GM Batpony PFS Tyranny of Winds Table 2 (Inactive)

Game Master Batpony

Jian Sheng in turn absorbs all of Almoshtari's answers before drawing upon what she saw in the caves and picks on a nagging thought "What other legends are there about the elemental lords? Are there more rumors about Ranginori...or..." Jian Sheng's eyes grow wide as a thought hits her "...have other elemental lords been bound with similar magicks within other gems as well?"

Shot in the dark by a blind person!

She explains to you that she really doesn't know much more about the Concordance, and happily goes off tangent to discuss about Razmiran history. As Jian Sheng ask about the elemental lords, she pauses a moment and looks around, and ask you to lean in. "“Curious about the imprisoned elemental lords? I would take care who you ask such dangerous questions. Fortunately for you, I mean you no ill will, and I do happen to have information for you. Ranginori, the lord of air, is trapped in the Untouchable Opal. Lysianassa, the lord of water, is trapped in the Garnet Brand. Atreia the lord of fire, is trapped in the Gasping Pearl. Finally, Sairazul, the lord of earth, is trapped in the Moaning Diamond. According to legend, there’s an intelligent book detailing how to free them from the gems. Hshurha doesn’t want that knowledge out there so she’s had her agents tracking it down for centuries, to no avail. Personally, I’m unsure if it actually exists. It may just be a rumor. It’s such an obscure myth that even the book’s name is now lost to time."

You continue to chat a little longer before meeting the next person of interest. Faizura Bereket, the djinni librarian, she engages in some small talk with people nearby, as they go off you immediately approach her. She presents herself as the neatest person in the room.

Xavian will try to break the ice with the librarian. I imagine you would have quite a collection of interesting tomes. Have you read them all? Do you have a favorite?

Diplo: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (8) + 8 = 16

"Yesss, the last person we talk was boring. Hopefully you know more magic."

"What is the rarest book in your collection?" Korez tries to feign interest in the topic.

diplomacy AA: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

She is very soft spoken and speaks in a calm polite manner to the group, "I certainly have an interesting, I have acquired recently one, tome of the righteous repose, have you heard of it?" She knows a bit of magic and you continue a little chat on tomes.

Only Diplomacy for Gather Information from her if anyone would like to try.

"I read that one, yesss! It led usss to a site with orcs and not lot of magic. I did not like it."

I don't suspect I will have a chance to use any better skill than Diplomacy for any of the others so I will try here.

Korez steels himself, invoking the blessing of the heavens before responding. "No, can you tell me a bit more about it?"

diplomacy+guidance: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 4 + 1 = 21

She happily opens up about the tome, and other books that she has read in her lifetime.

Go ahead and ask your question!

Jian Sheng is startled at the confirmation that other elemental lords are trapped as well "Such a tragedy..." before bowing and taking leave from Almoshtari.

As Faizura chats about the Tome of the Righteous Repose and other books, Jian Sheng interjects "Among all your research and tomes you have read, have you ever come across anything about the Untouchable Opal?"

Yliss' ear slits suddenly open wider, "What kind of powerful magic would be needed to imprison gods?"

She pauses for a moment to think, still maintaining the same demeanor, she calmly replies "I do not have any area of expertise nor do I know much about the gems or gods. As a librarian I just guide people to where they want to find certain books. Have you heard of the Cloisters of the Hidden Breeze? Many prefer to study at the Azure Hall, but with most of it closed to the public until the grand re-opening you might want to look into other options. The Cloisters are dedicated to Pulura and while it isn’t the most prestigious of the temples in the Godsward, it boasts an impressive collection of historical documents about the planes. I'm not sure if that is what you're looking for, but I'm sure it may help.”

Glorin hangs back, wondering why his puff pastry just dissolves into practically nothing in his mouth.

"Thank you for that information. We shall be sure to visit the Cloisters to learn more. Is there someone you know there we should speak to?"

"Oh, hmm all the monks are helpful really, but Yogan would be my favourite if I had to pick."

Any other questions for the librarian before moving on?

"I am interested in the Tome you recently acquired. What in particular do you find fascinating about it?"

Jian Sheng bows to the librarian "Thank you for illuminating our path with your knowledge"

You can still return to Fairuza if you have questions for her in future.

Out of scenario scope Inira! lol.

"The Tome? I have not read it myself, but I acquired it from a pathfinder, and was told it holds many secrets in the text. You should read it someday, I heard that the text are oh so evergreen." After a bit more pleasantries, the groups makes their way to Ghassan El-Amin, male djinni archivist. He seems to be recluse, keeping himself to a corner of the room, talking to his pet raven.

Your raven, is that a familiar? I've heard that they can be very loyal companions.

Diplo: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

"What does an archivist do, exactly?"

diplomacy AA: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

The reclusive seems easy to open u after hitting the right notes. "My Raven is not only that, but my best friend, it keeps me sane on days like these." He gives a funny look to Korez, but in turn answers. "Well, I assesse, collect, organize, preserve, maintain control over archives."

Diplomacy or handle animal check to gather info.

Sounds like an important set of duties. Which of the archives is the most important to you? Do you have a preference?

Diplo: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20

Need one more aid to pass the gather info for the Djinni.

"Oh, well, I work for Azure Hall, they hold an impressive collection. So I'll have to say my preference lies with them of course."

"A familiar! So, are you a wizard? I study magic, too. I especially like spells that change my body."

Jian Sheng bows at the Djinni "Greetings learned one. We seek knowledge about a legendary item called the Untouchable Opal. Perhaps you have come across knowledge of this artifact within the Azure Hall?"

diplomacy (aid another): 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (2) - 2 = 0

Yliss saves the day.

