DM Kathy Thursday June 4th, 2020 2:37:03 PM
[Everybody take 26,000 XP for the previous scene.]
In the morning, you have a Heroes' Feast (don't forget to roll temp HP!) before setting out.
You talk about quicker means of transportation, but in the end decide to just walk. Accordingly, you cross the river and head back into the jungle.
[OOC: It's not going to matter here, but for future reference, there's nothing in the Find the Path spell description about knowing how long it will take to reach the goal. You just know direction.]
Shortly after crossing the river, you come upon what you think is an ancient road. Following it, you arrive at the ruined temple about mid-morning.
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32; HP 174/174 + 14; Rumpus AC 29 HP 74/74 d8+7=14 ; Thursday June 4th, 2020 3:33:57 PM
"Waffles! And pancakes! And French toast! Wait, where is France? Press, do you know?"
Kezzem chows down on heroes' breakfast. Nom nom nom nom.
[OOC: There's enough breakfast for 12: Bliss, Mookie, Succotash, Valerie, Kezzem, Rumpus, Hobie, Pressi, Harper, Tali, Murphy, and one other I have forgotten. We're quite the travelling show!]
"Mooks old pal, please fly up and get an idea of how big this thing is."
While he waits for his familiar to return, Bliss looks over this ruin. "Hmmph! This place is a bit of a fixer-upper, hey?"
Perception 42
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood (KimMc) Halfling Druid - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp d8+7=14 ; d20+38=50 ; d20+21=26 ; Friday June 5th, 2020 1:38:38 AM
One other item: Every morning Murphy casts greater magic fang on Mookie, and Bliss typically extends it out to last, what, 27 hours? It gives Mookie a +3 enhancement bonus on attack and damage rolls throughout the day. He also will cast it upon himself just as he goes to explore the old temple site.
"Beautiful building. Very old. Worn down. I'll join you up there, Mooks. Anyone else?" He changes into a hawk (like the Harris hawk), and flies up, over, crisscrossing the area with Mookie to get a good overview of the layout of the temple grounds. Also, he looks to discern if there are other animals - or people. And, how far does the temple area spread out? Are there obvious entrances, windows, etc.?
He watche for potential predators, frequently glancing up and around, and listening for subtle changes in the sound of the air round about, or a sudden change in air pressure. He wants to avoid being struck from above by, say, well, anything! But he also takes the time when he seems to be in the clear to absorb the sights around this site.
He telepathically communicates with Pressi to let her know what he is seeing.
On returning, he catches up his friends on some of the details, but points out on the building they stand before, "Looks like that may be one of the entrances to this place. Shall we enter?" ================= 14 temp hit points from Heroes' Feast Perception: 50 Survival: 26
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells d20+22=27 ; d20+6=15 ; Friday June 5th, 2020 5:45:04 AM OOC.. Sorry about the ETA thing, I miss read an area in the description, Kathy, you are of course correct.
"I love what they've done with the place, especially the tree growing through the roof! I'm sure it will be all the rave in the near future!, Succotash laughs at his own joke, as he awaits Mookie and Murphy's return. Succotash scans the area, keeping an eye open for anything off. (perception 27) He is also looking for any religious symbols, and if he finds any, he will attempt to identify them (knowledge religion 15)
Tali(JonPaul) AC:25 (T:21, FF:20), CMD:35, Saves:(F:14/R:16/W:17), HP:101/101 | TMP HP=15 d8+7=15 ; Friday June 5th, 2020 8:28:47 AM At the Temple Ruins
Tali digs into the feast! Tali loves food...must be a halfling thing! Tali goes over her list of spells in her mind to recall what she might need in case they go spelunking!
Being forward-thinking, Tali removes one of her wands from her haversack and casts its spell. Then Tali hovers awaiting the forward recons reports.
Temp HP: 1d8 + 7 = 15
Spell in Effect Mage Armor - 830 of 900 Minutes Overland Flight - 830of 900 Minutes Unseen servant - 900 of 900 Minutes
Heroes Feast You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
DM Kathy Friday June 5th, 2020 1:39:35 PM
When you reach the temple, many of you are still thinking of breakfast, which was indeed delicious.
Now, Mookie flies up to take a look, joined by Murphy in bird form. You can't identify any "grounds" other than the temple itself. If it had a landscaped garden area, it is long since reclaimed by the jungle. The temple itself is not especially large, and the only entrance you see is the front entrance where you arrived.
Succotash keeps an eye on the surrounding jungle, but doesn't see anything untoward. You are not able to identify any of the iconography on the temple--which is a little unexpected, because it's not like you don't know this stuff. But you're pretty sure you've never seen these symbols before. Maybe you've seen something similar....? But you can't put your finger on it.
As Murphy says, your path seems to lead straight ahead and into the building.
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32; HP 174/174 + 14; Rumpus AC 29 HP 74/74 d20+23=40 ; d8+7=13 ; Friday June 5th, 2020 3:47:11 PM
Kezzem will Detect Evil on the entrance way as well as give it the more traditionally look around.
Stuff from morning ... Bliss and Mookie go through their post-breakfast buffing. Threefold aspect and Extended Barkskin on both of them. He is happy for the GMF from Murphy, but it goes to Bliss not Mookie. And he tries a couple new things. Bliss casts Spite, and Bestow Curse with it.The next enemy that hits Bliss will have to make a DC17 Will save or suffer a -4 on attacks, saves, and other rolls!
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As the group enters the temple, Bliss casts Prying Eyes and Dancing Lights. Bliss and Mookie activate their Shields of Faith.
Bliss sends the Lights and a few eyes out ahead. Every minute or so an eye reports back. Especially when they go around corners or into rooms.
Other stuff: Extended* GMF from Murphy to Bliss. *Metamagic Rod of Extend x4 on two rods -250 gp to cast Spite
Pressi (Kim for Melvin) - AC 25 (30), HP 126(141), CMD 24; Harper AC 30 (31), HP 85(95), CMD 29 (34) d8+7=15 ; d8+7=10 ; d8+22=24 ; Friday June 5th, 2020 11:40:25 PM
"This is new - going into an underground temple. Almost like a dungeon of sorts. I always hear of adventurers exploring dungeons. We hardly ever do that." She waits until people are ready [and she has done some witchy prep which this substitute player does not pretend to understand], then enters the building with the others, Harper close behind. ========= Pressi gains 15, and Harper 10 temp hit points from feast Perception: 24
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp d20+38=44 ; Friday June 5th, 2020 11:47:02 PM
Murphy flies into the building. He realizes that a bat form would have been a far better choice. But he remains as a hawk for the time being. And begins to look around within the entrance area, and a bit beyond if the way seems clear. ========== Perception: 44
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32; HP 174/174 + 14; Rumpus AC 29 HP 74/74 +13 Sunday June 7th, 2020 1:12:21 PM
Forgot to update Rumpus's hit points for Heroes' Feedbag.
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells Monday June 8th, 2020 6:36:49 AM
Succotash dismounts, and follows Murphy into the temple. As he does, he casts light on Valerie's pink bow, that she always wares on her head, and is in fact a slotless cloak of protection. He also casts longstrider on her bumping her normal 60ft land speed up to 70ft.
Succotash: heroes feast (13 temp HP) dimensional hop 150ft/150ft speak with animals 18/18 (rounds/day) positive channels 9/9
Valerie: heroes feast (9 temp HP) Longstrider (15 hrs) Light (on head bow)
Heroes Feast You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease, and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30), HP 111(126), CMD 24; Harper AC 30 (31), HP 85 (95), CMD 29 (34) d20+23=35 ; d20+11=14 ; Monday June 8th, 2020 11:15:28 AM
Pressi makes some quick casts before she goes. Shield of faith on herself and Harper. Detect magic on herself. Word of recall set to just outside the temple.
Before anyone goes along the path and in, Pressi does a couple of things. First, she checks for traps, because really, people. (Perception 35). She also tries to consider the symbols further (Know Local 14), and even tries reading the symbols (read magic, from tatoo). She considers a divination, but everyone seems to be impatient already.
And so, she follows the others into the temple.
Pressi
Ritual Warding Ritual Healing Heroes Feast - 15 HP detect magic shield of faith
Harper ritual warding heroes feast - 10 HP shield of faith spells used
L1: 2
DM Kathy Monday June 8th, 2020 2:27:46 PM
Before you enter the temple, Pressi casts some spells and checks for traps. The trouble with trying to see inside the temple from outside the temple is that the light in the jungle is pretty bright and there doesn't seem to be a lot of light inside the temple. Looking from a brightly-lit area into a dimly-lit area is challenging. All Pressi can be sure of is that there are not traps immediately inside the entrance. You really can't see much further back.
Kezzem detects for evil but finds none.
As you move into the temple, Succotash casts Light on Valerie's pink bow, which helps illuminate the interior for the group.
Bliss's Dancing Lights give further illumination. Bliss also intends to cast Prying Eyes, but may change his mind once he sees the interior.
Murphy remains in hawk form.
When you step into the temple, you find yourselves in a single large room. The floor is flat stones fitted together--the kind of floor that is ideal for hiding traps, though Pressi assures you there aren't any. Yet. Opposite the entrance is a massive set of bronze double doors. Flanking the doors are two statues. The statues are black in color and humanoid in appearance, but somewhat stylized. Their outlines are blocky; the heads have no faces, and the overall effect is somewhat crude. One holds a sword; the other holds a hammer.
Bliss can cast his Prying Eyes if he wants, but the eyes really won't have anywhere to go until you get those doors open.
CatBliss HP154/144+7 AC33 | Mookie HP76/76+14 AC41 | Cayzle Monday June 8th, 2020 5:47:08 PM
Bliss does cast the Prying Eyes spell. It lasts for 12 hours, so they can just float around until he needs them.
He says to his friends, "Hold on a sec everybody!" He turns off his shield, casts around for some bugs -- centipedes, spiders, or scorpions. If he finds any, he casts Giant Vermin.
"Let these guys enter first, so if the statues animate and attack, they go for the bugs."
He sends his new vermin pals in toward the statues. And then puts his shield back on and changes into a cat.
[OOC: Kindly DM, is this a chamber (roofed) or a courtyard? If it is roofed, does it look like it goes all the way up, based on the roof we flew over from the outside, or might there be a chamber above the ceiling?]
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32; HP 174/174 + 14; Rumpus AC 29 HP 74/74 +13 Monday June 8th, 2020 11:48:57 PM
"Now why did you have to go and say a thing like says," says Kezzem with a frown. He draws his construct-bane short sword just in case.
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells d20+6=24 ; Tuesday June 9th, 2020 6:47:33 AM
As Bliss is making friends with bugs, Succotash will try to identify the religious significance of the statues. (knowledge religion 24)
Succotash: heroes feast (13 temp HP) dimensional hop 150ft/150ft speak with animals 18/18 (rounds/day) positive channels 9/9
Valerie: heroes feast (9 temp HP) Longstrider (15 hrs) Light (on head bow)
Heroes Feast You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease, and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
Hobie (Sub-Cayzle) HP 126/126 AC 32 Touch 18 Flat 27 CMD 33 Hero Points 8 Prepared Spells Tuesday June 9th, 2020 10:54:03 AM
As the group prepares to open the door or fight statues, Hobie does some casting of his own: Fly, Heroism, and Flame Arrow, specifically.
Spells Prepped: See link in header!
Note: Post edited by Cayzle because he is a dummy who can't read.
Hobie (Sub-Cayzle) HP 126/126+7 AC 32 Touch 18 Flat 27 CMD 33 Hero Points 8 Prepared Spells d8+6=7 ; Tuesday June 9th, 2020 1:44:52 PM
Also, rolling Hero Breakfast Temp HP for Hobie: 7
For a light source, Tali casts the spell light on her Unseen servant, to have a customize floating direction light source!
Spell in Effect Mage Armor - 830 of 900 Minutes Overland Flight - 830of 900 Minutes Unseen servant - 900 of 900 Minutes Light - 150 of 150 minutes
Heroes Feast You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
Temp HP: 1d8 + 7 = 15
DM Kathy Tuesday June 9th, 2020 2:53:09 PM Bliss casts his Prying Eyes, but puts them on standby, and starts looking around for bugs to embiggen. You find lots and lots--pretty much anything you want. The room does have a ceiling, and it looks to be the right height for the roof you saw. You don't think there's extra space up there.
Kezzem draws his construct-bane sword, because it seems like a good idea.
To Succotash's appraising eye, the statues look like they could be some kind of golem. Of course, they're not moving or anything, so maybe they're just statues after all.
Hobie casts some spells, and Tali provides the group with yet another light source.
Here is a map of the room. Please adjust your position. Cayzle, please add Bliss's giant bugs, and put them where you want them. Let me know if there are questions.
Of course, this is just a map. It's not a combat map, because we are not in combat. Those statues are completely motionless. Yep. Not moving at all. Nope. Not a bit.
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32; HP 174/174 + 14; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74/74 +13 Tuesday June 9th, 2020 3:27:06 PM
Kezzem moves in front of Hobie and casts Shied Other on Pressi.
"Rumpus, guard Tali," says Kezzem says. Rumpus snorts and moves to protect the sorceress. Rumpus goes full defense.
He sees the not-golems and has a funny feeling about this. So he and his spiders take to the wall, climbing up to the ceiling. He calls down, "Hey everybody! Get up here out of statue reach before we give them a poke."
Who cannot fly or scale the wall? Bliss can send a spider-pal to carry you up. They're furry!
When everybody is up out of reach, Bliss sends a spider over to the statues to attack. Are there any handholds for clinging up here? Crown molding, maybe?
Bliss, Mookie, and Spiders are on the map, but exactly overhead on the ceiling.
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells Wednesday June 10th, 2020 6:59:59 AM
At Bliss's suggestion, Succotash casts air walk on Valerie and then mounts up, as Valerie walks, as Bliss put it, above statue reach. He also offers to cast fly on Rumpus, if Kezzem would like to ride him into the air.
Succotash: heroes feast (13 temp HP) dimensional hop 150 ft/150 ft speak with animals 18/18 (rounds/day) positive channels 9/9
Valerie: heroes feast (9 temp HP) Longstrider (15 hrs) Light (on head bow) airwalk 150 min/150 min
Heroes Feast You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease, and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp Wednesday June 10th, 2020 7:37:44 AM
[Four times thwarted from posting here in last two days, due to ... interruptions. Meanwhile, this is what I had planned to do.]
Murphy casts longstrider - so he can hop on the ground as a bird as fast as possible. No, not that. He will not likely remain in this form too long.
