Rise of the Runelords

Game Master Veniir

@Doni: You can assume it's still Karzoug. It'd be a safe assumption. This depiction is different, but it would be hard to come up with a reason to have two different depictions of a man with a glaive and a book.

Donimah and Juriya put their heads together and they both reach the same conclusion at once. It must be incorporeal creatures!

Ghosts? Alica asks with visible concern

Ethan, I think we should get ready to channel positive energy at them. I do not have a magical weapon to hurt them with.

Ethan nods. "We need to take the lead in this situation. I also have one spell that generates a weapon of force, but it only strikes once before dissipating."

(Just before the group decides to open the door, Ethan casts hedging weapons on himself.)

Alica exchanges her sword for her holy symbol

Let me take the lead to draw their aggression, your channels are likely more potent then mine She whispers

Во имя Света в тени,
ваши страдания заканчиваются здесь, призраки,
войдите в свет и уйдите

Channel positive to harm undead: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3 DC15

Holding up her holy symbol, holy light flares from her, to probably not that much effect.

Ethan grasps his holy symbol says, "Dead-Eye's bow defend me," and a longbow made of glowing energy appears, hovering in the air just above his shoulder.

(Casting hedging weapons, +1 AC.)

Alicia knows that channel needs line of effect (it doesn't go through walls.)

Arrian purchased 2 scrolls of Magic Weapon in Sandpoint. He also purchased 2 oils of Bless Weapon. From the entry for Bless Weapon: "This transmutation makes a weapon strike true against evil foes. The weapon is treated as having a +1 enhancement bonus for the purpose of bypassing the DR of evil creatures or striking evil incorporeal creatures (though the spell doesn't grant an actual enhancement bonus). The weapon also becomes good-aligned, which means it can bypass the DR of certain creatures." So we can plan a bit better given this information?

Bless Weapon

Alicia moves into the room and readies an action to channel once she has line of effect.

(Hedging Weapons active, +1 deflection to AC - force effect)

Once Ethan has cast his spell, he moves into the room with Alica, also ready to channel if and when confronted by spirits.

Shield's a force effect! Woo!

When Alicia and Ethan are entering Arrian will retrieve one of the scrolls of Magic Weapon and cast it on his falchion.

Moved Alicia and Ethan into the room. All others, move yourself in if you like.

Alicia gets in and concentrates on detecting evil. She narrates the evil stirring and moving in.

They'll come out in 3 rounds. Post your 3 rounds and put yourselves in, please.

Ethan grasps his holy symbol and draws upon his faith.

Ready Action, Channel Energy to harm undead.

Arrian moves into the room with his now-magical falchion and waits for any foes to appear.

Juriya readies to throw more fire at her problems.

Donimah strides into the room and takes up position next to Ethan, keeping an eye and ear out for what may emerge.

I found some free time. Here goes

Three shadowy forms come out of the walls.

The group is ready for this.

All readied action can go off now. After that Arrian and Donimah won initiative, so they can act again if they like.

Knowledge, Religion: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

”May the Light of the Stagfather banish these Shadows!”

Channel Energy, Harm Undead, DC 15: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 4) = 5

K Religion: 1d20 + 8 + 1d6 ⇒ (18) + 8 + (5) = 31

You see Juriya's face go into shock, and her voice takes on an uncharacteristic tone as she realizes what she's equipped with, and what they can do. All pretense vanishes when she realizes she's dead weight that soon might be dead. Her tone is uncharacteristically commanding and devoid of emotion, as she holds up her light crossbow. "Magic Weapon scroll on the crossbow. Or I flee slash cower and save myself. Those things sap strength, and I have nothing that can harm incorporeal creatures currently. It's the logical decision for me to f&~*ing protect myself before my musculature is to weak to support its own weight and I die."

... Waiting for y'all's actions. She's kind of going to be an utter coward this fight. Same goes for anything with Wis damage/drain.

Knowledge (Religion): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Ugh he'll listen to what Ethan has to say about the foes. :(

With one of the shadows coalescing right next to him Arrian decides he might want to hit it. He calls upon the power of Cayden Cailean and pronounces the Judgement of Justice upon his foes!

