The group finishes the plain but filling dinner with the outlines of a plan.  Get a good nights sleep.  Get up the next morning and using the cover of darkness and fog, use a boat to get close.  Cat can move along the bank to make the boaters aware of any traps ot watchers.  Then, starting with the bottom of the Mill, work your way to the top.

Using the rest of their spells before they sleep, Cat and Miriam get everyone healed of hp damage and ready to go.  Jan has 3 hours to make any extracts or mutagens for the next day.

Using some of the loot, a couple of scrolls of Lesser Restoration are obtained, to be used on Zer in the morning after he has had a nights rest.  If anybody wants to buy a 1st(50gp) or 2nd level(300gp) cleric potion, they have those as well.

The night passes quietly and before you know it, it is morning and time to prepare.  The spellcasters quietly prepare their spells.  Zer gets 2 con back, and you may use a spell or scroll to heal his con back to normal.  It is estimated to take 1 hour to get to the mill, timed to arrive just at sunrise.

OOC:  Please
-update your spell list
-do an In-character "In the morning post" including;
  >when (right away, when you get a boat, just before you get to the mill) and what spells your have up.
  >what, if any, potions you buy and load into the wrist devices
  >what other preperations you make

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The Loot is given out as follows (ooc: this is not a final distribution, but a temporary one until the cult is defeated);

Everybody
1 nonmagical Wrist Potion Device.  It holds a potion so that it is always considered to be “in hand” and ready to drink.  You don’t have to spend an action to draw it out. They are tricky to load.
Loading them out of combat is doable.  If for some reason you want to load them in a hurry/distracted/in combat, it takes a roll.
100gp Gnome clothes
1000gp in coins from various nations
200 gp in useable coins
(works out to 162.5gp each)

Talis
[Private to Talis Revain:  Ring Gates
2x 4th level scrolls
wand of Summon Monster 3]
X2 uses of Dust of Disappearance
Gloves that allow you to change the flavor, temperature and look of food and drink, at will.  You can also use it to cast Ray of Fire or Ray of Frost (30’ range).  But doing so renders the glove unuseable for 1 minute.

Zer-wedula
Spellbook –
0: all
1: Mage Armor, Magic Missle, Disguise Self, Silent Image, Vanish, Animate Rope, Memory Lapse, Hypnotism, Charm Person, Detect Secret Doors
2: Mirror Image, Glitterdust, Invisibility, Spider Climb, Cats Grace, Knock
3: Shrink, Slow, Fly, Major Image. Secret Page, Summon Monster 3
[Private to Zer-wedula: If Zer want's to use the captured spellbook to prepare a spell, it takes 2 steps.
1- decipher the writing with Spellcraft dc 20+spell level
2- to prepare it takes a spellcraft dc 1=+spell level]

Catessa Fallowfield & Murphis
Wand of CLW (CL1, 36 chgs).

Miriam
Inverter Crystal that attaches to armor.  The longer it is attached to a given suit, the more effects it will give.  Now it can be used to
1- Invert channeling (positive to negative/negative to positive)

Logalog
Wand of Mage Armor (CL1, 20 chgs)
Wand of Magic Missles (CL3, 30 chgs)

Jan
Wayfinder with a slotted Ioun Stone (resonance ability is +1 will saves)
Ioun Stone, +2 int (skill point go into diplomacy)
Wayfinders are small magical device patterned off ancient relics of the Azlanti, a wayfinder is typically made from silver and bears gold accents. With a command word, you can use a wayfinder to shine (as the light spell). The wayfinder also acts as a nonmagical (magnetic) compass, granting you a +2 circumstance bonus on Survival checks to avoid becoming lost. All wayfinders include a small indentation designed to hold a single ioun stone. An ioun stone slotted in this manner grants you its normal benefits (as if it were orbiting your head), but frequently reveals entirely new powers due to the magic of the wayfinder itself (resonance abilities).  They are typically used by members of the Pathfinder Society.

Tanrov
Handy Haversack

Sammiya Koi & Akihiro
Sorry, nothing fits your character at this time...

?
Rod of metamagic, lesser, Silence (must have in hand, apply the Silence Metamagic Feat to a spell you are casting 3/day)
(ooc; I didn't get a sense of anybody who wanted this or who could use it best.)

Miriam awakes after a good night's sleep and begins to pray quietly to Pharasma, restoring her badly-depleted supply of spells.  Once she's regained her magic, she uses one of the new scrolls to restore the rest of Zer-wedula's stamina.  She dresses in her mithral shirt and shield, wanting maximum protection for this venture.  The crystal she attaches to her armor, not sure she'll use its current ability, but wanting it just in case.  Right after they disembark at the mill, she'll cast Magic Circle against Evil on Tanrov.

OOC: 16:05, Today: Miriam rolled 4 using 1d4. Scroll of Lesser Restoration - Zer-wedul.

In the morning after the restful night of sleep, Tanrov will use the outhouse and will return to wash both his hands and face to help wake himself up.   Armed with the Handy Haversack, Tanrov will put his composite longbow, steel shield and clothes into it, but will don his armor.   When we get a boat, Tanrov will take one of the oars.    Tanrov will spend 300 gp to buy a CMW potion for the potion wrist holderon the trip yesterday.

Tanrov/Garth says to Miriam, after she casts her spell on him, ,"Thank you for the spell.   I know you cast a spell but I don't remember which one due to the fact that I didn't pay to much attention in that class taught by the headmaster, Ilsoari Gandethus, at Turandarok Academy, the Sandpoint Academy and Orphanage."
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Miriam smiled at Tanrov and explained, "It will help ward you against attacks from evil people and creatures.  It will also ward any of us that stay within ten feet of you in the same fashion."

[Private to GM:     Talis will giude the group to a wiserds shop he knows of along the way to pick up some Wiserds potions, (Vanish x 2, and  maby a scrole of Darkvition, and one more for Tanrov if he has the cash). Knolig local 16 + 9.]
      In the morning Talis will take the time to inventory his tools and weapons, carefully stowing them to minimize sound.  Upon completion of this task Talis will take out his holy symbol of Desna and a small statuette of a women, entwining one with the other he kneels to pray with an intensity that may prove suprising to some.
      Then standing the old wry grin will flash across his face.  "Well are we all ready to break into some peoples place of employment, kill them and then take all their stuff?"
      As the group slowly rows up to the mill Talis will turn to the handsome HalfOrc "Hey Logalog, please cast these scrolls on me and Tanrov will you?"  He hands Logalog 2 scrolls of darkvision.

After a good sleep, Sammiya awoke to feed and groom her dog, Akihiro. Once Akihiro's needs had been seen to it was time for her own and then that of her equipment, more specifically her breastplate and katana. Maintenance was especially important today as she was going into battle. Finally, after the maintenance was finished it was time that she put it all on. She donned her sword and armor then loaded the wristband device with one of the healing potions she'd purchased.

   A bleary eyed Logalog awakes grumpily. Why, oh why, did he drink so much the night before a trying task? The answer came back like tiny drops of water landing on his nose. He'd been uneasy last night. It wasn't the raid on the sawmill that was bothering him...it was something else.  Ever since he'd snapped out of the charm at the tavern, he got the feeling part of his memory was missing. Whenever he tried to recall the last couple weeks, his brain replied with fragmented sounds and hazy images. It was almost like trying to hear a faraway sound. However, the more time went by, the louder that sound became. The fragments and haze started to stick together to form a looming, monolithic shapes, and Logalog did not like they impression they made. But, what was it? What was his brain trying to tell him? If he could only remember...it was important he remember.
   Logalog eventually realized he'd been trying to remember for a good part of the night. The morning steadily approached. He had to to fall asleep somehow, or he'd never be in any shape to handle the rigors of spell craft the next day. Not wanting to seem weak in front of his new companions, he didn't ask for their help. He'd decided to use an old sailor's remedy to cure sleeplessness: drink ale until your eyes are heavy. One or ten mugs of ale later and he was sound asleep.
      The remedy hardly seemed worth it now, but Logalog was born hardy (hard not to be, being part Orc) and would soon be fine. He donned his gear, taking particular care to load his new wrist gizmo with a healing potion he'd bought previously.  A few drops of potion to ward off death would be worth every gold piece in the place they were going.
     Later, when the group is rowing towards the mill, Loaglog obliges Talis and uses the scrolls to grants he and Tanrov with darkvision. He alo suggests giving Zer the lesser Rod of Silence for this mission, seeing as almost any spell Logalog uses will attract a lot of attention anyway.
Spells

Touch of Rage, Burning Hands, Bull Strength
0th: Acid Splash, Detect Magic, Mage Hand, Message, Prestidigitation, Read Magic,
Dancing Lights
1st: Magic Missile, Burning Hands (BL), Ray of Enfeeblement, Charm Person,
Enlarge Person
2nd: Scorching Ray, Bull's Strength (BL), Mirror Image
3rd:Fireball

In reply to Logalog (msg #7):

"Thanks Logalog," Tanrov says gratefully.  "Coool I can see in the dark", the kid in him thinks out loud.

Zer-wedula conserves his strength by not preparing anything other than his spells.  Feeling they may need to leave quickly he packs all the spell books, new and old, in a watertight wrapping for the raid.

It is still dark when the group get's up and prepares to leave.  After a quick breakfast of cold rations, the group makes their way through the foggy early morning streets down to the docks.  With the fog closing in around them, keeping them hidden from observation, the group waits as Talis slips off, returning in a few moments to lead the group to a pair of rowboats.  The seats in the boats are cold and damp, and the sound of the oars seems overly loud in the stillness of the early morning.

Cat seems to know where she is going (Survival skill) and with the boats tied together with a rope, there is little danger of getting split up.  So even though the trip seems to take forever, it goes off without incident.  Once you are traveling along the island shoreline, Cat disembarks and proceeds along the bank, slipping effortlessly amomng the plants. [Private to Catessa Fallowfield: Cat encounters no traps or watchers along the banks.] Finally, as the fog begins to go from dark to grey (above the fog the sun is rising), you hear a loud rythmic noise coming from ahead.  Soon, a tall 5 story mill looms overhead.  Even this early the mill is active and the noise from the place is loud enough to wake the dead.  Well, not really wake the dead, but it is loud.

After tying up to the dock and meeting Cat, Tanrov and Talis head around the corner to scout the stairs down while the rest of the group quietly disembarks the dogs.  Apparently no one is aware of your arrival and after the dogs are unloaded, with some effort (the 2 strongest people went scouting), you look around.  Built over the Yondabakari River, this wood building sits on massive wooden pilings driven into the riverbed below. A wooden boardwalk wraps around the northern rim of the building, and a flight of stairs leads down to a door on the east side just above the water level. The churning of four large water wheels under the mill fills the air with sound and mist.  Tanrov and Talis return and lead the group down the stairs.  The stairs creak ominously...

6 people can be on the stairs in a single file.  Please look at the map.  You disembarked at D1 and are heading down the stairs to the single door on the "Undermill" map.  I assume Talis is in front to deal with the lock on the door, so who is where?  What do you have out?

Zer-wedula mutters his Mage Armor spell then establishes a firm position at the back end of the group.  In one hand is his wand of magic missiles.

Miriam proves to be of almost no help at all in unloading dogs, barely being strong enough to manage to deal with the weight of her armor and shield.  She mostly offers quiet encouragement to those actually doing the work.  She doesn't bother drawing her dagger as they make ready to move, but does ready her shield to try to intercept any incoming attacks.  She'll take a position toward the middle of the group, behind the melee fighters, but ahead of the mages, hopefully keeping everyone in range of her channeling.

Logalog casts Mage Armor as soon as the party hits land. He feels confident and ready. Even so, he inaudibly says a prayer to Desna. You never know which fight will be your last.
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Once she and Akihiro are both disembarked, Sammiya and her dog tried to descend the stairs behind Talis for the opening of the door.

  Talis sweats as he opens the lock on the door muttering under his breath, "This is one tough lock for a simple lumber mill, I think we are on the right track."  After he gets it unlocked, he readies his spear and motions for Tanrov to open the door.

Ok, I would say the approximate order is;

Cat/Murphis (gives the end of the party some cover and mounted Cat has mobility to move forward is needed)
Zer
----stairs---
Logalog
Miriam
Jan (he likes to get into the thick of combat)
Sam/Akhiro
Talis
Tanrov
---door---



Tanrov opens the door.  This is a place of mist and noise. Four immense  waterwheels churn steadily in the northern part of this large room, while to the south, whirring belts of leather, gears, pulleys, and thick ropes spin and churn,
using the eternal motion of the river below to power pistons that rumble along the southern wall.  The gears and pulleys and such are whirling around and look dangerous to be near (treat as difficult terrain; 1/2 movement and no charging; possible other hazards as well).  Only a 5' wide area around the outside appears safe to move in.

There are 3 workers tending the machines.  They don't appear to be armed with weapons (though they do have tools which could probably be used as weapons) and they are wearing heavy leather work clothes (which could act as leather armor in a pinch).  The worker ahead and to Tanrov's left is looking your way when the door opens, and his eyes widen as a heavily armed and armoured Tanrov appears in the door.

You have surprise; what do you want to do?  You have 1 action (so most people can only move).

Just imagine yourselves in positin relative to Tanrov.

Once Tanrov opens the door he will move into the large room all the while readying his scimitar and shield.   Tanrov will move to the right side of the door in order that the others within the party can move in as well, he will also go forward 10' if possible away from the gears and such.   Since T/G is noticed, he will ready an action to fight said worker if he should charge Tanrov in a murderous rage.
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Not really able to see what's going on, Miriam will concentrate on moving up the steps as quickly as those in front of her will allow.

 Logalog can tell from the people standing in front of him on the stairs that "locals" have been spotted. Quietly as he can relate the message, he'll ask the party not to attack right away and give him a chance to diplomatically handle the situation with by "charming" them (use Charm Person).

Following Logalog's advice, Talis will move into the room and try to look intimidating.  But he doesn't attack, yet.

Once it is her turn to go through the door, Sammiya went in and turned left to go around the walkway along the southern way toward the enemy workers that way. Along the way she drew her katana to attack.

With several armed people walking/riding in through a supposedly locked door the worker's eyes get bigger and bigger.  Once Logalog gets to the door he casts charm person - which does not appear to work (sorry Log, he rolled a 20).  By this time the other workers have noticed the entrance of Tanrov, Talis, Sam/Akihiro, Miriam and Logalog.  Jan seems to be distracted and Zer and Cat can be just outside the door if they want.

The workers seem taken back.  The worker in the gears looks at the tool in his hand, looks at the weapons the party has out, and drops the tool.  The worker to the left of the door (near Sam) seems to be in charge and put's up his empty hands and says loudly "Look, if you're robbers, we're just poor working stiffs and we don't have any money.  If you're looking for lumber, you need to check with the manager.  Who are you?"

[Private to Miriam: They are way too composed for the situation.  They should probably be surrendering or running, but they aren't.

I think I forgot to mention, the death cultists are rogue/clerics (death and trickery).  I'm not saying these are cultist, just that you should know these facts.  They use magic masks and war razors as weapons.]
[Private to Talis Revain: They are way too composed for the situation.  They should probably be surrendering or running, but they aren't.]
[Private to Sammiya Koi: They are way too composed for the situation.  They should probably be surrendering or running, but they aren't.]

While they are now aware of the party, everyone got initiative on them, so the ball is still in your court.  Are you going to let the talkers talk, or are the fighters going to fight?
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Cat really isn’t an early, early morning person. Sunrise is her “special” time of day. She eats the breakfast quietly, try to prop her eyes open. Once done, she affixes the potion device on her wrist but decides not to buy a potion yet. She needs to think about it and right now, she’s not thinking her best.

She’s glad the trip is uneventful. She’s even more grateful for the sunrise. Pausing briefly, she says a quick, quiet prayer, feeling herself renew and spells recharge. Now, she’s good to go. She pulls her spear out, balances it, the gets a two handed grip.

Once at the bottom if the steps, she take up a position right at the end of the hall, ready to go in, but still guarding the hall.

I'm keeping the same spells.
I had never had a chance to do that aspect of her being a druid. Thanks.
Where in town is the sawmill?

DM: The island marked 18 (Kyver's Islet).
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Seeing the utter failure of his spell, Logalog resorts to what any type of Orcs do best: scaring the living daylights out of humans. He musters the gnarliest, ugliest, brute-iest face he can, stares at the workers, and simply says,
   "You may carry on."


OOC

13:46, Today: Logalog rolled 26 using 1d20+15. on an Intimidate check, if able

[Private to Logalog: Logalog, Intimidation to influence attitude takes 1 min of conversation.  To demoralize is done against 1 target at a time.  Which are you trying?  And let's see if the rest of the group will give you time to work your intimidating mojo.]
[Private to GM: Trying to intimidate...I'm trying to avoid a fight and I thought the action worked with the scene...it's fine to scrap it, though]
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Zer-wedula waits outside the door, one ear cocked for the sounds and screams of combat while keeping a lookout all around the outer environs.

Miriam isn't entirely sure what to make of the situation, but she is aware from a long, adversarial relationship with the cult that trickery is among the foremost of their tools, and she isn't convinced the workers' reactions are genuine.  Nor is she willing to take the chance.  "Talis, Tanrov, Jan, take them out.  Non-lethally, unless they fight back, but we can't assume their innocence in this place, nor can we leave potential hostiles behind us."

When the worker surrendered Sammiya held off her attack. She would not strike down a defenseless person who'd surrendered. Keeping her sword out and ready, Sammiya glanced back at the others, hoping for guidance. "Something is strange about them," Sammiya told her companions. "They seem too calm."

Tanrov agrees with both Sam and Miriam's assessment of the situation and will approach one of them none threateningly but will have my scimitar at the ready to take him down non lethally preferably if possible but the other way is fine too.   As he approaches the worker, he says, "The jig is up, for you Death Cultist Scum."  I will wait for them to attack me first.

   Moving forward to behind Sam, with a snarl on his face, Tallis will swing his long spear for a nonlethal atack. "They're obviously lying, so put them down.  Gently if you want to!  We're Not here to play padycake, we're breaking and entering."
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[Private to Catessa Fallowfield: I was looking over the spell lists, 0 level spells are done differently than the other levels.  You can cast them over and over again.  So you don't have to memorize flare twice.

quote:

Orisons (Sp)
Druids can prepare a number of orisons, or 0-level spells, each day, as noted on Table: Druid under “Spells per Day.” These spells are cast like any other spell, but they are not expended when cast and may be used again.

]

As people start attacking, the workers concentrate for a moment and activate a power, and now there are 6 (2 of each worker - 1 real, 1 illusion) and then they attack with a touch, causing sword sized wounds that bleed profusely. Trickery and Death domain powers, this confirms that they are cultists and that cultists are clerics.  But outnumbered and outgunned they are no match for the group.

The first 2 go down after only 1 attack, hitting Tanrov for 7 damage.  In a strange tone full of devotion and longing the leader says, "Blood, so much blood..."  The last cultist manages to put on his mask, a hideous thing made of human skin that resembles a patchwork deformed face, with one bulbous eye, a grimacing mouth of long teeth, and no noticeable nose.  For Miriam it conjures up horrible memories of the last few years spent fighting these things.  [Private to Miriam: Miriam also knows they are magic.  They allow the wearer to smell fear and see the blood as it circulates in the body.  ie: +? to perception and damage]  He tries to make use of the machinery, but there are too many spellcasters in the group for that to be an effective strategy.  To avoid damaging anything, Zer and Logalog send a barrage of magic missles at him (Zer and Logalog need to use 1 charge from their wands of Magic Missles), and he drops like a rock into the river, vanishing under the water wheels, dead.

