Male Iruxi Druid (Stormorder) 4 / HP 52/52, Perc +12, AC 21, Fort +10 Ref +8 Will +12 / Spells 1st 3/3, 2d 3/3, Focus 2/2 / Active conditions: Breath control
Quetzhal- you don't know that the invisible undead is there. It is still undetected to you. To find an invisible foe someone in the group would have to seek. If successful they then would have to use an action to point it out to everyone else so that it would then become hidden to the rest of the group.
Instead of raising a shield would you like to try seeking to find it?
Male Iruxi Druid (Stormorder) 4 / HP 52/52, Perc +12, AC 21, Fort +10 Ref +8 Will +12 / Spells 1st 3/3, 2d 3/3, Focus 2/2 / Active conditions: Breath control
So the druid changes its last action and tries to look for the yellow. +11 Perception
Male Iruxi Druid (Stormorder) 4 / HP 52/52, Perc +12, AC 21, Fort +10 Ref +8 Will +12 / Spells 1st 3/3, 2d 3/3, Focus 2/2 / Active conditions: Breath control
The druid tries again to look for the yellow. +11 Perception
Quetzahl fnds signs of the undead and raises his shield. Though Charles and Quetzahl catch sight of it for the briefest of moments the undead seems to be on the move as it disappears once more from everyone's sight. Undetected to everyone once again as it moved.
Every content in the room rises a few inches off of the floor as a telekinetic storm flings them all in a swirling mass of destruction.
Telekinetic Storm vs Quetzahl AC 22:1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 13 - 2 = 19
Telekinetic Storm vs Fran AC 22:1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 13 - 2 = 18
Telekinetic Storm vs Jack AC 22:1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 13 - 2 = 20
Telekinetic Storm vs Charlies AC 19:1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 13 - 2 = 15 Telekinetic Storm vs Estes AC 19:1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 13 - 2 = 17
Telekinetic Storm vs Ra'uf AC 22:1d20 + 13 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 13 - 2 = 17
Surprisingly everyone in the hallway presses back against walls and avoids harm!
2396852-2013 | CG Female Human | Gladiator | Swashbuckler Lvl 4 | Hero Points: 2/3 | Minor Healing Potion (2) | HP 56/56 | AC 21 (23 w/ buckler) | F/R/W 9/12/8 | Perc +8 | 35 feet | Class DC 20 | Acrobatics(E): +12, Stealth/Thievery: +10, Deception/Intimidation/Diplomacy/Performance: +9, Lore (PFS/Gladiatorial) +6, Athletics(U): +1 | Exploration Activity: Avoid Notice | ◆◇↺ |
Fran steps back out into the corridor. She searches for the invisible foe.
Perc +7, 15' cone going east
If Fran spots the being:
"There it is! Nail it before it nails us again! Fran points the ghostly being out to her companions, realizing she's probably vulnerable to attack. (◆Point out)
If Fran can't find it:
Fran raises her buckler, wishing she had a shield to hide behind.
◆ Raise Buckler, +2 AC
Trigger An enemy damages, Grabs, or Grapples your ally, and both are within 15 feet of you.
You free an ally from restraint. If the trigger was an ally taking damage, the ally gains resistance to all damage against the triggering damage equal to 2 + your level. The ally can attempt to break free of effects grabbing, restraining, immobilizing, or paralyzing them. They either attempt a new save against one such effect that allows a save, or attempt to Escape from one effect as a free action. If they can move, the ally can Step as a free action, even if they didn’t need to escape.
Male Iruxi Druid (Stormorder) 4 / HP 52/52, Perc +12, AC 21, Fort +10 Ref +8 Will +12 / Spells 1st 3/3, 2d 3/3, Focus 2/2 / Active conditions: Breath control
The druid tries to look for the Ghostly Figure. +11 Perception
Ra'uf and Quetzahl hunt for the invisible undead. Ra'uf has no luck but Quetzahl manages to locate it and point out the location at the last possible moment.
