DM Carbide's Core Emerald Spire
Game Master
John Woodford
MAP
HEX MAP
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The black lever is in the down position, and as with the other black levers you've found can be moved to a neutral or up position. How do you want to move it?
CORE Male Halfelf Druid 5 | HP 43/43 | AC19, T 11, FF 18 | CMD 26| F +8 R +5 W+10 ; | Init +1 | Perc +18 Blitz the wolf. AC 19. HP 42/42
Viridian sighs with utter disdain for the machines
”By the Green…I still do not trust these mechanical hazards one bit!“
Female Half elf Bard 5 Ini+2 Hp 33/33 AC 17 T13 FF 15, Fort+3 Ref +7 Will +6 Per +9, Spd 30 Perform 0/19 used
Sure, but it's not as if we had a real choice, hadn't we?
Corbae puts the lever in neutral position
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The remains of the bars to the west retract into the ceiling, and behind the party the cylinder (with the green arrow pointing to it) rotates to close off the way you came from. The cylinder that Iladora is near rotates 45° to the left, but no opening is revealed.
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The boards have been misbehaving for me, so I wasn't able to edit my last post to remove a mistake: the bars do not retract with the lever in the neutral position.
female Rog 4 HP 33 | AC 19; Touch 15; FF 14 | F +4; R +9; W +3 | CMB +5; CMD 20 | Speed 30 ft | Init +6 | Perc +10 | Stealth: +11 Rogue 4
The elf looks for traps.
Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25
L/N Female Human Sorcerer(Arcane)/5 | HP: 34/42 | AC Norm/Tch/FF: 16/12(16 incorp)/14 | CMD: 12 | F/R/W: +4/4/6 | Init: +4 | Speed (after dumping backpack) 30 ft | Bluff +9, Diplomacy +10, Intimidate +9, Kn Arc, Hist +5, Perception +5, Spellcraft +9, UMD +9 | Active Conditions: sunrod; inspire +2, spider climb (30 minutes)
"I'd also like to see what happens when you try the remaining lever position."
CORE Male Halfelf Druid 5 | HP 43/43 | AC19, T 11, FF 18 | CMD 26| F +8 R +5 W+10 ; | Init +1 | Perc +18 Blitz the wolf. AC 19. HP 42/42
Viridian nods to Corbae
”You are right. I suspect I will always foster ill will towards the denizens or designers of this tower after my ordeal. “
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Meresiel detects no traps on the lever. Moving it to the upper position causes the damaged bars to retract into the ceiling, an identical portcullis to descend from the ceiling on the east side of the lever, the cylinder to the west that the party came through to turn (not revealing any other passage), and the cylinder behind the double doors to turn and reveal a passage that heads north and turns east. Looking around the corner, Iladora sees a room containing a number of things:
A wide staircase descends into darkness. A panel with a red-handled lever and a black-handled lever (both currently in the up position) is located on the eastern wall of the room. A destroyed automaton lies in pieces near the stairs.
L/N Female Human Sorcerer(Arcane)/5 | HP: 34/42 | AC Norm/Tch/FF: 16/12(16 incorp)/14 | CMD: 12 | F/R/W: +4/4/6 | Init: +4 | Speed (after dumping backpack) 30 ft | Bluff +9, Diplomacy +10, Intimidate +9, Kn Arc, Hist +5, Perception +5, Spellcraft +9, UMD +9 | Active Conditions: sunrod; inspire +2, spider climb (30 minutes)
"Shall we try the stairs?"
CORE Male Halfelf Druid 5 | HP 43/43 | AC19, T 11, FF 18 | CMD 26| F +8 R +5 W+10 ; | Init +1 | Perc +18 Blitz the wolf. AC 19. HP 42/42
” The stairs we can check in a bit but I do not like to have things follow behind us.“
Viridian motions to blitz to follow past to the next hall instead.
L/N Female Human Sorcerer(Arcane)/5 | HP: 34/42 | AC Norm/Tch/FF: 16/12(16 incorp)/14 | CMD: 12 | F/R/W: +4/4/6 | Init: +4 | Speed (after dumping backpack) 30 ft | Bluff +9, Diplomacy +10, Intimidate +9, Kn Arc, Hist +5, Perception +5, Spellcraft +9, UMD +9 | Active Conditions: sunrod; inspire +2, spider climb (30 minutes)
"OK. Just wanted to see if if led to the next level down. We should record the current state of the levers."
