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If we break the mirror we are as likely to release great evil as we are to release great good. That runelord fellow, for instance.

The last line - which I initially overlooked - of the magic item description (which I assumed it was ok to read since Agata easily made the Spellcraft check) says "If the mirror is destroyed (Hardness 1, 5 hit points), all victims currently trapped in it are freed." So I think we can just break the mirror to free Janira, though from an RP point of view I'm enjoying the notion that Agata is deathly afraid of the bad luck that will ensue from breaking a mirror! :-)

@Agata - It is a DC 30 Knowledge History or knowledge Arcana to know the proper command word for a magical item.

This isn't about knowing the command word for the item, it's about knowing the specific passwords that the Queen would have created for each occupant of the mirror. Unless she's left a list of her passwords in her desk drawer, I don't think any Knowledge check is going to give that to us.

Day Job - Craft Alchemy: 1d20 + 33 ⇒ (14) + 33 = 47 Boon gives me +100% gold, for a total of 300 gp, which I see you've already noted on my chronicle - thx!

Faction card: I think the answer is no, but in order of descending priority did we:
* recover a cursed item
* recover a spellbook
* can I try to recruit a spellcaster (the dragon we met early on?) to the Dark Archive? Knowledge (Arcana) DC 15+17=32: 1d20 + 38 ⇒ (6) + 38 = 44
* recover a named text

Failing all of the above, I think I can check "acquire a unique magic item and deliver it safely to the Society" for the Iron Lash?

Also, thanks for looking up my PFS # and faction GM - sorry to make extra work for you. The chronicle looks great and thanks for a wonderful adventure!

And thanks to the rest of the party - this was a great group to play with.

Using Investigative Mind again to roll twice and take the better result and using Lore Needles to use my Arcana bonus

Knowledge (History) DC 35, planar penalty: 1d20 + 40 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 40 - 2 = 48
Knowledge (History) DC 35, planar penalty: 1d20 + 40 - 2 ⇒ (18) + 40 - 2 = 56

Using Investigative Mind again to roll twice and take the better result and using Lore Needles to use my Arcana bonus

"I kin recognize some o' these statues..."

Spellcraft on the Mirror DC 32, planar penalty, elven magic: 1d20 + 33 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 33 - 2 + 2 = 39
Spellcraft on the Mirror DC 32, planar penalty, elven magic: 1d20 + 33 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 33 - 2 + 2 = 44
Using Investigative Mind again to roll twice and take the better result

"Yikes, a mirror o' life trapping! I ain't seen one o' those since me debutante days..."

She carefully avoids looking directly at the mirror and advises her comrades to do the same.

Spellcraft on the Statues DC 40, planar penalty, elven magic: 1d20 + 33 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 33 - 2 + 2 = 53
Spellcraft on the Statues DC 40, planar penalty, elven magic: 1d20 + 33 - 2 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 33 - 2 + 2 = 50
Using Investigative Mind again to roll twice and take the better result

"An these statues, mindbind figurines, if I ain't mistakin. Kinda reminds me o' an ole boyfriend..."

Turning back to the mirror, and answering Flint, Agata sighs. "Hmmm, it's a vexatious problem, no doubt. If'n we knew the command words we could free the prisoners within but they'll be a differnt word fer each prisoner and I kinda doubt the Queen left a notebook lyin' around fer us. I'm not too sher what would happen if we just dispelled the magick altogether..." (GM, is there a check, maybe Arcana, that would tell us this?)

Knowledge (Arcana) DC ?, planar penalty, if allowed to know what would happen if we cast Greater Dispel Magic on the Mirror): 1d20 + 40 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 40 - 2 = 51
Knowledge (Arcana) DC ?, planar penalty, if allowed to know what would happen if we cast Greater Dispel Magic on the Mirror): 1d20 + 40 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 40 - 2 = 55
Using Investigative Mind again to roll twice and take the better result

"Alternatively, if the Queen left any o' her evil minions about an' they's alive an' we ain't got too much o' them what're they called agin oh yeah skrooples... if we's lackin in much skrooples we could just start feedin' demons and whatnot inta the mirror until it's full up and then Janira and whomever else outta just pop right on out..."

And then I read a little more carefully!...

Agata looks a bit hesitant and then adds, in a worried tone, "A course we could always just break the dang thing. That should free everyone inside. But then whoever breaks it might be bound fer seven years o' bad luck..."