Reacting quickly to Talises plea to, "Save one, we need information", Miriam uses her heal skill or rebuke death ability to save one.  With some intimidation from Logalog (I'm going to use his earlier roll) the guy will talk...what do you want to know?
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Undoubtedly there is more, but these are the questions Sam really wants to know.

1. What connection do they have to the halfling druid from the inn (Shushiro)?
2. Where is he?
3. Do they know anything about the fountain?
4. Who gave them orders, like who to kill?

Where is the girl, and where is/are the leader(s)?

In reply to Talis Revain (msg #29):

"You mean we're committing a crime here Talis", Tanrov will say to no one in particular.   "I'm sorry Sarenrae", but I thought it was a public service to kill that scum especially after he attacked and hurt me,"Tanrov says after the battle.   "I could use some healing, Miriam."

Miriam is not in the least surprised when the mill workers prove to be rather more sinister than they might have otherwise appeared.  The appearance of the cult masks gives her a bit more of a shake.  "That mask he put on was magical.", she says, as she moves toward the chosen cultist to rescue their potential information source from an untimely demise.  "They allow the wearer to smell fear and see the flow of blood in the body.", she says as she uses her abilities to return the cultist to consciousness and then moves to heal Tanrov.

OOC:
14:08, Today: Miriam rolled 10 using 1d8+5. CLW - Tanrov.

Miriam will either inquire or ask whoever's asking the questions about the girl and where she's being held and whether they have any other prisoners.  She'll also ask about what traps or defenses they might find as they venture into the rest of the sawmill.

The captured cultist breaks down, "It doesn't matter anyway, you cannot defeat my master, he speaks directly with Farher Skinsaw and cannot be defeated.  And my brother Skinsaw's are all more powerful than me.  We were given the job of watching the machines because we were all new and have never done a solo kill, so my master deemed us unworthy to take part in the special ceremony this morning.  They are going to sacrifice the girl, even though she isn't going to have the new rune.  I don't really know what that's all about.  Some of the guys are saying the master is acting werid, and maybe these new killings aren't from Father Skinsaw.  Me, I just do as I'm told.

That's where everybody is now, on the top floor enacting the ritual."
[Private to Miriam: Off hand you can't think of a standard cult ritual that would be performed at this time of day.  It must be very specific, and it makes you wonder about Rynshinn Povalli.  What's so special about her?]

When asked about the halfling, "Rats?  He is new, some sort of druid.  He's not involved with the ceremony either, he's out watching the road.  I don't know where he lives.  He better watch out though.  The Manager used to be the Masters favorite until Rats came along."

When asked about the fountain he looks confused, "Fountain?  Do you mean Seerspring garden?"

Summary;
-The halfling is going by the name Rats and is out watching the road
-All the rest of the cult is on the top floor sacrificing the girl in a special morning ceremony
-floorplan is(top to bottom)
(Top floor)Workshop and the Masters office, doubles as their sacrifical room
Logsplitters and Managers office
Lumber Storage
Loading Dock
(Bottom)Undermill/water wheels
-only the outside and 2 office doors lock and he knows of no traps
-Leaders are the Master(leader) and the Manager(second in command)


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"This seems a very odd time for a ceremony, so I do wonder just what's so special about this girl, but nonetheless, if they're engaged in it right now, then we need to get moving before they complete it.  Knock him out, tie him up or whatever, and let us get to the top floor as quickly as possible.", Miriam suggests.

"I agree, we need to go, get there as fast as possible." Saying that, Sammiya slid her sword, scabbard and all, out of her sash. Then, with the blade still in its sheath, she struck the man over the head to knock him unconscious.

OOC: Should I roll?

DM: Don't worry, you knock him out.
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"Let us head up to the Manager's office, then, and then to the ceremony," Zer-wedula suggests.

again, I will clean this post up later, wanted to get this up asap so you can respond,,,


Sam takes her sword and knock the prisoner out as the group starts to head upstairs.  The cultists did not have a key to the loading dock door, so again Talis has to take some time to open the door.

Loading Dock (Ground Floor)
The entirety of this first floor consists of a loading area. An opening in the ceiling into the floor above is filled with a tangle of ropes and slings for lowering timber. Nearby, a flight of stairs ascends to the next floor. Two sturdy wagons sit to the south, next to a bank of machinery accessed by four low doors; the grinding and creaking of the machinery fills the room.

The opening in the ceiling goes all the way to the top and the more perceptive people can see lights coming from the top floor.  Talis and Tanrov start scouting the next floor while the rest make sure there are no surprises on this floor.  There are none and the scout team indicates the next floor is clear.

Lumber Storage (First Floor)
While Talis and Tanrov stealth up to the next floor, the rest of the group checks out this floor.  This large storeroom is filled with stacks of timber, firewood, and other finished lumber products waiting for shipment. A network of pulleys on tracks covers the ceiling, ropes dangling here and there to aid in the shifting of inventory as needed. Machinery churns along the south wall, while nearby two chutes fitted with winches allow lumber to be hauled up from the holding pools below. Four openings in the ceiling lead to the upper floor; chutes extend through each of
these from the log splitters in the room above. Under each opening is a collection bin.

The sounds of chanting begin to get loud enough to hear over the noise of the log splitters that are operating on the floor above.
[Private to Logalog; Miriam; Zer-wedula:  It’s a ritual where a parent will sacrifice their child, calling upon dark forces to gain magical ability, and it's almost over.  You have only moments before....bad things happen.]


cultist on top (third) floor
Talis and Tanrov are on the second floor
rest on next first floor

[Private to Tanrov: There is an alarm spell on the way up, what do you want to do?  Use Private Line to respond]

Please repond with actions as well as statements.

[Private to GM:
Logsplitters and Managers office


(Top floor)Workshop and the Masters office, doubles as their sacrifical room]
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"We should get up top as fast as we can to save the girl.  I can use spells to open locked doors.  We can deal with resistance once we stop the ritual," Zer-wedula added hopefully.

[Private to GM: Use Knock on any locked doors]

Holding onto Akihiro tightly, Sammiya rode him up the stairs, first one flight then the next.

Cat too feels the urge to stop the ritual. As they get ready to breach the door, she makes clear her intention to summon help to aid the fight.

Think I'll try a bear.

DM Edit: Cat could cast it from the floor she is on using Line-of-sight from the opening in the ceiling (the cargo shaft).  It has ropes and such hanging down it, but that doesn't interfere with line of sight spells.  Or she can move up and see what sort of situation there is before casting.  She could also cast while Murphis moves, but that would require a concentration check (1d20+level+wis vs dc 10+spell level)
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[Private to GM: Tanrov will point out the alarm trap to Talis quietly so that he can try to disarm it.


Just in case we can't disarm the trap, Tanrov will whisper to Talis, "if we should alert the others about this and any other pitfalls we will come across along the way."  Tanrov will also stand guard while Talis disarms this and any other trap that we find along the way to the top.]PM
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PM
[Private to GM: fff]

Zer-wedula casts shield the round before they enter the room.

"I recognize the ritual.  The girl must be related to one of the cult leaders - she's being sacrificed by her own blood to gain mystical power.  We have moments at best.", Miriam told the others as she climbed the steps.

Jan downs his mutagen and transforms with bone sickening crunches as his body re-shapes itself.

As his jaw breaks and reforms into a muzzle, Jan chomps down and rushes up the stairs with Miriam like a faithful dog.

OOC: It's a standard action to drink a mutagen, and it was in the wrist potion device.

[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis
Logalog
Jan
Miriam
Sammiya Koi & Akihiro
Catessa Fallowfield & Murphis
Tanrov
Zer-wedula]

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“Round 0”
As the group jumps into action and starts dashing up the stairs they hear a voice from above, “Intruders Master” coming from a cultist looking over the edge of the cargo shaft.  The voice performing the ritual pauses and says in a voice that is creepy but compelling, “Kill them all.  Soon my daughter all that you could have been...shall be mine...”.  This is followed by the sound of people getting to their feet as the voice continues chanting.

Talis stops and uses his Dust of Disappearance (turning invisible)
 [Private to GM:           Talis 5 rounds]
Jan stops on the way up to drink and transform
Catessa Fallowfield & Murphis starts casting SNA3
Zer-wedula stops and casts Shield

As you arrive at the top floor you see many cultist standing on a thick layer of sawdust that covers the floor, mounded nearly a foot deep in places.  There are 4 braziers giving light to the room.  Workbenches, their surfaces cluttered with saws, hand drills, planers, and other woodworking tools, sit off in one corner of the room.

There are "20" cultist, all wearing masks (magical, see msg 34) and wielding (mw)war razors.  Then you realize they have just activated their Copycat ability as you arrived, so there are really only 10.  As Tanrov comes into view the Leader with the compelling voice says, “Don't kill the big one.  I have special plans for him.”  He is tall and thin (an elf most likely since Rynshinn Povalli is a halfelf with a human mother).  He has an evil looking war razor that is glowing black (from the ritual magic) in 1 hand poised over the poor girl.  She is heartbreakingly beautiful and is tied to a table.  She looks at Tanrov with a pleading look, "Help me Garth", but bravely doesn't scream.
Cultists
[Private to GM: 3rd level clerics, +2 str, + 12hp+13temp hp, 10dr vs fire, +1 Caster Level, To hit= +1morale+2bab+1strl +1 damage with weapons
+1 all saves, 2d6 channel neg energy

Got +1 0th; +1 1st; +2+1 2nd
Have 0th Stabilize
Used 2nd level spell Death Knell on the 1st level SM(riding dog)-lasts 20min
     2nd level spell Resist Fire, Aid]

This hideous mask resembles a patchwork deformed face, with one bulbous eye, a grimacing mouth of long teeth, and no noticeable nose.


Leader

This disturbing mask appears as a single long strip of pliant human skin, stitched into a widening spiral by black thread. Gaps between the stitching allow the wearer to see and breathe through the unsettling mask.


Rynshinn Povalli

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[Private to GM: Is it okay if on the way up, Tanrov changed weapons: Scimitar for Guisarme.   Because the polearm has reach.]

AC;16      HP's:58

Upon entering the room Tanrov will charge into the fray, like a Roman Legionnaire, if he knew what one was.   Hearing that the head cultist has plans for him, Tanrov says in a loud enough voice that everyone can hear," STOP! THIS FIGHT IS BETWEEN YOU (pointing at the HEAD CULTIST) AND ME NOW, SO LEAVE THE YOUR DAUGHTER OUT OF THIS!"

[Private to GM: With the challenge voiced, maybe he'll take Tanrov up on a duel, if not then T/G will have to do it the hard way.]
This message was last edited by the player at 01:31, Tue 13 Dec 2011.

AC 19 HP: 48/48

Miriam will move up behind Talis and Tanrov, leaving space for others to follow after her.  As soon as she can, she'll attempt to stop the cult leader in a different fashion, weaving a spell to hopefully hold him in place, at least long enough for her allies to act.

OOC: Casting hold person on the leader, DC 17 Will save

ac18 hp48

Talis will wait until the wizards have a chance to use area spells before he advances to threaten as many of the cultist as he can.

AC 15, hp 50

Zer-wedula moves until he has line of sight up into the top floor then casts Summon Monster III.

[Private to DM: Zer-wedula will summon a crocodile]

Still gripping tightly to Akihiro's back, Sammiya rode him up the stair as fast as possible, even squeezing past her companions where necessary. Once at the top she sat up straight on Akihiro's back and drew her katana. With so many enemies before her, Sammiya charged straight in with Akihiro under her and her sword flashing.

Sammiya Koi rolled 14,5 using d20+8,d20+3. Sammi attacks the closest cultist.
Sammiya Koi rolled 7 using 1d6+3. Maybe damage on att 1.
Akihiro rolled 16,18 using d20+7,d20+7. Bite attack & Trip check if hit.
Akihiro rolled 5 using 1d6+4. Damage.

[Private to DM: Sorry, I know my posts suck recently. Even if it may not seem it sometimes, I greatly appreciate your maps.]
This message was last edited by the player at 19:26, Fri 16 Dec 2011.

Cat will ride Murph to the top of the stair, then access the situation, letting others in first. In the mean time, she sends the bear in after weaker targets,

As soon as he lays eyes on the cultists all grouped together, Logalog almost impulsively throws a fireball like a giant fly swatter.  The room is to small, though. There's only one spot in the room he could cast fireball without burning his companions to crispy little bits. Logalog will instead attempt to move forward into the corner of the room opposite the stairs and then cast Magic Missile on three different targets to help knock out some of the death cult illusions.

[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis Darkvision
Logalog Mage Armor
Jan
Miriam 31/48
Sammiya Koi & Akihiro -5
Catessa Fallowfield & Murphis
Tanrov Darkvision, magic circle vs evil
Zer-wedula Mage Armor]

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Round 1
Logalog moves and casts magic missle at 3 different targets (#8, 9, 10).  As luck would have it, he hits and dispels 3 images.

Jan’s transformation seems to take longer than normal…

Miriam targets the leader, who freezes in mid-chant…
  Miriam, you are very lucky

Talis moves forward and is invisible…
[Private to GM:  Talis invisible 4 rounds
Readies action to attack first bad guy to move]

Sammiya Koi & Akihiro comes riding in like a little whirlwind of flashing steel and teeth.  The targeted cultist(#10), without the image to help, gets hit by both halfling and dog, and the dog trips him.
[Private to GM:  Bleed for 6 dam unless healed]

There is no bear on the SNA3 list, but a leopard seems appropriate.
Catessa Fallowfield & Murphis finishes her spell and a leopard appears on the the edge of the cargo shaft.  Then she rides up the stairs toward the battle.  The Leopard pounces on a Cultist (#7) and bears him down to the floor and starts chewing his face off.  The cultist is still alive and fighting back.

Tanrov takes advantage of his polearms reach and attacks the Cultist (#7) that the leopard has grappled, hitting.  But the cultist is still alive and kicking.

Zer-wedula moves and starts to cast his spell.

The Leader manages to shake off the effects of Miriams spell, (which is a full round action).  He looks at Miriam and Tanrov, “Damn, now I’ll have to start that cycle over.  You have meddled in Father Skinsaw’s business for the last time Miriam.  I will kill you just like I did your old Master.  As for you Garth, I’ll take care of you, and then I shall have a double sacrifice!”.

From a location next to the Leader  a voice says, “The halfling was right my Master, they did escape.”  While the words are respectful, the tone is not.  From the same location 2 arrows suddenly materialize and head toward Miriam, but The Manager stays invisible.  Miriam takes 17 damage from 1 arrow.  The other arrow barely misses.
Since he is invisible, he gets sneak attack damage.
[Private to GM:  Manager invisible 4 rounds]

Cultist 2 reaches out and touches the leopard, which starts bleeding…

Cultist 3 reaches out and touches the leopard, which starts bleeding, then he takes a step forward and an invisible spear reaches out from Talis and catches the real cultist.  He has a nasty wound that looks like it will continue to bleed.
[Private to GM: Bleeding 3]

Cultist 1 moves forward and reaches out and touches the leopard, which starts bleeding…

Cultist 4 takes a 5’ step back and casts Commanding at Sam, “Approach”
Will dc13 or “On its turn, the subject moves toward you as quickly and directly as possible for 1 round. The creature may do nothing but move during its turn, and it provokes attacks of opportunity for this movement as normal..”
[Private to GM:  Used Command]

Cultist 5 concentrates and defensively casts Command at Zer, “Fall”
Will dc13 or “On its turn, the subject falls to the ground and remains prone for 1 round. It may act normally while prone but takes any appropriate penalties...”  If Zer fails and falls prone, make a Concentration check dc to keep casting his spell.
[Private to GM:  Used Command]

Cultist 7 tries to get off a Bleeding Touch in a desperate gamble to prevent his face from being eaten by a leopard.  Alas, he did not take Tanrov and Talis into account and they both take advantage of his lapse to attack, and hit.  The cultist dies with no chance to even know it was coming.

Cultist 6 reaches out and touches the leopard, which dies and vanishes back from whence it came…

Cultist 8 concentrates for a moment and then moves forward 5” and uses Bleeding Touch on Sam, hitting and doing 5 damage with a touch.  The wound continues to bleed…

Cultist 9 casts a spell at Tanrov, Commanding him to “Flee”
Will dc13 or “On its turn, the subject moves away from you as quickly as possible for 1 round. It may do nothing but move during its turn, and it provokes attacks of opportunity for this movement as normal.”
[Private to GM:  Used Command]

Cultist10 stands up, giving Sammiya Koi & Akihiro Aoo, both hit, but the cultist keeps on coming.  He concentrates and reaches out to touch the dog, but Sam’s skill at riding causes him to miss.
[Private to GM: 3rd level clerics, +2 str, + 12hp+13temp hp, 10dr vs fire, +1 Caster Level, To hit= +1morale+2bab+1strl +1 damage with weapons
+1 all saves, 2d6 channel neg energy

Got +1 0th; +1 1st; +2+1 2nd
Have 0th Stabilize
Used 2nd level spell Death Knell on the 1st level SM(riding dog)-lasts 20min
     2nd level spell Resist Fire, Aid]


Tactical Situation
9 Cultists with War razors out
1 invisible Manager shooting arrows from next to Leader
Leader, who has a dagger out


                 dam       status
Leader
Manager                   invisible
Cultist 1                  CC(1 copycat image)
       2                   CC
       3          18       CC, bleeding
       4                   CC
       5                   CC
       6                   CC
       7          67       So Obviously Dead
       8
       9
      10         24        prone


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This message was last edited by the GM at 11:46, Tue 20 Dec 2011.

AC 15, HP: 50/50
20:51, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 18 using 1d20+5. Will save.


Zer-wedula feels some paltry effect waft over him but is able to ignore it.  He continues his spell, and will place the crocodile he is summoning between the caster who targeted him and the girl.

Sammiya Koi AC 21;HP 52/52

Sammiya felt the inner nudge to approach cultist 4 but she shook it off and glared at that cultist. She would attend to him later, for now cultist 10 gained her attention after he got up and attacked her dog. Evading his attack on Akihiro, Sammiya slashed at the man's gut while nudging Akihiro to attack with her knees.


Sammiya Koi:
rolled 21 using 1d20+6. Will save.
rolled 12,21 using d20+8,d20+3. Sammiya attacks.
rolled 9,5 using d6+3,d6+3. Maybe damages.

Akihiro:
rolled 12,12 using d20+7,d20+7. Akihiro attack & Trip check if
rolled 8 using 1d6+4. Maybe damage.

Jan AC 18+2 ;HP 36/36

Jan's wet wolfish nose leaked blood as he felt his organs burn, his heart straining to keep up. He had transformed more over the last few days then he had in the last month. His body was starting to feel the pain of so many forced changes. It was a glorious pain, he rode it as his knees and paws snapped into place and he made his way up the stairs and towards the battle.

He ignores any attempts to attack him as he thumps past his comrades. When in place, he would pounce on the cultist to the West.(I am moving to the second unoccupied square in front of Sammiya and attacking the cultist to her diagonial downward left.)

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<Orange>22:57, Today: Jan Harlow rolled 5,8,10 using 1d6+3,1d6+3,1d8+3. Claw, Claw, Bite Damage.
22:56, Today: Jan Harlow rolled 20,24,20 using 1d20+7,1d20+7,1d20+7. Claw, Claw, Bite. </Orange>
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:40, Tue 20 Dec 2011.

8 on save, fail

Instead of staying up, Tanrov goes down the stairs, "Bye, I'll be back."


