Down the Blighted Path

Game Master Mustaparta

sorry..thought i rolled a religion check earlier..man, i'm slacking...

Oh for the love of Sarenrae... therin says as he sees Dorn swing at Kaleena.

He tries to do his part in the ruse.

perform: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

"HEY! WATCH IT!" Kaleena says to the dwarf after he strikes her with his axe. "What is wrong with you?!"
when can she withdraw and run away and hide?

As Dorn attacks Kaleena, Glorin shakes his head and calls out in Dwarven.

Perform: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1

"Rraaaaaaaaaaghhhh??"

(I assume that while under this effect I can't attempt the performance check? Do I get additional saves each round, or is it 'until the haunt is broken'?)

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
"I don't think submit to the haunt is a good idea. I'm sure Kaleena feels the same." the alchemist continues to use positive energy to neuturalize the haunt.

Therin successfully plays the part of a warrior, which satisfies ghosts. A thrumming chant of dwarven voices sounds through the hall, swearing, “And wed ourselves to duty”.

Yeah, not possible to do anything else than attack, while under the effect. If this had continued longer, you could have tried new save each round.

perc: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Therin moves over to Kaleena and uses his wand to close her wounds.

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Damiel sighs as yet another haunt finally goes away, for now.
Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Kaleena has her own heal stick and will hand it to Therin for healing all the while gripping her musket and frowning at the dwarf... for obvious reasons...

Heal Stick: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Heal Stick: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
Heal Stick: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Breathing hard, Dorn wipes some sweat away from his forehead with the back of his hand and gives Kaleena an apologetic, awkward grimace.

"Ehhhhrr.... sorry there. Yeh looked like an ogre, in th' grips of that...."

He clears his throat, not sure what else to offer as apology. "...'dja wanna shoot me once, to even it up?"

LOL

Kaleena tilts her head to think about Dorns offer and replies "Not now... maybe later..."

Where next?

Kaleena moves over to the double doors in the middle. "I dont think we've checked this room out yet." she tells to the others and begins to realize the floor outline looks like a double bladed axe.

I see a door up there..let's check that out... Therin ppints to the back of the stage.

Damiel has his hand in the pocket for one last bomb, while holding CLW wand on the other.
"Who wanna bet there's yet another god dam haunt behind the door?"

LOL

Kaleena tilts her head to think about Dorns offer and replies "Not now... maybe later..."

"Aye, business first!"

At Damiel's comment, he says "Not takin' that bet, lad."

Dorn takes point at the double doors. As usual he listens before opening.

Per: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (5) + 15 = 20

The runes on the northern door of this chamber are Dwarven, and in that language read,

The door is locked and likely magically sealed. Eerie feeling emanating from the other side is chillingly similar to haunts you have encountered. Dorn doesn't hear anything though.

Therin tries to hear if anything is amiss on the other side of the door, then scans for magic auras.

perc: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Kaleena steps back as the others investigate the doors ready with her musket should something solid and not ghostly attack the party.

Dorn reads the translation aloud in Common for his non-dwarven allies, and scratches at his jaw, studying it. Stand against injustice? Sired by the will to defend? Is that him...?

Hmnnn. Well he doesn't like it when fights are unfair, that's injustice. And he defends his fellow agents by killing things before they can get killed. Maybe it counts?

"Right, I'm openin' it!"

Dorn rests a hand on the door and shouts in Dwarven, "Dorn, son of Clan Gritstone!" then pushes it open.

Therin doesn't hear or see anything remarkable. Despite his best effort, Dorn couldn't push the door. All of you remember the odd phrases haunts in this place recited when defeated. Could they have a deeper meaning?

Glorin smacks his forehead in deep thought. "Those words, they're some sort of oath, aren't they?"

He grimaces, butts his head against the wall a couple times, and tries to put things together.

"Something like...

By sweat and blood, we have come here
We who are born with blade in hand
We who are sired by the will to defend
Pledge ourselves to the Firebrand and her mistress
And wed ourselves to duty"

Therin lets the dwarven speakers say the words, in case he peonounces something wrong.

Perhaps...they have to mean something...

"That is odd to say the least.... haunts that give you a specific death cry as they extinguish... also makes it much creepier." Kaleena says to the others hoping Therin or Damiel or the Dwarf can make sense of it all. "Is that the right order of phrases?"

