Tyrandro nods at Fluffy.
Fluffy shakes his head and sits down.
"Has someone an axe, or a hammer?" Tyrandro asks.
There is an adamantine battleaxe Tyrando can use to hack the lock
Tyrandro takes a look into Ayako's bag of holding and fishes out the door opener. Putting his bow away he uses the axe with two hands on the door.
Iolana takes a look at the room right before they leave. She casts detect magic again.
Seb also looks around the room.
Tyrandro breaks down the jammed door.
A single ruined table sits in a heap in the center of this otherwise barren room. The door was blocked by a gleaming red metal glaive that was impaled into the wood of the door and wedged into a crack in the floor.
Also, with Iolana and Sebastian's aid searching the previous room, you locate the secret door in the south wall. This stone door (hardness 8, hp 60, break DC 38, Disable Device 40) is protected by arcane lock masked by a magic aura, and both spells function at CL 15th.
"No idea. It's magic." she shrugs.
This is a magical glaive that is often wielded by bearded devils. Perhaps it was abandoned here after it's owner fled.
"A devils weapon? That we have not yet in our collection."
Once Sebastian points it out that they missed a secrot door in the last room, Tyrandro checks it. He ponders using the axe there too, but the imagination of using a sharp axe on stone hurts too much. As the door has a lock, he tries to pick that instead.
Do not use this glaive. It is cursed until the curse on this place is lifted.
Iolana, shall we combine our efforts to dispel the magic on this door?
”Of course. Let’s do that.
Iolana dispels the arcane lock and Tyrandro unlocks and opens the secret door.
This secret chamber’s walls are lined with lead; the room was used by Kazavon to store various rare components and item crafting tools. Within is a roll top desk holding numerous rare spell components (of which 9,000 gp in gems and diamond dust remain usable) and sheaves of fine parchment and powders for making ink (these have all decayed to uselessness). Leaning against the desk is a staff of conjuration (8 charges) built to resemble a mundane walking stick.
A good find. This staff can summon fierce beasts to help us.
"Strange. Why would someone put lead on the walls. Was Karzavon afraid it would rain in?"
Lead is used to hide magical auras, so this room would be more secure.
"Interesting storage room. She gathers up the components and splits them between herself and Ayako. [b]"Ayako do you want to use the staff?"
"Ayako has a limp, but so far she was totally fine without a walking stick." Tyrandro comments.
It only really effects me if I wish to run.
You check the southernmost door next.
This chamber holds only a few rough cots and wardrobes containing all manner of women’s garb ranging from elegant evening gowns to revealing nightwear, much of which is yellowed and crumbling with age.
One of the articles of clothing in the wardrobe has weathered the passage of time better than the others: a suit of +3 mithral glamered chainmail.
Tyrandro grabs the only piece of clothing still intact. "Does none of you ladies want this..." he stops shor midsentence. "It looks like a frilly blouse, but it feels like chain armor. What trick is that?" Tyrandro wonders, examining the piece in- and outside.
Iolana looks at the blouse longingly. "I can't wear armor, but it's nice. Seb can use it if you or Ayako don't want it.
I have this celestial armor that allows me to fly. Haven't had the chance to do so yet.
"You like frilly blouses?" Tyrandro asks Sebastian.
After an uncomfortable moment at Sebastian's expense, you move on to the next room.
This elegant room’s features remain striking and vibrant, as if the chamber had been decorated just yesterday. A stunning canopied bed sits against the north wall, while dressers, writing desks, wine cabinets, and other creature comforts adorn the remainder of the chamber.
Although the furniture in this room is elegant, it’s relatively bulky and only worth 800 gp in all if you want to go through the trouble of salvaging it. The contents of the wine cabinet are more portable, with seven bottles of preserved Tamrivenan red remaining within. These are incredibly rare, and each bottle is worth 1,500 gp to the right buyer.
Iolana gives the room a longnig look, "Now this is more like it. I wish we could sleep in a nice room like this all the time." After she goes through the cabinets she says, "Grab the wine. If we don't drink it we can sell it."
