Inga Blücher's page

Sign in shows Inga was going SLOW! on progression. Let me know if that was incorrect.

Derp! Yep, Inga's slow track. Totally forgot.

Noticed the gold piece reward on my chronicle is pretty low. Did we miss something valuable?

Wow. Very cool scenario.

A ton of thanks for GMing, TOZ, and a ton of thanks to my fellow players for an awesome game!

Some things sure were confusing at first (and slightly frustrating), but it all made sense near the end.

Just to be sure...
It was Jathyl that stole the manuscript, right? She must've done it while in ghost form to get past the defenses.

Oh! And what was up with the statue in the likeness of Estarra?

Happy Thanksgiving, US friends!

@TOZ: I just realized I still have another faction mission to complete...

Inga finds Pradnyara and approaches the paladin.
"Excuse me, Pradnyara." she says with a polite curtsy.
"Is there a priestess by the name of Isa here? I must speak with her, if possible."

We can just quick time it, if you want. Is it just a diplomacy (gather info) check?

"Interesting," Inga muses about the underground tunnel.

"It leads from the barracks to the food storage? A great way for the monks to sneak a midnight snack, I suppose."

So, is there anything more for us to do? We have all the parts of the manuscript and Inga has the proof she needs of the ship's demise for her faction mission. I think that's it, right?"

Didn't we want to plant a new pine tree?

Daedin did. The seeds from the pinecone.

We should check that tunnel below the complex. I think Skivven only got about halfway down there.

Thankfully, Inga detects no undead hiding in the outhouse.

Inga's entourage peeks around the corner into the little garden.

Suddenly, Smörboll, Jeeves, and Junia make a mad dash to the privy, all shouting, "Me first!!! Me first!!!"

Thankfully, Inga detects no undead hiding in the outhouse.

Lol! I thought it was an altar in a little Zen garden.

Edit: I guess you can say it's a "throne."

Inga casts detect undead from the center of the small garden. She scans the area for several moments (3 rounds).

Bit of Luck rerolls:
Spellcraft & guidance: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 10 + 1 = 18
Spellcraft, guidance, GM Stars: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 10 + 1 + 4 = 18
Wow. Just... wow.

"I sense the spirits don't want us to know what magic this wand contains. We'll just need to find someone back at the Lodge to identify this wand for us."

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"Well, now that that's all finished, I'd like to check out that little garden with the stone path in the southeast corner of the complex."

I moved Inga & Klaus' icons to the entrance of the area I'd like to check. That area has been on my mind since we entered the complex.

Oh. And I'm sure Inga's fly spell has worn off by now. I removed her wings.

Ah! Never used my reroll!
Spellcraft, guidance, GM Stars: 1d20 + 10 + 1 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 10 + 1 + 4 = 20
How much for Bit of Luck from Grunjar?

Once back to the mainland of Nex, Inga wheels and deals with various merchants to expand her caravan route.
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30 75 gp

Woot! Party time on Inga's caravan!

Inga is beyond flabbergasted after the tree is burned down and the secret compartment underneath is revealed.
"What? How?... How did you all know?"

Inga casts guidance on herself, then detect magic, and attempts to identify the wand...
Spellcraft & guidance: 1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 10 + 1 = 13
Ugh.

Junia steps forward to get a good look.
"It is a cute pinecone," she remarks.

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"Wonderful. Jathyl has finally been put to rest. I hope she has a speedy journey to the afterlife." Inga says with an expression of relief and a bit of sadness.

"Wait. It looks like we got everything down, except that." Inga points up at the ship's prow sticking out from the tree.
"I need to take that back home with me. I know it seems silly, but, it is somewhat important."

If I understand correctly, dryads protect all trees but each has a particular tree of their own; we know this one is Jathyl’s and perhaps her attachment to it is what keeps bringing her back. If it’s gone, maybe she can rest…”

"I sure am going to feel terrible if we're wrong about burning down the tree. Before we set it ablaze, let's put the three parts of the manuscript together and see what we can glean from its contents. There might be some information about putting Jathyl to rest permanently."

I'm just wondering if we got all those scrolls from the tree. I think there was also a section of the book up there too, right?

"Sure. No problem."
Inga soars up and casts detect magic on the upper reaches of the tree.

Did we remove the scrolls and last section of the book from the tree? It's been so long I can't remember and I can't find the post.

Daedîn, clearly disappointed in not finding any pine cones, nods to Skivven and Inga. ”Have we gotten everything we need off that tree/column? If so, since I can find no seed to plant, I think we should burn it. if I understand correctly, dryads protect all trees but each has a particular tree of their own; we know this one is Jathyl’s and perhaps her attachment to it is what keeps bringing her back. If it’s gone, maybe she can rest…”

Inga turns to Daedin, a finger on her lips in thought...

Inga turns to Pradnyara, expecting a response.

Inga calls up to Skivven while he's in the tree.
"Are some of the items up there stuck to the tree with sap? There might be something in the kitchen we can use as a solvent to dissolve the sap. Alcohol or something? Hot water?"

"Let's get the final part of that torn manuscript and do some research. There might be clues to lead us to wherever that wand might be. Or just continue searching."

