Head Gamemaker Tanner Monday June 13th, 2016 11:20:35 PM
You continue through the cave system, your darkvision proving invaluable as you dodge outcroppings and sharp deposits of limestone. You can hear noises up ahead... the caves echo noise for a very long distance. The sound of booted feet. The caves continue only to the east.
Sesha Hp 170/88 AC 30/26/26 d20+22=37 ; d20+22=39 ; d20+14=20 ; Tuesday June 14th, 2016 10:38:49 AM
"Towards the booted feet we go.", she thinks to herself.
"Don't forget me this time, Sesha.", comes the thought from stab-stab.
She grinned. Depending on what she found, the dagger might just be disappointed once more.
Perception 37 Stealth: 39 Survival: 20
Darkvision Reduce Person Detect Magic Magic Broom See Invis Fortune
Head Gamemaker Tanner Tuesday June 14th, 2016 11:41:04 PM
Speeding through the cave system, you are brought to heel by the sudden cessation of footsteps ahead. You slow to a cautious speed, just in time to a dark shape standing in the corridor. A roiling wave of flesh gushes forward. Amid the fatty surge wriggle half-formed limbs and a dripping tumorous face. It jerks its head toward you, and hurries around a corner out of sight.
You are approximately 40 feet away, the creature is around a corner heading north. Your corridor is 10 feet wide and 8 feet tall. The corridor is filled with numerous rocky outcroppings.
ooc: I need all the usual checks in addition to your posted actions. We are in combat rounds.
Knowledge [planes] (DC20) Highlight to display spoiler: {The creaure is a lemure, the least of devilkind.}
Sesha Hp 170/88 AC 30/26/26 d20+5=23 ; d20+20=30 ; d20+15=18 ; d100=58 ; Wednesday June 15th, 2016 7:22:43 PM
Sesha glowers at the glob of flesh, then spits. Yet another foe beyond her ability to manipulate minds.
"Demons."
At this distance, including it being out of sight, she is cautious. She moves the distance up to the corner, then stops and listens, maintaining her elevation. If it sounds like it's not right there waiting, she will peek around the corner. On her broom, she was faster.
Perception: 30. To listen for more creatures, and just how quickly the Lemure is moving.
Taking a deep breath, she casts Bull's Strength on herself.
Head Gamemaker Tanner d20+16=28 ; 5d6=25 ; d20+6=26 Wednesday June 15th, 2016 11:46:49 PM
You stop at the corner and listen, maintaining your elevation. Your fine ears hear the lemure schlepping noisily down the corridor. You cast your spell, hold your breath, and poke your face around the corner...
...and feel a wave of palpable evil wash over you like a wave of filth. Standing upside down, attached to the ceiling, is a human female. She is clad in platemail armor. She has honey-blonde hair, blue eyes, and a dazzling smile. She looks very happy.
In a flash she reaches out and touches your nose. "Boop." (touch attack 28)
You feel lightning bolts of sheer terror pierce your mind, shrieking like a thousand flutes out of tune, a cold pain shudders in your chest.
ooc: You take 25 points of negative energy damage. Please make an initiative roll. Also, please make a Fortitude save at a -6 penalty. If you fail, you gain the Frightened condition.
"A frightened creature flees from the source of its fear as best it can. If unable to flee, it may fight. A frightened creature takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks. A frightened creature can use special abilities, including spells, to flee; indeed, the creature must use such means if they are the only way to escape."
Knowledge (DC20) Highlight to display spoiler: {A blackguard just used their touch of corruption on you.}
Sesha Hp 145/88 AC 30/26/26 d20+9=23 ; d20+1=17 ; Thursday June 16th, 2016 10:37:55 AM
Initiative 23. Fortitude 17.
(Don't know the DC)
If Frightened: Sesha will double move at 120ft back out of the cave.
If not Frightened: Depends on initiative.
Head Gamemaker Tanner d20+16=35 ; 5d6=27 ; Thursday June 16th, 2016 8:36:25 PM
Not satisfied with your resistance to her supernatural fear, the armored figure before you reaches out again to touch you. "I said, 'Boop!"
Touch attack 35 27 points of negative energy damage Fortitude DC 18 with -4 penalty or gain the frightened condition.
You can hear the lemure coming back toward the two of you.
Sesha Total Damage: 52 ??? Total Damage: 0
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 d20=18 ; d100=56 ; d20+10=18 ; d20+10=24 ; Thursday June 16th, 2016 10:01:41 PM
Sesha frowns, as blood pours from her nose. What was with this woman? She again feels the compulsion to flee, but stands her ground for a more ordered retreat.
