DM Carbide's Core Emerald Spire

Game Master John Woodford

No kidding! Fortunately I can't fail a DC 8 Perception.

Iladora's warrior senses are at least enough to let her keep pace with Klarkosh as she follows him down the corridor.

Greatsword Power Attack vs Klarkosh: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
Miss chance (high to hit): 1d100 ⇒ 93
Damage: 2d6 + 12 ⇒ (1, 5) + 12 = 18

Mrs Book backs away (51 step) and blasts the machine. This time, since it seems to have an unhealthy obsession with hurting HER, with the magic missiles from her bonded item.

force damage: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 1, 4) + 3 = 10

Iladora knows exactly where the wizard is and manages to hit him, but her blade turns on his mage armor. He gasps in surprise, but then titters again.

Mrs. Book hits the automaton with a trio of magic missiles, leaving it barely functional. It closes to striking range with her and hits her for 14 HP.

Viridian runs.

Round 12 (ongoing):

Initiative order
Klarkosh-acted
Mrs. Book-
Iladora-
Corbrae-running
Lybram/Lil' Fella-out of the fight
Meresiel-running
Automaton
Viridian/Blitz-running

The ice storm vanishes.

Klarkosh sends another force missile into Iladora for 4 HP, then backs away.

Iladora and Mrs. Book can act! Mrs. Book, the automaton is down to 1 HP, so your next missile will drop it. Iladora, I forgot that blind characters can only move at half speed unless they make a DC 10 Acrobatics check; however, you'd followed Klarkosh in a straight line down a narrow hallway with no obstacles, so I'll give it to you last round. You'll have to do that this round if you want to follow him, though.

Klarkosh: AC 16 T 9 FF 16 HP taken: 19
Automaton: AC 17 T 11 FF 16 CMD 21 HP taken: 46

Mrs. Book fires off another charge from her wand, fully expecting to have to book it away to make sure there is at least one survivor.

force damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Next action depends on what happens when and if it explodes.

It collapses in a heap, sparking slightly.

No one ever ended a turn within 5' of it after it'd taken half its HP, so no one had to save vs. electric shock.

Mrs. book likes the idea of running away and joins the mad dash with the other panicked PCs, barely able to keep them in sight.

Before running she yells out, "Iladora, everyone is booking it! Get your arse out of there while you have your head attached. The metal man is down."

Blitz: 1d20 ⇒ 20 stabilizes :)

Part of her is only too glad to leave Klarkosh behind, as badly injured as she is, although being unable to see makes her vulnerable. She backs away. "I'm blinded, he cast some sort of spell at me."

Double move at half speed (so one move basically) to get back to the room with the others.

Iladora feels her way back to the large room and sidesteps as soon as she can.

Mrs. Book gets to the double doors and sees Corbrae, Merisiel, and Viridian cowering in fear at a blank bronze surface that blocks the exit to the level. From the party's experimentation with the levers she knows that throwing the red lever in the room she's in (lever circled on map) will open that up, but will also cut off Iladora's escape route.

Round 13 (ongoing):

Iladora hears something disturbing: it sounds like Klarkosh is following her, although he stops some distance away.

Iladora and Mrs. Book can act! Everyone else, the fear will end on Round 16.

If I'm blind, would I incur a 50% miss chance for using a wand on Blitz? I have a cure wand but I don't want to risk wasting an action.

No. Since it's a touch spell, I assume you'll have a hand on him.

Mrs Book catches up with the others and goes about swapping her wand of magic missiles for her wand of CLW (or whatever part of that she can manage in 6 seconds).

Iladora pulls out a wand and hopes to bring the wolf back into the fight.

Move action to draw wand, move action to cast on Blitz.

Cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

It's a double move for Mrs. Book to reach the others, so next round you can swap wands and start trying to heal people.

Under Iladora's ministrations, Blitz rouses. He's at 1 HP.

Round 14 (ongoing):

Iladora hears Klarkosh fumbling with something, but it doesn’t sound like he's getting closer.

Iladora and Mrs. Book can act!

Seemingly given a moment's reprieve, Iladora puts more healing into the wolf.

Cure light wounds vs Blitz: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

With a successful Handle Animal check, Iladora can move at her normal speed with Blitz.

Mrs Book swaps wands

Blitz eyes blink open and growls at first, looking for the caster.

”Grrrr“

unfortunately remove blindness is not on the Druid spell list….even if he were not running down the hall.

Blitz can act this round. He's prone, and Klarkosh is currently out of sight.

Blitz would stand and look for Viridian but follow any friend he recognizes (assuming handle animal applies)

figure GM fiat here…

Iladora, are you going to try to follow Mrs. Book?

Oh, yes, sorry.

Handle Animal: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

Iladora places a hand on Blitz's fur and lets him guide her out of the room (to a maximum of a 40-ft double move).

It's a single move this round, since you healed Blitz. However, it shouldn't make a difference in the near term.

At Iladora's direction, Blitz follows Viridian's scent trail.

Round 15 (ongoing):

Iladora hears Klarkosh moving closer behind her.

