Hmm's Dark Archives Duology: 'Lady of the Harvest' & 'Tomorrow's Feast' [OUTPOST VI]

Game Master Hmm

Meadow follows up with two quick shots.

Hunted Shot-shortbow vs green: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 27
piercing: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 1) + 2 = 8
deadly?: 1d10 ⇒ 3

Hunted Shot-shortbow vs green: 1d20 + 16 - 5 ⇒ (4) + 16 - 5 = 15
piercing: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 5) + 2 = 13
deadly?: 1d10 ⇒ 5

precision: 1d8 ⇒ 8 extra damage on the first hit.

◆ Hunted Shot

Jayma activates her shield and decides that the Pink Beetle needs more rock and roll! Or at least, rock. She hits the beetle with a satisfying crack.

No crit, as these creatures do have a high AC.

Lazarus considers if he know anything else, and then remembers that these beetles are resistant not just to piercing and slashing, but to cold and electricity. He also realizes that their mandibles can constrict, and they are capable of carrying other undead creatures inside their abdomen... though with the holes in Pink already, if there was something else inside the bug, you would have all seen it.

His elven ears do pick up a faint chiming noise as the creatures move, and thinks they may have been recently been raised as undead by the powerful magic in the area.

Dr. Lazarus throws his hammer into Green, and puts another hole into the carapace. Nope, nothing hiding there, either!

At Meadow's command, Silence attacks Green and misses. Green squiggles his mandibles, thinking about how delicious owl might be.

Then Meadow shoots Pink, but only hits on the first strike! The Pink Beetle's thick carapace manages to resist most of the piercing damage, but the creature still goes down to her shot.

★ ---- ★ ---- ★ ---- ★

Tarcog + Amvolwatt (-16)
Meadow
Dr Lazarus
Pink (DEAD)
Green (-21)
Jayma
Turiik (-18)

Tarcog retreats a bit from the green beetle as Amvolwatt moves into his place.
Tandem Movement, provokes

Then Tarcog channels energy into Amvolwatt as it attacks the beetle.
Act Together, cast Boost Eidolon as they attack
Last action goes to Amvolwatt.

Amvolwatt says “Time to bash the beetle!”

striking tail: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (9) + 16 = 25 (agile, finesse, magical)
Bludgeoning damage: 2d6 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 2) + 4 + 4 = 11

striking tail, MAP: 1d20 + 16 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 16 - 4 = 28 (agile, finesse, magical)
Bludgeoning damage: 2d6 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (3, 4) + 4 + 4 = 15

Surprised by the sudden appearance of the animated carapaces, Turiik is caught between the first beetle's mandibles while he is fishing in his pouch for a stone to throw. Before he can let out a cry of pain, his transformation begins.

His assailant crumbles to dust by the time his fangs and claws finish growing, but there is still a giant threat in the room. He roars and rushes around behind it. His jaws chomp at the reanimated carapace.

◆ Rage
◆ Stride
◆ Strike: jaws (E): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 34 vs. Green
Magic, Piercing, WS: 2d12 + 11 ⇒ (8, 2) + 11 = 21

AC 24
+10 temporary HP

Amvolwatt and Tarcog switch places as Tarcog boosts his eidolon. Then Anvolwatt swings twice. CRAAAACK! CRAAAACK!

That crunching nose is satisfying.

Then Turiik comes around the beetle and bites back with a ferocious attack! The carapace beetle has multiple holes in its shell, and lots of targets to feed its hunger.

★ ---- ★ ---- ★ ---- ★

Who's tasty?: 1d3 ⇒ 2

The beetle picks the biggest morsel -- Turiik!

Mandible: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28
Piercing: 2d8 + 7 ⇒ (7, 3) + 7 = 17

It grabs onto Turiik, then it kicks at Amvolwatt, but its focus is so intent on the barbarian breakfast that it completely misses the draconic dessert.

Kick, 2nd attack: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16
Bludgeoning: 2d8 + 7 ⇒ (4, 2) + 7 = 13

★ ---- ★ ---- ★ ---- ★

Tarcog + Amvolwatt (-16)
Meadow
Dr Lazarus
Pink (DEAD)
Green (-84)
Jayma
Turiik (-35, grabbed)

Jayma is pleased with the effect that her flying debris had on the now dead beetle, and so decides to do an encore. Another "scutum magicae," to refresh her magical pink shield, followed by a "colossal coleopteran collects collisions," and a flick of the wrist, sends another lump of debris flying at the remaining creature.

