Aegis' Dungeoncrawler In-Character

[Dread_Head]

Spoiler: Crit Confirmation

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Yay Thanquil's first potential critical
Crit Confirm: (1d20+11)[21] bonus damage (2d6+12)[19]

[Aegis013]

The team makes quick work of the remaining Fire Mephits. These measly creatures never stood a chance.

Each character gains 4,500 XP.

Spoiler: Status and Conditions

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All the Fire Mephits are dead.

Liselle is healed for 8 and has 49 HP remaining.

With the mephits defeated, the team is free to take a closer look at the large chamber. The torches behind the six pedestals that previously held Fire Mephits are quickly identified as everburning torches. While they create areas of light and dark within the room, they provide excellent illumination on the walls. Carved reliefs depict a sort of story.

A mass of indistinct creatures stretch their hands and arms up towards what could only be the enormous sun in the sky above this pyramid. Fire comes down from the sun into their hands, and it appears to be placed into what looks like an ornate oil wick lamp. What it means exactly is anyone's guess. Perhaps the creatures here were able to harness the power of the giant angry fire orb in their sky somehow.

The reliefs have numerous sockets filled with brilliant red rubies that are fairly easy to pry loose. In all, there are 1,500gp worth of rubies here.


You see two potential ways out of this room:
The stairwell back to the Mirror Room above
Or
There is a short hallway leading out of the room that ends with a sturdy stone door.

[Dread_Head]

After the battle, Thanquil activates his Ring of Invisibility again and his disembodied voice says "Lets carry on through the door. I'll listen at the doorway first." Then he cautiously makes his way over to the door and listens.

Spoiler: Rolls

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Move Silently to approach the door (1d20+9)[15]
Listen at the door (1d20+12)[23]

[QuadraticGish]

Orchid nods in response and waits by the door for Thanquil to call it clear.

[Aegis013]

Thanquil creeps to the stone door and places his ear against it, immediately rewarded hearing several muffled voices through just beyond speaking in Ignan. It's hard to make out precisely what is being said, but the gist is pretty clear. It sounds like they're arguing about who should go and investigate the commotion they heard.

At least four distinct voices are clear, but it's possible there are more creatures within. They don't seem to have a designated leader based on the argument at hand.

[Dread_Head]

Thanquil creeps back from the door and then whispers to the party "There's four creatures on the other side of the door, they've heard the fight and are trying to decide how to respond. If we move quickly then we can get the drop on them. Oh and they're speaking Ignan, the elemental language of fire so expect to face more fire based attacks."

Then he stands with a clear line of sight to the door and readies an arrow to shoot through the door when it's opened.

[whoiam]

Liselle takes the time Thanquil is listening at the door to manifest Shield on herself, then while he's discussing their approach to the next room, she adds Vigor (Psionic vigor, not lesser vigor, so she's adding on 10 temp HP instead of healing her existing burns). Nodding her agreement to Thanquil's idea, she takes up position beside the door, and prepares to follow their fireproof tank through.

Spoiler

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1pp manifestation of Shield for the +4 bonus, and 2pp manifestation of Vigor so she's fairly close to her normal HP pool going through the door... then delaying until Solstafir goes through first.

[QuadraticGish]

Orchid takes a moment to grab out a scroll of mass resist energy, and activates it while going around touching the party and the zombie before readying up behind Liselle ready to charge in when Solstafir leads the charge.

Spoiler: OOC

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CL5 Mass resist energy is used, giving the party and affected zombie 10 minutes of Fire Resistance 10. UMD: Scroll UMD: (1d20+20)[34] Scroll UMD: (1d20+20)[28] Scroll UMD: (1d20+20)[27]
If the first roll fails, Orchid will tries twice more before giving it up.

[TheFallenOne]

"I might not get to burn anything this entire Delve," Solstafir said with a displeased grumble, but nonetheless took position in front of the door to take point on their attack. Not expecting much opportunity for harpooneering he held his axe ready from the start and opened the door. "Knock knock."