**Things Sesha is assuming**
The woman is wearing armor, but has no shield or weapon drawn. The woman has darkvision of some kind. The lemure is under the womans control. That the DM will inform Sesha of magical aura's, apparent with Detect Magic.
Sesha sweeps back 60 feet, still riding her broom. With no weapon drawn, she isn't worried about whether or not the other woman can hit her as she backs away, since she isn't immediately threatened.
Considering the armor, the woman would have to charge her to even make an attack, which meant lowering her defenses, even for a moment. Plus, she was on the roof, of all places. Magic was obviously a thing.
Sesha strains to notice any other important details. Spell component pouch? Is there a displayed holy symbol? A sheathed weapon?
Perception: 28 (18+10, not +20)
Either way, this woman was either human or poly morphed. Sesha would know this fact. She casts dispel magic, targeting any existing visual spell effects . If one does not exist, Sesha figures the dispel magic will hit the highest level spell it can.
Dispel Magic: Dispels the highest in effect spell up to 7th level. (11 + CL. If full Antipaladin that's CL 7. 18 = 1st, 19 = 2nd, 20 = 3rd, 21 = 4th, 22 = 5th, 23 = 6th, 24 = 7th.)
Head Gamemaker Tanner d100=29 ; Friday June 17th, 2016 9:48:51 PM
ooc: I'm going to add a 5-foot-step to your actions, since you had just peeked around a corner and couldn't really go backwards 60 feet and still have line of sight. So 5-foot-step, cast your spell, retreat 60 feet.
Your spell hits the human woman and her eyes flash briefly. "Gah!" You see her raise her arms reflexively in a defensive pose as you retreat swiftly to make some room. You hear her speak from down the corridor and around the corner, out of sight, "NOT. COOL. Balthamel! Reinforcements!"
Seconds later you hear two voices, the human woman and a grating, guttural, bellowing voice. They are both chanting words of magic. The human woman finishes her spell fairly quickly, but the dark voice continues chanting.
ooc: So you are 60 feet away, the corner turns north, two casters are casting. I'm going to rule that since you cannot see somatic or material components, you won't be able to identify the spells with Spellcraft based only on verbal components.
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 d20+15=32 ; d100=61 ; Sunday June 19th, 2016 2:33:54 AM
Sesha starts her own summoning spell, seeing as she has a little time. The enslaved ghost-priests of the old goddess Serenbeth would do her well, for a turn or two, especially if the Antipaladin had to waste time turning her.
Full action: Lesser Immortal Summons.
ooc: Please keep in mind, his fiendish servant is treated in all regards as a summon monster spell. This means it may not use any teleportation effects or effects that summon other creatures.
"A summoned monster cannot summon or otherwise conjure another creature, nor can it use any teleportation or planar travel abilities. "
Head Gamemaker Tanner Monday June 20th, 2016 8:18:32 PM
The chanting in hellish tongues stops and you hear the crackle of magic. The woman calls out, "Balthamel! Bun krul gakhzag! Kraak rut udu krith gal kashag! Deznun!" You hear booted feet fade down the stony corridor. The gravely-voiced devil begins barking commands.
Your own spell finishes without difficulty, and you find yourself the proud temporary master of several spirits. You are still 60 feet from the corner.
ooc: What exactly are you summoning?
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 Monday June 20th, 2016 9:17:39 PM
ooc
It's labeled and detailed on sesha's character sheet. Lesser immortal summons only summons one type of creature. In this case, it's a drow cleric ghost.
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Sesha zips to the corner and checks down the corridor, while on the defensive. (+2 to listed AC values. Partial cover from corner as well.)
(I still have a command to issue to the ghost, but am waiting to see what sesha sees. Darkvision up to 200 ft)
Head Gamemaker Tanner Monday June 20th, 2016 11:14:43 PM
You peek around the corner again... to see the single lemure standing there, staring forward idiotically. It is alone, and continues barking in its infernal tongue at nothing. It senses you and turns its attention. It is 10 feet away.
The corridor continues another 10 feet beyond the lemure, then jaunts to the east. You can still hear the booted footsteps going down the hallway.
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 d20+18=32 ; Monday June 20th, 2016 11:50:25 PM
"Myrth. Find the Antipaladin. Destroy her."
The ghost double moves, 60 ft in the direction of the heavy armored footfalls.
