GM Kiora's Wrath of the Righteous

Game Master Kiora Atua

Chosen heroes have arrived in Kenabres at the dawn of the Fifth Crusade. Will they be the ones to end a century long war?

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Male Oread (Kellid) Legendary Druid 11/Hierophant 4 | HP 97/137 | AC 24, T 23, FF 19 | Fort +8, Ref +6, Will +18 | CMD 27 | Resist Acid 10 | SR 13 (evil outsiders), 17 (demons) | Init +2 | Perception +22 | MP 1/11 | LP 2/2 | PM 8/11 | SP 10/10

Ehren sighs with the relief when Valaria regains consciousness as quickly as she had lost it. "I would like to have taken her alive... but she got what she wanted," he says, shaking his head. He was not heartbroken over her death, but it seemed like a waste to him. The druid then turns his attention to the unholy symbol, marred by Radiance's blade. Looking at the symbol reminds him of something important.

"That voice... could it have truly...?"


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

"Tired." Ary says, as she gets interrogated by Valaria. Or at least she feels that's what's happening. Even though Fen'wen was obviously the mom. Hm. "If you and Li'an get married, does that make you my mom, too?" she asks, tilting her head, then gets back on topic. "I can still hear the howlers sometimes. And it's hard to concentrate. You had bright purple hair." she says, answering Li'an's question. "So, can I keep the Maralith. Or would it be a bad idea to keep it? Do you think it's poisoned or diseased or something?"


Female Tiefling (Pitborn) Bard (Weapon Champion) 9/Champion/Trickster 3 | HP: 97/114 | AC: 25, Touch 18, Flat-Footed 19 | CMD: 26 | Fort: +10, Reflex +13, Will: +10 | Init: +6 | Perception: +16, Darkvision 60 ft. | Performance: 18/24, Shatter: 1/1, Lore Master: 1/1, Mythic Power: 6/9

Val noticeably stiffens as Li'an's arms wrap around her and her skin turns a darker shade of pink. "I'll try my best to be careful."

Her blush manages to darken, somehow, at Li'an's question. "Oh, just a random thought I had earlier. Nothing important." Looking for a distraction, she gives a small sigh of relief as the symbol goes dark. "Well, that's taken care of. Let's search the room for anything that the cultists might have left behind."


Male Dhampir (Moroi-Born) White Necromancer 7/Archmage 2 | hp 51/51 (healthy), AC 12, touch 10, ff 12, CMD 15 | Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +7, various bonuses | Init -1, Perception +2, low-light, darkvision (mythic power 7/7)
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Fenna nods and smiles, leading Hrut upstairs to one of the guest bathrooms that Ary had prepared earlier. She gives him privacy, quickly dashing off afterwards.

Afterwards, she seeks out Markus. "What are you going to do now, sir?" she asks, biting her lip.

"Me?" Markus sighs. "Well, I can't catch Garil, and I can't calm Horgus down. I'm out of magic for the day and my clothes and body are a bit ripped up." He begins walking towards the foyer, where he's going to sit. "I was gonna rest, mend my clothes, and wait for the others to get back. Do you want to work on mending while we wait?"


WotR Global Buffs/Debuffs: ----

The cavesight effect on the heroes wears off, except for Ehren's. Luckily, as Baphomet's unholy symbol is marred, so is his effect on the room, and Radiance glows brightly once more.

Unfortunately, the effects of their recent ordeals still linger in the heroes...

Blood continues to stream from Ehren's nose and down onto his nice clothes.

Nonlethal damage on Ehren: 1d4 ⇒ 3

As Ary mentions the sound of the howlers, she can hear their echoing cries in her mind once more...

Ary, you know the drill. DC 14 Will Save


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

Will: 1d20 + 3 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 2 - 2 = 11 Demons, Madness

"Like that. They're howling again. It sounds like they're getting closer." she says, as she stops to bite her lip, shield hand rubbing her shoulder.


Female elf l.sorc 11|wiz//Rel Hero/Archmage 4 THP 0 HP 104/104 | Init +7 Percpt +21 | AC 32/25/27 CMD 22 CMB +5 | Fort +8 Ref +11 Will +13 (see defenses) MP 0/11 Chn 6/8
Spells:
Sorc (CL 11; cn +21) 1st 8/8 2nd 8/8 3rd 5/8 4th 7/8 5th 4/5 6th 2/3
Skills:
Acro +12 Appr +14 Bluff +16 C(Jewel) +24 DDev +21 K(Hist|Arc,Pln,Dng|Loc|Any) +27/+22/+16/+12 Ling +13 S Motive +26 Splcrft +22 Stealth +19 UMD +22

For once Li'an notices Valaria's blushing, and a small grin appears on her face. "That's something, isn't it Lleuad," she thinks. Not getting the reference, she just responds "Oh, ok. Yes, lets search the place."