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Maneuver rolls (1d5)[5] (1d4)[3] (1d3)[2]

Mass Resist Energy is 10 minutes/CL so it will actually last us close to an hour.

[Aegis013]

The team bursts into the room. At first glance it looks like a meeting chamber of sorts. The chamber is dominated by a single heavy stone table. There appear to be no chairs in the room at this time.

The creatures who were heard speaking previously turn to face towards you. Now in the room you count seven molten-colored creatures, their crimson eyes ablaze. Each of the creatures is wearing chainmail and the front four are holding drawn longswords. The back three wield longspears, their swords still hanging from their belts.

Thanquil immediately recognizes the creatures as Firenewts. Fiery reptilian demi-humans, no stronger than the average Solumite, albeit a little less intelligent. They tend to rely on numbers to overwhelm opponents rather than individual skill.

Initiative:
Firenewts (1d20+1)[12]

Liselle (1d20+9)[24]
Orchid (1d20+2)[11]
Solstafir (1d20+9)[10]
Thanquil (1d20+7)[14]

Liselle and Thanquil have initiative.

[Dread_Head]

Seeing the Firenewts through the door Thanquil aims his bow carefully and unleashes a pair of arrows at one of the ones holding a longspear. "They're Firenewts, they aren't too strong, they tend to use weight of numbers to fight"

Spoiler: Actions

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Knowledge Devotion: (1d20+29)[48]
Full Attack - Rapid Shot, Precise Shot, Point Blank Shot, Knowledge Devotion ? EDIT: +5
Attack 1 - Invisibility: (1d20+8)[20]+5 KD damage (1d6+3)[4] + 5 KD
Attack 2: (1d20+6)[16] +5 KD damage (1d6+3)[5]+5 KD

[Aegis013]

Thanquil's arrows find a spear-wielding firenewt's neck and eye. Strange blue blood spurts out from the puncture wounds as the firenewt collapses against the table, sinking to the ground, dead.

Liselle moves forward without hesitation, shifting strangely through the shadows cast by the torchlight. Her spiked chain flashes out at the nearest foe just before she disappears, the shadows swallowing her completely. Now invisible, she sneaks onto the table.
Power attack for 5:
Cloak of Deception
Emerald Razor
(1d20+8)[24] vs touch
On hit it deals instant death.


The Firenewts facial expression turn from surprise to horror as two of their numbers are instantly slain. "Reetreeeat!" one of them exclaims in Ignan. They begin to flee into a hallway connected to this meeting room, some of them trying to scramble over and under the large stone table to get there, desperate to get away from you.

Liselle sees her opportunity, her spiked chain flashing out at four more of the creatures.
(1d20+8)[19]
(1d20+8)[22]
(1d20+8)[21]
(1d20+8)[9]
On hit, they deal instant death.

Five of the seven firenewts lie dead in the chamber as the two survivors flee down a hallway.

Spoiler: Status and Conditions

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Five firenewts dead.
Two firenewts are unharmed and 40ft down a well lit corridor extending from the room.

You see that from this room you could either pursue the firenewts down what appears to be a long corridor extending roughly 100ft. The two attempted escapees have awkwardly waddled 40ft down the corridor.
You also see a sturdy stone door leading out of this meeting chamber.

The party may act.

[Dread_Head]

"Take them out before they can warn anyone we're coming." Thanquil says before firing an arrow at each fleeing Firenewt.

Spoiler: Actions

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Full Attack - Rapid Shot, Knowledge Devotion +5
Attack 1: (1d20+11)[26] damage (1d6+8)[9]
Attack 2: (1d20+11)[15] damage (1d6+8)[14]

[QuadraticGish]

"Right!"
Orchid moves up, and conjures grease under the firenewts.

Spoiler: OOC

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Move action: Orchid moves as far as she can
Standard Action: Activate her Grease SLA directly under the newts.

[whoiam]

Remembering what happened the last time they chased monsters down a corridor, Liselle elects not to give chase - instead she switches to her bow as well, and adds an extra arrow to Thanquil's fire.

