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Mine looks good; thanks!

Perform (oratory), day job: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26

Sorry for all the botting there at the end, GM. It was honestly just decision fatigue! Jon is not well-built for this scenario; I clearly need to add options as I level him up. He's so focused on mind-affecting, and even there one of his major tactics is murderous command, which is useless when there's just a single foe. He doesn't have disable device so couldn't even really help with the portal, and a hand-crossbow seems so underwhelming. Sorry!

Thanks for running!

Jon steps forward, making sure that the fetchling stays within range of his stare, then loads and fires his crossbow, more confident it will do damage against a soft fetchling than some strange ice construct.

Jon steps into the room to get a good eye on the situation. Ahhh, someone I can sink my mind into.... he thinks, grateful for an intellect to twist and warp. He stares at the fetchling, hypnotizing him and leaving him open to more pain as the expected attacks follow. He follows this with a psychic bane, hoping to dampen the fetchling's capabilities.

"Not many traps announce themselves... curious to see this one." Jon readies by the door with the others.

Jon moves forward to ensure that he's clearly visible to the icy construct. He keeps an eye on Xivio, waiting for a cue that the rogue needs aid to hide again; this time he'll just wave his arms and yell, instead of wasting a bolt.

Jon catches something in Xivio's motion, out of the corner of his eye, and he quickly loads a bolt and fires across the face of the construct. Flavor only, this is a Bluff check to distract, not an attack with the crossbow.

Before heading into the icy room, Jon conferences briefly with Xivio. "It sounds like you're our best chance of getting damage through this creature's defenses, so I'm going to implant a little extra defense into you. Just stare into my eyes and listen to the soothing sounds of my voice. There; that was it!" He grasps the rogue stiffly by the shoulders and then follows the group into the room.

Implanting the mesmeric mirror trick, which will trigger a single mirror image the first time Xivio is attacked.

Jon then readies his hand crossbow, and lets a bolt loose at the construct.

You almost certainly can do sneak attack damage; there's nothing inherent to a construct that makes them immune to precision damage.

"Well, I think we've met our objective, though there's still at least one area we didn't explore--there may be more prisoners there! We've got the Blakros sisters, but I'd hate to leave anyone else behind if we can help it."

Jon shrugs with chagrin. "Unfortunately, I won't be of much help against that ice monster. The best things I can do affect the mind, and that thing doesn't have one. I'm afraid I'd just be popping off these little bolts at it, and they don't seem like they'd do much."

Happy to aid in completing all the rooms, if that's what the party wants to do, but okay with calling it here as well; it doesn't sound like anybody was too confident of getting past the ice thing.

"Let's see if this key can free those prisoners; we can't trap them here when we destroy the magic!"

"One of those women might have the keys on them." Oliver comments as he and Tarragon stand by the northern door, waiting for the rest of the party.

"Those have to be the Blakros sisters; they're why we're here. Not likely they have the key, I'd think--they're as much captives as these are--but we need to find them all the same." Turning back to the prisoners, he asks "Did you see where they took the two women?"

Jon removes a skeleton key from his belt pouch, and tries it in the manacles lock. It was unlikely to work, but he'd been lucky before.

Disable Device, skeleton key: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11
Edit: skeleton keys are only for doors, oops

Bump! We have a time limit!

This is early notice that I will be on vacation from Wed 22 Jun through Mon 27 Jun. I will be camping at a music festival, and internet has historically been inaccessible via phones most of the time during the festival due to the amount of traffic. I don't expect that I will be able to post at all.

I will try to get a reminder post in right before I leave, but I might miss that in the rush to get going. Please feel free to bot Jon as needed starting Tuesday PM.

"Quickly!" Jon calls. "There are people here!" He grabs the key they used to open the door, and checks to see if it will open the manacles too. As he does, he begins questioning the mostly coherent victims. "Who are you? How did you get here? What can you tell us about your captors?"

Growing increasingly frustrated, Jon knows that this fire is still his best option. He gives the wand one more try, but it still sputters with barely a spark.

Jon gives his wand another try, being careful to pronounce the command word with the clearest diction he can muster. Unfortunately, he is left again with only a barest wisp of smoke emanating from the wand's tip.

Oops; Jon needs to roll UMD to cast from that wand!

Use Magic Device (activate wand) DC 20: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

No burning hands this round

Jon repeats the activation word he was told, but the wand remains inert in his hands. He shakes it a couple times and examines the tip, unsure of why it didn't discharge the spell.

