Lost Lab of Kwalish

Etrigan seems confused for a moment, hearing voices in his head again, or is it someone invisible in the room.

"My mission Sir is simple and clear,
down these temple walls I´ll tear.
however I am followed here
it´s rumbles you already hear."

Etrigan looks nervously over his shoulder down the narrow corridor he came from where the rumblings intensifies.

As the warlock discourse proceeds, the lizardmen remaining falling to the ground, Mack slows his pace not at all, heading for what he knows to be the exit.

<At this point I think what would actually happen is the newest addition assuming Sam is another one of the guards and attacking him, buy I'm not trying to encourage pvp, so instead, we'll say that little show of macabre delight by Sam is sufficient to make clear the opposing forces involved in the preceeding conflict>.

End of combat.  

But...

From the darkness of the corridor behind the secret door the bright red flare of two shining red jewels glisten, growing larger ad they approach the room where the party stands amid a grim pile of scaly bodies.

As the first picks if torchlight illuminate the approaching figure, you perceive a broad fiendish face, nearly filling the corridor as it shoves its way through the narrow passage.

Ooc: I'd normally call for a check to see if you recognize it, but your in a temple of Moloch.  The face is Moloch.  You know it.

“There are more prisoners to be freed back this way. A bird with the head of a man had the keys. Have you seen this creature?” While a bit growly the lycans speech is much more refined than expected. 

<In case we forget to circle back to it, these PCs effectively turned the manbird warden and his antagonistic counterpart the birdman torturer into their original forms: a man and his giant owl.  This was accomplished using the time ending abilities of the "mechanical guide" (unique to this module AFAIK) named Logan, who appears as a shiny metal skeleton with ornate wings- presently in a room to the North where Leann was headed to retrieve the recently resurrected brother of Big Gadai - the prisoner who the PCs freed, along with Mack (the lycan that just ran by)>

The statue squeezes it's way through the secret passage, standing menacingly as it towers over the group of adventurers.

This chamber resembles a larger version of the entry, with arches meeting at the twenty-five-foot domed peak of the ceiling. A nine-foot-tall wooden platform stands against the south wall, on which several bodies lie wrapped in funeral shrouds.

The statue stands 25 ft with enormous shimmering ruby eyes.

Easily keeping up with the slow moving statue, four lizardfolk shaman guards emerge from the secret passage just behind the statue.

[Pretty much everyone is within or just outside of this large room.  Logan is not, he is in the room to the North where Leann left him wirh Little Gadai.]

Ooc:  Ok. for this one I think I'm going to have to put up a map.  If you want to post actions, go ahead, but expect a map within a few hours.  As usual, initiative will be by 2d6.

Also, I just want you guys to know I'm running the module straight from the book, just with PCs starting in different places and making an insane convergence event unfold.  And, yes - there really are this many lizardfolk guards, there's an explanation for why the number has been recently increased if you talk to the right NPC.

Hello Moronloch riavor says with a cocky grin I´m not really sure why we are sure but as far as i can tell were supposed to kill you and destroy your temple. That cool with you?

Leann and SM are in the North Hallway.  Sadly, I just noticed that I added a few extra LGs before saving.  That's Little Gadai, a deceased adventurer who was returned to life by timeshift shenanigans.  He actually belongs in the room at the top right and there's just one of him.  Next to him is Logan, currently out of charges (he can siphon soul energy [HP] to produce additional timeshift effects.  Sam is near Leann in the North hall (really Northeast, but I've been calling it North to this point).

'M" is Mack, the friendly NPC who woke the sleeping stone giant (so to speak) and is presently fleeing in terror from the statue.

Cormac is in the East hall, further down which populated prison cells lie.  This is also where the PCS encountered the thessalhydra.

'R' is Riavor, he's purple because I'm not sure if he dropped greater invisibility at any point during or after the battle.

'H' and 'e' are Huarache and Echo.  E is Ertigan, who just entered ahead of the statue of Moloch.

Technically, the room had a 9ft platform on the south wall with sacrificial victims on it.  One was identified by Big Gadai as one of their group.  I made it a 3-tier structure: (3,  6 and 9ft)  but, given that a big statue just wandered onto it, I'm saying it broke under his weight and so now you've got some rough terrain around him.  It's within 30ft of his current position as indicated by the larger circle. 

Edit: The area where he is standing is flush to the ground, having collapsed.  Mechanically, this is more important for him than it is for you, since he is not using the squeezing rules to inhabit a space 14ft high. If he moves left or right, more of the platform will collapse as he wades into it.

The smaller circle represents the statue's 10ft reach.  According to the stat block, he is considered size large.

Etrigan, Huarache and Echo are within the 30ft rough terrain.

The 4 shamans stand against the wall on the remains of the dais, so they're 9ft up but accessible by 'stairs' (shorter narrow platforms of slightly greater width than the dais).  Depending on angle of attack, ranged attacks may have partial cover due to the big statue potentially between the shaman and the attacker.

Stairs are the way you came in.  Sam has seen the room at the center top.  Some PCs know the river is to the left/west.  Lighting is ambient from torches along the walls.  Floors in just this area with the vaulted ceilings are marble. 

