Seal and Thunderpuss take out two of the stalkers and the party easily wipes out the final foe!
They had three mwk longswords that you can take.
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Kufieno shrugs and harmless discharges his spell to the ground. Looking around, he says. "Is that everything? Can we continue upwards?"
Seal tries to stop Kufieno before he discharges the spell.
"Can't you just 'hold' on to that until we find more baddies? I know we have at least one more.
"Unless you have to wee-wee or poo-poo. Then I understand. Those things are hard to do with one paw"
Once the party is ready to move on, Seal begins to hum to himself.
"Hi-ho, hi-ho..."
Kufieno stops before touching the ground. "I suppose your right. Just remind me not to pat you on the shoulder!"
Lucian starts warding the party with various spells, praying Desna for luck.
"Desna, revered star-traveller, grant us your protection and guidance in the upcoming battle. Let our souls remain free of evil influences and taint."
Rissi casts see invisibility.
"Who wishes to receive the *chhh* strength of the bull?" she asks asks as she prepares to cast bull's strength.
She pulls a scroll in hand, and sticks another in her belt, ready to pull at a moment's notice
A rickety makeshift wooden staircase has been haphazardly nailed into place around the outside of the next two levels, eventually taking you to the very top of the tower.
The smoky, filthy rooftops of Underbridge sprawl below this dizzying perch. The conical roof supports an onyx statue of an angel. Towering like a god, her weathered features are caked with grime, making her seem almost demonic in countenance. At the far end of the hollow space under the roof, in the angel’s shadow, is a nest of cushions, silk sheets, and a line of several small chests.
At first the place appears empty. . . until a demon appears in midair floating straight for Sealman!
Lucian casts prayer to bolster his companions's resolve and diminish their enemies. "Desna, may you tip the odds in our favor!"
Kufieno darts past Miana, circles toward the rear of the creature, and reaches out to touch it.
Seal evades the reach and slides closer to the demon. He then swings up his dorn and tries to knock the bad guy down.
Kufieno strikes the creature while Lucian says a prayer over the party! The demon flies about and takes a defensive stance but Seal hits it nonetheless!
Somethings wrong. Rissi thinks Why isn't it attacking?
Rissi recognizes it as dretch, a demon that (like most) resists damage from weapons that are not cold iron or good-aligned. It is immune to electricity and poison and resists the other major elements. They can emit stinking clouds.
She also knows that dretches can not teleport like many greater demons can but there are still a myriad of ways it could have shown up here.
"The dretch is vulnerable to cold iron or blessed weapons. Where is the *chhh* Lamia?" Rissi hisses.
Rissi ignores the dretch and scans the horizon.
Lucian senses that something is wrong, and gets ready to cast a spell the moment the lamia matriarch appears.
Kufieno flexes his hands as claws grow and his canines lengthen, then peers around the room.
Nothing happens for a moment. . .
Then, all of sudden the mastermind lamia matriarch herself appears out of invisibility as the demon disappears! Lucian reacts quickly and lets off a burst of light in her face! Unfortunately, it does not seem to affect her at all!
She brings her spear down on Miana!
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dazzled 2 rounds
Kufieno casts a spell, then tries to dart foward and touch the lamia.
Lucian remains as jolly as always, attempting to curse the lamia with his own ailment.
Unfortunately the mastermind appears to be invincible against the Varisian's feeble magic.
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Although stabbed, Miana maintains her vigilant attitude to the creature. "Your trickery will not save you from our justice. Down with you!", she shouts, hey eyes flashing white again as she wills Irori's justice upon the fiend.
Miana then steps into a forward leaning stance before unleashing a bevy of powerful punches towards her assailant.
Rissi carefully squeaks magic words, invoking a haste spell upon Kufieno, Miana and Master Alerteyes.
Seal quickly reassess the new threat. Still swinging his dorn with fury and passion, the quick footed dwarf designates Xanesha as his new evading target. (Evading Reach)
He moves along the edge and moves into flanking position with the monk. Seal then swings forth the edge of dorn and snaps it as if its a whip.
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Rissi carefully squeaks magic words, invoking a haste spell upon Kufieno, Miana and Master Alerteyes.
Kufieno gives the lamia a bad touch but Lucian's magic is once again resisted by Xanesha! Miana attacks the lamia matriarch but none of her attacks land; Xanesha proves quite dexterous. With the demon gone, Seal moves around to assault Xanesha from behind, dealing her a nasty blow!
Zanesha turns her attention upon Sealman!
45 dmg, dazzled 1 rounds
Seeing that his tricks are powerless again the lamia, Lucian circles the room far and wide to reach Sealman while avoiding the matriarch's terrible spear.
