GM supervillan's 5-23 Cairn of Shadows [Outpost V] (Inactive)

Game Master supervillan

Not being particularly strong, Waki will attempt to follow
Syllyn up the chain
Climb,heroism: 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 3 + 2 = 25

It takes a great deal of effort for Malaz to free himself, and every attempt to fly is resisted by the tangling chains.

Climbing, however, does not trigger any such response. Waki and Syllyn make some progress, though they cannot see how far up they need to go. Above is only darkness. Many of the chains have blades, hooks, and spikes jutting from them at odd angles, and the chains sway of their own accord, but it's not an especially difficult climb.

It's a DC20 check to free yourself from the chains, and a DC30 Fly check to ascend without getting Entangled and Anchored. It is only a DC10 climb check to ascend, and Taking 10 is fine. So you may find that Climb is preferable. Bear in mind that a successful Climb check moves you up a quarter of your land speed, or you can take -5 on the check to attempt to go at half your land speed.

Current elevation:

Malaz: 5'
Waki: 10'
Syllyn: 5'
Makras: holding Malaz (5')
Grunjar: holding Malaz (5')
John: holding Malaz (5')

Syllyn will take it slow and steady, pausing frequently to rest and to avoid those nasty blades.

"These self-mutilators sure do like to inflict their abnormal passions on the rest of us."

John frowns, ”They just hate flying creatures I assume. Ah well, might as well use these muscles before they rot away.”

Climb, take 10 for 12, Spear on his back is still lighted, which still works at half power, right?

"Hah. I think they just want you to climb these things and get all cut up. Whatever is up there, getting there has a cost they are not willing for us to circumvent. In fact, try this Malaz. Use the fly spell to 'help' you climb. As long as you are holding the chain and getting cut, it might let you use your flight to aid the ascent."

Waki continues to climb as well.

take-10, heroism: 10 + 3 + 2 = 15

@GM supervillan: Mechanically speaking, do the chains (automatically) grapple Malaz? I'm asking because Grunjar has freedom of movement prepared, he could just cast it on Malaz. But I wouldn't want to waste the spell slot if it does not help...

I was also wondering about being able to placate the chains by staying in contact 'hand over hand' as I climb/fly upwards.

Climb (armor): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21 As a double move to catch up to the others.

You might expect Freedom of Movement to be helpful, since the chains are certainly acting to impede movement and FoM negates such effects.

@GM supervillan: Thanks!

Grunjar looks at the moving chains and sighs. He then casts freedom of movement on Malaz.

"This should help with the chains."

Feeling virtually no resistance from the chains, "My thanks Grunjar." With that, Malaz waits for any of the others to 're-board' before racing toward the heights.

Grunjar's spell is effective, and the hostile chains can no longer impede Malaz's progress.

So who's riding Malaz now? He's got the strength to lift all of you but not enough limbs to carry you under his arms :)

Grunjar never let go of Malaz. :)

Syllyn will climb aboard. If it becomes a problem he will detach himself and continue the slow grid of a climb.

Waki keeps climbing on his own…taking 10x

John hops back on, holding tight. Better to face the horrors above together than piecemeal.

With Waki fast-climbing, everyone is ascending at a speed of 40' per round. Makras will hold on to Malaz.

I'll move us forward later today (Saturday).

You continue your ascent, Waki to one side of the Malaz aerial troupe.

Suddenly, Malaz comes under attack from above!

Surprise round

S2
Malaz
John Carlos
S3
S1
Grunjar
Waki Huro
Syllyn
Makras

You see the dim glow of spell manifestations 40 feet above you as long as you have lowlight or darkvision that is; if you do you can attempt the following Spellcraft check, if trained.

Four bolts of force slam into Malaz

zzzap!: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 3) + 2 = 9
pew!: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 4) + 2 = 9

Malaz feels as if he's burning alive...

fire damage: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 1, 6) = 11

At 40 feet distance, anyone with Darkvision sees that there are three attackers; anyone with Lowlight vision can make out the attackers but they have concealment; anyone with normal vision cannot see the attackers.

Then, a fierce blast of wind shakes Malaz and his cohort.

Everyone except Waki attempt a DC16 Will save, modified if you passed the Spellcraft check above. Fly checks are at -4, ranged attacks and perception checks are at -4.

