RobC - Katinka Hushfoot AC 24/16/19 -- CMD 20 -- HP 120/120 (+13 Temp)* -- Perm Arcane Sight, Darkvision, See Invisibili Monday January 4th, 2016 4:09:09 AM
Tink listens in on Restlin's question to the lizard/serpent men
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:37/33/31 +4 vs AOO HP:139/124 Ki:15/15 CMD: 33 SR: 23] Monday January 4th, 2016 7:15:44 AM
Garret whispers loudly, "Tink? You still here?"
The laboratory explored (DM JT) Monday January 4th, 2016 2:05:10 PM
DM OOC: Welcome back from the Holidays. I hope everyone had a good time. God spared us from a tornado nearby so we have a lot to be thankful for.
I had totally intended to make at least one post during this time but work and family took up my energy. But we are back now.
Recap: The IA entered the temple where the dreaded dragon vanished into. The receiving room of the temple was littered with debris from decayed stone walls and ceiling and the only exit not blocked by caved in stone lead to a small chapel and then to the lab where the serpentfolk had performed their experiments to produce enhanced lizardfolk. The botched or useless versions of those experiments remained in cages awaiting an unknown fate.
One snake-lizadfolk had retained his faculties and engaged the IA in conversssssation.
The DM had intended to develop the plot more here as the PTB had requested no PC deaths during the Holiday Season but just didn't. Sorry for not following up on this, however this side trip kept the IA alive. However, now that your DMs have permission to kill PCs again, we fast-forward a bit.
DM IC: The serpent-lizardfolk knows little other than what goes on in the room (explained above). He knows nothing of a dragon but knows the name 'Korrine', however he did not realize it was a dragon. All he can tell the IA is that a serpentfolk comes in and says, 'Korrinne is here', and one of the unfortunate experiments is lead out. What happens after that he does not know.
He explains that a square table in the corner activates and lifts the wood plank into place with two of its table legs when the serpentfolk leave or removes it when commanded to from outside. The language used is serpentfolk and he's not able to repeat it. An inspection of the table reveals a non-magical automaton of simple design. Its only known function is as described by he serpent-lizardman. It is average weight for a wooden table of its size, more bulky than heavy. The joins in its legs are the only observable unusual thing about the table.
The small door leads to a small storage room with shelves along the walls holding jars and flasks of strange alchemical liquids. Nothing magical in nature but if one had the 'recipe' used by the snakefolk to breed tough halfbreeds of lizardfok, one my use them to duplicate the same. If one wished to.
With no where else to go from here the iA return to the only other place with exits, the temple receiving room.
Releasing the snake-liazardman first allows him to deal with the other mongrels and he promises to do what he can for them. However he can't predict their survival in the swamp or their acceptance into the care of the lizardfolk. At least the snake-lizardman has the mental and physical capacity to survive on his own.
Back in the temple foyer, or receiving room, the IA look again for some sign of where the dragon went or how it got past the blocked exits. This time, the gods (or PTB) look down upon the IA with favor and a superbly cleverly hidden pressure stone in the north wall activates the 'secret door'. A cleverly disguised pile of rubble smoothly moves and opens up the north passageway.
The serpentfolk had used real rubble and by the looks of it magically cemented them together to look 'natural' and obviously unmovable. However it was part of a clever secret 'door'.
There are clear signs that creatures pass through here frequently. The corridor runs some 50' (in total darkness) before turning to the right.
Beriothian -- AC:17/11/22 HP: 114/152 CMD = 19 d20+19=39 ; Monday January 4th, 2016 6:02:14 PM Hmm, am I understanding correctly that we could use this recipe on ourselves if we had it? Well, since they are non-magical perhaps I can deduce what a few of them are based on the apparent ingredients in the recipie. There may be some useful bottles we should take with us. knowledge nature (since non-magical contents) = 39 (natural 20!)
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 108/108 Spells Monday January 4th, 2016 9:54:05 PM Yes, because those creatures appeared to have benefited so much from it. I think we are better off not using such recipes. However the reagents might prove useful and valuable. I agree that we should collect what we can. Even the recipe, as it might provide a way to undo what they have done.
Sesha [AC 33 /2o To/25 Fl] | HP 191/93 | CMD 17] Monday January 4th, 2016 10:14:27 PM
Gasping, Sesha suddenly takes a knee. Something wasn't right, but she couldn't place it. She felt a heart-ache unlike any she had in her entire life.
Her mind buzzes with a strange sense of encroaching sadness, and it had nothing to do with the dragon.
Zane (JCC) AC 33, CMB 16, CMD 32, HP 211(+52 temp)/166, Character Monday January 4th, 2016 10:36:59 PM "I think we should take the stuff, on that I'm agreed. But I would suggest refraining from using them. First we are not trained in them, second, it's something a monsterologist would do, and most of them do things that are way beyond decent." As Sesha goes to her knee, Zane goes to her and puts a hand carefully on her shoulder, "You O.K.?"
RobC - Katinka Hushfoot AC 24/16/19 -- CMD 20 -- HP 120/120 (+13 Temp)* -- Perm Arcane Sight, Darkvision, See Invisibili d20+31=34 ; d20+41=55 ; Tuesday January 5th, 2016 4:26:27 AM
Tink looks to Sesha in surprise. Had the witch been attacked? Was there an assailant in the room? She doesn't immediately spot anything out of the norm.
"This place just feels wrong. I'll be glad when we are out of here" she declares.
She renews her invisibility, and proceeds to the hover 50ft down the corridor to where it turns. Once there, she will peek around the corner.
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:37/33/31 +4 vs AOO HP:139/124 Ki:15/15 CMD: 33 SR: 23] Tuesday January 5th, 2016 7:53:11 AM
Back in the main room, as Sesha drops to a knee, Garret calls out to Tink, "Hey, Tink, wherever you are, you might want to hold up a minute, Sesha is down!"
Restlin (Carl) -- AC: +14/+11/+11 CMD: +15 HP: 119/119 +14 Tmp HP (Spells) Luck Points: 3/13 Tuesday January 5th, 2016 8:38:27 AM
Restlin scratches his head. Sesha came from a world he couldn't really imagine & wielded a power completely alien to him. It would be tough for her actions to surprise him at this point, but he still feels concern when he sees her react like this.
Still, the timing is really bad.
He takes a knee near her and waits for her to recover a bit before asking, "everything ok, dear? Something going on we should know about?" He figures Tink needs a moment to scout ahead. Hopefully they'll be ready to move on afterwards.
Sesha [AC 33 /2o To/25 Fl] | HP 191/93 | CMD 17] Tuesday January 5th, 2016 11:05:20 AM
Sesha climbs back to her feet, unsure what exactly just happened.
"I don't know myself. I think I'm fine. Lets move on."
She still feels a lingering sadness, and it only intensifies when she looks at Restlin. She puts on a half-grin and dusts off her knees.
"Easy day, Mage-priest. If that's the worst I get here, were getting off lucky."
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 108/108 Spells Tuesday January 5th, 2016 12:37:47 PM
Bosk looks at Sesha with a little worry. Is something wrong? You look a little out of place. Given the dragon's abilities it might be prudent to steel ourselves against mental and psychological attacks.
ooc: Not sure what is going on with Sesha, but spells to boost will and fort saves might be necessary. Even is Sesha is just role playing we should be prepared for the dragon's aura.
Beriothian -- AC:17/11/22 HP: 114/152 CMD = 19 Tuesday January 5th, 2016 6:30:04 PM Bosk, Dragons can't possess people can they? Remember that time I was possessed by a wizard's necklace? Beri keeps an eye on Sesha to make sure she's really okay... and really Sesha.
Zane (JCC) AC 33, CMB 16, CMD 32, HP 211(+52 temp)/166, Character Tuesday January 5th, 2016 8:49:56 PM "Normal Dragon's can't I don't believe, but this is most definitely not a normal dragon. Who knows what it can do. Sesha, please alert us if you figure out what's going on, you know we'll lend you whatever aid you need." Zane settles his pack on his back and then notices the tiny spider on his shoulder."Well Kritter, I though I'd just dreamed you up, nice to see some dreams are more real than others. Just keep yourself hidden if I start fighting, OK?" Highlight to display spoiler: { spider pet from GG} "Lets get going, I'm sure that dragon is doing something we won't like while we hang around here." Zane heads on down the newly found hallway, expecting Tink to give a warning if it's dangerous.....
The laboratory explored (DM JT) Wednesday January 6th, 2016 1:32:24 AM
The IA prepare to leave the laboratory but some aren't quite ready to leave yet. Tasty liquids that that promise a wide variety of effects on one's person tempts some.
Beri surmises that if they did actually find the recipe for transmutations, they could try it on themselves with the ingredients left in the storage room. He proceeds to inspect the jars and bottles and tries to deduce their contents.
Beri: Highlight to display spoiler: {I really have no idea what they are or could be. They are 'window dressing' as part of the side trip to keep you guys alive during the Holiday slow down. However, if important to Beri, I'll try to come up with a list. :} }
Bosk at first seems to agree in to their use in experimenting on themselves but sarcasm is heavy in his tone. But does agree that they could be useful for other things, like undo the stransmutations done to the hapless victims.
Sesha then suddenly is brought to down to a knee as a horrible feeling washes over her like a terrible disturbance in the Force.
Zane may or may not have caught Bosks' sarcasm when he plainly explains how wrong it would be to use the stuff, stuff of monstrologists (oooh icky poooh cross my fingers wish to die! as the saying goes each time that 'M' word is spoken while making the sign of the 'M' on one's chest) [/i].
Zane kneels and carefully puts a hand on Sesha's shoulder, 'You OK?
Katinka declares "This place just feels wrong. I'll be glad when we are out of here,".
She is ready to move on and starts out the door when...
Garret calls her back, "Hey, Tink, wherever you are, you might want to hold up a minute, Sesha is down!"
Restlin is puzzled at what may be happening to Sesha. Her ways are alien to him and not much she does would surprise him, but if it weren't for the time and place... He also kneels next to her. "everything ok, dear? Something going on we should know about?"
Sesha gets back up and explains that she does not know exactly what happened but thinks she is fine. Looking at Restlin she puts on a half-grin and dusts off her knees. "Easy day, Mage-priest. If that's the worst I get here, were getting off lucky."
Bosk seems more worried and wonders if it is the dragon trying to do something to Sesha. He suggests some magical boosts to protect themselves from domination or possession.
Beri questions the capabilities of dragons possessing people and remembers that once he was possessed by a simple wizard's necklace. Just in case, he keeps an eye on Sesha, or who he thinks is Sesha.
Zane reminds his friends that 'normal' dragons can't do possessions, but then again, Korrinne ain't no 'normal' dragon. He assures Sesha they are ready to help in whatever way they can, just let them know what's going on as soon as she figures it out.
Zane finds an oddly brave spider on his shoulder that brings back a dejavou memory, like a dream. He should know this spider? In keeping to the spirit of no killing during the Holiday Season, he does not squash it, instead, advises it to stay hidden when fighting starts up.
With a curious little spider as a new companion (which, by the way, has a red torso with a little 'v' on its chest), Zane suggests they get going, as he's sure the dragon is up to no good while they hang around the lab and leads the way back out the doors.
With signs of concern over Sesha's strange experience but pressed to catch up with Korrinne and hopefully prevent what the D.C. saw in their vision, the IA head back to the receiving room.
Back in the temple foyer, or receiving room, the IA look again for some sign of where the dragon went or how it got past the blocked exits. This time, the gods (or PTB) look down upon the IA with favor and a superbly cleverly hidden pressure stone in the north wall activates the 'secret door'. A cleverly disguised pile of rubble smoothly moves and opens up the north passageway.
The serpentfolk had used real rubble and by the looks of it magically cemented them together to look 'natural' and obviously unmovable. However it was part of a clever secret 'door'.
There are clear signs that creatures pass through here frequently. The corridor runs some 50' (in total darkness) before turning to the right.
Katinka flies down the corridor, invisibly and peeks around the corner. She sees that the corridor extends another 20' and opens into a large room. From what she can see, the room seems clear of rubble. The dimensions of the room cannot be determined from her spot.
RobC - Katinka Hushfoot AC 24/16/19 -- CMD 20 -- HP 120/120 (+13 Temp)* -- Perm Arcane Sight, Darkvision, See Invisibili d20+31=32 ; d20+31=45 ; d20+41=47 ; Wednesday January 6th, 2016 6:13:49 AM "All safe the corner" Tink relays over the link "Then another 20 feet or so before it opens into a room. I can't say what's in the room nor how big it is. Everyone can safely come up to the bend here, and then I'll proceed further"
Tink will wait for the others to gather closer to where she currently hovers. She looks carefully at the worn floor to see if there are particular spots that previous travellers may have avoided (eg: possible traps).
She sniffs the air deeply. Perhaps there is a smell of dragon in the air? Whatever that might smell like.
When the others reach the corner she hovers by, Tink will then proceed another 20ft ahead towards the room.
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:37/33/31 +4 vs AOO HP:139/124 Ki:15/15 CMD: 33 SR: 23] d20+19=32 ; Wednesday January 6th, 2016 8:23:26 AM
Garret lets the others go first, bringing up the rear as usual. He takes a last look around the room before the group enters the hidden corridor (perception: 32).
Restlin (Carl) -- AC: +14/+11/+11 CMD: +15 HP: 119/119 +14 Tmp HP (Spells) Luck Points: 3/13 Wednesday January 6th, 2016 9:29:54 AM
Restlin heads forward. He stays close to Sesha without making it seem like he's trying to stay close to Sesha. He probably fails doing that.
He waits for Tink behind the bend in the corridor, just in case anything comes shooting down it.
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 108/108 Spells d20+19=34 ; d20+19=22 ; Wednesday January 6th, 2016 5:14:12 PM
Bosk takes his usual position second from the front, weapon ready for action. They he moves forward he keeps an eye on his surroundings, making sure to check everywhere, including the ceiling.
Perception check = 34 Check for traps = 22 (not sure if you are one of the DMs who require a separate check for this or not)
Beriothian -- AC:17/11/22 HP: 114/152 CMD = 19 d20+24=34 ; Wednesday January 6th, 2016 7:34:37 PM
Beri takes a spot behind Bosk, in addition to keeping an eye on the ceiling and floor he sniffs the air to see if they are getting close to the dragon.
perception=34
Zane (JCC) AC 33, CMB 16, CMD 32, HP 211(+52 temp)/166, Character d20+4=12 ; d20+17=28 ; Wednesday January 6th, 2016 9:12:26 PM
Zane looks back and sees the others following, he asks over the link,* want me to keep going or let you and the rest pass me?.* If indicated to keep going, Zane moves as quietly as he can. He keeps a look out as he goes along (darkvision) Stealth 12 Perception 28
Deeper into the Temple (DM JT) Thursday January 7th, 2016 1:28:40 AM
The corridor is 20' wide and 15' tall.
Katinka sniffs the air. The smell in here is musty. It is hot and humid. Katinka gets a strong whiff of sweat wafting from behind her. She waits for the others to catch up, relaying through the link what she sees so far.
While she waits she looks for signs on the floor where creatures may have avoided. It is pitch black in here and things are seen as black and white only. Tracks in the dust or dirt show up as a shade of black or white. She does not see any spot that may have been avoided.
Garret hangs back as usual, keeping watch for anything trying to sneak up from behind. He notices nothing doing so as he follows down the corridor.
Restlin stays close to Sesha pretending not to stay close. He stops just before the bend so the corner can block some of a blast coming their way.
Bosk is second from the front as he heads down the corridor, his head swiveling every which way looking for traps. He notices nothing unusual and so far triggers nothing either.
Beri follows behind Bosk doing much the same as the minotaur and has as much luck as the minotaur in spotting anything to set off alarm bells. He sniffs the air and gets a powerful strong smell of minotaur sweat mixed in with damp, musty, corridor.
DM OOC: Beri, remind me what form you are in at the present. I don't remember. Thanks.
Zane leads the way and asks over the link 'want me to keep going or let you and the rest pass me?'. He waits at the corner for an answer. His stealthy move down the corridor is uneventful. He feels a tickle on is left ear as his new pet spider crawls up to its tip and perches there.
With everyone now at or near the corner, Katinka starts to head on towards the room when all hear hissing sounds. It is clearly a language but the words are foreign and very hissy. It is only heard for a few seconds and when it stops a wall of gears suddenly flops at the entrance blocking the way, sort of.
