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Guys...

I hate to do this but I think I have to bow out of this game.

The game always had a fast pace right from the beginning and it has always been a little tough for me to keep up. But lately work has been heating up and on top of the pace I am having less time available for PbP gaming. So I go through my games and find that I have more and more catching up to do on this one.

Sorry to let you down, hope it's not too much of an inconvenience.

Sorry guys, haven't been around much this week.

"I'd rater go in by a way we can stand," says Catarya.

Or a handy Haversack.

GM: What is the extent of stuff we can buy in Zelkor's ferry? Last time we were here it seemed like there really wasn't much here.

Knowledge (religion) to Aid Mr. Dark: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

"A rock riding a scorpion. Well... why not? Certainly that might mofe faster than a scorpion riding a rock."

"The group you introduced me to was assisted by another. I don't know if you met them, but they seem to be the holy type. They were concerned about leaving Saracek's body around in his lair. I suggested that you may know what to do with it more than any other in town. Any thoughts?"

"I am from tat group. And tis being must not be allowed to rise again."

scroll of read magic (from hidden panels)

This one should be called a scroll of irony.

Is there anything on this list that is magical and unidientified?

Gems don't lose their value in sale and weigh a lot less than gold, so they are worth keeping as our "cash" rather than keeping the coins.

When the group reaches Zelkor's ferry, Catarya turns to the rest of them.

"Tank you for bringing back tese remains. A proper burial is important to te rest for te spirit. I will arrange a burial here."

Catarya heads into town to see if she can hire some gravediggers.

I can prepare gentle repose, sanctify corpse, and consecrate, though none of these are permanent. Hallow would do the trick permanently but is a 4th level spell. I need to be 10th level to cast that.

"I can continue for a while," Catarya says, shrugging.

"Well, tat could haf gone better, but te enemy was fery powerful. I nefer saw one tat strong before."

She shudders with the thought.

She looks at the book longingly.

"It is a shame to sell such a precious ting, but it would be unfair for one person to take such a large share for temselfs."

"But where to sell it? Zelkor's Ferry probably has not enough gold to buy it from us. Port Peril?"

It's not much, but should at least get Catarya up.

Thanks, that puts me at 2.

Catarya groans and sits up. "Wat was tat?" she mumbles.

She presses a hand on her wounds, and there is a brief glow. Then she stands up.

Standard action to cast cure moderate and then burn a point of fervor to cast it again as a swift action. Move action to stand.

Cure 1: 2d8 + 6 ⇒ (2, 8) + 6 = 16
Cure 2: 2d8 + 6 ⇒ (3, 3) + 6 = 12

Now at 30 HP.

AoO vs catarya: 1d20 ⇒ 18

damage: 1d6 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15

...

vs Catarya: 1d20 ⇒ 14
damage, ignores DR: 1d6 + 14 + 20 ⇒ (3) + 14 + 20 = 37

Did I just take 52 damage? If so, I am down at -5. That +20 bonus to damage is crazy!

Caratya slumps to the floor in a pool of blood.

Stabilize: 1d20 + 2 - 5 ⇒ (3) + 2 - 5 = 0
Fail to stabilize, down to -6.

The fear thing would have been good to know before I prepared spells, but it's a little late now.

Will save +2 vs Fear (from Grelthe): 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 9 + 2 = 30

Catarya darts forward, trying to stay out of the reach of the skeletal creature as she closes in.

Because of haste my move is 60' so this is 1/2 move.
If this fails my AC against an AoO will be 22 (due to haste).

Acrobatics to tumble: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21

"Pharasma condemns you!" she shouts, and her eyes and spiral tattoo flash.

Yeah, I think this is a good time to smite evil.

She stabs at the creature with her dagger...

Attack bonuses: +3 divine favor, +1 haste, -2 attacking defensively, -1 piranha strike, = total +1.
Damage bonuses: +3 divine favor, +6 smite evil, +2 piranha strike. Total = +11. Don't think I can get Sneak Attack here.

Magic Dagger: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 13 + 1 = 23
Magic Dagger Damage: 1d8 + 9 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 11 = 26

Fighting defensively and haste makes my AC 26.

