[PFS2] Pirate 3-14 The Tomb Between Worlds (Inactive)

Game Master Pirate Rob

Salka gets to her feet and goes after the corpse. Her shield bash critting and destroying the corpse, which takes one final swing out of spite.

Final Spite vs Salka: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

But can't connect.

Hampton goes after the mummy but can't connect and finfd himself at least partially standing in the open sarcophagus.

We'll provide lesser cover across both ways in this position.

Mummy vs Hampton: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (13) + 18 = 31
B Damage: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (4, 5) + 9 = 18

More Mummy More Hampton: 1d20 + 18 - 5 ⇒ (6) + 18 - 5 = 19

Most Mummy: 1d20 + 18 - 10 ⇒ (12) + 18 - 10 = 20

Luckily Hampton avoids the second two swings.

Will: 1d20 ⇒ 18

The Mummy teleports to the west.

Distance: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Initiative:
Domwurd 55/55 |
Hampton 5/68 <Frightened 1> | Mummy Rot: 1 |
Salka 24/74 <Frightened 1> | Mummy Rot: 1
Mummy -85 |
Iniquity 92/99 | <Frightened 1> | Fort DC 16
FalconCat

Iniquity is up!
Ending in the room is still Will DC 18 (or choose to fail) vs Shadowwalk.

"Our fortune rises wise Salka! The foe breaks against our indominable (sic) spirit!" Iniquity says as he trundles across the room. "Though this planar slipperiness is leaning on comedy."

He maneuvers so that Salka is an equal distraction for the mummy. He thrusts his silver pike and raises his shield. Once more, he flickers but does not move from his position.

◆ Stride
◆ Strike vs. Mummy: +1 striking ghost touch silver breaching pike (E), Frightened 1: 1d20 + 16 - 1 ⇒ (10) + 16 - 1 = 25 vs. flanked target
Holy, Silver, Magic, Ghost Touch, Piercing, Weapon Specialization: 2d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6, 6) + 4 + 2 = 18 + Vitalizing Rune: persistent 1d6 vitality damage
◆ Raise a Shield

AC 30-1=29

↺ Shield Block 10, if mummy targets me.
Else: ↺ Glimpse of Redemption: Target enemy chooses: do no damage OR ally gains Resist All 9 and enemy gains Enfeebled 2 until end of its next turn.

Will (E), Frightened 1: 1d20 + 12 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 12 - 1 = 25

Another solid blow from Iniquity, still not enough to drop the mummy though.

The Falcon Cat pounces, half on top of the sarcophagus and bites at Iniquity.

beak vs Iniquity: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (12) + 17 = 29
slashing: 2d10 + 6 ⇒ (4, 5) + 6 = 15

more claw: 1d20 + 17 - 4 ⇒ (15) + 17 - 4 = 28

more claw: 1d20 + 17 - 8 ⇒ (13) + 17 - 8 = 22

Iniquity avoids both claws but does get beaked.

Block only said mummy, feel free to let me know if you'd like to block the beak.

Initiative:
Domwurd 55/55 |
Hampton 5/68 <Frightened 1> | Mummy Rot: 1 |
Salka 24/74 <Frightened 1> | Mummy Rot: 1
Mummy -110 | 1d6 Persistent Vitality
Iniquity 77/99 | <Frightened 1> |
FalconCat

Non Iniquities are up!
Domwurd will become frightened if he gets within 30 feet of mummy, can't see any enemies from current spot.

Ending turn in room is will 18 (or choose to fail) vs Shadowwalk.

No block on falcon-cat, but he does still have Resist Slashing 3.

Inquity bites back a shout of pain and shrugs off the griffon, keeping ready for the mummy.

"I guess the party's coming to me!" Salka says, with maybe a little less confidence than you'd normally expect from an Ulfen battle cry. "Alright, let's give this prototype all its got!"

She knocks her elbows into her breastplate popping open a pair of hatches and then she flicks a node on her wrist and the hatches send out a burst of fire at the mummy.

Explode, Fire Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 2, 3) = 11 DC 21 (frightened) basic reflex
Unstable DC 15: 1d20 ⇒ 17 Success! I can do other unstable actions.

Then, realizing the danger of her situation overall she decides to just go all in on trying to eliminate the mummy before it eliminates her and takes another single swing at it.

Shield Boss: 1d20 + 15 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 15 - 1 = 28 vs OG Mummy
Bludgeoning: 2d6 + 4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 5) + 4 + 3 = 13

Choosing to fail save here since I don't really like being in a corner and also can't move too many places anyway
direction: 1d8 ⇒ 4
distance: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Stay in place, unless the mummy dies from my attacks then I move into its square.

Reaction:Reactive Shield for 25 AC if hit

Hampton dutifully stows his shortswords away, drawing his bow as the second is sheathed, then looses a pair of arrows at his prey (the mummy).

