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"Vengeance may feel better in the moment- but the cleansing of a holy ritual may clear the very soul itself."

A crack sounds right next to Edmund’s ear.

”Bite your tongue before I bite it for you! I know what I said Now step aside while I show you how a real woman does it!”

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 32 ”Is the stick sexually attracted to Izabela?” he asks sarcastically.

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t play the scenario based on this choice, but...

Izabela has a look of concern in her eyes—they dart from Valais to the fallen demon over and over again. The Calistrian is dumbstruck at the azata’s question—her grip tightens around Apocrita and she realizes her answer: she’s a Calistrian.

Izabela’s posture raises back up and she looks beyond the azata, answering his question but not necessarily speaking to him.

”Demon-hunting or archon-persuading? My answer is this: I don’t care. I don’t care whatever choice is made,” Izabela moves swiftly, lashing with her weapon with a loud crack that makes everyone flinch. She meets the azata’s gaze, her eyes filled with absolute fury. ”As long as Thurl’s head goes on a pike for what he’s done!!!”

"Let's do this quickly! The faster we finish this the faster we can get out of this hell-hole. 'Abyss-hole'? Whatever the correct syntax is, I just don't wanna be in this gods-forsaken place anymore!"

”Gotcha!”

Lunge and full-attack

Haste: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (18) + 24 = 42
Damage: 1d6 + 14 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 14 + (3, 3) = 251d6 ⇒ 6

Primary: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (9) + 24 = 33
Damage: 1d6 + 14 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 14 + (1, 2) = 221d6 ⇒ 2

Secondary: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (9) + 19 = 28
Damage: 1d6 + 14 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 14 + (6, 3) = 291d6 ⇒ 6

Bah! I didn’t notice that the thing stepped away last round! My own fault for not paying attention.

Will: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31

Izabela moves over and lashes out at Laktharis! Using Lunge—we already determined that I can hit it from the ground

Whip: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (1) + 24 = 25 Oh for Pete's sake!

BTW, my Paizo account was doing something really screwy and refused to acknowledge that I was signed into my account—took me about half-an-hour to get this one post actually up. Anyone else facing that issue?

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Isn't glitterdust a Will save, not a Reflex?

Izabela shifts her gaze between Valais and the flying demon and curses under her breath--the Varisian is caught between enacting her own vengeance and Valais's struggle! The wasp's abdomen appears once more at the end of Izabela's whip and a wasp once more materializes and lands on the back of her hand as Izabela's clothing tightens to the point that it seems as if her entire...ahem being seems about ready to pop out of her black-and-yellow suit! Spend Fervor to activate Sacred Weapon (for the Vicious weapon quality) and Sacred Armor in the same swift action)

Izabela cracks her whip in the direction of the struggling Valais to get the stitched-demon's attention.

"Valais! Your vengeance is misguided! We are your friends--Thurl is your enemy! Direct your rage not towards us, but towards this creature! It is Thurl's proxy, not Kije!"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (2) + 15 = 17 +4 if Valais could be sexually attracted to Izabela (she was once human, so it's possible)

Izabela grits her teeth in anger.

"I don't care what you think! We just had to go through Hell, Abbadon, and the Abyss to get to this point! Your gods-damned chambers have been the bane of my existence for too long! You die here!"

The vengeance of the Savored Sting courses through Izabela's veins as her whip glows once more Fervor to cast divine favor.

She moves towards the thing and cracks her whip at it! 5' tall, 15' whip, and Lunge for another 5' of reach, so I'll be able to hit this thing!

Whip: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (1) + 24 = 25
Damage: 1d6 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17

Facepalm

But Izabela's rage blinds her aim and she goes wide with her whip...

I’m pretty much assuming that there’s a pseudo-Initiative, so I’m doing my actions on a round-by-round basis.

Izabela picks up her whip She stopped it because she rolled a horrible trip attempt and moves into the room.

Next Round: Izabela will try to trip Tiki off of Kiti don’t know if I can, but I’m definitely gonna try!