Round 2

Blue, cover, elevation 200'
Malaz, flying, elevation 160'
John Carlos, on Malaz, elevation 160'
Green, cover, elevation 200'
Orange, cover, elevation 200'
Grunjar, on Malaz, elevation 160'
Waki Huro, climbing chains, elevation 160'
Syllyn, on Malaz, elevation 160'
Makras, on Malaz, elevation 160'

active conditions: Wind Blast (all except Waki affected)

The bold may act!

Technically we are 'between' maps, but see Slide 6

As long as you have better than normal vision, you can attempt the following Knowledge check to id the attackers:

Flying straight up requires a DC20 Fly check; prior to combat Malaz could do this by Taking 10 but that is not possible now he's under attack.

Will DC 16: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

John can’t see anything, but if he isn’t knocked to the ground by the wind he pulls out a scroll and readies to cast it if anyone in the group falls.

Scroll of Feather Fall

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28
Will vs DC 16: 1d20 + 7 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 7 + 4 = 20
Will vs DC 16: 1d20 + 7 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 4 = 16

Will vs DC 16: 1d20 + 7 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 7 + 4 = 26
Fort vs DC 16: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30 (+4 for making the Spellcraft?)

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (17) + 14 = 31
Affect on 1-30: 1d100 ⇒ 35

Planes: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20

Fly vs DC 20: 1d20 + 6 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 6 + 4 = 20

"Bah! The Shea. Natives to this plane. They rely on Shadow Magic. We have to close the distance. Otherwise they will try to pick us off from afar. Do not waste your efforts looking for a perfect attack. They are hard to pin down and get a bead on. With that, the giant golden form races toward their assailants.

Double move straight up. That should put everyone with me at the same height as the bad guys.

spellcraft, heroism: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 4 + 2 = 22
"This is true, and since their spells are shadow spells, they are a lot like illusions! Quasi-real."

will, heroism, spellcraft bonus: 1d20 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 2 + 4 = 22
kn planes, heroism, heightened awareness: 1d20 + 2 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 + 2 + 2 = 16

I see you burned the heightened awareness for Syllyn on init, which is good. The roll above on the knowledge planes assumes that his sighting of the creatures occurs before he burned the spell for init and he gets the +2 bonus. If that is not how it works, then that roll is at 2 less.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

"Syllyn and Malaz are right - the evocations are mostly not real. If you know that, you should not be affected very much."

Will + hardy + spellcraft bonus: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 13 + 2 + 4 = 27

Affect on 1-30: 1d100 ⇒ 80

Knowledge: Planes t: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

"The Shea? Never heard of them."

Apologies for the delayed update folks, normal service shall be resumed presently :)

Malaz I believe shadow magic missiles will still be stopped by your Shield spell, so no damage from Blue's barrage and Green will switch to a different evocation - a flaming sphere.

shadow/fire damage: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 3) = 7
malaz reflex: 1d20 + 5 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 5 - 1 = 23 and you avoid the sphere completely; you've take a grand total of 1hp damage, having passed every save!

Malaz flies through the shae shadow-barrage practically unscathed, and reaches the top of the shaft - albeit the opening is narrow. Malaz is now squeezing.

John Carlos readies a scroll: an insurance against a deadly fall.

Where spell failed, the shae switch to steel. They slash at Syllyn with wickedly curved falchions..

green: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26damage: 2d4 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (3, 1) + 4 + (4) = 12
blue: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21damage: 2d4 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (1, 1) + 4 + (6) = 12

confirm? green: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

The shae's swords leave freezing wounds.

Round 2

Blue, elevation 200'
Malaz, -1hp, flying, elevation 200', squeezing
John Carlos, on Malaz, elevation 200'
Green, elevation 200'
Orange, elevation 200'
Grunjar, on Malaz, elevation 200'
Waki Huro, climbing chains, elevation 160'
Syllyn, -24hp, on Malaz, elevation 200'
Makras, on Malaz, elevation 200'

active conditions: Wind Blast (all except Waki affected)

The bold may act!

"Well, dang. I need better armor."

Though, since he was not raging his AC should be 22, unless he was flat-footed, in which case the second attack missed.

Syllyn starts taping and batting things, starting a martial rhythm which is oddly inspiring, and the spirits that accompany it form from the ether and attack one of his enemies.

- Spirit Wisp to hit on blue: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
- Spirit Wisp damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Waki continues his climb

Climb heroism : 1d20 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 3 + 2 = 21

can he make it to the top in one move with a std left?

