HP 107*/107* | AC 32| T 16| FF 28| CMD 14| Fort +14*| Ref +22| Will +15 (+2 vs. fear, neg energy effects)| Init +4 (+2 underground)| Perc +29/+34 w/lens (+2 underground)| Sense Motive +20 Male Halfling Archaeologist Bard15/Mysterious Stranger Gunslinger1/Inspired Blade Swashbuckler1
Bert easily withstands the sonic assault. He then calls on his luck, moves up, and fires a regular arrow at the wounded mastiff, missing the hound.
Will save, DC 16, incl. racial bonus and PfE:1d20 + 8 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 2 + 2 = 22
Protection from Evil gives a +2 resistance bonus to saves (which will not stack with a cloak of resistance). It looks like Argust only has a +1 cloak though so the net is a +1 to your saves, meaning Argust is ok!
1d100 ⇒ 63
Karn sinks his longspear into one of the mastiffs!
Bert's arrow flies wide.
Initiative:
1. Bert, Karnhousk, Argust, and Brelar
2. Mastiffs
Male Dwarf Fighter (Two-Handed) [17] : HP:189/189 | AC 41 T 22 FF 37 | CMB +30 (+34 sunder) CMD 47 (51 vs trip/disarm, 55 vs sunder) | F +22 (+24 vs poison) R +19 W +16; all +4 vs spell/SLA/effect to lose weapon | Init +6 | Perc +13 | EA +18 | Climb/Swim +11
Argust roars back, though he does not have the supernatural ability to affect the creatures. He does, however, have a greatsword.
Full Power Attack 1:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24 for Damage:2d6 + 16 ⇒ (2, 2) + 16 = 20, Concealment:1d100 ⇒ 31
Full Power Attack 2:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14 for Damage:2d6 + 20 ⇒ (4, 2) + 20 = 26, Concealment:1d100 ⇒ 69
Male Dwarf Fighter (Two-Handed) [17] : HP:189/189 | AC 41 T 22 FF 37 | CMB +30 (+34 sunder) CMD 47 (51 vs trip/disarm, 55 vs sunder) | F +22 (+24 vs poison) R +19 W +16; all +4 vs spell/SLA/effect to lose weapon | Init +6 | Perc +13 | EA +18 | Climb/Swim +11
HP 107*/107* | AC 32| T 16| FF 28| CMD 14| Fort +14*| Ref +22| Will +15 (+2 vs. fear, neg energy effects)| Init +4 (+2 underground)| Perc +29/+34 w/lens (+2 underground)| Sense Motive +20 Male Halfling Archaeologist Bard15/Mysterious Stranger Gunslinger1/Inspired Blade Swashbuckler1
The clockwork servant advances and takes a swing at the mastiff on Karnhousk; Bert follows up with an arrow at the creature, which misses in the shadows.
Clockwork slam to Mastiff #1:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16 Miss chance, high=hit:1d100 ⇒ 97 Damage, if applicable:1d4 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10
DA Arrow to Mastiff #1, incl. PBS and lingering luck:1d20 + 8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 8 + 1 + 2 = 23 Miss chance, high=hit:1d100 ⇒ 31
The clockwork servant and Bert both miss their targets!
1d100 ⇒ 86
Karnhousk, however, drives his spear into the mastiff!
Argust connects once with his sword, which is enough to take down one of the shadow mastiffs!
Brelar then fires his crossbow bolt but misses.
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The first hound rears its head back and lets out a howl! DC 16 Will save from everyone or be panicked for 1d4 ⇒ 4 rounds (this is a different dog than did it the first time)
HP 107*/107* | AC 32| T 16| FF 28| CMD 14| Fort +14*| Ref +22| Will +15 (+2 vs. fear, neg energy effects)| Init +4 (+2 underground)| Perc +29/+34 w/lens (+2 underground)| Sense Motive +20 Male Halfling Archaeologist Bard15/Mysterious Stranger Gunslinger1/Inspired Blade Swashbuckler1
Bert easily resists the effects of the howl, but again fails to hit.
Male Dwarf Fighter (Two-Handed) [17] : HP:189/189 | AC 41 T 22 FF 37 | CMB +30 (+34 sunder) CMD 47 (51 vs trip/disarm, 55 vs sunder) | F +22 (+24 vs poison) R +19 W +16; all +4 vs spell/SLA/effect to lose weapon | Init +6 | Perc +13 | EA +18 | Climb/Swim +11
The trip is against my CMD, correct? If so that misses. Argust is now at 47/72 HPs.
