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Jake ! Come back we need your strength to protect Kalkamedes from the hands ! Elen just blow his weapon.
Hedra had not much against the hands, but she tried something
Gamin, help me ! Aroden guide me.
Conjuring the elemental force of ice and snow she throw a snowball on the hand in front of her with the help of Gamin.
Tevaga, the dragon is zombi, it's staggered and will only do one attack . But as Ran said, you need to use a slashing weapon
Swarmholio shoots fire at one of the hands, although the charred hand still moves.
Jake move over to help Tevaga.
Ran moves up and calls a smite on the undead dragon.
Elen fires his gun but only hears a click as the bullet lodges in the chamber.
Hedra throws a snowball but misses the small target.
Tevaga connects with the zombie dragon but doesn't do as much damage with her mace as another weapon might do. She then backs away
The hands move for Kalkalmedes and Hedra!
The dragon tries to bite Jake!
Hedra swings and hits the hand as it crawls near but is unable to damage it. Hedra then covers Kalkamedes with magical protection.
Elen then swings at the hand near Kalkamedes.
Swarmholio takes out one of the hands!
Ran tries to tumble past the dragon but it gets a bite on her!
Ran readies her blade and slashes at the dragon as soon as Jake steps in. Jake swings but misses.
Tevaga hurls an axe at the dragon but has no luck.
"Hahaha! Ilvaster, are they too weak for you? Swat them like flies!" Koth'Vaul demands from across the room.
The hand attacks Kalkamedes!
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Feeling rather pleased with himself, The Great Swarmholio moves closer to the action with the dragon, and decides to make himself known. "Bad zombie dragon! Sit! I SAID ____" While The Great Swramholio's face turns red from the emphasis behind that word, none of you hear a sound, and fire churns around the dragon's head . . ..
Jake swings at the dragon but whiffs!
Elen attacks the hand but misses the writhing thing!
Undead are immune to. . . any effect that requires a Fort save (unless the effect also works on objects or is harmless).
Target one creature
Swarmholio yells at the dragon and summons fire to aid him in putting down the zombie beast!
Ran cuts deep into the dragon (twice!) but it is still standing!
Tevaga slashes and takes out the dragon!
The hand scurries away into the darkness!
Scattered along the bottom of the pool are the remnants of what was once Illvaster’s treasure hoard. While the fetid water has long tarnished the hundreds of loose coins into valueless ruin, two black stone pots sealed with wax have survived.
There is also still the unconscious female elven warrior in the other circle.
No evil from the elven woman.
Koth'Vaul is cackling curses at you in several singularly sinister languages. "Miserable mortals! Your time to termination has decreased dramatically with that demonstration of folly! Koth'Vaul will remember your faces for eons to come and I will not rest until your souls be forever damned as the lowliest of my servants!"
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"That one is not evil. Ran believes it should be safe to heal him and wake him up. Now, please excuse Ran for a moment, Ran says as she has business with the trapped Koth'Vaul.
Ran approaches the Koth'Vaul's prison, being careful in not crossing it.
"Ran believes Koth'Vaul is very angry, Ran says with great certainty. Perhaps Koth'Vaul will appreciate Ran tell some demon jokes, Ran says as she begins to taunt the demon trapped in a magic circle."
"Ran begins by asking 'What is a devils picket line called?'
A demonstration!"
"No? Koth'Vaul didn't like that joke? Maybe Koth'Vaul doesn't have a funny bone in his body, Ran says as she uses her words to metaphorically poke the tiger with a stick."
"Ah, Ran knows what to do, Ran says while smacking a clenched fist into his open one. Ran will attempt to convert the evil demon to good. Ran can start by opening up the scriptures of Chaldira Zuzadlara and forcing Koth'Vaul to listen. Then he will know the great virtues of Ran's Trickster God.
Ran will indeed proceed to recite the scriptures of Chaldira Zuzadlara to Koth'Vaul.
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Is taunting the demon wise Ran? I mean I can certainly see the fun in it, but it may well have a longer memory than either you or I do.