Agata glares across the battlefield at the Queen. "By Desna's demented doodles, yer a tiresome lass, ain't ye?!? Begone!"

Quickly, Agata gestures towards the Queen, sending a wave of ill fortune towards her.

Quickened Ill Omen
Caster level check vs SR 30, elven magic: 1d20 + 17 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 17 + 2 = 22
Using my GM reroll, which I'm fairly certain I haven't used yet during this module
Caster level check vs SR 30, elven magic, GM stars: 1d20 + 17 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 17 + 2 + 3 = 30
Ill Omen has no save (but it is a mind-affecting enchantment compulsion effect if that matters). On her next 4 d20 rolls, Izmaria has to roll twice and take the lower result.

Seeing her spell (just) manage to effect her enemy, the old crone squints malevolently. "There's yer appetizer, and now it's time fer yer supper!"

Pointing her bony finger at Izmaria, a bolt of force flies toward her.

Disintegrate, using Dweomer's Essence to boost the SR check
Ranged Touch Attack, haste, four-leaf clover if applicable: 1d20 + 16 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 16 + 1 + 3 = 30
Caster level check vs SR 30, elven magic, dweomer's essence: 1d20 + 17 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 17 + 2 + 5 = 34
dmg: 34d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 5, 5, 5, 3, 3, 3, 3, 6, 6, 4, 6, 4, 3, 4, 2, 5, 6, 2, 6, 1, 5, 6, 5, 5, 5, 3, 5, 1, 6, 6, 4, 6) = 141
DC 27 Fort save reduces this to 5d6 dmg but Izmaria still has -4 on all her saves from the Evil Eye hex and also has to roll twice and take the worse result from Ill Omen
dmg if she makes her Fort save: 5d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 4, 1, 5) = 21

If Izmaria is not disintegrated by the bolt, Agata chuckles ruefully. "Desna's dentures, yer tougher 'n ye look!" Move action to Cackle, extending the Evil Eye hex for another round.

Just got back to Georgia myself last night. Will catch up after coffee.

Defending Bone takes 20 points of damage off of the 4 arrows from the succubus archer on the shantak, which translates to 33 dmg. Agata still has 19 temp hp, so this translates to 14 points of actual hp dmg from her normal full amount of 136.

DC 27 Will vs Negative dmg: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (10) + 23 = 33 Half dmg is 12 but Agata has resistance 10 vs Negative so this is a net dmg of 2. She is now at -16 from her baseline of 136.

Sweet Mawd DC 27 Will vs Negative dmg: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (19) + 18 = 37 12 points of dmg to Sweet Mawd come off of her temp hp, leaving her with 3 temp hp

I'm very happy with the way you've been GM-ing and I agree completely that most of these older scenarios and mods are too easy for modern optimized characters.

Traveling with family this weekend so may not have a chance to post until Tuesday.

There’s nothing about being armed with your hands that prevents you from using unarmed strikes with other body parts if you’ve got them. I think in this instance your GM was just wrong.

Hmm…this was a long while back, but I had a GM that didn’t allow one of my zen archers as a flanking partner (nor any AoOs on foes who moved by/away from me) since I had my bow drawn as it’s a 2-handed weapon…so was he wrong?

I think he was wrong because monks are specifically called out as being able to use any part of their bodies as unarmed strikes.

GM, just to clarify, one of the amazing things about Evil Eye is that it works even if they make their save (but only for 1 round). And, since I have a move action remaining I can immediately cackle to extend the duration by one round. Which means that Izmaria is also hexed (along with the general) though her evil eye currently expires before Agata's turn on round 3 (but I can cackle again to further extend it). It is mind-affecting so if they are immune (kinda amazed in a final boss fight that they aren't, especially after all the undead we've faced, but not complaining!) then it won't do anything at all.

Also, the effect of the hex is -4 on their saves (just noting that because if I put other hexes on them in future rounds - including possibly other versions of Evil Eye - those will have other effects).

If Hunter's Blessings applies vs the Queen then Agata's ranged touch attack would be 2 higher.

Agata feels the tickle of the scorching ray and grins approvingly at the Queen. "Foreplay is it? Ain't ye the naughty one!"

17 points of fire dmg come off of Agata's temp hp. She now has 19 temp hp remaining.