Realizing that I should ignore the compulsion spell, Tanrov will turn around and move 5' in front of Sam and next to Talis.   Dropping his guisarme after attacking once the cultist in front of where Log once was.  Pulling out his scimitar in preparation for the next round where Tanrov's Dazzling display feat will come into play.  "I'm BAAAACK".

AC: 16  HP's: 56
Rolled 19 to hit and 13 points of damage
This message was last edited by the player at 02:14, Tue 20 Dec 2011.

ac18 hp48

     Eyeing the opening in front of him, Talis debates moving forward into the ranks of the enemy, however, then he remembers that Dust of Disappearance, isn't all that reliable.  As an involuntary shudder moves through him at the memory of 4 cultists ripping a leopard apart with a mere touch.
     Muttering to himself "Maybe discretion is the better part of valor." Talis will attack the cultist in front of Tanrov clearing up room for Jan to move into the room.
     Talis rolls 24 to hit, and 27 pts of sneak attack damage.
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:51, Tue 20 Dec 2011.

LOGALOG AC 17 HP 40

Logalog seizes the opportunity to occupy Tanrov's previous spot and casts Burning Hands. Hopefully the burning smell of cultist will overpower the odor of evil hanging in the room.


15:25, Today: DM, on behalf of Logalog, rolled 22 using 5d4+10. Burning Hands damage DC15 for half.
15:22, Today: DM, on behalf of Logalog, rolled 25 using 1d20+14. Cast defensive concentration check

AC 19 HP: 44/48

"How unfortunate for you.  I'd offer my condolences, but we both know how sincere those would be.  And don't be so certain - I have a lot more friends this time around.", Miriam replied to the cult leader, though she was thrown a little off her game a moment later by being perforated by an arrow.  Shifting back into healing mode, she began to channel energy to heal herself and anyone else on her side who'd been injured.

OOC: 14:26, Today: Miriam rolled 13 using 3d6. Channel. (Leaving out the 2 injured cultists)

[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 48/48 Darkvision
Logalog Mage Armor
Jan 15/36
Miriam 17/48
Sammiya Koi & 52/52
Akihiro
Catessa Fallowfield &
Murphis
Tanrov  56/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil
Zer-wedula Mage Armor]

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Round 2
Jan, in wolf-man form, comes rushing up the stairs and into the room oblivious to danger.  The Cultists near the front all focus on him (you can imagine their eyes bulging underneath their masks), and attack as he goes by.
Two hit for 17 damage with their war razors
[Private to GM:  1 bleeding touch…]

Miriam channels positive energy, leaving out the 2 injured cultists and everyone feels better as wounds start to heal and Sam/Jan’s still bleeding wounds stop bleeding.

Talis, who is still invisible, tries to clear a path for Jan, but doesn’t act quick enough and thrusts his spear out just after Jan rushes by.  While the damage doesn’t look like a mortal wound, it continues to bleed copious amounts of blood…
[Private to GM:  Talis invisible 3 rounds]

Sammiya Koi & Akihiro feels the tugging of a compulsion, but her natural will easily deflects it and she continues to attack her target, cultist(#10), but apparently Jan’s sudden dramatic entry causes Akihiro to be just distracted enough to miss.  Sam also misses her 1st attack, but then settles down and makes her 2nd one hit. Alas, it proves insufficient and the Cultist #10 remains alive and fighting.

Catessa Fallowfield & Murphis peaks around the corner finds just enough room to target an area with a spell, so she quickly casts a Burst of Nettles.  And just like it’s name, a burst of barbed, acid-filled nettles engulfs 1 side of the battle.  The cultist show amazing avoidance skills, but still take damage from all the sharp nettles.  Acidic fumes fill the air.

Tanrov feels the compulsion start to take hold, but the protective magic Miriam had cast earlier protects him.  He drops his polearm and draws his wooden scimitar, as the battle is getting quite crowded.   Maneuvering for position he also attacks the Cultist (#10) that Sam attacked. And drops him.  This one is still alive, but down and bleeding out.

Logalog moves now that the Cultist threatening him has been handled.  Moving to where Tanrov had been fighting, Logalog directs a fan of flame away from Logalog that engulfs 3 of the cultists.  The I in front of him just can’t get out of the way and goes down with a scream, “awww….”.  The smell of burning flesh and smoking wood fills the air.

Zer-wedula finishes his spell and a crocodile joins the fight.  The Celestial Crocodile swings its tail, but it hits the flaming brazier which scatters the flaming coals, catching the sawdust on fire.  Meanwhile, the mouth end latches on to Cultist #4.
[Private to GM:  Croc 6 rnds, Smite Evil(+3dam) on #4]

The Leader ignores his minions insolence and focuses on Miriam, “Friends, are you sure?” he says in a beguiling voice.  As he speaks his mask seems to move in a swirling pattern that attracts attention and causes you to start to lose focus.  He move to his left.
He has used Confusion on the group, everyone (EXCEPT Jan) needs to make a dc16 will save or be confused.  Magic Circle (ie:Protection) From Evil does not protect against this (see FAQ on PfE), though it will give you +2 to save for everyone (EXCEPT Cat- who is currently outside the Magic Circle vs Evil).  If you fail roll a 1d4;
1- act normal
2- do nothing but babble
3- deal damage to self 1d8+str
4- attack nearest creature (just roll to attack, I will randomly chose which target if there is more than 1)

The Manager stays invisible and 2 more arrows shoot toward Miriam…and again, 1 hit/1 miss as it bounces off her armor.  As the arrow hits, chaotic energy engulfs Miriam with pain as the invisible Manager says, “Did you enjoy that?  I had those imported specifically for you.”.
since he is invisible, he gets sneak attack damage,
Miriam takes 24 dam + the wound is still bleeding, take 3 more damage as your turn begins
[Private to Miriam: I forgot that last round, so the Manager forgot to use his rogue talent.  But he remembered this round.]
[Private to GM:  Manager invisible 3 rounds]

Cultist 3 continues to bleed from the wound Talis previously gave him.  Ignoring it, he focuses on Jan who is distracted by #9.  Jan takes 6 damage from the touch and the wound continues bleeding.  Then he steps forward 5’ directly in Jan’s path, “Protect the Master”.
[Private to GM: Bleeding 3]

Cultist 1 looks at Jan until a roar from behind alerts it to the crocodile.  He looks back to Jan, and then whirls and attacks the croc with a touch, hitting and causing the croc to bleed…

Cultist 4 tries to use his Bleeding Touch, but being eaten by a croc proves to be too much of a distraction and he fails….
[Private to GM:  Used Command]

Cultist 5 moves by the crocodile which has #4 in it’s mouth so can’t attack #5, though Jan can…but all his claws hit are the Copycat image..  #5 uses Bleeding Touch on the crocodile… and hits and the croc starts bleeding…
[Private to GM:  Used Command]

Cultist 2 whirls around and, after waiting for #5 to flank,  reaches out and touches the crocodile, which vanishes in a spray of blood.

Cultist 6 moves over, but misses Jan by a whisker…

Cultist 9 focuses on Jan who is distracted by #6.  Jan takes 11 damage from the touch and the wound continues bleeding.
[Private to GM:  Used Command]
[Private to Jan Harlow: I have Jan at 15 hp]

Cultist10 down and bleeding out…

[Private to GM: 3rd level clerics, +2 str, + 12hp+13temp= 37hp, (50=death)
10dr vs fire, +1 Caster Level,
To hit= +1morale+2bab+1str   +1 damage with weapons
+1 all saves, 2d6 channel neg energy

Got +1 0th; +1 1st; +2+1 2nd
Have 0th Stabilize
Used 2nd level spell Death Knell on the 1st level SM(riding dog)-lasts 20min
     2nd level spell Resist Fire, Aid]


Tactical Situation
7 Cultists with War razors out
1   “     down and bleeding out
1 invisible Manager shooting arrows
Leader, who has a dagger out
Oh yeah, the sawdust is on fire…


                 dam       status
Leader
Manager                   invisible
Cultist 1          18      CC(1 copycat image)
       2           6       CC
       3          28       CC, bleeding
       4          11      CC
       5
       6           6       CC
       7          67       So Obviously Dead
       8         53       dead
       9
      10         42       down and dying

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This message was last edited by the GM at 16:03, Fri 23 Dec 2011.

AC 15, HP: 50/50

Zer-werdula feels dazed for a second, but manages to focus and read his scroll and then stepping five feet closer.[reading See Invisible off of scroll.]

"The vexing thing is that if we succeed everyone will forget our lack of planning and coherent execution."
This message was last edited by the player at 23:39, Wed 21 Dec 2011.

Sammiya fought off the attack on her senses again. It was difficult, but she kept her mind on what she was doing and made sure that Akihiro did the same. Since the cultist near her was and out, Sammiya steered Akihiro toward another while she herself tried to cut the man down.

Sammiya Koi:
rolled 19 using 1d20+8. Will save.
rolled 17 using d20+8. Attack 1.
rolled 9 using 1d6+3. Maybe damage.
rolled 11 using d20+3. Attack 2.

Akihiro:
rolled 24 using 1d20+5. Will save.
rolled 16 using d20+7. Attack.
rolled 7 using 1d6+4. Damage.
rolled 23 using d20+7. Trip check

This message was last edited by the player at 22:06, Wed 21 Dec 2011.

Logalog falls under the hypnotic effects of the Master's mask! However, he as able to retain focus in this round. He suggests that Tanrov move in front of Miriam and let Loaglog cast Enlarge Person so Miriam won't be slain by the invisible Manager. She can still be effective using Tanrov as full cover, and Tanrov can either defend or attack the adjacent cultist.

15:32, Today: Logalog rolled 1 using 1d4. Confusion Action.
15:29, Today: Logalog rolled 15 using 1d20+8. Will Save vs Confusion.

AC: 18   HP's: 56
17:38, Today: Tanrov rolled 25 using 1d20+5. Will save vs. confusion.
19:30, Today: Tanrov rolled 9 using 1d6+7. to damage
19:28, Today: Tanrov rolled 18 using 1d20+10, to hit


Tanrov will attack the cultist to his right all the while using the feat dazzling display.   If the cultist goes down than Tanrov will switch targets, to the cultist on his left.
This message was last edited by the player at 03:35, Thu 22 Dec 2011.

Will save vs confusion = 20
ac18 hp48

Talis looks worriedly at both Miriam and Jan, then he says "Jan, take the one on your right(#6).  Hey Cat, Miriam or Jan could really use some healing."

He swings at #6 with his spear.
18 to hit
23 dam

ooc: Ee might want try to kill the dying so Miriam has less choices for her selective channeling.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:05, Fri 23 Dec 2011.

Logalog AC 17 HP 40/40

Since Tanrov is busy dazzling the cultists with his combast skills, Logalog will step forward over the burning carcass of the culstist in front of him and cast burning hands defensively again. However, his luck continues to go down hill....


OOC
03:00, Today: Logalog rolled 15 using 1d20+14. Casting Defensively.

AC 19 44/48 HP

Miriam easily fought off the attempt at bewildering her and had just enough time to reply "Quite certain.", before another arrow was imbedded very painfully in her body.  Using one of her most powerful spells, she was able to mitigate the damage, but she was willing to bet her assailant had more arrows than she had cure spells.  "Focus your attacks and finish your targets off if you can.  My magic can only ignore so many of the injured, no matter who's side they're on.", she instructed her comrades.


OOC:
14:28, Today: Miriam rolled 32 using 1d20+13. Will save vs. confusion (DC 16).
14:36, Today: Miriam rolled 27 using 3d8+6. Cure Serious Wounds -self (adjusted for 1.5 modifier).
This message was last edited by the player at 20:44, Thu 22 Dec 2011.

[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 48/48 Darkvision
Logalog Mage Armor
Jan 8/36
Miriam 6/48
Sammiya Koi & 52/52
Akihiro
Catessa Fallowfield & -8 damage
Murphis
Tanrov  56/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil
Zer-wedula Mage Armor]

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Confused;  roll a 1d4;
1- act normal
2- do nothing but babble
3- deal damage to self 1d8+str
4- attack nearest creature (just roll to attack, I will randomly chose which target if there is more than 1)

Round 3
Jan continues to bleed from the 2 wounds as he concentrates his attacks on the target in front of him.  He takes out the image and tears into cultist #3 with an animal-like fury.  The cultist goes down, bleeding onto the sawdust covered floor.
[Private to GM:  22:07, Today: Jan Harlow rolled 6,9,10 using 1d6+3,1d6+3,1d8+3. Claw, Claw, Bite Damage.
22:06, Today: Jan Harlow rolled 13,9,20 using 1d20+7,1d20+7,1d20+7. Claw, Claw, Bite.
]

Miriam’s will is strong and she easily resists the  Leaders spell, and then she casts a healing spell on herself, healing curing the damage and stopping the bleeding the Managers arrow caused.

Talis also somehow manages to overcome the spell. He attempts to help Jan out of his jam by attacking #6.  It’s difficult with Jan between him and his target, but then again, his target doesn’t see it coming…HIT…but the cultist is still standing with a nasty bleeding wound in his side…
That is just so funny.  A rogue who makes his Will saves, but not Ref saves.
[Private to GM:  Talis invisible 2 rounds]

Sammiya Koi & Akihiro again feels the tugging of mind magic, but both her and her dog are so focused on their duty that it is ignored.  She moves to attack the only cultist she can, inadvertently cutting off Logalog’s intended action.  But the small whirlwind of fang and blade, after Akihiro hits the image with his attack, takes cultist #6 down, leaving him quickly bleeding to death from the spear wound from Talis.

Confused x2Catessa Fallowfield & Murphis both fail their saves and Cat stands there babbling while Murphis attacks her by throwing her off his back.  Cat takes 8 damage from the fall.

Tanrov decides to put on a show to put fear into his opponent’s hearts.  These death cultists look on in awe and seem to pause in their actions.   Even The Leader seems to be impressed.
Dazzling Display is a Full Round action.
 A shaken character takes a –2 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks. Shaken is a less severe state of fear than frightened or panicked.

ConfusedLogalog decides at the last moment that with nowhere to safely move forward, he casts Magic Missles at #9, the best target available.

Zer-wedula pulls out a scroll and casts a spell before moving forward 5’.
[Private to Zer-wedula: See Invisibility reveals nothing, the Manager must be using Dust of Disappearance (which See Invisibility doesn't reveal).  The Manager is also still behind the girl, so a Lightning Bolt will kill her.
L=Leader
M=Manager
gg= girl stretched out on table

 gg
LM

However, the spell does reveal something unexpected.  Hovering over the cargo shaft, 10' away from Zer, is an invisible tiny sized orb-like creature with an ever-gnashing maw, filled with row after row of mismatched teeth.  It has a red body (about the size of a basketball) with spikes, 1 eye and a blue tounge.  Zer isn't sure what it is, but it's seems to be chewing on something.  It takes a moment for you to figure out, it is chewing on something that looks like a human arm made of smoke or mist.  Something not on this plane.  ]

The Leader switches focus from Miriam to Tanrov with just the littlest trace of his eyes widening betraying some fear.  “Well, well, most impressive display my boy.  Garth, I think I have a spot for you in my organization.”  Obviously impressed with the display he gets a little defensive and casts a Shield of Faith spell.

The Manager stays invisible and 2 flaming arrows shoot toward Miriam…and again, 1 hit/1 miss as it bounces off her armor.  But the 1 hit is perfectly placed and almost skewers her through the throat.  As it is she gets a nasty burn on her neck.
crit and Miriam takes 35 dam + the wound is still bleeding
And she take 3 more damage as her turn begins
 [Private to GM:  Manager invisible 2 rounds]

Most of the cultist respond by taking a step back and casting their own Shields of Faith, either before or after they move.  #9 casts defensively before moving back 5’.  All the remaining images vanish.
Jan bleeding wounds stop, but not before doing 7 more damage to him.

Tactical Situation
5 Cultists with War razors out
3   “     down and bleeding out
1 invisible Manager shooting arrows
Leader, who has a dagger out
Oh yeah, the sawdust is on fire…


                 dam       status
Leader
Manager                   invisible
Cultist 1        18       Shaken [Private to GM: 2rnds]
       2          6       Shaken [Private to GM: 2rnds]
       3         45       down and dying, bleeding
       4         11       Shaken [Private to GM: 2rnds]
       5                  Shaken [Private to GM: 2rnds]
       6         45       down and dying, bleeding
       9         22       Shaken [Private to GM: 2rnds]
      10         43       down and dying

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This message was last edited by the GM at 20:10, Wed 28 Dec 2011.

   Talis whips his spear out at the only target available to him, thinking who will win the race to visibility first, him or the Manager.  Then he will step forward 5'.

Attack #9
to hit 14
dam 25

DM: #9 goes down
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AC 15, HP: 50/50

Zer-wedula takes a five foot step diagonally away from the cultist and onto the stairs.  He then casts Lightning Bolt.

"Shocking!" he cries.

[Private to DM: Targets the creature munching on the leg that is floating in the air now that he can see invisible.  If no line of sight then target cult leader.]
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Cat:   AC: 17 HP: 25/36 - confused
Murph: AC: 20 HP: 60 - confused

Cat gives her familiar a hurt look as he attacks her and she tosses her *blessed* spear at the nearest, standing cultist. Murph goes attacking again.


16:52, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 2 using 1d6. damage?
16:50, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 15 using 1d20+9. attack.
16:47, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 4 using 1d4. confusion -Murph.
16:47, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 1 using 1d4. confusion.

Sammiya Koi AC 21;HP 52/52

With the cultist directly in front of her down, Sammiya changed targets to the one just to his side. She leveled her sword at the man. "Face your judgement and prepare to die!" That said she nudged Akihiro to attack him

Sammiya Koi:
rolled 21,4 using d20+8,d6+3. Sam attack and damage if hit.
rolled 23,14 using d20+3,2d6+6. Sam attack and damage if hit.
rolled 14 using d20+3. Crit confirm .

rolled 20,6 using d20+7,d6+4. Akihiro attack and damage if
rolled 18 using 1d20+7. Akihiro trip check.

Logalog AC 17 HP 40/40


Logalog miraculously  maintains concentration through the Leader's treacherous spell.  The gruesome visages of the cultist's masks fill his vision, taunting, leering, and snarling.  Logalog wanted them to burn. He wanted all of them to burn. Seeing no opportunity to catch all his enemies in a fiery burst, he points at a cultist standing in front of the helpless girl.
 "You," he says, " you're next"," as a red hot beam cut through the air. Logalog uses Scorching Ray on cultist #1.

OOC
Logalog uses Scorching Ray on cultist #1.
22:29, Yesterday: Logalog rolled 1 using 1d4. 2nd round Confusion.
16:44, Today: Logalog rolled 14 using 1d20+4. To Hit (Touch Armor Class).

16:52, Today: Logalog rolled 26 using 4d6+7. Scorching Ray damage (no saving throw).
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AC 19 HP: 46/48

Nearly mortally wounded by the attack, Miriam casts another spell on herself to regain her lost vitality, clearly barely holding her own against the archer's missiles.  Needing a moment more to try to recover, she moves back down the stairs, trying to get out of line of sight of the archer long enough to bolster her defenses without being cut down in the process.

Cast CSW (dropping her other Circle of Protection spell)

15:52, Today: Miriam rolled 40 using 3d8+6. Cure Serious Wounds (adjusted for x 1.5).  Moving down the stairs until she's out of line of sight from the area of the room where the arrows are coming from.

"Zer and Log protect Miriam from the archer," screams Tanrov as he quits putting on the show and will move 20'diagonally/straight line charge towards the leader, bullrushing any cultist that gets in my way and taking damage from multiple AOO's.   "Sam, Talis and Jan clear a path for your selves if possible, Looks like Cat and companion are out of the fight."




