GM qstor's Emerald Spire 7 & 8 (Inactive)

Game Master Qstor

Yroh marches past the room, seeming to not even notice the gems.

The gnome knows the first rule of being a pathfinder.

Collect the treasure - it might have significance to the overall mission.

Once that task is complete, he'll move north to the corner, peeking around to see what lurks ahead.

Perception: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (19) + 19 = 38

Patros follows the sneaker types.

Steps sees there a door to the north and a door to the south, a little further down.

Riltar detects magic, scanning the cages, and making sure these remains are not undead...

Knowledge Religion: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12

29 Steps cautiously steps in, checking for survivors as well.

29 Steps cautiously steps in, checking for survivors as well.

Riltar doesn't see any undead. Steps sees a creature is still alive. He glimpses that the strength and stature of this giant-sized human is matched only by the nobility of its bearing. The large humanoid is chained to the wall and has blood on it's chest. "Kill me if you must but I will not serve your mistresses. Bring her hulking guardian if you must!"

"It's your lucky day big guy: we're Pathfinders! And these two here happen to be expert locksmiths. Let's see about removing these chains shall we? Are you Ulfen by any chance? How did you gain the size of an ogre?" says Riltar

The gnimble gnome climbs up to one shackled wrist with lockpicks in his teeth.

Disable check: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (4) + 18 = 22

Easy there, big fella...we don't serve any mistresses. i have no idea who you're talking about. Mind filling us in?

Easy there, big fella...we don't serve any mistresses. i have no idea who you're talking about. Mind filling us in?

"Thank you gnome! I am Jherao and I was captures by this fiend from the Hells. The Mistresses of Thorns. She's tortured me to gain my secrets. I am called a nephilim, that is why I tower over you and your friends halfling" He leans against the wall.

Knowledge The Planes ref Nephilim: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (16) + 16 = 32
Heal: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Riltar pulls out his wand of healing to cure the giant while the others unlock his chains.

@GM: tell me how many charges... 10hp per charge spent

@Riltar - 8 is good - nephilim

80 hit points?!? holy cow! he can solo the dungeon now and we'll follow! lol

"Yroh: pass him that greatclub you found. I think Mister Nephilim is in good shape to help us now. Won't you Sir?" asks Riltar with a smile.

"Gladly!"

"Gladly!"

Nephilim:

The Nephilim thanks the party. "The mistress is across the hallway with her servant."

I uncovered the area

"Who or what is this 'mistress' and what type of servants heeds her commands?" asks Riltar, getting ready for the next room.

renewing 'shield' from wand...

"Who or what is this 'mistress' and what type of servants heeds her commands?" asks Riltar, getting ready for the next room.

renewing 'shield' from wand...

"She is a fiend from the Hells. Her servant is muscular and dumb."

"A fiend from the Hells hey? so immune to fire but not to electricity... understood!" says Riltar excitedly, his rapier crackling with a few stray shocks as if responding.

Moving into the fiend's room

Since its likely that the crew has been on this level for close to an hour, 29 Steps pulls his wand of Mage Armor & renews his armor.

UMD for a wand dc20: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28

He then falls into place ready to beard the demon in her lair.

I'm going to combine the last 2 encounters if that's ok.

This chamber has been extensively excavated into a giant,
amorphously shaped cavern.
The Emerald Spire runs through the center of this
chamber. Numerous holes scar its surface,
spiraling about the entire column. The damage
appears superficial—no more than an inch or
two deep in the surface—but a stronger glow
from within the pillar leaks through the holes
and cracks, casting emerald-colored beams
about the room. Several of the holes appear to
have been recently patched with brighter chips
of emerald crystal.

Inside sits a a creature, From the tip of its lashing tail to the serrated features of its fang-filled visage, this fiery-eyed sentinel bristles with barbs.

"Ah...I was expecting you. Perhaps we can come to an arrangement." she says

29 Steps cocks a lengthy blue eyebrow, curious about what she has to say.

No Knowledge Planes, so no chance to ID her.

"What arrangement do you seek? We are but humble Pathfinders seeking knowledge in our exploration."

"What arrangement do you seek? We are but humble Pathfinders seeking knowledge in our exploration."

She holds up a piece of green rock. "“I am collecting these small

Patros eyes the Mistress carefully, trying to see if she's being truthful.

sense motive: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27
sorry for the absence...had an off weekend...back yesterday..didnt see the notis...failed that Perc check...lol

Muddy lightly pats his pocket containing the stones he picked up off the ground earlier.
"Me wonder if he means these stones to trade," he thinks to himself.

The gnome shrugs, as he hasn't had the chance to collect any of those tokens yet (this is his 1st trip into the SPire).

"No stones to trade I'm afraid. May we just pass and keep going to the next room? Any angry monster ahead you think we should be ready for?" asks Riltar.

"No stones to trade I'm afraid. May we just pass and keep going to the next room? Any angry monster ahead you think we should be ready for?" asks Riltar.

Patros thinks she's being truthful. She moves aside. "Yes there a mad hulking brute. He can't be controlled."

"Would you object to its demise?"