Agata winks at the Queen and then casts an equally malevolent glance at her handyman, the general. "Who's ready to party!?!"

Using the Evil Eye hex on both Izmaria and the General (Split Hex feat allows her to affect two subjects with the hex). She also uses the Amplified Hex feat (burning a level 1 spell, Blend) to increase the DC by 1 to 30.

Both Izmaria and the General have to make a DC 30 Will save or have a -4 penalty to their saves. On a failure the duration is 14 rounds. On a success the duration is still 1 round (and then increased by 1 round from cackle). This is a mind-affecting effect but as far as I've understood, neither of them are immune to mind-affecting.

Sweet Mawd and Agata both step 5' out of the range of the mount's hooves (unless it has 15' reach?); then the tiny azata pops a scroll out of her wrist sheath and casts Haste upon her comrades.

Scroll-Haste only lasts 5 rounds so it will expire before Agata's turn on round 6 and can only target 5 characters. Zaarah is just out of range, so the spell will haste: Flint, Theodoric, Marta, Alie, and Agata.

Then Agata swiftly sends a bolt of negative energy at the Queen.
Casting Quickened Piercing Enervation, using one dose of Dweomer's Essence vs SR
ranged touch attack vs the Queen, penalty for shooting into melee, haste: 1d20 + 16 - 4 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 16 - 4 + 1 = 24
Caster Level check vs SR 30 25 (reduced 5 by Piercing), elf magic, dweomer's essence: 1d20 + 17 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 17 + 2 + 5 = 37
Negative Levels: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Finally, Sweet Mawd retrieves her wand of enervation.

Is there a Knowledge check for the Queen's mount? I'm particularly curious whether it is undead.

Agata has provided you Mind Blank (which also gives immunity to fear/charm) and Heroic Invocation, and can give you Heroism if someone else hasn't already done so. Also, Delay Poison Communal. The fortune hex is no longer in effect. I don't think Haste has been activated yet (Sweet Mawd will use a scroll to cast it once her turn comes around unless something horrible has happened).

Although Agata's turn won't come up for a bit I'm going to post my Knowledge check now with the understanding that we won't have the results until her actual turn.

Using one use of Lore Needles (2/3) to use Knowledge Arcana bonus while rolling Planes, and one use of Investigative Mind (15/17) to roll twice and take the better result.

Knowledge Planes DC 30, planar penalty: 1d20 + 40 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 40 - 2 = 41
Knowledge Planes DC 30, planar penalty: 1d20 + 40 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 40 - 2 = 53

Sweet Mawd Knowledge Planes DC 30, planar penalty: 1d20 + 24 - 2 ⇒ (9) + 24 - 2 = 31

Not sure how many questions I get but, in descending order of priority: immunities, resistances, weakest save, special attacks, special defenses, anything else the GM chooses to share.

GM, would you mind resposting what we earlier learned from Knowledge checks about Betcezia and the General? And what sorts of new Knowledge checks would be appropriate for the Queen or anything else we might be interested in in the room? Also, what's the story with the terrain in the room? It looks like there are walkways - are the spaces aside from the walkways bottomless pits? Can flyers just ignore the distinction?

I thought I had said I was going to swap out one of my usual spells for Dimension Door when we rested in the Fairy Ring but I can't find that anymore so it may have only been in my mind.

Alie, do you have Dimension Door?

Agata whispers to Alie, "If ye want to take care of the Prismatic Wall, me maidservant can handle haste..."

Agata awakens as if from a long long nap. "Oops, I musta slumbered meself agin'! Was mighty restful - an' the dreams I had! - why there was this handsome fella, a general o' some sort..."

She glances around, as if suddenly aware of her surroundings.

One use of Investigative Mind (16/17) to roll twice and take the better result
Knowledge Arcana DC 28, planar penalty: 1d20 + 40 - 2 ⇒ (17) + 40 - 2 = 55
Knowledge Arcana DC 28, planar penalty: 1d20 + 40 - 2 ⇒ (7) + 40 - 2 = 45

Agata agrees with Alie. "Yep, a prismatic wall, you betcha. Nasty things..."

