[PF2 / GMGlyn] B.Box - Menace in Otari (Inactive)

Game Master GHembree

Goxomas takes a quick look at the pillars carved with overlapping symbols he figures an expert in traps could disarm the trap, A magic user could dispel the magic, or using brute force one could break the trap by destroying the symbols on enough columns.

Perrik doesn’t see the missing mushroom picker in this room.

Mikhail takes the time to fully heal Argigoth’s wounds doing an excellent job at treating wounds.

Celosia checks on Goxoma’s condition as the group contemplates the next move.

Olli flies around the guard room landing on Celosia’s shoulder/limb ” Undead guards this must be a tomb or burial mound. Probably gets more dangerous the deeper you go, but more shiny things to find!”

Status:
Argigoth AC20 (31+12=42max /42hp)
Perrik AC17 (36hp)
Tain AC20 (42hp)
Mikhail AC20 (35hp)
Goxomas AC21 (39/41(39max)hp) (-2hp life drain)
Celosia AC17 (32hp)

Tain looks askance at the piles of dessicated and smashed bones littering the fooor of the chamber.

”I…do not relish meeting…stronger…undead foes.”

The warrior brings out his sparkblade and frowns.

”The magicks in this blade are spent for this day. Well, at least it simplifies my options.”

Sheathing the blade again, Tain considers the pillars.

”Want me to smash the runes?” he asks, hefting his shield for good measure.

What are our spell resources looking like?

"I don't think I am able enough to disable this magic trap by normal means. I guess I could smash the runes, though."

Perrik hasn't cast anything but cantrips so far today.

Did we get anything on how to disable the trap?

<snip> an expert in traps could disarm the trap, A magic user could dispel the magic, or using brute force one could break the trap by destroying the symbols on enough columns.<snip>

I don't think anyone has a dispell magic. So smashing is probably the best choice.

1) Please place your token where you will be while the smashing is going on.

2) Go ahead and make one attack roll that you will be using repeatedly against the pillars including attack spells, range, or melee. So I can tell how effective the attacks will be.

3) Also, I will need to know in what order you plan to destroy pillars. (IE. lower-right, upper-right, ....)

I would hate for you to accidentally set off the trap because you stepped in the wrong place before enough pillars were destroyed.

Information about the pillars you will figure out quickly enough.
AC 22 Fort +15, Ref +9 Pillar Hardness 12; Pillar HP 14 (BT 7) Immunities critical hits, sneak attack

"For completeness sake, I suggest we go lower-left, upper-left, lower-middle, upper-middle, lower-right, upper-right."

Flurry combined: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 191d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (7) + 10 - 4 = 13for: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 61d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

"For completeness sake, I suggest we go lower-left, upper-left, lower-middle, upper-middle, lower-right, upper-right."

[dice=Flurry combined]1d20+10; 1d20+10-4[dice=for]1d8+2;1d8+2

Goxomas moves the first pillar and punches it in a flurry of blows. After punching away for a minute or two it breaks and you feel the power is gone from this pillar. But you still feel power radiating from the other 5 pillars.

Perrik frowns. "Let me try to counteract it." He casts a spell.

Dispel magic counteract check: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18

Tain agrees with Goxomas’ assessment and before bashing the next pillar with his shield waits to see if Perrik’s magical ministrations have any effect…

Can someone please place Tain two squares north of Goxomas?

Perrik uses his magic to try and counter the trap's magic. You can feel the halfling's magic reach out grappling with the bands of power flowing through the pillars. The pillar's power begins to dim as Perrik's power surges for a moment it looks like it may work, but as the energy in the cleric's is consumed it falters, and the Pillar's magic flares back to full force. Perrik came close but not quite enough.

Tain moves to the right-north pillar ready to bash away.

And bash away he does.

◆ Stride ◆ Strike ◆ Strike

Bashy!!!: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23
Bash!!!: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Bashity!!!: 1d20 + 10 - 5 ⇒ (7) + 10 - 5 = 12
Bash!!!: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Celosia looks at her hands and then at the pillars. "I don't think I'm likely to help much here, unless electricity will do something."

"I can also cast runic weapon on whoever has the most damaging weapon to start with."

We have to do a minimum of 12 pts of damage per hit to damage the pillars?

Currently, Goxomas averages 13 damage before hardness = 3 per flurry. With Runic Weapon cast on the Handwraps, that should make it 22 per flurry before hardness = 12 per flurry.

If that's acceptable to GM G, let's do it.

