The Carnelian Signet juggles some of the remaining motes of flame. "Tsk tsk. That's why you should always try to speak first, dear. Otherwise, you'll die a nobody."
As the flames wear out, she sits on the floor and leans back against the wall, to cool herself down. Her vision remains hazy.
[ooc]Refocusing to get a Focus point back. I still have a minor curse, so >30 ft away< is concealed from me.
"Haka, if you have a moment? I'll take you up on your offer to help me. These bruises are quite bothersome."
Haka finds nothing of note. Everyone quickly crosses the bridge and enter a certain room. Inside, a plinth in the center of this room holds sheets of hammered metal etched with writing and illustrations of bridges, though scratches obscure much of the work. Steel sheets covered in Dwarven writing hang on the walls, reinforcing the damaged surfaces.
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Malik continues to record their exploration in his journal, "Let's see...some kind of metal library? Memorial?"
He thinks about it for a moment, "Well, I can't read dwarven, but the illustrations look like plans for building a safe bridge over lava...hmm, they found a way to use brown mold in the construction as a cooling agent. That's pretty clever." he says as he writes it all down. "I wonder what went wrong though." he thinks to himself.
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Hancock launches into an indecipherable and impassioned spiel about someone called Droskar. Bruce of course steps in to decipher the tirade and, apperently, shorten it.
""Boss here is ranting about some dwarven deity named Droskar. Doesn't like him much it seems and his fingerprint, and name, is allover this mess. Whatever was going on here was initiated by a king by the name of Garbold but coopted by some, er, cursed, Droskarians - is that a word? Hancock, who is Droskar?"
Again a flow of mumbles and angry bellows ensues, causing Bruce to flinch at times.
"A dark god of the forge all about toiling and working and serving the god as instructed in the Book of Chains. Hmmm. Nice name for a holy book, huh? Hard pass from me."
"Droksar? Another dwarven diety? Looks like every dwarf was fighting for supremacy here. Maybe we fought some of their worshippers back there..."
Aside from what Malik and Bruce shared, Mathilda recognizes the phrase Bruce shared as a common Droskari aphorism and the smaller writing as the Droskari scripture Book of Chains. Having searched the place and learned everything about it, it is about time to get out before the heat from the nearby lava could burn your skin and cook your flesh.
A river of lava glows sullenly as it cuts through this ruined chamber, looking like a portal to the Abyss. The air shimmers above the melted stone as waves of heat pour off it. Crumbling mortar fills gaps and cracks on the broken basalt walls, and a granite bridge connects the shattered eastern and western halves of the room.
The entire area is in extreme heat and has dim light from the lava. The brown mold (as you have discovered its purpose from the plans of the chamber you last entered) here has achieved a perfect balance with the lava — it has enough heat to sustain itself without drawing from the lava and causing spatters, while the cold it emits keeps the chamber survivable for living creatures. Having all moved to this area though, you all accidentally disturbed these brown mold, causing some imbalance to such ecosystem in equilibrium.
You even don’t notice that there are fiery creatures flying just 5 feet off the ground towards your direction. They breathe out molten stones that deals 2d4 fire damage and 1d4 persistent fire damage to each creature within the area if they fail DC 17 basic Reflex save. Fortunately, they can’t used their Breath Weapon again for , , and rounds.
The churning lava also spatters molten lava randomly to Mathilda.
Thankfull, the spatter misses her.
Terrain Condition: Brown molds everywhere! You can disable them with DC 14 Nature or Survival or DC 17 Thievery (for two actions) to clear your square and all adjacent squares of the mold; the churning lava does not target creatures in cleared squares with its spatter attack, but the hazard is not destroyed until every square has been cleared of mold.
