its carapace slumps to the ground and the necromantic force holding the spider swarm inside of the giant spiders' corpse disperses, leaving the thousands of spiders inside to scatter naturally away from said corpse.

Combat over! Park takes 2 more strength damage but then shakes the poison off thankfully for him. He has 4 points of strength damage total, but will take no more from the poison.

Fort save poison, Round 2, Park: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Fort save nausea, Park: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
'swarm damage': 1d6 ⇒ 5
Strength damage: 1d2 ⇒ 2

Fort save poison, Rajuna: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24
Fort save nausea, Rajuna: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
'swarm damage': 1d6 ⇒ 4

Fort Save poison, round 3, Park: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

Rajuna takes a moment to stomp on a bunch of tiny spiders to vent his anger before searching the upper level of the barn for any clues as to what in the Nine Hells is going on here.

Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26 (+2 vs surprise, +2 to detect invisible or incorporeal creatures, +2 vs traps)

Park watches as Rajuna stomps a few spiders. He would, but he just feels too weak. He leans against a post and looks around. "That hurt. I fear my body didn't fight off the poison from that spider. I feel weak."

I think you still have that wand of lesser restoration right? That'd fix that right up.

Rajuna takes a look upstairs, climbing the ladder up to the second story and sees quite a few webs hanging in places you couldn't see from below. Once he gets up there he investigates a little bit and finds a secondary door to a small office. It has been smashed open by something large, and the rotting remains of a man sits against one wall. A quick examination of the office reveals not a whole lot of interest, except sitting on the desk is a single book.

Rajuna can see the title from where he's standing at the door, Serving Your Hunger, inscribed across the top in silver ink.

If you decide to open the book, you can read the info in the spoiler above for yourself.

Aside from the title being ominous, Rajuna doesn't recognize it. Curiosity gets the better of him and he pries open the tome... He skims enough of the book, to get the horrible gist of it.

He drops down the ladder quickly, brandishing the book. He offers it to the others. "This answers a few questions. Page 37 is a treat, if you want to try the other other white meat."

Knowledge: Religion: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Dang, annoying I still have my travel spells prepped and not yet delay poison! Alas

Mila breathes hard for several seconds following the death of the spider-horror. She swallows, looking down at the twitching carapace. That's... worse than anything she'd ever shot back home. Much worse. If she'd been alone....

...but she isn't, she reminds herself. The others-- they're not scared, concerned but not panicking. That means they've dealt with stuff like this before. Alright. Alright, she can do this too.

Taking a deep breath, Mila moves to Park to inspect his bites with concern. "Oh, it got you deep..."

"Tomorrow, I could patch you up-- there's a prayer that restores vitality from stuff like this," she says with worry. OOC I'm happy to use the wand on you of course, but IC Mila doesn't know about it ;)

She hurriedly turns to the book Rajuna's found. "What do you mean?"

Kn Religion: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

The title is not familiar to her, so she takes the book and starts to look through it, going to the page Rajuna suggested...

...only to make a very eloquent face a few seconds later. "Oh GODS are they talkin' about-- yuck!"

She resists the urge to gag and slams the book shut. "This village gets better and better! Deadeye watch us... Let me check, make sure there's nothin' magic around we ain't found..."

Mila will do a sweep with detect magic of the barn interior

Park just glances at the book. Know-Religion: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7 Assuming Rajuna gives us the basics?

"Really? That might be the answer to the question we've been thinking. I think we should get back to the wagon. I haven't felt any fear from Birdie, but I'm worried about her and Kendra. And Zhander? Could you help me with that wand? If there's a fight I don't want to be this weak."

How bad are people hurt? Park has the wand of CLW unless we have spells available to save charges. ??

"Oh shoot-- y'all are pretty banged up, huh?" Mila says with some worry.

Channel to heal all and sundry: 2d6 ⇒ (6, 5) = 11

If you open the book, you can check the GM spoiler above.

Raj nods his thanks for the healing. He'd lost track of the combined aches and pains he was feeling. "As a cook, I'm interested in some of the recipes... substituting other 'game', of course. But Urgathoa certainly fits some of what we're seeing here."

Park would've glanced through the book, just enough to understand.

"Yes. That explains much. Oh! Thank you Mila. That is wonderful. There are still questions Raj. The children and the stirges? Parents wouldn't be cruel to their own would they?"

Rajuna shrugs, "This doesn't answer everything, no. The stirges could just be a strange local pet. As for how they treat their kids... I don't know." With a tilt of his head, he indicates the rafters of the barn, "But there is a man's corpse up there and no one in town seemed worried he didn't show up for the festival... So, I'm not seeing a lot of neighborly concern here."