Argust shifts into a flanking position and unleashes a full attack on the second mastiff!
HP 107*/107* | AC 32| T 16| FF 28| CMD 14| Fort +14*| Ref +22| Will +15 (+2 vs. fear, neg energy effects)| Init +4 (+2 underground)| Perc +29/+34 w/lens (+2 underground)| Sense Motive +20 Male Halfling Archaeologist Bard15/Mysterious Stranger Gunslinger1/Inspired Blade Swashbuckler1
Bert and the clockwork servant miss again.
At least they're rolling as badly as we are.
Clockwork slam:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
DA Arrow to mastiff on Brelar, incl. luck and PBS:1d20 + 8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 8 + 2 + 1 = 27 Miss chance, high=hit:1d100 ⇒ 22
Male Dwarf Fighter (Two-Handed) [17] : HP:189/189 | AC 41 T 22 FF 37 | CMB +30 (+34 sunder) CMD 47 (51 vs trip/disarm, 55 vs sunder) | F +22 (+24 vs poison) R +19 W +16; all +4 vs spell/SLA/effect to lose weapon | Init +6 | Perc +13 | EA +18 | Climb/Swim +11
I think I forgot to roll that second will save.
Will:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19OK good.
Argust sees Karn bolt and run. Come back! I'll handle these puppies! Seeing that one of the creatures has attacked Brelar, he shifts his focus to it!
Argust will draw the AoO from the one he was facing and move to strike the creature threatening Brelar.
HP 107*/107* | AC 32| T 16| FF 28| CMD 14| Fort +14*| Ref +22| Will +15 (+2 vs. fear, neg energy effects)| Init +4 (+2 underground)| Perc +29/+34 w/lens (+2 underground)| Sense Motive +20 Male Halfling Archaeologist Bard15/Mysterious Stranger Gunslinger1/Inspired Blade Swashbuckler1
Bert's clockwork attendant finally manages to land a blow despite the creature's concealing shroud of shadow, while the archaeologist himself continues to have trouble seeing the creature.
Male Dwarf Fighter (Two-Handed) [17] : HP:189/189 | AC 41 T 22 FF 37 | CMB +30 (+34 sunder) CMD 47 (51 vs trip/disarm, 55 vs sunder) | F +22 (+24 vs poison) R +19 W +16; all +4 vs spell/SLA/effect to lose weapon | Init +6 | Perc +13 | EA +18 | Climb/Swim +11
I assume I can only be trip if the bite hits.
Argust goes into full attack mode, trying to defeat the hard-to-see creatures!
HP 107*/107* | AC 32| T 16| FF 28| CMD 14| Fort +14*| Ref +22| Will +15 (+2 vs. fear, neg energy effects)| Init +4 (+2 underground)| Perc +29/+34 w/lens (+2 underground)| Sense Motive +20 Male Halfling Archaeologist Bard15/Mysterious Stranger Gunslinger1/Inspired Blade Swashbuckler1
The clockwork servant can't follow up its successful attack with another. Bert rises to his feet (move action, drawing AoO), then takes a short step backwards and fires at the shadow mastiff that attacked him. He once again (!?) loses his target in the shadows. Can't access Roll20 from work, so I can't move my token.
Clockwork slam:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
DA Arrow to mastiff, incl. PBS and lingering luck:1d20 + 8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 1 + 2 = 29 Miss chance, high=hit:1d100 ⇒ 22
HP 107*/107* | AC 32| T 16| FF 28| CMD 14| Fort +14*| Ref +22| Will +15 (+2 vs. fear, neg energy effects)| Init +4 (+2 underground)| Perc +29/+34 w/lens (+2 underground)| Sense Motive +20 Male Halfling Archaeologist Bard15/Mysterious Stranger Gunslinger1/Inspired Blade Swashbuckler1
Bert isn't running at the moment, but probably should--under half HP.
Bert is unable to avoid the creature's jaws as he stands.
Male Dwarf Fighter (Two-Handed) [17] : HP:189/189 | AC 41 T 22 FF 37 | CMB +30 (+34 sunder) CMD 47 (51 vs trip/disarm, 55 vs sunder) | F +22 (+24 vs poison) R +19 W +16; all +4 vs spell/SLA/effect to lose weapon | Init +6 | Perc +13 | EA +18 | Climb/Swim +11
Argust takes a five foot step so he can attack the one on his little friend. Brelar! Do not flee! I've got 'em! Argust swings twice but he can't seem to locate the exact position of the mongrels.
