# [[Grumblebum]] Grumble is a dwarven Tomb Warden barbarian. ## Recent Events ### Session 097 - Mulvenboom Combat - **Door Breaking**: Participated in breaking through the eastern door alongside [[Jaspen Bond Callistair|Bond]] - **Combat Damage**: Took 20 bludgeoning damage from the [[Mulventok]]'s fist attack - **Shield Defense**: Raised his shield for defense during the battle - **Critical Hit**: Delivered a critical hit (natural 20) for 38 damage against the Mulventok, though it wasn't bloodied yet - **Follow-up Attack**: Dealt 30 damage to the Mulventok in a subsequent attack - **Tactical Positioning**: Worked with the party to coordinate attacks against the fleshwarp guards ### Session 095 - Door Breaking and Chafkem Rescue - **Door Breaking**: Used his axe to hit the jammed door multiple times in attempts to break it open - **Coordinated Effort**: Worked with [[Ash]], [[Zuhri]], and [[Bond]] in multiple attempts to break through the door - **Ring of Ram**: Witnessed [[Bond]] using his Ring of Ram to further damage the door - **Chafkem Discovery**: Participated in the discovery of [[Chafkem]], the paper-wrapped administrator trapped for centuries - **Administrator Observation**: Witnessed Chafkem's communication with [[Vayle]] in Nekril and learned about his centuries-long imprisonment ### Session 091 - Poltergeist Battle and Search Activities - **Search Activity**: Participated in searching the VIP dining suite during the party's 10-minute rest - **Combat Participation**: Fought against two [[poltergeists]] in the VIP dining suite - **Discovery**: Found the [[lead-lined steel box]] that had been thrown around by the poltergeists for centuries - **Tactical Support**: Worked with the party to defeat the incorporeal undead spirits - **Environmental Observation**: Witnessed the [[magical glyphs]] that control stone transparency in the VIP suite ### Session 089 - Level Up and Gauntlight Exploration - **Level Up**: Reached Level 7 along with the rest of the party and went through character changes - **Character Background**: Revealed he's from [[Dongan Hold]], a dwarven city near [[Alkenstar]] - **Clan Trade**: His clan makes guns for export because they trade with Alkenstar - **Resistances**: Has resistance to fire and sonic damage - **Character Traits**: Described as patriotic (to his race without care for others) and has no restraint when it comes to fighting - **Door Destruction**: Kicked open a southern door in [[The Gauntlight]], shattering it to pieces - **Stockroom Discovery**: Found a [[Gauntlight Stockroom|stockroom]] with surgical tools, armor racks, and jars of preserved humanoid parts - **Disturbing Find**: Discovered jars containing what appears to be preserved [[halfling]] and [[dwarven]] body parts ### Session 088 - Barracks Exploration and Potion Acquisition - **Barracks Visit**: Explored the barracks in [[Otari]] where they were only selling two items - **Equipment Discovery**: Found [[Troll Hide Armor]], [[Armor Bracelet]], and [[Obsidian Wedge]] for sale - **Elixir Purchase**: Bought an *Elixir of Life* from [[Magiloi]] at [[Crow's Cask]] - **Roaring Potion**: Received the [[Roaring potion]] as part of the party's loot distribution - **Level Up**: Reached Level 7 along with the rest of the party ### Session 087 - Black Frost Zombie Encounter - **Tactical Action**: Tied a [[mimic]] corpse to a rope and dangled it like bait in the water, inadvertently causing its reanimation - **Curse Contract**: Contracted the [[Black Frost]] curse along with [[Vayle]] when the mimics reanimated as [[Black Frost Zombie]]s - **Emergency Treatment**: Had to flee back to [[Otari]] with the party to seek treatment from [[Vandy Banderdash]] - **Cure Received**: Successfully cured of the Black Frost curse by Vandy, though the party now owes her a favor - **Combat Participation**: Engaged in combat against the Black Frost Zombies using tandem moves and strikes ### Session 086 - Jade Quarion Tree Investigation and Mimic Combat - **Critical Hit**: Landed a critical hit that blinded the [[Death Shepherd]] during combat - **Fire Discovery**: Discovered that the [[Leafy Fleshwarp]] tree reacts to fire, throwing a torch at it - **Tree Analysis**: Found the tree feels like hard rubber rather than normal wood and regenerates through glowing green buds - **Locate Dwarf**: Used his *Locate Dwarf* ability and found no other dwarven things in the area - **Clan Daggers**: Possesses many clan daggers from [[Death Wardens]] who were trapped and cannibalized each other - **Mimic Combat**: Fought two mimics disguised as weapon racks in the supply room - **Combat Performance**: Got stuck to one mimic but managed to defeat both creatures - **Supply Room**: Explored the supply room after defeating the mimics ### Session 082 - Death Shepherd Respawn Battle - **Combat Participation**: Fought against the [[Death Shepherd]] and its ghoul thralls in an underground chamber - **Locate Dwarf Spell**: Used his *Locate Dwarf* ability to track the Death Shepherd, revealing it has dwarven origins - **Thrall Detection**: Discovered that the Death Shepherd's thralls are also dwarven, explaining their connection - **Combat Performance**: Dealt significant damage to the Death Shepherd and its thralls during the battle - **Tactical Support**: Worked with the party to coordinate their approach to the respawning Death Shepherd - **Knowledge Discovery**: Learned about the Death Shepherd's unique ability to hide within its thralls and respawn ### Session 081 - Death Shepherd Tactical Battle - **Combat Participation**: Continued battle against the [[Death Shepherd]] and its ghoul thralls in [[The Gauntlight]] - **Strategic Planning**: Participated in developing a multi-phase plan to permanently defeat the Death Shepherd - **Combat Strategy**: Focused on eliminating all minions first, then preventing the shepherd from reaching the pit - **Tactical Support**: Worked with the party to coordinate their martial arts stances and positioning ### Session 080 - Death Shepherd Battle - **Combat Participation**: Fought against a [[Death Shepherd]] and its ghoul thralls in [[The Gauntlight]] - **Dreshkan Analysis**: Realized that something in this level of [[The Gauntlight]] was reanimating the [[Dreshkan|dreshkans]] - **Combat Performance**: Dealt significant damage to the Death Shepherd and its thralls - **Tactical Support**: Worked with the party to defeat the undead commander - **Dreshkan Destruction**: Destroyed one dreshkan during the encounter - **Combat Victory**: Helped defeat the Death Shepherd through coordinated efforts ### Session 079 - Soulgem Golem Combat - **Combat Participation**: Fought against a soulgem golem in [[The Gauntlight]] - **Critical Hit**: Rolled a critical hit but the construct was immune to crits - **Damage Dealt**: Dealt only 3 damage out of 17 total due to construct immunities - **Construct Analysis**: Discovered the golem had AC 22 and was resistant to critical hits - **Soulbound Technology**: Encountered a [[Soulbound Doll|Soulbound]] mechanism created by [[Volluk Azrinae|Volluk]] ### Session 076 - Clan Dreams and Underground Laboratory - **MAJOR DEVELOPMENT**: Dreamed of returning to clan wardens - **Magical Items**: Received two items from [[Hearthmother Saesella]]: - Eternal eruption crystal ball (lava bomb that detonates as a fireball within 70 feet, 5d6 damage) - [Feather token](https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/pathfinder2e/items/feather-token) balloon - **Teleportation**: Used [[Zarmavdian]]'s clan dagger to teleport to an underground laboratory - **Dwarven Language**: Spoke Dwarven to greet the mysterious voice in the laboratory - **Combat Performance**: Used Intimidate attempts and grappled the real [[Zarmavdian]] during combat - **Physical Description**: Described the dwarf as "quite small and thin... and naked! And there's a lot of unruly dwarven beard. It's the smell of a dwarf" - **Underground Discovery**: Found himself in a dark place that smelled like home, with strong earth smells ### Session 075 - Xal'garoth's Boon - **MAJOR DEVELOPMENT**: Received a powerful boon from [[Xal'garoth - The Apex Beast]] - **Locate Spell**: Gained the spell *Locate* at will to find dwarves and dwarven-made items (weapons, places, and their corpses) - **Enhanced Martial Abilities**: Improved movement, tumbling, climbing, and shield speed - **Lightning Axe**: His axe can channel lightning energy, scorching the ground around him while leaving him undamaged - **Woodland Helm**: Received a woodland-themed helm with antlers that enhances his abilities - **Beast's Message**: "There's something similar between him and the beast. They both understand duty. Grumble has a duty to his people and to the [[Tomb Wardens]]." - **Duty Recognition**: The beast thanked him for letting it do its duty to protect the wilderness - **Enhanced Capabilities**: "You have faced many challenges in pursuit of your duty. But you'll face more difficult ones. Is your might enough?" ### Session 073 - Lamashtu Temple Combat - **Temple Exploration**: Explored an ancient temple to [[Lamashtu]] within the werewolf lair - **Multi-Creature Combat**: Faced an [[owlbear]], wasp swarm, wolves, crooked tree, and the [[Alpha]] werewolf - **Status Effects**: Was affected by the owlbear's frightening screech but eventually recovered - **Combat Performance**: Used shield and grabbed wolves during combat - **Damage Dealt**: Dealt significant damage to the Alpha (33 damage) and wolves (10 damage) - **Damage Taken**: Took 18 