[Gameday XIII] PFS1e 6-04 - Beacon Below (KS)

[Taresh Mel]

Taresh sees an opening, drops the bow, and moves while drawing a weapon.
Acrobatics to avoid AoO from front mummy: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 8 + 2 = 24 if it would get an AoO with Taresh moving from behind the elemental.
Rapier attack: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (10) + 16 = 26 bab+5 Str+4 wpn+1 blessing of fervor+2 heroism+2 hunter's blessing+2
Piercing damage: 1d6 + 7 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 7 + (5, 3) = 20 Str+4 wpn+1 hunter's blessing+2 sneak2d6

Target is the flanked mummy.

AC currently 25 due to blessing of fervor, 4 mirror images
On mobile, please move the token into the mummy-shaped hole in enemy formation.

[Guy du Loc]

Guy hangs back and graces Nikki with another blessing of the faithful for a +2 sacred bonus to hit.

[Nikita Volkov]

It looks like I can draw a line on the map from the corner of the square where Nikita stands to the corner of the square where the blue mummy stands. In other words, I can shoot at it.

Nikita shifts the scope of the revolver to another mummy and shoots at it, trying not to hit the fire elemental.

smite evil
Revolver + Deadly Aim + Smite: 1d20 + 9 + 4 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 9 + 4 + 6 = 341d8 + 7 + 9 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 9 + 9 = 31 - vs touch AC
Revolver + Deadly Aim + Smite: 1d20 + 4 + 4 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 4 + 6 = 181d8 + 7 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 7 + 9 = 21 - vs touch AC
This time, I did not forget to count +9 in damage for the first shot at the undead; No DR again.

[Guy du Loc]

@Nikita
I do not see a +2 in there for the blessing of the faithful. Do you already have a sacred bonus to hit?

[Nikita Volkov]

+6 = +2 Heroism +2 Hunter’s Blessing +2 Blessing of the Faithful. Did I miss something from our baffs?
UPD, wow, Hunter’s Blessing is a sacred bonus too. Suddenly. Maybe if I didn't miss anything from the other baffs, I should have -2 on both hits.

[Guy du Loc]

Yep, forgot about that. So I should just not do the whole blessing of the faithful. Bummer.

[Katswiri]

You have blessing of fervor now, so can take another attack or a bonus to hit and AC.

[phaeton_nz]

((Green mummy: -21, Red mummy: -15))
((Red elemental: -31))

Between Taresh and Nikita, the blue mummy is also destroyed.
Katswiri is now up.

[Katswiri]

Katswiri chooses +2 AC/Reflex as her Blessing of Fervor bonus.

Ignan:

"I'm going to heal you."

Katswiri casts Cure Moderate Wounds on the damaged elemental.

Cure Moderate Wounds: 2d8 + 8 ⇒ (2, 1) + 8 = 11

[phaeton_nz]

The Red elemental slams into the Green Mummy while laughing
slam: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (10) + 14 = 24 fire: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
slam: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32 fire: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

((Green mummy: -25, Red mummy: -15))
((Red elemental: -20))

Gurgle is up before the Green mummy.

[Gurgle the Undine]

Gurgle moves up the hall to get between the two large elementals. He flashes the one he moves past a nervous smile, hoping not to anger the creature.

He gets close enough to see the frightful undead creatures.
Will vs Fear Aura Red, +4 from Nikita: 1d20 + 10 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 10 + 4 = 16
Will vs Fear Aura Green, +4 from Nikita: 1d20 + 10 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 10 + 4 = 26

Gurgle is suddenly frozen in fear!
1d4 ⇒ 2 rounds.

[phaeton_nz]

The Green mummy glares at the interloper and hits Taresh
slam: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (7) + 16 = 23 damage: 1d8 + 13 ⇒ (8) + 13 = 21
If that hits, Taresh need to make a Fort save.

The mephits concentrate fire on the red mummy
fire: 3d8 ⇒ (1, 6, 1) = 8

((Green mummy: -25, Red mummy: -27))
((Red elemental: -20))

Taresh, Guy, Nikita and Katswiri are up.

