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Things just aren't letting up so I'm going to have to drop. I apologize everyone, RL right now just isn't leaving me much bandwidth for anything. I've appreciated the opportunity to game with y'all!

We've had a mold outbreak in our archives, which is very bad when you are the department head of an archives. So sorry, but I am again rolling with more than I can deal with. Hope to be back soon.

Congrats on starting a masters's program, dien!

Digging through piled-up work but hope to be able to keep up with things. Please bot if I'm holding things up.

Swimming forward, Boggard-Tatienne conjures forth some magic, a complex symbology in a strict order designed to improve everyone's alacrity. The spell surges from her, her companions cut through the water like the tips of spears.

Swim 15', cast haste. Duration 9 rounds.

Life still giving me a kicking at the moment. The mechanics in St. George, Utah, couldn't figure out the issue with our van. We're having Ron Burgundy (our van) towed to Las Vegas where there's a VW specialist.

We rented a car to get back to San Diego, which lost an under-car plate, causing us to get further waylaid, this time in the CA desert <cry/laugh emoji>. Hertz (don't rent a car from them!) was not helpful and presented us with one option (take a cab from a nearby town to Las Vegas to get another car) - the nearest town we broke down by didn't have a cab company that was willing to do this. We had a tow truck totally remove the plate, threw it in the back of the car, and continued on. Now we're fighting with Hertz about billing.

And now my spouse has Covid, so I'm currently on childcare duty while she quarantines and my work piles up (more). We've paid for this vacation, y'all!

I just can't see being able to get caught up on games before next week. Sorry again for the extended delay.

All, so sorry. I'm having a bit of a crisis involving a broken 1987 camper van and being in an area without specialist mechanics, coupled with no internet at the place I'm at. I don't think I'm going to be able to catch up until next week. So sorry, please bot as needed

Going to be traveling the next couple of days, please bot if needed.

Oooh, the size bonus to strength from alter self bumps Taty's CMD to 22.

Tatienne squirms free of the skum that is trying to grapple her, and lets her spear fall from her hands and sink to the floor. Drawing her longsword, she attacks the nearest skum, trying to end it.

longsword +1 attack green-black, AL, prayer, power attack, ACP, size bonus: 1d20 + 11 + 3 + 1 - 2 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 11 + 3 + 1 - 2 - 1 + 1 = 20
damage, 2H: 1d8 + 17 ⇒ (5) + 17 = 22

Attacking red-black.

Taty stabs at one of the skum surrounding Aurelian, doing her best to open a pathway if the brazen swashbuckler decides to retreat, and trusting the others to take care of the enemies closer to her.

longspear, AL, prayer, power attack, ACP, size bonus: 1d20 + 11 + 3 + 1 - 2 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 11 + 3 + 1 - 2 - 1 + 1 = 14
damage, AL, payer, power attack, size bonus: 1d8 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 21
longspear, iterative AL, prayer, power attack, ACP, size bonus: 1d20 + 11 - 5 + 3 + 1 - 2 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 11 - 5 + 3 + 1 - 2 - 1 + 1 = 28
damage: 1d8 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 21
crit confirm?: 1d20 + 11 - 5 + 3 + 1 - 2 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 11 - 5 + 3 + 1 - 2 - 1 + 1 = 24
crit damage?: 2d8 + 34 ⇒ (3, 8) + 34 = 45

I'm out of town this weekend as well, should be back Tuesday.

Woohoo yes indeed - thanks for the reminder, Houghton!

Following behind Aurelian, the boggard-Taty croaks and lays a hand on Aurelian's back, her intention to make the swashbuckler vanish from view of the skum.

Casting vanish on Aurelian. He'll have invisibility for 5 rounds or until he attacks again. Unless I fail the concentration check to cast defensively...

concentration check if needed DC 17: 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 9 + 2 = 16 I don't think prayer counts for concentration checks, so I believe Taty loses the spell.

Sorry, missed this from before:

"....yes, that's what I was going to say. Where did you learn so much about sea life, Miss Talbot? It's rare I meet someone who knows so much else about sea life. But yes, she's right, everyone-- give those corals a wide berth.