Action 1 (◆): Activate an Item: Wayfinder & Aeon Stone: Dusty Rose Prism - Cast: Shield - AC 23 (Hardness 10)

Actions 2 & 3 (◆◆): Cast a Spell: Telekinetic Projectile [L4] vs Green

Telekinetic Projectile Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27
Telekinetic Projectile Damage: 4d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 6, 6, 5) + 4 = 24 bludgeoning damage

If a crit, you deal double damage.

Dr. Lazarus nods as his companions approach the remaining beetle, forming a ring(o) around it. He devises an attack strategy.

Devise a Stratagem w/ Known Weakness: 1d20 ⇒ 8 (Roll is used for subsequent attack roll.)

Calculating he may miss if he throws his hammer into the fray, the Doctor approaches to flank with Turiik. He greets the beetle, "I say hello ... and you say goodbye, my undead friend" and swings his hammer.

+1 Striking Cold Iron Grabthar's Hammer (w/ Stratagem): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (8) + 16 = 24 (vs flatfoot due to flanking)
Bludgeoning Damage + Strategic Strike: 2d6 + 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (1, 5) + (1, 6) + 5 = 18

◈ Devise, ◈ Stride, ◈ Strike

Jayma brings down the green beetle with a tossed rock just as Dr. Lazarus gets into position.

Crrrraaaaccck!

The beetle crumbles to dust.

COMBAT OVER!

★ ---- ★ ---- ★ ---- ★

Final status!
Tarcog + Amvolwatt (-16)
Meadow
Dr Lazarus
Jayma
Turiik (-25 after temporary hit points)

The battle over, Tarcog cleans the carapace pieces off of Amvolwatt.

“Good job everyone.”

The second beetle releases Turiik as it crumbles to dust. "My hunger is unsatisfi--!' he growls before abruptly collapsing as he transforms back to the meek Erutaki man. Turiik groans. "This--this is my blood, right?"

"Yes!" Jayma can barely contain her glee at seeing her lump of debris smash through the beetle and the creature's subsequent crumbling into dust. "How exciting!" She looks around eagerly for more things to smash and is mildly disappointed when no more beetles emerge from the rubble.

As her gnomish adrenaline dissipates, she looks about to see how much damage the group sustained. She notices more blood on Turiik and sighs. "Poor Turiik. I see your clothes are stained with blood again. I do wish you'd be more careful, especially as it does appear that this particular blood is yours." She calls out to Thurston. "Doctor! Please stop Turiik's bleeding, or there's no point in me cleaning him up again."

As Jayma finishes off the remaining beetle, Dr. Lazarus stows his hammer and retrieves his healer's bag. "Turiik and Tarcog, you know the drill. Make your way here, my dear boys." However, at Jayma's insistence that he help Turiik immediately, Lazarus sighs and says, "Fine. I suppose I can make an occasional house call." He shrugs and adds under his breath "Sometimes it's just easier not to argue with her...."

The old elf makes an exaggerated effort to move all of 10', to be adjacent to the Erutaki man. When the dragon arrives, the Doctor takes 10 minutes to treat both patients simultaneously.

Treat Wounds (expert) DC 20: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (8, 3) + 10 = 21
Assurance => 23, Ward Medic, Continual Recovery

If you prefer I roll a separate check for each patient, just let me know.

Tarcog goes over to where Turiik is so the doctor can treat them both at once. “Thanks, Dr. Lazarus.”

Looking at the rubble, he then says “Wonder if there are more of those things in there. I don’t want to clear that rubble!”

Dr. Lazarus treats everyone's wounds and the party moves on with their exploration.

A6. CRYPT

This chamber contains several niches built into the wall. Each niche holds a body, most of which are fully decomposed. Being the suspicious folk that you are, you check to see if any of these bodies is likely to animate and eat your face.

What you see is just bodies. As Turiik examines them, he realizes that one of these bodies was a healer. There's a jar with well-preserved Lesser Healer's Gel in it.

A7. ANOTHER CRYPT

You push on, and find yourself in a second crypt, much like the one you were just in. A number of bodies are lying in the various niches built into the walls in this room. But... Then Dr. Lazarus, Turiik and Tarcog all notice not only a distinct smell of sulfur in the room, but also that three of the corpses are glowing dully... All three start to slowly shamble from their alcoves, moaning, "Braiiiiiiiiiiins...."

★ ---- ★ ---- ★ ---- ★

★ ---- ★ ---- ★ ---- ★

Dr. Lazarus
Turiik
Tarcog + Amvolwatt
Jayma
Meadow
Orange Zombie
Blue Zombie
Yellow Zombie

Tarcog uses his magic to boost Amvolwatt as the dragon moves forward.
Act Together
Cast Boost Eidolon / Amvolwatt Strides.