It wasn't really settled who was carrying the keys, but let's say Hobie, as he is the last one to examine them closely. "Hobes. We've got three keys. You've checked them in detail. So have I. How about I go check out the door more closely, and see if by the shape of the opening, I might figure which key is the one to use? You hang on to it. I'll let you know - maybe right after one of those things tries to slam me into the door with a hammer, or slap me with a sword. Or maybe they'll figure I'm a bird, and let me be."
But before he flies anywhere near them, he casts stoneskin - before Bliss has his spiders poke anything.
"Want to see what happens if I fly over by the door first?" Murphy asks Bliss. "Or just land on the shoulder one of the statues?" If Bliss concurs, he lands on the shoulder of the statue with the sword - ready to dodge aside briskly should it make a move. The shoulder closest to the door, that is.
Tali(JonPaul) AC:25 (T:21, FF:20), CMD:35, Saves:(F:14/R:16/W:17), HP:101/101 | TMP HP=15 Wednesday June 10th, 2020 7:59:14 AM Spider Poke
Tali directs her glowing unseen servant to hover at 10 feet above the floor and ten-foot pace from the statutes and to keep this ten-foot spacing should the statues move.
Tali asks, "Hey Bliss, how tall are the ceilings?" After learning of the height of the ceiling, Tali will fly up to about 55% of the maximum ( & no more than 50 feet) and then put her goggles on. {What does Tali see when she does this?}
Spell in Effect Mage Armor - 830 of 900 Minutes Overland Flight - 830of 900 Minutes Unseen servant - 900 of 900 Minutes Light - 150 of 150 minutes
Heroes Feast You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
Temp HP: 1d8 + 7 = 15
Bliss HP154/144+7 AC33 | Mookie HP76/76+14 AC41 | Cayzle Wednesday June 10th, 2020 8:54:30 AM
Bliss says to his bravest friend, "Mister Murphy, no! The whole idea of sending the spider is to let IT get squashed instead of you! Please don't go near the door or the statues yet!"
Mookie just shakes his head.
Calling down to Tali, Bliss gives his best guess at how high the ceiling is.
Hobie (Sub-Cayzle) HP 126/126+7 AC 32 Touch 18 Flat 27 CMD 33 Hero Points 8 Prepared Spells Wednesday June 10th, 2020 8:57:14 AM
Hobie, flying above the statues' potential reach (if the ceiling is high enough), readies an Obscuring-Mist-imbued arrow to fire at a statue if it moves.
"Probably these not-animating statues don't have blindsense, right?" he asks.
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30)+blink, HP 111(126), CMD 24; Harper AC 30 (31), HP 85 (95), CMD 29 (34) d20+23=27 ; d20+22=29 ; d20+15=18 ; Wednesday June 10th, 2020 10:53:20 AM
(Oy, sorry for flaking yesterday.)
Pressi considers the puzzle before her. Even "use the keys" seems somewhat pat.
She looks to see if there are any symbols on the keys, and tries to study the golems and doors at a distance (Disable Device 27, Perception 29+1 for traps). It occurs to her that they might need to be used on the statues rather than the door. Or that they might need to think about what the hammer and sword represent. (Strike the sword with a hammer? Or is this another ancient god thing?)
Pressi volunteers to go instead of Murphy. "You probably need a thief more than a healer at this point. Or an animal." To Bliss' warning, being the bug is kind of my job.
As the bugs move towards the golems, Pressi casts Blink on herself and sends Harper back. "Ok, here goes nothing."
She moves forward until she spots or sets off a trap, or until the golems move. If she reaches the golems, she uses Lore Keeper on one of them (Touch Attack 18).
Pressi
Ritual Warding Ritual Healing Heroes Feast - 15 HP detect magic shield of faith shield other (from Kezzem) blink 1/14
Harper ritual warding heroes feast - 10 HP shield of faith spells used
L1: 2 L3: 1
DM Kathy d20+41=54 ; 6d10+13=36 ; d3=1 ; d20+41=57 ; 6d10+13=35 ; Wednesday June 10th, 2020 2:34:45 PM Kezzem casts Shield Other on Pressi and sends Rumpus to guard Tali.
Bliss creates three large spiders, and cautions his teammates to let the spiders get squished instead of them!
Succotash casts Air Walk on Valerie and mounts up.
Murphy casts Longstrider and Stoneskin.
Hobie readies an arrow.
Pressi studies the area. You see a keyhole in the door. It seems to be just for the door, though. You don't see any keyhole that might belong to the statues. Maybe one of them is standing in front of it?
Knowledge: Arcana CR 20 Highlight to display spoiler: { If these are golems, they are constructs animated by a magical spirit of some kind. Since they are not purely mechanical, it is unlikely that they were designed to be controlled by purely mechanical means such as a key. Which doesn't help much, since you don't know how they are controlled.}
Tali sends her Unseen Servant closer, while Bliss sends his spiders. That does prompt a reaction. Both statues come to life! One of them smashes its sword down on one of the spiders! The spider takes 36 points of damage. The other smashes its hammer down on the same spider! The spider takes another 35 damage.
Tactical info: These are 15-foot creatures with 15-foot reach. Staying 10 feet away is going to get you pulverized; just saying. The ceiling is 20 feet high. So it is possible to fly above the creatures, but you don't have a lot of room for fancy maneuvers.
Tali tries to determine the type of arcana used to create the Statues; {Skill Check: Knowledge Arcana: 26} & learns about the statues, mumbling to herself as if this knowledge was a secret: If these are golems, they are constructs animated by a magical spirit of some kind. Since they are not purely mechanical, it is unlikely that they were designed to be controlled by purely mechanical means such as a key. Which doesn't help much, since you don't know how they are controlled.
Tali seeing the creatures animate and crush the poor spider flies to the ceiling to avoid their reach. Once, there, she removes the Wand of Stoneskin and casts one charge onto herself. If no one would like a casting of Stoneskin, Tali puts the wands away into her front pocket.
Spell in Effect
Mage Armor - 830 of 900 Minutes Overland Flight - 830of 900 Minutes Unseen servant - 900 of 900 Minutes Light - 150 of 150 minutes
Heroes Feast
You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
Bliss, standing on the ceiling with his spider-magic, digs out his staff sling and whips it at a fog-clouded golem, the same one that Hobie shot. The enemy has not yet had a chance to move, so Bliss shoots at where he knows it still is. He misses anyway on a 1-50 and rolls a 60. Bliss hits AC27 for 12 damage.
Mookie watches.
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 174+14/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 Wednesday June 10th, 2020 11:53:14 PM
"Your mother was a statue of a hamster and your father smelt of resin-berries!" taunts Kezzem as he moves towards the left golem and goes total defense.
Rumpus stays back and does the same.
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells Thursday June 11th, 2020 5:47:50 AM
Seeing the statues attack Bliss's bugs, Succotash begins summoning an augmented T-Rex, as he and Valerie airwalk to a more centralized location.
Succotash: heroes feast (13 temp HP) dimensional hop 150 ft/150 ft speak with animals 18/18 (rounds/day) positive channels 9/9
Valerie: heroes feast (9 temp HP) longstrider (15 hrs) light (on head bow) airwalk 150 min/150 min
Heroes Feast You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease, and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
AC 21, touch 7, flat-footed 20 (+1 Dex, +14 natural, –4 size) hp 189 (18d8+72+36) Fort +17, Ref +12, Will +10
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft. Melee bite +20 (4d6+24/19–20 plus grab) Space 20 ft.; Reach 20 ft. Special Attacks swallow whole (2d8+13, AC 17, hp 15)
STATISTICS
Str 36, Dex 13, Con 23, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 10 Base Atk +13; CMB +28 (+32 grapple); CMD 39 Feats Bleeding Critical, Critical Focus, Diehard, Endurance, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Run, Skill Focus (Perception) Skills Perception +37; Racial Modifiers +8 Perception SQ powerful bite
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Powerful Bite (Ex) A tyrannosaurus applies twice its Strength modifier to bite damage.
ECOLOGY
Environment warm forest and plains Organization solitary, pair, or pack (3–6) Treasure none
The tyrannosaurus is an apex predator that measures 40 feet long and weighs 14,000 pounds.
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30)+blink, HP 111(126), CMD 24; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 85 (95), CMD 29 (34) d20+4=12 ; d20+17=37 ; d20+15=30 ; d100=46 ; Thursday June 11th, 2020 9:47:21 AM
Pressi stares upwards upon the yep pretty much golems (Knowledge Roll 12). Still, she's smart enough and experienced enough with golems to know that she might need some sort of identification.
Tumbling towards the golem (Acro 37, nat 20), she reaches out to use her Lore Keeper (Attack Roll of 30 vs touch AC, hits despite blink, success = Know Arcana 31).
Harper runs to just out of reach of the golem and roars at it. Pressi yells at Hobie to pass her the keys along the floor.
Pressi
Ritual Warding Ritual Healing Heroes Feast - 15 HP detect magic shield of faith shield other (from Kezzem) blink 2/14
Harper ritual warding heroes feast - 10 HP shield of faith spells used
L1: 2 L3: 1
Bliss HP154/144+7 AC33 | Mookie HP76/76+14 AC41 | Cayzle Thursday June 11th, 2020 10:58:31 AM
Oh, Bliss hits AC28, Hobie hits AC42. Forgot the Hero Breakfast bonus.
DM Kathy d20+41=60 ; d20+41=53 ; d20+41=44 ; d100=19 ; d100=29 ; 6d10+13=47 ; 6d10+13=36 ; 6d10+13=43 ; 6d10+13=54 ; d20+41=56 Thursday June 11th, 2020 3:04:20 PM Hobie's shot does go off, and does a bit of damage. It also casts an Obscuring Mist.
[I placed the mist on the map.]
Murphy believes the golems are made of adamantine.
Tali gains some altitude and casts Stoneskin from a wand.
Bliss fires a shot, but is foiled by the mist.
Kezzem shouts some insults, approaches the golems, and goes full defensive.
Succotash begins summoning. His T-Rex will show up next round.
Pressi tumbles forward, looking for some information. You learn that these are adamantine golems, and that they can sunder armor or shields on a critical hit.
The golems attack! One attacks Pressi, hitting twice, once critically. Pressi takes a total of 113 damage. Pressi's armor takes 54 points of damage. [Yes, I rolled a miss chance due to Blink.]
The other golem moves to get out of the mist. [The T-rex isn't there yet, so the move makes sense.]
Bliss HP154/144+7 AC33 | Mookie HP76/76+14 AC41 | Cayzle d20+16=27 ; d6+10=12 ; d100=57 ; Thursday June 11th, 2020 3:12:13 PM
Bliss attacks again with his staff sling.
He rolls a 57 for the miss chance, a 27 to hit, and a 12 for damage.
Hobie (Sub-Cayzle) HP 126/126+7 AC 32 Touch 18 Flat 27 CMD 33 Hero Points 8 Prepared Spells d100=17 ; d100=100 ; d100=32 ; d20+28=42 ; d20+23=34 ; d20+18=33 ; 2d6+20=29 ; 2d6+20=26 ; 2d6+20=27 ; d6=6 ; d6=1 ; d6=2 ; Thursday June 11th, 2020 3:24:10 PM
If one of the monsters has left the mist, he'll shoot that one.
Hobie fires thrice, with miss chances of 17, 100, and 32 if both are in the mist.
His shots hit AC42, 34, and 33 for 29, 26. and 27 piercing damage and an additional 6, 1, 2 fire damage.
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30)+blink, HP 111(126), CMD 24; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 85 (95), CMD 29 (34) Thursday June 11th, 2020 3:52:10 PM
Before Pressi does anything else, she starts transmitting the following information to Murphy.
Highlight to display spoiler: { 1) It DR can't be bypassed by adamantium weapons unless it's transmuted from metal to wood. 2) it can't be destroyed, only incapacitated. (Fast healing continues no matter how many HP.) 3) it's immune to all other magic. 3) solving the puzzle might be the only option right now. }
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 159/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 d20+21=33 ; d4+4=8 ; 2d6=5 ; Thursday June 11th, 2020 11:43:37 PM
OOC: I am assuming that Pressi would take 113 - 54 = 59 points of damage, half of which gets transfered to Kezzem (i.e., 30 damage with Pressi taking the remaining 29).
Kezzem makes his way out of the mist and strikes with his +1 adamantine construct-bane short short sword.
Bliss HP154/144+7 AC33 | Mookie HP76/76+14 AC41 | Cayzle Friday June 12th, 2020 5:35:06 AM
Mookie says to Bliss, "See, Kid, this is exactly what happens when you walk around with a construct-bane short short sword. It's like daring fate to throw constructs at ya."
Bliss asks, "What's a 'short short sword' anyway?"
Mookie caws, "Exactly."
Bliss notices that his two remaining spiders have wandered into the mist. He calls them back up to the ceiling. "Can't use them to search for traps if they get smushed," he says.
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp d20+11=16 ; d8=6 ; d8=3 ; d8=4 ; d20+38=51 ; Friday June 12th, 2020 7:58:22 AM
In halfling, Murphy shouts to Hobie - "KEYS - GIMME THE KEYS!!"
As soon as Murphy has the keys, he will fly into the fog, toward the spot on the door where he saw the keyhole, and try each key in turn.
As he awaits the awarding of the keys, he considers what Pressi just told him. Either a key works, or... "Keep fighting, but be ready to flee." And, maybe Hobie is too busy to turn over the keys that Murphy asked him about before we got into combat.
The druid-hawk casts Mass Cure Serious Wounds (13+15=28 hp) affecting Pressi and Kezzim and, if it's still alive, the spider - and anyone else wounded I may have missed in my cursory reading. =========== Knowledge, Arcana (left over from immediately after my Wednesday post): 16 Perception: 51 - what else, if anything useful, might Murphy be noticing?
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp Friday June 12th, 2020 8:07:55 AM
... and then something else clicks in Murphy's mind, which will have to wait until next round.
Tali(JonPaul) AC:25 (T:21, FF:20), CMD:35, Saves:(F:14/R:16/W:17), HP:101/101 | TMP HP=15 Friday June 12th, 2020 9:05:50 AM Adamantine Golems
Tali directs her glowing unseen servant to drag Pressi out of the fight if she is prone and not moving. In the meantime, Tali will cast Haste on everyone within 60 feet that are no more than 30 feet apart!
Haste
When making a full-attack action, a hasted creature may make one extra attack with one natural or manufactured weapon. The attack is made using the creature’s full base attack bonus, plus any modifiers appropriate to the situation. (This effect is not cumulative with similar effects, such as that provided by a speed weapon, nor does it actually grant an extra action, so you can’t use it to cast a second spell or otherwise take an extra action in the round.)
A hasted creature gains a +1 bonus on attack rolls and a +1 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves. Any condition that makes you lose your Dexterity bonus to Armor Class (if any) also makes you lose dodge bonuses.