Li'an nods at Ehren. "Well at least we know the cultists won't know we're coming now. I guess unless whatever that was that spoke to us tells them..." She isn't convinced the voice was actually Baphomet, or at least she preferred to think that it wasn't Baphomet, as the possibility it was him was somewhat frightening.

Li'an begins to go over the altar and room carefully, looking for anything hidden or otherwise of interest. She inspects the statue of the Marilith closely as well, wondering if it's something they can or should consider taking.

When she's done looking around, she utters a short incantation and touches her eyes detect poison and looks at the altar again. She looks over it closely and then repeats the process, this time using a slightly different incantation, causing her eyes to gain a gentle glow detect magic

Perception: 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 8 - 1 = 26


Female Tiefling (Pitborn) Bard (Weapon Champion) 9/Champion/Trickster 3 | HP: 97/114 | AC: 25, Touch 18, Flat-Footed 19 | CMD: 26 | Fort: +10, Reflex +13, Will: +10 | Init: +6 | Perception: +16, Darkvision 60 ft. | Performance: 18/24, Shatter: 1/1, Lore Master: 1/1, Mythic Power: 6/9

Val blushes again at the mention of her and Li'an getting married then frowns. "Well, they really don't affect me because of my blood, but I'll take your word for it. Maybe we should find someone to take a look at that, because it's doing something very bad to your brain."

She sighs. "We'll check the Marilith to see if it's got another trap rigged to it. If not, you can keep the Marilith. We should probably check everything we touch in here for that kind of trap after that nasty poison gas trick."


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WotR Global Buffs/Debuffs: ----

Chiles Will Save: 1d20 + 3 - 2 ⇒ (19) + 3 - 2 = 20

Markus arrives into the foyer and finds Aema and Thomas playing. Chiles finally emerges from the servant's quarters to join them, though he still seems paranoid and jumpy.

Fenna nods at Markus, grinning. "Yeah! I'd like that very much." She plops down to sit on the stairway next to him.

While Markus is lecturing, Aema is distracted from the young boys, and toddles over to watch. She abruptly butts in - "Look at what I can do, Master Markus!" she announces, arrogantly. She focuses, really hard, and finally a small mote of dancing lights - just one - emerges from her hands, swirling around Markus' head.

"Hah! Lookit that! Aren't I the best?" the tiny girl announces, cheekily. She stands expectantly awaiting praise.

Thomas rolls his eyes. "Nobody likes a show-off, Aeeeemmmaa." He grins rogueishly and pulls a marble out from his pocket - without a sound - without a sign- suddenly darkness emanates outwards from the marble, extinguishing Aema's dancing light.

Aema stamps her foot. "Hey! No fair! Stupid tiefling stuff doesn't count!"

Thomas just giggles, his red eyes glowing eerily in the darkness.


Male Dhampir (Moroi-Born) White Necromancer 7/Archmage 2 | hp 51/51 (healthy), AC 12, touch 10, ff 12, CMD 15 | Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +7, various bonuses | Init -1, Perception +2, low-light, darkvision (mythic power 7/7)

When Aema runs over and conjures her little light, Markus crows and smiles pleasantly. "Oooh, even I don't know that one." and although the darkness spell doesn't bother, him, he still looks chidingly at Thomas. "If you wouldn't dispel that for me - the others can't see at all."

Markus begins to mend the suit that he'd gotten from the Loumises then, slowly pulling the seams together as he twiddles his fingers at the holes. He takes off his cloak and vest to get better access to them. "I can only work on one spell at a time, what's say we all work on mending together? Can all of you find something broken? A shoelace, a table leg, your clothes - anything that's damaged."


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

"I think the Mandragora made me sick, too. For a second, I thought there was a howler crawling on my leg. It got better. But then I was just tired. It was kind of nice when it screamed, though. It hurt, but at least I couldn't hear the howling." Ary frowns, as she watches the others.

"If you need help with anything, I like being useful." she says a little above a mumble, as she waits for Li'an to examine everything and declare it Ary-proof.


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Detect Magic:
There is something magical in the chest that is covered with engraved runes under the altar!

Detect Poison:
There is something poisonous in the chest that is covered with engraved runes under the altar :(

The clockwork marilith toy is rather large - it weighs 10 lbs, but is exquisitely well-made.