"Not really my style."
I will certainly need a stiff drink after all this.
"I'm touching nothing of it. There is some creep jumping out of the closet or something any moment." Tyrandro tells, bow at the ready.
We arn't paranoid, they really are out to get us.
Surprisingly, no haunts or other evils assault you when you collect the wine. So far this level of the tower has been relatively uneventful.
You proceed to the next door going clockwise. This sparsely furnished chamber appears to be a guardroom with a single table, two chairs, and a tarnished brazier. Hanging above the table is a bronze gong and striker.
Finally, you encounter some action. Two devils stand guard in front of a door in the back of the room. From the tip of their lashing tails to the serrated features of their fang-filled visage, these fiery-eyed sentinels bristles with barbs. The devils do not greet you but look eager for violence.
"That looks evil." Tyrandro tells - with a side glance at his companions, tho make sure he doesn't shoot something they want to talk to.
Barbed Devils. Beware their spikes in melee. Blessed weapons. No fire or poison. Resist magic
Ayako casts Remove Fear on Sebastion and anyone in reach to protect them in case things go bad.
One barbed devil steps up to attack Sebastian and he gets a first-hand experience of why these are called barbed devils. The devil digs its two claws into Sebastian's shoulders then pulls him in to a tight bear hug which pierces his chest with countless dagger-like spines. In addition, Sebastian is overwhelmed with fear of his impending doom. The devil grins with a wide toothy smile as Sebastian squirms to get free.
The second barbed devil envelops the hallway in a cold, cloying miasma of greasy darkness. The miasma sucks at your energy and churns your stomach before dissipating.
Tyrandro fires upon the devil impaling Sebastian and hits it with two arrows that wipe the smile off its face. The good-aligned arrows pierce its natural resistance and it howls as the arrows burrow deep into its foul flesh.
Sebastian tries to break free of the grapple. "You unholy being let me go."
Iolana gags at the blight that covers her, but she still manages to cast Haste on the party. "Get em boys." she gasps between dry heaves.
Iolana is sickened from the blight and hastes the party.
Sebastian fights off the fear and the sickness but isn't able to escape from the barbed devil's grip.
Ayako also resists the sickened effect.
Sial and Asyra, being evil, are immune to the unholy blight. Sial then casts a spell that creates a 30 ft. pit underneath the two devils' feet. Both tumble down and slam into the hard surface below; the one grappling Sebastian is forced to release its grip when it falls.
One of the barbed devils greater teleports out of the pit and reappears next to Ayako.
The other remains in the pit and casts another spell into the hallway. A three-dimensional grid of energy harms and dazes chaotic characters.
Well poopie
The will is strong in this one, and Seb manages to shake off the spell. "This thing is annoying."
Seb holds his action for an enemy to come into melee range.
Iolana also manages to have a strong will, and avoids most of the damage. She quickly draws and taps Ayako with a wand of dimension door. She sends her next to Tyrando.
Tyrandro calls upon his ability inner strength "Ah, good that you come back out again." Tyrandro greets the devil, before peppering it with arrows.
Ayako touches Sebastion and murmurers dark words, sending out hooked needles that swiftly stitch his wounds back together
Iolana teleports Ayako out of harm and Ayako then heals Sebastian back to full health.
Tyrandro explodes the head of the barbed devil in the hallway with his first shot then turns his remaining arrows to the devil in the pit. The barbed devil now sprouts a few additional points but doesn't yet fall.
Sial dismisses his pit and his eidolon Asyra rushes into the room to attack with her spiked chain. However, in her enthusiasm, she sacrificed accuracy and only scrapes a gash in wall behind the devil when it dodges out of the way.
Sebastian steps forward now that the room once again has solid footing and attacks. He lets the barbed devil know what it feels like to be skewered with a rapid flurry of thrusts that ends with the devil dead on the floor.
"What was that? A pair of fiendish porcupines?" Tyrandro asks. Joking is easy if you're not the one who got painfully impaled.