"Misfires: If the natural result of your attack roll falls within a firearm's misfire value, that shot misses, even if you would have otherwise hit the target. When a firearm misfires, it gains the broken condition. While it has the broken condition, it suffers the normal disadvantages that broken weapons do, and its misfire value increases by 4 unless the wielder has gun training in the particular type of firearm. In that case, the misfire value increases by 2 instead of 4."
But I'll happily spend a standard to clear the misfire if possible, after which I'll reload with powder and bullet.
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"Oh, It isn't wise at all. But Ran will never get another chance at doing so ever in her life, and seeing how he already swore to 'remember our faces for eons to come and will not rest until our souls be forever damned as the lowliest of servants,' I fail to see how it can be any worse."
"On the other hand, there is potentially a 0.0000000000000001% chance that by Ran doing this will successfully set him on the path to redeem himself, in which case there is a greater than 0% chance that he will not come after our souls later."
Ran will continue to recite scripture.
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Well done all !
Said Hedra when the last hand fall. The she came near the elven woman, trying to determine her state and if she's what she appears.
Hedra looked at the magic circle in hope to find its purpose.
letting Ran playing with the demon at her own risk.
Somebody is hurt ?
finally asked Hedra.
As Ran taunts the demon, he screams back
Tevaga is able to pull up the stone pots easily enough. They are sealed with wax but breaking the wax you find inside the following glowing items: a scabbard, some sort of head ornament, and a potion. There are also five polished pieces of amber.
Hedra thinks that this circle looks similar to the one holding in Koth'Vaul and also that the elven woman is simply unconscious; a bit of healing would bring her back up.
Kalkamedes has been slowly walking across the chamber and has been standing in front of the circle with the woman in it.
The elven woman's eyes flicker open. You notice that they are pure white and as she regains consciousness a radiant glow emanates from her presence. You realize that you were previously mistaken and that this is no elven maiden but an azata.
"Oh! Oh, thank you!" She looks around at the friendly faces around her. "Oh, I'm so glad it worked. I'll need your help a little more. But let me explain first."
She begins, "My name is Sulianna; Sulianna the Luminescent to be precise. Let me explain to you the history of this place. Millennia ago, during the reign of the runelords in ancient Thassilon, a conclave of powerful thaumaturgists known as the Thrallkeepers experimented with calling forth all manner of horrors to further the cause of their runelord overlords. Thinking their techniques flawless, the Thrallkeepers summoned numerous otherworldly creatures and attempted to force them into servitude. Thousands of years later, the Thrallkeepers have long since gone extinct, but several of their forgotten projects remain, lurking in ancient, abandoned vaults. One such forgotten conjuration was the powerful glabrezu demon known as Koth’Vaul. The Thrallkeepers imprisoned Koth’Vaul for centuries in one of their subterranean outposts, a small vault once named the Black Edifice; however, ravaged by time, the binding circle that holds Koth’Vaul is now decaying and will soon hold him no more. Once he is free, there will be nothing to stop Koth’Vaul from unleashing his unique brand of terror on present-day Varisia."
"And so about a month ago I took it upon myself to seek out Koth’Vaul and destroy him before he could complete his escape. Unfortunately, with the protective runes that bound Koth’Vaul already breaking down, he was much stronger than I anticipated. The demon used his undead dragon to push me within reach and then battled me for two days and three nights, and despite grievously wounding me Koth’Vaul was unable to deliver the killing blow before I withdrew and sought shelter in this second summoning circle. Koth’Vaul, though, is very patient—it is only a matter of time before the last magic circle that holds him degrades enough that he can escape."
She then looks at the dazed Pathfinder ex-paladin still wearing his nightgown. "Enter Kalkamedes, a semi-retired Pathfinder known for occasionally undertaking solo expeditions. Interested in all things pertaining to the runelords, Kalkamedes had been slowly mapping the Fenwall Mountains, having set up a rustic cottage as a comfortable base of operations. Although he didn’t realize it, Kalkamedes’s travels recently took him past the hidden ruins of the Black Edifice. As soon as he came close enough, I sensed his presence, reached out to him with my mind, and tried to contact him with a plea for help."
