Tangle him up in a Web spell that has been changed to restrain insubstantial beings?
Isn't there some way to counterspell spells? Can one of you do that?
Of course I could just smack him around until he stops casting. That's what we normally do to mages.
"Yeah, doesn't have to make sense. You think they can whip that out at a moments notice, or would that delay us another day?" Abomentolor inquires.
"I doubt they would have such a conjuration available immediately, so it would likely mean waiting at least a day."
Isn't there some way to counterspell spells? Can one of you do that?
Of course I could just smack him around until he stops casting. That's what we normally do to mages.
"Counterspelling is a very challenging and risky strategy to execute - you have to have an appropriate counterspell prepared for whatever the enemy pulls out of his bag of tricks - that kind of foresight is very difficult. Let's go with your usual strategy, after all, there is no guarantee that we will even encounter him..."
The group finally teleports back into the crystal palace and finds that at least the place doesn't grow back any of the monsters.
After a majority of the group has an aversion to water, the excursion leads tothe teleportation circle.
The dark walls of this room dampen any light brought within. Inlaid in the dark crystal floor is a large Sihedron rune, each of its arms painted a different metallic sheen—black, blue-green, pale green, red, coppery orange, silver, and ivory-white.
Before we teleport, Ardan prepares the breakfast of champions for us all (Heroes Feast)
L0 (DC 19, *) Detect Magic, Light, Detect Fiendish Presence, Read Magic
L1 (DC 20, 4+1 domain+3 wis) Featherfall (Domain), Stone Shield, Stone Shield, Sure Casting, Murderous Command, Remove Fear, Liberating Command, Liberating Command
L2 (DC 21, 4+1 domain+2 wis) Hypnotic Pattern (Domain), Eagle’s Splendor, Ashen Path, Silence,
L3 (DC 22, 4+1 domain+2 wis) Fly (Domain), Skyshroud,
L4 (DC 23, 4+1 domain+2 wis) Holy Smite (Domain), Blessings of Fervor, Air Walk,
L5 (DC 24, 4+1 domain+2 wis) Overland Flight (Domain), Air Walk (Communal), Break Enchantment, Bone Shatter, Forbid Action (Greater), Holy Ice, ***
L6 (DC 25, 3+1 domain+1 wis) Blade Barrier (Domain),
L7 (DC 26, 3+1 domain+1 wis) Sunbeam (Domain), Destruction, Destruction, Holy Word, ***
L8 (DC 27, 2+1 domain+1 wis) Holy Aura (Domain) Stormbolts, Stormbolts, ***
After arriving, Ardan casts a Magic Vestment (Extended, Rod) on his shield, Greater Magic Weapon on both his cestus and on Atua's adamantine longsword, overland flight and finally Tears to Wine (Extended, Rod) on a bottle and passes it around...
Grergof sets his Flail to Glowing. (Divine Bond to make it +5 Flaming Adamintine Heavy Flail) and Casts Veil of Positive Energy on himself.
Then he takes a drink of the Tears to Wine bottle that is offered.
OK How do we do this?
Grergof sets his Flail to Glowing. (Divine Bond to make it +5 Flaming Adamintine Heavy Flail) and Casts Veil of Positive Energy on himself.
Then he takes a drink of the Tears to Wine bottle that is offered.
OK How do we do this?
"To activate the circle, simply touch the appropriate point on the real Sihedron to matching point on the diagram on the floor. But all of us should be inside the circle when we start, so we go together... "
Extracts prepared
1.Shield,CLW,Shield,Targeted Bomb Admixture,Enlarge Person,Enlarge Person,Increased Awareness
2.See Invisible,Cure Moderate Wounds,Ablative Barrier,Barkskin,Ironskin
3.Haste,Heroism,Displacement,Countless Eyes,Resist Energy-Communal
4.Restoration,Death Ward,Death Ward,Stoneskin
5.Freedom of Movement,Communal Stoneskin
6.Caging Bomb Admixture
Spugnoir Drinks Heroism,Countless Eyes and See Invisible (+2 Attack/Saves/Skill checks) (See Invisible Creatures) (all around vision and cannot be flanked)
Who would like a drink?
