Lucija Lal Rani's page

Lord Percy and Boffins possibly notice the faintest whishing of earth and air as Lucija's unseen servant meekly shuffles in from behind - but they could be forgiven for being distracted from such subtleties when, at yet another of Lucija's booming, megalomaniacal commands to the Great Beyond, four lengths of otherworldly chain of some blood-colored, crystal-metal amalgam, burst out of the ground around the hapless (and earless) bugbear and commence shredding him like bloodthirsty tube-worms!

barbed chain to trip: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (18) + 17 = 35
barbed chain to damage: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (13) + 17 = 30
slashing damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3
barbed chain to damage: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23
slashing damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5
barbed chain to damage: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (14) + 17 = 31
slashing damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

I'm pretty sure those all hit (especially with prone bonus), so:
make *4* DC 20 Will saves, and if you fail even one, be shaken for: 1d4 ⇒ 4 rounds!

"Short-sighted imbeciles," Sniffs Lucija as Naghamadi (double-moves and) ferries her toward the front, where she is content to rely on one of her oldest and simplest tricks, pelting the hapless goblinoid with a spray of otherworldly acid.

acid splash, melee penalty, power focus for +1 damage: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21 Please remind me if I am forgetting anything
acid damage: 1d3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Sorry, somewhat busy Saturday.

Lucija primes her crossbow for the creature's return, looking into the sheen of Naghamadi's eyes...

There is a moment of (quite literally) low comedy as the Medusa teleports out of the pit, only to fall back in agaaain...!

Oh look Frodo, MORE falling damage: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 6, 6) = 16

Yes, but now she's in danger of falling back in.

In addition to needing answers to the above, I must also point out that both Shau and Medusa presently still have a pit-problem:

...The edges of the pit are sloped, and any creature ending its turn on a square adjacent to the pit must make a Reflex saving throw with a +2 bonus to avoid falling into it. Creatures subjected to an effect intended to push them into the pit (such as bull rush) do not get a saving throw to avoid falling in if they are affected by the pushing effect.

Also, it appears that the action is presently taking place in a walled-off area; I cannot entirely tell how much of an obstacle those walls are supposed to be, and it matters for my weasels, not to mention line of sight - and why is that one ape-cultist still on the board? I thought we'd taken care of him.

Ultra-sorry, busy few weeks, please see Discussion.

Can you please verify that my dimensions (so to speak) on that pit are correct? I never quite had a handle on those.

If someone knows where to find some area-template stencils and put them on one of the slides, so much the better.

Also, are haste and prayer still active?

Will save, prayer, Greater Shield: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28

Lucija rebuffs the spell out of sheer principle; she has no interest in becoming someone else's work of art again.

Knowledge (Nature), prayer: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14

"Down with you!" She snaps (with both mouth and fingers) - and with a stony shriek, a great chasm opens beneath their latest assailant!

DC 21 Reflex save or take falling damage!: 3d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 6) = 13

Lucija, after some mental notes about the carnage before her (she now has several new ideas for paintings), draws a wand she's never used before: What appears to be a stylized model of The Abyss, formed from numerous rings of platinum, gold, silver, copper and randomly studded with tiny citrines, iolites, rhodolites, and tsavorites. She peers through the hole at the top.

wand of lucky number: 1d20 ⇒ 10

River of Stars, perhaps I'm not reading you right, but:

River rushes to Mörök's side, pushing past the fire weasels. Provoking two AoOs if they have them available I think? I've put his path on the map

You DO realize the pyroweasels are MINE, right? Why would they AoO YOU?

I mean, I may be Chaotic, but not like THAT...

Knowledge (Planes) RE ape?: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 34 If it's something else, let me know; I have them all, but with lower modifiers.

...while Lucija herself laughs and applauds the newcomer before greeting it more formally with a potshot from her specially-enchanted crossbow, 'Dragonseye' (and reloads as a move action).

'Dragonseye' (+1 Planar Flaming Darkwood Light Crossbow), haste, prayer: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32
enchanted piercing damage, plus fire: 1d6 + 2 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 2 + (4) = 9

Lucija Lal Rani is not done with these foolish interlopers yet, oh no; from her view of the proceedings above, she attempts to bind them as she warps the fabric of the Prime Material itself around them (Will DC 20 to resist)!

...while the air near Lucija begins to spark, crackle, and shriek as she once again bids the walls of the planes themselves yield to her designs...summon monster IV this time.

Meanwile, a soft shuffling along the ground nearby indicates her unseen servant is also still with them.

Depending on the specifics of the encounter, I may want Naghamadi and I to act on the same initiative; some DMs don't even bother rolling separately for him and his like, but given the large disparity between his initiative bonus and mine, there could be advantages sometimes.