Okay, so we rested. I was only down a few spells anyhow, I think. Did anyone need healing before we rested?

I see an undead guy and two birds on the map. Is that our new undead "ally?" (forgot his name)

Catarya steps up beside Zadira. She murmurs a few words and her spiral tattoo seems to flash with light for a moment.

Casting divine favor before we go in.

"Alright, ready," Catarya says as she holds her daggers before her.

I'm out of Lesser Restoration and a bit low on healing, but can make do with what I've got. Especially since I'm not the only healer.

Grelthe: do you still have ability damage? I have a lesser restoration left.

Simon: most of us were designed with disabling traps in mind. Zadira is our best trapfinder I think, though she is fairly squishy. Kayla is also good. I have a +13 perception but don't have trapfinding.

"...Is she ... a friend of Gozreth-miii?"

"Tat's all right," Catarya shrugs. "I tink te Lady Pharasma and te Lord of Wind and Wafe get along just fine... bot haf concerns outside of normal mortal societies, and are indifferent to most tings mortals do."

Catarya frowns, looking first at Vuzi, and then at Vance and the 'twins.' The symbol of Pharasma on her face seems to shine slightly.

Already know the result but I will do detect evil as well.

"Not alife?" she looks Vance up and down. "How did you come to be tis way?" she asks. "If you wish to be restored to life you cannot be undead. Te curse of undeat must be remofed first."

She turns back to Vuzi. "Tere is necromancy and ten tere is necromancy. As long as you do not do magic to animate te dead, necromancy in itself is not bad. But animating te dead is an abomination to te Lady of Grafes."

To Vuzi:

So, you are traveling with a Dhampir? I'm good with that.

"A dhampir? Which one of you is tis Dhampir?"

"It's not your fault who your ancestors were. Tat is in te past. What you make of it is what matters."

"I could prepare a spell for te healing of a Dhampir but tat would haf to wait until tomorrow."

How many of you guys are there? So far I see Vuzi, Cain, Simon, and Archibald.

"...This is Catarya, priestess of Pharasma..."

Catarya nods as she looks over the other adventurers.

"We haf been exploring te labyrint for many days." Honestly I've forgotten how many. "But we hafen't seen tis place before. Where in te Boneyard are we?"

"Now wat?" Catarya curses. She runs up the steps after Grelthe, her daggers out.

"Pharasma judges you!" she shouts as she advances on the closest gargoyle. Her eyes flash as the dagger jabs at the horrid creature.

Move, spend fervor to cast divine favor as a swift action, attack. Flanking with Grelthe.

Attack Bonuses: +3 divine favor, +4 Outflank, -2 Piranha strike, -2 fighting defensively. Total +3
Damage Bonuses: +3 divine favor, +4 Piranha strike, +2d8 sneak attack.

+1 Magic Dagger: 1d20 + 13 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 13 + 3 = 35
damage: 1d8 + 9 + 7 + 2d8 ⇒ (3) + 9 + 7 + (1, 4) = 24
+1 Magic Dagger Confirm?: 1d20 + 13 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 13 + 3 = 26
Crit bonus damage: 1d8 + 9 + 7 ⇒ (2) + 9 + 7 = 18

Probably 42 damage. I can live with that.

"Do you guys feel like tis area is just going in circles?" asks Catarya after they return to the bubble room. "We were definitely here before."

I don't have knowledge (arcana). Also cool with going west.

Sorry, guys. Been pretty exhausted this weekend. Still getting over the tail end of the cold.

The whole point though behind hide from undead was that once cast we would only have to worry about the shadows that failed the save and ignore the ones that could not perceive us.

"Tat was scary. Not too much you can do against your own shadow."

Catarya casts a spell on Grelthe, trying to ease her injuries.

Casting lesser restoration. I only have the one prepared.

Lesser Restoration: 1d4 ⇒ 1

Sigh.

Guys, I've been getting over a throat infection that slowed me down a lot more than I expected. Hopefully I will get things back to normal this weekend.

"Shadows! In a dark room! Tat is a bad combination."

Sadly my archetype trades away channeled energy... :(

"Eferyone come close! I haf a spell tat could protect you!"

