GM Tyranius (PF2) Dark Archive Case Files (Inactive)

Game Master Tyranius

Vesperscale tries to deal with the jawbone.

Occultism: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (9) + 22 = 31

Toad looks at the scribbles. I'll clobber you again, lying dandelion owlboar!

Intimidation (Tome; M): 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (10) + 23 = 33

Aegis is up.

Aegis immediate moves towards Verspcale, reaching deep into esoteric knowledge to counteract the jawbone! Occultism: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (13) + 23 = 36

The Birchfrost Kaiju thunders behind you as you are able to outpace it. Large trees crash behind you. You rus into a building for safety, slamming the door behind you.

The Fullbloom Opera House is lovely this evening, the Lady of the Harvest hanging on stage. “Heroes, your arrival is most timely!” Vir calls from the stage—but there are two of her. “That impostor has sown seeds of doubt into the minds of my allies. You must assist me!” says one from stage left, while on stage right, the other decries, “Lies, smoke, and mirrors! I’m the real one, and it’s YOU who have come to destroy us from within!”

You can overcome this with:
DC 28 Diplomacy or Intimidation to get the two sides to back down
DC 30 Perception or Society to identify or draw out the impostor

These will need multiple successes as it uses the Chase subsystem.

Vesperscale shouts "Tell us of your longest meal!"

society: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (3) + 18 = 21

"Both of you, pipe down and let us think a moment!"

Intimidation: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (13) + 24 = 37

Intimidation (Tome; M): 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (12) + 23 = 35

Mirrored versions of yourselves slowly step forth from the mirrors, plunging daggers into your sides.

Damage (Piercing and Precision): 2d6 + 2d6 ⇒ (1, 2) + (5, 3) = 11 Everyone takes 11 damage.

Suddenly the Opera House shakes and splits down the middle, dumping Vir and the mirror versions into the ground. Scrambling to escape you find yourselves freezing in the snow.

The Womb of the World’s temple is strangely cold and covered in snow. Ded Bolota looms tall in one corner, birch leaves and snowflakes swirling threateningly around him, while Mother Mitera rises in the other, held within an enormous wicker avatar grown of moonflower vines. The two plant bodies begin to brawl and launch bolts of natural magic as the waves of the Obari Ocean crash.

You can overcome this with:
DC 32 Stealth or Athletics to escape from the confrontation
DC 30 Religion or Nature to ward off the magic

These will need multiple successes as it uses the Chase subsystem.

Athletics (M): 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (3) + 23 = 26

Toad tries to escape but he still sort of wishes the wicker man hippie cult was what they appeared to be.

Tenpot scrabbles through his esoterica, looking for the right thing to ward off the magic.

Nature: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (5) + 17 = 22

Athletics: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (9) + 22 = 31

Vesperscale pushes through.

Aegis's Stealth (T): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

The clash from the titans sends destructing and death all around you.

Cold and Poison Damage: 3d6 + 3d6 ⇒ (6, 2, 5) + (2, 2, 3) = 20 DC 34 Basic Fort Save.

Cold, muggy mist drifts on the shores of the Lake of Mists and Veils, though pieces of Yllaldo Castle are strewn through the forest. The jawbone of Nolimarthos protrudes from the water, and a deafening drone fills the air. When it ends, the Birchfrost Beast emerges from the lake, growing in size with each terrible blast of sound until it blots out the sun and the ground shudders.

You can overcome this with:
DC 27 Acrobatics or Athletics to dodge the Beast’s legs and falling trees
DC 29 Intimidation to Demoralize the beast
DC 25 Arcana or Occultism to counteract the jawbone

Didn't we already do this one?

fort: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (17) + 21 = 38

Vesperscale dodges most of it, gets a feeling of déjà vu and dodges a tree.

athletics: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (3) + 22 = 25

Athletics: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (16) + 23 = 39

Ahhhh! The lying dandelion owlboar is back!

Realizing this chase is a time loop Tenpots finds the Knife of Troubled Elimination in his hands. Reaching out he severs the bonds holding you to this catastrophic loop.

You did indeed already do that one. It has you cycle through once more until someone notices.

The crack in the kaleidoscope of memories widens, wind and light bursting through before drawing in. The memories that once stretched their ethereal claws now scream in anger, reaching out as the ground drops and falls away, down, down, down into the depths of a void.

