Orsin's growing infatuation with his Pathfinder Chronicles has increased his interest in other books as well. He grabs a valuable looking tome off the shelf and peruses its contents.
Andrea takes a stab at the books of stabbing.
I am still a bit fuzzy so can't figure anything out about these.
Orsin you pick up a book entitled: "The Joys of Pain"
Chapter 1: Needles
Chapter 2: Piercing
Chapter 3: Carving of Flesh
Chapter 4: Flaying
Chapter 5: Dissection
and so forth.
Wow, they even have pictures! Is that watercolor?
"I think it might be ink wash..."
Orsin says, absentmindedly perusing the book's vile lessons. The horror of the events haven't fully dawned on him yet.
Meh..Doubt we would get anything worth the trouble for selling them. I don't want to have to explain to Gerald where I got these. Anyway, we have a door to check out.
The books have plenty of value and in Westcrown there is a kinky fascination for these writings.
Orsin shovels the books into his handy haversack, following shortly after to investigate the door with the others.
Oh right.. The Mayor and all those nobles who watched the play would looveeeee these.
Andrea puts some into the haversack.
Orsin there are a lot of books. That whole three hallways have a book shelf lining.
Everyone can make another perception check.
If we have time we can come back and empty the entire place.
Andrea and Duncan you see a new book with a title in common: "Drowned Jabe and His Miserable Brothers and Sisters." It looks brand new and is lavishly illustrated on a quick review.
Wow, here is a keeper. Andrea tucks that away.
"That book looks fairly new. Do you think that means the mayor visits the Knot regularly?"
Andrea skims through the book. It could be. No doubt he has a way to avoid the howlers and is going to be pretty pissed the enxt time he comes in here and finds them dead.
Andrea as you skim through the book it tells a tale of thief who came into a place called the Asomodean Knot and drowned there, only to live on after death as "Drowned Jabe."
Hmm...This is odd. I wonder if this means those who die here get a personal story about it. So we might find a deep pool and an undead creature. Anyway? Shall we move on?
Andrea bravely leads the party to glory!
Lucrezia you never heard of this Jabe guy.
Andrea yawns and strecthes and gnaws on a snitched muffin.
After her breakfast, Andrea gets everyone assembled at the door and ready to plunge further into the knot.
Lucrezia is ready and willing to plunge ahead with Andrea. She keeps her eyes open for any potential traps.
Lucrezia opens the door leading from the chamber of the hallways. The door opens into a boggling chamber is a square shaft, the walls featuring a spiraling stone stairway that winds up to the left and down to the right. Yet following the stairs with the eye as they wind up to the left, impossibly, brings one right back to the initial landing. There is no floor below or ceiling above, only an endless shaft dropping away into a dimly lit infinity. A second flight of stairs leads up to one side of the room into another hallway, while a third flight descends down in the wall opposite into yet another hall.
"Uhm, this chamber is making my head hurt. Shall we go up or down?"
Arg..Let us try down. I guess this is the Knot we have been told about.
Andrea keeps her eyes peeled.
You find that this room is disorienting, so much so that anyone who looks upon it suffers a –2 penalty on all Dexterity–based skill checks. As Andrea urges the others to head down by taking the right staircase.
Not sure that it matters girl. Down?
Duncan was keeping a firm grip on his axe and guarding thier front. He didn't want to be caught unaware in this place.
Well let us just see what this room looks like. Andrea looks around the platform the are on to see if there are any noticable features.[/b]
Andrea's head is way too woozy. Guh..
Taking the stairs down you begin to realize that the impossible stairway is one of the Knot’s more twisted sections. No matter what direction the you go along the stairs, they end up at the same location they left without any apparent change in elevation. The room appears to fold in upon itself, exist in the same space. The demiplane at its weirdest with the normal laws of science.
The center well looks like it is bottomless and when you look up, it has not end.
Well if the damn stairs go nowhere, let's check another room
"No, I think this is the right way. They wouldn't have put this in for no reason. There must be a way through here."
S%*@..what? Andrea is very confused. Let us try the second flight of stairs.
You all suddenly see two mirrors of weird black metal hang on the opposite walls of this trapezoidal room. Strange shadowy figures writhe in the mirrors, and they do not seem to reflect light as much as absorb it.
Andrea's eyes water as she looks around.
Other than the metal metal mirrors the group doesn't see much in this dime winding room when the surprise attack comes.
Lucrezi and Orsin get attacked. Disregard the total number
The dark withing wisp taht can barely been seen, both look vaguely humanoid in shape.
Initiative:
Duncan
Shadows
John
Lucrezia
Orsin
Andrea
RD1 Begins.
You see there is an exit much lower down but you don't seem to be making much of gain in your movement. You can no longer see the doorway that you entered. The creatures that are attacking are incorporeal and clinging to the wall.
Orsin narrowly avoids the dark wisp's attack, maintaining his grip on his blade as he does.
What the hell is this thing?!
Orsin you have heard of creatures from known as Shadows from the shadow plane. This makes sense to you since the demiplane is partially make of material plane and shadow stuff. You don't have much knowledge on how to fight it, only that it is incorporeal and has no physical shape. Its touch is deadly zapping strength and passes through armor, shields and natural armor.
Orsin you have heard of creatures from known as Shadows from the shadow plane. This makes sense to you since the demiplane is partially make of material plane and shadow stuff. You don't have much knowledge on how to fight it, only that it is incorporeal and has no physical shape. Its touch is deadly zapping strength and passes through armor, shields and natural armor.
Knowing this, Orsin also takes a five foot step away from the shadow creatures when it comes time for his turn.