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| Lamashtu's Shrine - Explored Region |
8:28am 2019-1-19 Smon Has entered the room
8:30am 2019-1-19 joriandrake Has entered the room
joriandrake: hello Simon
Smon: Hi J
joriandrake: I'm going to hide a dagger in a way to be able to use it with surprise on first attack, sleeve, boot something like that ok?
joriandrake: I just realized that I didn't do that yet but sleight of hand is ideal for it
Smon: OK - yes, Sleight of Hand vs Perception or Insight
joriandrake: so, before the others arrive I'll roll for it if that is fine
Smon: No, you'll roll when you try to use it!
joriandrake: ok then
joriandrake: Everyone will come today, yes?
Smon: Should be you, Keelia & James
joriandrake: Right, you mentioned Bill won't be around
Smon: NB 'Surprised' in 5e is a binary condition monsters either have or don't have. So if monsters are already expecting combat, they are not Surprised; at most you might have Advantage
8:35am 2019-1-19 Keelia Has entered the room
Smon: Morning/evening Keelia!
joriandrake: Hi Keelia
Keelia: Evening / Morning! I just need a minute brb
joriandrake: ok I rush for some coffee down too
8:36am 2019-1-19 JamesDevil Has entered the room
JamesDevil: morning, soz i'm late
Smon: morning J!
JamesDevil: my cereal decided to throw itself on the floor -.-
joriandrake: Hi James
Keelia: ok back, sorry about that - it's dinner time here
joriandrake: ok, so I'm sorry but I forgot who plays what, or rather I didn't learn it yet. Can I please get the info again? My character is Drakhaien an Arcane Trickster "detective"
joriandrake: - elf
JamesDevil: Claw - Barbarian, bear, eagle, eagle totems
Keelia: Quillax, human, Druid (circle of the moon)
joriandrake: thank you
JamesDevil: Is fergus playing this week?
joriandrake: I guess we will be playing without Bill or fergus, in which case we are all present
Smon: GM: You are in a hall with 3 surviving pillars, about 25' e-w by 30' n-s, the n-e corner collapsed along with most of the e tunnel you came in by. The walls floor and even ceiling are covered with writing in ancient Thassilonian, spiralling & trailing, script from 3' high to tiny, some dark ink, some blood, some even carved in the stone. A narrow tunnel to the n is filled with white-glowing fog, to the south are massive stone double doors each carved with 3-eyed jackal head - Lamashtu, the Mother of Monsters! To the west a narrower 15' n-s by 20' e-w pillared tunnel opens out into what looks like a massive cathedral, where green light flickers.
Smon: OOC I have no pdf so will take me a while to type out descriptions
JamesDevil: "hmm, can anyone tell if that mist is magical? i'd rather not get melted or something nasty like that"
Smon: GM: Shieldbiter & Sandor have faded back to their own world for now, apparently this is temporary and will be happening a lot.
JamesDevil: *fog even
Keelia: Quillax shrugs off the disappearance of their companions. The gods are fickle and send and snatch away people often
JamesDevil: Claw barly even notices that they have gon
JamesDevil: e
Smon: As you look around, standing over the dead hounds, you suddenly hear a harsh but sibilant voice in your heads!
"Who are you? What brings you to my domain?"
joriandrake: Drakhaien will cast Mage Hand then investigate the fog and writing
joriandrake: or not
joriandrake: "Eh, this was unexpected"
JamesDevil: Claw looks around for the source
JamesDevil: "indeed"
Smon: The fog is clearly magical, like the webs Claw burned through on the stairs.
Keelia: Quillax tilts her head.
Smon: Claw you can roll Perception.
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 7, (+7) = 14
joriandrake: "We are merely wanderers passing through, and who, pray tell, might you be?"
Smon: No sign of any source.
Keelia: Quillax, seeing Claw peering into the shadows, will do likewise
Keelia: She'll strain her ears for movement, especially of the scaled kind
joriandrake: (Drakhaien just hopes he spots anything interesting with his natural keen senses)
Smon: "They call me the Scribbler, but once I was Xaliasa. You are more than wanderers, though. I wish to learn from you what has transpired in the time I have been gone."
Smon: There does not seem to be any movement, and the voice is entirely in your head, no visible source.
Keelia: "From where have you returned?"
joriandrake: (Do we know anything of Scribbler/Xalasia?)
Smon: You can roll a DC 30 History check
Keelia: "And when? We cannot tell you what has passed if we do not know how long you were gone."
Keelia rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 19, (+10) = 29
joriandrake: (eh, even if I roll a 20 it will only be 29 but I'll try to see result )
Keelia: (damn, missed by 1 )
JamesDevil: oooo, so close!
joriandrake rolls 1d20 and gets: 17,
Smon: "From Thassilon, of course! The Goddess has restored me here, to guard her sacred shrine... but I sense I have been gone a long time."
Keelia: "I would see those with whom I speak"
joriandrake: "... considering where we 'met', are you a spirit? Undead? Alive? We wouldn't mind a chat, but having a conversation with someone in our minds while we stand in middle of beasts that attacked us feels awkward. Might we meet face to face?"
Smon: Partial success for Qullax - the name rings a bell? According to the Therassic Library, a certain Xaliasa was high in the service of Runelord Alaznist, last Runelord of Wrath, commanding a Hellstorm Flume, one of several defensive fortifications between her realm and that of Runelord Karzoug. This was over 10,000 years ago of course.
Smon: There were also references to Xaliasa breeding Sinspawn for Alaznist's armies.
JamesDevil: "does this look familiar"?" Claw holds up the shard of greed
Smon: "I live... I am now Divine Guardian of this place, this Temple of the Goddess."
Smon: "Perhaps if you satisfy my queries, I may meet with you... later." A long pause. "You hold the Shard of Greed. You serve Karzoug?"
JamesDevil: "no, we plan to spot his machinations"
joriandrake: "No"
JamesDevil: stop*
joriandrake: "foil them even"
Smon: "So, Karzoug still lives! That is not good. Yes, he must be stopped! But what of Alaznist?"
JamesDevil: ooc (which one is that again?)
Smon: Runelord of Wrath
Keelia: (greed vs wrath, I think)
Smon: OOC Jorian you rolled 17 on History, what was your total?
JamesDevil: "we are unsure, we have his sword of sin, and we plan to defeat him if he still lives
joriandrake: 27
Smon: ok
joriandrake: 26 sorry
Keelia: "Alaznist is not in this realm, that we are aware of"
Keelia: "Quillax adds, "We have come because a fissure has developed in Sandpoint. When it was explored two parties of investigators have disappeared completely."
joriandrake: "Sorry, I never heard of that name" - Drakhaien replies
Keelia: "We have been warned that Karzoug may be attempting to break through."
Smon: "To defeat Karzoug, you will need the secrets of the Runeforge - secrets only I know!"
Keelia: Quillax straightens, "And what do you require in exchange for this knowledge?"
Keelia: "I assume there is a price."
JamesDevil: "perhaps we can clear your temples of these hounds?"
JamesDevil: Claw kicks one of the corpses
Smon: "You must answer my questions! What happened to Thassilon? What nation replaced it? Who rules there now? Where is the seat of their power?"
Keelia: (sorry, odd question, does Scribbler sound male or female?)
Smon: male
JamesDevil: "much has changed"
Keelia: Thassilon is no more. It's lands are spread amongst a series of smaller kingdoms
JamesDevil: Claw sketches a quick map of the are the area that he knows of on the floor
JamesDevil: "this is what is left of Thassilon"
joriandrake: "Fascinating, are you capable to forge a new rune?" Drakhaien asks once the voice mentiones the secrets of runeforge, then replies to the question "As far I remember, Thassion fell during the Earthfall and the former territory is now owned by multiple, very different realms. The blood of Thassilon survived through as the descendants of the new nations"
Smon: GM: Claw sketches a crude map of Varisia with the cities of Magnimar, Korvosa & Riddleport.
joriandrake: in the new nations*
JamesDevil: ooc yay for outlander good memory for maps
Smon: "Earthfall? Yes, that was what slew me, must have been... but through the grace of the goddess, I live again!"