“You’ve got this, Amvolwatt!”

The dragon strides forward and attacks with claw and tail! The tail bumps into the wall throwing the attack off.

striking claw: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19 (deadly d8, finesse, magical),
Slashing damage: 2d6 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (2, 1) + 4 + 4 = 11
Deadly: 1d8 ⇒ 7

striking tail, MAP: 1d20 + 16 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 16 - 4 = 13 (agile, finesse, magical)
Bludgeoning damage: 2d6 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (5, 4) + 4 + 4 = 17

Just as Dr. Lazarus is getting used to dead bodies staying dead, the zombies attack. "Be alert. More danger." Thinking back to his book Understanding the Undead: W-Z, he considers the most effective way to attack the smelly creatures, focusing on the one in front of him.

Devise a Stratagem w/ Known Weakness vs Blue: 1d20 ⇒ 15 (Roll is used for subsequent attack roll.)
Known Weakness provides a free Recall Knowledge check (Loremaster Lore +14)
If crit success on RK, Lazarus and all allies get a +1 circ bonus to their next attack roll.

The Doctor shares what he knows with the group. Then, with a clear shot at the zombie in front of him, he hurls his hammer.

+1 Striking Returning Cold Iron Grabthar's Hammer (w/ Stratagem) vs Blue: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31
Bludgeoning Damage + Strategic Strike: 2d6 + 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (3, 5) + (1, 1) + 5 = 15

If RK reveals that slashing weapons would be good (Dr. Lazarus has faced plenty of zombies as a Pathfinder so maybe these are similar...)
Dr. Lazarus gently drops his hammer and draws his massive elven curve blade.

If he has no reason to switch to a slashing weapon...

◈ Devise, ◇ Recall Knowledge, ◈ Strike, ◇ Drop Weapon (depending on RK), ◈ Interact (draw weapon) or Strike (depending on RK)

Tarcog boosts his eidolon, and Amvolwatt enthusiastically misses the zombie twice.

Meanwhile, Dr. Lazarus recalls what he knows of zombies, and remembers that slashing damage will slice them faster than soft (and slightly rotting) cheese. In addition, he also recognizes that these are sulfur zombies, who have a chance of blinding their opponents when they hit.

His thrown hammer hits true, and then the good doctor changes weapons.

★ ---- ★ ---- ★ ---- ★

Dr. Lazarus
Turiik
Tarcog + Amvolwatt
Jayma
Meadow
Orange Zombie
Blue Zombie (-30)
Yellow Zombie

"Hmm...Zombies maybe?" Meadow looks to Silence for confirmation.

"Screech!" Silence flaps his wings.

The ranger sighs. "You never do pay attention in class do you? Well whatever they are I bet they don't like arrows."

Meadow chooses her target and launches a volley of arrows.

Quick Draw-shortbow vs blue: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (8) + 16 = 24
piercing: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (1, 5) + 2 = 8
deadly?: 1d10 ⇒ 3

Hunted Shot-shortbow vs blue: 1d20 + 16 - 5 ⇒ (17) + 16 - 5 = 28
piercing: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 4) + 2 = 11
deadly?: 1d10 ⇒ 5

Hunted Shot-shortbow vs blue: 1d20 + 16 - 10 ⇒ (10) + 16 - 10 = 16
piercing: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 4) + 2 = 12
deadly?: 1d10 ⇒ 2

precision: 1d8 ⇒ 5 extra damage on the first hit.

◆ Hunt prey, ◆ Quick Draw, ◆ Hunted Shot

Meadow shoots, and her first two arrows hit the Blue Zombie, who looks down in confusion at the two arrows in her chest. "Braiiiiiins?"

★ ---- ★ ---- ★ ---- ★

Dr. Lazarus
Turiik
Tarcog + Amvolwatt
Jayma
Meadow
Orange Zombie
Blue Zombie (-54)
Yellow Zombie

Turiik does not even get a chance to speak before his eyes darken and the beast inside him forces its way out of him. He charges toward the shambling corpses. "At least these have flesh on them!" he snarls before snapping at the zombies left and right.

◆ Rage
◆ Stride
◆ Strike: jaws (E): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (12) + 16 = 28 vs. Blue
Magic, Piercing, WS: 2d12 + 11 ⇒ (7, 8) + 11 = 26

AC 24
+10 temporary HP

Well, Turiik just proved that he's not a picky eater... He takes a big bite out of the Blue Zombie tearing off rotten undead flesh. It tastes of rotten eggs and moldy steak. Blue looks at his head and licks her lips.

"Brains?" she asks, hopefully.