Tain moves to the north-east pillar and tries to bash it like Goxomas, but lacking the Flurry of Blows ability he is unable to cause any menifully damage to the runes.

Celosia’s electric arc is unable to overcome the hardness of the pillars.

Perrik offers to cast Runic Weapon on the most damaging weapon this would work like a longsword or better weapon.

(Argigoth - Yes the weapon would have to be able to do more than 12 hit points of damage in a single hit or if you had some way to combine hits before applying hardness. Adamantine weapons hit as if hardness was half as much. )

Goxomas asked if Runic Weapon would work on hand-wraps of mighty blows (+1) indeed it would since the hand-wraps are treaded as a melee weapon when adding runes. If he didn’t have the hand-wraps he would need the Runic Body spell.

Perrik supper charges Goxomas’s fist for 1 minute enabling him to make short work of each pillar (1-3 rounds to take out each). As the Monk moves from pillar to pillar causing stone chips to fly from each strike. After breaking the fourth pillar, you feel the power stop radiating from the remaining pillars and the trap has been rendered harmless.

(+1 hero point to Goxomas and Perrik)

Moving on deeper into the burial mound the group find the last chamber where shadows flicker strangely on the walls. The south end of this room bears a large stone sarcophagus decorated with carvings of a star in the open palm of a hand. The sarcophagus appears cracked, and an inky goo dribbles out of it. Two upright coffins flank the sarcophagus, both ajar. You see a half-orc laborer from Otari huddled in one corner of the room his hair turned white from terror.

As the heroes enter the room a shadowy form rises from the sarcophagus, passing through the stone lid as two beefy zombies lumber forth from the open coffins!

Start of Combat

(Only Tain is quick enough to act before the Star-hand Shadow!

Round 1 A
* Tain AC20 (42hp)
Round 1 B
Shadow (0= 0hp)
Perrik AC17 (36hp)
Argigoth AC20 (42hp)
Goxomas AC21 (39/41(39max)hp) (-2hp life drain)
Mikhail AC20 (35hp)
Round 1 C
Green Zombie (0= 0hp)
Black zombie (0= 0hp)
Celosia AC17 (32hp)

Tain stands his ground. He throws a cautioning hand out.

”Goxomas, Argigoth - let them come to us! We need to dictate the terms of battle to them.”

Then stares a steely eyed look at the shadow.

Come on then…

◆ Intimidating Glare ◆ ◆ Ready (Strike)

Demoralise: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Readying a strike until they approach…

Tain wisely stands his ground glaring at the shadow and is ready to attack if any foe approaches.

The shadow regards the Fighter’s intimidating glare and seems unaffected it flies forward stopping to Attack Argigoth. It reaches out with an inky black hand touching Argigoth. The druid feels the void energy draw life from him. The Shadow then pulls at the druid’s shadow causing it to weaken him. Argigoth enfeebled 1 effects Athletics, attacks and damage that uses str.)

(Perrik, Argigoth, Goxomas, and Mikhail can act!)

Note: Goxomas has about 4 rounds of Rune weapon still in effect.

Round 2 A
Tain AC20 (42hp) (Attack Ready)
Round 1 B
Shadow (0= 0hp)
* Perrik AC17 (36hp)
* Argigoth AC20 (42-7= 35/42hp) (enfeebled 1)
* Goxomas AC21 (39/41(39max)hp) (-2hp life drain) (4rounds +1 striking rune spell)
* Mikhail AC20 (35hp)
Round 1 C
Green Zombie (0= 0hp)
Black zombie (0= 0hp)
Celosia AC17 (32hp)

This is a terrible idea. Perrik enters the room and invokes vital energy against the shadow.

2-action heal spell; DC 19 basic Fort save: 2d8 + 16 ⇒ (2, 2) + 16 = 20

I’m unsure how Ready interacts with Initiative - I spent two Actions to Ready something that doesn’t seem to have happened?!? Have I essentially wasted my two Actions? Is ok if that is the case….obviously the Ready “trigger” was melee, and the Shadow didn’t target Tain…

Goxomas will take a drink (entering Stumbling Stance), walk around the Shadow, and make a flurry of blows against it.

Flurry, Runic Weapon: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 10 + 1 = 291d20 + 10 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 10 + 1 - 4 = 15for: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (1, 2) + 2 = 52d8 + 2 ⇒ (8, 6) + 2 = 16 magical, bludgeoning.