"Ah, glad they sent a smart dwarf! Me own head don't work so good after some of the blows, ha!" Dorn says with a clap on Glorin's back, and waits to see if the words are effective.

Damiel would rank solving riddles way behind thermite charge, adamantine pickaxe, and picking lock. Unfortunatly his preferred door-opening method are all unavailable at the moment.

"Do we have to pledge ourselves to Firebrand?" The elf sighs, running out of patience.

The words do have effect on the double doors as necromantic energy fades considerably, even though its still strong enough to resist attempt to force them open. Thanks to Glorin reciting the words, however, its now possible to pick the lock or break it with brute force.

Disable Device 1st try: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 12 + 2 = 17
"Slightly more difficult than I thought......" Damiel speask as he jiggle the lock pick in the keyhole
Disable Device 2nd try: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 12 + 2 = 25

After Damiels first disable attempt Kaleena sees his frustration at his misfortune and thinks the trap, if there is one, will go off so she moves back and hides behind someone sturdier.

Glorin visibly relaxes. "I am not a poet..." he mutters.

Therin offers a little divine aid to Damiel's attempts.

guidance...+1 is better than nothing..

Damiel's both attempts fail, even with guidance. DC is 30

Asking for guidance before each try
DD: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 14 + 1 = 27
DD: 1d20 + 14 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 14 + 1 = 34

Took him a while, but Damiel managed it eventually. "The dwarf surely know how to make good lock."

The quality of the lock won't matter if the quality of the lockpicker is higher... Therin says as he pats Damiel on the shoulder in acknowledgement of a job well done.

The doors finally creak open. A brilliant crystal chandelier hangs in the center of this open room. Five portraits hang on the walls: a Chelish man in plate armor pictured with a sword and shield, a half-elven woman leaning against a bow, a ruggedly handsome half-orc in long robes, a Varisian woman holding a crystal ball, and a muscular but maternal dwarven woman. Several statues have been smashed to rubble, cluttering the floor.

Part of the chamber’s northern wall has been torn down, revealing a once-secret door of bronze and gently shimmering runes.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
"This place looks safe to me. Finally no ghosts."

sense: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 1 = 17

"Good job!" Dorn booms at Damiel's success.

SM: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17 "Secret door huh?"

Suddenly a ghostly image of Delbera appears in the large hall, frozen in fear. Another ghostly form— this one a half-orc man— falls to the floor beside her, gasping in short, ragged breaths. The stentorian voice booms through the grand hall. “Pitiful girl. Do you really think what you and your companions have done here today has achieved anything but merely slow my rise to power? I shall take great satisfaction in adding your corpses to my army.” As the voice echoes, the shattered bits of rock assemble Dark gray sphere on map themselves into a 12-foot-tall statue.

Kaleena and Dorn act first

Kaleena does not wait for the others and she shoots at the grey mass with her musket...
+1 Reliable Musket+PBS vs touch: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19...DMG: 1d12 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

history, untrained if possible: 1d20 ⇒ 20

"Ahhhh stuff a sock in your gob!" Dorn bellows, charging forward uncaring of the history of this statue figure.

Charge attack: 1d20 + 11 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 11 + 2 = 17
Damage (+1 Adamantine axe): 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

AC -2 for charge

Kaleena hits the statue, but the bullet leaves only a minor scratch. Dorn's adamantium axe narrowly misses. The statue attacks Dorn and also misses. Without actual knowledge Therin doesn't have any insight.

slam: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 9 = 15
slam: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Glorin, Damiel and Therin are up!

Bomb vs touch AC: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 9 + 1 = 23 Fire dmg: 2d6 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4, 4) + 4 + 1 = 13
Damiel advances and throws his last bomb

Kn Arcana?: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (16) + 11 = 27

Go get them, big guy! Therin offers some positive energy to Glorin's move.

guidance///not much...but i aint built to take on statues...and ive used up a lot of spells...

Damiel knows its an unique animated object. Interestingly, as a part of haunt it is vulnerable to positive energy as if it were undead. You also believe casting healing spell on the ghost of half-orc would simultaneously weaken the statue. Fire bomb burns and leaves it blackened.

Glorin to act and Kaleena and Dorn

well that changes everything...

Damiel shares his intel about the enemy.

Will start using people's alchemist fire now that he run out of bomb

Botting Glorin
Glorin runs to engage the foe as double move.