Iladora and Mrs. Book can act! I assume Iladora will continue to follow the rest of the party, although taking one of your move actions to close the doors behind you would be wise--it'll block his line of sight.

Where is the lever to switch things up? I'm thinking Illa could flip it after going through, or Mrs. Book can if it is near her. Please mark the lever on the map. Or is it in the red circle and I just forgot? Also, Illadora and Blitz do not seem to have moved. Are they really where they are shown on the map?

It's in the red circle.

Mrs.Book taps Vir with a charge from her wand.
UMD: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20
healing: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Then heads off towards the switch, realizing that a 50/50 chance at using the wand is not worth the time.

Are Iladora and Blitz further west?

They'll either be just west of the closed double doors, or partway into the red cylinder (and still slightly in line of sight from the large room, just saying).

ETA: you might remember that Viridian dropped his CLW wand when the fear spell hit him, in case you wanted to leave him yours.

Iladora, do you want to double move or single move and close the doors?

I'll assume so to keep things moving.

Round 16 (ongoing):

Corbrae, Viridian, and Meresiel recover from the unnatural fear!

Ahead of her, Iladora hears the by-now familiar sound of the cylinder turning in its opening. Blitz whines as the way he was going is closed off.

Mrs. Book, Corbrae, Viridian, and Meresiel see the red cylinder at the west end of the room turn so as to provide access to the stairway up.

Everyone can act!

Viridian shakes his head and watches as his hands stop trembling

”Where…how. Did we win? Or lose? Blitz? Where is Blitz? “

He will start to head back to the room to recover his wolf and dropped wand.

will follow others if a plan materializes

Mrs Book dashes to the lever and pulls it, to try and reverse the orientation.

Round 16 (ongoing):

The cylinder reverses, closing the way behind the party but opening the way for Iladora and Blitz to retreat.

Iladora, Corbrae, and Meresiel can still act!

I apologize, I thought I posted but apparently not. So Blitz's and my way back to the rest of the party is closed now, right?

No, Mr.s Book's action reversed that. Now you are able to retreat. In fact...

"Hurry Up, Iladora. The way is open for now, but the megalomaniac can close it again."

Iladora turns her head in the direction of the sound of Mrs. Book's voice. "Let's go, Blitz. You'll have to help me get there."

Handle Animal: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

Double move.

Round 16 (ongoing):

Between Iladora's skill with animals and Blitz hearing Viridian's voice, the duo makes it through the cylinder and into the room to join Mrs. Book.

Corbrae and Merisiel?

Corbrae will rushes toward Iladora and cure some of her wounds

CLW: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Corbrae, you're more than a double move away from Iladora, and even though Klarkosh isn't visible we're still tracking by rounds.

Sorry, I misunderstood, I believed she was nearer than that! Double move toward Iladora so

You might want to stay near the door since we are all coming that way.

The elf moves near the door.

What a waste of a good life. A good Pathfinder

double move

The formerly frightened trio heads west to join Iladora and Mrs. Book.

Round 17 (ongoing):

Behind her, Iladora hears the door she'd closed creak open.

Everyone can act!

Mrs. Book readies an action to flip the switch once she knows their opponent is in the swivel area.

Viridian will follow and accept the loaned wand and cure people with it until he can recover his own.

clw : 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Good thought, Mrs. Book! As a reminder, the lever has three positions: up (+), neutral, and down (-). It's currently in the up position. When in the down position, it rotates 90° counterclockwise from where it is now, so the passage joins the two minus signs on the map. When in the neutral position, it rotates 90° clockwise from where it is now. Short version: you can't trap him in the cylinder, but once he's in it you can cut him off from where you are by setting the lever to the neutral position.

Viridian, I think Mrs. Book has the CLW wand with her in the other room; it's a double move for you to reach her. Also, keep track of who's being healed--three of you can use CLW wands automatically, though, so I expect you to be able to patch everyone up quickly (especially if you force Klarkosh to go the long way around to get to you).

ok double move to retrieve closest wand from Mrs Book or floor

Iladora heals a few more of her wounds.

Cure light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Iladora is permanently blind, so I can't do a whole heck of a lot until we can find a way back to town. I can use my wand on those who need urgent healing, but that's pretty much it.

To keep things moving, I assume that this round Viridian, Corbrae, and Meresiel are going to join Mrs. Book and Iladora in the room with the lever.

Mrs. Book waits for her opportunity, and when Klarkosh follows the party throws the lever. There's a shout of anger from inside the cylinder and a clang! as the bronze-clad wizard bounces off of the metal interior.

At this point, you're isolated from both Klarkosh and the exit.

Two rounds pass without anything happening.

Who's healing whom, and for how much?

sounds good and thanks for pushing.

Viridian will use a spare wand to heal himself and Blitz once each

Viridian clw : 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Blitz clw : 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

He points to the blind ranger

”Blitz, guard Iladora! “

After the healing he ponders the lost items a moment.

”I would like to get Lybram out…and our dropped gear. But we seem ill equipped to act.“

one of the magical green cylinders that allows teleportation from level to level when adjacent to the Spire core, a potion bottle, and a blue crystal cut into a five-pointed star. The bottle and crystal are magical.