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I'll be ready when you are.

Yandra retreats to the far end of the chamber and heals herself. It looks like you put yourself inside the web so I've moved you back one square so that you are outside of it. I believe it extends 20' radius in each direction, including up and down.

Going to test the whole 3D concept here. If Yanda is 10' up, how far from the epicenter would she need to be to be out of the area of effect? How about 15' up, provided the ceiling is that high?

I'm thinking it is 20' high at the 4 squares in the center and drops 5' in height for every 5' away from that making the edges 5' high. Though if it is a true sphere that is not precisely true, but it WOULD make the math easy. In any case, at her current elevation, I'm thinking she could be over the fringe of the web and not be in the web. If she upped her altitude to 15', she could be 10' north and have a lot less obstruction.

Yanda smiles lightly at the success of the wasps. Since they are mindless and all of that aura stuff messed with minds, she could understand their cursing. How hard could it be to wipe out a swarm of wasps? she thinks with bemusement, the bemusement of a bomb throwing alchemist so, yeah.

Yanda flies over the edge of the web spell and heads toward the back of the room (ending up at 10' elevation), then cures herself for 6 points with a wand.

I'll keep that in mind and wait until I have an action. In the mean time I put her back where she belongs.

Attempted aid to hold door:
strength: 1d20 ⇒ 11

Yanda moves to the back of the room, hoping that will put her outside the dang auras. she then uses her spring loaded wrist sheath to regain some HPs.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

"Yea, good idea. that fog stuff is really messing with my mind."

@Onjatan
We closed the doors once before and they jut reopened it and the auras just continued. I think all it will do is soak up a move action on their part.

Once again Yanda feels the need for self flagellation, but not owning a whip she instead punches herself.

damage: 1d8 ⇒ 4
On the bright side, she is not strong enough to do much harm to herself instead.

Boy would I love an echolocation spell on one of us right now. Hey, you actually made that will save for Yanda!? That's two out of three successful will saves. I'll take it.
Do you want those Knowledge (dungeoneering} rolls now?

Yes, you may roll Yanda's will saves. That way if she fails, I can blame you :)

Yanda shakes her head violently and looks back at the others as if wondering who they were, then cocks her head and looks at the being that just appears. Finally she looks at her fist and punches herself in the face as if it were the most natural thing in the world. She looks around, smiling, blood seeping from her lower lip.

damage: 1d8 ⇒ 1

AMR will, heroism, Onjantan: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 14

reroll if the Greater Pentacle Talisman applies
AMR will, heroism, Onjantan: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 15

Yanda fails miserably.

dungeoneering, heroism: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 7 + 2 = 24

Realized you said not to make the dungeoneering roll as a failed will save would 'affect' it. Oh well.

AMR will, heroism, Onjantan: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 14
reroll if the Greater Pentacle Talisman applies
AMR will, heroism, Onjantan: 1d20 + 4 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 4 + 2 + 1 = 15

Yanda fails miserably.

dungeoneering, heroism: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 7 + 2 = 24

On swarms:
You can move the swarm or change the swarm’s direction by spending a standard action to concentrate on the swarm, otherwise it continues moving in its current direction.

I think this came up before and if it could no longer move in its original direction it would be deflected by a wall in a new direction. Basically it would keep moving until it encounters something to bite.

I could not fine a ruling on this but I do have recollection of someone ruling it this way if not you. Whatever you want to do is fine with me. If it hits the wall and stops, that is OK.

I think a swarm will move straight until it occupies an enemy square and then turn if if hits a wall. I will send it to the x on the map, moving counterclockwise - it will be at ground level.

Getting a little irritated, an tired of doing nothing, Yanda moves into the entyway and, provided some will save does not screw her, downs an extract of vomit (wasp) swarm and sends it into the room to track down the menace.

In case a will save is necessary:

Yanda Will: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21 reroll vs. control, talisman of freedom, greater pentacle talisman (2nd save)

Sounds like a nightmare to me. 3 rolls is my limit.

I'm thinking you guys do not want Yanda closing the door. She will probably advance into a confusion aura and fail her save.

"I don't like fighting what I cannot see. I think we should close the door."