DELAY until everyone else has take their actions. THEN I will cast hide from undead on all of us (I'm delaying because hostile acts could break the invisibility). Will DC 15 allows the shadows to overcome the effect.

"Tis is confusing. We should mark tese rooms in case we can't tell one from te oter."

Catarya pulls out some chalk and begins leaving notes on the walls.

Did we confirm that the arrival pads never go out again?

Catarya shrugs. "One way is as good as any oter witout directions."

On the map NE is not listed as one of the ways out of the tick room. Only E or SE.

"Is tere any way to set someting tat will disrupt te bubbles after we haf left? Maybe a puddle of oil, if we leafe a wick burning? Or a candle?"

"We could leafe a candle burning on its side, with someting holding te burning end off te ground. Ten when it burns down a bit te candle will slip off whatefer is supporting it and fall, lighting te oil."

"Wat do you tink?"

It just occurred to me that if you were building all this stuff, it would be pretty expensive to bind dimension door over and over again... then it occurred to me that having the illusion of teleportation would be much cheaper. :)

BTW I was down 27 HP. Healing from rest gives back 6. I had 3 first-level spells left, so:

CLW: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
CLW: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
CLW: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

So I will have been back to full at the start of the day.

Funny... I started making a map when I read this until I got to your post and found that you are making a map already. :)

"A trap tat turns people to stone mebbe?"

"Or tere are some creatures tat can do tat. I don't care to meet tem, really."

"Shall we use te next disk?"

I have some 1st level spells for healing to bring myself back up to full. But I am also diseased. When we go up a level I will also be able to cast remove disease.

Grelthe: Don't forget you need to make a Caster Level check when you try to remove disease.

After cleaning all the rooms she can get to, she says Okay, guys, ready to teleport? Don't you want to at least try it?

"I am almost out of te spells. I tink we should find a place to rest and ten try tem tomorrow."

Perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19

"Okay, mebbe tat will work. I'll cofer you."

Catarya moves in front of the statue and readies her dagger, preparing to strike at anything that approaches.

Single move, and ready an attack at anything that comes within range.

Readied Attack -2 Fighting defensively, -2 Piranha strike: 1d20 + 13 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 13 - 2 - 2 = 28
Damage +4 Piranha strike: 1d8 + 9 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 4 = 19
Crit?: 1d20 + 13 - 2 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 13 - 2 - 2 = 20
Crit Bonus Damage: 1d8 + 9 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 4 = 19

"If tis pool will chust keep making more creatures, ten we cannot fight tem forefer. Perhaps tere is some way to shut te pool down."

Waiting to see what the fireball does. Then I'll post something.

Catarya turns and flings a bolt of light at the Zombies.

Casting burst of radiance. Looks like there are two zombies on the map and it would be easy to get them in the AoE without hitting us.

Damage (no save vs. evil): 5d4 ⇒ (2, 2, 4, 4, 3) = 15
Reflex DC 16 or blined for this many rounds: 1d4 ⇒ 4

"Tat was my last one of tose. I'm running out of spells."

Catarya moves slightly to the southwest.

5' step.

yeah thematics makes sense, but paladin is already proficient in armor...

The main point there is that a Bard can't cast spells in medium or heavy armor. But a Skald can cast in medium armor (though not heavy).

It looks like I am still flanking one creature with Grelthe. If that is still correct then this is my action:

Catarya continues to slash at the little creatures with her daggers.

"Dat's one down..."

Attack Bonuses: +2 Flank, +3 Divine Favor, -2 Piranha Strike, -2 fighting defensively. Total +1.
Damage Bonuses: +3 Divine Favor, +4 Piranha Strike (only +2 for off-hand), +2d8 sneak attack.

TWF Magic Dagger Attack: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 11 + 1 = 19
Magic Dagger Damage: 1d8 + 9 + 3 + 4 + 2d8 ⇒ (3) + 9 + 3 + 4 + (1, 2) = 22

TWF Mithral Dagger Attack: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 11 + 1 = 31
Mithral Dagger Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 2d8 ⇒ (7) + 5 + 3 + 2 + (7, 2) = 26
TWF Mithral Dagger Crit?: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 11 + 1 = 31
Mithral Dagger Crit Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 3 + 2 = 12

Note: If the creature I am flanking is dead by the time I get my second attack, then I will just switch targets to the other one. But I will not be flanking, so the to-hit roll will be 29 instead of 31, and the damage will be 29 instead of 38.