I am not including the precision damage (+1)

If the first strike is critical, then it must make a Fort DC 19 or be Slowed 1

The orc takes a page from the hafling's play book and casts a 2 action 1st rank heal spell and then moves away so the fighter can flank

1d8 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 Vitality

DC 19 FORT

Mikhail ducks into the room. Seeing the undead creatures, he raises a cry to Pharasma and asks for Tain and Goxomas to gain additional power against these undead creatures.

◆Stride
◆◆Infuse Vitality Tain and Goxomas gain an extra 1d4 vitality damage for 1 minute.

I’m unsure how Ready interacts with Initiative - I spent two Actions to Ready something that doesn’t seem to have happened?!? Have I essentially wasted my two Actions? Is ok if that is the case….obviously the Ready “trigger” was melee, and the Shadow didn’t target Tain…

Since you have lunge you can use your ready action to attack the shadow. Not all foes have moved yet.

Having a bad feeling about this, Perrik moves into the room and invokes vital energy directed at the shadow. The dark creature withers in pain as it fails to resist the divine magic. You feel its hatred of life turn towards you.

Goxomas takes a drink as he stumbles forward to attack the shadow’s flank. His first fist attack critically hits the shadow but part of his blow passes through the shadow doing less damage than expected. The shadow appears to be slowed from the blow as well. The second attack misses. (Not immune to precision, added it)

Argigoth uses his druid magic to target the shadow with vital energy. This time it partially resists the magic energy but withers in pain. The orc druid moves away freeing up a flank for a fighter.

Mikhail ducks into the room and calls upon Pharasma to give Tain and Goxoma additional power over the undead. She answers as the fighter’s and monk’s weapons glow with vital energy.

The Greenish Zombie staggers forward and mindlessly attacks Goxomas barely hitting due to flank.

The Black Zombie also staggers forward attacking Argigoth with its fist. It just manages to pummble the druid with its fist.

(Tain gets his ready action on the shadow when it moved into lunge range. Tain and Celosia can take action. )

Round 2 A
* Tain AC20 (42hp) (Attack Ready) (10r +1d4 vitality damage)
Round 2 B
Shadow (-20-7-4= -31hp) (slowed 1 NEOT-Gox)
Perrik AC17 (36hp)
Argigoth AC20 (35-6= 29/42hp) (enfeebled 1)
Goxomas AC21 (39-11= 28/41(39max)hp) (-2hp life drain) (stumble Stance) (3r +1 striking rune spell) (10r +1d4 vitality damage)
Mikhail AC20 (35hp)
Round 1 C
Green Zombie (0= 0hp)
Black zombie (0= 0hp)
* Celosia AC17 (32hp)

Empowered by divine might, Tain lunges at the dark shadow with his smoking blade…

Haii!!!: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27 [vs. Off-guard]
Ksht!!!: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 1d4 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 1 + (4) = 16 [+1 is flame, 1d4 is vitality]

If that's enough to destroy the shadow, Perrik will use a reaction to cast death's call. Just in case one of the zombies goes after him.

Taking his readied action Tain lunges at the shadow with his smoking blade. It slips through the undead thing doing less damage than expected but still enough to end this unlife abomination.

Perrik uses a reaction to catch some of the necromantic energy to bolster his own life temporarily. (12 temp hp)

With the shadow gone the remaining heroes can act before the zombies.

Ollie turns to Celosia, " You going to help them in the next room?"

(Tain, Celosia, Perrik, Argigoth, Goxomas, Mikhail can take action. )

Round 2 A
* Tain AC20 (42hp) (9r +1d4 vitality damage)
Round 2 B
Shadow (-20-7-4-10= -41hp) (dead)
* Perrik AC17 (36hp) (10r temp HP 12)
* Argigoth AC20 (29/42hp) (enfeebled 1)
* Goxomas AC21 (28/41(39max)hp) (-2hp life drain) (stumble Stance) (3r +1 striking rune spell) (9r +1d4 vitality damage)
* Mikhail AC20 (35hp)
Round 1 C
Green Zombie (0= 0hp)
Black zombie (0= 0hp)
* Celosia AC17 (32hp)

Flurry of Swings vs Green (Since it hit me last round, it is off-guard for my first attack): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 151d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 10 - 4 = 8for: 2d8 + 2 + 1 + 1d4 ⇒ (3, 6) + 2 + 1 + (2) = 142d8 + 2 + 1d4 ⇒ (8, 7) + 2 + (3) = 20

Second action swing: 1d20 + 10 - 8 ⇒ (7) + 10 - 8 = 9for: 2d8 + 2 + 1d4 ⇒ (7, 7) + 2 + (1) = 17

Third action swing: 1d20 + 10 - 8 ⇒ (1) + 10 - 8 = 3for: 2d8 + 2 + 1d4 ⇒ (4, 2) + 2 + (3) = 11

Celosia gives Ollie a look. "Of course! I was just waiting for a free moment." She moves into the room and targets the two zombies with her standard arc of electricity.