The wall of gears is 20' long but only 5' high, leaving 10' of space from the top of the wall to the ceiling at the entrance. The wall of gears is what it looks like. Gears whirl and grind in a menacing way. There are gaps between the gears where one could try to squeeze through but it is obvious that anyone trying to pass through the wall could find it a painful experience.
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:37/33/31 +4 vs AOO HP:139/124 Ki:15/15 CMD: 33 SR: 23] d20+19=34 ; Thursday January 7th, 2016 7:23:13 AM
Garret hears the wall of gears before he sees them and stops, spinning around. He remains on rear guard when he realizes that they are just a wall and not an attacking force. He bounces lightly from one foot to the other and still keeps a watch to the rear (perception: 34).
Restlin (Carl) -- AC: +14/+11/+11 CMD: +15 HP: 119/119 +14 Tmp HP (Spells) Luck Points: 3/13 Thursday January 7th, 2016 8:01:02 AM
Restlin ponders this wall. Tink, Sesha, Beri, and himself can all fly over one way or another. He's pretty sure Garret can just jump over it, and Bosk and Zane may be able to step over it. Bosk can blink through if nothing else. Zane's pretty limber as well. Jumping over a 5' wall shouldn't be hard for him.
Over the telepathic link, he states "Looks like they know we're here. Maybe we should drop the stealth act and just get in there."
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 108/108 Spells Thursday January 7th, 2016 10:37:41 AM
Bosk looks at the wall for a second, memorizing their patterns and where the gears flopped out of.
ooc: Did the gears "flop" out of the ground, the entrance, floor or ceiling?
Sesha [AC 33 /2o To/25 Fl] | HP 191/93 | CMD 17] Thursday January 7th, 2016 11:07:21 AM
Sesha holds up a hand for caution.
"We planned on a list of about 12 spells that would be necessary to handle the dragon, should it come to that. Are we certain Corrine isn't here?"
She finds Katinka through the link.
"Tell Joy to go ahead on through the wall of gears near the floor, and tell her to get an idea of what's waiting for us."
(It's been awhile. We should probably take a moment to recall what buffs are going, how long they have left, and give the DM a general idea of our spell slots, since everyone but the stinky halfling is a spellcaster.)
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:37/33/31 +4 vs AOO HP:139/124 Ki:15/15 CMD: 33 SR: 23] Thursday January 7th, 2016 2:37:46 PM
*sniff, sniff*
"Do you guys smell something or is that just me?"
Beriothian -- AC:17/11/22 HP: 114/152 CMD = 19 d20+1=15 ; Thursday January 7th, 2016 5:03:49 PM Guys... this is a wall of gears... not saw blades, thorns fire... should we try to stop them from turning or let them do whatever it is they are doing. Having seen the last room I can't imagine they are innocent. The question is whether the bigger danger is in letting them run or jamming up the works.
knowledge engineering to determine what the gears may be doing- 15 *** +1 to saves, skill checks, and attack rolls. (from Restlin on the 11th) form of bugbear dark vision/scent
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 108/108 Spells Thursday January 7th, 2016 6:09:39 PM And before we fly over them lets make sure they wall cannot fly up ad hit us!
ooc:Still not sure if they flopped out of the walls, down from the ceiling, etc.
RobC - Katinka Hushfoot AC 24/16/19 -- CMD 20 -- HP 120/120 (+13 Temp)* -- Perm Arcane Sight, Darkvision, See Invisibili d20+12=30 ; d20+31=38 ; Thursday January 7th, 2016 7:27:19 PM
Tink relays Sesha's request to Joy - telling the ghost to scout ahead.
Tink then looks over the gears very carefully. Could they serve any purpose other than to act as a hindrance? Is there any chance it might explode? Or perhaps attack the party form range?
"I don't fancy leaving these things running. If we fly over them, we may find ourselves trapped on the other side later. I'm with Beri. These things shouldn't be left running. Everyone, take a step back for a moment."
If Tink can identify a way to disable these gears, she will attempt to do so.
Knowledge Engineering: 30 - to determine the purpose of the gears, any danger to he party, and if possible, a weak spot Disable Device: +25 - Roll to be made secretly by DM (Tink has +24 and being close to Restlin gives her another +1) Perception: 38 + Arcane Sight + DarkVision + See Invisibility + Detect Scrying + Spellcraft 36 (To ID any magical auras)
Zane (JCC) AC 33, CMB 16, CMD 32, HP 211(+52 temp)/166, Character Thursday January 7th, 2016 8:34:16 PM "I have a couple of poles in a bag if you want them Katinka." Zane offers to help out with.
The Wall of Gears (DM JT) Friday January 8th, 2016 1:11:24 AM
The dreaded wall of gears whirls and grinds waiting for flesh to eat...
DM JT: Was there someone with some decent light in the party? I can't remember. Refresh my memory.
Garret peaks around the corner when he hears the clanking and grinding. Prepared for nimble moves, he bounces lightly from one footsy to another while keeping watch at the rear.
Restlin weights the options each have in getting over the low wall and is pretty sure everyone can get over it one way or another without incurring any damage. He suggests drop the stealth act as 'they' know the IA are there.
Bosk tries to study the gears (provided he can see them), memorizing their pattern. The wall flopped from the right side, as if it had been standing on end and was tipped over.
Sesha holds her hand up for caution. 'Are we certain Corrine isn't here?' she wonders 'out loud' through the link. She sends Joy through the wall to scout out the room, primarily looking for Korrinne.
Beri poses the question as to gumming up the gears or just them whirl. His bugbear intuition gives him a gut feeling they are whirling and grinding.
DM OOC: Gears. To describe Gears: gears usually are round (a wheel with 'teeth'). While one turns one way the teeth engages another gear causing that gear to turn the opposite direction. Water mills, wind mills, donkey propelled mills are the simplest sort. The Wall of Gears is a wall of a lot of these wheels with teeth. Getting caught in between the teeth of the gears is horrifically bloody.
bosk cautions any attempt to fly over the wall without verifying if the wall can move up to snare anyone trying to do so.
Katinka sends Joy ahead as Sesha requests and takes some time to study the wall. She does not like to bypass the wall leaving the gears working as it could pose a problem for them later. she searches her engineering knowledge for their function and a means to disable them.
The gears seem to have no other purpose other than to whirl and grind providing very little in the way to pass through it without the danger of getting caught in the whirling teeth. All it takes is some small portion of clothing or lock of hair to wander into the whirling gears to viciously yank the unfortunate into it's 'embrace'. Disabling gears usually is done by wedging a hard object between the teeth to stop the turning. This case is no different by the looks of it. However, of all the studying katinka does, she concludes there is only one way to know for sure what will work and what won't, and that is to just try it.
Unfortunately, there are literally thousands of these gears. As far as a weak point, her engineering knowledge does not see anything other than that the gears are made up of various metals such as copper, silver, iron, etc. Since some metals are harder than others, that might be considered a 'weak' point.
Zane offers a couple of poles if need be.
From the other side of the wall of gears, Joy looks around. She relays through the link (she is in the link right?) that she sees a very large room with numerous large snakes coiled here and there on the floor. The snakes seem quite aware of the presence of the IA but at this moment are still coiled.
RobC - Katinka Hushfoot AC 24/16/19 -- CMD 20 -- HP 120/120 (+13 Temp)* -- Perm Arcane Sight, Darkvision, See Invisibili Friday January 8th, 2016 1:40:26 AM "Since I can't see any magical aura, it would look like these are purely mechanical in nature. That means it needs to be powered in some fashion. And since these gears interlock and intertwine, there must be one driving the whole mess"
Tink looks for the 'key' cog. The one that is likely driving the others. She suspects it will be one nearest to the stone walls, likely half embedded within it. When she believes she has found what she seeks, she will cast an Acid Dart at the centre of the cog. Her plan is that if it can no longer grip its axle properly, it will no longer spin, and thus, stop the others from spinning too.
------------------ Knowl Engineering: 30 (rolled previously) Disable Device: 25 (rolled secretly by DM if required)
Restlin (Carl) -- AC: +14/+11/+11 CMD: +15 HP: 119/119 +14 Tmp HP (Spells) Luck Points: 3/13 Friday January 8th, 2016 9:15:49 AM
"What is the point of this stupid wall?" Restlin asks out loud as he makes his way down the corridor towards it. "They know we're here, we know they're there, but by all means let's throw up this ridiculous obstacle."
Restlin finds himself a nice silver gear and starts throwing acid splashes at it. If anyone's near it, he'll warn them to step away.
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:37/33/31 +4 vs AOO HP:139/124 Ki:15/15 CMD: 33 SR: 23] Friday January 8th, 2016 9:18:01 AM
Garret remains at the rear, waiting to see the result of the tinkering by Tink with the gears...
Sesha [AC 33 /2o To/25 Fl] | HP 191/93 | CMD 17] Friday January 8th, 2016 10:55:54 AM
Joy, who is not in the link, will have to move back and relay the information to Tink, who can share it with the rest of the group.
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 108/108 Spells Friday January 8th, 2016 2:52:16 PM
from Tishe's weave elements. Highlight to display spoiler: {Freedom of Movement, Water Breathing, Swim 120 ft Heroes Feast: - [CL12] 12hrs +1 attack, +1 will, +4 vs fear (Sesha)
Greater Magic Weapon- [CL 13]: +3 attack/+3 damage on Bastard Sword Telekinesis - On Tink, Restlin, Sesha, Bosk, Beri and Zane. Dur 5.3hrs (cast within Coven circle by Tink) Haste – Cast by Zane – 7 rounds. Fire resistance Cat's Grace Enlarge person
Deathwatch [i]- [CL 1] Permanent - Know creature status: dead, fragile, fighting off death, healthy, undead, or neither (ie construct). Darkvision 60'- [CL 8] 8hrs Chill Touch- [CL9] (9 charges) - 1d6 ngative energy -1 Str (Fort DC). Undead = no damage; Will DC or flee 1d4 rounds+1rd per CL.
Agile Feet- (SU) 5 uses left - Ignore all difficult terrain penalties. Channel Energy- (SU) 2 uses left[i] Dark Walk [i]- (SU) 2 min left -gain concealment, 20% miss, +2 save resistance, +8 Stealth Sense Spirit- (SU) Direction/distance to any disembodied spirit or soul 480 ft., even through material objects. Dimensional Hop- (SP) At 8th level, you can teleport up to 10 feet per cleric level per day as a move action . Greater Insight- (SP) At 8th level, Pick one of these senses: Darkvision 120 ft, Scent, Tremorsense 20 ft. You have this sense for one minute per cleric level. You can use this ability once per day at 8th level, and one additional time per day for every four levels beyond 8th.
Spells Available *spells* already cast Legacy Item: Feather Fall, See Invisibility Domain: True Strike, See Invisibility, Divination, Dimension door, True Seeing Level 0: Read Magic, Detect Magic, Chill Touch, Detect Poison Level 1: *Elf Vision*, Protection From Chaos/Evil/Good/Law, Detect Chaos/Evil/Good/Law, *Comprehend Language*, *Sanctuary* Level 2: *Silence*, *Restoration Lesser*, *Nemesis Insight*, Resist Energy (fire) Level 3: Invisibility Purge, *Protection From Energy (fire)*, *Magic Circle against Evil* Level 4: *Greater Magic Weapon*, Spell Immunity Level 5: Slay Living}
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 108/108 Spells Friday January 8th, 2016 5:31:18 PM
Bosk casts detect magic and detect victim hoping to locate the dragon. If he does sense the dragon's presence close by he will inform the group and cast fly on himself.
Beriothian -- AC:17/11/22 HP: 114/152 CMD = 19 Friday January 8th, 2016 6:43:43 PM Acid? That's going to do a nice bit of damage to that wheel. If that fails, let me know if anyone needs an airwalk spell ***
+1 to saves, skill checks, and attack rolls. form of bugbear dark vision/scent
stored in staff via spellstaff- Changestaff Spells with * are Fey domain spells (and not included in spell counts)
The Wall of Gears (DM JT) Sunday January 10th, 2016 12:19:53 AM
DM JT: Some technical issues to clear up before proceeding.
Does everyone have Darkvision? If not, who doesn't and who's carrying a light source for those who don't.
Does Bosk have some piece of the dragon necessary for the Detect Victim spell?
I can't find Acid Dart as a spell. Katinka has Acid Splash, but doe not have it memorized, according to her currently memorized 0 level spells.
Main things are Darkvision, who does not have it and the piece of dragon, does Bosk have something and what is it.
Zane (JCC) AC 33, CMB 16, CMD 32, HP 211(+52 temp)/166, Character Sunday January 10th, 2016 1:31:54 PM
Zane, "I have the meager Acid Splash spell want me to see if it works on those gears?. Or maybe on the part that the gears are rotating on. Maybe some heat would work, isn't heat used to fuse metal together when being a smith? I think that's how they make bigger blades than the daggers and Kama I use."
(Zane has Darkvision as well)
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 108/108 Spells Sunday January 10th, 2016 2:46:20 PM
ooc: For detect victim Bosk needs a something from the offender. I am considering the players in our group the offenders and the dragon the one wanting vengeance against us.
Korrine said - MY CHILDREN YOU HAVE JUST KILLED, THE SERPENT FOLK WHO WILL FOLLOW ME TO THIS FERTILE DISK AND A LAND OF SLAVES. FOR THIER DEATH, YOU NEED TO BE DISCIPLINED."
Bosk has Dark Vision and Blind Fighting. He also has light prepared.
Restlin (Carl) -- AC: +14/+11/+11 CMD: +15 HP: 119/119 +14 Tmp HP (Spells) Luck Points: 3/13 Sunday January 10th, 2016 5:52:47 PM
Restlin does not have darkvision.
RobC - Katinka Hushfoot AC 24/16/19 -- CMD 20 -- HP 120/120 (+13 Temp)* -- Perm Arcane Sight, Darkvision, See Invisibili Sunday January 10th, 2016 8:20:45 PM OOC: Tink has the Wizard "Conjuration" school class ability:
"Acid Dart: As a standard action you can unleash an acid dart targeting any foe within 30 feet as a ranged touch attack. The acid dart deals 1d6 points of acid damage + 1 for every two wizard levels you possess. You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Intelligence modifier. This attack ignores spell resistance."
The Wall of Gears (DM JT) Sunday January 10th, 2016 9:39:58 PM
Thanks guys. I forgot about the Schools, but it is good to post the important things like damage, negates spell resistance, etc.
Now that 'Light' is prepared, do i assume it is cast so Restlin can see?
Preparing post tonight.
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 108/108 Spells Sunday January 10th, 2016 11:18:52 PM
Bosk will cast it for Restlin
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:37/33/31 +4 vs AOO HP:139/124 Ki:15/15 CMD: 33 SR: 23] Monday January 11th, 2016 9:15:31 AM
OOC: Garret can't see anything in the dark. Or fight in the dark. In fact, he doesn't even really like dark very much because he can't find food as easily...
The Wall of Gears (DM JT) Monday January 11th, 2016 4:56:10 PM
DM JT: sorry folks, I thought I could squeeze a post in between regular stuff and wife birthday. The scene has taken a lot more prep than I had realized and most of my time has been high jacked into doing 'stuff'. However the map is ready, the scene details complete, just need to compile the post. Sigh... hang in there....
Beriothian -- AC:17/11/22 HP: 114/152 CMD = 19 Monday January 11th, 2016 6:44:35 PM
Beri has dark vision and scent ability
Zane (JCC) AC 33, CMB 16, CMD 32, HP 211(+52 temp)/166, Character Monday January 11th, 2016 8:54:07 PM
Zane has a couple of stones with continual light on them if anyone needs, he got them when he was at sea, safer than true torches....
Attack on The Wall of Gears (DM JT) Monday January 11th, 2016 9:44:59 PM
The IA determine that they need to disable the wall of gears before continuing so as not to have it threaten any desperate retreat.
DM JT: slight correction. No mention of NOT seeing any magic aura was said, but no mention OF seeing any magic aura either. The wall does radiate magic, a very strong one at that, but that would be natural in any case as SOMETHING has to power the gears. The nature of the magic, as best as can be described, is the kind that powers mechanical things, whatever category that is.
