The party rests in the bath, and amazingly he soothing waters do more than relax their sore, tense muscles. They feel like they had a full night's rest after the hour soak.
When the party exits and returns to Togarin's lab, they find the mad wizard cackling as he finishes up a few touches. He seems to be instantly aware of you and turns to the party. "Good timing, my newfound allies. Your 'escort' is now ready.". Upon those words, an amalgamated body with the parts from Garuke, Ailee, and Dermott and formed together into a warrior with a large greatsword. Red dots are where the eyes should be.
"Now, he has been programmed to obey you as you look for Rozimus and slay him. Oddly, he has been suffused with the lust of war which caught the eye of strange deity. No matter, that just makes him more self-sufficient. Do note that I also commanded it to strike if you try to escape or, Azlant forbid, try to strike at me again. But we are all past that, right?", the wizard smiles.
The undead carries a massive twohanded sword and seems ready to follow you.
The undead lifts his twohander and opens the door
"Oh yes, and to make sure you get the most of my creation, use this to repair any... damages he receives.", Togarin comments, handing Varian a slender wand.
Togarin sees the chamber his creation moves to and the Azlanti necromancer shakes his head. "That is my personal bedchamber. I'd rather you not disturb it, lest you bother what is left of my pet. You can try searching for Rozimus beyond the other side of the sauna."
Continuing from the red door path, the party now finds themselves in a corridor with three narrow windows overlooking an enormous chamber below. The group recognizes this as the strange tiled chamber with the Azlanti statues and the strange smoke. An elaborate rack against the back wall contains several vertical slots stuffed with scroll tubes. A large wooden door provides the only other exit, lest you be slim enough to try and pop through one of the windows.
The undead moves with the party, waiting because he has been told that Varian wants to check for traps.
Kylar discovers that several of the scroll tubes still have scrolls! The party finds:
A scroll of wall of stone, two scrolls of tongues, two scrolls of summon monster III, and three scrolls of summon monster IV.
Taking the treasures, the party continues ahead, finding no traps still.
The next door is unlocked, and with the party ready, the group continues.
The sweeping ceiling of this spacious gallery allows for a huge display of framed paintings against the back wall, each of which sports a different monster looking down on the raised platform at the center of the room. The platform supports a simple table covered with an open book and numerous burning candles of various colors and lengths.
One of the paintings lies broken and torn on the floor.
It's a painting of a behir.
The undead slowly moves into the room, taking everything in. It moves to the book and moves his hands about, not touching anything or reading the book.
The painting of a large, red man is scratched apart as Kylar enters the room to inspect. Immediately, the central platform now bears a similarly large red man, who looks around in disgust and rage. "Where are you...", he growls, until he spots the party. "You! I shall take my wrath out in your hide!"
[spoiler=DC 18 Perception]
You hear a maniacal giggle from the direction of where the painting is torn... but you don't see anything.
Init Order (bold = up)
Kylar
Sindar
Large red man
Deadite (Magabeus)
Varian
This is an efreeti, a large being from the plane of fire. They are vulnerable to cold, and likewise generate intense heat that burns those it its hit melee. They can grant wishes, but often at a price that typically works out in the efreeti's favor.
THey are capable of flight and have several other spell-like abilities, such as turning invisible, quickly firing off rays of fire, and turning into a gas. They also have quick reflexes, being able to strike at multiple foes that come inside its reach.
As Kylar hurls his acid, the large red man swings his bladed weapon at him with above average reflexes!
Kylar takes a powerful blow, but lands his own glob that sizzles some of the outsider's skin.
Sindar tries to identify the creature...
"It is an efreeti, a powerful creature from the plane of fire! Hit it with cold, and watch out for its rays!"
Sindar then casts a spell that improves the speed of the party!
The efreeti grins at Sindar's words. "I am not just an efreeti, but I am Abu-kednezzar! I am finally free from that damned portrait by you damned humans... taste steel from the City of Brass!"
While the first swing cuts deep, the second is only barely protected by the necromantically powered steel.
Init Order (bold = up)
Group buffs (haste - 7 rounds)
Kylar (17 damage)
Sindar
Abu-kednezzar (10 damage)
Deadite (Magabeus) (16 damage)
Varian
???
The greatsword starts to glow with a frosty blue sheen . The undead steps forward after receiving Varian's blessing and swings at the efreeti.
[ooc[@Generic: Fervor, Sacred Armor, and Sacred Weapon are all swift actions, so you can only do 1 this round. I'm assuming you're going to do Sacred Weapon.[/ooc]
Varian buffs most of the party . Meanwhile, the party's new undead ally steps in and swings his large blade. The first one is dodged, but the backswing leaves a large gash in the evil's genie's side.
"You dare draw my blood! Die a horrible redeath, abomination!", the efreeti curses.
Another painting is savagely torn; this time a large reptile with a massive jaw and head-sized claws.
You here a maniacal cackle as the painting is torn, from the direction of it.
Init Order (bold = up)
Group buffs (haste - 7 rounds)
Kylar (17 damage, )
Sindar
Abu-kednezzar (36 damage)
Deadite (Magabeus) (16 damage)
Dino
Varian
???
Kylar aims for the efreeti's throat, causing a painful wound as the acid burns away the elemental flesh.
"You coward! Fight and die with honor like the whelpling that you are!", he hisses back.
Sindar simply pelts the Abu-kednezzar with a salvo of magic missiles from safety.
Growling, the efreeti then retorts. "Hide under invisibility? I can do that, too!"
The efreeti then disappears from view!
It's invisibility, from a spell-like ability.
