Esskele ◆ stands and ◆ vmoves across the room. He then ◆ draws his potion. That's three actions already. You wish to keep those actions? You need another action to Activate the potion.
Since you can't disable with your third action, I'll just make Esskele get out of the room and draw the potion for now before the trap triggers again, to keep us moving.
Esskele ◆ stands and ◆ vmoves across the room. He then ◆ draws his potion.
The mechanism groans, and the trap fills the room with a cloud of caustic vapor and deals 2d6 + 2 ⇒ (5, 1) + 2 = 8 acid damage to all creatures in the area (DC 20 basic Fortitude save).
⚠️ BEFORE YOUR TURN ⚠️ ❗ Bakal: DC 20 basic Reflex save vs 8 acid damage ❗
❗ Wimsy: DC 20 basic Reflex save vs 8 acid damage ❗
❗ Miel Archembault: DC 20 basic Reflex save vs 8 acid damage ❗
➤ BOLD NAMES CAN ACT; STRIKETHROUGH MEANS ELIMINATED. Cleaning Agents (Hazard)(- ♥ / 0% ♥) | ◆◆ Disable with DC 20 Engineering Lore (trained) or Thievery (trained) to deactivate the control panel (as Red Box on Map), or DC 21 Athletics or Acrobatics to plug the spouts (as Red Dots on Map) that release the chemicals; four successes are required to disable the trap (1/4).
➤ Inhin Yero(⛨18)(19/19 ♥) | DV; Fire Resistance 1
➤ ⠀⠀⠀Bakal(⛨16)(6/18 ♥) | Small; DV, Imprecise Tremorsense
➤ Wimsy(⛨18)(17/17 ♥) | Commander's Banner: +1s bonus to Will saves and DCs vs against fear effects on 30-ft emanation
➤ Yaeger Ignatius Thomas Hawkins(⛨16)(19/19 ♥) | DV
➤ Seven Coppers(⛨18)(12/16 ♥)
➤ Miel Archembault(⛨18)(8/21 ♥) | Esskele's Bodyguard | Physical Resistance 1; Steel Shield (HP 16/20, Hardness 5, BT 10)
➤ Esskele(⛨18)(13/22 ♥) | Wounded 1 | +2 status bonus to your saves vs. mental effects (1 min)
Male | Medium | Dwarf (Forge) | Junk Collector (Engineering) | Inventor (Construct Innovation) LVL 1 | | Construct: Bakal | HP 19/19 | AC 18 | F +6 / R +5 / W +5 / P +3 (Darkvision) | Arcana / Crafting / Engineering / Explosive / Firearm / Occultism / Society +7 | Acrobatics / Athletics / Stealth / Thievery +5 | Survival +3 | Speed 20 ft. | Class DC 17 | Exploration Activity: Avoid Notice | Active Conditions: None | ◆◇↺
Bakal's Reflex Save vs DC 20:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Bakal’s metal plating begins to corrode as caustic vapors fill the room.
Seeing this, Inhin rushes in and goes for the trap’s control panel. He works quickly and efficiently, applying his engineering expertise to disable the mechanism.
“Hang in there, Bakal!” he calls out. “Give me a moment, I’ll try to shut this thing down!”
Engineering Lore vs DC 20:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27 Nat 20!
Inhin:
◆Stride
◆◆Deactivate Control Panel
Bakal flops down the floor because the solvent and detergents are too much for him. Dying 1, Prone But Inhin easily stops the trap from blasting them with more solvents and detergent!
Human Bard (maestro) 1 | ♥️ 16/16 | ⛨ 18 | F +5 R +6 W +5 | Resist (none) | Perc +5 | Stealth +3 | 25 ft | ☘️ 2/3 | ♬ 3/3 | ✨ 1: 2/2 | ◆ | ◇ | ↺ | Active Conditions: - -
Seven Coppers sighs and moves closer to the caustic fumes. "I'm not going to be able to do this again!" he warns those in the room before repeating his limerick.