LG Male Versatile Human Angel Summoner 4 | EidolonEstes | Eidolon Contact | HP 56/56, AC 20 (22 w Steel Shield raised), Fortitude** +9, Reflex* +9, Will** +9, Perception** +9, Stealth +3 | Speed 25 ft. | Exploration Activity Defend | Active Conditions 1 HP/min, Negative Resistance 1 | ◆◇↺
Charlies finally stands while Estes moves into flanking position on where he thinks the ghostly figure is by carefully Stepping into position. He then extends his aura to protect Estes.
◆ Act Together (◆ Stand of Charlies, ◆ Step of Estes)
◆ Step of Estes
◆ Cast a Spell, Protect Companion (+1 to AC of Estes)
↺ Life Block of Estes
HP 39/39 | AC 20 (22 with ↺) | Fort +7, Ref +11, Will +8 | Perc +8 | Resist cold 1 elec 1 | Hero (0/3) | Exploration: Avoid notice | ♤♡♢♧☆
Having received a warning of the enemy's approximate location, Jack♢ realizes there's an opportunity to attack the enemy when they least expect it. But attacking a spectral enemy is always a gamble.
────────── BEFORE YOUR TURN: ────────── Charlies: DC 21 Will vs Frighten Jack: DC 21 Will vs Frighten Quetzahl: DC 21 Will vs Frighten Fran: DC 21 Will vs Frighten Ra'uf: DC 21 Will vs Frighten
LG Male Versatile Human Angel Summoner 4 | EidolonEstes | Eidolon Contact | HP 56/56, AC 20 (22 w Steel Shield raised), Fortitude** +9, Reflex* +9, Will** +9, Perception** +9, Stealth +3 | Speed 25 ft. | Exploration Activity Defend | Active Conditions 1 HP/min, Negative Resistance 1 | ◆◇↺
DC 21 Will save:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10 Hero Point:DC 21 Will save:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25Success
Charlies manages to handle himself to not get frightened from the ghostly figure's scream. What he does not expect though is Quetzhal being knocked out from behind anyone else. The ghostly figure must have really gone crazy, he thinks. He continues to send protection for Estes. He then proceeds in Quetzhal's direction while Estes bludgeons the ghostly figure with his wings.
LG Male Versatile Human Angel Summoner 4 | EidolonEstes | Eidolon Contact | HP 56/56, AC 20 (22 w Steel Shield raised), Fortitude** +9, Reflex* +9, Will** +9, Perception** +9, Stealth +3 | Speed 25 ft. | Exploration Activity Defend | Active Conditions 1 HP/min, Negative Resistance 1 | ◆◇↺
DC 21 Will save:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18 Hero Point:DC 21 Will save:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27Success
Charlies manages to handle himself to not get frightened from the ghostly figure's scream. What he does not expect though is Quetzhal being knocked out from behind anyone else. The ghostly figure must have really gone crazy, he thinks. He continues to send protection for Estes. He then proceeds in Quetzhal's direction while Estes bludgeons the ghostly figure with his wings.
Trigger An enemy damages, Grabs, or Grapples your ally, and both are within 15 feet of you.
You free an ally from restraint. If the trigger was an ally taking damage, the ally gains resistance to all damage against the triggering damage equal to 2 + your level. The ally can attempt to break free of effects grabbing, restraining, immobilizing, or paralyzing them. They either attempt a new save against one such effect that allows a save, or attempt to Escape from one effect as a free action. If they can move, the ally can Step as a free action, even if they didn’t need to escape.
Female LG Human (Jadwiga) Half-elf Humanoid | HP 53/53 | AC 20 | Class DC 21 | F: +11, R: +10, W: +12 | Perc: +10, low-light vision | Speed 25ft | Active conditions: None. | Focus Points: 2/3 | Spell slots: 3/3(1st), 3/3(2nd), 2/2(3rd)
Ekaterina moves by the door and curses the ghost using Elemental Betrayal(Fire) and following it up with Scorching Ray.
