Rauno nods to the right-hand door. "Right. Always go right. Shariv, you still taking point, or you want me looking for nasties?" The Varisian is holding his bow and considering an arrow, obviously wanting to know if he should prepare for combat or serve as point-man."Keep an eye out for danger, I'll go first."
I follow Shariv down the corridor, staying alert and keeping an arrow nocked in case of danger.
Adaro will wait for the sneaky ones to give the clear, he may be small but he in not one of stealthy approaches.
I follow Shariv down the corridor, staying alert and keeping an arrow nocked in case of danger.
The door is darkwood bound with iron, and while securely built, doesn't appear to be locked. You detect the faint scent of exotic-smelling smoke, like spices or incense are burning.
Yeah, like Adaro, I (we, Melani?) give the stealthy characters a bit of space and follow behind. No good having stealthy characters if they have a Dwarf in Full plate stomping along beside them :)
"Do you want me to check for magic around this entrance?" asks Melani.
"T'would be a shame to light our way with your pain and suffering."
"Go ahead Sunshine. Do your hocus pocus." I say and stand to the side so that she can have a clear shot at the door.
"Do you want me to check for magic around this entrance?" asks Melani.
"T'would be a shame to light our way with your pain and suffering."
Melani concentrates, and while the door itself doesn't seem to radiate magic, there is definitely multiple sources of magic behind the door, but within range of her spell.
Melani warns the group of the magic ahead and tries to get a bit more information by concentrating.
She shakes her head and smiles at Xer, "hocus pocus done. Time to show me your moves, gentlemen."
Melani grabs her shield and mentally prepares for danger.
"By the way, the door isn't magical but it may be .... I am sure you know this."
Rauno follows along cautiously behind Shariv, mirroring Xer's preparedness. After Melani checks out the door with her arcane sight, Rauno says quietly to Shariv, "Let me take a look..." He then inspects the door and area around it carefully.
Rauno follows along cautiously behind Shariv, mirroring Xer's preparedness. After Melani checks out the door with her arcane sight, Rauno says quietly to Shariv, "Let me take a look..." He then inspects the door and area around it carefully.
You don't detect any traps on the door.
Stepping away from the door, he nods to Shariv, "Looks clean." He then resumes his flanking position behind Shariv.
Shariv stands at ready, spikes drawn, then slowly opens the door.
At first glance
The air in this room is thick and cloying, carrying upon it the heavy and offensive smell of rotting flesh, sickly sweet flowers, exotic smoke and reptilian musk. Shadows and smoke coil in the corners of the room, and the floor is smeared with dirt and patches of pallid mold.
To either side of the room's central dais, stone carvings of demonic visages yawn, their open maws revealing two different and hostile terrains.
There is another door along the eastern wall.
If you look at the north and/or south demonic carvings more closely:
The opening to the north shows a verdant jungle of fungus that serves as a battleground between enormous insects and gargantuan reptiles, while the southern maw shows the same landscape with the jungle burnt away, leaving nothing but skeletal fungoid trees and an ash-charred landscape.
"When you are ready I shall continue my magical sweep now that the room is open. Mayhap everyone should be ready for a dark defence."
I stay at the door, ready to fire on anything that should emerge into the room. "What are those things?"
Melani concentrates hard on the room and its fittings.
She tries to pinpoint the magic, even if she cannot guess the school involved.
"OK, so who's taking point?" Looking around at everyoe in the party wearing light (or no) armour, and taking up a position in the doorway, "Well, I supposse it's me. Melani, give me the word when you have finished your sweep of the room, and we'll head in."
Melani concentrates hard on the room and its fittings.
She tries to pinpoint the magic, even if she cannot guess the school involved.
Aside from the magic emanating from the two demonic visages (conjuration), there appears to be sources of magic (conjuration and transmutation) in the two corners of the room along the north wall.
Hey, not to interrupt, but I just ran across this thread, and it's really, really cool. I've never watched someone else run a group through one of my adventures before, and it's seriously addictive... you're killing my productivity, here!
Anyhow, just wanted to say thank you, and there's more information coming on Kaer Maga in Pathfinder 3 if you need it. :)
Play on!
-James (author of Seven Swords)
Hey, not to interrupt, but I just ran across this thread, and it's really, really cool. I've never watched someone else run a group through one of my adventures before, and it's seriously addictive... you're killing my productivity, here!
Anyhow, just wanted to say thank you, and there's more information coming on Kaer Maga in Pathfinder 3 if you need it. :)
Play on!
-James (author of Seven Swords)
James, want to put in a good word for me in the Open Call?
