This fel unholy place comes as close as I've ever seen on the material plane to the inevitable insanity and doom that awaits us all eventually! It is futile to struggle aginst the inevitable madness and entropy of the universe, but struggle I do! You shall not succeed in whatever fell ends you pursue Tar Baphon!
My 3.5 pedigree is showing - in D&D 3.5, Tigers got to make their rake attacks when they pounced. Looks like that is no longer the case in Pathfinder! Please disregard the rake attacks.
N Large animal
Init +6; Senses low-light vision, scent; Perception +8
DEFENSE
AC 14, touch 11, flat-footed 12 (+2 Dex, +3 natural, –1 size)
hp 57 (6d8+18)
Fort +10, Ref +7, Will +3
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft.
Melee 2 claws +12 (1d8+8 plus grab), bite +11 (2d6+8 plus grab)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Special Attacks pounce, rake (2 claws +12, 1d8+6)
STATISTICS
Str 23, Dex 15, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6
Base Atk +4; CMB +13 (+17 grapple); CMD 23 (27 vs. trip)
Feats Improved Initiative, Skill Focus (Perception), Weapon Focus (claw)
Skills Acrobatics +10, Perception +8, Stealth +7 (+11 in areas of tall grass), Swim +11; Racial Modifiers +4 Acrobatics, +4 Stealth (+8 in tall grass)
Colin, steps back and weaves some arcane energies, ripping a hole in the fabric of reality and calling forth a number of stirge to harry the enemy mage! After that, Colin employs a similar trick to wink out of existence, appearing twenty feet away Using Conjuration Teleporation sub-school shift ability
AC 16, touch 16, flat-footed 12 (+4 Dex, +2 size)
hp 7 (1d10)
Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +1
OFFENSE
Speed 10 ft., fly 40 ft. (average)
Melee touch +7 (attach)
Space 2-1/2 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Special Attacks blood drain
STATISTICS
Str 3, Dex 19, Con 10, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 6
Base Atk +1; CMB +3 (+11 grapple when attached); CMD 9 (17 vs. trip)
Feats Weapon Finesse
Skills Fly +8, Stealth +16
SQ diseased
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Attach (Ex)
When a stirge hits with a touch attack, its barbed legs latch onto the target, anchoring it in place. An attached stirge is effectively grappling its prey. The stirge loses its Dexterity bonus to AC and has an AC of 12, but holds on with great tenacity and inserts its proboscis into the grappled target’s flesh. A stirge has a +8 racial bonus to maintain its grapple on a foe once it is attached. An attached stirge can be struck with a weapon or grappled itself—if its prey manages to win a grapple check or Escape Artist check against it, the stirge is removed.
Blood Drain (Ex)
A stirge drains blood at the end of its turn if it is attached to a foe, inflicting 1 point of Constitution damage. Once a stirge has dealt 4 points of Constitution damage, it detaches and flies off to digest the meal. If its victim dies before the stirge’s appetite has been sated, the stirge detaches and seeks a new target.
Diseased (Ex)
Due to the stagnant swamps in which they live and their contact with the blood of numerous creatures, stirges are harbingers of disease. Any creature subjected to a stirge’s blood drain attack has a 10% chance of being exposed to filth fever, blinding sickness, or a similar disease (See Afflictions). Once this check is made, the victim can no longer be infected by this particular stirge, though attacks by different stirges are resolved normally and may result in multiple illnesses.
The new swarm of stirge all attempt to latch on to the mage!
For each Stirge attached, Naroth will take 1 con damage at the end of the Stirge's turn. So this round, it looks like he will probably take 4 con damage.
The blue tiger will pounce on the remaining slothspawn!
N Large animal
Init +6; Senses low-light vision, scent; Perception +8
DEFENSE
AC 14, touch 11, flat-footed 12 (+2 Dex, +3 natural, –1 size)
hp 57 (6d8+18)
Fort +10, Ref +7, Will +3
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft.