Awakened Octopus Commander 1 | HP 17/17 | AC 18 | F+4 R+8 W+6; +1 status vs fear self and allies 30-ft emanation | Perc +6 | Speed 20 ft, Swim 30 ft | Hero Points 1 | Exploration: Scout | Active Conditions: None
Fortitude:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Quite badly hurt, Wimsy quickly retreats from the room--only to find Inhin has resolved the problem.
Seven heals Miel, while Wimsy catches the solvents and detergents full blast into her face.
DC 11 Recovery check for Bakal:1d20 ⇒ 20
Fortunately, Bakal recovers from dying.
ENCOUNTER OVER! WELL DONE!
Once the Pathfinders have explored the entire ruin, they can easily leave and report their findings to Calisro Benarry. She listens excitedly as they describe their explorations and gives advice on how to tell the story in more exciting ways.
She suggests that they take their rest for the day, seeing how battered some of them look. She informs them that she'll talk to Eando that they will meet him tomorrow for the last mission.
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Everyone will have their full day's rest, handwaving healing into full.
The next day, the Pathfinders meet with Eando Kline, the faction leader of the Vigilant Seal.
The interior of the tent is brightly lit and sparsely decorated. A fully armed and armored human man stands at a table opposite the entrance, a large wooden crate in front of him. “Pathfinders. Hold there a moment,” he says. He then delicately lifts what appears to be an ivory idol and places it within the crate, packs it with straw, then attaches the lid. Once he has set it aside, he speaks again.
“Thank you for waiting. I’m Eando Kline, leader of the Vigilant Seal."
“When it comes down to it, the Pathfinder Society has a loose set of agreements about how to behave. In the past, leadership was unwilling to take the necessary steps to keep dangerous items and information locked safely away. That’s where my role comes in. You all know about the Society’s motto: ‘Explore. Report. Cooperate.’ The Vigilant Seal has its own motto: ‘Protect. Contain. Destroy.’ The last thing we need is for a horde of fiends to be unleashed because someone jostled the wrong statue,” he says, and nods meaningfully toward the just-closed crate.
“So today I have an important job for you. Other Pathfinder scouts recently cleaned the monsters out of a nearby Azlanti temple dedicated to the vampiric demon lord Zura. They found an odd bit of treasure that had a dangerous aura about it. When they tried to seal it away in a protective box, it simply teleported itself back to the center of the temple. Rather than continuing to experiment with the item, they wisely reported their findings to me. After a bit of research into similar items, I believe that removing the item from the temple will require carrying it out by hand.
“Your job is to go to the ruin, retrieve this item, and return it to me so I can decide what to do with it next. The path is clear, and I have a map with the item’s location marked. Questions?”
Neutral Good Skilled Human Guardian 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 18/20 | F +6 R +5 W +5 | Perc +3 | Stealth +0 | speed 25 ft. | Active Conditions: none | ◈ | ◇ | ↺ |
"Thank you for clearing the path for us. What possible dangers await us in those ruins? And what does the odd treasure look like?" Miel asks.
Awakened Octopus Commander 1 | HP 17/17 | AC 18 | F+4 R+8 W+6; +1 status vs fear self and allies 30-ft emanation | Perc +6 | Speed 20 ft, Swim 30 ft | Hero Points 1 | Exploration: Scout | Active Conditions: None
“It’s a necklace stored in a wooden box. The necklace is silver and set with a single ruby. Based its description and some of the details the other Pathfinders noted, I believe it is an item sacred to the demon lord Zura, the first vampire. There are legends tying the demon lord’s history to Azlant, and the presence of this item seems to lend credence to those tales. The item seems to have a minor negative effect on living creatures but, based upon both my research and the reports of the agents who encountered it previously, short-term exposure should have no significant consequences. If you ever have cause to believe that is not the case, abandon the item at once and return here.” Eando explains.