Spoiler

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There's nothing special about Liselle's longbow, so no Str bonus, masterwork bonus or enhancement bonus for this shot.

"Attack" - (1d20+11)[14] Crit on a 31
"Crit Conf" - (1d20+16)[18]
"Damage" - (1d8)[3]
"Crit Damage" - (2d8)[10]

[Aegis013]

Thanquil and Liselle fire arrows down the hallway, one of Thanquil's arrows finding its way into the back of his target, the other arrows not quite penetrating the enemy's chainmail.

Solstafir moves into position and hurls a harpoon.

(1d20+6)[10] to hit
On a 26 (1d20+6)[8] to confirm
Dealing (2d8+5)[10] damage
(2d8+5)[17] more on a crit.


Orchid conjures Grease under the fleeing targets.

Reflex saves vs DC (15?):
(1d20+4)[23]
(1d20+4)[17]

The spider zombie, using its preternatural speed boosted with the power of incarnum, hustles down the hall and attempts to bite one of the firenewts:
(1d20+7)[22]
Dealing (1d8+5)[7]
On a 27
(1d20+7)[20] to confirm
Dealing (1d8+5)[10] extra damage.

[Aegis013]

The waddling firenewts don't immediately fall due to the grease, though the spider rips the head off of the one with an arrow in its back.

The other desperately continues to try to escape:
Balance DC 10 (1d20+1)[4]

Unable to balance on the greasy stone surface, the creature's legs comically flail out from under it as it collapses, the spider happy to take the opportunity to bite another victim.

Spider AoO:
(1d20+7)[23]
Dealing (1d8+5)[8]
On a 27
(1d20+7)[14] to confirm
Dealing (1d8+5)[9] extra

Spoiler: Status and Conditions

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Six firenewts are dead.
The remaining firenewt has taken 8 damage and is prone.

The party may act.

[QuadraticGish]

Orchid commands the spare hand to draw out her bow, which she switches for her scythe. The artificer draws and arrow and keeps it trained on the newt.

Spoiler: OOC

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Free Action: Have her freehand hand Orchid her bow and hold onto her scythe.
Standard: Ready an action to shoot the newt if it gets up and starts retreating once more. Attack: (1d20+6)[23] Damage: (1d8+3)[9]

[Aegis013]

Orchid's arrow sinks past the prone firenewts chainmail and with a gurgle, it dies.

Each character gains 2,100 XP.

Other than their mundane equipment, the firenewts don't appear to have any valuables of note.

The large stone table dominates the meeting chamber, though appears to just be hewn from a single large piece of the red hued stone that makes the pyramid.

The exits remain the same:
Sturdy Stone door

Hallway

[TheFallenOne]

"Pathetic little creatures." Solstafir spat on one of the mangled corpses, then bent down to retrieve his harpoon. Carefully checking with his finger he confirmed the edge was still good after impacting unyielding stone instead of soft flesh. "We're already some way down the corridor, let's keep going and save the door for later." The disposable zombie took the lead, with the smith following behind.

[QuadraticGish]

Orchid nods in response. "Let's keep going then while resist energy is still on." she comments as she begins following behind Solstafir after taking her scythe back from from the sparehand.

[Aegis013]

The corridor reaches a T intersection, extending left or right. Along the far wall of the hallway there are four sturdy stone doors.

One to your right, three to your left. Other than the doorways, there appear to be no exits. The doors have no particular markings, though carefully moving and listening at each of the doors reveals the following:

Thanquil's listen (1d20+12)[30]
Liselle's listen (1d20+10)[22]

From right to left:
Rightmost door: The crackling of fire and voices softly speaking Ignan, after a brief moment of listening, you count four. It sounds like they are playing a game of dice or something. They clearly haven't become aware you're in their home.

Second door: Clanging and clacking of weapons striking something fairly sturdy. Maybe wood. It almost sounds like a fight is going on in there, but given how many blows sound like they're landing and no sounds of pain or death - you'd guess perhaps there is a sparring match or similar going on. The number of creatures in the room is unclear, and while they don't know you're here, they're likely more prepared than the creatures in the first room.