Note 2: Ninja'd by GM. So if the first guy is down I will 5' step and the second shot will hit the one chasing Zadira.

I passed over you for last round, Catarya, who you may act again if you wish.

Okay, cool.

...but Zadira gets followed and bitten again!

catarya damage: 2d6 ⇒ (3, 2) = 5

Is this Zadira here or me? Also, if the little creatures are using light blades (looks like he has a dagger), I get an extra +1 dodge to my AC.

Sorry guys... for some reason I didn't see updates on this thread.

If you still have the disease, DC 16 fort or loose 1 hp.

Fortitude: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

"What a diskusting place! I don' like tis at all."

When the blobs start to form into creatures, Catarya presses her hand over her face for a moment, and her spiral tattoo flashes.

Using a point of Fervor to swift action cast divine favor.

Acrobatics (Tumble) -5 for moving through enemy: 1d20 + 14 - 5 ⇒ (12) + 14 - 5 = 21 Probably OK

She then leaps over the creatures and comes up from behind, and slashes at the nearest creature with her magic dagger.

Attack Bonuses: +2 Flank, +3 Divine Favor, -2 Piranha Strike, -2 fighting defensively. Total +1.
Damage Bonuses: +3 Divine Favor, +4 Piranha Strike, +2d8 sneak attack.

Magic Dagger Attack: 1d20 + 13 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 13 + 1 = 28
Magic Dagger Damage: 1d8 + 9 + 3 + 4 + 2d8 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 3 + 4 + (8, 7) = 38

I can't seem to move my token on the map. But I will be on the other side of the one facing Grelthe.

I think the choice of Skald over Bard has to do with armor proficiency issues. The performance is less useful though.

"Mebbe tis will let us see it..." says Catarya.

Catarya concentrates for a moment, and holds out her holy symbol. A large volume of water appears above the "object" that Grelthe is holding, and drops down with a splash.

Catarya steps forward into the room.

Casting create water. It produces 12 gallons of water which is quite a bit. Hoping that the patterns the water takes when it hits the creature will give us an idea of its shape.

Catarya looks around at where the javelin went, trying to spot something.

Perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33

"Yah, I hear it, over tere!"

She murmurs a quick prayer to Pharasma, and presents her holy symbol... and a bolt of light bursts in the spot where the voice is coming from!

Casting burst of radiance.

Reflex DC 16 or blinded for # of rounds (dazzled otherwise): 1d4 ⇒ 4
damage (no save if target is evil): 5d4 ⇒ (1, 4, 1, 1, 2) = 9

I already have the disease. I'll check the door.

"I tink I haf it too. I'll come wit you."

Catarya creeps forwards, watching for traps, until she gets to the doorway and looks in.

Perception: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24

"Yah let's map what we can witout magic and when we know what is where ten we can try it."

The only potential problem I could see in merging the groups (besides size) would be how Catarya & Vuzi might get along... or not. Vuzi is their Oracle/Sorcerer who has undead companions. Catarya might have a problem with that, lol

Yeah, probably not a good thing to put a Pharasmin divine caster (especially with a good alignment) and an undead creator in the same group.

Catarya tenses up, ready to leap into combat with her daggers. But then she sees that everything is already dead.

"Okayyy ten," she says, straightening up. "Tat fire spell is pretty handy."

Fort: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

Darn it! 1 damage.

"Agh! What a mess!" Catarya says. She looks a little pale.

The problem is with resolving combats by fiat like this is that we don't have a chance to identify the monster. Had we identified it as a plague zombie, we probably wouldn't stand so close...

BTW did we rest since the Snake Construct/Dam encounter? I should probably heal myself.

CLW: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
CLW: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

"Let's explore te areas we can get to witout magic first."

"We tried to follow but it didn't work. So let's go down the hallway."