Katinka studies the wall with its thousands of gears whirling, looking for a 'key' cog. While doing so her arcane sight also tries to figure out what type of magic works the thing. Some expert pieced this together and with magic got it working as it does radiate magic. But it's not a conjured type (like say, a Wall of Force).
Her engineering knowledge is superb but no gear stands out as a 'key'. Any one disabled cog might stop a small section, but the hundreds of sections are not interlocked and thus would remain active.
On the other hand, might as well start working on one and see what happens. She casts an Acid Dart spell at a promising cog.
Restlin gripes, 'What is the point of this stupid wall?' and joins Katinka. It is clear that both parties are aware of each other, so why the ridiculously short wall? He adds his own acid splash to a silver cog.
Garret smartly remains on watch at the rear. The stupid wall could be a ruse to divert their attention away from the rear...
Sesha listens to Joy's description of what she saw in the room. (See map) and relays that to the others.
DM NOTE: notice the 'darkvision' lines determining what can be see from behind the wall of gears.
Bosk casts Detect Magic to try to help out. He also casts Detect Victim hoping to locate the dragon.
Bosk's senses become aware of magical auras but no sense of Korrinne comes to him.
Beri offers his Air Walk spell for those needing to by pass the wall if the acid fails.
Zane hands a stone with Continual Flame on it giving Restlin and Garret some light. It lighs up the area as much as a torch would, he hands one to Garret, whe is guarding the rear, in the dark, and one to Restlin, who is up front.
The attack on the wall commences and after 1 round (a Acid Dart and an Acid Splash), the said affected gears show a smidget of discoloration due to acid damage. Katinka's engineering skills easily determine that the said wall is fairly resilient and there may not be enough acid magic to make any real difference, certainly not enough to at that level (Acid Dart and Acid Splash) to disable the entire wall.
What the IA do know is that on the other side await some snakes. And probably Korrinne. Unless Korrine is comming up from behind...
So what next? Bypass the wall the easy way by simply flying or leaping over it? Or try to dissable the gears in some more drastic fashion than pinpricks?
RobC - Katinka Hushfoot AC 24/16/19 -- CMD 20 -- HP 120/120 (+13 Temp)* -- Perm Arcane Sight, Darkvision, See Invisibili Monday January 11th, 2016 11:20:43 PM
Tink tries once again to disable the gears, convinced that whoever put it here must have put in a way to turn it off.
----------------- Per the PRD: "The DC to cleverly sabotage a clockwork device is 25". How the device is disabled doesn't seem to need to be specified. Tink has a +24 Disable Device skill, masterwork tools, and receives an additional +1 luck bonus from standing next to Restlin. Taking 10, she nets a 35 on her Disable Device check, possibly more with Aid Another and Guidance spells.
Also per the PRD, to determine a weakness is an Knowl Engineering check DC20. Since that check was made, can we please be given a nudge as to what the weakness is, or, that no weakness exists?
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:37/33/31 +4 vs AOO HP:139/124 Ki:15/15 CMD: 33 SR: 23] Tuesday January 12th, 2016 8:34:05 AM
Garret catches the glowing stone and is careful to hide it in his fist and not look directly at it to destroy his vision. He experiments with trying to tie it to his belt and placing it in his belt sack to see where it can be placed so he doesn't have to hold it while looking back down the hallway. He then puts it in his mouth and opens and closes his mouth, pretending to be a lighthouse.
Restlin (Carl) -- AC: +14/+11/+11 CMD: +15 HP: 119/119 +14 Tmp HP (Spells) Luck Points: 3/13 Tuesday January 12th, 2016 11:30:09 AM
As Tink futzes around with the gears, Restlin ponders just hosing the entire room beyond them in fireballs. He decides against it for several reasons: the snakes are spread too far apart, they may just be illusions...he decides to give Tink a shot at out smarting the wall first.
Beriothian -- AC:17/11/22 HP: 114/152 CMD = 19 Tuesday January 12th, 2016 5:18:38 PM The off switch may only be on the other side if it's purpose is to keep out intruders. They are gears though, so I would assume we can jam them. Oh, I can use stone shape and use the floor to stop them... if we are sure we want to. We've seen machines explode when we mess with them before.
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 108/108 Spells d20+24=31 ; d20+24=26 ; Tuesday January 12th, 2016 6:38:45 PM
ooc: Sorry I wasn't clear enough, I wanted Bosk to detect magic for 3 rounds. 1st Round: Presence or absence of magical auras. 2nd Round: Number of different magical auras and the power of the most potent aura. 3rd Round: The strength and location of each aura. If need be I will recast.
After his spells Bosk makes a point of scanning everywhere for trouble in cluding checking the floor for pit traps and the ceiling for enemies. Perception to check for enemies, anything out of the ordinary an "off switch" = 31 Perception to check for traps (if you require a seperate check) = 26
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Zane (JCC) AC 33, CMB 16, CMD 32, HP 211(+52 temp)/166, Character Tuesday January 12th, 2016 7:38:18 PM
Over the link, *Want me to dive over and see if there is a switch? or are we waiting for buffing?*
Attack on The Wall of Gears (DM JT) d6=3 ; Wednesday January 13th, 2016 2:04:04 AM
The wacky wall of gears stymies the IA.
Katinka, having left hardly a scratch on a cog of the wall of gears, tries once more to disable it.
DM JT Note: the PRD info given was good but applies to the average clockwork device. Specially designed and manufactured ones can have a much higher DC. Not trying to frustrate you here. but it is such as it is.
She really puts all her effort into discovering a way to disable it but the gears whirl and grind and twirl such that staring at them too long makes one dizzy. The method of disarming it eludes her. Since it is powered by magic, perhaps magic is what prevents normal disarment. Perhaps magic protects it such that there is no weak spot.
Garret plays with his new glowing stone, working out a way to use it yet leave his hands free. He finds an ingenious way to keep it in his mouth to hide the light and open his mouth to shine it. To the others, with his mouth closed, his cheeks gain an eerie glow that radiates all the way up to his eyes, making him look like some spooky undead. For his part, it keeps his mouth full of something other than food. We just hope he doesn't get too excited about something and swallows it. The IA are probably not ready to watch a faint glow slowly pass through...
Restlin ponders just blasting the room with fireballs but decides against it. The snakes are spread out and who knows, they might not be real. So instead he tries to help Tink find a way to disable it.
Beri suggests that an off switch might exists on the other side. Or the gears could just be jammed. He also has Stone Shape that he could cast, but also reminds his friends that it might explode if tampered with.
Bosk, having failed to locate Korrinne, casts his Detect Magic and directs the cone of detection towards the wall. His now enhanced senses see his friends in front of him glow with magic as well as the wall of gears.
Detect Magic: 60' cone, Round 1.
Zane offers to dive over the wall and look for a switch.
As if to give cause for Zane to jump over the wall, a taunting hissing emanates from the other side. The snakes weave their heads. The hissing words seem like a chant. Then, as if disturbed by the hissing chant, a swarm of bats erupt out of the large room and charge Katinka!
The hundreds of bats swarm around katinka, messing her hair, wings beating her here and there, claws scratching exposed flesh.
Katinka takes 3 points of damage.
Map is unchanged.
RobC - Katinka Hushfoot AC 24/16/19 -- CMD 20 -- HP 120/120 (+10 Temp)* -- Perm Arcane Sight, Darkvision, See Invisibili d20+15=31 ; Wednesday January 13th, 2016 2:44:48 AM
Tink rolls her invisible eyes. Her darkvision was fine for seeing things in the dark, but obviously the others needed a light source. And it looks like the light source was enough to attract the bats.
She takes a 5ft step to the northwest, whilst eyeing the gears.
"You know what, Beri, feel free to cast your Stone Shape on these gears. I'm done trying to be subtle" she sulks.
----------------------- Knowl Arcana check to ID the mysterious magical spell powering these gears: 31. DC=20+Spell Level. Note this doesn't just reveal aura. It "Identifies a spell effect that is in place"
Also, did the bats provoke an AoO from anyone with their movement? And if they are a swarm (with a space of 10ft) wouldn't this mean they are in the gears since they have to descend to the ground level in order to occupy the same square as Tink?
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:37/33/31 +4 vs AOO HP:139/124 Ki:15/15 CMD: 33 SR: 23] Wednesday January 13th, 2016 10:10:57 AM
Garret gasps when the bats appear and almost swallows the stone. He coughs it up and catches the stone in his hand.
Restlin (Carl) -- AC: +14/+11/+11 CMD: +15 HP: 119/119 +14 Tmp HP (Spells) Luck Points: 3/13 Wednesday January 13th, 2016 11:25:20 AM
"Agreed. Enough of this 'let's be clever' nonsense. Beri, break that thing."
Beriothian -- AC:17/11/22 HP: 114/152 CMD = 19 Wednesday January 13th, 2016 5:40:01 PM Right away... oh, and does someone have a whistle or something that will mess up the bat's sonar? Hopefully we can blind them. Beri bends down and casts stone shape on the floor, causing the stone floor floor to rise up around the wheels and envelop the teeth of the gears so they cannot continue grinding. The stone should fill in any gaps the snakes could use to go under the wheels. Should they try going over... well, perhaps the bats will be hungry.
"Someone cook these things.", Sesha complains. Sadly though, she imagined her team-mates likely wouldn't have a simple enough spell at hand. They weren't a flashy bunch, except for Restlin. And that was only sometimes.
She wasn't really sure the bats were worth wasting resources on anyways.
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 108/108 Spells Wednesday January 13th, 2016 5:55:28 PM
Having fought more swarms than he cares to remember, Bosk glances at the bats and notes their size.
ooc: Can you tell us if the bats are tiny or diminutive? This effects their ability to be effected by wind and if they are damageable by weapons or not.
Zane (JCC) AC 33, CMB 16, CMD 32, HP 211(+52 temp)/166, Character Wednesday January 13th, 2016 8:55:24 PM
Zane shrugs his shoulders, "Never really had a use for burning hands. I tends to be ineffective around wooden ships, especially if you want to keep a float while at sea." It's his way of indicating that he can't do anything about the bats. He takes a moment and thinks about what's in his pack, "What we need is a net and that's something I don't carry, but I might start and not just for this reason...."
Attack on The Wall of Gears (DM JT) Wednesday January 13th, 2016 9:19:15 PM
DM JT: the Bat Swarm is classified as Diminutive. Unfortunately I forgot that Swarms are 10x10 so I didn't include Reslin in the swarm area. My bad.
The Bat Swarm is a 10x10x10 cube. Swarm attacks do not provoke AoO if the swarm can't be harmed by weapon damage. Diminutive swarms cannot be harmed by weapon damage but are susceptible to high winds.
The swarm area does not contact the wall. Even if one individual or two did accidentally get squashed, the swarm itself would not suffer damage.
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 108/108 Spells Wednesday January 13th, 2016 10:01:17 PM
ooc: do the following rules on Page 237 of the Monster Manual that outlines some vulnerabilities of swarms apply?:
- A lit torch swung as an improvised weapon (usual -4 penalty) deals 1d3 points of fire damage per hit.
- A weapon with a special ability such as flaming or frost deals its full energy damage with each it, even if the weapon's normal damage can't affect the swarm.
- A lit lantern can be used as a thrown weapon, dealing 1d4 points of fire damage to all creatures in squares adjacent to where it breaks.
Attack on The Wall of Gears (DM JT) Wednesday January 13th, 2016 10:30:57 PM
DM JT: Monster Manual? Page 237? I'm looking at the Pathfinder Monster Reference - Creature Types - Swarm Subtype. A swarm of Diminutive flying creatures comprises of about 5,000 creatures. That's why it is immune to ALL weapon damage.
The thrown lantern qualifies as Splash damage, as it breaks and affects an area.
As far as the torch and weapon with energy damage, I have to go by what Pathfinder says in the Swarm subtype. For reference to this, it says that a swarm is immune to any spell that affects a specific number of targets. The energy damage probably falls in this category.
James: It was from a reference app on my phone. I don't have physical book, so it might be wrong, but it said it was the pathfinder monster manual.
RobC - Katinka Hushfoot AC 24/16/19 -- CMD 20 -- HP 120/120 (+10 Temp)* -- Perm Arcane Sight, Darkvision, See Invisibili d20+12=18 ; d6+4=9 ; Wednesday January 13th, 2016 11:02:09 PM
Tink fires off another acid dart. This time, at the swarm of bats.
Hit Touch AC18 for 9pts acid damage, ignoring spell resistance
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 108/108 Spells d6=5 ; d20+14=33 ; Wednesday January 13th, 2016 11:16:11 PM
Bosk realized his weapons will do little good and concentrates his spell
Zane (JCC) AC 33, CMB 16, CMD 32, HP 211(+52 temp)/166, Character Wednesday January 13th, 2016 11:38:13 PM "We can use my large tent as a giant bag and try to scoop them up."
Sesha [AC 33 /2o To/25 Fl] | HP 191/93 | CMD 17] Wednesday January 13th, 2016 11:56:50 PM
swarm is a collection of Fine, Diminutive, or Tiny creatures that acts as a single creature. A swarm has the characteristics of its type, except as noted here. A swarm has a single pool of Hit Dice and hit points, a single initiative modifier, a single speed, and a single Armor Class. A swarm makes saving throws as a single creature. A single swarm occupies a square (if it is made up of nonflying creatures) or a cube (of flying creatures) 10 feet on a side, but its reach is 0 feet, like its component creatures. In order to attack, it moves into an opponent’s space, which provokes an attack of opportunity. A swarm can occupy the same space as a creature of any size, since it crawls all over its prey. A swarm can move through squares occupied by enemies and vice versa without impediment, although the swarm provokes an attack of opportunity if it does so. A swarm can move through cracks or holes large enough for its component creatures.
A swarm of Tiny creatures consists of 300 nonflying creatures or 1,000 flying creatures. A swarm of Diminutive creatures consists of 1,500 nonflying creatures or 5,000 flying creatures. A swarm of Fine creatures consists of 10,000 creatures, whether they are flying or not. Swarms of nonflying creatures include many more creatures than could normally fit in a 10-foot square based on their normal space, because creatures in a swarm are packed tightly together and generally crawl over each other and their prey when moving or attacking. Larger swarms are represented by multiples of single swarms. The area occupied by a large swarm is completely shapeable, though the swarm usually remains in contiguous squares.
Traits: A swarm has no clear front or back and no discernible anatomy, so it is not subject to critical hits or flanking. A swarm made up of Tiny creatures takes half damage from slashing and piercing weapons. A swarm composed of Fine or Diminutive creatures is immune to all weapon damage. Reducing a swarm to 0 hit points or less causes it to break up, though damage taken until that point does not degrade its ability to attack or resist attack. Swarms are never staggered or reduced to a dying state by damage. Also, they cannot be tripped, grappled, or bull rushed, and they cannot grapple an opponent.
A swarm is immune to any spell or effect that targets a specific number of creatures (including single-target spells such as disintegrate), with the exception of mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, morale effects, patterns, and phantasms) if the swarm has an Intelligence score and a hive mind. A swarm takes half again as much damage (+50%) from spells or effects that affect an area, such as splash weapons and many evocation spells.
Swarms made up of Diminutive or Fine creatures are susceptible to high winds, such as those created by a gust of wind spell. For purposes of determining the effects of wind on a swarm, treat the swarm as a creature of the same size as its constituent creatures. A swarm rendered unconscious by means of nonlethal damage becomes disorganized and dispersed, and does not reform until its hit points exceed its nonlethal damage.
Sesha [AC 33 /2o To/25 Fl] | HP 191/93 | CMD 17] d20+24=30 ; d100=32 ; Thursday January 14th, 2016 12:17:26 AM
Sesha feels a rising discomfort, and it has nothing to do with the bats. Once again, she feels as if something is terribly wrong, and it makes her sick. She sees Zane bumbling about with a sack, Tink shooting darts into the middle of a swarm she should know she can't hurt, and the IA in general not acting as the tight unit she knows they are.
She pushes herself back to her feet and whirls on the group, swatting a bat from her face like a fly from the table.
"Get a grip guys! We know these bats aren't anything but a distraction and that wall nothing but a momentary pause! Our real conflict lies that way, beyond the entrance to that chamber!"
She points a slender finger, trembling with anger, towards the serpent-mens room.
"Is it a trap, who knows? But were here for a reason and that reason isn't to acid wash a wall, no matter how smart we think we are, or to capture a bat, no matter how clever we are. Through there is our focus, Corrine or not, those creatures have done terrible things to their captives. Serenbeth won't abide it and neither will I."