[Private to GM: Please clean up the post, if Tanrov needs to wait he will wait for an opening to run up to the leader with a charge.   If waiting is necessary then he will attack one of the nearest cultist with power attack and a two-handed grip.]
AC: 18     HP's  56
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[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 48/48 Darkvision
Logalog 24/40 Mage Armor, Bleeding 3/rnd
Jan 8/36
Miriam 46/48
Sammiya Koi & 52/52
Akihiro
Catessa Fallowfield & 14/36
Murphis 60/60
Tanrov  40/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil
Zer-wedula 50/50 Mage Armor, see inv]

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Round 4
Jan seems to come out of his animal-like bloodlust.  Perhaps it’s all the blood, his own blood.  Jan moves back and throws 1 of his bomb vials at the grouped cultists.  Cultist #3 has a hole blown in his chest, spraying blood everywhere around him.  The 2 dying cultist next to him also get blown up real good (obviously dead).  #1 and #4 do a good job of avoiding death.
[Private to GM:
22:07, Today: Jan Harlow rolled 6,9,10 using 1d6+3,1d6+3,1d8+3. Claw, Claw, Bite Damage.
22:06, Today: Jan Harlow rolled 13,9,20 using 1d20+7,1d20+7,1d20+7. Claw, Claw, Bite.
]

Miriam heals herself and wisely seeks cover.  As she moves down the stairs past Cat and Murphis, Murphis just wags his tail at her before turning on Cat…the poor dog is definitely confused.
The dice sure like you…

Talis attacks the only cultist he can.  The shimmering magical field almost deflects the attack, but Talis manages to overcome that obstacle at the last moment.  #9 goes down and starts bleeding onto the sawdust on the floor.
[Private to GM:  Talis invisible 1 rounds]

Sammiya Koi & Akihiro attacks the nearest cultist #5, who had so far been untouched.  But no longer, the dog knocks the man to the ground, and with that disadvantage he cannot avoid the halfling’s sword.  He twist’s and turn and mostly avoids any mortal wound, but the effort clearly strains his combat ability.

Confused x2Catessa Fallowfield stands up and throws her spear at the only cultist she can see, #5.  Unfortunately, the cultist is a difficult target and she misses.  Even more unfortunately, Murphis still seems to want to eat her, and he doesn’t miss.  Cat takes 11 damage and is again prone on the stairs.

Tanrov moves to get to the leader by just pushing cultist #2 back.
#2, unprepared for Tanrovs prodigious strength, tries to resist, but without much success.  Tanrov finds himself face to face with the Cult Leader.  All the cultists who can takes swipes at him with their war razors, but only 1 hits, the rest fail to penetrate his armor.
Tanrov takes 9 dam

ConfusedLogalog maintains his focus and manages to shoot a ray at #1.  Again, the shimmering Shield of Faith almost deflects the attack, but only almost.  The ray hits its target, injuring him severely, but NOT taking him down.
Disabled=0 hp

Zer-wedula seems to focus on a spot in the middle of the cargo shaft and shoots a lightning bolt at the spot.  It is obvious that it hit’s something, something tiny and invisible
[Private to Zer-wedula: It is tougher than it looks, and doesn’t die from the lightning bolt, though it does look seriously hurt.  Though it does immediately start healing the damage.  It turns it’s eye toward Zer

? (invisible critter)
Flies down to the ground floor and out of sight.
]Miriam and Cat see something invisible and tiny fly down the cargo shaft, or rather they see the ropes move as it does so.

The Leader does not flinch when Tanrov bullrushes a path to him.  “So eager to die Garth?  But how about your sister?”  Pointing at cultist #4, “Bleed the sacrifice, now.  What now Garth, save her or yourself.  Manager, shoot Garth.”  Then he casts a spell with his free hand.
Cast defensively; Divine Favor

The Manager stays invisible and says “Shoot him yourself.”.  2 flaming arrows come flying at Loalog,  1 arrow gets deflected by Sam’s katana but the other hits.
rolled a 1….
Logalog is now bleeding at 3 hp a round until healed.
[Private to GM:  Turns visible at the start of next round]

Cultist 1 takes a 5’ step back and casts a CLW and heals some damage.

Cultist 4 moves 5’ and reaches around to use his Bleeding Touch on Rynshinn.  The poor girls startled scream is cut off as her blood begins to flow and she loses consciousness.
[Private to GM:  Used Command]

Cultist 5 tries to attack Akihiro from his prone position, but Sam easily uses Mounted Combat to avoid the attack.  He does not try to stand up.
[Private to GM:  Used Command]

Cultist 2 tumbles around Tanrov to a flanking position and easily touches him.
Tanrov takes 8 damage this round and more next round

Cultist10 down and bleeding out…

Rynshinn Povalli bleeding…
[Private to GM:  at -1 hp]

[Private to GM:  +2 Ac from Shield of Faith
3rd level clerics, +2 str, + 12hp+13temp= 37hp, (50=death)
10dr vs fire, +1 Caster Level,
To hit= +1morale+2bab+1str   +1 damage with weapons
+1 all saves, 2d6 channel neg energy

Got +1 0th; +1 1st; +2+1 2nd
Have 0th Stabilize
Used 2nd level spell Death Knell on the 1st level SM(riding dog)-lasts 20min
     2nd level spell Resist Fire, Aid]


Tactical Situation
4 Cultists with War razors out
1   “     down and bleeding out
1 invisible Manager shooting arrows
Leader, who has a dagger out
Oh yeah, the sawdust is on fire…


                 dam       status
Leader
Manager                   invisible
?                26       [Private to GM: only 14/19 fast healing 2]
Cultist 1        29
       2          6
       3         58       Very Dead
       4         14
       5         24       Prone
       6         50       Dead
       9         52       Dead
      10         44       down and dying

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Confused;  roll a 1d4;
1- act normal
2- do nothing but babble
3- deal damage to self 1d8+str
4- attack nearest creature (just roll to attack, I will randomly chose which target if there is more than 1)
Next rounds Confusion is
[Private to Catessa Fallowfield: Cat may act normally
Murphis does nothing]
[Private to Logalog: Logalog attacks nearest creature]
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:59, Fri 06 Jan 2012.

AC 15, hp: 50/50

Zer-wedula fires a poorly aimed scorching ray at cultist #4 to try to stem his attack on the girl.  "I can't see the archer and the mystery foe has descended down the shaft."

Sammiya Koi AC 21;HP 52/52

"You can't escape," Sammiya told the cultist as Akihiro continued to bite and paw at the man, trying to keep him on the floor.

Sammiya Koi:
rolled 17,7 using d20+7,d6+4. Akihiro attack and damage if hit.

Awaiting her chance to swing, Sammiya attacked the man again. On her follow-through swing, Sammiya nearly lost control of her sword.

Sammiya Koi:
rolled 12,6 using d20+8,d6+3. Sam attack 1 and damage if hit.
rolled 4,8 using d20+3,d6+3. Sam attack 2 and damage if hit.

DM; #5 is going to be at 0hp
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:55, Thu 29 Dec 2011.

Logalog AC 17 HP 37/40

Logalog starts singing a song in no apparent language. It sounds like a drinking song.


OOC
22:46, Today: Logalog rolled 2 using 1d4.

Talis watches Tanrov run forward on a suicide mission and his jaw drops as he makes it almost unscathed.  Talis does an invisible shrug, "Better lucky than good I say".  Talis follows him so he isn't flanked on all sides, "You know, this is not the smartest plan you have ever come up with Tanrov."


move forward 5', attack #1
To hit 14
dam 22 dam

DM; #1 is Dead
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AC: 18     HP's  40/56

Tanrov grips his scimitar tightly, wishing with all his might that he could help the girl.  As if in answer to his prayer, his hand begins to glow a soft yellow.  Without giving it much thought, he reaches out and touches her.  Her great bleeding wound closes, healed, and she regains concsiousness.

[Private to GM: cast clw]
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Cat:   AC: 17 HP: 14/36 - confused
Murph: AC: 20 HP: 60/60 - confused

Cat thinks Miriam as the right idea. She retreats down the stairs to ponder her next move. She could summon up another creature, though her last one didn't do well. Or she could heal herself a bit.

AC 19 HP: 46/48

Given a moment to recover without arrows flying into her face, Miriam casts a protective spell upon herself and then heads back up the stairs to back her allies.

Casting Sanctuary on herself.  DC 16 Will save to be able to attack her.

[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 48/48 Darkvision
Logalog 21/40 Mage Armor, Bleeding 3/rnd
Jan 8/36
Miriam 46/48 sanctuary
Sammiya Koi & 52/52
Akihiro
Catessa Fallowfield & 14/36
Murphis 60/60
Tanrov  10/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil, deathwatch Bleed 3
Zer-wedula 50/50 Mage Armor, see inv]

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Round 5
Jan reaches down and kills the cultist lying beside him.
[Private to GM:
22:07, Today: Jan Harlow rolled 6,9,10 using 1d6+3,1d6+3,1d8+3. Claw, Claw, Bite Damage.
22:06, Today: Jan Harlow rolled 13,9,20 using 1d20+7,1d20+7,1d20+7. Claw, Claw, Bite.
]

Miriam casts a spell and then heads back up the stairs, passing Murphis and Cat as she does.

Talis definitely seems to have Lady Luck on his side, as once again, he barely manages to pierce his targets magical deflection spell (Shield of Faith).  He punches his spear through the man’s heart.  Massive amounts of blood start flowing out of the gaping hole, as the cultist falls to the floor.
Talis will become visible at the start of his next round.

Sammiya Koi & Akihiro continue their attack on their chosen target.  Akihiro grabs the man forcibly by the shoulder giving Sam an easy target.  And while the first swings gives the man a nasty, disabling slash, cruel luck intervenes and the second swing misses as her mount slips just a little in the blood on the floor.

Confused x2Catessa Fallowfield stands up and moves down the stairs, seeking a location away from her poor confused dog.   Murphis starts howling, apparently he doesn’t like Logalog’s singing.
[Private to Catessa Fallowfield: Next round Cat attacks Murphis and Murphis attacks himself doing 12 damage to himself]

Tanrov’s hand glows and he heals Rynshinn.  The Leader stares at him confused, “How did you do that?”

ConfusedLogalog loses his focus and starts singing even as blood continues to pour from the arrow wound.
Logalog bleeds for 3 dam, and continues to bleed…
[Private to Logalog: Next round Logalog attacks nearest creature]

Zer-wedula aims high to avoid all the people between himself and his target, too high.  His Scorching Ray hits the wall.

? (invisible critter)
?
[Private to GM:  flies outside and alerts Rat’s to what is going on.]

The Leader, with a serious note to his voice says “It doesn’t matter, for now you die.  Father Skinsaw, I sacrifice to you the soul of my own son.”  His dagger starts glowing with a black energy as he plunges it into Tanrov and pulls it out, waiting for the magic to work.  The Leader is watching Tanrov expectantly when the dagger shatters in his hand.  With confusion in his voice he commands, “How...Kill him, kill Garth NOW!”.
[Private to GM:  Divine Favor +2 hit/dam]
Tanrov takes 7 dam
[Private to Miriam: The dagger was an evil magical weapon used to sacrifice your own children, but while The Leader clearly thinks Garth is his child.  But you know the soul in the body, Tanrov, is NOT his child.  Such an improper use destroyed it.]

Cultist 4 seems to instinctively respond to his leaders command and moves 5’ to Tanrov and attacks him with his war razor, and even without an ally he manages to hit the halfelf for 6 damage.
[Private to GM:  Used Command]

Cultist 5 tries to cast a spell defensively but fails.  The strain of the effort is too much for his wounds to handle and he collapses
[Private to GM:  Used Command]

The Manager turns visible and reveals a human wearing a mithral chain shirt and wearing a green scarf over most of his face, his eyes and movements reveal his realization that he is visible.  “Welcome back Miriam, just give me a moment to kill this fool, thanks.”  He stops reaching for another arrow and from out of a metal bracer on his right hand he extends a punching dagger and advances toward Tanrov.  Motioning to the cultist (#2) on the other side he waits until #2 moves to flank, and then attacks.  Distracted by foes on all sides Tanrov doesn’t defend himself well enough and gets hit.
Tanrov takes 14 dam and is bleeding for 3 dam every rnd until healed.

Cultist 2 adjusts his position and swings with his war razor, but Tanrovs armor turns the blade away and our hero suffers no damage from the blade.

Rynshinn Povalli has suffered too much and falls unconscious…

[Private to GM:  +2 Ac from Shield of Faith
3rd level clerics, +2 str, + 12hp+13temp= 37hp, (50=death)
10dr vs fire, +1 Caster Level,
To hit= +1morale+2bab+1str   +1 damage with weapons
+1 all saves, 2d6 channel neg energy

Got +1 0th; +1 1st; +2+1 2nd
Have 0th Stabilize
Used 2nd level spell Death Knell on the 1st level SM(riding dog)-lasts 20min
     2nd level spell Resist Fire, Aid]


Tactical Situation
2 Cultists with War razors out
1   “     down and bleeding out
1 Manager who has a dagger out
Leader
1 invisible critter going who knows where
Oh yeah, the sawdust is on fire…


                 dam       status
Leader
Manager
?                26       [Private to GM: only 12/19 fast healing 2]
Cultist2          6
       4         14
       5         38       Down and dying

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[Private to GM: rnd 8 is last round]
Confused;  roll a 1d4;
1- act normal
2- do nothing but babble
3- deal damage to self 1d8+str
4- attack nearest creature (just roll to attack, I will randomly chose which target if there is more than 1)

AC 15, hp: 50/50
Zer-wedula rolled 9 using 3d4+3. Magic missiles on leader.

Zer-wedula points a wand at the cult leader and lets fly with Magic Missiles.

Sammiya Koi AC 21;HP 52/52

Sammiya does her best to stay on Akihiro after he slipped. She trusted Akihiro himself to regain his own footing. When he did, Sammiya grasped her katana in both hands again and slashed down at the fallen cultist.

Sammiya Koi:
rolled 14,5 using d20+7,d6+4. Akihiro attack and damage if hit.
rolled 10,8 using d20+8,d6+3. Sam attack 1 and damage if hit.
rolled 4,6 using d20+3,d6+3. Sam attack 2 and damage if hit.

DM Edit: Cultist #5 went down (and is now at -1 hp and dying) from the exertion of trying to cast a spell, a task he failed at.  Do if you want to still attack him?

OOC: No, i'd probably ride over the dead body in front of me and go after the living cultist near Tanrov just to the south of #5.
This message was last edited by the player at 03:44, Wed 04 Jan 2012.

Talis also turns visible.  He says to Tanrov, "Hey Tanrov, move back and help me take out this guy" as he motions at cultist #5.  He'll wait for Tanrov to distract #5 (flank) and then Talis will attack.

[Private to GM: To hit
dam]

Since Talis and Tanrov really do work better as a team, Tanrov will move back 5' and flank with him.   Realizing the folly of his previous actions and bleeding nonstop Tanrov will wait until cultist 5 goes down under not two attacks, Tanrov and Talis' but Sam' as well, so he can move back 5' more in order to heal himself with his healing drat within his wrist.   Tanrov thinks to himself, "Maybe Talis had it right, discretion is the better part of valor."


AC: 18   HP's: 10/56
09:41, Today: Tanrov rolled 8 using 1d6+7.   To dam on 5} if he doesn't go down from Talis or SamaA
09:40, Today: Tanrov rolled 21 using 1d20+10.    To hit on 5} if he doesn't go down from Talis or Sam
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AC 19 HP: 46/48

"Did your little knife break?  Pity about that.", Miriam said, as she moved across the room toward her more injured companions.  "Really, take your time.  I'm rather enjoying not being perforated.", she responds to the bane of her recent existence, as she unleashes a wave of positive energy.



Moving up to a square north of where Talis is on the map.
09:09, Today: Miriam rolled 11 using 3d6. Healing Pulse.
Excluding the three most damaged foes who aren't dead.

Cat starts a spell when an idea hits her. She really needs to teach Murph a lesson on behavior, now. She goes back up, poking him with her mundane spear. He gets the lesson and bites his own leg in contrition.

Cat:   AC: 17 HP: 14/36 - confused
Murph: AC: 20 HP: 48/60 - confused

[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 48/48 Darkvision
Logalog 32/40 Mage Armor
Jan 2 subdual and 19/36
Miriam 48/48 sanctuary
Sammiya Koi & 43/52
Akihiro
Catessa Fallowfield & 25/36
Murphis 48/60
Tanrov  -9/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil, deathwatch
Zer-wedula 50/50 Mage Armor, see inv]

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Round 6
Miriam moves forward and a wave of healing heals everybody in the room.  It even barely manages to reach Cat.

Confused x2Catessa Fallowfield moves, draws out a spear and attacks her dog, Murphis also attacks himself.  Cat misses but Murphis doesn’t.
Muphis is down 12 hp
[Private to Catessa Fallowfield: Next round Cat attacks Murphis and Murphis just stands there]

Talis’s luck turns fickle and not only does he turn visible but the shield of faith deflects his attack at the last moment.  He barely misses his target.

Sammiya Koi & Akihiro move forward to engage the cultist, but since Talis failed to clear her path, she takes on the cultist standing in her way.  Being an experienced warrior, she too takes advantage of the distraction Tanrov provides.  This proves crucial, allowing Akihiro to hit, but he doesn’t get a good grip and fails to pull the man to the ground.  Likewise, Sam fails to even connect.

Jan waits for Sam to move and then slacks his thirst for bloodshed on the unconscious cultist she left behind.
[Private to GM:
22:07, Today: Jan Harlow rolled 6,9,10 using 1d6+3,1d6+3,1d8+3. Claw, Claw, Bite Damage.
22:06, Today: Jan Harlow rolled 13,9,20 using 1d20+7,1d20+7,1d20+7. Claw, Claw, Bite.
]

Tanrov finds himself dancing around the fire that seems to be getting slowly bigger.  He hasn’t taken fire damage yet.
Tanrov made a ref save to avoid taking fire damage, the cultist have fire resistance up, so take 0 damage.
He also finds that neither of his allies managed to take the target down, so he must take a more active roll.  But while Tanrov manages to hit, he too fails to bring this cultist to his well-deserved death.  On the bright side, Miriam’s healing stopped the bleeding.
[Private to GM:  on fire, 1d6 rnd.]

ConfusedLogalog apparently takes exception to this because he says, “Hey, that’s my beer” and he punches at Jan, doing 2 nonlethal damage to the wolf-alchemist.
[Private to Logalog: Next round Logalog may act normal]

Zer-wedula pulls out his wand and, >zap<, magic missles damage the leader.

? (invisible critter) ?
[Private to GM:  flies to meet Rat’s.]

Cultist 2 also hits Tanrov for 8 dam, then he moves between Tanrov and his leader.

Cultist 4 hits Tanrov with his weapon for 10 dam, makes a 5’ adjustment.
[Private to GM:  Used Command]

The Leader seems a little confused himself, “How did that not work, it’s supposed to work..”  He waits to see if his minions take down the big halfelf, Tanrov, and when they fail, he steps in to take a swing, pulling out a magical war razor as he does.  “I don’t know who you are, but now you die”  His weapon lashes out and Tanrov just doesn’t have enough energy to get out of the way.  Finding a gap in the armor, the cleric slashing open a wound that starts bleeding.  Tanrov goes down, catches on fire and doesn’t move.  He turns to Miriam, Tanrov’s blood dripping from his blade, “How did you know, Miriam?  Who is this Tanrov and where did you put the real Garth?  Tell me and I will make your death swift.”.
[Private to GM:  Divine Favor +2 hit/dam]
Tanrov is down, on fire and dying…


The Manager shows off some moves as he tumbles over to Rynshinns head and stabs at Sam.  While he hits, Sam’s Halfling reflexes allow her to avoid the worst of the attack and she merely gets a scratch.  “Boss, you might want to slit that ones throat, or she will just heal him up, damn healers.”
Sam takes 9 dam.