Agata listens to the Queen's speech and nods approvingly. "Romance is it? Oh honey, lemme tell ya, ole Agata knows a few tricks that ye ain't seen before. I ain't the freshest rose on the bush, I'll grant ya that, but when the wine's been in the bottle fer as long as I've been, well, I ain't kinsidered 'vintage' fer nuthin, I'll promise ya!" She flaps her skirts in the direction of the Queen as if to emphasize her claim, though to the other party members it likely mainly illustrates that the time since Agata's last bath is measured in centuries...

Wow, I'm appalled by how far behind I've fallen. I'm so sorry everyone - I hate to flake out but the last few weeks have just been too hectic.

I'm going to post my catch up prior to the current encounter here in Discussion so as not to bog down the Gameplay thread.

First, I need to update Agata and Sweet Mawd to reflect the items that were destroyed by Mage's Disjunction.

Sweet Mawd is easy - she only had one item that was permanently destroyed (1 scroll of lesser restoration) and if the GM's kind folio reroll applies to her too then even that scroll is saved from destruction. The rest of her items and spells that were suppressed or dispelled are active again once the Disjunction ends and once a new set of daily buffs are cast after the Fairy Ring Retreat.

Agata is a bit trickier and needs some updating. Of the items on her destruct list, these ones were all in her Handy Haversack and are therefore unscathed: Riffle Scroll of Heal, Rod of Grasping Hexes, Scroll of Blend, Scroll Unseen Servant, and Lesser Talisman of Warrior's courage (this is her spare - the one she's wearing I rolled a nat 2 and it therefore survives). That leaves her Greater Plague Rat Belt and her runeward tattoo (transmutation) on the destruct list. I'll use the GM's kind folio reroll to save the Belt, leaving her transmutation tattoo destroyed (but her other seven runeward tattoos still operative).

Second, after resting in the Fairy Ring, Agata casts her usual assortment of buff spells:
Heroic Invocation
Temp hp for Agata: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (8, 5) + 4 = 17
Temp hp for Sweet Mawd: 2d8 + 4 ⇒ (7, 4) + 4 = 15
Everyone else can roll their Heroic Invocation temp hp if they haven't already done so.

Mind Blank, Communal
Merge With Familiar
Heroism (5 preps: Agata, Sweet Mawd (both Extended), and 3 more for whomever needs it)
Extended See Invisibility
Extended Investigative Mind
Extended Delay Poison, Communal
Overland Flight
Mage Armor x2
False Life x1 (with another prepped in reserve)
False Life for Agata: 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
Defending Bone
Agata also slathers herself with Alchemical Grease and pours Clear Ear in her ears.
As usual, she checks her dragonbone divination sticks.
Save that is effected: 1d3 ⇒ 3 Will

Third, catching up with the previous action, Agata has now cast Dispel Magic (she still has one prep of Greater Dispel).

I think that catches me up to the current encounter. Sorry again to fall so far behind!

I'm here, catching up now.

Sorry for the long delay everyone - I've been in a whirlwind (of the good kind) but I'm on a plane home right now and will be dropping kiddo off at her mom's later today and will get to catching up on everything.

Re the discussion about whether to pause the action and resume for a new day: Agata still has Fairy Ring Retreat available to cast whenever the group is ready. If we do take this course, she'll continue with her usual allotment of spells and long term buffs except that she'll prep a Quickened Dimension Door (level 8) in place of Stormbolts (which doesn't seem to be too useful with so many undead around).

Btw, I may be misreading Mage's Disjunction but I think if a magic item made its save that it continues to function even during the spell's duration. It's only spells that are ended. Or maybe I misread?

Fyi, I'll be offline until the 18th. Please bot me as needed (I know that's not so easy at high level but basically Agata has her hexes, a bunch of quickened spells, and spells) and sorry for any inconvenience.

Noting Flint's comment about items in a Handy Haversack not being permanently destroyed on a 1, if that's correct (GM, yes?), then I think only Agata's Greater Plague Rat Belt (worn) and runeward tattoo (transmutation) should be destroyed, as the other nat 1 rolls were all for stored items.

As Agata plummets towards the ground, she uses her - luckily, still active - four-leaf clover to try to land on the platform.

Reflex DC 20 to hit the platform, four-leaf clover, Fate's favored: 1d20 + 14 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 14 + 2 + 1 = 21 Whew, glad I used the clover!