damage from the owlbear, 7 damage from wolves, 2 damage from wolves, 24 damage from the Alpha - **Status Effects**: Had various status effects including grabbed, shield, and aided - **Mystical Experience**: Heard lightning and wind in his brain when the Alpha died, as it tried to communicate with him - **Alpha's True Nature**: Witnessed the Alpha's transformation into smoke, revealing it was actually a dwarven body in armor - **New Threats**: Witnessed the emergence of new enemies (Shepherd, Spawn, [[Dreshkan]], and various ghouls) after the Alpha's defeat ### Session 069 - Arbor Felix Defense Preparation - Saw the lack of organization and lack of diversity of skills in [[Arbor Felix]] as a problem - Worried that if the leader(s) is killed, they won't know what to do - Noted that archers without bows will be useless and nobody really knows about tactics - Split the fighters into four groups (one for each cardinal direction): N: 75, S: 75, E: 50, W: 50, with 50 reserve - Assigned the best fighters to [[Hunter Elise]] - Asked for where the alpha wolf will be during battle - Hit the Alpha wolf but they're immune to bludgeoning damage, took 14 damage ### Session 067 - Character Changes and Arbor Felix - Has 5 hero points - Rolled a critical success to navigate the party - Everyone but Grumble has been touched by Suli elementals (their elements are ash/smoke and air) - Participated in the party's arrival at [[Arbor Felix]], a heavily fortified village - Was not targeted by [[Hunter Elise]] when the villagers attacked (unlike [[Vayle]], [[Malleus]], [[Zuhri]], and [[Varlon]]) ## Session 066 - Equipment Upgrades and Secret Goals - Received equipment upgrades worth 147.25 gp worth of monster parts with various properties - Offered the option to gain Suli heritage (though it would replace current heritage) - Established secret personal goals - Got a boon from his deity [[Torog]], gaining the effect of a single dwarf ancestry of Torog's choice - Both Bond and Grumble are far from their homes - Thinks it's weird that [[Ashnefrotty|Ash]] and [[Zuhri]] are always together because he likes being solitary - Finds the way Ash and Zuhri move at the same time weird - Thinks the whole group is weird because they take every opportunity to climb a tree - Woke up to find the creepy doll watching them again, now with "Grumblebum" written on her dress ## Session 060 - Bulette Rodeo - Successfully foraged during morning activities - His axe is named *Gutsplasher* ## Session 059 - Now we're just a party of wild animals - When a dangerous underground creature emerged while camping, everyone climbed trees except Grumblebum, who stood at the base of the tree waiting for it ## Session 058 - Werewolf Woodland During the werewolf investigation, Grumble navigated the party through rural areas and discovered a mysterious house with a metal door. He found a hidden trap door made of metal under a bed, designed to be locked from the inside, containing manacles for five people. He suggested using a ration to create a cloth mask with water to act as a filter for poisonous swamp fumes, providing a +2 circumstance bonus. He also set up fortifications and tracks around the camp during their rest. ## Session 056 - Guilt of The Huntress - Identified that the [[Desolation Locket]] was the focus of [[Esefna Menhemes|Esefna]]'s guilt - Explained that the guilt enchanted the locket, transforming it from its original form - Acquired the [[Cloak of the Huntress]] from [[Esefna Menhemes|Esefna]]'s tomb ## Session 057 - Blessings from the Berry Bush - Attempted to convince [[Auloria Gallentine]] at [[Gallentine Deliveries]] to share travel information but failed - Tried to convince [[Dot Rajani]] to join the party on their trip to [[Absalom]] with a roll of 4 (failure) - Purchased two Moderate Healing Potions from [[Magiloi]] at [[Crow's Cask]] for 50 gp each - Rolled a 28 on Survival for the first day of travel, successfully navigating despite heavy downpour - Attempted to gossip during the second day but failed - Set up fortifications during the party's camp on the second day - Successfully completed the first day of travel despite heavy downpour ## Session 065 - Complex Combat with Shooter - Discovered three humans had captured [[Varlon]] (holding a knife to his throat) and were inspecting [[Malleus]] - Learned that drow tricked dwarves into having their souls sucked into gems to keep elementals captive - Agreed with the party to destroy the gems and free the trapped souls - Vowed revenge against the three drow who had worked with the dwarves, including [[Volluk Azrinae]] - Witnessed the freed dwarven souls from [[Clam Hammarauc]] (The Mechanist Dwarves) thanking the party ## Session 064 - Summoned Creatures and Magical Duplicates - Engaged