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Chronicle looks good. And with that boon, we can almost always get common quality lodging, meals and stable services for free! (Expect table variation in the interpretation of 'almost')

Thanks for running, Silbeg, and nice playing with everyone!

Aeris scans the battlefield for threats, slowly lowering his bow. ”That’s it? I guess we go report that we’re done, eh?”

I didn’t think the reaver would last long, and it sure didn’t.

Aeris smiles a moment, taking in the menagerie of creatures assaulting the reaver. He then calls once again on Milani to further enhance his bow, then fires a a volley of arrows at the reaver!

Swift action to use Fervor (2/8 today) to cast Divine Favor, full attack.

Longbow, Rapid Shot, Deadly Aim, Vigor, Cover, Div Fav: 1d20 + 15 - 2 - 2 + 4 - 2 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 15 - 2 - 2 + 4 - 2 + 4 = 32
Longbow damage, Manyshot, Holy, Fire: 2d8 + 20 + 8 + 2d6 + 2d6 ⇒ (3, 4) + 20 + 8 + (1, 3) + (1, 3) = 43 Fire damage goes up to 6 due to vulnerability.

Longbow, Rapid Shot, Deadly Aim, Vigor, Cover, Div Fav: 1d20 + 15 - 2 - 2 + 4 - 2 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 15 - 2 - 2 + 4 - 2 + 4 = 23
Longbow damage, Holy, Fire: 1d8 + 10 + 4 + 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 10 + 4 + (6) + (6) = 28 Fire damage goes up to 9 due to vulnerability.

Longbow, Rapid Shot, Deadly Aim, Vigor, Cover, Div Fav: 1d20 + 10 - 2 - 2 + 4 - 2 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 10 - 2 - 2 + 4 - 2 + 4 = 16
Longbow damage, Holy, Fire: 1d8 + 10 + 4 + 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 10 + 4 + (2) + (5) = 26 Fire damage goes up to 7 due to vulnerability.

Aeris hurries into the sanctuary, clambering onto the altar to get a better vantage point on his target. Once in position, he entreats Milani to further empower his bow, then sends a flaming arrow at the reaver!

Longbow, Deadly Aim, Vigor, Cover, Shaken: 1d20 + 15 - 2 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 15 - 2 + 4 - 2 = 33
Longbow damage, Deadly Aim, Holy, Fire: 1d8 + 6 + 4 + 1d6 + 1d6 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 4 + (4) + (2) = 24 Holy only applies if reaver is evil, fire damage goes up to 3 due to vulnerability.

Move action to get into position, swift to activate Sacred Weapon (3/9 rounds today), standard to attack.

DM - how high is Aeris (pink token) up on the altar? I treated it as difficult terrain to get up there, let me know if it's actually harder/steeper than that and I'll move back a bit accordingly.

Will to end Shaken condition: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24

Either approach sounds great, Nana. I’ll second Bo’s view, and add that the summons will not only engage the reaver, but might even do it some harm.

Since we are in rounds, I will just do the second set of actions I described: Activate Holy Strike, Fervor to cast channel vigor , move action to move. Can’t edit map now, but would like to end up in square immediately below Bo (east per the map), near the door leading into the main sanctuary.

Aeris takes a moment to prepare for the fight to come, asking his companions as he does so, ”Anyone know anything about arming a reaver trap? Sure could be helpful!“ He then hurries to the sanctuary.

If we are not in initiative yet, I’ll use one round to cast bull’s strength as a standard action, and activate Sacred Armor as a swift action, and use a move action to get closer to the sanctuary. The next round I’ll activate my Holy Strike blessing as a standard actiion, use a swift action and Fervor to cast channel vigor with Mind focus and then a move action to get into the main sanctuary space. Used 1/8 Fervor today.

If I don’t have time to do all that prep, that’s fine, just wasn’t sure how fast things were moving.

”You say it’s good at sniffing out intruders,“ Aeris asks, following up on one of Uirch’s points. ”Do you know, does it actually sniff them out? How is it so so good at finding anyone who comes into its territory? Perhaps if it relies especially on one sense, we can foil that sense and catch it unaware.“

Thinking on the time he spends hunting when not on missions for the Society, Aeris continues this line of questioning, ”Do you know where the reaver’s lair is within the temple? Or anything it’s especially fond of, so we could lure it to an ambush?“

"I don't think any of us would survive those cuddles, Nana" Aeris says grimly. "And the reaver didn't hesitate to try to kill Truk, so I think it's fair that we respond in kind. I've no particular interest in trying to capture it to let it wreak havoc elsewhere. I say we have to put it down."