Perception Ghost: 32
Head Gamemaker Tanner Tuesday June 21st, 2016 10:31:19 PM
You hear the booted feet come to a halt. Myrth travels down the corridor, turns the corner, and you hear a grunt of frustration from the human woman. Since the ghost is silent, you hear only the scuffling of pebbles and whistling of sword slices to indicate that combat is ensuing.
Myrth moans deeply, as you hear several sword swings cause her pain despite her ghostly state.
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 Tuesday June 21st, 2016 10:47:37 PM
(Do you want to roll the ghosts attacks?)
"Hrm. Maybe she can still see? A magical weapon will hurt Myrth, but she still has to hit her."
Sesha continues, tracking ignoring the Lemure. She know how fast Myrth is, and figure she can catch her in a single move.
Sesha travels 60ft, and even at 8ft up, probably provokes from the Lemure.
(I have a standard action remaining, and the ghosts spells/attack. Waiting to see what Sesha sees again.)
Head Gamemaker Tanner d20+2=21 ; Wednesday June 22nd, 2016 11:31:13 PM
The lemure swings an unartful swipe with its claws as you pass overhead.
You move quickly down the corridor and turn the corner. 10 feet ahead is your summoned ghost. The antipaladin stands on the other side of her. The woman holds a longsword that sheds unholy light.
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 d20+5=7 ; d20+5=14 ; 5d6=20 ; Thursday June 23rd, 2016 4:50:11 AM
Knowledge Religion: 7 (What happens if I dispel magic the light effect? Will it just come back?)
Sesha is displeased that there is still light available. Understanding that it comes from his sword, she channels her racial ability to call forward a globe of darkness. Darkness is a stronger spell than light, so once more, the woman will be without vision. The 20ft radius is enough to reach the woman.
With her opponent in darkness again, the Ghost strikes.
Ghost: Hits Touch AC 14 for 20 damage. Fort save DC 18 for half.
Head Gamemaker Tanner Thursday June 23rd, 2016 11:46:16 PM
You call forth a globe of darkness which envelopes the ghost, the antipaladin, and her glowing sword. However, it appears to have little effect on her ability to fight. Myrth strikes the antipaladin, who appears to shrug off the worst of the attack. (Save successful, 10 damage).
The armored woman strikes back, her sword moving far faster than a human should be able to wield. She strikes hard and true, and Myrth is dispelled in a wispy cloud of ether.
She turns and moves quickly away, getting behind a tall stalagmite. (30 feet, total cover)
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 d20+15=27 ; d100=98 ; Friday June 24th, 2016 6:28:37 PM
"Hmph."
She gambles.
"I don't need to see you to affect you, warrior."
She maintains her distance, and her height, and focuses a deep slumber spell near the stalactite. The spell is a radius burst, so vision wasn't strictly necessary.
Will Save: DC 10 + 3(3rd Level) + 2(Spell focus and greater spell focus) + 5 (20 wis) = 20 or fall asleep.
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 Friday June 24th, 2016 6:29:08 PM
Sesha is speaking in Elven, one of her two languages.
Head Gamemaker Tanner d20+14=22 ; Saturday June 25th, 2016 1:00:59 AM
ooc: Sorry, RL tabletop group went over.
Will save 22 (successful)
The antipaladin shakes off your spell, and high-tails it down the corridor. She turns a corner heading east and disappears.
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 d100=96 ; d20+10=13 ; Saturday June 25th, 2016 2:16:52 AM
Not particularly concerned, Sesha follows, hugging the west side of the wall to prevent getting hit if the woman is waiting around the corner.. She was likely much faster than the Antipaladin, and didn't mind a game of chase. Her flying Broom spell would outlast a haste spell without much problem.
She makes a quick listen to see if she hears the demon following her. (perception, 13)
She follows the woman around the corner, moving only as far as she needs to cast her spell.
(Hold Monster has a 100ft range)
DC 23 or be paralyzed.
Head Gamemaker Tanner d20+12=22 ; Monday June 27th, 2016 11:07:24 PM
ooc: Oh, so close. Will check 22.
You round the corner and spot the armored woman. With a quick incantation you cast your spell and she freezes in place like a statue.
You hear nothing following behind.
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 d20+12=27 ; d4+5=9 ; Monday June 27th, 2016 11:19:56 PM
"Hmph."
With her foe held in place, Sesha charged. She wasn't worried about retaliation for now. Shaking off the effects would be time consuming.
(Please remember that for the victim to shrug off the effect, it's a full round action.)
"Taste blood, Stab-stab!"
Charge.
(I know this seems foolish, but she's saving at a 50% chance or better. By getting close, I can hopefully coup de grace.)
