NG Female Halfling Street Poet 7 | HP: 60/60 | AC: 23(18 Tch, 17 Fl) | CMB: +8, CMD: 25 (26 v. Overrun) | F: +10, R: +9, W: +5 (+4 v. Fear) | Init: +6 | Perc: +2, SM: +4 | Speed 40ft | Challenge: 0/3 Used | Tactician: 0/2 Used| Panache 0/2 Used | Active conditions: Waiting for Game (???)
:@GM: We do not have the ability to move ourselves on the map (though maybe that is intentional).
"This must be it," Jillia remarks, pointing to the crack with the light streaming out. "But let's see what else is around first. This 'Starwatcher Spirit' isn't going anywhere. And neither are the people we're trying to rescue." she adds, the upbeat tone in her voice fading slightly.
Jillia points to the small rooms opposite the crack.
Human Bard 5 | hp 24/33 | AC 14, T 12, FF 12 | Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +4 (roll twice vs. disease and take higher roll) | Bard.Perform 12/17 rounds | Diplom +22, Perform (oratory) +22, Perception +8, Sense Motive +22 | Init +2
"Ohmigosh guys, I don't really think we can like, fit through there? I mean, I try to keep in shape, obviously," at this she twirls around showing off the "goods", "but even I can't fit through there! I guess we'll, like, have to find another way around?" Perception:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
Keleshite Theologian of Sarenrae 3 | HP 24/27 | AC 19 FF 18 Tch 11 | CMD 11 | F+6 R+3 W+8 | Perc +4 | Init +1
Per Diem:
Spells [2nd] 2/3 [1st] 3/4 | Channels 0/5 | Firebolt 6/7 | Beacon of Faith: Not Used
Wary of the traps and pitfalls that so often plague ancient ruins, Muzhaa'f takes a careful look around. He also keeps an ear out for the crashing sound.
Five-star Hound of Tindalos. Er, GM. Whatever. | RoW Encounter Map |
Best as Muzhaa'f can tell, the crashing is from north of here.
Following Nemis and Inira's suggestions, the party moves to the right. at the intersection, the crashing appears considerably louder. A pair of doors leads back south, presumably back to the room with the sphere, while to the north another corridor stretches. The east wall of this hall bears numerous mosaics of cyclopes astronomers in battle with smaller, serpent-headed humanoids. Along the opposite wall, stylized humans with conical hats debark from graceful ships; these humans lift up packages of spears, swords, and stranger weapons to the cyclopes battling the serpent-headed creatures.
Inira, Kaylee and Nemis:
You each can see that the floor and walls are gouged in several places, done recently by something very large and heavy.
Five-star Hound of Tindalos. Er, GM. Whatever. | RoW Encounter Map |
As Jillia and the party approaches, the crashing sound becomes louder and louder, until it reaches near-deafening levels as they round the corner.
The doors here have been battered open like the ones nearer the archaeologists. The walls of the large, vaulted room are carved with stylized astronomical symbols. The south wall contains a pair of immense doors made of stone. The wall opposite contains four large panels, each eight feet above the ground with a central gap about seven inches wide and an inch deep. Above the four panels are blocky letters, and below them, mosaics featuring sway-backed cyclopes. The chamber's floor displays a stylized depiction of Golarion and its moon traveling around the sun.
Of more immediate concern, of course, is the enormous blue-gray automaton relentlessly pounding on the southern stone doors...and slowly, deliberately, cracking them.
Five-star Hound of Tindalos. Er, GM. Whatever. | RoW Encounter Map |
I'll just give you this one.
The construct is the party's collective mind that, based on the descriptions gave by Happ and the Pathfinder Chronicles about the first Azlant Ridge sojourn, this is the Azlanti monolith that broke through the palisade at Azlant Ridge three days ago.
Human Bard 5 | hp 24/33 | AC 14, T 12, FF 12 | Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +4 (roll twice vs. disease and take higher roll) | Bard.Perform 12/17 rounds | Diplom +22, Perform (oratory) +22, Perception +8, Sense Motive +22 | Init +2
"Umm... I don't think any of MY magic will work on that thing, guys. What can we do?"
NG Female Halfling Street Poet 7 | HP: 60/60 | AC: 23(18 Tch, 17 Fl) | CMB: +8, CMD: 25 (26 v. Overrun) | F: +10, R: +9, W: +5 (+4 v. Fear) | Init: +6 | Perc: +2, SM: +4 | Speed 40ft | Challenge: 0/3 Used | Tactician: 0/2 Used| Panache 0/2 Used | Active conditions: Waiting for Game (???)
"We could let it get to whatever's inside that door?" Jilli remarks, her smile turning a bit serious. "What is inside that door?" she tacks on, starting to dash around to peer into the crack in the wall.
NG Female Halfling Street Poet 7 | HP: 60/60 | AC: 23(18 Tch, 17 Fl) | CMB: +8, CMD: 25 (26 v. Overrun) | F: +10, R: +9, W: +5 (+4 v. Fear) | Init: +6 | Perc: +2, SM: +4 | Speed 40ft | Challenge: 0/3 Used | Tactician: 0/2 Used| Panache 0/2 Used | Active conditions: Waiting for Game (???)
"Stay here and figure out if you can turn the thing off. I'll swing around and see what it's so interested in," Jillia offers, not waiting for an answer.
NG Female Halfling Street Poet 7 | HP: 60/60 | AC: 23(18 Tch, 17 Fl) | CMB: +8, CMD: 25 (26 v. Overrun) | F: +10, R: +9, W: +5 (+4 v. Fear) | Init: +6 | Perc: +2, SM: +4 | Speed 40ft | Challenge: 0/3 Used | Tactician: 0/2 Used| Panache 0/2 Used | Active conditions: Waiting for Game (???)