[Guy du Loc]

Guy gasps as Taresh runs into the thick of things and gets walloped. Since most of his spells are area affecting, he is not sure what to do now that he has figured out that his blessings are pointless. So he moves forward and reverts to using an old school firebolt on green.

to hit firebolt ranged touch, cover, in combat: 1d20 + 6 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (3) + 6 - 4 - 4 = 1
fire damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

It does not surprise him that he misses.

[Katswiri]

I think that misses because of Blessing of Fervor, actually, though there's also mirror image to contend with.

Katswiri casts Cure Moderate Wound to heal the Elemental, then steps out of the way to give Nikita a clear line of fire around the corner.

Cure Moderate Wounds: 2d8 + 8 ⇒ (7, 5) + 8 = 20

[Taresh Mel]

Taresh steps aside from the mummy's furious swipe, but the undead is distracted by the flickering images around the Varisian and the wrapped fist merely snuffs out one of them.

Miss by 5 or less, destroys a mirror image

Feeling the righteous burning within himself, Taresh presses his attack on the red mummy, striking twice with the sword. After a low feint, his heads suddenly sprout bull horns which he uses to rake the mummy when rising back up readiness. The horns vanish as soon as he falls back to stance, giving the mummies no time to grab Taresh by the horns.

Full attack. Blessing of fervor to extra attack. Swift action to battleshape a gore attack and use it as a secondary attack during the full attack

Rapier attack 1 vs red: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19 bab+5 Str+4 wpn+1 heroism+2 hunter's blessing+2
Piercing: 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 but probably misses
Rapier attack 2 vs red: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34 bab+5 Str+4 wpn+1 heroism+2 hunter's blessing+2
Critical confirmation: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (18) + 14 = 32
Piercing: 2d6 + 14 ⇒ (6, 6) + 14 = 26 str+4 wpn+1 hunter's blessing+2
Gore attack vs red: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16 bab+5 Str+4 wpn+2 heroism+2 hunter's blessing+2 secondary-5
Piercing: 1d6 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10 Str+2 wpn+2 hunter's blessing+2

If the unexpected fury of the assault is enough to drop red, Taresh steps into its vacant spot to get the last mummy into flanking position (though he expects his fellows or the elementals to drop it promptly).

Surprising 26-DR damage! AC currently 23, 3 mirror images remain. Edit: the gore also likely misses

[Nikita Volkov]

Nikita takes a careful step to the right, thanking Katswiri with a nod, raises his revolver and repeats the trick of destroying the undead.

VS GREEN
Revolver + Deadly Aim + Smite: 1d20 + 9 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 9 + 4 + 4 = 331d8 + 7 + 9 + 9 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 9 + 9 = 31 - vs touch AC
Revolver + Deadly Aim + Smite: 1d20 + 9 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 9 + 4 + 4 = 231d8 + 7 + 9 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 9 = 20 - vs touch AC
Revolver + Deadly Aim + Smite: 1d20 + 4 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 + 4 + 4 = 161d8 + 7 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 9 = 24 - vs touch AC

[phaeton_nz]

((Red mummy: -48)) ((Red elemental: -00))

Nikita eliminates the green coloured mummy.

The remaining mummy also has a go at Taresh.
slam: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (12) + 16 = 28 damage: 1d8 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19
If that hits, Taresh need to make a Fort save.

Gurgle is up.

[GM 7thGate]

I think Gurgle is paralyzed from the fear.

[Taresh Mel]

The mummy's fist is slow but unstoppable...
3 mirror images, 4 hits Taresh: 1d4 ⇒ 2
...but fails to connect with the man, dispersing an image instead. 2 images left

[Gurgle the Undine]

Gurgle cowers in fear, unable to move after getting a glimpse of the mummies. 1 of 2 rounds.

[phaeton_nz]

The mephits concentrate fire on the remaining mummy
fire: 3d8 ⇒ (3, 5, 4) = 12

Red mummy: -45))
((Red elemental: -0))

Everyone except Gurgle are up as well as the red elemental who delays to see what you do.