All of the hasted creature’s modes of movement (including land movement, burrow, climb, fly, and swim) increase by 30 feet, to a maximum of twice the subject’s normal speed using that form of movement. This increase counts as an enhancement bonus, and it affects the creature’s jumping distance as normal for increased speed. Multiple haste effects don’t stack. Haste dispels and counters slow.
Spell in Effect
Mage Armor - 830 of 900 Minutes Overland Flight - 830of 900 Minutes Unseen servant - 900 of 900 Minutes Light - 150 of 150 minutes
Heroes Feast
You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
Temp HP: 1d8 + 7 = 15
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells 15d6=48 ; d20+20=21 ; 4d6+24=40 ; Friday June 12th, 2020 10:50:06 AM
Succotash cast Flamestrike on the purple golem causing 48 damage (24 fire, 24 divine), as his t-rex lashes out with its powerful bite, hitting AC 21 for 40 damage
Succotash: heroes feast (13 temp HP) dimensional hop 150 ft/150 ft speak with animals 18/18 (rounds/day) positive channels 9/9
Valerie: heroes feast (9 temp HP) longstrider (15 hrs) light (on head bow) airwalk 150 min/150 min
Heroes Feast You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease, and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
AC 21, touch 7, flat-footed 20 (+1 Dex, +14 natural, –4 size) hp 189 (18d8+72+36) Fort +17, Ref +12, Will +10
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft. Melee bite +20 (4d6+24/19–20 plus grab) Space 20 ft.; Reach 20 ft. Special Attacks swallow whole (2d8+13, AC 17, hp 15)
STATISTICS
Str 36, Dex 13, Con 23, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 10 Base Atk +13; CMB +28 (+32 grapple); CMD 39 Feats Bleeding Critical, Critical Focus, Diehard, Endurance, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Run, Skill Focus (Perception) Skills Perception +37; Racial Modifiers +8 Perception SQ powerful bite
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Powerful Bite (Ex) A tyrannosaurus applies twice its Strength modifier to bite damage.
ECOLOGY
Environment warm forest and plains Organization solitary, pair, or pack (3–6) Treasure none
The tyrannosaurus is an apex predator that measures 40 feet long and weighs 14,000 pounds.
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (25/30)+blink, HP 98/111, CMD 24; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 85 (95), CMD 29 (34) d20+17=20 ; d100=44 ; d100=93 ; Friday June 12th, 2020 12:35:31 PM
Pressi practically staggers as the creature smashes its fist into her. "Good thing I had my breakfast," she muttered as the mass cure affects her. She looks down at the tears in her now useless mithral chain. "Oh, you are so going to be sued if I can ever find a tailor."
(To Kezzem: no, its 54 points of armor damage in addition to the physical damage. It's a bear. To DM, I had to pour over armor tables for way longer than anyone ever should. I'm actually making an assumption on armor thickness.)
(Also DM: I had to make a guess about what the lore would reveal of its strengths and weaknesses. Prior DMs have been fairly liberal in providing info or at least heads up.)
"You know what, that was uncalled for. You're just doing your job and really busy so why don't I come by another time..."
Pressi rolled out of range of the golem (Acro roll 20) and into the obscuring mist. Quickly, she casts true seeing (domain spell) and quickened spectral hand, hoping to get an idea of what to do next.
Harper, a bit scared, moved her way towards Succotash.
Pressi
Ritual Warding Ritual Healing Heroes Feast - no HP detect magic shield of faith shield other (from Kezzem) blink 3/14 true seeing spectral hand broken (destroyed) armor (-9 HP)
Harper ritual warding heroes feast - 10 HP shield of faith spells used
L1: 2 L3: 1 L5: 1+1
DM Kathy d20+41=48 ; d20+41=48 ; 6d10+13=45 ; 6d10+13=57 ; 6d10+13=48 ; Friday June 12th, 2020 2:57:23 PM Bliss attacks again with his staff sling, but is unable to hit either golem. He calls his spiders up to the ceiling.
Hobie shoots three times, hitting all three times. Not all of the damage gets through, but he does seem to have damaged one of the constructs.
Kezzem attacks with his sword. He hits, but none of the damage got through. [OOC: Pressi took 113 damage from two hits. In addition, her armor took 54 damage. When these golems score a critical hit, they get to do additional damage against a shield or armor, just as if they had made a sunder attack.]
Murphy heads for the doors, calling for the keys. [Hobie used a full attack action this round, so he didn't have an action to use to get keys to Murphy. Maybe next round.] While he waits, he casts a Mass Cure Serious Wounds.
Succotash casts Flame Strike, but the golem is completely unaffected. His T-Rex bites, but is unable to penetrate the golem's armor.
TaliHastes the party.
Pressi tumbles back away from the golem. She casts True Seeing and Spectral Hand.
The purple golem (the one injured by Hobie's arrows) heals a little damage. Then it attacks! It has one slam for Kezzem and one for Succotash's T-Rex. Both hit! Kezzem takes 45 damage; the T-Rex takes 57 damage.
The red golem goes for a trample. It can reach Harper, Succotash, Valerie, Hobie, and Murphy. Each of them can decide to either take an attack of opportunity or dodge out of the way. If they attempt to dodge, it's a DC 38 Reflex save to take half damage. Full damage is 48.
Tali seeing the battle below, casts Wall of Force around the Blue Adamantine Golem (as per the Map) in an attempt to isolate, divide and conquer...or at least buy us some time to get past this area. Tali yells, "who has the keys?!"
Spell in Effect
Mage Armor - 830 of 900 Minutes Overland Flight - 830of 900 Minutes Unseen servant - 900 of 900 Minutes Light - 150 of 150 minutes
Heroes Feast
You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
Bliss is not doing so good with his ranged attacks, but he tries again anyway. AFTER using his Quickened SLA to cast Divine Favor!
He hits AC31 for 14 damage.
Hobie (Sub-Cayzle) HP 126/126+7 AC 32 Touch 18 Flat 27 CMD 33 Hero Points 8 Prepared Spells d20+28=32 ; d20+23=29 ; d20+18=38 ; d20+18=33 ; 2d6+20=22 ; d6=4 ; 2d6+20=27 ; d6=6 ; 2d6+20=26 ; d6=3 ; 2d6+20=28 ; 2d6+20=24 ; Friday June 12th, 2020 7:18:07 PM
Hobie says that the keys can wait. He keeps on shooting, since that seems to be working.
He hits ACs 32, 29, and 38. That last one is a nat 20 crit threat, confirmed vs AC33. Damage is 22+4 fire on the first arrow, 27+6 fire on the second one, and 26+3 fire on the third if it is not a crit. If it is a crit, then the tripled damage is 26+28+24 = 78+3 fire.
Hobie grins.
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 158/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 d6=4 ; d6=6 ; d6=2 ; d6=6 ; d6=6 ; d6=2 ; Friday June 12th, 2020 9:27:42 PM
In light of Pressi clarifying the armor damage, Kezzem will also lay hands on himself as a swift action.
Healing: 6d6 = 4 + 6 + 2 + 6 + 6 + 2 = 26.
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 156/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 d8=6 ; d8=2 ; d6=4 ; d6=3 ; d6=5 ; d6=3 ; d6=4 ; d6=1 ; d6=6 ; Saturday June 13th, 2020 12:52:23 PM
"Hey watch it, I'm stabbing here!" says Kezzem as the wall of force cuts him off from the golem. "Not that it was doing any good. This thing is adamantine and construct-bane, what gives?"
Kezzem moves back into the obscuring mist, casts cure moderate wounds on himself, and follows it with another lay on hands.
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid (wise?) hawk - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp Sunday June 14th, 2020 11:44:04 PM
Murphy has been flying (he has the wingover feat), so it may be difficult for the guardian golem to trample him. He simply continues his flight. He goes up high as the guardian tromps through the area and casts owl's wisdom on himself. "Say, friends, if you do not want all of your metal items to be changed into wood, you might want either to stay low, or go out the door we came in through. Gonna see if I can modify the atomic structure of these spiritual hunks of metal - whatever 'atomic structure' means. I think Pressi mentioned it once. Soon, if all goes well, from the knees up they will become wooden. And so will all the metal you've got on you if you're above their knees, and inside this room."
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells d20+20=31 ; 4d6+28=45 ; Monday June 15th, 2020 6:06:53 AM
Succotash who has been riding Valerie as she air walks above the heads of the golems (mentioned in one of last weeks post, after Bliss suggested getting above their heads) would make trampling difficult, unless I missed something, but at Murphy’s suggestion, Succotash directs Valerie towards the door, exiting the building, as a withdrawal action, to avoid an AoA. (70ft per round movement speed) As he departs he says, “I hope that works, nothing I have in my arsenal seems to have any affect!”
Meanwhile Mr Rex will lash out at the golem that slammed it, hitting AC 31 for 45 slashing, piercing, and Bludgeoning damage.
OOC... My laptop is currently in the backseat of the car my wife took to spend the week with her daughter. Please bare with me as I am posting from my phone this week. Could someone move Succotash and Valerie out of the temple as per my post, on the map, I can’t seem to be able to with this device.
Succotash: heroes feast (13 temp HP) dimensional hop 150 ft/150 ft speak with animals 18/18 (rounds/day) positive channels 9/9
Valerie: heroes feast (9 temp HP) longstrider (15 hrs) light (on head bow) airwalk 150 min/150 min
Heroes Feast You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease, and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
Listening to Mister Murphy's warning of his pending Metal to Wood spell, Tali will follow up that spell casting with one of her own! Tali shouts at the top of her lungs, FireBall Incoming, pauses for dramatic effect, then casts Fireball onto the Red Golem.
Fireball
Damage: 38 points of initial fire damage...
{OOC: @DM assumed the scale is 1 sq = 5 feet -- the wall of force is only 10 sq ft/level = 150 sq ft...it might encase the purple golem}
Spell in Effect Mage Armor - 830 of 900 Minutes Overland Flight - 830of 900 Minutes Unseen servant - 900 of 900 Minutes Light - 150 of 150 minutes
Heroes Feast
You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
Temp HP: 1d8 + 7 = 15
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30)+blink, HP 98+15/111+15, CMD 24; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 47/85, CMD 29 (34) d20+18=36 ; d6+7=8 ; d20+12=30 ; d20+11=21 ; d6=2 ; 4d12+14=47 ; d100=25 ; Monday June 15th, 2020 11:51:01 AM
"What gives is that this thing has DR against anything but epic," Pressi shouts back, "and its immune to magic so hope you brought a backup two handed weapon. Everyone take to the skies or get the pets out of the way."
Harper considers dodging, but Pressi signals that he has some chance to do damage - and no chance to dodge. (I need a ruling in regards to AoO and Multiattack.)
(AOO - attack roll 36, damage 8, trip roll 30).
With that, Harper books it away (Acro Roll 21) to where Pressi is. (If Harper's HP drops to below 20, Pressi uses a hero point to Cure Critical Harper for 47 HP).
Pressi scrambles to think of what to do. She had plenty of steps to fly, but range attacks? The only thing she could think of that could beat immunity to magic AND that DR would be....
Pressi signals to Murphy. "Aim on me," she shouts to Murphy as she begins to transform (her spell firing just in the nick of time). "Aim the spell on me. It'll be ok... I'm not wearing metal. Kezzem, Succotash, get the hell out of the way."
Slowly, she rises out of the mist towards the ceiling, in between both golems (and 40 feet away from Hobie), her black, scaly wings making wind through the area.
"Hello, boys," she roars.
Pressi
Ritual Warding Ritual Healing Heroes Feast - no HP detect magic shield of faith shield other (from Kezzem) blink 4/14 true seeing spectral hand broken (destroyed) armor (-9 HP) Form of Dragon 1: black (+4 Str, +2 Con, +4 AC, fly, darkvision, non-SR breath weapon 6d8 acid)
Harper ritual warding heroes feast - 10 HP shield of faith spells used
L1: 2 L3: 1 L5: 1+1 L6: 1
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 156/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 Monday June 15th, 2020 4:16:55 PM
"Well, that's new," says Kezzem as Pressi turns into a dragon.
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid (wise?) hawk - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp Monday June 15th, 2020 4:32:44 PM
Once Murphy is certain that others who wear or use metal are at least 40' away from her, he himself flies back to the entrance, then casts transmute metal to wood (DC36) centered upon Dragon Pressi, as she requested. He is impressed with his fiancée. Again, he advises all to get 40' or farther away from Pressi before he casts. If they wear or use no metal, then it is not important where they may be.
DM Kathy d20+41=52 ; d20+41=61 ; d20+41=48 ; 6d10+13=38 ; 6d10+13=49 ; 6d10+13=52 ; 6d10+13=53 ; d20+41=46 ; Monday June 15th, 2020 5:05:32 PM Tali puts a Wall of Force around the purple golem. [I assume this reaches all the way to the ceiling?]
Bliss tries again, but cannot penetrate the golem's armor. This thing is tough!
Hobie needs to switch targets, because his original target is enclosed in a Wall of Force. He hits three times, once critically.
Kezzem cures himself.
Succotash withdraws. His T-Rex attacks, but can't get through the golem's armor.
Harper's attack of opportunity is good enough to hit, but the damage doesn't get through, and the trip attempt is unsuccessful. He returns to Pressi, who turns into a dragon. The effect is somewhat spoiled by the fact that you're inside an Obscuring Mist and nobody can see you.
Murphy casts Transmute Metal to Wood, one of the few spells that can affect these things. You want to center it on Pressi, but you can't see her. You can center it in her general area, though. It affects everything within 40 feet, so that's going to include Kezzem unless he heeded Murphy's earlier warning and got out of range. [Because today's DM post is so late, I'll let you retcon yourself out of the area if you need to.]
As your DM reads the spell, and the monster entry, this can't actually transmute the golems to wood, but it can slow them down, and change their resistance to 15/adamantine, which will probably help.
Tali can cast her spell next round if she wants, but keep in mind these things were not changed to wood, and they're still immune to magic.
The purple golem is inside a Wall of Force, so it was unaffected by the Transmute spell. It begins hammering on the Wall of Force, trying to batter its way out. It actually manages to damage the wall a little bit, but it'll take time to pound its way out of there.
The other golem targets the T-Rex. It hits for 53 damage.
Everyone keep in mind that the ceiling is 20 feet high. These things are 15 feet high with a 15-foot reach. You can stay out of their reach, but if they get directly beneath you, they can hit you.
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 156/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 Monday June 15th, 2020 5:35:06 PM
Kezzem will get out of the way as the GM is kind enough to retcon his move.
Well, thinks Bliss, I have not hit once, but now I have my arcane strike, breakfast blessing, divine might, and I am FOCUSED!
