Definitely not a new PbP player; but I've never played this module and would love a seat if you don't get any more new players.
I'd like to apply the credit to this character, but I think I'd actually prefer to play one of the pregens to get the full experience the writer intended.
"There were many perilsss, but we overcame them. Kobold banditsss that were a mere trifle to dissspatch but there may be more in the tunnelsss. There were alssso the abandoned creationsss of a deceassssed necromancer. Though mindlesssss, they gave usss a great deal more difficulty."
Vipera will increase Urushi's damage by 1 with painful stare.
She can also bump up her damage by 1.
Vipera steps up the minotaur, tossing the crossbow on the ground and drawing her kukri from her belt sash. She licks the blade with her forked tongue before swinging the knife at the creature's hoofed legs.
Seeing that Janira's wounds don't seem to be as bad as she thought, Vipera reloads and fires her crossbow before stepping forward to confront the wounded beast.
This might end this now. If not, I think Ruzz could follow up with the exact same thing.
Vipera fixes her stare on the minotaur before unleashes a spray of dazzling colors in his face.
Color Spray, Will DC 15, minotaur gets -2 to it's will saves while it's within range of Vipera's hypnotic stare. She can also increase the damage of the next successful attack against the minotaur by 1.
Running is movement ×4, but it needs to be in a straight line and can't be over difficult terrain. I've run this enough to know there is difficult terrain on the map and that the log requires Acrobatics to cross, but I also know that a lot of GMs prefer to hand wave terrain.
I am assuming that Vipera would have the wand of cure light wounds from Janira's pack, as I don't think anyone else can use it. If I can get to Janira in time, I can try to heal her. Also, if that minotaur's within 30 feet, I can land my hypnotic stare, which will give it a -2 to its Will Saves.
Seeing the halfling felled by the minotaur's axe, Vipera pulls her wand of healing from her boot and dashes forward. She stops about ten feet from the stream and gets ready to make a running jump across the river.
Move to draw a wand, then moving in place. If nothing else changes, Vipera will try to jump across the stream next round and move to heal Janira.
Vipera steps forward, licking the tip of the crossbow bolt before firing it at the Minotaur. The bolt flies several feet to the left of the monster, clearly missing.
Sorry Ruzz, I'm a little cranky at how long this fight has been taking and that it seems like we've mostly been getting in each other's way during this fight. In hindsight, it would have made sense to start the fight just letting the brainless undead come to us so we could focus fire, getting flanking bonuses, and etc.
I have an okay UMD, but unfortunately, I can't use my wand anymore today because of that 1 I rolled. I'm fine with Yaerstenn using my wand and then I could still use the partially charged one in Janira's pack. That would give us two people that would have access to healing if we needed it in a pinch.
Let's not forget about the items in that bag! Ruzz would benefit the most from that scroll of mage armor, but if he doesn't want it someone else might as well us it. Six hours will probably last the rest of the scenario. The potion of barkskin will last 30 minutes, so that could last one or two fights and that potion of feather step would probably be a nice thing for Urushi to have in case we run into difficult terrain. I want at least one alchemist fire, but I'd be willing to take both and the acid flask if we need it.
Not sure why Ruzz wouldn't want that pearl of power, considering that he is the only prepared caster here and he used up grease and burning hands...Interestingly he is also the only one who would be able to identify it. Neither Vipera nor Yaersten have Spellcraft as a skill.
It's fine. It just leads most of us to sitting around until they go down. I'll just go into indefinite delay. Maybe just PM me when the next encounter starts.
You get a Reflex save even if you're unconscious, but it's going to be 1 damage no matter what anyways. We did get a stronger wand in Janiras bag. You could use that. Btw, I thought our plan was to lure the undead down the hallway so we can use the terrain to our advantage. We're still in the position of having only one person be able to effectively engage them at a time.
I don't want to throw this holy water with a -4 penalty, but the only place I go would be in the way of other people. Vipera will continue to delay until after Cynan, Urushi, and Ruzz act and see if something opens up.
Vipera moves up to Urushi and attempts to heal him with her wand.
Use Magic Device:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
The wand sparks in Vipera's hands. Startled, Vipera drops the wand into the ground.
"Useless trash!"
We never officially divided up the items in Janira's bag, but it is likely that Vipera would have taken that holy water and one of the alchemist fires, as she has few good ways to deal with undead.
With one of her hands free, Vipera pulls the flask of holy water out of her bandolier, preparing to throw it when the undead begin to come down the hallway.
If somebody wants to throw it instead, they could just grab it out of Vipera's hand.