What all have we gotten down from the tree? We haven't gotten anything yet, right? Maybe just the magical bow?

"Thank the spirits that's over." Inga says with a sigh of relief. She takes a moment to switch Klaus back to ectoplasmic form.

She then helps anywhere she's needed: healing allies or putting out the fire.

"We're going to need to find a way to put Jathyl to rest permanently. I think we need to find her wand or look for clues in the pieces of that torn book."

Inga has a wand of lesser restoration with 6 charges. She's willing to expend 2 charges on Drusilla, if needed.

With her great orc hornbow still in hand and a clear shot at Jathyl, Inga peeks from around the support wall and fires two ghost-salt arrows at the ghost.
Stealth: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18

+1 Holy Adaptive Orc Hornbow: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
piercing: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 2) + 1 = 9
holy: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 1) = 6

+1 Holy Adaptive Orc Hornbow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
piercing: 2d6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 4) + 1 = 11
holy: 2d6 ⇒ (5, 1) = 6

Inga wrinkles her nose in disappointment.
"Humph. Maybe I'm better off just casting spells."

Regarding the current rounds of 5 & 6, does Klaus go before Inga (to finish up round 5) or vice versa?

Ah. It is ready...
"The ready action lets you prepare to take an action later, after your turn is over but before your next one has begun. Readying is a standard action. It does not provoke an attack of opportunity (though the action that you ready might do so)."

Ok. He got turned to incorporeal form, then waited until Inga could cast a spell on him.

I think I got lost on initiative counts.

Inga Blücher wrote:

Klaus only took a move action last turn so that he could delay and go either before or after Inga.

I'm not sure what this would accomplish, but you cannot move and then delay, only ready, so the best Klaus could do is ready another move action, not a charge. I'll resolve it as his full round action on his normal turn.

Edit: Ooh, and now the headache of two incorporeal creatures attacking each other and determining PA on touch attacks.

Oops. I think I meant ready. I'll have to review the rules again.

I thought I could do a single move action to do whatever it is to change order in initiative.

Klaus only took a move action last turn so that he could delay and go either before or after Inga.

Hearing the grunts and voices of Daedin, Drusilla, and Grunjar in battle across the courtyard, Inga peeks out from behind the wall. She can see them in battle with Jathyl.

Inga reaches over and imagines Klaus protected by shimmering, blue light. A shield of force, shaped like a disc, appears and hovers in front of him. She stays hidden behind the support wall.
+4 shield bonus to AC & applies against incorporeal touch attacks, since it is a force effect.

Inga narrows her eyes and glares at Jathyl.
"Destroy her, my love," she says to Klaus.

"Time to put Jathyl to rest, Klaus. Let's help the others put an end to her existence."

Klaus nods, puffing out his chest.
"Yeah. I ain't afraid of no ghost," he says with a snarl.

Full round action to convert Klaus to incorporeal form.

Sorry, all. Busy day at work and will soon be going out for Halloween. I'll post tomorrow.

Drusilla & Estarra still need to post anyway.

Happy Halloween, everyone!

Inga snaps her fingers to get Pradnyara's attention and quietly calls out to her,
"Psst! Pradnyara! Take care of this monk. He's badly burned," she points to the monk on the ground below her. "I'm going to fly over there to check on things." she points in Klaus' direction.

Using a burst of speed from the blessing, she quietly flutters over to the support wall near Grunjar, "Hi, Grunjar," hoping the ghost doesn't notice her.
Stealth: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20

Once behind the wall, she envisions a shimmering blue disc of force in her mind. With a wiggle of her nose, a shield of force suddenly appears hovering in front of her. She peeks around the wall and can see Drusilla in melee with the ghost.

Cast shield, +4 AC. Noted in header.

Uh oh. Did a bad monk just move up to Inga? Does he look hostile towards her or is he just moving away from the fire?

Ok, thanks you!

Ah. Klaus still has a turn.

Sorry, I'm a bit lost. Inga & Klaus only took move actions on their last turns, correct? And Klaus is still in incorporeal form?

Let the phantom fist fight begin!

This might happen.

Inga was considering casting calm spirit, however, I figured everyone was going to attack Jathyl anyway. (Seems like we have a few teammates with itchy trigger fingers.)

No cold resistance. Strangely, he's not considered undead. Looks like incorporeal would give half damage from a magic, corporeal source.

An incorporeal creature has no physical body. It can be harmed only by other incorporeal creatures, magic weapons or creatures that strike as magic weapons, and spells, spell-like abilities, or supernatural abilities. It is immune to all nonmagical attack forms. Even when hit by spells or magic weapons, it takes only half damage from a corporeal source.

I keep forgetting he has DR 5/slashing and magic while in ectoplasmic form, though.

That works. Thanks.

Does Klaus take damage while incorporeal from the ice storm? Half damage? No damage?

Huh. I meant to transform Klaus after running over there to help knock down the wall. Any chance of doing the transform on the second round, after they run over there before the ice storm is cast?

Inga & Klaus don't take any damage from the ice storm. I mentioned in this post that the two were running towards the fire. I just never moved their icons on the map, but, I did now.

