Zadim moves around the guard's reach to threaten Folloch. "Is this all about petty theft, false priest?"
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"Everything is done to further the glory of Razmir!" the priests shouts back at Zadim while checking his moves warily.
The enthralled guards advances on Valeros and swings at him
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but hiss clumsy attack goes wide by a large margin.
Round 01 - Bold may post
Kyra
Valeros
Enthralled Guard
Zadim
Seelah
Folloch
Seelah advances around the guard. Folloch, if you had the slightest conviction in the righteousness of your cause, you would not need to enthrall them so. I offer you one chance to prove yourself.
She unsheathes her blade. Stand against me if you dare.
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Folloch, looking positively terrified, steps away from Seelah and starts whispering something at the Paladin:"We are all friends here! Why do you want to hurt me? Please, good woman, defend me from these brutes!"
Round 02 - Bold may post
Kyra
Valeros
Enthralled Guard
Zadim
Seelah
Folloch
A true warrior's will is not so easily broken!
Kyra moves forward, scimitar in hand, to confront the false priest.
"You're magic can only be as strong as your faith." She says, as she takes a swipe at the man, hoping to keep him from casting more spells.
, for damage.
, for damage plus 2 fire damage.
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Folloch squeals in fear as Seelah resists his spell and Kyra slashes at him, causing the razmirran to lose blood.
As for the guard, Valeros hits the charmed man hard with the flat of his blade causing him to stumble, visibly rattled by the powerful blow.
Round 02 - Bold may post
Kyra
Valeros
Enthralled Guard -10hp NL
Zadim
Seelah
Folloch -4hp
Finding the Razmiran not worthy of any more breath than necessary to stop him, Zadim steps toward Folloch and simply attempts to stab him.
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Valeros downs the guard for good while Zadim wounds the Razmirran again.
While clearly desperate now, once again Folloch steps away from the pathfinders and tries to cast his magic on them...
Round 03 - Bold may post
Kyra
Valeros
Enthralled Guard Down for good
Zadim
Seelah Can act twice
Folloch -12 hp
Seelah hurls herself forward, her sword shining with Iomedae's holy light, and puts her blade to good use.
Kyra shakes her head slightly, as Folloch's spell tries to invade her mind, but easily casts it off.
She continues trying to use her scimitar, moving to flank if possible.
Zadim resists the drowsy sensation and follows Folloch.
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The Razmirran tries to fend off your combined assault but it proves a futile effort as you esily finish him putting an end to his tyrannical rule.
The wand Folloch was trying to use against you proves to be a simple iron road in appearance and once back to his senses the guard tanks you profusely for breaking the spell holding him captive.
With Folloch defeated the people of Allenstead quickly regain their senses. While some still suffer from moments of amnesia, all are grateful for what you did for them. As a parting gift, they give you 300 gold for your assistance and allow you to take what you want from the defeated Razmiri priest.
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After a couple of days of rest in Allenstead you move back to Garlton. There you receive another notebook entry from Ulisha.
Accompanying her notebook entry, Ulisha filled the next several pages with crude maps, complex equations, and further notes. She apparently returned to the Pathfinder’s cave mentioned in her previous entry. By observing the angle of the ridgeline and her current position, she was able to calculate the crash site’s probable location. The last page on the matter includes a detailed map into Numeria with various landmarks and a destination. An addendum written in recent ink warns, “Tread lightly. Numeria remains a mystery to the rest of the world. Those who stay too long draw unwanted attention.”
"Not the friendliest of tourist destinations." Kyra offers, when she reads where they are expected to go next.
"Though if she did indeed locate one of these Numerian crash sites, that could do well to working off her debts, for sure."
"We will need to keep our eyes open, though," Zadim cautions. "The local Kellid tribes routinely scavenge the crash sites in Numeria."
At least there can be little doubt as to the appropriateness of this portion of the quest.
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The trees become sparse as you climb into the Numerian foothills. A series of switchbacks rises to a low summit. The view is phenomenal at the crest of this hill, where Ulisha’s map indicates a crash site. Vast plains extend to the north, where clouds gather on the horizon. To the south, the Sellen River cuts a definitive border between the River Kingdoms and Numeria.
Zadim scans the view from the crest of the hill.
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Kyra and Zadim keen senses allow them to notice that the soil along the slope of the hill is looser than it should be, as if a recent rockslide had covered it.
It only takes a few minutes of digging to uncover a solid metal surface buried below. The partially hidden object is ovoid, just over 10 feet in length and 5 feet in diameter at its widest point. The metal is strange and unfamiliar,
Yet the entire wreck appears to be relatively undamaged. Its surface is scratched and dented but unbroken, and a 3-by-5-foot section of the side appears as though it could be opened on a hinge.
"Well, that wasn't too hard." Kyra offers, thoughtfully. "If it is indeed newly covered, its a wonder no one came across it before."
She glances back at others, inviting one of them to do the honors.
Seelah adds her efforts to Valeros's, but has difficulty with the smooth surface.
Kyra watches Seelah and Valeros attempt to open the strange metalic pod with a slight frown on her face.
"No, you need to push it that way..." She offers, unhelpfully. "... maybe the other side? ..."
Eventually, she steps in to help, realizing that more bodies are needed, not micro-managing.
Zadim tries to help.
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Thanks to Kyra and especially Zadim the strange metal door gives way and allows the 4 adventurers to check its contents out. The inside of the wreck is cramped. A single chair made out of the same strange metal faces the hatch, dozens of straps hang inside the device, and an array of levers and buttons lines the interior on one side. Several dozen palm-sized metallic discs and an unadorned silvery bracer lie scattered across the interior.
Seelah looks on the contents of the wreck with confusion. I have no sense of what is valuable, but we should be able to carry the discs and bracer to those more learned in these matters at the least.
"Agreed," he says to the paladin.
Kyra shrugs, "None of it is particularly bulky. Just shove it all in a sack, and we can sort it out once we get back to civilization."
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Kyra recognizes the silver disks as Numerian “silverdisks,” a form of currency. There are 35 in the pod, each worth 10 gp.
Once you aree sure there's nothing else of value you can plunder "salvage" from the wreckage you start your descent but after a few minutes your way is blocked by 3 Kellid barbarians. A woman and 2 men.
“Stop there,” demands the Kellid woman who hefts a massive blade.
“You’re are not from here, and those things are not yours. Give us the silverdisks, all the gold you have, and anything else you found there. Then you may live.”
If we have trespassed, I apologize, but if as I suspect you are merely putting a veneer over your brigandry, she unsheathes her sword, you will be denied.
"Your request for all our gold undermines your argument."
Seelah hastens to the fray with a prayer to Iomedae on her lips!
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Seelah's attacks the enemy leader but unfortunately she misses by an hair's breadth.
Valeros advances and prepares to counter the incoming enemies but when the kellid with the blue tatoos engages him, his swing leaves a lot to be desired. The barbarian roars as he counterattacks with his longsword...
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... and he hits Valeros causing him to bleed from a deep gash on the shoulder.
Round 01 - Bold may act
Seelah
Valeros -7hp
Kellid warrior (red)
Kellid warrior (blue)
Zadim
Kellid rager
Kyra