29 Steps points at the tokens & shrugs again, as though asking "What are those?"

If she's a mind-reader, that's the question he's asking

With a shrug, Muddy withdraws a handful of the stones from his pocket.

"You trade for these?" he asks the creature, showing the stones in his open palm.

With a shrug, Muddy withdraws a handful of the stones from his pocket.

"You trade for these?" he asks the creature, showing the stones in his open palm.

She turns to Steps. "They are portal stones to other layers of this complex." She looks at Muddy "Ah yes....thanks" Then Riltar. "No of course not"

I have none to trade, unfortunately...

"We gladly accept this trade! Come, Pathfinders, let us deal with the brute." Yroh marches forward to the exit the mistress indicated.

Riltar renews his shield spell and enters the next room.

A large fleshy creature moves to strike Riltar.

Combat!

Pathfinders are up!

know arcana to ID

Patros moves up, ready to fend off any attacks.

too far for me to get there and attack...will do a parry/riposte...two actually..i have combat reflexes...

p/r1, adamantine: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 311d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 271d8 + 9 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 7 = 22
p/r2: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (15) + 16 = 311d20 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 211d8 + 9 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 9 + 7 = 18
+7 damage is precision if it matters

29 Steps slips into the short tunnel leading into the room, doing a deceptive dance to draw the creature's attention (though not its ire, as a 5ft step doesn't provoke).

The weight from his chained weapon snakes out toward the creature's face (a Bluff check to Feint), followed by a deadlier blow vs a (hopefully) flat-footed foe.

Perform to boost Bluff check DC 20: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (20) + 15 = 35
boosted bluff check for a feint vs BAB+Wis mod, FF on success: 1d20 + 19 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 19 + 2 = 35

kusuri-gama vs berzerker's FF AC: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20
k-g's weight & Sneak Attack: 1d4 - 1 + 4d6 ⇒ (2) - 1 + (4, 1, 5, 5) = 16

Presuming that the sneak attack was successful, the mad-thing is disoriented due to its debilitating injury, suffering a -2 to it's attacks (& -4 to its attacks vs 29 steps)

Arcana to ID: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 34

[dice=Arcana to ID]1d20+16

it's a Flesh golem

Riltar Nobettween wrote:

[dice=Arcana to ID]1d20+16

it's a Flesh golem

Steps attack hits but doesn't do full damage. Patros waits for the creature.

Yroh and Riltar are up

Hearing Riltar’s warning about the golem’s immunity, Yroh casts a pall of frost over the automaton to slow its actions!

Casting Frost Fall in the golems space.

Good thing I ID'ed before zapping the crap out of it with a shocking burst weapon with intensified shocking grasp on top!

Riltar mutters a few arcane syllables to modify his weapon, then casts a spell as he launches himself at the creature.

2 pts of Arcane Pool as Swift to change keen shocking burst to keen flaming burst; then casting intensified elemental acid shocking grasp and delivering via Spellstrike

Spellstrike Atk, +2 Keen Flaming Burst Adamantine Rapier, Intensified Elemental Acid Shocking Grasp: 1d20 + 16 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 16 + 3 = 36
adamantine magic piercing dmg: 1d4 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
intensified elemental acid shocking grasp, acid dmg: 9d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 4, 2, 5, 2, 3, 3, 3) = 32
flaming burst, fire dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 3

On Riltar's heels comes Mister Nephilim, joining in the fight against the golem!

+1 Greatclub medium 2hded, PA: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24
bludgeoning magic: 1d10 + 20 ⇒ (7) + 20 = 27

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CONFIRM CRIT, CRIT PERFECTION: 1d20 + 16 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 16 + 3 + 4 = 41
adamantine magic piercing dmg: 1d4 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
intensified elemental acid shocking grasp, acid dmg: 9d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 6, 5, 2, 6, 2, 6, 2) = 39
flaming burst, fire dmg: 1d10 ⇒ 6

106 dmg total from Riltar and 22 total from Nephilim; DR 5/adam accounted for

the shocking grasp has SR and doesn't work cause the golem has immunity to magic the frost fall doesn't work either. Did you want to change your actions? Your PCs would have known that?

Well, the Flaming Burst effect would've triggered the Slow effect on the golem at the very least, even without causing damage.
Same situation with the Frost Fall

Seeing Riltar has the fire damage to slow the creature, Yroh summons another spiritual ally to distract it instead.

the shocking grasp has SR and doesn't work cause the golem has immunity to magic the frost fall doesn't work either. Did you want to change your actions? Your PCs would have known that?

@GM: keep it as is please... the flaming burst slowed it and my physical dmg is adamantine so I'm happy

GM Qstor wrote:

the shocking grasp has SR and doesn't work cause the golem has immunity to magic the frost fall doesn't work either. Did you want to change your actions? Your PCs would have known that?

@GM: keep it as is please... the flaming burst slowed it and my physical dmg is adamantine so I'm happy

OK not like you guys would have had issues :p

Rilar easily dispatches the golem.

Combat over[/ooc]

The Nephilim turns to the party. [b]"Thank you for freeing me. I am grateful and now will return to my plane, free!"

Continuing towards the exit the party makes it's way to the level exit and the last door.

I moved your tokens