GM qstor's Emerald Spire 7 & 8

Game Master Qstor

Ambrus Valsin calls you all to a room in the Grand Lodge. "Pathfinders a new level on an old dungeon in the River Kingdoms has been found. We need you to travel there and document all you find. I've arranged travel for you. Good luck!" Some time later yourself inside Fort Inevitable and get directs down to the dungeon.

Let's get this show on the road!

Asking directions you head down several lairs of the Spire until you come to the level that Valsin indicated.

please place your token's in the top right

Signs of battle—most commonly dried blood, scorch marks, and
smashed bones—appear along the stairway down.
The stairs end in the northeast corner of a small, brightly lit
room with a door on the west wall. In the center of the room
are two large iron racks holding numerous burning candles. The
iron candleholders are crafted so that each candle appears to be
held in the jaws of a serpent. A phrase is written on each rack
in Undercommon.

what do you do?

Muddy glances at each of his new teammates, excitement evident in his expression.
"Hi! Me Muddy," he declares enthusiastically, blinking his large, black, bulbous eyes. The little grippli is a mesmerizing sight with translucent, almost ghostlike skin, adorned with yellow and black hues reminiscent of a poison dart frog. His rapidly pulsating heart is visible beneath his ribcage, and his lungs rhythmically expand and contract.

A short, wickedly sharp obsidian blade with a chiseled point and distinct flake scars along its edges (like a stone age crafted weapon) is sheathed at his hip, while a finely crafted yet crude-looking morningstar dangles from the opposite side of his belt. Slung over his back is an exotic longbow, skillfully crafted from living greenwood and adorned with feathers and bone trinkets.
"It be long time since me last went into dungeon. Me ready to go on adventure!"
He salutes the Venture Captain, then, with a lively step, marches out the door.

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In the town near the dungeon, Muddy suggests that he and his teammates get a bite to eat before dungeon delving.
"Can't go adventuring with empty belly!"

Before a bowl of stew is served to everyone, he dumps in a vial of his Chef's Secret Recipe seasoning into the pot and mixes it in. He gives it a taste and then a chef's kiss.
"Mmmm. Very spicy! Make you feel strong."

Everyone gets a +1 alchemical bonus to Fortitude saves for the next 24 hours!

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At the base of the stairs, Muddy glances over his shoulders at his teammates, blinking his large, bulbous eyes.
*blink*
*blink*
"Me go have look? Check for traps?"

Muddy will search the 10' area he is in and then each 10' area of the north & south iron racks. Perception+10.

Half-orcs aren't generally known for 'classically beautiful' features. Rough, square outlines combine with extra bulk to inflate the softer structure of the human form. Even so, the green flesh doesn't tend to be putrid as long as the individual bathes. Maybe this individual does, but the dark blotches on his exposed flesh must have some explanation.

"Wise you are, friend Muddy! Adventures are best met full and ready." Devouring the stew in short order, he introduced himself as Yroh, Snow-Blessed.

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Readying a stout shield, he gestures to the room with his free hand. "Gaze all you need, and may your eyes be unclouded by fell machinations."

Koani, an elf druid carrying a bow, scratches behind the eyes of a little dino reassuringly. "It's OK, Blarg."

The little dino calms under Koani's head scritches, and then presents his head to the others, trying to make friends.

muddy: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

Muddy doesn't notice anything strange in the area where he's standing.

"This area seems safe." Muddy reports after checking the area at the base of the stairs.
"You can all come down to this area. Me go check racks now."

Muddy steps forward about 5 feet and checks the north rack for traps and anything out of the ordinary, followed by the south rack.

"Sorry I'm late friends. Have you found something you need me to poke with a pointy stick yet?" declared a newly arrived halfling who appeared to be on a diet and couldn't have topped 24 pounds on a rainy day...

Sorry! I knew you were melee-heavy and didn't think I had made it in.

A brawny half-elf who had totally been here the whole time stands with the others. The armor covering his chest and upper arms is made of woven strips of tree bark, and feathers and small animal bones are woven into his long hair. Though his physical strength is obvious, he carries few weapons: a common-looking greatsword, a sling at his belt. "Am Dumm!" he had said proudly, pointing at his chest, by way of introduction during first muster.