Normally it just means update the browser, you using chrome?

Yes I am, actually.

Mind you, I've since discovered that, on another computer I have that runs Windows 10 and on which I use Brave, it works fine...so failing all else, I can use that to access the interface when I need to (even though that's not my preferred computer).

Aaaand...JFC, clearly I was too worried I'd fallen behind! Remind me, DM: If a character delays until later in the round, does its initiative stay lower?

OK, so as I've said before, I have a major new problem of not being able to use the toolbar on GoogleDocs anymore because it says my browser needs an "upgrade" - trouble is, I don't know what it is that needs to be upgraded, nor if I can, or even would consider it worth the cost (and I don't just mean monetarily; if Google and/or Microsoft wants me to bend over for even more normalized spyware or just to keep using it, then to hell with that and them!).

I can copy and paste images, but I can't really do anything else; no writing (so I can't indicate that Lucija and Naghamadi should presently be about 30' in the air, for example), no marks, I can't even magnify to get a better view!

It says. Follow him

Lucija repays the idol's cheeky reply with a surprisingly strong-handed slap. "Really, is that any way to behave on your first day out!?" She bellows at it before returning to her quarters to pout for a time.

Back To The Present:

When Lucija returns, she is once again aloft astride Naghamadi, who somehow appears only a little the worse for wear despite the punishment he'd taken before.

Summoned back at 34 hit points, plus we'll assume this had been done for him in the interim:

lesser rejuvenate Eidolon: 1d10 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
Tessara's Healing Hex: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (7, 2) + 10 = 19

Meanwhile, the faintest shuffling on the ground behind the others suggests her unseen servant remains among them as well, for the time being.

Knowledge (Nature): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24

Lucija recognizes the rare flowers with ease, but she seems much more taken with the inherent magic of the Maze, and the statue-garden.

“The attackers fled into no ordinary hedge maze, Eliza says. The Lodge’s books call it the Maze of the Open Road, and my own investigations reveal that it contains portals that connect to sites all over Golarion. It’s been here for centuries, and it’s extremely dangerous...

Lucija's eyes widen at this revelation, then take on a greedy glint as she looks as best she can in the Maze's direction.

Before you follow the Red Raven into the Maze of the Open Road, we should investigate the scene of the crime and see what can be learned. There’s no telling where the Raven wandered off to inside the Maze. If you’re to follow him, you’d best do so with as much information as possible.

Upon Eliza's conclusion, she makes a broad, rolling "keep going" sort of motion with her hand.

"You knew about that all this time, it has been here for centuries, and that is all you can tell us???"

Suddenly, though, her hand-motion segues into an alarmingly loud finger-snap. She conjures an unseen servant and orders it to fetch her things from her room; when it does, she produces the darnedest thing: A golden idol shaped like a tubby 3-eyed anthropoid. She places it on a convenient surface and looks it in the third eye.

"How best shall we hunt down the Red Raven and his minions?" She asks it.

Healing Hex: 2d8 + 10 ⇒ (3, 6) + 10 = 19

Lucija snaps her fingers dismissively, and the Octopus of Doom returns through another crackling portal whence it came.

Almost as though it were an afterthought, she approaches Tessara with what is actually a fairly nasty-looking arrow-wound.

Everyone is up. Lucija is fairly sure that was a teleport.

As in, teleport?

...while Lucija watches her handiwork play out with eager satisfaction.

ALSO!:
Spellcraft to identify how Cale teleported away?: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (3) + 20 = 23
Depending on the answer, I might have something else to do as well.

HOLD IT!:

Fifty percent miss chances on two tentacles attacking Cale that could hit (low=hit) Displacement

d100 d100

Cale teleports away with the Pale Maiden, leaving his minions to their fate.

3. Cale has 3 arms* to contend with. Also, unless her armor class is surprisingly good, the (other) Gnome's been poisoned.

* = Octopuses don't have tentacles!

Just in case there's anyone still there to be hurt by it:

wall of fire, saltpeter, Pyromaniac: 2d6 + 14 ⇒ (6, 6) + 14 = 26
heat wave 10 feet west, saltpeter: 2d4 + 1 ⇒ (4, 3) + 1 = 8
heat wave 11-20 feet west, saltpeter: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Reflex save, haste, is that still needed??: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

After a moment's trying to catch up with all that's suddenly gone on around her, Lucija strides commandingly forward, her nasty smile returns, and with a flourish of her arms and a single alien word, another crackling portal opens up behind her...

Magenta is still paralysed. They're not going anywhere.

Violet and Blue duck into the nearest guest room, presumably to escape out the window. Violet barely making it inside (only single moving).