Abomentolor selects the freedom of movement potion after taking a swig of the wine Ardan offers.
"Which one of those seven?" Abomentolor inquires as Ardan explains how to activate the teleporting circle.
"Which one of those seven?" Abomentolor inquires as Ardan explains how to activate the teleporting circle.
16 ranks+3 trained+ 2 Int+2 luck+10 tears to wine
16 ranks+3 trained+ 2 Int+2 luck+10 tears to wine
Well generosity is active. I could try to touch that first. Unless someone has a better suggestion?
"Match the skymetals between the points of the Sihedron and the engravings on the floor, in this order Horacalcum (Pride/Humility), Adamantine (Greed/Charity), Djezet Alloy (lust/generosity), Inubrix (Gluttony/Kindness), Noqual (envy/love), Siccatite (Wrath/temperance), Abysium (Sloth/Zeal)"
Once everyone is gathered, Grergof touches each point of the Sihedron to the points on the floor following the order he is instructed. Specifically calling out only the positive aspects as he activates each point.
As Grergof touches the first arm of the star in the floor with the matching point of the sihedron, the rune in the teleportation circle activates and the whole group is moved to another place.
The walls of this room are plated in sheets of coppery metal, and are carved with numerous depictions of First King Xin through the ages. Some depict him as a child, others as an old man, with most falling somewhere between these extremes. A single stone statue of Xin stands between two pillars to the northwest—in his hands he holds a coppery platter on which sits a strange contraption of glass and metal. Seven spidery limbs extend from the sides of the contraption to hold the glass in place, while within the glass whirls a cloud of pale blue smoke.
The guardian of this room is a creature appearing as a smoky humanoid with four arms and a swirling vortex in its chest. This 13-foot-tall outsider attacks on sight.
16 ranks+3 trained+ 2 Int+2 luck+10 tears to wine
16 ranks +3 trained +9 wis + 5 eyes of the eagle+2 luck+10 tears to wine +10 Sarzari Shadow Memory
HP 116/116 (127 with hero's feast)
AC 17/12/15 (25/18/23 with Mutagen and shield)
Saves F15/R15/W10 11 Fear Poison Immune (+11 Will save with hero's feast
Weapon in hand:
Special Effects: Heroes Feast (+11 HP +1 Attack/Will save, +4 vs. Poison/Fear) 21/23 bombsHeroism (+2 attack/saves/skills)
See Invisible
Countless Eyes(All around vision, can't be flanked)
Heighten Awareness (+2 Perception and Knowledge skills),Tears to wine(+2 enhancement bonus on all Intelligence– and Wisdom-based skill checks.)
Assuming Ardan fills them in on the info, Spugnoir throws two force bombs
The bythos is hit properly by the second bomb. It moves closer and touches Spugnoir.
"Well, there is our first customer to get served." abomentolor casts haste on the party.
vs DC 24
+6 Cleric +3 Stargazer+3 Con +2 Luck +4 Resistance+1 Competence
Atua steps forward and begins swinging her new adamantine longsword with enthusiasm...
+19 bab +5 str +4 enhancement - 5 Power attack +1 morale (heroes Feast) + 1 haste
+4 enhancement + 7 (1.5*str, 2 handing her longsword) + 15 power attack
Fire
+19 bab +5 str +4 enhancement - 5 Power attack -5 first iterative +1 morale (heroes Feast) + 1 haste
+4 enhancement + 7 (1.5*str, 2 handing her longsword) + 15 power attack
+19 bab +5 str +4 enhancement - 5 Power attack -10 second iterative +1 morale (heroes Feast) + 1 haste
+4 enhancement + 7 (1.5*str, 2 handing her longsword) + 15 power attack
+19 bab +5 str +4 enhancement - 5 Power attack -15 third iterative +1 morale (heroes Feast) + 1 haste
+4 enhancement + 7 (1.5*str, 2 handing her longsword) + 15 power attack
+19 bab +5 str +4 enhancement - 5 Power attack +1 morale (heroes Feast) + 1 haste
+4 enhancement + 7 (1.5*str, 2 handing her longsword) + 15 power attack
Fire
Ardan calls out "It's a Bythos Aeon. It can mess with time, but blades should be able to solve this problem handily..."