Hmmm. Forgot Syllyn still has a move action.

He will attempt to climb up a bit;

climb, heroism: 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 2 = 12

I missed your Uncanny Dodge, Syllyn. I recommend adding it into your taglines. You do have a move action, but you're at the top of the chains. You can climb off Malaz to hold on to the chains with a move action if you wish.

Waki, you start your turn 40' below Malaz and the rest. You can climb 20' with one action (standard or move) by accepting a -5 penalty on the Climb check. If I take your initial roll as an accelerated climb, that puts you 20' below the action with a move or standard action remaining - you can attempt a second Climb check to cover that.

@GM supervillan: Didn't you mean orange attacked (instead of blue)? Because blue is at the top of initiative and acted right before Malaz...

"You want war? I'll give you peace! a piece of my mind!" ;-)

Grunjar casts murderous command on blue the one shea who has not attacked us with weapons yet.
Will DC 18 negates (it's a level 1 spell in a level 2 spell slot).

Added to tag line. So is there anywhere to stand up here or go besides the chains? Or do the chains seem to dead end in the ceiling?

A downside of flying up on the Malaz express is that it's very crowded up top now. The chains terminate at a ceiling, 10 feet above a landing. The landing runs around a gap of 15 feet by 5 feet. Makras, Syllyn, and Waki's tokens are in that gap although until he finishes his climb Waki is below Malaz.

I've adjusted your positions on the map to hopefully make it a little clearer. Malaz is Squeezing. The three shae stand on the landing - whilst you were ascending the landing gave them cover against you but once you're at the same level the landing offers no protection.

Grunjar, you're right the sword attacks were from Orange and Green :o. Re: Murderous Command, unless you use the Heighten Spell metamagic feat the DC remains as it is for the spell's normal level.

Waki keeps on climbing Move or Standard action still availabile

Syllyn taps out a martial rhythm, calling forth ethereal wisps that harass the shae.

Everybody be sure to say whether or not you accept Syllyn's raging song at the start of your turns.

Grunjar attempts to ensorcel the shae...

blue will: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 7 = 9

She turns away from you to look at her comrades.

Makrasbot aims a blow of his filthy pick at Orange Mask shae...

pick vs orange: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

...he takes a chunk out of the stone floor.

Round 2

Blue, elevation 200', murderous commanded
Malaz, -1hp, flying, elevation 200', squeezing
John Carlos, on Malaz, elevation 200'
Green, elevation 200'
Orange, elevation 200'
Grunjar, on Malaz, elevation 200'
Waki Huro, climbing chains, elevation 180'; Move or Standard
Syllyn, -12hp, on Malaz, elevation 200';Move
Makras, on Malaz, elevation 200'

active conditions: Wind Blast (all except Waki affected)

The bold may act!

In an effort to keep things simple on a crowded map, I will say that only Malaz is squeezing at present.

Since there is nowhere to go without drawing three AoO, Syllyn will stay where he is. I am going to assume he cannot 5' step anywhere since Malaz's back is difficult terrain :)

As a swift action Waki turns invisible (ki, 5rnds)
accepting the rage strength and finishes his climb

climnb,hero,rage: 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 3 + 2 + 2 = 23

@GM - trying to climb above them/landing to avoid crowd. Wiggling chain's but not sure if provokes?

Remember to make the spirit attack if you spend any time during the round next to the enemy and you accepted the rage. Unless you all want me to make those rolls? Hey, GM Supervillan, if they are immune to negative energy it is moot anyway and I can skip the rolls.

The Shae are not immune to negative energy and are living, so Syllyn's totem power (that he grants to everyone who accepts Raging Song) works against them. The spirit totem slams do suffer a 20% miss chance though, same as the rest of your physical attacks, because of the Shae's "unbound flesh".

Waki disappears! You reach the level of the landing, so you haven't provoked any AoOs. You could go 10' higher to the ceiling, but also the landing is now adjacent to you and there are currently free spaces next to Green.

Waki raging song spirit slam: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17negative energy damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 66

The spirits conjured by Syllyn's percussion injure one of the shae, who gasps in surprise.

Syllyn holds position. You could only 5' step with a Climb speed.

Blue Mask turns on her comrades!

target, 1=orange 2=green: 1d2 ⇒ 2
murderous falchion: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13damage: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 2) + 4 = 10

The blow is parried. In their strange, sibilant tongue the dark sisters argue amongst themselves.