"Oh how I wish I could practice magic, but for now, my passion lies in archiving." Upon mention of the Untouchable Opal, he thinks for a while, "Why, yes, I heard of something like that before. I can't remember where though. The Untouchable Opal is the prison of Ranginori, the Duke of Thunder and the benevolent counterpart of Hshurha, the Duchess of All Winds. Millennia ago, the evil lord of water, Kelizandri, conspired with the other nefarious lords to trap their good counterparts into four gems. The artifacts were scattered across the multiverse and no one knows where they are now. There are, however, many academic arguments about how to unlock them should they be found. But such discussions are treasonous to Hshurha, so any documentation about the subject would surely be carefully guarded and discreetly marked. Look for documents marked with a storm cloud inside an intricate wreath of lightning bolts, that is one of Ranginori’s sacred sigils.”

Have you ever seen these documents or have an idea where they might be at? This sounds fascinating... go on.

Oh, to touch this Untouchable Opal! "I wish I could trade with you! Magic seems to run in my very veins, but I struggle so to understand it."

"Oh it takes years to master magic, I'm sure you will understand it one day Nagaji. Unfortunately, I don't have any information on the whereabouts of such a document, if it was in Azure Hall surely I would have known about it.. I think.." he is able to share with you a little bit more information on the elemental lords, but nothing that you didn't already know from your chats with the other guest at the Gala.

The next guest on the list is Lineji Niarndu, female gnome museum curator: Lineji is a middle-aged gnome with frizzy, orange hair and bulging, mismatched eyes. She looks funnily at you (In a not just her funny eyes kinda way) when you approach her. She also looks fondly outside at a tree in the courtyard.

A gnome. This ought to be good.

I couldn't help but notice how you admire that tree in the courtyard. Do you have a background as a druid or ranger?

Diplo: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (5) + 8 = 13

"Aha, oh no. You must be a tourist. I've just lost my kite. That's all." Her reply is somewhat cold, she seems uninterested in the pathfinders at the moment.

You can continue to aid Xavian to try to boost that diplo score.

"A kite? What's so important about a kite, can't you just buy a new one?"

She sighs, "You don't understand do you, It' my favourite one."

Jian Sheng bows and thanks the Djinni for his information.

Upon hearing about the kite stuck in the tree, Jian Sheng discreetly goes to the courtyard to retrieve the kite

climb: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

Jian Sheng is able to adequately climb the tree without harming herself, and manages to retrieve the kite. Upon seeing her kite, she makes a great sigh of relief! "Ah, so you're not completely bad people I guess."

The kite retrieval activity has improved her influence. You may make your gather info check, either diplomacy or kn. planes to prove you aren't ignorant tourist.

Glorin knows he's still very much the accidental tourist and stays silent.

Korez stands by, ready to help verbally tag team Jian Sheng.

I already burned my gather info so I will be aiding another on whomever. My mod for knowledge planes is 1 better in case that's the skill chosen.

diplomacy AA: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6 +1 if it's knowledge (planes) instead

Yliss,Inira and Glorin remain. Might as well try your luck here as this person is the last person that has any useful information. After her we'll be moving on from the gala. Whilst there are still other interactions to be made, they don't bear any usefulness to you anymore. And knowing how painful social encounters can be on PbP, we'll move on promptly.

Jian Sheng bows at the gnome "It was nothing, a pleasure to assist a fellow material plane traveller in need"

knowledge planes: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

Jian Sheng has used her gather info check, so I'll treat that as an aid check.

Glorin grunts. "Nice kite. So, you're a museum curator? Do you look after anything that isn't from the Plane of Air, then?"

Might as well give it a gather info shot here.

Diplomacy: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (13) - 1 = 12

A kite? Xavian simply watches as the kite is retrieved.

"Please, help usss friend. Knowledge is the most filling food, and we are all friends sharing a meal."

Will Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

The Nagaji attempts some fancy eye work to somewhat charm the gnome. But because of her mismatched eye, somehow Yliss get's distracted. She does continue some small talk. "Oh, I'm not from around here. Much like you, I'm just a visitor, I actually work in the material plane, in a dessert land called Osirian."

I'll treat the highest Diplomacy roll as the primary. Accumulatively you have not met the DC for gather info for her yet.

I'm not sure if I was to roll another Diplo check, so I will now in case its needed.

Diplo: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

You're allowed as an aid, Inira needs to pass her aid else the gather info is unsuccessful here.

Inira,aid: 1d20 ⇒ 19

Go ahead and ask anything till your hearts content.

Diplomacy Aid: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (19) + 0 = 19

"Hello, madam curator. I was wondering what, if any, exhibits you may have regarding the elemental lords?"

After some convincing, she starts to warm up as you don't seem that ignorant after all."Elemental overlords? To be honest I'm clueless on that topic, I'm here for research myself. There was a wonderful library in Cloister of the Hidden Breeze that I visited yesterday, I reckon it might have information there. A shame that Azure Hall is closed."

It seems as a fellow non-native she might not be as knowledgable about the elemental artifacts or lore...let's try a different approach

"Would you have happened to have seen another fellow material plane traveller? We are looking for her and we heard that she should be somewhere around here" Jian Sheng proceeds to describe Jamila (and her bird) to the gnome

"Hmm, I believe I saw someone matching that description at the Cloister yesterday! I'm sure of it!"

And that's all clues. The scenario assumes that's where you head next based on the clues you've gathered here.

After an eventful Gala, you head back to your flying carpet's which you've parked nearby. The walk takes you to a well lit alley where there are a lot of pedestrians. Among the pedestrians, many from the elemental planes, oreads, slyphs, djinnis, mephits, and other random creatures.

Two lizards suddenly block your path, and start talking to you. They don't look at anyone in particular."Devi essere il percorso, devi lasciare immediatamente da Armun Kelisk. Le tue attività non sono qui accolte."