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The picture is destroyed! +1 Prestige Points to each of you!
Searching through this small "entertainment" room, you find nothing else of interest (though there are plenty of "treasure" items for you more kinky Pathfinders).
Moving to the other room, Hadassah opens the door and finds Zarta's study. It is cramped, utilitarian, and sparse. Almost all of the room is taken up by a long desk topped by a series of cubbies full of papers and curios. The desk itself is clear except for a piece of paper and a small, framed portrait of Venture-Captain Ambrus Valsin with a lipstick kiss-mark on it. The walls of the room are irregular and look as if the room was shoehorned into wasted space between other rooms. Like the rest of the personal chambers, this room is windowless.
Searching through this room, you find several pieces of paper that draw your interest. link to papers.. Searching behind the painting of Valsin is a note (handout number two).
Further searching around, she also finds three Thassilonian tower figurines inside of a felt bag. There is also a list titled "SL Operatives". Also hidden in the cubbies is a small bag of jewels and some magical items- one appears to be some type of sand or dust. The other is a cloak. There also appear to be several false identities for Zarta. You have found her quick get away bag.
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"Cyphers? Typical Chelish intrigue, no doubt. Ok, I see V, L, K and C highlighted on this one." Casually picking up the list of SL Operatives, "And a letter replacement code any schoolchild could decipher. Unfortunately, I am not a schoolchild. But let me see..."
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Hadassah looks quickly around the office for pen and paper, figuring they should be common items for an office, then writes down the apparent cypher, along with the note on the back of the picture, emphasizing the same letters emphasized on the note.
Once done, Hadassah stashes the note in her pouch then attempts to decipher it all.
Once done, Hadassah lets the others do their thing while she searches for another exit or secret door, checking with Boom Boom about the number of keys on his chain, and the number used thus far.
"DO any of you know anything at all about Engineering? Is this room the right size and shape for where it is? Any ideas at all?"
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Ianto- clearly this is a code but your roll doesn't give you any further suggestion of how to break it.
Hadassah- I am going to hold on to that second Perception roll for a bit (it will come in handy in just a minute or so!)
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Hadassah is easily able to pop the vent cover off and get a lift into the vents above. This crammed vent leads to a series of old ventilation tunnels. The floor and some of the walls of the tunnels are plain stone or plaster, but in many places the walls and ceiling display pieces of crumbling mosaics, frescos, murals, and bas-relief sculptures. The tunnel is small, and you have to crawl on your hands and knees. You are able to crawl for a few feet before coming to the first junction. The wall to the left of the fork is adorned with the head of a lion, cut off from whatever mural sustained it in the room below, and the right side of the fork shows an ancient banner unfurling.
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Hadassah will relay her progress tot he others, "I don't think it was code, I think it is directions. vent, lion so far! If Scales, a King, and a Centaur are at the next three junctions, I will believe we are following the path she has laid for us!"
Once she has informed the group, Hadassah will take the Lion fork in the vent, and keep her eyes peeled for Scales.
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Again Hadassah yells back to the group, just loud enough to reach them "Yep, next junction has Scales. I believe we have this solved! Hurry up after me!" If or once the others catch up, or mostly catch up, Hadassah will proceed down the Scales shaft. Should the next junction have a choice between anything and a King, Hadassah will go the direction of King, then Centaur. Assuming this will come to an end at some point, Hadassah will wait for the others.
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Though the vent is small, all fit inside. Some find it a tighter fit than others, but the party of Pathfinders is able to find its way without getting lost. Following Hadassah's lead, you find the Centaur, its bow pointing to a vent.
Kicking the vent down it clatters on the floor noisily, but thankfully it doesn't seem that anyone hears the sound. Looking into this large room the walls glow with a gentle blue light, and the air feels unnaturally cool and dry. Shelves line the walls and stand in ranks through the middle of the room, punctuated by a wooden table and ornate chairs. An imposing, unoccupied desk faces the main entrance to the room. On an easel in one of the aisles is a map of the room.
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A quick look through at the map shows that the following desks are labelled as: “Internal Security: Receipts,” “Internal
Security: Evidence,” “Imperial Security: Dossiers,” and “Imperial Security: Misc".
It doesn't appear that your approach was heard by anyone. From what you can tell, you are away from the ballroom. You don't hear the sound of party goes through these thick walls.
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With a sarcastic smile on his face "I guess we should be thankful it isn't a couch"
With sword and spell he attacks the four legged beast.
[dice=Acid Splash(Ranged Touch Attack)]1d20+2+2-2[/dice]
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Yoren is able to take a huge gouge out of the chair, animated pieces of wood go flying through the room. However the chair doesn't seem to notice. Ianto and Zondras both try to destroy the chair, but they are too busy making sharp quips back and forth to successfully hit the angry piece of furniture.
The chair ties to wrap around Yoren for and tires to grab the warrior!
Suddenly the chair is wrapped around Yoren and it starts to suffocate the young warrior.
16 hp