Keelia: (yay!)
joriandrake: (Does Drakhaien know which goddes he speaks of?)
Keelia: "Your goddess, is it Lamashtu?"
Smon: "Who wields powerful magic today? Are there any to compare with the Runelords? Are the Runelords all gone? Except Karzoug - you say he seeks to return?"
Smon: "Lamashtu, yes, the Great Mother!"
Keelia: Quillax quietly face-palms.
Smon: The Scribbler seems worried about Karzoug's possible return.
Keelia: "I have adventured with many who wield powerful magics. But not as the Runelords did. Yes, they are all gone. He seeks to return but we have turned him back once and seek to do so again. As we have answered your questions, perhaps you can share information as well? We seek to stop Karzoug and you say you know the secret."
joriandrake: "There are many ways of magical paths of learning and natural talents, not ever spellcaster shows their true potential publicly, maybe some of the powers would be fully new to you. I assume you could enjoy a couple history and arcane books. Are you able to leave the temple?"
joriandrake: every*
Smon: To Drakhaien: "At this time, the Goddess requires me to guard Her temple. I do not leave."
joriandrake: (Drakhaien tries to chat in a way to gather intel while raising his interest)
Keelia: "We would stand as Guardians to this world, much like you stand as Guardian to this temple. It would be a great help if we knew how best to turn him back."
joriandrake: "Hm, I can then in return of your aid offer that we bring you books on topics you are interested in, many authors and sages were born and have died while you were gone, their work is fully unknown to you I believe."
Smon: To Quillax: "Aye... You require the Runeforge. A place of learning, created by the Runelords but grown beyond their control. The one place in all Thassilon where they could not enter, or influence. The secrets to defeating them would be hidden still within Runeforge's walls. I planned to go there, but... the goddess had other plans."
JamesDevil: "tell me, does a shard well in these ruins somewhere?"
JamesDevil: dwell*
Keelia: "Do you know where the Runeforge is? That we might travel to it?
Keelia: "And it wouldn't happen to be a giant library, would it?"
Smon: "I do not know the location of the Sihedron shards - doubtless Runeforge would hold such knowledge." OOC You already know a Shard lies in the fortress of Guiltspur far to the north east, in the shadow of the Kodar mountains - 6 years ago Sheila Heidmarch decided against seeking it.
JamesDevil: oos I'm up fro raiding a fortress:)
Keelia: (we may need to if we have to put the shards together to stop him )
joriandrake: (does the party know of this way to call the shards? 'Sihedron'?)
Keelia: (yes)
Keelia: (Sihedron is a seven pointed star. Each point is a shard of sin)
Smon: "I have a test for you - I have hidden the map to Runeforge, and the key to its door, in the writings on the walls of this shrine. See if you can decipher it, and prove yourself Worthy of the Goddess!"
JamesDevil: "oh great....reading...."
joriandrake: "All right"
Keelia: Quillax pats Claw on the back.
joriandrake: Drakhaien will first try to decipher without magic, then if getting bored/annoyed enough if failing he'll cast Comprehend Languages
Keelia: (what language is it in? Quillax knows Thesselonian)#
Smon: The Ancient Thassilonian script only barely resembles the letters of modern Varisian, and the words are indecipherable to one not conversant in that dead language.
joriandrake: OK, so Comprehend Languages it is
joriandrake: Drakhaien speaks a few words, snaps his fingers on the left then with glowing eyes starts to read the writing
Smon: Quillax can make out the words (with some effort) - as can Drak with Comp Languages - there are many prayers and invocations to Lamashtu, dread demon goddess, Mother of Monsters. Among them an odd stanza - "If Magic Bright is Your Desire, To Old Runeforge Must You Retire! For only there does Wizards' Art Receive its due and proper Start."
JamesDevil: "what the hell does that mean?"
Keelia: "Old Runeforge? As opposed to new or current."
joriandrake: "Magic Bright I assume is the seven pointed star of which the shards are pieces of, to get - or make - it I assume we have to go to the Runeforge"
Smon: "When you have deciphered the secret, meet me deep in the Temple, and we shall discuss further... if you survive!"
joriandrake: "old Runeforge seems strange ineed, considering that when this was written the Runeforge should still have been new"
Keelia: "But it says old runeforge. So maybe there is more than one?"
Smon: You get the impression the Scribbler has departed.
JamesDevil: "there must be another"
joriandrake: Drakhaien ignored the Scribbler already, it can watch over them anyway, and most likely does so quetly
joriandrake: quietly
Keelia: "Maybe the runes were forged elsewhere to start? And only when they all pooled their power together did it grow out of control?"
JamesDevil: "we must have missed a path somewhere"
Keelia: "Claw, do you still have that torch? Bring it close to this wall."
joriandrake: "What I don't understand is: For only there does Wizards' Art Receive its due and proper Start."
JamesDevil: "sure, claw moves to the wall"
Keelia: WAR
Keelia: Quillax will look to see if there are any letters revealed by the bright light
JamesDevil: "I still think we should backtrack maybe to the secret door we came through, the one i smash, i think there was a corridor there"
Smon: GM: You notice that the west corridor leading into the rusty-lit cathedral has a small door in the north wall.
JamesDevil: Claw will approach it
JamesDevil: then put his door to it and see if he hears anything
Smon: There's also the north tunnel w glowing fog and the double doors to south.
JamesDevil: ear*
JamesDevil: which way did we enter from?
Smon: You came in from east. I suggest mapping otherwise you will all get v confused! GM: Claw moves west to the tunnel, there are 4 fluted pillars supporting the ceiling, and listens at the north door - silence. He has a good view into the cathedral which opens up just 5' to the west.
Keelia: Do we need magic to reveal more? Quillax will use a produce flame on her hand and hold it up to the wall
JamesDevil: "hmm"
JamesDevil: Claw will backtrack to the fog and try to burn it with his torch
Smon: The cathedral is vast, despite mounds of rubble and crumbling walls, about running about 50' west to a raised stone pulpit, its statues now largely buried under mounds of rock. 4 40' high black stone pillars in the centre of the cathedral surround a 20'-wide rust-glowing image of a 3 eyed jackal head. In alcoves to n & s (three each side) are statues of Lamashtu, jackal headed pregnant woman with kukris crossed over her chest, taloned feet, reptilian tail.
joriandrake: Drakhaien inspects the location to find anything hidden, traps, writing, lever etc
joriandrake: Passive Perception 26, Passive Investigation 29
Smon: The cathedral has a rubble strewn exit at w end of s wall. The walls are covered in more of the writing. GM: Which location Drak - the entry hall where the Scribbler spoke to you?
joriandrake: Where we were before you posted the cathedral part yes
joriandrake: I don't want us to miss anything there
Smon: GM: The fog in the north tunnel does not burn at Claw's torch. Drak searches around and satisfies himself there are no hidden traps or levers here, and all the writing is visible.
joriandrake: Investigation could also help to make sense of the writing
joriandrake: ok
Smon: Drak you can roll Insight
joriandrake rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 14, (+6) = 20
joriandrake: 20 insight
Keelia: OK, I have a rough map sketched out. Not sure it's anyway near correct tho
Keelia: Quillax will go west into the tunnel and investigate the north door in that tunnel. I think claw already listened there?
Smon: Investigation - the writing about Runeforge looks to be first stanza of a larger work. Insight - whoever created this writing seems not entirely sane.
joriandrake: "An author of my tastes, I love it I love it!"