Electric Arc, DC 19 basic Reflex: 3d4 ⇒ (4, 4, 3) = 11

Knowing that his strength has been taken from him, the orc focuses on his connection with nature to reach out and touch the zombie that has hurt him
1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23 shocking grasp 2nd rank
3d12 ⇒ (2, 11, 3) = 16 electricity damage

If it still stands he will try to gut it with his tusks'
1d20 - 1 + 7 ⇒ (6) - 1 + 7 = 12 tusks
Not sure if he gets the multiattack penalty for this, if so it is at -5
1d6 + 2 - 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 - 1 = 2 piercing

Mikhail moves to get a clear shot of the northern zombie and blasts it with divine energy.

◆Stride
◆◆Divine Lance: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 233d4 ⇒ (1, 2, 1) = 4

Goxomas becomes a flurry of flying fists as he attacks the green zombie who dared actually hit the monk. Only the first strike lands a blow on the zombie as his fist sinks into the putrid flesh of the undead leaving a rotting hole. The attacks does more that expected damage due to the creature being weak vital energy.

Celosia reassures Olli that she will help as she moves into the room blasting the two zombies with an electric arc. Both zombies successfully resist the magic attack taking only part of the shocking damage.

Olli worriedly looks around in the empty pillar room ” You're leaving me all alone?’ The tiny flying snake quickly flies into the room rejoining the group ” I wasn’t scared just worried about you guys. Ough, undead.”

Weekend Argigoth uses his connections with nature to zap the deadly black zombie with an electric charge. The rotten flesh sizzles as the electricity flows through its body. The druid’s tusk misses the zombie.

Mikhail moves for a clear shot and blasts the black zombie with divine energy. The zombie collapses to the ground as its unnatural life force is extinguished.

The white-haired orc shivers with fear in the corner.

(Tain, Perrikl are still up. )

Round 3 A
* Tain AC20 (42hp) (9r +1d4 vitality damage)
Round 2 B
Shadow (-20-7-4-10= -41hp) (dead)
* Perrik AC17 (36hp) (10r temp HP 12)
Argigoth AC20 (29/42hp) (enfeebled 1)
Goxomas AC21 (28/41(39max)hp) (-2hp life drain) (stumble Stance) (2r +1 striking rune spell) (8r +1d4 vitality damage)
Mikhail AC20 (35hp)
Round 1 C
Green Zombie (-19-5= -24hp)
Black zombie (-5-16-4= -25hp)
Celosia AC17 (32hp)

Perrik advances and calls forth the wrath of the Lady of Graves on the surviving zombie.

Divine Lance attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11

His aim, however, does not match his intent.

Tain moves past the dissipating remnants of shadow toward the final zombie, attempting to quiet the unquiet dead…slashing twice with his smoking longsword…

◆ Stride ◆ Strike ◆ Strike

Aaar!!!!!!: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18
Sppt!!!: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 1d4 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 + (1) = 6 ][+1 is flame, 1d4 is vitality]

Harr!!!!!!: 1d20 + 10 - 5 ⇒ (18) + 10 - 5 = 23
Tspspt!!!: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 1d4 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 1 + (4) = 16 ][+1 is flame, 1d4 is vitality]

Perrik advances calling upon the Lady of Graves to strike down the remaining zombie. The magic bolt of spirit energy goes wide and misses the target.

Tain moves forward, past the shadow’s remnants, and slashes the last zombie twice with his smoking longsword. The zombie seems weak to both slashing and vital damage. It collapses to the floor in a pile of rotting flesh.

Olli does a flying loop as Tain dispatches the last undead ” Yeah, the dead are dead! Your heroes’ teamwork is amazing! Mikhail’s Vitality magic and Perrik’s runic weapon are awesome!”

The white-haired half-orc continues to cower in the corner, you notice that he casts no shadow.