Rynshinn Povalli has suffered too much and falls unconscious…

[Private to GM:  +2 Ac from Shield of Faith
3rd level clerics, +2 str, + 12hp+13temp= 37hp, (50=death)
10dr vs fire, +1 Caster Level,
To hit= +1morale+2bab+1str   +1 damage with weapons
+1 all saves, 2d6 channel neg energy

Got +1 0th; +1 1st; +2+1 2nd
Have 0th Stabilize
Used 2nd level spell Death Knell on the 1st level SM(riding dog)-lasts 20min
     2nd level spell Resist Fire, Aid]


Tactical Situation
2 Cultists with War razors out
0   “     down and bleeding out
1 Manager who has a dagger out
Leader who has a war razor out
1 invisible critter going who knows where
Tanrov is down, on fire and bleeding
Oh yeah, the sawdust is on fire…and the fire expands.


                 dam       status
Leader           9
Manager
?                26       [Private to GM: only 10/19 fast healing 2]
Cultist2          6
       4         29     

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[Private to GM: rnd 8 is last round]
Confused;  roll a 1d4;
1- act normal
2- do nothing but babble
3- deal damage to self 1d8+str
4- attack nearest creature (just roll to attack, I will randomly chose which target if there is more than 1)
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Sammiya Koi AC 21;HP 43/52

Even though she missed, Sammiya continued swinging at the man. She had to connect with him sooner or later, so she persevered. Despite her perseverance however, Sammiya's attacks were still rather sloppy. Akihiro was still quite dangerous though.

Sammiya Koi
rolled 10,9 using d20+8,d6+3. Sam attack 1 and damage if hit.
rolled 13,8 using d20+3,d6+3. Sam attack 2 and damage if hit.

rolled 26,6 using d20+7,d6+4. Akihiro attack and damage if hit.
rolled 8 using 1d20+7. Akihiro trip check.


DM EDIT; this takes #4 to 0 hp
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Jan AC 18+2 ;HP 19/36

Blood poured from Jan's nose and maw as he spat out the gob of torn flesh, teh Alchemist just barely keeping it together.

With his blood soaked clawed hands he reached into his pouches and assembled a new bomb, which he threw at the closest cultist in his sights.

The Cultist stood  with the bodies of two of his fellows at his feet and Jan felt he mad a excellent target.

Jan's claws clicked against the bombs sight as he felt his entire body seize and he gagged as blood rushed up and out of his muzzle.

The bomb fell from his numb fingers and onto the stomach of the dead cultist at his paws.

That was not good.

"Gwrah?" Jan mumbled tiredly as he shielded his face with his furred forearms.

23:56, Today: Jan Harlow rolled 25 using 1d20+8. Reflex Save. Half Damage against Bomb, 6/2=3.
23:47, Today: Jan Harlow rolled 6 using 1d8. Right at the guy at Jan's feet.
23:45, Today: Jan Harlow rolled 7 using 1d20+6. Throw Bomb. The guy between Sam and Miriam's rows.
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20:20, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 10 using 3d4+3. Magic Missile damage
AC 15, hp: 50/50

"Cut off the head and so on," Zer-wedula mutters as he uses the wand to Magic Missile the cult leader againb.

As Tanrov gets hit and starts to black out he thinks, I zigged when I should have zagged.  Then he lies there and bleeds...

if he is healed back to consciousness,
PM to DM
[Private to GM: He will drink his 3d8+5 healing potion from his wrist flask and then grab his scimitar.]
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ac18 hp48
     As the Manager deftly tumbles past the long spears attack of opportunity Talis realizes he's face to face with fellow professional.  With a guilty glance at Tanrov, Talis will drop his spear, draw out Desna's blessed blade (triggering the light rune), and triggers his shield ring.
     "Sorry kid, I got mine to deal with.  Alright Desna let’s roll".  Talis smacks the evil cult manager in front of him.  "Hope Miriam gets to you in time Tanrov" he mutters after his somewhat ineffectual blow.

Talis rolls 23 to hit
dam of 5 pts
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Logalog AC 17 HP 35/40
The memory of beer still on his tongue, Logalog suddenly remembers his situation. He quickly rattles off a couple magic missiles at the obviously damaged cultists. With the lackeys out of the way, maybe the group could focus on cutting off the cult's head intsead of grasping at its tail.

2 missles on #2 for 11 dam
1 on #4 for 4 dam

DM Edit; #4 is down and dying
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AC 19 HP 48/48

"A very tempting offer, but I think you'll just have to die never knowing.", Miriam said, before casting a spell and then plunging forward.  She was aware she was probably letting herself in for a world of pain, getting out in front of her allies, but she couldn't let Tanrov die without trying to save him.  As she moved forward, she hoped her divine protections and her armor would prove sufficient.

OOC: Casting Cure Serious Wounds, then holding the charge as she moves over by Tanarov and uses it on him.

09:43, Today: Miriam rolled 28 using 3d8+6. Cure Serious Wounds (1.5 included).

[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 48/48 Darkvision
Logalog 32/40 Mage Armor
Jan 2 subdual and 16/36
Miriam 42/48 sanctuary
Sammiya Koi & 43/52
Akihiro
Catessa Fallowfield & 25/36
Murphis 48/60
Tanrov  26/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil, deathwatch
Zer-wedula 50/50 Mage Armor, see inv]

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Round 7
Miriam moves forward and as she moves past the only cultist in her way, he reaches out and slashes at her, dealing 6 damage.  She makes it to Tanrov and reaches down to heal him.  His eyes open…
Not only did the cultist save vs sanctuary, he also hit with a crit.  However, he rolled minimum damage.

Confused x2Catessa Fallowfield continues to attack her dog, and continues to miss.  Murphis just avoids the attacks and continues to wag his tail at Cat.
[Private to Catessa Fallowfield: Next round Cat may act normally and Murphis will attack Zer]

Talis turns, drops his spear and prepares himself for close quarters combat.  He hits with his sword.

Sammiya Koi & Akihiro continues her attacks, but perhaps the smoke from the burning sawdust is getting in her eyes and she misses.  Akihiro manages to give him a good bite that manages to draw serious blood, but not enough to take him down.

Jan drops his bomb and it blows up on top of the dead cultist in front of him, the resulting spray of blood and fire causes the original target to go down.  The room is beginning to look like a slaughter house with blood everywhere.

Tanrov wakes up and takes the potion that is in his wrist device.  His foes slash out at him when he focuses on that action, but only the Leader hits.  Tanrov is still on fire.  After the healing spell from Miriam and the potion, Tanrov is looking much better.  He still looks weaker than normal (not at full hps), but his grip on his scimitar is as steady as ever.
Tanrov is still on fire, prone and has 26 hps
[Private to GM:  on fire, 1d6 rnd.]

ConfusedLogalog comes to his senses and fires off some magic missles, damaging the cultists.
[Private to Logalog: Next round Logalog will deal 8 damage to himself]

Zer-wedula continues firing magic missles at the leader.

? (invisible critter) ?
[Private to GM:  flies to meet Rat’s.]

Cultist 2 reaches out and tries to touch Miriam.  Normally such a simple attack should hit, but the cultist hits the table Rynshinn is on, discharging the attack harmlessly.
stinking 1 to hit
[Private to GM:  used 4/5 bleeding touches
  +2 Ac from Shield of Faith
3rd level clerics, +2 str, + 12hp+13temp= 37hp, (50=death)
10dr vs fire, +1 Caster Level,
To hit= +1morale+2bab+1str   +1 damage with weapons
+1 all saves, 2d6 channel neg energy

Got +1 0th; +1 1st; +2+1 2nd
Have 0th Stabilize
Used 2nd level spell Death Knell on the 1st level SM(riding dog)-lasts 20min
     2nd level spell Resist Fire, Aid]

Cultist 4 bleeds…
[Private to GM:  Used Command]

The Leader “Fine, take that secret to your grave.  But once you are all dead, I will finish my mistresses good work.”  He steps back 5’ and again his mask begins to swirl again.  That's odd, he said his mistresses good work, not Father Skinsaws.  You get the sinking feeling that there is yet another layer to this conspiracy of greed and death.
[Private to GM:  Divine Favor +2 hit/dam]
Tanrov(+2), Miriam(+2), Jan, Logalog, Talis, Sam(+2) and Akihiro(+2) need to make saves vs confusion again, will save dc 16 or be confused …

The Manager shrugs as Miriam heals Tanrov, “I called it”.  Then he turns his attention to Talis and looks him up and down.  “I hear you’re pretty good.  Let’s see how good”.  The Manager steps back 5’ and draws out an arrow, aiming at Talis. But he says, “But first let’s get rid of your healer.” as he smoothly switches aim and shoots at Miriam. Or at least that's who you think he must have been aiming at.  Neither flaming arrow comes close to hitting her.  He begins cursing up a storm.
Yes, he saved vs sanctuary, but then rolls 2 and 3 to hit…

Rynshinn Povalli has suffered too much and falls unconscious…

Tactical Situation
1 Cultists with War razors out
1   “     down and bleeding out
1 Manager who has a dagger out
Leader who has a war razor out
1 invisible critter going who knows where
Tanrov is prone and on fire
Oh yeah, the sawdust is on fire…and the fire expands.


                 dam       status
Leader           19
Manager           5
?                26       [Private to GM: only 8/19 fast healing 2]
Cultist2         17
       4         44       down and dying

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[Private to GM: rnd 8/Cat-Murphis-Logalog or 13/?  is last round]
Confused;  roll a 1d4;
1- act normal
2- do nothing but babble
3- deal damage to self 1d8+str
4- attack nearest creature (just roll to attack, I will randomly chose which target if there is more than 1)

Sammiya Koi AC 21; HP 43/52
Akihiro AC 13; HP 33/42

The cultist she had fought momentarily went down after the blast from the bomb, which left Sammiya no real targets. Besides, when Akihiro started chewing his own leg, all Sammiya could really think to do was to try and get him to stop.

Sammiya Koi:
rolled 10,11 using d20+6,d20+3. Sam & Akihiro Will saves.
rolled 1,3 using d4,d4. Confusion.
rolled 9 using 1d8+3. Akihiro bite self.
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AC: 18  HP's: 26/56
14:35, Today: Tanrov rolled 22 using 1d20+7. Will save vs. confusion
14:53, Today: Tanrov rolled 24 using 1d20+10. to hit
15:11, Today: Tanrov rolled 11 using 1d6+7. to damage
15:02, Today: Tanrov rolled 28 using 1d20+11. intimidation check.

Looking at the map, no one is near Tanrov so is standing up going to draw an Attack of Opportunity from either the leader or the one remaining cultist?   If not then he will stand up and move 5' toward the leader, swinging the scimitar for all that it's worth.   "Mister, I'm all fired up with the fire around me so come here sucka', come to Tanrov."

[Private to GM: Rolled intimidation check because with the phrase and me on fire I will try to intimidate both the last cultist and the leader, if possible.]
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07:01, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 10 using 3d4+3. Magic missile.
AC 15, HP: 50/50

"Ah, the smoky smell of failure," Zer-wedula mutters as he once again uses his wand on the cult leader.

Cat:   AC: 17 HP: 14/36 - confused
Murph: AC: 20 HP: 36/60 - confused

Cat's priority is to heal Murph. Unfortunately, his goal is to gnaw on Zer's leg,

18:18, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 15 using 2d8+6. cnw  ???
18:14, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 17 using 1d20+4. attack - Murph.
18:15, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 9 using 1d6+6. damage?   
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ac18 hp48
save vs confusion = 6
2 for confusion
     Talis decides that this is a fine time to sing a catchy little number...
"Goblins chew and goblins bite.
Goblins cut and goblins fight.
Stab the dog and cut the horse,
Goblins eat and take by force!
Goblins race and goblins jump.
Goblins slash and goblins bump.
Burn the skin and mash the head,
Goblins here and you be dead!
Chase the baby, catch the pup.
Bonk the head to shut it up.
Bones be cracked, flesh be stewed,
We be goblins! You be food!"

AC 19 HP 48/48

Miriam's will is once again too strong to be affected by the confusion spell.  With Tanrov up again, she falls back from the front lines and fires off another pulse of positive energy to heal her allies.



OOC: 12:23, Today: Miriam rolled 9 using 3d6. Healing Pulse.
12:16, Tue 10 Jan: Miriam rolled 33 using 1d20+13. Will Save vs. Confusion (DC 16).
5' step to the open area to the NE.

Logalog AC 17 HP ?/40

To his horror, Logalog felt his entire right arm suddenly go numb, quickly followed  by pain as his own fist pounded him square in the nose.
  "Ow!" he cried, continuing to curse to high heaven in the ugliest Orcish he knew. Between beatings, Logalog managed to scream at the Cult leader, "I wish I knew a plane vile enough to send you too, you cyclopian toss-bucket!"
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[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 48/48 Darkvision
Logalog 32/40 Mage Armor
Jan 25/36
Miriam 48/48 sanctuary
Sammiya Koi & 52/52
Akihiro 42/42
Catessa Fallowfield & 34/36
Murphis 57/60
Tanrov  12/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil, deathwatch, bleed 1d6 and 3
Zer-wedula 41/50 Mage Armor, see inv]

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Round 8
Miriam moves back and heals 9 damage to the group.

Confused x2Catessa Fallowfield is so worried about her pet and she heals up the last of the damage.  Murphis suddenly whirls and bites Zer for 9 damage and then looks at Zer and wags his tail.  Maybe he wants Zer to pet him?
[Private to Catessa Fallowfield: Next round Cat and Murphis are no longer confused.]

Confused Talis starts singing an creepily catchy goblin song.
[Private to GM: Next Round Talis attacks Akihiro]

Confused x2 A confused Akihiro succumbs to the spell and starts to hurt himself, but Sammiya Koi keeps enough of her will to stop him. If the situation wasn’t so deadly the scene of Akihiro chasing his tail with Sam trying to stop him would be comical. But there’s something about the dead bodies, blood covered floor, fire and smoke that just takes the funny right out of it.
[Private to Sammiya Koi: Next Round Akihiro again tries to damage himself(9dam) and Sam can act normally.]

ConfusedJan feels the enchantment grab hold, but manages to retain his own will long enough to move forward and kill the dying cultist.
[Private to Jan Harlow: Next Round Jan tries to damage himself (5 dam).]

Tanrov shakes off the strange thoughts the confusion enchantment tries to place in his mind.  And even though his friend Talis has fallen prey to it, he stands and bravely confronts the elf who did it.  Swinging with all his might Tanrov manages to hit the Leader.  But he almost missed.  The leader is fast (ie: dex), faster than anyone Tanrov knows, and he is wearing a chain shirt under his death cult outfit.  But Zer’s magic missles have taken their toll and the chain shirt is all that saved his life.
Tanrov is still on fire, take 4 damage
[Private to Tanrov: Intimidation is still a Standard Action, so while you can roll, it will have no mechanical effect.]
[Private to GM:  on fire, 1d6 rnd.]

ConfusedLogalog hurts himself, though he did manage to shake off the new confusion spell.
[Private to Logalog: Next round Logalog is no longer confused]

Zer-wedula continues firing magic missles at the leader, and as the latest batch hits him, they draw blood.  The Leader swoons, but does not go down.

? (invisible critter) ?
[Private to GM:  ??]

Cultist 2 again uses some fancy tumbling moves to flank Tanrov.  He ignores the fire on the floor and the fire on Tanrov. Reaching out he touches Tanrov who adds yet more blood to the already slaughterhouse scene.
Tanrov takes 6 damage and will take more bleeding dam next round
[Private to GM:  used 5/5 bleeding touches
  +2 Ac from Shield of Faith
3rd level clerics, +2 str, + 12hp+13temp= 37hp, (50=death)
10dr vs fire, +1 Caster Level,
To hit= +1morale+2bab+1str   +1 damage with weapons
+1 all saves, 2d6 channel neg energy

Got +1 0th; +1 1st; +2+1 2nd
Have 0th Stabilize
Used 2nd level spell Death Knell on the 1st level SM(riding dog)-lasts 20min
     2nd level spell Resist Fire, Aid]

The Leader, seriously hurt by Zer and Tanrov, steps back and casts a healing spell on himself.  He looks better as the wounds stop bleeding and heal, but he still isn’t moving as fast as he was before.
[Private to GM:  Divine Favor +2 hit/dam]

The Manager continues cursing as the Leader is seriously hurt and has to withdraw.  He reacts by moving to deal with Tanrov…again.  This time he seems to be in too much of a hurry and Tanrov manages to catch him with a blow from his scimitar.  He returns the ‘favor’ by easily evading Tanrov’s defenses and pierces the halfelf with his dagger.  Tanrov still stands, but for how long?
A failed tumble check gives Tanrov an Aoo which hits.
Tanrov then takes 13 dam and is bleeding some more…

Rynshinn Povalli has suffered too much and falls unconscious…

Tactical Situation
1 Cultists with War razors out
1 Manager who has a dagger out
Leader who has a war razor out
1 invisible critter going who knows where
Tanrov is still on fire and bleeding (both bleeding touch and a bleeding sneak attack, currently at 12 hp)
Oh yeah, the sawdust is on fire…


                 dam       status
Leader           40-?     [Private to GM: +20 healing]
Manager          11
?                26       [Private to GM: only 6/19 fast healing 2]
Cultist2         17


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[Private to GM: 13/ Talis, Sam, Jan and Akihiro is last round]
Confused;  roll a 1d4;
1- act normal
2- do nothing but babble
3- deal damage to self 1d8+str
4- attack nearest creature (just roll to attack, I will randomly chose which target if there is more than 1)
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 Logalog AC17 HP

Fries the Leader with Scorching Ray

OOC

11:50, Today: Logalog rolled 23 using 1d20+4. To Hit (Touch Armor Class).
11:50, Today: Logalog rolled 18 using 4d6+7.

AC 15, HP: 41/50
15:46, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 10 using 2d4+2. 2 magic missiles on the manager.
15:45, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 4 using 1d4+1. magic missile on leader.


Zer-wedula takes a five foot step away from the mutt and glares at Catessa, "I blame the owner, NOT the dog!" he hisses.

He then splits his magic missiles between the cult leader and the manager.

Sammiya Koi AC 21; HP 43/52
Akihiro AC 13; HP 24/42

Sammiya made a tough choice, whether to let Akihiro hurt himself and try to end the main source of the problem or to stay with Akihiro and continue to protect him from himself. She chose to go after the leader. Hopping away from Akihiro, Sammiya thought to run around the end of the makeshift altar, but as she thought of it, it occurred to her that it was simply a table. Bending over, Sammiya ran forward trying to go under the table to get to the leader, who was still being pelted with magical bolts.

Sammiya Koi
rolled 17 using d20+8 for attack on leader.
rolled 6 using d6+3 for damage if hit.

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ac18 hp48
confused

     A maniacal grin comes across the rogues face as he gets to "...Stab the dog and cut the horse," in the Goblin Song and he looks at Akhirio.  He continues the refrain "...catch the pup.  Bonk the head to shut it up," and he takes a whack at Akirio with his sword.

To hit 27
dam 5

Tanrov says "Miriam can you help me with a healing please."  Tanrov yells over the din of battle etc.  After being healed Tanrov will move forward 5', next to the samurai and put out the fire which is on him.   "Miriam watch out for the cultist beside you."