Your back hits a door. It swings open. You stumble in. For a moment, the world is suspended and weightless before gravity reasserts itself towards the nearest surface: a perfectly smooth, flat plane of vivid colors.

A strange, dreamlike space, littered with objects jutting out Archive of the plane or floating at odd angles with impossible gravity, extends in all directions. The “ground” beneath you is marked with a geometric symbol, split faintly into four parts that extend in each cardinal direction—if such things even matter in this strange realm.

Having made it through the mindscape’s defenses, you have landed in the exact center of the Storybook proper, where all four sections of the mindscape intersect. Various objects jut at odd angles out of the “ground,” which, despite seeming like open space, is solid, like a pane of glass made from pure color.

New fun map posted. You are on Tile A.

occultism: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (4) + 22 = 26

Vesperscale looks around but still seems confused.

Occultism: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24

Tenpot is similarly bewildered.

Arcana (M): 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (9) + 18 = 27

"Nice catch Tenpot!" Aegis looks around Occultism: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (4) + 20 = 24 Oof? Should I use a Hero Point?

This cozy bedroom clearly belongs to an inquisitive child. Sturdy shelves next to the four-poster bed contain storybooks and friendly informational volumes on the wonders of Golarion.

A metaphorical manifestation of K.H.W.’s childhood curiosity has taken the form of a shining child and inhabited this bedroom. The sight of strangers excites the astral creature.

It clenches a strange four fingered hand as its long white hair wisps through the wind though there is no breeze. "Will you tell me a story?"

Toad sits by the child and opens his coloring tome to some Basic children's Scribbles and reads a story aloud:

Today toad was clobbered, the green blood flowed. There is no toad deader than toad. Toad went splat all around, his guts made a splooshy sound. Thank goodness he wasn't a ham or a clam. We can put his green guts in a jar and make toadberry jam.

Performance (U): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23

Vesperscale sits politely and listens as well, trying to distract herself from her grumbling tummy.

The creatures mouth opens wider and wider, well beyond the scope it should be able to as it smiles. A bright light emanates from within. "Devour....Green Guts....SPLAT!" The shining child seems to delight in Toadclobbers words as it grows in intensity.

The intensity of the light from the creature is incredibly blinding. If you start your turn within 60' you need to make a DC 31 Fort Save. If fail then you are blinded for 1 minute and crit fail is permanent. Success is immune for 24 hours.

Small orbs of light float from its body as they sear through teh air at you.

Fire Ray vs Tenpots AC 32: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (7) + 27 = 34
Damage (Fire): 3d10 + 5 ⇒ (9, 1, 6) + 5 = 21

Fire Ray vs Toadclobber AC 33: 1d20 + 27 - 5 ⇒ (2) + 27 - 5 = 24
Fire Ray vs Tenpots AC 32: 1d20 + 27 - 10 ⇒ (14) + 27 - 10 = 31

★★★
Childhood Bedroom! Round 1

Battlemap

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Shining Child (-0 HP) │ Blinding Aura
➤ Vesperscale (166/166 HP) │ Minor Sturdy Shield Hardness 13, HP 104/104 | Resist Slashing 3 |
➤ Aegis (110/110 HP)
➤ Tenpot (105/126 HP)
➤ Toadclobber (154/154 HP)

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Vesperscale's weapon jumps to their hand

fort: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (14) + 21 = 35

as they stand up and fire a ray of frost.

pew: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (10) + 20 = 30
cold damage: 6d4 + 4 ⇒ (3, 1, 3, 1, 1, 3) + 4 = 16

Fort: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (7) + 18 = 25
HERO POINT: Fort: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (10) + 18 = 28 Well, dang.

Tenpot throws his arm over his eyes as he's overwhelmed by the bright light. Blinded, he fires in the direction he last saw the creature, then hastily reloads and fires again before it can move.

◆Strike, ◆Reload, ◆Strike. No Exploit Vulnerability because it requires you to select an opponent you can see :(

DC 11 flat check: 1d20 ⇒ 18
Pistol: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (1) + 21 = 22
Piercing (concussive), Implement’s Empowerment: 3d6 + 8 ⇒ (2, 4, 6) + 8 = 20
Electricity from Shock rune: 1d6 ⇒ 1

DC 11 flat check: 1d20 ⇒ 10
Pistol, second attack: 1d20 + 21 - 5 ⇒ (7) + 21 - 5 = 23
Piercing (concussive), Implement’s Empowerment: 3d6 + 8 ⇒ (3, 4, 3) + 8 = 18
Electricity from Shock rune: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Pistol Unloaded

FORT: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (2) + 19 = 21 Welp.... Early Hero Point
FORT: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (10) + 19 = 29

Blinded, Aegis reaches out to Tenpot and hastens the gunslinging thaumaturge!