Normally a +15 to hit, but now add +1 breakkie bonus and +3 divine favor, total +19 to hit. Damage raging is 1d6+8 str +3 arcane strike +3 div favor +1 enh = 1d6+15.
Bliss rolls a nat one.
"Darn"
He and Mookie back up some, Bliss still spider climbing, Mookie flying. (moved on map)
The two remaining spiders scurry over on the ceiling to be near Bliss.
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells d20+25=31 ; 2d6+17=24 ; d20+20=32 ; 4d6+28=44 ; d6=2 ; d6=1 ; Tuesday June 16th, 2020 6:29:55 AM
Valerie’s AC 42 (can’t change header on phone)
Succotash casts divine power on Valerie as he dismounts, he then burns a hero point to cast shield of faith on her, as he sends her in to attack the red golem. She slashes out with one of her talons hitting AC 32 for 24 damage + 2 Shock & 1 Frost. Valerie is attacking from the golems eye level.
Meanwhile the t-Rex roars in frustration as it try’s chomping down on the red golem again, hitting AC 32 for 44 damage.
Succotash: heroes feast (13 temp HP) dimensional hop 150 ft/150 ft speak with animals 18/18 (rounds/day) positive channels 9/9
Valerie: heroes feast (9 temp HP) longstrider (15 hrs) light (on head bow) airwalk 150 min/150 min +5 divine power 15/15 (15 temp hp) +4 shield of faith 15 min/15 min
Heroes Feast You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease, and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
AC 21, touch 7, flat-footed 20 (+1 Dex, +14 natural, –4 size) hp 79/189 Fort +17, Ref +12, Will +10
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft. Melee bite +20 (4d6+28/19–20 plus grab) Space 20 ft.; Reach 20 ft. Special Attacks swallow whole (2d8+13, AC 17, hp 15)
STATISTICS
Str 36, Dex 13, Con 23, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 10 Base Atk +13; CMB +28 (+32 grapple); CMD 39 Feats Bleeding Critical, Critical Focus, Diehard, Endurance, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Run, Skill Focus (Perception) Skills Perception +37; Racial Modifiers +8 Perception SQ powerful bite
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Powerful Bite (Ex) A tyrannosaurus applies twice its Strength modifier to bite damage
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30)+blink, HP 98+15/111+15, CMD 24; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 47/85, CMD 29 (34) d20+15=17 ; 6d8=29 ; Tuesday June 16th, 2020 10:41:39 AM
Pressi flies out of the mist, far away enough from the golems. She is a black dragon.
With a shout, she fires a line of acid at the red golem (attack roll if needed 17+1 from breakfast, 29 damage).
Pressi
Ritual Warding Ritual Healing Heroes Feast - no HP detect magic shield of faith shield other (from Kezzem) blink 5/14 true seeing spectral hand broken (destroyed) armor (-9 HP) Form of Dragon 1: black (+4 Str, +2 Con, +4 AC, fly, darkvision, non-SR breath weapon 6d8 acid)
Harper ritual warding heroes feast - 10 HP shield of faith spells used
L1: 2 L3: 1 L5: 1+1 L6: 1
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid (wise?) hawk - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp Tuesday June 16th, 2020 11:07:33 AM
Tali realizing the danger at hand, scraps the idea of casting a fireball & instead attempts to wall away the Purple Golem by casting an addition Wall of force to double the amount of walls floor to ceiling sealing away the purple golem, so we can try to isolate the Red golem... "Humble's, try to isolate the Red Golem, this way I can seal that one behind a wall of force as well...once that happens can you drop the mist?" shouts Tali to the Humble team!"
Spell in Effect Mage Armor - 830 of 900 Minutes Overland Flight - 830of 900 Minutes Unseen servant - 900 of 900 Minutes Light - 150 of 150 minutes
2x Wall of Force
EFFECT
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) Effect wall whose area is up to one 10-ft. square/level Duration 1 round /level (D) Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
DESCRIPTION
A wall of force creates an invisible wall of pure force. The wall cannot move and is not easily destroyed. A wall of force is immune to dispel magic, although a mage’s disjunction can still dispel it. A wall of force can be damaged by spells as normal, except for disintegrate, which automatically destroys it. It can be damaged by weapons and supernatural abilities, but a wall of force has hardness 30 and a number of hit points equal to 20 per caster level. Contact with a sphere of annihilation or rod of cancellation instantly destroys a wall of force.
Breath weapons and spells cannot pass through a wall of force in either direction, although dimension door, teleport, and similar effects can bypass the barrier. It blocks ethereal creatures as well as material ones (though ethereal creatures can usually circumvent the wall by going around it, through material floors and ceilings). Gaze attacks can operate through a wall of force.
The caster can form the wall into a flat, vertical plane whose area is up to one 10-foot square per level. The wall must be continuous and unbroken when formed. If its surface is broken by any object or creature, the spell fails.
Heroes Feast
You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
Temp HP: 1d8 + 7 = 15
Hobie (Nick T) HP 126/126 AC 32 Touch 18 Flat 27 CMD 33 Hero Points 8 Prepared Spells d20+24=35 ; d20+24=44 ; d20+24=25 ; d20+24=39 ; d20+19=27 ; d20+14=21 ; 2d6+21=25 ; 2d6+21=27 ; d6=4 ; d6=2 ; d6=5 ; d6=2 ; 2d6+21=29 ; d6=6 ; d6=5 ; 2d6+21=30 ; d6=4 ; d6=6 ; 2d6+21=27 ; d6=1 ; d6=4 ; 2d6+21=32 ; d6=2 ; d6=5 ; Tuesday June 16th, 2020 4:10:51 PM
Hobie clicks his heels and becomes Hasted, and fires away. Hobie has a +4 Bow, so it counts as adamantine for DR
Manyshot = 35 Piercing 25, Fire 4, Electric 2 Piercing 27, Fire 5, Electric 2
Rapid shot =44 (Critical threat, confirmation= Nat 1) Piercing 29, Fire 6, Electric 5
Haste = 39 Piercing 30, Fire 4, Electric 6
Iterative 1 = 27 Piercing 27, Fire 1, Electric 4
Iterative 2 = 21 Piercing 32, Fire 2, Electric 5
DM Kathy d20+9=13 ; d20+41=56 ; 6d10+13=37 ; d20+41=52 ; 6d10+13=41 ; Tuesday June 16th, 2020 4:12:54 PM Bliss tries again, but still can't score a hit on the golem.
Succotash casts some protections on Valerie and sends her into battle, but her teeth don't quite penetrate the golem's armor. Neither do the teeth of the T-Rex.
Pressi the dragon shoots a line of acid at the golem. [I don't need an attack roll, but I do need a Reflex save DC.] The golem takes some damage.
Murphy casts Call Lightning Storm.
Kezzem tries to tumble past the golem, but doesn't quite manage. The Attack of Opportunity hits, and does 37 damage. You stab the golem, and hit! [They actually can be critted, so give me updated damage in your next post.]
Tali wraps yet another Wall of Force around the purple golem. She calls to her teammates to try to isolate the other golem so that it, too, can be contained.
Hobie keeps firing. He is close enough to provoke an Attack of Opportunity, which hits. Hobie takes 41 points of damage. And then his arrows hit. The golem stops moving. A few parts fall off. It slumps, inactive.
Of course, Pressi can tell you that it isn't "dead," not really. It's going to continue to heal itself. However, you have several hours before it's going to become an issue.
The purple golem is effectively neutralized. Yes, it's going to batter its way out of those Walls of Force eventually, but that's going to take time. For now, you are free to explore the temple.
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 d20+24=35 ; d4+4=5 ; d8=1 ; d8=3 ; d8=2 ; Tuesday June 16th, 2020 4:25:52 PM
Since it's healing and the damage might matter.
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30)+blink, HP 98+15/111+15, CMD 24; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 47/85, CMD 29 (34) Tuesday June 16th, 2020 4:27:49 PM
(OOC: I believe it's DC 10+7+2=19, using the rules for breath weapon.)
Mookie keeps two eyes on the golems. Bliss takes a look at the doors. His two spiders stay nearby.
Is the door easily opened? Are there keyholes? Any traps?
Perception 27
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid (wise?) hawk - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp 5d6+15=32 ; 5d6+15=35 ; d20+40=49 ; d20+20=27 ; Tuesday June 16th, 2020 10:40:34 PM
"I suppose, if we are to turn this place into our fortress," Murphy considers, "we might want to figure out how to make friends with these guardians. Unless they are animated by some sort of evil spirit, in which case we might want to figure out how to put them down on a permanent basis. For now, how about we just hit the one that's lying down so that it will take until next week for it to piece itself together again?"
"So, stand back for a moment from the fallen fellow," he advises. Once they are clear, he sends down a bolt of lightning from his call lightning storm spell (DC 34, 32 hp damage 1/2 is divine (16 hp no save), 1/2 is electrical (16 hp save for half damage). Next round, he repeats for 35 hp (18 hp divine no save, 17 hp electrical save for 1/2). "I have 13 bolts left. Will save them for what may be inside which is suffering from a lack of electricity."
"All right, Hobie. Keys! Let's see 'em! Great job as usual, by the way! You were right to delay dealing with the keys during combat."
He turns toward Tali, "We love your walls, Tali. Thanks for the haste, too."
And to Pressi, "I hope you won't often wake up with dragonbreath in the morning. That was impressive, I must say." ======== Perception for keyhole: 49. Knowledge, engineering for key / keyhole examination: 27
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells Wednesday June 17th, 2020 6:28:21 AM
“You know Pressi, you could have chosen a metallic dragon, instead of an evil black dragon” Succotash teases, as he dismisses his t-Rex, and heads over to the doors.
Succotash: heroes feast (13 temp HP) dimensional hop 150 ft/150 ft speak with animals 18/18 (rounds/day) positive channels 9/9
Valerie: heroes feast (9 temp HP) longstrider (15 hrs) light (on head bow) airwalk 149min/150 min +5 divine power 14/15 (15 temp hp) +4 shield of faith 15 min/15 min
Heroes Feast You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease, and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30)+blink, HP 98+15/111+15, CMD 24; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 47/85, CMD 29 (34) Wednesday June 17th, 2020 8:55:01 AM
"I was afraid that doing that would have made me vulnerable to transmute metal," she replied to Succotash. "Though, saying it out loud, I'm realizing how insane that belief is. Eh, it's always good to at least use the trappings of evil once in a while, just to remind them that I can."
(OOC: I actually was considering a copper dragon for the spider climb. And I really rejected it because I was afraid of what transmute metal might do to a metallic dragon form.)
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30)+blink, HP 98+15/111+15, CMD 24; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 47/85, CMD 29 (34) Wednesday June 17th, 2020 1:11:38 PM
Pressi takes some time to check the keyholes and doors for further traps, warning symbols, and ways to open the doors.
Hobie (Nick T) HP 126/126 AC 32 Touch 18 Flat 27 CMD 33 Hero Points 8 Prepared Spells d8+1=9 ; d8+1=6 ; d8+1=5 ; d8+1=9 ; Wednesday June 17th, 2020 1:13:06 PM
"Thanks for the heal Kez." Hobie will use four charges of his wand to get himself back up to full. He'll restock his quiver from his haversack.
Tali realizing the danger at hand has past encapsulates the disabled Red Golem in two (2) layers of Walls of Force while she has the chance, to resemble that of the Purple Golem's crypt!
Shouting aloud, "Humbles, please drop the mist!" shouts Tali. Tali removes the goggles from her head and places them back into her front pocket. "Perhaps, we should make haste in trying to find another way deeper into the Temple," suggests Tali!
Spell in Effect
Mage Armor - 830 of 900 Minutes Overland Flight - 830of 900 Minutes Unseen servant - 900 of 900 Minutes Light - 150 of 150 minutes
2x Wall of Force
EFFECT
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) Effect wall whose area is up to one 10-ft. square/level Duration 1 round /level (D) Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
DESCRIPTION
A wall of force creates an invisible wall of pure force. The wall cannot move and is not easily destroyed. A wall of force is immune to dispel magic, although a mage’s disjunction can still dispel it. A wall of force can be damaged by spells as normal, except for disintegrate, which automatically destroys it. It can be damaged by weapons and supernatural abilities, but a wall of force has hardness 30 and a number of hit points equal to 20 per caster level. Contact with a sphere of annihilation or rod of cancellation instantly destroys a wall of force.
Breath weapons and spells cannot pass through a wall of force in either direction, although dimension door, teleport, and similar effects can bypass the barrier. It blocks ethereal creatures as well as material ones (though ethereal creatures can usually circumvent the wall by going around it, through material floors and ceilings). Gaze attacks can operate through a wall of force.
The caster can form the wall into a flat, vertical plane whose area is up to one 10-foot square per level. The wall must be continuous and unbroken when formed. If its surface is broken by any object or creature, the spell fails.
Heroes Feast
You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
Temp HP: 1d8 + 7 = 15
DM Kathy d3=3 ; Wednesday June 17th, 2020 4:29:58 PM
Knowing the golem will eventually rebuild itself, Murphy calls down a few lightning bolts.
Not to be outdone, Tali encases it in Walls of Force. She calls again for the Obscuring Mist to be dispelled.
The Obscuring Mist was created by an item, specifically an arrow from Hobie. Your DM isn't sure whether effects created by items can even be dispelled, but if they can, Hobie would have to be the one to do it. However, the mist isn't completely blocking the doors, and you can still see the keyhole. Hobie is busy healing himself at the moment.
Kezzem also has some healing for Hobie.
Succotash dismisses his T-Rex and heads for the doors, where Bliss and Pressi are already studying the keyhole. Pressi detects no traps on the keyhole or the door.
Moving things forward a bit, then, you get your keys and try them on the door. The first two don't work, and you're starting to get a bit worried, but the last key fits perfectly and turns with a satisfying "CHONK." The double doors swing open.
Beyond them, you see another room, a bit larger than the one you're standing in now. Like this room, it has stone walls, a stone ceiling, and a floor of fitted stone tiles. On the other side of the room, opposite the double doors, you see a stone altar.
Perception DC 22 Highlight to display spoiler: {There is a keyhole on the wall, near the doors. It can't be for the doors; they have their own keyhole. This keyhole is for something else.}
Perception DC 32 Highlight to display spoiler: { There's a trap on the floor over there. Oh, there's another one over there. Oh, and another one. Holy Cow, this place is riddled with traps!}
"None of us are trapsmiths. Are they only on the floor? Can we fly over? Or spider climb on the walls and ceiling?
Bliss looks up.
"Or should I just send in the spiders?"
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 d20+24=30 ; Wednesday June 17th, 2020 9:24:41 PM
Perception: 1d20 + 24 = 30.