Mrs. Book does just that as she also suggests, "And backtrack to see if any new openings are available."
female Rog 4 HP 33 | AC 19; Touch 15; FF 14 | F +4; R +9; W +3 | CMB +5; CMD 20 | Speed 30 ft | Init +6 | Perc +10 | Stealth: +11 Rogue 4
"Yeah let's check out the rest of this level"
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There are four asterisks on the map indicating doors ahead of you, and when I get the chance I'll mark the one set of doors behind you. Pick where you want to go.
Portrait | CORE Female Human Ranger 5 | AC: 20/14/17 (+4 Mobility) | HP: 44/44| Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +3 | CMB +9 (+2 sunder), CMD 21 (+2 vs sunder) | Init +2 | Perc +9 (+2 urban terrain, +4 vs undead, +2 vs evil outsiders))
I say the one close to Viridian & Blitz.
L/N Female Human Sorcerer(Arcane)/5 | HP: 34/42 | AC Norm/Tch/FF: 16/12(16 incorp)/14 | CMD: 12 | F/R/W: +4/4/6 | Init: +4 | Speed (after dumping backpack) 30 ft | Bluff +9, Diplomacy +10, Intimidate +9, Kn Arc, Hist +5, Perception +5, Spellcraft +9, UMD +9 | Active Conditions: sunrod; inspire +2, spider climb (30 minutes)
Sounds good. 6 of one, half dozen of the other in my mind. I moved the green arrow to point to the door we will try and lined us up for entry.
Male| LG cleric of Erastil 5| 13XP|43/43 HP| BAB3, CMB5, CMD16|AC20(15), T11, FF19(14)| Fort+6,Ref+3, Will+10| Perception+7|, Initiative+3|Used spells: Spirit wpn, shield of faith, sound burst|channels remain ing 5/5 Human Cleric of Erastil 5
Yep, I am officially confused by all the levers. How much time money and magic was required to build all this? Amazing!"
Just checking in. All looks good to me.
CORE Male Halfelf Druid 5 | HP 43/43 | AC19, T 11, FF 18 | CMD 26| F +8 R +5 W+10 ; | Init +1 | Perc +18 Blitz the wolf. AC 19. HP 42/42
Viridian nods to the others and will check and open the door closest to
Him.(or the one to the room far north of we already covers this one)
”Blitz, come! “
perception : 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (9) + 18 = 27
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There don't seem to be any traps on the door, but Viridian hears sounds of movement from the other side.
Make sure your marching order is right; the approach to the door is 5' wide, and you're currently leading with your best healer.
female Rog 4 HP 33 | AC 19; Touch 15; FF 14 | F +4; R +9; W +3 | CMB +5; CMD 20 | Speed 30 ft | Init +6 | Perc +10 | Stealth: +11 Rogue 4
The elf squeezes by.
"I can go..." She looks around.
Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21
CORE Male Halfelf Druid 5 | HP 43/43 | AC19, T 11, FF 18 | CMD 26| F +8 R +5 W+10 ; | Init +1 | Perc +18 Blitz the wolf. AC 19. HP 42/42
Viridian motions to the door and cups his hand to
His ear indicating sound. Points to the wolf and shrugs if wants to lead…
CORE Male Halfelf Druid 5 | HP 43/43 | AC19, T 11, FF 18 | CMD 26| F +8 R +5 W+10 ; | Init +1 | Perc +18 Blitz the wolf. AC 19. HP 42/42
Viridian will open it…
What are the odds he dies twice in the same week? Don’t answer…lol
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Viridian opens the door!
The room on the other side is filled with steam (which doesn't provide concealment, only atmosphere) that billows from a fountain in the middle of the floor. Four heavy stone columns support the high ceiling, and a single red lever is mounted in a panel on the eastern wall. Remnants of two human-sized automatons are scattered on the floor.
There are also three active creatures in the room: a pair of leopards with unusual coloration and eyes that seem to gleam with more than reflected light; and a humanoid in rags whose face is a single large eye ringed by fangs.
