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

Game Master GHembree

Nothing for a witchy witch to use

Continuing on through the door you find a short hallway that has smooth walls of worked stone with a door at either end, though the door at the far end is closed. The floor is tiled with large, square stone tiles.

Tain barely notices something strange about the square closest to the northern door, as though the floor tile were a little loose, and suspects that it might be trapped.

Please position your characters on the map where you would like them. Anyone trying to disarm the trap will need to be next to it and make a Thievery check.

Perrik AC 15 (15/15hp) (Shield spell)
Ultima AC 14 (16/16hp) (light-Ultima)
Tain AC18 (18/18hp) (light-Perrik)
Mikhail AC17 (^ 11/17hp) (Sicken 1 for 1hr, no restriction on engesting.)
Celosia AC 14 (17/17hp)
Goxomas AC19 (* 14/19hp) (light-Mikhail)

Goxomas moves up to where Tain indicated. Takes a swig of wine, gets out his thieves' tools, and attempts to disarm the trap: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

Celosia stands back and watches Goxomas, ready to cast a spell if anything leaps out.

Goxmas attempts to disarm the trap but fails. The trap doesn't go off so he can try again.

Looking for a DC18. You can continue to try unless you get a critical failure 8 or less.

Perrik invokes divine guidance for the monk.

Casting guidance for +1 to Gox's check.

Ultima watches on

Disarm: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 7 + 1 = 23

The old woman pulls out some herbs and a bit of garlic, crushes it into a paste and attempts to heal Mikhail
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16 medicine
2d8 ⇒ (4, 7) = 11 heal

Celosia amuses herself, casting dancing lights into various shapes as she waits for the healing to happen.

I think the amurren also needs a little healing, but I can't do it.

With guidance from Perrik, Goxomas is able to successfully disable the trap in the hallway that would have dropped rocks on the party.

Taking a break Ultima tends to Mikhail’s wounds making him as good as new.

Assuming the group is spending time treating wounds on Goxmass just post the check and result, I’ll go ahead and post the next room exploration.

After a bit of healing the group continues on opening the next door. The door to this chamber silently glides open to reveal a long room. Two stone statues of priests stand in the corners along one side of the room, facing a towering statue of a man holding out both of his hands, palms up. In front of this statue is a stone altar holding nine golden coins. A voice booms out from the statue. “In my hands I judge the value of all wealth, raising up whichever is greater. One of these coins is a deception. Find it using only two judgments and receive my blessing.”

All of the coins look identical and they all weigh exactly the same, but the fake coin is worth less than the others. When the heroes place coins in the statue’s hands, it will raise the hand that has a higher value. For example, if the heroes put four coins in each hand and the right hand contains the fake, the statue will raise the left hand.
.
There's a good chance some of you players have faced this puzzle before (perhaps outside of Pathfinder). Please give a chance for those who haven't faced it to do it on their own, but acknowledge you're deferring so I can differentiate between "people haven't checked the thread" from "people are just holding back." If everyone has seen the puzzle before, I'll just call out a success and move on.

Perrik AC 15 (15/15hp) (Shield spell)
Ultima AC 14 (16/16hp) (light-Ultima)
Tain AC18 (18/18hp) (light-Perrik)
Mikhail AC17 (17/17hp) (Sicken 1 for ~30min, no restriction on engesting.)
Celosia AC 14 (17/17hp)
Goxomas AC19 (* 14/19hp) (light-Mikhail)

While Gox is disabling the trap, Mikhail pulls out some bandages and ointment from his bag and treats Gox's wounds.

Medicine: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21
Healing: 2d8 ⇒ (6, 8) = 14

Celosia jumps back at the loud voice which distracts her a bit from what it is saying.

Religion: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9

I know the puzzle and will defer. Feel free to poke me if you want a clue.

Religion check 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Religion check: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

"Ah--a shrine to Abadar. First Gozreh, now this--when will we find one for the Lady of Graves?"