Fort (E): 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (11) + 20 = 31

Guess you didn't like my story?

Esoteric Lore, Holding Coloring Book (M): 1d20 + 23 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 23 + 1 = 42 to exploit vulnerability

He pulls out the darkest vlackest crayon pf all the crayons and runs it along the edge of his dogslicer as he draws it. He moves around the creature. 35' movement w/longstrider

Vesperscale sends a ray of freezing energy at the Shining child and misses as the bed gets frozen to the ground.

Aegis hastes Tenpots as the Tengu also goes blind for a brief moment from the bright light. His shots go wild as he doesn't quite know exactly where to aim.

Toadclobber knows quite a bit about Shining Children. They are generally immune to blinded, dazzled, fire effects. No resistances or weaknesses so Personal Antithesis for 8

Toadclobber gets out his darkest crayon and runs true black along the edge of the blade.

The Shining Child's brightness increases further in intensity as it pulses out with the heat of a burning star.

Sun Burst Fire Damage: 8d10 ⇒ (7, 9, 6, 6, 4, 1, 6, 8) = 47 DC 35 Basic reflex, crit fail is permanently blinded.

★★★
Childhood Bedroom! Round 2

Battlemap

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Vesperscale: DC 35 Reflex vs 45 Damage
Aegis: DC 35 Reflex vs 45 Damage
Tenpot: DC 35 Reflex vs 45 Damage
Toadclobber: DC 35 Reflex vs 45 Damage

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Shining Child (-0 HP) │ Blinding Aura | Weakness 8 Toadclobber)
➤ Vesperscale (166/166 HP) │ Minor Sturdy Shield Hardness 13, HP 104/104 | Resist Slashing 3 |
➤ Aegis (110/110 HP) │ Blinded 1 Minute
➤ Tenpot (105/126 HP) │ Hasted | Blinded 1 Minute
➤ Toadclobber (154/154 HP)

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reflex: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (6) + 20 = 26

Vesperscale narrowly avoids taking the full brunt of the sunburst thanks to her plate armor, but does find it rather over like.

Vesperscale then approaches and takes advantage of Toad's help with a gouging claw delivered through her longsword

spellstrike: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (1) + 22 = 23
slashing+slashing+fire: 3d8 + 6 + 6d6 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 1) + 6 + (3, 2, 3, 5, 6, 6) + 4 + (3) = 46

Reflex vs. burst: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (3) + 18 = 21 Welp, unless we started with more than one HP apiece, I think there's not much I can do here.

"Argh!" Tenpot cries, as the intense light burns him badly. Breathing hard and still unable to see anything, he calls out "Is it still in the same spot?"

Delay until someone confirms where it is.

REF: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (17) + 20 = 37

Also delaying...

SPENDING THAT GENEROUS HERO POINT: Reflex vs. Burst: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (15) + 18 = 33

Ref (E): 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (8) + 21 = 29

Toad sizzles.

He steps into the flank:

Toadslicer, Frosty, Ghosty: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (6) + 22 = 28
S, Frost, Empowerment: 3d6 + 1d6 + 4 + 8 ⇒ (5, 6, 6) + (5) + 4 + 8 = 34

Toadslicer, Ghost Touch: 1d20 + 21 - 4 ⇒ (11) + 21 - 4 = 28
S, Frost, Empowerment: 2d6 + 1d6 + 4 + 8 ⇒ (6, 3) + (2) + 4 + 8 = 23

Vesperscale misses with her spellstrike as the sunburst nearly blinds her. Aegis and Tenpots hang back, unsure where the Shining Child is at. They wait for their companions to point it out.

Toadclobber fails to wound the shining child.

Do Aegis or Tenpots wish to come out of delay?