The cloud looks nasty so she downs an antitoxin.

At least you caught it now.

Yanda figures whatever is in the room is most likely hostile and just sends a flask of acid just north of Aranga which will do 8 acid damage in a 3x3 square. (Meaning just north enough not to splash Aranga).

to hit ranged touch, heroism, reduce person, range: 1d20 + 15 + 2 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 15 + 2 + 1 - 2 = 20

Yanda placed.

bumping again.

"About a half hour."

"Well, I still have a few buffs extracts working, so let's head north and deal with the area there that we have not explored yet," she suggests, referring to the door to the north of the octagonal room.

Right before opening the door, though, she will down an extract of fly and then shield.

bump.

"I might be able to make use of the staff, though I probably have better things to if we are in a fight than risk it not activating."

Ring of Protection +2, slight upgrade for me if no one else needs it... and a Staff of Fire. I don't think any of us can make much use of the staff.

As a point of interest, anyone can use a staff, I think, using the spell trigger method. So if you cannot cast the spell yourself, you would need to use UMD and roll a 20 (I'm pretty sure it works the same as a wand). You would use the better of your Int/Cha and the CL listed for creating the staff (in this case CL 8). So Yanda, were she to roll that 20, could cast the fireball at level 8 since it is not something she could cast, but with a +6 to DC because of her int. So, yea, useful but risky because you will need to make a decent UMD roll and all the spells in that staff are combat spells. So, to summarize, Yanda could cast a 8d6, DC 19 fireball as a standard action but with a 30% chance of failure (assuming heroism is active). Not sure if that is worth the use of a standard action. Or an 8 round wall of fire that is 20' long. That might actually be worth it, and the int/cha does not really come into play so anyone with the UMD would benefit. Recharging it is another matter.

Please correct me if I am wrong. I just researched this to make sure I was accurate, but I may have messed up on some point or another.

"Well, give me a crack at it first. I love to test my skills with locks. If anyone has any buff spells to boost my attempt, lay them on me."

For the fun of it she uses one of her extracts of reduce person to give her an edge (9 minutes duration).

disable device, mutagen, heroism, tools, reduce person: 1d20 + 14 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 14 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 34

Yanda will give the wand a try, since you asked...

umd, heroism: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 12 + 2 = 26

She can also activate wands of CLW for anyone interested. She will not bother healing herself at this point, so she has the time.

"Sure, I'm in no hurry."

No worries. The dungeon likes to neutralize one or more of us to keep things challenging.

"A mummy resistant to fire and vulnerable to cold? What next? A good demon? I think we need to see what is inside the sarcophagus. And maybe examine the flaming room now that we have time. I'd like to leave this place as safe as we can before we leave it."

Yanda floats forward 5 feet to close a bit with the antagonistic mummy. Finally free to unload a full salvo of her bombs she launches a rapid fire of them.

How about the spell Surmount Affliction or Placebo Effect or Recentering Drone. Seems tailor made for this kind of thing. keep a few around in scroll or potion form. These just remove or suppress the condition, unlike remove fear which will also 'instill courage in the subject'. I suspect that clause is the issue with the spell as it modifies your emotions.

After applying the balm, Yanda moves to the opposite side of the room.

That is fine. I'd rather that Mykel has the bonus than Yanda do her attack.

Firewarden Yanda wrote:

Yanda flies up next to Mykel (and above him), takes out a Holy Weapon Balm, and applies it to Mykel's weapon of choice (assumedly his rapier).

Yanda, do you have enough actions to do this? I think it's: move action to move (unless you only took a 5' step?), move action to retrieve (unless the balm was in a wrist sheath?), and standard action to apply

I was thinking hasted gave an extra action, but it is only an extra attack on a full turn action. But when you move you can draw something so couldn't that be a vial? If not, then she will have to wait a turn (this turn) to deliver the oil.

Gotcha! Thanks for explaining.

Firewarden Yanda wrote:

Shiva Parashurama wrote:

Song of Arcane Manipulation, two 4th level spell slots and 4 rounds of raging song to counterspell as an immediate action.