+1 striking composite shortbow w/gravity weapon and hunted shot (1), frightened 1: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 14 + 1 = 18
piercing (1): 2d6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (4, 6) + 2 + 2 = 14
plus Deadly, if a crit (1): 1d10 ⇒ 8

+1 striking composite shortbow w/hunted shot (2), frightened 1: 1d20 + 14 - 3 - 1 ⇒ (15) + 14 - 3 - 1 = 25
piercing (2): 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (6, 1) + 2 = 9
plus Deadly, if a crit (2): 1d10 ⇒ 4

Voluntarily failing the Will save.
1d6 ⇒ 1 x 5 ft in 1d8 ⇒ 2 direction

Interact to Put Away ◈, Interact to Swap ◈, Hunted Shot ◈.

Mummy Reflex: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22

The mummy dodges some of the fire, but it is especially flammable.

Salka's shield bash after that finishes it off!

We'll go ahead and call the combat here.

Hampton takes a couple shots at the FeatherCat, defeating it!

With energy pulsing from the Vise you continue to find yourselves occasionally shadow walked around the room, even with the combat over.

Status:

Domwurd 55/55 |
Hampton 5/68 | Mummy Rot: 1 |
Salka 24/74| Mummy Rot: 1
Iniquity 77/99

"Bravo!" Iniquity says as Salka smashes the mummy and Hampton finishes off the mummified griffon. "But we had best move out of this room. It is impossible to concentrate."

Salka nods almost too quickly. "I would like to leave now please. Too much blood coming out my nose in here, teleporting around making me dizzy...." She quickly rushes out the room back over by Domwurd. "We can turn off device if we decide so after cleaning ourselves up a bit."

Once he has Hampton ushered out of the room, Iniquity draws a feather in the air and presses it into the half-elf, flooding him with vitalizing energy. "Let me meditate for a moment, but if anyone can bandage wounds, please do," he says before inspecting the art in the hall.

Backing out into the room with the narrow path and the comically large hammer, the party hunkers down for an hour or so and heals up.

Once finished inspecting an interesting aspect of the statue, Iniquity dusts off his hands. "The only place I can think to look for the other Pathfinders is in the netherworld. Yawellis said that the last he saw of them was when they were examining one of the stasian devices."

Salka nods. "Yes. There isn't anywhere else left to look. Let's head in to the plane from that device over in the crossway. If we're lucky it'll be similar in architecture there and we'll have a good vantage point to see a few different ways to go. And if it isn't similar... well then it doesn't matter at all where we jump in from anyway!"

It's easy enough to head back past several vises to the crossway and activate the device.

You appear in a dark and greyscale version, that otherwise appears identical to the room you just left.

It's dark.

"We're here so we ought to check the sputtering room on this side," Iniquity says as he fumbles out his second darkvision elixir and drinks it.

Hampton activates his goggles and hums to himself.

There's a man back a-ways
Who believes at where he is
And there's a girl
Up ahead who says she knows

You can call him foe, you can call him friend
You should call and see who answers
For he knows your eyes are drawn to the road ahead
And the Shadow Man is waiting round the bend
The Shadow Man is waiting up ahead
Shadow man
Is waiting up ahead
Is waiting up ahead

</obscure David Bowie reference>

Salka likewise fumbles around to drink a darkvision elixir with her empty hand. "Well, once I can see something I suspect we should retrace our steps back to where the portal room is on our side. I'm kind of just curious to see what's back there in this realm. Hopefully just a dead end but if this seems identical so far....."

She starts shuffling back towards the baths area.

Iniquity turns back to peer into sarcophagus room before turning back to follow Salka. "Do you suppose the hammer trap is still set on this side?" he asks.

Domwurd will once more try to cast Light, though he expects to have the same results as before. He at least can see it low light conditions, but he lacks any means of getting proper darkvision.

"Though things will look the same, this is a different plane of existence. I would treat every inch of this area as new. There may be new traps, but also new discoveries."

He keeps with the group, casting a spell to detect magic.

Iniquity turns back to peer into sarcophagus room before turning back to follow Salka. "Do you suppose the hammer trap is still set on this side?" he asks.

For your stage career's sake, I hope not, Hampton says with a smile, his bow in hand while following along.

Domwurd's light flickers and sputters but does not completely go out this time. Half normal radius.

Just to make sure we're on the same page, you walked back from Hammerface to the Crossway and ported to the shadowplane from there. We're on slide 4 now.

Much like the normal pyramid, there are heavy closed doors that are not locked. Other than things being drained of their color, it being dark and your light barely working, things seem largely identical to the pyramid you'd been exploring.

Opening the door to the baths reveals a tiny, fragile bubble of light amid the crushing gloom of this room held up by a human woman holding a wayfinder. Shadows fill three tubs here, spilling oppressively over the sides and a spooky figure lounges nearby.