Active Condition:
ENCOUNTER MAP
Red Mephit
Orange Mephit
Yellow Mephit
Churning Lava
Mathilda HP 32/32, AC 19, pending DC 17 basic Reflex Save vs fire damage and persistent damage
Hancock HP 40/40, AC 18, pending DC 17 basic Reflex Save vs fire damage and persistent damage
Signet HP 28/28, AC 19(20 Shield), Minor Curse, pending DC 17 basic Reflex Save vs fire damage and persistent damage
Malik HP 30/30, AC 20, pending DC 17 basic Reflex Save vs fire damage and persistent damage
Haka HP 32/32, AC 20, pending DC 17 basic Reflex Save vs fire damage and persistent damage
Shurgha HP 19/19, AC 18, pending DC 17 basic Reflex Save vs fire damage and persistent damage
Haka is able to shield off some of the damage, thanks to hsi bulwark. he starts with clearing off the area with brown mold, carefull pushing them away around him. He then makes a snagging strike on Orange that hits on its shoulder.
Terrain Condition: Brown molds everywhere! You can disable them with DC 14 Nature or Survival or DC 17 Thievery (for two actions) to clear your square and all adjacent squares of the mold; the churning lava does not target creatures in cleared squares with its spatter attack, but the hazard is not destroyed until every square has been cleared of mold. Area within the red border (except bridge) are with brown molds except for square(s) in green color.
Active Condition:
ENCOUNTER MAP
Red Mephit
Orange Mephit -5, FF
Yellow Mephit
Churning Lava
Mathilda HP 32/32, AC 19, pending DC 17 basic Reflex Save vs 4 fire damage and 2 persistent damage
Hancock HP 40/40, AC 18, pending DC 17 basic Reflex Save vs 4 fire damage and 4 persistent damage
Signet HP 28/28, AC 19(20 Shield), Minor Curse, pending DC 17 basic Reflex Save vs 4 fire damage and 2 persistent damage
Malik HP 30/30, AC 20, pending DC 17 basic Reflex Save vs 2 fire damage and 2 persistent damage
Haka HP 29/32, AC 20
Shurgha HP 19/19, AC 18, pending DC 17 basic Reflex Save vs 6 fire damage and 2 persistent damage
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Malik ducks to the floor, dodging the gout of fire, before standing up in his fighting stance.
Not really sure if I want to punch fire creatures with my hands... he thinks to himself. Deciding against testing the heat resistance of his handwraps, Malik fires off a bolt of lighting between two of the creatures.
DC 17 basic Reflex
Shurgha is quick also to dodge the fiery breath but her clothes catch some fire. She then quickly and carefully moves the brown molds under her feet, ensuring they won't react aggressively. She then aims her weapon and shoots at Yellow but she misses.
Malik is as quick as a ninja, perfect at timing to not be hit at all with the same hot breath, and at the same time lands into his crane stance. H then draws from the air some electricity, directing it to Yellow and Orange.
Yellow takes its full electric force whereas Orange electrified twice it!
Terrain Condition: Brown molds everywhere! You can disable them with DC 14 Nature or Survival or DC 17 Thievery (for two actions) to clear your square and all adjacent squares of the mold; the churning lava does not target creatures in cleared squares with its spatter attack, but the hazard is not destroyed until every square has been cleared of mold. Area within the red border (except bridge) is with brown molds except for square(s) in green color.
Active Condition:
ENCOUNTER MAP
Red Mephit
Orange Mephit -15, FF
Yellow Mephit -5
Churning Lava
Mathilda HP 32/32, AC 19, pending DC 17 basic Reflex Save vs 4 fire damage and 2 persistent damage
Hancock HP 40/40, AC 18, pending DC 17 basic Reflex Save vs 4 fire damage and 4 persistent damage
Signet HP 28/28, AC 19(20 Shield), Minor Curse, pending DC 17 basic Reflex Save vs 4 fire damage and 2 persistent damage
Malik HP 30/30, AC 20(22 Stance)
Haka HP 29/32, AC 20
Shurgha HP 16/19, AC 18
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Hancock takes one right to the chest, though the damage is mitigated by his forge dwarf ancestry (fire resistance 1).