★ ---- ★ ---- ★ ---- ★

Dr. Lazarus
Turiik
Tarcog + Amvolwatt
Jayma
Meadow
Orange Zombie
Blue Zombie (-80)
Yellow Zombie

The transformed Turiik swallows down his rotten mouthful and growls at the zombie's covetous stare. "Dare not slake your false hunger on my host!"

◇ The Blue Zombie ignores Turiik's warning, then takes out a shaker and sprinkles salt on Turiik's head.

This is a free monster action that does not provoke.

A new record! 16 posts waiting for me in gameplay. Sorry for holding things up, but this meaty vessel in which I'm trapped requires that I become unconscious on a regular basis if it is to continue functioning properly. Very annoying.

Once Thurston has patched Turiik's wounds, Jayma once again cleans him up with a quick spell. "There you go. Good as new again. Let's see if we can keep it that way for more than five minutes, yes?"

She then follows the rest as the group explores the nearby rooms. She's a little on edge when they discover more remains of the dead, but relaxes somewhat when the remains turn out to want to remain that way. An interesting architectural detail catches her eye and she's a little slow to react to the commotion in the next room. Thurston's yell snaps her head around and she sees that not all the dead in this place feel the same way as the ones in this room. "Ah, sulfur zombies is it? How novel!" Also a little annoying, as their affinity to fire will likely make many of her attacks less effective.

Shrugging in resignation, she raises her magical pink shield once more and finding a sharp-edged bone splinter sends it spinning past Turiik and across the creature's neck with a flick of her wrist and a "noggin noshers not needed now".

If a suitably sharp-edged piece of debris isn't available, Jayma has a small pouch on her belt full of sharp-edged buttons that she uses when she needs to inflict slashing damage. If that is the case, then instead of raising her Shield, she'll Interact to pull out one of her buttons and send that at flying the Zombie instead.

Action 1 (◆): Activate an Item: Wayfinder & Aeon Stone: Dusty Rose Prism - Cast: Shield - AC 23 (Hardness 10)

Actions 2 & 3 (◆◆): Cast a Spell: Telekinetic Projectile [L4] vs Blue

Telekinetic Projectile Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29
Telekinetic Projectile Damage: 4d6 + 4 ⇒ (2, 1, 2, 4) + 4 = 13 slashing damage

If a crit, you deal double damage.

So close! Jayma's cutting telekinetic projectiles hurt the Blue zombie, but fail to bring it down.

The orange zombie shuffles forward and punches the good doctor. "Brains," the zombie says, almost conversationally.

Orange Punch: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (18) + 15 = 33
Bludgeoning Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (4, 5) + 3 = 12

In addition to this damage, Orange inflicts 1d6 persistent fire and a DC 20 Fortitude Save vs Blinding Sulfur (see the bottom of this post.)

Then Blue punches Turiik, twice, hoping to tenderize her meal. "Salty Brains."

Blue Punch: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24
Bludgeoning Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (2, 3) + 3 = 8

Blue Punch 2: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

The second punch misses!

In addition to this damage, Blue inflicts 1d6 persistent fire and a DC 20 Fortitude Save vs Blinding Sulfur (see the bottom of this post.)

Finally, Yellow punches Amvolwatt twice, howling, "Braiiiiiiiiins!"

Yellow Punch: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29
Bludgeoning Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (1, 1) + 3 = 5

Yellow Punch 2: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

The second punch misses!

In addition to this damage, Yellow inflicts 1d6 persistent fire and a DC 20 Fortitude Save vs Blinding Sulfur (see the bottom of this post.)

★ ---- ★ ---- ★ ---- ★

Dr. Lazarus (-12, 1d6 Persistent Fire, DC 20 Fort Save)
Turiik (-8, 1d6 Persistent Fire, DC 20 Fort Save)
Tarcog + Amvolwatt (-5, 1d6 Persistent Fire, DC 20 Fort Save)
Jayma
Meadow
Orange Zombie
Blue Zombie (-98)
Yellow Zombie

Fortitude DC 20: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (17) + 12 = 29

Assaulted by the noxious fumes and on fire, Dr. Lazarus manages to clear his eyes and focus on the adjacent enemy. Frankly, he isn't at all surprised the brain-craving zombie is after him. "I understand why you're after this brain, my undead friend. An excellent choice. But you shan't have it." Gripping his elven curve blade, Dr. Lazarus devises an optimal attack strategy.

Devise a Stratagem w/ Known Weakness vs Orange: 1d20 ⇒ 17 (Roll is used for subsequent attack roll.)
Known Weakness provides a free Recall Knowledge check (Loremaster Lore +14)

With a clear opening, he slashes twice with his blade.