★★★
Childhood Bedroom! Round 2

Battlemap

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Shining Child (-0 HP) │ Blinding Aura | Weakness 8 Toadclobber)
Vesperscale (119/166 HP) │ Minor Sturdy Shield Hardness 13, HP 104/104 | Resist Slashing 3 |
➤ Aegis (87/110 HP) │ Blinded 1 Minute
➤ Tenpot (58/126 HP) │ Hasted | Blinded 1 Minute
Toadclobber (107/154 HP)

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Trying to tamp down the panic of not being able to see, and running out of patience for Toad or Vesperscale to answer his question, Tenpot reloads and fires again, trying to gauge the same spot he last saw the thing in.

◆Reload, ◆Strike, ◆Reload

DC 11 Flat check: 1d20 ⇒ 6

Pistol: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (10) + 21 = 31
Piercing (concussive), Implement’s Empowerment: 3d6 + 8 ⇒ (2, 1, 2) + 8 = 13
Electricity from Shock rune: 1d6 ⇒ 6
[spoiler=Fatal d10 on crit]Fatal crit damage (concussive), Implement’s Empowerment: 3d10 + 8 + 3d10 + 8 + 1d10 ⇒ (2, 9, 7) + 8 + (9, 6, 6) + 8 + (1) = 56
Electricity crit damage (to target and up to 2 other creatures within 10 feet): 2d6 ⇒ (3, 6) = 9

Pistol loaded at end of turn.

@Aegis- Did you wish to come out of delay? The Shining Child has not moved position since you were blinded so you know roughly where it is without someone pointing it out DC 11

Taking a guess, Aegis begins sharing knowledge beyond the mortal ken, trying to fighten the strange horror: Occultism v. Will DC: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (6) + 23 = 29. He then casts a spell of shield to protect against any reprisal.

Aegis' litany of curses and prophecies don't seem to have an affect on the Shining Child as he mentally shields himself from harm. Tenpots fires off into the void as another trio of light burns away at the group.

Fire Ray vs Toadclobber AC 33: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (16) + 27 = 43
Damage: 3d10 + 5 ⇒ (8, 1, 2) + 5 = 16 Crit for 32

Fire Ray vs Vesperscale AC 31: 1d20 + 27 - 5 ⇒ (20) + 27 - 5 = 42
Damage: 3d10 + 5 ⇒ (9, 8, 4) + 5 = 26 Crit for 52

Fire Ray vs Tenpots AC FF 30: 1d20 + 27 - 10 ⇒ (17) + 27 - 10 = 34
Damage: 3d10 + 5 ⇒ (1, 9, 5) + 5 = 20

The malevolent force begins to burn white hot as it scorches you.

★★★
Childhood Bedroom! Round 3

Battlemap

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BOLD IS UP!:
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Shining Child (-0 HP) │ Blinding Aura | Weakness 8 Toadclobber)
➤ Vesperscale (67/166 HP) │ Minor Sturdy Shield Hardness 13, HP 104/104 | Resist Slashing 3 |
➤ Aegis (87/110 HP) │ Blinded 1 Minute
➤ Tenpot (38/126 HP) │ Hasted | Blinded 1 Minute
➤ Toadclobber (76/154 HP)

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"Argh!" Tenpot screams, the pain starting to get to him. "Someone kill this thing!" He fires off two more shots at the last place he saw the thing, hoping to finally hit the thing.

◆Strike, ◆Reload, ◆Strike

DC 11 Flat Check: 1d20 ⇒ 8
Pistol: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (4) + 21 = 25
Piercing (concussive), Implement’s Empowerment: 3d6 + 8 ⇒ (4, 2, 1) + 8 = 15
Electricity from Shock rune: 1d6 ⇒ 3

DC 11 Flat Check: 1d20 ⇒ 5
Pistol, Second attack: 1d20 + 21 - 5 ⇒ (17) + 21 - 5 = 33
Piercing (concussive), Implement’s Empowerment: 3d6 + 8 ⇒ (5, 3, 4) + 8 = 20
Electricity from Shock rune: 1d6 ⇒ 2

Pistol unloaded at end of turn.

Vesperscale gets lit up.

Grimacing she nods to Tenpot and dig's deep, conjuring up new more powerful magic and trying to land them with a spellstrike, plunging her sword deep..

longsword: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (3) + 22 = 25
truestrike: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (13) + 22 = 35
piercing+fire: 3d8 + 6 + 1d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 3) + 6 + (2) = 18

disintegrate damage: 12d10 ⇒ (3, 10, 4, 3, 9, 1, 9, 6, 2, 2, 1, 10) = 60
Basic fort DC 30, if reduced to 0 turn to dust. If hit was a crit, 1 degree worse on save.