Thanks to his Hasted feet, Sealman dodges away from the second strike at the last movement, only catch the last swing in his leg. He spits out some blood and growls, "That's all you got, b!tch?"
Rissi summons three balls of energy.
:P
But her magic sputters against the creatures mystical defenses.
Lucian heals the dwarf as Seal finishes off the lamia matriarch!
Price: 9000 gp; CL: 7th
Weight: 9 lbs; Aura: moderate enchantment
The impaler of thorns is an ancient weapon dating back to Thassilonian times, when it was often used by city guards to aid in breaking up civil unrest. An impaler’s shaft is made of darkwood, and its head is a thornlike, wide-bladed barb. When an impaler of thorns is used in combat, its successful critical hits are accompanied by an unsettling screech, as of some wild beast in anger.
An impaler of thorns is a +1 longspear. Once per day as it strikes a foe, the wielder can cause it (as a free action) to unleash a 30-foot-radius burst of despair that affects all creatures not wielding an impaler of thorns. Creatures affected must succeed at DC 16 Will saves or become overwhelmed with sadness and despair, taking –2 penalties on attack rolls, saving throws, ability checks, skill checks, and weapon damage rolls for 6 minutes. The target struck when this effect is triggered must also succeed at a second DC 16 Will save to resist becoming nauseated with despair for 1 round.
Aura faint necromancy; CL 5th
Slot neck; Price 3,500 gp; Weight —
This medallion hangs on a leather cord, a silver disc inscribed with the Sihedron. These medallions were given to favored agents of the runelords; the medallions granted some minor benefits to the wearers.
While worn, a Sihedron medallion grants its wearer a +1 resistance bonus on all saving throws. Once per day, as a free action, it may be commanded to bestow the effects of false life on the wearer. Placed on the neck of a dead body, a Sihedron medallion preserves the body indefinitely via a gentle repose effect.
Xanesha keeps all of these treasures spread between seven locked chests (these chests can be opened with the keys she carries) set neatly in a row against the far wall.
The first five chests each contain coins, kept in small leather pouches in denominations of 100 coins per pouch. In all, there is 33,000 cp, 8,100 sp, 900 gp, and 100 pp spread throughout these first several chests. The sixth chest contains 4,200 gp of various bits of jewelry and small pouches of gemstones. The seventh chest contains four potions of cure moderate wounds, a +2 Small kukri, a ring of jumping, and a golembane scarab.
But the greatest treasure to be found here is not hidden among the chests. You notice a crumpled-up wad of parchment in the southwest corner of the room:
My sister—
I trust your little band of murderers is doing well, gathering the greedy souls for our Lord’s rise? Has Magnimar proven to be as sinful as you had hoped? It may interest you to know that my plan to nurture greed here in this backwater has blossomed—the quality of greed in a soul is so much more refined when it is given the proper care.
Are you still simply carving the Sihedron on them as they expire? How crude! My method of marking is so much more elegant. In any event, I’m sure that your plans for harvesting greed where and when you can find it “in the wild” are progressing well enough—I just hope that your raw, ungroomed, and likely inferior victims don’t interact poorly when mixed with the purity of my own subjects. If you tire of your little project there, know that you’re always welcome to come to Turtleback Ferry and serve as my assistant, little sister! Fort Rannick should be in our control by the time you receive this letter, in any event, so there’ll be plenty of room for you if you wish to take me up on my generous offer.
Oh! Before I forget! Have you managed to harvest that lord-mayor yet? By all accounts, he might just be the cream of the crop in Magnimar—his soul might even rival several from my hand-grown harvest!
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"Hmmm... seems we should inform the mayor of this development. And it seems this cult exists beyond Magnimar.", Miana sighs. "The work of justice is neverending.", she quotes, clenching a fist before relaxing it and smiling at her companions. "But it seems we have at least stopped things here in this city. You all have performed admirably and I thank you for your companionship during this journey.", bowing to the party.
Kufieno lets his claws and fangs retract, then claps Seal on the back. "My, my, that was a terrific show of brute strength! I admit to be worried, but it appears to be all for naught!"
At Miana's words, he nods. "Aye, I agree."
When the lord-mayor Grobaras discovers that the murderers were planning his assassination, he faints. When he recovers, he invites you to attend a feast at his home, Defiant’s Garden. Grobaras is hardly a scion of virtue, but he is nonetheless a powerful man, and in reward for defeating the murderers he grants each of you 6,000 gp.
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Upon the Mayor's reward, Miana is humbled. "Your generosity is most kind, mayor. I do have a question, have you met a woman by the name of Xanesha? I am curious as to what interactions she had for you that went towards her preparations so we can make sure it doesn't happen to others.", Miana inquisitively asks.
The Mayor frowns but admits, "I don't recall ever meeting a woman by that name."