Init Order (bold = up)
Group buffs (haste - 6 rounds)
Kylar (17 damage, vanished)
Sindar
Abu-kednezzar (74 damage, invisible)
Deadite (Magabeus) (16 damage)
Dino
Varian
???
The undead quickly casts a spell
He then swings his blade twice at the large dino.
The undead minion swings twice, both strikes causing painful damage to the dinosaur.
It in turn retaliates, biting and clawing at its attacker!
Only one claw gets through the undead's defenses!
Init Order (bold = up)
Group buffs (haste - 6 rounds)
Kylar (17 damage, vanished)
Sindar
Abu-kednezzar (74 damage, invisible)
Deadite (Magabeus) (27 damage)
Dino (48 damage)
Varian
???
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Varian casts blessing of fervor to aid his companions.
With this blessing, you call your allies to move forth and empower them to conquer and become victorious. Each round for the duration of this spell, each of your allies can choose one of the following bonuses for that round at the beginning of its turn (their choice).
-Increase its speed by 30 feet.
-Stand up as a swift action without provoking an attack of opportunity.
-Make one extra attack as part of a full attack action, using its highest base attack bonus.
-Gain a +2 bonus on attack rolls and a +2 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves.
-Cast a single spell of 2nd level or lower as if it were an enlarged, extended, silent, or still spell.
Softly he whispers, hoping Kylar can hear him. "I'm going to cast invisibility purge so do what you're going to quickly."
Varian further buff's the party!
A spear-wielding demon now appears on the central platform, seemingly confused as it snarls at the party. It's reddened skin is covered with a strange slime.
[spoiler=DC 18 Kn: Planes]
This is a babau, a demon who's skin is caustic. They work very well with surprise strikes. They also have caustic skin that can burn flesh and damage wooden weapons that strike it. They can see invisible creatures and require cold iron or good weapons to harm it. Immune to electricity and resists fire, acid, and cold.
You hear more giggling, this time from further north along the back wall. It is a tiny, maniacal voice.
Init Order (bold = up)
Group buffs (haste - 6 rounds; Blessing of Ferver - 8 rounds)
Kylar (17 damage, vanished)
Sindar (FR)
Abu-kednezzar (74 damage, invisible)
Deadite (Magabeus) (27 damage, FR )
Demon
Dino (48 damage)
Varian (FR)
???
Kylar melts more dinosaur, further weakening the beast!
Sindar, trying to expose the invisible efreeti, blasts the back end of the room a blast of sparkles!
The allosaurus rears its head as it is blinded. The efreeti is half-shown from the glitterdust as well as the babau is fully exposed. What is unusual is a tiny little demonling near the torn painting that is also clutching its eyes.
The little demonling is a quasit. They have poisonous claws, can make themselves invisible at will, and require good or cold iron weapons to fully harm them. They also have the standard demon resistances.
The now visible efreeti is angry, and takes it out on the nearby undead!
The Deaglan replacement is struck again, its undead form beginning to fall apart.
Init Order (bold = up)
Group buffs (haste - 5 rounds, Blessing of Fervor - 9 rounds)
Kylar (17 damage, vanished)
Sindar
Abu-kednezzar (74 damage, sparkly)
Deadite (Magabeus) (27 damage)
Demon (sparkly)
Dino (48 damage, blinded, sparkly)
Varian
Demonling (blinded, sparkly
The undead asks for Gorum's guidance and attacks the efreeti again
"What is that little demon doing?"
With the first slice, the genie falls back before disappearing from the room! The undead's second strike causes more pain to the reptile!
The blinded dinosaur tries to retaliate, flailing its claws and teeth at the ghoulish ally.
The one claw that gets close to the undead is deflected off of its armor. The sparkles are still embedded on the dino's eyes!
Init Order (bold = up)
Group buffs (haste - 5 rounds, Blessing of Fervor - 8 rounds)
Kylar (17 damage, vanished)
Sindar
Deadite (Magabeus) (27 damage)
Demon (sparkly)
Dino (72 damage, blinded, sparkly)
Varian
Demonling (blinded, sparkly)
Varian prepares to enter the fray, ready to take on the next threat that comes in.
The demon, angry about being sparkly now, hisses in abyssal and attacking the undead with its spear!
The new magical protections ensures that the demon's attacks are foiled!
The little demonling tries to flail around...
The poor demonling is having a bad time, failing to scratch the nearby painting and by doing so it doesn't get the time to remove the sparkles from its face.
Init Order (bold = up)
Group buffs (haste - 5 rounds, Blessing of Fervor - 8 rounds)
Kylar (17 damage, vanished)
Sindar
Deadite (Magabeus) (27 damage)
Dino (72 damage, blinded, sparkly)
Varian
Demon (sparkly)
Demonling (blinded, sparkly)
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Kylar's acid continues to smolder and pop against the large dinosaur.
As his scales continue to blend and shape to the environment Kylar moves back into the room and coats the tiny little demonling in a gout of acid.
Seeing the acid coat the tiny demon's area Kylar quickly blends back into the wall behind him.
The dinosaur melts some more.
Kylar tries to acid arrow the little demonling; it is struck, but it seems unfazed by the acid.
Sindar sends more force missiles out, this time at at the demonling.
The demonling barely stands, severely damaged from the blow!
Init Order (bold = up)
Group buffs (haste - 5 rounds, Blessing of Fervor - 8 rounds)
Kylar (17 damage, vanished)
Sindar
Deadite (Magabeus) (27 damage)
Dino (72 damage, blinded, sparkly)
Varian
Demon (sparkly)
Demonling (15 damagen, blinded, sparkly)