Tobbs looks to see if any appear to be weaker than the others.
He then moves to G11 and attacks the nearest zombie.
Tobbs gets a huge mouth full on zombie, and the zombie looks quite put out, for a mindless rambling corpse.
I came to you because you rescued people with no hope of reward and that makes you heroes!
Yea, we really should stop doing that... Albus grumbles while giving a sideways glare.
The magus starts to invoke the powers of the arcane as he advances toward the zombies.
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Rameth, these are in fact normal zombies, with resistance to all damage except slashing, the staggered condition and the ability to see in the dark. You don't sense any additional enchantments on them.
You also notice they look disturbingly similar to the zombies in the auction house last night.
Dwalindor's axe cleaves straight through the zombie that was at I11 and the sides fall on the ground. You can hear cheers from the houses surrounding the market where survivors have boarded themselves up.
Rameth charges the one at J-10
for
As he charges he whips out a sharpened dagger
The dagger bites deep into the zombie's shoulder, causing its arm to nearly fall off.
Its held on only by a bit of meat and skin.
Audia moves to J9 and begins to Channel Positive Energy into harming undead.
Audia's blast of energy radiates outward, causing massive searing towards the zombies remaining.
The zombies Rameth and Tobbs have already hurt simply vanish in a flash of light. The remaining zombies stumble towards you.
The zombie at L6 moves to J8 towards Rameth.
The zombie at L9 moves to K9 and swings its arms at Audia.
The arms pinwheel madly but fail to connect.
The zombie at J12 moves to I11 and attacks Dwalindor.
It likewise fails to connect with the wily dwarf.
Rameth drops his dagger and draws another sharpened one, he attacks J-8
for
to confirm for
to confirm again for kicks to confirm for
He slices the head clean off then as the head falls he kicks it towards another of the zombies
to confirm the kick
the head flies and slams into another zombie, in the side of the head, knocking it prone!
Calin takes a 5 foot step to G8, summons the aspect of the bull to give him strength. and throws a dagger at the zombie at K9.
Tobbs moves up to the zombie in front of him and attacks it.
The last of the zombies are killed by the violent attacks, leaving you alone in the square.
The psychopomp is circling the square, but you do have a moment to examine the square and the zombies.
A cart lies on its side in the alley ahead, though most of its load appears to be firmly in place. A body lies beside it, covered in blood and twisted in death.
The goods in the wagon are mostly half-filled sacks of spoiled grain, shoddy grain, and jugs of long-hardened paint.
Underneath you see a large hidden compartment beneath the goods have been burst open from within.
You can smell the peculiar scent of cedar oil and incense - both of which are used in traditional Osirian mummification rituals.
The wagon driver has a rather large amount of money on him, 62 gp 50 sp in a belt pouch. He also has a crudely fashioned silver chain worth another 60 gp wrapped around his left wrist.
The chain is a symbol of the Silver Chain gang, the most powerful gang of grave robbers and artifact smugglers in Wati.
You find a compartment in the wagon hidden beneath the driver's seat that has 1065 gp worth of jewelry and a hand of the honest man concealed in the smuggler's hold.
Hand of the Honest Man
This mummified human hand comes from an honest man punished for a crime he didn’t commit, and is dried and hung from a simple twine thong around the neck. The hand’s scapegoat origins offer some protection to its wearer. When the wearer of a hand of the honest man is targeted by a curse or a misfortune effect such as a witch’s misfortune or evil eye hex, the curse is instead transferred to the hand with no ill effects to the wearer.
The hand retains the curse (even if it normally expires after a set duration) until the effect is removed with a remove curse spell or similar effect. A spellcaster receives a +2 bonus on her caster level check to remove a curse stored in a hand of the honest man. Removing a hand of the honest man while it holds a curse instantly transfers the curse to its wearer. A hand of the honest man can hold only one curse or effect at a time. If the wearer is targeted by another curse while the hand is currently storing a curse, the new curse takes effect normally. A hand of the honest man has no effect on curses already affecting a creature.
The wearer of a hand of the honest man is riddled with guilt over any untruths she utters, and takes a –2 penalty on all Bluff checks while wearing the hand.
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Hey look at this, creepy hand to wear around my neck.
He puts it around his neck
Rameth gathers the loot.
religionI missed this was an option
This wagon had a mummy in it.
Somehow I don't think this is where our path ends.
Rameth holds up the chain, Anyone recognize this?
Then to the bird
OK Bird, lets go!
The psychopomp chirps and begins winging is way in the same direction.
As the psychopomp comes to a small building you realize you're approaching an abandoned building.
Two fire-scarred mud-brick walls and a half-dozen crumbling clay kilns are all that remains of the building that once stood in this weed-choked lot. A boarded-up, scorched door stands in the southeast corner where the walls join.
As you approach two watchman approach you.
You there! This building is dangerous, you have to clear off.