The wall continues to burn...

wall of fire, saltpeter, Pyromaniac: 2d6 + 14 ⇒ (3, 1) + 14 = 18

...and torment those fleeing with a horrible heat-wave!

heat wave, saltpeter: 2d4 + 1 ⇒ (3, 2) + 1 = 6

Lucija gives Peep a curious look, interested in seeing its means of taking them to the armory. She wards herself against whatever fresh hell awaits them there (shield).

I have never seen obsidian flow, nasty!

Wait, what? Shoot.

I'd considered obsidian flow, but reasoning these are probably Rogues with Evasion, I switched to wall of fire instead - apparently, I just forgot to change the link!

You caught Lucija's own action, right?
Seems I ninja'd you.

Meanwhile, Lucija gracefully touches ground...and stares daggers at the archers in the corner while laughing a haughty, and surprisingly rich and deep for one of her size, laugh.

"You should be honored - you shall reach your full potential as brush-strokes in my art! FEEL ITS POWER!"

With a speck of saltpeter between her middle and ring fingers, she points to the shattered floor beneath their feet, from which suddenly arises a dreadful, roaring sheet of violet fire spreading across the entire westernmost end of the chamber!

wall of fire, saltpeter, Pyromaniac: 2d6 + 14 ⇒ (5, 5) + 14 = 24
The heat-waves, of course, are pointing away from us and presumably don't affect those IN the sheet; if perhaps they do, though:
heat wave, saltpeter: 2d4 + 1 ⇒ (3, 1) + 1 = 5

It's yours and the eldritch horror giant octopus's turn. The archers are going into "it's everyone for themselves" mode atm.

Oh, my mistake; I just registered your saying "the other Pathfinders".

It would help if you had one of those initiative rosters that bold whoever's up, like many other DMs (myself included) do.

I am sorry, I did not realize you were waiting on me; what do you need?

Shau is right, the octopus's CMD is 29 - but unless I'm mistaken, what they need to beat may be its grapple check results, not its standard CMD.

Oh, and just to be clear, Lucija was 10' in the air when Naghamadi was banished out from underneath her, but that wasn't a problem because of course she's got a Ring of Feather Falling!

Mörök, clever use of the goat avatar, but I have taken the liberty of trying to make it look a bit more like a dinosaur!

OH SHOOT, I forgot about this!:

At 12th level, whenever an ally is within an eidolon’s reach, the ally receives a +2 shield bonus to its Armor Class and a +2 circumstance bonus on its saving throws. If this ally is the summoner, these bonuses increase to +4.

How much of a difference would it have made if my AC had been 4 higher against that initial volley?

I'd suggest assuming for simplicity's sake that Naghamadi took enough damage to be banished regardless (I don't think AC 24 would've beaten that first shot anyway, necessitating his sacrifice), BUT if the attack that got through to me would not have, the enemy would now have yet another summoned monster on their hands...!

concentration, DC 35: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (9) + 20 = 29

...and then the strange triangular portal that had been growing over Lucija with every syllable collapses as she is struck deep with another arrow!

"DAMN YOU!" She bellows as she looks up at the archers. "Don't you see what you have done!?"

Then the fury in her eyes condense into piercing malice, and her grimace of pain and frustration twists into a vindictive smile.

"Fools! WORMS! Of course you do not see...for BEHOLD!" With another gesture and a final booming incantation, an even greater crackling portal erupts over the stairs, before spitting out...

...a huge wad of goop that lands on the stairs with a wet *PLOP*.

The archers chuckle among themselves for a moment, then ever so slightly lean in to get a better look at this mess...before 8 vicious arms and a monstrous serrated beak emerge from the mass and reach for them with otherworldly speed and unnatural strength!

Versus Red-and-good-as-dead:
Arm #1!: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Grab!: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (4) + 21 = 25
Constriction damage on successful Grab!: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Arm #2!: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Grab!: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (19) + 21 = 40
Constriction damage on successful Grab!: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Primordial Bite!: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (4) + 15 = 19
damage: 2d6 + 7 ⇒ (5, 6) + 7 = 18
Make a DC 21 Fortitude save or take Strength damage!: 1d3 ⇒ 2

Versus Orange-you-to-die-for:
Arm #3!: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Grab!: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (6) + 21 = 27
Constriction damage on successful Grab!: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Arm #4!: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Grab!: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (11) + 21 = 32
Constriction damage on successful Grab!: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Versus Yellow-in-peril:
Arm #5!: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

Arm #6!: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Grab!: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (18) + 21 = 39
Constriction damage on successful Grab!: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

Versus Green-Acher:
Arm #7!: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (7) + 13 = 20
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
Grab!: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (5) + 21 = 26
Constriction damage on successful Grab!: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Arm #8!: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28
damage: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Grab!: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (7) + 21 = 28
Constriction damage on successful Grab!: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Lucija (AC 20): (50+6+29)+(6+15) = 106 + 8 bleed (assuming bleed stacks)

I do not recall ever hearing of bleed stacking, at least not by default (if it does, that would be quite some news for my Nun!).