Keelia: Quillax waves Claw over. "I'm going to open this door."
joriandrake: "There will be more parts of this elsewhere, it is the first stanza only" he tells the others as he catches up
JamesDevil: "ok, go for it
JamesDevil: "
Smon: Yes. Quillax goes to the tunnel & the north door - the frame is slightly skewed, likely by movement in the earth - Earthfall maybe? Suddenly movement in the cathedral to the west catches her attention; a huge figure is forming over the central floor image of Lamashtu.
joriandrake: (readied bow)
Keelia: "Makes sense. This tells us nothing about a location."
Keelia: "Um."
joriandrake: (hide - bonus action)
Keelia: She points at the figure
Keelia: "Claw?"
JamesDevil: Claw draws his axe
joriandrake: Drak peeks out from somewhere to check out the figure and what the others do
Keelia: (sorry, one second, trying to find my spell list!)
Smon: https://i.pinimg.com/236x/3f/3b/50/3f3b50144d9a7e607ca5d8318557890f--image-c.jpg - A gigantic Glabrezu demon, 15' tall, has appeared in the Cathedral - and now a second Glabrezu moves out from the rear of the cathedral to stand by its side! They raise their massive pincers. The second one speaks in your minds. "YOU BORE ME. COME. DIE NOW!" ooc not the same voice as the Scribbler.
JamesDevil: "lets do this!"
Smon: GM: You can roll init now, Drak you can roll Stealth to see if you're currently hidden from them
Keelia: Quillax calls forth her magic and shifts into an Earth Elemental
Smon: /roll d20+2
Smon rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 15, (+2) = 17
Keelia rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 5, (+3) = 8
JamesDevil Rolls 1d20+4x2 and gets:
9 (+4) = 13
2 (+4) = 6
JamesDevil: ugh, 13
Keelia: (hey, I got 8, so you still beat me )
joriandrake rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 1, (+15) = 16
joriandrake: 25
Smon: 16 on Stealth Drak?
joriandrake: (Reliable Talent)
Smon: ok
joriandrake: no, 25
Smon: Drak is definitely round the corner!
Smon: roll init Drak
joriandrake rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 19, (+5) = 24
Smon: OK Drak wins init. He is in the entry hall round the corner to the north. Quillax is in the corridor in full view of the demons in the cathedral, Claw just behind her.
joriandrake: does it look like demons spotted Drak?
Smon: #24 Drak your go, you hear the ground tremble as the demons move forward. No J you are Hidden
joriandrake: ok, Drakhaien then snipes at one of the Demons from hiding
joriandrake Rolls 1d20+10x2 and gets:
1 (+10) = 11
20 (+10) = 30
Smon: GM: OK Drak ducks out, draws a bead on a demon as it reaches for Quilax, crit!
Smon: So x2 all dmg dice inc sneak att dice
joriandrake: and also sneak attack
joriandrake: yup
Smon: magic bow?
joriandrake: first bow itself
joriandrake: yes magic
Smon: full dmg then
joriandrake rolls 2d8+5 and gets: 5, 3, (+5) = 13
joriandrake: now sneak dices
joriandrake rolls 16d6 and gets: 3, 1, 5, 3, 1, 6, 4, 3, 1, 1, 6, 5, 2, 5, 3, 2, = 51
Smon:
joriandrake: 64 hp
JamesDevil: wow
joriandrake: Skulker: ranged attack didn't reveal my location
Keelia: nice
Smon: Drak hits it in the throat; black blood spurts - it roars in pain but still stands.
Smon: Isn't that only if you miss? Anyway you can duck back out of sight
joriandrake: turn end
Smon: yea, only if you miss, phb pg 170
joriandrake: (right, i use bonus caction to hide again then)
Smon: I assume Drak ducks back out of sight & hides again yup
joriandrake rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 7, (+15) = 22
joriandrake: 25 still
Smon: no need to roll w your reliable talent
joriandrake: THEN turn end
Smon: they ain't spotting you w passive per.
joriandrake: I could still roll better than 25
joriandrake: ok, good luck you two
Smon: The glabrezu reach the west end of the pillared tunnel where Quillax stands, and reach for her before she can turn into elemental form...
Smon: pincers:
Keelia: ac 22
Smon: /roll d20+9x4
Smon Rolls 1d20+9x4 and gets:
12 (+9) = 21
19 (+9) = 28
7 (+9) = 16
15 (+9) = 24
Smon: both grab her (1 hit each)
Smon: /roll 4d10+10
Smon rolls 4d10+10 and gets: 2, 1, 1, 7, (+10) = 21
Smon: 21 dmg & grappled (twice).
Smon: One speaks a word of Confusion - Quillax & Claw make a DC 16 WIS save
Smon: "AHL-KATET!"
Keelia rolls 1d20+14 and gets: 2, (+14) = 16
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 4, (+2) = 6
JamesDevil: ffs
joriandrake: nice bonus
Smon: Claw is confused.
Keelia: (what size are these creatures? large?)
Smon: The second demon speaks a Power Word at Quillax. Stunned if 150 hp or fewer.
Smon: Large, with 10' reach
Smon: "QHO"
Keelia: dammit! i'm stunned
Smon: Claw's mind is filled with delusions.
joriandrake: =( (eh, you miss out at least one of your turns but will be able to save at end of it)
Smon: /roll d10
Smon rolls 1d10 and gets: 8,
Smon: #13 Claw - Claw sees Quillax as Sorshen, Runelord of Lust, attacking him! He strikes!
joriandrake: (ooh, hope you hit a demon)
Smon: Claw roll a melee attack vs Quillax
Keelia: (if i don't save, it makes it super easy for this to take my head off. we fought something similar before. nearly lost two players to it)
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+12 and gets: 13, (+12) = 25
Keelia: (Right, I'm just going to go roll a new characters, should i?)
Smon: hit
Smon:
Keelia: ;p
Smon: good luck Q!
joriandrake: ouch
JamesDevil rolls 1d12+6 and gets: 11, (+6) = 17
Smon: 17 dmg w greataxe?
Smon: At least he's not Raging!
JamesDevil: yep
JamesDevil: indeed
Smon: OK Claw roll a DC 16 WIS save
joriandrake: (Quillax is male? Sorry, I assumed female)
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 11, (+2) = 13
Smon: Quillax is a female human druid, about 30 I think.
Keelia: (Quillax is female. Claw is male. Claw can rage.)
Smon: Claw is still confused
joriandrake: (ah now I see, Simon said 'hiM' because illusion/confusion)
Smon: #8 Quillax, stunned, at end of your turn can roll DC 16 CON save
JamesDevil: I ahve to roll at leaast a 14 to get out of this
Smon: >>(ah now I see, Simon said 'hiM' because illusion/confusion)<< No, 'him' referred to Claw
Keelia rolls 1d20+11 and gets: 12, (+11) = 23
Keelia: con save
joriandrake: ok now I get it
joriandrake: YAY
Smon: Quillax recovers, but is still in the claws of two giant demons.
Keelia: Still grappled but at least out of the stun!
Smon: Round 2... #24 Drak again
Keelia: Do I get a bonus action?
Keelia: I assume not because of stun?