Melee 2 claws +12 (1d8+8 plus grab), bite +11 (2d6+8 plus grab)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Special Attacks pounce, rake (2 claws +12, 1d8+6)
STATISTICS
Str 23, Dex 15, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6
Base Atk +4; CMB +13 (+17 grapple); CMD 23 (27 vs. trip)
Feats Improved Initiative, Skill Focus (Perception), Weapon Focus (claw)
Skills Acrobatics +10, Perception +8, Stealth +7 (+11 in areas of tall grass), Swim +11; Racial Modifiers +4 Acrobatics, +4 Stealth (+8 in tall grass)
I figured the tiger would just wander around the cloud until he found one of the bad guys - If a single move action doesn't get him close enough to any of them, he will keep looking and attack next roung. I assumed the stinking cloud would interfere with his scent ability
Fort Save for Colin vs. Cloud:1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 8 + 2 = 27 Fort Save for Colin vs. Fatigue:1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 8 + 2 = 13
Fort Save for Tiger vs. Cloud:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (15) + 10 = 25 Fort Save for Mephit vs. Cloud:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
The mephit begins wretching.
Rounds Nauseauted:1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
The tiger take a move action into the cloud, trying to find one of the creatures to maul.
Tiger Stat Block:
N Large animal
Init +6; Senses low-light vision, scent; Perception +8
DEFENSE
AC 14, touch 11, flat-footed 12 (+2 Dex, +3 natural, –1 size)
hp 57 (6d8+18)
Fort +10, Ref +7, Will +3
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft.
Melee 2 claws +12 (1d8+8 plus grab), bite +11 (2d6+8 plus grab)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Special Attacks pounce, rake (2 claws +12, 1d8+6)
STATISTICS
Str 23, Dex 15, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6
Base Atk +4; CMB +13 (+17 grapple); CMD 23 (27 vs. trip)
Feats Improved Initiative, Skill Focus (Perception), Weapon Focus (claw)
Skills Acrobatics +10, Perception +8, Stealth +7 (+11 in areas of tall grass), Swim +11; Racial Modifiers +4 Acrobatics, +4 Stealth (+8 in tall grass)
Colin will summon an air mephit with summon monster 3, instruct it to use gust of wind on the fog cloud when door is opened. Then he will ready to summon a tiger as a standard action once the door is open as well.
The spell he cast was solid fog. If we wish to wait for the spell to expire, it will take at least ten minutes. Likely more depending how skilled a caster he is.
Now that we are into the temple proper, Colin will cast False Life, Heroism, Darkvision, See Invisibility, and Mage Armor on himself. He will also cast Heightened Awareness from his wand, which he will expend for initiative should the need arise.
False Life:1d10 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
As the others speak with the disheveled people we have found, Colin will spend his time reading the Thassilonian writing.
The Acadame dangerous? Hardly! Only for the weak of mind and spirit. I graduated from the Academe and I'm find. I don't know why it gets such a bad reputation for killing, maiming, and destroying the minds of its students.
After defending his alma matter, Colin resumes his typical low-volume mutterings about doom and madness.
Sounds like we should make haste, futile as our mission is when faced with the inevitable madness that will claim us all - but I suppose if it forestalls doom for a bit longer, it might be worthwhile. Let us make depart quickly.
Me a healer? I'm afraid not. I wouldn't devote my life the futile task of attempting to forestall the entropy that will inevitably claim us all. Should things become quite dire, I have certain methods for harnessing fiendish energies to patch one back up. But things are truly dire if you are relying on me for that.
I just realized this guy leveled - I'll get him up to date ASAP.
Colin is a thin, gaunt man, in dark red robes. His eyes seem to stare through - gazing into some unknowable distance beyond. He is fidgety - hands always moving.
Foolish Lissalans. They waste their time trying to raise a runelord to rule us. Even if they succeeded, they will all fall to the void of madness eventually.