The woman calls out "Pathfinders! I knew you'd come eventually."

The other figure smiles warmly “Ah, you must be the heroes my friend was so sure would come to rescue her, or perhaps just more lost lambs in need of help?”

"I am Iniquity Pen, perhaps you've heard of me? No? I suppose theater reviews do not make it to Osirion pyramids in the netherworld," the champion says with a beaming smile. "We are Pathfinders come to rescue our lost compatriot. Who might you be?"

Domwurd just smiles broadly, happy to let Iniquity lead the conversation with these ominous shadows.

He looks at the Pathfinder, studying them to determine whether they are okay.

The Pathfinder looks like they've been hiding out from undead in a Pyramid for hours. Disheveled and uncomfortable but okay in the larger scheme of things despite some painful looking but superficial gashes on their arms.

The figure smiles "I am Glurorchaes, I've been helping your friend here, protecting them, keeping them safe. Perhaps I can help you too? Like those trapped little Ustalavs who needed a way out? Such a lovely place, Ustalav. I quite recommend a visit there if you have a chance. I'm happy to help show you and your friend how to get home if you haven't already figured it out.”

Janahar speaks up "It's true. Glurorchaes here has kept me safe. I got separated from Tetabu here in the Shadow Plane. Have you seen him? Is he okay? How about Yawellis? Can you get me out of here, I'm exhausted? I'm sure Glurorchaes could be of help to you too."

Janahar does not seem to be under any sort of compulsion. Glurorchaes certainty wants something but it doesn't seem to involve anything grisly.

I'm happy to RK on the creature if people want to share their Occultism and or Religion bonuses

"We have yet to find Tetabu," Iniquity answers. "Yawellis is back home."

He looks back to the being called Glurorchaes. "We have figured out the way back and forth between planes, thank you. Would you be able to assist us in finding our final lost compatriot?"

Religion +10

"Yes, what Iniquity says is true. We're also best off sending you all back at once given the difficulty in communicating back to the lodge more than once per hour."

My Occultism is +12

Glourorchaes is an Ostiarius. A type of Velstrac(Fiend) Velstracs are horrific, shadow-dwelling fiends who seek ultimate sensation through self-mutilation. They transcend their stoic detachment only when inflicting pain and terror upon their victims, practicing new forms of debasement and torture before then turning their knives on themselves. (They were previously called Kytons.)

Glourorchaes smiles, "I'm so happy to hear you've managed to sort out those devices. I would be more than happy to assist you in finding your lost companion. A vicious melee against the undead is not exactly my forte but I can help bring out the best of those around me, helping push through their fear and pain, to be the best they can. To be the best you can."

Janahar gives a half sigh "By Desna's blessed flight I'm glad Yawellis made it home. I hate not to be able to do anything for Tetabu, but I'm in no shape to fight. not even sure I could run away if needed. I'm exhausted. I hope they found somewhere else to hole up, and it's not too late for them."

Glourorchaes follows up "Do you have somewhere safe to stash Tetabu, or a way to send them home? There are vicious undead hordes out there, and I have promised to keep them safe."

(Assuming the last sentence was intended to say "Janahar" rather than "Tetabu.")

Iniquity tightens his mouth and then arches an eyebrow as if ruminating over some puzzle in his mind. Then he says, "We appreciate the kindness you have shown our fellow Pathfinder. We can send him home and then return to search for Tetabu."

"We can bring him back to our plane, several areas there we cleaned out from any threats, particularly the room we came in from." She pauses and thinks for a long moment before continuing. "Assuming you're able and comfortable letting this one back into our plane of existence and all that."

Opps yes, was meant to be Janahar. Error is 100% your GM.

Glourorchaes continues to smile "No objections at all, they are certainty not my prisoner. I promised to keep them safe until they were rescued from this place. While I would not say I'm in a rush to be rid of them, I take my obligations seriously."

Janahar half looks apologetically to Glourorchaes "They are uhh a little strange, but have indeed kept me safe. Not soft and relaxing like one of Calistria's bath houses but certainty better than being torn to shreds by the undead."

Glourorchaes smiles and shrugs, not seemingly being offended at being called strange.

"Well, shall we send Janahar home and I'll join you in your search for Tetabu"

Indeed! Hampton says brightly. This makes us two thirds of the way done with our mission!

"Yes of course. We'd be happy to have some help finding our last ally down here, especially when we're unfamiliar enough with the terrain here..."

"Thank you," Iniquity says. "We shall return."

Glourorchaes smiles "Until they are on their way out of this place, I should keep them at least within my sight. I'll follow at a respectful distance if that makes you feel better, I'm sure you didn't expect to find any friendly faces here, but I won't wait here as they swap planes. I can't exactly keep them safe from that distance."