Scorching Ray:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19 damage:2d6 ⇒ (4, 6) = 10
Ekaterina's scorching ray misses while Ra'uf's own strikes fail to make contact. Quetzhal gets patched up as Este's wing further injures the undead. Resistance 5
Male Iruxi Druid (Stormorder) 4 / HP 52/52, Perc +12, AC 21, Fort +10 Ref +8 Will +12 / Spells 1st 3/3, 2d 3/3, Focus 2/2 / Active conditions: Breath control
Quetzhal- you were prone so you wouldn't have been able to move but rather stand and cast your spell.
Jack's sword slices through the incorporeal as Quetzhal ray pierces the shroud, both damaging the ghost slightly. Resistance 5. Fran hurls a hatchet at the undead and misses as the head uts a dent in the wall before sliding down the hallway. Miss
The undead fades into invisibility once more as smaller pieces of the broken objects strike those nearby as you lose sight of the undead once more. Undetected by all.
Telekinetic Object vs Jack AC FF 20 (Nimble Dodge):1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16 Telekinetic Object vs Jack AC FF 20 (Nimble Dodge):1d20 + 13 - 5 ⇒ (4) + 13 - 5 = 12
Jack nimbly dodges the attacks as small pieces of armor scratch the ceiling.
Female LG Human (Jadwiga) Half-elf Humanoid | HP 53/53 | AC 20 | Class DC 21 | F: +11, R: +10, W: +12 | Perc: +10, low-light vision | Speed 25ft | Active conditions: None. | Focus Points: 2/3 | Spell slots: 3/3(1st), 3/3(2nd), 2/2(3rd)
With the ghost having gone invisible again Ekaterina stills, trying to strain her senses to pinpoint the ghost's location. Crimson energy starts gathering in her hands, ready to shoot as soon as the ghost reveals itself.
Perception:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11 Ready action: Produce Flame on the ghost when it becomes visible. Produce Flame:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18 damage:1d4 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
Male Iruxi Druid (Stormorder) 4 / HP 52/52, Perc +12, AC 21, Fort +10 Ref +8 Will +12 / Spells 1st 3/3, 2d 3/3, Focus 2/2 / Active conditions: Breath control
The druid casts Heal on him.
Heal:1d8 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
Then he tries to look for the Ghostly Figure. +11 Perception
Fran remains cautious but isn't able to find the spirit as Ekaterina finds it just a short distance away.
@Ekaterina- I am assuming instead of readying your produce you would call out the location of the undead to the group to make it hidden instead of undetected? Correct me if I am wrong.
@Quetzhal- This would give you a single action remaining.
With Ra'uf having a bead o the poltergeist he sets his axe for the killing blow and sends it back to rest for awhile as the poltergeist is sliced into pieces.
Out of Combat.
Once seeing that the hall is safe, Nordvick, Annavinia, Selik, and Dehliana all move towards the party. Selik is ever-calm, Annavinia seems to have more nerves about her than previously, Nordvick continues to be nervous, and Dehliana seems to continue to be scared.
You have time to heal of course.
With only one more area to investigate the group heads down to the the ground floor and tries the locked, iron door with the key retrieved from Nordvick's room that you unlocked earlier. The door opens to review a decrepit set of wooden stairs that creek with every step as you descend. At the bottom of the stairs you find a dank root cellar with a packed dirt floor. Copper pipes emerge from a stone well to the south east
You notices a 5ft patch of dirt in the center of the cellar that feels soft underfoot. With a nearby shovel the party digs and unearths a small chest of lacquered cedar lined with layers of brass.
DC 20 Arcana:
You recognize that this chest has extreme insolating properties that could be used to seal potent magic artifacts, such as the Covetous Flame.
