In a flurry of attacks, the party manages to take down the remaining elemental.
Out of Combat
The elementals carried Huge +1 elven curve blades and wore Huge +1 mithral chains shirts.
Having dealt with the elementals, the party is able to work at opening the huge gates. Luckily, Valsog assists the party, standing at the edge of town and hurling boulders. As the gates crash open, the giant nods and lumbers back into town.
Moving into the courtyard, you can see that it also serves as a training ground, though it is currently empty.
Moving toward the hold, the party opens another set of huge brass doors and enter a hall. This room acts as a receiving room for any particular guests that have business in Fury’s Hold. Two large solid bronze columns flank a set of brass double doors set into the northern wall, and short hallways extend to the east and west. The wall hangings and artwork in this chamber are particularly elaborate so as to impress upon visitor’s Tygora’s wealth and power.
Moving to the eastern door, Roary opens it and finds what appears to be a bathing room. A deep bath with stepped sides and filled with steaming water occupies nearly half of this room. The bath’s contents are heavily salted with rare minerals mined from volcanoes and other fiery sites, and the composition is particularly soothing to outsiders with the fire subtype or other ties to the Plane of Fire. A small fountain nearby contains cool, clean water, and the single counter holds dozens of salts, oils, and perfumes.
Male Aasimar angel blooded Oracle (Battle) 10 | HP 79/79 AC 25(28 with magic) T 13 FF 24(27) | F +8 R +7 W +11 | Init +3(roll 2 dice and pick the best, always act in surprise round but last if failed perception) Perc +13| Darkvision | +1 to Saves from venom and diseases
Assuming the battle in the palace will not last long, Artian cast another spell to prepare himself for the battle (shield of faith)
Ok Roary,but we should go at least in pairs, just in case we find more elementals or any soldier.
I´ll go to check the sothwest room who comes with me?
Artian opens the next door, revealing a kitchen. Countertops line all of the walls of this room except in the southwest corner, where a large iron oven stands. The room is currently empty but for the foodstuffs that are arrayed across the counters as if abandoned partway through preparation.
Should we search the rooms as well or are they empty empty?
"We might as well go in through the front door next, together."
Aviendha casts a few spells right before the team will open the front door of the main hall.
Casting aid, Bulls strength and Iron skin (+4 nac), sharing those with her animal companion so both have the buffs for 2.5 minutes. temp hp:1d8 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Male Aasimar angel blooded Oracle (Battle) 10 | HP 79/79 AC 25(28 with magic) T 13 FF 24(27) | F +8 R +7 W +11 | Init +3(roll 2 dice and pick the best, always act in surprise round but last if failed perception) Perc +13| Darkvision | +1 to Saves from venom and diseases
Artian follows Roary with his nodachi in hand, just in case
Roary opens the large double doors to reveal the throne room. Bronze walls sweep to the east and west, framing a magnificent throne room decorated with metallic mosaics that seem to shimmer and glow with their own incandescence. The throne itself is a large chiseled mass of obsidian, and it rests upon a solid brass dais shaped like a fiery sun.
Within, stands the efreeti queen, another ifrit warrior, a small fire wreathered creature. The three captured Pathfinders and a captured oread lay bound on the floor. "Greeting foreigners, I am Queen Tygora. I knew you would seek an audience with me soon or later." The queen says, then holds up a hand for you to halt. "I wouldn't come any closer." She says, motioning to the bound prisoners. "You have made quite a stir in town." She says. "Before this turns nasty, might I propose a....nonviolent resolution to this situation?"
Sense Motive DC 15:
You notice one of the Pathfinder agents making the secret signal for "trap" and motioning to the floor below him. You also notice Tygora's eyes following yours and glancing toward the agent.
"That depends entirely on you Tygora. You have taxed this village and the nonviolent Oread for your own private army. The only way this could lead to a nonviolent resolution would be to release the prisoners without harm and withdraw from this country after giving back what you took. And if you make as much as a wrong move towards that pathfinder, I will fly over that trap you placed in front of us on the floor and pin you to your throne!" Aviendha says with a commanding voice.
