“River of Stars” | Male NG Medium Human Shaman 12 | HP 133/105 | AC 20 / 12 T / 18FF | CMD +9 CMD 21 | F +16, R +14, W +23 | Init +2 | Perc +35 SM +17 |Speed 20ft | Toppling Rod 3/3, Pearl of Power 1/1 Shapeshift 12/12 minutes, Flight 12/12 minutes, Stardust 3/4, Ancestor's Council 4/4 | Active Conditions: Haste
phaeton_nz wrote:
What do you mean by 'it stomps forward searching Mörök.'? Also, if Morok being followed by a Shoanti warrior?
Sorry I just meant that River moved it 30 feet following along the route that Mörök took, i.e through the same open doors. He can move it once per round as a swift action (I'm sort of assuming it works even if he can't see it as it's like a mental command? But no worries if you rule not)
Shau flurries on the archer and when he drops shifts to the gnome, lookin g around for who threw those damn force orbs!
spend 1 panache for ki panache extra attack as swift
| Witch 12 | AC 15 (19 w/Mage Armor) T 14 FF 12 | HP 86/86 ( 12 temp HP)| F+12,R+11,W+13 | Evasion | Init +3 | Perc +18 | Lowlight Vision | +2 to recover from continuous effects such as such as ongoing poison damage, daily saving throws against disease, a hold person spell, or lingering damage from an attack |
Tess moves to the armory’s door, but stays out of sight in the hall, not wanting to get mixed up with all the violence she hears in the small room.
Reflex save, haste, is that still needed??:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
After a moment's trying to catch up with all that's suddenly gone on around her, Lucija strides commandingly forward, her nasty smile returns, and with a flourish of her arms and a single alien word, another crackling portal opens up behind her...
...and the giant octopus from the foyer comes crashing into the armory!
Maker's Call (if my post history is any indication, this would be the first time I have EVER used it!!!)!
The room promptly becomes a cordoned disaster-zone of grasping arms; it's back, and it's PISSED!
We've got to get you...BEAK TO THE FUSCHIA! Primordial Bite:1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18 damage:2d6 + 7 ⇒ (3, 5) + 7 = 15 Make a DC 21 Fortitude save or take Strength damage!:1d3 ⇒ 1
"Whenever you reduce an enemy to 0 or fewer hit points, you can make an Intimidate check to demoralize all enemies within 30 feet as a free action. Enemies that cannot see both you and the enemy you reduced to 0 or fewer hit points are unaffected."
intimidate:1d20 + 21 ⇒ (12) + 21 = 33
AC vs. red (target of challenge) is 22, 20 against others
“River of Stars” | Male NG Medium Human Shaman 12 | HP 133/105 | AC 20 / 12 T / 18FF | CMD +9 CMD 21 | F +16, R +14, W +23 | Init +2 | Perc +35 SM +17 |Speed 20ft | Toppling Rod 3/3, Pearl of Power 1/1 Shapeshift 12/12 minutes, Flight 12/12 minutes, Stardust 3/4, Ancestor's Council 4/4 | Active Conditions: Haste
"There are spells that can trace a teleport I believe, but I fear I do not know them. Perhaps if we can capture one of our assailants?"
Fearing the gnome with their wand of fireballs, River casts a spell and tries to daze them.
He'll cast Wandering Star Motes on the gnome. DC 22 Will or be dazed, and if they pass it'll bounce around until someone fails
| Witch 12 | AC 15 (19 w/Mage Armor) T 14 FF 12 | HP 86/86 ( 12 temp HP)| F+12,R+11,W+13 | Evasion | Init +3 | Perc +18 | Lowlight Vision | +2 to recover from continuous effects such as such as ongoing poison damage, daily saving throws against disease, a hold person spell, or lingering damage from an attack |
”Oh bother,” Tess calls out from the hall. ”Ive never been blessed with any magic to track down a teleporter either,” she said as she clucked her tongue in disappointment. She continues to wait outside the door, while the others clean up the remaining force, not wanted to get put down with a stray arrow.
Percy doesn't need any further creasing of his clothes and simply lets the others finish off the assailants "We need to save who we can and perhaps do something about fires or something - what is done here is otherwise done here. There are a few of the archers on ice, but I suspect they are just clueless henchmen and will give up very little of use before they are hanged"
Arm #7 completely missed - and if it missed, it can't grab.
A totally de rigeur failed attack roll!?? Why, who ever would've guessed?
After a moment's apparent confusion in the face of Cale's disappearance, the octopus appears surprisingly unconcerned with class politics as it continues to harvest from its garden....
BEAK TO THE FUSCHIA, PART II: Primordial Bite:1d20 + 15 ⇒ (19) + 15 = 34 damage:2d6 + 7 ⇒ (5, 1) + 7 = 13 Make a DC 21 Fortitude save or take Strength damage!:1d3 ⇒ 1
Both remaining archers are killed. It is actually surprising that Lucija isn't laughing maniacally at this point because of all this chaos she made.