Tain’s lips curl slightly as he nods at Perrik’s comment.

”Abadar. A god of wealth. While poor folk starve. I’ll have nothing to do with gods.”

Tain seems anxious to leave the chamber.

"Thanks, Mikhail. Now, gimme the coins."

Looking at the coins in his paws/hands, Goxomas considers what to do. He takes a long drink of wine.

I'll let others try and figure this out for themselves. If no one else does, then Goxomas will implement his method.

Mikhail bandages Gox’s wounds during the break. The Amurren feels as good as new now.

Looking over the puzzle the group quickly recognizes it as a shrine with a test by Abadar.

Goxomas puzzles through the logic figuring out which coin is fake. Upon his success, the real coins fall to the floor for the heroes to take and the phony coin turns to lead. In addition, one of the doors to the left swings open giving the heroes access to Abadar’s treasures.

This small chamber contains an old wooden chest emblazoned with the symbol of a key. Behind the chest is a massive contraption of gears and pulleys that looks like the inner workings of some unseen device. You notice a lever protruding from the back of the chest.

Although the room is dark when the heroes first enter, they can see tiny shafts of light coming from the wall on the north side.

Perrik AC 15 (15/15hp) (Shield spell)
Ultima AC 14 (16/16hp) (light-Ultima)
Tain AC18 (18/18hp) (light-Perrik)
Mikhail AC17 (17/17hp) (Sicken 1 for ~30min, no restriction on engesting.)
Celosia AC 14 (17/17hp)
Goxomas AC19 (19/19hp) (light-Mikhail)

Celosia stands on her tippy toes and peeks through the holes. She holds up a hand for quiet and mimes a nasty sharp pointy teeth monster in the next room. She keeps an eye on them while the others explore the room.

Tain watches in growing wonder as Goxomas “passes the test”. The fighter remains on the outside of the revealed chamber, peering in and nodding to Celosia.

Huh. Alligators. I *knew* they were down here!

He looks at the symbol on the chest.

”Maybe you need a key? he says helpfully.

Rolling on the balls of his feet (his goto “ready” stance when not…ready for…anything….in particular) Tain sucks air in and out of his teeth, sword and shield at the…ready.

The older lady will peek over the leshy to see what she can see.

"I am no crafter. Can any of you figure out the clockwork, there?"

Celosia and Ultima peek through the small holes to see Kobolds guarding the next room talking about a new pet and plans for the town above. Dosn’t sound good.

The Chest is not locked and does not appear trapped despite the Mechanism next to it.

The crafting check is a recall knowledge that can be made untrained.

"Do we know how to get over to the creatures? They're planning something against the town and probably need to be stopped." Celosia whispers to the party

The leshy wanders over to the mechanism and pokes a tendril at it gingerly.

Crafting: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0

"Is this...a water wheel? What's it doing in the middle of a tunnel?"

Tain sighs and gets involved, seemingly unconcerned by the threat of the “creatures”.

”Umm…”

Crafting, DC 15: 1d20 ⇒ 6

”Nope, I don’t have a clue how this…works…”

There is a door to the left of the map that most probably leads to the next area with the kobolds.

Both Celosia and Tain have no idea what the mechanism does.

"Do we know how to get over to the creatures? They're planning something against the town and probably need to be stopped." Celosia whispers to the party

The leshy wanders over to the mechanism and pokes a tendril at it gingerly.

[dice=Crafting]d20-1

"Is this...a water wheel? What's it doing in the middle of a tunnel?"

Poor little leshy! :) lol

The curadandera attempts to figure out the mechanism
1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17 crafting

Ultima realizes that this mechanism controls a trap hidden in the next Area though from here you can’t tell precisely how the trap is triggered or what it does. The lever is currently set to the “disarmed” position. You can easily move the lever into the “active” position, the trap in Area.

"If that's true, turn on the trap. Maybe it will take out some of the enemies before we go in after them."