Why 2 4th level slots? I think you could do 1 4th level slot or 2 2nd level slots, as long as the total is 4 spell levels. The example in the ability description only has the charcter expending 1 3rd level slot to counter a 3rd level spell.

because I don't have a 4th level evocation spell yet. It's one spell if I match or two if I don't. 11th level my greater counterspell will let me counter 1 to 1 regardless of school.

Moving to discussion...

I'm trying to parse the ability as shown below. Nowhere does it say that you expend two spells of one level less if you do not have a spell of the level being dispelled, only that it may take more than one spell slot. Frankly, I just assumed the sum of the lost spell levels had to match the dispelled spell level. In these cases I am usually missing something. Why do you think it takes 2 3rd level spells to dispel the 4th level spell? Is it somewhere I am not reading? Did you find an explanation elsewhere on line? Am I just missing something in that paragraph?

Song of Arcane Manipulation (Su): At 10th level, a spell warrior can sacrifice his own rage magic to counter an opponent’s spell. When using raging song, he can counterspell as an immediate action without interrupting his raging song. However, in addition to expending a spell slot (or spell slots) to attempt to counter the opponent’s spell, the skald must expend 1 round of raging song per spell level of the opponent’s spell (for example, if attempting to counterspell a 3rd-level spell, the skald must expend one of his own 3rd-level spell slots and 3 rounds of raging song). This ability replaces the dirge of doom raging song.

Song of Arcane Manipulation, two 4th level spell slots and 4 rounds of raging song to counterspell as an immediate action.

Why 2 4th level slots? I think you could do 1 4th level slot or 2 2nd level slots, as long as the total is 4 spell levels. The example in the ability description only has the charcter expending 1 3rd level slot to counter a 3rd level spell.

Yanda flies up next to Mykel (and above him), takes out a Holy Weapon Balm, and applies it to Mykel's weapon of choice (assumedly his rapier).

Taking a breath now that she is out of the smoke, she says, "Mind if I add this to your weapon, Mykel? It should help against the mummy."

Frankly, lobbing bombs when there is a large miss chance is not the best idea.

Seeing that the creature has resistance to fire, Yanda perhaps alters her strategy. If you would have used a different bomb or resource after seeing the fire resistance feel free to retcon that, though it only matters for your resource management since it was a auto-fail regardless from the nat 1.

she would have used a concussive bomb on the second try doing 15 splash damage.

will vs. fear, heroism: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 4 + 2 = 22
will vs. evil evocation, heroism: 1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 4 + 2 = 25
+6 vs. poisons - alchemist poison resistance
+1 vs. earth/acid - boon from The Cosmic Captive
+1 vs. water/cold - boon from The Cosmic Captive

20' increment on the bomb, thus the -2 to hit, 10' increment on the alchemist fire, thus the -6 to his on that. Both were include in the rolls.

The alchemist fire does 10 splash damage and the bomb does 15, thanks to good hope. Only the bomb provides a reflex save for half, the alchemist fire does full damage.

The one that actually hit (the only one I did not roll a nat 1 on) does 25 and causes the mummy to catch fire.

Yanda, you don't actually have line of sight to Red from where you are. Would you like to revise this to a move into the room and a single bomb? Also, I forgot to mention but you can see through the door that the bearded devils are wielding glaives (reach weapons). In case that matters.

Yanda fired and then stepped out of line of sight. When she started her turn and fired she was right in the doorway and 40' from the mummy

Please add 2 to Yanda's damage and splash damage for good hope and +1 to the to hit for haste. Adding an additional attack for haste here:

Targetting a creature wrapped in old cloth with fire makes a good bet, so...

Yanda launches her alchemist's fire and then a bomb at the 'mummy'. Then she floats back to make some room (fly skill is at +21 so no roll needed).

Why do I feel like Firewarden Yanda and Onjatan swapped dice?

knowledge (planes): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16

I just reread this lately. For a knowledge roll a successful check allows you to remember a bit of useful information about that monster. For every 5 points by which your check result exceeds the DC, you recall another piece of useful information. So if that DC 15 is the target Yanda would get an answer to what are its resistances, which will probably affect her action.

Taking an acid flask in hand and crossing her fingers, Yanda opens the door.