She considers the group.
"If you fly, you can squeeze over. If you can teleport us past it, do it. If you can go ethereal and sneak through, do it, but lets not sit here and give them the time they need to thwart us, The Iron Adventurers, the most hard core - evil stomping - spell throwing - karate kicking - god representing adventurers short of the Dragon Consortium!"
She takes a look at the nasty wall.
"Light, just run through it if you have no other way. I've never let anyone die when I wasn't trying to kill them, and I won't start now. C'mon."
Blowing her hair up from her eyes, Sesha nods to Joy, Hope, Myrth, and Faith, all still present from her extended summon, and fades back into the etheral with another Blink spell. She pushes into the room, her goddesses name on her lips.
"Serenbeths will lives through me, the most dangerous woman to ever grasp a ley-line! Consider yourselves warned!"
Standard: Blink Move: Move through wall to 4 squares north of dark green snake.
Joy and Faith will wait at the edge of the wall, readying actions to channel energy to anyone who get injured as they come through. Myrth and Hop will come through on her flanks, one four squares north and the other three squares east.
A leap into the room (DM JT) d20+31=50 ; d6=1 ; d20+31=50 ; d6=6 ; d20+37=55 ; d6+4=7 ; d20+37=47 ; d6+4=5 ; d20+37=47 ; d20+37=54 ; 8d6=31 ; d20+37=48 ; d20+37=47 ; 8d6=32 ; 8d6+8=42 ; 8d6+8=34 ; d100=55 ; 2d6=2 ; d100=39 ; d100=78 ; d100=98 ; d100=13 ; d100=21 ; d100=33 ; d100=35 ; d20+8=26 ; d20+8=19 ; Thursday January 14th, 2016 2:49:09 AM
Bats attack, but things could get worse.
Katinka rolls her now visible eyes, not realizing that attacking the wall with her Acid Dart renedered her visible again. Unfortunately, the light Restlin holds gave her away as well. Swallowed up by the swarm of bats, she steps away from the wall but finds she must go 10', not 5' to get out of the swarm.
Katinka takes 1pt damage from Bleed.
She tells Beri to have at it with his Stone Shape spell, subtlety out the window, and sends an Acid Dart into the swarm hitting and killing a bat.
Garret gasps when the bats swarm Katinka and almost swallows the stone. If he had, would Zane want it back later? He coughs it up into his hand, safely away from the clutches of his stomach.
Restlin agrees with Katinka and tells Beri to do his worse.
Beri gets ready to cast his spell but asks if anyone has a whistle to mess up the bat's 'sonar'.
DM JT: Beri turned into a bat once and found out that bats use Blindsense. Oddly enough, the creature description does not include echolocation. Weird but true. Go figure.
Beri begins casting his Stone Shape spell and starts shaping the floor adjacent to the wall of gears. He steps up to the wall and starts shaping the stone floor. He manages to get the stone to rise, like a crude wall, but is unable to work the stone into the gears. His hands command the stone to embed itself into the gears but the stone just won't cooperate. Such fine detail work with the stone is beyond the scope of the spell.
Restlin, of course, decides to get out of the way.
DM JT: moving Restlin back 5'. :)
Sesha complains that someone should cook the bats. Had Anrete been there, he'd applauded the suggestion. But no one volunteers and Sesha isn't sure wasting a large spell on such pesky little things would be worth it.
Bosk recollects fighting swarms before and remembers certain details about swarms and what affects them. knowing he has nothing on hand that will hurt the mass as a whole, continues concentrating on his Detect Magic (Round 2).
DM JT: see DM posts above.
Sesha has finally had enough piddling around and gives a speech that should blush the IA members. Then she puts words into action by casting Blink and moving past the wall of gears.
The IA see Sesha pass by, blinking in and out of 'existence', seeing her then not seeing her. She times her blinking so she's in the Ethereal when passing through the wall of gears, and enters the snake-room.
Sesha is now half in and half out of the material plane. Attacks targeting her have a 50% chance to miss, but she also has a 20% chance of missing as well.
DM JT: I moved Sesha 60' into the room. Not sure which is the dark green snake but I've got coordinates up now.
Sesha's Darkvision now allows her to see the whole room and it has more Snakes as well as Serpentfolk!
The Serpentfolk move into action by casting spells of their own.
Two send forth a ghostly (each) hand into the corridor while casting a spell. The ghostly hands strike out at Restlin and Zane.
Zane: touch attack: hit AC50, Touch of Idiocy; -1 Int/wis/Cha, Save:no SR:yes Restlin: touch attack: hit AC50, Touch of Idiocy; -6 Int/wis/Cha, Save:no SR:yes
Two move forward and cast a ray at Zane and Restlin. Zane: range touch attack hit AC55, Ray of Enfeeblement, -7 STR, Save: Fort for half Restlin: range touch attack hit AC47, Ray of Enfeeblement, -6 STR, Save: Fort for half
Two more move forwared and cast a stream of acid at Zane and Restlin. Zane: range touch attack two Acid Rays hit AC47/54, 39 acid damage, Save: none. Restlin: range touch attack two Acid Rays hit AC48/47, 40 acid damage, Save: none.
The last two send a ball down the corridor that explodes in a blast of acid.
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:37/33/31 +4 vs AOO HP:139/124 Ki:13/15 CMD: 33 SR: 23] d20+18=27 ; d20+18=19 ; Thursday January 14th, 2016 7:48:06 AM
Garret jumps and dodges in surprise as the balls of acid explode right after Sesha's speech. When he sees her disappear, he knows that she has led the charge into the next room. With a last glance behind, satisfied that no one is still sneaking up behind him, he quickly blinks out of existence as well and appears near Sesha.
OOC: Reflex save on acid ball, what's the DC? Abundant step to L10.
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 108/108 Spells Thursday January 14th, 2016 4:51:11 PM
ooc: I was asked to share this with you:
Ray of Enfeblement, Fort for half, DC17
Acid Balls, Ref for half, DC19
Hell Hound breath, Ref for half, DC14
Beriothian -- AC:17/11/22 HP: 114/152 CMD = 19 Thursday January 14th, 2016 5:08:56 PM I can't push this between the gears? What the? How is that even possible? I just push! Must be magic.. Beri curses his bad luck.
ooc: where are the hands located that they could hit Beri behind the wall of gears and a wall of stone?
Beriothian -- AC:17/11/22 HP: 114/152 CMD = 19 d20+11=25 ; d20+11=22 ; Thursday January 14th, 2016 5:27:22 PM
From my description, would the stone have gone OVER the gears at some part so we can climb over safely?
*** reflex save for half = 25,22 +1 to saves, skill checks, and attack rolls. form of bugbear dark vision/scent
stored in staff via spellstaff- Changestaff Spells with * are Fey domain spells (and not included in spell counts)
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 70/108 Spells d20+13=24 ; d20+13=29 ; Thursday January 14th, 2016 6:52:39 PM
Ooc: Can you clarify if my nemesis insight spell this morning effects these creatures. According to the spell “The set could be a tribe, race, organization, guild, or other clearly definable group“ and I chose the dragon and all who work with or it.
Ooc2: Was Beri's bridge over the gears complete? What sort of move action and distance would it be for Bosk to get past the gears and enter the next room (10ft tall 10ft reach)?
As the acid explodes around him the Horned Cleric dodges about and slowly becomes harder and harder to see as he uses Darkwalk to slip partly into the Shadow realm, a transient mortal in the realm of the dead.
Actions ---------- Reflex 1 = 24 – success for ˝ dmg Reflex 2 = 29 – success for ˝ dmg
Standard Action – Darkwalk (SU)
Highlight to display spoiler: {ooc: I first rolls disappeared. It was originally one made and one failed reflex roll.
Freedom of Movement, Water Breathing, Swim 120 ft from Tishe's weave elements. Heroes Feast: - [CL12] 12hrs +1 attack, +1 will, +4 vs fear (Sesha)
Greater Magic Weapon- [CL 13]: +3 attack/+3 damage on Bastard Sword Telekinesis - On Tink, Restlin, Sesha, Bosk, Beri and Zane. Dur 5.3hrs (cast within Coven circle by Tink) Haste – Cast by Zane – 7 rounds. Fire resistance Cat's Grace Enlarge person
Deathwatch [i]- [CL 1] Permanent - Know creature status: dead, fragile, fighting off death, healthy, undead, or neither (ie construct). Darkvision 60'- [CL 8] 8hrs Chill Touch- [CL9] (9 charges) - 1d6 ngative energy -1 Str (Fort DC). Undead = no damage; Will DC or flee 1d4 rounds+1rd per CL.
Agile Feet- (SU) 5 uses left - Ignore all difficult terrain penalties. Channel Energy- (SU) 2 uses left[i] Dark Walk [i]- (SU) 2 min left -gain concealment, 20% miss, +2 save resistance, +8 Stealth Sense Spirit- (SU) Direction/distance to any disembodied spirit or soul 480 ft., even through material objects. Dimensional Hop- (SP) At 8th level, you can teleport up to 10 feet per cleric level per day as a move action . Greater Insight- (SP) At 8th level, Pick one of these senses: Darkvision 120 ft, Scent, Tremorsense 20 ft. You have this sense for one minute per cleric level. You can use this ability once per day at 8th level, and one additional time per day for every four levels beyond 8th.
Restlin reels. That hurt. That hurt a lot. Instinctively, his hand goes to Shiny. "Make me smarter, Shiny. That spell did a number on my smarts"
Fox's cunning - +4 int
He wants to retaliate, and Wardd knows he's capable, but one more attack like that and he's a goner. He's forced to take defensive actions.
**
Free: Fox's cunning via Shiny Standard: Cast mislead Move: Invisible real Restlin moves to J2 (he has overland flight cast & can fly over the wall)
Fake Restlin puts his hands over his head and cowers behind the wall.
Spells in effect:
Mage armor - long enough Overland flight - long enough Fox's cunning - 24 rounds
-3 str, -6 wis/cha, -2 int AC this round is 22/19/19
Reminder: Anyone within 15' of Restlin gets +1 to attacks, saves, & skill checks.
Zane (JCC) AC 33, CMB 16, CMD 32, HP 145/166, Character d20+15=29 ; d20+14=28 ; d20+14=17 ; Thursday January 14th, 2016 10:05:36 PM
Fort Save 29 3 str damage, Reflex save 28 No Damage on save, Reflex save 17 full damage 34, -1 to non physical stats (Need duration on stat minus' please) 73 damage total taken
Zane dives and avoids the acid ball explosion, but gets hit with most of the rest. (Zane had the quicken rod last I knew) Using the Quicken Rod, Zane casts Haste Giving everyone within 40' gets haste (should be about everyone in the party)He then casts Shield giving himself extra protection.
In Effect: Heroes Feast Mage Armor Shield Water Vest (weave Elements) Haste 7 rounds
RobC - Katinka Hushfoot AC 24/16/19 -- CMD 20 -- HP 92/120 -- Perm Arcane Sight, Darkvision, See Invisibili d20+15=28 ; d20+15=35 ; Thursday January 14th, 2016 10:21:51 PM
Tink is momentarily surprised. Did her acid spell backfire? She quickly realises that no, it wasn't her spell. The party are under attack!
With most of the party still out in the corridor, they will need some way to protect themselves.
Tink will wait until Sesha has acted and the cast a Stinking Cloud Spell!
Tink: Delay Action: Once Sesha has acted, cast Stinking Cloud at N9. All within 20ft to make a Fort Save vs DC20 or be Nauseated. No spell resistance. The fog also obscures all vision. Tink: Move Action: Move to E11
---------------------------------------- Spells in effect: Arcane Sight - 120ft range. See magical auras automatically. Permanent. DarkVision - 60ft range. Permanent. Detect Scrying - Detect any person/object being scryed upon within 40ft. Dur 24hrs Freedom of Movement - From Tishes Weave Elements (Water). Dur 10.67hrs. Mage Armor - Dur 26hrs (Extended) Misdirection - Misdirect the information from divination spells that reveal auras on Tink to instead seem like a pebble (Neutral, Not Magic, Not Lying, Not alive, etc) - Dur 24hrs (Extended) Overland Flight - Fly Speed 40ft - Dur 26hrs Pass Without Trace - No footprints or scent - Dur 24hrs (Cast by Beri using Tink's Pearl of Power + Metamagic Rod) Protection from Arrows - Dr10/Magic vs Ranged. Protects up to 100pts damage - Dur 24hrs See Invisibility - See Invisible or Etheral objects. Permanent. Telepathic Bond - On Tink, Restlin, Sesha, Bosk, Beri and Zane. Dur 5.3hrs (cast within Coven circle) Water Breathing - From Tishes Weave Elements (Water). Dur 10.67hrs.
------------------ Greater Magic Weapon - On Garret and Bosk. +4 bonus to attack and damage rolls. Dur 16hrs. (cast within Coven circle) Mage Armor - Dur 26hrs (Extended) - On Zane Tishe's Weave Elements - Dur 10.67hrs - Tink a 'Water' version, Restlin a 'Water' version, Zane a 'Water' version, Bosk a 'Water' version, Beri a 'Water' version
------------------ Spells Available: Highlight to display spoiler: { 0 - Mage Hand, Message, Prestidigitation, Toro's Taur Try 1 - Feather Fall, Grease (x2), Roses Temp, Silent Image, Unseen Servant, Mage Armor, 2 - Alter Self, Mage Armor (ext), Misdirection, Protection from Evil (Ext), Resist Energy (x2), Glitterdust 3 - Dispel Magic (x2), Haste (x2), Greater Magic Weapon x 2, Stinking Cloud 4 - Detect Scrying, Dimensional Anchor, Dispel Magic (x2), Summon Monster IV (x2) 5 - Summon Monster V (x2), Dismissal, Dimensional Anchor (Ext), Wall of Force 6 - Greater Dispel Magic, Overland Flight (Ext), Telepathic Bond (Ext), Summon Monster VI 7 - Tishe's Weave Elements (Ext), Summon Monster VII (x2)}
A leap into the room (DM JT) Thursday January 14th, 2016 10:33:39 PM
DM JT answers questions: 1) Beri asked about the wall of stone he was shaping. As you know, the wall of gears is 5' high and 20' long. I had pictured Beri scooping up stone like a potter scoops and builds up clay. Weird thing is that the spell has duration of Instantaneous, which contradicts even spending 1 round doing anything, much less shaping 140 cubic feet (max for his level) of stone. Since the spell is clear the caster has to physically manipulate the stone into what shape he wants, the 'Instantaneous' nature of the spell must mean something else and not how long it takes to fashion something. There is something else important about that spell but I'll let you guys figure it out.
Those details aside, I didn't think Beri would want a wall any taller than the wall of gears.The wall of gears itself provides partial cover for those taller than it, an extra stone wall behind that does not add anything to that. The Spectral Hands and Acid Balls ignore that Partial Cover and the Rays To Hit was high enough to beat the Partial Cover.
What I did forget was to move Beri to the wall. Only later did I realize he had to be at the wall to cast the spell. Restlin and Zane took the brunt. Arguably, Beri would probably be on his knees shaping the stone so it all works out well enough. I don't know why Beri thinks a Spectral Hand hit him, they only hit Zane and Restlin.
As far as getting it over the wall of gears, that goes back to the question of how long it takes to shape a section of stone into something. My view is only so much stone can be worked/shaped in 1 round. Figure this amount out and multiply it by the area needed to cover the wall and you have a time frame on how long it would take to shape the stone to cover the wall. Of course, to get the stone to the other side and finish the process, you have to go over the wall yourself. And all this while in combat.
The 'Instantaneous' aspect of the spell might be that the spell remains active as long as your hands remain in contact with the stone being shaped. Once you take your hands off, that's it.
2) Bosk asked if Beri's bridge over the wall was complete.
Beri's original intent was to get the stone into the gears, which, as best he tried, would not go. He has not tried to build a bridge yet. See my discussion on how long 'does' it take to shape a section of stone into something.
The wall is only 5' high. I like to think PCs can do a jump-and-tumble but there's no skill for that. An Acrobatics check to that would be appropriate (use long jump) but land prone or a high jump to land on your feet. Bosk or Zane could just grab their friends and toss them over, Acrobatics check to land standing (DC10). Long Jump DC5 (still land prone), High Jump DC20 and land standing. Failure on any of these means you hit the wall and suffer the consequences thereoff.