Perception, Rajuna: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
Perception, Park: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
Perception, Mila: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (7) + 16 = 23
Perception, Zhandar: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32

While the group is talking and Mila is sweeping the barn with detect magic, both Zhandar and Mila can hear something that you didn't expect: voices approaching from the right hand side of the barn. At first what they're saying isn't able to be made out but as they get closer the pair can hear their words.

"You think it's gotten them yet?" one says, a nervous tone in the female voice. "I'd bet money it has. Have you seen the damn thing?" a deeper tone answers a gruffer man, obviously annoyed for some reason. The two voices are rapidly approaching the still-open barn door, and seemingly haven't spotted either the spider corpse or you.

Mila's head snaps up, her gaze flicking side to side as she hears... voices.

"People coming," she whispers tersely. "Hide."

She suits action to word by pressing herself to the interior wall of the bar, near the entrance, ready and waiting for the speakers to enter. Her mouth is pressed in a grim line and her eyes gleam in the darkness. The speakers knew they were going to be attacked...

So much for small town hospitality.

Stealth: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

Hey, with a natural 20, does Zhandar recognize the voice? :)

Startled by Mila's direction, Zhandar concentrates briefly and begins to change into a smaller, more feral-looking goblinoid creature using her druidic abilities, and tries to hide in the same manner as the cleric.

She'll use her humanoid version of wild shape to turn into a monkey goblin, which being a small creature will make it easier for her to hide. This lasts for four hours or until she changes back.

Stealth, skinshaping: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

Taking his queue from the spider, Rajuna exits through the left door and creeps around the north side of the barn, preparing to prevent the locals' retreat once they enter the building.

I still have move left, enough to get to the purple circle once the baddies are in the barn.

Park moves into the darkness as well. There weren't any here that could see in the dark as well as he could, right? He pulls the chakram from his belt, ready to attack....

Stealth?: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Since she's still got a swift action, Zhandar will draw one of her shocking grasp potions from her bandolier and hold it ready to throw while she waits.

Perception, man: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (7) - 1 = 6
Perception, woman: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (15) - 1 = 14

Stealth, Rajuna: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

Unfortunately for Park, the two people coming towards the barn have lit torches to help them see in the dark. They obviously see him holding the chakram in hand, but don't immediately turn to violence.

"Hey, is everything all right out here, young man?" the older man asks, somewhat wary of approaching inside the stable for some peculiar reason. "Heard some banging and moving around inside the stable, what are you upto?"

Sense Motive, tears to wine: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19

All three of Zhandar, Mila, and Rajuna remain unspotted by the two villagers. They aren't anyone special, by the way, just two villagers that you saw at the festival.

Sense motive auto-succeeds with +12

Park steps toward them. They didn't seem dangerous.... "I was checking on your livestock. After the incident with the pig it seemed a good idea. But they are all dead. Most of the animals have been dead for quite a while. What are you looking for?"

Diplomacy to seem helpful?: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22

That sounds like Bluff to me, not Diplomacy. Luckily these villagers aren't good at detecting lies so it seems as if it works!
Sense Motive: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (8) - 1 = 7
Sense Motive: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (8) - 1 = 7

The two villagers look at each other for a split second before taking a step inside the stable, seemingly having let their guard down.
"Ah, yeah, we deal with a lot of plague in the land every now and then. The dreamer can't protect us around the entire year you know, she's a very busy goddess." the man says, clearly sounding fake with what else you know about this town already.
Presumably now is when combat will start, so let's jump right into initiative!

Init, Rajuna: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Init, Park: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Init, Mila: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17
Init, Zhandar: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
Init, them: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

Init

18- them
17- Park
17- Mila
11- Rajuna
10- Zhandar

Their action is moving closer and talking, so the rest of you are up!

Sorry I forgot that initial Stealth roll, got too excited! :) I can’t fail that SM check, so I’m not rolling.

As the locals step into the barn, Raj swings around from the north side, coming up right behind the pair, practically slithering like a snake… And the trap swings shut.

Ungentlemanly, he tries to drive an elbow hard into the back of the woman’s skull.

If we go by the Init count, Park and Mila go before me. If Park closes with the woman, I’d also get a flanking bonus of +2 to hit and do Sneak DAM: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 1) = 4.

MOVE: On Map
SWIFT: Snake Style ON
STAND: Attack woman + Stunning Fist on hit

Bluff? Crap! That's only +3. I really should put some points in it!

Park throws the chakram at whichever one is talking. "The Dreamer? You dream for a goddess like her, but worship Urgathoa. Disgusting!"

To hit: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
damage if that hits?: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

I can't imagine any way to throw a chakram other than lethal, so....
LOL! With those rolls I don't think it matters much.