#3-21 The Temple of Empyreal Enlightenment - GM Nowruz (Inactive)

Game Master noral

Piotr stares at the undead warrior and tries to remember if he's learned anything about these creatures from his studies at the temple of Milani. The cracked amethyst pyramid ioun stone orbiting slowly around his head pulsates with soft purple light as he tries to remember.
Knowledge (religion) to identify creatures: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 2 = 15

Piotr shakes his head in disappointment as everyone rushes in at once to attack the undead. He facepalms as he notices White Rose stab at the zombie with her skinny pointy sword.
He really wishes he had a long pole-axe so that he could attack the zombies.
Piotr suddenly notices a sarcophagus next to Elena that he can jump onto and attack the zombie in brown rags while granting him the benefit of higher ground.
He darts in while drawing his blade and leaps onto the sarcophagus.
With a menacing snarl, he raises his wicked blade overhead and brings it down on the creature's skull.
+1 nodachi & PA: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
slashing: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Piotr gets the toe of his boot snagged in the uneven carved surface of the sarcophagus, throwing him off balance.

Valeros can slash the Zombie twice across its torso and wounds it severely.

Elena's blade is again too low.

Goe Lem moves in!

Piotr fumbles but knows that these Juju Zombies are immune to cold, electricity and magical missiles.

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The creatures suddenly draw nodachis from behind their backs and strike at Valeros and Elena but both miss!!

mwk nodachi: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 181d10 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17
mwk nodachi: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 191d10 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

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Initiative

Serata
Elena
Piotr
White Rose
Goe

Juju Zombie, black, disabled
Juju Zombie, brown
Juju Zombie, red, -22

BOLD may act! Knowledge religion to identify is a free action.

White Rose carefully maneuvers around the crypt to attack Brown from a more advantageous position.

+1 Rapier: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 7 + 2 = 20
Piercing Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Dodging aside the nodachi, finally feeling in his element, Valeros gives a wicked grin and slashes again at red…

Longsword: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
Slashing Damage: 1d8 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Shortsword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23
Slashing Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Elena is frustrated with her attacks coming short. She avoids the swipes with the kodachi and attempts to retaliate.

Longsword +1 Power attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Slashing dmg: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16

The Zombies are not flat-footed anymore and thus White Rose misses!

Valeros cuts down the Zombie with red armor and Elena slashes across the last Zombie's flank!

Piotr tries to keep his footing on the sarcophagus, almost breaking the nose off the relief of the person carved on the lid. He raises his blade again and brings it down in a swift stroke.
+1 nodachi, flank, higher ground, & PA: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 2 + 1 = 16
slashing: 1d10 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18

Serata will move up next to elena and brown and attack the undead

attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
damage: 1d6 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

And the last zombie falls after Serata‘s strike!!

Combat over!

"Lets get what we need from here while its quiet, and then move on"

Do we need a particular skill to make the rubbings?

Elena will help to make rubbings of all tombs if needed.

buffs:
acid strike - dur 1 minute

Goe Lem steps past Serata and strikes the last corpse.
the movement will generate an AoO
Slitherbane attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26, if hits, Slitherbane damage: 1d10 + 7 + 1d4 ⇒ (9) + 7 + (2) = 18 2 points of thatis acid if it makes any difference

goe, combat was over sorry

To acquire rubbings of the sarcophagi within the crypt is time-consuming, as the sarcophagi are elaborately ornamented.

This task requires 12 person-hours of labor.

Perception: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (18) - 2 = 16

"Best send me back up. I can try to distract the others while you complete the task. Goldenwing can let you know if you need ot hide."

If the other five stay, that's 2:24 of fast-talk for White Rose Duelist.

squawks and perches on one of the sarcophagi

Goldenwing is a familiar, so should be able to handle "if you feel panic from me, make a noise".

Piotr the wolf sniffs around the burial chamber.
Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13
"Ugh. Just smells like death in here."
He scrunches his snout.