Trip: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (12) + 17 = 29

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31
Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

Well, I can’t go in there...

Seeing everybody move seemingly against their own will, Izabela puts 2 and 2 together, steps, and tries to trip Rose to hinder her movement.

Trip: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (1) + 17 = 18

+7 BAB, +6 Dex (Using whip with Weapon Finesse), -1 size, +3 enhancement, +2 (Greater) Weapon Focus

NEVERMIND!!!

GM, I completely understand. Wow. That is much worse than I could have imagined the result to be. :-(

Really? With how “turn around and bend over” this dungeon has been, I’m not surprised in the slightest, and that’s coming from the guy playing the prostitute.

As for the guidance ruling: while harshly (but effectively) delivered I reluctantly have to agree—we had no reason to believe that the door was trapped because as far as we knew it wasn’t, so it would technically be no different than opening the door to a tavern.

Not trying to minimize Enora getting her hand chopped off—that really sucks—but that the GM in me has to side with Picatrix on this one.

That said, I’m good with my position.

I will be the first (and certainly not the last) to say this: F**k! This! Dungeon!

Izabela will cast Bear's Endurance and Shield of Faith

"Seems like it. Hey, Kije? Mind taking me down a peg?" Asking for reduce person

Izabela snickers and smirks very...suggestively.

"Wouldn't be the first man I've walked on."

If the gem is within 15' of the ground then Izabela won't actually need to jump, because somehow you can lunge straight up.

"Seems there was nothing in here after all. Let's check out those double doors, they seem important."

Izabela smacks Rose upside the head.

”There’s your guidance.”

Spellcraft 1: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23
Spellcraft 2: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (17) + 13 = 30

"There's a wand of Shadow Conjuration stuck in there, but it's going to be interesting to get the stick out of the hole pun intended As for that purple gem: I have no clue."

With a shrug, Izabela follows closely behind Rose.

”Look, if we go through the other door, then we’ll have to deal with what’s in there too! And some of us have already been hindered, so we’d be doubly hindered—so man up!”

My character’s lack of eloquence aside, the other door had illusion on it, and I’m afraid that we’d run into a phantasmal killer down there (I wouldn’t be surprised with this place)—plus, we don’t know if the blade barrier trap is disabled; OR if that door actually leads to a room or is just illusion itself. Honestly, we’ve been stalling for way too long and we just need to pick something and go with it! (But man this scenario screws parties without Trapfinding).

You can learn historical significance, but nothing truly useful because Izabela was the last person to use it. Curse Izabela’s capriciousness!

FYI

Facepalm Can we just assume that Izabela will keep slapping people until they make their saves?

Izabela shrugs and happily slaps Edmund.

Izabela continues holding out the shard for Rose. When Rose doesn’t take it she forcefully waves it in front of Rose’s face—and when she doesn’t take it again Izabela slaps her across the face in annoyance. Hoping that that’ll grant a new save or something...

Izabela scowls but reluctantly hands over the shard to Rose.

You can learn historical significance, but nothing truly useful because Izabela was the last person to use it. Curse Izabela’s capriciousness!

Will: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29

Whip: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (20) + 18 = 38 Not a nat 1

Without much forethought and planning--and definitely no explanation--Izabela grabs the shard with her whip and inserts it into her wayfinder.

Man, I need to remember that part of Improved Whip Mastery more often.

Izabela, barely even noticing her wounds, casts a spell and they close. Converting a shield of fortification into cure moderate before she opens the door.

Heal: 2d8 + 7 ⇒ (6, 4) + 7 = 17

Done. I definitely shouldn’t be in the front, but that was the closest that I could be to do what I did.

Izabela nods. She lunges at the door from 15’ away and uses 5’ of her whip to grasp at the handle and then pulls open the door, releasing the whip’s grasp on the door once it’s open. Use of Improved Whip Mastery combined with Lunge to increase my reach.

After far too long of madding silence, Izabela finally explodes.