Roxxie, would it make sense for us to see if we can find a replacement GM to wrap things up? It sounds like you have a lot on your plate right now and there would be no shame in setting this to the side. I'm sure we could find someone who would be happy to finish up the last half of this scenario.
Urushi, you would definitely have cover because it's at least a hard hard corner. With that outcropping thats on the map I personally think you would even have cover in your current position.
Instead of acting, I'm going to go into DELAY until after Urushi's turn. We just need to hope that skeleton doesn't get lucky and that those mindless zombies that can't reach us because of the bottleneck won't take actions attacking an unconscious foe. (Realistically I think a mindless creature would finish off a helpless target if they don't have another target, but most people assume the GM is going to "play fair.")
To be fair we're in kind of a bad tactical situation, which makes things more stressful. I for one really underestimated our enemies and didn't have a good enough understanding of what our party's strengths and weaknesses were.
when I GM I don't allow past session knowledge's to count. I do consider certain creatures to be "common" though, which often makes the knowledge DC low enough to try untrained.
I get that people have different ideas on tactics and what risks are worth taking. I get that your AC will probably protect Urushi, but it might not. The skellie might also be able attack with it's claw also, so that's two chances to take you down.
If everyone wants me take the action back and the GM would be fine with that, then I will change my action. I think it would be fair to make me reroll my UMD though, as that's not something that would happen until the readied action goes off. Meaning I could move up and no healing at all would happen. Also a factor into why I chose the action I did, BTW. I didn't want to clog the hallway up if my wand sputtered.
Cyan, I considered your plan and the current situation and I think the more straight forward approach of just getting to Urushi and healing him would be a better idea.
Urashi is at 2 hp and that skeleton gets to act right before him. There's a good chance he will go down if it lands a hit. Plus, if the skeleton takes him down, then its next logical action would be to move down the corridor and we wouldn't have a way to get to him. He won't be able to five foot step on his turn, but he still has the option of withdrawing safely.
From the look of the map, there is some cave wall between Urushi and the purple zombie right now. Urushi and the zombie should have cover relative to each other. That wouldn't have kept him from being hit last round, but it does mean the bottle neck would begin in the square immediately behind Urushi. I can hold the tunnel for one round and frankly, I'm more expendable then him right now.
Sorry, I know that throws a wrench in your turn, but I don't like the odds of hoping the skeleton will miss.
Use Magic Device:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Vipera shakes the wand into her hand in an imitation of Sarenrae ritual. The wand glows in her hand with soft glowing light as she darts towards Urushi.
Cure Light Wounds:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3
Shoot, that wasn't a lot of healing, but it increases his odds at least.
Not trying to be needlessly couragous here. The crowded conditions were really limiting where I could move. I don't remember how people were positioned exactly, but withdrawing only protects you from the first square of movement and you can't five foot into a square occupied by an ally, so one of those things probably factored into what I did.
Vipera moves into the room and tosses a thin sheet of slippery grease underneath the feet of two of the undead creatures. She stares down the closest zombie, but quickly realizes that this creature is not intimidated by her unnerving gaze.
Grease Reflex DC 15. I don't have the ability to use painful stare on undead...yet.
"We should go down that tunnel, but I want to sssay that I felt a little thrum of ssssomething magic come from thisss altar when I completed the ritual. Perhapsss more ritualsss will aid usss in the battlesss to come."
Ready to move on, but is there anyone else who wants to play with the altar first?
"I sssaw a ssstory on the wall about a human bringing light to dark placesss. Perhapsss these Aroden's practiced a ritual like that on this altar. I'm sure it won't hurt to try."
Vipera wades into the water to get close to the model city. She cast's her dancing lights spell and moves the lights slowly through the miniature streets of the diorama, attempting to shed light onto the shadowy bits of the display.
Vipera sneaks forward, staring intently at the man in the water. As she approaches, she picks up a stone off the ground and skips it across the pond. The rock bounces off the water past the bathing gillman.
Activating Hypnotic Stare on the gillman (-2 to Will Saves) Skipping Stone:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15 Not that there's any rules on this, but that's got to be a good enough attack roll to merit at least two, maybe even three skips.
"Let me sssend my little scout across the gap. She won't be able tell usss what she ssssees, but we will at leassst know if there is any sign of danger on the other ssside."
Vipera's eye leaves her body and flies over the pit. Vipera casts a dancing lights spell on the other side of the pit.
[ooc}Vipera releases her eye, which is able to fly over the pit, check for any signs of danger or opportunity, then fly back. Like any familiar, she can sense its emotional state, but won't know exactly what it sees.[/ooc]