"Maybe the temple occupants will go on a pilgrimage away from here. That might give us the time to work on the rubbings in this room."

Ha! For some reason, it wasn't showing me those last few posts that ended the fight.

Yes, let us know if anyone is coming and we will make records of all this.

Detect Magic and Detect Poison scan the room
spellcraft if any magic is found: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13
Ugh, crap rolls.

GM, where the zombies the corpses coming out from inside the sarcophagi or others set here to guard the room?

"if its going to take a while, I can work on the rubbings in here and sorta reactivate the traps outside as a warning if people come in, if one other wants to stay and help, then we can knock out the library in the process?"

The undead were just standing in the room. In case the familiar wants to get he hidden stuff I need an escape artist check. And familiars can of course also help with the rubbing. They’re intelligent. ;-)

Elena will also help with the rubbings. Would her Helpful trait...help? Reducing the time? xD

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

We could say Elena counts 1.5! :-D

escape artist: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17

Piotr holds Serata's legs as she wriggles head first into the hole.
"Can you reach it?"

Visibly bummed that there are no more zombies to smite, Valeros sheathes his weapons.

He frowns as he sees his companions acquire rubbings. ”Ugh…really not my thing but I’ll try to help if needed…what can I do?”

Serata cannot reach it unfortunately.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

"Maybe we need someone smaller?"

Duelist ties a small string around Goldenwing's neck, casts light on it and sends her up into the hole.

You just need a high enough escape artist. And I assume that you start your task in the crypt. 12/7.5 = 1.6 hours = 96 minutes.

if you allow I can try again

Ea: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25

For a medium character the DC is 30. :-( Small is DC 20 and Tiny is DC 10.

damn so close lol

Escape Artist DC 10: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Goldenwing can't quite fold her wings to get into the passage. Unless she can take 10?

Can anyone summon an earth elemental to just earthglide to it?

According to the rules for escape artist, you can take 10 or even take 20.

"Don't rush it. Take a deep breath and just take your time," Elena encourages Goldenwing.

*squawk*

Take 10 for 14.

You guys can finally take out the battered brass scales.

Appraise: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

Valeros shrugs. ”Should be worth a couple hundred gold, easy…”

"Nice. That was easy money."
Piotr remarks at Valeros' appraisal.

He takes a look at the dessicated and dismembered corpses littered about the room.
"We should put these corpses back into their coffins so we don't leave a mess. Let's hurry and get these rubbings done and check out that garden."

Serata will start working on the rubbings and getting where she can

Elena will also work on the rubbing of another coffin.

After around one and a half hours you are done with your task and were not interrupted!

What do you do?

After trying his hardest and finally satisfied with his handiwork, Piotr shows off his sarcophagus rubbing. After looking at his teammates' work, he realizes his rubbing is not very good. He commends his teammates on their handiwork.
"Those are some nice rubbings. Good work, you all."

Rolling up his rubbing and sliding it into his pack, Piotr moves to the door to the garden.
"We should get a move on before they come looking for us. Shall we check the garden?"

"Yeah, lets make haste. The garden sounds like a good idea."

White Rose will make a mental note to tell Miriya what they found, and trust her to decide if Dakang needs to know that their ancestors were up and about.

When making way to the garden serata will check for traps and will be stealthy about moving

perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21

stealth: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (19) + 18 = 37

Goe follows/leads the others out into the garden. Though no agriculturalist himself, he tries to appreciate the esthetic beauty of the place.

Piotr opens the door to the garden and steps outside. He inhales a deep breath of fresh air.
"Ahhh!"
He exhales in relief.
"It was getting stuffy in there. And that reek of undeath was unbearable."

He stretches his muscular arms over his head and pops a couple vertebrae in his neck. He droops his shoulders in relaxation as he takes in the sights and smells of the serene garden.

"We should try to keep our voices down and see who's around here first," Elena will check if there's anyone else at the Garden.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27