Smon: yup your turn is over Q
Keelia: ok
joriandrake: Drak grimaces, he has nothing to aid their saves, he jsut shoots again like before, but this time he pulls the string of the bow to the limit, to shoot with extra power (what I call "ballista shot", part of Sharpshooter feat ability)
Smon: -5/+10?
joriandrake: (yes)
joriandrake Rolls 1d20+5x2 and gets:
9 (+5) = 14
14 (+5) = 19
Smon: OK, Drak ducks round corner again & looses - 19 - hits in the chest the wounded one
joriandrake: elven accuracy reroll: 9
joriandrake rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 11, (+5) = 16
joriandrake: ok, ac 19
Smon: roll dmg w sneak
joriandrake rolls 1d8+15 and gets: 8, (+15) = 23
joriandrake: sneak dices
joriandrake rolls 8d6 and gets: 4, 2, 6, 5, 6, 2, 6, 3, = 34
Smon: 57 dmg
joriandrake: 57 hp, hide bonus action, turn end
Smon: Drak ducks back; the demon staggers, badly wounded now
Smon: The demons attempt to crush Q with their pincers - just normal attack rolls
Smon: /roll d20+9x4
Smon Rolls 1d20+9x4 and gets:
16 (+9) = 25
9 (+9) = 18
7 (+9) = 16
14 (+9) = 23
Smon: 2 hurt
Smon: /roll 4d10+10
Smon rolls 4d10+10 and gets: 9, 3, 7, 1, (+10) = 30
Keelia: Quillax snarls at Claw, "Snap out of it. I swear to Gozrah if you get me killed after I come out of retirement, I will be SO unhappy with you!"
Smon: 30 dmg to Q
Smon:
JamesDevil: ooc confusion is a concentration spell so....
joriandrake: at least not stunned anymore
joriandrake: (good spotting James, but I might not have hit the one that confused you)
Smon: I'll give Claw +1 on his WIS save end of his turn. Also I'll give 50% chance J shot the one using Confusion
Smon: /roll d100
Smon rolls 1d100 and gets: 34,
Smon: ok 57 dmg would be DC 28 CON save!
joriandrake: ooh
Smon: /roll d20+9
Smon rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 11, (+9) = 20
joriandrake: yes
Smon: The confusion goes down! Claw like Al Murray the pub landlord, was never confused!
Keelia: nice!
Smon: (except for r1)
joriandrake: (Turns out, Drak actually did help your saves after all)
Smon:
JamesDevil: so, my turn as normal now?
Smon: OK, so demons - like I said Q took 30 dmg from pincers. The wounded demon angrily casts Darkness at the east end of the tunnel where Drak is, filling it w blackness so he can't see to shoot.
Smon: The unwounded demon uses its human hands to pummel Q more
Smon: /roll d20+9x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+9x2 and gets:
11 (+9) = 20
14 (+9) = 23
Smon: 1 hit
Smon: /roll 2d4+2
Smon rolls 2d4+2 and gets: 1, 3, (+2) = 6
Smon: 6 pummel blunt dmg
Smon: #13 Claw your go - apparently that wasn't Sorshen....
JamesDevil: Claw sees Quillax grappled and goes into a Rage!
JamesDevil: "let her go!"
joriandrake: (Quillax ssems to have nice AC as a druid!)
JamesDevil: He tries to remove her from the grapple
Smon: "DIE NOW, IN VAIN!" yells the demon at C&Q.
JamesDevil: athl for this?
Keelia: "You first!" She snarls back
Smon: Claw could use an Athletics check vs both demon claws, advtg as raging
Smon: 1 roll & 1 attack per claw
JamesDevil Rolls 1d20+11x2 and gets:
1 (+11) = 12
7 (+11) = 18
Smon: /roll d20+5
joriandrake: (Conan wrestling time)
Smon rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 11, (+5) = 16
Smon: Claw levers one claw off Q. Same again w 2nd claw?
JamesDevil: yrp
Smon: /roll d20+5
Smon rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 6, (+5) = 11
JamesDevil Rolls 1d20+11x2 and gets:
14 (+11) = 25
2 (+11) = 13
Smon: (normally I'd give you disad but since you're a goliath I'm saying you count as same size as them)
JamesDevil:
Smon: Claw tears the other claw free from her - she's free!
JamesDevil: sizw DOES matter
JamesDevil: thats my turb
Smon: end of turn; #8 Quillax!
JamesDevil: "get clear
JamesDevil: "
Keelia: With a furious snarl, she uses her bonus action to turn herself into water
Smon: The edge of the darkness starts about 8' behind Q&C
Keelia: She uses whelm
Smon: Q flows into water elemental form
Keelia: Each creature in the elemental's space must make a DC 15 Strength saving throw
Keelia: * this is as long as James backed off like he said?
JamesDevil: ?
Keelia: You said get clear
JamesDevil: no, i told you to back off
Smon: no he did not withdraw or they would have had opp atts on him
Keelia: Ah
Keelia:
Keelia: well, you'll be ok
Smon: it's ok she can move forward and get them not him
JamesDevil Rolls 1d20+5x2 and gets:
17 (+5) = 22
15 (+5) = 20
JamesDevil:
JamesDevil: I'm fine
Keelia: OK, she slides forward and whelms the two demon, a wall of sentient and furious water
JamesDevil: "I hate Baths" -.-
Smon: water Q moves forward enveloping - however she is large and so are they so she can only enfold one of them afaics
Keelia: DC15 STR. If fail, they also need to do a DC14 to try to escape grapple
joriandrake:
Smon: yup says so in book
Keelia: Yes
joriandrake: harmed or unharmed one?
Smon: /roll d20+9
Smon rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 3, (+9) = 12
Keelia: which one was bitchier?
joriandrake: .D
JamesDevil: the one that grappled you i think
JamesDevil: nice bit of revenge
Smon: they both grappled her
joriandrake: both did
Keelia: because she does not like being told to die. Or having her friends whacking on her
Smon: The wounded one Confused Claw
JamesDevil: -.-
Smon: The unwounded Stunned Quillax
Keelia: She'll enfold that one
JamesDevil: ah
Smon: OK she enfolds wounded one
Keelia: but everyone in her area still needs to make str check or take damage
Smon: it failed save - 12
Keelia rolls 2d8+4 and gets: 1, 1, (+4) = 6
JamesDevil: I made mine and passed
Keelia: bludg and I count as magical
JamesDevil: aw, snake eyes
Keelia: bloody snake eyes. I get a chance to water pound these guys into mud and snake eyes
joriandrake: water snake struggling with demon
Smon: it takes 6/2 = 3 bludgeoning as has dmg resist. also restrained & grappled
Keelia: it's also unable to breathe unless it can breathe water
Smon: ok 6 dmg if Q counts as magical then
Smon: (elementals don't normallly)
joriandrake: At least it won't speak/offend under water
Smon: "*GLUG GLUG GLUG*"
Keelia: thought I did. let me check
Keelia: Primal Strike Starting at 6th level, your attacks in beast form count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage
Smon: gm: Quillax has enfolded the demon on the right/north, it is in a bad way. The other demon is unharmed.
Smon: OK I will assume elementals count as beasts for this.
Keelia: cool thanks!
Smon: Round 3.
Smon: #24 Drakhaien - you are in pitch blackness that Darkvision cannot penetrate
Smon: Against the wall just round the corner from the battle, which you can still hear
joriandrake: Drakhaien moves backwards to step out of Darkness and check if he can see past the dark dome, have at least some small peek in corridor to see enemy and others
joriandrake: 5-10 feet move I believe
Smon: Drak moves to the corner, he is still in darkness
Smon: He could follow the wall west towards the sound of battle?
joriandrake: ok, he moves using dash forward to get out of darkness then to turn right (bonus action used for dash) with 50 ft movement
joriandrake: then use action to shoot enemy which should now be visible
Smon: Drak burts out of the darkness, he sees the demons in battle w Q & C. He can shoot, no Advtg as not hidden, but can still Sneak att as they are in melee
Smon: so don't take the -5 I recommend
joriandrake: normal shot
joriandrake rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 11, (+10) = 21
joriandrake rolls 1d8+5 and gets: 4, (+5) = 9
joriandrake: sneak
joriandrake rolls 8d6 and gets: 1, 2, 5, 5, 3, 1, 2, 4, = 23
joriandrake: 32, turn end
Smon: GM: As Q is enfolding the wounded one in water you'll have to shoot the unwounded one I guess? Otherwise you just hit Q
joriandrake: I believe you said it isn't fully engulfed due to size?
joriandrake: if so, Drak just shoots whatever sticks out, ankle, ass, knee etc
Smon: No I said it is engulfed otherwise it would not have had to save
joriandrake: yes, in that case I shot unwounded one
Smon: ok, 32 dmg
Keelia: (She could ONLY engulf one because it was large. She couldn't get both.)
joriandrake: (ah, ok)
Smon: #17 Glabrezu
Smon: The engulfed one attacks Q-water w disad as restrained
Smon: /roll d20+9x8
Smon Rolls 1d20+9x8 and gets:
9 (+9) = 18
20 (+9) = 29
16 (+9) = 25
9 (+9) = 18
20 (+9) = 29
16 (+9) = 25
4 (+9) = 13
16 (+9) = 25
joriandrake: (wow, at least two crit hits avoided)
Smon: 18, 18, 25, 13 - one hit, just a human fist
Keelia: AC 14 as Water Elemental
Smon: oh, 4 hits then!