"Yeah, I don't think I want to try disarming traps. I lost most of my ranks in the disbling devices guild after I became a paladin.
"There's a keyhole on the wall. It can't be for the doors, they all have their own. Maybe it disarms the trap? We could try that. Then we can release the hounds! I mean spiders. Release the spiders...into the traps...which is the opposite of being released I supposed. I'm going to stop talking now."
Hobie (Nick T) HP 126/126 AC 32 Touch 18 Flat 27 CMD 33 Hero Points 8 Prepared Spells Thursday June 18th, 2020 1:42:14 AM
Hobie will go ahead and dispel the Obscuring Mist that he cast
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid (wise?) hawk - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp d20=3 ; d20+40=56 ; Thursday June 18th, 2020 3:14:37 AM
Murphy flits above the floor, and indicates each and every trap he is able to discern [Perception: 56]. He looks along the walls, too, and ceiling, seeing if he can spot various aspects of the traps which riddle the room. If there are traps that are triggered by birds flying in the middle of the room, then surely he has set off several more traps. He looks for and finds a tile that does not appear to be trapped, and lands upon it. "Yep, I'm surrounded by traps. Maybe we can deliberately set several off from a distance. Or simply take care to only step on the safe tiles."
If someone wants to try to do so, Murphy signals which ones appear to be safe to tread upon. ================ Perception: 56 [ignore d20=3 - accidentally clicked the d20 button while moving diagonally to the variable point add spot.]
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid (wise?) hawk - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp Thursday June 18th, 2020 3:15:45 AM
"Good idea, Kezzem, on the key in the wall. Someone try that!" Murphy encourages.
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells d20+22=38 ; Thursday June 18th, 2020 6:34:08 AM
Perception 38 Succotash also sees the traps. He likes the key idea, but is worried that the keyhole may be trapped as well. He asks, “Hey Pressi, can your spectral hand work the keys? If so I think we should try the keys remotely for safety reasons!”
Succotash: heroes feast (13 temp HP) dimensional hop 150 ft/150 ft speak with animals 18/18 (rounds/day) positive channels 9/9
Valerie: heroes feast (9 temp HP) longstrider (15 hrs) light (on head bow) airwalk 149min/150 min +5 divine power 14/15 (15 temp hp) +4 shield of faith 15 min/15 min
Heroes Feast You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease, and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30)+blink, HP 98+15/111+15, CMD 24; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 85, CMD 29 (34) d20+22=27 ; Thursday June 18th, 2020 10:59:38 AM
Perception 27 - Pressi almost misses the traps.
Still, she remains confident in reminding the group that she IS capable of disabling traps. (OK, so she's not maxed ranks or even fully human for the moment. She could certainly give it a try, and she's insulted you didn't ask.)
(Oh, and she uses a CCW to heal Harper back up. From what I can tell, Pressi can still cast spells in dragon form as long as they don't require material components. She casts detect magic on the far altar.)
"That said, has anyone considered the ping pong method? You know, throw a bunch of whatevers in there and just set off all the traps at once for a few minutes? It won't necessarily disable the traps, but it's always cool."
Regarding Kezzem, "Let me do it. I'm still blinking, I can cast protect elements on myself, I can fly and manipulate small tools... oh, and I can apparently swim if the room fills with water."
Pressi
Ritual Warding Ritual Healing Heroes Feast - no HP detect magic shield of faith shield other (from Kezzem) blink 9/14 true seeing spectral hand broken (destroyed) armor (-9 HP) Form of Dragon 1: black (+4 Str, +2 Con, +4 AC, fly, darkvision, non-SR breath weapon 6d8 acid)
Harper ritual warding heroes feast - 10 HP shield of faith spells used
L1: 2 L3: 1 L4: 1 L5: 1+1 L6: 1
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30)+blink, HP 98+15/111+15, CMD 24; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 85, CMD 29 (34) Thursday June 18th, 2020 11:02:00 AM
In response to Succotash... "I think Spectral Hand only allows spell use... But I have mage hand, and Bliss has unseen servant. Maybe we could give THAT a try."
Bliss HP154/144+7 AC33 | Mookie HP76/76+14 AC41 | Cayzle Thursday June 18th, 2020 11:37:06 AM
First, Bliss lets anyone try to disable traps who cares to try. "You go on ahead, Miss Dragon Pressi," he defers.
Then he lets others try with spells or summoned creatures or whatever they got.
Finally he sends in the spiders. He urges them to walk the walls and ceilings especially. If that does not kill them, Bliss follows, walking the walls and ceiling.
Hobie (Nick T) HP 126/126 AC 32 Touch 18 Flat 27 CMD 33 Hero Points 8 Prepared Spells Thursday June 18th, 2020 1:16:17 PM
Hobie will try to trigger some traps from afar by shooting arrows at them.
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 Thursday June 18th, 2020 2:03:34 PM
"Did Murphey just say I had a good idea?" asks Kezzem. "Because that can only mean two things: either (A) I actually had a good idea or (B) I have finally driven Murphey crazy. Or maybe a little of both."
DM Kathy d6=1 ; d6=4 ; d6=4 ; d6=6 ; d6=6 ; d6=6 ; d4=3 ; Thursday June 18th, 2020 3:05:32 PM Bliss warns the group that the room is trapped! There are traps everywhere!
Kezzem remarks that he isn't very good at disabling them anymore, but does point to a keyhole in the wall. Maybe that is a way to disable the traps?
Murphy offers to point out which are the safe tiles, and suggests that someone try the keyhole.
Succotash worries that the keyhole may be trapped, and suggests trying it from a distance.
Pressi suggests using Mage Hand to try the key, or possibly Unseen Servant. Or, failing that, she could just try a key herself, since her Blink is still active.
Hobie, after dismissing the Obscuring Mist, tries to trigger some traps by shooting at them. In general, they seem to want a bit more pressure than what you're able to simulate with an arrow, but you do manage to set one of them off. When your arrow hits, a veritable hail of arrows comes flying from a nearby wall, bursting through the trapped area and continuing until they clatter to the floor.
Murphy can tell you that the square is still trapped. That is, setting off the traps does not neutralize them; they reset.
Pressi is able to try the remaining keys in the keyhole; the second one she tries fits into the keyhole and turns with another "CHONK."
Perception DC 32 Highlight to display spoiler: {The traps have all been disabled.}
Tali realizing the golem danger has past, knows there is other dangers lurking here. Tali as usual, hover above the flow and offers her glowing unseen servant as trap tester.
Spell in Effect
Mage Armor - 830 of 900 Minutes Overland Flight - 830of 900 Minutes Unseen servant - 900 of 900 Minutes Light - 150 of 150 minutes
2x Wall of Force
EFFECT
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) Effect wall whose area is up to one 10-ft. square/level Duration 1 round /level (D) Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
DESCRIPTION
A wall of force creates an invisible wall of pure force. The wall cannot move and is not easily destroyed. A wall of force is immune to dispel magic, although a mage’s disjunction can still dispel it. A wall of force can be damaged by spells as normal, except for disintegrate, which automatically destroys it. It can be damaged by weapons and supernatural abilities, but a wall of force has hardness 30 and a number of hit points equal to 20 per caster level. Contact with a sphere of annihilation or rod of cancellation instantly destroys a wall of force.
Breath weapons and spells cannot pass through a wall of force in either direction, although dimension door, teleport, and similar effects can bypass the barrier. It blocks ethereal creatures as well as material ones (though ethereal creatures can usually circumvent the wall by going around it, through material floors and ceilings). Gaze attacks can operate through a wall of force.
The caster can form the wall into a flat, vertical plane whose area is up to one 10-foot square per level. The wall must be continuous and unbroken when formed. If its surface is broken by any object or creature, the spell fails.
Heroes Feast
You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
Temp HP: 1d8 + 7 = 15
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid (wise?) hawk - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp d20+40=44 ; Thursday June 18th, 2020 5:10:37 PM
"Yeah, the key did the trick. We can walk on the tiles now," Murphy says, landing on one, then another if he did not go down in a hail of arrows after hitting the first.
Surviving that, he heads over near the stone altar. "What have we here?" the druid hawk wonders aloud. He visually examines the altar and whatever designs and accouterments it may have. ========== Perception: 44
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 d20+24=44 ; Friday June 19th, 2020 1:12:46 AM
Perception: 1d20 + 23 + 1 (Trapfinding) = 44.
"The traps have been disarmed! Kezzem is a genius! Huzzah!"
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells d20+22=29 ; d20+22=32 ; d20+6=12 ; Friday June 19th, 2020 10:06:12 AM
Succotash doesn’t notice whether or not the traps were disabled, but he takes Kezzem’s word for it. He heads over to examine the altar. Perception 32, knowledge religion 12
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30)+blink, HP 98+15/111+15, CMD 24; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 85, CMD 29 (34) d20+11=17 ; Friday June 19th, 2020 10:46:43 AM
Pressi wonders if its time to get out of her dragon form (and out of that broken armor).
In the meantime, she detects magic on the alter and tries her local knowledge (Know Local 17). (Oh, and her true seeing should still be up.)
ressi
Ritual Warding Ritual Healing Heroes Feast - no HP detect magic shield of faith shield other (from Kezzem) blink 10/14 true seeing spectral hand broken (destroyed) armor (-9 HP) Form of Dragon 1: black (+4 Str, +2 Con, +4 AC, fly, darkvision, non-SR breath weapon 6d8 acid)
Harper ritual warding heroes feast - 10 HP shield of faith spells used
L1: 2 L3: 1 L4: 1 L5: 1+1 L6: 1
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells Friday June 19th, 2020 1:09:15 PM
“Pressi, let me know when you’re ready to return to halfling form and I’ll go ahead and cast mending on your armor, more than once if needed”.
DM Kathy Friday June 19th, 2020 2:26:48 PM Tali's Unseen Servant and bird-Murphy can verify what Kezzem already knows--the traps are disarmed, and the floor is safe to walk on.
You cross the room to the altar. Succotash doesn't recognize any of the symbology, but he does spot the hidden compartment. Pressi, with her spell active, can report that there is a magical aura inside!
It doesn't take long to get the compartment open. Inside, you find a Robe of Eyes and a matched set of 4 platinum goblets, set with sapphires. You also find a primitive talisman.
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 Friday June 19th, 2020 5:00:56 PM
"So what now guys?" asks Kezzem. "Don't look at me for suggestions. One good idea for the day and I'm done!"
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid (wise?) hawk - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp d20+17=30 ; d20+20=22 ; Friday June 19th, 2020 5:39:03 PM
Murphy decides to resume the halfling form his parents gave him. "Looks like an early answer to what we sought," he says, "as that certainly looks like a talisman to me. At the base - is that a sort of knife blade? Maybe chipped from flint, I'd guess. Weirdly artistic, frilly."
He says, "Let me take a few minutes to document this altar and the talisman. Anyone want to check to see if there are any secret or concealed doors or compartments elsewhere in this room? Or maybe under the altar?" The amateur artist pulls out his art supplies, and begins to draw what he sees, using his engineering skills to ensure accuracy of scale and proportion. He makes multiple drawings to cover all the sides of the altar. He sketches the room, marking the entrapped tiles, showing the keyhole that disarms them. He'd love to get inside the walls, and come to understand the mechanisms used for the traps. Maybe after his is done with his drawings, he can do so.
"I wonder if there is a finite supply of arrows, or if there is ancient magic at work, somehow replenishing the supply as needed? Anyone care to figure that one out?" he asks. "Oh, and again, Kezzem - well done. You have a genius for additional things I was unaware of until now." =========== Profession, Artist: 30 Knowledge, Engineering: 22 (I think his artistry on this one exceeds his engineering, but, 22 isn't bad)
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid (wise?) hawk - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp Friday June 19th, 2020 5:43:48 PM
As an afterthought, Murphy asks no one in particular, "Is it possible one bearing and boldly presenting this talisman could walk unharmed past the golems?" He scratches his chin. "Or maybe giving a secret hand signal? If Bliss's idea of turning this into a fortress, or even a bed and breakfast is to come to fruition, we'll need to figure that one out."
Bliss HP154/144+7 AC33 | Mookie HP76/76+14 AC41 | Cayzle d20+28=30 ; Friday June 19th, 2020 6:59:50 PM
Bliss is glad that the traps are disarmed. "I thank you, and my spiders tank you!"
The magically talented witch reaches for the talisman. "I'll take a good look at it!"
He casts Detect Magic and inspects it, trying to identify its magical properties.
Spellcraft roll to do so: 30.
Attempting to ascertain the properties of a magic item takes 3 rounds per item to be identified and you must be able to thoroughly examine the object.
Identify the properties of a magic item using detect magic ... 15 + item's caster level
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 Saturday June 20th, 2020 12:16:44 AM
Murphey says, "Oh, and again, Kezzem - well done. You have a genius for additional things I was unaware of until now."
"Me too!" replies Kezzem. "What, I think I think might know this one. If we stand on the share and look at the temple, this talisman will line up with the temple and this hook here will tell us where the treasure is. I saw it one of Pressi's plays.
Bliss is glad that the traps are disarmed. "I thank you, and my spiders tank you!"
"No, Bliss, the traps are disarmed, so the spiders no longer need to tank for us," says Kezzem with a wink.
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells Saturday June 20th, 2020 12:01:53 PM
“What a minute, is this the talisman we are supposed to obtain for the Kobolds?” Succotash asks as he suddenly remembers why they are here. “If it is, our main objective is done, and Tali and I can get us there real quick! Unless of course we want to explore some more”.
Bliss HP154/144+7 AC33 | Mookie HP76/76+14 AC41 | Cayzle Saturday June 20th, 2020 12:59:03 PM
"We gotta figure this place out so's we can have it as our country home!"
Bliss looks around. "Is this it? Just two rooms? That's not much for a country retreat."
Bliss takes 20 searching everywhere, walls, floor, ceilings, for secret doors or any other stuff.
(Perception bonus is +28)
Mookie helps too for another +2 on checks.
ALSO, is this building all aboveground? Or is it set into a hill? From the outside, are there any indications that there might be more? (bigger on the outside than we have so far explored, etc.)
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 Sunday June 21st, 2020 1:58:52 PM
"I don't know, Succo, it seems too easy," says Kezzem. "Nobody almost died this time!"
Tali(JonPaul) AC:25 (T:21, FF:20), CMD:35, Saves:(F:14/R:16/W:17), HP:101/101 | TMP HP=15 d20+21=25 ; d20+3=12 ; d20+11=19 ; d20+21=28 ; d20+21=36 ; Sunday June 21st, 2020 2:31:16 PM Temple of the Robe of Many Eyes
Tali now realizes, "that this temple may have served critters from other planes and that there may be many different talismans in this temple. It's also probably bigger than one believes!"