+1 Striking Elven Curve Blade (w/ Stratagem) vs Orange: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (17) + 16 = 33
Slashing Damage + Strategic Strike: 2d8 + 2d6 + 5 ⇒ (8, 4) + (1, 4) + 5 = 22

+1 Striking Elven Curve Blade +MAP vs Orange: 1d20 + 15 - 5 ⇒ (3) + 15 - 5 = 13
Slashing Damage + Forceful: 2d8 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (3, 4) + 5 + 2 = 14

Persistent Fire: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Persistent Flat Chat: 1d20 ⇒ 5

◈ Devise, ◇ Recall Knowledge, ◈◈ Strike x2

Jayma is a little irritated that her shard didn't quite finish off the zombie. It looks to be on it's last legs, so she decides to finish it off using her boringly repetitive sequence of spells. Up goes her shield and another sharp object goes slashing into the zombie. "double death, dead dummy"

Action 1 (◆): Activate an Item: Wayfinder & Aeon Stone: Dusty Rose Prism - Cast: Shield - AC 23 (Hardness 10)

Actions 2 & 3 (◆◆): Cast a Spell: Telekinetic Projectile [L4] vs Blue

Telekinetic Projectile Attack: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29
Telekinetic Projectile Damage: 4d6 + 4 ⇒ (1, 1, 5, 2) + 4 = 13 slashing damage

If a crit, you deal double damage.

Fortitude, DC 20: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21 Success!

The fumes are bad, but Amvolwatt is not deterred.

As Tarcog boosts his power, Amvolwatt strikes twice with his claws. Evidently he was listening as Dr. Lazarus spoke of them being vulnerable to slashing attacks.
striking claw: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (8) + 16 = 24 (deadly d8, finesse, magical),
Slashing damage: 2d6 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (2, 2) + 4 + 4 = 12
Deadly: 1d8 ⇒ 3

striking claw, MAP: 1d20 + 16 - 5 ⇒ (6) + 16 - 5 = 17 (deadly d8, finesse, magical),
Slashing damage: 2d6 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (3, 2) + 4 + 4 = 13
Deadly: 1d8 ⇒ 7

Dr. Lazarus manages one neat slice and one miss on his zombie.

He recalls two things. First, that these creatures are immune to fire. Second, that these creatures explode when they go down, which is exactly what happens when Jayma hits Blue with more shrapnel.

KA-BOOOOOOOM!

Sulfur Blue Zombie Explosion, (Bludgeoning + Fire, DC 19 Reflex Save): 2d10 + 2d10 ⇒ (9, 9) + (4, 8) = 30

The explosion hits in a thirty foot radius, hitting Yellow, Orange, Turiik, Amvolwatt, Dr. Lazarus and Tarcog.

Keep in mind that cover can give you a +2 on your Reflex Save.

Orange Reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
Yellow Reflex: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

As they are immune to fire, the zombies only take the bludgeoning damage from the explosion.

Then Tarcog manages to slash at his zombie once.

★ ---- ★ ---- ★ ---- ★

Dr. Lazarus (-14, 1d6 Persistent Fire, DC 19 Reflex)
Turiik (-8, 1d6 Persistent Fire, DC 20 Fort Save, DC 19 Reflex)
Tarcog + Amvolwatt (-5, 1d6 Persistent Fire, DC 19 Reflex)
Jayma
Meadow
Orange Zombie (-58)
Blue Zombie (EXPLODED)
Yellow Zombie (-40)

Tarcog feeds power to Amvolwatt’s attacks.
Act Together, Cast Boost Eidolon as it attacks

He then steps to the side so others can better see into the room where Amvolwatt and Turiik are fighting.

Persistent Fire: 1d6 ⇒ 3
Flat check to end burning: 1d20 ⇒ 3 Nope.

Amvolwatt continues burning, causing damage to both of them.

Tarcog's Reflex (T): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21

Reflex: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18

Amvolwatt isn’t able to avoid the explosion and the duo takes full damage.

Amvolwatt takes the full explosion to the face!

★ ---- ★ ---- ★ ---- ★

Dr. Lazarus (-14, 1d6 Persistent Fire, DC 19 Reflex)
Turiik (-8, 1d6 Persistent Fire, DC 20 Fort Save, DC 19 Reflex)
Tarcog + Amvolwatt (-38, 1d6 Persistent Fire)
Jayma
Meadow
Orange Zombie (-58)
Blue Zombie (EXPLODED)
Yellow Zombie (-40)

How fun ... it's a saving throw party here! Did everyone remember their party hats?

Reflex DC 19: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26

Dr. Lazarus is in the middle of enlightening the group, "My dear colleagues, be forewarned that they expl..." as a wave rolls through the room.