Sensitive to the needs of the others and worried about Bruce, Hancock moves closer to the Mephit and scrabbles around quickly shoving the moss away with his massive feet.
- burn
* stride
** clear moss using thievery
"It's quite beautiful in here, isn't it?" The Carnelian Signet pauses on the moldy bridge. "Using this mold to absorb the heat. The lava itself glows with radiance." She looks out to the lava before the smoke overtakes her vision. It's mesmerizing.
She makes little effort to evade the splatter. "Oh! You're ruining my dress!" She snaps up at the creatures ahead of her. "Let's see how good your aim is now!"
She steps up in front of the deep Red creature, faces the Yellow creature and blows blinding white ash from her lips. A >Dazzling Flash< erupts forth, possibly blinding them.
The ash surrounds her, leaving her covered in smoke that leaves her features vague.
Hancock is hit in the chest, but has some resistance against it. Signet is also hit as she is not quick to evade it. Angered, she makes a blinding flash on Red and Yellow.
Mathilda too has no escape from the fiery breath. She carefully removes the brown molds under her before she changes weapon.
Thanks to their fast healing abilities, some vitality is restored to each of them. The mephits then take turns attacking the Pathfinders!
None of the attacks from Red hits Signet.
bludgeoning damage
bludgeoning damage
bludgeoning damage
Hancock receives fist attacks in full force from the mephit!
bludgeoning damage
bludgeoning damage
The lava begins to churn again and spatter those who have not cleared the brown molds under them as they get disturbed with their movements. A chunk of it throws at .
fire damage and DC 17 Reflex save as the lava rapidly cools and solidifies on him
Success The lava slides off the target with no additional effect.
Fail Clumsy 1, target or adjacent creature can take an Interact action to remove condition
Crit Fail Clumsy 2, target or adjacent creature can take an Interact action to remove condition by 1
Terrain Condition: Brown molds everywhere! You can disable them with DC 14 Nature or Survival or DC 17 Thievery (for two actions) to clear your square and all adjacent squares of the mold; the churning lava does not target creatures in cleared squares with its spatter attack, but the hazard is not destroyed until every square has been cleared of mold. Area within the red border (except bridge) is with brown molds except for square(s) in green color.
Active Condition:
ENCOUNTER MAP
Red Mephit FF, Blinded (1 rd) then Dazzled (1 min)
Orange Mephit -13
Yellow Mephit -3, Dazzled (1 rd)
Churning Lava
Mathilda HP 4/32, AC 19, 2 persistent damage
Hancock HP 10/40, AC 18, 4 persistent damage
Signet HP 24/28, AC 19, Concealed, Moderate Curse, 2 persistent damage
Malik HP 26/30, AC 20(22 Stance), pending DC 17 Reflex save
Haka HP 29/32, AC 20
Shurgha HP 16/19, AC 18
Signet's Moderate Curse: You are concealed from other creatures, though as the other creatures aren't cursed themselves, they can benefit from effects that would allow them to ignore or mitigate the concealed condition, as normal. All other creatures and objects are concealed from you regardless of distance; however, when casting a fire spell, you automatically succeed at the flat check for this concealed condition for targets within 30 feet.
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Hancock, battered and beaten, rages against the mephit and goes on an all out attack.
bludgeoning damage, +4 additional damage with electrical, arcane, and evocation traits
bludgeoning damage, +4 additional damage with electrical, arcane, and evocation traits
bludgeoning damage, +4 additional damage with electrical, arcane, and evocation traits
*sigh*
Malik, weighed down by the cooled lava, manages to land a critical hit on Yellow through one of his flurries. He follows it with another electric charge, together with Orange.
Yellow manages to dodge some of the electricity, but Orange takes twice of it instead, toasting it to crisp. The poor creature stops flying and falls to the glowing magma. Hancock rages.