It turns out that Daze only affects creatures if 4 or less HD for the gnome snaps out of it and tries again to destroy the Eldritch Horror from the Dark Tapestry with the wand.
wow:1d100 ⇒ 71
and Fireballs the EHftDT at point blank range.
fire:6d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 3, 3, 4, 2) = 21 DC 15 for half.
Everyone is up. Lucija is fairly sure that was a teleport.
Percy is keen to know of there are any enemies still out there in flight - but knows that there are some already on ice - so takes himself off to interrogate them.
”Before we get too separated, anyone need a quick healing touch. I can heal a bit of your wounds once per day,” the witch advises, as she isn’t sure the threat is completely over.
| Witch 12 | AC 15 (19 w/Mage Armor) T 14 FF 12 | HP 86/86 ( 12 temp HP)| F+12,R+11,W+13 | Evasion | Init +3 | Perc +18 | Lowlight Vision | +2 to recover from continuous effects such as such as ongoing poison damage, daily saving throws against disease, a hold person spell, or lingering damage from an attack |
Tess grabs ahold of each volunteer in turn, whispering to them that this was the only time she could heal them like this for the entire day.
Go ahead and roll your own CMW spell, whoever wants one from Tess’s healing hex.
Male N Deepkin (ARG 52) Half-orc Bloodrager 5/ Cavalier [constable] 7 hp 124/124 | AC 24/t15/ff24 CMD 32 | Fort 16, Ref 8, Will 9 +2 ally spells | Init +2 | Perception +11, darkvision 90 ft | spd 40 ft | bloodrage, Staggering strike (Su) DC 16, challenge 3/day, Abnormal Reach +5 ft. (Su), Uncanny dodge
CMW:2d8 + 10 ⇒ (8, 7) + 10 = 25
Nodding thanks to Tessara for healing, Mörök meticulously searches surrounding area if there are more enemies. "Eliza? Osprey? Are you still in one piece?" he sounds concerned
“River of Stars” | Male NG Medium Human Shaman 12 | HP 133/105 | AC 20 / 12 T / 18FF | CMD +9 CMD 21 | F +16, R +14, W +23 | Init +2 | Perc +35 SM +17 |Speed 20ft | Toppling Rod 3/3, Pearl of Power 1/1 Shapeshift 12/12 minutes, Flight 12/12 minutes, Stardust 3/4, Ancestor's Council 4/4 | Active Conditions: Haste
CMW:2d8 + 10 ⇒ (8, 6) + 10 = 24
"Thank you Tess, with luck this will be the only time someone tries to kill me today"
There are also wounded servants that need attention. When you return to the central hall, Osprey has finished extracting Eliza from under the rubble covered table.
Please accompany me back into the Lodge, Eliza says. There are some things that you should know.
“The attackers fled into no ordinary hedge maze, Eliza says. The Lodge’s books call it the Maze of the Open Road, and my own investigations reveal that it contains portals that connect to sites all over Golarion. It’s been here for centuries, and it’s extremely dangerous. I’ve been spending most of my time worrying about the rare curious citizen who sneaks onto the grounds and wanders in, but I wonder if I shouldn’t have been more concerned with what might come out.
Before you follow the Red Raven into the Maze of the Open Road, we should investigate the scene of the crime and see what can be learned. There’s no telling where the Raven wandered off to inside the Maze. If you’re to follow him, you’d best do so with as much information as possible.
"A capital suggestion. And a few more of those finger snacks and a bottle of wine, I'm famished" Percy looks very keen to examine the main chamber and search that, the vault can wait.
| Witch 12 | AC 15 (19 w/Mage Armor) T 14 FF 12 | HP 86/86 ( 12 temp HP)| F+12,R+11,W+13 | Evasion | Init +3 | Perc +18 | Lowlight Vision | +2 to recover from continuous effects such as such as ongoing poison damage, daily saving throws against disease, a hold person spell, or lingering damage from an attack |
Tess takes a few moments to heal what servants she can while the others migrate to the screen of the crime. After healing as many as she could, she hurries along after the group. ”Im coming. Let me finish up the the staff and I’ll be there lickety split!”
Before getting there, she casts Cure Serious Wounds on herself.
|AC 27*, T 12, FF 26*|HP: 77/77|F +9, R +9, W +10 (+9 vs MA, +4 vs fear, +2 vs despr/confus/insane/death)|Init +1, Perc 0|CMB +9 CMD 20|12/12 Summon VI, 2/2 Call, 1/1 Pride, 1/1 Mysteries, 1/1 Davian
phaeton_nz wrote:
“The attackers fled into no ordinary hedge maze, Eliza says. The Lodge’s books call it the Maze of the Open Road, and my own investigations reveal that it contains portals that connect to sites all over Golarion. It’s been here for centuries, and it’s extremely dangerous...
