Reluctantly, Nuveril lets Sajan advance alone, holding her weapons at the ready, and eyeing Grall suspiciously.
Sabeen incants another spell with the same harsh voice.
A vaguely man-shaped figure made of light comes into existence beyond the entry point (on the outside side so as not to project light onto the group or the sneaking monk).
Northern Alcove
This debris-laden chamber once held a shrine and wooden altar, but all of that appears to have been smashed decades ago by vandals. The ceiling here has remained intact over the years, helping to preserve a huge bas-relief statue of a muscular humanoid man with a pointy beard gesturing toward a huge mountain in teh background, his face a picture of mortal concern.
Southern Alcove
A similar statue adorns the eastern wall of this chamber, in this case the bearded figure appearing on a hilltop to a group of robed pilgrims. This being holds up his hands, palms out, in a sign of peace. Though many of the faces and limbs on the bas-relief have been worn down or cut away, the expression of those range from beatific to horrified.
A crude stone stele that seems to have been erected more recently than the abandonment of the monastery stands here as well. Its graven inscription reads: "A ghost of unholy mien was purged from this place by Theodephus Estrovan, servant of Aroden, 4691 A.R."
Sabeen incants another spell with the same harsh voice.
A vaguely man-shaped figure made of light comes into existence beyond the entry point (on the outside side so as not to project light onto the group or the sneaking monk).
Linah jerks and stiffens as the vague light shape appears, but glances at Sabeen and relaxes quickly.
She frowns at the destroyed altar and can't help to whisper "Such a waste.". Unable to identify the two statues she scans the party to look for any signs of that anyone recognizes the depicted humans.
Grall looks over at Nuveril eyeing him and then looks to Sajan, ignoring the suspicious looks.
Knowledge (Religion):1d20 + 5Looking at huge bas-relief statue, and contemplating the religious meaning of it...
"Saint Varishal? Certainly not one of Sarenrae's more commonly venerated saints. What is the mountain he is pointing at with such concern?
"Saint Varishal? I have never heard of him", Linah says with more than a hint of shame in her voice. She bows her head at the statue while reciting a short hymn.
Nuveril's eyes slip carelessly over the statues, obviously of no interest to her.
Contemplating the statue a bit longer..
"Or was his name Vardishal....Yes, Vardishal that's it. Perhaps that sounds more familiar, Linah?"
"I'm afraid not", Linah replies looking down at the floor.
This small, contemplative chapel is dedicated to Vardishal, a once-immortal warrior slain hundreds of years ago in a great battle near this spot. Pilgrims of Sarenrae who settled in the region about 200 years ago were drawn here by a goodly spirit, the ghost of a noble warrior who manifested here occasionally to make pronouncements and speak omens. Most of these involved the evil cult of Rovagug and the threat posed by Pale Mountain’s denizens. Some aspect of the traumatic death that turned Vardishal into a ghost in the first place kept him from clearly communicating his warnings, but the flock of Sarenrae took the inchoate pronouncements of the benevolent spirit as a reminder to dedicate themselves to vigilance of their land, and especially to close monitoring of the ominous white mountain on the horizon.
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A short set of wide ceremonial steps leads down to a cavernous chapel in which the congregants would gather for sermons in happier times. The vibrant orange and red starburst of Sarenrae still stands behind a film of rusted rainwater and dirt along the north wall overlooking the collapsed altar. Between the stairs and the altar stand dozens of old marble benches, many overturned and even more broken into two or more pieces. A wide walkway bisects the pews, leading directly to the raised altar. Here and there a few clumps of the original red carpet along this thoroughfare hang on against rot and neglect.
Above the center of the chapel, dangling about ten feet from the floor, hangs a cluster of gnoll skulls in various stages of decay. Strung together like a ghoulish candelabra of twine and bone, the boulder-sized ornament hangs from the wooden rafters about twenty feet above the ground.
There is a ladder on the northern wall of the chapel to reach the choir booths and rafters. The rafters are approximately 20 feet above the floor of the chapel.
The ceiling rafters in the southeast portion of the chapel upper works have been papered over like a wasp’s nest in an interwoven mish-mash of soiled tapestries, tablecloths, altar runners, and other bits of salvaged cloth, creating a sort of hanging “tent” in the rafters above.