Round 3

Blue, elevation 200'
Malaz, -1hp, flying, elevation 200', squeezing
John Carlos, on Malaz, elevation 200'
Green, -7hp, elevation 200'
Orange, elevation 200'
Grunjar, on Malaz, elevation 200'
Waki Huro, climbing chains, invisible, elevation 200'
Syllyn, -12hp, on Malaz, elevation 200'
Makras, on Malaz, elevation 200'

active conditions: raging song; miss chance vs Shae roll 1d100, a result of 1-20 is a miss

The bold may act!

I am not certain what Malaz can do at the moment. As the world's largest golden-hued sherpa, I think I am limited. I cannot realistically attack while everyone is hanging on me.

No Song.

John tries to climb off Malaz and onto the platform, at least give the big guy one less body to worry about.

Climb: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Climb Reroll + 2 star bonus: 1d20 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 + 2 = 9

I think you said it was DC 10? So that just fails. He will try again with his second action.

Climb: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21

And... that's his two actions. This little defensive setup these peeps have is brutal.

I cannot realistically attack while everyone is hanging on me.

Valid, Malaz. You can go with Total Defence though, so I'll assume that.

This little defensive setup these peeps have is brutal.

Uh-huh. Remind me at the end of the scenario to tell you what happened to poor Xan :o

Malaz tries to protect himself whilst squeezed up against the wall with pathfinders hanging from his golden limbs.

John catches himself on a jagged chain...

chain damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

...before climbing onto the landing.

A failed Climb check causes you damage - fail by 5 or more and you fall.

Green AoO vs John: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20damage: 2d4 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (3, 4) + 4 + (3) = 14

The freezing blade of the closest shae slashes John to add to the pain of the spiked chain injury.

The green-masked shae presses the attack...

green vs John: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16damage: 2d4 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (2, 3) + 4 + (1) = 10

...but this time John has his feet on solid ground and twists away from the attack.

Orange-mask focuses her anger on the invading pathfinders...

orange vs Syllyn: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25damage: 2d4 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (2, 2) + 4 + (2) = 10

...dealing Syllyn another blow that draws the warmth out from his blood.

Round 3

Blue, elevation 200'
Malaz, -1hp, flying, elevation 200', squeezing, total defence
John Carlos, -20hp, elevation 200'
Green, -7hp, elevation 200'
Orange, elevation 200'
Grunjar, on Malaz, elevation 200'
Waki Huro, climbing chains, invisible, elevation 200'
Syllyn, -22hp, on Malaz, elevation 200'
Makras, on Malaz, elevation 200'

active conditions: raging song; miss chance vs Shae roll 1d100, a result of 1-20 is a miss

The bold may act!

is there space over their heads into the hall, if someone, hypothetically (of course) wanted to drop behind them?

Total Defence works. Thank you much.

Waki (still invis 4 rds) will try to climb up and over to get behind foes…

assuming that is a double move check…

Climb up, hero, rage : 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 2 + 2 = 21
Climb over, hero, rage : 1d20 + 3 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 + 2 = 10

Syllyn regenerates 2 HP of damage as his martial rhythm bolsters his strength and vitality (Skald's vigor). His spirits lash out as he attacks the one that assaulted him.

- Scimitar to hit on orange, heroism: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 2 = 25
- Scimitar damage, adamantine: 1d6 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

- Spirit Wisp to hit: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
- Spirit Wisp damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Forgot to roll rage spirit hit/damage.

You just remembered and it is not too late.

wisp: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23 for dmg: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Makras rouses himself from an ale-induced stupor, sees there are enemies about, and swings wildly with his pick before remembering he's dangling precariously hundreds of feet above the ground!

Attacking the middle shae. I didn't factor raging song in the rolls below, but I imagine Makras would happily accept the bonuses if available.

attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23
damage: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11
miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 59

No rage.

Grunjar retrieves his wand of CLW from his Handy Haversack and uses it on Syllyn.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

You know that you can accept or deny the song each round. If you are doing an action not forbidden by the song and are next to an enemy there really is no reason not to accept it, even if you are a mage, just so you get the free attack.

Raging Song does impose a -1AC penalty, which may be a consideration for some PCs.

