“Kill the usurpers, my minions, for the glory of Zyphus and for the glory of Fel Bustrani!”
One of the cowering opera aficionados is none other than Emperor Stavian III’s consul for the fourth district of Oppara Prefecture, Magistros Sebastus Hustavan. Hustavan is a tall, frighteningly thin man of advanced age. His short, gray hair sticks to his head as if it were bathed in cooking oil and his thick, white beard, meticulously trimmed and braided, positively glistens with wax. He wears the finery of his office, a blue silk shoulder sash over long white robes, and his fingers
are encrusted with bejeweled rings.
Victasys runs in and throws his metal disc missing the woman but hitting a zombie in the background killing it outright. Everyone else runs up to the next battle and gets into position. The woman follows her command with a spell targeting the half orc that attacked her, Victasys! Her drunkard minion spins around and clumsily cracks Nokazi in the chest knocking the wind out of him.
Nokazi
Griffo
Zotu
Victasys
Hothan
Sajna
zombie
evil cleric
Victasys
Mystery Woman
Hothan
Nokazi
Griffo
Zotu
Zombies
Sajna
Victasys is up!
Victasys throws his chakram again, this time painfully finding it's mark. The masked lady staggers back then casts a healing spell on herself to stop the bleeding. Hothan charges up to confront a drunkard, he hits with the blade puncturing its abdomen, entrails begin escape from the evisceration but the drunk man does not notice. Nokazi unleasehes a flurry of natural attacks, a claw and bite strike and does enough to drop the drunkard, it tastes horrible and you struggle not to vomit from the taste of rotted flesh. Griffo sauces up his routine and casts a force spell from a stored wand, the mote of energy strikes her and knocks her back a few feet. Zotu runs across the room, hurdeling pews with ease, these are much easier to hop than the wet stones in the alligator infested streams; he makes a triumpet charge and comes down on the drunkard, Zotu hurts his fist, he felt like he punched a stone wall. The eviscerated man belts his fist across Hothan's flank, the force of the upward swing quickly lifted him off the ground from the force. Sajna charges forward with her kuri looking for battle, her blade strikes the man in the back of his head almost taking it off in one swing.
Victasys
Mystery Woman
Hothan
Nokazi
Griffo
Zotu
Zombies
Sajna
Victasys is up again!
Victasys's attack cleaves through the mystery woman, comically removing the top of her head, her eyes move to watch her skull cap drop to the floor moments before she dies in shock. Nokazi charges up to engage the foul woman but changes the direction of his attacks as he sees her crumple to the ground. He lands three powerful attacks on the drunkard next to him and he goes down!
I outrank everyone in the room, your Emperor requires you to save me! For the glory of Taldor, you must free me from the bowels of hell! You will protect me! -Sebastus Hustavan
On the marble floor lie the entwined bodies of multiple combatants. The hands of noble corpses grip daggers, makeshift clubs, and even a gem-encrusted rapier. Mixed in are the twice-dead bodies of zombies, their gray skin fetid and rotting.
You find a letter
Loyalists of the Grim Harvestman, our time has come! My plan to recover the stone, blessed by our beloved Harbinger of Unexpected Tragedy Himself, has succeeded beyond my wildest hopes. The fool Pathfinder I convinced to journey here has fed the strength of our Lord by encountering an unexpected tragedy of his own. His hard work for Grim was not in vain! Come to me at once, at the appointed hour and place, and we shall lay out a bounty before mighty Zyphus that He won’t soon forget. When Pharasma, hated cretin, lies slain in the bowels of hell and our mighty harbinger rules the afterlife, He will reward His faithful few with everlasting life and power of unspeakable might! Come to me, brothers and sisters, come to me!
Fel
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Sajna turns to the Magistros, taken aback by his arrogance. My Emperor? I wasn't even sure Taldor had an emperor, and now he is presuming my services. Sajna opens her mouth to retaliate but catching sight of her Taldan companion, she thinks better of it.
Instead she puts on her best face, the product of many years putting up with equally arrogant customers at her market stall.
"Magistros Hustavan, I presume? You can rest assured that we will be doing everything within our power to bring this bloodshed to an end. With minimal harm to yourself or your countrymen... or, what's left of them."
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With all the enemies close by down Griffo looks about his companions checking for wounds.
" That doesn't look good Nokazi. " He states be jabbing a wand into the Tengu's wound and speaking a dark sounding command word.
" And that's a nasty welt Hothan, here let me take care of it. " again jabbing the wound of the Cavalier.
Griffo then turns his atention to the search of the mysterious lady.
Griffo pats the woman down and checks her pockets. He pulls a folded piece of parchment from one of her pockets and opens it up he reads aloud.