The rope that suspends the gnoll-skull chandelier winds up to the rafters above, then across to the southwest corner. Suddenly, the knotted rope suspending the gnoll-skull candelabra jerks and jumps as a runty little creature dressed in crude furs scrambles from far above to gain a foothold on the swaying skulls.
With a squeaky laugh, this gremlin casts a rude gesture in your direction and gives a warbling squeak. In response, several pugwampi heads peek out over the railings of the choir booths. They take aim at you with tiny bows and arrows.
Pugwampi Picture LINK
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ROUND 1
Grall
Nuveril
Khalid
Linah
Sabeen
Sajan
Khalid
Grall
Linah
Sabeen
Nuveril
Sajan
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Pugwampi 1
Pugwampi 2
Pugwampi 3
Pugwampi 4
Pugwampi 5
Pugwampi 6
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ROUND 1 LOWER MAP
ROUND 1 UPPER MAP
Pugwampi
Initiative
Khalid 21
Grall 17
Linah 16
Sabeen 11
Nuveril 11
Pugwampi 9
Sajan 9
Round 1 Action
Grall will double move to and up the ladder but not to the point that he is on lvl two yet, just at the top of the ladder under the floor, don't want to take a bunch of needless arrow shots. I believe this will be 70' of movement unless you are counting up the ladder as a double move, then it will be 80' which he can still make.
Round 1 Action
Grall will double move to and up the ladder but not to the point that he is on lvl two yet, just at the top of the ladder under the floor, don't want to take a bunch of needless arrow shots. I believe this will be 70' of movement unless you are counting up the ladder as a double move, then it will be 80' which he can still make.
From the SRD: "Many nonstandard modes of movement are covered under this category, including climbing (up to one-quarter of your speed)..."
With a movement of 40 feet, your climbing speed will be 10 feet. It would take you a double-move to climb the ladder if you were starting at the bottom.
You can, however, climb at up to half your speed by making a Climb check (DC 5). This will put you nearly at the top of the ladder where you wanted to go.
PLEASE NOTE EVERYONE: If your movement is 30 feet per round, it will take you 3 move actions to climb the ladder unless you make a Climb check (DC 5) to perform an accelerated climb. A successful accelerated climb will get you to the top in 2 move actions. (Grall can make it in a single move action with accelerated climbing due to his 40 feet of movement.)
Round 1 Actions:
Perception
Climb check
Sajan rushes up the ladder as fast as possible.
Round 1
- No Action required: Sweep dancing lights round into the chapel up the gap in between the pews (100' movement).
- Move action: Move to the lower section near the ladder and take cover behind the biggest intact piece of marble Sabeen can find. If pugs 1 and 2 are 20' up I'm also assuming I'm just outside their bad luck aura.
- Standard action: Shoot crossbow at pug 6.
In the hopefully unlikely event I am in the bad luck aura:
No whammmies, move up quickly!!
Linah follows Khalid and Grall as they dart towards the latter. As Grall starts to climb the ladder she stops and with closed eyes recites a prayer to Sarenrae.
Round 1 actions
Yes, the reddish-brown rectangle is the ladder.
Nuveril flinches violently when Sabeen's light-man sweeps past her. No amount of reasoning has been able to convince her the apparition is anything less than an embodiment of the evil spirit which keeps the simple-minded female as his pawn. When it first made an appearance during the journey to the ruined monastery, she tired herself out trying to slay it, as her blade sliced uselessly through the air; while she no longer tries to attack it, convinced that her scimitar is not sufficiently blessed to injure the spirit, she avoids all contact with it like it is plague-ridden, an avoidance that extends to its conjuror. Seeing Sabeen run toward the chapel altar and attack at range, Nuveril decides instead to climb the ladder with the rest of the party. She shrugs her madu off her arm to free it up for the climb.
ROUND 1 SUMMARY
Khalid moves to the ladder and begins to climb.
Grall moves to the ladder and begins to climb.
Linah moves to the ladder and invokes a divine blessing on her comrades.
Sabeen moves to the ladder and takes cover behind a pew. She fires her crossbow, but misses wide.
Nuveril moves to the ladder and begins to climb.
Sajan moves to the ladder and begins to climb.
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Pugwampi 1 fires at Sajan, then moves away from the ladder. Attack . Damage .
