1.3 - In Search of Sanity - Never-Ending Nightmare

As Elias turns to follow Razhel, whose plan sounds very sensible... he is stopped by the moving shapes in the mist. is that... It can't be... Him and Axon? Whose the pleading figure? Probably some evil aberration... but the sword...he almost feels it in his hand, an uncomfortable wickedness oosing from it.

He pull himself together after the brief shock. "Guys... this doesn't look good...". As he warns the others, he holds his sword ready for whatever might be hiding in the mist.

Last edited November 22, 2023 8:20 pm

Rolls

Will - (1d20+10)

(7) + 10 = 17

Razhel

Nov 22, 2023 10:20 pm

Razhel stuffs Zandalus in the space behind the door and urges Grim to stuff the mattress he's grabbed in as well, placing it between the corpse and the door. She hopes to cut down on the amount of mist in the area. "Axon. Burn off the mist with your fire." She suggests. "Where's our bag of loot? Let's riffle through it and locate anything that will produce flames or has the potential to harm demons."

Rolls

WIS Fear save - (1d20+8)

(9) + 8 = 17

Nov 22, 2023 11:34 pm

annex Inactive for 25 days

OOC:

Rolling against Fear... again...

Grim crams the mattress in and traps Zandalus' body standing upright against the collapse. He helps Razhel close the door and shakes his head. "Mind games. Always with the mind games. Can't face us without your tricks and sneaky underhanded ways?"

Last edited November 22, 2023 11:40 pm

Rolls

Fear save - (1d20+13)

(3) + 13 = 16

Axon Hillock II

Nov 23, 2023 5:39 am

"You're Axon! That horror isn't you!" Axon grunted as he focused his flaming rage on the shadowdancers.

የሚቃጠሉ እጆች

[ +- ] BURNING HANDS!

Last edited November 23, 2023 5:49 am

Rolls

Will save - (1d20+7)

(11) + 7 = 18

Fire damage - (3d4)

(341) = 8

Nov 23, 2023 9:31 am

LightOfMidnight Inactive for 22 days

OOC:

@LightOfMidnight Iosef is left to act!

@annex may you give me a general direction you are aiming the 15ft cone? Or even better, give me the specific boxes it's affecting, if you can.

Rolls

Random - (1d4)

(1) = 1

non-lethal damage - (4d6)

(3353) = 14

Nov 23, 2023 10:50 am

annex Inactive for 25 days

Iosef stumbles as he tries to help the others searching through the bag and finding some vials of alchemists fire he holds out to Razhel.

Rolls

Will - (1d20+6-2)

(20) + 4 = 24

Nov 23, 2023 3:58 pm

OOC:

Fire! Straight to the left!

Nov 23, 2023 9:55 pm

Grim glances back to Iosef and sees him holding the flasks. "Are there any more vials of goo we can swipe on ours blades like the stuff Elias used on that one-handed ghast? It seemed to have a better effect than even my blade."

Nov 24, 2023 7:44 pm

With Zandalus's corpse now closed up within the small room in the hallway, the mist coming from his body seems to be stifled and no longer filling the room as it was.

Axon burns through a section of the mist to the west using his magic while Iosef quickly starts checking through their things, divvying out bottles of alchemist fire to those who want one.

OOC:

There are 6 flasks of alchemist's fire - Iosef spends their round retrieving and handing these out as needed

"I will take pleasure in killing you as second time," the voice echoes with a deep laugh that reverberates through the mist. The shadows continue to dance and jeer at you. They spin and circle each of you, bearing their weight upon you and threatening to pull you into their realm of nightmares.

OOC:

Everyone please roll Will (Fear) DC 16 saves. On a fail, you take 14 points of non-lethal damage.

The mist is dispersed permanently in the red overlay area.

Next round actions please!