Looking up the Nemesis spell. Post it later.
A leap into the room (DM JT) Thursday January 14th, 2016 10:53:28 PM
The Nemesis Insight: You gain an insight bonus on attacks, spell DCs, and poison DCs when attacking members of a particular set of people who are the object of your current revenge. The set could be a tribe, race, organization, guild, or other clearly definable group -- as approved by the DM. The focus of the spell is a lock of hair or drop of blood from a member of the group. etc.
1) The object was the Dragon. I'm assuming the spell components you used are Serpenfolk remains. Oddly enough, Bosk deduces that the Serpentfolk and Dragon are not part of an organization, guild, tribe, race, or other definable group, even though they seemed to have been working together. They might work together but for different goals.
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 70/108 Spells Thursday January 14th, 2016 10:56:30 PM
ooc: Thanks. Knowing that makes things a lot easier than having to give two possible atk rolls.
A leap into the room (DM JT) Friday January 15th, 2016 1:43:36 AM
DM JT: I started a post but decided to check on the rules board on the Stone Shape spell. That 'Instantaneous' duration bugs me but might explain a number of things about the spell.
Missing some actions and don't want to hinder anyone in the first round of combat by skipping their post, I'll post tomorrow and hopefully will have some insights on the Stone Shape spell.
The Touch of Idiocy spell lasts 10 min/ level. Ray of Enfeeblement lasts 1 round/ level.
i'll keep track of the rounds and let you know.
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:37/33/31 +4 vs AOO HP:139/124 Ki:13/15 CMD: 33 SR: 23] Friday January 15th, 2016 7:46:02 AM
Garret looks around as he pops into existence near the snakes and Sesha...
Beri Friday January 15th, 2016 9:47:55 AM
Beri decides there are too many casters pointing in their direction. A slight rumbling can be heard as the ground splits open, pouring out an enormous amount of crawling insects. The swarms split into 4 groups at Beri's command, each going after one of the 4 closest serpent folk.
***
Move: None Standard: Creeping doom at L9. One of each of the 4 swarms goes after SF2,3,6,7.
Poison save Fortitude DC 26; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d4 Dex damage; cure 1 save. Distraction DC save is also 26
Joy and Myrth fall back near Restlin and those still in the hall, and each one channels healing energy to those still in range, from E10 and F10 respectively.
(Channel Enery: 18 combined to those still in the hallway hiding.)
Faith and Hope, with grim expressions, each hover to one of the Serpent men (Sf3), driving their undead bodies into his, sapping his strength and spirit.
Touch AC 25: 16 Damage Corrupting Touch, Fort Save DC 18 for half. Touch AC 11: 18 Damage Corrupting Touch, Fort Save DC 18 for half.
Surrounded but not dismayed, Sesha takes stock of the situation. Garret is here, but that's it. Tink's intent to cast the Stinking Cloud spell is enough warning for her, but Garret will have to tough it out. She takes a good look around the room, looking for things like statues, the thrones, or other objects she might use to her advantage.
Now is not the time to be grabbing leylines, as she has to move. She moves south west, through the crowds to put her back against the wall. She casts a spell aimed to keep the swarms of creatures at bay. Trembling with effort, she unloads abjurations, one after the other. She reports each one through her link with the others.
"Anti-life Shell, Quickened Resist Energy: Acid, Spell Resistance. If you need help, call out. The Sisters will keep healing."
Whether through divine fortune or just plain luck, the leylines were very strong here, and paid the toll in magic for two of her spells. Still, she would have to be careful. While she was now pretty well protected, she was effectively also cut off from aid from anyone except her Immortal Summons. She takes a deep breath, and considers what to do next after evaluating the effects of Katinka's incoming spell.
Move: J13 Standard: Anti-Life Shell ( Ley 90, no slot expended.) Quickened: Energy Resistance: Acid. (Ley 56 ,6th level slot expended) Hero Point: Spell Resistance (Ley 100, no slot expended. SR 28)
Immunity to: Dispel Magic (Ring of counterspells #1) Immunity to: Greater Dispel Magic (Ring of counterspells #2) Resistance to Acid: 30
A leap or two into the room (DM JT) Saturday January 16th, 2016 6:04:00 PM
DM JT: bear with me folks. There's a lot going on and spells I'm not familiar with, plus the map! Whew. Post almost done.
A leap or two into the room (DM JT) 4d6=12 ; 4d6=19 ; 4d6=10 ; 4d6=20 ; d20+9=17 ; d100=55 ; d20+9=14 ; d20+9=16 ; d20+10=17 ; d20+10=21 ; d20+10=22 ; d20+10=28 ; d20+10=14 ; d20+10=27 ; d20+10=16 ; d20+10=11 ; d20+6=17 ; d20+5=19 ; d20+5=21 ; d20+5=12 ; d4=3 ; d4=4 ; d4=3 ; d4=2 ; d4=2 ; d4=3 ; d4=3 ; 8d6=33 ; d20+8=26 ; d20+4=19 ; 8d6=24 ; d20+4=8 ; 8d6=23 ; 8d6=29 ; d20+8=18 ; Saturday January 16th, 2016 10:22:01 PM
DM JT: Glad we could get the Stone Shape spell details cleared up. I technically could not go forward without a resolution.
A host of 7 foot long flying snakes surrounds Sesha. However her blinking confuses them a bit. Will she be left alone to fend all these off on her own?
Garret easily dodges the first acid blast but just barely dodges the second. Sesha's bold action spurs Garret into bravery and with one last look behind, seeing nothing, Abundantly Steps into the room to join Sesha.
Beri is at first puzzled that the stone of his crude wall that popped up did not ooze into the gears of the Wall of Gears and put an end to their menacing grinding. Further study into that spell's workings needs to be done it seems. He curses his bad luck and now wishes he had pictured a stone bridge going over the wall instead of just pushing stone into the gear mechanisms.
As is, a solid stone wall 5' high and 20' long provides a good barrier between the IA and the grinding gears. The top of the wall also provides a safer surface to climb onto for those who wish to jump over the Wall of Gears.
DM JT: since it is only 5' high, Climb checks are only needed for those of Small size. For Med to Large size, if desired, Climbing the wall treat as Difficult terrain. From there an Acrobatics check DC10 to jump to the other side and land standing. The total Distance (from where you stand to where you land after the Jump) can't exceed a Double Move, but may include a Double Move.
The bugbear-druid then decides to send critters of his own into the fray and casts Creeping Doom, sending four swarms of biting and stinging insects after their foes.
DM JT: a swarm is 10x10.
Bosk quickly accesses the Serpentfolk he now sees to determine if they are part of or associated with Korrinne, his Nemesis Insight chosen earlier that day. Disappointed, he sees that they are not. Many times one group will agreed to work with another for a common cause but for different different reasons of their own.
Another disappointment his him when he sees that Beri's Stone Shape just made a wall and did not disable the gears. A matter made worse by two Acid Balls exploding almost in his face. His quick reflexes saw the tell-tale signs of magic about to burst next to him and he avoids taking full damage.
Wishing the wall had just been shaped into a shell over the Wall of Gears so they could just climb over, he decides to bypass it all by using his Darkwalk ability and starts to fade into the Shadow Realm.
Restlin is momentarily taken aback when three magical effects sap his strength, intelligence, and stamina(HPts) all at once. Enough smarts are left in him, though, to call upon his sword Shiny to give some of his smarts back. Now smart enough to know he can't take another round like that, he casts Mislead, imposing the illusory Restlin (I-Restlin) over his now invisible self. The R-Restlin then takes flight over the two walls and into he room (J2). His fake self then cowers behind the stone wall, hands over his head.
DM JT: So as not be judged as Super Evil DM, I remind Restlin that he IS carrying a stone with Continual Flame given him by Zane, although invisible, the light it sheds is not. Without this light, he would not be able to see to go to J2.
Zane has mixed luck as he dodges all of one blast but none of the other. Speed is always good, so he pulls out his Quicken Rod and casts Haste on everyone he can see within 40'. Unfortunately, Restlin cannot be seen by Zane and [/b]Bosk and Sesha[/b] are disqualified as well. But the rest feel their muscles work must faster. He then casts Shield on himself.
DM JT: 'no two of which can be more than 30' apart.' Correctly if I'm wrong, if anyone is more than 30' from any other, he is excluded, right? Picking the most that are within 30' of anyone leaves Bosk, Sesha, and Restlin out. Bosk is more than 30' from Garret, Katinka and Zane are more than 30' from Sesha, and Restlin is out of sight and invisible so can't be Targeted. Katinka is still visible as far as I know so a viable target for the Haste.
If I'm wrong here let me know but it seems that's the way the spell works.
Sesha sends Joy and Myrth back behind the wall where she thinks Resltin hid and where Zane, Bosk, Beri, and Tink remain. Joy and Myrth start channeling healing energy to those in range (30' rad). This gets Bosk, Zane, Katinka, Beri, and Garret (barely).
She sends Faith and Hope after Sf3. The two ghosts reach out to 'touch' it and drain its energy.
She then quickly looks around. She notices a small dais and what must be a throne. Most of the room is rather bare, though. Behind the throne it looks like there is a set of doors. Then she hightails it to a wall to get something behind her back. Once there, she pulls her magic strength to cast some protective spells on her, Anti-Life Shell, Resist Energy(acid), Spell Resistance.
Blinking and surrounded by magic that keeps living creatures out, procteced against acid and highly resistant to magic as a whole, Hasted, endurance of a bear, nimble as a cat, tough as a tree, and more, she's Super-Sesha!
Katinka is momentarily surprised, thinking that perhaps her Acid Dart backfired, big time! But that was only for a brief second as so much else erupted around her. She watches as Garret vanishes only to appear near Sesha, Bosk begins to fade into the Shadow Realm, and Restlin flies into the room and around the corner. She wants to cast a spell into the room but waits to see what Shesha does.
Sesha moves out of sight, so Katinka casts Stinking Cloud into the room then moves to E11.
The Insect Swarms (1,2,3,4) attack four Serpentfolk. Poison save Fortitude DC 26; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d4 Dex damage; cure 1 save. Distraction DC save is also 26
Beri cannot see what is going on with his Swarms, the Stinking Cloud and building corner obscures his vision. Only Restlin and Sesha can see anything, Sf2 and Sf6 respectively. Beri will have to move next round to hope to get a swarm in view to direct it to attack any remaining targets he can see.
The Stinking Cloud is a 20' radius sphere and obscures all vision.
Faith and Hope attack Sf3 before the Sinking Cloud obscures their vision: Faith Touch AC 25: 16 Damage Corrupting Touch, Fort Save DC 18 for half.
Miss Chance % (20%) = 55, Fort DC18 = 17 , dmg = 16
Hope Touch AC 11: miss
Stinking Cloud erupts in the middle of the room covering a 20' rad sphere 20'. All those in the cloud Fort Save vs DC20 or be Nauseated. No spell resistance.
Garret needs to roll his Fort before his next turn.
Faith and Hope are not affected but can't see.
Sf3 and Sf7: 14/16 respectively - nauseated.
Snakes (in clock order starting from top left): 17;21;22;28;14;27;16;11
Serpents and Serpentfolk not being affected by one thing or another:
Line of Sight is seriously hampered, for both groups.
Those that can spot a Serpentfolk notice they are kind of blurry.
Sf2 casts a spell and vanishes. Sf6 steps out of the swarm and casts a spell. Looks like an Acid ball as acid explodes at M13. Swarm 3 and 4, Garret, Sesha and Flying Snake 12: Ref DC19 for half: dmg 41 SR check = 26
Flying Snake 12 Ref = 19, dmg = 20
Sf1 notices light radiating from a spot along the back wall. That's all it needs to see to send an Acid Ball at the wall. It explodes catching Restlin and Flying Snake 9 in an acid blast.
Restlin and Flying Snake 9: Ref DC19 for half: dmg 32
Flying Snake 9 Ref = 8, dmg = 20
Sf4 and Sf8, although not seen by anyone, concentrate Acid Balls on Swarm 3 and 4. The blasts are targeted high enough to affect them but the radius does not reach anyone else.
Swarm 3 and 4: Ref DC19 for half: dmg 31 and 37
These swarms have 60hps.
Flying Snake 9 takes off towards the entrance and encounters Zane. Zane gets an AoO. Flying Snake 9 Att = 18
Flying Snake 10 flies over towards Restlin, guided by the light glow, but can't find a target. Flying Snakes 11 and 12 try to reach Sesha but are hedged out by the Anti-Life shell.
Beri Sunday January 17th, 2016 8:54:12 PM
Beri sends swarm 3 after SF6. and the rest eastward. "Looks pretty full in there. Let's add to it..."
He begins summoning..something.
Restlin (Carl) -- AC: +15/+12/+11 CMD: +15 HP: 54/119 +14 Tmp HP (Spells) Luck Points: 6/13 d20=6 ; Sunday January 17th, 2016 9:07:25 PM
Restlin looks down at the glowing stone in his hand & decides he's the Wold's dumbest genius. He tosses the glowing stone to the edge of his vision (R2) & immediately takes off, flying to P5.
Spells in effect:
Mage armor - long enough Overland flight - long enough Fox's cunning - 23 rounds Mislead - 10 rounds
-3 str, -6 wis/cha, -2 int AC this round is 21/18/17
Reminder: Anyone within 15' of Restlin gets +1 to attacks, saves, & skill checks
A leap or two into the room (DM JT) Sunday January 17th, 2016 9:30:21 PM Sf1 notices light radiating from a spot along the back wall. That's all it needs to see to send an Acid Ball at the wall. It explodes catching Restlin and Flying Snake 9 in an acid blast.
Restlin and Flying Snake 9: Ref DC19 for half: dmg 32
Need that roll from Restlin.
I'll roll the Swarm saves but I'm not sure I'll get their bonuses right. Best Beri does it. And I Beri does not have Line of Sight to Sf6, he's got 5' of wall and a globe of noxious gasses to see through. Does Beri climb the stone wall and jump past the Wall of Gears and into the room?
RobC - Katinka Hushfoot AC 24/16/19 -- CMD 20 -- HP 92/120 -- Perm Arcane Sight, Darkvision, See Invisibili Monday January 18th, 2016 12:52:34 AM
Tink is somewhat pleased when he hears the different coughing noises from inside the room.
She then also begins summoning 'something' (Cast Summon Monster VII) ---------------------------------------- Spells in effect: Arcane Sight - 120ft range. See magical auras automatically. Permanent. DarkVision - 60ft range. Permanent. Detect Scrying - Detect any person/object being scryed upon within 40ft. Dur 24hrs Freedom of Movement - From Tishes Weave Elements (Water). Dur 10.67hrs. Mage Armor - Dur 26hrs (Extended) Misdirection - Misdirect the information from divination spells that reveal auras on Tink to instead seem like a pebble (Neutral, Not Magic, Not Lying, Not alive, etc) - Dur 24hrs (Extended) Overland Flight - Fly Speed 40ft - Dur 26hrs Pass Without Trace - No footprints or scent - Dur 24hrs (Cast by Beri using Tink's Pearl of Power + Metamagic Rod) Protection from Arrows - Dr10/Magic vs Ranged. Protects up to 100pts damage - Dur 24hrs See Invisibility - See Invisible or Etheral objects. Permanent. Telepathic Bond - On Tink, Restlin, Sesha, Bosk, Beri and Zane. Dur 5.3hrs (cast within Coven circle) Water Breathing - From Tishes Weave Elements (Water). Dur 10.67hrs.
------------------ Greater Magic Weapon - On Garret and Bosk. +4 bonus to attack and damage rolls. Dur 16hrs. (cast within Coven circle) Mage Armor - Dur 26hrs (Extended) - On Zane Tishe's Weave Elements - Dur 10.67hrs - Tink a 'Water' version, Restlin a 'Water' version, Zane a 'Water' version, Bosk a 'Water' version, Beri a 'Water' version
------------------ Spells Available: Highlight to display spoiler: { 0 - Mage Hand, Message, Prestidigitation, Toro's Taur Try 1 - Feather Fall, Grease (x2), Roses Temp, Silent Image, Unseen Servant, Mage Armor, 2 - Alter Self, Mage Armor (ext), Misdirection, Protection from Evil (Ext), Resist Energy (x2), Glitterdust 3 - Dispel Magic (x2), Haste (x2), Greater Magic Weapon x 2, Stinking Cloud 4 - Detect Scrying, Dimensional Anchor, Dispel Magic (x2), Summon Monster IV (x2) 5 - Summon Monster V (x2), Dismissal, Dimensional Anchor (Ext), Wall of Force 6 - Greater Dispel Magic, Overland Flight (Ext), Telepathic Bond (Ext), Summon Monster VI 7 - Tishe's Weave Elements (Ext), Summon Monster VII, Summon Monster VII}
A leap or two into the room (DM JT) Monday January 18th, 2016 11:52:30 AM
DM JT: quick note on the map. There's a lot there. The back portion is in darkness, most of the middle portion is in Dim Light from the Continual Flame stones, and most of the front portions is in Normal light.