She nods and activates the trap.

At Perrik’s suggestion, Ultima activates the trip in the next room. Now the trap will go off when triggered by the Kobolds.

The only thing left in this room is to look in the unlocked chest or proceed into the next area and confront the Kobolds.

Perrik shrugs and opens the chest. He starts. "There's...quite a lot of coin here."

While Perrik is shifting through the chest, Mikhail notices the parchment inside and casts Detect Magic to see if it or anything else in the chest is magical.

Perrik finds a lot of coins and Mikhail finds a scroll of magic missile.

Having spent some time looking around the treasure room the group prepares themselves to push on to the next room and confront the kobolds. Mikhail’s sickness condition passes.

The door opens with a creak, revealing a massive chamber that looks like an audience hall. On the far side, a broad set of stairs leads up to where a throne might once have been. Pillars support the high ceiling, and the ruined tatters of once-decorative banners still hang from them. A decorative tile pattern centered in the middle of the room shows through the grim coating on the floor.

Three Kobolds stand guard on the stairs leading up from the hall and a fourth stands near the back of the raised dias near a set of stairs leading further down into the caves. Hearing the door creak open the Kobolds are ready to fight.

The Purple Kobold reacts quickly yelling to the others ” Kill the intruders!” then spends his time setting something on the floor to the left of him.

Remember the group has activated a trap hidden somewhere in this audience hall!

Combat starts - Michail, Ultima, and Perrik can act.

Purple Kobold (-0hp)
Mikhail AC17 (17/17hp)
Ultima AC 14 (16/16hp) (light-Ultima)
Perrik AC 15 (15/15hp) (Shield spell)
Red Kobold1 (-0hp)
Blue Kobold2 (-0hp)
Green Kobold3 (-0hp)
Celosia AC 14 (17/17hp)
Tain AC18 (18/18hp) (light-Perrik)
Goxomas AC19 (19/19hp) (light-Mikhail)

The halfling casts a trio of quick cantrips, giving Tain and Goxomas guidance before raising a shield.

Mikhail moves forward and stops near the first pillar, hoping the kobolds will move toward the group and set off whatever trap is hidden. He raises his shield in defense and readies himself. He examines the area around him, hoping to be able to spot the trap.

◆Stride
◆Raise Shield
◆Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

Perrik gives divine guidance to both Tain and Goxomas before shielding himself.

Mikhail moves into the room with his shield raised looking for the trap. He notices a gap in the stone just in front of his foot that looks like a pressure plate built into the floor.

Combat - Ultima can still act.

Purple Kobold (-0hp)
Mikhail AC17 (17/17hp)
Ultima AC 14 (16/16hp) (light-Ultima)
Perrik AC 15 (15/15hp) (Shield spell)
Red Kobold1 (-0hp)
Blue Kobold2 (-0hp)
Green Kobold3 (-0hp)
Celosia AC 14 (17/17hp)
Tain AC18 (18/18hp) (light-Perrik)
Goxomas AC19 (19/19hp) (light-Mikhail)

Ultima makes a double move after commanding her owl to rest on her shoulder.

Ultima moves into the audience hall with her Owl on her shoulder.

The red Kobold spits as it moves forward ready to attack the heroes. Unfortunately, it sets off the trap as three spears fire out from the west wall launched down each row targeting the first creature it encounters. Red is hit and wounded by a spear but is still standing. Purple is missed. Blue is critically hit and killed by a spear.

The wounded red Kobld continues forward before throwing his spear at Mikhail which hits, he then draws another spear.

The green kobold moves forward, throws a spear at Tain critically hitting the fighter, and then the reptilan calmly draws another spear as he chuckles.

Combat - Celosia, Tain, and Goxomas can act.