Taty smiles, obviously pleased at the flattery. "Why, a book of course! Marthelius's Moveable Martime Monstrosities, to be exact. A children's book. Pop-up book, is the parlance where I come from." Tatienne puts her thumbs next to each other and waves her hands up and down, as if her hands are a thing being raised and lowered. "Of course, later I read Emelin's Atlas Obscura, which is a bit more, well, scholarly, if no more accurate. There's wisdom in children's literature, Zay."

GM, I'm assuming that to swim Taty would have her alter self form up (boggard). She'd cast from her SPD instead of her wand, so it is up for 9 minutes when they first go under water. I'm going to wait to see what the melee types in front of Taty do before posting.

Tatienne yells, hoping her sound travels through the water to reach everyone and alert them before moving too far into the room. Gesturing wildly towards the level above them, she starts to swim back towards dry land (and air that she can talk in).

"Careful. The coral growing over the statues is venomous and reacts to changes in water pressure to extend its spines when a creature is nearby. Don't get too close. Also, those are caryatid columns. Similar in design to those in modern Absalom, Cheliax and Taldor, where some nobles consider it fashionable to imitate Azlanti architecture."

Autosucceed on the engineering check.
nature: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (15) + 11 = 26

"Oh. Oh!" Tatienne exclaims, a broad smile breaking across her face. "So the others of your kind won't attack us now? That is very welcome news. If they won't attack, we should be able to get you assistance. And I agree, Aurelian, let's go!"

Sure sounds good! It doesn't seem like we can do much more here.

Sorry to hear of your laptop, Zay :/

So, no one has craft (clockwork) - I think. We could perhaps build our maybe ally a cot to be carried around on? If we can lift it?

"Yes," Tatienne says, following along Houghton's conversation with Aoinse with keen interest. "Fixing her could prove very valuable. The information she possesses about her society and its era is just... tantalizing to imagine."

Hope you had fun!

Endorsed!

OK, thanks for looking over everything, GM! Taty would still have her alter self buff up from the mummy fight (probably) but not anything else.

I'm in favor of exploring the above water side rooms, but happy to go with the lower level stuff if that is what folks prefer.

We can come back to the sword.

Stopping at the longsword, Tatienne grabs the hilt and tugs, as best she can, placing her feet against the statue for leverage.

strength check, AL, alter self: 1d20 + 4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 3 + 1 = 9 LOL

OK, rolls.

First roll is automatic with AL.

Tatienne lingers in the hall, pleased to find more statuary. She would need to come back here when it was safer, and write a detailed account of everything, from floor the ceiling.

"The man on the throne as Amaznen, the primary god of magic worshiped in the ancient Azlanti empire. The other statues in the hall depict deities of the Azlanti pantheon with whom Amaznen was believed to have maintained friendly or at least neutral relations. Amaznen's followers considered their god the leader of the pantheon, a notion that worshipers of the other deities did not necessarily reciprocate."

History DC 35: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (4) + 22 = 26

Perception roll not needed.

History DC 25 roll is automatic with AL.

"That statue of the warrior and serpent depicts Savith, a mortal warrior, as she decapitates the serpent god Ydersius. The heroine is later said to have died from the venom of her foe. The state was erected to honor her memory. After this great victory, Savith's name was on everyone's tongue, and many stories and songs were written in her honor, even if the majority of the Azlanti people didn't fully understand the extent of the war with the serpentfolk and the threat they posed to the world at the time. The empire had many enemies, and the Azlanti leadership used these threats to convince the populace that dedication to the empire was paramount."

religion DC 25, AL: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21

One round per check sounds fair. I take it I can take lingering song into account?

Taty has alter self running from the mummy fight.

GM, how many rounds would it take to make the knowledge/perception checks in your last post? Trying to figure out if I can burn some rounds of luck to increase Taty's skill checks.