--- Combat is over ---

Status:
Tain AC20 (42hp)
Perrik AC17 (36hp) (10r temp HP 12)
Argigoth AC20 (29/42hp) (enfeebled 1)
Goxomas AC21 (28/41(39max)hp) (-2hp life drain)
Mikhail AC20 (35hp)
Celosia AC17 (32hp)

Perrik rushes over to check the half-orc.

Medicine or Religion check, as appropriate, both E: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

ETA: Hero Point! Medicine or Religion check: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

With a worried frown, Tain calls out to Perrik:

"Be careful Perrik! He casts no shadow - perhaps he is also an undead thing?!?!"

Ok, ok, so *I* think the half-orc has been de-shadowed by the...shadow, but Tain doesn't think that. Yet.

Perrik checks on the half-orc determining that his shadow has been stolen from him by the shadow creature and that the person is suffering from terror.

Tain cautions Perrik.

Having defeated Star-Hand’s shadow, you get the half-orc to talk a little bit as his terror leaves him weak and jumpy ” I’m Fillruk a laborer from Otari, I heard Magiloy wanted mushrooms from Slab Hill and I thought I could make some coins. Then I saw one of the slabs had slipped revealing an entrance to a chamber I thought there might be treasure.” The half-orc shivers with fear. ” The undead captured me. Then the shadow touch was so cold! I thought I was a goner for sure. You saved me! “

Olli speaks up ” You were saved by the herois of Otari! You should leave dangerous adventuring to them! They don’t fear anything! They once even fought a huge dragon!”

Fillruk looks up with awe at the group ” A dragon! Thank the gods you were here to save me!”

Having cleared the burial mound, your group has no problem returning to town with Fillruk.

Status:
Tain AC20 (42hp)
Perrik AC17 (36hp) (10r temp HP 12)
Argigoth AC20 (29/42hp) (enfeebled 1)
Goxomas AC21 (28/41(39max)hp) (-2hp life drain)
Mikhail AC20 (35hp)
Celosia AC17 (32hp)

"Perrik, I could do with some more healing, if you please."

The priest turns to more mundane healing for Goxomas.

Medicine check for Treat Wounds, DC 15: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

HP cured, critical success: 2d8 + 2d8 ⇒ (6, 5) + (7, 1) = 19

Tain laughs a little.

”Well Fillruk, let us collect your mushrooms, and get you safely home! And there was a dragon, but it was only a very small one…” Tain’s voice fades as they leave the scene…

Will the belt help his condition?

(belt adds 4 hit points to a character's max hit points)

Goxomas inquires about healing and Perrik uses his skill to treat the monk’s wounds making him whole again.

Tain tells Fillruk about the adventure of the little dragon as the group returns to Otari. Olli listens intently to the tale eagerly pretending to play the part of the dragon

Argigoth’s and Fillruk’s enfeebled condition improves over an hour for the druid and several hours for Fillruk. After four hours Fillruk’s shadow is back. The white-haired half-orc again thanks you as he returns home to his family.

In Otari, the group delivers the copper-cap mushrooms to Magiloy ” Excellent! I just finished brewing the capsaicin tonic. So here are the two doses as promised be careful they are extra spicy.”

While in town Oloria from Gallentine Delivery bumps into your group ” Ah just the group I was looking for! I have a job for you, a wagonload of supplies mainly food, ale, and tools to be delivered to Inkleholtz-owned lumber camp. It shouldn't be a particularly dangerous trip only about 8 miles outside of town, but being short a courier and the attacks on the outskirts of town have made me nervous so I would rather have tested individuals make the trip. I’ll have the wagon neatly packed with a couple of surly donkeys to pull it ready in the morning. I’ll offer 25 gold in advance for making the trip! What do you say?”

Olli overhears the job offer pipe up ” Oh another adventure! I bet you’ll run into trolls or giants! Sounds exciting! You might want to sell some things and have the Striking rune moved from the hatchet to Tain’s sword or Goxomas’ handwraps I hear trolls have tough skin and breath fire I think?!”

Status:
Tain AC20 (42hp)
Perrik AC17 (36hp)
Argigoth AC20 (42hp)
Goxomas AC21 (41hp)
Mikhail AC20 (35hp)
Celosia AC17 (32hp)

Goxomas takes a long drink, "I'd love to have that rune. It'd make it so much splashier."

Sure, happy for Gox to take the hatchet’s rune.

Tain thinks in his characteristic manner, hand rubbing his jaw with brow furrowed.

”Only 8 miles? How much trouble can we get into? What do you say folx, shall we take the job?”