[ +- ] Condition: Shaken

[ +- ] Rules: Non-Lethal Damage

Name	Init	Status
Zandalus	A	DEAD
Axon	B	18/18hp, Mage Armor (+4 AC, .5hr)
Iosef	B	23/23hp, Shaken while in mist
Razhel	B	21/21hp
Elias	B	23/23hp
Grim	B	22/22hp
Haunting Mist	C	Yellow Overlay, 37 turns
Obscuring Mist	C	Yellow Overlay 2, 39 turns

[ +- ] Map

[ +- ] Fear Tracker

[ +- ] Status Tracker

Nov 24, 2023 9:06 pm

OOC:

didn't we just make a Fear save against this guy's creepy voice and shadow puppets? How many times are we gonna have to make Fear saves against this guy? Don't we get some kind of immunity built up after---oh I don't know---at least a dozen fear saves in the last hour?

Nov 24, 2023 9:07 pm

CESN Inactive for 23 days

OOC:

BTW, most of us are at the area of Q6 and no longer in the circle of mist.

Nov 24, 2023 9:53 pm

OOC:

I read this path ages ago, and I think there’s some recommendations for this guy to spam a lot of wis saves. They are all different abilities/effects as far as I can remember, but it’s like making up for a balance issue of something

With most of the most burned away, Elias is starting to get used to the constant taunting of this unseen aberration. "Not if I kill you first! he shouts to the walls, unsure where the voice is coming from. "Or are you too afraid to even show yourself?"

Last edited November 24, 2023 9:55 pm

Rolls

Will - (1d20+10)

(19) + 10 = 29

Nov 24, 2023 11:18 pm

OOC:

Quite right about some of you not being in the mist. If based on your last round post you would not be in the mist, you can be omitted from the effect.

A couple notes, idk if these effects would even necessarily be fear effects or just normal will saves, but I called for fear saves because most of you have higher bonuses for that and it felt thematically appropriate.

There are many single effects/abilities that indicate a successful save makes you immune (usually for 24 hours), but I am handling these as separate abilities/attacks essentially to make the entrance of the bad guy more dramatic and increase tension. Otherwise there is no blanket immunity to fear in this game (part of the fear system that has been lingering mostly in the background).

I'm feeling that perhaps it feels "too much" but the enemy in this case is a dreamstalking fear demon - his main weapon is to attack your minds. If I can't call upon you to make Will saves, then he would be quite neutered. These are his actions for the round, as opposed to hitting you with a sword or something.

Though I know it has been lacking much of this time, the premise and promise of this game, from the beginning, is that Will saves and fear effects would matter.

Please be understanding that for this encounter, much of this enemy's attacks are of this type. This is where you get some real payoff for building your PC's to have strong minds.

Nov 24, 2023 11:45 pm

OOC:

Grim is looking for the silver sheen and the silver daggers.

"Shut up you lame imbecile! No one is afraid of your childish boogey-man shit!"

Last edited November 24, 2023 11:48 pm

Rolls

Fear save - (1d20+13)

(10) + 13 = 23

Nov 25, 2023 12:06 am

OOC:

Grim has no issues retrieving those items.

There are 2 mw silver daggers and 2 vials for silversheen.

Nov 25, 2023 12:13 am

GRim applies silversheen to Red Destiny and hands the other vial over to Elias. "Silver harms some demons and devils." He says and hands both Axon and Razhel the silver daggers.

Razhel

Nov 25, 2023 12:28 am

Razhel accepts the flask of alchemist fire and the silvered dagger, as they prepare for the eventuality that their enemy would soon show itself.

Last edited November 25, 2023 12:31 am

Rolls

WIS Fear save - (1d20+8)

(17) + 8 = 25

Nov 25, 2023 2:21 am

annex Inactive for 25 days

OOC:

@annex,@LightOfMidnight Axon and Iosef still up, then I'll move this forward!

Rolls

Tatterman Initiative - (1d20+25)

(2) + 25 = 27

Axon Hillock II

Nov 25, 2023 5:33 am

"So does fire, Grim!" Axon said, heart still racing. "I'll hold off until I have a target, not just a numinous dread."

Rolls

Will save - (1d20+7)

(7) + 7 = 14

Nov 28, 2023 8:52 am