Round 1 (ongoing):
Initiative order
Leopards-acted
Meresiel
Lybram
Mrs. Book
Iladora
Corbrae
Viridian/Blitz
Humanoid
The leopards' keen senses must have alerted them to the party's presence, because as soon as the door opens they bound forward and attack! One hits the druid for 6 HP, but fails to grab him.
Everyone can act!
Humanoid: AC ? T ? FF ? HP taken: 0
Leopards: AC ? T ? FF ? HP taken - Red: 0 Black: 0
Female Half elf Bard 5 Ini+2 Hp 33/33 AC 17 T13 FF 15, Fort+3 Ref +7 Will +6 Per +9, Spd 30 Perform 0/19 used
Know Planes-Leopards: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 8 + 2 = 23
Know Planes-Humanoid: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 8 + 2 = 23
Beware those leopards are tainted by the sins of the devils.. They are Fiendish creatures and not plain animals anymore. And this humanoid is an Agash Div, coming straight outta Abbaddon...
Special attacks &Defense for leopards, special defense for Agash Div please
L/N Female Human Sorcerer(Arcane)/5 | HP: 34/42 | AC Norm/Tch/FF: 16/12(16 incorp)/14 | CMD: 12 | F/R/W: +4/4/6 | Init: +4 | Speed (after dumping backpack) 30 ft | Bluff +9, Diplomacy +10, Intimidate +9, Kn Arc, Hist +5, Perception +5, Spellcraft +9, UMD +9 | Active Conditions: sunrod; inspire +2, spider climb (30 minutes)
"Now we got demons to deal with?" Apparently Mrs. Book know little about the planes or the difference between demons, daemons, or, for that matter, divs. Not having sight of the one in the back (actually she does not even know it is there yer), she fires off a brace of magic missiles at the leopard in the middle.
force damage: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 3, 1) + 3 = 9
Male| LG cleric of Erastil 5| 13XP|43/43 HP| BAB3, CMB5, CMD16|AC20(15), T11, FF19(14)| Fort+6,Ref+3, Will+10| Perception+7|, Initiative+3|Used spells: Spirit wpn, shield of faith, sound burst|channels remain ing 5/5 Human Cleric of Erastil 5
Oops!, just posted my turn in the discussion, was casting of sound burst for 3 dmg s, DC16 fort or stunned of both tigers/leopards. Hope not to hard to adapt. Sorry for the error.
Lybram puts away his mace. "Shooting arrows is the only option now. Not much room here to fight."
Updated spells used on stat bar
Portrait | CORE Female Human Ranger 5 | AC: 20/14/17 (+4 Mobility) | HP: 44/44| Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +3 | CMB +9 (+2 sunder), CMD 21 (+2 vs sunder) | Init +2 | Perc +9 (+2 urban terrain, +4 vs undead, +2 vs evil outsiders))
Auto-succeed Knowledge (planes) vs DC 12
Knowledge (planes) vs DC 14: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23
Iladora sheaths her sword and pulls out her longbow. "I have some experience with divs," she says without elaborating further. "We should kill it quickly."
Move action to sheath, move action to draw.
L/N Female Human Sorcerer(Arcane)/5 | HP: 34/42 | AC Norm/Tch/FF: 16/12(16 incorp)/14 | CMD: 12 | F/R/W: +4/4/6 | Init: +4 | Speed (after dumping backpack) 30 ft | Bluff +9, Diplomacy +10, Intimidate +9, Kn Arc, Hist +5, Perception +5, Spellcraft +9, UMD +9 | Active Conditions: sunrod; inspire +2, spider climb (30 minutes)
Sounds like a good plan."
CORE Male Halfelf Druid 5 | HP 43/43 | AC19, T 11, FF 18 | CMD 26| F +8 R +5 W+10 ; | Init +1 | Perc +18 Blitz the wolf. AC 19. HP 42/42
”Ahhhhhhgg! “
Viridian cries in pain as one cat rips blood.
He swings at the cat before stepping back to let Blitz have a chance.
CI scimitar: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9 slashing: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Blitz steps up…
bite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11 for bite: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 (plus trip) 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
gotta love those rolls…
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The leopards are resistant to cold and fire damage and are slightly harder to affect with magic than mundane creatures. They are able to smite good creatures, doing some extra damage to them on a hit.
The div resists damage from all but cold iron or good weapons, is immune to fire and poison, and resists spells, acid damage, and electrical damage.
