GM Silbeg's: 2-09: The Seven Secrets of Dacilane Academy (Inactive)

Game Master Silbeg

I suggest we continue to Ms. Harisara's room, since some of us are almost there. Casey suggests, wanting to get inside for no reason other than she doesn't trust the statues.

If necessary, she will do thieving things to the door (but as this is a school, doesn't expect that will be necessary).

None of our notes refer to there being anything unusual there

"Yeah, let's go back inside."

You don't find statutes like this on the high seas, Two-Eye says with a snort. Not unless they're being shipped elsewhere, leastaways.

He strides back into the school and checks out the door, opening it when the rest of the party assembles.

Bringing everyone near the two at the door

This room is notably cluttered with small baubles and minor magical knickknacks used to teach the basics of magic. Several desks contain sculpted clay figures.

Two-Eye steps in to have a look around.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

Bela will cast detect magic

When nothing springs out to attack folks as they search around, Uthkosh says, "I am going to find the next source of danger. I will call out when it is found."

He then moves to a door on the opposite side of the hallway and opens it.
Moved Uthkosh beside the door he means to open

Bela, did you want to change your exploration mode?
The party does not find anything more in the room. Seems pretty boring.

Uthkosh moves across the hall, and throws open the door. Colorful posters wallpaper this room, illustrating flora and fauna from across Golarion. A pet tortoise sleeps in a small terrarium in a corner of the room.

Deciding that speed is better than caution, Uthkosh quickly moves about the room. He scans it for anything more dangerous than the turtle and, should nothing spring up, moves to the door to the south and repeats his process.

Dining tables and chairs are arranged in neat rows, providing ample space for group meals. Storage cabinets sit below the window overlooking the grounds.

Perception check if you are searching

Perception!: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

Sigh, victim of the Paizo postmonster again...

Two-Eye steps in to have a look around.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

The mushroom of doom moves into the room and looks for some morsels….

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

Casey looks around as well.

Casey's Perception (T): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

You all find a basket of hundreds of gift-wrapped cookies from Dulethre’s Delights, a local bakery, that has a sign reading “Please Take These!” pinned to its handle.

Bela grabs the basket and takes it with him.

"Next room?"

Picking up what Bela is putting down, Uthkosh heads over to next door and opens it.

So, for some reason, everyone except Uthkosh is still in Ms. Hirasara’s Classroom. Did you want to be elsewhere? If so, please move yourselves.

On the teacher's desk in this room, dictionaries and thesauri stand in neat, right-angled stacks. A board near the window displays posted student compositions and poetry in a variety of forms.

Uthkosh steps in, on the hunt for dangers as he searches through the room.

Casey carefully enters the room and again looks around.

Casey's Perception (T): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Casey realizes she's hungry as she peers around the room and decides she might have to take one of the pastries. She's too distracted to notice much else.

Uthkosh notices that a disproportionate number of the compositions seem to incorporate snake or serpent imagery.

"Lots of snake pictures. Not sure what that means."

Why did it have to be snakes Looks at everyone else. Someone was going to say it!

Are there snake demons or deities which might be involved here?

Uthkosh shrugs. "There are demons and deities for everything."

The mushroom of doom enters the room, looking under the student desks.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

Where to next?

"If you've all searched these areas, I think we've only got the outbuilding left," Uthkosh says to the group. "Give me a sign and I'll lead us there."
Have we done a broad search through all the rooms? If not, I think we should do that before heading to the outbuilding.

you have searched every room inside

Bela attempts to remember what he knows about serpents and other herpetology matters.

Lore check for snakes and serpent iconography?

Nothing comes to Bela's mind. There is a lot of serpent imagery in the prose, but no common threads other than that.

Uthkosh leads the group to the outbuilding, shield at the ready. Once there, he opens the door and steps in.

Would you like me to do any checking of the door first? If he opens it before Casey can say this, then she just follows along. She is quite ready for a fight The interviews did say there should be something inside, and a light flickering.

Casey's Stealth (T): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

The door to this storage shed doesn’t shut fully, leaving it swinging slightly on squeaky hinges. The dusty interior is full of all manner of clutter, including exercise equipment, tools and
broken furniture.