"Threats have been taken care of, but stay vigilant for anything that might have been missed by the scouts." he adds. "They encountered skeletons and zombies."
After the Pathfinders speak with Eando Kline, theyeasily make their way through the Oubliette. Along the way there are some signs of the previous Pathfinders’ mission here: the bodies of several destroyed skeletons and zombies, disturbed cobwebs and rubble, and occasional splashes of blood on the walls.
They safely arrive to the room where the relic is located. A broad stone stairway descends into darkness to the west out of this low-ceilinged room. To the south is an archway carved with a rose motif. Beyond, the room opens into a chamber decorated with a hooded figure bearing a scythe, rendered as a protector—or warning—of what lies beyond. A single pedestal stands next to the northern wall.
The relic waits within a wooden box on the pedestal.
Awakened Octopus Commander 1 | HP 17/17 | AC 18 | F+4 R+8 W+6; +1 status vs fear self and allies 30-ft emanation | Perc +6 | Speed 20 ft, Swim 30 ft | Hero Points 1 | Exploration: Scout | Active Conditions: None
Wimsy looks at Inhin. "If it has a negative effect on living creatures, perhaps it'll be safer for Bakal to carry it? He's not alive, exactly, correct?"
Neutral Good Skilled Human Guardian 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 18/20 | F +6 R +5 W +5 | Perc +3 | Stealth +0 | speed 25 ft. | Active Conditions: none | ◈ | ◇ | ↺ |
Miel lights up at Wimsy's suggestion. "Oh, oui! That sounds like a terrific idea. Would that be okay with you, Inhin?"
After Yaeger lifts the wooden box holding the relic, a sudden weakness creeps over him, like something is siphoning his strength into it. The moment after they try to secure it to Bakal, the box vanishes and reappears on the pedestal as if it had never been moved.
Inhin carries the wooden box, then. Any living creature within 5 feet of the relic immediately feels light-headed and flushed as their blood courses rapidly in their body, making them Enfeebled 1.
As the Pathfinders make their way back toward the exit, they hear rustling movement from the north where they have entered the ruins! Stairs lead down into this sunken room from the east and north, while both the north and south walls have a series of carved niches. Crumbled piles of stone within the niches are the only signs of the statues that once stood vigil here.
You take a status penalty equal to the condition value to Strength-based rolls and DCs, including Strength-based melee attack rolls, Strength-based damage rolls, and Athletics checks.
Awakened Octopus Commander 1 | HP 17/17 | AC 18 | F+4 R+8 W+6; +1 status vs fear self and allies 30-ft emanation | Perc +6 | Speed 20 ft, Swim 30 ft | Hero Points 1 | Exploration: Scout | Active Conditions: None
A tight space. Unfortunate. Wimsy scoots past the others to get a little closer, trying to pick off the little... hands?
➤ BOLD NAMES CAN ACT; STRIKETHROUGH MEANS ELIMINATED.
Wimsy (⛨18)(17/17 ♥) | Commander's Banner: +1s bonus to Will saves and DCs vs against fear effects on 30-ft emanation Blue Crawling Hand (Tiny)(-6 ♥ / 25% ♥) | 20 ft above floor on the wall Black Crawling Hand (Tiny)(- ♥ / 100% ♥) | 20 ft above floor on the wall White Crawling Hand (Tiny)(- ♥ / 100% ♥) | 20 ft above floor on the wall
➤ Yaeger Ignatius Thomas Hawkins(⛨16)(19/19 ♥) | DV
➤ Esskele(⛨18)(22/22 ♥) Red Herexen(- ♥ / 100% ♥)
Inhin Yero (⛨18)(19/19 ♥) | Enfeebled 1 | DV; Fire Resistance 1
⠀⠀⠀Bakal (⛨16)(18/18 ♥) | Small; DV, Imprecise Tremorsense
Seven Coppers (⛨18)(16/16 ♥)
Miel Archembault (⛨18)(21/21 ♥) | Esskele's Bodyguard | Physical Resistance 1; Steel Shield (HP 16/20, Hardness 5, BT 10)
You take a status penalty equal to the condition value to Strength-based rolls and DCs, including Strength-based melee attack rolls, Strength-based damage rolls, and Athletics checks.