Female elf l.sorc 11|wiz//Rel Hero/Archmage 4 THP 0 HP 104/104 | Init +7 Percpt +21 | AC 32/25/27 CMD 22 CMB +5 | Fort +8 Ref +11 Will +13 (see defenses) MP 0/11 Chn 6/8
Spells:
Sorc (CL 11; cn +21) 1st 8/8 2nd 8/8 3rd 5/8 4th 7/8 5th 4/5 6th 2/3
Skills:
Acro +12 Appr +14 Bluff +16 C(Jewel) +24 DDev +21 K(Hist|Arc,Pln,Dng|Loc|Any) +27/+22/+16/+12 Ling +13 S Motive +26 Splcrft +22 Stealth +19 UMD +22

Li'an looks at Ary, starting to get rather concerned about her well-being. "Ehren, is there anything you can do for her? She's really out of it."

"The statue seems alright, but there might be a trap on the chest as I sense something poisonous there."

She crouches down and examines the chest thoroughly, trying to get a feel for if there's a trap on it before she attempts to open it.

Perception(Trapfinding, Grazed): 1d20 + 8 - 1 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 8 - 1 + 1 = 26
Disable Device(Trapfinding, Grazed): 1d20 + 10 - 1 ⇒ (14) + 10 - 1 = 23


Male Oread (Kellid) Legendary Druid 11/Hierophant 4 | HP 97/137 | AC 24, T 23, FF 19 | Fort +8, Ref +6, Will +18 | CMD 27 | Resist Acid 10 | SR 13 (evil outsiders), 17 (demons) | Init +2 | Perception +22 | MP 1/11 | LP 2/2 | PM 8/11 | SP 10/10

"The curse is wearing down on her psyche... it's becoming harder and harder for her to resist it," Ehren says, recalling his own experience with it. He could still remember the howling, even though it no longer held him in its grip. "One of the potions we have might help her shake it off when it next recurs, though."


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The chest is not trapped, or locked. Li'an cracks it open, revealing five holy symbols of Iomedae stacked under a note that reads - "We don't need these anymore, but figured if you survived our little guardian, it would be just plain rude to leave behind an empty chest for your troubles!"

Underneath those are three longswords, and in the corner, a small decorative jewelry box made of mother of pearl, covered in gilded pictograms of angels. The box has been forcibly closed with a leather belt tied around it.

Li'an, DC 20 perception:
The holy symbols are coated thinly in something gooey but transparent.


Female Tiefling (Pitborn) Bard (Weapon Champion) 9/Champion/Trickster 3 | HP: 97/114 | AC: 25, Touch 18, Flat-Footed 19 | CMD: 26 | Fort: +10, Reflex +13, Will: +10 | Init: +6 | Perception: +16, Darkvision 60 ft. | Performance: 18/24, Shatter: 1/1, Lore Master: 1/1, Mythic Power: 6/9

Val leans over Li'an's shoulder and glances into the box. "Huh, interesting. You detect anything interesting in here?"

Perception (Wounded): 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (1) + 8 - 2 = 7


Female elf l.sorc 11|wiz//Rel Hero/Archmage 4 THP 0 HP 104/104 | Init +7 Percpt +21 | AC 32/25/27 CMD 22 CMB +5 | Fort +8 Ref +11 Will +13 (see defenses) MP 0/11 Chn 6/8
Spells:
Sorc (CL 11; cn +21) 1st 8/8 2nd 8/8 3rd 5/8 4th 7/8 5th 4/5 6th 2/3
Skills:
Acro +12 Appr +14 Bluff +16 C(Jewel) +24 DDev +21 K(Hist|Arc,Pln,Dng|Loc|Any) +27/+22/+16/+12 Ling +13 S Motive +26 Splcrft +22 Stealth +19 UMD +22

"No one touch these holy symbols, they've got something on them, and I'm certain there's something poisonous in here. I'm guessing that's it. I don't suppose any of you can identify a poison?"

Li'an gets up and walks over to Uziel, using Lleuad to tear off his shirt and bundle it up. She then folds the fabric several times and uses it to carefully remove the holy symbols from the chest, wrapping them all together in a bundle. Once she finishes wrapping them up, she sets the bundle on the counter and proceeds to begin removing the remaining items from the box, wiping a swatch of fabric over each item before picking them up to quickly check and see if there's any of the goo on them.

She sets the three longswords aside and then inspects the small gilded mother-of-pearl box closely before removing the leather belt and opening it.

Perception(Trapfinding,Grazed): 1d20 + 8 + 1 - 1 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 1 - 1 = 12


WotR Global Buffs/Debuffs: ----

The other stuff in the box does not have any of the strange goo on it.

Li'an opens the jewelry box, revealing a small statuette of an angel. It spins, and beautiful angelic harmonies singing in celestial play from the box for one minute before ceasing.

The allies gain the following effects while the music plays: A +2 resistance bonus against pain-related spells. A +1 competence bonus on a single attack roll, saving throw, or skill check of their choice. If the allies are under a sonic effect, they immediately are entitled to one new saving throw with a +5 untyped bonus. Opening the box is a standard action.

