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Nice! And thanks for herding these cats for months on end. That first battle was one for the ages...

Boon 3 for me, if available.

Boon roll: 1d20 ⇒ 8

While I'm at it, for my day job check:
Craft alchemy: 1d20 + 25 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 25 + 5 = 49 including crafter's fortune

With heroism, if Sharton takes 10 on Spellcraft he can get a 36 +1d6, let's call it a 39 average. This pales in comparison to Ezren's +40, so his Take 10 is a whopping 50! Identify tomorrow can add another +20 for each wizard, which should be far beyond anything necessary.

We'll definitely want both wizards' spellbooks and the sihedron book.

Just for fun.
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 26 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 26 + (6) = 33
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 26 + 1d6 ⇒ (19) + 26 + (1) = 46
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 26 + 1d6 ⇒ (16) + 26 + (4) = 46
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 26 + 1d6 ⇒ (11) + 26 + (3) = 40

Fort save: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24

Seems like a good opportunity to spend two inspirations to aid that roll.

Modified Fort save: 24 + 1d6 ⇒ 24 + (1) = 25

Sheesh, don't help me out any more than you have to! Good enough, I guess.

We do have an angel to check on and set free, and I doubt those denizens of Leng behind the trapped door are up to anything good, but then we can do a more thorough search of this place before heading back. I hope his spellbook didn't get destroyed with him!

Sharton moves his projected image to A*16 and a little down so that it is 60' from Karzoug and casts prismatic spray. Sharton will move if necessary to maintain line of effect with his projected image, but he should be OK where he is.

Spell penetration: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (6) + 20 = 26

All saves are DC 27.

Sharton disappears and then reappears in the air above the platform where we arrived.

If you have true seeing up you know that it's an illusory projection of Sharton, much like the ones that Karzoug was casting spells through back in the tower.

"He's somewhere down here, starting in an arc wrapping around in front of me and between here and the cavern entrance, but I can't see him. I know he has mind blank so magical searching won't work if he's invisible. Let's find him!"

I hope your mother gets better, sounds like it could be a long road in recovery.

If that ability had worked, this combat would effectively be over! What are the odds of two rolls that high?

I literally laughed for a good solid minute when I read that; I never realized that spell needed that. You should enchant it to give off catch phrases or spray the holder's face with glitterdust when you push a button.

I never noticed it either until I was getting ready to post, and I couldn't resist. Nice suggestions to augment the figure.

Where would you be placing your project image in terms of map gridding? If it is off the map, squares would be listed horizontally continuing in alphabetical order plus an asterisk (e.g. H*, I*, J*, etc.) and then doubling letters when completing the alphabet (e.g. AA*, AB*, AC*, etc). In the cloud's case, it would be centered on O*12.

Sharton's projected image location and actions depends on the answer to my question about the invisibility purge, which is why he tried to go invisible first. If Sharton goes invisible, he can be pretty sure Karzoug is over 100 feet away. If he's still in the purge zone then Karzoug is closer to us than we'd like. Sharton will also glance at Griff's last location to see if he's still visible or has gone back to invisible. If Sharton is invisible but Griff is still visible, that will really narrow down Karzoug's possible location. Just how far does the cavern go?

To speed things up, if Sharton fails to go invisible then the projected image will be at C*12 and focused back toward the group, looking up and down as well as into the nooks and crannies to the sides. If he does go invisible then he'll project out to A*12 but focused away from the group.

As a swift action, Sharton reactivates his greater invisibility and then moves a little south. Are we still in the radius of Karzoug's invisibility purge?

Sharton pulls out a Sharton action figure and casts project image, creating an illusory duplicate of himself at the far end of the cavern floating in the air above the cloud. Using the duplicate's senses, he looks around to see if Karzoug is hiding in some nook or cranny down there. He could also be in the cloudkill. Is the location of the cloud on the map accurate?

Perception: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (16) + 27 = 43

GM, with Ezren's family emergency (see the Discussion tab) do you want to bot-roll his Steward of the Great Beyond check? That result obviously impacts the decisions of all of us.

Hoping to finish taking down the prismatic wall, Sharton casts dispel magic.