Glurorchaes doesn't seem to be plotting any sort of treachery, he seems understanding that you might be worried though and it seems likely he'd agree to reasonable stipulations if you were feeling paranoid.

"Janahar is rescued now. Does that not satisfy your contract?" Iniquity asks.

Glourorchaes shakes their head and smiles "Needs to be safely rescued from this pyramid. Until they are are safely away from here, they remain my ward."

Domwurd is uncomfortable, but simply can't fault the logic and is too honest to lie. "Let's hurry up and get you back, Janahar. We can all make sure that you stay safe."

"Very well," Iniquity says with a bow. "Come observe us as we rescue our fellow Pathfinder. You did mean this pyramid, yes? The one in the netherworld? Or do you want us to transport you to the universe?"

Glourorchaes smiles "I'm surprised you hadn't figured this out, or maybe you're testing me, but it is indeed the same pyramid, just stuck between worlds. I have no need of you to transit me, I'm not stuck seeking your release if that's what you think, I'm perfectly capable of using the Vises myself, I'm quite familiar with portals between planes, the nearest is about 40 feet, east, north east of here. If you have a way out for Janahar from this side I have no objections, I just don't know of any that don't go back through the Universe first."

"We should debate cosmology sometime in the future; however, let us get Janahar home before a wraith or shadow stumbles upon us," Iniquity concedes.

Salka shrugs. "I don't really have a strong opinion on him coming with us or going home immediately let's just make it quick if we're going to lead him all the way out of the pyramid. I can only see in the dark for so long, after all...."

She pulls out her pack and starts digging out the slate.

Glourorchaes joins you in using the vise to swap over to the Universe and heading back to the portal room and sending Janahar home through the desert path.

Glourorchaes makes no effort to try and spy on your use of the slate or otherwise interfere with the process.

Smiling, seemingly pleased with himself Glourorchaes speaks again "Thank you for helping fulfill my obligation to Janahar. They were so lovely. Perhaps our relationship can grow over time. In the meanwhile lets go find your other missing Pathfinder. From what Janahar told me, if they are still alive, I suspect they'd be on the Shadowplane, but I'm more than happy to follow whatever path you choose in your search."

"We have searched this side quite thoroughly," Iniquity considers. "Let us use the vice in the room where the giant hammer struck me in the face." He looks at Glourorchaes with a wry smile and a wink. "I'm certain you are sorry to have missed that moment."

Janahar and Glourorchaes were first encountered in the shadow salt baths, right?

Shadow Baths in the SW, not Shadow Salt Baths in the East.

Glourorchaes smiles "You don't seem too worse for wear my little cactus, those are the kind of memories that make us who were are. I'm happy to follow your path though."

"I mean I certainly thought it was funny, anyway. But I'm not one to talk with how much I got knocked around by those mummies." She winces slightly at the memory. "To the hammer room we go then!"

It's not trouble to walk through the normal version of the pyramid to the Hammerface room and use the Vise there to swap to the Shadowplane.

There instead of a pair of double doors to the north there is a carving that depicts a scarab with a closed wing case. Adventuring equipment—the contents of a ruined backpack—lies scattered everywhere.

An umbral hound the size of a horse with pure white eyes growls at you as you appear. Additionally an amulet amongst the debris floats into the air as a spectral body manifests weaing the necklace, it's right hand sparking with electricity, and its eyes filled with dead.

The Umbral Hound tries to take a bite out of the adjacent Iniquity.
Jaws: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24

Not getting a good grip with its teeth it barks wildly.

2d20 ⇒ (15, 19) = 34

Glourorchaes seems unaffected, and it's hard to tell on the spectral amulet bearer.

Initiative:
Umbral Hound
Hamptom (Avoid Notice) Will DC 24
Glourorchaes
Amulet Ghost | ?
Iniquity (Defend) | Will DC 24
Dom (Search) | Will DC 24
Salka (Defend) | Will DC 24

Hampton is up!
Will Saves for All

Will (E): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23

Iniquity feels a hollow tightness in his chest.

AC 28 before his turn.

DC 24 Will: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12 crit fail seems bad, but despite what my profile says I think I used my hero point already. Alas.

EDIT: I was right, not a Good Thing [tm].

You folks look like you have this in hand. Me, I have to go see a man about a horse. Hampton moves out of the room as quickly as possible.

Spent two actions, can spend a third if the GM rules it so.

It seems I do have a hero point after all. Huzzah!

I VOLUNTEER THIS HERO POINT AS TRIBUTE

DC 24 Will redux: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30 Best hero point EVAR

This one's bark is worse than its bite. Or maybe not. But in any case...

Hampton drops his bow and moves over in front of the hound, designating it as his prey and then drawing one blade and attacking at once.

+1 striking shortsword: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25
piercing: 2d6 + 4 ⇒ (3, 2) + 4 = 9

Drop (free), Stride, Hunt Prey ◈, Quick Draw ◈.