Male Dwarf Fighter (Two-Handed) [17] : HP:189/189 | AC 41 T 22 FF 37 | CMB +30 (+34 sunder) CMD 47 (51 vs trip/disarm, 55 vs sunder) | F +22 (+24 vs poison) R +19 W +16; all +4 vs spell/SLA/effect to lose weapon | Init +6 | Perc +13 | EA +18 | Climb/Swim +11
The one tail slap hits Argust but his friend Karn takes the brunt of the blow. Argust cocks his head to one side, hoping it will improve his aim!
HP 107*/107* | AC 32| T 16| FF 28| CMD 14| Fort +14*| Ref +22| Will +15 (+2 vs. fear, neg energy effects)| Init +4 (+2 underground)| Perc +29/+34 w/lens (+2 underground)| Sense Motive +20 Male Halfling Archaeologist Bard15/Mysterious Stranger Gunslinger1/Inspired Blade Swashbuckler1
Waiting to see the results of Argust's attacks before declaring mine.
HP 107*/107* | AC 32| T 16| FF 28| CMD 14| Fort +14*| Ref +22| Will +15 (+2 vs. fear, neg energy effects)| Init +4 (+2 underground)| Perc +29/+34 w/lens (+2 underground)| Sense Motive +20 Male Halfling Archaeologist Bard15/Mysterious Stranger Gunslinger1/Inspired Blade Swashbuckler1
"Wow, those things were nasty! Here, let me help you, Argust." The halfling casts a spell.
Male Dwarf Fighter (Two-Handed) [17] : HP:189/189 | AC 41 T 22 FF 37 | CMB +30 (+34 sunder) CMD 47 (51 vs trip/disarm, 55 vs sunder) | F +22 (+24 vs poison) R +19 W +16; all +4 vs spell/SLA/effect to lose weapon | Init +6 | Perc +13 | EA +18 | Climb/Swim +11
I don't know the range or how that works but I'll take the 4 points. Bert's 9 brings me to 42/72 now.
Them critters were hard to line up! Argust says, breathing heavily. Where did Brelar and Karn go? Argust starts running out of the room to find his fleeing friends, thinking they may be fighting another foe.
HP 107*/107* | AC 32| T 16| FF 28| CMD 14| Fort +14*| Ref +22| Will +15 (+2 vs. fear, neg energy effects)| Init +4 (+2 underground)| Perc +29/+34 w/lens (+2 underground)| Sense Motive +20 Male Halfling Archaeologist Bard15/Mysterious Stranger Gunslinger1/Inspired Blade Swashbuckler1
Since the pair ran off in the direction the party came from, Bert isn't too worried about them and goes looking for his arrows. "Hey, not a one broke! Good deal!" He'll also search the room carefully. Taking 10 on Perception check for a 31.
This black marble walled chamber's ceiling is lost in a layer of shimmering black fog, while a long golden rug runs down the center of the room on the floor. A rectangular block of polished stone, black with fat blood-red streaks, sits at the eastern end of the rug. Several objects sit atop this stone, and the cinnamon-scented air is filled with a strange, nagging hum like that of a swarm of buzzing insects. The wall beyond the altar stone is decorated with a detailed mural of a volumptous demonic woman with bat wings, a serrated tail, legs of molten stone, and a crown of seven horns. Both of her hands are held out to her sides, palms turned up toward the ceiling-a globe of blackness hovers above each palm.
DC 20 KN (planes or religion):
You identify the shrine and the painting on the wall behind it as being devoted to Nocticula.
DC 20 Perception:
The painting has what seems to be a line of letters carved into the painting above both upturned hands but hidden behind the globes of blackness.
DC 16 Will save:
You see past the tiny illusory wall on the painting to see the script fully. They are runes in Abyssal.
language mentioned in spoiler above:
Above the left hand: "In deference to Our Lady of Shadows, the following are hereby consigned to servitude within the Lady's Light." The space below is mostly blank but likely once listed all the names of the servants imprisoned or bound to the Lady's Light. Only one name remains: Ashamintallu.
Above the right hand: "Those who would seek my inner sanctum need only speak my artist's name."[/sopiler]
[spoiler=DC 20 Craft (painting) or similar]The art style of the painting matches the mural you saw earlier.
Sitting atop the altar is a golden cup worth 450 gp, a +1 adamantine dagger, an incense burner bearing a minor magical enhancement that allows it to constantly emit cinnamon-scented smoke (worth 200 gp), a narrow bronze incense case containing 2 doses of incense of mediation, a silver scroll tube (worth 250 gp) containing a scroll of heal, an an unholy symbol with a seven-pointed crown wrapped with thorny vines made of onyx and pearl (worth 1000 gp and identifiable above).