➤ BOLD NAMES CAN ACT; STRIKETHROUGH MEANS ELIMINATED. Round 2
➤ Wimsy(⛨18)(17/17 ♥) | Commander's Banner: +1s bonus to Will saves and DCs vs against fear effects on 30-ft emanation Blue Crawling Hand (Tiny)(-6 ♥ / 25% ♥) | 20 ft above floor on the wall
☠Black Crawling Hand (Tiny)(-9 ♥ / 0% ♥)☠
White Crawling Hand (Tiny)(- ♥ / 100% ♥) | 20 ft above floor on the wall
Yaeger Ignatius Thomas Hawkins (⛨16)(19/19 ♥) | DV
Esskele (⛨18)(14/22 ♥) Red Herexen(- ♥ / 100% ♥)
You take a status penalty equal to the condition value to Strength-based rolls and DCs, including Strength-based melee attack rolls, Strength-based damage rolls, and Athletics checks.
Neutral Good Skilled Human Guardian 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 18/20 | F +6 R +5 W +5 | Perc +3 | Stealth +0 | speed 25 ft. | Active Conditions: none | ◈ | ◇ | ↺ |
Miel taunts the Red Herexen and moves closer. He strikes it with his sword.
Human Bard (maestro) 1 | ♥️ 16/16 | ⛨ 18 | F +5 R +6 W +5 | Resist (none) | Perc +5 | Stealth +3 | 25 ft | ☘️ 2/3 | ♬ 3/3 | ✨ 1: 2/2 | ◆ | ◇ | ↺ | Active Conditions: - -
Seven Coopers grimaces as the undead ambush them.
♪ There once was a squire bold-hearted,
Who laughed though the dark battle started.
With shield held up high,
He would never deny
That brave souls leave danger outsmarted. ♪
Once he finishes his inspiring rhyme, he whistles a tune. His coins leap from his pouch and reshape themselves into long sewing needles before they lance toward one of the disembodied hands (blue).
You take a status penalty equal to the condition value to Strength-based rolls and DCs, including Strength-based melee attack rolls, Strength-based damage rolls, and Athletics checks.
Awakened Octopus Commander 1 | HP 17/17 | AC 18 | F+4 R+8 W+6; +1 status vs fear self and allies 30-ft emanation | Perc +6 | Speed 20 ft, Swim 30 ft | Hero Points 1 | Exploration: Scout | Active Conditions: None
"Esskele... now!" shouts Wimsy, trying to time it so that she fires an arrow at the exact same moment.
...ah well, the arrow was only ever intended as a distraction anyway.
Esskele slices Herexen at Wimsy's command, cutting the undead in two. Herexen out The undead's body explodes into a blast of void energy to anyone within 30 ft! DC 20 basic Fortitude save (from everyone except Inhin) vs 1d8 ⇒ 5 void damage
The White Crawling Hand climbs down and then up to Inhin, and then tries to claw him in the face!
Claw:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19hit Damage:1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 S damage
⬤ OUBLIETTE INTRUDERS! Round 2 and 3 ⬤ Party Condition(s):COURAGEOUS ANTHEM (3 rds remaining): +1 status bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and saves against fear effects Map Link:ENCOUNTER MAP Note(s): ⛨ (AC), ♥ (HP), ♡ (tHP), ☠ (dead), and ☘️ (Hero Point)
⚠️ BEFORE YOUR TURN ⚠️ ❗ Wimsy: DC 20 basic Fortitude save vs 5 void damage ❗
❗ Yaeger Ignatius Thomas Hawkins: DC 20 basic Fortitude save vs 5 void damage ❗
❗ Esskele: DC 20 basic Fortitude save vs 5 void damage ❗
❗ Bakal: DC 20 basic Fortitude save vs 5 void damage ❗
❗ Seven Coppers: DC 20 basic Fortitude save vs 5 void damage ❗
❗ Miel Archembault: DC 20 basic Fortitude save vs 5 void damage ❗
➤ BOLD NAMES CAN ACT; STRIKETHROUGH MEANS ELIMINATED.