Level up:

+7 hp
+10 skills (disable device, arcana, dungeoneering, engineering, history, nature, planes, religion, spellcraft x 2)
+1 fort
+1 trapfinding
+1/0/1 spells per day
+1 3rd level spell (probably displacement)
Favored class: +1 2nd level spell (probably honeyed tongue)
Feat: Phalanx formation

Tatienne pauses at the statues, clucking her tongue to the roof of her mouth as she runs through her mental catalogue of statuary and religious symbols.

"The mouthless woman represents Lissala, an evil deity of obedience, reward of service and runes. I'm not sure about the four-armed one."

Hoisting her spear, Tatienne follows after Aurellian.

The history check is automatic success, will roll for the reigion one.

religion: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16

Wrapping up the semester and hope to get caught up tomorrow afternoon.

Taty finds herself - with some consternation - within close contact to a mummy once she hits the water, but Oh well, no time to rue imulsive decisions. That can come later, provided they all survive the next few moments. Shifting her attention to the red at spear's length, Tatienne plunges her longspear at it, and then once more for good effect.

longspear, AL, alter self, power attack: 1d20 + 11 + 3 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 11 + 3 + 1 - 2 = 24
damage, AL, alterself: 1d8 + 7 + 3 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 3 + 1 + 6 = 24

longspear, AL, alter self, power attack, iterative: 1d20 + 11 + 3 + 1 - 2 - 5 ⇒ (2) + 11 + 3 + 1 - 2 - 5 = 10
damage, AL, alterself: 1d8 + 7 + 3 + 1 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 3 + 1 + 6 = 20

Light blasts from under the water, and Taty realizes she needs to get down there soon. Uttering an arcane syllable, a gutteral croak accompanied by the wave of her hand - Taty's form shifts. Her back hunches, her eyes grow bulbous and move to the side of her head, her limbs elongate, and her skin grows green and slimy. A suitable form for a swim, the boggard-Taty thinks, and dives into the water.

Casting Alter Self to gain the form of a boggard, gaining swim 30' and darkvision. Move action: jump into water.

The water froths, Tatienne can make out more shapes moving below the water. They were under attack! Slipping her ring of swimming onto a finger and her scholar's ring off, she prepares to jump into the water

2 actions: draw ring of swimming, stowe scholar's ring. Assuming Taty can't see into the water well enough to make a religion check, but am happy to be wrong.

will: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16 +2 vs enchantments

Thanks all - ours have been like a bad flu, though I had slightly different symptoms than my daughter and wife. I've been pretty zonked, but am feeling better today. Getting back to things - thanks for your patience.

My whole family, including me, is down with covid at the moment. Hope to be back soon.

Hand, foot, hand, foot, Tatienne continues climbing, envious of the freedom of movement - and the opportunities for exploration! - that her friends possessed.

Double move, dice willing.

climb, AL: 1d20 + 8 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 8 + 3 = 27

While the others have capabilities in the water, Tatienne has merely her skill as a swimmer and ring to enhance that. And the ring currently resides in a pouch in her waterlogged pack, Taty having swapped it out for her newly acquired Scholar's Ring.

Kicking her legs and pushing herself into a front crawl, Taty moves towards the wall and starts climbing the rubble out of the cave in.

Swim is an autosuccess.

climb, AL: 1d20 + 8 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 8 + 3 = 24

Taty wanders into the room, drawn to the dusty shelves filled with jars and vials. "Oohhh, perhaps an ancient pantry or larder?"

Oof, those are some big rolls needed.
perception, AL: 1d20 + 20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 20 + 3 = 32
engineering: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (12) + 15 = 27

"It seems," Tatienne murmurs, her voice trailing off, "That a simple de-magicking spell placed on the mold may do the trick, eliminating the magical nature of the mold and rendering the hazard harmless."

Frowning, Taty waves towards the mold, a quick annoyed gesture. "I do not possess the capability to do so. Shall the returners-laterers be the name of our little band?"

Taty will happily take the scholar's ring if no one else wants it.

"This is more like it," Tatienne murmurs, pulling aside the magical items. "No urge to murder any of you." Frowning, the explorer squints at the scroll, before sighing and putting it aside. "Though this is inscrutable."