" Loyalists of the Grim Harvestman, our time has come! My plan to recover the stone, blessed by our beloved Harbinger of Unexpected Tragedy Himself, has succeeded beyond my wildest hopes. The fool Pathfinder I convinced to journey here has fed the strength of our Lord by encountering an unexpected tragedy of his own. His hard work for Grim was not in vain! Come to me at once, at the appointed hour and place, and we shall lay out a bounty before mighty Zyphus that He won’t soon forget. When Pharasma, hated cretin, lies slain in the bowels of hell and our mighty harbinger rules the afterlife, He will reward His faithful few with everlasting life and power of unspeakable might! Come to me, brothers and sisters, come to me!
Fel "
" Well! That's not good... When's the appointed time, is this the place, and who is Fel? "
Victasys
Hothan
Nokazi
Griffo
Zotu
Sajna
People trying to sneak up on the party...
Immediately after Griffo casts his second spell on Hothan, the party notices a group of people trying to sneak up on them. The group is a woman in a chain shirt and two other men in chain shirts. The women discards an empty potion vial and draws a pick axe as she moves in.
bad guys
Nokazi
Griffo
Zotu
Victasys
Hothan
Sajna
Init Order
Sajna
zotu
Victasys
Bad guys
Hothan
Griffo
Nokazi
Sajna, Zotu, and Victasys you guys are up
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"I thought there might be more of them. Let's teach them a lesson they soon won't forget."
Sajna slices at the woman trying to sneak up on the group, her kukri slashes at the woman's face leaving her with a new scar. Hothan moves into position for his next attack. Victasys two hands his metal disc of death into the attacking man's shoulder and notices this man is not drunk! Nokazi unleashes several attacks that do not hit. The woman and pair of men sneaks attack. The two lackeys connect with their picks, doing damage to Victasys and Zotu.
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Griffo turns to the new threat, he begins to chant and whirl his hands a circle of energy appears before him. Butter floats out of his spell component pouch and mixes with the energy creating a green globule in the air. His chanting builds in intensity and then suddenly stops as he thrusts his arms out towards the new attackers the globule shoots forward hitting the floor at their feet and spreading underneath them.
School conjuration (creation); Level bard 1, magus 1, sorcerer/wizard 1, summoner 1
CASTING
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S, M (butter)
EFFECT
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target one object or 10-ft. square
Duration 1 min./level (D)
Saving Throw see text; Spell Resistance no
DESCRIPTION
A grease spell covers a solid surface with a layer of slippery grease. Any creature in the area when the spell is cast must make a successful Reflex save or fall. A creature can walk within or through the area of grease at half normal speed with a DC 10 Acrobatics check. Failure means it can't move that round (and must then make a Reflex save or fall), while failure by 5 or more means it falls (see the Acrobatics skill for details). Creatures that do not move on their turn do not need to make this check and are not considered flat-footed.
The spell can also be used to create a greasy coating on an item. Material objects not in use are always affected by this spell, while an object wielded or employed by a creature requires its bearer to make a Reflex saving throw to avoid the effect. If the initial saving throw fails, the creature immediately drops the item. A saving throw must be made in each round that the creature attempts to pick up or use the greased item. A creature wearing greased armor or clothing gains a +10 circumstance bonus on Escape Artist checks and combat maneuver checks made to escape a grapple, and to their CMD to avoid being grappled.
One passes their reflex
Sajna
zotu
Victasys
Bad guys
Hothan
Griffo
Nokazi
confirm the crit
Griffo casts grease
Nokazi attacks for 9 HP
Sajna hits for 3 HP
Zotu acquires a weapon
Victasys swing and a miss
Hit
Miss
Hothan steps up and stabs the attacker from behind, Victasys notices Hothan's blade exit the front of the bad guy's windpipe, shocked the bad guy drops his pick and grabs his throat and silently screams as he collapses to the ground. Griffo casts a buttery spell that trips the remaining baddie. Nokazi seeing a ripe opportunity charges forward to attack the prone man doing massive damage to his back. Sajna stabs the woman in the fleshy part of the upper arm causing a bloody wound. Zotu darts out of combat for a moment to collect a more efficient implement of battle from the various noble corpses littered about the opera. Victasys attacks with his disc of death but whiffs the attack. The armored woman swings back in retaliation hitting Sajna in the chest! the point of her pick doing plentiful damage and possibly puncturing a lung. Sebastus Hustavan cries out cheering you on, Wonderful attack! Get those evil cult men! Stamp their unfashionable hides into the floor!
Hothan charges up and stabs the spell caster in her side, his dagger dives deep to the hilt. Distracted by the injury Nokazi shifts to flank, his flurry of tengu strikes rips into her flesh killing her outright.
-combat over
Sebastus Hustavan Good show! Heroes you all be!
Various parts of a dozen corpses lie strewn about the floor. Blood
and gore stain everything, making the floor slick and filling the
room with a metallic aroma. Bodies lie askew, mouths hanging
open in silent screams, faces contorted in fear.
The dead nobles begin to twitch, their jaws clench, heads turn to see you, and they clumsily stand to their feet. They dead have risen!
You may all act in the surprise round.