AC: 18  HP's: 12/56
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AC 19 HP 48/48

Miram casts a healing spell and steps back into her former spot to touch Tanrov, hopefully on the non-burning parts, and heal him up once again.


20:54, Today: Miriam rolled 28 using 2d8+6. Cure Moderate Wounds.

Jan AC 18+2 ;HP 14/36

Jan has dropped to all fours, foaming at the mouth as he has a epileptic fit of some sort. He slams his bulky body into the guard rail around the stairs to his left and then he twists around to slam his head into the window to his right.

The Alchemist howls as slams his muzzles into the floor and grinds into it.

[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 48/48 Darkvision
Logalog 32/40 Mage Armor
Jan 20/36
Miriam 33/48 sanctuary
Sammiya Koi & 52/52
Akihiro 28/42
Catessa Fallowfield & 34/36
Murphis 57/60
Tanrov  35/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil, deathwatch
Zer-wedula 41/50 Mage Armor, see inv]

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Round 9
Miriam bravely puts herself into harm’s way and heals Tanrov.

Murphis just grins and wags his tail at Zer, he doesn’t understand what just happened and holds no grudge.  Catessa Fallowfield feels the magic that is causing the strange actions cease and she becomes master of her own mind again.  She mounts Murphis and rides up stairs.  Once she has a good view of the battle she throws a magic stone from her amulet at the Leader, but misses.

Confused Talis keeps singing the disturbingly catchy goblin song while he whacks Akihiro for 5 damage.
[Private to GM: Next Round Talis may act normally]

Confused x2Sammiya Koi momentarily comes to her senses and jumps off her dog with great skill.  Moving under the table she and swings at the Leader, but alas, she shows less skill and misses.  Poor Akihiro continues chasing his tail, and catches it, chewing on himself for 9 damage.
[Private to Sammiya Koi: Next Round Akihiro acts normal and Sam just babbles.]

ConfusedJan seems to mirror Akihiro and slams himself into railings and doors doing 5 damage to himself.
[Private to Jan Harlow: Next Round Jan just babbles.]

Tanrov moves forward so the samurai doesn’t get flanked and manages to put out the fire, though not before taking 5 more damage.

Logalog’s head finally clears of the confusion enchantment and he fires off a scorching ray at the Leader.  His aim is almost perfect and he forces the Leader to dodge out of the way, scorching the elf’s shoulder.

Zer-wedula continues firing magic missles.

? (invisible critter) ?
[Private to GM:  flew away rnd 4
5fly, contact rats
6fly back
7look downstairs
8free and potion captive
9talk and move
10]

The Leader, concentrates and casts another healing spell, and he looks to be almost back to full health.  With his health he regains his confidence, “I will kill you all and use your bodies to create undead followers.  Then shall I complete the list for my beloved Xanesha, and then she will reward me.  We will be happy together, forever.”  Definitely something strange is going on.
[Private to GM:  Divine Favor +2 hit/dam
Cast csw, shield of faith, cmw]

The Manager reacts to the Leaders statement by glaring at him, “So, all these ‘greed’ murders have been at the bidding of a woman!”  He turns away from the Leader and moves toward Cultist #2 and Miriam.  He seems to smile at Miriam, but it’s hard to see with most of his face covered.  Pulling a little figure off his bow, he tosses it over Miriam’s head where it transforms into a female lion and it attacks her.  “I don’t suppose we can make a deal?”

female Lion hits with both claws, but misses with the crucial bite.  Miriam takes 15 damaqe.

Cultist 2 attacks Miriam with his razor, but doesn’t even come close.
[Private to GM:  used 5/5 bleeding touches
  +2 Ac from Shield of Faith
3rd level clerics, +2 str, + 12hp+13temp= 37hp, (50=death)
10dr vs fire, +1 Caster Level,
To hit= +1morale+2bab+1str   +1 damage with weapons
+1 all saves, 2d6 channel neg energy

Got +1 0th; +1 1st; +2+1 2nd
Have 0th Stabilize
Used 2nd level spell Death Knell on the 1st level SM(riding dog)-lasts 20min
     2nd level spell Resist Fire, Aid]

Rynshinn Povalli has suffered too much and falls unconscious…

Tactical Situation
1 Cultists with War razors out
1 Manager who has a dagger and bow out
Leader who has a war razor out
1 invisible critter going who knows where
Oh yeah, the sawdust is on fire…


                 dam       status
Leader          52?      [Private to GM: at 31]
Manager        21
?                26       [Private to GM: only 4/19 fast healing 2]
Cultist2         17
Lion


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[Private to GM: 13/ Talis, Sam, Jan and Akihiro is last round]
Confused;  roll a 1d4;
1- act normal
2- do nothing but babble
3- deal damage to self 1d8+str
4- attack nearest creature (just roll to attack, I will randomly chose which target if there is more than 1)

Sammiya Koi AC 21; HP 43/52
Akihiro AC 13; HP 24/42

Chewing up his own tail seemed to snap Akihiro out of his delusion. Whining from the pain, Akihiro spun around until he spotted Sammiya. He then darted under the table to get to her, where he then stck his nose between her legs as a queue for her to mount him.

Meanwhile, Sammiya lost her focus and the world suddenly ceased to make sense. The chaos all around her was incomprehensible at best. And then there was Akihiro trying to nuzzle in between her legs from behind and nearly knocking her over. It was all madness. Sammiya did the only thing that she could think of to do and that was to tell everyone to stop. Before she could do that however, she needed to remember how to speak.
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AC 15, HP: 41/50
22:05, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 24 using 6d6. lightning bolt leader.
DC 16 Lightning bolt


"Fine," Zer-wedula sighs.  He draws upon the power of his bonded item to retrieve and cast Lightning Bolt upon the cult leader. "Someone please kill him."

"Fine Zer, I'll try to kill him for you," Tanrov shouts out as he takes a swing at the leader with his scimitar.

AC;18  HP's; 35/56
12:03, Today: Tanrov rolled 12 using 1d6+7. To damage, woot almost max damage
12:03, Today: Tanrov rolled 24 using 1d20+10. To hit
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ac18 hp48
confused

Talis will look over at Sam and almost says something.  But he recognizes the confused look and briefly wonders if he looks like that when he is confused.  But no matter, right now he is not confused and Miriam is in trouble.  He will wait for Akihiro to move and slide over into his place.  Then, he will try to indicate to Logalog or Cat that flanking would be a really good idea right now.  After they have caused a distraction, he will strike.

To hit natural 20, hopefully confirmed with a 25
dam 9 +12 if confirmed +12 if flanking(sneak attack)
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Cat:   AC: 17 HP: 23/36
Murph: AC: 20 HP: 60/60

Cat had several plans running in head, but the lion attacking  Miriam muddled everything up. Much as she hated the idea, the beast had to be dealt with. Stepping forward as she resets her spear, she stabs at it.
Murph tires of attacking allies and goes after an occultist.

No real movement on Cat's part needed,  I think. Just in for effect/
10:53, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 16 using 1d20+6. attack.
11:01, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 6 using 1d6+1. damage
11:23, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 8 using 1d20+4. attack Murph.

AC 19 47/48 HP

"You've abandoned Father Skinsaw for the arms of a woman?  I don't know that he'll look very favorably on your lack of fidelity to him.  He's just never struck me as a forgiving sort of god.", Miriam commented, tartly, before sucking in a pained gasp as the lioness appeared and struck her from behind.  "What sort of deal did you have in mind?  Opening negotiations by trying to open the veins of the other party is an interesting technique, though I can't say it really puts me in a very favorable mood.", she replied, as she undid nearly all the damage the lioness had done with another pulse of divine energy.

12:48, Today: Miriam rolled 14 using 3d6. Channel. Excluding 3 most yada, yada...

Jan AC 18+2 ;HP 14/36

The Wolf Monster that was Jan could only drool, make noise, and grind its body into the floor.

Some of the noise it was making suggested it might have been enjoying the grinding a little too much...

[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 48/48 Darkvision
Logalog 40/40 Mage Armor
Jan 34/36
Miriam 47/48 sanctuary
Sammiya Koi & 52/52
Akihiro 42/42
Catessa Fallowfield & 36/36
Murphis 60/60
Tanrov  49/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil, deathwatch
Zer-wedula 50/50 Mage Armor, see inv]

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Round 10
Miriam finds herself in the middle of a dangerous situation death cultist on one side and a lioness with murderous intent on the other.  So she sends out another healing wave and almost everyone feels at full hp.  Miriam also manages to avoid the fire burning nearby.
All the heroes heal 14 dam

Murphis and Catessa Fallowfield attack the lion threatening Miriam.  Cat manages to wound the beast while Murphis just manages to distract it.

Confused x2Sammiya Koi just stands there trying to talk, and failing.  Akihiro moves to defend his mistress.
[Private to Sammiya Koi: Next Round Akihiro deals 1d8+str damage to himself and Sam attacks Akihiro]

Confused Talis momentarily comes to his senses and moves over to also attack the lion, and with the lion distracted by Cat and Murphis, he lands a perfect thust straight into the creatures heart.  As he pulls the blade out, it’s like he let the air out of a balloon and the lion collapses back into a figure.
[Private to GM: Next Round Talis deals 1d8+str damage to himself]

ConfusedJan just growls and howls.
[Private to Jan Harlow: Next Round Jan attacks Murphis.]

Tanrov luckily catches the Leader zigging when he should have zagged, forcing the BBEG to exert himself to avoid the deadly scimitar, leaving a deep scratch behind.

Zer-wedula lets go with the big guns and casts a lightning bolt.  The Leader is still really fast and manages to avoid the worst of the bolt, though it does leave him scorched and smoking.
The Leader does NOT have evasion or electrical resistance, but DOES make his ref save for ½ dam

As the lion is defeated and turns back into a figurine Logalog seems to be stunned.
[Private to Logalog: It's like a psychic shockwave attacks your soul when the lion "died".]

The Leader glares at his former minions, “and she is a messenger from Father Skinsaw, she said so herself.  Traitor, I don’t need you, I can finish these heroes by myself and then we will recruit new members.”.  He takes out his unholy symbol, and a wave of negative energy washes over everyone (except Zer, who is out of range), including the cultist and the Manager.  Rynshinn, the sacrifice, goes pale, is she dead?  It’s tough to tell.  [Private to Tanrov:  She is still alive, but barely]
14 damage, will save dc14 for half damage
[Private to GM:  Divine Favor +2 hit/dam
Cast csw, shield of faith, cmw
Has item that gives +level to channel energy 1/day]

The Manager looks rather pale as he shrugs, “I thought it would be a strong bargaining position.  I’ll tell you what, we leave.  You kill him (ie:the Leader).  Then we try to kill each other later.”  Putting words into action he tumbles quickly through Miriam’s space and starts moving toward the stairs.

Cultist 2 follows the Manager, and while he doesn’t show nearly the same level of skill, he manages to get the job done.
[Private to GM:  used 5/5 bleeding touches
  +2 Ac from Shield of Faith
3rd level clerics, +2 str, + 12hp+13temp= 37hp, (50=death)
10dr vs fire, +1 Caster Level,
To hit= +1morale+2bab+1str   +1 damage with weapons
+1 all saves, 2d6 channel neg energy

Got +1 0th; +1 1st; +2+1 2nd
Have 0th Stabilize
Used 2nd level spell Death Knell on the 1st level SM(riding dog)-lasts 20min
     2nd level spell Resist Fire, Aid]

Rynshinn Povalli has suffered too much and falls unconscious…

Tactical Situation
1 Cultists with War razors out
1 Manager who has a dagger and bow out
Leader who has a war razor out
1 invisible critter going who knows where
Oh yeah, the sawdust is on fire…


                 dam       status
Leader          76?      [Private to GM: at 7hp]
Manager        28
?                26       [Private to GM: only 2/19 fast healing 2]
Cultist2         24
Lion            39
Air Elemental


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[Private to GM: 13/ Talis, Sam, Jan and Akihiro is last round]
Confused;  roll a 1d4;
1- act normal
2- do nothing but babble
3- deal damage to self 1d8+str
4- attack nearest creature (just roll to attack, I will randomly chose which target if there is more than 1)
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AC: 115, hp:50/50
20:27, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 10 using 3d4+3. Magic Missile on Manager.

'No deal.  I like you better over there," Zer-wedula says as he uses his wand on the Manager, stepping back five feet.

DM: Manager is at 0hp
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Sammiya Koi AC 21; HP 52/52
Akihiro AC 13; HP 24/42

Try as she might, Sammiya could not figure out how to make words. Sounds she could make, forming actual words was escaping her. While trying to sort out how to form wors she had been trying to ignore the dog trying to get under her. That seemed to anger the dog and it bit its own hindquarters, an act that infuriated Sammiya since it was her dog. Raising her sword, Sammiya attacked Akihiro to make him stop.

Sammiya Koi:
rolled 11 using 1d8+4. Bite damage.
rolled 18,7 using d20+8,d6+3. Sam attack 1 and damage if hit.
rolled 9,4 using d20+3,d6+3. Sam attack 2 and damage if hit.

Both saved vs negative energy, half damage
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Will save vs negative energy = 17, takes 7 dam

After looking at the leader for a few moments, Tanrov ascertains that the leader is almost down and with this knowledge will attack the leader with an attack that weaken any other man.  He drops his shield and takes a 2-handed grip on his scimitar.

AC;16  HP's; 42/56
12:03, Today: Tanrov rolled 9 using 1d6+7. To damage
12:03, Today: Tanrov rolled 27 using 1d20+10. To hit

DM: Yes, the Leader will go down
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ac18 hp 28/48
confused
will save 10, takes 14 dam

Talis continues his song, "Bones be cracked, flesh be stewed,
We be goblins! You be food!"  Suddenly he stares at his hand and screams, "Ahh, someone has put a goblin hand on me..." and he tries to cut it off, "...get it off me, get it off me."  Then he seems to start trying to eat it.

Deals 6 dam to himself
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AC 19 HP 48/48

Miriam wards off the worst effects of the negative energy blast and steps away from the remaining foes as her friends deal with the lioness in summary fashion.  "Not very strong, apparently, and I can't say your deal seems particularly appealing.", she commented, unleashing another pulse of positive energy to counteract the effects of the leader's channeling.


Move 1 square SW
09:44, Today: Miriam rolled 11 using 3d6. Channel energy, excluding leader, manager and cultist2.
09:43, Today: Miriam rolled 28 using 1d20+13. Will save vs. negative energy.

15:46, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 11 using 1d20+5. Will save - Murph.
15:45, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 26 using 1d20+9. Will save.
Cat:   AC: 17 HP: 27/36
Murph: AC: 20 HP: 57/60

Cat is starting to worry. Even if they survive this fight, she's not sure everyone will be all right. Plus, she's feeling a bit drained. Knowing it will only make things worse, she starts summoning another ally. Murph advances a few feet towards the cultist.

A wolf.
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Jan AC 18+2 ;HP 28/36

Jan bites at Murphis as he lumbers his way over the pile of corpses on shaky legs and arms.

The Alchemist's limbs seemed all that much animal like as he writhed and twitched all the while.

12:26, Today: Jan Harlow rolled 7 using 1d8+3. Bite.
12:26, Today: Jan Harlow rolled 14 using 1d20+7. Attack

[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 39/48 Darkvision
Logalog 40/40 Mage Armor
Jan 34/36
Miriam 48/48 sanctuary
Sammiya Koi & 52/52
Akihiro 24/42
Catessa Fallowfield & 36/36
Murphis 50/60
Tanrov  49/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil, deathwatch
Zer-wedula 50/50 Mage Armor, see inv]

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Round 11
Miriam channels positive energy to counter the Leaders negative energy.  The sensation of the negative and positive energies is strange, like your body doesn’t know if it hurts on not.
All the heroes heal 11 dam

Murphis and Catessa Fallowfield stop and Cat starts to cast a spell.  And she’s still casting the spell…
[Private to Catessa Fallowfield: Now, the 1st thing that happens on your turn is the creature is summoned, and you don't need to decide which creature you are summoning until then.  So if you want to change it to something other than a wolf, you can.  State an action for the summons and for Cat and Murphis.]

Confused x2Sammiya Koi attacks Akihiro, who also attacks himself, dealing 18 total dam.
[Private to Sammiya Koi: Next Round Akihiro does nothing and Sam attacks Tanrov]

Confused Talis seems to think he’s a goblin and starts to eat his own hand…
[Private to GM: Next Round Talis again deals 1d8+str damage to himself]

ConfusedJan just growls and attacks Murphis, dealing 7 dam.
[Private to Jan Harlow: Next Round Jan can act normally.]

Tanrov’s luck proves more powerful than the Leaders skill as he again hit’s the Leader with his magical scimitar.  Scorched and tired, the Leader just can’t get out of the way and he takes a slashing wound that drops him to the ground.  The elf’s blood begins to cover the floor.

Zer-wedula bravely blocks the stairs while using his wand of magic missiles on the Manager.  The Manager is seriously hurt (0hp).

Logalog seems to be in a daze as he moves forward, drawn by the little figure sitting in the blood soaked sawdust.  Giving cultist #2 a swing which he misses.  The manager is too wounded to attack.  He reaches down and picks it up.  It seems to glow in the fire light.

The Leader bleeds…
[Private to GM:  Divine Favor +2 hit/dam
Cast csw, shield of faith, cmw
Has item that gives +level to channel energy 1/day]

Cultist 2 pauses and casts a healing spell (CLW) on the Manager, but gets distracted by the jaws of Murphis, who takes a good chunk out of him.  Seriously wounded, but still up, he somehow manages to tumble though Zers space and gets to the stairs.  Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than skilled.
[Private to GM:  used 5/5 bleeding touches
 +2 Ac from Shield of Faith
3rd level clerics, +2 str, + 12hp+13temp= 37hp, (50=death)
10dr vs fire, +1 Caster Level,
To hit= +1morale+2bab+1str   +1 damage with weapons
+1 all saves, 2d6 channel neg energy

Got +1 0th; +1 1st; +2+1 2nd
Have 0th Stabilize
Used 2nd level spell Death Knell on the 1st level SM(riding dog)-lasts 20min
     2nd level spell Resist Fire, Aid]

The Manager says “Where’s that blasted Halfling?”  With the dog distracted by the Cultist, the Manager moves over to Zer.  “I can make it worth your while to get out of my way.  How about 100gold?”

Rynshinn Povalli regains her normal color and wakes up from the positive energy.

Suddenly an air elemental comes flying up the cargo shaft.  It pauses and in strangely accented common (after all, it doesn’t have vocal cords) says “I’m right here and I told you they probably escaped the collapse.”.  Shosuro seems to survey the upper room, “What have they done to you sister?”  He casts a spell and an obscuring mist forms around him.
You can only see 5’ in the mist

? (invisible critter) ?
[Private to Zer-wedula: The tiny ball “demon” (from msg 73) also flies up the cargo shaft and bites Zer.  It seems to have healed the damage from the lightning bolt.  Zer takes 5 dam from the nasty looking teeth.  You doubt if this thing has been to a dentist…EVER.  Since it attacked, it is now visible, or it would be except for the *^$% mist.]
There is more sounds of combat from Zer's direction.

