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Daza snorts. "There is information that we require in that crypt. We are here for that, not to steal or disturb the rest of dead. Know priest that we were not intending to harm your precious graves or anyone living within, unless forced. If your "laws" require that you try and stop us, by all means proceed."
The guardsman of moves forward and summons a crossbow of force that fires at Lynn.
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Lynn quickly ducked out of the way of the attack and made to step away from the crypt doors. "Hey you don't have to get aggressive with us we'll leave okay." Lynn started to back away with her hands held up she wasn't going to get into a hostile situation especially when she didn't need too and desperately hoped the others followed the ploy.
Lynn attempts to make peace with the irate guard while Daza and Tau decide to make war. Daza's fist only finds hard metal armor while Tau gently claws the guardsman.
And Kelevan's spell dazes the guardsman.
Ushaka bashes the guard twice and he still stands. Daza misses with his swing.
The force-crossbow fires at Lynn again.
The guard swings his mace at Tau.
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Lynn became a bit frantic they were making a terrible impression of the pathfinder's society right now and it was all because of a little lie. She looked into the crypt of Arkath biteing her lip she rushed inside if they were going to get the job done they still needed to at least try to look for the clues.
She began searching around the inside of the tomb hoping that the others could at least subdue the guard for the time being.
Daza grows claws much like his companion while Ushaka boops the poor cleric and Kelevan knocks him to the ground. Lynn walks away from the fight and starts searching the tomb. She finds a large stone door blocking her progress inside. The guardsman swings his mace at Ushaka while his spiritual weapon disappears.
And the guardsman hits the ground with a thud as Daza's claws and fang take him down. He is unconscious but alive. Lynn detects no magic on the door.
Though it is a little difficult, Lynn is able to push open the heavy door and it opens with a loud grinding sound. The interior of Arkath’s sarcophagus is empty save for the stonemason’s long-dead skeleton. Inspecting the corpse you discover a small silver coin inside the skeleton’s mouth.
This is a pathfinder's coin. This apparently simple coin, usually styled to resemble ancient currency, hides intricate gold and platinum wires within. This matrix, carefully modeled after fragmentary Azlanti coins, causes the Pathfinder’s coin to rise an inch into the air and slowly spin in place if placed atop a wayfinder. In addition, when levitating above a wayfinder, the coin can be given a message of 25 words or fewer. This message repeats in the speaker’s voice the next time the coin is floated above a wayfinder. Only one message may be stored at a time, and once it is triggered, the message is expended and a new one may be recorded.
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Lynn removes the coin from the skeleton's mouth but replaces it with a gold coin of her own in a way to show respect to the dead.
"A pathfinder coin here? I think these ones are used to record a message but only when you use it alongside a wayfinder. Does anyone know where we could use one to see if it has a message in it?"
The party takes the coin back to the Wounded Wisp. Everyone the party has met is still there, relaxing.
"Yea, no problem." Janira says handing over her wayfinder. As one of you places the coin over the device, the coin hovers in mid air, slowly spinning in place. You hear a message coming from the coin.
"The path and chamber are complete, hidden behind the nameplate of the requested aspirant and guarded by the word you requested. Fimbrik will add more."
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Lynn removed the coin and placed it again repeating the message back to the depleted coin.
"The path and chamber are complete, hidden behind the nameplate of the requested aspirant and guarded by the word you requested. Fimbrik will add more."
Once the coin stopped floating she removed it and closed the wayfinder gently handing it back to Janira, "Thank you again, we need to go see this Fimbrik and see what he was supposed to add to the chamber in question. I'll hold onto the coin for now, we might be back for your help again Janira."
Finding the noome's home is easy enough for the group. You travel to the Wise Quarter.The home itself is an impressive stone dwelling reminiscent of what one might expect from an eccentric wizard’s home. A brick step leads to Fimbrik’s front entrance, which is locked with a rusty lock. Numerous stacks of newspapers—roughly 2 years’ worth of monthly copies—are piled around the door and crammed into a thin slot at its base. Each rounded corner of the building has a large window, allowing creatures to look into the structure without difficulty.
A large sofa sits awkwardly near the entrance, facing toward the center of the room. Sets of chairs and tables are arranged throughout, and statues of grandiose gnomes occupy the corners of the room. A set of stairs at the northern edge of the chamber leads to a basement . A second set of stairs leads up.
Ushaka hears nothing.
Ushaka knocks on the door loudly. There seems to be no response.
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Ushaka will check and see if the door is trapped.
Ushaka looks to Daza and speaks softly, "You got any spare nature blessings, I have trouble concatenating on prayer and locks at the same time."
Assuming no traps are found and the door is locked Ushaka will pull out his tools and work on the lock.
Take 10 Disable Device => 19
Ushaka finds no traps and easily unlocks the door. The first thing you notice is that despite the lack of dust on many surfaces, no one has been here for years. The carpet and sofa show virtually no wear.
Daza and Tau walk in, and as soon as they do so, the sofa is knocked over by two fiery evil looking beetles that suddenly appear as if summoned. You then see a summoning circle underneath them!