Oblivious of the party's casual racism...

FWIW, I read the situation as the scenario intending for us to think it was Truk (hence the matching holy symbol and injuries) rather than an 'all half-orcs look alike' thing.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

Perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29

Aeris studies the situation a moment, his eyes on the injured half-orc, then tells his companions, "The water in that bowl radiates powerful magic, that our sarcastic friend here wants, but I don't know enough about magic auras to know what it is. Maybe someone else can figure it out."

Gesturing with his bow at the injured Sarenrite, he asks, "What's in that bowl that you're after?"

Aeris moves into position next to Bo, where he can peer into the door, and says, "Uh, guys? I think we found Truk. Or his cousin." Looking back at the party he says, "Truk, you want to come see this?"

Turning once again to look at the injured orc, Aeris calls out in Common, "Hey there! What's going on? You don't look so good. Did a big, nasty red beast do that to you?"

Moved Bo and Aeris up to the door on the map.

Joining Bo in the room, he nods to the door to the south and says, "Let's check that out before we go to the room where the reaver tore Truk's leg off."

On to room 5, same drill - as long as Bo concurs.

Aeris joins Horacio in going through the large, central room, rather than tumbling past the creaky floorboards. Once in position, he covers Bo's back as he explores the next room.

Oooh, now that is tempting. Shiny somethings!

Bow at the ready, Aeris calls into the room, "Bo, how about you take a look at those shiny somethings before we move on? And maybe the rest of us will go around, instead of all chancing those dicey floorboards."

DM - anything of interest in this room, so we can judge whether there’s a reason to go further inside, in spite of the grave danger of creaking boards? Just a description of the room would be helpful.

"I'm thinking if we're aiming to return this temple to the Sarenrites, they may want their toys to come with it, Nana" Aeris responds to Nana's curious suggestion. "But who knows, perhaps their gratitude will extend to giving away their treasures."

Yep, giving the life-saving doodad to Truk makes sense to me.

I drew a route, with the rooms numbered in order. Figured we'd try to get to everything before we went back to the far room where the reaver first attacked us, even if it's not the most efficient approach.

Aeris studies the magical forces emanating from the now-glowing holy symbol.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24 Also have detect magic if it applies

"Makes sense to me," Aeris observes, his head swinging from side to side watchfully as he awaits the outcome of Nana's attempt at the puzzle.

Nana - your configuration makes sense to me, and I certainly don't have a better idea.

Bummer that we have so little Knowledge (religion) to understand the overall structure of this thing (at least I assume that's what our starting roll would have been about).

Aeris waits alongside Bo, his fellow scholar, to see what the others have been able to sort out about the figurines.

Aeris scratches his head, hoping the others can figure out the puzzle.

You can look at my spoiler too, it's good for a laugh.

Funny post, fellow scholar! I hope we're up to the task at hand...

"I was wondering the same, Bo," Aeris replies. "I fear it's up to us to sort this out, as the closest thing we have to religious scholars on this mission. And I know very little indeed about Sarenrae."

Perusing the loot taken from the fallen orcs, Aeris continues, "I'd bet that the lioness and sword go with the other figures into this puzzle somehow. But do we order them by their color, as they're made from different metals? Or are they aspects of the goddess? I've no idea."

Knowledge (religion)to start: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
Knowledge (religion) to ID statuettes: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

DM - when you say there are 'seven figurines in total' does that mean there are spaces to place seven of them, but only four nearby? With the two that the orcs had (assuming they're part of the puzzle), we'd have six out of seven?

Aeris takes a step closer to the fray, positioning himself in the doorway, where he can lean in and take his choice of targets! He opts to finish off the orc with the blue scrap of cloth around his head, then turns his attention to the green-shirted one facing off against Truk.

Five foot step, swift action to use Sacred Weapon (2/9 rounds today) to make bow holy. Full attack, starting on blue, switching to green if blue goes down.