Current Buffs/Effects: Magic Weapon (on falchion) +1 to hit and damage, half damage vs. incorporeal (enchantment bonus).
Judgement (Justice): +1 to hit (sacred bonus).
Ferocious Loyalty: +1 to hit (morale bonus).
Power Attack: - 1 to hit for +3 to damage.
Furious Focus: Ignore to hit penalty from Power Attack on first hit each round.
Whetstone: +1 to damage for the first hit (equipment bonus).

MW Falchion: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 192d4 + 5 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (4, 1) + 5 + 3 + 1 = 14

If that hits it would be 7 HP of damage. 1st round of actions:

Arrian swings again at the same shadow:

MW Falchion: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 212d4 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 3) + 5 + 3 = 14

I removed the +1 damage bonus from the whetstone on this roll. It would be another 7 HP of damage. I forgot to add in the +1 damage from Magic Weapon but it still comes out to 7 HP each due to rounding down.

"Oils work too.." Juriya nabs an oil of holy weapon from Arrian's bandolier, and moves out of the way as she hurriedly starts applying it to her ammunition, visibly perturbed.

I am not up and posted my *glorious d6+1 channel somewhere above

"Don't let them kill you, or they'll make you into more of their kind!" Donimah adds as she sends a telekinetic fist towards the blue one straight ahead of her.

Telekinetic Fist: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 191d4 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

"THAT'S WHY I'M BACK HERE!" Juri shouts

Shadows.

Ano froze…she was prepared for anything…but actual shadows?

She backed up near Juriya, her rapier pointing towards the incoporeal undead, shaking.

“I…I don’t think I can do anything…” she told herself, “You should’ve known…if those things kill…it’s going to be all my…”

I forgot if Ano got any buffs, but either way, let’s say she’s finally at her breaking point at feeling useless

Shadows.

Ano froze…she was prepared for anything…but actual shadows?

She backed up near Juriya, her rapier pointing towards the incoporeal undead, shaking.

“I…I don’t think I can do anything…” she told herself, “You should’ve known…if those things kill…it’s going to be all my…”

I forgot if Ano got any buffs, but either way, let’s say she’s finally at her breaking point at feeling useless

As written above Arrian would've made sure to tell everyone what he has stored where in his bandolier. If Juriya took an Oil of Bless Weapon (I'd rather she went with the Holy Weapon Balm but both work) then Arrian has: 1 Oil of Bless Weapon, 1 Scroll of Magic Weapon, 2 Holy Weapon Balm, 2 Holy Water. If Ano is RPing out her anxiety that's fine; I just wanted to make sure you knew Ano has options if she wishes to join combat. :)

I did say holy weapon, so it's balm of holy weapon she's taking.

I did say holy weapon, so it's balm of holy weapon she's taking.

One pot will coat 10 bolts. :)

Will vs Alicia's channel: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Will vs Ethan's channel: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

@Arrian: I think you've used both your judgements today. One with the dogs, one with the barghest.

The shadows have been here so long that they are not prepared for this wave of positive energy. They take the holy power head on, weakening them severely.

Afterwards Arrian cuts one of the shadows twice. The temporary enchantment on his weapon is enough to breach the veil of their existence. The strikes are powerful, and enough to make it fade away.

Donimah throws a magical punch at one of them which also takes part of its existence away, but it's still there. They move to their closest target, Alicia.

One of the shadows (blue) is able to attack Alicia. Its slam flies straight through her armor and shield, and grasps her very soul, taking some of its strength with it.

@Alicia: Take 4 Strength damage.

Party's up!

Ethan unleashes another wave of positive energy upon the shadows.

Channel Energy, harm undead, DC 15: 2d6 ⇒ (2, 5) = 7

@GM: We rested after the dogs and before the barghest though? I thought that would've reset his uses of Judgement. I'll remove the -1 just in case.

Arrian moves in front of Donimah to prevent the shadows from draining her and attempts to strike it:

If Ethan's channel destroyed Blue, Arrian will target Green.

Current Buffs/Effects: Magic Weapon (on falchion) +1 to hit and damage, half damage vs. incorporeal (enchantment bonus). (3rd round)
Ferocious Loyalty: +1 to hit (morale bonus).
Power Attack: - 1 to hit for +3 to damage.
Furious Focus: Ignore to hit penalty from Power Attack on first hit each round.