"Muddy take a great risk, friend," Dumm says appreciatively to the grippli as he follows into the area deemed safe.

I moved Dumm into one of the "safe" spots in the 10' area Muddy searched first.

Offering a quick scritch to Blarg, Yroh moves down to join Muddy in his inspection of the candles. "These words are unknown to me, but not unknown to the snows!" With a quick prayer, he enchants himself with the power of comprehension.

Casting Comprehend Languages.

When you are ready to move on, the ooze flows into the room and suddenly from the side from where you came! Is this an ambush?! You may already be ready to take up arms when the ooze, instead of attacking you, suddenly begins to gather, stretches up and eventually takes the form of a tifling woman with very attractive shapes. The slimy surface hardens and becomes quite a normal ruddy skin. Her red eyes look you up and down. The woman adjusts her clothes and jewelry (before the ooze acquired humanoid form, it all just floated in it). She runs her hand through her black hair and smiles pleasantly enough. Koani. Blarg. Hello to you. She smiles at everyone else once more. And hello to all of you new friends! Name's Lilah... Lilah Al-Fasi. Then she takes out a magic wand and casts a spell (mage armor). I'm ready. Shall we go?

UMD: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32

As Muddy steps towards the candles they burst into a large red hot flame and it pours around the room! Then the sound of a bell tolls. Gong!

anyone in the room Reflex Save please

damage: 6d6 ⇒ (3, 3, 4, 3, 1, 2) = 16

Ref: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24 Lilah barely manages to duck. This is not how a lady is greeted! Fire resistance 5.

reflex save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Blarg save: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18 Blarg has evasion, if relevant

Ref: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

"Ouch!!!!!! hey... that was a trap right?!? we don't have a traps guy?!?"

Muddy quickly throws his arms in front of his face and reels back from the burst of flames.
Reflex: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

Reflex + Danger Sense: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 6 + 1 = 27
Nice!

Entering the room, Dumm's animal instincts notice faint traces of an unmistakable odor in the air. Sulfur.

He whirls around and throws his arms up over his face just as the trap goes off, getting badly burned but avoiding the worst of it. He pats his singed hair afterward to smother the tiny flames. "Dangerous place already, and this group has not seen even any yet monsters."

"Ouch!!!!!! Hey... that was a trap right?!? We don't have a traps guy?!?"

After rolling on the floor to extinguish the flames, Muddy rolls over to look at Riltar and strains to hold up his arm.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

Yroh reflexively pulls his shield up, though it provides little protection from the explosion. He beats his cloak against the remaining embers, the burns mottling his skin worse than it already is. "Foul tricks played upon us! The bells toll warning of our coming now."

[dice=Reflex Save]1d20+6

Yroh reflexively pulls his shield up, though it provides little protection from the explosion. He beats his cloak against the remaining embers, the burns mottling his skin worse than it already is. "Foul tricks played upon us! The bells toll warning of our coming now."

what next?"

What's the DC for the reflex save? Some of us may have only taken half damage, or none at all.

Muddy hops to his feet and quickly draws his bow.
"Me think something coming through door on other side of room." he says to alert his teammates.

Muddy slinks quietly to the door and looks for a keyhole to peek through. If there's no keyhole, he'll press an ear hole up to the door and listen.
Perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24

Good. Lilah's arms stretch out and transform into two blades (Terminator 2, that's right). In addition, she grows a tail that also ends in a sharp spike. I'm ready.

What's the DC for the reflex save? Some of us may have only taken half damage, or none at all.

Muddy hops to his feet and quickly draws his bow.
"Me think something coming through door on other side of room." he says to alert his teammates.

Muddy slinks quietly to the door and looks for a keyhole to peek through. If there's no keyhole, he'll press an ear hole up to the door and listen.
[dice=Perception]1d20+10

DC 14

Muddy hears grunting and smells smoke and something like rotten eggs.

what do you guys do?"

"Wonder what beyond this door is?" Dumm wonders aloud as he crosses the room. "Are there also here any traps?"