[Guy du Loc]

Annoyed with himself for missing so badly and seeing that the others are going to finish this off with or without his help, Guy resorts to the most basic of spells and casts a guidance on Nikki (+1 competence bonus to hit).

[Taresh Mel]

Seeing an opening, Taresh takes it. His left hand turns into a paw of a mountain lion as he steps left and stabs the mummy once, twice, and then rakes it across the body with his claws.
5-foot step, swift to battleshape claws, blessing of fervor for two rapier attacks, one claw attack vs flanked mummy.

Rapier 1: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (16) + 14 = 30 bab+5 Str+4 wpn+1 heroism+2 hunter's blessing+2
Piercing: 1d6 + 7 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 7 + (6, 1) = 20

Rapier 1: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (1) + 14 = 15 bab+5 Str+4 wpn+1 heroism+2 hunter's blessing+2
This one misses.

Claw: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18 bab+5 Str+4 wpn+2 heroism+2 hunter's blessing+2 secondary-5
Slashing: 1d4 + 6 + 2d6 ⇒ (4) + 6 + (2, 1) = 13 It might hit with flank

[Katswiri]

Katswiri will delay until Nikita finishes shooting the last mummy, preparing to cast a Cure Moderate Wounds to damage it if he does not finish it off.

[Nikita Volkov]

Nikita drops the sword (he hates to do this, but circumstances force him), reloads the revolver with lightning speed and shoots again. There is no holy power in the shots, but the sound still reverberates loudly along the corridor and the bullets overtake their undead target.

Revolver + Deadly Aim: 1d20 + 9 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 9 + 5 = 231d8 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 2 = 13 - vs touch AC
Revolver + Deadly Aim: 1d20 + 9 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 9 + 4 = 211d8 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 2 = 11 - vs touch AC
Revolver + Deadly Aim: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 91d8 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11 - vs touch AC
NO SMITE

[phaeton_nz]

And that's the last mummy down. Dozens of amethyst fragments are integrated into the mummies’ wrappings, and several fell out over the course of combat. Recovering the rest involves several minutes of searching.

The double doors ahead cautiously open. A figure (see slides) beckons you inside.

Alcoves along the walls hold racks filled with scrolls filled with ancient poetry, but the cracked scroll cases are unable to resist the heat created by the elementals.

((Perceptions please))

[Guy du Loc]

perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16

Guy heals Tarash for a bit, sacrificing a Murderous Command spell.

CLW: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Guy heads on in, eying the scrolls curiously.

[Katswiri]

I think Taresh's mirror images blocked the attack that would have hit.

Katswiri casts Eagle's Splendor, Tap Inner Beauty and tries to use Heightened Awareness from her wand...

UMD, Eagle's Splendor, Tap Inner Beauty: 1d20 + 14 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 14 + 2 + 2 = 31

then proceeds to enter and look around the room.

Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34

"Greetings. I am Katswiri, and these are my companions. We have come at the behest of the Diamond Sage to explore this part of the Sanctum of the Sages and discover what still lies here from ages past. We were not expecting to encounter elemental and undead forces fighting each other. May I ask who you are, and how you came to be in conflict with the mummies we just helped fight?"

[Taresh Mel]

Before Guy can heal him, Taresh bows to the priest. "No need for that, dear fellow. Mummies didn't get a chance to touch me. It was thanks to your magic that I dared to engage them in the first place, so you contributed plenty to this impulsive rush of mine!" He sheathes the rapier and steps closer to guy, clapping him on shoulder giddily. The remaining mirror images ape the gesture.

The 108/90 HP discrepancy is because of the extra 18 HP from false life.

Perception: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (13) + 22 = 35

Bless, bull's strength and shield run out. Aura of heroism deactivates. Mirror image and shield of faith run for at least 10 minutes, don't know if they last.

[Nikita Volkov]

Nikita looks suspiciously at the creature, rubbing his chin. Is it another undead? Then why are we negotiating with her? Until he says it out loud. Instead, he tries to identify the evil in her.
Detect Evil (Sp)

[Guy du Loc]

"Well, how about that. I did not have a great view and it sure looked like you were getting swatted, but that must have been the fake you's."

Once inside the room.