Ary should make another save ;P


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

Will: 1d20 + 3 + 2 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 3 + 2 - 2 = 14+5, +1? I think I'm good now.

"Oh... wow. That's nice. I think I like her better than the Maralith. I wonder who made that." Ary says quietly, watching the little angel sing. "And why. And why they left us something like that. That was nice of them."


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Thomas pouts, rolling the marble away from the group, watching the cloud of darkness follow it.

"Whatever. No one taught me how to do that, y'know," he grumbles, before flicking his wrist idly. The darkness vanishes. "But somehow no one is ever impressed."

At the thought of maybe learning a new spell though, the children perk up.

"Okay! So, a scavenger hunt!" Chiles grins.

Aema is already on her feet and dashing up the stairs. "I'm gonna find the most broken thing the fastest! You'll see!"

"No way!" Thomas dashes after her, with chubby Chiles soon after.

Fenna stays seated, watching Markus, fascinated. "You're really good with them, you know? Are you a professor at some different school?"


Female elf l.sorc 11|wiz//Rel Hero/Archmage 4 THP 0 HP 104/104 | Init +7 Percpt +21 | AC 32/25/27 CMD 22 CMB +5 | Fort +8 Ref +11 Will +13 (see defenses) MP 0/11 Chn 6/8
Spells:
Sorc (CL 11; cn +21) 1st 8/8 2nd 8/8 3rd 5/8 4th 7/8 5th 4/5 6th 2/3
Skills:
Acro +12 Appr +14 Bluff +16 C(Jewel) +24 DDev +21 K(Hist|Arc,Pln,Dng|Loc|Any) +27/+22/+16/+12 Ling +13 S Motive +26 Splcrft +22 Stealth +19 UMD +22

Li'an listens to the music, entranced by it. When it finishes she closes it and turns to Ary, handing it to here. "I'm guessing they stole it from somewhere. It is definitely very beautiful," she adds. "Would you like to carry it? Maybe it'll help chase away the sounds of the Howlers."


WotR Global Buffs/Debuffs: ----

Blood continues to pour down Ehren's face, unceasing.

Nonlethal damage on Ehren: 2d4 ⇒ (3, 1) = 4


Female Tiefling (Pitborn) Bard (Weapon Champion) 9/Champion/Trickster 3 | HP: 97/114 | AC: 25, Touch 18, Flat-Footed 19 | CMD: 26 | Fort: +10, Reflex +13, Will: +10 | Init: +6 | Perception: +16, Darkvision 60 ft. | Performance: 18/24, Shatter: 1/1, Lore Master: 1/1, Mythic Power: 6/9

"Maybe we should check Ehren, because he's starting to lose more blood than I did earlier. That's starting to look nasty."


Male Dhampir (Moroi-Born) White Necromancer 7/Archmage 2 | hp 51/51 (healthy), AC 12, touch 10, ff 12, CMD 15 | Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +7, various bonuses | Init -1, Perception +2, low-light, darkvision (mythic power 7/7)

"I've never been a professor before, though I was a student and live-in scholar in Caliphas for awhile." Markus answers. "Somehow...it's always easy for me to know what to say to people. And I know what it's like to be in a hellhole. I don't like to see children stuck in circumstances like this - anything I can do to make it easier is worth it."

Markus seems overly contemplative for a few moments before he brightens back up again and addresses Fenna. "What are you going to use to practice? You didn't go running off with the others."


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Male Oread (Kellid) Legendary Druid 11/Hierophant 4 | HP 97/137 | AC 24, T 23, FF 19 | Fort +8, Ref +6, Will +18 | CMD 27 | Resist Acid 10 | SR 13 (evil outsiders), 17 (demons) | Init +2 | Perception +22 | MP 1/11 | LP 2/2 | PM 8/11 | SP 10/10

Heal (grazed, Wisdom damage): 1d20 + 10 - 1 - 1 ⇒ (20) + 10 - 1 - 1 = 28

"Oh, right," Ehren remarks, looking down at the blood splatter on the front of his robes. The druid pinches his nose and slightly tips his head forward, something he had not had the luxury of doing in the heat of battle. He sniffs a few times, hoping the blood flow will clot.

Edit: Took out the old-school nosebleed treatment. :P


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Topaz Solutions

Ehren sniffs a few times, and the nosebleed stops.

If you want the longswords - let me know now or forever hold thine peace! They are 4 lbs each. Same goes for the holy symbols - there are five, and they are 1 lb each.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and there is the 10 lb marilith toy/statue :) It's pretty clunky but not so much it wouldnt fit in a backpack.