➤ Wimsy(⛨18)(17/17 ♥) | Commander's Banner: +1s bonus to Will saves and DCs vs against fear effects on 30-ft emanation White Crawling Hand (Tiny)(- ♥ / 100% ♥)
➤ Yaeger Ignatius Thomas Hawkins(⛨16)(19/19 ♥) | DV
➤ Esskele(⛨18)(14/22 ♥)
➤ Inhin Yero(⛨18)(15/19 ♥) | Enfeebled 1 | DV; Fire Resistance 1
➤ ⠀⠀⠀Bakal(⛨16)(18/18 ♥) | Small; DV, Imprecise Tremorsense
➤ Seven Coppers(⛨18)(16/16 ♥)
➤ Miel Archembault(⛨18)(21/21 ♥) | Esskele's Bodyguard | Physical Resistance 1; Steel Shield (HP 16/20, Hardness 5, BT 10)
☠Blue Crawling Hand (Tiny)(-11 ♥ / 0% ♥)☠
☠Black Crawling Hand (Tiny)(-9 ♥ / 0% ♥)☠
☠Red Herexen(-36 ♥ / 0% ♥)☠
You take a status penalty equal to the condition value to Strength-based rolls and DCs, including Strength-based melee attack rolls, Strength-based damage rolls, and Athletics checks.
Yaeger finishes off the White Crawling Hand that is bothering Inhin by skillfully shooting it without harming the inventor. The undead hand explodes into bits of rotten flesh on Inhin's face.
Neutral Good Skilled Human Guardian 1 | HP 21/21 | AC 18/20 | F +6 R +5 W +5 | Perc +3 | Stealth +0 | speed 25 ft. | Active Conditions: none | ◈ | ◇ | ↺ |
Miel smiles as his foe goes down. But the smile fades as the Herexen corpse explodes into fragments of the void.
Awakened Octopus Commander 1 | HP 17/17 | AC 18 | F+4 R+8 W+6; +1 status vs fear self and allies 30-ft emanation | Perc +6 | Speed 20 ft, Swim 30 ft | Hero Points 1 | Exploration: Scout | Active Conditions: None
Hero Point:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11
Wimsy is, at least, not quite as badly hurt as it seemed at first.
Wimsy (12/17 HP) [1☘️] | Commander's Banner: +1s bonus to Will saves and DCs vs against fear effects on 30-ft emanation
Yaeger Ignatius Thomas Hawkins (14/19 HP) [2☘️]
Esskele (18/22 HP) [1☘️]
Inhin Yero (15/19 HP) [1☘️] | Enfeebled 1
Bakal (18/18 HP)
Seven Coppers (14/16 HP) [2☘️]
Miel Archembault (16/21 HP) [2☘️] | Esskele's Bodyguard
The defeated undead carries a +1 longsword and an old ring worth 5 gp.
You can have enough time to heal, handwaving everyone to full HP.
Everyone quickly presses on and, before they exit, find a wide hallway ends with elaborately carved marble stairway to the south (EXIT). On the east and west walls are intricate mosaics, one depicting crimson fanged skull in a leering motif, while the other shows a female warrior with dark hair and the same symbol emblazoned on her armor.
Before everyone can reach the exit, blood pounds in Inhin’s body as his heart races uncontrollably! (DC 20 Will save (CS: unaffected; S: sickened 1; F: sickened 2. CF: as F and move speed is reduced by 10 for 1 minute.))