Of course, those with Darkvision that won't matter.
And a 20' rad section smack in the middle completely obscures any Line of Sight through it at ground level.
The room is 20' high and the top of the fog dome is only 10' (half of the 20' rad of the spell).
Sesha's dark skin tingles with energy as the ball of acid explodes around her. She's thankful for the resistance magic, even if it's cut her off from the others. The worst part though, is feeling Restlins pain through the link and not being able to help him right now.
She shouts to her ghostly friends to help him. "Fly a little north and channel! Don't reveal him, you aren't far away!"
They fly a little north and channel, catching Restlin and the swarms with their pulse. (12 and 10, for 22 hp) Joy and Myrth channel again from the hall, pulsing healing magic to those still in range. (10 and 6, for 16 hp)
Sesha casts another quick succession of spells.
First, she summons a ghostly hand, making sure she can affect friends in the room with spells of healing and aid. She doesn't even acknowledge the pain, and the life force is taken from that which she has borrowed from others. Second, she sends the spectral hand to Restlin, via the telepathic bond, to deliver a Cure Serious Wounds spell.
Move: Bend leyline Standard: Cast Spectral Hand Swift: Quickened Cure Serious Wounds, sacrificing Regenerate. Heals Restlin for 11+13=24 x1.5 = 36 hp.
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:37/33/31 +4 vs AOO HP:139/124 Ki:13/15 CMD: 33 SR: 23] d20+16=26 ; d20+18=33 ; d20+22=28 ; 2d8+3=8 ; 2d8=7 ; Monday January 18th, 2016 5:22:17 PM
Garret blinks as the massive cloud appears on him, but when he gets a breath of it he thinks, "I've smelled worse." (Fort save: 26). As he starts to step back, he senses the acid ball and quickly ducks underneath it, avoiding it entirely (Reflex save: 33). Just before the cloud appeared, he had seen Sesha moving out of the way. He quickly moves in her direction to get out of the cloud himself. After he steps out, he spots the movement in the shadows in the corner of the room. He takes off in a flash, charging the creature.
OOC: If possible, 5' step towards Sesha out of the cloud, then a charge attack on #12: Hit AC 29, Damage: 15
A leap or two into the room (DM JT) Monday January 18th, 2016 9:19:51 PM And a 20' rad section smack in the middle completely obscures any Line of Sight through it at ground level.
The room is 20' high and the top of the fog dome is only 10' (half of the 20' rad of the spell).
Beriothian -- AC:17/11/22 HP: 114/152 CMD = 19 Monday January 18th, 2016 11:03:04 PM
Beri decides with the height of the room that an earth elemental is the way to go and starts to summon.
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 86/108 Spells Monday January 18th, 2016 11:11:51 PM
Bosk watches as Zane's spell fails to include him and quickly goes through his spell list. With nothing that will help at this distance he shrugs and charges into the melee.
Double move to J,K/3,4
A leap or two into the room (DM JT) Monday January 18th, 2016 11:20:29 PM
Bosk asks: Can you explain what you meant by And a 20' rad section smack in the middle completely obscures any Line of Sight through it at ground level? Also, since I can move through friendly squares, is there any reason I cannot walk through Zane to get into the next area?
DM JT: this refers to the Stinking Cloud. At ground level it covers a 20' area and the noxious fog cloud obscures any Line of Sight through it. Since the cloud is a sphere, and the DM assumes the Caster wishes the max effect, the 'bottom' half of the sphere is 'below ground', so to speak, leaving the center portion, max radius effect, at ground level.
There's no reason Bosk cannot walk through Zane. Also, isn't Bosk Shadow Walking? Should be no problem to move into the other room while Shadow Walking and bypass the walls. Can the Channeled Healing affect someone Shadow Walking?
DM is curious.
A leap or two into the room (DM JT) Monday January 18th, 2016 11:45:30 PM
DM JT: at this point, I don't see Bosks DC10 roll to perform his Darkwalk, therefore he did not do it and is not partially in the Shadow Realm but fully in the Real Realm.
Zane (JCC) AC 33, CMB 16, CMD 32, HP 145/166, Character Tuesday January 19th, 2016 12:37:26 AM
Zane watches as his fists move in super slow motion, watching to see if they hit his target.....
A leap or two or three into the room (DM JT) 4d4+4=18 ; 4d4+4=9 ; 4d4+4=12 ; d20+8=16 ; d20+8=22 ; d20+8=10 ; d20+29=44 ; 2d10+12=15 ; Tuesday January 19th, 2016 2:13:34 AM
Darkness, shadow, light, with a noxious cloud smack in the middle. The IA have their hands full while dodging blasts of acid.
Flying Snake 9 reaches Zane only to be sliced into parts. A 7' long snake now lies in segments at his feet.
Beri begins casting another summoning spell to add to the crowded conditions in the room.
Reslin sees the glow of light around him, which also allows him to see the small magical ball head towards him. He ducts just in time to avoid much of the acid blast. He tosses the glowing stone at a point at the edge of his vision, then flies to P5.
Katinka also prefers to have something else fight for her and starts summoning something too.
Sesha is glad for her protections but is sad for Restlin's pain. She tells her ghostly friends to fly a little north and channel some healing to Restlin. She also asks Joy and Mirth to continue their own channeling. For her part she calls a spectral hand to send to Restlin but she can't see him to touch him and heal him. The Spectral Hand remains next to her, healing ready when she can finally see him.
DM JT: the fog cloud obscures all vision. Although she can communicate with Restlin through the link, she must see him to touch him with the Spectral Hand.
Faith and Hope try to comply with Seshas' ambiguous command to 'fly norht a little ways'. Since they can't see how far a 'little' ways is, Faith ends up at N4 and Hope ends up at O6, still in the noxious cloud.
Restlin and Swarms 1 and 2 get healed gets healed 22hps
Joy and Mirth heal everyone in the hall 16hp. This heals Katinka's Bleed condition from the bats.
Garret glimpses Sesha moving towards the SW corner before the noxious cloud obscures his vision. He decides to head that way to and takes a short step but hits an barrier or energy he's never encountered before and remains where he was.
DM JT: Garret takes a 5' stop into the Anti-Life zone around Sesha and is stopped. You can't take a 5' step and another type of movement in the same round. Garret tried his 5' step and failed.
Garret remains in the noxious cloud and must make another Fort save vs DC20 or be Nauseated. No spell resistance.
Bosk, not feeling the Haste effects, decides to just barrel into the room and rushes past Zane. He ends up at J,K/3,4 with his back to the wall, and looks around. Finally he has something to attack.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hissing sounds that may or may not be spells being cast by one or another Serpentfolk seem to come from all over the room. No specific location can be pinpointed, however those in Line of Sight are obviously making the somatic movements when necessary.
Not nauseated Foes: Sf1 casts a spell and vanishes.
Sf3, who had been nauseated, suddenly feels much better and able to act normally. It casts a spell sending magical energy missiles at Faith. Then moves a bit further away.
Magic Missile dmg to Faith = 18
Sf4, seeing only 1 target, Faith, does the same. Magic Missile dmg to Faith = 9
Sf7, who had been nauseated, suddenly feels much better and able to act normally. It casts a spell, then moves.
Sf6 tries something different. It casts a spell directed at the swarm closest to it. Sesha Spellcraft DC18: Highlight to display spoiler: {Dispel Magic}
Suddenly, as quick as the swarms entered the Material world, they vanished.
Sf8 takes the command to target Faith too and moves into position, then lets loose with its magic missiles. Magic Missile dmg to Faith = 12
Faith has taken 39 force damage.
Flyin Snakes 2, 3, and 10 converge on Bosk. Bosk gets an AoO on 2 and/or 3, 10 took a 5' step. Sn10 Att +8 = 16 Sn2 Att +8 = 22 Sn3 Att +8 = 10
Flying Snakes 6, 11, and 12 try to get to Sesha but are impeded by the Anti-Life Shell.
The nauseated Flying Snakes and the nauseated Hell Hound just move about a little bit.
To the surprise of all, that Wall of Gears suddenly springs into action and forms itself into a Large humanoid of metal. All those gears are now part of a two legged, two armed monstrosity!
It reaches over the small stone wall and grabs at Beri. CMB for grapple vs CMD 19 = 44.
Beri is now Grappled. See Grappled Condition and Spell Casting effects. Spell casting while grappled Concentration check DC = 10 + 29 + spell level.
The grinding gears tear into the bugbear flesh as it is pressed up against that metal body. Grinding Gears dmg = 15. Dmg while casting a spell requires Concentration check DC = 10 + 15 + spell level.
RobC - Katinka Hushfoot AC 24/16/19 -- CMD 20 -- HP 120/120 -- Perm Arcane Sight, Darkvision, See Invisibili d4+1=5 ; Tuesday January 19th, 2016 5:04:47 AM
Tink completes her summoning spell and summons: a small army of large earth elementals! (1d4+1=5!)
"Ok, this is the situation. My friends are in there and are getting hurt. Bad. There are flying snakes and some lizard type people in there. Wipe them out! The enemy are on the other side of the room. Burrow underground and attack them. If you can't find anyone to attack, surface and I'll point out another target for you" she relays in fluent Terran.
The elementals sink into the stone and then make their way into the room.
Tink smiles. It's going to get very busy in there in a moment.
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Channeled healing received over the past 2 rnds: 18 + 16. Tink is back to full health and is no longer bleeding.
Tink's earth elementals will burrow/earthglide to around the L/M line on the map. All 5 underground in a row EE1 - Appeared at D7/E8. Moved 40ft to L7/M8 just under the surface. EE2 - Appeared at D9/E10. Moved 40ft to L9/M10 just under the surface. EE3 - Appeared at D11/E12. Moved 40ft to L11/M12 just under the surface. EE4 - Appeared at D13/E14. Moved 40ft to L13/M14 just under the surface. EE5 - Appeared at D15/E16. Moved 40ft to L15/M16 just under the surface.
Large Earth Elementals
All EE's have 60ft tremorsense, so can pinpoint anything touching the ground up to Column Y on the map. Given their orders, they will be targetting the foes on the opposite side of the map that are touching the ground (so no flying snakes).
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:37/33/31 +4 vs AOO HP:139/124 Ki:13/15 CMD: 33 SR: 23] d20+16=27 ; d20+21=23 ; 2d8+3=15 ; 2d8=10 ; Tuesday January 19th, 2016 10:23:46 AM
Garret bumps into the strange force and is confused. He gets another breath of the stink, but it does not appear to bother him (Fort save: 27). Figuring he is better off with his friends than away from them, he moves in the opposite direction to get out of the fog (heading NW to around J8). He hears the sound of the movement of gears, but he is still surprised when he steps out of the fog and see the metallic monster. He pauses only a moment, then figures he should try what he does best: a well-placed kick into some of the gears, hoping to do some sort of damage (or at least determine that he can't damage it).
OOC: Hit AC 23, Dam: 25
Restlin (Carl) -- AC: +15/+12/+11 CMD: +15 HP: 60/119 +14 Tmp HP (Spells) Luck Points: 10/13 d20+16=24 ; d20+16=22 ; d20+16=32 ; d100=38 ; d100=79 ; d100=30 ; d20=5 Tuesday January 19th, 2016 11:42:37 AM
Restlin feels the healing energy flowing over him from Sesha's friends. "Thanks, babe. Now it's my turn..."
Feeling pretty good about his lack of visibility, he goes in the offensive. He pulls his maximize rod from this awesome quiver Bosk made him, points it at one of the serpent folk, and lets loose three flaming rays.
He then gets outta dodge before they throw anymore acid at him.
***
Standard: Maximized scorching ray - Hit touch AC 24,22,32 (concelement checks for dim light: 38,79,30 - all pass) - 72 total damage to SF3 (50' away - just at the edge of the spell's range, but within it).
This drops the mislead spell. The cowering Restlin will remain for three rounds. The greater invisibility lasts the full duration regardless of concentration.
-3 str, -6 wis/cha, -2 int AC this round is 20/17/16 (Sheesh)
Reminder: Anyone within 15' of Restlin gets +1 to attacks, saves, & skill checks
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 86/108 Spells d20+18=20 ; d20+18=36 ; 2d8+8=11 ; 2d8+8=16 ; d20+4=24 ; Tuesday January 19th, 2016 2:51:14 PM
Out of the corner of Bosk's eye he sees the wall of gears come alive and curses that his Death Watch spell did not detect the abomination! Gargul's Eye, such a mockery of life standing before me and I did recognize it for what it is. The cleric swings his sword at the snakes hoping to finish them off quickly so he can make his god proud.
Actions: ----------------- Knowledge Arcana Check to identity clockwork golem and strenghts/weaknesses = 24 nat 20! AoO 1 on Snake 3 Hit AC 20 for 11 dmg AoO 2 on Snake 3 Hit AC 36 for 16 dmg
(more to come)
Highlight to display spoiler: {
Freedom of Movement, Water Breathing, from Tishe's weave elements. Heroes Feast: - [CL12] 12hrs +1 attack, +1 will, +4 vs fear (Sesha)
Greater Magic Weapon- [CL 13]: +3 attack/+3 damage on Bastard Sword Telekinesis - On Tink, Restlin, Sesha, Bosk, Beri and Zane. Dur 5.3hrs (cast within Coven circle by Tink) Haste – Cast by Zane – 7 rounds. Fire resistance Cat's Grace
Deathwatch [i]- [CL 1] Permanent - Know creature status: dead, fragile, fighting off death, healthy, undead, or neither (ie construct). Darkvision 60'- [CL 8] 8hrs Chill Touch- [CL9] (9 charges) - 1d6 ngative energy -1 Str (Fort DC). Undead = no damage; Will DC or flee 1d4 rounds+1rd per CL.
Agile Feet- (SU) 5 uses left - Ignore all difficult terrain penalties. Channel Energy- (SU) 2 uses left[i] Dark Walk [i]- (SU) 2 min left -gain concealment, 20% miss, +2 save resistance, +8 Stealth Sense Spirit- (SU) Direction/distance to any disembodied spirit or soul 480 ft., even through material objects. Dimensional Hop- (SP) At 8th level, you can teleport up to 10 feet per cleric level per day as a move action . Greater Insight- (SP) At 8th level, Pick one of these senses: Darkvision 120 ft, Scent, Tremorsense 20 ft. You have this sense for one minute per cleric level. You can use this ability once per day at 8th level, and one additional time per day for every four levels beyond 8th.
Spells Available *spells* already cast Legacy Item: Feather Fall, See Invisibility Domain: True Strike, See Invisibility, Divination, Dimension door, True Seeing Level 0: Read Magic, Detect Magic, Chill Touch, Detect Poison Level 1: *Elf Vision*, Protection From Chaos/Evil/Good/Law, Detect Chaos/Evil/Good/Law, *Comprehend Language*, *Sanctuary* Level 2: *Silence*, *Restoration Lesser*, *Nemesis Insight*, Resist Energy (fire) Level 3: Invisibility Purge, *Protection From Energy (fire)*, *Magic Circle against Evil* Level 4: *Greater Magic Weapon*, Spell Immunity Level 5: Slay Living}
Beriothian -- AC:17/11/22 HP: 114/152 CMD = 19 d20+18=25 ; Tuesday January 19th, 2016 7:01:29 PM Thank you Tink for that amazing cloak spell! Beri isn't even phased as the grapple fails due to Tishe's weave element spell from Tink (sorry, forgot to add that since I was out of town and Bosk covered for me, but it was on Tinks list of current spells as being on me) Beri finishes casting his spell and summons the elemental and casts charm animal on the yellow serpent at k16
*** The swarms continue their assault *** the earth elemental spawns at J6 See this thing trying to grab me... can you return the favor and try to grapple him? cmb=25 ***
Tishe's Weave Elements - Dur 10.67hrs - Beri a 'Water' version +1 to saves, skill checks, and attack rolls. form of bugbear dark vision/scent
stored in staff via spellstaff- Changestaff Spells with * are Fey domain spells (and not included in spell counts)
Zane (JCC) AC 34, CMB 16, CMD 32, HP 145/166, Character d20+14=21 ; d20+14=28 ; d20+9=23 ; d20+14=28 ; 2d8+5=15 ; 2d8+5=12 ; 2d8+5=15 ; 2d8+5=15 ; 2d6=9 ; 2d6=9 ; d3=3 ; 2d6=7 ; 2d6=6 ; Tuesday January 19th, 2016 7:14:35 PM
Zane seeing the gears attack, Unleashes a flurry of blows upon it. Flurry 1 21 Damage 15 Holy Damage 9 Flurry 2 28 Damage 12 Holy Damage 9 Flurry 3 23 Damage 15 Holy Damage 7 Haste 1 28 Damage 15 Holy Damage 6
"Get the rest, I'll take this thing."
