female tengu warpriest of Lamashtu 2 / ranger 1 (guildbreaker) | HP 24/24, blessings 4/4, fervor 5/5 | AC 18, T 12, FF 16 | F +7, R +5, W +8 | CMB +5, CMD 17 | Spd 20' | Perc +7 | Init +6
As she releases the prisoners, Kulga gets a good idea that they really are as scared and destitute as they appear. With all the slaves freed you gather back in the dragon room.
"Well then, we don't have all day.." Brayne taps his feet a little bit impatiently, waiting at the opposite room. Brayne prepares himself prior to entry. Will cast detect magic as we enter the room.
female tengu warpriest of Lamashtu 2 / ranger 1 (guildbreaker) | HP 24/24, blessings 4/4, fervor 5/5 | AC 18, T 12, FF 16 | F +7, R +5, W +8 | CMB +5, CMD 17 | Spd 20' | Perc +7 | Init +6
Bokkah follows Brayne to the next door, peering at it closely to ensure it isn't trapped.
Garduk turns to the group of freed prisoners, gesturing in the general direction of the museum entrance.
"You are all free to try to leave if you wish, or to wait until we have finished our job and leave with us. The museum exit is that way, through the great hall, but I don't know whether going out that way will take you back to the real world or not. If you want to leave with us, I suggest you stay together, here, until we're done. Also, if you have any idea where we might find the two sisters who were brought here tonight, that might shoes up our departure."
The freed slaves huddle by the door, they all seem to be afraid to run for safety and instead watch you as you enter the next room. The doors not trapped so you open it to find a simple room of unadorned stone piled from floor to ceiling with boxes and crates, with barely enough room left to allow the staff to squeeze between the towers of dusty, mothballed exhibits. A fierce looking shadow hound is tied to a long chain secured to the center of the eastern wall.
The hound immediately begins to bark, a disturbing wail as soon as you open the door.
In the darkness, Brayne takes a moment to adjust his eyes as the light from his ioun lantern slowly illuminates the place. Brayne seems unperturbed by the bark of the strange looking creature.
Is there anything else of interest in the room besides the hound that we can see?
perception:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
As Braynes eyes adjust, he takes a good hard look at the room from where he stands. "Scary looking dog. I owned a dog once, named him Ace."
Garduk lets out a little shriek, almost in harmony with the shadow mastiff's howl, before getting control of himself and firing his crossbow at the inky beast.
Crossbow:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 31d8 ⇒ 3
"By the eye, kill it kill it kill it!"
He takes a five-foot step out of the way and reloads his crossbow.
Brayne watches his allies unable to make an impact on the beast and decides to do something about it. His eyes turn a deep black and his body undergoes a transformation. He grows into a slightly larger monstrous form of himself. His fingernails grow into long claws, and his frontal fangs extend larger and sharper.
His voice takes a rough demonic tone "You not only shadow monster. Grr." And he lashes out at the shadow dog.
female tengu warpriest of Lamashtu 2 / ranger 1 (guildbreaker) | HP 24/24, blessings 4/4, fervor 5/5 | AC 18, T 12, FF 16 | F +7, R +5, W +8 | CMB +5, CMD 17 | Spd 20' | Perc +7 | Init +6
Bokkah swipes and pecks at the shadow dog through the open doorway.
female tengu warpriest of Lamashtu 2 / ranger 1 (guildbreaker) | HP 24/24, blessings 4/4, fervor 5/5 | AC 18, T 12, FF 16 | F +7, R +5, W +8 | CMB +5, CMD 17 | Spd 20' | Perc +7 | Init +6
A little fortunate, misfortune bolsters Bokkah and she claws the hound with her first attack, missing with the others. Kulga misses with her attacks and moves away. Brayne transforms and claws the hound with malice. The slaves not so hardy all race out the door.
The hound looks badly damaged from the claws, but is still looking to make a viscous attack. But it seems the chain only reaches to the door and he merely pulls against the chain, trying to bite to no avail.