Pugwampi 2 fires at Sajan, then moves away from the ladder. Attack . Damage .
Pugwampi 3 fires at Sajan, then moves away from the ladder. Attack . Damage .
Pugwampi 4 fires at Sajan. Attack . Damage .
Pugwampi 5 fires at Sajan. Attack . Damage .
Pugwampi 6 fires at Sajan. Attack . Damage .
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ROUND 2 LOWER MAP
ROUND 2 UPPER MAP
Initiative
Khalid 21
Grall 17
Linah 16
Sabeen 11
Nuveril 11
Pugwampi 9
Sajan 9
It appears as though #1 is about 30' from me, I would like to take a single move to it and attack if possible? If so:
Round 2
Linah watches as Sajan is bombarded with arrows. "Are you hurt?", she cries out to him.
She waves her hand in a smooth pattern and the mark on her right palm starts to glow. She then sheaths her scimitar before turning to climb the ladder.
Round 2
Hunkering down behind the marble as much as possible, Sabeen stares at the pugwampis perched on the rafters and begins to chant a complicated spell in the same gutteril monotone.
Edit: Sabeen will also send the dancing lights man up just beyond the pugs on the eastern section of the upper level.
Round 2 Action-
Two of the arrows hitting home, Sajan grunts in pain but moves up to the ladder anyway. When asked if he is hurt, he gestures to the two arrows sticking out of his leg, sighing in relief as Linah's strange magic heals him of all his wounds.
Climb 1-
Climb 2-
Nuveril growls with impatience at the people blocking her way up the ladder, particularly when she sees the scarred gnoll disappear over the edge of the canopy.
A thin balcony overlooks the chapel floor some twenty feet below. Two rows of tall-backed wooden choir chairs dominate the southern reach of the balcony, which hugs the chapel’s concave walls. The balcony falls away—collapsed for a span of perhaps fifteen feet—just on the other side of the choir area. To the east, rickety time-worn wooden rafters stretch across the whole chapel. Two huge sections of these rafters have been engulfed in a sort of nest comprised of a patchwork of random bits of cloth.
ROUND 2 SUMMARY
Khalid , Reflex , Reflex
Grall , Reflex
Linah
Sabeen
Nuveril
Sajan , Reflex , Reflex
Khalid falls through a rotten section of balcony flooring. Damage .
Grall falls through a rotten section of balcony flooring. Damage .
Linah heals Sajan with a burst of divine energy.
Sabeen begins casting a spell.
Nuveril moves to the ladder and begins to climb.
Sajan moves onto the balcony. The floor falls out beneath him, but he manages to leap to safety onto a sturdier section.
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Pugwampi 1 moves for a better shot and fires at Linah, then moves away from the ladder. Attack . Damage .
Pugwampi 2 moves for a better shot and fires at Linah, then moves away from the ladder. Attack . Damage .
Pugwampi 3 moves for a better shot and fires at Sabeen, then moves away from the ladder. Attack . Damage .
Pugwampi 4 fires at Sabeen. Attack . Damage .
Pugwampi 5 fires at Sabeen. Attack . Damage .
Pugwampi 6 moves for a better shot and fires at Sabeen. Attack . Damage .
Pugwampi2 Critical confirmation , Damage
Pugwampi3 Critical confirmation , Damage
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ROUND 3 LOWER MAP
ROUND 3 UPPER MAP
Exposure to the elements and the passage of years have rendered the once sturdy wooden rafters crisscrossing the chapel upper works treacherous. Weighing less than a dog, the pugwampis have nothing to fear from a collapse, but you are a different story. The spellcasting of Linah and Sabeen draw fire from the pugwampis.
Initiative
Khalid 21
Grall 17
Linah 16
Sabeen 11
Nuveril 11
Pugwampi 9
Sajan 9
Assuming I have cover (+4AC) I take 3hp damage. Assuming partial cover (+2AC) I take 8hp including the crit leaving me on 1. From the room description (overturned marbles benches) I'll assume more than half my body is covered (and therefore have cover)unless told otherwise.
Edit:
Concentration check vs pug 3 vs DC 12
Concentration check vs pug 5 vs DC 13
Sabeen cries out in pain as the tiny barbs penetrate her skin and cannot sustain concentration on her spell.
