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Art moves forward and sends the hasted archons forward in pursuit. They move or double move as needed to try to catch the enemy.
Blue Archon
Yellow Archon
LG Medium outsider (archon, extraplanar, good, lawful)
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft., detect evil, low-light vision, scent; Perception +10
Aura aura of menace (DC 16), magic circle against evil
DEFENSE
AC 19, touch 10, flat-footed 19 (+9 natural; +2 deflection vs. evil)
hp 51 (6d10+6)
Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +5; +4 vs. poison, +2 resistance vs. evil
DR 10/evil; Immune electricity, petrification; SR 15
OFFENSE
Speed 40 ft.
Melee bite +10 (1d8+3), slam +10 (1d4+1) or mwk greatsword +11/+6 (2d6+6), bite +5 (1d8+4)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 6th)
Constant—detect evil, magic circle against evil
At Will—aid, continual flame, greater teleport (self plus 50 lbs. of objects only), message
STATISTICS
Str 19, Dex 10, Con 17, Int 10, Wis 13, Cha 12
Base Atk +6; CMB +8; CMD 18
Feats Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Power Attack
Skills Acrobatics +9, Intimidate +10, Perception +10, Sense Motive +10, Stealth +13, Survival +14; Racial Modifiers +4 Stealth, +4 Survival
Languages Celestial, Draconic, Infernal; truespeech
SQ change shape (beast shape II)
Able to scramble over the barricade quickly thanks to their summoner's magic, the archons quickly make short work of the wounded morlock as it was pounding on the door.
The party gets to the last door, and with their alacrity fading, opens the chamber!
This short rubble-choked passage ends in front of a door. The ruble mounds lining the passage are chest high.
As before, Faeros spots a trap path in the middle of the rubble.
It doesn't take Faeros any time to disable the crudely made trap which would have sent a pair of rusted axes towards whatever is in the center!
Actually... mwa ha ha ha!
As Faeros goes about disabling the trap, he gets the eerie feeling that he is being watched.
As Faeros finishes disabling his trap and motions for the party to come in, a pair of assailants leap from the shadows on either side of the rock walls, striking at Nilfyr as they land!
Luckily, Nilfyr's chain is strong enough to dampen the blows. Two morlocks now dart back and forth from the same area.
One of the morlocks attack again, mauling Nilfyr with pick and teeth.
Amazingly Nilfyr's armor continues to protect him from harm!
Init Order (bold = up)
Morlock Red
Faeros
Morlock Blue
Thunderstealer/Belcher
Artemus + archons
Nilfyr
Faeros fires a single arrow that strikes one of the morlocks, severely wounding it but not felling the creature.
The uninjured morlock tries to assault Nilfyr again!
The morlock finally scores a hit, biting Nilfyr after he dodges a painful pick swing.
Init Order (bold = up)
Morlock Red (29 damage)
Faeros
Morlock Blue
Thunderstealer/Belcher
Artemus + archons
Nilfyr (13 damage)
Belcher jumps over the morlocks
then attacks the morlocs
for
Both Thunderstealer and Belcher fail to impress with their strikes. Nilfyr launches his own attack, tripping the wounded morlock and nearly felling it with a swift punch. He fails to do anything to the other. Artemus and his temporary entourage move in closer.
Both morlocks succumb to the divine aura! The wounded red one holds his position, defensively swiping at Thunder dino!
Faeros and the 2 AoO s against prone red are up!
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A pair of arrows and a couple of savage strikes from Thunderstealer and Belcher end the morlock threat!
Just past the barricade, a lone partially open door shows a stairway down... but after several hours of travel, the party makes their way topside to continue exploration for another day.
The party makes their way to rest up and resupply in Fort Inevitable, and are instantly aware that something is off. Porters are hauling equipment and a platoon of Hellknights are checking arms, securing armor, and finalizing what appears to be a military mobilization.
