[Gameday XIII]GM 7thGate's Oath of the Overwatched #9-17

Game Master 7thGate

will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

Nightmare dragons ... the sworn enemies of the Dreamers of Liavara .... oh forget I said that ... you lot probably don't know anything about Liavara

She fires Magic Missiles at Dao
force barrage: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 1, 3) + 3 = 8

Trixx SR Caster Level Check: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

Omar lands a solid slice on Daosvaria, while Salazar and Jaakko both fail to land hits and the magic missiles fizzle out against her scales.

Daosvaria, Round 2
The Rock
Ginger
Omar
Jaakko
Triix
Daosvaria (-48)
Dexter
Salazar
Orenjii

The Bold may go!

The Rock moves in but stays well above the fray before throwing another Snowball at Daosvari.

Snowball to hit touch AC: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 15

Damage, Intensified, CL 10 due to Place Magic: 10d6 ⇒ (4, 5, 3, 3, 5, 3, 5, 3, 6, 1) = 38

At the urging of The Rock Ginger strikes a more defensive posture in her attacks and stops moving to raging song.

Bite, Fighting Defensively: 1d20 + 15 - 4 ⇒ (18) + 15 - 4 = 29
Damage, Magical: 3d6 + 18 ⇒ (1, 1, 5) + 18 = 25

Free Grapple if hit, Fighting Defensively: 1d20 + 19 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 19 - 4 = 31

Bite, Fighting Defensively, Multi-Attack: 1d20 + 15 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (10) + 15 - 4 - 4 = 17
Damage, Magical: 3d6 + 18 ⇒ (6, 1, 5) + 18 = 30

Free Grapple if hit, Fighting Defensively, Multi-Attack: 1d20 + 19 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 19 - 4 - 4 = 24

The Rock lands a hit with another snowball, and one of Ginger's bites penetrates the scales, though Ginger fails to grapple the dragon.

Daosvaria heals slightly as she looks up at the Rock. "Brrrr, chilly! Lets play catch!"
Concentration, Cast Defensively DC 25: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (20) + 19 = 39

She activates a spell like ability defensively, and a large desk comes hurtling out of the fog at the Rock, smashing into him at incredible speed.

Telekinesis, Violent Thrust w/Thrown Desk: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (18) + 19 = 37
Damage: 13d6 ⇒ (5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 4, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 6) = 61

Daosvaria, Round 2/3
The Rock (-61)
Ginger
Omar
Jaakko
Triix
Daosvaria (-106)
Dexter
Salazar
Orenjii

Everyone is up!

Did I miss the resolution of Orenjii's last turn? Evil eye and a recall knowledge check.

I missed the save, sorry. That actually matters a lot too potentially because of fractured mind confusing her when she fails a will save; if she fails the will save, she might not be telekinesising. Knowledge Arcana check failed for identification.

Will Save: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

Doasvaria fails to resist the evil eye, being hexed. She suddenly gets an unfocused look in her eye, gazing around wildly. "Wha..who...bgah!"

Confusion: 1d100 ⇒ 82

Attack closest target. There's three options, she'll lash out equally.

Daosvaria goes into a frenzy, lashing out at the people closest to her, biting Triix, clawing .

Bite, Power Attack, Evil Eye vs. Triix: 1d20 + 20 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 20 - 4 - 2 = 22
Damage: 2d6 + 24 ⇒ (3, 4) + 24 = 31

Claw, Power Attack, Evil Eye vs. Jaako: 1d20 + 20 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 20 - 4 - 2 = 16
Damage: 1d8 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21

Claw, Power Attack, Evil Eye vs. Jaako: 1d20 + 20 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 20 - 4 - 2 = 20
Damage: 1d8 + 16 ⇒ (6) + 16 = 22

Claw, Power Attack, Evil Eye vs. Salazar: 1d20 + 18 - 4 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 18 - 4 - 2 = 28
Damage: 1d8 + 24 ⇒ (2) + 24 = 26

Daosvaria, Round 2/3
The Rock
Ginger
Omar
Jaakko (-22)
Triix (-31)
Daosvaria (-106)
Dexter
Salazar (-26)
Orenjii

Everyone is up! Apologies about the missing Evil Eye.