Going along the wall, just in case.

Perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16

"What does writing on racks say?" Muddy asks Yroh as he steps aside from the door.

"There's something grunting and stinky in the next room. Maybe it making big poop. It need more fiber in diet."

"Koani, can you help me with this cure stick? the merchant told me the word but for some reason I can't pronounce it right..."

CLW, 2 chrges: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (5, 8) + 2 = 15

"The chill of the snows will sooth these burns."

CLW: 3d8 + 3 ⇒ (1, 1, 2) + 3 = 7

Fine, dice roller. Yroh can also activate wands for those that need it.

8 points of damage to Muddy.
"Me okay. Just a few light burns."

Muddy droops his shoulders in disappointment.
"Me just remember me had cure light wound wand eaten by big creature in Osirion desert many adventures ago and forgot to buy new one."
He just shrugs then turns his attention back to the western door.
"Should we open door and take monster by surprise?"

are you guys opening the door?

Koani heals herself.
CLW wand: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (5, 5) + 2 = 12

She uses anyone's wand on them who wishes.

She uses her own wand on Muddy, planning to give him a talking to about preparedness later.

2d8 + 2 ⇒ (1, 5) + 2 = 8

"Better that the wand should be consume than you, friend Muddy." Yroh grins a patchwork grin. "There's no surprise to be had here, wisdom says to open the door from the side, lest their arrows find easy mark." Stepping to the side, he readies himself for combat.

Muddy can sense by the look in Koani's eyes he's going to be admonished for not bringing a wand of cure light wounds.
"Thanks for healing, Koani. Me feel much better."
Back to full hp. Muddy does have 2 potions of cure light wounds and a wand of cure moderate with 5 charges.

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"Better that the wand should be consume than you, friend Muddy." Yroh grins a patchwork grin.

Muddy's eyes go wide and he smiles back.

"Everyone ready?"
With longbow in hand, Muddy glances at each of his teammates in turn, checking to make sure they're ready and in position before he opens the door.

I'm assuming you open the 2nd door too. Please move into the small hallway

As soon as the door opens, a rank odor, like a burned corpse was
left out in the sun for a week, rushes out.
The room is an irregular octagon, and stone and wood
barricades have been built in front of the doors on the south
and west walls. It appears the walls were once covered with
frescoes, but these have all been smashed, leaving rough walls
and jagged debris.

there's 6 lizard like humanoids

DC 15 acrobatics to move through the barricades and rubble

the creatures are troglodytes but they have bright red eyes

They snarl and get ready to attack.

Combat

Pathfinders are up!

sorry if I wasn't clear before I use block initiative

Before Muddy gives the signal Riltar gets ready with a few alchemical drinks and a spell. Just before the door opens he adds a minor spell with a wand and speaks an arcane word to wake up his rapier...

antiplague, antitoxin, mirror image 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3, shield; swift action to use 2 pt. of arcane pool to add keen/shock/enduring blade to rapier +1.

Riltar enters the fetid room and attacks the nearest trog.

+1 Keen Shock Adamantine Rapier: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31 vs. FF AC
magic piercing dmg: 1d4 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
electricity dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 4

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CONFIRM CRIT: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16 vs. FF AC
additional dmg if confirms: 1d4 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Casting a prayer to the snows, Yroh summons a burst of radiance to the four northmost lizards.

Burst of Radiance Damage: 5d4 ⇒ (2, 1, 2, 3, 3) = 11
Blindness Rounds: 1d4 ⇒ 4 DC17 Reflex to be dazzled instead.

green: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

red: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

yellow: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11

The halfling stabs one of the trogs. While the other's are blinded by Yroh's spell.

rest of the party is up!

Muddy runs into the room after Riltar. He gets beside the door and shoots an arrow at the yellow tinted creature, taking a second to aim carefully.
+1 Comp. Longbow, pbs, deadly aim: 1d20 + 12 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 12 + 1 - 2 = 29
piercing, pbs, dead aim: 1d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + 1 = 8
sneak?: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 6) = 9
"We has bad guys in here!" he calls out to alert his teammates in the other room.