Tactical Situation
1 Cultists with War razors out
Manager with bow and dagger
Leader is down
Shosuro is back
1 invisible critter going who knows where
Oh yeah, the sawdust is on fire…


                 dam       status
Leader             86?      [Private to GM: at -3 hp]
Manager            38       disabled (at 0 hp)
?invisible critter 26       [Private to GM: only 0/19 fast healing 2]
Cultist2           35
Shosuro


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[Private to GM: 13/ Talis, Sam, Jan and Akihiro is last round]
Confused;  roll a 1d4;
1- act normal
2- do nothing but babble
3- deal damage to self 1d8+str
4- attack nearest creature (just roll to attack, I will randomly chose which target if there is more than 1)
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Sammiya Koi AC 21; HP 52/52
Akihiro AC 13; HP 6/42

Akihiro stopped chewing on himself, so Sammiya left him alone and began to sheathe her sword but stopped when she noticed Tanrov close by. It was all his fault and now he was plotting to attack her. She understood now and rather than sheathing the katana, Sammiya whirled on Tanrov and attacked.

Sammiya Koi:
rolled 16,6 using d20+8,d6+3. Sam attack 1 and damage if hit.
rolled 18,9 using d20+3,d6+3. Sam attack 2 and damage if hit.

OOC: Ignore the crit verification roll on the die roller.

AC 15, HP: 45/50
19:54, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 16 using 5d6. Maybe I hit??
19:53, Today: Zer-wedula rolled 10 using 1d20+3. Touch attack on invisible friend.

"I see the value of bravery," Zer-wedula mutters.  "Speak now or I toss the Manager and help this cultist down the stairs.  Oh, and there is an invisible creature over here too." he adds in a louder voice.

I'm not feeling well. Hope this makes sense.
Cat:   AC: 17 HP: 27/36
Murph: AC: 20 HP: 57/60

Fog. Cat really hates fog. Her summoned wolf should appear behind the manager, and goes to help Zer by trying to dispatch it. It, the wolf, can't be bribed. Murph goes to hunt the remaining cultist(#2?). Holding her spear at an at ready position, Cat steps forward towards where she thinks the dark druid was.

Tanrov will move away from Sam and free the girl from her bonds, then will move to help both Zerwelda and Catessa with their battles.

Talis stops eating his hand, and rubs his belly with a satisfied grin, "Mmm, that was some good human, but it could have used a little more salt don't you think?"  The last seems to be addressed to the dog next to him.

Miriam moves to the southeast to try to get out of the fog, and once clear, spots the leader on the ground.  "Someone make sure he's done, please.", she says, gesturing.  "I'd rather not have to do this all again."

Logalog will move towards Zer's voice and ready an action to use Magic Missile at the first hostile he spots.

Version 1

[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 39/48 Darkvision
Logalog 40/40 Mage Armor
Jan 34/36
Miriam 48/48 sanctuary
Sammiya Koi & 52/52
Akihiro 24/42
Catessa Fallowfield & 36/36
Murphis 50/60
Tanrov  34/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil, deathwatch
Zer-wedula 35/50 Mage Armor, see inv]

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Round 12
Miriam moves out of the fog…

Catessa Fallowfield finishes summoning a wolf, which moves to attack the Manager (missing).  Then she dismounts from Murphis and starts hunting Shosuro.  Murphis moves to attack the cultist (missing).

Confused x2Sammiya Koi turns and attacks Tanrov, hitting twice doing 15 damage to him.   Akihiro just stares off into space.
[Private to Sammiya Koi: Next Round Akihiro acts normal and Sam acts normal]

Confused Talis stops chewing on his hand and babbles nonsense about salt to Akihiro.
[Private to GM: Next Round Talis again babbles nonsense]

ConfusedJan throws a bomb in the direction of Shosuro it goes off in the mist.
[Private to Jan Harlow: Next round Jan attacks Logalog.]

Tanrov cuts Rynshinn free from her bonds.

Zer-wedula pulls out another wand and tries to hit the tiny flying thing. And while it’s surprisingly easy to hit, it’s not THAT easy to hit.  Zer misses and is now “holding the charge on a shocking grasp spell.
You can try to hit again later, see the rules on “Holding the charge”

Logalog comes to his senses and heads toward Zer.  As he sees Murhpis attacking into the mist, he also sees a tiny sized orb-like creature with an ever-gnashing maw, filled with row after row of mismatched teeth.  It has a red body (about the size of a basketball) with spikes, 1 eye and a blue tongue.  It is attacking the location in the mist where Logalopg hears Zer’s voice, so presumably it is a foe.  The halforc unleashes a barrage of magic missiles at the thing, hurting it.

The Leader bleeds…
[Private to GM:  Divine Favor +2 hit/dam
Cast csw, shield of faith, cmw
Has item that gives +level to channel energy 1/day]

Cultist 2 turns and starts down the stairs, abandoning the Manager to his fate.  Such is the nature of evil.  This gives Zer a chance to use his held charge (Aoo).  He reaches out and touches the cultist.  The death cleric stiffens from the shock and falls over the edge of the cargo shaft, dead before he even hits the ground.  There is the sound of multiple >THUDs< as he hits the walls on the way down.

The Manager growls through the pain “Fine, but I’m taking you with me!  See you in HELL!”  On that note he tackles Zer over the edge and they both fall down to the ground.
[Private to Zer-wedula:
Zer fails to grab the ropes as he falls down the cargo shaft about 30’, taking 15 damage as he lands on the 1st floor next to the dead Manager.]

Rynshinn Povalli helps Tanrov get the ropes off of her and sits up.

Shosuro’s voice takes on a more normal sound (from approximately the same location).  He has shifted out of air elemental form.  “You folks seem to have a knack for sticking your noses into places they don’t belong.  A word to the wise, stop it, before they get cut off.”

? (invisible critter) ?
The tiny ball flies off into the mist.

Tactical Situation
Shosuro is back
Oh yeah, the sawdust is on fire…


                 dam       status
Leader             87?      [Private to GM: at -4 hp]
Manager            50       dead
?invisible critter 10       [Private to GM: only 10/19 fast healing 2]
Cultist2           67       DEAD
Shosuro


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[Private to GM: 13/ Talis, Sam, Jan and Akihiro is last round]
Confused;  roll a 1d4;
1- act normal
2- do nothing but babble
3- deal damage to self 1d8+str
4- attack nearest creature (just roll to attack, I will randomly chose which target if there is more than 1)
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Version 2

[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 39/48 Darkvision
Logalog 40/40 Mage Armor
Jan 34/36
Miriam 48/48 sanctuary
Sammiya Koi & 52/52
Akihiro 24/42
Catessa Fallowfield & 36/36
Murphis 50/60
Tanrov  34/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil, deathwatch
Zer-wedula 35/50 Mage Armor, see inv]

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Round 12
Miriam moves out of the fog and regains her bearings.  Catessa Fallowfield finishes summoning a wolf, which moves to attack the Manager (missing).  Then she dismounts from Murphis and starts hunting Shosuro, ordering Murphis to attack the cultist (missing).  A confused Sammiya Koi turns and attacks Tanrov, hitting him twice. Akihiro just stares off into space.  A confused Talis stops chewing on his hand and babbles nonsense about salt to Akihiro.  A confused Jan throws a bomb in the direction of Shosuro it goes off in the mist but it’s effects are unknown.  Tanrov cuts Rynshinn Povalli free from her bonds and she has the presence of mind to sit up and help him.  Zer-wedula pulls out another wand and tries to hit the tiny flying thing, and while it’s surprisingly easy to hit, it’s not THAT easy to hit.  Zer misses and is now “holding the charge” on a shocking grasp spell.  Logalog comes to his senses and heads toward Zer, where he sees a tiny flying ball attacking the location he hears Zer’s voice, so presumably it is a foe.  The halforc unleashes a barrage of magic missiles at the thing, hurting it.  The Leader bleeds, his wounds pouring his life into the sawdust.  Cultist 2 turns and starts down the stairs, abandoning the Manager to his fate.  Such is the nature of evil.  Zer-wedula sees a chance, reaches out and touches the cultist.  The death cleric stiffens from the shock and falls over the edge of the cargo shaft, dead before he even hits the ground.  There is the sound of multiple >THUDs< as he hits the walls on the way down.  The Manager growls through his pain “Fine, but I’m taking you with me!  See you in HELL!”  On that note he tackles Zer over the edge and they both fall down to the ground.  Shosuro’s voice takes on a more normal sound (from approximately the same location).  He has shifted out of air elemental form.  “You folks seem to have a knack for sticking your noses into places they don’t belong.  A word to the wise, stop it, before they get cut off.”  The tiny ball flies off into the mist.  The room smells of blood and begins to fill with smoke from the fire.

[Private to Tanrov: takes 15 dam from Sam.  ]
[Private to Logalog: he sees a tiny sized orb-like creature with an ever-gnashing maw, filled with row after row of mismatched teeth.  It has a red body (about the size of a basketball) with spikes, 1 eye and a blue tongue.  ]
[Private to Sammiya Koi: Next Round Akihiro acts normal and Sam acts normal]
[Private to GM: Next Round Talis again babbles nonsense]
[Private to Jan Harlow: Next round Jan attacks Logalog.]
Zer-wedula; You can try to hit again later, see the rules on “Holding the charge”
[Private to Zer-wedula: Zer fails to grab the ropes as he falls down the cargo shaft about 30’, taking 15 damage as he lands on the 1st floor next to the dead Manager.]
[Private to GM:  Leader
Divine Favor +2 hit/dam
Cast csw, shield of faith, cmw
Has item that gives +level to channel energy 1/day]

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[Private to GM: 13/ Talis, Sam, Jan and Akihiro is last round]
Confused;  roll a 1d4;
1- act normal
2- do nothing but babble
3- deal damage to self 1d8+str
4- attack nearest creature (just roll to attack, I will randomly chose which target if there is more than 1)
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Sammiya Koi AC 21; HP 52/52
Akihiro AC 13; HP 6/42

Sammiya looked around this way and that as the spell's effect cleared momentarily. The leader was down and she didn't want to kill him in case the group wanted to interrogate him. Then she heard a familiar voice. moving quickly, Sammiya sheated her katana then unloaded the healing potion from the wrist apparatus. Once she got it free she fed it to Akihiro. She'd heard Shosuro's voice. She had to get to him quickly before he fled.
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AC 15, HP: 30/50.

Zer-wedula makes sure the manager is dead and loots him, glancing about occasionally for his floating friend.

Talis just stands there and has a chat with Akihiro, "You should get a townhouse in Sandpoint.  You can get away from this fog."  Seeming to not realize that he is talking to a dog.

Cat:   AC: 17 HP: 27/36 - Wolf rd 2
Murph: AC: 20 HP: 57/60

Cat goes over to the fire, Creating Water. She send Murph and the Wolf to attack the dark druid.

I'm not sure what's where. If I need to create water the next round, cool.
12:09, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 4 using 1d20+1. attack - wolf.  - useless summon
12:11, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 19 using 1d20+6. attack Murph.
12:11, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 12 using 1d6+6. damage?

AC 19 48/48 HP

Seeing Sammiya's companion in rough shape, Miriam stepped over the dead cultist and applied a healing spell to the injured dog, hoping it didn't bite her in return.


Healed 15 damage.
13:22, Today: Miriam rolled 10 using 2d8+6. CMW - x1.5.

Tanrov will quickly ascertain if Rynshinn needs any more help before moving into the darkness towards the voice of the dark druid, Shushiro.

The fog is thick around the half orc that he can barely see his own body. Suddenly, a pair of canines run by his legs, almost knocking him over. Not knowing what else to do, he follows them, readying another magic missile  for the next unfriendly face.

[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 34/48 Darkvision
Logalog 31/40 Mage Armor
Jan 34/36
Miriam 48/48 sanctuary
Sammiya Koi & 52/52
Akihiro 42/42
Catessa Fallowfield & 36/36
Murphis 50/60
Tanrov  34/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil, deathwatch
Zer-wedula 35/50 Mage Armor, see inv]

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Round 13
Tanrov:Miriam moves over and heals Akihiro, who looks at her and wags his tail >thump, thump<.

Catessa Fallowfield passes Murphis and the wolf as she heads to the fire to put it out.  Off it the mist there is growling and canine attack noises.  Cat manages to put half the fire out.
[Private to GM: Murphis attacks and misses.]

Confused x2Sammiya Koi manages to pour a healing potion down  Akihiro’s throat as he wags his tail at all the attention.  The dog is fully healed.
In combat that requires a handle animal skill roll or a trick to do.
[Private to Sammiya Koi: Confusion is done]

Confused Talis talks to Akihiro about houses...
[Private to Talis: confusion is done]

ConfusedJan attacks Logalog and claws him for 9 dam.
[Private to Jan Harlow: confusion is done]

Tanrov sees that Rynshinn is free, so without another word he heads off into the mist.  A halfelf with a purpose, to kill a Halfling.
[Private to Tanrov: It’s easy to follow the dog growls, but you end up behind a wolf, who is behind Murphis where the room is only 5’ wide next to the cargo shaft.]

Zer-wedula [Private to Zer-wedula: Zer managed to hold on to his Shocking Grasp wand, but his Wand of Magic Missiles is nowhere to be seen.  He gets up, and checks to see if the Manager is dead.  Yep, he is dead.]

Logalog [Private to Logalog: Logalog moves forward and runs into Tanrov.  He can see the wolf ahead of Tanrov and can hear Murphis fighting in the corner.]

The Leader bleeds…
[Private to GM:  Divine Favor +2 hit/dam
Cast csw, shield of faith, cmw
Has item that gives +level to channel energy 1/day]

Rynshinn Povalli moves away from the crazy man and dangerous looking halfling, but with a fire on 1 side and her bleeding captor on the other she really has nowhere to go, so she keeps her back to the wall and keeps a wary eye out for trouble.

Shosuro’s voice comes out of the mist, “Well I sure don’t like these odds.  I guess it’s time to find some new minions for my employer.  Sister, if you can understand me, don’t follow these fools.  My Mistress will kill them when she finds out, and that will be sooner rather than later ”.  Suddenly, a burst of fire (fireball) sweeps across the room right up to where Sam is standing with Akihiro.  Either Shosuro is VERY lucky, or he can see through the mist.  Then you hear the sound of the ropes moving as he falls/flies down the cargo shaft.
The wolf, Talis, Logalog, Miriam, Jan, Catessa Fallowfield and Tanrov all take 20 hp fire dam, ref save dc 14 for half.

? (invisible critter) ?
[Private to Zer-wedula: Zer hears a fireball explode 3 floors up, and with the shaking of the ropes providing a warning, he sees a small winged figure come "falling" down to the ground in a controled fall (the cargo shaft was too crowded with ropes for a winged creature to fly - so he used his wings to fly/fall down).  At first you think he has a magical cloak, but as he lands you realize the truth.  Shosuro has somehow turned himself into a man-bat combination, complete with nasty teeth and claws.  He looks at Zer with surprise, "Survived the fall, you're tougher than you look." ]


                 dam       status
Leader             88?      [Private to GM: at -5 hp]
?invisible critter 10?      [Private to GM: only 8/19 fast healing 2]
Shosuro


Shosuro is again running away.  Seriously, would you take on the whole group all by yourself?  So unless someone wants to try to stop him, combat will be over.  You have till thursday to post what you want to try to stop him.

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Miriam's not usually very swift on her feet, but she still manages to duck out of the way of the main blast of the fireball and gets singed less than she might have, though still painfully.  She reacts by channeling positive energy once more, excluding those enemies she can see, and bolstering her health back to full.  Given her lack of offensive abilities that can function without being able to see the target, she makes no effort to halt their enemy's escape herself, though she stands ready to assist anyone who does.

OOC: 11:57, Today: Miriam rolled 12 using 3d6. Positive energy channel.
12:03, Today: Miriam rolled 15 using 1d20+3. Reflex save.

14:03, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 26 using 1d20+7. ref.
14:03, Today: Catessa Fallowfield rolled 11 using 1d20+5. ref - wolf.

Cat sighs as her summons gets blown out of existence. Useless beast. She dodges most of the blast herself and is healed by Miriam. She does what she can to finish putting out of the fire. Murph goes to look for his former meal, now ally, Zer.

Sammiya Koi AC 21; HP 52/52
Akihiro AC 13; HP 42/42

Not knowing that the flames were going to stop before they reached her, Sammiya threw arms around Akihiro and tried to hurl them both to the floor. Or course this tactic had mixed success, or would have had the fire actually hit her and Akihiro.

When the flames cleared, Sammiya swung herself onto Akihiro's back and drew sword, she then looked for her brother. "Shosuro!" She called out, hoping to spot him before he was gone.

15:49, Today: Tanrov rolled 15 using 1d20+4. Ref sav vs. Flame.   So my evasion kicks in and I take no damage. YEAH BABY !
16:11, Today: Tanrov rolled 13 using 1d6+7. damage w/o power attack but w/ -4
16:08, Today: Tanrov rolled 25 using 1d20+6. w/o power attack but with -4
16:01, Today: Tanrov rolled 16 using 1d6+10. damage with power attack
16:00, Today: Tanrov rolled 18 using 1d20+7. with power attack


I will try to stop Shushuro from going of course.   I will step in front of the wolf and use my scimitar on him. (Using Power Attack)
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ref save 20, no damage

Talis will assist Cat in putting out the fire.
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[Private to GM:
I am going to try to keep track of various spells, hp, etc here.
Talis 48/48 Darkvision
Logalog 36/40 Mage Armor
Jan 36/36
Miriam 48/48 sanctuary
Sammiya Koi & 52/52
Akihiro 42/42
Catessa Fallowfield & 36/36
Murphis 60/60
Tanrov  49/56 Darkvision, magic circle vs evil, deathwatch
Zer-wedula 35/50 Mage Armor, see inv]

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Round 14
Tanrov and Sam rush forward into the mist to find the Dark Druid, Shosuro, but do not find him.  From downstairs you hear Zer's exclamation, that's probably where he is.  Cat puts out the remaining fire with a minor assist from Talis.  Miriam, Logalog and Jan all somehow manages to avoid the worst of the flames, and are then healed by Miriam.

[Private to Zer-wedula: Zer tries to hit the halfling-bat Shosuro with a shocking grasp from his wand, but misses.  The halfling is very elusive and fast on his feet.  Shosuro bares his pointy teeth in a grin, "I have no time Zer, but next time I will kill you myself."  And he flies out the door into the fog.  If he is a vampire he has very little time to find a place to hide from the sun, a few minutes at best, even with the fog.

The small toothy ball comes flying by next, giving Zer a chance to use his held charge.  This time he does hit it, but doesn't bring it down and it too flies out the door and into the fog.]

Sam, Murphis and Tanrov all rush downstairs after the villian and find Zer staring off into the fog, he got away, again.  Upstairs, the room smells of death and smoke.

Combat is over...

"He got away... again. And yet again he has left a building burning." Sammiya said as she sniffed the air. She then gave a sigh. "The more he runs from me the more it gives me hope that he may be saved." Spinning Akihiro around, Sammiya rode him back upstairs to see if there was any chance of putting the fire out or if it had spread too far.

Taliis "Miriam, Rynshinn might be in need of aid.  Would you see if she's ok while I clean up this mess."  Then he will introduce them, "Rynshinn, Miriam.  Miriam, Rynshinn from Sandpoint.  Ameiko has been worried about you."  Talis will check on the Leader.

[Private to GM: ...and kill him and plant the stuff...]

With the Death Cult dead, dying or fled (well there is that 1 guy downstairs who is tied up), quiet returns to the sawmill.  Or rather it would if it weren't for the infernal racket caused by the equipment that is still running.  Even on the 3rd floor it is fairly noisey.

The fire is out and the danger of the place burning down is remote.  But you still can't shake a sense of foreboding.

Rynshinn is a VERY pretty halfelven young lady (perhaps 20ish in human terms), and while she hasn't collapsed or fainted, she is looking a little wildeyed at what she just went through, and just nods at her introduction to Miriam by Talis.