"Greetings, I am Guy. Who do I have the pleasure of addressing?"

diplomacy: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (6) + 20 = 26

[Gurgle the Undine]

Gurgle comes out of his fear paralysis as the final mummy is turned into a pile of bones and tattered wrappings.
"Heh-heh. I'm good, thanks!"

Stepping into the new chamber, he glances about.
Perception: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (8) + 15 = 23

He tries to identify the undead woman beconing the group forward.
Know: Religion & ioun stone: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 7 + 2 = 28

[phaeton_nz]

Taresh and Katswiri spot a scroll in a fireproof case. The text records the deathbed account of a wizard who witnessed the Pharaoh of Forgotten Plagues binding the daemonic harbinger Zelishkar of the Bitter Flame.

The presence of the fire elementals continue to cause all the other scrolls in the alcoves to char.

Gurgle recognises Saruna as a mummified gynosphinx. The chamber she leads you into what looks like a chapel. This air in this chapel carries the scent of incense and old parchment. A simple altar occupies the east wall. An ibis statue sits behind it, silently gazing over any visitors. Pale light shines on the altar from a painting of the moon on the ceiling,
illuminating stray motes of dust. Although battle-damaged, the sanctuary is otherwise well maintained thanks to Saruna’s regular sweeping,
dusting, and polishing of every surface. An ancient sitting pillow, repaired countless times and sized for a large creature, rests before the altar.

k history or religion 20+:

You identify the statue as Thoth, Osirian god of magic, writing, and the moon, and patron of archivists and libraries.

Nikita does detect evil and senses some in her.

Guy manages to change her current attitude from unfriendly to indifferent. Saruna

[Guy du Loc]

know (hist): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Guy would love to save the scrolls, but he is at a loss on how to do so. At least save all of them.

"If anyone sees and scrolls worth saving, I have a pathfinder's pouch to store some of them in."

Again addressing Saruna, he asks, "You with these elementals we helped? Of course you are. Why were the mummies after you and will there be others?"

[Katswiri]

Knowledge:History: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (1) + 23 = 24
Katswiri recognizes the statue and nods, giving it a small smile.

Once she realizes the scrolls are burning, Katswiri will attempt to get the Fire Elementals to please step out of the way and wait in the hall so they don't burn the scrolls. I'm not sure where the alcoves are, exactly, but Katswiri just wants them to move somewhere where they won't hurt anything. The hall between A1 and A2 looks possible, or at the back of the chapel with Saruna.

She starts by asking the elementals themselves in Ignan.

Ignan:

"The scrolls! Excuse me please, could you step over to the side? You're burning the scrolls, and we need to try and preserve as much as we can. Thank you!"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (8) + 21 = 29

She will then hurry to try and salvage as many of the scrolls as possible, placing them in Guy's pouch or her handy haversack, and ask Saruna if she can direct the elementals.

"Apologies Saruna, but can you help your elementals step away from the scrolls? Destroying them would be a great loss."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (18) + 21 = 39

[Taresh Mel]

Knowledge (history): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28
"Greetings, honored guardian." Taresh bows with his hands held together in front. "It seems you are in good terms with these fiery fellows, considering we are all just happily waiting and talking to each other. If they cannot withdraw, their presence unfortunately will wither and burn the writings stored here, and" he turns to look at the statue, "such loss would be undesirable in the presence of Thoth. I implore you, have the elementals withdraw for the time or allow us to save these relics of the past."

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27 (if some other skill would be more suited, please use any relevant bonus)

[phaeton_nz]

The scrolls are in the hallway - A2

Saruna moves from indifferent to friendly and dismisses the fire creatures - just in time.

[Gurgle the Undine]

Gurgle takes a good look at the statue.
Know: Religion: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15
"Huh. Neat looking statue." he remarks.
"I don't know who that represents." he says with a shrug.

Gurgle would like to know Immunities, Special Attacks, and Resistances about the gynosphinx.

[Katswiri]

"Its Thoth, Osirian god of magic, writing, and the moon, and patron of archivists and libraries. A diety I have always admired, if not one I have actively worshipped."

