[Gameday XII] PFS2 #4-10 Arclord's Abode (Inactive)

Game Master cmlobue

@GM cmlobue: Does Alyreha have a response to Mrs. Crinkle's questions?

Huh. Okie dokey! Mrs. Crinkle had just been making conversation as they passed through to the divination room, but apparently the group decided to stop and push some buttons. Pushing buttons is sometimes fun and often dangerous, so of course she wants to do so as well. She picks one at random and studies it for a bit before giving it a little twiddle. "Let's see what this does. Heehee!"

Arcana: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Then

"I don't think I had any charcoal that shape in this house before. And I wasn't there when this happened, remember?"

Now

Mrs. Crinkle and Mas are each able to open one of the cabinets, revealing information that would probably be helpful to a certain disembodied head. It's not enough for you to make heads or tails of it, though.

Razzm follows along with the others, scratching his tough hide in bemusement. These arcane mysteries are quite confounding for a simple lizardude. He flexes both shield arms and looks around in case any threat of a more physical nature presents itself.

Perception +9

The room is not providing any convenient monsters to fight, but there are four display cases still untouched.

Mas will check another display case.

Arcana: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

"Oo, well, that was fun. It's not every day you get permission to break into someone's stuff. I feel almost like a bad guy! Heehee!" Mrs. Crinkle giggles as she bustles to the next cabinet.

Arcana: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

Razzm stands near Mrs. Crinkle, shield raised, ready to guard her if anything untoward happens.

Razzm protects Mrs. Crinkle from untoward happenings. And there are untoward happenings. They just happen to be near mas, who takes 1d6 ⇒ 3 electricity damage. Mrs. Crinkle gets her cabinet open with little difficulty.

Desmond watches Mas get himself shocked and sighs. He drops his pack and begins rummaging inside. "Now if you're just going to willy nilly poke at things, you're going to get yourself hurt. Luckily, I have a salve that can help, but it takes some time to mix up. So if you're going to keep poking, do it now while I prep this."

Mostly just flavor, but Desmond will wait to Treat Wounds until more people have triggered traps and/or are hurt more.

GM cmlobue, it's not clear what caused the electric mishap? And is there a save for half?

Failing your check to deal with the runes on the cabinet caused feedback. No save, unfortunately.

Thanks for clarifying

"Okay, looks like just one more left?"

Bertram moved over to that cabinet, made sure his spellbook was firmly behind him this time, and began trying to disable the ward.

arcana: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

Bertram manages to get another case open. It looks now like there is enough for Alyreha to work with, though you can still attempt to get another case open if you want.

One research fragment obtained!

"Oh, hey dearies! Looks like we got sidetracked a bit. Weren't we hustling to the divination room? I want to see if we catch anyone squatting over a chamber pot, so let's go!" Mrs. Crinkle shoos everyone ahead of her, eyes twinkling mischievously.

The Pathfinders proceed to the north, hopefully with more noble goals than Mrs. Crinkle for the most part.

This room is completely bereft of windows and lit only by dim magical orbs mounted on each wall. Two perfectly smooth crystal balls lie in the center of two large tables, near the center of the room. The other furniture in the room has been tossed, the shelves have been ransacked and a pair of mirrors on the far eastern side lie shattered on the floor, revealing an empty indentation in the eastern wall.

Desmond goes to inspect the ransacked shelves and the mirrors. "I wonder if this was a trap or if someone was here searching for something." He looks at the empty indentation to see what could have fit.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

"Ooo! I wanna see!" Mrs. Crinkle bustles straight to the western crystal ball and begins narrating everything she sees. "Well, there's the front entrance. Looks like whoever was here last wasn't confident in their sneakiness, watching their backs like that. Wonder if they're still here... Now, how do we switch to another room? Let's see..."

Before we move on, is there anything special to note about what she sees of the front entrance? Perception +6

"Looks like these crystal balls are remote viewing devices of some kind. That one," he pointed at the ball that Mrs. Crinkle was looking through, "looks at various places in the manor here. The other one looks at various cities across the world. This is truly fascinating. I mean, the whole of this room is dedicated to scrying magic, which come from what people traditionally call the 'divination' school. The previous room was all 'abjuration' wards. Now I really want to apprentice under Alyreha. She could teach me so much more than..."

Bertram broke off and looked around sheepishly, as if embarrassed to be caught saying whatever he had been about to.

"Anyways, that's what the crystals do> Why don't you look around the house and see if you can find whoever beat us here? I want to look and see if I can figure out why one was taken."

Bertram moved to the empty indentation and examined the area for signs of magical residue or something that might tell what had been here.

arcana: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

Mas who's now allergic to the electric shocks, stays clear of the shelves. He instead takes a look at the remote viewing devices.

The front entrance is how you remember it - no one is there now, and nothing seems to have changed since you entered.