Longbow, PBS, Deadly Aim, Divine Favor, Cover, Rapid Shot: 1d20 + 15 + 1 - 2 + 4 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 15 + 1 - 2 + 4 - 2 - 2 = 25
Longbow damage, Manyshot, Div Fav, Holy: 2d8 + 22 + 6 + 4d6 ⇒ (7, 7) + 22 + 6 + (1, 3, 3, 5) = 54

Longbow, PBS, Deadly Aim, Cover, Div Fav, Rapid: 1d20 + 15 + 1 - 2 - 2 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 15 + 1 - 2 - 2 + 4 - 2 = 21
Longbow damage, Holy: 1d8 + 11 + 3 + 2d6 ⇒ (8) + 11 + 3 + (4, 6) = 32

Longbow, PBS, Deadly Aim, Cover, Div Fav, Rapid: 1d20 + 10 + 1 - 2 - 2 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 10 + 1 - 2 - 2 + 4 - 2 = 17
Longbow damage, Holy: 1d8 + 11 + 3 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 11 + 3 + (2, 2) = 24

Hearing Horacio's suggestion, Aeris pauses for a heartbeat, calling on Milani once again to bless his bow with her power, and the weapon is suddenly limned in flickering fire! Aeris lets fly a volley of fiery arrows at the now fire-sensitive teal orc!

Five foot step, swift action to use Sacred Weapon (1/9 rounds today) to make bow flaming, full attack on teal, with Rapid Shot this time to get another flaming arrow.

Longbow, PBS, Deadly Aim, Divine Favor, Cover, Rapid Shot: 1d20 + 15 + 1 - 2 + 4 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 15 + 1 - 2 + 4 - 2 - 2 = 20
Longbow damage, Manyshot, Div Fav, Flaming: 2d8 + 22 + 6 + 2d6 ⇒ (8, 6) + 22 + 6 + (1, 6) = 49 fire damage goes from 7 to 10

Longbow, PBS, Deadly Aim, Cover, Div Fav, Rapid: 1d20 + 15 + 1 - 2 - 2 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 15 + 1 - 2 - 2 + 4 - 2 = 31
Longbow damage, Fire: 1d8 + 11 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 11 + 3 + (6) = 26 fire damage goes from 6 to 9

Longbow, PBS, Deadly Aim, Cover, Div Fav, Rapid: 1d20 + 10 + 1 - 2 - 2 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 10 + 1 - 2 - 2 + 4 - 2 = 28
Longbow damage, Fire: 1d8 + 11 + 3 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 11 + 3 + (2) = 17 fire damage goes from 2 to 3

Aeris takes a short step to his left, utters a few quiet words to Milani to guide his arrows, then lets fly!

Five foot step, swift action to use Fervor (1/8 uses today) to cast divine favor, full attack on blue.

Longbow, PBS, Deadly Aim, Divine Favor, Cover: 1d20 + 15 + 1 - 2 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 15 + 1 - 2 + 4 - 2 = 35
Longbow damage, Manyshot, Div Fav: 2d8 + 22 + 6 ⇒ (1, 4) + 22 + 6 = 33

Longbow, PBS, Deadly Aim, Cover, Div Fav: 1d20 + 15 + 1 - 2 - 2 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 15 + 1 - 2 - 2 + 4 = 25
Longbow damage: 1d8 + 11 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 11 + 3 = 18

The alchemical tools hold only mystery for Aeris, so he turns to his companions to see if they wish to investigate further.

After this room, I say we continue our exploration in the room with lots of tables, in the southeast corner of the map.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Standing by Bo's side as the monk studies the magical essence of the helm, Aeris offers his opinion, "Yep. Magic."

He then turns toward the door on the opposite side of the room from where they entered and goes to take a peek.

Check door on north side of font room, then open it.

Perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31

I just re-read my post, Bo, and it sounded much snarkier than I intended. What I was trying to convey, which matches your PbP pitfall comment, is that if we were all at a table, we'd have a quick conversation about the skills we had and roll based on that. It doesn't seem you took offense, but my apologies if my post was unkind at all - not my intent.

Wow, we are not a Knowledge-rich party! Given that, can we presume that Bo would have aided a skill that we actually have, like Knowledge (religion). Aeris will lead again:

Knowledge (religion): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24 Awesome! +2 more if Bo can switch his Aid skill

Aeris approaches the completion of the ritual with surprising deftness for one so poorly educated!

Aeris pauses in his efforts to yank the helmet from the font, and instead tries to yank a bit of his religious training out of the recesses of his brain.

Knowledge (religion), Aid whoever takes the lead: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Only have a second to post, but Aeris will share what's behind the spoiler above with his fellow Pathfinders.