Dispel magic: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (7) + 16 = 23

Only if Karzoug is a 12th level caster, lol.

Don't forget about the summoned azata with inspire courage, +2 to attack and damage. On top of all the other buffs, and those that temporarily don't work, etc. :-)

It might be nice if you let the Int 32 wizard know that. I had never heard of source severance before this encounter. Perhaps he readied his spell?

Since Ezren just cast daylight after Sharton's passwall and Baal's magic missile, doesn't that move you in initiative anyway? Or did you not cast limited wish to make daylight?

is the wall down?

Not yet, although it is down to only a violet wall. We have to pound it with dispel magic until it's completely gone. If Shump tries to pass through it he'll have to make a Will save or be sent to another plane.

It would certainly help move this along, if you're OK with using such a valuable spell on daylight. We can proceed either way but Karzoug will still get at least one more turn. We have two equally effective plans right now.

We've all acted. I believe Sharton just went last with the passwall, then the imp came out of delay and shot a magic missile, and now we're waiting on Karzoug. Grognar is the first to go after that. No idea what Karzoug's going to do this round. If Grognar can't attack Karzoug, I believe he should delay until after Sharton casts daylight, then let Ezren have first shot at the dispel. If that doesn't work Grognar might want to come out of delay to dispel the wall or let Sharton take a shot at it, but hopefully it'll be gone and you fighter types can go to town on Karzoug!

I'd hate to see anyone use a 7th or 9th level slot on it. It really depends on what Karzoug is about to do. If he comes out Grognar should obviously attack him and I'll do the shadow evocation daylight.

Even if Grognar has nothing better to do on his turn, maybe he should delay because you guys all have better caster levels than Sharton and will have a better chance on the dispel attempt. I'll do the daylight then you guys come off delay to start dispelling.

Sharton can cast daylight using shadow evocation (I know, it seems completely counterintuitive, to cast a shadowy daylight, lol), but if the rest of you knock down those colors then we can start trying to dismiss the wall, which will probably take some strong rolling to beat Karzoug's caster level.

Sharton taps into his bonded item in order to prep passwall from his spellbook, then moves forward above the globe of invulnerability to get within 20' and casts it so that it tunnels into the prismatic wall.

"Someone cast a magic missile at the wall, then daylight, and last we have to dispel it!"

Utterly impressive work taking down a pit fiend in a matter of seconds!

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 24 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 24 + (2) = 30

Wail of the Banshee!

Fort save: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33

Wow, the dice are fickle!

Dropping his invisibility, Sharton casts his other disintegrate near Karzoug, but intentionally just missing and hitting the prismatic wall instead to eliminate the yellow color.

Is the cloudkill cloud still where it is on the map? It should be moving away, but if it's still there Sharton can just reach it in one move action and can hide inside. Assuming it's 30-40 feet further away, Sharton will fly and hide behind the big pool of molten golden whatever, or behind the big green crystal above it. Hopefully those are too valuable to Karzoug for him to attack me there.

Fort save: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17

Ouch. This seems like a key time to finally use my reroll!

Fort save: 1d20 + 14 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 14 + 5 = 32

And on my turn I'll stop using my invisibility rounds.

Staying invisible, Sharton casts cone of cold at the wall and catching the devil, too, knowing that Grognar is safe inside his source severance bubble.

He yells out "Gust of wind is needed next!" and then moves down and closer to the throne, lining up behind Grognar and his bubble so that any arcane effect from the devil will be blocked. If you can't beat it, use it to your advantage!

Cone of cold: 15d6 ⇒ (2, 5, 4, 1, 2, 4, 5, 5, 3, 2, 5, 5, 1, 3, 5) = 52 cold damage, DC 25 Ref for half, but the primary purpose is to take out the red color of the wall

Spell penetration vs pit fiend: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (14) + 20 = 34

While I'm at it, Knowledge planes: 1d20 + 29 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 29 + (6) = 38 for the pit fiend. DR, special attacks.

Source severance, very interesting spell I wasn't familiar with. Does it block line of effect of an arcane area of effect spell, or just suppress it as it passes through that particular globe but then the spell continues out to its natural area?