You can see two other areas beyond what you have already visited on the first floor - one labeled "conjuration gallery" with number of paintings, many left haphazardly on the floor; and another outdoors area called "illusion garden" which contains several statues.

Nothing on the second floor is visible, nor is the tower. The name of each room appears - "necromancy study", "home office", "reading room", "teaching hall", "enchantment auditorium", "evocation atrium", "transmutation storeroom" and "scrolls storage room" - but the view of the room itself is missing.

Mrs. Crinkle will need to find another way to observe the lavatories.

There are a lot of interesting things to see in the second orb, but all are beyond the scope of this adventure.

"Let's see here. The front entrance is the way we left it... The conjuration gallery is well and thoroughly trashed, and the illusion garden has statues--or does it? And the--well, poo! Gosh darn! Alreyha, why isn't this working? The rest of the rooms don't show me anything." Mrs. Crinkle holds up Alyreha's skull to the orb so she can see for herself.

For curiosity's sake, what kind of statues are in the garden? Anything that would make someone with juvenile humor chuckle?

The statues in the garden are all of an adult Garundi woman at varying ages. How amusing Mrs. Crinkle finds them depends a lot on what happens when she sees floating cloth (made of stone).

After recovering from her shock at being removed from her statue and dragged into the divination lounge without so much as a by-your-leave, Alyreha looks into the orb. I remember having a scrying sensor for each room, but can’t say for sure if someone sabotaged them or if the damage to the house’s overall magical protections could have taken them out," she remarks.

D'oh! I forgot that we had left her behind.

"Oh, fine. We'll just have to take a look-see ourselves. Say, why are all the statues in your garden halfway through getting dressed?" Mrs. Crinkle asks conversationally as she returns Alyreha to her previous post.

It doesn't look like there's much else to do here, other than spying on people around Golarion who are not part of your mission. Do you want to head outside to the garden, to the southwestern conjuration-themed room, or upstairs?

Mas asks "Can anyone in the party heal?"

As the others pick up to leave the room, Desmond realizes Mas is still suffering from his electrical burns. He finishes mixing up the salve and helps him apply it. "There you go. That should help you feel better."

Treat Wounds (DC15): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18
Healing: 2d8 ⇒ (6, 7) = 13

"Not me. I was not well-suited for that. Though my protective wards are an alternative solution."

"If we can't find anyone here, I guess we move on in a logical manner? Conjuration room, then outside?"

"Thank you Desmond. Much appreciated."

"Oh, sure. But I'd really like to stop by a room with a chamber pot before we go out to the garden. I'm guessing Alyreha wouldn't want me using her bushes like that. Heehee!" Of course, what she's *really* intending is to relocate some chamber pots to augment the sculptures in the garden.

"Well, we're not going to find a chamber pot out there, so I guess it's the other room first." He points towards the southwest.

Mrs. Crinkle is able to locate a chamber pot near the stairs. As she leaves, there is a suspicious lump in her pack. The Pathfinders head to the southwest.

The walls of this room are covered in paintings of creatures, organized beneath signs that list the names of each of the Outer Planes. Many of the paintings have been moved aside, turned crooked, or taken off the shelf, as if the room had been thrown into disarray. On the southern end of the room, a painting in the section labeled “Maelstrom” lies on the floor, with one side of the frame slightly broken off.

Three strange creatures crawl out of the frame.

Round 1 - bolded may go

Razzm Tazzm
Blue
Red
Zac Freelan
Desmond
Mas Radikal
Green
Mrs Crinkle
Bert

"What is it with you and chamber pots? I mean, I know what they are used for, but you seem to have an unhealthy fascination..."

Bertram broke off as they entered the painting room and the creatures attacked. As they did, his spellbook flapped back out the doorway like the vicious attacker it wasn't.

"Being regular is always healthy, dearie. You'll learn that well enough if you live to be my age. Heehee! --Oh my! What's got your book all in a tizzy? Here, booky! I've got a snicky snack for youuu." Mrs. Crinkle holds out a scrap of paper with writing on it to tempt the spellbook to return.

Razzm glares at the strange creatures. They haven't done anything hostile *yet* but on the other hand the skull has warned them that the whole place is likely awash in dangers. They are far off though, and his armor slows him considerably. He decides to cautiously advance.

◆ Stride

◆◆ Ready Action: Strike if any of the creatures move adjacent to Razzm

Readied +1 Shield Spikes: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22
P dmg: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Raxxm waits to see what the creatures will do.

The two larger creatures (which are still small) try to hit Razzm from both sides. Razzm strikes the one with blue scales before they can strike.