Acrobatics to lessen the fall if possible: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (13) + 19 = 32

Spellcraft DC 24, planar penalty: 1d20 + 33 - 2 ⇒ (3) + 33 - 2 = 34

"Gadzooks! The Mage o' This Junction! I heard o' this fella - mighty troublesome!"

Agata has hardly uttered these words when she begins to fall through space as her Overland Flight spell, along with multiple others, comes to an abrupt end.

The spells that Agata currently has active, and which now end, are:
Heroic Invocation
Mind Blank, Communal
Endure Elements
Merge With Familiar
Heroism
See Invisibility
Investigative Mind
Delay Poison, Communal
Overland Flight
Mage Armor
False Life
Defending Bone

I posted a question in Discussion about whether magic items that apply to saves (e.g. Cloak of Resistance) still give their benefits for the rolls for all our magic items. I'm going to roll the saves for the other items (the ones that don't impact saves) first, on the assumption that I can choose the order to make the rolls, and will therefore include those bonuses on the initial set of rolls. Then I'll roll the saves for the other items that do effect saves afterwards.

Agata's Will bonus is +21 (+10 from Witch levels, +1 from Wis 12, +5 resistance from cloak (which may or may not be disjoined), +1 competence from ioun stone (which may or may not be disjoined), +4 luck bonus from Dragonbone Divination sticks (which may or may not be disjoined) and Fate's Favored trait. In addition, she has a -2 penalty from the planar penalty and a +1 situational insight bonus from her runeward tattoo (which may or may not be disjoined).

Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 22 +1 deathless haramaki
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 33 cackling hag's blouse
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 27 Dweomer's Essence 1
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 22 Dweomer's Essence 2
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 24 Lesser Extend Metamagic Rod 1
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 30 Lesser Extend Metamagic Rod 2
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 22 First Aid Gloves
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 26 Handy Haversack
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 27 Headband of Vast Int +6 (will use reroll if I roll a nat 1)
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 22 Lesser Intensified Metamagic Rod
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 28 Cracked Amethyst Pyramid
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 40 cracked Dusty Rose Prism
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 38 cracked Magenta Prism
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 36 Mossy Disk
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 28 cracked Pale Green Prism (attacks)
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 28 Lore Needle
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 31 Oil of Daylight
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 23 Pearl of Power level 1
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 28 Pearl of Power level 1
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 26 Pearl of Power level 1
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 21 Greater Plague Rat Belt
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 40 Potion of Touch of the Sea
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 21 Riffle Scroll of Heal
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 26 Riffle Scroll of Word of Recall
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 23 Ring of Evasion
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 23 Ring with Heightened Continual Flame
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 21 Rod of Grasping Hexes
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 38 Scroll of Air Bubble
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 21 Scroll of Blend
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 27 Scroll of Dancing Lights
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 38 Scroll of Detect Secret Doors
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 40 Scroll of Glitterdust
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 30 Scroll of Glitterdust
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 31 Scroll of Glitterdust
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 40 Scroll of Glitterdust
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 22 Scroll of Maze
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 33 Scroll of Obscuring Mist
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 40 Scroll of Plane Shift
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 28 Scroll of Raise Animal companion
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 38 Scroll Remove Sickness
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 28 Scroll Resist Energy
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 32 Scroll Sanctify Corpse
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 33 Scroll Sanctify Corpse
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 22 Scroll Sanctify Corpse
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 34 Scroll See Invis
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 37 Scroll Unbreakable Heart
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 21 Scroll Unseen Servant
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 25 Scroll Word of Recall
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 32 Stone Familiar
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 40 Lesser Talisman of Life's Breath
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 22 Lesser Talisman of Warrior's courage
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 21 Lesser Talisman of Warrior's courage
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 33 Lesser Talisman of Warrior's courage
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 38 Wand of CLW
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 30 Wand of Heightened Awareness
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 40 Wayfinder

Items that affect my saves:
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 40 +5 cloak of resistance
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 33 Dragonbone Divination Sticks (Will save today)
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 32 Four Leaf Clover
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 31 cracked Pale Green Prism (saves)
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 27 runeward tattoo
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 36 runeward tattoo
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 24 runeward tattoo
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 22 runeward tattoo
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 30 runeward tattoo
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 32 runeward tattoo
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 39 runeward tattoo
Will DC 23, planar penalty, runeward tattoo: 1d20 + 21 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 21 - 2 + 1 = 21 runeward tattoo