"Uh-uh!" Taty tuts, waving Zay closer before they wander too far. "See that mold over there? The one that glows in rainbow shades? Likely connected to prismatic magics. I don't think we should get too close."

Taking 10 with Archeologist's Luck beats the nature DC. As for the religion check...

Religion, AL: 1d20 + 10 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 10 + 3 = 28

"I..." Taty trails off, visibly shaking her head one last time, as if to clear the last vestiges of the urge from her mind. "I wanted to kill Mr. Harley, specifically. And take the treasure for myself."

"Oh, what was that tale? You know, the one about the tomb of Alem-Ra?"

Tatienne snaps her finger, impatient with herself, trying to pull some vestige of knowledge from the overcrowded passages of her memories...

Taty will take 10 on a religion check to figure out what is happening. With Archaeologist's Luck that's a total of 23 on her check.

Tatienne grips her longspear tight, and for a moment has the vivid image of herself plunging her spear into Houghton's neck. The moment passes, and Taty shakes her head, following after the others and then thrusting her spear into Aurelian's hands. "Take this, just until I'm sure the urge is past!"

will, AL: 1d20 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 7 + 3 = 19 +2 vs enchantments if applicable.

"Hmmm," Tatienne murmurs, wiggling her fingers and then spitting out a syllabent enspelling syllable. It could be possible that the treasure was ensorceled, and it was best to take every precaution. Concentrating, Taty looked about the room for about half a minute, trying to gather information on any magics that she saw.

Casting detect magic.

spellcraft, AL: 1d20 + 12 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 12 + 3 = 25

Like Aurellian, I'm a little confused on if/how compelled we are if at all as well. I'll put a detect magic and spell craft roll in gameplay.

So just to be clear, we've not rested, right?

perception: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (6) + 20 = 26

Tatienne moves into the room, eyeing the booty. "Suspicious? It makes you want it? Of course it does! It's a small fortune."

Unsure as to why Houghton seems so ill at ease, Taty grips her spear none-the-less, though she intends to pocket as much of the goods as she can. A small fortune, after all, spends almost as good as a large one.

Move into room, spear drawn.

I've run a game using Aurelian's method and it works well for streamlining things.

File submitted, buried in an avalanche of work but I'm digging out. I'll get caught up soon. Thank you all for your patience.

Taty's vision tunnels to near complete blackness, she wobbles on her feet. Lifted out of unconsciousness by Zay's helpful, and if she were aware, much welcomed cure, Tatienne Talbot steels herself and thrusts her spear at the clockwork mage again.

attack, buffs, flank: 1d20 + 17 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 17 + 2 = 30
damage: 1d8 + 21 ⇒ (7) + 21 = 28
attack, buffs, flank, iterative: 1d20 + 17 + 2 - 5 ⇒ (17) + 17 + 2 - 5 = 31
damage: 1d8 + 21 ⇒ (7) + 21 = 28

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Plunging her spear into the clockwork mage again and again, the world flickers and fades with each exertion. She couldn't take much more - it was either she or it.

attack, buffs: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 21
damage?: 1d8 + 21 ⇒ (3) + 21 = 24

iterative attack, buffs: 1d20 + 17 - 5 ⇒ (7) + 17 - 5 = 19
damage?: 1d8 + 21 ⇒ (8) + 21 = 29

Snarling, Tatienne, moves forward, her feet slipping in the rubble. Lifting her spear again, she aims for the last clockwork creature's chest, and shoves her spear with all her strength.

Move one square (costs two squares so no step), attack.

attack, buffs: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (8) + 17 = 25
damage: 1d8 + 21 ⇒ (8) + 21 = 29

Taty skirts in front of Houghton and then along the other wall, opposite of Invandi. She was too hurt and it was too dangerous to risk an attack from the repairing construct to get at the mage, but she'd be able to get to it soon enough. In the meantime, maybe she could finish off the healer.

Move 20', attack healing robot.
attack, buffs: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (11) + 17 = 28
damage: 1d8 + 21 ⇒ (7) + 21 = 28