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I'm sorry for not responding. After the downtime, I never felt like coming back to this. There's a lot going on with all the holidays and stuff and to be honest, I believe dungeon crawls, PF and d20 are no longer my system of choice.

Fare well and good luck.

Fort: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

As Jon has his whip out, Garidan ◆ stomps around the whisp to surround it. Not that he believes it would want to escape.

◆Light Hammer, flanking: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21
Bludgeoning Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 + 4 = 11
◆Light Hammer, flanking: 1d20 + 9 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 9 - 4 = 24
Bludgeoning Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 + 4 = 13

+1 AC from Shield Spell

posting now, but waiting until Hagrym moves in and I'm in Bless range

Garidan ◆ moves in between Jon and the attacking skeletons, then strikes with his hammer (at yellow). As he is used to by now, he sprinkles a drop of holy water onto his hammer, making it even more potent.

◆Light Hammer, bless: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 9 + 1 = 20
Bludgeoning Damage, Personal Antithesis: 1d6 + 3 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 + 4 = 13
◆Light Hammer, bless: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 9 + 1 - 4 = 22
Bludgeoning Damage, Personal Antithesis: 1d6 + 3 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 + 4 = 11

+1 AC from Shield Spell

◆Exploit Vulnerability EV: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (19) + 12 = 31 vs standard DC for its level and vs Recall Knowledge DC (+1 from lantern) -->crit, most likely

"Corpselights! You told us about them before. But they're weak to blunt weapons because of their skeleton bodies." Garidan ◆ swaps his chain for a light hammer and murmurs something occult, the others haven't heard yet. A glowing ◆ shield appears in front of him.

I'm at -17 actually
"A little help here" Garidan says, holding a bleeding bite wound.

Round 1

"You need to bludgeon it!"

Garidan ◆ strides behind Mac and powders crumbled bricks onto his whip before attacking once.

◆Scorpion Whip: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21
Bludegoning Damage: 1d4 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 = 8

Will: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27

"Interesting..."
◆Exploit Vulnerability EV: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25 vs standard DC for its level and vs Recall Knowledge DC (+1 from lantern)

I'm sorry. I'm not gone, just very busy and not fighting a never ending cold.

Garidan acts quickly and grabs a quill with the lantern-holding hand. He fakes reading one of the books traing to buy some time for the party.
"If we need to transcribe these books to release this ghost, we're really unlucky," he whispers to the others.

Garidan nods and wonders about the arcane principles. if allowed and feasible Garidan casts Guidance on Pen.

I'd like to help, but I don't know if I understand this.
Aid Arcana: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

I can chip in

Garidan listens carefully to Wrin's summaries. He especially makes a mental note that there's some one down at the bottom that has control over the Gauntlight and they have less than three weeks left before the beam scmight shoot again.

At the end, he starts the discussion. "Pen, you should certainly try to learn that ritual, as you are the most versed in the arcane and occult. I will certainly try to assist you, but my knowledge is limited, due to the lack of practice. This will help us traverse the tower much faster."

Now I got a decent shield. Watch me tank some s~+~e now!

me, too. Can cast Shield and Shield Block with 10 Hardness.

I would like to take the Wayfinder (and slot the aeon stone that gives me the Shield cantrip)

Garidan has been updated to Level 4.
Retrained Unconventional Weaponry into General Training (Shield Block)
Class Feat: Spirit Spells (from Archetype) for Bless 1/day
Archetype Feat: Investigate Haunting
Skill Feat: Unmistakable Lore

Item wishlist:
Dusty Rose Prism Aeon stone

Note for GM, Garidan's automatic checks:
-Even when you aren't Investigating in exploration mode, you get a check to Recall Knowledge about incorporeal undead and haunts active in the area
-During exploration, even if you aren't Searching, the GM rolls a secret check (with a +1 bonus from the lantern) for you to find traps, environmental hazards, haunts, and secrets (such as secret doors).

I would like to retrain Unconventional Weaponry into Otherworldly Magic

will be fully back on Monday.
Good job at Mac's dice!!!