in combat against a diverse array of summoned creatures including monkeys, snakes, rams, eagles, wolves, and various humanoid constructs - Faced a creature called "Punchrr" that appeared to be a magical duplicate of Bond with Ash's fighting stance - Discovered that the shadow entity was creating constructs based on the party members themselves ## Session 063 - Dwarven Souls and Shadow Spheres - Identified that the 10 dwarves in the tomb were from long-lost clans, none of which were particularly known for working with [[Zarmavdian]]'s clan - Recognized that these dwarves were artisans and warriors rather than arcane practitioners - Attempted to extract gems from the wall housing but failed, determining they couldn't be removed - Engaged in combat against shadow beetles and scorpions summoned by the mysterious smoke entity - Successfully killed several creatures during the battle ## Session 062 - The Fallen Tomb Wardens - Rescued [[Varlon]], a small boy with dreadlocks, who became his follower - Helped [[Vayle]] escape from a silver-tipped bear trap - Discovered that one of the dead dwarves was a member of the ancient [[Tomb Warden]] order - Identified that the Tomb Wardens were created to guard the tomb of [[Zarmavdian]] - Found it strange that a Tomb Warden was so far from the Dwarvenlands, as they typically bring their dead home - Recovered four clan daggers from different dwarven clans, which he considers his duty to return - Acquired *Boots of Free Running* and splint mail from the fallen Tomb Wardens - Found a mysterious creepy doll with "Grumblebum" written on its dress, which he interprets as being from a secret admirer - Successfully navigated the party (roll of 20) and foraged without spending rations - Identified that a mysterious door was of dwarven make and found patterns in the words that needed to be touched and twisted to open it ## Session 100 - Dawnflower Library Debate and Frost Wardens - **Perception Check**: Made an awesome Perception check that revealed an argument happening in [[Dawnflower Library]]. The entire clergy had been mobilized and discussing something for the last few hours - **Library Debate**: Entered the Dawnflower Library after a long rest where a heated debate was occurring about [[Vayle]]'s undead nature - **Death Warden Support**: Spoke in support of Vayle, bringing up the fact that he is a [[Death Wardens|Death Warden]], and normally Death Wardens hate the undead, but he will attest to the fact that Vayle is one of the good ones - **Frost Wardens Combat**: Faced [[Frost Wardens]] at [[The Gauntlight]] who use cold area-of-effect attacks that limit movement by creating walls and slowing the party. The damage increases over time as the fight continues ## Session 101 - Shopping Spree and Frost Wardens Battle - **Shopping in Otari**: Purchased Potion of Flying from [[Magiloi]] for 50 gp - **Energy Mutagens**: Bought two Energy Mutagens (Moderate) for 6 gp each from goblin merchants. These potions provide resistance to a chosen damage type - **Rune of Retaliation**: Purchased a rare Level 10 [[Rune of Retaliation]] for his shield from the barracks in [[Otari]]. The rune automatically unleashes 8d4 force damage when Shield Block is used, with a frequency of once per hour - **Frost Wardens Battle**: Engaged in combat with two [[Frost Wardens]] at [[The Gauntlight]]. One Frost Warden created a Wall of Ice that trapped Grumble in a room, while the other used frost bolts and blizzard spells. Despite taking cold damage and Chilled status effects, Grumble worked with the party to break through the ice wall and damage the constructs ## Session 102 - Thri-Kreen Encounter and Frost Wardens Defeated - **Thri-Kreen Recognition**: Recognized the [[Thri-Kreen]] from his vision as the creature that was dissecting dwarves - **Rage Attack**: Attacked the Thri-Kreen in rage, yelling "How dare you do that to my people!" but the creature moved too fast (35-foot movement) for Grumble to catch it - **Frost Wardens Combat**: Worked with [[Ashnefrotty|Ash]] to break through the ice walls created by the [[Frost Wardens]], allowing [[Jaspen Bond Callistair|Bond]] to deal significant damage. The Frost Wardens repeatedly encased themselves in ice to regenerate, but the party eventually defeated them ## Session 098 - Vordine Alliance - Threw a torch on a tree that got burnt but healed itself back up again - Knocked on a door and tried to communicate with whoever was on the other side - Asked the [[Vordine]] devils [[Inqator]] and [[Zemna]] what they knew about the north door - Asked the Vordine devils to join the party, but they declined as they only take orders from their commanding officers - Learned about the [[Irnakurse]] creature and its abilities from the Vordine resistance