Round 1
Celosia AC 14 (17/17hp)
Tain AC18 (18-12= 6/18hp) (light-Perrik)
Goxomas AC19 (19/19hp) (light-Mikhail)
Round 2
Purple Kobold (-0 hp)
Mikhail AC17 (17-7= 10/17hp) (shield raised)
Ultima AC 14 (16/16hp) (light-Ultima)
Perrik AC 15 (15/15hp) (Shield spell)
Red Kobold1 (-7 hp)
Blue Kobold2 (-24 hp) (dead)
Green Kobold3 (-0 hp)

Tain grunts in extreme pain as the head of the spear impales him. He slogs forward, shaft still protruding from his body, right up to the kobold that threw the spear. Tain slashes wildly…perhaps too wildly…

◆Stride ◆ ◆Power Attack

Yuerrgh!!!: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 1 = 13 [+1 guidance]
Skpltkt!!!: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (6, 7) + 3 = 16

Does Tain attract an AoO for moving through one of the green kobold’s threatened squares? Are AoO’s the same thing in PF2?

AoOs are a thing, but only for fighters and other classes/creatures with that feature.

Goxomas will enter his drunken stance, move up to Kobold 3, and Flurry of strikes.

Flurry with guidance: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 1 = 15 and Flurry: 1d20 + 7 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 7 - 4 = 11

Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 and Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Tain - Yes AoO are still a thing, but a lot fewer classes and creatures can take advantage of them. (like Perrik said.) Kobolds are not one of them.

Tain moves in and strikes at the Green Kobold missing him.

Goxomas drunkenly moves in and swipes at the green Kobold also missing him.

Bot - assuming they are still at conference
Celosia scurries into the hall and strikes both Red and Green Kobolds with an electric arc.

Red dodges part of the damage but still dies from the damage.
Green takes a full blast of zapping but is still standing.

Purple spends his time putting something down to the south-east of his position.

Combat - Mikhail, Ultima, & Perrik can act.

Round 1
Celosia AC 14 (17/17hp)
Tain AC18 (18-12= 6/18hp) (light-Perrik)
Goxomas AC19 (19/19hp) (light-Mikhail)
Round 2
Purple Kobold (-0 hp)
Mikhail AC17 (17/17hp)
Ultima AC 14 (16/16hp) (light-Ultima)
Perrik AC 15 (15/15hp)
Red Kobold1 (-7-2= -9 hp) (dead)
Blue Kobold2 (-24 hp) (dead)
Green Kobold3 (-5 hp)

Mikhail sees the spear flying toward him and doesn't get out of the way quick enough and takes a slash across the leg. He repositions his shield and then moves next to Tain and Gox and swings out at the Kobold with his dagger.

◆Raise Shield
◆Stride
◆Attack, Damage (Slashing): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 211d6 ⇒ 1

Did the kobold that Tain missed get to attack?

Calling on his patron, the halfling summons healing energy for Tain before offering the human guidance as well.

2-action heal spell, cures: 1d8 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

◆◆Cast heal, ◆cast guidance

Mikhail raises his shield and attacks the Green Kobold, nicking it with his dagger.

Tain the Kobold he missed will go after Ultima if he lives that long.

Perrik calls upon Phrasma to heal Tain’s wounds, and then provide guidance to an ally.
Perrik already cast guidance {link} on Tain this battle. Temporarily immune for 1 hour)

Combat - Ultima can act.

Round 1
Celosia AC 14 (17/17hp)
Tain AC18 (6+9= 15/18hp) (light-Perrik)
Goxomas AC19 (19/19hp) (light-Mikhail)
Round 2
Purple Kobold (-0 hp)
Mikhail AC17 (17/17hp)
Ultima AC 14 (16/16hp) (light-Ultima)
Perrik AC 15 (15/15hp)[/b]
Red Kobold1 (-9 hp) (dead)
Blue Kobold2 (-24 hp) (dead)
Green Kobold3 (-5-1= -6 hp)

I'll drop it on Mikhail, then.

She casts eleectic arc at tne surrounded kobold
1d4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

DC 17 Reflect