A low growl issues from Dumm's throat. His face and arms sprout coarse black fur and his muscles and torso thicken. Fingers become long, wicked claws. He roars with a mouth full of sharp teeth and charges, all intricate thoughts replaced with a single goal: Rip. Shred. Kill.

Rage!

Claw vs black: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (12) + 13 = 25
Damage: 1d8 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15

Lilah and Koani are up!

Koani moves forward and fires an arrow at the trog with the red scarf.

attack: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (19) + 13 = 32
damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Then she asks Blarg to go attack.

Blarg rushes forward to tear at the bad thing. His Koani said to get it, so it must be bad. Grrr, get the bad one.

attack, talon: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

botting the shifter

acrobatics: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

The ooze moves and attacks.

Natural Weapon I with Power Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19

1d6 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

The ooze and Muddy drop one of the trogs.

They attack with curved two handed swords.

black: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14 against the half orc.

damage: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 4) + 4 = 9

red: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 against the dino.

damage: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (3, 1) + 4 = 8

miss chance high is good red: 1d100 ⇒ 22

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (19) + 6 = 25 against the ooze

damage: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (1, 4) + 4 = 9

green: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18 against the haflling

damage: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (4, 4) + 4 = 12

miss chance high is good: 1d100 ⇒ 49

blue: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24 against the half orc

damage: 2d4 + 4 ⇒ (3, 1) + 4 = 8

damage red 12 green 19 black 15

pathfinders are up

Thank you for botting, you were a little ahead of me with your post!
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>They attack with curved two handed swords.
It it slashing or piercing dmg?

The Tiefling-ooze woman only smiles when the sword cuts through her flesh. The liquid that has opened in the wound begins to instantly pull the wound back. Now it's my turn.

The blade arms and spear tail descend on the troglodyte.

Natural Weapon I with Power Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 201d6 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
Natural Weapon II with Power Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 121d6 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
Natural Weapon III with Power Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 101d6 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

Claw 1 + rage - Power Attack vs black: 1d20 + 12 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 12 + 2 - 2 = 21
Damage + rage + Power Attack: 1d8 + 6 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 2 + 4 = 20

Claw 2 + rage - Power Attack vs black: 1d20 + 12 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 12 + 2 - 2 = 32
Damage + rage + Power Attack: 1d8 + 6 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 2 + 4 = 14

Bite + rage + Power Attack vs black: 1d20 + 12 - 5 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 12 - 5 + 2 - 2 = 11
Damage + rage + Power Attack: 1d4 + 4 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 2 + 4 = 14

Crit confirm
Claw 2 + rage - Power Attack vs black: 1d20 + 12 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 12 + 2 - 2 = 26
Extra damage + rage + Power Attack: 1d8 + 6 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 6 + 2 + 4 = 17

If he drops before the third attack goes off, redirect any remaining attacks to blue

With a clear shot at the bright green creature, Muddy licks his lips in concentration and sends a volley of arrows at it...
+1 Comp. Longbow, deadly aim, rapid shot & PBS: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 8 + 1 = 22
cold-iron arrow: 1d6 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 1 = 13

+1 Comp. Longbow, deadly aim, rapid shot & PBS: 1d20 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 8 + 1 = 11
cold-iron arrow: 1d6 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 1 = 12

+1 Comp. Longbow, deadly aim, rapid shot & PBS: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 1 = 12
cold-iron arrow: 1d6 + 8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 8 + 1 = 14

I forgot to mention in previous post that Muddy has the Precise Shot feat.

Riltar continues his assault on green (switching to red of green falls).

+1 Keen Shock Adamantine Rapier, Spell Combat: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 12 - 2 = 16
magic piercing dmg: 1d4 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9
electricity dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Concentration DC 15 to cast Arcane Mark: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33

Spellstrike, Spell Combat: 1d20 + 12 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 12 - 2 = 20
magic piercing dmg: 1d4 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9 plus Arcane Mark (invisible version)
electricity dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 4

The Pathfinders easily dispatch the remaining trogs with Dumm taking down two with his claws!

Combat over

what do you guys want to do?"