Casey, now, fully expects some sort of haunting. She wants to stay outside.

The mushroom of doom being over confident now that it hasn't seen any of these so-called "ghosts" and the promise of tasty morsels in the dark, dusty shed decides to go right on in ...

<dramatic music starts to play...>

In a raspy voice, "Let's get this over with, I am hungry. There's nothing here..." says the mushroom of doom as it moves into the dark, dusty storage shed, looking around...

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 23

"Ah...feels like home..but for the lack of dead leaves, damp soil..wait...what the..."

As Leaf searches, it spies a group of four cute little marsupials, which were hiding in the corner! It appears to have startled the critters, as they hiss at the mushroom!

You may attempt to calm the critters with a Nature check (or wild empathy)

Aren't they cute. We should leave them alone. You know, unless they're evil and demonic.

Casey still doesn't enter the building

Bela retrieves a pastry and takes a bite. After swallowing, he offers a pastry to the tint adorable little critters.

Nature!: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (3) + 8 = 11

Is Bela going in? From where you are standing you cannot do that.

Uthkosh doesn't like the danger, but with Leaf there he has a degree of confidence that they will protect the Pharasman.
I took the liberty of moving Bela. Correct me if that was a mistake

Bela's eyes go wide as he stands motionless. The room fills with webs and wisps of aether whirling in and out of focus. Bela sees a glimpse of the future; every future; all crashing into themselves. Purple and indigo motes explode and melt around him. Finally a pale spindly hand reaches towards him, palm open holding a small fetish with copper pieces for eyes.

hero point

Nature!: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Apparently the opossums don't like being teased, or they want ALL of the treats, as they all his and attack!

The fourth critter moves up and tries to bite Bela, perhaps to get the pastry away from him?
jaws vs AC15: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29 Crit!
piercing: 1d10 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 deadly: 1d10 ⇒ 7
Total of 8*2+7=23

It then tries to scamper up the leg of Bela, scratching and clawing all the while!
claw vs AC15: 1d20 + 8 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 8 - 4 = 20
slashing: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Bela is reminded of a particularly nasty housecat from back in his monastary days, that would attack anyone who dared enter its bathroom!

Attack of the vorpal opossum!
Leaf, Casey is/are up.
Conditions: Leaf reflex pending

Casey had a cat like that.

She doesn't want to kill the poor opossum, who was just acting as an opossum should. But she Strides, enters stance, and does a flurry.

Flurry 1: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 251d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Flurry 2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 61d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 Slashing

Which of the three opossum are you attacking, Casey?

The one climbing Bela.

The mushroom of doom attempts to dodge whatever is coming at it...

I don't see the reason for the reflex save. I read all the posts above and do not see an attack or trap or anything...
Reflex save: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24

The mushroom of doom nimbly dodges.

"Do not think we eat this creature before..." rasps the mushroom of doom while striking the opossum gnawing on Bela...

Action 1/2: Double Slice at opossum 4
Action 3: Raise buckler

Tekko-kagi: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 191d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4S
Spiked Gauntlet: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (15) + 8 = 231d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5P

The reflex was left from the last combat. Was not needed. Apologies.

Casey hits opossum #4 once. Then Leaf moves in to attack the same one, hitting it twice. With that, the critter falls to the ground!

Opossum #2 attacks Casey with jaws and claws, but cannot seem to land a blow!
jaws vs AC19: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 9 = 13
claws vs AC19: 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 9 - 4 = 18
claws vs AC19: 1d20 + 9 - 8 ⇒ (6) + 9 - 8 = 7

Attack of the vorpal opossum!
Bela, Uthkosh, Two-Eye is/are up.
Conditions:

Action 1: Step
Action 2: Strike
Action 3: Strike

Uthkosh steps into the place and stabs out with his trident.
Strike vs 4: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Strike vs 4: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Bela stands there and casts bless.
Jon hasn't been able to post

Uthkosh redirected
Uthkosh strikes #2, hitting it once.

One down, three to go!
Two-Eye is/are up.
Conditions: