[PFS_CORE_Aerondor] Bonekeep level 1 (3-7) Nostalgiacon- Tier 6-7

[GM Aerondor]

Tere turns to try and get back to the action. Will be make it in time? He's right behind Two-blades.

Pau vanishes... possibly dragged off to hell? Or consumed by the fell energies within the room?

Belladonna sends light into the red hound from her new wand. It hits!
damage: 2d8 ⇒ (1, 3) = 4

While Lite-Brite sends more rays at it. One even hitting.

Shen, worried rightly by the close dog, duplicates herself, and again.

Her summons sends more light rays at the one attacking her.
ray #1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5
ray #1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
That dog is starting to look a little ragged.
Hadanka continues to flee, and then eventually stops.

The blue hound tries to bite at Shen again
attack: 1d20 ⇒ 13
1 is real shen: 1d4 ⇒ 1
It's keen sense of smell seems to serve it well as Shen gets a bite taken out of her
ouch: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

The red dog sniffs around, trying to work out where Pau is
perc: 1d20 ⇒ 20
Then tries biting where he was
miss low is bad for dog.: 1d100 ⇒ 96
attack: 1d20 ⇒ 4
But can't quite get hold of him.

Status: Round 6 bold to post.
Tere 28 damage. (dagger on 1hp. broken, -2 to hit & damage) blessed; two rounds off map.
Two Blades 33 damage; 9THP; aided; (1 damage to rapier); blessed; one round off map.
Pau - 36 damage; 2 int damage; mage armor (1 hour from entry); blessed; spent 2 ki. Prone; invisible;
Belladonna - blessed flying
Lite-Brite - blessed
Shen - ; 27 damage mage armor (1 hour from entry, more or less); 3 images;
Lantern archon (blue)
Hádanka - (hammer destroyed) - Raging; rage used 10; blessed; four rounds off map
Dogs (init 10)
- blue 50 damage; glittered until round 8, has bayed.
- red; glittered until round 8; 34 damage;

[Two Blades in the Shadows]

Two Blades kept on running, hearing the sounds of battle ahead of him.

[Tere di Montefeltro]

Tere follows the other rogue, keen eyes piercing the darkness.

[Pau]

Invisibly, Pau clambers to his feet, and sees Bella seems to be safe for the moment. He moves north to flank the dog threatening Shen.

if someone would move me up there, please. Thanks.

[Belladonna of Desna]

Orange line is Pau's movement. 40' total (he has 50' move speed). I'm pretty sure he doesn't want to go through that energy beam to get to the blue dog.

[Belladonna of Desna]

With the wand having a crooked ray and doing paltry damage, Bella takes a quick look at the wand in her hand. She then slaps it on her knee, hoping to get the thing working better.
"Huh. The magic in this wand must be fading from being down here for ages."
She points it at the hound and shoots another ray.
Searing Light, bless & PBS: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 23
damage & PBS: 2d8 + 1 ⇒ (6, 8) + 1 = 15
"That's better."

Lite-Brite continues its assault.
light ray ranged touch & bless: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 1 = 18
light damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2
light ray ranged touch & bless: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 1 = 9
light damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Bless is in effect!

Lite-Brite the Lantern Archon:

Lite-Brite has truespeech, so it understands Bella (and everyone & everything else, for that matter). It pulsates in greens and blues when speaking. Once summoned by Bella, she usually casts sanctuary upon it if possible. Lite-Brite will then fly around with its 60' perfect maneuverability and cast aid, at-will, on allies to grant 1d8+3 temporary hit points.
It can also shoot 2 light rays (+3 ranged touch, 1d6 damage, bypasses all DR) with a 30 foot range.
Aura of Menace (Su): A righteous aura surrounds archons that fight or get angry. Any hostile creature within a 20-foot radius of an archon must succeed on a Will save (DC 13) to resist its effects. The save DC varies with the type of archon, is Charisma-based, and includes a +2 racial bonus. Those who fail take a –2 penalty on attacks, AC, and saves for 24 hours or until they successfully hit the archon that generated the aura. A creature that has resisted or broken the effect cannot be affected again by the same archon's aura for 24 hours.