Sharton wants to ready greater shout, hoping to catch both Karzoug and the rune giant. However, Karzoug is the priority. There's a small chance he could be stunned, plus the damage will force a concentration check and the deafness requires a separate spell failure chance. Where Sharton currently is he can easily catch both foes and Grognar should be protected in his bubble, so when Karzoug moves to cast a spell he'll be outside of the source severance. Would Grognar's spell block the greater shout from hitting Karzoug like a boulder blocks sunlight, or would it wash harmlessly through Grognar's bubble and still be at full effect on the far side? Knowledge arcana: 1d20 + 22 + 1d6 ⇒ (12) + 22 + (6) = 40 to know, +4 if Spellcraft is more appropriate.

If necessary, Sharton will move to the far side of the rune giant and ready his spell (move speed 70' with haste), but after getting critted by the other rune giant he really doesn't want to get that close.

Edit - It's all moot if Karzoug steps behind his prismatic wall by the time he comes out of Grognar's bubble, since he'd be protected from all forms of attack. In that case, Sharton would prefer to cast cone of cold at the wall to tick off the Red color instead, but he can't ready two spells. I guess he'll cast greater shout either way (moving if necessary to set it up), even if Karzoug is behind his wall, to help take down the giant. Sharton will also tick off another round of greater invisibility.

Grognar will activate haste (boots)

Not necessary to do this, I cast haste on the party right before we entered the dome.

Looks like we're back up?

Yes, Sharton is continuing with the greater invisibility, I ticked my counter down another round when I went.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 24 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 24 + (4) = 29

Arcana DC28: 1d20 + 20 + 1d6 ⇒ (20) + 20 + (4) = 44

Arcana DC26: 1d20 + 20 + 1d6 ⇒ (12) + 20 + (3) = 35

Will: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (12) + 19 = 31

Can I assume with these Arcana checks that Ezren and Sharton both know the proper sequence to take down the prismatic wall?

LOL, should have seen that one coming!

Sharton doesn't like that. He'll try to communicate telepathically with Ezren's imp to let everyone know that we can't determine Karzoug's protection spells, then he'll take a second move action to get closer.

Sharton moves forward, focusing his arcane sight on Karzoug and trying to decipher what auras he has on him. His actions will depend on the results of his analysis. He's not doing the "study as a standard action" part of the spell, he's quite convinced that Karzoug is an arcane caster of the highest power.

He is considering feeblemind, greater shout as a readied action when he gets within 60 feet, or greater dispel magic, either as a counterspell or to try to knock down some of the runelord's buffs. However, Karzoug is probably well protected and Sharton doesn't want to be on the receiving end of an unpleasant surprise.

How many of these do I need to roll? It's one per aura.
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 26 + 1d6 ⇒ (15) + 26 + (2) = 43
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 26 + 1d6 ⇒ (8) + 26 + (1) = 35
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 26 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 26 + (2) = 34
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 26 + 1d6 ⇒ (19) + 26 + (5) = 50
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 26 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 26 + (4) = 35

Grognar will click his boots of speed

I gave everyone haste before we stepped onto the globe so you shouldn't need your boots (yet).

TLDR: Sharton heals 5

Thanks to moving off the platform and having resist electric, Sharton didn't take any damage at all, so feel free to take those 5 hp back.

Will save: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (6) + 19 = 25 Not shaken

Reflex save: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (20) + 17 = 37 No damage after Resist 30

Quickened time stop? Sharton suspects Karzoug must be holding a super-sweet greater metamagic rod.[/b]

Perception: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (13) + 27 = 40

Ezren wrote:

GM's call if we are underground. I think we are on a demiplane so I am not sure.

I would actually consider this under the "Planes" category for environment; specifically either the Plane of Leng or the Plane of Fire would qualify. It would drop Sharton's initiative down, but his bonus is still higher to break an initiative tie for the 25.

Thanks for the clarification, makes sense.

Don't forget the +2 to initiative for being "underground" in this large cavern. I copy-and-pasted all the benefits of Grognar's Hunter's Blessing into the Party Buffs spoiler just above, since I couldn't remember what it did, either.

My list of buffs there was what I believe people had cast on the group or on other people, excluding everyone's personal-only buffs. Please correct my inevitable oversights, since this fight will without doubt be complicated!

