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Thanks for running, GM! That was great fun. I will definitely try to burn another replay to play the next part when you run it again.

When Drukpa stands back up after the blast he looks about in confusion, then quickly adopts a defensive stance while shouting to his comrades in alarm: "That handsome fella is gone! He musta turnt 'visible - watch yerselves - he might stick that bardiche in our backs!"

Drukpa Marpo wrote:

Drukpa eyes his reflection in the cracked mirror. "What a damned fine lookin' fellow that is! Hey, mister, whatcha doin' down here and why ain't you show up a little earlier so's ye coulda helped us?!? That's a mean looking bardiche yer carryin', nearly as good as mine, though mine's a bit broke. Anyway, sure woulda been nice if'n ye had gotten here a few minutes sooner and lent a hand!"

Are you stepping into the energy beam so you can look into the reflective surface of the mirror?

No. Drukpa is dumb but he has some basic instincts for self-preservation.

Drukpa eyes his reflection in the cracked mirror. "What a damned fine lookin' fellow that is! Hey, mister, whatcha doin' down here and why ain't you show up a little earlier so's ye coulda helped us?!? That's a mean looking bardiche yer carryin', nearly as good as mine, though mine's a bit broke. Anyway, sure woulda been nice if'n ye had gotten here a few minutes sooner and lent a hand!"

Drukpa continues to stab at the monstrous anger-inducing beast.

50% miss chance, high is good for me: 1d100 ⇒ 87
Cold Iron Tri-point double-edged sword, haste, bless, rage, vs grappled AC: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (5) + 13 = 18
P dmg: 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12

haste attack:
50% miss chance, high is good for me: 1d100 ⇒ 49
Cold Iron Tri-point double-edged sword, haste, bless, rage, vs grappled AC: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28
P dmg: 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

Bloodrage rounds used: 9/12

Tiny Pebble wrote:

GM Roll4initiative wrote:

I'm very surprised everyone made their save against the shadow hound's howl.

When I played this during NostalgiaCon, three or four out of six of us ran screaming from the shadow hound for 2 rounds. My cleric was not affected, luckily.

Not everyone. :)

But yes we were pretty lucky and that is why Remove Fear should be a staple on every Cleric's prepared spell list!

Well, TP is a part of Igor. At least Igor made it.

But, yeah, I learned early on to make sure all of my PCs have potions, scrolls, or a wand of remove fear ever since I learned it removes the frightened condition from enemies using Intimidate.

Interesting. I've never bothered, on the theory that by the time you can pull out the scroll or whatever, they have already run away...

Drukpa,

Please enter your PC/player info >>here<<.

Thanks!

Done, sorry I had missed that earlier.

Drukpa startles from the reverie that left him nearly like a statue and belatedly swings into action. "This shadow stuff makes me mad! Really mad!"

Free action to enter bloodrage

Move action to move; standard action to attack the hound

50% miss chance, high is good for me: 1d100 ⇒ 60
Cold Iron Tri-point double-edged sword, haste, bless, rage: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19
P dmg: 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

Drukpa's AC (with haste and rage) is currently 18
Bloodrage rounds used 8/12

P.s. thanks for botting my will save and especially thanks for rolling a 20 on it! :-)

Sorry everyone - had family visiting for Passover and have been scrambling to catch up since then.

So is there anything more for us to do? I thought you said that we can only explore 5 rooms and that this was the fifth? Or am I confused?

Fitting, somehow, that Drukpa still managed to cause the trouble, even when he wasn't doing anything!

DC 14 Reflex: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

This time Drukpa backs up to get out of the way in case Eka needs rescuing afterwards. Adjusted position on the map

Drukpa stands ready, certain he is not about to get a face full of acid.

Sorry for the posting delay - been a busy few days.

After the fight with the oozes, Drukpa tucks his broken bardiche away and arms himself with his cold iron tri-point double edged sword. He also grabs one of the masterwork long swords, just in case.

...

Seeing his comrades bashing the clearly harmless chest with rocks Drukpa is a bit puzzled but after his earlier misstep with the niches, he doesn't want to be overeager again. He grips his sword tightly, moves up, and growls at the chest, "C'mon out! Whatever ye is - if yer a bat, we'll find ya, an' if ye ain't, well then what is ya?"

Adjusted Drukpa's position on the map

Drukpa steps 5' to the north, no longer as angry as before but feeling a bit winded perhaps, and slashes at the remaining ooze twice.

mwk bardiche, haste, fatigue: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20
S dmg: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
DC 20 Reflex if hit: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15
acid dmg if reflex failed: 1d6 ⇒ 3

mwk bardiche, haste, fatigue: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
S dmg: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16
DC 20 Reflex if hit: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
acid dmg if reflex failed: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Drukpa steps back 5' and attacks Yellow with his bardiche.

mwk bardiche, haste: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28
S dmg: 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12
DC 20 Reflex, haste: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
acid dmg to Bardiche if failed: 1d6 ⇒ 6

mwk bardiche, haste: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16
S dmg: 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16
DC 20 Reflex, haste: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
acid dmg to Bardiche if failed: 1d6 ⇒ 1

So I think this means 1 point of acid dmg to the bardiche (unless it was killed by the first attack).