[Pau]

Thanks, Bella, that’s great.

[GM Aerondor]

Two blades and Tere hurry back toward the battle joined at last by Hadanka. Pau slips quietly to his feet to try and surround the blue dog.
How long does the vanish last for?

Meanwhile Belladonna tries her wand again, the blast of light must be inimical to the shadow hound as it collapses. Lite brite turns its own assault onto the last dog, wounding it slightly.

Status: Round 7 bold to post.
Shen - ; 27 damage mage armor (1 hour from entry, more or less); 3 images;
Lantern archon (blue)
Dog - red; glittered until round 8; 36 damage;
Tere 28 damage. (dagger on 1hp. broken, -2 to hit & damage) blessed; one rounds off map.
Two Blades 33 damage; 9THP; aided; (1 damage to rapier); blessed; on map edge again!
Hádanka - (hammer destroyed) - Raging; rage used 10; blessed; three rounds off map
Pau - 36 damage; 2 int damage; mage armor (1 hour from entry); blessed; spent 2 ki. ; invisible;
Belladonna - blessed flying
Lite-Brite - blessed

[Pau]

The potion is CL 2, so it lasts two rounds.

[Belladonna of Desna]

@GM. You said the hound collapsed when Bella hit it with the ray of searing light from the wand. She was shooting at the red circled one below her. The red hound is still there. The blue hound that Shen & Pau were dealing with is not there. I'm a bit confused.

[GM Aerondor]

I killed the wrong dog.

The world seems to rewind slowly for a moment. Must be something in the air. The blue dog doesn't fall as the beams of light strike the red dog. This one must be made of sterner stuff as it yelps in pain, but doesn't fall.

Status: Round 7 bold to post.
Shen - ; 27 damage mage armor (1 hour from entry, more or less); 3 images;
Lantern archon (blue)
Dog - red; glittered until round 8; 53 damage;
- blue 50 damage; glittered until round 8, has bayed
Tere 28 damage. (dagger on 1hp. broken, -2 to hit & damage) blessed; one rounds off map.
Two Blades 33 damage; 9THP; aided; (1 damage to rapier); blessed; on map edge again!
Hádanka - (hammer destroyed) - Raging; rage used 10; blessed; three rounds off map
Pau - 36 damage; 2 int damage; mage armor (1 hour from entry); blessed; spent 2 ki. ; invisible;
Belladonna - blessed flying
Lite-Brite - blessed

[Shen Hawaah]

Shen casts her last magic missile spell!

"Get this hound off me!" she shouts.

concentration dc 17 : 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13 -

damage : 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 4, 1) + 3 = 9

[GM Aerondor]

Given the opportunity, the hound tries sinking its fangs into Shen's tasty flesh...
yum yum: 1d20 ⇒ 1
But all those images confuse it. Bolts of power slam into the dog it staggers for a moment, but is still up.
And your archon?

[Shen Hawaah]

"Wow! Lucky!"

Her summons sends more light rays at the one attacking her.
ray #1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2
ray #2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3

[GM Aerondor]

One light strikes the blue wolf, giving more cries of pain from it.

It tries once more to bite Shen
chomp: 1d20 ⇒ 18
real is 1: 1d4 ⇒ 2
An image vanishes into the jaws of the wolf.

While the other wolf, giving up on the vanished Pau pounces over to join in the fun!

chomp: 1d20 ⇒ 6
real is 1: 1d3 ⇒ 2
And a second. Shen is starting to feel a little exposed.