As the party makes their way to the inn that has been the base of their operations, a human of late teen years in mock Hellknight training armor approaches the party, giving Belcher a bit of a wide berth. He pauses for a second before stopping and incorrectly saluting the party. "Umm, sorry.", he apologizes as he tries to bear his composure before handing Faeros a scroll sealed with the wax sigil of pike run through a demon's head. "Sirs.", the young lad states as he steps back and runs towards the citadel.
The note is written by Commander Drovust, in crimson ink that you are not quite if it is infused with blood or not...
Pathfinders,
our agreement to explore the Emerald Spire is temporarily halted as we perform an investigation of our own within the ruins. You are not to enter the Spire while our operation is ongoing. Your lodging will be covered by the Order of the Pike for the mean time. You will be informed when we have completed our objective and may resume your efforts once more.
-Paralictor Audara Drovust, Commandant of Fort Inevitable
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Nilfyr scoffs at the letter. "That's nice; now that we've cleared out the bulk of the tower, they feel they can tromp in and reap the benefits of our hard work? What about our responsibilities to the Society? We have a duty to explore; if we do as the Hellknights are asking, who knows what we might miss out on?"
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@Artemus: As you read the document, everything seems on the up and order: it states the written permission by authority of Lady Commander that the Pathfinder Society may chronicle and collect relics and artifacts from within the Emerald Spire. Anything collected must be presented to the Hellknights for evaluation and appraisal with a charge then being billed to the Society. Note, you guys don't have to pay for this as the Society will cover the gold cost later.
There are two interesting points though. One, the 20 percent levy on finds can be paid by anyone willing to support your work into the tower and what lies below. Two, the Hellknights are not bound by the exclusive authority and may venture into the Emerald Spire if it is deemed necessary for the safety of the area or for justice and order to be implemented.
Going down then!
While Artemus argues that while potentially rewarding in magical knowledge on his part, the process of becoming a Hellknight is more grueling and time consuming than he would prefer. Faeros scours over their contact with Nilfyr, and finds that per their initial agreement that while
With Artemus' skill in the arcane, the party is quick to reach the spire axis, although as you navigate, you can tell that there are others who moved through there. Faeros spots about a dozen footprints, most of them armored, and heading down the stairs. He also surmises that they might match Hellknight plate.
As the party descends deeper down, they feel gusts of warm air causing their pores to sweat.
Finally, the stairs melt and widen until they're little more than a broken ramp. As the passage descends, the temperature skyrockets, carrying with it the clinging, rotten smell of sulfur.
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Faeros buffs himself, preparing for the worst.
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Thunderstealer will cast his regular buffs
reedom of movement (Thunderstealer & Belcher)
communal delay poison (Everyone)
greater magic fang (Thunderstealer & Belcher)
barkskin (Thunderstealer, Belcher & Nilfyr),
reduce animal (Belcher)
deadeye's lore (Thunderstealer)
longstrider (Thunderstealer & Belcher)
After about a minute of spellcasting, the party moves forward with a bit of trepidation.
Heavily armored bodies lie strewn across this cavern, their black armored sundered. Brilliantly colored crystals jut out among the corpses.
Thunderstealer's brain says, Yes
There are three usable suits of Hellknight plate among the bodies. Also, salvaging usable parts from the remaining suits will effectively add one more wholly usable set of armor, too. Three halberds also catch your eye.
The crystals jutting out of some of the Hellknight corpses are from crysmals; territorial crystalline creatures native to the plane of Earth, but can be found roaming Golarion.
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In preparation Art casts False Life on himself and Mage armor on himself, Thunderstealer and Belcher. And he casts Message to include everyone.
Viewing the fallen bodies Art notes Yes Hellknight armor. There are three, maby 4 suites of valuable hellknight armor that could be recovered. But those crystals are crysmals, living creature usually native to the elemental plan of earth. They are quite territorial.
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Speaking in Terran he calls out Привітання ближнього. Ми хотіли б допомогти вам позбавити вашу печеру металевого сміття, який впав там. Ми зробимо це для вас, якщо ви тільки дозволите нам пройти через недосаждавшій.
Greeting fellow beings. We would like to help you by ridding your cavern of the metal litter that has fallen there. We will do this for you if you will only let us pass through unmolested.