The box of the rapturous choir is 1 lb and I put it on Ary. If someone else wants to carry it around speak up.

Otherwise, once two are ready to move on, we will.


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Female elf l.sorc 11|wiz//Rel Hero/Archmage 4 THP 0 HP 104/104 | Init +7 Percpt +21 | AC 32/25/27 CMD 22 CMB +5 | Fort +8 Ref +11 Will +13 (see defenses) MP 0/11 Chn 6/8
Spells:
Sorc (CL 11; cn +21) 1st 8/8 2nd 8/8 3rd 5/8 4th 7/8 5th 4/5 6th 2/3
Skills:
Acro +12 Appr +14 Bluff +16 C(Jewel) +24 DDev +21 K(Hist|Arc,Pln,Dng|Loc|Any) +27/+22/+16/+12 Ling +13 S Motive +26 Splcrft +22 Stealth +19 UMD +22

"Though everything is quiet now, this basement still gives me the creeps," Li'an thinks as she looks around again. "Ary, do you want to try and salvage these holy symbols?" She points at the bundle of possibly poisoned symbols. "Or is there a proper way to dispose of them? I'm afraid I'm not terribly familiar with the Church of Iomedae's practices."

Truth be told, Li'an was feeling pretty tired at this point. The excitement of infiltrating and catching the two cultists unawares, and the insanity of what followed had gotten her blood pumping. Now in the quiet of the chamber, however, she felt the remaining energy she'd had drain away. She stifles a yawn and tells the others "I also think we should start heading back now, I'm not sure there's anything else left here, and I think there's a bath and a bed with all our names on it back at Horgus's."

Li'an's not grabbing anything. I imagine what we haul back depends on what our packmule fearless follower of Iomedae wants to haul ;)


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

"If there's some way to unpoison them... we should take them. Holy symbols aren't always terribly useful, and are really common... but right now..." she motions around, "There're bound to be clerics in need. But how do we get the poison off? How do we even know what kind it is?" Ary asks as she picks up the Marilith and turns it around and over in her hands. "I'm glad I left my backpack at Horgus's. This would be really heavy otherwise." she says as she tucks it under her shoulder. "Maybe we can just find a sack and drop the symbols in? Poisons don't last long in the open air, do they?"

Ary will take everything that is feasible. :P As always.


WotR Global Buffs/Debuffs: ----

Ary - I currently have you at 103 lbs/116 lbs for what you can carry before incurring penalties (WITH the backpack)

So do you still want the 20 lbs of swords and 5 lbs of symbols?

Right now you're fatigued so you are medium encumbrance until that goes away regardless.

Unfortunately, no one in the group has much experience with alchemy, so they cannot identify the poison.


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Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

Ary's backpack is still at the foot of Horgus's stairs. When they headed out, she told Hrut and Markus that it was there if they needed something from it. :) So she's good to carry things back if she has a sack or something. :)

Right now, she has sword, shield, chain shirt, belt pouch, waterskin and restoration potion. She even left the scale in her bag cause I didn't think to move it.


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Alright, put the five longswords on Ary. (I figure she can mcguyver her way into carrying them all with straps and cords even if she would look a bit silly (or possibly extremely fierce and covered in pointy objects, a matter of perspective I suppose)-but either way I'm not picky about the number of straps/cords/sheathes you carry)

But I do want to know exactly how you intend to carry the poisoned holy symbols.


Female elf l.sorc 11|wiz//Rel Hero/Archmage 4 THP 0 HP 104/104 | Init +7 Percpt +21 | AC 32/25/27 CMD 22 CMB +5 | Fort +8 Ref +11 Will +13 (see defenses) MP 0/11 Chn 6/8
Spells:
Sorc (CL 11; cn +21) 1st 8/8 2nd 8/8 3rd 5/8 4th 7/8 5th 4/5 6th 2/3
Skills:
Acro +12 Appr +14 Bluff +16 C(Jewel) +24 DDev +21 K(Hist|Arc,Pln,Dng|Loc|Any) +27/+22/+16/+12 Ling +13 S Motive +26 Splcrft +22 Stealth +19 UMD +22

Li'an bundled them up in the remenants of Uziel's shirt. If we're taking them with us, she'll wrap it again in Hosilla's shirt just for good measure. We can always get a barrel and soak them in water for a while if they're metal holy symbols to try and wash them off.


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

Perception:Aid: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 6 - 2 = 15

Ary looks over to the others, "Let's go upstairs first and look around... maybe there's a sack or a backpack or something. Maybe there's another antitoxin... do those work if we just pour them on something?" she then unceremoniously moves back upstairs and begins moving things around and out of the way for the others to look; it had already been looted, but it very likely hadn't been tossed.