Round 1 (ongoing):
Initiative order
Leopards-acted
Meresiel
Lybram-acted
Mrs. Book-acted
Iladora-acted
Corbrae
Viridian/Blitz-acted
Div
Lybram's spell does limited damage to the leopards, and Mrs. Book does rather more with her spell. Iladora prepares for ranged combat, while Viridian and Blitz are unable to connect with their blows.
Corbrae and Meresiel can still act!
Div: AC ? T ? FF ? HP taken: 0
Leopards: AC 15 T 14 FF 11 HP taken - Red: 1 Black: 10
female Rog 4 HP 33 | AC 19; Touch 15; FF 14 | F +4; R +9; W +3 | CMB +5; CMD 20 | Speed 30 ft | Init +6 | Perc +10 | Stealth: +11 Rogue 4
Meresiel tries to tumble over the big cats.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26
She stabs at blue.
attack flank: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (12) + 10 = 22
damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
damage: 2d6 ⇒ (4, 3) = 7
Female Half elf Bard 5 Ini+2 Hp 33/33 AC 17 T13 FF 15, Fort+3 Ref +7 Will +6 Per +9, Spd 30 Perform 0/19 used
Corbrae, of course, support the valiant martial efforts o her comrades in arms with a war song Inspire courage, +2 to hit/dmg and moves toward Illadora
I have to spell to help you vanquish our foes, noble warrioress. Let me help you becoming an hero
Will cast Heroism (+2 to attack rolls, saves and skill checks) on Iladora if I can't do it this round
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Corbrae, starting to inspire courage is still a standard action, so you can't do that and also cast heroism this round.
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Round 1 (ongoing):
Initiative order
Leopards-acted
Meresiel-acted
Lybram-acted
Mrs. Book-acted
Iladora-acted
Corbrae
Viridian/Blitz-acted
Div
Meresiel successfully tumbles past the leopards and stabs one, which obligingly vanishes in a burst of sulfurous smoke.
Waiting on clarification from Corbrae.
Div: AC ? T ? FF ? HP taken: 0
Leopards: AC 15 T 14 FF 11 HP taken - Red: 1 Black: dead
Female Half elf Bard 5 Ini+2 Hp 33/33 AC 17 T13 FF 15, Fort+3 Ref +7 Will +6 Per +9, Spd 30 Perform 0/19 used
IC this round, and Heroism next round
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Corbrae inspires the party.
The aghash div hisses in a strange language and a ghostly hand appears next to it.
Round 2 (ongoing):
Conditions: Inspire courage, +2 to hit/damage/on saves vs. fear
Initiative order
Leopard-acted
Meresiel
Lybram
Mrs. Book
Iladora
Corbrae
Viridian/Blitz
Div
The remaining leopard claws and bites at Meresiel, its fangs getting through her armor for 5 HP. It fails to latch onto her, though.
Everyone can act!
Div: AC ? T ? FF ? HP taken: 1
Leopards: AC 15 T 14 FF 11 HP taken - Red: 1 Black: dead
CORE Male Halfelf Druid 5 | HP 43/43 | AC19, T 11, FF 18 | CMD 26| F +8 R +5 W+10 ; | Init +1 | Perc +18 Blitz the wolf. AC 19. HP 42/42
Blitz snaps at the remaining leopard.
+1 to below for Bards IC
bite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16 for bite: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4 (plus trip) 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
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Is Blitz going to advance 5' into the room? If not, he'll be at -4 to hit due to attacking around a corner.
CORE Male Halfelf Druid 5 | HP 43/43 | AC19, T 11, FF 18 | CMD 26| F +8 R +5 W+10 ; | Init +1 | Perc +18 Blitz the wolf. AC 19. HP 42/42
Sorry did not get chance to update map from phone but yes 5’ forward
Viridian follows up behind the wolf.
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Round 2 (ongoing):
Conditions: Inspire courage, +2 to hit/damage/on saves vs. fear
Initiative order
Leopard-acted
Meresiel
Lybram
Mrs. Book
Iladora
Corbrae-
Viridian/Blitz-acted
Div
Blitz takes a bite out of the leopard (which doesn't taste right), but its quadrapedal stability keeps the wolf from dragging it to the ground.
Viridian, you can also take an action if you want, along with everyone else.
