Ciro takes his shot aiming at the man casting a spell. Moving to take better aim.
The man starts to wave and cast...and thanks to the closeness of the bard to Ciro, his arrow flies true and drops the caster, leaving the kids to run thanks to Kennald and ending the threat to the next generation of Pathfinders.
The kids rush off to their rooms and come back to give the Pathfinders supplies to help them because they are so clearly impressed by the entire situation and how quickly and easily it was handled.
Ciro peels off his studded leather armor and takes the Chain shirt putting it on. He puts the studded leather away .
Ah their we go, that's a bit better
The rest of the building is devoid of any malcontents.
Which area would you like to go to now? Or stay where you are in this 'quadrant'?
Ciro follows the others bow in hand
As the group comes out, Ambris comes running up.
"Great job, Young Pathfinders!" He looks at all the students who have survived. "Great job, indeed! That said, keep that drive and keep clearing out problems!"
As the group moves about, they come across a nice crossroads and huge bugs from the menagerie burst out of the ground.
Bjarke is up
The bug falls at Bjarke's feet, which leaves him wide opened for the rest of the bugs.
The bugs swarm all over the barbarian and two of them manage to cut him for vicious little wounds, thankfully his defenses are enough to keep one from cutting his Achilles tendon...instead leaving him with a gash on his calf.
EVERYONE IS UP!
Ciro and Scarlet move into position, Scarlet Guarding Ciro while he shoots aiming at the bug straight ahead
Unfortunately due to the movement of Bjarke in melee with the creature, the carapace deflects the arrow off.
Sago manages to weave his spear past Bjarke just as Dagki runs up and throws an axe...which skips off the bug's carapace. Kennald catches his bug by surprise and has a bug-kabob.
Bjarke is up
The creatures are all within range to attack, so they stand and do so. Pink, having missed previously decides to try a nibble of Sago instead.
But the poor creatures do little besides leaving themselves opened to assault.
Party up! FINISH THEM!
moves and Aims at blue outlined beetle
The group quickly cleans up the rest of the bugs and has their options of which way to go!
Coming upon a squat stone building, a group of Pathfinders seem to be guarding it.
Upon seeing the younger group of Pathfinders, a female agent speaks up, "Greetings! I'm Dara Immlin," says the breathtaking woman. She actually seems almost divine in her beauty. She has to be be one of those aasimar that people go on about...
"You lot still look a bit wet behind the ears...perhaps you should stand guard here so we can take off to deal with larger threats, yes?" While the group does look more experienced...they don't look much more.
Smiling brightly she seems to give you Sago the sweetest look ever. "That would be great!"
"Heck if I know! But we want to get into the fight now, too!" she looks eager, but as you take note of her gear...she, nor do any of her companions look like they are battle types.
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Kennald looks over each group with a merchants appraising eye.
"You know guys, while running around stomping these invaders is exciting ... keeping this building secure is really important. Looking at your group I'd expect that you are much better suited for defending a structure than ours would be. I'd hate to have us take over, and then find out that we can't defend this place nearly as well as you guys can!"
Kennald leans in and speaks in a lower tone.
"Besides, I don't think that I can keep a couple of these guys here for more than 5 minutes of waiting... Not the most reliable from a defensive strategists mindset. Willing to charge overwhelming odds, sure. Wait for the enemy to come to you? Not so much. Looks like the Venture Captain who tasked you here knew what they were doing. I'm sorry it's quiet, but I'm sure those inside are much happier with you out here than us."
Dara sighs and holds up her hand to her companions.
"Dang it, you are right, it is just boring to be guarding something that seems so...worthless. Has to be something here or we wouldn't have been tasked with guarding it, though. Right?"
Ciro shakes his head following the muscular barbarian northwest with a sigh
The outside of this large keep was designed with Azlanti architecture in mind. Two wings extend from the center structure, with a domed tower at the end of the east wing a smaller patinated bronze dome over the center hall. Starhall serves as an observatory, library, and museum for otherworldly and extraplanar objects and lore. Inside the main entrance is a library with several display cases of objects recovered from Numeria, as well as a curator’s desk and a staircase to the eastern tower.
The main door is slightly ajar, indicating that someone is within and did not take care to close the door behind.
Listening at the door to the windowless room simply sounds like someone is rummaging through a library.
Spread throughout the room are four creatures that almost look like humanoid owls, each with their hands full of charts or scrolls or books, but as soon as the door is pushed opened fully, they all take a defensive posture and put a free hand on a staff propped next to them.
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A dull hum emanates from Skyreach as the ground trembles, trees sway, and glass shatters. A moment later, most of Skyreach’s northwest tower tears free from the keep; however, rather than crash to the ground, a visible aura holds the structure aloft and causes it to float above the Grand Lodge. Even the shower of stone blocks floats, swirling around the airborne tower in a nimbus of speeding debris.