I promise I'll mix more Sci-Fi stuff into my query ;-)
Melani turns to her protectors and tells all she learns of the room's magic.
Then she retires to relative safety several steps from the entrance.
Can I get a marching order for when you guys head into the room. So far it looks like Berekiah in the front, followed by ???
"Fine," replies Shariv. He seems a bit put off, but follows Berekiah closely.
Melani waits the others to enter and then she occupies the doorway.
With Melani bringing up the rear, Rauno follows Xer into the room.
As Berekiah walks into the room towards the door at the eastern end of the room, the others follow him. Berekiah, Shariv and Xer are in the room , while Rauno is just in the doorway itself. Melani and Adara are still in the corridor.
Xer looks arounds as movement catches the corner of his eye in the smoky NW corner of the room, in an area that had been out of line of sight from the doorway. At the same time, Berekiah hears the scrabble of claws on marble.
"Beware!" Berekiah calls as he unlimbers his spiked chain.
From the NW corner of the room appears a charging scarlet raptor, devilish claws reaching forward to eviserate you. On the back of the raptor rides a winged goblin wielding a lance.
A similiar raptor/goblin pair also charges from the SW corner of the room towards the party.
"What the F&++?!" shouts Shariv as the dinosaur-riding goblin things charge the group.
He flicks his hands, and a throwing spike appears in the throat of each of the goblin creatures. Another quick flick, and a wicked-looking straight razor appears in his left hand.
The two goblin riders clutch their wounds after Shariv's Throwing Spike barrage, but they still cling to their mounts.
The NW Raptor charges and launches itself through the air at Berekiah. The raking rear talons and bite scrabble against Berekiah's dwarven-crafted armor, but the forearm claws lash out and score wounds against weak points in Berekiah's defence.
Adaro's turn
He will delay as there are a bunch of big folk in the way. "Get in there."
Both goblin lancers will lower their lances, and pull wands from their belts as their saurian mounts charge into battle. (Neither has a shield, I'll post a pic up on the website right after I finish this post.)
One targets Xer, while the other targets Rauno.
Can you both make DC 13 Fortitude Saves please.
I fall to the floor, clutching at my face. I can't see anything, just utter blackness and my eyes burn. "I can't see!" I shout. "Stay calm. This kind of thing has happened before." I think "Damn it! Someone help me!"
Melani steps closer to the man and taps him lightly on the bottom. She whispers in his ear,
"Let there be light when all around is darkness."
I try once again to fight off the blinding pain but it remains.
Melani shouts, "Get the wands or the goblins. They will kill us with their magic."
Rauno is already firing as Melani shouts, shifting his first shot slightly. His arrow flies toward the wand-wielding goblin that fired at him, aimed in truth not at the goblin, but at his hand...
Two more arrows fly lightning-fast toward the last raptor that hadn't yet acted, the archer instinctively taking advantage of the creature's slower reaction time.
Rauno is already firing as Melani shouts, shifting his first shot slightly. His arrow flies toward the wand-wielding goblin that fired at him, aimed in truth not at the goblin, but at his hand...
Two more arrows fly lightning-fast toward the last raptor that hadn't yet acted, the archer instinctively taking advantage of the creature's slower reaction time.
The ivory and obsidian wand flies out of the astonished goblin's hand, and a heartbeat later two more arrows bury themselves to the fletching in the chest of the raptor.
"Come on Berekiah, show us what you are made of!" cheers Melani.
Berekiah swings his chain at the mounted goblin, attempting to pull him from his "stead."*
Touch Attack (1d20+11=19)
Trip Attempt (1d20+8=11)
He will try again,
Touch Attack (1d20+11=23)
Trip Attempt (1d20+8=18)
If that succeeds:
Follow Up Attack (1d20+11=26)
Damage (2d4+7=12) + 1 Acid
Regardless of the success of his first two trip attempts, his third will simply try to pulverise the Goblin (Wherever he is)
Attack Roll (1d20+6=20)
Damage (2d4+7=13) + 1 Acid
*
EDIT:
Berekiah's whirling chain snares the goblin lancer and pulls him off the raptor mount. A quick pair of strikes with the spiked head of the chain leaves the goblin battered and unmoving on the ground.
The southern raptor starts to charge the party, then veers to the left to attack the archer who hurt it.
Rauno, standing in the doorway to the room, tries to avoid the ferocious assault, and partially succeeds. A single claw slash and a wicked bite take chunks out of Rauno, but he successfully avoids the disemboweling talon strike of the leaping raptor.
And now its Shariv's turn as we start the next round