Terrain Condition: Brown molds everywhere! You can disable them with DC 14 Nature or Survival or DC 17 Thievery (for two actions) to clear your square and all adjacent squares of the mold; the churning lava does not target creatures in cleared squares with its spatter attack, but the hazard is not destroyed until every square has been cleared of mold. Area within the red border (except bridge) is with brown molds except for square(s) in green color.
Active Condition:
ENCOUNTER MAP
Red Mephit FF, Blinded (1 rd) then Dazzled (1 min)
Yellow Mephit -12, Dazzled (1 rd)
Churning Lava
Mathilda HP 4/32, AC 19, 2 persistent damage
Hancock HP 10/40, AC 18 (three actions)
Signet HP 24/28, AC 19, Concealed, Moderate Curse, 2 persistent damage
Malik HP 26/30, AC 20(22 Stance), Clumsy 1
Haka HP 29/32, AC 20
Shurgha HP 16/19, AC 18
Signet's Moderate Curse: You are concealed from other creatures, though as the other creatures aren't cursed themselves, they can benefit from effects that would allow them to ignore or mitigate the concealed condition, as normal. All other creatures and objects are concealed from you regardless of distance; however, when casting a fire spell, you automatically succeed at the flat check for this concealed condition for targets within 30 feet.
With smoke everywhere, she decides to clear the mold lying at her feet.
Unable to make heads or tails of the mold, she instead glares at the Red creature assaulting her.
She does like it hot, but this is a bit too hot...
The spatter from the churning lava misses Malik.
Signet attempts to clear her area to no avail. He demoralizes Red with her Intimidating Glare between their concealment. Their eyes meet and Red becomes Frightened of her. Shurgha reloads and aims at Yellow, shooting the mephit in the chest. It stops flapping its wings and sinks into the bubbling magma as well. Mathilda makes her way to Red and swings her greatsword on the last mephit. Both attacks connect, sending it into its demise. Haka patches up Hancock with quickly made poultice, restoring him some health.
Signet also is continually burned from the fire that has not been quenched
but the persistent fire burns Mathilda down! Someone must help her. But before that, the lava churn again and spatters on Signet!
It is a miss, fortunately.
Terrain Condition: Brown molds everywhere! You can disable them with DC 14 Nature or Survival or DC 17 Thievery (for two actions) to clear your square and all adjacent squares of the mold; the churning lava does not target creatures in cleared squares with its spatter attack, but the hazard is not destroyed until every square has been cleared of mold. Area within the red border (except bridge) is with brown molds except for square(s) in green color.
Active Condition:
ENCOUNTER MAP
Churning Lava
Hancock HP 19/40, AC 18
Signet HP 22/28, AC 19, Concealed, Moderate Curse, 2 persistent damage
Malik HP 30/30, AC 20(22 Stance)
Haka HP 29/32, AC 20
Shurgha HP 16/19, AC 18
Mathilda HP 0/32, AC 19, 2 persistent damage, Dying 2
"Shurgha dear? Is that you?" The Carnelian Signet turns in her direction. "It's quite hot in here. A little too hot." She hears a scream of triumph turn sour. "But Mathilda's stealing the spotlight. I'll stall for time."
Some of her ash seeps into Mathilda, alleviating some of her burns.
"Let's get somewhere a bit cooler." Now soaked in water, she carefully heads north.
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Once everyone starts sprinting ahead Haka has no choice but to follow, though he grumbles along the way. Some people have no appreciation for known hazards. Would have been safe enough as long as we stayed of the mold. Now we have to worry about things trying to kill us while I patch people up.
He scoops up the wounded warrior on his way past. Come on, if nothing else it should be cooler.
Shurgha gets close to Signet, draws her waterskins and pours its content on Signet to quench off the flames. The attempt is effective. Signet, on the other hand, heals Mathilda, in which the fighter is helped to get up propped up with the others and gets out of the hot room. The others follow suit.
In the area they are into now, Haka then does his job to heal everyone before they continue their search.