Waki jumps from the chains, over the shaes' heads. The spirits strike at the shadowy foes.

miss chance, wisp: 1d100 ⇒ 36 hit vs green

Syllyn answers blade with blade...

miss chance, scimitar: 1d100 ⇒ 58

Makras' filthy pick bites into blue-mask.

Makras wisp attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 60 miss

Grunjar mends the skald's wounds somewhat.

Blue-mask might realise that something is up, with spirits accompanying the pathfinders' movements, but she focuses her attacks on the injured Syllyn

blue vs syllyn: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27damage: 2d4 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (3, 2) + 4 + (1) = 10
confirm blue vs syllyn?: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18damage: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (3, 3) + 4 = 10

Her blow is precise, but narrowly avoids nicking an artery.

Round 4

Blue, -8hp, elevation 200'
Malaz, -1hp, flying, elevation 200', squeezing, total defence
John Carlos, -20hp, elevation 200'
Green, -14hp, elevation 200'
Orange, -9hp, elevation 200'
Grunjar, on Malaz, elevation 200'
Waki Huro, climbing chains, invisible, elevation 200'
Syllyn, -28hp, on Malaz, elevation 200'
Makras, on Malaz, elevation 200'

active conditions: raging song; miss chance vs Shae roll 1d100, a result of 1-20 is a miss

The bold may act!

No song

Finally on flat ground John focuses and carefully tries to build up crackling electricity into his palm.

DC 17 Defensive Cast: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13

Fizzled a Shocking Grasp

But between his injuries, the darkness, the jingling chains, the ghostly wisps, the flying big friend nearby and the shadow enemies, he just can’t seem to concentrate.

He pulls a shiny sharp dagger out. Perhaps just stabbing will be easier.

No song. Full Defense

Also, traveling for middle school band competition and only have phone and could not adjust map transparency on Waki. He is visible now.

I've adjusted your token Waki.

I need to report this game tomorrow (16 May) as part of Outpost V.

Please make your convention boon rolls now. A 19 or 20 wins a boon, if you are lucky please also roll a D3. Please also pm me your email address where the boon will be sent to.

boony?: 1d20 ⇒ 15

Boon!...please: 1d20 ⇒ 4

Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 16

boon roll: 1d20 ⇒ 11
selection: 1d3 ⇒ 3

boon: 1d20 ⇒ 14

boon: 1d20 ⇒ 3

Thanks for adjusting token/map/rage+dmg for me while on the road. We are safely back home from band trip. :)

I CAN HAZ BOON?: 1d20 ⇒ 1 No...

Just wondering what the penalty would be for attacking with a two-handed weapon with one hand while holding an unconscious ally in the other hand. I am already at a -4 for squeezing (but if I can set Syllyn down I can end that). It feels like more than just -2, so I want to confirm.

John would wear the girdle, but doesn't need it. His stuff weighs less than his carrying capacity.

But it would let him carry 130 lb of extra stuff if we find more things. Others may provide more group benefit, but may also already have belts.

As long as Syllyn does not pass out we should be able to free him, so if you cannot harm the chains, heal Syllyn.

That's why Grunjar chose a healing spell over his warhammer. ;-)

Yep. His action caused me to realize that healing to counteract the chains, even a few CLW per round, would almost guarantee success.

Away at a conference until Sunday--don't bring on the apocalypse until I get back!

@Party: If you want blessing of fervor, Grunjar can cast it - but he has memorized it only once.
I don't believe this is the (final) boss fight, but I could be mistaken...

How about a detect secret doors or something? At the moment I don't see any enemies!

Anything over 30 ft has total concealment so I expect the enemies are beyond that range.

Total concealment... also for dwarves with darkvision? :-O

@Party: Do you want a light spell next? Or more protection from evil? Or something entirely different?

Concealment is the result of the sheer mass of chains hanging down.

John has light up and will tend to stay to the middle or front of the group. Most of you have lowlight or darkvision, so the only limiting factor is the chains anyway.

Prot Evil never hurts but other fun things may also be fun....

...damn you have some nice spells. There are a couple really good higher level ones that could be quite nice for us. And we are all grouped together for them, so that would be my vote (Beacon of Luck, Blessing of Fervor or Aid on someone up front that might need the Temp HP).

...damn you have some nice spells.

A result of some research and finally getting to level 7. ^_^ Decided to build the spell list around buffing and support.

So I shall bring out the big guns, yes?

Will update gameplay later today. I've had a busy period with family birthdays :)

Sorry for the low posting frequency.