Smon: thx
JamesDevil: Sentinel, it is attacks someone other than me in melee, i use my reaction to hit it
Keelia: (She's ok with that, she's going to drown this jerk if it kills her form )
JamesDevil: i'll let your work out her damage first then do my attack
Smon: It's engulfed by Q so you would be stabbing her, C
Keelia: As long as it's not more than 114, we're good
JamesDevil: ffs
JamesDevil: nvm
JamesDevil: not worth it
Smon: /roll 4d10+10
Smon rolls 4d10+10 and gets: 8, 2, 4, 1, (+10) = 25
Smon: /roll 4d4+4
Smon rolls 4d4+4 and gets: 3, 2, 1, 2, (+4) = 12
Smon: 37 (magic demon) dmg to Q-water
Keelia: (no, she's petty enough to take that hit, James, go for it )
JamesDevil: fine, after he has finished his attacks
joriandrake: Well it was your own wish Keelia, hope it works out for the best o_O
Smon: if you want to hit it I'll let you roll once vs both, AC 14 & 17
Smon: I'll say cover & restrained cancel out
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+12 and gets: 1, (+12) = 13
Smon: miss
joriandrake: wow, yay, the only result to miss her
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+12 and gets: 10, (+12) = 22
Smon: GM: The second glabrezu attacks Claw
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 2, (+10) = 12
Smon: (reaction 1 attack only)
JamesDevil: ah, my bad, soz
Smon: /roll d20+9x4
Smon Rolls 1d20+9x4 and gets:
13 (+9) = 22
4 (+9) = 13
6 (+9) = 15
2 (+9) = 11
JamesDevil: 19 AC
Smon: one hit
Smon: /roll 2d10+5
Smon rolls 2d10+5 and gets: 7, 3, (+5) = 15
Smon: 15 dmg/2 = 7
Smon: grappled glabrezu takes water dmg from Q
Smon: /roll 2d8+4
Smon rolls 2d8+4 and gets: 5, 8, (+4) = 17
Smon: it won't last much longer, 17 dmg
Smon: #13 Claw your turn
JamesDevil: right
JamesDevil: I'll assume the other can kill it and attack the one that attacked me
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+12 and gets: 11, (+12) = 23
JamesDevil rolls 1d12+10 and gets: 11, (+10) = 21
JamesDevil: 21 damage
Smon: "YOU FACE YERRIN-KU, MORTALS! I WILL ENJOY YOUR DEATHS!" says the ungrappled one
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+12 and gets: 15, (+12) = 27
Smon: "OW!"
JamesDevil rolls 1d12+10 and gets: 2, (+10) = 12
JamesDevil: bah
Keelia: (:D ow...)
JamesDevil: 12 damage, end turn
Smon: well you got its hp to double figures
Smon: #8 Quillax
JamesDevil: yay!
Keelia: At the start of each of the elemental's turns, each target grappled by it takes bludgeoning damage
Keelia: so start with that
Keelia rolls 2d8+4 and gets: 1, 8, (+4) = 13
Smon: ah, i misread it and did 17 at start of glab's turn - wanna keep that?
Keelia: yes, I do want to keep the 17
Smon: ok
Smon: you have advtg if attacking it Q
Keelia: ok, there's nothing that says she can't attack and retain the whelm, so she's going to attack the other one, possibly by slamming herself and the one inside of her into the other one
Keelia: does that make sense
Smon: you can slam the grappled one w advtg to finish it off
Smon: hugging it softly
joriandrake: grand wave slam
Smon: roll 2 atts w advtg
Keelia: I was thinking more like body slamming the other one, so the two slam into each other.
Keelia: twice.
Keelia:
Keelia rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 15, (+7) = 22
Keelia rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 7, (+7) = 14
Keelia rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 6, (+7) = 13
Keelia rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 4, (+7) = 11
Smon: it's as big as you, you can't really toss it around. But you can pummel it - 22 & 13 is one hit
Keelia rolls 2d8+4 and gets: 6, 3, (+4) = 13
Keelia: (pity, that would have been hilarious )
Smon: It had 13 hp! Quillax-water forces herself into the poor demon's throat and bursts it from the inside (yuck)
Keelia: Water-Q looks down at her red middle and frowns
Smon: The demon begins to disintegrate in a big stinky pile.
joriandrake: death by water boarding
Keelia: She shakes her watery fist at the other one.
Smon: Yerrin-Ku looks worried now.
Smon: "BLASPHEMERS! YOU DARE DEFILE THE SHRINE OF THE GODDESS?!"
joriandrake: "Look, this is just a test, right? Let us through and call it a day. Just tell your Scribbler boss we won"
Smon: Round 4 #24 Drak - Yerrin-Ku ignores the suggestion.
Keelia: She mocks it in Aquan. "I'm sorry, who was going to die in vain?
joriandrake: Drak checks if there is any pillar or something else to hide behind, or nearby shadows (dim light area) to shoot from
Smon: LOL have Inspiration Q
joriandrake: in 30 feet range
Smon: Drak spots a pillar he can duck behind (bonus action) - gives him advtg on shot
Smon: then pops out to shoot the demon
joriandrake: that he will do then
joriandrake: Ballista snipe shot
joriandrake Rolls 1d20+5x2 and gets:
4 (+5) = 9
16 (+5) = 21
joriandrake: accuracy reroll 4
joriandrake rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 9, (+5) = 14
Smon: 21 - hit
joriandrake: ok, ac 21 it is
joriandrake rolls 1d8+15 and gets: 4, (+15) = 19
joriandrake: sneak
joriandrake rolls 8d6 and gets: 5, 5, 4, 2, 3, 4, 5, 2, = 30
joriandrake: 49 hp shot, turn end
Smon: he's hit in the face, yowls in pain.
joriandrake: "Might I suggest dear Quillax to not engul this one? I don't wish to shoot through you" Drak remarks from behind the pillar
joriandrake: engulf
Smon: "GODDESS AID ME!" He attacks Claw again
Keelia: She blurbles an agreement at him.
Smon: /roll d20+9x4
Smon Rolls 1d20+9x4 and gets:
12 (+9) = 21
14 (+9) = 23
16 (+9) = 25
20 (+9) = 29
JamesDevil: wow
Keelia: damn
Smon: 4 hits inc a fist crit
JamesDevil: "i think she heard you"
Smon:
JamesDevil: bring it on
Smon: /roll 4d10+10
Smon rolls 4d10+10 and gets: 5, 3, 8, 1, (+10) = 27
Smon: /roll 6d4+4
Smon rolls 6d4+4 and gets: 3, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, (+4) = 21
Smon: 48/2 = 24 dmg
Smon: #13 Claw
joriandrake: thankfully barbarians are literal meat shields
JamesDevil: AttackAttack
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+12 and gets: 5, (+12) = 17
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+12 and gets: 5, (+12) = 17
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+12 and gets: 5, (+12) = 17
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+12 and gets: 5, (+12) = 17
JamesDevil rolls 1d12+10 and gets: 1, (+10) = 11
JamesDevil: -.-
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+12 and gets: 19, (+12) = 31
Smon: AC 17 btw
JamesDevil rolls 1d12+10 and gets: 7, (+10) = 17
joriandrake: (no worries, it is enough if you keep enemy busy in melee so my "glass cannon" can shoot them)
Smon: The demon is badly wounded. Great rents in its leathery hide.