In Effect: Heroes Feast Mage Armor Shield Water Vest (weave Elements) Haste 5 rounds
(remember Haste those who have it)
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 86/108 Spells d20+16=29 ; 2d8+8=19 ; d20+13=18 ; d20+5=7 ; d6=5 ; d8+5=12 ; d20+12=18 ; d8+5=9 ; d20+11=13 ; 2d8+8=14 ; d20+8=11 ; d8+5=8 ; Tuesday January 19th, 2016 9:02:20 PM
ooc: In my first post the first AoO was for snake # 2
Bosk sees that Zane has the Golem under control for now and turns his attention to the snakes. Starting with snake two he makes a full attack. If it dies he moves onto snake 3. If that dies he will move onto snake 10.
Main Atk 1 with B.Sword and Embryone's tear (flaming) hit AC 29 for 19dmg + 5 fire dmg for 24dmg total Off Hand Atk 1 with Armor Spike hit AC 18 for 12 dmg Nat Horn atk Hit AC 18 for 9dmg Main hand atk 2 with bastard sword hit AC 13 for 14 dmg Off had atk 2 with B.Sword hit AC 11 for 8 dmg
(Note that Bosk has concealment, cannot be flanked, and is immune to snake poison)
Sesha [AC 34 /21 To/25 Fl] | HP 188/93 | CMD 17] d20+24=30 ; d20+24=42 ; d100=60 ; d8+3=9 ; d8+3=4 ; d8+3=4 ; d8+3=7 ; d8+3=6 ; Tuesday January 19th, 2016 11:27:33 PM
( Dear DM, please remember that Restlin, Katinka, Sesha all either have True Seeing or See Invis. Also, roger on the not healing)
Faith is helpless against all the force damage, and shoots Sesha an apologetic look before the missiles crash into her and send her back to rest with Serenbeth. As always, Sesha feels a pang of guilt, but has to put it aside for now. Beri could be in trouble.
"Girls, help Beri! Wait for the Golem to run it's attack sequence then heal him!"
Ghosts delay until Beri takes damage and convert Obscuring Mist to Cure Light Wounds. (They heal for 9, 7 and 6.)
Sesha notices three snakemen grouping together and takes advantage, as best she can, of their grouping. She chants briefly, and tendril of enchantment magic settle near the dark area behind the throne, threatening to leave the snake men, a snake, and the hell hound in a stupor of confusion.
Immunity to: Dispel Magic (Ring of counterspells #1) Immunity to: Greater Dispel Magic (Ring of counterspells #2) Resistance to Acid: 30
A leap or two or three into the room (DM JT) Wednesday January 20th, 2016 1:36:06 AM
DM JT: No post tonight. There's so much going on and I had promised my wife i'd not stay up to 1am again like last night to get one in.
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Garret Goodbarrel [AC:37/33/31 +4 vs AOO HP:139/124 Ki:13/15 CMD: 33 SR: 23] Wednesday January 20th, 2016 8:46:13 AM
Garret stares, almost mesmerized, at the spinning and whirring gears in front of him...
Zane (JCC) AC 34, CMB 16, CMD 32, HP 145/166, Character Wednesday January 20th, 2016 2:08:49 PM
Zane inspects the damage he's done to the wall or golem, which ever is is.....
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 86/108 Spells Wednesday January 20th, 2016 4:26:25 PM
Bosk continues swinging at the snakes, remembering his initiation training where he was bitten over and over by snakes spiders and scorpions. He remembers the poison coursing through his veins. A trial that made him stronger than ever.
Restlin (Carl) -- AC: +15/+12/+11 CMD: +15 HP: 60/119 +14 Tmp HP (Spells) Luck Points: 10/13 Wednesday January 20th, 2016 4:56:11 PM
Restlin blows some smoke from the tip of his rod, pausing a moment to see how badly he hurt that stupid lizard.
Beriothian -- AC:17/11/22 HP: 114/152 CMD = 19 Wednesday January 20th, 2016 7:28:24 PM
Beri watches as the elemental tries to grapple the monster that just tried to grapple him.
RobC - Katinka Hushfoot AC 24/16/19 -- CMD 20 -- HP 120/120 -- Perm Arcane Sight, Darkvision, See Invisibili Wednesday January 20th, 2016 7:34:26 PM
Tink peeks around the corner to see how the fight is going
Sesha [AC 34 /21 To/25 Fl] | HP 188/93 | CMD 17] Wednesday January 20th, 2016 11:11:11 PM
Sesha waits, poised on the balls of feet, her non-patched eye darting between the various snake-men, waiting to see which fell for the confusion spell, and pondering how to counter their next move...
Things get a wee bit crowded. (DM JT) 2d10+8=19 ; d100=1 ; 8d6+8=39 ; 8d6+8=37 ; 8d6+8=42 ; 8d6+8=32 ; 8d6+8=24 ; d20+8=21 ; d20+8=10 ; d20+23=40 ; d20+23=29 ; 2d10+8=21 ; Thursday January 21st, 2016 1:47:39 AM
You can say THAT again!
Katinka completes her summoning spell and a horde of earth elementals pop into the room.
She briefly gives them the rundown of the situation and sends them into the snakefolk room. She’s behind the wall and can’t see the whole room but describes it as much as she saw earlier and gives directions.
The 5 Large Earth Elementals nod and sink into the ground.
Earthglide 20' move.
Garret bumps into a strange force field that knocks him back into the Stinking Cloud but manages to evade the noxious effects once again. He heads the other way to get out of the fog and immediately finds himself next to a metal humanoid made of grinding gears. Never to let a good opportunity to kick something pass him by, he kicks at the metal humanoid but misses.
Restlin thanks the ghosts for their healing. Confident on his Improved Invisibility, he sends three scorching rays using his Maximized rod at Sf3. Restlin notices that the Snakeforlk seem a bit blurry but his rays manage to hit it despite this. Sf3 succumbs to the fire.
He then quickly moves to S9, knowing that that spot now is hot.
Bosk curses his reliance on his Deathwatch spell to detect such things when the Wall of Gears becomes a Humanoid of Gears. He pulls forth his knowledge or such things that can transform themselves from one form into another. Knowledge Arcana roll N20.
He realizes that it is a Clockwork Golem. He remembers that they have very few weaknesses. See the Pathfinder Bestiary 2.
While he ponders the nature of the Humanoid of Gears, he swipes at the flying snakes as they come into his reach hitting both.
Now surrounded, he goes into full attack.
Between his AoO and his main attack and horn attack, Snake 2 falls dead and Snake 3 is seriously wounded.
(Note that Bosk has concealment, cannot be flanked, and is immune to snake poison)
Beri laughs as he mentally thanks Tink for the magical vestment she gave him earlier that morning. Tishe’s Water Cloak gives him the equivalent of Freedom of Movement and the Gear Monstrosity’s attempt to grapple him fails completely.
Beri easily finishes his summoning spell bringing forth a 6th Earth Elemental at J6.
DM JT: what size? You didn't specify.
He tells it to grapple the Gear Monstrosity, then he casts a Charm Animal spell at Flying Serpent K2.
DM JT: Beri cannot see K16. Look, he's 10' inside the corridor.
The snake seems unaffected by the attempt to charm it.
He looks for the Creeping Doom swarms but sees none.
The S/L/H/G Earth Elemental tries to grapple the Metal Gears Monstrosity but fails to gain a hold. It does not have Improved Grapple and thus takes a whallop. Dmg = 19
DM JT: directing a Swarm takes a Standard Action. Beri used his already, but he does not see any of the swams.
Zane steps forward and using his Haste, lets loose with a flurry of hands and hoofs. Only two hit and even those that do hit do very little damage. Those mighty fists aren't much against solid metal.
Sesha
Sesha: Highlight to display spoiler: {I can't see anywhere that Restlin has any means to see Invisible creatures. Neither on his PC sheet or on any posts. I'm keeping in mind that Sesha and Katinka can, however Sesha's view is very limited due to the huge glob of stinking cloud in the middle of the room.}
She hears Faith cry out as she is sent back to Serenbeth (she cannot see what happened to Faith due to the Stinking Cloud) and feels a pang of guilt. Putting it aside, she concentrates on the battle.
Figuring that the Gear Monstrosity will attempt to pummel Beri or Zane, she calls out to Hope, Myrth, and Joy to stand ready to heal Zane or Beri, whichever one gets clobbered. Hope finds her way back into the hallway. Ghosts: held healing action, heal for 9,7,6
Noticing a grouping of Snakefolk in the corner, she casts Confusion centered at Y9. She is dismayed when only the Hell Hound is affected.
Sf1 reappears as it casts a spell and sends a Spectral hand to touch Bosk and misses due to him being partially in Shadow. Miss chance 20% = 1
He then picks up the glowing stone next to him and cups it in his hand stifling most of the light.
Restlin hears and sees the Snakefolk near him his and speak and/or cast spells. They look towards or past him and it is clear they know pretty much about where he is.
Unable to target him specifically, they let loose with the next best thing. Acid Balls. Four Acid Balls burst around him: Acid Ball 1: dmg = 39 Acid Ball 2: dmg = 37 Acid Ball 3: dmg = 42 Acid Ball 4: dmg = 32
Acid Balls, Ref for half, DC19
Sf2 becomes visible again and sends an Acid Ball right at Zane. Acid Ball 1: dmg = 24
Zane, Beri, Beri's Earth Elemental, and Garret Ref for half, DC19.
Flyin Snakes 3 and 10 converge on Bosk. Sn10 Att +8 = 21 Sn3 Att +8 = 10
Flying Snakes 6, 11, and 12 try to get to Sesha but are impeded by the Anti-Life Shell.
The rest of the snakes and Hell hound just flounder around.
The Clockwork Golem sees Zane as his target now and swings two metal fists at him. Att 1 = 40, dmg = 21 Att 2 = 29, miss
Restlin (Carl) -- AC: +15/+12/+11 CMD: +15 HP: -15/119 +14 Tmp HP (Spells) Luck Points: 13/13 d20+18=36 ; d3=2 ; d20+18=30 ; d20+18=35 ; d20+18=29 ; Thursday January 21st, 2016 6:15:21 AM
Restlin briefly wishes he still had that robe he gave the swamp witches. All this acid is going to make for an ugly, ugly corpse...
***
Even with all the saves, I'm at -15, just enough to kill me outright.
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:37/33/31 +4 vs AOO HP:139/124 Ki:13/15 CMD: 33 SR: 23] d20+19=30 ; d20+21=31 ; d20+21=35 ; d20+16=20 ; d20+16=22 ; d20+11=30 ; d20+21=34 ; 4d8+4=21 ; 2d8+4=10 ; 2d8+4=12 ; 2d8+4=9 ; 2d8+4=11 ; 2d8+4=10 ; Thursday January 21st, 2016 9:53:51 AM
Garret glances around the area. He sees Sesha standing around in her invisible circle that he cannot penetrate, looking rather safe and smug. He sees the fog cloud in the darkness on another side of him. The massive machinery thing sits next to him and the wall, and he can see Bosk making quick work of snakes in another direction. Most things seem to be well in hand when the acid ball appears, but he just leans to side and watches it as it explodes right in front of him, but does not touch him (save: 30). Not seeing any other way to assist, he decides to attempt to damage the massive metal monster, knowing that punching a piece of metal just can’t be a good idea…
OOC:
Hit AC/Damage: 31/21; 35/10 20/12 22/9 30/11 34/10 Or, if golem is std, AC26, DR 10/adamantine: Total 4 hits for 12 damage. Stupid DR.
Zane (JCC) AC 33 (34), CMB 16, CMD 32, HP 145/166, Character d20+15=30 ; d20+16=28 ; 3d8+8=24 ; 2d6=7 ; Thursday January 21st, 2016 11:38:41 AM
Zane did not step forward, he has reach, of if the wall does not it missed him.
Zane makes his reflex save and avoids the damage from the acid ball. He also casts Enlarge Person on himself and takes a further 5 foot step back. Then takes a swing at the golem.
Attack 28 Damage 24 7 holy damage
In Effect: Heroes Feast Mage Armor Shield Water Vest (weave Elements) Haste 4 rounds Enlarge Person 70 rounds
Feeling Restlins pain through the telepathic bond was disconcerting. She had once before suffered through watching Restlin bounce between life and death, and that was long before she began to come to grips with her feelings for the young man. When he faded from it's presence completely, she galvanized herself to making sure he didn't stay dead.
Nothing is going right. Garret is struggling and can't see to hit anything. Zane's attacks are bouncing off of the wall-golem. She can't see Bosk or Katinka, and the Snake Mages appear to be immune to enchantments, or at the very least compulsions, which makes her best magic pretty useless here.
Floating up and over Garret. Sesha moves quickly, through the fog cloud towards Restlins last known location. She isn't immune to the fog, it's a conjured, real effect, but she manages to suppress it's effects easily enough. She floats down near Restlin, landing lightly on one foot, then putting down the other. looking down at him with a frown. The fact he was dead, for now, meant her Anti-Life shell wouldn't dissipate.
She kneels by her fallen man, and with a whispers, breathes life with a promise of sad, fleeting love across his cheek. As he comes to, she wishes somewhat vainly that she was not currently so disfigured that her face was almost completely hidden.
"Not yet, Restlin..."
She quickly mutters the words necessary to ward him from acid spells.
".. you aren't allowed to leave me before I can say goodbye. There's a potion in my bag if you need it. You're inside my Anti-Life Shell. If you leave it, you can't come back in." (ooc: 3 doses of heal, at 11th level)
Sesha looks for her remaining ghosts, then remembers they are with Zane. She figures their final orders were fine for now.
(Zane, remember to heal back 22 damage from the Ghosts healing.)
Pot-Pot will activate Magic Circle Against Evil.
Move: Double move to Restlin, keeping the ALS intact. (R8) Standard: As above. Hero: Breath of Life. Ley check: Success @ 26 Heals: 37 x 1.5 = 56 hp restored. Swift: Quickened Resist Energy: Acid. Ley check: Success @ 92. No slot expended. Fort Save vs Cloud: 31
Ghost Sisters convert Align Weapon: Good to Cure Light Wounds. Heal 21 Hp, delayed until he takes damage, if he does.
Barkskin -Long time Shield of Faith - Long time Heroes Feast -Long Time Greater Immortal Summons (4 ghosts) - Long Time Blink - 10 rounds left Cats Grace (Sacrifice Self) True Seeing (Sacrifice Self) Bears Endurance (Sacrifice Self) Divine Favor (Sacrifice Self) Haste - 7 rounds left ( I think. I dunno Zanes CL) Spell Resistance (SR 28) - Long Time Anti-Life Shell - Long time Energy Resistance: Acid - Long time
Immunity to: Dispel Magic (Ring of counterspells #1) Immunity to: Greater Dispel Magic (Ring of counterspells #2) Resistance to Acid: 30
Restlin (Carl) -- AC: +15/+12/+11 CMD: +15 HP: -15/119 +14 Tmp HP (Spells) Luck Points: 13/13 d20=5 ; Thursday January 21st, 2016 4:02:18 PM
One eye flutters open. The other one shoots open when he remembers where he is. He looks up to see Sesha standing over him. "One of these days, you're going to get tired of saving me. I'll thank you properly when we're out of this mess," he says as he stands up.