Now Naghamadi took the first shot for Lucija so that reduces Lucija to 106-85 = 21 and those would have bounced off Naghamadi's tougher hide (only hit AC 27) so no damage to Naghamadi so the CdG does happen.

I am not so sure about that - In Harm's Way says the defender "[takes] full damage from that attack and any associated effects (bleed, poison, etc.)", no mention of armor - also, the difference between 27 and 28 matters, because that final point was from the haste spell, which I'm pretty sure only happened after the volley. I think one of the attacks against Naghamadi was also a '27', so he may still be gone.

As for Lucija, is that JUST 21 damage this round? When would the bleed start taking effect?

Sorry for the delay, everyone; I still need to know how much damage I took this past round, as that affects whether the spell I cast last round actually comes to fruition.

So I believe I got still got hit with one shot, which (correct me if I'm somehow wrong) would mean I'd need to make another concentration check to keep my summon spell - so how much damage was that (and does bleed damage apply on the round it's bestowed?)?

Also, I think Shau was right; how could they have been using Vital Strike while also making full attacks?

I'm sorry, it's not been a good week for me (I'd have tried to catch up last night but then I got some nasty news).

Knowledge (Nature) RE worms: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8 or would it be (Dungeoneering)? +5 to that if so

Knowledge (Arcana) RE To-Go-lem: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26

Lucija's eyes widen as the monster disgorges a golem.
Impressive! I must remember that one, she thinks to herself before she begins bellowing one heavy arcane syllable after another, and the space around her begins to crackle....

defensive casting summon monster V, DC 23: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (8) + 20 = 28

BTW, in case it so happens these things were magically summoned, don't forget my Spell-Dodging armor!

Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 2

Peep should be out also. let me find an icon for him. ALSO Peep can dimension door at cl 12 so does Morok and dangernoodle-aka naghamadi want to come with Shau to the big red things?

Funny you should ask; I believe Naghamadi and I ARE "the big red things".

That's because I'm asking you to put it there alongside your name so I know which token belongs to who.

...OH.

I interpreted that backward - i.e. as 'a copy of the token on Slide 4', NOT 'a copy of the token on Slide 4'.

Our initiatives are correct.

...and a copy of the token on Slide 4 on the same line as your name.

This confuses me; I see no "token" in Slide 4.

Animate object on the stuffed badger for more fun.

This is actually a good idea.

You'd think with Osprey in attendance, I might be able to use Handle Animal instead...I don't suppose any of them are Good-aligned Magnimarians? Otherwise:

Oratory: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

I went to Absalom and all I got was this crappy tshirt

Why settle for that when you could get a stuffed badger!?

I'd have put this in the post above, but the stupid 1-hour rule:

Sometimes I hesitate because these days I often don't feel I'm up to the task of putting on the show I should (I'm afraid I haven't got anything like Lucija's self-esteem).

"Ahhh, very good, I remember now; meeting Grandmaster Torch was much more interesting. I still would like to know more about his considerable land-holdings, he mentioned being very fond of his 'rubber duchy'...."

"MY triumphs and glories, though, have been many! I've had a few regrets, but too few to mention. I long ago mastered the Quest for Perfection, most recently have outbid the temptations of Hell, and walked the decks and beheld the wonders of an ancient crystalline v..." Here she pauses and does a double-take at Senator Blackros, but recovers remarkably quickly. "However, one of my finest masterpieces to date was surely against a gigantic palette of blue and white in the North..."

As she begins her tale, she spins around and begins feverishly painting her epic in mural form...right on the back-wall of the Lodge. Some of the attendants' masks also wind up a lot more interesting.

Craft (Painting): 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (3) + 27 = 30

"...and at the end of all things," She eventually concludes, "None in this realm nor Beyond could doubt my power!"

"Also, it got me this!" She adds as an abrupt afterthought, rifling through her belongings before pulling out an ugly golden idol with 3 eyes.

Lucija drifts down from her room - literally - atop her Protean attendant, fashionably late (or perhaps she was just busy with something else), and ascends to the upper balcony.

Then, for a moment, she looks confused, and looks down at the Protean.

”Naghamadi, why should we know this Venture-Captain Hestram?”

I'm very sorry, I've just been...tired.

List HERE

My word, there are some adventures there I don't think I've ever even heard of, let alone gotten to play!