Tali will look at the talisman while using her Knowledge Arcana skillset {Knowledge Arcana: 28} to determine if she recalls anything about it.
Tali asks her friends, "Would you folks mind is I put that robe on? It might help us, and as a resident, Sorcerer, it may be useful here, in this place."
If given and allowed to wear the robe, Tali will don the robe as she does not have anything in her "Body" slot. Once the robe is on, Tali will look around for hidden or concealed passageways, doors, etc. Perception check with Robe of Eyes {Perception check with the Robe of Eyes if allowed, will take 20 on perception check while wearing the robe}.
{OOC: What do we find?}
If not given the Robe of Eyes to wear...Tali will just hover above the floor halfway to the ceiling.
Spell in Effect
Mage Armor - 830 of 900 Minutes Overland Flight - 830of 900 Minutes Unseen servant - 900 of 900 Minutes Light - 150 of 150 minutes
2x Wall of Force
EFFECT
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) Effect wall whose area is up to one 10-ft. square/level Duration 1 round /level (D) = 15 rounds Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
Heroes Feast
You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
Temp HP: 1d8 + 7 = 15
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells Sunday June 21st, 2020 2:57:45 PM
"Go for it Tali, maybe you will find something we are missing", Succotash urges.
Bliss HP154/144+7 AC33 | Mookie HP76/76+14 AC41 | Cayzle Sunday June 21st, 2020 2:59:32 PM
"Oh, great idea Miss Tali! Please DO put on the robe and look around!" agrees Bliss. "Go for it."
"What are the fancy cups for?" asks Mookie. "Maybe they do something or have some significance."
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid (wise?) hawk - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp Monday June 22nd, 2020 1:20:50 AM
"Yes, Tali. The robe will help you be a good looker. As if you needed additional help."
"They're for the deluxe suite for our bed and breakfast, of course, Bliss," Murphy answers.
He puts some finishing details on his sketches, then tucks them safely away in a scroll case. "What did we find?" he asks those who have been searching.
Bliss HP154/144+7 AC33 | Mookie HP76/76+14 AC41 | Cayzle Monday June 22nd, 2020 6:31:34 AM
Mookie gapes at Murphy!
"Hey hey! The druid gets off a good one," he crows. "Wacka-wacka-wacka!"
Bliss falls over laughing. "A 'good looker', ha! Sir Kezzem, you've got some competition here!"
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells Monday June 22nd, 2020 7:45:51 AM
When Mookie mentions the goblets, Succotash says, “let see if those goblets are more then just pretty!”, as he cast detect magic on them.
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30)+blink, HP 98+15/111+15, CMD 24; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 85, CMD 29 (34) Monday June 22nd, 2020 1:45:46 PM
Pressi transforms out of her dragon state. "Ok, lets get to it."
Regardless of whether Succotash can repair the armor (she has some doubts), she takes the minute while everyone is exploring to shed it, changing into her only backup outfit (her entertainers outfit). (Wait, is this why these temple stories always have women exploring them in scanty outfits? One more round against the adamantium golems and Pressi would be in high heels too.)
(I'm beginning to think I've put more thought into this than the Indy series has.)
Under Murphy's suggestion, she and Harper take a look around the rest of the room, including where she inserted the key and at some of the arrow traps. As of yet, she doesn't have any particular suggestion about the talisman, but the temple hasn't exactly grown on her in terms of "good base" options. Plus they'd probably need to hire a receptionist just to keep turning away confused adventurers and salesmen.
DM Kathy Monday June 22nd, 2020 2:11:02 PM
[Apologies, but your DM is indisposed today. No DM post.]
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid (wise?) hawk - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp d20+17=31 ; Tuesday June 23rd, 2020 2:03:37 AM
Pulling out his art supplies again, the gap-toothed sandy-haired halfling sketches a fetching picture of his fiancée in her entertainer's outfit.
He presents it to her.
Profession - Artist: 31
Hobie (Nick T) HP 126/126 AC 32 Touch 18 Flat 27 CMD 33 Hero Points 8 Prepared Spells Tuesday June 23rd, 2020 1:19:07 PM
Hobie is also intrigued with the traps like Murphy. He is willing to see if theres a finite supply of arrows. Rather than using his own finite arrows, he'll repeatedly toss his supply of javelins at the trigger that he fired an arrow at before, and use mage hand to bring them back to him each time. He'll do it either until it runs out of arrows or his friends are ready to move on
DM Kathy Tuesday June 23rd, 2020 1:52:47 PM Murphy sketches the altar and the talisman for posterity.
Bliss casts Detect Magic and examines the talisman. The results are--inconclusive. There does seem to be a very, very faint Divine aura about the thing, but you're not sure what it does. If it does anything. It might just be sacred.
Kezzem is his usual jokester self.
Tali dons the Robe of Eyes and has a look around. You don't see anything you didn't see before.
Succotash casts Detect Magic and looks at the goblets, but they are not magical. Perhaps they were used in some ritual or other, or perhaps they're just wealth accumulated by whoever built the temple. Whatever they were for, they're yours now!
Pressi discards her shredded armor in favor of something more fanservice-y. Much is made clear.
Hobie plays--er, experiments--with the same trap he set off earlier. Thus far, it has not run out of arrows.
Many of you have this vague feeling that, somehow, there ought to be more to this place. Something you're missing. Something hidden. One by one, you begin to realize at least part of the reason you're thinking this way. You were given a ring of three keys. You have used two of them.
What's the third key for?
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30)+blink, HP 98+15/111+15, CMD 24; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 85, CMD 29 (34) Tuesday June 23rd, 2020 4:21:51 PM
"Well, lets not go overboard," Pressi responded. "I do still have my robe over this."
"Hey, this is going to sound random, but did anyone try to put the keys together and see if they fit like a puzzle?"
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells Tuesday June 23rd, 2020 6:08:50 PM
Now that she is back in halfling form, Succotash casts mending multiple times on Pressi's broken armor, each time targeting a different crack, dent, ECT, until the armor is completely repaired.
(The armor is +1 Light fortification armor plus glamour and shadow. Succotash is high enough level to fulfill the prerequisites for all the abilities, the highest of which is light fortification which is CL 10, as such he should be able to fix the armor.)
I didn’t bother rolling since it’s a 0 level spell , and he would just keep casting until it’s fixed.
Bliss can't figure it out, but he has a suspicion there is more here than meets the eye.
"Why don't we just camp out, and in the morning Murphy and Hobie can talk to the stones of this place, and knock open any secrets we have missed."
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid (wise?) hawk - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp d20+40=59 ; Tuesday June 23rd, 2020 10:31:09 PM
"Good idea, Pressi. Someone do that with the keys. Also - it may be possible we missed a keyhole in the entryway. Someone want to check that out? Shoot, I will, but not alone. How about if a couple join me in the search, hit the fallen golem a few more times to ensure it stays down, and see how Tali's Box is faring."
He goes with who chooses to accompany him, first checks on the two golems. If they are basically as before, he, adds some lightning strikes to the guy who is down, and encourages others to bash it further. Assuming the other big fella is not about to burst his enclosure, Murphy begins searching high, mid and low for another keyhole - not only by sight, but also by touch.
That's a 59 on perception for Murphy. DM Kathy, feel free to make additional rolls for the druid if one is not enough.
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30-5), HP 98/111, CMD 24; true seeing; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 85, CMD 29 (34) Wednesday June 24th, 2020 11:58:47 AM
To Bliss, "because we presumably have a time crunch with the golems and people trying to access the temple.... Although... has anyone seen any signs of anyone else trying to access this place? Because if we have the keys and the traps remain set, I can't help but think we've walked into a bigger trap than a bunch of arrows.
"Speaking of, I think I felt a presence in regards to the golems, like something was controlling them. I assumed it was the temple itself, but I can't confirm that. Maybe it's time to hit a detect thoughts on those things."
If Murphy insists on checking the first room again, Pressi chooses to follow. First, she takes a look outside to make sure nobody is waiting just outside the front door for them. Second, she scans the room with "detect thoughts," trying to tap into what's controlling the golems. Third, she starts detecting magic on the walls themselves, seeing if anything pops out.
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Pressi
Ritual Warding Ritual Healing Heroes Feast - no HP detect magic shield of faith shield other (from Kezzem) true seeing spectral hand broken (destroyed) armor (-9 HP)
Harper ritual warding heroes feast - 10 HP shield of faith
spells used
L1: 2 L2: 0+1 L3: 1 L4: 1 L5: 1+1 L6: 1
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid (wise?) hawk - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp d20+40=46 ; Wednesday June 24th, 2020 12:18:27 PM
Grateful to Pressi for joining him in his search, Murphy also thinks to see if he can discern a keyhole on either golem.
Perception on that effort: 46
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 d20+23=36 ; Wednesday June 24th, 2020 12:49:47 PM
Kezzem closes his eyes and meditates a minute before trying to look around again.
Perception: 1d20 + 23 = 36.
He also activates Detect Evil just in case he can get a ping.
Hobie (Nick T) HP 126/126 AC 32 Touch 18 Flat 27 CMD 33 Hero Points 8 Prepared Spells Wednesday June 24th, 2020 1:02:35 PM
"I just remembered that I've got Stone Shape prepared, does anyone notice anything unusual where I might be able to move some stone around to find a keyhole?"
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid (wise?) hawk - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp d20+40=45 ; Wednesday June 24th, 2020 1:13:05 PM
If nothing comes of the internal search, the druid thinks to examine the area just outside the entrance. Maybe there is a key slot that can arm and disarm the sentries.
Perception: 45
Tali(JonPaul) AC:25 (T:21, FF:20), CMD:35, Saves:(F:14/R:16/W:17), HP:101/101 | TMP HP=15 d20+21=26 ; d20+21=34 ; d20+21=35 ; Wednesday June 24th, 2020 1:27:55 PM Temple of the Robe of Many Eyes
Tali uses the Robe of Many Eye to determine if there is anything that would resemble of keyhole base on what the last key looks like; {Perception check:26} Once she finishes at ground level, Tali will rise to 15 feet and check again;{Perception check:34}, & lastly rise to almost ceiling height and try again; {Perception check:35}.
Spell in Effect
Mage Armor - 800 of 900 Minutes Overland Flight - 800of 900 Minutes Unseen servant - 870 of 900 Minutes Light - 120 of 150 minutes
2x Wall of Force
EFFECT
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) Effect wall whose area is up to one 10-ft. square/level Duration 1 round /level (D) = 15 rounds Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
Heroes Feast
You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
Temp HP: 1d8 + 7 = 15
DM Kathy Wednesday June 24th, 2020 3:06:35 PM
Now that he has access to the ruined armor, Succotash spends some time fixing it. It does take a while, but he is able to do it eventually.
Pressi asks whether the three keys might fit together somehow.
You examine the keys, and it doesn't look like they're going to fit together.
Bliss is in favor of resting so that spells can be prepared and cast.
Murphy wants another look at the outer room, and Pressi goes with him. The golems are still encased in their Walls of Force. The one golem is still battering at its first wall. The other golem, the one you guys kicked to the curb, has not yet healed itself. Murphy looks, but doesn't see a keyhole on either golem, or in the area outside the temple.
Pressi casts Detect Thoughts, trying to hone in on a presence she believes she felt. [Your DM did not mean to give you the impression that there was any kind of presence in the room. There really isn't.] You detect your companions, and your companions' animals, but nothing else.
Since you have a bit of time, you put your heads together to discuss what you know about golems. [If you're skimming the DM post, looking for your name, I'll tag this for everybody.] Golems are mindless automatons consisting of an artificial body merged with some kind of elemental, usually an earth elemental. Golems obey the commands of their creator. If their creator is not present, they will continue carrying out their most recent command for as long as they are able. For example, these golems' creator may have said, "stand here and attack anyone who approaches this door."
In the absence of the golems' creator, is there any way to control them? You don't know. There may be one, and the creator may have shared this information with trusted confederates, but you don't have access to it. Whatever is used to control them, it is unlikely to be something as purely mechanical as a key. It's probably something more mystical and woo-woo than that.
Hobie offers a Stone Shape to help uncover they keyhole, if somebody can figure out where it is.
Tali, still in the Robe of Eyes begins looking for one, first at ground level, then higher up.
Kezzem closes his eyes and gives it some thought. He's not one of the great thinkers of the group, but everyone has their moments. Alternatively, you're sitting in a temple; maybe it's divine inspiration. For whatever reason, Kezzem realizes something. The inside of the temple matches the outside. You know what's in both rooms. There's no extra keyhole here.
If there's more to this temple, it's got to be underground. Right beneath your feet.
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells d20+22=34 ; Wednesday June 24th, 2020 5:59:53 PM "Here ya go Press, good as new", Succotash says as he hands Pressi back her armor, "And you doubted my skills!" After handed her armor back, Succotash says , "Well, guys, if that third key leads anywhere it's down, let's check the floor for an opening". He then begins looking for a keyhole, or some other door indicator on the floor. (Perception 34) If he doesn't see anything on the floor, he will try pushing on the altar, making sure to push north, south, east, and west, just in case there is a hidden passage underneath, and the altar only slides one way.
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 Thursday June 25th, 2020 12:19:41 AM
"Hobie, maybe you could shape stone us a way into the basement?" asks Kezzem.
Bliss HP154/144+7 AC33 | Mookie HP76/76+14 AC41 | Cayzle d20+26=32 ; d20+17=37 ; Thursday June 25th, 2020 1:37:35 AM
Bliss changes into a cat and tries to sniff out any air flow or scent that would reveal where there is a passage under the floor.
Perception with scent: 32 Survival / Tracking with scent: 37
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp Thursday June 25th, 2020 4:46:36 AM
Murphy says, "Maybe it's time for me to change. How does earth elemental sound? I can take a quick look below."
Hobie (Nick T) HP 126/126 AC 32 Touch 18 Flat 27 CMD 33 Hero Points 8 Prepared Spells Thursday June 25th, 2020 1:32:07 PM
"Go for it Murph"
Hobie will wait for Murphy to check it out, and if needed, he'll use the stone shape to create a passage.
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30-5), HP 98/111, CMD 24; true seeing; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 85, CMD 29 (34) d20+25=27 ; Thursday June 25th, 2020 2:02:16 PM
Pressi takes another look around the room. "Ok, lets think this through..."
"The floor is flat stones fitted together, no traps as of yet. The statues... one held a hammer and the other a sword..." Pressi takes some time to check the podiums again (Perception 27). "And the ceiling is 20 feet high... did anyone notice anything flying around up there? Because I'm wondering if these flat stones are meant to fall away or open. Maybe with the pedestal, or the alter...."
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30-5), HP 98/111, CMD 24; true seeing; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 85, CMD 29 (34) Thursday June 25th, 2020 2:03:08 PM
Oh, and Pressi thanks Succotash for his surprisingly effective work.
