GM Dak - RotRL AE (Group 3)

[GM Dak]

Back out in the tunnel it ends in a hard stone wall.

[Chimaeryus]

I thought dwarves didn't find dead ends?

[Thorfinn Feigrsson]

Shaking his head, the dwarf returns to the statue and turns north from there.

[Ioxeia Androdaixa]

Ioxeia waits for a bit to try to get her bearings again. She nods as Thorfinn turns north from the baffling statue. "Shall we try this door before descending?"

[Thorfinn Feigrsson]

"Aye." Thorfinn listens at the door.

Perception check: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

[GM Dak]

Thorfinn:

You do not hear any sounds.

[Thorfinn Feigrsson]

Thorfinn opens the door.

[GM Dak]

This large chamber was obviously once a prison, as testified by the twenty cells that line the room’s perimeter. A rickety wooden platform overlooks the room, with two flights of stairs descending to the prison floor ten feet below. A five-foot-wide wooden walkway runs from the northern edge of the platform to a passageway to the east.

Map updated

[Thorfinn Feigrsson]

Thorfinn enters the room carefully, shield high and axe ready. If nothing disturbs him, he'll lead the party down the stairs first to explore the lower level of the room before going back up and out to the east.

[GM Dak]

Nothing happens upon entering the room initially. However, moving down the stairs a creature comes out from under the platform to attack.

Init:

Chim: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
Gab: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Gal: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
Ioxeia: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22
Thorfinn: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Round 1
>Party, Enemies

[Gabriel Cailean]

Gabriel will inspire courage and try and figure out what the creatures are.

Knowledge Creature ID:

Arcana: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
Dungeoneering: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Local: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Nature: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21
Planes: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6
Religion: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

+1 Attacks/Damage/Saves vs Charm & Fear

[GM Dak]

You already identified them, doh, my bad. These are sinspawn similar to what you met when first entering these tunnels.

[Thorfinn Feigrsson]

"These, again!" Assuming that Thorfinn can't attack or be attacked from the stairs, I've moved him down to the lowest level to fight the closest sinspawn.

The dwarf hustles down the rickety stairs, but messes up the timing of his strike as he doubles back towards the sinspawn.

Axe to aberration, incl. inspire courage: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 5 + 1 = 13

[Chimaeryus]

My magic harms them not

[Ioxeia Androdaixa]

As the sinspawn emerge to attack, Ioxeia races ahead to the edge of the landing and tries to slow their advance by lofting her spear at the unengaged monster. Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21 damage?: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

[Thorfinn Feigrsson]

Don't forget the inspire courage.

[Gallus Domitus]

Round 1

Gallus seeing the creatures emerge from beneath the platform rushes down the opposite set of stairs. Bringing his glaive across the intervening space he rakes across the sinspawn's torso.

1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 5 + 1 = 231d10 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 = 6

[Chimaeryus]

Not wanting to feel useless Chimaeryus attempts to blast the left one at the bottom of the stair case with his signature aka "only" spell.

caster level: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
damage: 1d4 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4

My magic is weak. I should have saved that spell

[GM Dak]

Ioxeia and Gallus manage to make some progress with the one Sinspawn, while Thorfinn and Chim do not have much luck. The Sinspawn attack with their ranseura, one steps back from Thorfinn to attack, the other swinging at Gallus.

Attack-T: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Damage: 2d4 + 1 ⇒ (4, 3) + 1 = 8
Attack-G: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Damage: 2d4 + 1 ⇒ (4, 2) + 1 = 7

Both connect, giving Gallus and Thorfinn significany blows.

Round 2
>Party, Sinspawn

[Thorfinn Feigrsson]

Snarling through the pain, Thorfinn follows the sinspawn, swinging again and landing a glancing blow on the unnatural creature.

Axe, incl. inspire courage: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 1 = 22
Axe damage, incl. inspire courage: 1d10 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4

[Gabriel Cailean]

Gabriel will continue to inspire courage 8/10 rounds remains and will cast glitterdust on the left sinspawn.

Will DC 16 or be blinded. (No SR)

[Chimaeryus]

Even the tainted human is a better caster than I.

Chimaeryus casts acid orb on the now blinded, (at least for one round) sin spawn. Not including cover/combat modifiers in my rolls.

Caster level: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

ranged touch: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14
damage: 1d3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 = 5

[Ioxeia Androdaixa]

While Gabriel conjures his burst of glitter, Ioxeia ducks beneath on her way down the stairs, drawing her rapier and calling a spark of magic to it on the way. She turns on the last few steps and thrusts at the sinspawn. Attack, activating arcane pool: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 11 damage?: 1d6 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 + 1 = 5

[Gabriel Cailean]

Chimaertus, if you're casting acid splash, it's a conjuration and has no SR.

[Chimaeryus]

Thanks Rob, posting from my phone today, so not a lot of resources to look up spells.