Div: AC ? T ? FF ? HP taken: 1
Leopards: AC 15 T 14 FF 11 HP taken - Red: 6 Black: dead
CORE Male Halfelf Druid 5 | HP 43/43 | AC19, T 11, FF 18 | CMD 26| F +8 R +5 W+10 ; | Init +1 | Perc +18 Blitz the wolf. AC 19. HP 42/42
”Good job Blitz. Stay on it! “
The Druid slashes
+1 IC to below…
CI scimitar: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7 slashing: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
But hits the wall, spraying chunks of stone flying…
L/N Female Human Sorcerer(Arcane)/5 | HP: 34/42 | AC Norm/Tch/FF: 16/12(16 incorp)/14 | CMD: 12 | F/R/W: +4/4/6 | Init: +4 | Speed (after dumping backpack) 30 ft | Bluff +9, Diplomacy +10, Intimidate +9, Kn Arc, Hist +5, Perception +5, Spellcraft +9, UMD +9 | Active Conditions: sunrod; inspire +2, spider climb (30 minutes)
Mrs. Book does not really have any other targets than the leopard thing, so she zings off another brace of missiles.
force damage: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 3, 2) + 3 = 10
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From her current position, Mrs. Book doesn't have line of sight to the leopard. Moving up to in front of Iladora would let you see the enemy, though.
L/N Female Human Sorcerer(Arcane)/5 | HP: 34/42 | AC Norm/Tch/FF: 16/12(16 incorp)/14 | CMD: 12 | F/R/W: +4/4/6 | Init: +4 | Speed (after dumping backpack) 30 ft | Bluff +9, Diplomacy +10, Intimidate +9, Kn Arc, Hist +5, Perception +5, Spellcraft +9, UMD +9 | Active Conditions: sunrod; inspire +2, spider climb (30 minutes)
Shouldn't she have line of sight from her lower right corner to its upper left corner? Hard corners should not matter for magic missile right?
Portrait | CORE Female Human Ranger 5 | AC: 20/14/17 (+4 Mobility) | HP: 44/44| Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +3 | CMB +9 (+2 sunder), CMD 21 (+2 vs sunder) | Init +2 | Perc +9 (+2 urban terrain, +4 vs undead, +2 vs evil outsiders))
Can I shoot at the leopard from where I am? If it's around the corner I'm ok with that (don't have many options).
Longbow 1 + Inspire Courage vs leopard: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 2 = 9
Damage + Inspire Courage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Longbow 2 + Inspire Courage vs leopard: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 6 + 2 = 15
Damage + Inspire Courage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
female Rog 4 HP 33 | AC 19; Touch 15; FF 14 | F +4; R +9; W +3 | CMB +5; CMD 20 | Speed 30 ft | Init +6 | Perc +10 | Stealth: +11 Rogue 4
The elf stabs at the big cat. Her blade hits deep.
attack: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
crit confirm: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Male| LG cleric of Erastil 5| 13XP|43/43 HP| BAB3, CMB5, CMD16|AC20(15), T11, FF19(14)| Fort+6,Ref+3, Will+10| Perception+7|, Initiative+3|Used spells: Spirit wpn, shield of faith, sound burst|channels remain ing 5/5 Human Cleric of Erastil 5
Lybram will move up to just behind Viridian. He then snaps off a shot at the red leopard.
bow shot with cover and melee penalty: 1d20 + 4 - 8 ⇒ (20) + 4 - 8 = 16
dmg P: 1d8 ⇒ 2
"Viridian, duck!"
crit?: 1d20 + 4 - 8 ⇒ (2) + 4 - 8 = -2
crit dmg: 1d8 ⇒ 2
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Mrs. Book--fair point.
Round 2 (ongoing):
Conditions: Inspire courage, +2 to hit/damage/on saves vs. fear
Initiative order
Leopard-acted
Meresiel-acted
Lybram
Mrs. Book-acted
Iladora-acted
Corbrae-
Viridian/Blitz-acted
Div
Taking results in posted order:
Mrs. Book's spell takes another piece out of the leopard. Iladora takes a couple of long shots at the creature, but misses both times. Meresiel has had enough of this and stabs it, dispelling it in another burst of acrid smoke.
Lybram, you can change your action, and Corbrae can also act.
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