+1 deathless haramaki

Dweomer's Essence (1 of 2)
First Aid Gloves
Lesser Intensified Metamagic Rod
Scroll of Maze
Scroll Sanctify Corpse
Lesser Talisman of Warrior's courage
runeward tattoo (enchantment)

Greater Plague Rat Belt

Riffle Scroll of Heal
Rod of Grasping Hexes
Scroll of Blend
Scroll Unseen Servant
Lesser Talisman of Warrior's courage
runeward tattoo (transmutation)

All other items continue to function normally

If I'm reading Mage's Disjunction correctly, the following things happen:

a) All active spells (Overland Flight, Heroism, etc.) immediately come to an end (with no save).

b) For each permanent magic item we possess we make a Will save (DC 23 in this case).
b1) On a nat 1, the item is destroyed
b2) On a fail, the item becomes normal for the duration of the spell (1 minute/level)
b3) On a pass, the item continues to function as its normal magical self. Yes?

Lastly, do our magic items apply to these saves? For example, does Cloak of Resistance add its bonus to the Will save to not be disjoined (not only for itself, but for the rest of our items)?

I was traveling yesterday and am just getting caught up on all the mayhem. I won't have a chance to make my saves and update my PC until later tonight or tomorrow morning.

Before doing that, Sweet Mawd is carrying a scroll of Anti-Magic Field. Is there anything that might have alerted us beforehand to have given her a chance to cast it? Agata's runeward tattoos let her know when a spell or SLA of a particular school is cast within 60' but I don't believe that would give an alert on an effect that is being triggered by our arrival and in any case it would only tell her what school of magic, not the specific spell. So I assume there's probably nothing for it but just mentioning in case I'm wrong.

Will wait to see if the Marilith is still standing after Flint's last burst of arrows.

I also like that wands and staves are much more interesting now.

Also, forgot to mention before, I like that healing is more of a thing now and not just an expenditure of gold after every fight.

Marta - A.K.A. Telmar So-Melnop wrote:

I find the magic items in 1e a bit underwhelming. I have piles of cash saved up and nothing interesting to put it in until I can beef up a weapon or get a 4th level item. I prefer the feats in 1e too. But I do like the mechanics of 2e better.

I'm the opposite in terms of magic items: I find the 2e ones really boring and annoying. Much prefer the 1e items.

I agree that some of the 2e ones are sort of tedious. But I like that they did away with all the essentially obligatory ones in 1e, like how you could never take any cloak but a cloak of resistance because otherwise your saves would be too low.

Are you people enjoying 2nd edition? I find that people tend to love or hate it.

I like it a lot. Probably more than 1e (though of course I like 1e plenty too).

I enjoy that it's still possible to explore all sorts of crazy and creative character designs but much harder to make those so broken that you completely outshine a newb at the table who doesn't have the system mastery to compete.

I enjoy the 3 action economy a lot and also that it makes it vastly easier to explain the game to someone new.

I find skills, and especially their associated feats, really interesting now, where in 1e I usually found myself getting bored and checked out when an adventure would have a skill challenge section.

I like that combat is much more dynamic with people moving around the battlefield much more. No more of just standing in place and Full Attacking until a foe falls and then rinse-repeat.

And I especially like that the game moves much more smoothly now. In 1e I would often find myself making a Knowledge check at the start of my turn and then needing 20 minutes to decide what to do with my turn, bogging everything down for everyone. 2e is really not like that at all - even when you have lots of choices of what to do on your turn (and you usually do) - the turns move swiftly.

Agata wrote:

I like the way that PF 2e implemented Flying much better.

how did they do it? Might adapt it to my 1e house rules if it was done in a cool way...

It's connected to the 2e action economy (every round you have 3 actions plus a reaction). If you are flying you have to use an action to fly or you automatically fall. So it has a built in cost that in 1e, once your Fly skill is sufficient to auto the Hover check, you basically stop thinking about whether or not to fly.

Avoid Falling After Being Attacked

You are not considered flat-footed while flying. If you are flying using wings and you take damage while flying, you must make a DC 10 Fly check to avoid losing 10 feet of altitude. This descent does not provoke an attack of opportunity and does not count against a creature’s movement.