Started diplomatic but turned intimidating. Wow, just wow. Why didn't I charge, ah yes, I'm good, darn :P. 3d8+45 would have killed most of the things here :d
HP 173(213)| DR 7/- | AC 22 | T 14 | FF 18 | CMD 33 | Fort +22 | Ref +16 | Will +13 | Init +5 | Perc +19
Situational Buffs:
+9 saves vs Spells/Sla's while Raging, +4 damage vs Spellcasters
SM:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20Wasted charging crit..
Roary gets the jist of the situation and readies a charge to knock the pathfinders out of the traps way if he can.. He awaits a response before acting.
Male Aasimar angel blooded Oracle (Battle) 10 | HP 79/79 AC 25(28 with magic) T 13 FF 24(27) | F +8 R +7 W +11 | Init +3(roll 2 dice and pick the best, always act in surprise round but last if failed perception) Perc +13| Darkvision | +1 to Saves from venom and diseases
Sense motive:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 4 = 19
Nonviolent is good. Especially when there´s a revolt against your cruel reing at your doors. And you have no many people now to protect you, we had been taking care of your defenses as we came here have an "audience", if you want name this way the situation.
But you have a way to go out of here alive. You can surrender, release the prisioners and face a jury. We can even make a treat like Aviendha suggested.
Or you can activate the not-so-hidden trap you had there, and force us to act violently to save our fellow Pathfinders.
Tygora scoffs at Aviendha. "Dear, you are in my kingdom. I don't think you know who or what you are dealing with. Alas, it appears I may be wasting my words on one such as you." Looking around, she asks. "Anyone else care to talk, or all you all brutes such as that woman?"
Sense Motive DC 25:
You get the feeling Tygora has no objection to destroying the party if she can catch you in a moment of weakness, and honoring the proposed bargain is something she is only willing to do if she feels it is strongly to her advantage.
Staring at the party, Tygora shrugs. "I guess we're doing this the hard way.....get them!" As she yells, the small creature morphs into what looks like a two-legged dragon!
@Darro: How are you getting four arrows off? My reckoning would be three, two at highest BAB, and one iterative? Also, your showing a +12, so with Rapid and DA, would it be a +8 to hit with the first two, then +3 to hit on the iterative?
Darro fires some arrows at the dragon! He hits it a couple(?) times!
The dragon roars, then breathes a tiny bead of flame that floats toward the party, then explodes into a fireball, encompassing everyone!
Fire Damage:5d6 ⇒ (3, 6, 1, 6, 6) = 22DC 16 Reflex for half.
Male Aasimar angel blooded Oracle (Battle) 10 | HP 79/79 AC 25(28 with magic) T 13 FF 24(27) | F +8 R +7 W +11 | Init +3(roll 2 dice and pick the best, always act in surprise round but last if failed perception) Perc +13| Darkvision | +1 to Saves from venom and diseases
bad day at work. I´ll post in few minutes
Reflex save:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23
Seeing how Roary can take care of a dragon by herself, Artian focus his efforts in saving the trapped pathfinders. He cast levitate in the pathfinder who had tald them about the trap and moves him 30 ft over to avoid the trap.
I hope it´s possible, if not Artian will pick a scroll of invisibility purge and move foward to be sure he can affect Tygora in the next round
reflex Aviendha:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13 reflex Havok:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24
The fire burns Aviendha a little but Havok manages to jump straight out of the way avoiding any burns (evasion).
Aviendha uses a quick prayer to grant both her and Havok increased divine favor and they slash and claw at the Ifrit right in front of them with their weapons.
Male Aasimar angel blooded Oracle (Battle) 10 | HP 79/79 AC 25(28 with magic) T 13 FF 24(27) | F +8 R +7 W +11 | Init +3(roll 2 dice and pick the best, always act in surprise round but last if failed perception) Perc +13| Darkvision | +1 to Saves from venom and diseases
Artian will Also face the flames to go toward Tygora. Then, he uses his magic to cure himself from the burns.
Male Aasimar angel blooded Oracle (Battle) 10 | HP 79/79 AC 25(28 with magic) T 13 FF 24(27) | F +8 R +7 W +11 | Init +3(roll 2 dice and pick the best, always act in surprise round but last if failed perception) Perc +13| Darkvision | +1 to Saves from venom and diseases
Seeing the Tygore is focused in killim them, instead the prisioners, and how she had put herself in a clear path for a charge, Artian decides to go for one big hit. Also I want to try his new toy