Once that is done, Ary will try to see if she can gain anything from the Mandragora with Survival (or better, help Ehren to do so). It's a planty thing, after all. But first thing's first.


WotR Global Buffs/Debuffs: ----

Gwerm Manor

Fenna thinks about it for a moment, then fishes out a pair of spellbooks. One is in decent shape and travel-sized, the other one is full-sized, old, and looks like its been through hell and back.

"This spellbook right here is mine. This other one I found back at Blackwing. It's pretty beat up and most of the pages are missing, and on top of that I can't decipher it! I tried. But I did manage to salvage this page..." she pulls out a page, and lines it up to where it went inside of the book at one point. It bears an intricate, runic circle written in red ink. "Do you think you could mend it?"

Read the spellbook?:
Markus skims through the pages and finds the spells alarm, dismissal, dispel magic, resist energy , and versatile weapon. Fenna's missing page contains magic circle against chaos.

In addition, tucked between the pages is a scroll.

Read the scroll? DC 23 spellcraft.:
It is a scroll of dimensional lock.


WotR Global Buffs/Debuffs: ----

Ary finds that the mandragora is oozing a thick, black, sap-like ichor all over the place.

DC 20 k. nature:
Mandragora are made when a mandrake root sucks up demonic blood and mutates into a mandragora. The ichor is pure demonic essence. It is highly poisonous, but can be used to augment a scrying spell, making the scryed victim more susceptible to being scryed upon.

Ary then rummages around the upstairs of the shop. It seems pretty barren - the mercenary crusader band was thorough, and even then, the original cultist owner of the shop likely took the very best items from the shop before leaving.


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

K(Nature):Aid Ehren: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

"Do you think the gooey stuff will make a good poison, Rocky? I mean... the creature was kinda nasty." Ary says, shaking her head. "There's gotta be something worth keeping."


WotR Global Buffs/Debuffs: ----

Ehren's caveight wears off while the heroes recover, rummage the shop, and investigate the gross mandragora corpse.


Male Oread (Kellid) Legendary Druid 11/Hierophant 4 | HP 97/137 | AC 24, T 23, FF 19 | Fort +8, Ref +6, Will +18 | CMD 27 | Resist Acid 10 | SR 13 (evil outsiders), 17 (demons) | Init +2 | Perception +22 | MP 1/11 | LP 2/2 | PM 8/11 | SP 10/10

Knowledge (nature): 1d20 + 7 - 1 ⇒ (6) + 7 - 1 = 12

"I don't know," Ehren replies, looking at the dead creature with just a hint of disgust, "But I would... rather we avoid touching it if we could."


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

"Then I'll just collect a small bit in a cure potion vial. Probably not worth anything but people-stabbing... but it's as useful as the snake venom, maybe. And Avi might know something about poisons. I dunno."

Ary calmly and carefully puts the mandragora blood in a vial, scooping it in.

Risk of contact: 1d20 ⇒ 6 No botch!

"Okay... swords. Blood. Pretty Angel. Giant snakelady." Ary says as she counts out what she's grabbed. "Fen'wen has the holy symbols. We should get Hosilla and Uziel out of the sludge. It'll ruin their bodies if we need them later. Not gonna carry them home, though. Too tired. Did I forget anything?"


Female elf l.sorc 11|wiz//Rel Hero/Archmage 4 THP 0 HP 104/104 | Init +7 Percpt +21 | AC 32/25/27 CMD 22 CMB +5 | Fort +8 Ref +11 Will +13 (see defenses) MP 0/11 Chn 6/8
Spells:
Sorc (CL 11; cn +21) 1st 8/8 2nd 8/8 3rd 5/8 4th 7/8 5th 4/5 6th 2/3
Skills:
Acro +12 Appr +14 Bluff +16 C(Jewel) +24 DDev +21 K(Hist|Arc,Pln,Dng|Loc|Any) +27/+22/+16/+12 Ling +13 S Motive +26 Splcrft +22 Stealth +19 UMD +22

Ok, on the walk home we're totally making Ary hold two people's hands. That way she won't be able to get into trouble :p

"Ary, you really shouldn't be trying to do that now," she says, looking alarmed as Ary begins messing with the mandragora's blood. "Just leave it, we don't need poison that badly, and we're barely hanging together as it is without you getting poisoned."

"Need them later?" Li'an looked at Ary completely confused. "Is there some reason we might need them later?"


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

"We were gonna use them to identify people. Even in death we can find known associates." Ary remarks, stopping the vial. Assuming that works. It may yet be worthless as she didn't prepare it properly or something. :p

"Here. I'll make myself better." She says as she reaches down and takes out the other vial in her pouch and takes a sip, before drinking it down. She winces slightly. "Is that persimmon?" She asks, smacking her lips.

