Halkale's arrow passes through an empty space between some of the skeleton's ribs and lodges in the nearby wall. Valik's sansetsukon is deflected by the creature's tail, while the strange environment temporarily disorients Moadis and causes his blade to miss.
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Mel should leave space for the demon to get in there, so he will just move west and shoot. Burn an arcane charge.
The sunrod. Can I hand it to Ophelia without forcing her to take an action to take it? Can I toss it on the ground, several squares north of my starting or ending position? If none of those are any good, then Mel will just drop it before he starts moving.
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As she'd expected, the crossover from the Shadow Plane wound up being dangerous! Aurelia moves up beside Mel, a droplet of acid dancing on her fingertip, but she's too distracted by... ahem, the magus fiddling with his rod. "Shall I take that for you?" She whispers, uselessly tossing the orb of acid into the wall.
The magus' arrow hits the skeleton in the skull, but the projectile bounces off the hard bone. It does leave a small crack, however.
The eidolon's claw pulls apart some pieces of bone from the creature, but is not nearly as deadly as it would be against a creature composed of flesh and blood.
The skeletal creature turns its hatred to the only adjacent creature to harm it, Malgorrak. Thanks to the magical shielding surrounding the eidolon, the creature's bite, foreclaws and 2 talons all miss.
Initiative (Round 1-2)
Ophelia <= Up
Halkale <= Up
Valik <= Up
Aurelia/Malgorrak <= Up
Melufiuos <= Up
Moadis <= Up
Skeleton
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Ophelia snarls as the skeleton lurches in an unholy approximation of life. She grabs the death-spiral around her neck, moving forward and raising her shield-arm high. "Ciclul de viață și de moarte este sacru, și nu aveți nici un scop în ea. Fi plecat, și să se predea la odihnă veșnică!" she cries, her voice rising to a fever pitch as the violent purple light flows from her fist, filling the room briefly.
Concentrating on defense, Valik's strike misses the skeleton. Melufiuos spell ray misses as well due to his companions blocking his shot. However, Moadis manages to knock a few more bones loose and Ophelia's positive energy causes some pieces to crumble off.
Despite all the punishment, the shadowy dinosaur skeleton still stands, ready to strike.
With the creature surrounded, Halkale cannot find a clear shot and his sling bullet misses.
The dino-skeleton avoids all of Malgorrak's attacks, as Aurelia's acid splash burns a pillar.
The creature switches its target to Valik, but the monk's defensive stance pays off as he deflects all four of its attacks.
Initiative (Round 2-3)
Ophelia <= Up
Halkale <= Up
Valik <= Up
Aurelia/Malgorrak <= Up
Melufiuos <= Up
Moadis <= Up
Skeleton
Its momentum off from its failed attacks on Valik, the skeleton opens itself up to a line of attack from the angry pit fiend eidolon which finally makes short work of it.
A search of this entry room yields nothing else of interest or value.
Stepping into the hallway, immediately you find two doors, one on the west side, other on the east.
Above the west door, a sign over the door bearing bright lettering reads “Treasures of Distant Goka,” while a shadowy sign occupying the same space reads in dark, block letters “Cold Storage—Perishable Specimens Only.”
The sign over the east door reads “The Evolution of Dragonkind” in bright, elaborate script while a shadowy sign next to the door describes the room as “Pain Laboratory—Tests in Progress.”
The hallway also continues to north, eventually leading to another door at its terminus.
Although Meluifiuos doesn't hear any screaming or moaning, he thinks he may hear some murmuring, but he can't really make any of it out.
Valik hears nothing behind the cold storage door, but hears human-like voices speaking quietly somewhere behind the pain lab door. He can't make out their words, they might be whispering.
The Pathfinders ready themselves quickly before Valik opens the door.
This room is filled with ancient tapestries of chromatic dragons besieging castles and battles between Dahak and Apsu at the dawn of time. An alabaster obelisk covered in Draconic runes occupies the far corner, surrounded by a spread of various dragonhides of all colors and thickness, and a taxidermied wyvern hangs from the ceiling above, its stinger flexed above its head. Umbral chains drop from the same ceiling on the Shadow Plane; gruesome hooks at the chains’ ends hold long dead skeletons. The southern wall sports a massive wheel with shackles along its edge, apparently for holding writhing subjects in place during tests.
A man and woman, both equipped with longswords, stand together in the middle of the room. Their gaunt forms look completely drained of color, and their yellow eyes flash to the open door. The man emphatically declares, "See, I told you I had a bad feeling!" The woman just rolls her eyes.
Initiative (Round 1)
Valik <= Up
Moadis <= Up
Pale Humanoids
Melufiuos
Aurelia/Malgorrak
Ophelia
Halkale
These individuals are fetchlings, descended from humans trapped on the Plane of Shadow for generations, and are infused with the essence of the plane itself.
They naturally possess a shadow blending ability which gives them a 50% miss chance in dim light rather than the normal 20%. They also have the spell-like ability to cast Disguise Self once per day and have Resist Cold 5, Electricity 5.
Despite being flat-footed, the female's studded leather deflects Valik's blow.
Moadis' call for peace is obviously ignored when the two pale individuals attempt to strike Valik with their longswords, although neither comes close to hitting him. "I wonder if there's a bonus if we add some more slaves to the pile?" The male ponders between thrusts of his weapon, to which the female replies, "Just shut up."
Initiative (Round 1-2)
Melufiuos <= Up
Aurelia/Malgorrak <= Up
Ophelia <= Up
Halkale <= Up
Valik <= Up
Moadis <= Up
Pale Humanoids
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Still carrying Mel's sunrod, Aurelia makes her way inside the strange dragon exhibit, almost sad that she could not appreciate it for what it was right at this moment. She flashes the torch in the direction of the two shadowy beings, hoping to make sure they could not hide in shadows.
"They're fetchlings," Aurelia informs the group as she yet again sends an orb of acid flying harmlessly overhead. "Humans infused with shadowstuff... strange creatures indeed. The shadow makes them resist cold and electricity, and they can blend in with darkness."
Malgorrak, meanwhile, enters the room and circles around an exhibit table to place himself behind the fetchlings... he's grinning rather wide...
Moadis strikes with his hammer, doing substantial damage to the male fetchling. The other party members place themselves in better positions in the room, but those who attack are unable to hit this time.
Melufiuos moves swiftly into the room and jumps up on the table, but his shot veers off target and hits the floor.
"Fine. FINE. I surrender, I surrender!" The male fetchling declares, clutching his wound and dropping to a knee.
"Coward." The fetchling woman hisses with contempt as she swings her longsword at Valik, but is unable to hit him.
Initiative (Round 2-3)
Melufiuos <= Up
Aurelia/Malgorrak <= Up
Ophelia <= Up
Halkale <= Up
Valik <= Up
Moadis <= Up
Pale Humanoids
The woman takes Halkale's arrow to her throat, dropping her.