Any idea when you'll do the lottery? I'm probably going to sign this character up for an Outpost III table if I'm not lucky enough to make it into this one.
Yogadragon
Colin Obim
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Concordance
Normal track.
Main special abilities are Acadamae Graduate which lets me summon as a standard action at risk of becoming fatigued and the Conjuration / Teleportation subschool abilities to teleport around the battlefield.
All other things equal, I'd vote we just wrap it up. If others want to do the last fight, I won't spoil anyone's fun and will happily summon some more kitties to attempt to maul whatever we fight.
Ooof, a 32 doesn't get that? I think that's an artifact level item...
This item is incredibly powerful... what eldritch horrors this could summon, I cannot divine. This is far greater a prize for us to have secured than the pathetic wretch we came here for.
As stated above, we'll clear the rest of the house, then head to the docks and try to secure a ship to leave this place.
He will gather the keys, and search through any rooms we had missed because they were locked. Then he'll go gather up the slave we freed and escort them to the docks to leave the estate.
Rare to find one so accepting of their fate. Though I suspect that whatever the Pathfinders want of you is nothing compared to the writhing insanity to which we will all eventually succumb...but that will come another day. Or later today. Really none know when their room will arrive. But it is not here now. Now, you will tell us the best way to escape this place with ourselves, you as our prisoner, and the slave we rescued. We were transported here by magic, and need more mundane means to leave.
Also, as Pathfinders are want to do, we wish to secure any magic items or valuables in this house. If you know where your now deceased master kept such things, your aid would be appreciated.
After speaking with Phlegos, Colin will begin searching the room with detect magic up.
Did we get a description of Phlegos? Does it appear that this is him, or somebody else? either way, I will cat Glitterdust on him. DC 20 will save or be blinded.
I think you're looking for a CMB or escape artist check to escape - or something like dim door or similar. I don't see any reason you couldn't take 20 on it (which, if my poking around in your character sheet is correct gives you a 23). So DM- If levitate doesn't work, would a 23 on a CMB check get him out? If not, I can grease him to get it up to a 33 (Though I suspect Vanzetti would find it quite distasteful to be coated in such an unpleasant substance. Though it might just be absurd and ridiculous enough that he decides to add a bit to his act that features him greasing himself up, then summoning a giant pig to chase him around).
I believe Titus still has the escape artist attempt from Liberating Command with a +14 bonus.
Colin will go peer into the room, and cast detect magic and loot the corpses, as well as searching the room in general.
Seeing his companion, Titus, still trapped, Colin will whisper a word of freedom, attempting to allow Titus to wriggle free of the stone. Then he conjures magical motes which flare and explode with light, blinding those in the back of the room.
Immediate action to cast Liberating Command on Titus - you get a free escape artist check to escape the entangled status with a +14 bonus. Then cast glitterdust on the two pirates in the back, DC 20 will save or be blinded.
Concentration DC19:1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30 Fort Save, DC 19 vs. Fatigue:1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 2 = 20
Colin waves his hands, reaching into the ether and pulling another fiendish tiger to this plane to do his bidding. It immediately turns on the sea witch and mauls them.
AC 14, touch 11, flat-footed 12 (+2 Dex, +3 natural, –1 size)
hp 57 (6d8+30)
Fort +10, Ref +7, Will +3
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft.
Melee 2 claws +12 (1d8+8 plus grab), bite +11 (2d6+8 plus grab)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Special Attacks pounce, rake (2 claws +12, 1d8+8)
STATISTICS
Str 23, Dex 15, Con 17, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 6
Base Atk +4; CMB +13 (+17 grapple); CMD 25 (29 vs. trip)
Feats Improved Initiative, Skill Focus (Perception), Weapon Focus (claw)
Skills Acrobatics +10, Perception +8, Stealth +7 (+11 in areas of tall grass), Swim +11; Racial Modifiers +4 Acrobatics, +4 Stealth (+8 in tall grass)
