Racks for weapons line the walls of this chamber; above the racks
hang various shields, pieces of armor, weapons, and standards on
display. Most of the racks are empty, but a few weapons remain in
place. A horrible stench fills the room as well, akin to the smell of
rotten eggs mixed with the reek of an open sewer that had a one-night stand with a lactose-intolerant, elderly, zombified goat's fart and the unholy union born then rolled around in four day old chum that was sealed in haggis.
Within the dark room are two humanoid creatures. These humanoids' scaly hide is dull gray. Its frame resembles that
of a cave lizard, with a long tail and crests on its head and back. The two humanoids both have javelins drawn and look at the opened door in anger. They both hiss and growl.
Red: We must vanquish them! And skin them! And craft new crotch garments from their tanned and cured skins! My crotch itches and desires new coverings!
Blue: I thought we agreed that was a mistake and never to speak of it again!
Quogup
Lizard guy blue
Lizard guy red
K'Coro, guidance still up, 3 hp non lethal
Ayana
Victor
Esdras, guidance, 2 hp non lethal
Damion
Haranum
The odoriferous lizard people point at Esdras and hiss and growl at each other before flinging javelins at the eidolon.
Blue- I don't know, I've never studied knowledges of planes! Just kill it and we can share the bounty of crotch garments made from it! My anal musk glands quiver in anticipation of contact with its supple looking pelt!
THUNK!
THUNK!
Both javelins, though thrown by slightly weaker adversaries, still score hits on Haranum's eidolon.
Quogup
Lizard guy blue
Lizard guy red
K'Coro, guidance, 3 hp non lethal
Ayana
Victor
Esdras, guidance, 2 hp non lethal, 5 hp lethal, unconscious
Damion
Haranum
As the javelins pierce Esdras's thick skin, the eidolon collapses.
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Damion sees the Esdras go down. Unable to hear the distain in Esdras's voice, or hear it's thunderous bursts in speech. Damion rubs his holy symbol and mentally thinks a prayer to Pharasma, not to take this majestic yet. Damion lashes his tongue out to lick the downed eidolon.
Damion spits hair out of his mouth after the spell is cast.
With an audibly wet smack, Damion brings the eidolon back into the realm of conscious thought.
Quogup
Lizard guy blue
Lizard guy red
K'Coro, guidance, 3 hp non lethal
Ayana
Victor
Esdras, guidance, 2 hp lethal, prone yet conscious and has a moist spot on the back of their neck
Damion
Haranum
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Recovering, Esrdas looks with contempt at the humanoids. The Eidolon stands up, and walks across the room. Esdras is directly adjacent to both of them ready to attack.
For the destroyer is coming against her, against Avernus, And her mighty men will be captured, Their bows are shattered; For the General of Vengeance will fully repay.
As Esdras enters the room, they notice the smell to be even more overpowering than before, as if Hell's taint had been pressed into their nostrils, throat, mouth, and eyes.
Esdras's eyes water at the stench. Luckily, the Eidolon's divine nature makes him resistant to this corruption.
Esdras' eyes water and burn but through sheer divine composition is able to inhale through their mouth and exhale through the nose.
Quogup
Lizard guy blue
Lizard guy red
K'Coro, guidance, 3 hp non lethal
Ayana
Victor
Esdras, guidance, 2 hp non lethal, 5 hp lethal, Shield
Damion
Haranum
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Still feeling some discomfort in his reptilian nether regions, K'Coro moves into the room, realizing as soon as he does that this is not a pleasant place to be. Standing next to the mighty eidolon, he swings his weapon in an overhead chop, trying to make a cross section worthy to display in the Mutter Museum of Medical Oddities wing of the Blakros Museum.
Still feeling some discomfort in his reptilian nether regions, K'Coro moves into the room, realizing as soon as he does that this is not a pleasant place to be. Standing next to the mighty eidolon, he swings his weapon in an overhead chop, trying to make a cross section worthy to display in the Mutter Museum of Medical Oddities wing of the Blakros Museum.
[dice=greatsword]1d20+4
[dice=DICE-section damage (get it?)]2d6+4
The room is dark, do you have darkvision or a light source?
The dark smelly room proves a challenge to the heroes. Those with the capability to see through the darkness find it occupied by two reptilian humanoids; those without such ocular abilities can only conjecture at the enemies' description in the dark. Hisses and raspy growls issue forth from the room that emits an odor that could only be surpassed by a tarrasque's flatuence. Esdras takes hits from javelins from the dark, felling the already injured eidolon. Damion remedies Esdras' pain and becomes more familiar with the flavor of a hound archon's fur than he ever really wanted while Haranum casts protective magic upon his summoned servant. The brash eidolon rushes into the darkness, unaffected by the fierce stench, soon followed by K'Coro who is unable to find his way through the dark room.
Quogup
Lizard guy blue
Lizard guy red
K'Coro, guidance, 3 hp non lethal
Ayana
Victor
Esdras, guidance, 3 hp lethal, Shield
Damion
Haranum
Inspire Courage is in effect!
K'Coro braces for the harshness of the odor but comes to note that the smell isn't significantly different from his grandmother's spicy cabbage rolls and is able to tolerate the malevolent aroma somewhat.
The two reptilians hiss and growl as they draw forth clubs and move to opposite sides of Esdras to attack.
Blue- I, too, am ready to flank this intruder! Look! Another intruder! It looks delicious!
Red- I know of a recipe from my grand-matron that would be appropriate for its legs! It calls for garlic, butter...
Blue- Hisss! Flank now, be a gourmand later!
Red- Someday I will open that restaurant, you'll see!