The Doctor avoids the worst of it and points out to Turiik, "My dear boy, if you can hear me in your current violent state, we can perhaps offer each other some flanking opportunities if you're looking for a new enemy." The Doctor waits in the doorway, hopefully.

Dr. Lazarus evades part of the explosion.

★ ---- ★ ---- ★ ---- ★

Dr. Lazarus (-29, 1d6 Persistent Fire)
Turiik (-8, 1d6 Persistent Fire, DC 20 Fort Save, DC 19 Reflex)
Tarcog + Amvolwatt (-38, 1d6 Persistent Fire)
Jayma
Meadow
Orange Zombie (-58)
Blue Zombie (EXPLODED)
Yellow Zombie (-40)

Fortitude (M): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (1) + 16 = 17 (Will Hero Point out of that critical fail...)
Hero Point: Fortitude (M): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (2) + 16 = 18 (...)

Reflex (T): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24

Turiik roars as the burning embers sting his eyes. He manages to avoid some of the exploding debris as Jayma takes down his meal. He turns blindly to the last place he knew there was something to sink his teeth into and begins to snap wildly while his armor burns.

Blinded: Concealment DC 11: 1d20 ⇒ 15
◆ Strike: jaws (E): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21
Magic, Piercing, WS: 2d12 + 11 ⇒ (5, 11) + 11 = 27

Blinded: Concealment DC 11: 1d20 ⇒ 3
◆ Strike: jaws (E): 1d20 + 16 - 5 ⇒ (10) + 16 - 5 = 21
Magic, Piercing, WS: 2d12 + 11 ⇒ (5, 4) + 11 = 20

Blinded: Concealment DC 11: 1d20 ⇒ 4
◆ Strike: jaws (E): 1d20 + 16 - 10 ⇒ (20) + 16 - 10 = 26
Magic, Piercing, WS: 2d12 + 11 ⇒ (8, 1) + 11 = 20

Fire: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Flat DC 15: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Temporarily blinded, Turiik blindly lashes out at the Yellow Zombie and takes a big bite.

★ ---- ★ ---- ★ ---- ★

Dr. Lazarus (-29, 1d6 Persistent Fire)
Turiik (-19, 1d6 Persistent Fire, Blinded for 1 round, Temp HP used)
Tarcog + Amvolwatt (-38, 1d6 Persistent Fire)
Jayma
Meadow
Orange Zombie (-58)
Blue Zombie (EXPLODED)
Yellow Zombie (-67)

Observing Turiik biting into the zombies, Amvolwatt says “Well, no one can accuse you of being a picky eater.”

“So do you have a different name we should use for you? You seem to consider yourself separate from Turiik.”

"Wow they blow up! I was gonna send you in Silence but it looks pretty dangerous. Better just let me shoot them from here."

hunt prey vs orange, command animal

"Screech!" Silence flaps his wings and suddenly crackles with electrical energy. A bolt of lightning shoots from his eyes at the nearest zombie quickly followed by another.

flat check dc5: 1d20 ⇒ 7
Ranged lightning: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31
damage: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 1) = 10

flat check dc10: 1d20 ⇒ 11
Ranged lightning: 1d20 + 13 - 5 ⇒ (16) + 13 - 5 = 24
damage: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 4, 3) = 11

damage: 1d8 ⇒ 8 on first hit.

Meadow goggles at her friend. "What the what? How did you do that?"

She is so astonished, she almost forgets to shoot her own missiles at the enemy.

hunted shot vs orange: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 31
damage: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (1, 4) + 2 = 7
deadly?: 1d10 ⇒ 9

hunted shot vs orange: 1d20 + 16 - 5 ⇒ (9) + 16 - 5 = 20
damage: 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 5) + 2 = 13
deadly?: 1d10 ⇒ 10

damage: 1d8 ⇒ 1 on first hit.

“A lightning owl? Impressive!”

Silence does a critical hit with one lightning strike and a regular hit with the other!

KA-BOOOOOOOM!

Orange explodes with Reflex Saves for everybody!

Sulfur Orange Zombie Explosion, (Bludgeoning + Fire, DC 19 Reflex Save): 2d10 + 2d10 ⇒ (9, 8) + (2, 1) = 20

Yellow Reflex Save: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

Yellow takes 17 bludgeoning damage to the face! "Brains?!" It says, mournfully.

Meadow, what does your turn look like without hunt prey?