Omar continues his song too enraged to care.

Your game must end!

♪♫♪♫ We will, we will rock you!

He swings again at the dragon.

+3 Furious Raging, song, heroism, PA Bec de Corbin,flank: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 11 + 2 + 2 = 24 for NL dmg: 1d10 + 16 ⇒ (3) + 16 = 19

After that attack - Triix crashes to the ground (-5)

Oddly enough, I think Triix is revived...temporarily raged

Dexter drops his wand of magical fangs and pulls one of curative cures. He steps up and taps the sorceress with it while whispering, ”Stay down, maybe she won’t notice us.”

CLW wand on Triix: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

His boar buddy is about as happy as he can be. Even with the injury it’s a pretty good day. He has a bunch of new friends. He gets to try to gore something. And that tune is making his hooves dance!

Gore - Power Attack + Song/MF + Flank - Shaken: 1d20 + 9 - 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 9 - 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 = 22 for Magic/Piercing + P.A. + Song/MF: 1d8 + 6 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 6 + 2 = 20

Despite being wounded by claw Jaakko doesn't want to kill her. His hits with flail do not have the full force in them.

+1 flail, NL, Divine favor, raging song: 1d20 + 9 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 2 - 4 = 14
+1 flail, NL, Divine favor, raging song: 1d20 + 4 + 2 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 + 2 - 4 = 18

Salazar, Jaakko and Omar all swing and Daosvaria, but fail to penetrate her tough scales. Dexter heals Triix.

Daosvaria, Round 2/3
The Rock
Ginger
Omar
Jaakko (-22)
Triix (-25)
Daosvaria (-106)
Dexter
Salazar (-26)
Orenjii

The bold are up!

Since the evil eye will be in effect for quite a while, Orenjii tries to stop her completely.

slumber: sleep 8 rounds, Will DC 18 negates

Orenjii tries to hex the dragon, but she doesn't seem impacted at all.

Immune to sleep.

Ginger lashes out biting twice.

Bite: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27
Damage, Magical: 3d6 + 18 ⇒ (3, 3, 2) + 18 = 26
Free Grapple on a hit: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (15) + 19 = 34

Bite, Multi-Attack: 1d20 + 15 - 5 ⇒ (1) + 15 - 5 = 11
Damage, Magical: 3d6 + 18 ⇒ (5, 3, 3) + 18 = 29
Free Grapple on a hit: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (4) + 19 = 23

The Rock hovers effortlessly while he grabs a handy pearl of power and recovers a spell.

Crunch! Ginger bites deep into Daosvaria and holds on.

"Ooh, ha! That stings a bit, but you guys have been so much fun! Much more exciting to play with than the space fungi and the angle wolves. I haven't been able to streeeetch like this in forever and ever!"

"Thanks so much for playing with me, it was the best!"

Daosvaria folds her wings and waves her claws up at The Rock while held in Ginger's mouth.

Daosvaria, Round 3/4
The Rock
Ginger
Omar
Jaakko (-22)
Triix (-25)
Daosvaria (-127)
Dexter
Salazar (-26)
Orenjii

Everyone is up!

Triix takes Dexter's advice and stays down.
She plays really rough she whispers.

Space fungi and angle wolves? - sounds like denizens of the Dark Tapestry. Wasn't Ralzeros observing Aucturn?

Dexter taps her with his wand again then looks at his allies, ”Is she standing down? What do we do?”

Wand CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Omar stops the raging song

” Waaahhh.? I would not call that fun. People were seriously injured. But glad we stopped .“

He lowers his weapon not wanting to re-escalate the game.

The Rock commands Ginger to stand down with a hand signal. The dinosaur lets Daosvaria loose.