Will DC 13: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Jon is able to maintain his composure in the face of the otherworldly howl, though it causes his mind to drift to the potion in his pocket.

Panicked is pretty all-encompassing, right? Jon has a potion of remove fear (for his emotion-based spellcasting); if panicked, would he be able to drink it, or is that beyond what he can do in that state?

Dispensing with the crossbow, Jon decides much stronger action is necessary. He retrieves a wand as he moves around the room, seeking a position from which he can discharge the spell contained within without affecting any Pathfinders.

Jon steps just inside the door to get better line-of-sight on the shadow dog. He fixes it in his gaze--reducing its willpower and increasing the pain it feels from the Pathfinders' attacks--before loading and firing his hand crossbow at it.

Hypnotic/Painful Stare: -2 to Will saves; 1/round, Jon can cause the mastiff to take 1 extra damage from a successful attack, which he'll trigger on the first successful attack after his stare (which may be his own, if it hits)

Fossorius wrote:

You never resolved my actions before this fight.

I am not sure what object reading you intended to perform, but it was just a skeleton of an ancient creature set to guard the building.

Are any of them dead? If so Fossorius will object-read one of the corpses to try to get a glimpse of who we are dealing with and then arrange the bodies to be retrieved when we leave.

This is the second time you've tried to use Object Reading. The first time the GM said they didn't understand what you meant.

You might want to include a link to the rules for Object Reading. Psychic stuff is rather obscure in Pathfinder, and not commonly used. I notice you don't have a character sheet in your profile, so there's not really anything for our GM to go by.

(Also, in this case, I don't see anything in the GM's description would lead me to believe that any of the prisoners were dead.)

"Truthfully, I'm more concerned about these people here. Can we help them before moving on?"

"Yes, we certainly should. This shadow/material overlay has me wondering what's real, but we should see these people out. I can't tell what's behind that door, but it's behind the door, and presumably will stay there unless we open it."

He approaches the figures the fetchlings were experimenting on and sees if he can free them.

Are they chained up or otherwise restrained?

Prize: 1d20 ⇒ 12

Jon listens at the door to the north, trying to identify the sound of the growling that Syco mentions.

Knowledge: 1d20 ⇒ 2 (arcana) +5; (local) +7; (religion) +5

Jon moves back, clearing away from the doorway, and fixes the fetchling with a malignant stare, sapping the being's willpower and looking for an opportunity to build pain on top of his allies' attacks.

Painful Stare: 1/round, Jon can cause red to take 1 extra damage from a successful attack; he'll trigger this on the first successful attack after his stare

Hi! I had a long weekend vacation, and just started a new job today--all while recovering from a broken leg--so still figuring out my posting rhythm. I forgot to post an announcement, sorry! I think it's likely I don't get a meaningful post in until tomorrow--Wed--so please bot anything you need from me in the meantime.

Thanks!

I made the following purchases for Jon Rooi in preparation for this session. If you note purchases on chronicles, please include these for Jon:

wand of burning hands (CL 3; 4 charges; 180 gp) from 5-08 The Confirmation
wand of summon monster II (10 charges; 900 gp) from 7-22 Bid for Alabastrine
cloak of resistance +1 (1000 gp)

A half-orc dashes up before the Pathfinders enter the museum. "Rocko! It's gotta be you, right? They said an oread with an owlbear. Well, you're not going to miss that, are you?" The man laughs at the strange pair, before huddling up with Rocko.

They mutter amongst themselves. The half-heard conversation and body language make it clear that Rocko was needed elsewhere, or this new guy was needed here; nobody can make out the cause or reasoning, but obviously this half-orc would be joining the team. Rocko gives the Pathfinders a polite nod and starts heading back towards the Grand Lodge.

Returning to Pathfinders with a more serious demeanor, the half-orc introduces himself. "Hi, I'm Jon. Sorry about that mix-up; I'm taking over for Rocko here. Can't believe this is what we're tasked to do, though...." he says, his voice trailing off. He wears the traditional dress and markings of a Shoanti, but his relaxed and familiar demeanor are that of someone very comfortable in a metropolis like Absalom.

This is Zin Z'arin's mesmerist, to replace Rocko William. GM, can you please remove Rocko William from the list of characters in this game? Thanks!

Looks good; thanks for the game!

Perform (oratory), day job: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23

Thanks for running! I'm glad we didn't spoil the scenario when we slaughtered the townspeople who were running from the monsters! That truly caught me by surprise!