Smon: #8 Quillax
JamesDevil: well, at least one hit
joriandrake: both did James
Keelia: She'll multiattack slam it
Smon: 2 hits, 17 & 31
Keelia rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 13, (+7) = 20
Keelia rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 15, (+7) = 22
Smon: Q slams Yerrin-Ku with two watery fists
Keelia rolls 4d8+8 and gets: 7, 7, 7, 1, (+8) = 30
JamesDevil: nice
Keelia: (that's both together)
Smon: He staggers back, bones crunching, then falls limp.
Smon: "NO...."
Smon: He sags, dead.
Smon: You win!
Smon: OOC 5 minute break, are you ok to play on?
JamesDevil: "that was....annoying"
JamesDevil: sure
Keelia: Quillax shakes off her water form. "You assholes," she kicks the body. "I need healing"
Keelia: (Yes)
Smon: You got 3333 XP each for the demons, +1000 for investigation/roleplay = 4333 so far today
JamesDevil: "sorry fr hitting you Q"
joriandrake: "Well fought." Drak steps out from behind the pillar (yes ok) "Let me check what there is to find in the 'cathedral' and read the writing"
Keelia: Quillax will investigate the melting bodies.
Keelia rolls 1d8+5 and gets: 7, (+5) = 12
Keelia rolls 1d8+5 and gets: 4, (+5) = 9
joriandrake: d8?
Keelia: casting cure wounds on myself. Lost almost 70hp in human form
joriandrake: right, that was painful
Keelia rolls 1d8+5 and gets: 3, (+5) = 8
JamesDevil: 31hp for me#
Smon: Quillax it looks as if these were both summoned demons - one Yerrin-Ku bound to the temple, the other summoned by Y-K to aid him.
Keelia rolls 2d4+2 and gets: 3, 3, (+2) = 8
Keelia: take a healing potion (2d4+2)
Smon: Drak - The writing resembles that in the antechamber, he identifies one stanza different from the many prayers & invocations.
Keelia: take a healing potion (2d4+2)
Smon: Drak roll Investigation pls
Keelia: whoops, sorry for the dupe text
Keelia rolls 2d4+2 and gets: 3, 2, (+2) = 7
Keelia: Need a short rest. Quillax will tuck herself into a corner and finish binding up her wounds
joriandrake: aww, I can't use passive, fine I roll
Keelia: (note to self, when they are out of here, she needs to spend some time making keoghan's since she can do that )
joriandrake rolls 1d20+11 and gets: 17, (+11) = 28
Smon: On the base of the middle statue of Lamashtu on the north wall is a stanza
joriandrake: +3
joriandrake: actually used perception accidentally
joriandrake: so 31
Keelia rolls 1d8+2 and gets: 6, (+2) = 8
JamesDevil: claw takes a short rest as well
JamesDevil: and spend some dice
Keelia rolls 1d8+2 and gets: 7, (+2) = 9
joriandrake: Detective Drak to the rescue!
Keelia rolls 1d8+2 and gets: 6, (+2) = 8
Smon: in Thassilonian like the rest - "Each Stone the Grace of Seven Lords, One Part of Key Each Ruler Hoards; If Offered Spells and Proper Prayer, Take Seven Keys and Climb the Stair"
JamesDevil rolls 1d12+4 and gets: 12, (+4) = 16
joriandrake: Drak continues to read and check room while others rest
JamesDevil: 1d12+4
JamesDevil rolls 1d12+4 and gets: 12, (+4) = 16
Smon: GM: with his investigation skill, Drak determines from the rune structure that this stanza is third in a sequence, where that in the antechamber was first, ie there is missing text
JamesDevil: right, thats me maxed
JamesDevil: afk a sec
joriandrake: Is there a secret or normal door here other than the one we came from?
Keelia: Quillax goes back to the door in the hallway, taking Claw with her
Smon: The cathedral - the central image on the floor of Lamashtu's face still glows w soft rusty light. The statues along the west wall on the raised dais (about 20' long) are buried in rubble and damaged, but likely represented prophets of the goddess.
Keelia: She'll open the door
Smon: Quillax opens the door in the n wall of the e-w corridor just e of the cathedral; it opens into a 5' wide tunnel filled w the same glowing fog.
joriandrake: I didn't rest, so if there is nothing else left to explore at Cathedral Drakhaien will go back to hallway, hide in darknes/shadows or behind something then use Mage Hand to open next door from distance
Smon: There is one other exit from the cathedral, the riftlike exit at the w end of s wall. And in the antechamber where you killed the 2 hounds there was the double doors in s wall and the tunnel in n wall.
Keelia: Can she see anything beyond it?
joriandrake: then check what is behind Door number 3 too
joriandrake: so it might be the same door?
Keelia: (tunnel north was fog, i thought)
Smon: (Jorian your descriptions are really vague & hard to follow)
joriandrake: (My spell Comprehend Languages works for a hour, so it would end if I rested, I didn't rest, I am ahead in time compared to the others)
Keelia: Quillax will cast dispel magic on the dog and see what happens
Keelia: *fog
Smon: Level 3 slot Q?
Keelia: yes level 3
Smon: OK, the fog is a level 6 spell effect so DC 16 caster check, use WIS+Prof
Keelia rolls 1d20+11 and gets: 18, (+11) = 29
Keelia: just
Smon: The fog vanishes, Quillux sees a 5' wide tunnel run 20' north to an intersection (N&E), but beyond that point both N & E tunnels are collapsed, lots of rubble.
joriandrake: ok I guess Drak then just stood around and waited for others to rest
Keelia: She'll turn around and go back to the north door in the antechamber where there was also fog.
Keelia: and see if her spell dispelled that also
Smon: GM: You haven't had a short rest yet - did you want to take one?
joriandrake: both of them already declared to have taken a short rest, only I said no, they rolled hp too
Smon: GM: Quillax goes back to the antechamber and looks north - yes the fog is gone from there too! She sees a tunnel, the south end partly collapsed, but after 10' or so it looks clear. It runs 20' north before ending in rubble, but something seems off about the east wall - too smooth?
JamesDevil: back, soz
JamesDevil: we did
joriandrake: I wished to spend the time to explore a bit, as much I could while sneaking, but it seems there is some confusion going on
joriandrake: again
Keelia: She'll clamber in and go check out that wall
Smon: GM: you can only declare you *start* a short rest, not that you *take* one
joriandrake: Well, at start Drak is there, so if anything comes at least I will alarm/wake them
JamesDevil: Claw will move towards the smooth wall
Smon: GM: OK I'll say an hour has now passed, it took Drak a good while to find the stanza & interpret it anyway
joriandrake: ok
Smon: Quillax moves into the n tunnel off the antechamber, followed by Claw (who has to squeeze carefully past the damaged section).
Smon: If Q or C have Survival trained you can roll it now
joriandrake: (sorry if I added to the confusion, I just didn't want to waste most of the spelL's duration, considering that as Arcane Trickster I can't cast rituals and have to spend a spell slot every time)
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 9, (+7) = 16
Smon: Claw notes what looks like recent scuff marks in the floor debris of the tunnel, just past the partly collapsed section
Keelia: don't have it trained. Have thievery or insight but quillax is a druid without survival instincts
Smon: Quillax steps over this area, obscuring the tracks
JamesDevil: Claw guesture toward the scuff mark
JamesDevil: "something came through here
joriandrake: eh, so much for my detective noticing anything too then
Keelia: She looks down, surprised. "Hm?"