"I think that the battle is over."

Having the Down trick trained is really essential. :)

Ginger looks up at The Rock and waits patiently.

"Uhh, you almost sliced me half and I barely managed to scratch you." Jaakko considers his words carefully to avoid escalation

Triix looks up at Dao. So ... lemme guess. Corners is from the Great Beyond? Or Aucturn?

Should I tell her about the egg myth? Nah! Probably not.

Combat Over!

Daosvaria wiggles happily as she's released by Ginger. Her wounds continue to heal. "Well, you were still fun to play with, even if you didn't -quite- get cut in half."

"Oh, Corners is definitely from further than Aucturn. He's kind of from everwhere and nowhere in a way, its hard to tell with things like him."

"I loved playing with all of you, but I especially loved your song." Daosvaria picks up one of her dolls, a reddish, many armed doll with melted features and holds it out to Omar. "It was so beautiful, and you played such inspirational music when we were fighting. You have a true talent, and I want to give you this as a present. He will bring you good luck, so be nice to him!"

The doll acts as a Luckstone for Omar. You have a few minutes to heal, recover or ask and more questions before anything significant happens, so go ahead and post any healing you need to do.

So yes .... the Dark Tapestry .... the Spaces between the stars. We know of those where I come from.

She makes sure her hat is securely back on her head.

Jaakko heals whom he thinks is most wounded and then himself.

clw, Triix: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
clw, Jaakko: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Omar bows graciously and accepts the doll.

”A truly wonderful gift. I am sorry for hurting you, but it looks like your injuries are coming along quickly.“

He will look to help others if they need healing or wand activation.

clw : 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 Jaako
clw : 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 Jaako

clw : 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9 triix
clw : 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 triix

clw : 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 salazar
clw : 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 salazar

The Rock recovers another spell with a pearl of power before shifting his equipment around slightly.

The Rock is no diplomat but he thinks that perhaps this creature that has lived here so long will know something useful.

"Is there anything useful you can tell us about this place?"

”Or are there places your master does not let you go? Like here and or other than the ones you mentioned before the game? “

Daosvaria shrugs. "I dunno. This is Ralzeros' place. Its a lot bigger than it seems since all the space is on top of space here. I can slip through the cracks and start wandering around, but some areas are off limits, like the library and Corner's domain. I came by and watched you from sideways while you were scurrying around, searching through Master's thoughts, but I couldn't come in. I had to wait for you to come here to play with me..." she trails off, as a distant rumble is heard, and the floor begins to shake.

Daosvaria looks shocked and surprised, calling out "Where is Ralzeros? I can’t feel his mind anymore.” A few seconds later, she fades out of existence.

I currently have Jaakko at 1 damage, Triix at 7 and Salazar at 17. Any additional healing provided before moving on?

Unless they have a way to heal themselves, Omar will tap each once more with his wand.

”once more …I don’t like the sound of what’s happening “

clw : 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2 Triix
clw : 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 Salazar

8 charges used

Shoot, I was wondering why everyone was healing Salazar. I apparently had a post eaten (or never posted it after previewing it) with all his heals.

The small druid keeps his wand out and taps a person and a boar a few times.

Trix: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (2, 4) + 2 = 8
Salazar: 2d8 + 2 ⇒ (2, 7) + 2 = 11

Willing to use the charges, but if unneeded, Omar will not use them

I’ll mark off the three you used on Salazar from my wand, Omar.

"Rest well, little one."

The other Pathfinders may be surprised by Orenjii's sudden use of short words.

I can only guess this place has been folded up through higher dimensions Triix comments, making sure her hat is hiding her antennae. Sher's not sure that others have seen a lashunta before and wants to avoid awkward questions.

She'll also accept any healing she is given and offer up her wand for Dexter to use on her or anyone else.

Now I suppose we should find Ralzeros

Well, if everyone is ready, we can press into any other areas we missed. But I am not sure we have earned the glory of completing our mission.