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Dr. Lazarus (-29, 1d6 Persistent Fire, DC 19 Reflex Save)
Turiik (-19, 1d6 Persistent Fire, Blinded for 1 round, Temp HP used, DC 19 Reflex Save)
Tarcog + Amvolwatt (-38, 1d6 Persistent Fire, DC 19 Reflex Save)
Jayma (DC 19 Reflex Save)
Meadow (DC 19 Reflex Save)
Orange Zombie (EXPLODED)
Blue Zombie (EXPLODED)
Yellow Zombie (-84)

Reflex (T): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29

"Who addresses the One who--?" the transformed Turiik growls, pausing in his blind snapping only to have the rest of his question lost in the explosions of lightning and burning zombies.

I think you used level 7 Jatyma's will save and not level 10 Jatyma's will save

Ah. Indeed I did. I haven't totally upgraded my templates. But...

Basic Will Save vs DC 39: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 18 = 37

...does not change the outcome in this case, though it does reduce the probability of a crit fail to merely 55% instead of 80%. Might be enough to buy her one more round.

Thanks for pointing it out though. I'll try to be more careful in the future.

So I have some questions about the knife and Untether from Time.

1. Do you have to be in melee range to use Untether from Time?
2. Does Untether from Time require an attack roll?
2a. If so is the attack like a dagger (i.e. Str or Dex based attack roll, possibly with agile)?
2b. Does it have any bonus to hit?
3. Can Untether from Time be used more than once per round?

If I had to guess I'd say:

1. yes
2. yes
2a. probably
2b. no clue
3. yes

Since Jindu said that 'it may tethered into the time loop in multiple places' that might mean multiple places' so that might mean moving to different spots on the ship.

It also looks like hero points cannot be used on Untether from Time since it has the fortune trait and hero point rerolls are fortune effects.

Your guesses are correct. It's a magical knife, so I would say it has a +1 to hit.

Untether from Time ◈ (attack, fortune, magical)...

So the Knife attack is a fortune effect.

NOTE: the Investigator's Devise a Stratagem is also a fortune effect. This largely means, I, the player, cannot use another fortune effect (i.e hero point) to reroll the Devise roll. But once the Devise is complete and the roll is set, using Untether later for the strike should be a completely different action with a separate fortune effect.

GM Hmm: I just want to make sure this would be allowed: Fortune effect on the Devise. Followed by a different Fortune effect on the Strike.

Extra wrinkle: Untether is not a Strike. You wouldn't be able to use Devise, I don't think.

It's starting to look like Meadow would be the best choice to weild the knife.

GM Hmm wrote:

If someone other than the Professor or Jayma is going to wield the blade, they need to spend the next ten minutes doing the rest of the drill, leaving about a minute for battle prep.

Jayma is +15 to hit and 1d4-1 damage with a dagger. Not exactly a ninja. The professor at +21 to hit is clearly the better choice of the two of us. In a pinch, if he goes down, then I guess Jayma can dash forward, grab the knife and give it a shot herself.

Jayma looks with awe at the now glowing and humming knife. "Wield it well doctor, our lives and futures depend on it." She then goes back on deck, and taking a dumpling in hand, readies herself to fight the Morrowkin. She waits until the last moment to cast Invisibility spells on herself and anyone else who wants one.

Based on our last combat, it seems that the Morrowkin has somewhere in the 277-368 range of HP. We can probably narrow that down a little if the GM would tell us whose attack was the killing blow from THIS POST. This will let us whittle its hit points down to under 160 without blasting it out of existence in one fiery round and having to do it all over again a minute later.

Meadow's was the killing blow.

Meadow might be the best to use it.

Dr. Lazarus can’t use Devise a Strategem with the knife.
Turiik can’t use weapons while raging.
Jayma and Tarcog are only Trained with weapons.

Alright, Meadow has completed her knife training. I'm assuming that someone else can flip tables the way she wants. Why not go ahead and post your preparations in Gameplay? Shall I assume Level 4 Inivisibility on Meadow, Jayma and the Professor?

Meadow's was the killing blow.

If Meadow's was the killing blow, then it was her (24+8+8) hp of damage that did the job, so the creature has between 325 and 365 hit points, so we need to inflict somewhere between 165 abd 205 hit points of damage before we can start using the knife to Untether from Time. Let's aim for the larger 205 number unless we get a better idea of the actual number during combat.

We have been told it may take more than a single untether to do the job.

I am assuming we can’t cut the lines during the time that the marrowkin is dead.

I would think she wants to switch as soon as the damage goes over the 165 line. Once all the lines are cut, she can switch back to her bow.

It's totally fine having Meadow use the Knife. And if that makes the most sense, great! However ...

It's not like Lazarus can't use it. He just wouldn't be able to Devise with it, so he'd be at +20 to hit, instead of +21.