JamesDevil: can i roll nature? i have it trained
Smon: Q reaches the n end of the tunnel.
Keelia: (you didn't say you followed us into the tunnel)
JamesDevil: tring to work out if its a beast and if so what kind
Smon: hm, ok nature DC 20 Claw only
Keelia: She'll have a look at the wall
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 18, (+5) = 23
joriandrake: look, actually I assumed that I started out exploring first, as you rested, then there was confusion, but I already wrote that I explore, ot seems though that I do it together with you instead of ahead of you)
joriandrake: it seems*
Smon: Claw thinks it was humanoid footprints, a single man was standing there, recently. Quillax investigates the smooth section of wall.Q rolls Investigate
Keelia: (yes, but I cleared the magical fog so you couldn't have explored this area)
Keelia rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 6, (+9) = 15
Smon: GM: Drak you were only exploring the cathedral
joriandrake: (I could have went through the fog)
joriandrake: ok
JamesDevil: "someone was standing here recently...."
joriandrake: but I didn't stay even then there alone when the others started moving o_O
JamesDevil: "keep your eyes open people"
Smon: GM: J your wording was far too vague, you did not even give me a specific door etc
Keelia: "really?" quillax hums, squinting at the floor then the wall. "smooth wall? and a foot print? Interesting."
JamesDevil: Claw move up and taps the way, listening for a hollow sound
Smon: GM: I assume Drak has returned to the antechamber & is guarding the rear right now. The north tunnel is so narrow the other two have to be in single file
JamesDevil: walk*
joriandrake: (I barely rememebr them ap and I play while being ill Smon, I hoped you would describe the hallway with the 3 doors again as I opened with a Mage Hand - as planned - one of the unexplored directions, so yes I guess I was vague but I also said I would go ahead and such, but never mind, let us just go forward... I assume I am now with the others?)
joriandrake: ok, at read now then
joriandrake: rear
Smon: >>I barely rememebr them ap and I play while being ill Smon<< It is your responsibility to map & follow what is happening, or else just tag along. I can't play your PC for you.
JamesDevil: I'm mapping at the mo
JamesDevil: might not be perfect thought
Smon: (you all better map to know where stuff is)
Smon: Claw taps the wall, it sounds hollow, and vibrates slightly - a door! It felt like a wooden door - must be an illusion of wall covering it?
joriandrake: Drakhaien follows claw (afk, taking an aspiring)
Keelia: Quillax will check for a hidden door
Keelia: Ah, Claw found it
Smon: Q feels around, detects the outline of a wooden door just under the illusion... and there is a handle!
JamesDevil: looks fake, see if you can find a hand or key hole or something
Keelia: (she has +2 for saves against illusion)
Smon: Claw you can roll Investigation too
JamesDevil rolls 1d20-1 and gets: 17, (-1) = 16
Keelia: She'll try the handle. If it doesn't open, she'll feel for a lock
Smon: It's a DC 18 so you both failed even w +2 for Quillax - you know it's an illusion but can't see through it until Q turns the handle and the door opens away from you...
Smon: You see a 5' alcove, door at far end, looks like it opens towards you.
JamesDevil: "you should probably let me go first"
Keelia: She looks at Claw, squints a little in thought, and steps back, "After you."
joriandrake: back
Smon: GM: Drakhaien joins C&Q at the n end of the passage.
Keelia: (I keep forgetting I have guidance)
joriandrake: can Drak spot the door and investigate passively? or shall I roll?
JamesDevil: lol
Keelia: (door found.)
Smon: What is Drak's passive Inves?
Keelia: Quillax reaches through the wall and drags him through the illusion
JamesDevil: is there a handle on the door?
Smon: Yes
JamesDevil: the little one in the alcove
joriandrake: 29, I am trained and Expertise in Perception and Investigation and have Observant as feat
JamesDevil: Claw will try it
joriandrake: my char os publicly known as a detective
joriandrake: is
Smon: OK Drak can see right through the illusion; he sees Q reach out to pull him through
joriandrake: ok, Drak does that
Smon: GM: Drak can auto detect most illusions if he interacts with them
joriandrake: ok
joriandrake: as Elf I have advantage vy Enchantment as well , took race on part because of this
JamesDevil: right, so Claw tries the handle on the alcover door
Smon: Claw pulls the door open, revealing a 15' across circular chamber. A low stone rim surrounds a 5' wide shallow pool in the centre that glows with soft gold radiance. The walls are carved with large runes (looks like formal dedications in Thassilonian) and the ceiling rises to a dome above.
Smon: OOC I'm going to say that with the time spent investigating, Drak can now read Thassilonian same as Quillax, ok?
Keelia: OK
joriandrake: fine by me
Smon: Q & D can make out the basic sense of the runes; this is a holy site dedicated to Lamashtu, her "birthing pool" where those carrying the Spawn of Lamashtu would birth their 'holy' offspring.
Keelia: (ew)
Smon: It is the Giver of Life - from Quillax's perspective, monstrous foul & deformed life, of course.
JamesDevil: "Whats that pool for?"
joriandrake: "monster womb room"
joriandrake: ( wrote language on char sheet as: "Thassilonian (Written)")
Smon: (OK)
JamesDevil: "thats....nasty....can I please erase that from my memory?"
Keelia: "unholy birthing pool" people have babies monsters in thers.
joriandrake: "Monsters were born in there"
Keelia: I do have a potion of memory removal
Smon: The water looks pure, but Q senses this is a mask for unutterable foulness!
Keelia: but it's technically poison also
joriandrake: (wait until end of quest with drinking that)
Keelia: "Don't touch the water"
JamesDevil: "fair enough"
joriandrake: Drak carefully steps closer to peek into it
Keelia: "Can anyone see any doors? I would expect to see one opposite that leads into the other little hallway"
JamesDevil: ooc sounds like every horror movie every!
Smon: The shallow glowing pool is only about 2' deep, Drak can see the softly curved bottom through the clear water.
Keelia: "Hang on. Someone came in here recently."
joriandrake: "Not out of?" Drak wonders
Smon: The floor here is clean, but you can attempt high DC Survival checks
Keelia: "Human footprints. Not monster."
JamesDevil: "I did mention the foot prints behind us
Keelia: I don't have survival Let's try it anyway!
JamesDevil: £
JamesDevil: "
Keelia rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 11, (+7) = 18
joriandrake: eh, survival roll is one I am pretty hard to succeed at
joriandrake: but worth a shot
joriandrake rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 6, (+1) = 7
Keelia: Best I can do untrained
JamesDevil: all right, you guys watch my back/roll
joriandrake: nope sirree
Smon: guidance?
JamesDevil: 1d20+7
Keelia: yes
Keelia: thanks! Claw gets guidance
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 13, (+7) = 20
JamesDevil:
Keelia: that's an extra d4
Smon: roll the guidance die pls
joriandrake: at least 21
JamesDevil rolls 1d4 and gets: 1,
JamesDevil: lol
Keelia:
Keelia: well, better than 20
JamesDevil: indeed
Smon: fail by 1 - hmmm... ok it looks to Claw like someone recently emerged from the pool and exited by the door, that's all he can tell. Meanwhile Drak investigates the walls, they are definitely solid w no illusions or secret doors.
joriandrake: (afk bringing mom food and pills)
Keelia: Quillax will slip past the others and go poke at the wall on the far side
Smon: they are definitely solid w no illusions or secret doors.
Keelia: She shrugs, eases back around the pool and back into the hallway
JamesDevil: backtracking it is
Smon: Looks like you will have to go back to the antechamber and either take the double doors south or go west to the cathedral
JamesDevil: i think the double doors
Keelia: Yeah
Keelia: If stanza 1 was in the antechamber and 3 was in the cathedral, then 2 should be before that and 4 should be west of the cathedral?