DM Kathy Thursday June 25th, 2020 2:58:35 PM Kezzem suggests that Hobie use his Stone Shape to make a way into the basement. Murphy offers to turn into an earth elemental for much the same purpose.
Succotash and Bliss examine the area. Succotash's eyes move over the traps, now disabled, that are all over the floor in the altar room. Most of them follow the same two designs, repeated over and over and over throughout the room. But there's one, in the dead center of the room....now that he looks at it, Succotash can tell that it's different from the others. It covers a larger area, for one thing. And--is it a pit trap? It does seem like it might open somehow.
Bliss, sniffing around nearby, smells--well, not fresh air. Different air. Cooler, damper air, associated with the large central trap.
Pressi would appear to have figured it out. One of the stones in the floor is indeed intended to open to a space below. But--do you have to deliberately set off that trap in order to get down there? That would mean turning on all the traps, which doesn't seem especially safe. Of course, now that you know where the opening is, you have ways to push through it that don't necessarily involve using the trap itself.
Bliss changes back and points out the spot. "Stone shape there should get us into it," he says.
He changes back into a cat and calls Mookie over. He stands on the edge of the pit.
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 Thursday June 25th, 2020 4:32:04 PM
"Wait, how does Murphey move through stone as an earth elemental?" wonders Kezzem. "I mean, he's basically a rock, right? If i swash one rock into a bigger rock it doesn't just pass through, right? That's just common sense!"
Tali wearing the Robe of Many Eyes hovering about 7 feet off the ground, makes her way outside of the temple, to have a look around. Using the her perception skills coupled with the Robe of Many Eyes will try to "see" another entrance into the underground or alt dimension Unseen Temple --
Skill check: Perception & Robe of Many Eyes = 29 | If allowed to take 20, 46 .
Spell in Effect
Mage Armor - 800 of 900 Minutes Overland Flight - 800of 900 Minutes Unseen servant - 870 of 900 Minutes Light - 120 of 150 minutes
2x Wall of Force
EFFECT
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) Effect wall whose area is up to one 10-ft. square/level Duration 1 round /level (D) = 15 rounds Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
Heroes Feast
You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
Temp HP: 1d8 + 7 = 15
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp Thursday June 25th, 2020 5:34:57 PM
"Yeah, Kezzem, earth becomes my element. It's like I swim through it, sort of. I become one with the rock, and flow through it, along with it. We momentarily meld in my passing. It's like an air elemental flowing through air, water through water, fire through fire." With that, he wild shapes to a huge earth elemental. He gets on his hands and knees - and sees if he can stick his head through the center tile so as to take a look around.
He communicates telepathically to Pressi, 'I hope you don't have to tell the story about how your fiancé was decapitated.'
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp Thursday June 25th, 2020 5:35:39 PM
Oh, and he tells her what he sees so she can tell the others.
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 Friday June 26th, 2020 12:37:23 AM
"Yeah, but...I can pass through water, air, and even fire (albeit a little hot), but ...," ponders poor Kezzem. "I don't get it."
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells Friday June 26th, 2020 6:32:37 AM
Succotash waits for the updates from Murphy and Tali.
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30-5), HP 98/111, CMD 24; true seeing; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 85, CMD 29 (34) Friday June 26th, 2020 11:34:20 AM
"But you can't swim through human?" Pressi completed Kezzem's thought. "Look, I don't know what to tell you. A wizard did it, and he can probably explain it better than I can, and its a little late to the game to make this the thing that doesn't make sense when we both used to have completely different DNA."
(In my case, a wizard literally did it.)
She continues to wait with the others.
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 Friday June 26th, 2020 12:48:35 PM
"A wizard did it? I thought Murpehy was a druid!"
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30-5), HP 98/111, CMD 24; true seeing; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 85, CMD 29 (34) Friday June 26th, 2020 1:53:51 PM
"No, we're talking before that. Murphy does it now, but I'm talking before that."
Bliss shakes his head in confusion. "What the heck are you guys even talking about?"
Mookie caws, "Kid, Kid, Kid. Just so out of it."
DM Kathy Friday June 26th, 2020 2:25:34 PM Bliss points out the right spot in the floor, then turns back into a cat.
Tali looks for a different entrance. It's ridiculous to think you access the basement by deliberately triggering a trap. But, that looks to be the only way down. Anyway, you aren't seeing anything else.
Murphy turns into an earth elemental, and sticks his head through the stone to take a look. You see the mechanism of the trap. It looks as if the floor drops away, and a metal chute takes its place, so that people slide into the basement. You look carefully, but see nothing that would hurt anybody. Slide into the basement; that's it.
The rest of the group discuss the improbability of an earth elemental being able to penetrate solid rock. "A wizard did it" is a possible theory. You could also go with, "forget it, Kezzem. It's Magictown."
When you receive your report from Murphy, you have a couple of options. You could turn the traps back on, navigate to the one you want (you can avoid the other traps), and set it off. Or, you could ask Hobie to just make you an entrance and then lower a rope or something.
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 Friday June 26th, 2020 3:13:25 PM
"Bliss, I don't even know what I'm talking about any more," says Kezzem.
"Now what's this about a slide?"
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp Friday June 26th, 2020 6:41:51 PM
Murphy explains what he saw. "A metal chute. We slide down it. What could be easier?" the druid asks.
Is it large enough to accommodate his bulk, especially if he kind of squeezes himself tight? Or is squeezing even necessary? Is it large enough for, say, an adamantite golem?
"Right, so, we retrigger the traps, step on the center square, then go weeeeee! all the way down. Want me to go first, and score the metal so as to give following people metal slivers on the way down? Or someone else go first? Maybe I, or someone big enough, can be up top and hold a long rope so as to ease us down. All right, decision conference time!"
Tali(JonPaul) AC:25 (T:21, FF:20), CMD:35, Saves:(F:14/R:16/W:17), HP:101/101 | TMP HP=15 Friday June 26th, 2020 11:56:49 PM
Tali returns to the group finding nothing outside of the temple. Upon her return, gliding through the air above the ground, Tali is surprised to discover the group found a trapped hatch of sorts...and the group is deciding what to do. Talk vtunteers to giver decend into the whole...
Bliss HP154/144+7 AC33 | Mookie HP76/76+14 AC41 | Cayzle d20+33=36 ; d20+26=44 ; Saturday June 27th, 2020 8:58:27 AM
Bliss says, "Slide, heck. I'll just spider climb down it."
"Unless it is Greased," caws Mookie.
"Oh." Bliss detects magic. If it is not, he casts a few message spells, changes into a cat and spiderwalks down the slide carefully and stealthily.
Stealth 36, Perception 44, using scent, lowlight vision, and hearing. No light if it is dark down there.
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells Saturday June 27th, 2020 11:47:06 AM
Seeing Bliss turn into a cat to start walking down the slide, Succotash has to stifle a giggle, “Um, Bliss, you may want to wait until we actually open the hatch”. Then to the rest of the party he says, “Since the traps are all pressure sensitive, a nice safe way to open the hatch would be for either Tali, or Valerie, and myself to fly/air walk over and then trigger the hatch. That way there is no way to accidentally trigger death”.
Hobie (Nick T) HP 126/126 AC 32 Touch 18 Flat 27 CMD 33 Hero Points 8 Prepared Spells Saturday June 27th, 2020 2:29:26 PM
"Slides are fun! I'll volunteer to go first"
Upon rejoining her squadmates inside the temple, Tali orders her glowing unseen servant to descent into the hole in the floor to illuminate the basement area. A few minutes afterwards, Tali herself descends into the hole still wearing the Robe of Many eyes in order to get a better understanding of what is actually down there! Every 5 feet downward in her descent, she will check for what can be perceived assuming the depth is the same as the temple above, and therefore four (4) perception checks will be made:
Skill Checks
Perception with the Robe of Many Eyes:
1) 31 2) 37 3) 27 4) 31
Afterwards, Tali stays 5 feet above the floor hovering while making room for her comrades.
Spell in Effect
Mage Armor - 800 of 900 Minutes Overland Flight - 800of 900 Minutes Unseen servant - 870 of 900 Minutes Light - 120 of 150 minutes
2x Wall of Force
EFFECT
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) Effect wall whose area is up to one 10-ft. square/level Duration 1 round /level (D) = 15 rounds Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
Heroes Feast
You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours.
Temp HP: 1d8 + 7 = 15
Bliss HP154/144+7 AC33 | Mookie HP76/76+14 AC41 | Cayzle Monday June 29th, 2020 8:05:57 AM
Bliss tries to spider climb down the slide and finds that his feet won't go through the solid floor. Looks like Hobie and Miss Tali are having the same problem.
"Hey! Who put this trapdoor here?" demands the indignant Bliss.
"And by the way," Mookie adds, "why don't we ALL go down once we solve the inexplicable challenge of this physical impediment?"
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30-5), HP 98/111, CMD 24; true seeing; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 85, CMD 29 (34) Monday June 29th, 2020 10:26:12 AM
"You guys know that the bottom of this slide is probably not a nice pad next to a bunch of bunnies," Pressi brought up. "I mean, its not as insane as I might make it sound, because presumably our previous homeowners went down there, too, somehow. But... yeah, I would say a safety rope might be ideal."
Pressi doesn't have much of a thought as to how to go down there, except that her blink is gone. She'd rather not set off the trap, noting not just the danger but that it's unnecessary. (Since they just need to remove the plate - brute force should do the trick just fine.) She's willing to hang back this time around.
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp Monday June 29th, 2020 11:48:26 AM
"So long as one of the tiles adjacent to this center tile is untrapped, why, I can just press down on it, and let people descend as they choose." Murphy says. "I can hold a rope at the same time. Now, someone give me a rope - two ropes tied together, in case it goes farther than fifty feet." Once someone gives him a pair of linked ropes, he kneels on a safe adjacent tile, holds the rope, and waits as people, or invisible servants, or magical hands descend to look around. Once everyone is down, and he has heard a report of what it is like, he gives warning to watch out below, and slides down himself. So long as he fits. If he does not fit, then he will see about earth gliding outside the slide, following it until he gets to the end, then cautiously emerging near his friends.
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 Monday June 29th, 2020 12:41:18 PM
"Bunnies?" says Kezzem. "Well that won't do, Press. I was promised puppies!"
DM Kathy Monday June 29th, 2020 2:10:39 PM Murphy is pretty sure that, at his present size, he's not going to fit through the trapdoor and down the slide. A large-sized creature would probably fit, but huge is going to be too big.
Tali examines the area with her Robe of Many Eyes, but sees nothing she didn't see before. The trap has not yet been sprung, so it just looks like floor at this point.
Bliss wants to spider-climb down the slide, and Pressi wants to use a safety rope. Hobie volunteers to go first, no equipment necessary.
Kezzem was promised puppies, darn it!
Some clarification: the trap opens a trap-door and drops the slide into place. Right now, the slide is not below the opening; it is being held up near the ceiling of the space below. Going through the trapped stone without setting off the trap will lead you into the space below, but will probably not drop the slide into place. You'll need a rope or something.
When Murphy looked earlier, with darkvision and a pretty good Perception check, he didn't see anything that would be harmful to anyone. So, while there may not be actual bunnies, there probably aren't sharks with frickin' laser beams either.
Really, it's a question of how you want to do this. You can cautiously create an opening and slowly and carefully descend by rope, making Perception checks all the way, or you can throw caution to the winds, set off the trap, and slide down the slide.
Hobie (Nick T) HP 126/126 AC 32 Touch 18 Flat 27 CMD 33 Hero Points 8 Prepared Spells Monday June 29th, 2020 2:34:57 PM
"The trap sounds safe enough. Let me trigger it, and worst case, I've got feather fall prepared, and Dimension door to bloop myself back."
Hobie will head over and trigger the trap to make himself fall through the slide
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 Monday June 29th, 2020 3:54:33 PM
"Be careful, Hobie," says Kezzem. "Pressi thinks there might be bunnies down there, but I bet their no ordinary rabbits. They'll be the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on. Death awaits us with big, nasty, pointy teeth!"
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp Monday June 29th, 2020 5:31:15 PM
"Yet very soft to pet," adds Murphy. "I'll still hold the rope if you all want to be less frisky than Hobie." As Hobie triggers the trap, Murphy holds the door open to the chute, and the rope, if someone provides it.
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp Monday June 29th, 2020 9:04:16 PM
"WHO HAS ROPE FOR ME?" Murphy asks in a booming, earthy huge Earth Elemental voice.
[This is about the 7th or 9th time or so a rope has been brought up. Murphy would simply use his own rope, but can't, since he is wildshaped.
Will SOMEONE, PLeaSE, take the HINT and offer a ROPE????? ] [/rant]
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells d20+22=24 ; d20+9=28 ; Tuesday June 30th, 2020 6:41:26 AM "I have 50ft of good hemp rope here Murph, your welcome to it, if you feel the need, though I have no idea if it's enough", With that, he mounts Valerie and airwalks down the chute at a 45 degree angle, zig-zagging back and forth until they reach the bottom. he is using the light spell cast on Valerie's bow for illumination. Succotash is on alert, and he tells Valerie to remain on alert as well. Succotash's perception 24 Valerie's perception 28
Succotash: heroes feast (13 temp HP) dimensional hop 150 ft/150 ft speak with animals 18/18 (rounds/day) positive channels 9/9
Valerie: heroes feast (9 temp HP) longstrider (15 hrs) light (on head bow) airwalk 148min/150 min +5 divine power 9/15 (15 temp hp) +4 shield of faith 14 min/15 min
Heroes Feast You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease, and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours
Tali(JonPaul) AC:25 (T:21, FF:20), CMD:35, Saves:(F:14/R:16/W:17), HP:101/101 | TMP HP=15 d20+21=28 ; d20+21=23 ; d20+21=33 ; d20+21=30 ; Tuesday June 30th, 2020 8:28:58 AM The Temple's Other Side
Tali asks, "Can the unseen servant open the trap, and engage the slide? If not, I can create a wall of force side if we need one." to the group. Regardless of what the group decides, as soon as the trap opening is opened, Tali will descend into the opening after her while wearing both her Goggles of the Night and the Robe of Many Eyes making perception checks every 5 feet or so. After she gets to about 5 feet above the ground, she will hover there and remove her Goggles and then ask her unseen servant to join her...bringing light into the area.
Skill Checks Perception: 1)28 2)23 3)33 4)30 Take 20) 41
2x Wall of Force EFFECT Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) Effect wall whose area is up to one 10-ft. square/level Duration 1 round /level (D) = 15 rounds Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
Heroes Feast You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30-5), HP 98/111, CMD 24; true seeing; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 85, CMD 29 (34) Tuesday June 30th, 2020 10:55:44 AM
Pressi hands Murphy some rope. By throwing it at the back of his head. Still counts.