[GM Dak]

Will: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Between Gabriel's dust, Chim's acid and Ioxeia's rapier the sinspawn, covered in glitter goes down. Gallus charges over attacking under the platform the remaining sinspawn.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 + 2 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 5 + 2 + 1 - 1 = 26
Damage: 1d10 + 4 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 1 + 2 = 11

He connects slicing a huge gash into the creature. The creature returns the assualt in kind.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
Damage: 2d4 + 1 ⇒ (2, 2) + 1 = 5

However, with the platform beams in the way it only manages to glance Gallus's armor.

Round 3
>Party, Sinspawn

[Thorfinn Feigrsson]

Thorfinn tries to take advantage of the creature's distraction as it focuses on Gallus.

Attack! (with inspire courage): 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 5 + 1 = 14
Damage! (if that hits, and including inspire courage): 1d10 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 1 = 11

[Gabriel Cailean]

Gabriel will continue to inspire courage (7/10) rounds remaining.

He will also move over and menace the creature from above with his crossbow, attempting to demoralize it.

Intimidate: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

[Ioxeia Androdaixa]

Once the first monster drops, Ioxeia follows after Gallus to help with the other. Assuming there's room under the catwalk; I'm imagining Ioxeia as on the lower level of her square on the map.
Attack: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 25Ooh, roll to confirm: 1d20 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 10
Damage: 1d6 + 2 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 1 + 1 = 8

[Chimaeryus]

Chimaerys casts another acid splash. No modifiers for height or cover added

ranged touch: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 2 + 1 = 20
damage: 1d3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 = 5

[GM Dak]

With the concentrated effort of the group the last Sinspawn goes down.

End of Combat

[Gabriel Cailean]

Yay

"Well done everybody. Glad we learned something from our last fight with one of these things, but it bothers me a bit to be seeing more."

[Thorfinn Feigrsson]

Thorfinn nods. "Aye. Got some magic to heal this?" He indicates the ranseur wound he took. "Looks like Gallus took a shot himself."

[Gabriel Cailean]

"It's not much but here ya go"

Gabriel will cast CLW on Thorfinn and Gallus.

Thorfinn: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4
Gallus: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

"One we get back to town we really oughta find a wand for this... Back in Taldor they were always being sold in the military surplus shops, I wonder where we could find one around these parts."

[Chimaeryus]

Chimaeryus slowly walks towards Thorfinn, and presents him a potion of cure light wounds while staring at the floor.

[Thorfinn Feigrsson]

Thorfinn takes the potion with a grin. "Thank you, sir. I'll hold onto this for now, and if I don't use it I'll return it."

[Thorfinn Feigrsson]

The dwarf looks around on the lower level for anything of interest. "Might as well take the ranseurs...we can sell them in town."

[Chimaeryus]

Is there a large ranseur market in town?

[Gallus Domitus]

Gallus inclines his head in thanks to Gabriel after feeling his healing energy wipe away the gash in his flesh.

Do you suppose those are the freaks mentioned in the journal? Lets move on.

[Thorfinn Feigrsson]

"Hope so. Don't want to see anything freakier than that."

[Ioxeia Androdaixa]

"Freakier, no, but probably more dangerous. Tsuto wrote that someone was controlling these things, and from what we've seen of them so far I doubt it's by shared interests or charming conversation."

[Chimaeryus]

"I don't recall anyone attempting to initiate a conversation with them?"

[Gabriel Cailean]

"I'll give it a try next time we encounter one. Maybe I'll even have a few moments before it tries to kill us."

[Chimaeryus]

"Then who will rouse us with inspiration?"

[Gabriel Cailean]

Gabriel grins at Chimaeryus.

"I can dance a mean jig too ya know."

[Chimaeryus]

Chimaeryus smiles back at the actor.

At least someone gets my humor.

[GM Dak]

Continuing down the hallway you come to another room. This room contains several ancient relics of what appear to be torture implements, although their function and style seem strange and archaic. In one corner sits a spherical cage with spikes protruding inward from its iron bars. In another stands what appears to be a star-shaped wooden frame, its surface studded with hooks. And in the center of the room is a long table covered with leather straps and a number of cranks that seem designed to rotate and swivel. There is a door leading east and south.

[Gabriel Cailean]

Gabriel will cast detect magic and scan the room.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

[Ioxeia Androdaixa]

Ioxeia moves cautiously around the room, obviously unnerved by the wicked instruments' remains. "This all looks... old. Whoever's down here, it can't be theirs, can it? But they didn't get rid of it either - I don't imagine we'll enjoy meeting them."

How strange do torture implements get? Can Ioxeia tell if any of them were designed for something other than ordinary humanoids or the like? Yeesh, what a question! I'm definitely not liking these people.

[GM Dak]

Gabriel:

No magic

The torture implements are just extremely old and there are more common ones utilized now.