Keelia: Otherwise, I'm going to have to get my stone shape spell on and start moving rubble
joriandrake: back
Smon: GM: OK. In the antechamber Claw throws open the south double doors, revealing a 10' wide tunnel running south 25-30' to where it is collapsed. There are no obvious doors off, but Drak can spot several, hidden by minor illusions - one in west wall 15' down, 2 in east wall 15' & 30' down.
Smon: Q senses that this corridor was recently full of magic fog
joriandrake: The elf informs the others and points the illusions out
joriandrake: "Let us check the hidden rooms one by one" he says, then stealths
JamesDevil: "can you dispel any of them?
Keelia: "Probably, but why waste the magic if they just open like the last?"
joriandrake: Drak just casts Mage Hand and tries to open the closest hidden door from distance
JamesDevil: "fair enough"
Keelia: (West or East, J?)
Smon: the e & w doors are equidistant J
Keelia: (first pair of doors are same distance from us)
joriandrake: (well, cloosest, not sure they are at same distance)
joriandrake rolls 1d2 and gets: 2
Smon: grr
JamesDevil: i suggest west
joriandrake: west
Keelia: OK, Drak will open the WEST door 15' from the double doors
JamesDevil: you ok simon?
Keelia: with mage hand
joriandrake: (sorry Smon, there is a bit of lag in chat)
Smon: (yeah I'm ok) OK Drak approaches the door until he can make out the handle through the illusion. About 10' away from it he casts mage hand and turns the handle.
JamesDevil: Claw move up next to him just incase
Smon: The door opens into a 5' alcove, the back of it collapsed - may once have been a a tunnel.
Smon: Do same to east door?
JamesDevil: go for it
joriandrake: Drak checks if the nack is truly collapsed or only a better illusion
joriandrake: back*
joriandrake: if real he goes back to tunnel and opens opposite door the same way
joriandrake: yes, the east one that faces the western one
joriandrake: OK James
Smon: (it's collapsed) The east door also opens away from you into a 5' wide, 10' long tunnel that opens into an oblong chamber with curving walls about 15' n-s by 20' e-w. There is dust and rubble on the floor, clearly disturbed recently. Lots of scribbles & markings on the chamber walls, and image of 3 eyed jackal head glaring at you from east wall.
JamesDevil: go for it
Smon: Most of the writing is prayers to Lamashtu, Mother of Monsters, but the writing under the jackal head looks different...
joriandrake: Drak will step inside carefully, watching where he steps and check the writing, and for a stanza
Smon: "On Eastern Shores of Steaming Mirror, At End of Day when Dusk is Nearer,
Where Seven Faces Silent Wait Encircled Guards At Runeforge Gate."
12:00pm 2019-1-19 joriandrake Has entered the room
JamesDevil: Claw will make a nature check on the marks
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 19, (+5) = 24
JamesDevil:
Smon: Claw can't read Thassilonian - he can barely read - does someone translate it for him?
joriandrake: sorry, browser crashed had to restart I might have missed something, last thing I have seen was my message that I look for stanza
JamesDevil: n, i was checking the claw marks
Smon:
Smon: Most of the writing is prayers to Lamashtu, Mother of Monsters, but the writing under the jackal head looks different...
joriandrake: Drak will step inside carefully, watching where he steps and check the writing, and for a stanza
Smon: "On Eastern Shores of Steaming Mirror, At End of Day when Dusk is Nearer,
Where Seven Faces Silent Wait Encircled Guards At Runeforge Gate."
JamesDevil: ah, my bad
JamesDevil: misread
Keelia: Quillax will translate for Claw
Smon: Those who read it can roll DC 15 Nature or History, Claw passes (24) once it's translated.
joriandrake: "Eastern shores of steaming mirror - might be a lake, or a desert, time close to dusk - seven faces silent might mean all shards have to be gathered"
Keelia rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 14, (+10) = 24
joriandrake rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 16, (+9) = 25
JamesDevil: if its roodpart
JamesDevil: i'm gonna be so pissed
joriandrake: History
Smon: Claw knows that in the Shoanti tongue, 'Mirror' is a common phrase for 'Lake', and that 'Steaming Mirror' is a term for Lake Stormunder due to its plentiful hot springs. Drak & Quillax recall that a mysterious circle of 7 stone heads stands upon the western slope of Mt Rimeskull on Stormunder's eastern shore.
Smon: Drak you can roll Investigate too
joriandrake rolls 1d20+14 and gets: 6, (+14) = 20
joriandrake: Inv 24
Smon: Map showing Rimeskull in north western Varisia https://sites.google.com/site/runelordsriseap/_/rsrc/1438372077178/varisia/varisia.png
Smon: OK it looks to Drak that this is the Second Stanza, fitting between the two you have already discovered.
joriandrake: "look at that, we have a clear location now to investigate" Drak is excited at the thought of getting closer to solving this puzzle
Smon: To those knowledgeable in Religion, this chamber appears to be a meditation cell of sorts.
Keelia: "There's never just 3 stanzas in anything, especially written by a crazy person. There will be a fourth and up to a 7th somewhere.
Smon:
joriandrake: Drak will take a pen and paper to write down the three stanza in proper order
Keelia: Let's keep looking
joriandrake: and make sure there is enough space for up to 4 more stanzas
Smon: OK, I suggest you copy/paste from the blog.
Keelia: Quillax will have a quick look around then step back into the hall
joriandrake: (I lost chat log due to browser crash)
Keelia: (simon always posts it)
Smon: (do it when I post log then) GM: The south door in the tunnel opens into a second matching meditation cell, this one partially collapsed. Cracks radiate along walls & ceiling - looks unstable.
joriandrake: ok, if there is nothing else here we return to the tunnel and Drak mage hand opens last hidden door he found
joriandrake: radiate?
Smon: There is the 3 eyed jackal image glaring from east wall, a crack running across its snout, but no scribbles on the walls.
Smon: google it J
joriandrake: light comes through from the partially collapsed south door/meditation cell?
Smon: The south side of the cell has collapsed in a pile of rubble, looks dangerous.
Smon: No, the cells are unlit.
joriandrake: Sorry, I understood it as it emits light , so the other meaning of it, radial is the correct one
Smon: GM: You see no further ways on - looks like the only way on (unless Q turns to earth elemental form) is via the rift-tunnel in the cathedral's south wall.
Smon: yes
Keelia: Quillax steps back. "We should check the southern exit from the cathedral before we start messing with unstable areas"
joriandrake: Drakhaien sees no reason to step into the near-collapsed room
Smon: OOC I leave out most of Paizo's flowery language, guess I should have left out radiate too!
Keelia: (cracks radiate = the start at a central point and move out from that point, like a spiders web radiates out from the centre)
joriandrake: (sorry for making this hard for you)
Smon: GM: OK this looks a good place to stop.
Keelia: ok, sounds good, it's getting quite late here
joriandrake: thank you for the game
JamesDevil: fair enough, i'll post the map as fair as i've done it
JamesDevil: thanxs fior the game
Smon: You get another +750 XP for investigations (2 stanzas & the birth pool)
JamesDevil: one other thing Simon
joriandrake: in the forum James?
JamesDevil: yarr
Keelia: nice
Smon: lots of xp today thx to the demons & only 3 PCs
joriandrake: ok, thanks, will check your log Simon to order the stanzas properly and check on the xp
joriandrake: have a nice weekend, bye everyone
Smon: Keelia you better record the stanzas too
Smon: bye J
JamesDevil: Simon could please depowe Bill a bit? he's 3 level higher with legendary equipment which is kind of unfair to the rest of us :*
Smon: No, but you do get the Sin of Envy!
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