Go ahead and post actions, I'll write monster actions "tomorrow" (Wednesday) - posting order is not mechanically important within round, so feelnfree to post or hold to see what others do.  Ideally my intent is to have PCs post actions and then monsters, but I may have a free chunk of time to post and that's just where it will be.  I am a bit busy this week - sorry for the limited responses per day lately.  Should be a bit better next week and much better in July, I hope.

 Edit: I realize the grid is hidden and not labeled.  You can just eyeball most things, this is why I included the two circles to help define scale.  The room is about 60ft N/S x 90ft E/W.

"Behold good Sirs this mighty foe,
that on us will bring death and woe."
Etrigan exclaims still trying to flee the animated statue of Moloch. After getting out of harms way he grabs his rod gestures with it and utters a short incantation and a bright streak flashes from the rod and then blossoms with a low roar into an explosion of flame engulfing two of the shamans.

Moves 30´ north and casts fireball centered on the southwest wall. Should be able to affect at least the two westernmost shamans and perhaps the statue. Damage:20 dex save 17 for half damage. (well that was underwhelming :-P)

(OOC: Oof this was a lot to take in. Etrigans primary goal would be not getting squashed by the animated statue, but as I get it if we lose intiative he will be squashed before even being able to react to the enemies just entering the room? It seems unlikely that the statue, not to mention the shamans, would have come this close to the rather cautious Etrigan without him retreating much further, using teleporting magic if need be. As I got it the statue would move at half speed squeezing through the 20´secret passage which would likely take it at least more than one round, and then the shamans seems to have moved in behind the statue through difficult terrain. Also I´m new to this system, but isn´t it hard to describe actions not knowing the positions of your enemies once they take place?)

Sam looks at Lenna please follow my lead and will cast disguise self at second level to look at the lizard shaman they just kill “brothers and sister the one who hires us has plans to kill are entire blood line” “we must destroy the statue now” 

persuasion 11

the one on the left is mine. scalyface you are a stinking coward who will get eaten. wanna be friends Riavor is moving his hand towards his trumpet as he speaks and when he finished he grabbed his trumpet and blew a haunting long blast.

cutting words 4 (subtract from next saving throw) on closest ne to me then fast freinds on same target. DC17 wis save.

Did any of the lizard guards or other foes we just dropped have shields?

Leann pauses to pick up her now-cool shield and then moves to attack the statue directly.

Attack: 26 Damage: 9
Attack: 12 Damage: 9

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Did any of the lizard guards or other foes we just dropped have shields?

 I could make them into shields 

Waiting on Cormac and Huarache/Echo

Ooc: Mechanics for movement vary in different situations / maps, i.e. overland speed vs. movement in combat.  I consider the scene change preceding a cinematic and eschewed mechanics beyond whether or not it was possible (or I just made his movement surprisingly fast for a stone statue... that could be interesting).  Positions are based on my best guess from most recent role play, but your intent is to still be in the room, right? You can start this round on the north wall if you prefer, just about where Mack is.

Yes, most lizardmen had shields made of natural materials.  It's +2 AC and pretty easy to break.  It is spiked and technically a weapon, but I dont think you plan to use it as such.

I'll be posting monster actions soon.  Dice roll when everyone has posted / botted

Leann was heading to the kid in the room north of the main room, the statue is coming in from the south. I don't think Leann can cover that distance for melee attacks without some other effect.  I'd rule dash would get there in time to melee this round.

(OOC:Yes, by the north wall sounds about right if that is okey, thanks :-)

Huarache looks up at the statue. "Well, that's not good," he mutters as he pulls a small battery out of his satchel and inserts it into his hammer, casting Branding Smite for an extra 10 Radiant on the next attack that hits.

Attack: 25 Damage: 12 Radiant

Attack: 28 Damage: 16 Radiant

Left to right shamans in descending order (so I don't get to plan around which ones are being attacked)

248 Shaman casts fog cloud to the left half of the room

156 Shaman casts spike growth in the center of the room

242 casts conjure animals and retreats into the secret passage

274 casts conjure animals (I'm not rolling their actions yet in case the shaman goes down first.

The statue slams Echo and throws a rock at Huarache

Slam x Echo 15 for 38 

Rock x Huarache 15 for 40

Huarache barely manages to toss some metallic powders into his flaming warhammer, creating a small wall of fire that acts as a Shield. Is he in the fog cloud?

Cormac grabs a shield off the lizard man he just fell then races toward the large statue creature leaping forward to try and strike at it. 

Id like to pick up a shield then charge the statue I have a 40’ normal movement and improved long jump. So I’d like get as close as I can to it. I’ll dash if I need to. If not I’ll attack. 

Attack: 19 Damage: 18

Attack: 27 Damage: 14

my total long jump distance is 28 feet

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Sam looks at Lenna please follow my lead and will cast disguise self at second level to look at the lizard shaman they just kill “brothers and sister the one who hires us has plans to kill are entire blood line” “we must destroy the statue now” 

persuasion 11

< That would be deception. Thessalar has nothing against lizardfolk.  Also, these are shamans who've communed with Sess'innek.  They're pretty fanatical about it.  They're not likely to destroy the centerpiece of the temple they're here to guard.>

The lizardmen look around the room at all their dead tribe and look at each other trying to make sense of this.  One looks at Sam and answers, "Well, somebody is killing our bloodline. I think he, what upset the statue and the one taking Rrguuthh's shield."