@GM::
I was wondering if it was going to be something awful.
Will Save!:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
Not exactly sure what kind of magic stone it's referring to. I suppose I grab my ioun stone (cracked vermillion rhomboid
) and slip it through the crack?
Five-star Hound of Tindalos. Er, GM. Whatever. | RoW Encounter Map |
Jillia:
Of course! LOL
As Jillia reaches for her ioun stone, the whisper returns: no, the discs. The ones that glow. You have already found two; there are more. Slip them through the crack and the Starwatcher Spirit shall continue to protect you.
Jillia doesn't know what the voice means, but that isn't unusual; Janira has said that she's slow on the uptake. But maybe someone else can explain it to her.
NG Female Halfling Street Poet 7 | HP: 60/60 | AC: 23(18 Tch, 17 Fl) | CMB: +8, CMD: 25 (26 v. Overrun) | F: +10, R: +9, W: +5 (+4 v. Fear) | Init: +6 | Perc: +2, SM: +4 | Speed 40ft | Challenge: 0/3 Used | Tactician: 0/2 Used| Panache 0/2 Used | Active conditions: Waiting for Game (???)
Jillia returns, smile on her face as usual. "Guys, the Starwatcher Spirit wants some more discs. Said he'd stop protecting us if we didn't. Do we have any more?"
Human Bard 5 | hp 24/33 | AC 14, T 12, FF 12 | Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +4 (roll twice vs. disease and take higher roll) | Bard.Perform 12/17 rounds | Diplom +22, Perform (oratory) +22, Perception +8, Sense Motive +22 | Init +2
"He wants more what? I mean, we could try to find him some attractive boys but that's no guarantee that he'll get any action... And who's the Starwatcher Spirit? Like, do we know him? Or her?"
Kaylee clearly misheard Jillia and thinks that the Spirit wants to find some hot male lovin', but she also is confused by this sudden reference to a Skywalker Spirit.
Sense Motive:1d20 + 20 ⇒ (2) + 20 = 22LOL well at least I tied Muzhaaf
While Jillia heads off by herself, Inira does as she asks and watches the construct.
"I have a few adamantine arrows that might penetrate that shell, but I fear they won't be enough. I wonder, though, if we should stop it. Clearly it is after something, and it is possible it was left as a protection for whatever ancient people created it. Since it does not seem to be turning on us, we should see if we can find out more before attacking it."
"You are eager to fight, I see, but sometimes avoiding the fight is a more courageous act. Look at that thing! It would wipe the floor with us, and as it seems to not be angered at us now, we should continue to explore the situation calmly."
Keleshite Theologian of Sarenrae 3 | HP 24/27 | AC 19 FF 18 Tch 11 | CMD 11 | F+6 R+3 W+8 | Perc +4 | Init +1
Per Diem:
Spells [2nd] 2/3 [1st] 3/4 | Channels 0/5 | Firebolt 6/7 | Beacon of Faith: Not Used
Muzhaa'f frowns and scratches his chin, nodding absentmindedly at Inira's suggestion. "Jillia... there might be some discs in the corner over there." He waits until she's out of earshot before turning to the others. "I am afraid Jillia is under the same spell as Juliet and the others. Whatever you do, do not look in that crevice."
He glances thoughtfully at the automaton smashing its way through the doors. "I noticed Juliet's paint brush moving to the beat of the monolith's fists. I'm half-tempted to silence it and see what happens..."
"I think we need to take a closer look around this place. Let's figure out what's going on."
Five-star Hound of Tindalos. Er, GM. Whatever. | RoW Encounter Map |
Jillia:
Jillia will have no problem joining the party. She's charmed, not dominated; they are still her friends and she will act accordingly. However, she sees no danger in the Starwatcher Spirit, and is very interested in finding some glowing stone discs to give to the Spirit for safekeeping.
Five-star Hound of Tindalos. Er, GM. Whatever. | RoW Encounter Map |
Inira opens the door north of the chamber with the single-minded monolith to reveal a room shrouded in darkness; dim light barely penetrates from the doorway, and shortly after the door to the west the entire room is pitch black.
NG Female Halfling Street Poet 7 | HP: 60/60 | AC: 23(18 Tch, 17 Fl) | CMB: +8, CMD: 25 (26 v. Overrun) | F: +10, R: +9, W: +5 (+4 v. Fear) | Init: +6 | Perc: +2, SM: +4 | Speed 40ft | Challenge: 0/3 Used | Tactician: 0/2 Used| Panache 0/2 Used | Active conditions: Waiting for Game (???)
"There aren't any discs over in this corner," Jillia calls back, hustling to catch up with the group. "Let's find some," she announces, as a general would address her troops. Jillia activates the light on her wayfinder seeing if that penetrates the wall of darkness.
Five-star Hound of Tindalos. Er, GM. Whatever. | RoW Encounter Map |
Jillia's wayfinder doesn't do much.
Oloch isn't sure what all the fuss is about, since he can see just fine (albeit in black and white):
From Oloch's vantage point near the doorway, this room appears to be a storage room, or at least was in ages past. The shelves are fashioned of rough limestone, and most contents appear to have long since succumbed to age and crumbled to dust. The darkness aura seems to be emanating from the far west side of the room.
Human Bard 5 | hp 24/33 | AC 14, T 12, FF 12 | Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +4 (roll twice vs. disease and take higher roll) | Bard.Perform 12/17 rounds | Diplom +22, Perform (oratory) +22, Perception +8, Sense Motive +22 | Init +2