Status: Round 8 bold to post.
Tere 28 damage. (dagger on 1hp. broken, -2 to hit & damage) blessed; one rounds off map.
Two Blades 33 damage; 9THP; aided; (1 damage to rapier); blessed; on map edge again!
Hádanka - (hammer destroyed) - Raging; rage used 10; blessed; three rounds off map
Pau - 36 damage; 2 int damage; mage armor (1 hour from entry); blessed; spent 2 ki. ; invisible;
Belladonna - blessed flying
Lite-Brite - blessed
Shen - ; 27 damage mage armor (1 hour from entry, more or less); 1 images;
Lantern archon (blue)
Dog - red; glittered until round 8; 53 damage;
- blue 52 damage; glittered until round 8, has bayed

[Belladonna of Desna]

Bella continues using the wand on the hound below her.
Searing Light, bless & PBS: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 27
damage & PBS: 2d8 + 1 ⇒ (1, 3) + 1 = 5

Lite-Brite continues its assault.
light ray ranged touch & bless: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 = 7
light damage: 1d6 ⇒ 3
light ray ranged touch & bless: 1d20 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 = 7
light damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

Bless is in effect!

Lite-Brite the Lantern Archon:

Lite-Brite has truespeech, so it understands Bella (and everyone & everything else, for that matter). It pulsates in greens and blues when speaking. Once summoned by Bella, she usually casts sanctuary upon it if possible. Lite-Brite will then fly around with its 60' perfect maneuverability and cast aid, at-will, on allies to grant 1d8+3 temporary hit points.
It can also shoot 2 light rays (+3 ranged touch, 1d6 damage, bypasses all DR) with a 30 foot range.
Aura of Menace (Su): A righteous aura surrounds archons that fight or get angry. Any hostile creature within a 20-foot radius of an archon must succeed on a Will save (DC 13) to resist its effects. The save DC varies with the type of archon, is Charisma-based, and includes a +2 racial bonus. Those who fail take a –2 penalty on attacks, AC, and saves for 24 hours or until they successfully hit the archon that generated the aura. A creature that has resisted or broken the effect cannot be affected again by the same archon's aura for 24 hours.

[Shen Hawaah]

"Arghhh! Someone help me!!!" she shouts.

Her summons sends more light rays at the one attacking her.

ray #1: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

ray #2: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
damage: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Shen then uses her wand on the most hurt dog!

CL 3 Magic Missile: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (2, 3) + 2 = 7

[Pau]

Pau flurries out at the blue dog, using his flank to try and put it down.

FOB with Bless and Flank 1d20 + 1 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 1 + 8 + 2 = 28
Damage 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
Miss chance 1d100 ⇒ 24

FOB with Bless and flank 1d20 + 1 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 8 + 2 = 12
Damage 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13
Miss chance 1d100 ⇒ 100

FOB with Bless and flank 1d20 + 1 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 3 + 2 = 7
Damage 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Miss chance 1d100 ⇒ 70

[GM Aerondor]

Pau punches the blue dog on the nose. It howls in pain. Shen archon sends motes of light into the blue dog, causing it further pain. In the end she gives up and magic missiles the critter, sending back to whatever shadowy hell it emerged from

Bella and Lite-Brite continue their light-assault on the last dog, which looks less than happy with the situation.

Status: Round 8 bold to post.
Tere 28 damage. (dagger on 1hp. broken, -2 to hit & damage) blessed; one round off map.
Two Blades 33 damage; 9THP; aided; (1 damage to rapier); blessed; on map edge again!
Hádanka - (hammer destroyed) - Raging; rage used 10; blessed; three rounds off map
Dog - red; glittered until round 8; 58 damage;
Pau - 36 damage; 2 int damage; mage armor (1 hour from entry); blessed; spent 2 ki. ; invisible;
Shen - ; 27 damage mage armor (1 hour from entry, more or less); 1 images;
Lantern archon (blue)
Belladonna - blessed flying
Lite-Brite - blessed

[Two Blades in the Shadows]

Grabbing for his usual short sword that he carried for his left hand, Two Blades (down to one as the rapier along with the nice mace were still lying on the floor in the room), stabbed at the creature as it faded into view.

+1 Short sword: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 291d6 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 51d100 ⇒ 81
+1 Short sword crit?: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 261d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

[Two Blades in the Shadows]

Ninja'd. Attack red instead

[Tere di Montefeltro]

Tere continues to hustle, hoping the party will still be there when he arrives.

[GM Aerondor]

Oh, alas poor Woofy, I knew him Two-Blades. Until you killed him.