He takes the offered potion, sips a single dose out of it, and turns around. Quickly, his slightly befuddled, but still powerful mind takes stock of the situation. He was in an antilife shell that would do nothing against the hellhound that was still out there. Those snake dudes may well be outsiders too.
He also knows something the rest of the party probably doesn't yet.
He communicates with Sesha over the link."Sesha, dear, I need to see what's in that dark corner. If you can help, I bet I can make things much better for us pretty quickly. Also, mind letting me borrow that rod real quick?"
***
Move: Stand from prone Standard: drink heal potion
Mage armor - long enough Overland flight - long enough Fox's cunning - 21 rounds Energy Resistance: Acid - Long time
-3 str, -6 wis/cha, -2 int AC this round is 20/17/16 (Again? Sheesh^2)
Reminder: Anyone within 15' of Restlin gets +1 to attacks, saves, & skill checks
Actions ----------------------- Full atk snake 3 until dead then snake 10 until dead.
Main Atk 1 with B.Sword and Embryone's tear (flaming) hit AC 27 for 14dmg + 2 fire dmg for 16dmg total Off Hand Atk 1 with Armor Spike hit AC 16 for 11 dmg Nat Horn atk Hit AC 21 for 10dmg Main hand atk 2 with bastard sword hit AC 12 for 11 dmg Off had atk 2 with B.Sword hit AC 11 for 9 dmg
If needed AoO 1 Hit AC 32 for 18 dmg AoO 2 Hit AC 21 for 22 dmg AoO 3 Hit AC 34 for 18 dmg AoO 4 Hit AC 31 for 18 dmg
(Note that Bosk has concealment, cannot be flanked, and is immune to snake poison)
Highlight to display spoiler: {
Freedom of Movement, Water Breathing, from Tishe's weave elements. Heroes Feast: - [CL12] 12hrs +1 attack, +1 will, +4 vs fear (Sesha)
Greater Magic Weapon- [CL 13]: +3 attack/+3 damage on Bastard Sword Telekinesis - On Tink, Restlin, Sesha, Bosk, Beri and Zane. Dur 5.3hrs (cast within Coven circle by Tink) Haste – Cast by Zane – 7 rounds. Fire resistance Cat's Grace
Deathwatch [i]- [CL 1] Permanent - Know creature status: dead, fragile, fighting off death, healthy, undead, or neither (ie construct). Darkvision 60'- [CL 8] 8hrs Chill Touch- [CL9] (9 charges) - 1d6 ngative energy -1 Str (Fort DC). Undead = no damage; Will DC or flee 1d4 rounds+1rd per CL.
Agile Feet- (SU) 5 uses left - Ignore all difficult terrain penalties. Channel Energy- (SU) 2 uses left[i] Dark Walk [i]- (SU) 2 min left -gain concealment, 20% miss, +2 save resistance, +8 Stealth Sense Spirit- (SU) Direction/distance to any disembodied spirit or soul 480 ft., even through material objects. Dimensional Hop- (SP) At 8th level, you can teleport up to 10 feet per cleric level per day as a move action . Greater Insight- (SP) At 8th level, Pick one of these senses: Darkvision 120 ft, Scent, Tremorsense 20 ft. You have this sense for one minute per cleric level. You can use this ability once per day at 8th level, and one additional time per day for every four levels beyond 8th.
Spells Available *spells* already cast Legacy Item: Feather Fall, See Invisibility Domain: True Strike, See Invisibility, Divination, Dimension door, True Seeing Level 0: Read Magic, Detect Magic, Chill Touch, Detect Poison Level 1: *Elf Vision*, Protection From Chaos/Evil/Good/Law, Detect Chaos/Evil/Good/Law, *Comprehend Language*, *Sanctuary* Level 2: *Silence*, *Restoration Lesser*, *Nemesis Insight*, Resist Energy (fire) Level 3: Invisibility Purge, *Protection From Energy (fire)*, *Magic Circle against Evil* Level 4: *Greater Magic Weapon*, Spell Immunity Level 5: Slay Living}
RobC - Katinka Hushfoot AC 24/16/19 -- CMD 20 -- HP 120/120 -- Perm Arcane Sight, Darkvision, See Invisibili d20+12=13 ; Thursday January 21st, 2016 8:16:21 PM
The earth elementals were commanded to attack the foes on the other side of the room, and since that was the last order they were given, that is the order they will follow. None are able to attack this round.
Tink takes a few steps north, and fires an acid dart at the golem
"Just a few more seconds guys! Reinforcements are on the way!"
In all her excitement, however, her acid dart misses it's mark
-------------------------------------------------- EE1 double moves from L7/M8 to O1/P2 EE2 runs from L9/M10 to X9/Y10 EE3 runs from L11/M12 to X11/Y12 EE4 runs from L13/M14 to U13/V14 EE5 runs from L15/M16 to X15/Y16
All EE's have 60ft tremorsense, so can pinpoint anything touching the ground (so no flying snakes).
Tink: Move action - Move to E7 Tink: Standard action - Use Acid Dart ability on Golem. Hit Touch AC13. Nat1 = Miss!
Bosk AC: (37/20/33) CMD: (35) hp 86/108 Spells Thursday January 21st, 2016 11:26:39 PM
Bosk will also use a hero to cast resist energy acid.
Beriothian -- AC:17/11/22 HP: 114/152 CMD = 19 d20+14=25 ; d20+14=16 ; d6+8=13 ; d6+8=13 ; Thursday January 21st, 2016 11:31:09 PM
Beri cannot see the insect swarms to direct The earth elemental (large-49hp) decides to just attack the mechanical monstrosity next to him and slams into him twice for all he's worth attack =25 +2 (augmented summoning strength)-1 size=26 damage=13 attack =+2 (augmented summoning strength) -1 size=17 damage = 13 ** (Beri's action coming)
Tishe's Weave Elements - Dur 10.67hrs - Beri a 'Water' version +1 to saves, skill checks, and attack rolls. form of bugbear dark vision/scent
stored in staff via spellstaff- Changestaff Spells with * are Fey domain spells (and not included in spell counts)
Beriothian -- AC:17/11/22 HP: 114/152 CMD = 19 Friday January 22nd, 2016 12:03:42 AM
Beri sees the acid flying everywhere and decides it's time to rethink his current form. He retreats to d8and turns into a Tendriculos (20 resistance to acid)
Tishe's Weave Elements - Dur 10.67hrs - Beri a 'Water' version +1 to saves, skill checks, and attack rolls. form of bugbear dark vision/scent
stored in staff via spellstaff- Changestaff Spells with * are Fey domain spells (and not included in spell counts)
Things get a wee bit crowded. (DM JT) Friday January 22nd, 2016 12:29:03 AM
DM JT: Beri asked: can you confirm that Sf2 hit us? I don't see any line of site to Zane... only Sf1 if I'm reading this, the clockwork monster and the the earth elemental leave only a small window, and from what I see SF2 can't see though it.
DM JT: I can draw a line from top left corner of Sf2 to Zane. Even though there are two golems fighting in between, to pick a spot on the other side to target is not the same as shooting something through the two. Sf2 just needs to see Zane, which he can, calculate the distance and send the spell to detonate at the spot.
The two golems do not provide cover.
Things are about to get a whole lot more crowded. (DM JT) d20+8=26 ; d100=82 ; d20+11=19 ; d20+13=28 ; d6+4=8 ; d100=69 ; d100=27 ; d100=89 ; d20+11=18 ; d100=8 ; d20+8=17 ; d20+8=27 ; d20+8=18 ; d20+23=28 ; d20+23=37 ; 2d10+8=21 ; d20+29=39 ; 2d10+12=25 ; d20+8=13 ; 8d6(2+3+3+6+1+1+6+2)=24 8d6(4+3+6+1+6+6+3+2)=31 d20+14=17 d6+8=14 d8=8 d8+8=10 d20+8=15 d20+8=24 Friday January 22nd, 2016 2:33:12 AM
This is your Body. This is your Body on Acid.
Restlin’s victory over one of the snakefolk is short lived as his spell casting brought the vengeance of the remaining snakefolk upon his head. He briefly wishes he still had that robe he gave the swamp witches as a series of Acid Balls burst near him in a calculated spread. His horribly scarred and emaciated body flops to the floor.
Garret glances around and sees Sesha smug in her impenetrable invisible wall in a corner, a wall of dark stinking fog right behind him, and Bosk making snake fingers for later frying pan in another corner. The massive metal machinery stands right before him. Hairs tingle as the acid ball explodes near him and he ducks the shower of acid easily. With limited enemies to target, he decides to try his luck on the metal Gearman in front of him, knowing that punching a piece of metal just can’t be a good idea…
His small limbs hit the thing with muffled Thumps and sees a small dent for all his efforts.
Zane
DM JT: I calculated your 10’ reach. It’s 5’ across the square with the stone wall, then the golem, so that’s 10’. The golem has Reach also.
Zane easily avoids the acid. Heeding the reach of the golem that is as good as his, he takes a step back and casts Enlarge on himself. Zane fills the corridor almost blocking all view from anyone behind him.
DM JT: casting the spell is a Standard Action. The 5’ step is a Move equivalent. Does Zane expend a Hero point to then attack the golem? Haste does not give you an extra attack unless you execute a Full Attack Action.
Sesha feels Restlin's pain through the telepathic bond. Once before she watched Restlin bounce between life and death. Her feelings for him much stronger now than then, she galvanized herself when he faded from the link and goes looking for him. Not knowing where he was but that he was not in the fog cloud. Knowing that spell's nuances, she bolts straight through it to the other side, shrugging off the nauseating effects with ease in her determination to find Restlin. Once on the other side, she looks around and through her enhanced vision spots Restlin crumpled on the floor, a horribly scarred shell of himself.
Sesha only: Highlight to display spoiler: { She also sees five blurry snakefolk in and around the throne. One standing next to the throne. Their snake tongues flickering in and out almost too fast to see.}
Sesha floats down to the Restlin's body, careful not to dispel her Anti-Life shell and spends some of her life force to cast Breath of Life on Restlin, then her quickend version of Resist Energy: Acid.
She anxiously looks for the healing expected and sees his flesh heal and his gasp for breath as he comes back to life.
DM JT: BTW, your rings of counterspells, the way I read the description, does not give Sesha Immunity to Dispel Magic. They are One use only. If two Dispel Magic spells are cast at her, the Ring nullifies the first one and that counterspell is expended. The second Dispel Magic would work normally. Having two of them helps though.
An eye flutters open and then the other shoots open wen Reslin's remembers where he is. He sees Sesha kneeling over him and he says, "One of these days, you're going to get tired of saving me. I'll thank you properly when we're out of this mess," as he stands up.
*****DM NOTE: spell says that any creature brought back to life using this spell a temporary negative level that lasts 1 day, so do whatever recalculations to that effect. ****
Restlin, now standing (Move Action) reaches into Seshaps backpack for the healing portion (Move Action). He PLANS to take a sip next chance he gets. He quickly looks around. He's near the edge of Dim light from Garret (DM JT: although I'd think the fog would block that light from this side but what the heck, let it be Dim), and tells Sesha through the link "Sesha, dear, I need to see what's in that dark corner. If you can help, I bet I can make things much better for us pretty quickly. Also, mind letting me borrow that rod real quick?"
Meanwhile the 3 Ghost Sisters left hold their action to cast more healing spells on whoever gets clobbered by the golem.
Bosk continues his relentless attacks on the flying snakes that sort of threaten him. His Bsword wipes out Snake 3. His next two attacks hit Snake 10 but the last two miss.
DM JT: it would be a great help if you listed your Reach for each weapon.
He then pulls some of his life force to cast Resist Energy: Acid.
DM JT: I just noticed that Quicked spells don't provoke AoO.
Katinka knows it will take a little time for the earth elementals to reach their target but calls out to her friends, "Just a few more seconds guys! Reinforcements are on the way!"
She steps back into the hallway and finds Zane takes up most of the space. However she does find a wee bit of room to get off an acid dart at the metal golem, but in her haste she misses.
Beri is caught between a rock and a hard place when the acid blasts hits and takes the full force of the blast. His attempts to concentrate on the insect swarms failed previously and he concludes they are no longer in existence. Fed up with getting acid burns, he retreats and changes form. He chooses a Tendriculous, a Huge plant that is as horrible to look at as it is hard to pronounce its name.
Now two HUGE things fill that corridor, nearly squeezing everyone else out!
Beri's large earth elemental manages to get one hit on the golem but barely scratches it. -----------------------------------------------------------------
Sf1 pockets the glowing stone and snuffs out the light in that corner. The only light in the room now is carried by Garret.
DM JT Note: Restlin is now in Darkness.
Sf1 tries to touch Bosk again with a Spectral Hand: 20% miss = 82 Touch Att = 19 As the Hand goes in for the attck, Bosk takes a swipe at it: AoO 1: Hit AC 32 for 18 dmg, destroying the hand with his Ghost Touch weapon.
Sf2 flicks its wrist and casts a spell. Black Tentacles erupt around Sesha and try to grapple her! CMB = 28 vs CMD 17 Save: none, SR: none. 50% Blink miss chance = 69 (almost forgot about that)
Despite blinking, the tentacles manage to nab her and she takes 8 pts damage and gains the Grappled condition, for now.
Restlin alive and semi-well manages to avoid the tentacles, this time. CMB = 28 vs CMD 39
DM JT: Green is the tentacle area.
Sesha: Highlight to display spoiler: { she sees the blurry snakefolk glancing at each other in some form of recognition.}
Sf4, Sf6, Sf7, and Sf8 thinking they now have two they can seek revenge against, try again to blast their foes into an acidic ooze: DM JT: just an FYI, Spellcraft checks succeeded in identifying Sesha's Breath of Life spell. Naturally, they want some insurance...
Sesha Spellcrft DC18: Highlight to display spoiler: {Sf5 cast Fly.}
Snakes 6, 11, and 12 no longer have Garret as a target and swarm around Beri's L.E.E. The curvature of the sphrical stink cloud allows them to fly above the clowd, past the golem, and avoid any attacks from Zane. But the LEE gets one. AoO attack +14 = 17+2 (augmented summoning strength)-1 size = 18 hit, dmg d6+8 = 14
Snakes 7,5,8 try to get at Sesha but are hedged out.
Snakes 1 and 4 converge on Bosk. They take hits from AoO. AoO 2 on Snake 1: Hit AC 21 for 22 dmg AoO 3 on Snake 4: Hit AC 34 for 18 dmg
Snake 1 Att: 13 Snake 4 Att: 15 Snake 10 Att: 24
The Hell Hound also tries to get at Sesha but is hedged out by Pot-Pot, not to mention not desiring to venture into the mass of tentacles, he just barks, as his breath weapon can't reach her.
Not many targets are left for the golem. It decides to go for the small guy kicking it Garret
Att 1 = 28 Att 2 = 37, dmg = 21 Grapple CMB = 39 vs CMD 33, Grapple dmg from gears = 25
Garret gains the Grappled condition, as well as the golem as the grappler.
DM JT Note: the Grab has two versions. One is the standard Grapple that puts both in Grapple Condition, the other allows the grappler to remain 'ungrappled condition'.
Notes on the Map: Sf5 and Restlin are invisible to all except those who can see invisible. I'm adding Sf5 to the map now that Sesha is in sight of it. But play your turn as if it isn't there unless you can see it.
Sesha [AC 34 /21 To/25 Fl] | HP 188/93 | CMD 17] Friday January 22nd, 2016 9:59:22 AM
ooc: Hey guys! JT said he needs to change the post, since there was some confusion on how Breath of Life worked.
Brace yourselves! Edits are coming!
Garret Goodbarrel [AC:37/33/31 +4 vs AOO HP:93/124 Ki:13/15 CMD: 33 SR: 23] d20+18=20 ; d20+18=25 ; d20+18=35 ; Friday January 22nd, 2016 12:33:47 PM
Garret gasps as the machinery slices deeply into him, chopping him into even smaller bits. He starts bleeding profusely from tons of small wounds and loses a couple toes. He turns and twists, but is unable to free himself from the whirring gears.
OOC: Tried 2 hero points to get away, but failed. I hope someone has a good idea here. Garret just lost 40% of his hit points and will take 6d10+28 damage next round. I was going to try to abundant step away, but he has to make a concentration roll (d20+0) against a DC 34...
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