Lucija's eyes widen at this revelation, then take on a greedy glint as she looks as best she can in the Maze's direction.
phaeton_nz wrote:
Before you follow the Red Raven into the Maze of the Open Road, we should investigate the scene of the crime and see what can be learned. There’s no telling where the Raven wandered off to inside the Maze. If you’re to follow him, you’d best do so with as much information as possible.
Upon Eliza's conclusion, she makes a broad, rolling "keep going" sort of motion with her hand.
"You knew about that all this time, it has been here for centuries, and that is all you can tell us???"
Suddenly, though, her hand-motion segues into an alarmingly loud finger-snap. She conjures an unseen servant and orders it to fetch her things from her room; when it does, she produces the darnedest thing: A golden idol shaped like a tubby 3-eyed anthropoid. She places it on a convenient surface and looks it in the third eye.
Male N Deepkin (ARG 52) Half-orc Bloodrager 5/ Cavalier [constable] 7 hp 124/124 | AC 24/t15/ff24 CMD 32 | Fort 16, Ref 8, Will 9 +2 ally spells | Init +2 | Perception +11, darkvision 90 ft | spd 40 ft | bloodrage, Staggering strike (Su) DC 16, challenge 3/day, Abnormal Reach +5 ft. (Su), Uncanny dodge
"We were just attacked by huge worms, assasin and his goons and you think the manor may contain hidden clues to what happened?" Mörök looks confused "The best lead we have is the costume of that villain. Remember his robe and headdress? Quite unique, I think, so his origins merit close scrutiny." he muses
“River of Stars” | Male NG Medium Human Shaman 12 | HP 133/105 | AC 20 / 12 T / 18FF | CMD +9 CMD 21 | F +16, R +14, W +23 | Init +2 | Perc +35 SM +17 |Speed 20ft | Toppling Rod 3/3, Pearl of Power 1/1 Shapeshift 12/12 minutes, Flight 12/12 minutes, Stardust 3/4, Ancestor's Council 4/4 | Active Conditions: Haste
"Hmm" River grunts in agreement with Shau.
"I heard the Red Raven moving around before he struck Adril, perhaps we can track his movements immediately before the attack"
You find out you have one live but unconscious goon left and several dead bodies of the other archers. Unfortunately all the finger food is contaminated by plaster dust etc, but the unopened bottles can be salvaged.
Searching around upstairs...
perception 12+:
In one of the servant's quarters, you find an empty potion bottle that has traces of the invisibility potion in it.
In Adril's room you find items that implicate Adril in illicit abilities (see slides).
If any of you are doing faction missions, you should finish them now.
| Witch 12 | AC 15 (19 w/Mage Armor) T 14 FF 12 | HP 86/86 ( 12 temp HP)| F+12,R+11,W+13 | Evasion | Init +3 | Perc +18 | Lowlight Vision | +2 to recover from continuous effects such as such as ongoing poison damage, daily saving throws against disease, a hold person spell, or lingering damage from an attack |
Tess will follow the others and look around upstairs first.
Perception 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (14) + 18 = 32
”This bottle held an invisibility potion. And it seems as if Adril was up to some bad things,” she told the others.
“River of Stars” | Male NG Medium Human Shaman 12 | HP 133/105 | AC 20 / 12 T / 18FF | CMD +9 CMD 21 | F +16, R +14, W +23 | Init +2 | Perc +35 SM +17 |Speed 20ft | Toppling Rod 3/3, Pearl of Power 1/1 Shapeshift 12/12 minutes, Flight 12/12 minutes, Stardust 3/4, Ancestor's Council 4/4 | Active Conditions: Haste
"Fascinating"
River is intrigued by the finds in Adril's room.
"Could these be secret missions he was working on the for the society? The idol seems Mwangi in origin, and there's an initial on the map in the expanse here. Perhaps Adril has been visiting these locations looking for something? Hmm. We'd best consult with Eliza"
Eska peeks out of her satchel long enough to growl at the idol and then go back to sleep.
Back from Paizocon SE and the horrible horrible internet in the motel room
Adril was certainly up to something and Eliza has no idea what it might have been. Seems like he was on something personal - maybe off the books.
Shau:
The Exchange faction used to be Qadira. So you poke around a bit, suspecting that the Red Raven may have used it for initial entry. Make a perception check please when you reach the weapons training room.
Now that's really interesting. You discover that a portion of the floor can be made to rise when the lantern against the southeast wall is manipulated. The rising platform at the center of the room eventually comes to a grinding halt, revealing an inky secret passage descending to Galt’s Low Highway, a major Darklands thoroughfare.