Red- I just want to be a chef!
Quogup, two fort saves required
Lizard guy blue
Lizard guy red
K'Coro, guidance, 3 hp non lethal
Ayana
Victor
Esdras, guidance, 3 hp lethal, Shield
Haranum
Damion
Inspire courage is only up if Victor continues it this round
Shrugging off the attacks, the hound archon towers over the humanoids. Impatient, he begins the sermon, turning to face the creature to his right.
There is the Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
Esdras places a fist directly through one of the reptilians to better see what comprises its inner moral fiber and finds what they see is lacking. The reptilian slumps to the floor. And Esdras thought the reptilians smelled bad on the outside.
Praise be, there is light at last. The reptilian hisses and flinches in surprise at the newly appeared light but otherwise is unaffected. Peering further into the room, Victor attempts to get a closer look as to what these new advesaries are but then he recalls that he skipped the reptilian humanoids lecture to play hacky sack with his friends in the quad back at the Ustalav community college that one day long ago.
Quogup, two fort saves required
Lizard guy red
K'Coro, guidance, 3 hp non lethal
Ayana
Victor
Esdras, guidance, 3 hp lethal, Shield
Haranum
Damion
Inspire courage is up.
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Damion walks in. He get's hit in the face with the smell. His face crease with the sickening smell.
Damion reaches forward and touches Quogup. His holy symbol glows a bit. the glow reaches forward into Guogup. Damion grants Guogup the blessings of Pharasma.
Damion can only hold it together long enough to get the spell out then tries to spit the smell out. He takes a handkerchief and tries wipe the bad smell out of the mucus in his nose. He silently mouths how he thinks curse words should sound.
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Haranum smiles politely, says "I quite like Qadirian cuisine. Much better than was passes for sustenance on the rest of Astivan, much less the bland food among my mothers people."
Frowning, he says apologetically to Quogup, "To be fair, if given a chance, I expect I'd pass trying authentic grippli cuisine."
[ooc]Waiting for the stink to clear before entering the room. Call it a delay. [ooc]
Quogup's stomach does flips and turns that would make the most skilled acrobat jealous and the performance of his intestines leave him somewhat uneasy and less able.
Quogup is sickened. Duration to be announced.
K'Coro, emboldened by the appearance of light, attacks the remaining reptilian and issues a fierce, near deadly blow. The reptilian sways a bit but still stands its ground as it angrily issues a cadence of hisses and growls at the Pathfinders.
Quogup, guidance, sickened
Lizard guy red, 12 hp ( K'Coro forgot to add his inspire courage to damage but I didn't)
K'Coro, guidance, 3 hp non lethal
Ayana
Victor
Esdras, guidance, 3 hp lethal, Shield
Haranum, delay
Damion
Inspire courage is up.
Haranum steps into the room intent on ending the attacking reptilian's life with a well-placed spear throw. Unfortunately, the unpleasant smell hits him like a punch in the gut and makes a little bit of his morning couscous come up and his aim goes wide.
With some effort, the determined heroes dispatch one of the lizard creatures and nearly fell the second. However, some of the members have succumbed to the foul odor they emit and are feeling the sickening effect. The remaining lizard creature assails them with epitaphs and curses in a hissing, rasping language.
Quogup, guidance, sickened
Lizard guy red
K'Coro, guidance, 3 hp non lethal
Ayana
Victor
Esdras, guidance, 3 hp lethal, Shield
Haranum, sickened
Damion
Inspire courage is up
The remaining reptilian seethes with anger and steps closer to K'Coro, swinging and swiping and biting. The creature howls and hisses loudly.
The reptilian's feeble attacks are no match for K'Coro's nimble moves and useful armor.
Quogup, guidance, sickened
Lizard guy red
K'coro, guidance, 3 hp non lethal
Ayana
Victor
Esdras, guidance, 3 hp lethal, Shield
Haranum, sickened
Damion
Inspire courage is up
As Esdras steps swings his fists around, slamming into the remaining monstrosity reciting part of the holy story of Aroden in the Worldwound.
How can it be quiet, seeing the Last Azlanti hath given it a charge against the Locust Lord, and against the sea shore?
The reptilian slumps to the ground and moves no more. As seconds pass, the smell reduces further to not much more than a moderate background fart, making it possible for the others to enter the room after a minute and alleviating the sickness instilled on those who intially succumbed to the smell.
Reviewing the room, you turn up the following:
Two clubs used by the lizard people
A trap installed on the inside of the room of the southern door to launch a javelin at anyone attempting to open the door from the other side
Lots of old, old weapons. Most of the few remaining arms in the
room have rusted away, making them useless in combat. But maybe with a good appraise check, treasure might be found among the trash.
The door directly to the east/center of the room reveals access to the spiral staircase leading up the tower. The stairs leading down are blocked with rubble but is unobstructed going upwards.
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Damion continues walking around the room. He begins a small prayer to Pharasma over the dead. Preparing small funerary rights for them to commend them to the afterlife.
He walks to the corner of the room. He settles in a corner near both doors. He looks at each door and gestures with his hands and shrugs. His intense eyes attempt to read everyone as they move about the now stinky room.
Victor's keen eye identifies some items still of usefulness among the tarnished, broken antiques remaining.
A masterwork silver dagger, a masterwork light steel shield emblazoned with a leaping dolphin, and a banner depicting a bird made of living flame.
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Damion sees the banner, and the leaping dolphin insigia.
He closes his eyes and tries to remember anything that might be relevant to the items.
He shakes his head in frustration. Slick fluid flings from his hair onto the ground. Damion unconsciously cleans his holy symbol of the mucus oozing from his skin.