The first symbol is just outside the old lodge. You will find a small pillar around back of it. It will guide you to the next one.
Now that is useful! Perhaps Tram should ask Coriana our additional questions, she seems to respond to him.
It seems it will be a trail of hidden Pathfinder Society symbols.
Miro nudges Tram to keep asking
Exxor smiles and nods encouragingly to Tram and Miro.
There will be 5. I never put any traps in them.
Miro looks at Tram again to see if he has more question
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"That wasnt my question. DID anyone put traps on the things that you know of or do you suspect there were traps put there by one of your compatriots."
He was beginning to hate to talk with spirits, it was like talking to a cleric of asmosdeus... or a lawyer.. or a clerical lawyer of asmodeus. He asked trying to keep his voice from well getting testier.
"Do the true symbols all look the same, if no what are the differences?"
How should I know.? I have no idea if someone put stuff there after I died. The symbols looks exactly as I described. It is not a trick.
Good thought Tram, but if she doesn't know what occurred after her death, we need to be ready.
Barely a whisper, Good, keep going Tram. What are we looking for?
Miro mutters to Exxor. The pathfinder cache
Exxor mutters to Miro I know, but what items within the "cache" will aid in accessing Delvhaven... keys, weapons, cloaks, wizardly do-dads... I want details.
Miro prods Tram, prods everyone.
Does Empress Abrogail wear underwear or go commando?
If any, what defenses of note are in Delvehaven, plus their locations and methods of bypassing
Coriana died before the Thrunite Pathfinders took over, then closed Delvehaven - I doubt she would know what the Lodge holds.
She mentions a few locations of where some traps were that she knew of, but she acknowledges Exxor's statement. She tries to suggest where she thinks traps might be set.
Miro shrugs as he looks at the others to see if they have anything else to ask.
Exxor shakes his head side to side and shrugs.
Talking to spirits from beyond the grave, I hope our questions and deeds are worth disturbing their rest. We will have much to do soon.
Tarvi, who has been hovering in the background frowning deeply at Tram, and avoiding his eye when he looks back, though giving Barksalot some jerky on occasion, speaks up
You have told us how to find our way to the cache, is there anything we need to know to open it?
Coriana smiles. Now that is a well phrased question. Many answers as part of one. To find the final door you will need both a way finder and know the poem hidden within Cugney's Wedding, would that I could remember it. As my friends Inerki and Donatalus had a falling out and Inerik left with half of the relic found in the Mwangi. I saw it once, it was a black and gold relic with both a bat head and bird head. Where Inerik went I know not, and I suspect Donatalus was sealed in the lodge itself.
With that she smiles and fades away. Tarvi smirks and she and Barksalot head off to treat themselves to some ice cream
Everyone pauses as they hear a loud dinging sound.
LEVEL UP
Take another NPC level please, don't worry I have a device to power you up a bit, but you will have to be patient!
So we have Cugney's Wedding I believe, maybe the actors in the play you were in can help figure it out.
Barksalot comes out dragging the dead Shadowgarm while Tarvi shouts. No! Drop that!
Well, there goes my plans for a stuffed Shadowgarm in the foyer."
with a wave of her hand, Hippa dismisses the loss enjoys watching Sir Barksalot tear into it.
Hippa's relief for Tarvi's interjecting is obvious. A cloud of stress dispersed from her aura that became clear only after question asked and answered provided.
Alright, it does not take long to find the first of the symbols which will lead you on your way, in fact it is super easy once you know what you are looking for.
So about translating this poem, how about we take it to the actors you met so they can have a look?
"That we can do, also run it by our silent partner, the Sage. Perhaps we'll get two confusing ambiguous interpretations to suss out."
"But before we do go asking around, please let me have a gander at it. Perhaps it is convoluted, perhaps straight forward. Perhaps the meaning was lost in translation from having been transcribed from completely different language source. Who knows? I could use a distraction."
Grabbing a sheaf of papers, her favorite quill and tapping her latest keg of butterbeer ("MMmmmmmm"), she sits her butt down in the common room of the safe house and starts to whimsically transcribe the poem into Halfling, Gnomish through her latest acquisition of Abyssal. All in all, there happens to eleven (twelve?) versions of the poem scattered upon the table top when she is finished. "I need fresh ink..." If interrupted, she gladly expounds upon the various meanings and word choices she decided on just for the title. Waxing quite eloquently, she is oblivious of any attempts for you to disengage from the conversation...
Edit: I really hate my dice roller. It could've been 29 but Noooooo lets go for half that...
Miro can just about get by with halfling and common and so is no help .We can try hitting up one of the bards at the place that ran the bloodplay.
Hippa ponders the poem, but really can't find anything of note about it.
Well unless we can track down Audi, we'll have to head to the playhouse, no time like the present. Miro gets his things together and will head out with the others.
Exxor reads over it again but can not discern any hidden meaning in the words or spidery scrawl. He follows the others, quietly pondering how the search for the cache will go awry.
You arrive at the playhouse and are treated like gods. You are invited into a rehearsal that is going on, on stage many of your friends are performing and your nemesis is there as well
Anyone up for an encore of the Six Fold Trials?
There is great excitement at the possibility before everyone realizes it is a joke.
so what can we do for you?
Ahem, we have what might be a...code I believe within this copy of Cugney's Wedding. Obviously we will need the aid of a skilled artist to decipher it for us and we immediately thought of the the staff of this fine theatre. Miro holds it out.
Well why didn't you say so! Be right back! He hustles off
He doesn't even get 20 feet before he stops.
Seriously?! You didn't notice that there is an extra syllable every twelfth line.
He runs off and comes back with some paper and before too long you have another poem. This poem describes how to activate the Wave Door at a certain cove. It all makes perfect sense if you are able to sort out the geography of it and the history of the old timey names for things...
I think this is your area, Hippa.
Hippa about had an apoplectic fit when that damn Slip offered another production Six-folds. She recovered enough to touch a buried token upon her person and her shadow appearing to gain substance, before she too understood it as a poorly thought out joke. She blinks a few times and consciously make an effort to shake off wisps of shadows.
Taking the actor's insight to regain her composure,
"Extra syllable? It is prose that was a cypher not the actual meaning? I am unversed in the arts, merely technically proficient. In 20 steps, you have revealed a weak spot in my education. Thank you."
Maybe talk to some old seamen about the surrounding area, they might know. Miro...drags everyone along to the docks to find old men with peg legs.
Exxor has visions of the beast's belly and red eggs. For a moment he considers bludgeoning his friend, but is relieved when Miro's jest is revealed.
Even more so when the truth of the poem is sorted out. Now to find those that know the old timey names...so off to the docks.
Exxor has visions of the beast's belly and red eggs. For a moment he considers bludgeoning his friend, but is relieved when Miro's jest is revealed.
Even more so when the truth of the poem is sorted out. Now to find those that know the old timey names...so off to the docks.
Jest?
Apparently Tram is good for a little more than bleeding as he is quickly able to discern the way to the "Wave Door" and what must be done to open it.
It is a good hour ride from town
Exxor gets nauseous...I can't swim. If I go in, I am gonna sink like a stone to the bottom. Or get eaten by a shark.
Can anyone swim? Before we set off, I want to get something that floats.