The psychopomp is about to say something when you see it start to fade - you realize that it is being called to its duties in the Boneyard and its summoning time is temporarily done.
Oh no! I'm being summoned back to the Archives of St. Auril! Please, save my friend!
It vanishes.
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Looks like an abandoned building to me. And if it is dangerous you should clear off, I have license to be here.
he flashes his stupid pin
Calin moves out to the side to get a clear shot in case things come to violence. He looks around to make sure there isn't anyone else that we don't see.
Tobbs pads up next to Dwalindor and leans his bulk against him to let Dwalindor know he's there.
He begins a low menacing, "Grrrrrrr"
The two guardsman scoff.
Dat's a Pharasman pin! We dun' answer to Sebti or her stupid priests, we work for the City Council, and dat gives us 'thority here pal. Why don't you go puts on a skirt and burn some incense in your nice temple while the real guardsmen work?
They're definitely wanting to keep you away from the site, but they're lying about being guardsmen. They want to keep you away from the site for other reasons.
They pull their crossbows out at Tobbs growling at them.
Hey, buddy, keep dat f&*%ing cat away from us! Yous dun' hav' a license for a wild animal in da city 'cuz der ain't one.
You don't see any other people, but you can see both the guards have a silver chain bracelet around their left arm similar to the one you recovered from the dead wagon driver.
Calin moves next to Rameth and whispers to him.
After speaking to Rameth, Calin steps back to his original position and mentally signals Tobbs to charge.
"Tobbs kind of has a mind of his own and I'm thinking that he doesn't like you much."
Tobbs charges the nearest target and rends into him with a savage bite. Tobbs sends feelings of joy and happiness back to Calin through their telepathic link. It's the best way that he can express, "These things taste a lot better than zombies."
rameth chugs down his mutagen during the surprise round.
Yous bastads! Yous dink you can get away wit dis?!
The fire their crossbows into Tobbs.
Both bolts slice past the lion and one of the bad guys drops his hand crossbow after it malfunctions.
The other one follows suit and they both pull their punching daggers.
rameth chugs down his mutagen during the surprise round.
Tobbs attacks the guard at I8.
The guard at I8 is desparate and screams after being mauled by the lion.
Calin moves to K10 and fires an arrow into the same guard.
The screams are cut off after the guard dies.
Yous killed Arun! I's gonna git ya for dat!
Rameth chugs it down and studies his foes, then 5 days closer
Yous bastads! Yous dink you can get away wit dis?!
Oh, we we can get away with it, your next.
Respect my Authority!
Turning to the group.
By the way, the silver chain... It's a symbol of the Silver Chain gang, a powerful gang of grave robbers and artifact smugglers here in Wati.
The last guard looks quite intimidated by Albus - right before Dwalindor's axe punches straight through a gap in his armor and causes his guts to spill out on the lot where the floor of the brick factory used to be.
The screams of the dying men doesn't appear to have alerted anyone else to the area of the old factory.
You do see off in the distance a small part of the factoy is intact, but the door is boarded up.
The door is boarded up on the outside, but it appears to be perfectly functional.
The guards do have a variety of equipment on them that you can pick up.
They both have a hand crossbows with 9 bolts, a punching dagger, a sap, four vials of various liquids, a climber's kits, a crowbar, 2 iron rods tipped with gold, a set of thieves tools and the silver chain bracelet like the one on the driver. They also have 7gp each on them.
Finally they're clad in leather armor.
The theives' tools are masterwork quality.
The leather armor is magical. Cast identify to determine the nature of the magical enchantment.
The two are each carrying a potion of cure light wounds, a vial of antitoxin, a flask of alchemist's fire, and a vial of holy water.
"I apologize for jumping the gun a little bit there. I could see where this was going and preferred us to get the jump on them for a change."
"Lets get this door open and find out what they were trying to hide."
What? No, I thought you were great my friend. Both of you. Albus says casting detect magic while searching the guards.
That door on the factory building still standing is boarded up from the outside. I think they are trying to keep something from getting out.
Albus, the leather armor both of the "guardsmen" are wearing is magical. An identify spell would tell you what kind of enchantment, or you could leave it until later.
When you approach the door, you find that there is a hidden bolt that keeps the door locked, but you're able to slide it open and reveal a small cramped room.
The floorboards of this ramshackle, soot-stained office have been pried up and used to construct a crude stairway leading underground. The air is quite musty.
There are also four 10-pound sealed kegs sitting on the inside of the door .
Inside you see a large amount of thin red plant items that are incredibly fragrant.
The spice is saffron, an incredibly valuable spice. Each of the kegs is worth 150 gp.
I will identify it later.
I auto make the perception
appraise
to Id the potions
I'll burn an inspiration on appraise
Rameth claims one of the hand crossbows and the bolts
how many kegs of saffron?
Four.