Jaws: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
Piercing Damage: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (4, 3) + 3 = 10
Chaotic Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2
plus DC 20 Will to avoid 1d4 ⇒ 1 rounds stupefied (plus 1 round confused on critical failure)

Jaws: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21
Piercing Damage: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (4, 4) + 3 = 11
Chaotic Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4
plus DC 20 Will to avoid 1d4 ⇒ 1 rounds stupefied (plus 1 round confused on critical failure)

The first creature is knocked off-balance by the strike, but the second lands a clean hit. Razzm feels funny...

Round 1 - bolded may go

Razzm Tazzm (-11 HP, Will save)
Blue (-9 HP)
Red
Zac Freelan
Desmond
Mas Radikal
Green
Mrs Crinkle
Bert

Zac pulls out glaive reach weapon, moves and swings at red hit: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30 dmg: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 if that is a crit here is deadly d8: 1d8 ⇒ 3

"Hey, that's not fair to gang up on him like that!" Desmond races up to defend Razzm. He tries to shoo the creature away with his heavy boots, inadvertently kicking it.

Flurry vs flatfooted: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27
Damage (backstabber): 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 + 1 = 9

Flurry vs flatfooted: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 10 - 4 = 16
Damage (backstabber): 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 1 = 8

◆ Move
◆ Wolf Stance
◆ Flurry vs Red

Razzm eyes the two creatures advancing upon him. He hits one of them with his shield and then, just when the other one thinks that he has managed to bite the fighter, he quickly pulls his shield up for some helpful protection.

↺ Reactive Shield - Razzm gains +2 to his AC against the second attack, causing it to become a miss.

Trigger An enemy hits you with a melee Strike.

Requirements You are wielding a shield.
You can snap your shield into place just as you would take a blow, avoiding the hit at the last second. You immediately use the Raise a Shield action and gain your shield’s bonus to AC. The circumstance bonus from the shield applies to your AC when you’re determining the outcome of the triggering attack.

Razzm decides not to be hit by this creature, and interposes a shield at the last moment.

Zac swings a massive weapon at one creature. It's hard to tell because its body keeps shifting, but he thinks he hit something important.

Desmond kicks the creature, but he can't find a back to backstab. Resistance to precision.

Round 1 - bolded may go

Razzm Tazzm
Blue (-9 HP)
Red (-35 HP)
Zac Freelan
Desmond
Mas Radikal
Green
Mrs Crinkle
Bert

Mas points his finger at both red and blue, and a bolt of electricity arcs from his hands and jumps from one to the other. He then casts a defensive Shield.

◆◆ Electric Arc: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5 DC 17
◆ Shield

Reflex Save, Red: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23
Reflex Save, Blue: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28

Mas' bolt doesn't have quite the jolt it usually does, and it barely hurts one of the creatures. That one does seem to change, its skin taking on yellow lines reminiscent of lightning bolts.

The remaining creature flies towards Razzm and lashes out twice.
Jaws: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22
Piercing Damage: 1d8 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2
Chaotic Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Tail: 1d20 + 9 - 5 ⇒ (3) + 9 - 5 = 7
Slashing Damage: 1d4 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2
Chaotic Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4
plus Will DC 16 vs. stupefied 1 for 1 round (stupefied 2 on critical hit)

Razzm, does Reactive Shield apply only to the triggering attack?

Round 1-2 - bolded may go

Razzm Tazzm
Blue (-9 HP)
Red (-37 HP, ??? electricity)
Zac Freelan
Desmond
Mas Radikal
Green
Mrs Crinkle
Bert

"Ahh, there's a good book. Heehee!" Mrs. Crinkle giggles as the spellbook gobbles her note, then glances over her shoulder.

"Eh? What's that? Oh! Coming dearies!" Her voice changes pitch partway through her sentence, becoming deep, harsh, and guttural as her body begins to swell. Silvery gray fur sprouts all over her body. Her face elongates into a lupine snout filled with jagged teeth. And her comically enormous red sweater dress...doesn't change size at all. The slip knots come loose as her body grows, and the knit fabric stretches, creaking and groaning with the stress of containing this massively muscular wolf-woman, resulting in a super skimpy mini dress with a skirt so short it's a good thing she now has thick fur to cover her underside. Wolfy Mrs. Crinkle galumphs straight up to blue and snaps her jaws at it. "Snack time!"

She's still a medium sized creature, but just barely.

Bite: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16
Piercing damage: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 6 = 13

◆ Rage, ◆ Stride, ◆ Strike

GM, by my reading Reactive Shield would give Razzm the Shield bonus to his AC until the start of his next turn (so it would still protect him from the latest Jaws attack.

Razzm swings each of his two shields at the Red creature...
◆◆ Double Slice

+1 Shield boss vs flat-footed AC (due to flank): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18
B dmg: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

+1 Shield boss vs flat-footed AC (due to flank), not agile: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 12 - 2 = 15
B dmg: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Then he raises his shield.

◆ Raise Shield (the one with spikes)

Can't bot Bertram, because his profile is empty.