If he rolls a good roll on Devise, he could just ignore it when it's time to use the Knife.

If Lazarus rolled a bad Devise roll, he'd be able to roll again to attack with the Knife (something he normally doesn't get to do.)

Bottom Line:
o Meadow is the mathematically better choice because she's at +21 on her attack roll (compared to +20 for Laz w/o Devise).
o Meadow is typically further from the fray with her bow, while Laz likes to be within 20' (1 move action). But Meadow can try to keep a 35' distance to reach the enemy in 1 action.
o Meadow uses a 2-handed bow, while Laz uses a 1-handed hammer and could wield the Knife concurrently. But Meadow has Quickdraw, so that won't matter. (Edited after reading Tarcog's post) Unless it requires switching weapons back and forth.

Okay, Meadow it is! Just wanted to waste everyone's time and talk it through. You're welcome. :)

Meadow actually has a move of 45 thanks to longstrider. Also while she often describes herself as an archer she only has one feat related to archery in hunted shot.

@ Jayma could Meadow get a haste in addition to a rank 4 invisibiliy?

@ Jayma could Meadow get a haste in addition to a rank 4 invisibiliy?

No problemo.

As I just messaged, I have the following spells and targets ready to go:

L4:Invisibility for Jayma, Meadow and Laz
L3:Haste for Jayma, Meadow and Laz

Anyone else? I have one L4 and one L3 slot left

Once we knock at least 165 hit points off the creature (I recommend we aim for closer to 205hp), we need to lay off it until all the tethers are cut before we pile back in to finish it off. We want to avoid killing it before all the tethers are cut.

Would you like to roll day job checks, and please tell me the level of the day job check, and whether it is a success of not.

Once back at the camp, she continues her genealogical work.

Jayma has the Storied Talent boon which allows her to attempt a task of her full level (instead of level-2) to Earn Income.

Genealogy Lore (Earn Income) vs DC 24: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (16) + 18 = 34

That's a critical success for a Master at Level 8.

Tarcog’s expert Crafting to Earn Income, DC 16: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13 Level 2 task.

Failure.

Tarcog tries to interest people in having him to some crafting work but the only one who wants any complains that he is too slow.

Herbalism: Earn Income Level 0 Trained DC 14: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

When Dr. Lazarus returns to the University of Osirion, he finds his forensics lab in disarray. He spends time tinkering, adjusting, and making repairs. He carefully notes down all hours in his notebook for reimbursement.

Crafting (Master) to Earn Income, DC 23: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (2) + 22 = 24

Dr. Lazarus is level 9, and this is a Success for a level 7 task.

underworld lore, earn income dc 16: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17

Sucess. 1.2 gold

In anticipation of reviving this campaign for the Gameday, I am reopening this campaign thread.

We'll be starting after September 18th. You will stay 10th level for it.

Just a reminder that it is approximately 2 weeks until Gameday, and that this game is still happening. Does anyone have any questions for me?

Hmm

Actually, can I have a roll call and see if everyone is here?

Cinnamon Bun!

Crescent!

Rock and.

Could you share the broad theme of these two adventures?

Cinnamon Bun!

Crescent!

Meadow gives the group a concerned look and nervously bits her lower lip. "I hate to keep bringing this up but are you absolutely certain that the baked goods aren't cursed? I mean okay the muffins are fine but what about the marbled rye or the sourdough?"

"Screech!" Silence flaps his wings.

The young ranger nods emphatically as she agrees with the owl. "Excactly, Silence. Good point. What about those weird colored bits in the fruitcake? You can't tell me those are entirely natural. They've got to be at least a little bit cursed, right?"

Perplexed, Tarcog says “I thought fruitcake was an alchemical weapon. Are you saying people try to eat it?”

"Mmmm. I could use a good bit of fruit cake right now."

Dr. Lazarus is a little late to the discussion. He's carrying a large manual. "Ahhh, there you are my colleagues. I was just doing a little light reading." He plops the tome onto a nearby table, where it lands with a loud thud.

Hearing all this talk about fruitcakes, The Doctor recalls what he knows about them...
Fruitcake Lore (via Loremaster Lore): 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (1) + 18 = 19
And ... a nat-1? Seriously???
...which is not as considerable as you'd think.

The forensics professor lectures in his usual haughty manner, "In many parts of Golarian, fruitcakes are a delicacy. I've never had the pleasure myself, but it's common knowledge that most humans find them nothing short of delicious." He explains, "They love the adamantine texture and ..." nodding to Meadow, "... the quaint mystery ingredients." He continues, "Yes yes, quite the favorite, I'm told." He settles into an armchair, happy to have, once again, shared his seemingly boundless knowledge.