Aura moderate evocation; CL 6th
Slot none; Price 10,302 gp; Weight 1 lb
Forged centuries ago for a master poisoner known for her seductive assassinations, Deadly Kiss is a Tian-style +1 dagger with a blue metal blade. If the wielder is carrying poison on her person, she can, as a swift action, magically apply the poison to the blade with no chance of exposing herself to the poison. The poison simply disappears from its container and reappears on the blade. This consumes the dose of poison. As with any poisoned weapon, if an attack with the blade results in a natural 1, the wilder exposes herself to the poison unless she has the poison use special ability.
Aura moderate illusion; CL 4th
Slot body; Price 12,000 gp; Weight 2 lbs
This black bodysuit is of the type typically worn by ninjas and assassins, but it grants its wearer a +2 armor bonus and a +5 competence bonus on Stealth checks. In addition, if the wearer is in illumination of less than normal light, she can use invisibility, as the spell, once per day. If the wearer is a ninja with the vanishing trick ninja trick, then the wearer can use that ability twice per day without the expenditure of an ki points and regardless of the surrounding light level.
Terflynn's eyes glisten as he surveys the cloak and dagger. "Magnificent." he says distantly.
"We're very low on supplies, and my magic is waning. I suggest we proceed with caution."
Jennix comes to with a start. "What..what happened." Once he is healed, he nods at Terflyyn. Aye, perhaps we should rest?"
"I would have no problems with that, considering the near death experience and all."
"I'm worried that if we don't finish this now, whoever remains may have time to get help, or worse, warn others. I fear proceeding may be our safest option."
I concur, Miso says after a moment of contemplation. Seeing this through to the end before our foes can rally and regroup seems the wisest course of action.
The four small rooms to the north are nondescript cells with simple sleeping pallets, water cups, and small shrines in each of them. Three of the rooms also contain jade raven statuettes (worth 50 gp each).
One of the rooms on the end clearly belonged to the woman; it contains a lacquered screen worth 200 gp, clearly of Tian style. Behind th screen is a small leather trunk with a worn outfit that a poor washerwoman might wear as well as other elements that could be used as a disguise kit. There is also an ornate blowgun fashioned from jade and lapis lazuli (not usable as a weapon but worth 200 gp), 150 gp Tian coins, and a writ signed by Sveinn Blood-Eagle that gives the bearer the authority to commandeer any of the Linnorm King's huscarls within 2 miles of Kalsgard for up to 12 hours.
The last cell is empty.
"It looks like there is some kind of door back in this cell." Zack relates to the party as they search the room.
"A door? Hm... let us be wary of traps."
The secret door leads to a cramped corridor.
The hall ends in a set of stairs leading down.
There is also a door on the left of the hall.
"This section is a new addition." Zack says, referring to the new corridor.
"Perhaps I should disguise myself before we investigate this door. At very least, one of our previous... acquaintances, is less likely to be attacked on sight. It could give us an advantage."
As the party opens the door, you are met with a giant rotting hand propped up on thick, stubby fingers! Its pale necrotic flesh puses and crawls with sickly boils!
Zack looses a pair of arrows at the giant hand.
Zachary's arrows seriously wound the giant hand!
35 dmg
Jennix follows suit and fires an arrow as well.
Jennix puts an arrow in the giant hand, which now crawls towards you!
40 dmg
Terflynn steps behind Zachary and fires an arrow, adding to the dangerous archer's own volley.
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"Eyeee! Get it off me!" Jennix yells as the creepy hand grabs him.
Dropping his bow, his grabs his handaxe and chops at the hand.
Miso reaches out to grab the hand from off of Jennix.
Terflynn puts an arrow into the hand while Jennix (thankfully) misses his handaxe. Miso tries to grab onto the hand but finds that it is quite tough to grab onto!
46 dmg
Zack attempts to put down the hand.
Zachary takes down the hand!
This room appears be to a bedchamber. The bed's headboard is carved with the image of an open-mouthed demon and a small table to the side is cluttered with books, scrolls, and stuffed and mounted stirges sit across from it on the other wall. Torn papers, bits of old food, and other debris are scattered about the room.
Inside, there are three scrolls and a vial of powdered silver worth 60 gp.
"There appears to be a compartment in the headboard." Zack says as he fumbles around trying to find a way to open it and triggers a switch that reveals a few items. Searching through the compartment he presents 3 scrolls and a vial to the group.
Terflynn reads the scrolls and shuffles through the papers next to the bed. "Whoever this fellow may have been, he was clearly working on something dangerous. I believe he intends to summon something, and judging by the headboard, I would guess a demon."
Jennix shakes his head. "Hopefully nothing has been summoned yet. It looks like there are steps leading down to the south. There is also the area across the pool we never checked."
"Excellent point Jennix. I'd like to examine that pool further before moving forward too far."
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The door on the far side of the pool room is locked.
Jennix checks for traps, then tries to pick the lock.
Jennix finds no traps and easily unlocks the door to find a small and musty room hewn from the solid rock. Near the fall wall stands a low well, its opening on a foot in diameter. A winch and chain with a rusty steel bucket hang from the wall above it. There is a pile of debris in the other corner but most disturbingly, lurking in the shadows are four strange creatures which look like black executioners' hoods clinging to the wall (10' up).
They leap off the wall towards each of you and tries to work its way onto your heads!
Terflynn dodges away from the homicidal hood before drawing his bow and taking a shot.
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Zack steps away and begins pelting the one that failed to fall on him.
Jennix draws his rapier and handaxe and steps into the room and attacks a hood.
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Miso tries to grab the nearest hood.
Terflynn and Jennix miss but Zachary takes one of them down while Miso grabs the hood going after him!
The hoods continue to try to crawl on everyone's heads!
The ranger attacks the next hood closest to him.