I currently don't remember, why I wanted the wayfinder, but your reason as good as any.

I will get a 1st lvl Occult spell at 4,I will choose Bless, because this will stay helpful at any future level

Recovery DC 10+1-1: 1d20 ⇒ 20

Garidan looks at Nhakazarin
◆ EV: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22 vs standard DC for its level and vs Recall Knowledge DC
twice
◆ Recall more Knowledge with Esoteric Lore: 1d20 + 11 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 11 - 2 = 10

Garidan strides twice and peaks through the door.

I will be on vacation starting Friday for two weeks. Can't promise that I will regularly post from my phone.

Garidan tries to finish the first cultist, but has a hard time at it, because of the pain he just endured.

◆Scorpion Whip vs cultist: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 9 + 1 = 18
Slashing Damage: 1d4 + 3 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 + 3 = 10
◆Scorpion Whip vs cultist: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (14) + 9 + 1 - 5 = 19
Slashing Damage: 1d4 + 3 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 + 3 = 10

if cultist is dead
Garidan jumps onto the table.

Garidan Hemlock wrote:

but you don't need an action to sustain it. Its duration is 1 minute

But spending an action increases the range of the effect.

but you can increase Bless size for one action and Heal someone for 2d8+16 for two actions at 30 ft range.

Fort: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

but you don't need an action to sustain it. Its duration is 1 minute

@Hagrym: I asked this before, why don't you use the two-action version of Heal for 2d8+16???
or in this case, the three-action version to heal everyone and damage all enemies!?

Garidan ◆steps up towards the cultist, he totally recognized a few seconds ago. "What does Canker even mean? Maybe he's just noisy and it's actually called Clanker?"

◆Bon Mot vs Will DC: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28

Then he slashes at him and as with any undead, they really don't like holy water. So he will sprinkle a few drops of it on his new whip for that extra oomph.

◆Scorpion Whip vs cultist: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (12) + 9 = 21
Slashing Damage: 1d4 + 3 + 2 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 + 3 = 11

"Here we go!" Garidan ◆moves in and checks out the cultist. As he sees that he can't reach the cultists, he stops behind Mac and attacks the ghoul closest.

◆Exploit Vulnerability Cultist EV: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19 vs standard DC for its level and vs Recall Knowledge DC (+1 from lantern)

◆Scorpion Whip, blue: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 9 + 1 = 12

i botch all my attacks, but my Diplomacy I usually ace :D

"Greetings, Augrael. I am Garidan Hemlock. If you tell us, how long you've been here, we may determine what you will consider news. What are you doing here and what topic is of particular interest for you?"

Make Impression: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29

I thought Garidan would finish the negotiation after everyone opined. Moving on..

I'm sorry.

"Yes, we have a deal. We're here to help. At least anyone, who accepts it. Just a quick question, before we leave. What is behind the door that you're guarding so honorably?"

Then on to the mist elemental room

Garidan smiles friendly, surprised about this outcome. He would not want to decide about taking on this side quest alone, so he turns to his allies. "What do you think?"

"You're in a pretty bad spot aren't you? May I ask, what you got in return for signing this contract with Belcora? Surely, it can't be worth your services for such a long time? Have you ever considered that you fulfilled your duties? A clever law-savy man might argue that eternity does not actually mean eternity and that there's a reasonable time frame after her death that is considered enough. "
During his discussion Garidan had stepped in, but stayed out of reach.

Esoteric Lore: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20 Special attacks?

"Hell-o, Sir. Before we comply, what are the charges exactly? Because if this were an intrusion then we are wrongly accused. There was no indication of anything like that. No do-not-enter sign or the like. Who's property do you say we trespassed into?" Garidan starts to argue with the devil knowing they like this.
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30

Perception checks:

Garidan: 1d20+7
Hagrym: 1d20+9
Jon: 1d20+7
Mac: 1d20+9
Pen: 1d20+5

As you analyze the room, Mac's sharp senses detect a trap in the room. Pen, via his magical scans, determines that the trap is not of an arcane nature. Hagrym, through his religious studies, can sense the presence of s restless spirit in the room that is related to fire. He determines that there is a haunt in the room emanating from the hatch. He can use his religious studies to quell the spirits, as he enters the room.