Paying no attention to the bodies of her companions plummeting past her, Nuveril continues up the ladder. When she gets to the top, she glances at Sajan balanced precariously on the still-intact flooring, then leaps for the edge of the row of choir chairs.
Assuming I have cover (+4AC) I take 3hp damage. Assuming partial cover (+2AC) I take 8hp including the crit leaving me on 1. From the room description (overturned marbles benches) I'll assume more than half my body is covered (and therefore have cover)unless told otherwise.
Edit:
Concentration check vs pug 3 1d20 + 6 vs DC 12
Concentration check vs pug 5 1d20 + 6 vs DC 13Sabeen cries out in pain as the tiny barbs penetrate her skin and cannot sustain concentration on her spell.
Grall will attempt an acrobatics check to negate 10' of the damage as he falls (DC 15):
As grall falls through the floor he grabs for the edge, just to find out that the 1 board he grabs for is also rotted and cascades to the floor. Angered by the foolish turn of events, Grall will draw a javelin and hurl it at #1! (looks like I am out of the unluck now)
Round 3
Sabeen pulls a small barb out of her arm and tosses it to the ground. Keeping in cover she slots a bolt into her crossbow, rams the crank back and sights on pugawampi 4 (assuming a clean shot if not 2).
Move action: load light crossbow
Standard action: Shoot
Khalid picks himself off of the ground and casts a spell to heal his wounds.
Cure Light Wounds:1d8 + 1
Round 3
Linah cries out in pain as she clutches her shoulder where a pugwampi arrow left a nasty wound. She drops behind one of the benches to gain cover from the swarm of tiny arrows, while releaseing another burst of healing energy.
Sajan attempts to leap across the smallest gap and move as far as he can across the rafters to the east side, near Pug 3.
Acro- ,
ROUND 3 SUMMARY
Khalid
Grall
Linah
Sabeen
Nuveril , Reflex , Reflex
Sajan , Reflex , Reflex , , Reflex , Reflex , , Reflex , Reflex
Khalid casts a spell of healing on himself.
Grall throws a javelin at one of the pugwampi, skewering the pest. It falls to the ground with a pathetic yelp.
Linah channels positive energy to heal herself and her comrades.
Sabeen fires her crossbow and misses wide.
Nuveril falls through a rotten section of balcony flooring. Damage .
Sajan manages to skip across two sections, but then falls through a rotten section of balcony flooring. Damage .
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Pugwampi 1 (6 damage, dead)
Pugwampi 2 fires at Grall. Attack . Damage .
Pugwampi 3 fires at Grall. Attack . Damage .
Pugwampi 4 fires at Grall. Attack . Damage .
Pugwampi 5 fires at Grall. Attack . Damage .
Pugwampi 6 fires at Grall. Attack . Damage .
Pugwampi5 Critical confirmation , Damage
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ROUND 4 LOWER MAP
ROUND 4 UPPER MAP
The pugwampis concentrate their fire on Grall, seeking to avenge their fallen comrade.
Initiative
Khalid 21
Grall 17
Linah 16
Sabeen 11
Nuveril 11
Pugwampi 9
Sajan 9
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ROUND 2 SUMMARY
Khalid falls through a rotten section of balcony flooring. Damage 2d6 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6.
Grall falls through a rotten section of balcony flooring. Damage 2d6 ⇒ (3, 6) = 9.
Linah heals Sajan with a burst of divine energy.
Sabeen begins casting a spell.
Nuveril moves to the ladder and begins to climb.
Sajan moves onto the balcony. The floor falls out beneath him, but he manages to leap to safety onto a sturdier section.ROUND 3 SUMMARY
Khalid casts a spell of healing on himself.
Linah Jamil'Kaid wrote:
Since your and Grall's initiative is before Linah's you should have been hit by her channel positive energy (30 ft radius). So there shouldn't be any need for you to use cure light wounds.Thanks.
Round 3 - Retcon
Khalid picks himself off of the ground and begins climbing again.
Climb:1d20 + 0 ⇒ (4) + 0 = 4
Climb:1d20 + 0 ⇒ (9) + 0 = 9And apparently doesn't get very far.
Round 4:
Khalid continues up the ladder
Climb:
Climb: