Elise narrows her eyes at the devil in an attempt to tell if it is lying.
Elise squints her eyes and turns away..
"Let's go guys, this one is a liar.. May he rot in his cell. We should probably take the other portal yes? Anyone still injured?"
"Let it rot there. Let's head through the other portal. Be wary. Word has probably spread by now and the guards will be looking for us"
Before moving on Elise casts Shield of Faith on herself and Extended Bear's Endurance on Rav.
Following Malugor's advice, the party checks the east, west and south cell blocks, leaving the barbed devil alone to cry out and stew at the lack og his release. As you wander the east cell block, suddenly, Elise feels a chill, as if a cold wind had blown past her. She looks at the party and instantly realizes that none of the party seemed to feel it. She feels the chill continue to build further to the east.
Assuming she follows it, she reaches the source of the chill: an empty cell that still has its wall of force up and active. The cell within is empty, save for a few scraps of cloth and a splash of dried blood on the floor.
Mal casts Heroism on himself again.
Heroes' Feast - 12 hours
Heroism - 150 minutes
Greater Magic Weapon is 30 hours
Air Walk - duration ?
Extended Shield of Faith (+4)(30 mins) on himself
Hunter's Blessing - duration ?
Delay Poison - duration ?
Resist Energy (Fire) (150 mins)
See Invisibility (150 mins)
Barkskin from Wand (120 mins) (10 charges) (auto-UMD check)
Keen Edge on Siggut's pick - his choice (150 mins)
Freedom of Movement (150 mins)
Spells remaining:
Level 1: 4
Level 2: 4
Level 3: 2
Level 4: 4
Level 5: 3
AC: 37, Saves: +20/+19/+20
Mal looks inside the cell with his See Invisibility and looks for hidden creatures:
Mal does not see anything in the cell, visible or invisible.
Rav takes a look searching for magic sources of the chill
"I have a feeling our paladin stayed here. I'm not sure what to think about the cold chill though."
"It is odd that only Elise felt it. Perhaps the chill is tied to her divine nature, although my magic is bestowed by a divine presence as well. And not all the cells are necessarily occupied by heathens of hell. There must be good souls suffering as well in this prison, other than Sheyla."
Elise, you have felt a similar chill when you have been in the presence of incorporeal undead or haunts, though this one feels different, as if it was calling to you.
"I think either a Haunt is in that cell, or some type of incorporeal undead. My guess would be a haunt considering an incorp could just go through the wall to escape. If you bring down the wall of force I can try to cleanse the Haunt. Or we can just leave it be. The only reason we should mess with it is if we think it is related to the paladin. I feel like it calls to me though, perhaps we should check it out."
She pauses..
"If we are going to do this though everyone but myself and Sig should step back 30' or so.."
"nothing we do here is without risk... let's bring down the force wall and investigate. Sig....i think you might be able to deactivate the wall with the demodands hand or if it sounds more fun you could just smash through it yourself. Up to you."
Rav then steps back out of the way.
Mal covers the party with his bow to see if any invisible threats appear.
Siggut recalls his training and sunders the wall of force. As soon as it disappears, a gust of cold wind blows out of the cell, this time affecting the entire party and giving you goosebumps. Elise continues to feel a pull from inside the cell.
Elise holds her hand out to stop Siggut's forward movement.
"It is calling for me. Im not convinced evil is afoot here. Yall just back me up ok."
Her finger begins to glow as she touches her forehead before entering to cell.
"I am a servant of the Holy Light and I assure you that I will help you if I can. What is it you want?"
At the behest of Elise's powerful and goddess-inspired speech, a form suddenly coalesces in the middle of the jail cell, manifesting itself as a faintly shimmering spectral image of a beautiful woman clad in rags and bleeding from a ragged, self-inflicted gash to the throat. Her voice gurgles as she speaks. Elise and Ravarel know the mere presence of a ghost has harmful effects to the living, but it seems this spirit is suppressing those effects, as it speaks, directing all of her attention to Elise. "Servant of the Dawnflower, thank you for heeding my call. In life, I was Lady Cassily Mantiel, a devout paladin of Sarenrae who, along with my husband Kestolyr, went on a daring raid into the Ivory Labyrinth long ago. Unfortunately, Kestolyr succumbed to Baphomet and betrayed our group. I tried to tried to reason with him, only to be turned over to Baphomet by him...betrayed in the worst possible way by my husband. I was imprisoned here for many years, too long to remember, and in time, my despair drove me to suicide." The ghost pauses, perhaps in shame, and stares at Elise's eyes. "Yes, I know it was a cowardly act, but the potent weapon I had been entrusted by the church to defend was taken from me and corrupted by Baphomet. This weapon was Dawnflower’s Kiss, a scimitar made from one of the dawn’s first rays." The ghost's gurgly voice becomes desperate now. "Please, I beg of you, bring the blade to me. I feel that my spirit has lingered in this forsaken place for a reason. I know my purpose now. In death, I can scorch out the corruption and restore the weapon - an act of redemption before I can finally rest in peace. Please help me, sister. I need to redeem myself before our goddess." The spirit bows its head, as it waits for a response.
Elise fights to hold the tears back as she listens to the story of plight. After hearing it all she responds..
"We shall do what we can to aid you sister, but first let me ask you a question. We are here looking for another devout follower, a one Sheyla Whitemane, who was also taken prisoner and locked up here somewhere. Have you seen or heard anything about her? With your cage open can you use your etherealness to help us find her?"