Restoration: 1d4 ⇒ 3 Sorry Kioralady! Wisdom -2! Still weird, but mostly Ary-like.

After a moment, as the potion begins to set in, removing her tiredness, and clearing her mind, her cheeks start to turn pink as she starts to remember some of the things she said and asked about. She looks down to the Marilith toy she's cradling in one arm and sighs. "Dammit. Now you know why I don't drink, Fen'wen."


Female Tiefling (Pitborn) Bard (Weapon Champion) 9/Champion/Trickster 3 | HP: 97/114 | AC: 25, Touch 18, Flat-Footed 19 | CMD: 26 | Fort: +10, Reflex +13, Will: +10 | Init: +6 | Perception: +16, Darkvision 60 ft. | Performance: 18/24, Shatter: 1/1, Lore Master: 1/1, Mythic Power: 6/9

"Admittedly, you are kind of funny when you're a little off."


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

"I'm -always- funny." Ary corrects. "Anything else in the box?" She asks, swapping back to business, but then tacks on, "Wonder what it'd be like to have two moms. Extra cookies and tons of story time, I'd think."


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Male Oread (Kellid) Legendary Druid 11/Hierophant 4 | HP 97/137 | AC 24, T 23, FF 19 | Fort +8, Ref +6, Will +18 | CMD 27 | Resist Acid 10 | SR 13 (evil outsiders), 17 (demons) | Init +2 | Perception +22 | MP 1/11 | LP 2/2 | PM 8/11 | SP 10/10

Seeing Ary drink a lesser restoration potion reminds Ehren that his own mind could use some mending. His hands still trembling as though he had eaten a hundred candied apples, he retrieves the potion from his belt pouch and drinks it.

Cure Wisdom: 1d4 ⇒ 1

"Once we have everything we need, we should get going," he says as he conjures some water and splashes it over his face. He really needed a bath.

Back to -1 Wisdom damage - a good night's morning's rest should take that edge off.


Male Dhampir (Moroi-Born) White Necromancer 7/Archmage 2 | hp 51/51 (healthy), AC 12, touch 10, ff 12, CMD 15 | Fort +3, Ref +2, Will +7, various bonuses | Init -1, Perception +2, low-light, darkvision (mythic power 7/7)
GM Kiora wrote:

Gwerm Manor

Fenna thinks about it for a moment, then fishes out a pair of spellbooks. One is in decent shape and travel-sized, the other one is full-sized, old, and looks like its been through hell and back.

"This spellbook right here is mine. This other one I found back at Blackwing. It's pretty beat up and most of the pages are missing, and on top of that I can't decipher it! I tried. But I did manage to salvage this page..." she pulls out a page, and lines it up to where it went inside of the book at one point. It bears an intricate, runic circle written in red ink. "Do you think you could mend it?"

** spoiler omitted **

** spoiler omitted **

Markus skims through the book and takes the missing page, holding it up. "Hm. Whomever had this was a pretty strong wizard - it was good of you to recover it." He holds up the missing page, and he flips through until he finds the ragged edge of the end of the page. "Hm.... I think I might be able to. But... I want to see you try." He hands the book (turned to the correct page) and the ripped-out page back to Fenna.

Spellcraft (DC 23): 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12


Living Steel DR 4/Evil Female InE 1 / SYF 1 / SP 1 / SCB 1 Valiant Keeper Half-Elven Ran 8/War 2/Fig 10 (VMC) HP (153/153)
Stats:
AC/Touch/Flat/CMD 32/15/25/30 | Fort/Ref/Will +13/12/12 | Init +05
MP 06/11 LP 3/3 AM 3/3 SP 12/12 CS 12/12 M 0/6
Skills:
+21: Acrobatics +22: K(Pl) +18: Athletics +17: Perception +15: P(Soldier); +14: K(Du, Na, Re), A(Poetry), Survival; +12: Diplo +8: Stealth; +7: Spellcraft, Ride; +6: Heal; +5: L(Drezen); +3 Ling; +2: K(No, Lo, Ar)

Also ready to go, unless we missed something obvious. I was sleepeh last night, so if there's more than 'symbols, box, swords, mandragora, maralith', I don't remember it out of character.

"Ehren... just to double check, are there any more demonic energies around here?" Ary asks as she starts to head back for the stairs.