Rage used: 7/12 (5 remain)

Drukpa will most likely drop out of rage at the end of this round to preserve his rounds.

DC 20 Reflex vs acid dmg to bardiche, haste: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (20) + 4 = 24 Whew! Lucky rolls so far!

Since Drukpa is wielding a reach weapon, he might have possibly gotten an AoO against Blue as it moved adjacent?

Drukpa Perception if that would have mattered: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

Drukpa steps back 5' and then angrily slashes at Blue with his suddenly quite fast bardiche.

Free action, enter bloodrage, using 1 bonus round of rage from previously consumed Barbarian Chew - still have 6/12 rounds of rage remaining

mwk bardiche, haste: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22
S dmg: 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
DC 20 Reflex if needed: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

mwk bardiche, haste: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31
S dmg: 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18
DC 20 Reflex if needed: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Drukpa's current AC (with Haste, Shield, and Rage) is 22. His CMD is 21 but his CMD vs Grapple is 28

Thanks for all the answers to the questions!

Another question: would attacking with reach still subject the PC (and/or their weapon) to the acid dmg on a successful attack?

As I recall, the PF1e rules around damage to items are clunky. If I'm not mistaken, a mwk bardiche would have hardness 5 and 10 hit points but there is also a rule about energy damage to items being halved before applying the hardness, in which case it would appear that 1d6 of acid dmg could never harm the weapon. I'm guessing that this is all incorrect in this case but just checking before destroying my weapons.

Don't want to slow us down but before I take my turn, some questions:

a) do we know (as part of the knowledge check or as general adventurer knowledge) what sorts of damage will cause it to split?

b) if I were to use a claw attack (which does B/S dmg), can I *choose* whether it's doing Bludgeoning or Slashing, or does it automatically do both (thus triggering the split ability if it triggers off of either of those)?

c) if I use weapons, how many hit points do they have before they aren't usable? I've got a masterwork bardiche, a cold iron sword, and a silver dagger. I'm assuming that one or two hits with the acid dmg is going to destroy the weapons, yes?

d) do the oozes look like they can be blinded? Specifically, if I use Drukpa's Spit Venom and Viscous Venom feats, I presume that the oozes can be entangled, but could they also be blinded? Or would they be immune due to not having eyes?

e) If none of the above options will work, Drukpa's only real other choice is Grapple (he has Improved Grapple). While that would be hilarious, would Grappling (or Pinning) an ooze actually *do* anything helpful?

Drukpa holds his bardiche at the ready, looking this way and that, while watching Tiny Pebble for any signal. "Which way did they go? Which way did they go?"

Good point about Delay Poison - I forgot about that - so Drukpa is immune as well.

Drukpa follows along with Therin. (Light spell on his Wayfinder)

DC 16 Fort, resistant to poison: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 7 + 2 = 21

"C'mon, it ain't smell that bad! Kinda reminds me a' bein' back on the farm with Granpappy..." he whispers to his fellow Batfinders.

It's 1:00 pm.

Healing & resting, Spending time looking at things in the negative energy room, making your way back slowly to the caryatid column room, keeping on the lookout for wandering monsters, and possibly searching areas you haven't before, etc...

In that case, Drukpa's Heroism and Clay Skin have both expired. He's got another scroll of each but will wait until after this next encounter to use them...

Armed with this information, Drukpa will cast Shield on himself (4 minutes duration) before the group enters the area with the 3 creatures.

Yeah I had trouble finding a good image for him - I wish paizo would open up the site and let us use our own images - or at least give us more choices and better filtering options for finding them.

Incidentally, the jumping off point for his character creation was when I was reading the CRB one day and realized that Paladins' mounts have an Int of 6. After that I really wanted to make a character that would be dumber than a Paladin's horse! :-) I don't think he's played with a mounted Paladin yet but if I get a chance to I'm hoping to play up the 'intellectual rivalry' between Drukpa and the horse.

Drukpa will also soon be going Dragon Disciple, so that he can really be a dragon, just like Granmaw!

(When you dump Int, and then you plan for a prestige class that requires 5 ranks in Knowledge Arcana, it's *painful.*)

Drukpa obligingly takes the two stones back. "Ye'll let me know, I hope? I never got past two in me countin' lessons."

I'll add a "yes". Sorry in advance, everyone!

Ok I'm ok with it. Hope it doesn't cost anyone their life and apologies for being a dumb player (the character is dumb but I can't really blame this on him - I just didn't read carefully enough - tired and a bunch of games to catch up!).

