We have the imprisoned guy's key. Did you kill the medusa?
"Yep. We found her taking a bath. Still didn't go too well, but in the end she was turned into a splat on the ground. As no one is around cleaning up after us, you can probably still see the result."
Go back over old locations it seems.
A short skimming through the pages of her journal Gwenhwyfar suggests some places where to look. "Did you make a proper search of the chamber the ugly guy was in? If Ardathanatus has a room we don't know. So the Medusa would offer herself for further investigation, but if she had a room we also don't know. But there was one room on the first floor that suggested that someone took it over. Had some strange books in it."
This chamber is furnished with a bed, a table, and a cabinet—like the tapestries that hang on the wall, all are gray and colorless, giving the bedroom a gloomy feel. To the west, a short alcove ends at a three-foot-diameter circular window in the wall that shimmers with energy as it looks out over the sea.
Besides some clothes and shoes set identical to those worn by Zolerim, the chest of drawers contains Zolerim’s spellbook, an exquisite statuette of Nethys made of ebony and ivory worth 120 gp, a golden paper knife with a ruby in the pommel worth 1,150 gp, a silver mirror worth 100 gp, and a leather bag containing 320 gp.
A red leather book sits on a nightstand near the bed. Entitled My Lady’s Fire recognizable for those able to read Thassilonian.
This rectangular room is almost completely lined in wood and furnished with a round table with a single chair, several stools near a large fireplace, and two tall bookcases flanking a window with flowery stained-glass designs.
The bookcases beside the window are almost empty, and contain just a few books of obscure poetry and litanies written in Aklo and Abyssal. On the table is a small book of poems in Abyssal dedicated to the demon lords of Golarion.
While Spugnoir collects the valueables Darius checks the room for hidden compartments or notes, that fell under the bed and such.
Darius finds nothing that looks like a code or a combination in Zolerim's room.
So off to the first floor it is, to check the other room.
Spugnoir knows Abyssal and checks out the poem book.
I can't read any of this, should we look downstairs at the first floor?
Sounds like a good idea.
Spugnoir reads into some of the poems and they are horrible. At least the content. If read in soothing tone to someone not proficient in the language they'd sound rather nice.
The inside back cover of this book has been used to add a short poem that is not part of the original copy.
Spugnoir tells Varsk the poem. So the combination to the Doomsday Door no doubt.
Darius looks over the alchemists shoulder. "Is West left or right?"
Left.
Have we seen any statues or painting of any of the characters in the poem? I just wonder if the other parts of the poem mean anything.
If nobody has seen anything, Grergof leads the other down to the first floor to search for that key the medusa may have had.
"We fought a hag here. Don't know if there is a connection. The other stuff makes no sense to me at all."
I'm guessing that there will be pictures on the door we need to unlock and we turn the key towards the pictures.
As the books are mostly in strange unknown - to the party - languages, the room becomes boring quickly. So the long walk back to the lower basement is due. Half way down Abomentolor remembers that they are still lacking the second key. Luckily Gwenhwyfar has it.
Down at the door again it shows, that there are no pics of hags or banshees or such on the lock. In fact there are no hint, markings or signs of any kind. Just the Groetus like skull with the opening for the key in the open 'mouth'.
There was. Another stairway we didn’t try.
Maybe there are more hints down there? I worry we won’t get this right.
Were there more hags in here? Maybe there are statues or pictures.
With no other clues matching the poem in anybody's mind, Grergof's suggestion is the best plan.
Stepping down the stairs, you hear unexpected noises. The churning waters of a sea cave fill this grotto with the sound of the surf. A few steep-sided rocks protrude from the waters like islands. To the south, a ten-foot-high ledge rises from the water. A rusted chest sits high up on this ledge, surrounded by a small mound of gold coins and silver dinnerware. A flock of sea drakes frolic in the cave and hiss at the intruders.
That chest looks Sus.
Agree. Samething bad will happen if we get close. But we probably have to do that anyway.
Anyone have anything to help us here?
I assume we need to either fly, walk on water or go under the water here.
"Guys, you really think the chest is the problem?"
Well The sea Drakes are probably not happy, but I'm guessing there may be a mama dragon that we have to deal with when we get close.
Well we can try to scare them off.
The sea drakes are indeed not happy, and you are too close already as becomes painfully obvious pretty fast. One of the drakes, the size you would expect to be able to sink a fisher boat, spits a ball of lightning at Grergof. From there it arcs to all the others.
Abomentolor grabs the others and dimdoors all back up the stairs.
Hmmm. Territorial aren’t they. We clearly need something to protect us from lightning. To fly and swim if we want to get to the chest. . Grergof says as sparks continue to jump off his armor.
Unfortunately, I don't have any protection extracts made right now
"Neither do I." Abomentolor admits. "I can do invisibility. And maybe it would be possible to take the chest with us when I magic us away."
If you want to sneak in, I'm not the right person for that...
I can sneak and have invisibility
"Do you think you can carry a chest full of stuff? Because if not, our escape plan won't work." Abomentolor ponders.
Probably not. We could just go in and wipe them out.
"That's the kind of plan I like. But they're in water. Water doesn't burn. And Grergof doesn't swim - no offense."
I have frost bombs to freeze them.
Darius channels positive energy to heal the lightning damage.
"Then let's try again."
He casts air walk on Grergof.
The sea drakes are really quick and great the group with more lightning.
Before returning to the drakes, Abomentolor slaps everyone with a protection from Energy spell.
As the lightning has no effect, Abomentolor grins, and starts his own energy attack, trying to get as many drakes as possible.
All drakes, that are above the water are roasted by the fire.
Two move over to attack.
Darius swings his sword.
Darius cuts the drake.
Two more sea drakes spit ball lightning.
HP 109/110
AC 17/12/15 (21/14/19 with Mutagen)
Saves F13/R13/W9 9 Fear Poison Immune
Weapon in hand:
Special effects:Heroism(+2 attack/skills/saves) Level drain(-2 attack, skills,Saves),See invisible (150 minutes),Countless Eyes (15 hours)
Bombs:20/21
120 points protection
110 Points protection
84 points protection
66 points protection
58 points protection
Spugnoir throws a fire bomb at the most beaten looking drake
The golem tosses a bomb at the same target, switching if the first falls
Electric
Spugnoir ends a drake. The bomb from the golem has no effect.
Grergof uses his flail to smash the drake that came up to him.
Grergof almost ends another drake but it evades the last swing.
As it didn't work too bad, Abomentolor spends another fireball.
Grergof accepts another bite and continues to lay about himself with the flail on the two that are near him.