Third door: A strange slurping sound emanates from within. It has fairly steady rhythm, alternating between slurping and being quiet steadily. Something might be in there.

Leftmost door: The sound of claws clacking against stone can be heard faintly within. Judging by the pace, you'd guess a single bipedal creature with clawed feet is walking around inside.

[QuadraticGish]

Orchid motions towards the rightmost door, wanting to gamble on the idea that eliminating the potentially largest group might make it easier to clear out the rest.

[TheFallenOne]

Solstafir shrugged; might as well go with Orchid's suggestion. He took point in front of the door, but instead of bringing the undead spider with him he placed it in front of the next door over to block the path of the most likely group to interfere in the upcoming fight. Once everyone was in position he threw open the door, ready to face whatever creatures may lie beyond it.

[Dread_Head]

After the Firenewt fight Thanquil looks round the party before they move on and is reminded of Liselle's injury. "Are you still wounded from the mephits? Let me get that for you." And he pulls out a scroll of Lesser Vigor to cast on her so she heals as they make their way down the corridor.

Before they kick down the door Thanquil whispers "It might be good to capture one alive if we can this time. Since they're intelligent they might be able to tell us more about this pyramids defences."

Then Thanquil readies himself to shoot an arrow through the door when Solstafir opens it.

[Aegis013]

After ensuring that any lingering damage is recovered, the group bursts in through the first door, the spider zombie blocking the second door.

Within there are four creatures, just as counted sitting among a number of cots and bedrolls, sitting at the center of the room around what appears to be some kind of mat. Small dice that carved from animal bones are being used for some kind of game. Three of the creatures are yet more of the weak Firenewts, equipped just as their comrades with longswords and chainmail. The last voice, however, belongs to a creature with a muscular humanoid upper half and serpentine lower half, covered in red and black scales. Flame shaped spines jut from the creature's head, arms and spine. This creature is also wearing chainmail and a spear lays at its side. The Salamander is a bit more powerful of a foe, however, the team has taken them by surprise!

Initiative:
Salamander and Firenewts (1d20+1)[10]

Liselle (1d20+9)[13]
Orchid (1d20+2)[22]
Solstafir (1d20+9)[11]
Thanquil (1d20+7)[12]

All party members get a Standard Action during the surprise round and have initiative, having caught your foes in the middle of a heated game of dice.

[Dread_Head]

Thanquil brings to mind his knowledge of this new foe and fires an arrow directly at it. "The Salamander's the greater threat, take it out first."

Spoiler: Actions

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Knowledge Devotion - Planes (1d20+29)[45]
Standard: Attack - Point Blank Shot, Knowledge Devotion +? Edit: +5
Attack (1d20+8)[9] (+5 KD, Edit: +2 invisible for a 16) damage (1d6+3)[6] (+5 KD)

[Dread_Head]

Then pressing the advantage Thanquil continues a quick flurry of arrows at the Salamander

Spoiler: Actions

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Full Attack - Rapid Shot, Point Blank Shot, Knowledge Devotion +5
Attack 1: (1d20+11)[25] damage (1d6+8)[12]
Attack 2: (1d20+11)[31] damage (1d6+8)[10] (EDIT: potential critical, 18 to confirm for 24 additional damage)

[TheFallenOne]

"Gladly." Solstafir's harpoon took flight along with Thanquil's arrows at the Salamander, the lesser firenewts remaining ignored for now.

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attack - (1d20+8)[14]
piercing damage - (2d8+5)[13]
If hit Reflex DC 10+damage taken or harpoon stuff

Five foot step inside
Maneuver roll for next turn (1d5)[4]

Zombie readies an attack against anyone opening the door in front of it.

[QuadraticGish]

Orchid showers the enemies with a color spray, hoping to disable the lesser enemies to make way for her allies to mop the rest.

Spoiler: OOC

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Orchid casts color spray trying to target as many enemies as possible; DC15 will save.