[dice=Knowledge Religion]1d20+11

Hagrym commands the spirit to leave and is successful in citing to holy text and exorcising the spirit. The room is now safe to explore and you find a Ventriloquist's Ring buried in the ashes.

Quick note for the future, this is the description for my Lantern:

The lantern's magical light attempts to reveal the unseen. You and your allies in the lantern's area of bright light gain a +1 status bonus to visual Perception checks to notice anything that is also within the bright light, and a +1 status bonus to checks to Recall Knowledge against creatures within the bright light, as the light exposes their true natures. During exploration, even if you aren't Searching, the GM rolls a secret check for you to find traps, environmental hazards, haunts, and secrets (such as secret doors). The GM rolls each time a given hazard or secret comes within 20 feet of you and within the lantern's bright light. These effects have the divination, magical, and revelation traits.

so within 20 ft of me, we all get +1 to Perception and RK and I have the equivalent of 1e Trapfinding, i.e. secret auto-Searching checks.

"Puh. That hit hard. Sorry, Mac, for not going all in, but I was pissing my pants." Says a bleeding Garidan.
11 HP, after the latest healing spell

Sorry, forgot about the pick up. Thx. Oh man, 8 Damage on a 4d8.

Garidan does two two quick slashes then retreats. He is bleeding heavily.

◆Scorpion Whip: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 9 + 1 = 15
Slashing and Fire Damage: 1d4 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 2 = 9
◆Scorpion Whip: 1d20 + 9 + 1 - 5 ⇒ (19) + 9 + 1 - 5 = 24
Slashing and Fire Damage: 1d4 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 2 = 7

HP: 4

Sorry, guys. Real busy week over here.

Hagrym double moves to Pen’s side and uses a 2nd level heal spell on him.

Heal 2d8

why not use the two-action version, which saves striding and heals 2d8+16?

That is true for the potion, but not for the Scroll. I can draw and cast scrolls with my implement-holding hand. I dropped the whip for the potion, though

Garidan starts round 3

Garidan grabs his Scroll of Bless and casts it. It looks like reading the newspaper.

"I caught a splinter!" Garidan covers his pain with a laugh and ◆ retreats behind Pen.

◆◆ Take out and drink minor healing potion Healing: 1d8 ⇒ 7

Garidan walks into the room, staying just far enough away to have the golem in reach of his whip. When he slashes and makes his arcane symbols with his lantern, he also superheats his whip with his lanterns fire.

◆Scorpion Whip: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (2) + 9 = 11
Slashing and Fire Damage: 1d4 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 2 = 8

there really should be a benefit of rolling a Nat 20 on initiative...

Garidan casually checks the covers of the books. Maybe he recognizes some. of the writing or picturing. Similarly, he wonders what city is sculptured on the table.

While moving out of the room and picking up his lantern, Garidan suggests: "There was a hallway leading to a door from the tattoo guy's office. Let's head there next."

"Nasty little bugger, isn't it?" Garidan ◆ sets down the lantern to keep the light dim in the room and ◆ moves in, too. Standing next to the little creature, he decides to simply fetch it with his now free hand.

Grapple: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25

With Garidan's knowledge, Pen acts quickly and accordingly. With a mere thought Garidan steps back, so that only dim light shine into the room. Then he casts Guidance on Mac.

that's what my RK result should tell me

Garidan wonders about the strange fey creature and how it was able to disappear so quickly, after casting a spell at Jon.

◆ Esoteric Lore: 1d20 + 11 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 11 - 2 = 28 2nd Recall Knowledge about the Lurker's special abilities

Lore: Esoteric: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23
Garidan answers Pen's look with a whisper. "This is a insert by GM. I once met a druid that loved to hit the bottle. He had some weird fetishes and this over there was one of them." He points at the creature.