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I'll bot Vera
Vera casts Bless.
T'Kemba effortlessly climbs the table and crushes the poor halfling to death.
Blue slides into position, avodiing the massive snake's protective blows
and tries to claw into him twice with fingernails sharpened into points.
But the mighty snake's thick hide is impenetrable to the small halfling.
Arisira
Shen (-8 hp)
Valin
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Haz'ha Green (-5)
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Mak'da
T'Kemba (-9)
Vera
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Haz'ha Blue
Condition: Inspire Courage +2
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The combined might of Shen and Arisira drops the blue halfling in a cry of hungered mad anguish
The green one takes his bow and snaps a shot down at Valin trying to keep hin fron getting to him
Arisira
Shen (-8 hp)
Valin (-7 hp)
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Haz'ha Green (-5)
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Mak'da
T'Kemba (-9)
Vera
Inspire Courage +2, Bless
T'Kemba slithers across the table towards green, snapping out at him.
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Tkemba does indeed crush the remaining halfling leaving the room again temporarily quiet.
The halfling have really nothing of valuable on them save these red pendants they all wear that have been carved from bloodstone in the shape of carnivorous teeth - an ode to The Devourer.
There's a hallway straight away and what appears to be a mausoleum off to the west where you can see the remains of some sort of single eyed cyclops/gorilla.
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"Hmmm ... this symbol is also an aspect of the devourer embodied by Asuras. They are a type of fiend that feeds on negative emotions and promotes madness! I can now understand why the grippli wanted to guard this place and keep the fiends under control. I have to admit that this might be outside our capabilities if the fiend was really able to control a clan of halflings from such a distance ... " Shen says with fearful eyes.
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"I agree that strange forces are at work here. Such fiends should not be able to influence this land to such a degree. We must press on, but let us be weary." She pauses for a moment before trying to break the palpable tension.
"I think the Venture Captain is going to owe us a bottle of wine after this one, of his best vintage!"
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Aided as they are by their visions of the past the party id able to clearly see a now rubble covered stone box where the cyclopses hid a length of metal that burned their skin.
Inside a Morningstar with a sunshaped head lay waiting, the weappn obviously made of cold iron and blessed by magic.
Beyond this there is no other obvious treasure.
There are exits one down a flight of stairs and one leading to a side chamber.
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Its a +1 Cold Iron Morningstar - impressive enough given how hard those are to enchant.
As Valin opens the side chamber he sees two very large burial chambers containing smashed up skeletons and as he examines he sees it plain that these are the half ape and half Cyclops monstrosities that Amon spoke of.
He appears again We must see to it that this cursed experiment is laid to proper rest - say a blessing to sun and moon and apply holy oils to the bones
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Vera nods and moves into the room. She pulls out a vial of Holy Water, and begins to pray to Cayden as she nears the bones. Cayden put these bones to rest. They are an abomination and never should have been in this world."
Can you help me gather the bones so I can put Holy Water on them? She asks her group.
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Predictably however, the spirits of these abominations do not rest!
A howling wail of agony, in the deep hooting of a great gorilla fills the room as these monstrosities, twisted mockeries of life fill your mind's eyes.
The group is able to get the drop as the bones of the apes begin to reassemble, one dripping with blood and the other more clean.
Vera
Mak'da
T'Kemba
Shen
Valin
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Skeleton Red
Skeleton Blue
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Arisira
T'Kemba slithers forward and strikes out at Blue.
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Despite Valin's mighty sword swing chopping into the bone like wood, not giving way nearly as much as flesh would have, His efforts combine with the mighty T'Kemba's and the holy power of Cayden washing over the skeleton leads to the first of the big Ape skeletons being crushed back down to inert bits.
Using one of her patented acid bolts, Shen takes the bigger, bloodier skeleton into her sights and fires.
The bolt find purchase and melts some of the bones as the creature rages
Vera
Mak'da
T'Kemba
Shen
Valin
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Skeleton Red (-11)
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Arisira
The skeleton is boxed in by the heavily armored Valin and swings at him with all its might trying to break free of this prison.
Despite the heavy layers of black armor, Valin is unable to full defend himself against the horrific crime against natures rage.
Vera
Mak'da
T'Kemba
Shen
Valin (-21)
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Skeleton Red (-11)
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Arisira
T'Kemba slithers forward to strike out at the monster that mauled Valin.
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Vera channels to harm again!
The holy energy of cayden is enough to drop the mighty abomination back to its steadied state.
Vera is able to complete her ritual and yo ucan feel the malevolent energy coming from the bones dissipate.
In with the bones, the group finds a blood reservoir of physical prowess, three elixirs of hiding, and three warpaints of the terrible visage.
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Making your way south, you come across a room filled with pottery and scattered metal debris. But in your mind's eye you see them as they once were as beautiful statues of the sun and the moon, personified in the same sibling forms as the large one you saved.
The pair of Ngoga wander in here and rage until nothing is left. Akmon stares back at you, sad and silent. They wrought such terrible destruction. All of this needs to be cleaned up and disposed of respectfully in order for this hall of the sun and the moon to be cleansed
Nothing special needs to be done, but it will be an hour or so of intensive labor.
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Arisira rolls up her sleeves and begins to clean out the temple, using her prestidigitation to clean and restore what is salvageable.
"Hard days labor. I guess we shouldn't always expect zombies and evil things from the pathfinders... nevermind the undead in that other room, of course!" at which she begins to chuckle to herself quietly at the observation.
If only my uncle could see me now...
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Mak'da also helps to clean up the site, directing T'Kemba to help shift any bagged up rubble or debris.
Phew, this is hot and thirsty work she says, mopping her brow and taking a gulp from her watersin. Let's hope there are no more undead or worse in this place, I have few blessings left to support T'Kemba.
Before they head on she hands Shen a wand, Could you use this on T'Kemba again please, feel fre to use it on yourself as well if you need it.
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Your day's labor completed Amon smiles with contentedness. I know I cannot stop the demise of my people, but owing to you, I can rest more easily knowing our ways and traditions will ultimately find some measure of peace. As a way of thanks, you may keep some of the gift of sight that you were granted.
With that your eyes shrink back down to their normal proportions but you are left with this gift
As you open the door to the final chamber, large logs serve as some sortr sort of ceremonial totem, but all have been defaced and scratched out - no doubt by halfling claws as have many of the other wards in this room.
The wall in here is burgeoning with an enormous fiend just aching to burst forth from the wall at any moment. Here a pair of halflings and teeny tiny version of the burgeoning fiend await.
Mak'da
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Red Halfling
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Arisira
Shen
Vera
T'Kemba
Valin
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Green Halfling
Fiend
Blue Halfling[b