Since everyone seems to be interested in the trap, Pressi uses mage hand to manipulate the keys, turning the traps back on.
DM Kathy Tuesday June 30th, 2020 2:58:11 PM Murphy is getting frustrated. He needs rope, but his backpack has melded with his current form, somewhere near his left hip. And even if he could get to it, he doesn't exactly have fingers at the moment. He calls for help from his companions.
Pressi obliges him by throwing a rope at the back of his head. She uses Mage Hand to re-arm the traps.
Tali suggests an Unseen Servant for the slide trap, but Hobie is eager to try it out! Hobie triggers the trap! You drop through the trapdoor and land on the metal slide, which itself has only just dropped into position. The space below the floor is dark, and soon you are rushing down a slide, though the darkness, toward an uncertain fate. You're pretty sure there's nothing down here to hurt you, and you've prepared contingencies just in case, so it's not that scary. You can imagine, though, that unexpectedly setting off this trap could be terrifying. Your slide ends with a bump, and then you are sitting in a pitch-dark room.
Succotash and Valerie head down the slide at a more sedate pace. The light on Valerie's bow helps illuminate the space. This area is pretty uninteresting--plain stone walls, floor, and ceiling. The slide ends in a small chamber where Hobie is sitting, and that's where things get interesting.
Tali also goes cautiously, using her robe and goggles to see everything. The "slide room" is pretty boring, but the end of the slide opens into a small chamber that is interesting indeed.
Murphy, Pressi, Kezzem, and Bliss are still in the room above. So it is Hobie, Succotash, and Tali who first see the small chamber.
It, too, is fairly plain, with stone walls, floor, and ceiling. But in the middle of the chamber is a large, barrel-shaped...sculpture? Something. And "barrel-shaped" doesn't really do it justice; its lines are sleek and graceful. It is decorated with carvings you don't think you've seen before. Although....
Knowledge: History DC 20; Engineering DC 25; Planes DC 25 Highlight to display spoiler: {You've only ever seen pictures of them, but you're pretty sure this is a Teucri artifact!}
But the most obvious feature of the--whatever it is--is a keyhole set directly in the center of the top.
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 Tuesday June 30th, 2020 3:51:54 PM
"You okay down there Hobie, or did the bunnies get you?" asks Kezzem. He follows Hobie down the slide.
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp d20+10=16 ; d20+20=38 ; d20+20=31 ; Tuesday June 30th, 2020 8:03:54 PM
The elemental who recently called out loudly for rope when none was provided when calm requests were made thanks, Succotash, then laughs as Pressi throws the rope at his back. "Ah, there, The lesson is, then, shout to get effective results? I don't mind getting a rise from shouting - which as I hope you know by now is not my preferred approach, so long as people do not act when I request politely.
Murphy says, "Well here's the rope, or slide down as you wish. I'll bring up the rear. Murphy figures out a way to earthglide in a roundabout way outside the chute, since he does not fit at the moment. Once he passed through a portion of an underground area half in and half out of stone. Like wading. If for whatever reason there is no reasonable way for him to get there that way, he will change back into halfling form, and slide down.
In whichever form he arrives, he looks at the - sculpture?
Though he knows some bits of history about the them, that is not what gets him through this time. It's his training in engineering and recent trip to the planes that jog his thinking. "Teucri. Those old Teucri people fashioned this lovely item, I'll wager. Some that it was the Teucri who came up with the original design of the Giant Towers, and that Shafbaffum, maybe 110, 120 years ago used some knowledge he'd acquired from them to build the defense against the giants. Who knows? Theories abound.
"Pressi - you want to see what happens if you mage hand the key here? Do we have one that fits?" he asks, looking around at his friends.
Bliss spider climbs down as a cat and Mookie flies after. He triggers his Divine Favor as an SLA after everybody has descended.
"Meow!"
Mookie translates, "Once everybody is down, use the key!"
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells d20+6=7 ; Wednesday July 1st, 2020 6:07:45 AM
Knowledge planes 7
Succotash has no idea as to what the item is, but when Murphy mentions the Teucri, his ears perk up a bit. "Weren't the Teucri some sort of alien race?", Succotash asks, "I wonder what they looked like, maybe they were little green men, I mean I know little is relative since we are halflings and all, but don't they usually use humans as a sort of standard in these kind of things?
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30-5), HP 98/111, CMD 24; true seeing; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 85, CMD 29 (34) d20+25=45 ; Wednesday July 1st, 2020 10:44:13 AM
"Only one key left," Pressi replies as she moves her mage hand to manipulate the key slot. But not before taking a look around the room (Perception Nat 20=45) or casting detect magic around.
To Succotash, "Pretty much, but think crystal creatures, not... what sounds suspiciously like goblins in space. Dolgrin faced a couple at a dinner party recently, so strange coincidence there." To Murphy, "Looks like we're getting that moon trip after all."
Hobie (Nick T) HP 126/126 AC 32 Touch 18 Flat 27 CMD 33 Hero Points 8 Prepared Spells d20+8=18 ; d20+10=19 ; d20+8=13 ; Wednesday July 1st, 2020 12:50:34 PM
"That was fun, let's see what the key does!"
DM Kathy Wednesday July 1st, 2020 2:47:41 PM Kezzem slides down the slide.
Bliss climbs down it.
Murphy tries to follow, but finds the opening won't accommodate a huge elemental. He turns back into a halfling, and is easily able to slip down.
Succotash wonders about the Teucri, while Hobie is eager to see what happens when the key is turned!
Pressi is ready to oblige. She mentions a moon trip.
But, if this thing really is going to send you to the moon--or Fargunia, or the Southern Continent, or a mysterious magic kingdom ruled by a mouse--there are some logistical considerations first. The halflings are all down in the underground chamber. At least, Pressi didn't specifically say she was down there, but she's manipulating keys so we can assume. Valerie is down there, too, as is Mookie. But Harper and Rumpus are still up in the main part of the temple. Whatever is going to happen here probably won't include them unless you take the time to move them down there. Plus any other animal companions your DM may have lost track of.
Or, maybe you want to move the animals out of the room so they're clear of whatever's going to happen because you don't know what that is. Either way, you need to decide who goes where before you start that thing up.
Tali(JonPaul) AC:25 (T:21, FF:20), CMD:35, Saves:(F:14/R:16/W:17), HP:101/101 | TMP HP=15 Wednesday July 1st, 2020 9:12:17 PM The Temple's Crystal Tube
Tali follows her team and also sends the unseen servant to the basement as well. Tali makes sure she stays 18 inches above the ground, hovering.
2x Wall of Force EFFECT Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels) Effect wall whose area is up to one 10-ft. square/level Duration 1 round /level (D) = 15 rounds Saving Throw none; Spell Resistance no
Heroes Feast You bring forth a great feast, including a magnificent table, chairs, service, and food and drink. The feast takes 1 hour to consume, and the beneficial effects do not set in until this hour is over. Every creature partaking of the feast is cured of all sickness and nausea, receives the benefits of both neutralize poison and remove disease and gains 1d8 temporary hit points + 1 point per two caster levels (maximum +10) after imbibing the nectar-like beverage that is part of the feast. The ambrosial food grants each creature that partakes a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and Will saves and a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against poison and fear effects for 12 hours
Bliss HP154/144+7 AC33 | Mookie HP76/76+14 AC41 | Cayzle Wednesday July 1st, 2020 11:13:01 PM
Bliss is ready! "Meow!"
"The Kid says, 'Push the button, Frank!' "
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp d20=7 ; d20+27=39 ; d20+40=51 ; Thursday July 2nd, 2020 12:15:39 AM
"Wait!" Murphy projects. "Before we open this - Succotash, or others, can you first cast some sort of spell, or seek guidance as to whether we ought to open it? Teucri magic is potent, it can be potent beyond measure. We've left a few animals up top. Shall we leave them there, alone, with a trapped floor? Hold, please, before we turn the key. Can we, by touching, see what we might discern? By detection of magic, with a few minutes of concentration? Tali, do you have any tricks up your sleeve? Pressi? Kitty Bliss? Any others?"
He walks up and puts a hand on the surface of the object. He puts his ear to it and listens. ========= Survival: 39 Perception: 51 Accidental roll which was not intended for anything (but DM may use for whatever if she chooses): 7
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 d20+24=37 ; Thursday July 2nd, 2020 12:47:09 AM
"Let me check it out, Murph, but keep an eye out for those bunnies!"
Kezzem will detect the evil. He will also check for traps.
Perception: 1d20 + 23 + 1 (Trapfidning) = 37.
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells Thursday July 2nd, 2020 6:35:05 AM
Hearing Murphy's warning Succotash casts detect magic to see if he can ascertain the aura of the obviously magical device. He will also cast Augury asking his deities whether it would be safe to use this device. He makes a point of telling his friends what he is doing before hand, and of course, he shares the results with them.
Pressi (Melvin) - AC 25 (30-5), HP 98/111, CMD 24; true seeing; Harper AC 30 (35), HP 85, CMD 29 (34) Thursday July 2nd, 2020 12:33:45 PM
Pressi can barely here over the mewing of Harper going down the slide.
"I guess I can cast a divination, but tricks... I can't really do that without some knowledge of what is on the other side of the door. But, at least I can quicken some of them."
Hobie (Nick T) HP 126/126 AC 32 Touch 18 Flat 27 CMD 33 Hero Points 8 Prepared Spells Thursday July 2nd, 2020 1:04:30 PM
Hobie grips his bow tight and gets ready to go!
DM Kathy Thursday July 2nd, 2020 2:38:40 PM Tali brings her Unseen Servant into the room and remains hovering in place.
Cat-Bliss mews! He is ready to go!
Hobie is likewise ready to go!
Harper follows Pressi down the slide.
Kezzem isn't worried about Rumpus because he has Dial-A-Horse. He checks the device for traps, but finds none.
Murphy touches, smells, and listens to the device. You're not able to place the material it's made of--somehow it doesn't seem like stone, or metal, but yet it seems like both of them. Other than that, there's nothing remarkable about it.
Succotash casts Augury, and gets....no reply. He casts Detect Magic, and the device is definitely magic, but it's a kind you've never encountered before.
Tentatively, you put the key into the keyhole to see what happens. Nothing happens. You turn the key, and things start to happen.
First, six handles jut out from the device, near the top, in a semicircle. Is six handles just the standard number, or does the machine somehow know there are six people with hands here? (Bliss is currently a cat.) A few seconds after the handles appear, several other protrusions appear. One is just the right size and height to be bitten by a velociraptor. Another is just right for a big cat. Another is just right for a little cat. One is long and thin, and could be perched on by a bird. There doesn't appear to be anything for the Unseen Servant; either the machine could not detect it, or it's ignoring it.
The handles and other objects are ready for your group. But it's not too late to back out....
Hobie (Nick T) HP 126/126 AC 32 Touch 18 Flat 27 CMD 33 Hero Points 8 Prepared Spells Thursday July 2nd, 2020 3:23:18 PM
“Alright, lets see where this goes!!”
Hobie reaches a hand out and grabs the nearest handle.
Bliss meows happily and puts a paw on the protrusion at cat height.
Mookie caws, "Wait wait wait! Is this a smart thing to do? Kid, the first rule of adventuring is 'Don't Touch That Idol!' Maybe pause and THINK!?!"
Cat-Bliss stares at Mookie and thinks at him!
If you can read thoughts or eavesdrop on telepathy or are just curious, then Please Highlight to display spoiler: {"Come on, ya big chicken! BAWK BAWK BAWK! All the cool kids are doing it! Don't turn your back on adventure!" The emotion that comes through is rock solid determination to do this thing.}
Mookie sighs and flutters to his perch. "If you die, don't say I didn't warn ya, Kid!"
Kezzem (BrianW) - AC 32+4; HP 119/174; Shield Other; Rumpus AC 29+4 HP 74+13/74 Thursday July 2nd, 2020 5:02:27 PM
"Eh, what's the worst that can happen," says Kezzem as he grabs his handle.
Murphy Leafwin Pipewood(KimMc) Halfling Druid - AC 33/T-23/Fl-29 CMD 37 HP 132+14temp Thursday July 2nd, 2020 6:21:33 PM
"My father has been working on a special ride to bring thrills and pleasure to the halflings of Crescent Valley," says Murphy. "A carousel is what he is calling it. He has carved out many figures of animals, monsters, plants for people to sit astride. Some go up and down, some are stationary - except that the large disk upon which they rest rotate on the central axis, so that people go merrily around and around.
"I wonder if this Teucri object is their version of a merry ride?" He turns to Pressi. "The moon, you say? If so, which one, I wonder?" He looks at Harper. "You ready to try this out with us? If so, this big white barrel-shaped thing has made a spot for you," which he indicates with a wave of the hand.
"You willing to give this a try with us, Tali?" he asks.
Then returning to Pressi, he says, "If elsewhere - or elsewhen - well, let's try this - to the moon and beyond!" He places his left hand on the machine, making certain it is adjacent a free one for Pressi.
Succotash (Jeremy) AC 31/16/29 CMD 21 HP 106/106 Valerie AC 37/15/32 CMD 28 HP 100/100 Spells Friday July 3rd, 2020 11:38:13 AM
Succotash dismounts, and reaches for his handle. As he is reaching, he realizes that Valerie has no idea what to do, so he uses his "Speak with Animals" Spell-like Ability to explain it to her. At first the velociraptor tries to grasp the thing with her talons, but since her protrusion is meant for biting, and not grabbing, Succotash directs her to to so, which she does, as Succotash grabs his handle.
DM Kathy Friday July 3rd, 2020 2:38:51 PM Hobie and Kezzem promptly grasp handles.
Bliss and Mookie disagree somewhat on the wisdom of proceeding, but eventually cat-Bliss's paw and Mookie's feet are on the device.
Murphy decides to give it a whirl, and invites Pressi to do the same.
Succotash has some trouble getting Valerie to bite on her "handle." She can grasp it with a talon if she prefers; it's situated a little awkwardly but she can do it.
Not everyone has posted, but we're going to go forward with this.
Once all the people, and animals, and people temporarily shaped into animals, touch the device...nothing happens. You all kind of look at each other for a moment. But then a subtle vibration begins in the machine. It becomes more and more pronounced. You are shaking with it. Your whole body is shaking. It's getting difficult for your eyes to focus--or is the background actually blurring? Even Tali in her robe can't say for sure. You shake until you think you may shake apart--and then it seems you black out for a moment.
[Everybody take 123,000 XP for this scene, which was supposed to be two scenes, but your DM got all excited. On to the next module.]
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