Realm of the Fellnight Queen - GM DocHoliday

Game Master noral

Reflex saves

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29 red
1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16 blue
1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16 green
1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10 purple

As their continued weakness of being made of wood continues to be their demise. Vomer wipes almost the entire group as Red barely escape the blast still looks very hurt.

Everyone but Felix, Vomer, and Magas are up.

I'm not sure which map we are on, so assuming I need to move.

Naevys raises her pistol, channels arcane energy into it, giving it the Flaming Burst property, then fires acid splash through it into the remaining enemy.

+1 Flaming Burst Pistol with Deadly Aim, Point Blank and Precise Shot: 1d20 + 10 - 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 10 - 2 + 1 + 1 = 23, Magic, P/B, fire, acid: 1d8 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1d6 + 1d6 + 1d3 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 4 + 1 + (6) + (2) + (1) = 19

When the smoke clears literally, Brie peers into the aftermath expecting to see nothing for her to stab.

The map is on the slide with the cave/dungeon map.

That final shot puts the straw gremblin down as the fire dealt significant damage.

Combat over

You have the set of stairs that leave up to the next level of the castle. There is two path way from the room with the dead thorn goblins on the floor. There is a set of doors to the north and west.

Where do you go?

Straight ahead then. Let's be sure no more reinforcements are waiting before we head up.

Agreed, move forward heroes Vomer will recast heightened awareness, check his watch, and if close to an hour, recast mage armor.

And Brie charges on straight ahead!

"For Victory, My friends!"

North or west door?

North, I moved Felix to indicate, but he won't be up front

Vomer has moved north behind Felix. When he get to where the burned remains of the Spriggans are, he will search for LOOT. Detect magic and perception LOOT looking perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18 +2 for heighted awareness

Brie heads towards the North door and upon the signal, she'll open it.

open away

Vomer you don’t find anything useful on the Spriggan’s.

Brie you open the door you see a large expansive room. Curtains of tangled roots dangle from the 30-foot ceiling of this circular room to the dirt floor below. They occasionally sway and move to an unfelt breeze, rattling or scraping against one another in an unsettling manner. Along the room’s circumference, several exits appear within sunken alcoves, nearly hidden by withered vines. A similarly covered staircase leads upward along the northern wall. You hear the sounds of female voice sobbing as you move closer to the stairs as it echoes throughout the room.

Brie signals to the rest and indicates one person she hears in the room.

Showing one finger, then pointing to her ears and then to the room.

She hadn't had proper training in giving signals but she she hoped that her companions were better at this then her.

With an encouraging sermon on his lips Felix steps into the room and looks for the weeping woman.

Ready to countersong if applicable

Vomer will step into the room with Felix and look around

perception with heightened awareness: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 13 + 2 = 26

After a group enters the room, you realize this is a magical effect has been placed in the room to cause sorrowful tones. It would seem the Fey Queen likes to keep the the style of being an unseelie fey and it ties the room together. What do you do?

Felix helps Vomer search the room before indicating Brie can lead the way through one of the passages that doesn't have stairs.

Perception: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (7) + 15 = 22

Brie keeps guard at the door.

Naevys moves in and surveys the room with Detect Magic, searching for any threats or the source of the sobbing, concerned that it is designed to distract them from a real threat.

Perception: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (8) + 17 = 25

The group surveys the room and determines there are no threats in the room. The large set of stairs that seem to lead up the castle. There are four sets of doors throughout the room as well.

Vomer points to the stairs Up the stairs

Jang listens at all the doors and checks for traps.

perception : 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (19) + 19 = 38
perception : 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (9) + 19 = 28
perception : 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (9) + 19 = 28
perception : 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (1) + 19 = 20

Jang is fairly certain none of the doors are trapped. You do hear the familiar sound of cackling gremlins from the south west door. Do you guys wish to go up the steps?

I think we should go up the steps

Up we go, quietly. Let's take out the queen.

Let's make sure to buff before encountering the queen. We should take some time once we get closer to get ready. Or should we do it now?

Vomer will look at the stairs, specifically the top of the stairs if they can be seen from our location. He is looking to see if 1) stairs are trapped and 2) if there are doors at the top of the stairs
perception with heightened awareness: 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 13 + 2 = 18

We should see signs we're getting close. It wouldn't do to have the magic fail before we reach our destination.

Brie checks her enchantments before nodding

Renew shield if needed as well as mage armor.

Yes - mage armor and heightened awareness. Carrying a rod of reach in one hand - - other hand free.

The group proceeds to go up the steps. You reach the second floor where there is a set of double doors. You also see the stairs continue up to the third floor. Does the group wish to go up to the top floor?

"Didn't we want to deal with the quess as soon as possible? Let's head up all the way to the top." Brie rushes her words.

Up we go. Let's cut the head off this snake.

Up - - Do you guys think it's time to buff up yet?

Do we know how many floors are in this place?

Knowledge engineering as the group has seen the outside of the castle.

Knowlege (Engineering): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

Felix you have a good handle on the structural design of the castle. There is one floor above this one and then the final floor leads to the top of the tower. So the castle has three floors not including the dungeon. The tower has four floors that contains the stair case you are on.

Two more to reach the highest point. We've nearly reached the queen.

let's go

The group proceeds to the next room.
Flowering vines decorate this magnificent chamber, hanging from thorny columns that rise into archways supporting a vaulted ceiling. Songbirds flutter within small, golden cages dangling from these vines. Adorning the west wall, twin tapestries depict a setting sun and a rampant moon over a primal meadow.
To the east, a carpet of woven summergrass leads to a polished mirror before an ebony throne.
Rhoswen the Fellknight Queen sees on her throne and watches your group enter the chamber.
"I will give you all credit. Challenge me in my own realm, will you? You are all brash." the fey-queen sneers. "The Second-born know their doom has arrived and you’re the best they could send?" She gestures toward the mirror before her throne. "Look there, if you dare," she taunts. The mirror shows images of a raging battle between the good creatures of the forest and her Fellnight army, as well as the citizens of Bellis huddled in their homes, frightened as mist and shadow close around them. "This prison can no longer hold me. Your sad tale ends here, your minds shattered and souls cursed for all eternity. The material realm shall be mine. But first I have some ants I need to step on. So tell me who you are and I will carve your names on some dead treefolk"

"I don't see a need to since we both have a purpose to end this." Brie replies as she spots her angles of attack.

Vomer looks her up and down and puts forth his most condensending smile and thinks about what her knows of this creature.

Knowledge checks +17 for planes and nature and +18 for arcana and religion - - following roll is at +17 so.... add one if it is arcana or religion knowledge: 1d20 + 17 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 17 + 2 = 36

The best? Quite honestly, no. I know a man who killed an Azlanti lich a few years back. He would see you as a pin cushion. But we are is enough. And you'll have our names soon enough. After we carve them into your corpse.

Initiative: 1d20 ⇒ 5

initiative: 1d20 + 9 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 4 = 20 includes dropping heightened awareness to add 4

ini: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

Ini(Magas): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Init(Naevys): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19]
Init(Brie): 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29
Init(Queen): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
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