[PFS] GM Skipper's Mummy's Mask Part 1: The Half-Dead City

[GM Skipper]

Xanac blasts a flapping head, while Muna wards Laureglyn. He then prepares a spell for a more advantageous position, and Rathh's spell fails to take effect, as the vargouille doesn't understand the order.

Combat Round 1
Bold may act
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Rathh, Kaleless, Laureglyn (ward hex), Muna, Xanac, Patros (paralyzed 1/?)
Vargouilles (red: 4 damage)

[Kaleless]

Kalelees drops his crossbow and draws his kukri and dashes next to the vargouille.

acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

[GM Skipper]

Kaleless slips past the vargouille, who then tries to bite him.

Attack v Kaleless: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Fortitude, Kaleless: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4

The disembodied head sinks its cursed teeth into the rogue's arm.

The other vargouille rushes Laureglyn.

Attack v Laureglyn: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4
Fortitude, Laureglyn: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

Muna's hex falls short, and Laureglyn gets bitten as well.

Combat Round 2
Bold may act
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Rathh, Kaleless (2* damage), Laureglyn (4 damage), Muna, Xanac, Patros (paralyzed 2/?)
Vargouilles (red: 4 damage)

[Xanac Candledark]

Xanac blasts the terrible thing again....

magic missile vs red: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

[Muna]

"Get back in there! You can do it!"

re-warding Laureglyn.

[Kaleless]

Kaleless steps into flank and stabs. red But misses his nark.

attack w/ flank: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

damage: 1d4 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + (4) = 8

[Rathh Gnatstrain]

Rathh steps forward and tries to bash the nearest enemy with his heavy mace. blue

MW Heavy Mace (Silver): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 141d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

[Laureglyn]

Laureglyn swings at the head that just attacked him..

to hit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
dmg if hits: 1d6 + 1 + 2d6 ⇒ (2) + 1 + (5, 5) = 13

[GM Skipper]

Muna and Laureglyn wound both vargouilles, but Rathh and Kaleless have no such luck.

The fiends gnaw on Kaleless and Laureglyn again.

Attack v Kaleless: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 4
Crit?: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Fortitude, Kaleless: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 2 + 1 = 15

Attack v Laureglyn: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2
Fortitude, Laureglyn: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

Muna's ward just fails to save Laureglyn.

The marked area on the map is a railing-less balcony.

Combat Round 3
Bold may act
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Rathh, Kaleless (2*+4 damage), Laureglyn (6 damage), Muna, Xanac, Patros
Vargouilles (red: 8 damage, blue: 13 damage)

[Xanac Candledark]

Xanac blasts the other one after seeing it suffer Laureglyn's impressive assault....

magic missile vs blue: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

[Laureglyn]

Laureglyn attacks again...

to hit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
dmg if hits: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Then he casts arcane mark and strikes again...

concentration for spell combat dc 15: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20

to hit: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
dmg if hits: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

[Patros Therinor]

Patros shakes off his paralysis and swings at the closest vargouille.

attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 111d8 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

[Kaleless]

Kaleless attacks the vargouille again. red

"Dammed creature hold still"

attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

damage: 14 + 1 = 15

[Muna]

"Rathh, maybe you can kill these heads if you are a little bigger."

Casting enlarge person on Rathh.

[Rathh Gnatstrain]

The stone floor begins to crack ominously as the already-massive Rathh begins to grow even larger.

The cleric takes a swing at the nearest enemy, but is caught off-guard as he begins to grow.

1-round cast time, so I'll take that into account next round.

MW Heavy Mace (Silver): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 81d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

[GM Skipper]

Xanac and Laureglyn take down one vargouille, but the other dodges the three strikes aimed at it and bites Kaleless again.

Attack v Kaleless: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

Combat Round 4
Bold may act
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Rathh (big), Kaleless (2*+4 damage), Laureglyn (6 damage), Muna, Xanac, Patros
Vargouilles (red: 8 damage)

[Patros Therinor]

Patros swings his blade at the creature. Almost, fellows! Press on!

attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 7 + 2 = 151d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

[Laureglyn]

Laureglyn attacks the remaining Vargouille from around the corner.

to hit: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (10) + 4 - 2 = 12
dmg if hits: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

then casts arcane mark and strikes again.

to hit: 1d20 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 4 - 2 = 16
dmg if hits: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

[Kaleless]

Kaleless also tries to hit the last Vargouille. with flank

attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

damage: 1d4 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 1 + (4) = 9

[GM Skipper]

The last vargouille falls to the barrage of blade strikes.

----Combat Over----

[Kaleless]

"Damm things..they sting.." Kaleless rubs his bloodied arm.

[Rathh Gnatstrain]

"If anyone requires healing, gather round and I will administer to you. Just recall that Asmodeus counters every credit with a debit."