Is there water in that pond in the middle of the courtyard?

Inga doesn't need a well. There's already a small pond in the middle of the courtyard. Her plan was to find a bucket or some sort of container to mage hand buckets of water to the fire, if possible. However...

Inga and Klaus get closer with Klaus definitely keeping his distance from the blaze. The gaze in awe at the flames enveloping the workshop.
Inga Survival: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (17) + 9 = 26
Klaus Survival: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (1) + 12 = 13
Klaus is very emotionally distracted by the harmful flames.
"No. No. Fire. Fire bad." he moans softly.

"The wall!!!" Inga shouts. "Tear down the eastern wall to isolate the workshop from the rest of the building! The wind will blow the flames westward!"

"Klaus, you're going to need to help us here!" she calls out in desperation.

Full round action to convert Klaus to ectoplasmic form.

"A fire!?!" Inga's eyes go wide in shock as she looks towards the front gates.
"Oh, no!!! A fire!!!"

Klaus goes full-on panic mode.
"F-F-F-FIRE!?! No, no, no, no, no!!!" He shouts, flying around in little, panicked circles with his arms flailing.

"It's OK, Klaus. Just don't get too close to it." Inga tries to calm the phantom.
"Klaus was burned pretty badly when his family's barn burned down when he was a child," she informs her teammates.

Inga runs toward the workshop with Klaus reluctantly following.
"I hope you have create water available, Grunjar!"

Are there any buckets nearby? Any certain checks we need to make to help put out the fire?

"Skivven, would you mind putting a cork in that smoking bottle? Do we really need it anymore?" Inga asks while waving smoke from her face.

"Should we search around this room? I am a bit anxious to head to the library to find out more about Jathyl."

While flying, Inga will assist Skivven with getting the items down from the tree.

"Mmm-hmm." Inga nods in agreement as she flies over to the paladin.

"I have an idea, Pradnyara. If you can detect evil while I detect undead, we should continuously scan the area to try to find her."

Inga will keep fly spell active for entire duration (10 minutes) & keep Klaus in incorporeal form.

Inga's eyes close, and she begins to chant in a mysterious, meditative cadence. As she does, Klaus's ectoplasmic form starts to wane, gradually becoming insubstantial, taking on a ghostly semblance.

With a sly curl of his lip, Klaus flashes a devilish grin and effortlessly ascends into the air, hovering near the ceiling next to Inga.

They both wait for the massive worm to reappear.

Full round action to change Klaus' form to incorporeal.

7 rounds of Haste remaining. 5 rounds of greater invis. remaining.

"Spread out, everyone!!!" Inga shouts to her teammates.
"It might burrow up underneath one of us!"

"Klaus, hurry to the alcove to the library!"
Inga casts fly on herself and soars above Klaus' head as the two make haste to the northwestern alcove.
"Drusilla!!! RUUUUUN!!!"

"Klaus, switch spots with me so I can get next to Daedin," Inga instructs.

"As you wish," Klaus replies with a nod.

Inga moves beside Daedin, withdrawing her wand of greater invisibility. She utters the command word and taps the rogue with the wand, causing him to vanish completely. The magical birch twig turns to ash and crumbles in her hand.
Drop empty wand as free action.

"I'm sure you'll make excellent use of being invisible," she says, her expression content and satisfied.

9 rounds of Haste remaining. 7 rounds of greater invis. remaining.

Hey, team. I need some suggestions!

I have plenty of options but limited to actions/round. I have 1 charge left on my greater invisibility wand. Inga could run up to Drusilla and give her tap, but, Inga would need to cast her own invisibility on herself. Or displacement, or mirror image. Inga could cast confusion on the worm, but, I don't know if mind-affecting spells will work on it. I think someone would need to succeed on an identify check.

I could turn Klaus incorporeal (takes a full round, though) to deliver the stricken heart spell to hopefully make the worm staggered. Probably wouldn't make that much of a difference, though.

Any suggestions? Take a look at Inga's profile for spells, scrolls, wands, etc...

The eversmoking bottle calls out that it is the same as an efreeti bottle but only smokes.

Where does it say it's the same?

Edit: As an item with only a CL 3, it should just mimic the effects of obscuring mist, not the Noxious fumes of an item that's CL 14.

Just my 2 cp.

AoO? Inga & Klaus got to react before the worm so it's still flat-footed, right?

But, yeah, we have the smoke screen too.

"What in the great spirits is that!?!" Inga reels in shock as the great worm bursts from the ground. She tries to recall if she has learned anything about these things in the past.
Know: Arcana: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8
Lol. Nope. Will post actions soon.

"Yeah... I don't think I've ever heard a bard sing an ode or a sonnet about humongous purple worms."

Inga imagines a swiftly moving stream, her thoughts psychically enhancing her teammates with a burst of speed.
Casting Haste!

"Klaus! Stay with me!” she shouts over the din of the crumbling ground pulled up by the great worm as she tugs at his arm.

Klaus looks up in awe at the massive worm.
"Right. I'm with you, Inga."

Moving along the eastern wall, she unslings the exotic orc hornbow from her back and gets in a spot along the north wall with Klaus at her side.