She pauses..
"Now that I've got that out of the way where can we find this sword that will set you free?"
Mal feels pity for the ghost as well but still tries to determine if its plea for help is sincere.
If it is, he nods at Elise, who is speaking on behalf of the group.
Mal finds Lady Cassily to be very truthful and sincere in her regret. He senses no duplicity from her.
"I have heard whispers of a recent acquisition for Baphomet but I know not where this Sheyla may be. If the is another follower of our goddess, please save her. I can tell you what I know of the theft of the Dawnflower's Kiss. The weapon was taken by one of Baphomet’s high priestesses, a vile drow woman who dwells in a shrine elsewhere in this prison. If you will aid me, I will help you find the shrine by sending a cold wind along the passageways for you to follow. It should lead you straight to her. I am sorry, but I know not her name. Good luck in your travels and please bring the sword to me once you have obtained it." Lady Cessily fades way, but as she does, she blesses the PCs by saying, “May your bones never join those of the Ivory Labyrinth.”
"Blessings to you as well Sister."
Turning to her companions.
"Redeeming a lost soul and acquiring such a powerful item has to be worth the risk. Only question is do we go after it first or continue to try and find Sheyla? If a high priestess has it those tasks could very well be the same, so I vote we follow the wind."
"Follow the Wind. We've no idea yet where Sheyla is. If we gain the Dawnflower and eliminate the priestess our chances of rescuing Sheyla can only go up"
Cleric Spells Prepared (CL 15th): CC +26, SP +19
(+1 caster level light spells and double radius)
0 (at will) Detect Magic, Guidance, Light, Stabilize
1st(7/day)Liberating Command, Obscuring Mist, Resurgence(2), (D)Shield of Faith, Stone Shield
2nd(7/day)(D)Bless Weapon, Communal Pro Evil, Grace(2), Lesser Restoration
3rd(7/day)Communal Resist Energy, Invisibility Purge, Stone Shape, Wind Wall
4th(6/day)Blessing of Fervor, Dimensional Anchor, Revenance
5th(6/day)Greater Forbid Action(DC 22), (D)Maximized Breath of Life, Plane Shift, Wall of Stone
6th(5/day)Blade Barrier(DC 23), Greater Dispel Magic
7th(4/day)(D)Holy Sword, Radiant Assault(DC 24), Repulsion(DC 24), Summon Monster VII
8th(2/day)Mass Death Ward, (D)Sunburst(DC 25)
Edit: since we're going after a priestess Rav uses 2 2nd lol slots to cast. Resist energy fire and see invisible
1/6 2nd level slots remain
With the spirit gone, you sense a chill in the air, which you follow and leads you to another portal, exiting this section of the prison. You enter a maze-like dimension, but with the chill leading you and Mal's survival skills, you traverse it easily, although it does take you an additional 15 minutes on your buffs. You exit the portal and appear in a shrine. Instantly, you can sense the intense evil in this area as the magic in this area threatens to harm you!
The walls of this large shrine shine with gold, and the floor is covered in rich, maze-like mosaics of red and yellow bone. Statues of a goat headed demon stand on platforms to the south and in alcoves to the north, and at the room’s center an altar sits atop a platform flanked by pools of churning blood.
Instantly, you can sense the intense evil in this area as the magic in this area threatens to harm your innate goodness!
In addition, the shrine immediately targets all of you with a Dispel Magic effect!
As you recover from the onslaught, a voice cackles from the altar of the shrine, "Baphomet does not approve of your presence here, trespassers!" You see a beautiful drow priestess wielding a glaive. "I will show you the errors of your ways for violating the sanctum!" You also see four Tarry demodands appear.
11 dam
11 dam
Waiting for map before deciding actions.
..no damage due to Stalwart class ability.
We're up against a powerful spellcaster. Rav wants to know what magical protections (spells and item effects) she has.
Standard action: Rav casts
School divination; Level sorcerer/wizard 7, witch 7
DESCRIPTION
This spell functions like arcane sight, except that you automatically know which spells or magical effects are active upon any individual or object you see.
Unlike arcane sight, this spell cannot be made permanent with a permanency spell.
His move and swift actions will depend on what he learns with his spell
2/3 7th level spells remain
@DL can Rav cast a quickened Wall of Force splitting the room leaving 3 tarry's on our side and leaving the priestess and one tarry on the other?
"might be a rough flight Sigg" hoping he gets through the Repulsion field.....
As a swift action using 4 charges from his staff (0/10 remain), Rav casts
Telekinetic Charge
School evocation [force]; Level bloodrager 4, sorcerer/wizard 4
CASTING
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
EFFECT
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target one willing creature
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw Will negates (harmless); Spell Resistance yes (harmless)
DESCRIPTION
You telekinetically launch an ally across the battlefield to anywhere within this spell’s range. While moving, your ally is flying just above the ground unless you wish otherwise. Movement from this spell provokes attacks of opportunity as normal, although you can lift your ally over objects or out of enemy reach, as long as your ally remains within this spell’s range. If your ally lands adjacent to an opponent, he can spend an immediate action to make a melee attack against that opponent with a +2 bonus on the attack roll.
"Elise she's cast spell immunity. If you targeted dispel it I might be able to Daze her."