"After all that, I think I should taste your whiskey!" Jon laughs, trying to find a chuckle amidst the devastation.

I'm leaving shortly for a weekend trip; I won't be able to post again until Monday morning.

Jon keeps watch at the door, leaving it cracked open to watch for Stefan's return. He readies an alchemist's fire in case he sees a ghoul instead of a Pathfinder.

Note: Stefan still has the mesmeric mirror trick implanted in him from earlier; mesmerist tricks don't expire unless they trigger or a new trick is implanted in someone.

Mesmeric Mirror: An illusory image appears near the subject to throw off attackers. The mesmerist can trigger this trick when the subject is attacked or becomes the target of a spell that requires an attack roll. One duplicate of the subject appears, and the attacker must determine randomly which it hits (as mirror image). For every 5 class levels the mesmerist possesses, one additional image appears, to a maximum of five images at 20th level. Each image lasts for 1 minute per mesmerist level or until destroyed. This is an illusion (figment) effect.

"Go," Jon encourages Stefan. "It left; I'll keep watch on this door and sound the alarm if any return."

Delay

Jon nods to Stefan. "That sounds good to me! I'll implant a trick to help you, too."

Jon returns to the window and begins firing at the ghoul pestering the southern door.

Jon looks both confused and disturbed. If what they were saying was true... What have I done?!? He moves away from the door with a cold whisper in a shaking voice. "I think we have to let them in."

Double Move: 35'

Jon throws open the shutters. "You're putting yourselves in a mess of hurt. Tell him, black cloak. You shouldn't be here tonight, right?" Fixing the man in the black cloak with his stare, he reaches into the man's mind and makes defending Jon's words the most important thing in his world.

Are the soldiers visible through a window, shutter, or slit between boards?

Jon glances around the room quickly, and locates the other two entrances. "If we have spare swords," he begins, "we should put them by those doors, just in case!" He rushes to the nearer one to make sure that it's secured.

Jon steps back from the shuttered window he'd been peering through and retrieves his hand crossbow, loading it quickly. "If anyone can do better than this little hand crossbow, feel free to take my spot!" He looks ready to step back and do what he can with the tiny weapon if nobody steps up instead.

Jon finds a window with shutters he can peer through, and tries to make out a leader amongst the mob. He fixes his gaze on that person and begins wiling down that person's mental defenses.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4 to pick out a leader; random target if unable to identify leader

He then twists something inside that person's mind, making their nearest ally appear to be a mortal enemy.

Windows aren't marked on the map, so I placed Jon's token in the middle of the room. Please place his token at a window within 30' of the crowd.

"Thank you! I think we have much to discuss."

Cliffhanger! If it suits, this would be a good point to take a brief break for the holidays, as I know many folks will be travelling or busy with events. We've made good progress, but still have the final act to go. I'd suggest we reconvene on January 2nd. Sound okay to everyone?

Thanks fine with me, though I'll actually become available after New Years on Jan 3 or 4.

Jon hands the bracers to Relgar so the gnome can inspect them. "Definitely magical, but I can't tell what they do."

Jon steps up as Relgar focuses on getting Shaggy situated, and studies Kurik's items for magic.

Casting detect magic

Knowledge (arcana): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
I'm assuming only the bracers are magic based on everything else showing signs of age; if I'm wrong, let me know if you need more checks.

Jon Rooi taps Stefan on the shoulder with a touch of guidance.

That probably won't be needed, but hey, it's what he was going to do anyway....

Jon steps back onto dry land and follows Stefan around to the other side, nearer the zombies.

Double move: 35'

Jon hops down into the deeper water beside Stefan and touches the skinwalker briefly on the shoulder, implanting a small mental trick in the man to protect him from the next attack.

Mesmeric Mirror: An illusory image appears near the subject to throw off attackers. The mesmerist can trigger this trick when the subject is attacked or becomes the target of a spell that requires an attack roll. One duplicate of the subject appears, and the attacker must determine randomly which it hits (as mirror image). For every 5 class levels the mesmerist possesses, one additional image appears, to a maximum of five images at 20th level. Each image lasts for 1 minute per mesmerist level or until destroyed. This is an illusion (figment) effect.

(Basically, the next time Stefan is attacked, a single mirror image pops out and the attacker has to roll 1d2 to see whether they hit Stefan or the image. The image persists for 1 minute after being triggered, or until it's "popped.")