So what does everybody want to do?

Final hp's. I have
Logalog 36/40
Tanrov  49/56
Zer-wedula 35/50
everyone else is at full, (thanks to Miriam).

I would suggest you take the time to reread some of the comments from the badguys during the combat.

Miriam nods at Talis's comment and turns her attention to the half-elven woman.  She offers a warm smile as she tries to calm the young woman down, not that she blames her at all for being unnerved by what she just went through.  "Hello, Rynshinn.  I'm a priestess of Pharasma here in Magnimar.  Be at ease, no one here who's still conscious means you any harm.  Are you injured still?  I have a bit more healing to offer, if you're in need, otherwise, we will finish up looking for any clues or anything here, and then take you out of this place, to somewhere safe."


OOC: 13:04, Today: Miriam rolled 34 using 1d20+16. Diplomacy check.

Rynshinn tears her eyes away from the dying leader and onto Miriam, there is a pain and horror in her beautiful eyes as she starts to breakdown and cry.  She sobs "He said he was my FATHER, and he was going to KILL me.  And they took my friend Maras, I hope she's alright.  They said if I went along quietly they would let her go.  Did she send you?"
[Private to Miriam: While Miriam is only a few years "older" than Rynshinn (who as a halfelf is probably chronologically older).  But as a powerful cleric, Miriam is emotionally much more stable when it comes to this sort of freaky stuff.]


[Private to Talis Revain: As far as you know, you managed to hide the loot in his pockets and finish the "job" the others started without anyone knowning...the Leader is dead.]
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After having witnessed the carnage of the previous encounter and suddenly realizing that the leader had referred to Tanrov as his son, actually it was Garth.   So that means she is my sister sort of, gross.

Go down to the machinary and try to disable.

     With the bloodshed over, Logalog's first instinct was to root through the cultists pockets. The rational little voice in his head ( a very tiny, squeaky thing) told him the building could still hold cultists, and nothing ruins a good looting like being surprised by the lootee's angry friends. Going alone through the mill also seemed like a bad idea, so he called out to the group for a companion to aid in his search.

    "Capital idea Logalog, come with me into one of these offices."  Talis will then try to gently glide Rynshinn in with them.  "Where we can continue this conversation in a less stresfull circustances."  With a headbob to Miriam that "says" without words, "You need to check on the Leader."

Bluff 26 to pass a Secret Message

Sammiya approached Rynshinn and Miriam, still sitting atop Akihiro. "Did your friend send us? I do not believe so, but that does not mean we cannot look for her. They may have been lying about having her anyway. That man was not your true father either. If he was there was no way he could kill you."

Zer-wedula shouts up from below, "I'm okay, thank you.  Don't worry, nothing down here I can't manage." With this, he pauses to kick the Manager.

Casting Detect Magic, he starts to poke about for his missing wand, or any other bits of awesomeness to be had.

Miriam didn't have much in the way of comforting experiences to share on the matter of fathers, nor was the fate of Maras really something she wanted to discuss with Rynshinn right at the moment.  So she sidestepped that question, and instead put an arm around the half-elven woman for a moment, offering her a shoulder to cry on.  "You're safe now, Rynshinn.  We'll let no further harm come to you.", she said, soothingly.  Noting Talis' gesture, she said, "Why don't you go with Talis now?  There's no need for you to see this dreadful scene any longer."  Assuming that Rynshinn went with Talis, she'd go and check on the cult leader.

While Miriam was giving her attempt at comforting Rynshinn Sammiya considered Zer shouting up from below. She then said to Miriam, "I should probably go downstairs in case he needs help." With that said, Sammiya spun Akihiro about and took off for the stairs, riding down them to find Zer.

Jan 36/36
 52/52
Akihiro 42/42
Catessa Fallowfield & 36/36
Murphis 60/60




Miriam may not have anything to say about fathers, but her bedside is excellent and she hands the sobbing woman off to Talis so smoothly that she doubts the poor girl is even aware of it.  Talis guides her and Logalog through the doors of what must be an office and instantly regrets it.

[Private to Miriam: With that diplomacy roll she trusts you and you can convince her to do anything not dangerous or what not.

Alone, Miriam goes over and checks the Leader.  He is dead and Pharasma is his judge now.  With anticipation Miriam takes off his mask to see who she has been fighting these many years.  Who killed her mentor.  The Leader proves to be Justice Ironbriar, her mentors friend, Miriams friend and a powerful member of the legal system in Magnimar.  This answers so many questions, the most important of which is how the Deathcult was always 1 step ahead of her and the Law.]

Downstairs Zer-wedula loots the bodies and finds that the Manager has some nice stuff (mw weapons and armor), only the quiver appears to be magic.  He also finds his wand underneath the manager, it's ok.

Tanrov heads downstairs to disable the machinery...[Private to Tanrov: The cultist you left tied up is dead.  Disabling the machines proves tougher than Tanrov thought.  While there are levers at the west and east end of the four waterwheels that once provided for an emergency stop, they have long since rusted in place and Tanrovs attempts to use them results in the lever breaking off.  In Tanrovs skilled opinion stopping the machines is beyond a simple task (for him anyway).
ooc:  Dc is 20 for the wheels and 25 for the machines.  Failure could be deadly.  Do you want to roll the dice or wait for Talis or try to break it somehow?]

Sammiya Koi rides up the stairs and then back down, keeping an eye on everyone.

Feeling frustrated because of the machinery, Tanrov will wait for Talis to come down to help him out.   Thinking that it might be along time before Talis will get to him, maybe going back up  and getting Talis would be better.

"Well," chuckles  Logalog, despite looking greener than usual, " that desk would match perfectly with a bookcase i have at home. Such lovely detail. Talis, can you see any traps by the..er...trap door?"

Once back downstairs, Sammiya rides over close to where Zer was searching the bodies. "Do you need help or have you got everything under control here?" Sammiya asked Zer curiously.

Once Talis takes Rynshinn away, Miriam moves over to check on the fate of the cult leader, her nemesis for so many years, so many of them unseen.  Going down to one knee, she removes the mask that concealed his identity, and gasps in shock.  She's silent for a few moments, then slams the mask to the floor in anger, and rises back to her feet, stomping on the corpse's chest and grinding her heel into his side as she unleashes a furious torrent of invective at the fallen cult leader, peppered with an impressively creative selection of expletives one wouldn't necessarily have expected a priestess to be so easily fluent with.

Cat goes over to comfort/aid the young woman, hiding frustration she feels that this was a dead end.

Zer-wedula relates the exodus of the halfling vampire (?) and orb creature.  "I suggest we leave quickly as someone may have seen smoke and come to investigate," he adds.

"Why should we leave?" Sammiya asked. The suggestion confused her. "The building seems safe now. There is no reason to run."

Talis will smoothly close the door "Or maybe we should just move downstairs while Logalog checks out this room."  When Miriam begins to curse like a sailor, he glances from an ANGRY woman to a sobbing woman and decides Rynshinn needs his attention more.  After all, an angry spellcaster is dangerous.  He is quite impressed with Miriam's command of the Common language.

(27 diplomacy)He divert Rynshinn's attention with a running monolouge and take her down the stairs where he will sit and comfort her, away from the bloodshed.
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As Tanrov goes up the stairs he'll notice Talis and Rynshinn coming down, and hear a tirade of profanity that would make even a sailor proud from Miriam.   He'll comment that "remind me to never get on her bad side," mainly to himself of course.  Waiting until they are past Tanrov, he will lightly whisper to Talis the predicament about the machinery and wheels, before going back down the stairs and waiting for Talis to arrive.
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  Logalog jumps at the sound of violence taking place nearby. He spins around and unconsciously bears his teeth, ready for another attack. To his surprise, all he sees is the young priestess assaulting  the dead body of the cult leader- a formerly dangerous corpse but a corpse none the less.
 "Wow, there, Miss," says Logalog, " I'm fairly certain the evil sod's heart can't beat any less. I'm sure this thing of a creature's done much harm to you, but he's gone from this world. Why does he continue to vex you? "
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Miriam rounds on Logalog as he begins to speak, fury blazing in her green eyes, and starts to respond in heated tones, "That miserable...", then takes a moment to consider her relapse into the sort of language she heard and spoke growing up in the slums of Underbridge.  She doesn't blush, but she does make an effort to moderate her tone before she speaks again, though she's clearly still quite angry.

"He vexes me because I know his true face now, unconcealed by any masks, and it's one my mentor took for a friend, right up until he murdered her two years ago, and one that I continued to take for a friend right up until the moment I removed his mask.  Justice Ironbriar, who so graciously offered to help in my quest to end this threat, but never quite seemed to come up with anything substantial.  I never considered it odd, because he was a friend and surely he was trying his best.", she said, bitterly.

"I suppose this does answer the question as to how the cult was always one step ahead of the authorities.  Justice Ironbriar was a traitor to his oaths, to his supposed friends, and to the city of Magnimar, and I was a fool to ever trust him.", she spits out, glancing down at the leader's body again.  She doesn't stomp on it again, though she kind of looks as though she'd like to.

"Tanrov, don't go downstairs to turn it off quite yet, we need something to coverup the cussing.  Better him than us."  Then to Rynshinn, "It's always best to talk these things out."  He's thinking, "Why can't women just stifle their emotions and go get drunk like normal people."

"A fool you're not Miriam,<b>" Logalog somberly replies. <b>" The line between friend and foe is as fine as spider silk in a moonless night. It's not often we know the true intentions of those around us, and Ironbriar had the conveniences of lofty title and ill-gotten respect to hide the ugliness of his soul. It's ironic that his real visage is so easily removed and thrown to the floor"
      Logalog turned his gaze to the dead elf. And the city folk look upon me with fear. If they only knew....

Cat has ended up in a group and has little to offer. Overhearing Miriam, Cat does some mental arithmetic and decides she wasn't paranoid. Probably/

"All is well down here, but we had a fugitive get away, the place was on fire for a bit, so my thought is that leaving the scene before anyone shows up to investigate or seek revenge would be smart."

Zer-wedula moved so he could look outside.

"Yes, but he will be difficult to catch," Sammiya replied as she got off Akihiro for the time being. "The place was on fire, but we stopped that and foiled the sacrifice of a young woman. We could do well by telling the investigators what happened."

Miriam pauses for a moment to consider Logalog's words, not initially expecting such eloquence from a half-orc.  "I suppose you could be right.  It's not as though anyone else suspected him either.  Though it does make me wonder what else I may have been in error about.  But at least we've insured he'll not fool anyone else again."

The group takes stock of the situation.  With the revalation of the identity of the cult leader, you doubt if you need to worry about random guard patrols.  The sawmills isolation and machinery noise means that neighbors shouldn't be much of a problem.  The fog reduces the chance of anyone seeing the smoke from the fires, which were rather small and which were put out rather quickly.  All in all you are rather secure, for the time being.  Though Shosuro’s last comments, “Well I sure don’t like these odds.  I guess it’s time to find some new minions for my employer.  Sister, if you can understand me, don’t follow these fools.  My Mistress will kill them when she finds out, and that will be sooner rather than later ”, give you a sense of foreboding.  Someone, or something, else was manipulating this cult...what could her plans be?  Wanton of Nature’s Pagan Forms is a name that sends chills down your spine.

D4


D5


Unmarked Room next to D5
   is the Managers office. You find a hidden closet were the cultist hid their ceremonial robes, with a couple of spare robes still neatly folded.  There is also a lead lined chest that contains a fair amount of loot harvested from their victims.

D6
A thick layer of sawdust covers the floor, mounded nearly a foot deep in places.  Bodies, blood and smoke make the room a scene from a horror story.  The 2 unmarked rooms are storage where you find workbenches, saws, hand drills, planers, and other woodworking tools.

D7

   The faces of Ironbriar’s victims are ghoulish but worth little. There is a large footlocker under the cot.  It is filled with oddments that Ironbriar has collected from his many victims over the years.

Ironbriars Footlocker
-A fair number of books, sea charts, maps and etchings of vast rock formations
-a fine painting depicting a city carved from a vast frozen waterfall with towering ice cathedrals and domes (this painting is worth 200 gp)
-a wizard’s spellbook emblazoned with two entwined snakes (one
red, one green) [Private to GM: that contains the following spells: all cantrips,
blink, cat’s grace, chill touch, enlarge person, fox’s cunning, grease, haste, lightning bolt, mage armor, magic missile, scorching ray, shocking grasp, shrink item, spider climb, and web]
-an old and beautifully filigreed tome containing numerous handdrawn illustrations and titled The Syrpents Tane: Fairy Tales of the Eldest. The book presents tales of the Tane—goliaths of war and madness dreamt and stitched into being by the Eldest, the most feared of a group of notorious fey known as the Twisted. The Tane are said to be terrible to behold, and the stories speak of them stumbling into mortal lands, where they ravage kingdoms by creating firestorms, crushing keeps with their feet, and eating dragons. Specific Tane described include monstrous creatures like the Jabberwok (a thing of thorns and fire and crushing fury the size of a castle), the Thrasfyr (also known as the Dreaming Hill of the Dark, a barbed thing of iron and hooks and blades that the book claims took part in the Three-Thousand-Year War of the Eldest), and the Sard (the Storm of Insanities, a thing of boughs and briars and misery, an ancient Wychwood Elm given life and hate by the Eldest, a mad creature apt to pull a roc in two or fell a castle at a blow). This fine and rare tome is worth 500 gp.

Finally, a slim volume near the bottom of the chest seems to be a journal, though it seems to be in a cipher that none can read.  Miriam identifies the handwriting as Justice Ironbriar's. [Private to GM: He’s
recorded everything in the journal in a cipher he painstakingly
invented himself using a mix of Draconic, Elven, and Infernal
characters. A character who can read all three of these languages
can make a DC 25 Decipher Script check after 2d4 days of study
to untangle the complex cipher. If a PC deciphers it, enough
evidence exists in the book to put Ironbriar in the gallows. If
the PCs haven’t already determined that Ironbriar wasn’t the
mastermind behind the murders, his journal makes it clear
enough that someone he refers to as the “Wanton of Nature’s
Pagan Forms” has stolen his heart and provided him with a new
method of murder. There’s not much information about Xanesha
in the journal, but the book does reveal that he’s visited her
dozens of times at the Shadow Clock.
Although the PCs are unlikely to follow up on it, the ledger
also indicates that Ironbriar has received payment from the Red
Mantis for delivery of “Vorel’s Legacy.” This refers to the deadly
fungus harvested from area B37 of Foxglove Manor, sent to a
sinister group of assassins based in Cheliax. ]
ooc: Anybody have a comprehend languages spell, or a really good Linguistics skill?

D8

   Ironbriar is not known as a bird keeper, so you can assume these are messenger birds for his secret life as a Deathcultist.

Stolen Goods
three bags of 100 gp
three potions of barkskin +3
a beautiful crystal decanter set with an obsidian stopper 300 gp
a tiny wooden box containing three poorly cut diamonds worth 200 gp each
ManagerMw shortbow
Mw Arrows:
Efficient Quiver
Arrow – that over time makes mw arrows magical and energy
Mw Mithral chain shirt, it also is counted as a tool that gives +2 on stealth checks
mw bracers w/concealed punching dagger
A figurine of Wondrous power that has a conntection with Logalog
Ironbriar
wand of cure moderate wounds (12 charges
mithral shirt
+1 war razor
reaper’s mask
Ring Gates
2x 4th level scrolls -
wand of Summon Monster 3

Cultists
x13 masterwork war razor
x13 skinsaw mask
260 gp
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Rooting a scroll out of his gear Zer-wedula says, "I can read that journal."

Zer-wedula uses a scroll and starts reading the journal;



So now you know who was behind the cult that was doing the murders, what do you want to do about it?

"Ironbriar, sounds like he was an assassin from way back to childhood and with his current connections there wouldn't be any immediate investigation here but we should try to get the stolen stuff back to their respective families."   It makes Tanrov wonder how the late justice could have loved someone enough to have kids.
"Miriam, would your church help with this."



If it is okay with everyone can Tanrov take the Magic Arrows and Efficient Quiver as treasure.

"Logalog and I can arm wrestle, or not, for the wand and spellbook.  Someone should check the scrolls.  I am okay with you taking that stuff, Tanrov."

Zer-wedula smiled all around, and suggested, "And then perhaps, we see if we can take the deceased place at the next meeting at the Shadow Clock?"

OOC: Tanrov do you mean the mw arrows? I don't see any magic ones listed except the one.
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Talis contemplates this new information, "I have a really bad feeling of this "Wanton of Nature’s Pagan Forms".  I think it's highly probable that this is who Shosuro was talking about warning.  I know you will probably want to wait to get spells back, but I think we should take this stuff to Miriam's church, report in and see how much help they can trade or give us in the form of potions and scrolls.  Then go directly to this Shadow Clock and deal with this woman."

At this very grave moment, Logalog laughs out loud.
   " My friends, " he says, " we're in the wrong line of work. We should be out on the open sea, casting lines and nets into the water. Just look: as soon as we land a big fish, even bigger shadows dart beneath the waves, hungry for our lures. A band of fishers, we!" Logalog laughs again, but also adjusts his things to make ready for departure.
    " The human in me would like a meal and cold ale," he continues," and the orc in me wants cold ale and battle. Let us seek out the woman. The mistress of a death priest must at least be interesting if not tasteful or sane.
      Oh, and Zer, please help yourself to the magical contraptions. My magic unruly and not disciplined by books and my thumb is black; I'm more likely to hurt someone with that wand than heal them. Besides, when two magicians arm wrestle, there's too great a temptation to cheat."

In reply to Sammiya Koi (msg #195):

yes the mw arrows

"I would like an opportunity to rest; that battle took quite a bit out of me, but I do think Talis is right; if we don't move quickly, then our new quarry may slip away and set up elsewhere, or we may become the prey rather than the hunters.  My church might be of aid in returning stolen property, and they might be of aid to us in pursuing this investigation to its end, though I can't say for certain what they might do, and any aid to us will likely be in the form of loans rather than gifts.  My personal priorities and the priorities of the upper hierarchy of the temple are rarely precisely aligned.", she explains.

"My initial thought was to pass the healing wand to someone else, to decentralize our healing assets, but if we're going immediately then it might be best that I hold it, at least for now.  This battle rather sorely taxed my resources, and if the next one is as heated or even more so, then I rather doubt I'll not be able to match my efforts in this battle without some form of outside aid.  I also wouldn't mind the other wand, as it would strengthen my offensive capabilities when I need all my spells for healing, but I doubt in the battle to come I'll have much time for anything other than seeing to the group's welfare.  If someone as strong as Ironbriar was subordinate to this 'Wanton of Nature's Pagan Forms', then I suspect were are in for a very stiff challenge."

Cat paces about trying to put a few pieces together. With no luck. She sighs lightly, "If Ironbar was the middleman messenger. maybe his birds know where the leader is."

Jan had spent the last long while, aimlessly wandering around the group, his big paws not making too much noise as he stomped about. While he seemed still dazed and had vomited a few times after the fight, the wolf like Alchemist seemed to still be alive and alert...even though he has spent most of his time on all fours.

Jan snorted as he examined one of the masks that the cultists wore, it was interesting to him, however he tossed it aside in favor of examining the decanter and its stopper. He seemed enamored with it, yet he still set it aside. The Alchemist seemed interested in many of the things, but refrained from claiming anything for himself. The Ring Gates, however, were something he stayed focused on.

"...Hy vant...dese..." Jan growled, his speech slightly slurred. He gave a great big blink, seemingly in a daze at what the group wanted to do next. All he knew for certain at the moment was that sticking with the group was fun and the magic rings were interesting and he wanted them.
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