She hopes to, possibly, figure out why this woman is fighting so well in the darkness. Can she see in it, or does it just not hamper her due to training of some sort. Being close will maybe give her an answer.
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 Monday June 27th, 2016 11:20:07 PM
9 damage
Head Gamemaker Tanner d20+12=16 ; Tuesday June 28th, 2016 7:52:08 AM
The armored woman stiffens and twitches ever so slightly as she struggles against your spell. However, it holds fast. She continues to be paralyzed.
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 d4=4 ; d4=4 ; Tuesday June 28th, 2016 9:19:28 AM
Sasha takes a deep breath.
Her dagger is screaming in her mind, his bloodlust palpable.
damage x2 = 4+4+5+5+ 10 = DC 28 or die.
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 Tuesday June 28th, 2016 3:59:26 PM
18 damage, DC 28, to be clear.
Head Gamemaker Tanner Tuesday June 28th, 2016 11:52:07 PM
The dagger slips neatly between her chin and her chainmail coif. The blade buries into her throat until the guard hits her teeth. Blood rushes out, covering you and the antipaladin like a crimson apron down your front. In a few heartbeats, your spell suddenly ends and she collapses in a heap.
ooc: Hold Person does not target objects. She's a goner.
If you choose to search her body....
Highlight to display spoiler: {You recover a +1 longsword, +1 platemail armor, and a pair of boots of spider-climbing.}
Head Gamemaker Tanner Tuesday June 28th, 2016 11:55:07 PM
With jarring suddenness, a moaning shriek erupts from the sky, seeming to come out of thin air. The noise sounds five times, echoing out across the gamezone. A polite, crisp female voice speaks in gigantic tones. ”Attention please. Attention please. Tributes, we are pleased to announce the valiant sacrifice of Tribute Artura Lightsword, who has been stabbed to death by Tribute Sesha. Their names will be honored and remembered. May the odds be ever in your favor.”
Head Gamemaker Tanner Tuesday June 28th, 2016 11:57:50 PM
With jarring suddenness, a moaning shriek erupts from the sky, seeming to come out of thin air. The noise sounds five times, echoing out across the gamezone. A polite, crisp female voice speaks in gigantic tones. ”Attention please. Attention please. Tributes, we are pleased to announce the valiant sacrifice of Tribute Josiah Farseer, who has been mauled to death by Tribute Twitch. Their names will be honored and remembered. May the odds be ever in your favor.”
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 d20+15=20 ; d100=89 ; d20+20=21 ; Wednesday June 29th, 2016 1:22:21 AM
"Twitch."
Sesha smiles cutely as she says the name.
"Twitch!"
With a chuckle, she wipes the blood off of Stab-stab with the pretty blond hair of the anti-paladin. She was very pretty, even in death. Maybe more so.
She squats down and pats the body on the head, comforting it happily.
"I am jealous of you too, Miss Boop. Or is it Artura? I like "Boop" better, to be honest. It's what you called me when we first met."
She nibbles on her own fingertip for a second.
"It makes sense we would meet like this. You were an anti-paladin. You lived for the joy and fear of combat, and relished the pain and anguish that others around you felt. I'm a rock, a witch of Ga'al. It's my calling to stay solid, and spread the word of submission to his will to others. There's no room for emotion when you live in his tenets."
She beams another smile, and points at her dimples.
"See? I have to try so hard just to even look like I'm alive."
Her eyes darken, and she draws a line through Artura's blood with her pinky finger.
"That's why you all have to die. If I feel nothing.. you feel nothing!"
Standing, she begins to whistle a light tune, and pats the dust and blood off her knees.
"Tribute Twitch! Where might you have gone, you naughty boy?"
Excited, Sesha collects the longsword and puts on the boots. She leaves the armor and the body where they lie for now. She might have a need for them later.
In the mean time, she focuses her attention on an "Arcane Eye" spell. It lasts for 10 minutes, and she plans to use it to scout the rest of the caves. It moves at 100ft per round, so it's pretty fast. She sees through it as she would see, so the darkness won't inhibit it's vision.
Perception: 21
Head Gamemaker Tanner Wednesday June 29th, 2016 11:15:25 PM
ooc: Nice. Very nice characterization. I likey.
Sesha's arcane eye whizzes through the dark corridors. It discovers that Sesha is in the north end of a doughnut of corridors. A small branch goes north just ahead of her, but the branch to the east reveals an exit to back to the outside world (the red X).