Shortly after Daosvaria disappears, the room starts to shake, and space seems to bend and swirl. The room twists, as the whole laboratory spins down as a whirlpool of liquid stone descending into a greenish mist, before depositing the Pathfinders into a stony island. See slide 11

Fungal, aberrant, and alien creatures swarm through a vast sea of green mist. Several stony islands emerge from the sea, their forms wavering fluidly. Bridges made from floating collections of stony fragments tie the islands together.

The mists obscure distant objects, and space seems slightly warped and difficult to view. The Pathfinders can see approximately 60 feet away before the combined effects cut off vision.

You have one round to cast something or take other preparations.

After a short time, The air suddenly ripples and roils. Empty eyes and twitching tendrils manifest from the distortions, and an alien voice echoes through the mist. “Almost time, beacons lit and copper melted. We are Corners of Spheres, we are one who are many. Will your unenlightenment leave your cage-world unharvested? We thirst for its thoughts, a million thousandfold minds woven one through our warping way. The time is now. Inspiration’s harvest is at hand. Let your thoughts be woven into the void.”

Everyone make DC 21 Will Saves. If failed, describe your surface thoughts.

Triix makes sure her Mage Armour is up.

will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Her thoughts are more of curiosity. How can spheres have corners and how many dimensions can such entities can exist in. Also she's mentally identifying what creatures she sees and finds it all ... fascinating.

The android finds herself deposited in an unfamiliar place. She casts guidance on herself almost reflexively, to prepare for what might come next.

Assuming anything involving 'surface thoughts' is mind-affecting...

Will Save: 1d20 + 7 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 7 + 4 + 1 = 27

"Dialogue is the preferred ethical means of exchanging information about individuals' mental processes."

Will: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24

Dexter ‘looks’ terrified. But who knows what his thoughts are…

…it’s definitely terror.

He manages to stammer out, ”Uhm. Hi Corners of Spheres. Can you stop trying to get through the gate please?”

The Rock replenishes his Heightened Awareness from a wand before moving on.

Will save, DC 21: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19

The Druid is pondering the meaning of the creature's words.

Will save: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13 +1 vs. charm and compulsion
"Corners, will you please stay out of my thoughts? Its quite rude." Jaakko sounds reserved

Jaakko thoughts are about staying vigilant and observing whatever might appear from the mists. He casts Divine favor.

Omar is disoriented by the swirling.

will,hero : 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 7 + 2 = 22

” What are the trying to do to us?!!
Whatever it is, I don’t like it!!!“

He will cast good hope on the party.

+2 morale bonus on saving throws, attack rolls, ability checks, skill checks, and weapon damage rolls. 7mins

Ginger Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Salazar Will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Eerie laughter echoes in the mist. As it fades, there is a ripple on the floor, and a dragon-shaped shadow appears and seems to look around. It waves at the pathfinders before darting ahead to the next island, then darts off into the mists.

As the Pathfinders move to the second island, space seems to twist and warp. Suddenly, without warning, two hideous fungal growths sprout out of the ground, along with three creatures that defy description. They seem roughly spherical, though perhaps more than three dimensional; they have too many limbs, but never the same configuration or count from glance to glance. They always seem to have a pincer, claws and teeth however.

The Spawn of Spheres, Round 1
The Rock
Ginger
Blue Spawn of Spheres
Orenjii
Blue Fungi
Omar
Jaakko
Triix
Green Spawn of Spheres
Red Spawn of Spheres
Dexter
Salazar
Red Fungi

Everyone needs to make 2 DC 14 Mind-Affecting will saves. On failure, take a -2 penalty to attack rolls from the extraordinarily unsettling appearance of the mutated fungus creatures.

The bold may go!

These things must be four dimensional at least Triix exclaims.

will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Will 1 + GH: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 10 + 2 = 19
Will 2 + GH: 1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 10 + 2 = 14

The young gnome comments, ”Thank you Omar, that was a timely spell.”