Hemket blows the two closests ones into pieces while the two at the back drop off the platform into the lava where you lose sight of them..
Rest of the group is up, but you have no targets atm..
"Well I for one am not going in after them. "
hearing about the swallow whole ability, Hadjii will fly to 30' above Canaan, and use Faith's Reach to cast his prepared Freedom of Movement on the fighter...
Ama will go invisible
Assuming everyone holds their positions until the two remaining things show up..
Moments later they pop up and attack! One bites at Findlay and one bites at Can.. With Hemket and Amarantha invisible you are the only targets..
hit
miss
grappled in it's jaws Findlay..
Rest group is back up!
Findlay still has a couple of Mythic Points left -- so, of course, just before getting hit he'll use his reaction (and use a Mythic Point) to do the Mirror Dodge thing again; unfortunately, the only place he can go is between the two goons!
when his turn comes around, he'll use a 2nd-level spell slot to cast his prepared Invisibility on himself, and hope they don't have scent...
Hemket will open on the swallower first.
eadly aim, rapid for 2 extra, clustered shot, hero's feast
In case Hemket didn't tidy up Canaan will engage his malefactor.
power attack, hero's feast, beacon of hope, adamantine
Hemket and Can easily dispatch the guardians.. Out of combat.
Where to?
Try west.
yeah, west
Moving west you see..
"A square pool of fuming lava lies directly west of this chamber’s only entrance, and a recumbent jackal is painted in shades of blue on the floor near the western wall. Painted on the floor in the north and south areas of the chamber are images of large, extended hands holding workers. Black stone statues of jackal-headed humanoids stand at attention against the walls, holding staves topped with cobra heads. At the foot of each statue lies an emaciated human clad in only a loincloth and head cloth. Burns and marks from a whip’s lash scar their abused flesh. Each person’s left ankle is caught in a manacle whose chain is secured around the statue’s waist like a belt."
A few of you recognize the jackal's as a reference to Anubis, God of the Dead. At a distance it appears the shackled slaves may still be alive.
Move in?
Hemket, who should still be invisible for a short time moves in for a closer look.
Hemket determines that there is a fake wall on the west side. Nothing else happens unless you speak or make your prescence known.
On yall
The usual canary in the coal mine will move up and get the ball rolling.
Canaan moves up and asks.
[b]"Ok, what's going on in here!"[/]
Hadjii peers in, looking past the three invisible folks in the corridor, and readies to cast one of his prepared Greater Dispel Magic spells -- in case he sees some bad magic befall the fighter...
so the others are less likely to bump him as he wanders down the corridor, Findlay will think out to the others:
"I'm entering the corridor"
()
as he passes by Hadjii, he'll beckon the big elemental down from the ceiling for a moment, and use a 2nd-level spell slot to cast on him:
"Join the club!"
As Can moves in the closest slave opens his eyes and says "Water!" in a barely audible voice..
"Shouldn't your overseer tend to your needs?"
"Where is he anyway? I see a lack of organization here. It is deplorable. "
The only reply is "Water".. Afer a few moments more of the slaves start to rouse asking for the children, to be set free, or even put out of their misery..
It's starting to get loud in the room with all 26 begging for help..
Hadjii notices a faint translucent shimmering around the slaves..
"Keep down all the clamor or there will be lashes. I don't work here and don't tend you lot. Where is your overseer?"
There is no response but continuence of requests and it's getting louder..
via the Telepathic Bond:
”I believe these slaves are illusory, Canaan...everybody should disbelieve this trickery!”
Canaan will try to disbelieve.
over the mind-link:
"Ah -- good catch, Hadjii! Technically, these are called figments. Note that the noise may be increasing in order to impede spellcasting...once you realize the noise is also a glamer, I believe it will sound tinny, and offer no distraction..."
The group attempts to disbelieve the slaves but finds that they are indeed real. Amarantha however believes this may be some sort of Haunt..
Which brings me to said Haunt. The cries of the slaves become a maddening cacophony in room. Everyone needs to make a Will save, DC 23. If you pass you may make a Religion or Int check.
Yall think that instead of holy energy that normally destroys Haunts, this one requires that you realease captives from their shackles to destroy it. You are also fairly certain that if you stay in the room more saves will be needed.
Just as a reminder hemket noticed a false wall on the west side of the room. It has to be breached however.
Hadjii has a <Ring of the Ram> that he has never used -- he might as well burn 30 charges to try and smash the wall:
takes 24 charges to bash the wall down..
The voices have ceased by this time, who's going to check it out?
Hemket will sneak over there to see what lies behind the remains of the wall.
In there you find a nice sarcophagus of some evil baddie thats not important. There's some gold, some nice clothes worth 10k and a staff thats magical..
Staff of the Hooded Cobra - Carved from a single piece of darkwood and topped by the head of a hooded cobra, this staff functions as a +3 defending darkwood quarterstaff. Additionally, once per day when the wielder hits a creature with the staff, she can cause the carved cobra head to bite her target. The attack deals an additional 1d6 points of damage and injects the target with a virulent poison (injury; save Fort DC 20; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 1d2 Str and 1d2 Con damage; cure 2 consecutive saves).
It's worth 43k..
No threats?
Check for any secret stuff.
when the wall finally comes down, Hadjii blows on the ring...
no slaves eagerly waiting to be freed? how do we fix the haunt?
That was the secret stuff.. No threats. Where too? Unless you wanna hang with the slaves a bit more.
The Haunt is fixed by freeing all of them, but it requires disable device on each one while the wailing goes on.
We'll go back to the central area then south. Might as well be methodical.
To the south there is a big ass furnace that radiates rediculous heat. Not really much else to see.
Moving to the east you come to a room..
Painted on the floor of this circular chamber is a stylized sun, with rays extending from the solar disk’s edges and creeping up the room’s walls. Tiny flecks of metallic material are embedded in the floor’s stone.
Hemket's trapdar goes off as he approaches the room.
Close inspection to see what the problem is:
Then remove it:
Was gonna be a nifty sunburst in your face, but now it is disabled.. the next room has another one..