Once the chest is revealed, however, you hear a dramatic slow clap as a grinning imp (Zirzip) reveals himself in the cobwebbed corner of the cellar. "Well done, well done! Truly! It seems we may find ourselves as allies. My master wishes you dead, and well, as much as I would love that myself, I wish for my master to die more. I've been watching you all day....first I tested you on the road, and I have to say that you were very impressive... Then I've watched you within the trading post and sure enough my master fears you will kill him. If I may ask for a favor...would you? I would very much like to be free and would be happy to assist with the purifying of his spirit if necessary."
Female LG Human (Jadwiga) Half-elf Humanoid | HP 53/53 | AC 20 | Class DC 21 | F: +11, R: +10, W: +12 | Perc: +10, low-light vision | Speed 25ft | Active conditions: None. | Focus Points: 2/3 | Spell slots: 3/3(1st), 3/3(2nd), 2/2(3rd)
"Oh? What's this then?" Ekaterina whispers as she lays eyes on the chest.
Arcana:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17
The witch gives the imp a skeptical look and with a raised eyebrow asks: "And why should we do you a favor? Why shouldn't we banish you back to your plane and deal with your master ourselves?"
HP 39/39 | AC 20 (22 with ↺) | Fort +7, Ref +11, Will +8 | Perc +8 | Resist cold 1 elec 1 | Hero (0/3) | Exploration: Avoid notice | ♤♡♢♧☆
Jack♢ eyes the unearthed small chest. "You reckon this's that wish-grantin' artifact folks're so desperate about?"
(The ritual for destroying it requires the artifact "to be lit", then extinguished with the blood of Annavinia. This can only be done during the new moon an hour before dawn -- I assume these time conditions are approaching, GM?)
The imp's vague choice of words seems catches the card shark's notice. "Pause for a sec. Your master, the cleric Linneus Whatshisname? Or the big boss of Hell Himself? 'Cause pretty sure a mortal like Linneus ain't exactly alive anymore after 200 years, and we can't snuff out a god."
"I don't know, Jack... plenty of folks living hundreds of years around here, even if you or I aren't among them. And there's always undead or pacts with demons and such.
"That said, I'm not a fan of imps, especially those that would cause this much trouble just to 'test' us."
Ra'uf Steelwheels, Dog of War's Perception (T):1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27
"Some was me some was not. I have not hurt a single one of you since we met on the road. I eagerly watched you adventurers from the common room at the time of that investigators murder. I didn't anticipate the trouble the good inspector was going to get himself into!"
"Indeed, I have no need to kill anyone, Just look at Nordvick! He's still alive and well after all these years! The only things that kill within these walls are my master, Linneus, The Covetous Flame, and one of YOU!" he says looking at Nordvick, Annavinia, Selik, and Dehliana as the Imps grin grows wider and wider at all of the ensuing chaos.
"I have done nothing wrong here! I am trying to fulfill my contract, that is all! My master created the Covetous Flame and wished for eternal life! Well he got it! He lives eternally within these very walls now! Unfortunately my contract is for the lifetime of my master. This is why I need a worthy adventurer to destroy the Covetous Flame! But many decide to instead wish for something instead--- that never goes well! That's why Nordvick needs to play clean-up duty every now and again!" Nordvick turns red with shame. "You see I've done nothing wrong here except try to earn my freedom! And no, breaking me in half does not give me freedom." The Imp glares at Ekaterina.
Ra'uf listens intently and has no reason to suspect the imp of lying. Nor does anyone else for that matter.
Reminder- You do already have the instructions to destroy the Covetous Flame as Jack stated above and do not have to take the deal if you don't wish to. It seems Zirzip is offering to help either locate the Covetous Flame and/or assist with the purifying of the spirit. He's now indicated the Covetous Flame is already in the house so do with that what you will. Though I will tell you it is not the chest.
Jack open the chest to find it...empty. The Imp giggles. "I told you, the chest is empty. The metals are the remains of my Master's attempts at creating the Covetus Flame."
Zirzip raises his wings and slowly floats past you all to go up the stairs. "Follow me."