I'll heal you...just roll what you need and I'll take off my wand.

[Laureglyn]

Laureglyn uses his own wand of healing on himself... which slowly begins to knit his wounds closed.

He searches a bit in here, with detect magic up, before suggesting, "Shall we move on?"

perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

[Kaleless]

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

clw: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Thanks. Is there any other visible effect from the attacks?

[GM Skipper]

GM secrets:

1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

The initial bite on Kaleless' arm refuses to heal.
You still have 2 points of damage.

[Patros Therinor]

That's a rather nasty looking bite there, my friend...better get Rathh to look at that lest it get infected... Patros says as he looks about the room for any treasure or information.

perc: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

[Muna]

Muna starts poking around as well.

perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9

[GM Skipper]

The balcony area yields nothing of interest.

[Kaleless]

"Rathh can you take a look at my arm?"

[Rathh Gnatstrain]

Rathh wipes some perspiration from his brow, then looks at the wound.

heal check: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14 Can I tell why it won't heal?

[GM Skipper]

Give me a Knowledge (planes) instead.

[Rathh Gnatstrain]

knowledge planes: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

[GM Skipper]

Kaleless suffered a cursed bite. The damage caused by the bite can only be healed with magic if the spellcaster succeeds on a DC 20 caster level check.

[Rathh Gnatstrain]

caster level check: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19 Doh!

Rathh makes one attempt to heal the cursed wound, but it re-opens just as it appears to be closing.

"I am afraid this is beyond my skill, or at least would require many attempts. Perhaps you should stay in the back, and perhaps when we are back in town Asmodeus will make a bargain with you to heal this completely."

[Kaleless]

bargain with a devil..hmmm

"Thanks for trying" Kaleless rubs his arm.

[GM Skipper]

Alright, which door are you opening next?

[Patros Therinor]

Let's go there, then work our way back here. Patros says as he points to the room to the northeast. top right cirner of map

[Muna]

Muna offers to try healing the curse.

spellcaster level: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 1 = 19

LOL

Muna checks out the next door as indicated by Patros.

perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

[GM Skipper]

This spacious room has entrances in the southern and eastern walls. The aged remains of dressers, a large bed, and a divan lie in ruins. The husk of large hornet's nest, gray, papery, and devoid of life, occupies one corner of the ceiling. The spaces in the northeast and northwest corners appear to be closets. Their wooden doors have all but fallen off their hinges, and heaps of disintegrated fabric mingle on the floor. Between the closets stands a single lacquered dresser covered in dust.

[Kaleless]

Kaleless looks around the room

perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

[Xanac Candledark]

So does Xanac.

Perception: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

[Laureglyn]

sorry for my absence... life reared it's ugly head and I'm playing catch up.

Laureglyn uses his wand of infernal healing on Kaleless...

caster check, dc 20: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20

"If that works, it should have all patched up in no time."

Then he looks around the room as well..

perc: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

[GM Skipper]

GM secrets:

1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

1d20 + 17 ⇒ (10) + 17 = 27
r: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17
m: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Laureglyn manages to cure Kaleless of his accursed wound.

Rathh:

You hear a voice in your head speaking in the devils' tongue.

Come, weary bureaucrat. Rest your unholy body on the divan...

The request resonates deeply with you, and you feel compelled to do as the voice says.

As you enter the the room, Muna spots what seems to be a severed head among the ruins of the the divan, but quickly realizes it's yet another disembodied head-creature!

Initiative:

Rathh: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
Kaleless: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Laureglyn: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Muna: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Xanac: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22
Patros: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

Realizing it has been discovered, the horned head casts a spell and vanishes.

Surprise Round
Bold may act
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Xanac, Patros, Rathh, Kaleless
Horned head
Laureglyn, Muna

[Muna]

"Oh no! Another one of those flying heads!" Muna steps towards the divan and blasts it with fire, hoping to catch the invisible head in the cone.

burning hands: 1d4 ⇒ 1

DC 15 Reflex for half

[GM Skipper]

Muna sets the ruined divan ablaze, hoping to harm the head.

Rathh:

With the divan now on fire, you break whatever nefarious influence that was placed on you.

Combat Round 1
Bold may act
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Xanac, Patros, Rathh, Kaleless
Horned head
Laureglyn, Muna

[Xanac Candledark]

Umm...I'd do something, but I don't see any 'horned head.'

Knowledge (Planes) for once I do see it: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

[Kaleless]

"Thanks Laureglyn...Now I won't be scarred when I hit the town later"

Kaleless delays until the creature appears.

[Patros Therinor]

can we see the thing now that its on fire?

[Laureglyn]

"Glad I could help out..."

[Rathh Gnatstrain]

Rathh, having been about to sit on the divan, puts a hand to his head with a start.

"What is going on?!" he shouts as he hefts his mace.

Delay...I don't see anything to attack...