Garduk briefly considers using a spell on the creature, but his friends are too close for him to use Color Spray safely, and if it can't get past the doorway then there does not seem much benefit in casting Grease.
We just need to put this thing down, before it howls again.
female tengu warpriest of Lamashtu 2 / ranger 1 (guildbreaker) | HP 24/24, blessings 4/4, fervor 5/5 | AC 18, T 12, FF 16 | F +7, R +5, W +8 | CMB +5, CMD 17 | Spd 20' | Perc +7 | Init +6
Bokkah continues to peck and claw at the shadowy dog.
Garduk's bolt drives between the hounds eyes, it collapses in a heap. A quick search of his kennel room finds nothing useful on the shadow plane.
Moving across the hall you notice all the slaves have fled through the front doors. This door has a material plane sign reading “Treasures of Distant Goka,” while a shadowy sign occupying the same space reads in dark, block letters “Cold Storage—Perishable Specimens Only.” Nothing can be heard behind the door.
What kind of perishable specimens do they keep at a museum? Even a shadow museum?
Garduk doesn't like any of the answers he comes up with. He pops out his wand of Shield, casts it on himself, replaces it in his wrist sheath, and reloads his crossbow.
But if there is anything in there that isn't a terrified prisoner from Absalom, I am going burn out its eyeballs first and ask questions later.
Kulga opens the door and finds dozens of mannequins dominate this room, each decorated in the trappings of distant Tian Xia. Ceremonial armor of samurai from Minkai and the silk gowns of courtly ladies catch the eye, but the delicate tea sets in long glass display cases seems out of place next to the strange shadowy figures leaning against the fan-decorated walls. Humanoid bodies encased in ice stand scattered throughout the room, and a glaze of dark rime covers the floor. As Kulga steps in she can tell it's slick.
Acrobatics to move full speed; or no check to move 1/2 speed.
"Maybe they combined the taxidermy wing with cold storage to save space?"
No, this isn't creepy AT ALL.
How far from the entrance are those shadowy figures? Because as soon as Garduk can zap them without risking knocking out Kulga (or stunning or blinding her), he's going to Color Spray the heck out of them.
Brayne takes a moment to recover but follows the group shortly after. "Do you think they're ok?" He refers to the slaves as he looks out the door, but doesn't contemplate on it any longer that a moment's thought.
Glancing into the room, he mutters "Anyone know what we're looking at?"
Will Move at half speed into the room, following right behind Kulga and Bokkah
female tengu warpriest of Lamashtu 2 / ranger 1 (guildbreaker) | HP 24/24, blessings 4/4, fervor 5/5 | AC 18, T 12, FF 16 | F +7, R +5, W +8 | CMB +5, CMD 17 | Spd 20' | Perc +7 | Init +6
"This Shadow Plane nonsense is really starting to creep me out. Who are all these people? And where is the butcher shop?"
Macabre though it may be, Bokkah starts examining the frozen corpses, looking to see if she recognizes anyone.
As you creep into the icy room to study the frozen corspes, Bokkah and Garduk suddenly notice a snake, a cobra no less, but it seems to be made of ice! It approaches quickly, gliding silently and easily over the slick terrain.
Angling the cone away from Bokkah and Kulga, Garduk is agitated enough that shouts the words of arcane power and throws a handful of colored sand at the ice cobra as if it were a weapon. A blast of scintillating colors erupts from his hand.
Color Spray, burning a point of arcane reservoir to increase the DC to 16. Can't five-step on the ice, so he will trust Mage Armor and Shield to protect him from the AoO.
female tengu warpriest of Lamashtu 2 / ranger 1 (guildbreaker) | HP 24/24, blessings 4/4, fervor 5/5 | AC 18, T 12, FF 16 | F +7, R +5, W +8 | CMB +5, CMD 17 | Spd 20' | Perc +7 | Init +6
Bokkah takes a swing at the icy snake but misses. Garduk begins to cast and the cobra takes a bite, but it's deflected by the shield spell. But the color spray seems to have no effect on it. Did not beat SR
The cobra springs at Kulga but misses its bite attack.
I will hold my action until everyone else has actioned: If the Cobra isn't down yet, I will action below.
Delay:
Free action Rage, 5 foot step, and full round attack!
Brayne sighs as he sees Garduk's spell play no affect on the creature. "Let's just get this over with." he mumbles as he slowly transforms himself again into a monstrous form of himself. He leaps himself at the cobra and unleashes a fury!
Dog (celestial) | AC 13 T 12 FF12 | HP 8 | Fort +6 Ref +3 Will +1 | Resist 5 cold/acid/electric | Bite +4, 1d4+3 | Smite Evil 1/day | Speed 40' | Perception +8 | Active: Augment Summoning
With a puff of warm air, faintly smelling of freshly-cut grass, a large, gray and black dog appears next to the ice cobra opposite Bokkah. He lets out an angry growl, activates smite evil (if appropriate - remove the +1 damage if not) and lunges at the serpent.
Female Dwarf LN Slayer 7| HP 67/67 | AC 25(26), T 13, FF 24 CMD 25 | F +9(12), R +8(11), W +5(8) | Init +3 | Perc +12 | SM +12 |
Kulga surefootedly sets herself up in a flanking position against the snake, and lashes out with a testing blow from her shield before following up viciously with her axe.
Shield:1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 2 = 9Begin studying on a hit Piercing Damage:1d4 + 1 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 1 + 1 + (4) = 10 Waraxe beginning Power Attack:1d20 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 2 = 23Begin studying on a hit, so +1 if the shield landed Slashing Damage:1d10 + 5 + 1 + 1d6 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 1 + (1) = 11 Acrobatics to 5' at full speed:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20
female tengu warpriest of Lamashtu 2 / ranger 1 (guildbreaker) | HP 24/24, blessings 4/4, fervor 5/5 | AC 18, T 12, FF 16 | F +7, R +5, W +8 | CMB +5, CMD 17 | Spd 20' | Perc +7 | Init +6
Bokkah, sensing the snake's strong defenses, buffs herself before unleashing fury on it.
Using a swift action to cast bless using fervor, meaning it will only impact myself. Then full attacking.
Normally you can't acrobatics to do a 5' step on difficult terrain, however the scenario doesn't call this difficult terrain, but rather presents hazard rules for moving in the room. Since it's a grey area (thanks season 2), I'll allow a successful acrobatics to 5' step. Just wanted to clarify for future reference.
Whipped into a fervor, Bokkah attacks the icy snake, she manages to hit it with her second claw, but the claw chips away a smaller chunk of ice than expected. Garduk summons a heavenly hound, but it misses its attack on the cobra. Kulga misses with her shield, but delivers a blow with his axe, again not doing the damage she thought it should. Brayne flies into a rage...
Brayne - you can either make a move to move and get one attack or attempt a acrobatics to 5 foot and full round your choice.
Too risky to acrobatics for me. I'll move and take one step, and just bite at it. I forgot power attack in my last rolls. So new roll coming up. I understand I lose misfortune on raging so I will use it on Kulga's shield prior to rage.
Brayne approaches the ice snake and attempts to bite it with his monstrous fangs.
Brayne is a flurry of activity and soon shatters the icy cobra.
Out of Combat
Threat downed, you examine the frozen human forms in Wightir House’s cold storage room, and find a grisly display of partially dissected humanoids and half-completed biological experiments from the Material Plane. Each specimen is frozen in several inches of hard ice. Many have a rictus of pain and fear solidified on their cold, blue faces, and all
of them have an identical black rune branded onto their foreheads.
Searching around the room you realize among the Tian relics are some items that are in usable condition; a suit of masterwork parade armor in the samurai style, an orc double axe with blades shaped like strange dragons’ heads, and a masterwork composite shortbow used by the mounted archers of the eastern steppes. Detecting magic around the room also finds a wand that hangs on a hook on the wall.
Spellcraft to identify, still need Fort save from Bokkah