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 d20+15=26 ; d100=46 ; d20+20=31 ; d20+22=28 ; Thursday June 30th, 2016 12:13:08 PM
Satisfied with the parts of the cave she does know, Sesha sets out. She makes her way towards the new exit she's found, and peeks outside into the world again.
Stealth: 31 Perception: 28
Head Gamemaker Tanner Thursday June 30th, 2016 11:36:28 PM
You fly with swiftness through the caves and emerge back into the bright, beautiful world. Or gamezone of indiscriminate violence and death. To your north, west, and east are forests. To the south is grasslands. You see no sign of tributes or monsters.
(The outlined squares indicate that there are tunnels underneath.)
Head Gamemaker Tanner Friday July 1st, 2016 11:24:04 PM
ooc: check
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 d20+15=32 ; d100=80 ; d100=69 ; d100=46 ; d100=50 ; d20+21=38 ; d20+18=28 ; d20+14=29 ; Saturday July 2nd, 2016 3:00:48 AM
Still on her Broom, Sesha raises herself up to sixty feet. She giggles to herself, and lets one hand stray from the broom, pushing against the wind.
"Stop pretending Sesha. It's important to know what you are."
With a sigh, the little witch grabs the broom again, and mumbles to herself.
"I know what I am, dagger. There's no harm in pretending to have fun, even if Ga'al has other plans for me. Besides, I'm not heart-seeded, nor am I a priest. I'm a siphon, a drain that sucks everything Ga'al despises away. I bring things closer to his perfect world. As long as I do that, who cares if I smile once in awhile?"
She waits a moment, but her spirit familiar is silent. Perhaps the blood of the anti-paladin was enough to keep him sated for awhile?
Sesha takes time to look through her surrounding again, looking for details that show a tribute had passed this way.
Head Gamemaker Tanner Tuesday July 5th, 2016 10:15:41 PM
ooc: I'm sick. Sorry.
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 Tuesday July 5th, 2016 11:03:31 PM
ooc: No prob bud.
Head Gamemaker Tanner Wednesday July 6th, 2016 11:47:28 PM
ooc: Many apologies for my absence yesterday. We are having a pollen bloom in my area and it hammered my sinuses.
You rise majestically over the landscape of the gamezone after calling upon the power of the ley lines to give you flight. The wind in your hair is exhilarating as you survey your scene. To the south is grasslands, and surrounding you on the west, east, and north are temperate woodlands. You see no sign of tributes or monsters. Far, far in the distance to the southeast is the thin blue line of a river.
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 d20+20=23 ; d20+20=40 ; d20+14=24 ; Thursday July 7th, 2016 7:51:08 PM
Sesha takes a deep breath.
"Water beckons life, I suppose."
Sesha heads south-east.
Perception: 40 Stealth: 23 Survival: 24
Height: 60ft
Head Gamemaker Tanner Thursday July 7th, 2016 11:25:06 PM
Grass! GRASS! MORE GRASS!
Obviously this stretch of the gamezone, and others like it, were meant for chases. Obviously, chases don't really happen when people are incapacitated by spells then knifed/gored to death. Obviously, there is nothing of interest. Sesha probably thinks she should continue to the river.
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 d20+20=27 ; d20+20=39 ; d20+14=17 ; Friday July 8th, 2016 4:27:25 AM
So she does, and so she shall.
Stealth: 27 Perception: 39 Survival: 17
Head Gamemaker Tanner Friday July 8th, 2016 11:24:54 PM
Sesha continues to fly southeast until she arrives at the shore of a small, meandering river. Grasslands continue beyond the far banks. With her keen eyesight, she just makes out a thin line of trampled grass on the other side. Someone has been traveling along the river.
Head Gamemaker Tanner Friday July 8th, 2016 11:30:33 PM
With jarring suddenness, a moaning shriek erupts from the sky, seeming to come out of thin air. The noise sounds five times, echoing out across the gamezone. A polite, crisp female voice speaks in gigantic tones. ”Attention please. Attention please. Tributes, we are pleased to announce the valiant sacrifice of Tribute Garth Swiftfoot, who has been mauled to death by Zyletheus Skyborn. Their names will be honored and remembered. May the odds be ever in your favor.”
Sesha Hp 120/88 AC 30/26/26 d20+20=38 ; d20+20=21 ; d20+14=32 ; Sunday July 10th, 2016 11:47:46 PM
Sesha twirls through the air, humming to herself, when she spots the trail. Just as she starts to close in, the shriek, telling of a fallen tribute, catches her attention.
"So many lately! It's going to get harder and harder to find people."
She sighs, and continues off after the newly tracked tribute.
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