The dragon rears back it's head with a startled roar, it's eyes wide in fear at an unseen menance. The beast seems overcome the majority of Sharton's phantasmal assault, though it breathes a little more heavily afterwards.

Drat! Well, it apparently had a 48% chance of working and I do have another prepared...

Hey all,

I will be defending my thesis this week so my posting will be very spotty for a bit. Thank you for your patience.

Agreed, best of luck!

Initiative: 1d20 + 7 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 7 + 4 + 2 = 27 after dropping Heightened Awareness, and a +2 from Hunter's Blessing since this seems to qualify as underground?

As a swift action, Sharton overwrites his vanish with greater invisibility, then with his persistent metamagic rod casts phantasmal killer on the dragon. DC 24, roll twice per save.

Spell Penetration: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (4) + 20 = 24

After that he flies up and back left off the platform.

Griff, if you want haste you'll need to drop your invisibility for a few seconds.

When everyone has finished last minute buffs, Sharton will cast haste after giving Griff time to drop out of invisibility, then he'll cast vanish right before joining the party as we (presumably) enter the globe.

He wants to be invisible in case Karzoug is waiting for us, but he doesn't want to use up his valuable rounds of greater invisibility if this doesn't work or we end up having to travel.

Since nothing happened, Sharton will fly up to the platform to join the rest of the party. "Whoa, that is quite the image. Do you want me to cast haste before we attempt to activate the globe?"

Thank you, Grognar and Ezren!

Sharton will cast true seeing combined with arcane sight to see if there's some way to gain access to the inside of the globe.

Perception: 1d20 + 29 ⇒ (1) + 29 = 30

Obviously, there's no way in. Is the globe actually solid? Sharton will cast resist sonic just to complete the list, warn everyone what he is going to do, and then try to reach into it, relying on the fire resistance to protect him from being burned.

Sharton will also analyze the golden globe.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 26 + 1d6 ⇒ (12) + 26 + (6) = 44

Inspiration ftw! Also, looking back through the buffs we got, did we get life bubble and resist acid?

Is Karzoug trapped inside here? Is it an extraplanar refuge he built in order to stay safe during Earthfall and the aftereffects? It seems that time runs short before he is able to reenter this world.

Sharton drops his invisibility. "Perhaps this last giant can be persuaded to tell us where the runelord is and how this device works. Unless his mind is being controlled like some of the others were."

Sharton, are you still burning your greater invisibility rounds or did you drop that after the first round?

This close to a huge lamia? I'm definitely greater invisible! I updated my info line to show three rounds used. Shump, hopefully your stats currently include the heroism I put on you before we opened the door.

Sharton casts displacement and holds the charge, then flies down and touches Shump, granting him the miss chance.

Does the damage to Grognar and Shump take stoneskin into consideration? Or is that on us? So many buffs to take into consideration in high level games, my hat's off to you for GMing such a complicated module.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 26 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 26 + (4) = 31 to identify the lamia's swift dispel

Heroes Feast: 1d8 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17

"Let's try to even the playing field a little."

Sharton casts dispel magic on the lamia matriarch's mirror image spell.

dispel check: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (17) + 16 = 33

knowledge local: 1d20 + 17 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 17 + (4) = 27 also trying to figure out if there's anything specific to learn about this extra-big lamia, since she seems to have to ability to see Jeb through the fog cloud.

Sharton will then move so that she can't figure out where he is from his spellcasting.

Sharton activates his greater invisibility as a swift action and plunges into the fog. He double move flies to the far side, moving to about 30 feet up assuming the ceiling in this giant-sized building allows it, and does a quick glance around. On the next round he'll probably cast arcane sight to analyze the sphere, unless the battle requires his attention (which seems unlikely if there are only three giants).

Perception: 1d20 + 29 ⇒ (14) + 29 = 43, +1 for traps

Init: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Sharton casts Heroism on Shump.

I would if I could.

What group buffs are we putting up before opening the door? My personal buffs are mind blank, heightened awareness, darkvision, see invisibility, heroism, overland flight, and mage armor. I have a second heroism prepared, who can best benefit from it?

Reflex save: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (5) + 16 = 21

I'm really starting to hate this place.