I'm in the middle of moving to a new appartement and things are getting hectic sometimes...

Absent any further actions or plans, I will resolve things based on you gathering Telendrak and the Master and exiting the cairn. I'll do this in 24 hours or so.

Congratulations on surviving the Cairn of Shadows!

You achieve 1PP for getting out alive with the shadow obelisk (even though the artifact turns to smoke in your hands).

You achieve your second PP for achieving three further tasks/objectives: rescue Golbrier Frosh (and make sure that he's at least Indifferent towards you), kill Lord Maravan (I'm giving you a success on that count - you could kill him at any time before you get to Absalom, and if you choose not to well your VCs can do it), and bring back information about the horselords of ancient Nidal (which needs you to rescue Telendrak or else question him, or another captive, extensively).

So that's 2PP :)

You missed a couple of things. There's a whole secret section that you can reach either by finding the secret door in the main hall, or by descending the chains from the trophy room on the upper level. It holds a couple of living prisoners (apprentice Telendraks) and some dead Onyx Alliance fetchlings. And also the pit trap conceals a trove of loot - missing this unfortunately means reduced gold reward. (I tried to lead you to this with the Divination clue - the treasure is mainly in the form of ruby songbird figurines).

I'll get chronicles done by the end of the weekend.

I mentioned when recruiting for this game that the scenario killed my -1. Here is Xan the Mountain Dragon's sad tale.

Xan was a budding Champion of Irori (Monk2/Paladin2/Cleric1). He took a similar approach to the bounty hunter encounter to John's, seducing the bad lass. But our party elected to break Frosh out of his room whilst Xan kept his captor busy. I had great fun 'flirting' with the GM in-character, though my wife found it very odd :)

But Xan's luck really ran out in the Cairn. If you think poor Syllyn had it rough, Xan's death occurred at odds of over 19,000-1. I've done the maths :o

It was the encounter with the shae that killed Xan. He was climbing the chains, and carrying another PC (my wife's sorcerer). He took a bunch of damage from their shadow magic missiles despite only needing around a 6 or 7 to save for 30% damage, fell despite only needing to roll a 3 on his Climb check, then the GM rolled maximum falling distance and over 40 damage, killing Xan outright. There are special rules for falling - you fall only 1d6 x 10 feet, but take double falling damage because of the barbs on the chains. The barbs halt your fall but do so painfully!

Ever since then I've wanted to run the scenario to see if from the other side of the screen. I think the shae encounter is really well designed. The one bad part of the scenario is the treasure hidden under the trap.

Yea, I would never have thought to look there.

Oooh, that’s a really cool way to pay off divination type PC abilities. As in, give a hint about a hidden section later in the mission. Sadly we missed it anyway.

But it was a fun run, I enjoyed using John and the opportunities he had.

Brutal end for your PC. Sometimes the dice just all go bad.

Thanks all, that was fun!

Good fun and interesting mix of characters and classes

I think this group worked well together. I was really happy Malaz had a chance to finally use the build I have designed for him. I usually only have a round to buff up, so all the pieces don't come together. This scenario allowed him to hit most of his potential.

Lol - I almost thought Waki was going to get his build concept full flurry flanking sneak attack until- incorporeal :(

I'm a little behind schedule with the chronicles, sorry. I'm sure I won't be later than Wednesday :)

I don't appear to have your day job rolls yet, so roll 'em if ya got 'em!

Perform: Flute + MW Instrument: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 6 + 2 = 21

perform day job: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31

Sleight of hand: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

Profession (Street Preacher): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

Day Job Roll: Profession: Scribe: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25

Caravan (Intimidate): 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (9) + 14 = 23

Chronicles are here!

Let me know if there are any issues.

(The gold reduction is significant, sorry).

Looks great!

Was this FJC goal met?

Participate in an adventure that directly assists an NPC Pathfinder agent or agent of an allied organization, such as by mounting a rescue, recovering an important object, or defending that group’s resources and reputation.

Looks good, many thanks. That's a nice boon!

Excellent! Thanks GM and all. It was a hoot!

Looks great!

Was this FJC goal met?

Participate in an adventure that directly assists an NPC Pathfinder agent or agent of an allied organization, such as by mounting a rescue, recovering an important object, or defending that group’s resources and reputation.

You're all good for that Goal, John.

Good group and session, thank you GM. Other than the disappointing scenario design, it all went great!