Mrs. Crinkle, who is not so crinkly any more, tries to take a bite out of the blue creature. It's much chewier than she was expecting.

Razzm swings its shield at the red creature twice, barely connecting with the first swing.

It tries to get back at Razzm for hitting it.

Jaws: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22
Piercing Damage: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (4, 7) + 3 = 14
Chaotic Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2
plus DC 20 Will vs. stupefied 1 1d4 ⇒ 3 rounds (plus confused 1 round on critical failure)

Tail: 1d20 + 12 - 5 ⇒ (2) + 12 - 5 = 9
Bludgeoning Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (5, 3) + 3 = 11
Chaotic Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4
plus Grab

Jaws: 1d20 + 12 - 10 ⇒ (1) + 12 - 10 = 3
Piercing Damage: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (5, 7) + 3 = 15
Chaotic Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3
plus DC 20 Will vs. stupefied 1 1d4 ⇒ 2 rounds (plus confused 1 round on critical failure)

A well-placed shield protects the lizardfolk from the only dangerous strike.

The blue creature checks Mrs. Crinkle's texture.

Jaws: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31
Piercing Damage: 2d8 + 3 ⇒ (6, 3) + 3 = 12
Chaotic Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2
plus DC 20 Will vs. stupefied 1 1d4 ⇒ 1 rounds (plus confused 1 round on critical failure)

Tail: 1d20 + 12 - 5 ⇒ (1) + 12 - 5 = 8
Bludgeoning Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (3, 5) + 3 = 11
Chaotic Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 1
plus Grab

Tail: 1d20 + 12 - 10 ⇒ (19) + 12 - 10 = 21
Bludgeoning Damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (6, 2) + 3 = 11
Chaotic Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

She is delicious.

Round 2 - bolded may go

Razzm Tazzm
Blue (-9 HP)
Red (-43 HP, ??? electricity)
Zac Freelan
Desmond
Mas Radikal
Green
Mrs Crinkle (-35 HP, Will Save)
Bertram (delay)

Will DC 20: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18

Mrs. Crinkle's at 7 HP.

Swing glaive at red hit: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20 dmg: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6
2nd attack hit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19 dmg: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11 and 3rd attack hit: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15 dmg: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
attacks go to blue if red dies.

Desmond sees Mrs. Crinkle's such big eyes and ears get chewed on by one of the creatures. "Whoa, Granny! Hang on, I'm on my way!" He rushes around the formation until he's on the other side.

He tries to swat away the creature from the old woman. "Get away from her. I gotta do my job!" Finally, he tries to bind her wounds, using the non-adhesive bandages that won't stick to her fur.

Attack vs flatfooted: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Attack vs flatfooted: 1d20 + 10 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 10 - 4 = 8
Damage: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Battle Medicine on Crinkle (DC20): 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24
Healing (Medic): 2d8 + 10 + 5 ⇒ (4, 4) + 10 + 5 = 23

◆ Move (provokes AOO from Red and Blue if they have them)
◆ Flurry on Blue
◆ Battle Medicine on Crinkle

"Arcus electrica!" yells Mas as a single bolt of electricity flies from his hand and strikes both blue and red opponents. He then casts shield for defense.

◆◆ Electric Arc: 1d4 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7 DC 17 Reflex Save
◆ Shield

Bertram's sheet located! Botting per his request.

Bertram fires some magical darts at the red creature.

Spell Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
Piercing Damage: 3d4 ⇒ (1, 1, 1) = 3

They miss their target.

Zac swings over and over. The two strikes connect, the first knocking the reddish creature to the ground.

Desmond takes a couple of swipes, but is more concerned with patching up Mrs. Crinkle.

Reflex Save, Blue: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27
Reflex Save, Green: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21

The nearer enemy completely wriggles out of the way, while the smaller one with green skin does take part of the hit. It also begins crackling with electricity.

Razzm is right next to the green creature's mouth, so it goes after him.

Jaws: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19
Piercing Damage: 1d8 - 1 ⇒ (1) - 1 = 0
Chaotic Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Tail: 1d20 + 9 - 5 ⇒ (13) + 9 - 5 = 17
Bludgeoning Damage: 1d4 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3
Chaotic Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4
plus DC 16 Will or stupefied 1 for 1 round (stupefied 2 on critical hit)

Jaws: 1d20 + 9 - 10 ⇒ (4) + 9 - 10 = 3
Piercing Damage: 1d8 - 1 ⇒ (8) - 1 = 7
Chaotic Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Once again, a well placed shield protects the fighter.

Round 2-3 - bolded may go

Razzm Tazzm
Blue (-20 HP)
Red
Zac Freelan
Desmond
Mas Radikal
Green (-3 HP, ??? electricity)
Mrs Crinkle (-12 HP, stupefied 1 for 3 rounds)
Bertram