Katswiri will review the scrolls briefly now that are safe, to determine the contents and extent of the damage.

[Guy du Loc]

Guy joins Katswiri in her exploration, but asking first, "Do you mind if we check out the trove of knowledge you have her?"

[Nikita Volkov]

Nikita stares at the creature with a stony face for a while, but restrains himself. If his allies need knowledge from this undead sphinx, so be it for now.

[phaeton_nz]

Saruna request your aid in defeating Badru and escaping the archive. She knows the Amethyst Sage sealed the library and only a sage jewel can reopen it, but she offers her scheme to create a flawed sage jewel.

She also tells you that In life, Saruna studied alongside the sages and considered the bearer of the amethyst sage jewel her favored colleague and mentor. When Keleshite forces conquered Osirion and began their campaign against the Jeweled Sages, the sphinx stood at her allies’ side to aid as best she could in preserving the nation’s history. At the sages’ request, she guarded the sanctum for several months while the Amethyst Sage sought some secret that might preserve the scholarly order. When he returned, he asked for her aid in a ritual he had found deeper in the Pillars of the Sun. She accepted, not knowing that the ritual required the removal of a sphinx’s heart—her own. Before leaving the sanctum forever, the Amethyst Sage revived his favored student as a mummy.

Badru, the one behind the mummies, also used to be a mortal apprentice andIn life, Saruna studied alongside the sages and served the Amethyst Sage with zealous devotion, hoping that his contributions might allow him to climb the order’s hierarchy and be honored with stewardship of a sage jewel. At the outbreak of Keleshite aggression, Badru watched his mentor with awe as the sage undertook dangerous missions to preserve Osirion’s history and the sages’ work. This apparent sacrifice in the name of the greater good inspired Badru to volunteer when the Amethyst Sage first asked for assistance in his immortality rites. The experiments in transferring a soul from one vessel to another was a success, so to speak, resulting in Badru’s transformation into a soulbound construct.

She also offers to help in your efforts in preserving the knowledge here.

[Katswiri]

"I am so sorry that happened to you. That must have been a terrible shock, to be slain by a trusted mentor and brought back in that way. It sounds like you and Badru have common ground in that aspect; could you tell us more about why you're fighting? And can you elaborate more on the flawed Sage Jewel plan as well, do you believe its possible to create a Sage Jewel or fascimile sufficient to unseal the library? And where is the library?"

[Taresh Mel]

"What sort of undertaking is the creation of this imitation sage jewel? And why did Badru send those mummies here now? Does he want something from you, or has he just suddenly decided that only one former student should reign here?"

[phaeton_nz]

Whereas I despise my undead existence, he revels in it. I wish to preserve the knowledge here and ensure it is not lost to the world. He seeks to turn everyone into constructs. We have fought for millennia for control of the Archive, each seeking to destroy the other.

As for the gem, we need Badru's Soul Focus. With that, it needs to be purified by a special ritual then absorb the blessing from the glass golems downstairs.

[Guy du Loc]

"Soul focus? Does that mean we need his cooperation too?"

[Katswiri]

"To me that sounds like we would need to kill him and take the gem holding his soul to use as a base for this. Is that accurate?"

[Taresh Mel]

"These glass golems. Do they need to be fought to absorb this blessing of theirs, or is there a non-destructive way to gain it? Golems can be troublesome things." Taresh snaps his fingers. "And what sort of protections Badru has at his end of the complex? More undead probably?"

Taresh racks his mind to think what he might have heard about soulbound constructs.

Do we have a chance of knowing anything about Badru with skills at this point, or is the information too vague?
Removing shield of faith and remnants of mirror image.

[Guy du Loc]

"Also, are we trapped here too, or is that something that bonds only you two?"

[phaeton_nz]

*to Guy* No. Killing him should be sufficient.

*to Katswiri* Accurate enough for me

*to Taresh* I am not sure. See what happens when you show them the blessed focus[ - but I do not think so

*to Guy* Now that the Library is unsealed, no you are not.

All you know about Badru so far is that he lurks on the lower floor and he is a soulbound construct. Knowledge Arcana may be the most useful