Drukpa Marpo wrote:

Sorry, I missed that there is another stone! I guess that does fit with Drukpa having a 5 Int though... (He really is dumber than a Paladin's horse!)

Lol! Well, spontaneous actions usually make an adventure more exciting and memorable.

Igor Ivantoe wrote:

No, this is so much better. I thought you did it on purpose. Pity! :(

Same here!

Drukpa, do you want to place 2 of the stones in? From the looks of what you & Ivan have posted, I would say "yes". However, I will wait for others to chime in.

Y'know, normally I would say yes but Bonekeep is hard enough without adding boneheaded play to the mix. And I will feel bad if someone's PC dies because of me not reading carefully enough. If there are obviously 3 slots for the stones then I would say that even if Drukpa is that dumb, someone else would have stopped him before he put 2 of the stones in the slots. And though Drukpa isn't bright, he also doesn't generally disobey fellow Batfinders. He knows enough to know that sometimes usually they know stuff he doesn't.

Sorry, I missed that there is another stone! I guess that does fit with Drukpa having a 5 Int though... (He really is dumber than a Paladin's horse!)

:-)

Drukpa, unafraid and the furthest thing from bright, places the two stones into the slots in the wall. "As Granpappy always said, 'What could possibly go rong?'"

Which slide are we currently on? I see two with our tokens on them and I can't tell from the narrative which one is our current location.

"Let's keep moving. Set the statue on fire but then let's keep going before the ruckus alerts the entire dungeon we are here."

Fine to take as much time as we need to sort things out but - out of game - Drukpa would like to try to get another fight in before his Heroism and Clay Skin expire.

While the others deal with the statue, Drukpa starts the tedious task of bashing away at the ice. Take 20 for a 25 Str check.

Ok, works for me. In that case Drukpa took 17 non-lethal and 4 lethal from the various damage in that last fight, exactly exhausting Ablative Barrier. He gets one charge of his CLW wand back and is, again, fully healed. His Ablative Barrier is fully used up.

Catching up a little: per my understanding, Ablative Barrier works against "attacks" including ones that do energy damage. But I don't think any of the damage that he took in this fight was from an "attack" - it all seemed to be from environmental effects (Reflex vs exploding skeleton, Cold aura, and damage via my weapon after I attacked (note: does that still apply even though it was a reach attack?)). Therefore, my understanding (but, of course, GM it's your call!) is that by the end of the fight Drukpa's damage total should be:

3 cold dmg from skeleton explosion
8 cold dmg from hitting the skeleton with my weapon (even though it's reach?)
6 cold dmg from black cold aura (but not adjacent?)
1 cold dmg from being adjacent to black steel

DC 12 Reflex vs 6 cold dmg, Prot E, blood boiling pill: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 2 + 2 = 26
3 more cold dmg

21 dmg total. Less 7 healed by Therin (thx!).
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8
Three charges from Drukpa's wand and he should be fully healed now.

At the end of the fight, Drukpa will move forward (past the statue's aura) to join Jilla and Therin. (position on map updated).

Drukpa pokes at the black figure with the scythe with his bardiche (which has reach).

Bardiche: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14
S dmg: 1d10 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

"Brrrr...." Drukpa's teeth chatter.

Protection from Evil is a level 1 spell so it should just be one minute duration.

Gripping his bardiche in both hands, Drukpa advances cautiously into the room. "Brrrr, ain't none o' these dungeon masters hearda heatin'?"

Drukpa's speed is only 20' so in the difficult terrain it is a double move for him to move to his new position. He has reach with his bardiche and will definitely take an AoO if anything moves towards the group.

Ok.

12:30 pm when the portcullis opens.

GM, just double-checking this - it took half an hour for the first encounter (plus searching the room afterwards)? If so, Drukpa's barkskin potion has expired.

Drukpa looks around to make sure there are no traps and then leads the way through the newly opened portcullis.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

"There are no traps - I'm sure of it!"

Certainly not trying to prevent anyone from searching for traps or anything else. I just have the sense in PbP that sometimes routine steps to move the story forward can bring everything grinding to a halt for awhile.

Unless anyone objects...

Drukpa can't stand to watch Jilla's agony and he quickly steps forward and flips the lever. What could possibly go wrong? he thinks to himself.

Drukpa hefts his bardiche in his hands, ready to bash whatever new foe may emerge when the lever is pulled.

While Drukpa catches his breath, he chomps on some strange looking jerky for a snack.

Consuming Barbarian Chew - this will grant one extra round of rage - has to be used within one hour.

Drukpa steps forward 5' and tries to finish off the last of the statues.

Claw vs entangled AC: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
dmg: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

Claw vs entangled AC: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17
dmg: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

Rage 6/12