"Okay, what the hell are we going to do?! We can't just sit here in this cramped little room waiting for something to come find us! Enora, you said the door down there has illusion magic on it? Then it may be, oh I don't know, an illusion! So let's not go there. That leaves either going back into the giant hallway of 'Hell No' or going through that door over there. Personally, I'd rather go through that door than risk going back down that hallway. Now, move you lazy idiots!!!"

Also, why were the DCs to detect the schools of magic all different? Isn't it always DC 20? Oh, would you look at that? I'm wrong.

Just gonna let you guys know about something Picatrix said about today in another PbP he's running for me:

I'm leaving for a long-ish hike in a few and I won't update...until I'm back.

That's not how that works, Rose. You need to have the Trapfinding class feature to disable magical traps, period.

I'm fine with that, but I targeted the general area around us, so if there were another spell effect in place, then it would also need to also be in that area (like in the unlikely circumstance that there were also a Fog Cloud)

Moving to Discussion for a moment.

So the trigger is in the same exact place as the Blade Barrier?

I'm not dispelling the trap, I'm dispelling the trap's effect, i.e. Blade Barrier.

Izabela rolls her eyes as she searches Kije's not-dead body for his wand of cure light wounds and taps him enough times to bring him back to consciousness.

Healing: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Healing: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Healing: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

"You owe me.

Reflex: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30

"Enough of this!"

Izabela casts Dispel Magic

Caster Level Check vs DC 11+CL: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25 Based on the number of dice, I think it was CL 11 :)

Will: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24 Any flavor for the will save?

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Fort: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20
Fort: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

Izabela reads the script on the statue and scowls.

”I can’t read a damn thing! Rose! What does this say?!”

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

But that’s the first time she hasn’t gone demonic. Odd.

”Well, if we’re done gawking then let’s go!”

”Left” in this case means up on the map.

Izabela reaches down for her whip and strokes it, whispering words of concern like one would do with a pet. She briefly glances into the adjacent hallway, completely ignoring the murals.

”So, left or right, gentlemen?”

• Player characters can’t pool Prestige Points to obtain more expensive boons or services, even if they are members of the same faction.
• Prestige Points are designed to be spent by characters on themselves.

Emphasis: mine.

@Tiki: Succubi will do it with anything. 'Nuff said.

In all seriousness, though, I honestly can't find any way that the creature could have been played more by-the-book. Sorry, Tiki...

Oh...crap, you're right. Well, there was nothing Izabela could do to help you out there, Tiki...Silver lining, though: Tiki's dead body doesn't provide cover. (I'm trying my best to make a good situation out of this but I can't!)

Technically, the constrict damage would happen when it hits with its first slam attack, since it auto-grapples and constricts upon immediately grappling, so it's more likely that it would stop attacking after Tiki went unconcious.

Izabela's mind slings back to that time: a horde of demons descending upon her and her companions as all hope seemed to be lost.

Her face twists into a combination of fear and rage as she pushes in front of Rose--her personality washing away into a side of herself that her companions have yet to see.

Die you gods-damned monstrosity!!!

Activates her Sacred Weapon to make her whip a +4 Vicious Whip.

Whip: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (20) + 19 = 39
Damage w/Vicious: 1d8 + 12 + 2d6 ⇒ (4) + 12 + (6, 4) = 261d6 ⇒ 5
Reflex: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (10) + 11 = 21

Confirmation: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (6) + 19 = 25
Crit Damage: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18

Izabela's whip seems to shimmer and move far swifter than any human reaction should be able to as she forces the powers of the realm dreams into the Material Plane. Activating her Impossible Feat boon, allows her to add 1d6 to her Reflex save--if she rolls a 6 then she adds another d6 (up to 3d6)

Impossible Feat: 1d6 ⇒ 3

...Folio reroll!

Reflex w/2 GM Stars: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16

...but Izabela's whip gets stuck nonetheless... Whelp, I tried!

Boon: 1d20 ⇒ 15

Oddly enough, Strength damage doesn’t affect carrying capacity.

Will: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

When faces with darkness Izabela always casts Light on her whip.