Avoid Falling After Collision
If you are using wings to fly and you collide with an object equal to your size or larger, you must immediately make a DC 25 Fly check to avoid plummeting to the ground, taking the appropriate falling damage.

I'd like if it there was a rule that the amount of damage you take is a penalty on your Fly check to stay aloft - would make a lot of sense - but as far as I know there isn't anything like that.

My experience has been that a lot of GMs just hand wave it at higher levels since everyone is flying and everyone can auto-make the checks to hover.

I like the way that PF 2e implemented Flying much better.

As far as I understand, people who are flying are immune to the prone condition.

Also, unless the bull rushing PC used Acrobatics while approaching to avoid an AoO (or approached using a 5' step), the movement up to attack her *would* provoke an AoO (as soon as the PC leaves a threatened square - so if she has 10' reach, when the PC leaves the square that is two squares away and enters the adjacent square). However, because this AoO is triggered by the movement, not the Combat Maneuver, a success on the AoO will not affect the Combat Maneuver (unless the AoO itself does something, like knock the PC out, or trip them, or whatever), in contrast to the AoO that is provoked by a Combat Maneuver (when the initiating character doesn't have the Improved Bull Rush (or Grapple or whatever) feat); in that situation, if the provoked AoO does damage to the initiating character, that damage is also a penalty on the CMB check for the maneuver.

Agata (just) passes the check vs the Blade Barrier and with Evasion therefore takes no dmg.

Agata rushes through the cloud, landing on the ground by Zaarah's side, sends some unpleasant magic towards the Marilith, and then places a healing touch upon her wounds. GM, I *think* Agata is out of range of an AoO from the Marilith since she is 15' up and 15' away, but if that's incorrect then she would need to cast defensively (or have Sweet Mawd deliver the touch spell)

Swift action: Piercing Quickened Enervation vs the Marilith
Ranged touch attack, haste: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (11) + 17 = 28
Caster Level vs SR, elven magic, piercing: 1d20 + 17 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 17 + 2 + 5 = 27 Bah, I think you said the Marilith's SR is 31, in which case that's a fail...
Negative levels if I'm mistaken about the SR: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Standard Action: Heal spell on Zaarah. 150 points of healing (and presumably ends the bleeding) but does not remove her negative levels.

Meanwhile, Sweet Mawd retrieves a wand of Cure Moderate in case it might be needed.

Presuming that despite not being able to see Zaarah in the cloud, I hear that she is getting clobbered...

Agata and Swift Mawd both rush ahead together through the cloud and through the barrier.

Not using Duck & Cover because I don't want to be staggered - hope I don't regret it!
Agata Reflex vs Blade Barrier, runeward tattoo, four-leaf clover: 1d20 + 18 + 1 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 18 + 1 + 3 = 26 Hmm, DC was listed as 25 in the Knowledge check but I'm guessing it's 27 due to the Advanced template, in which case that's a fail. Agata has Evasion but not Improved Evasion so I guess she takes full dmg. Will wait to see the result of the spell before deciding where to move her and what to do with her standard action.

Blade Barrier caster level check vs Sweet Mawd SR 22: 1d20 ⇒ 7 That should be a success.
Sweet Mawd Reflex vs Blade Barrier: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (17) + 14 = 31 Sweet Mawd has Improved Evasion so that should be no dmg I think. Will also wait to decide her standard action.

P.s. Note to self: always use Duck & Cover.

Agata, she’s a more advanced marilith and is caster level 17; t’was my bad as I forgot to modify that aspect of her stats since they aren’t listed in the scenario and I had to cut and paste from the basic; sorry, I modified it in the other places but I obviously missed it on caster level…and I’ll double-check, but it looked like the other just missed her modified touch AC (cover from Blades Barrier, protection from good, and mod from being advanced)…

Thanks for the clarification!

@Agata - Your character should probably prep Dimension Door going forward. It is just so handy and always works. Dispelling effects is generally a 50/50 unless you have a way to radically increase your caster level. Still it would have been great if it had worked. :)

Good suggestion. I don't usually prep it because level 4 is the sweet spot for her Quickened spell slots (Ill Omen and Enervation).

I believe Extended Delay Poison, Communal has been part of Agata's standard spell loadout cast every day, which would cover us for 34 hours divided by however many recipients needed it (if Flint and Marta have been casting their own versions, I think that would mean 5 recipients, or about 7 hours duration). How much time has passed since we left the Fairy Ring retreat at the start of this day's adventuring?