Female elf l.sorc 11|wiz//Rel Hero/Archmage 4 THP 0 HP 104/104 | Init +7 Percpt +21 | AC 32/25/27 CMD 22 CMB +5 | Fort +8 Ref +11 Will +13 (see defenses) MP 0/11 Chn 6/8
Spells:
Sorc (CL 11; cn +21) 1st 8/8 2nd 8/8 3rd 5/8 4th 7/8 5th 4/5 6th 2/3
Skills:
Acro +12 Appr +14 Bluff +16 C(Jewel) +24 DDev +21 K(Hist|Arc,Pln,Dng|Loc|Any) +27/+22/+16/+12 Ling +13 S Motive +26 Splcrft +22 Stealth +19 UMD +22

I don't think there was anything else. If it's obvious and we missed it at this point, we just weren't meant to see it ;)

Li'an uses a strip of cloth to lash the bundle of holy symbols to her belt alongside her belt pouch. "We should get moving, Markus and Hrut, and the others will probably be worrying about us by now." She walks to the stairs up and heads up quietly, keeping her eyes peeled as she goes just in case anyone else has come to visit the building.

Perception(Grazed): 1d20 + 8 - 1 ⇒ (16) + 8 - 1 = 23
Stealth(Grazed): 1d20 + 9 - 1 ⇒ (19) + 9 - 1 = 27

She cautiously peeks out into the room upstairs, hugging the wall until she's sure no one is around, then begins to check out each window through the shutters.


Stats:
HP 45/45, AC (22)20/11/21, Fort +6, Ref +3, Will +5(+2 and/or +2), Perception +8, Wound Treshold 0
Skills:
Bluff +4, Climb +8(+3/+1), Diplomacy +6, Handle Animal +4, Intimidate +6, Knowledge (history) +8, Knowledge (martial) +8, Knowledge (nobility) +8, Perception +8, Sense Motive +8, Survival +6, Swim +8(+3/+1)

Hrut finishes his bath, then washes his clothes and armor quickly,

I will have to do a better job in the morning on this stuff, but for now it will suffice.

Getting dressed he heads down stairs to the magic school taking place.

"Working on spells and such? What kind of tricks have you kids learned?"

Walking over to Markus,

"Have you heard anything from the others?" In hushed tones between lessons, to not worry the children.


Female Tiefling (Pitborn) Bard (Weapon Champion) 9/Champion/Trickster 3 | HP: 97/114 | AC: 25, Touch 18, Flat-Footed 19 | CMD: 26 | Fort: +10, Reflex +13, Will: +10 | Init: +6 | Perception: +16, Darkvision 60 ft. | Performance: 18/24, Shatter: 1/1, Lore Master: 1/1, Mythic Power: 6/9

Val nods slowly, feeling thoroughly worn out after their day. "Yeah. Let's not leave them home alone any longer. I think we could all use warm beds and rest at this point." She follows closely behind Li'an, keeping her eyes peeled just in case.

Perception (Wounded): 1d20 + 8 - 2 ⇒ (20) + 8 - 2 = 26
Stealth (Wounded): 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (14) + 6 - 2 = 18


WotR Global Buffs/Debuffs: ----

At the manor...

Fenna sighs. "Okay. I'll try."

Aema looks up at Hrut as he arrives down the stairs, fresh and clean. "Master Markus is teaching us how to mend stuff. But I know all kinds of tricks. Look!" Aema stands up and toddles over to Hrut, placing her little hand on his four-mirror armor. She scrunches up her face in concentration - then - finally, color and light emanate from her hand and across his armor, until it is entirely a violent shade of hot pink.

"Haha! Prestidigitation! Now you look so pretty, Mr. Hrut!" Aema giggles. (Though, behind her back, Thomas and Chiles retch - Ugh, pink!)

At Topaz Solutions...

Ary manages to scoop up some of the gross mandragora ichor into a bottle without getting any of it on her hands. After a little more rest and discussion, the four heroes decide to get moving from Topaz Solutions back to Gwerm Manor. When they emerge from the alchemist's shop, they find that in the time they had spent in the basement, the sun had gone down. It is a cloudy night, but a few stars still wink at them from between the clouds.

The walk back to Gwerm manor is long and uneventful. The four keep to the shadows, moving from ruined building to ruined building under starlight. The streets are relatively empty, except for corpses, vermin, and buzzards. It's as if Kenabres has been reduced to a mere ghost town.

They arrive back at the manor - Anevia waves at them enthusiastically from the watchtower. "Oh man, I'm so happy to see you guys!" she peers at them. "No luck in catching Hosilla, eh?"

The heroes open the door using Gwerm's password, and find the children clustered around Markus with various broken bits and baubles trying to mend them. Hrut is there also, in his hot fuschia armor, while Aema rides piggy back upon him. (She had figured out mending ages before the other children even made headway, and after rudely mending some of the other children's broken things before they got a chance, started distracting herself by helping to braid Hrut's long hair.)

"I... think I got it!" Fenna says at last, beads of sweat on her brow. Slowly, the page starts to mend itself into the binding, becoming whole and new.

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