And within a couple of heartbeats of the sudden reappearance of Two-Blades - both foul dogs lie dead.

Also alas, some of the dark energy in the room starts sparking over the party.

who: 1d4 ⇒ 1
Two blades gets a bolt of dark energy into him
ouch: 6d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 2, 3, 6, 6) = 19 will DC20 for half

Status: Round 8 bold to post.
Tere 28 damage. (dagger on 1hp. broken, -2 to hit & damage) blessed; one round off map.
Two Blades 33 damage; 9THP; aided; (1 damage to rapier); blessed; 19/9 damage (will dc20)
Hádanka - (hammer destroyed) - Raging; rage used 10; blessed; three rounds off map
Pau - 36 damage; 2 int damage; mage armor (1 hour from entry); blessed; spent 2 ki. ; invisible;
Shen - ; 27 damage mage armor (1 hour from entry, more or less); 1 images;
Lantern archon (blue)
Belladonna - blessed flying
Lite-Brite - blessed

[Belladonna of Desna]

Now that the hounds are destroyed, are we still trying to disable the energy beam? The stones are all in a slot, right?

[GM Aerondor]

The dogs appeared after the stones were slotted. Then the negative energy blasts started to happen. I'll leave us in init for the moment while you work out what you want to do next, noting the blasts of negative energy are still happening.

[Two Blades in the Shadows]

Happy to see that the creatures were gone and his weapons were still there, Two Blades headed over to grab the mace and rapier.

Will: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

[Belladonna of Desna]

With the hounds laying dead, Bella moves to the entryway to avoid the bolts of energy and scans the room with detect magic.
"Let's see if those hounds had anything to do with the magic of this room."

[Pau]

Pau follows to get out of the line of fire.

[GM Aerondor]

I'm going to assume that the rest of you clear out
One more save for Twoblades as he retrieves his weapons.
negative will dc20 for half: 6d6 ⇒ (5, 4, 5, 3, 4, 1) = 22

Bella notices the protective magics over the mirror and crystal have faded.

Status:
Tere 28 damage. (dagger on 1hp. broken, -2 to hit & damage) blessed; one round off map.
Two Blades 42 damage; 9THP; aided; (1 damage to rapier); blessed; 22/11 damage (will dc20)
Hádanka - (hammer destroyed) - Raging; rage used 10; blessed; three rounds off map
Pau - 36 damage; 2 int damage; mage armor (1 hour from entry); blessed; spent 2 ki. ; invisible;
Shen - ; 27 damage mage armor (1 hour from entry, more or less); 1 images;
Lantern archon (blue)
Belladonna - blessed flying
Lite-Brite - blessed

[Two Blades in the Shadows]

Will save: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
Two Blades reached for the weapons, only to collapse on the ground as the wave of energy struck him.
Not good, at -5

[Tere di Montefeltro]

"Bella or Pau, can you get him out of there? One of those bolts would probably kill me."

[Shen Hawaah]

Shen immediately starts to summon monster.

“Oh no!!!“

[Pau]

Pau is to the point that one of those blasts would kill him as well. ”Can you summon something to get him, Shen? If not, I’ll risk it, but I’m afraid there will be two of us laying out there if I do…”

[Shen Hawaah]

"He will be dead before my summons arrived I believe!" Shen says frustrated.

[Tere di Montefeltro]

"Have your lantern archon cast aid on him right now."

[Shen Hawaah]

The lantern archon immediately casts aid!!

aid temp hp: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

[Tere di Montefeltro]

It's a d8+level, not d6+level, but it's not worth rerolling IMO.

[Shen Hawaah]

1d8 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

[GM Aerondor]

Two-blades may groggily get to his feet to flee.

note, while he has temporary hp, his real hp are still negative, so he's still bleeding unless someone wants to use a wand on him...

I'll take us out of init for the moment. Dropped weapons are still in the room with the bursts of negative energy happening.

[Belladonna of Desna]

I'm fine staying in initiative. I'm just waiting for my turn to come up. I can channel energy to heal, haul T.B. out, or whatever. Just waiting for my turn to come up.