Moments later, the image of a ghostly warrior, her holy symbol dripping blood and pulsing with negative energy, steps from the wall and seeks to kill any living creature. The warrior’s blade sweeps through the bodies of any living creature within sight of the exit stairs, and they each take 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8 slashing damage (DC 20 basic Fortitude save)!
⚠️ BEFORE YOUR TURN ⚠️ ❗ Inhin Yero: DC 20 Will save (CS: unaffected; S: sickened 1; F: sickened 2. CF: as F and move speed is reduced by 10 for 1 minute.); DC 20 basic Fortitude save vs 8 S damage ❗
❗ Bakal: DC 20 basic Fortitude save vs 8 S damage ❗
❗ Yaeger Ignatius Thomas Hawkins: DC 20 basic Fortitude save vs 8 S damage ❗
❗ Miel Archembault: DC 20 basic Fortitude save vs 8 S damage ❗
❗ Wimsy: DC 20 basic Fortitude save vs 8 S damage ❗
❗ Esskele: DC 20 basic Fortitude save vs 8 S damage ❗
❗ Seven Coppers: DC 20 basic Fortitude save vs 8 S damage ❗
➤ BOLD NAMES CAN ACT; STRIKETHROUGH MEANS ELIMINATED. Spite of the Righteous Hazard as wall mural (red thick line)(- ♥ / 100% ♥) | DC 20 Religion (trained) to exorcise the spirit, DC 21 Religion or Occult (trained) to sever the connection between Hunger’s Call and the temple, or DC 21 Thievery (trained) to scratch the eyes out of the mural; four total successes are required to disable the haunt. (0/4)
➤ Inhin Yero(⛨18)(19/19 ♥) | Enfeebled 1 | DV; Fire Resistance 1
➤ ⠀⠀⠀Bakal(⛨16)(18/18 ♥) | Small; DV, Imprecise Tremorsense
➤ Yaeger Ignatius Thomas Hawkins(⛨16)(19/19 ♥) | DV
➤ Miel Archembault(⛨18)(21/21 ♥) | Esskele's Bodyguard | Physical Resistance 1; Steel Shield (HP 16/20, Hardness 5, BT 10)
➤ Wimsy(⛨18)(17/17 ♥) | Commander's Banner: +1s bonus to Will saves and DCs vs against fear effects on 30-ft emanation
➤ Esskele(⛨18)(22/22 ♥)
➤ Seven Coppers(⛨18)(16/16 ♥)
You take a status penalty equal to the condition value to Strength-based rolls and DCs, including Strength-based melee attack rolls, Strength-based damage rolls, and Athletics checks.
Fortitude VS. DC: 20:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 Hero Point Fortitude.
Fortitude VS. DC: 20:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Does this trigger Esskele's Spirit Coffin?
Spirit Coffin:
Uncommon; Lizardfolk
Source :Tian Xia Character Guide pg. 44
Access : bakuwa lizardfolk heritage or Tian Xia origin
A hump forms on your back that allows you to attack and trap spirits. Your weapon and unarmed attack Strikes against incorporeal creatures become magical. If they’re already magical, they instead gain the effects of a ghost touch rune.
Special If you have access to this feat but aren’t a bakuwa lizardfolk, your body doesn’t change when you take this feat. You must instead wear a physical coffin, which is a small wooden chest of light Bulk that you specially anoint during your daily preparations. If your chest is missing or destroyed, you lose the benefits of spirit coffin until you’ve replaced and re-anointed it.
Esskele, unfortunately the hazard does not have an AC that can be attacked, so the feat would not be useful against it.
The best course of action would be...
DC 18 Religion/Occultism to ◆ Recall Knowledge:
for everyone to make their way to the exit, as the spectral warrior returns to the wall and ceases to attack 2 rounds after all living creatures are out of sight of the stairs.