He reaches out and gives a Pulura's blessing to Brother Grergof.
Grergof Fights off the confusion and goes to town with his Flaming Flail.
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Why would you just attack us for appearing?
Maybe the bythos would answer the question, if it wasn't too dead to do so.
The platter held by the statue is worth 6,000 gp and made of enough horacalcum to melt down and forge into a single weapon.
The true treasure in this chamber, however, is the strange glass-and-horacalcum contraption that sits atop the platter.
16 ranks+3 trained+ 2 Int+2 luck+10 tears to wine
Ardan is somewhat spooked: "I've never seen such before, but that has to be a Timeglass. Well, that explains why the Bythos was here. What else is just lying around this place?"
Still, he searches the chamber for anything hidden (like a secret exit)...
16 ranks +3 trained +9 wis + 5 eyes of the eagle+2 luck+10 tears to wine +10 Sarzari Shadow Memory
The chamber is almost square in shape and it is clean. No clutter or anything to search in.
and another +2 vs mind affecting
+6 Cleric +4 Stargazer + 9 Wisdom +2 Luck+4 Resistance+1 Competence +1 morale (Heroes Feast)
"Well, there are limits to the Xin's wealth afterall. The walls are not actually Horaculum plated, rather it is a copper alloy with a subtle illusion on top... Shall we try the next point?"
Perhaps use the time glass to scry on Xin t9 see where he is.
How we often can it be used? Can we use that to see what’s in the water below us after we see what Xin is up to?
We can look into the past or future once a day.
Can we look at today more times then that, or just in the past and future?
"That thing can be used as a device for true seeing if it isn't about the future or the past but the present and where you are. All the other stuff is blurry guesswork for soothsayers."
Well let us find Xin then. Spugnoir puts on a turban and tries finding Xin by using the crystal ball.
Spugnoir uses the timeglass like a crystall ball to spy on Xin and finds...
... 404 Error Xin not found.
Ardan chuckles: "That's the problem with scrying, the people who you most want to look in on are usually well protected against it... Shall we continue?"
Must be warded or something. Let's go.
Abomentolor waits for Grergof to activate the teleportation circle again for their travel.
Before you go, can you see what's in the water? I thought we saw something big moving down there?
Once we get a viewing (if we can) Gergof activate the teleport circle. with the next tip of the Sihedron. (Charity)
In the blink of an eye you are in the next chamber which is of the same size. The walls of the chamber are covered in adamantine (or the illusion thereof). Seven dark crystal statues of robed men and women in extravagant Thassilonian garb stand around the edges of this black metal-clad chamber. Each statue holds its hands forward in a sign of tribute, though the hands of all but two statues remain empty. The others each offer a jagged chunk of black metal ore the size of a kettle. A black metal halberd leans against the wall next to each statue.
No doubt those are golems of some sort. Spugnoir uses his golem knowledge to see if they are.
Spugnoir is not wrong that those are no decorative statues, but about the type he is mistaken at first. As Xin's general preferences indicate, those are constructs.
Ardan's eyes rake the room, looking for hints as to what might activate the animated objects...
16 ranks +3 trained +9 wis + 5 eyes of the eagle+2 luck+10 tears to wine +10 Sarzari Shadow Memory
He cudgels his memory to see if he has something to add to Spugnoir's assessment:
16 ranks+3 trained+ 2 Int+2 luck+10 tears to wine
If this place is just to loot, I say we come back later instead of exhausting ourselves. The rocks and halberds are no doubt valuable, but can be handled later.