Rapid Recharge, Truestrike, Spellstrike(Disintegrate)

Fort DC 30: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (13) + 24 = 37

Tenpots gets closer and closer but he still continues to miss due to his blindness. Vesperscale more than makes up for it. Her blade slices deep into the Shining Childs ribs as a spell causes the bright light to shudder. Immune to fire damage so 46 damage total.

★★★
Childhood Bedroom! Round 3

Battlemap

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BOLD IS UP!:
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Shining Child (-46 HP) │ Blinding Aura | Weakness 8 Toadclobber)
Vesperscale (67/166 HP) │ Minor Sturdy Shield Hardness 13, HP 104/104 | Resist Slashing 3 |
➤ Aegis (87/110 HP) │ Blinded 1 Minute
Tenpot (38/126 HP) │ Hasted | Blinded 1 Minute
➤ Toadclobber (76/154 HP)

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Toad nervous about bullets flying around points out the enemy’s loaction then slices…

Toadslicer, Frosty, Ghosty: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (13) + 22 = 35
S, Frost, Empowerment, weakness: 3d6 + 1d6 + 4 + 8 + 8 ⇒ (5, 3, 6) + (2) + 4 + 8 + 8 = 36

Toadslicer, Ghost Touch: 1d20 + 21 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 21 - 4 = 33
S, Frost, Empowerment, weakness : 2d6 + 1d6 + 4 + 8 + 8 ⇒ (5, 3) + (3) + 4 + 8 + 8 = 31

"Bloody hell." Frustrated that he didn't spend more time practicing with his inner third eye, Aegis.... Actually, do I have reason to think the blindness is magical?

You would indeed believe it to be magical.

Aegis Dispel Magic vs DC 31: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (20) + 21 = 41

Aegis clears his blindness as he is able to see once more. With vengeance in his eyes he shields himself. Toadclobber toadslices, getting a couple grievous wounds into the Shining Child.

Fire Ray vs Toadclobber AC 33: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (2) + 27 = 29

Fire Ray vs Vesperscale AC 31: 1d20 + 27 - 5 ⇒ (14) + 27 - 5 = 36
Damage: 3d10 + 5 ⇒ (4, 3, 8) + 5 = 20

Fire Ray vs Vesperscale AC 31: 1d20 + 27 - 10 ⇒ (9) + 27 - 10 = 26

Vesperscale gets slightly burned as some of the light arcs around, burning her arm.

★★★
Childhood Bedroom! Round 4

Battlemap

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BOLD IS UP!:
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Shining Child (-113 HP) │ Blinding Aura | Weakness 8 Toadclobber)
➤ Vesperscale (47/166 HP) │ Minor Sturdy Shield Hardness 13, HP 104/104 | Resist Slashing 3 |
➤ Aegis (87/110 HP)
➤ Tenpot (38/126 HP) │ Hasted | Blinded 1 Minute
➤ Toadclobber (76/154 HP)

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Vesperscale digs deep.

healing: 4d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 6, 2) = 13 and 10 temp hp.

Vesperscale then makes a shielded strike.

longsword: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (13) + 22 = 35
slashing: 3d8 + 6 ⇒ (7, 1, 7) + 6 = 21

AC 33, will block on the off chance it makes a physical attack on me.

Nice big hits. you guys may pull this off yet!

Toadslicer, Frosty, Ghosty: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (20) + 22 = 42
S, Frost, Empowerment: 3d6 + 1d6 + 4 + 8 ⇒ (6, 6, 3) + (1) + 4 + 8 = 28 nat 20, + weak 8

Toadslicer, Ghost Touch: 1d20 + 21 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 21 - 4 = 18
S, Frost, Empowerment: 2d6 + 1d6 + 4 + 8 ⇒ (2, 5) + (2) + 4 + 8 = 21

Toadslicer, Ghost Touch: 1d20 + 21 - 8 ⇒ (11) + 21 - 8 = 24
S, Frost, Empowerment: 2d6 + 1d6 + 4 + 8 ⇒ (1, 5) + (6) + 4 + 8 = 24