[GM Aerondor]

With the temp hp, I think BTITD can escape out fine, but not with his weapons. One move to stand, one to flee. IF he takes a move action to get his weapons, he'll get another blast.

Status:
Tere 28 damage. (dagger on 1hp. broken, -2 to hit & damage) blessed; one round off map.
Two Blades 63 damage; 9THP; aided; (1 damage to rapier); blessed; Bleeding.
Hádanka - (hammer destroyed) - Raging; rage used 10; blessed; three rounds off map
Pau - 36 damage; 2 int damage; mage armor (1 hour from entry); blessed; spent 2 ki. ; invisible;
Shen - ; 27 damage mage armor (1 hour from entry, more or less); 1 images;
Lantern archon (blue)
Belladonna - blessed flying
Lite-Brite - blessed

[Pau]

”Okay, what are we doing here? Can anyone heal us up? Those blasts looked pretty terrible,” the monk asked.

[Tere di Montefeltro]

"I dropped my sword in there, and I'd like to get it back. Looks like Two Blades has the same problem."

[Two Blades in the Shadows]

Quickly getting up, Two Blades headed out of the area to patch up his wounds.

[Shen Hawaah]

Shen ends her spell.

The devil appears in the room next to one set of weapons. In infernal Shen immediately orders the devil to grab the weapons and come to her.

Shen offers her wand.

“Here, use this to heal your bodies! But please don’t die! I don’t know how to get out of here without you!“ she says desperately.

[Kegdrainer]

"Gather around everyone, my healing is more useful for the bumps and bruises from a bar fight and not major injuries Two Blades said as he started to create healing energy.

Channel Positive: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Channel Positive: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Channel Positive: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Sigh!

[GM Aerondor]

Hadanka had a similar problem with his weapon in the room...

Two blades makes people feel a little better.

The devil recovers everyone's weapons for them, suffering badly as it does so.
Handwave the rolls for that.

So.. lots of negative energy blasts happening in there. They seems to be coming from the mirror and/or the crystal.

Status:
Tere 22 damage. (dagger on 1hp. broken, -2 to hit & damage)
Two Blades 57 damage; 9THP; aided; (1 damage to rapier);
Hádanka - (hammer destroyed) - Raging; rage used 10;
Pau - 30 damage; 2 int damage; mage armor (1 hour from entry); ; spent 2 ki. ; ;
Shen - ; 21 damage mage armor (1 hour from entry, more or less);
Belladonna -
Lite-Brite -

[Belladonna of Desna]

Bella shouts to her companions.
"The abjuration auras on the mirror and column have dissipated!"
Bella thinks for a moment. If the protective wards went away, that must mean the mirror and column are vulnerable. Maybe if the mirror is destroyed, the dark beam won't be able to reflect back to the column.

"Smash the mirror!!!"
I have 3 channels left. I'll heal us from the energy bolts if we get hit.

Trying to avoid the bolts of energy, Bella soars over to the mirror while pulling out her morningstar. With determination, she gives the mirror a good whack.
mwk morningstar & bless: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 6 + 1 = 20
b&p dmg & bless: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 2 + 1 = 4

Lite-Brite shoots two rays at the mirror.
Ranged Touch & bless: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18
Light Ray: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
Ranged Touch & bless: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
Light Ray: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

The little ball of energy calls out from across the room.
"Bella! I'm fading awayyyy..."

"Goodbye, Lite-Brite! I'll summon you the next time I need your help. Take care!"

"Okay! I really liked meeting your friends!"
"Byeeee!"
*Poof*

[Tere di Montefeltro]

Standing at the doorway, Tere unlimbers his bow and sends an arrow at the mirror.

Arrow on target?: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17
Damage, if applicable: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10

Bella, I don't think bless adds to damage.

Just out of curiosity, what kind of devil did Shen summon?

[GM Aerondor]

And with a crash the mirror shatters. Dark energies flood the room, badly burning Bella.
But even max damage and a failed save won't kill her

As the dark energy subsides the large crystal has melted away leaving just a small one behind.

And we are now into wrap up stage.