If we are not covered by the Communal Delay Poison, Agata can activate Aura of Purity on her turn to give immunity to everyone within 10' (I don't think I activated it before we entered this room).

Agata Fort save if needed DC 26: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (13) + 16 = 29
Sweet Mawd Fort save if needed DC 26: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (7) + 11 = 18

GM, just double checking to make sure you have the math right on the Dispel check. According to the Knowledge check you gave us earlier, the Marilith is casting spells at Caster Level 16. According to Dispel Magic, the DC to dispel a spell is 11 + the caster level of the spell, in which case 27 should have *just* succeeded. Of course there may be other things in play here that we are not aware of so no worries if that's the case but just wanted to check because personally Dispel Magic is one of those things that I have to reread every time it comes up.

And, again just double checking, the Enervation spell targets *touch* AC but it still missed?

Alie caster level check vs Sweet Mawd SR 22: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21 Unless Alie has a bonus of some sort vs Spell Resistance, Sweet Mawd is NOT included in Haste.

Agata glares at the wall of spinning blades with irritation. "That ain't nearly neighborly of ye!" She wiggles her fingers and mutters some foul curse words...

Dispel Magic vs Blade Barrier, myrhh: 1d20 + 17 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 17 + 1 = 27

Meanwhile, Sweet Mawd draws a wand of Protection From Evil and taps her mistress with it.

Using Investigative Mind (14/17 remaining) to roll twice and take the better result
Knowledge Planes DC 30, planar penalty: 1d20 + 35 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 35 - 2 = 53
Knowledge Planes DC 30, planar penalty: 1d20 + 35 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 35 - 2 = 37

Sweet Mawd Knowledge Planes DC 30, planar penalty: 1d20 + 24 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 24 - 2 = 27

Using Investigative Mind (13/17 remaining) to roll twice and take the better result
Knowledge Planes DC 25, planar penalty: 1d20 + 35 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 35 - 2 = 41
Knowledge Planes DC 25, planar penalty: 1d20 + 35 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 35 - 2 = 52

Sweet Mawd Knowledge Planes DC 25, planar penalty: 1d20 + 24 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 24 - 2 = 30

For both creatures, requesting whatever information we haven't already received, with particular attention to: weakest save, immunities, resistances, special attacks, special defenses, anything else we might want to know.

DC 22 Will save, planar penalty: 1d20 + 23 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 23 - 2 = 32 +1 if Spell/SLA, +3 if mind-affecting

Sweet Mawd DC 22 Will save, planar penalty: 1d20 + 18 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 18 - 2 = 28 +5 if mind-affecting

Btw, everyone who was previously affected by Agata's Fortune hex is now immune to it for 1 day (and it has expired, of course).

Aye aye!

Agata trundles along, complaining to anyone who will listen about her lumbago and an assorted variety of other ailments.

And here I was thinking that Betcezia was the big bad! :-)

Zaarah, reminder that generally undead are immune to anything that requires a Fort save.

Agata had posted a knowledge check for whenever she could see Betcezia (which I think has just happened for the first time now) a ways upthread. I don't remember the exact result but it was stupid high - will you please tell us anything about her that we don't already know and her weakest save?

Agata wiggles her eyebrows unpleasantly at the undead seductress. "Where is Janira? Ye ain't too pleasant a host, I'll tell ya that! We'll be gettin' our friends and taking our leave, right after we kill ya, I mean re-kill ya, I mean, well, ye know what I mean!"

Then she starts to laugh horribly.

Standard action to use Misfortune Hex (using Amplified Hex to boost the DC by 1, at the cost of a level 1 spell slot (Blend). Betcezia needs to make a DC 30 Will save or be affected by Misfortune (roll twice and take the worse result on *every* d20 roll for the duration of 3 rounds).

Move action to Cackle, extending all the Fortune hexes by 1 round (they now expire before Agata's turn on Round 7) and extending the Misfortune hex by 1 round (if it was successful) - it now expires before Agata's turn on round ? (I'm not quite sure if this is round 4 or 5 for Agata, but in any case it will last for 4 rounds from now (or more if I cackle again).

Btw, I'll have family visiting until Saturday so my posting will likely be sparse. Please bot me as needed.