"Koth’Vaul, however, used his own limited powers to dampen my magical link, blocking the communication. Kalkamedes walked on by, never cognizant of the dueling forces that had touched his mind. That night, however, when Kalkamedes returned home to his cabin and fell asleep, his subconscious quickly remembered my call for help and took control of his body. My magic, thankfully, continued to work through his subconscious. I was hoping that it might lead help here; it was truly the only option I had available."
She smiles sweetly to all of you. "Now, I cannot escape the binding circle on my own and so I must call upon your aid to destroy it."
"Thank you. Koth'Vaul needs to be banished back the Abyss still. However, I am too weak to deal with Koth’Vaul on my own. I find your heroic perseverance admirable, though, and I think you can help me. Please, one of you volunteer to take on a bit of my power. This will allow you to banish Koth'Vaul from these premises. It is not as good as destroying him completely, but it at least spares Varisia the chaos that would ensue should he break free."
Sulianna brings Swarmholio closer and takes his hands as she says a blessing over him. You see the gnome's countenance brighten as the angelic power is transferred over to him.
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Sulianna places her hands on the skinny little gnome's head, and some of her luminescence transfers through her hands and into his ridiculously small form. She steps back to let him move towards the trapped offensive creature, and the glow in his eyes is clearly visible.
As he moves, the color of the glow in his eyes alters, it moves away form the gentle glow of Sulianna's power, and moves to a swirl of yellow, orange and red, though the glow form the rest of his form remains the gentle light she had displayed.
The Great Swarmholio moves up near the edge of the circle containing the evil, and starts waggling a finger at Koth'Vaul. When he opens his mouth and speaks, it is still, really, the annoying squeak of a voice that it seems like never shuts up, but, somehow, it resonates. "Bad Koth'Vaul! You are NOT a gnome! You do not deserve to pretend to be a gnome! Bad, bad Koth'Vaul!. Foxy Lady read you a nice bedtime story. Now it is time for you to go home and go to bed." The gnome inhales deeply. Far deeper than makes any sense for as small as his form is. He cries out "GO HOME!" exhaling the luminescence towards Koth'Vaul. The glow seeks the outsider out as he tries to flee it, surrounding him, forming itself to him. As the exhalation ends, the last flicker of light leaving The Great Swarmholio's lips, the glowing form of the outsider flickers like a flame, vanishing somehow during the flicker, taking the outsider home.
The Great Swarmholio is on the ground outside the circle, looking smaller than he did before. And quiet.
Upon being freed and ensuring Koth’Vaul’s banishment, Sulianna heals Kalkamedes of his affliction. With both of them restored, you earn powerful, lifelong allies. Sulianna accompanies the group back to Kalkamedes’s cottage and then departs for Elysium, but not before promising a favor in return for your assistance.
Venture-Captain Sheila Heidmarch expresses visible relief upon seeing your return (and astonishment at the sight of Sulianna) and offers them heartfelt thanks for their patience and hard work. Kalkamedes is also grateful, spreads word of your good deed to his long-time Pathfinder colleagues, and—with Gamin’s consent—gives his sword to you as a gift and companion. Kalkamedes also offers to take any of you who is willing under his wing, to act as your mentor in the Pathfinder Society from now on.
[ooc]Glad it was a good experience. I've been around the block a few times when it comes to PbP and my games tend to most a lot faster than most. Whether or not that's a good thing is up to you but most players tend to like the faster pace.
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Swarmholio, good job.
Said Hedra after the annoying gnome bannished the demon.
Ran, I think you've made a powerfull ennemy in this Kauth'Vaul. Hope you don't or we don't, cross his path again...
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It was a pleasure to meet you Sulianna and hope to see you again, safe and sound. Don't forget Aroden's blessing as His return has begun.
I'm happy to help saving a good soul and banish a bad one from mankind.
Be Aroden's Wisdom our guidance in all things.
Said before the Gaele came back in Elyseum.
Gamin, thanks for your help in this adventure. I hope to see you again in the future as you're like Aroden, broken, but still powerfull.
Then she thanks Kalkamedes
You're determination in helping people is great, and as a follower of the Inheritor your are worthy of Aroden. Be His blessing upon you and your futures tasks.