Falchion: 1d20 + 7 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 7 + 1 = 172d4 + 4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1, 1) + 4 + 3 + 1 = 10

Half damage would be 5 HP to Blue shadow.

bite primary combat expertize because EITR: 1d20 + 4 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 4 + 2 - 2 = 6
damage non magical: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Alicia, out of instinct, retaliates with a bite and takes on a more defensive posture
Elephant in the room is active, so combat expertize is a thing, and I will take the +2 dodge AC, increasing her touch AC to 13

She then 5 foot steps away and brandishes her holy symbol again

channel positive energy: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

1 channel left after that

@Arrian: You are totally right. My bad.

@Alicia: While you're right that you can use Combat Expertise due to EitR, you still cannot do 2 standard actions. You either bite or you channel. Please let me know which you're doing.

Green will vs Ethan channel: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
Blue will vs Ethan channel: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

My bad, I somehow thought channel was a move when it isnt! In this case I channel, and dont get to use combat expertize

Green will vs Alicia channel: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
Blue will vs Alicia channel: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

One of the shadows disolves from the group's joint efforts.

Can someone delete blue from the map please? Doni, Ano and Juri are up.

Done, also adjusted where alicia is

Juriya coats 10 bolts, including the one currently stored in her crossbow, and fires... into the wall.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Juriya coats 10 bolts, including the one currently stored in her crossbow, and fires... into the wall.

[dice=Attack] d20 + 6

Arrian hears a bolt shatter against the wall and is showered by the splinters.

"Yikes! A little to the left!"

Ano looks on at the fight, the fact that they’re handling the shadows settling in…

“Uh, Ano?” Cherry chirped, pecking her head to get her attention, “Might wanna go crazy right now? Hello? Are you…are you okay?”

Donimah attempts to telekinetically punch the final shadow from a distance.

Telekinetic Fist: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 191d4 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Donimah manages to take out another piece of the creature. Although barely existing anymore, it knows no other thing to do than try to suck out the life of nearby living creatures. It approaches Arrian and swings its claw at him.

Its attack, slow and clumsy flies above Arrian's already tall structure, hitting only air.

Party's up. Finish him!

Donimah's eyes narrow as she sends another mystical fist surging forth.

Telekinetic Fist: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 181d4 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

"I'm a mage, not a monk!" she grouses.

Arrian's eyes widen at the near miss, "Whoa that was close!" and he lashes out at the shadow:

Current Buffs/Effects: Magic Weapon (on falchion) +1 to hit and damage, half damage vs. incorporeal (enchantment bonus). (4th round)
Judgement (Justice): +1 to hit (sacred bonus).
Ferocious Loyalty: +1 to hit (morale bonus).
Power Attack: - 1 to hit for +3 to damage.
Furious Focus: Ignore to hit penalty from Power Attack on first hit each round.

Falchion: 1d20 + 7 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 1 + 1 = 122d4 + 4 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4) + 4 + 1 + 3 = 13

Doubtful that hits but if it does that's 6 more HP of damage.

I'm considering Bless from last fight is still active, since it lasts 4 minutes. So, Doni's 18 - 4 from shooting into melee +1 from Bless hits the 15 touch AC. Also, she takes a step back to avoid an AoO.

Donimah fires another shot and it dissolves the last bits of the shadow. The room is now silent.

Juriya runs back "... Sorry for the waste of a balm."
She's visibly shaking a little

Bluff: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24 Take it VotM has worn off by now.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

F~+!ing shadows!

Alicia swears

Did anyone other then me got drained of some strength? Eh, Ill be fine in 4 days, in 2 if I rest properly.

Its good we took them out. Imagine some tribe moving in here, and just getting turned into shadows wholesale. 3 of these we can deal with, but 20, 30? Yikes

She pauses

They probably were guarding something important, but what?

Sense Motive, per Juriya's post: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11 (Ethan's not picking up on anything.)

"Is this it? Have we scoured the evil from these corridors at last?"

Cant make either of these checks, Paladin Skillpoints!

Scanning Alicia turns on detect evil

You OK Ano? She inquires as she does so

The amurrun blinks, and says shakingly, "H-Huh? Oh y-yeah, I'm uh...I'm fine. Can we uh...can we go now?"

Cherry flutters over to the others and chirps in a whisper, "I don't know what happened, but that entire battle, Ano froze."