HP 107*/107* | AC 32| T 16| FF 28| CMD 14| Fort +14*| Ref +22| Will +15 (+2 vs. fear, neg energy effects)| Init +4 (+2 underground)| Perc +29/+34 w/lens (+2 underground)| Sense Motive +20 Male Halfling Archaeologist Bard15/Mysterious Stranger Gunslinger1/Inspired Blade Swashbuckler1
Bert uses his lore master ability for the day, taking 20 on the Knowledge check. "You know, maybe I don't want to stay here by myself." He sidles out the door after the rest of the party.
AC28/T17/F26/CMD35||HP134[134]|F:+13|R:+9|W:+12|Percept.+20|SenMot.+15|Init.+2| Human (Kellid) Life Oracle 6 / Barbarian 2 / Rage Prophet 8
Will:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
T10 on Perception
Karn points to the painting. It's am illusion, the is script, but in a language I'm not familiar with.
Hah! Everyone time we encounters a language, Karn takes it when he gets a rank in Linguistics, but we never encounters it again, i.e. Undercommen with the mite, Necril with Ghoul....funny. Can Karn try a check?
HP 107*/107* | AC 32| T 16| FF 28| CMD 14| Fort +14*| Ref +22| Will +15 (+2 vs. fear, neg energy effects)| Init +4 (+2 underground)| Perc +29/+34 w/lens (+2 underground)| Sense Motive +20 Male Halfling Archaeologist Bard15/Mysterious Stranger Gunslinger1/Inspired Blade Swashbuckler1
"Watch out, Karn. That's a shrine to the demon lord--well, lady, more like--of darkness and lust."
AC28/T17/F26/CMD35||HP134[134]|F:+13|R:+9|W:+12|Percept.+20|SenMot.+15|Init.+2| Human (Kellid) Life Oracle 6 / Barbarian 2 / Rage Prophet 8
Karn puzzles out the foreign words. "Look here, above the left hand: "In deference to Our Lady of Shadows, the following are hereby consigned to servitude within the Lady's Light." Karn gestures, not realizing no one else can see through the illusion. "The space below is mostly blank but likely once listed all the names of the servants imprisoned or bound to the Lady's Light. Only one name remains: Ashamintallu." Pointing he continues. " Above the right hand: "Those who would seek my inner sanctum need only speak my artist's name."
HP 107*/107* | AC 32| T 16| FF 28| CMD 14| Fort +14*| Ref +22| Will +15 (+2 vs. fear, neg energy effects)| Init +4 (+2 underground)| Perc +29/+34 w/lens (+2 underground)| Sense Motive +20 Male Halfling Archaeologist Bard15/Mysterious Stranger Gunslinger1/Inspired Blade Swashbuckler1
You suddenly appear in a different room. This magnificent marble chamber is richly appointed. Its domed ceiling is frescoed with an image of a starry night sky, while a thick rug of exquisite manufacture covers much of the floor. A stairway rises to a pair of double doors to the west, while a hallway leads away to the south. Large alcoves decorated with gold tiles extend to the north and east. Black marble benches carved to represent coiling serpents sit on the northeast and southeast walls.
In the room guarding the passages to the south and west are two pairs of sinspawn.
HP 107*/107* | AC 32| T 16| FF 28| CMD 14| Fort +14*| Ref +22| Will +15 (+2 vs. fear, neg energy effects)| Init +4 (+2 underground)| Perc +29/+34 w/lens (+2 underground)| Sense Motive +20 Male Halfling Archaeologist Bard15/Mysterious Stranger Gunslinger1/Inspired Blade Swashbuckler1
After a startled "Eep!", the halfling casts a spell and disappears from sight. Casting vanish.
Stealth check, not including invisibility bonus:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15
Male Dwarf Fighter (Two-Handed) [17] : HP:189/189 | AC 41 T 22 FF 37 | CMB +30 (+34 sunder) CMD 47 (51 vs trip/disarm, 55 vs sunder) | F +22 (+24 vs poison) R +19 W +16; all +4 vs spell/SLA/effect to lose weapon | Init +6 | Perc +13 | EA +18 | Climb/Swim +11
How'd ya know that? Who is "Amivadeus Yasrin"?
Argust tries to turn to the halfling but can't find him. In fact, he doesn't know what happened at all.
EF:
Can Argust take any actions once he notices that combat is about to start?