Aeris tugs in vain for a moment, trying to overcome the power of the ethereal vines that have appeared, then sits back to study the situation a moment.

Perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29

Knowledge (religion: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23

DM - how deep is the water the helmet is in? Just a shallow fountain, like a foot or so? I assume it is not swimming-down-to-get-the-MacGuffin deep? Assuming it's shallow enough to reach in:

Aeris steps up to the font, considers the helmet within a moment, then studies the surroundings for any unwelcome surprises.

Perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23

With that done, he glances over his shoulder and offers to his companions, "Anybody who wants to get out of the way while I do this, you better get." He then reaches in and grabs hold of the helmet.

Will give folks a chance to clear out, then see what happens when I grab the helmet...at least we'll all have decent saves now!

Aeris speaks Celestial also, as an aasimar, so I peeked at the spoiler.

"It'll take a while," Aeris offers, reading over Horatio's shoulder after moving into the room, "but it does seem like the thing we were sent here to do."

Looking around the room a bit, he continues, "Though I do wonder why that tome is sitting in this room. Who would bring it in here and then not use it?"

Aeris moves a little closer to the southern end of the large central sanctuary, ready to cover the doors that his companions are investigating.

Good thinking, Nana. Let’s do that!

Continue!

Go ahead and use the potions, Bo and Nana, as far as I’m concerned.

Once everyone has their injuries healed, Aeris nods at the next door to the south and waits for Truk or someone equally sturdy to lead the way.

Aeris concentrates for a moment as he lifts his bow, calling on Milani to empower it with the goodness of her essence! Taking a short step forward, he looses a volley of arrows at the last orc standing!

5-foot step forward, swift action to use Sacred Weapon (1/9 rounds used today) to make bow holy, then full attack vs blue orc. Veering bow reduces cover penalty to -2.

Longbow, Rapid Shot, Cover: 1d20 + 15 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 15 - 2 - 2 = 23
Longbow damage, Manyshot, Holy: 2d8 + 12 + 4d6 ⇒ (4, 5) + 12 + (1, 3, 2, 6) = 33

Longbow, Rapid Shot: 1d20 + 15 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (2) + 15 - 2 - 2 = 13
Longbow damage: 1d8 + 6 + 2d6 ⇒ (7) + 6 + (4, 4) = 21

Longbow, Rapid Shot: 1d20 + 10 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 10 - 2 - 2 = 20
Longbow damage: 1d8 + 6 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 6 + (5, 1) = 17

Let’s hit that series of small, square rooms along the western side (top of the map) of the building.

Aeris nods along, eager to continue the exploration of this place and find a way to get at the reaver.

Not sure exactly which rooms Horacio meant, since south is on the left side of the map (oh, Paizo...) and there are a couple of ways that could take us, so I drew a red arrow pointing at a door we haven't checked yet, in a sort of southward direction. Let's go there.

Aeris' eyes widen in wonder as Nana produces her exotic mount, remarking quietly, "I sure hope that's not one of her babies. And what the heck kind of name is Kevin?"

Once Truk is healed, Aeris nods at the recently mangled half-orc's words, "I agree, and it looks like we've found our quarry. Any thoughts as to how we get at it, if it's going to hide under the floor? Or how we can get it to come out, aside from dangling Truk as bait again?"

Aeris stands in the door, eyes peeled for any surprises as Bo studies the fountain.

Thanks for the move assist, Bo.

Since I'm on a computer at the moment and we were all scattered around the map a bit, I moved the party into the fountain room. Hope that's okay.

Aeris moves forward, bow in hand and an arrow nocked.

I’m traveling for work for the next three weeks and posting mostly on my phone, so moving my token on the map is tricky. If someone could move Aeris into the next room, in a position somewhere near the back of the group, that would be helpful.

I say A, most direct path to where we’re trying to go. Though I certainly want to come back and check other rooms.

”How about we see how things are looking at that point, Truk?“ Aeris responds, waiting for the burly half-orc to leave the room before following, in case the temptation proves too much for him.

”Agree, Rufeo, we don’t touch the exploding mushrooms,“ Aeris weighs in sensibly, supporting the druid’s recommendation. Turning his attention to the next door, he continues, ”We may be missing valuable information in our rush to get to the font, but there is a giant demonic reaver trying to smash its way in here, so I say we continue in that rush for now.“

Anyone got some Knowledge (nature) to apply to the fungus? Unless it’s something else, DM?