Finding himself blind again, "You have GOT to be freaking kidding me! I'm blind AGAIN! Why is it always me?" Shaking his head in frustration as he lowers his bow, Lothan waits as Tristain suggested.
Round 4, Init 10
Tristain stays at least 60’ away from the horrors, shooting at magic missile at cloud of tormented souls.
force damage.
SR
HP: 82/82+15 temp hp
AC: 13
Points: 7/7 left
Spells: Lvl 1: 4/8 left (Bless*0,MM*4,IllOm*0,MurdCom*0,Vanish*0) dc 20
Spells: Lvl 2: 5/8 left (ReEn*0,FlsLife*1,SpirW*0,Sugg*0,SeeInvis*2,Invis*0) dc 22
Spells: Lvl 3: 5/8 left (Fly*0,ForPun*0,MagVest*0,DazeMM,Haste*1,Hero*2) dc 23
Spells: Lvl 4: 8/8 left (BlakTent*0,Guard*0,MindThrust*0,DimDoor*0,FoM*0) dc 24
Spells: Lvl 5: 4/7 left (Commune*0,Serenity*0,LifeBub*1,OverlandFly*1) dc 25
Spells: Lvl 6: 5/6 left (UnMake*0,EgoWhip*0,PsychSurg*0, Disint dc 24)
Spells: Lvl 7: 4/4 left (Forcecage dc 26,Gr Scrying, Quick Haste, Quick ForcePunch)
Cure Used: 0/4 used
Rod of Reach: 0/3 used
Rod of Extend (6th): 2/3 used
Rod of Extend (3rd): 0/3 used
"zee-NOO!”
Wand of Magic Missile (lvl9): 33/50 left
force damage.
[ dice]1d6+1[/dice] force damage
[ dice]1d20+15[/dice] CMB to trip vs. CMD
[ dice]1d20+2-4[/dice] to hit; ()
[ dice]1d8-1[/dice] piercing damage
[ dice]1d6+5[/dice] force damage
[ dice]1d20+17[/dice] CMB to trip vs. CMD
[ dice]1d6+5[/dice] force damage
[ dice]1d6+5[/dice] force damage
[ dice]1d6+5[/dice] force damage
[ dice]1d6+5[/dice] force damage
Starflit, seeing the effect her spell had on the creature of darkness, defensively casts a second searing ray at the caller in darkness.
for magic damage
Weapon Equipped = Teralindar's Honor
Conditions = Magic Vestment (1/13h, +3), Air Walk (?/30 or 50m), Sacred Armor (3/10r, +3), Divine Favor (2/10r), -1 neg level
Scimitar: Attack: BAB +10/5, Str +5, Magic +2, Focus +2, (Power -3) Damage: Str +5, Magic +2, Specialization +4, (Power +6) Crit: 15-20 DR Magic
Longbow: Attack: BAB +10/5, Dex +2, Magic +1 Damage: Str +5 (adaptive), Magic +1
Cold Iron/Silver Blanch Arrows = 10/10
Cold Iron/Ghost Salt Arrows = 10/10
Blessings (7/10, su) (Holy Strike (std), Battle Companion (std), Fast Healing (std, 3 for 1m), or Powerful Healer (sw))
Fervor (8/10, su, sw, DC 20, 5d6)
Sacred Weapon (10/14r, su, sw, +3)
Sacred Armor (11/14m, su, sw, +3)
Dawnflower Sash (1/1, std, feather fall)(1/1, im, cure light wounds)(std, burns like a torch)
Pearl of Power (1/1, first)(1/1, second)
Spells (Caster Level 14, Concentration +17)
Zero (13): Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Mending, Stabilize
First (14): Command,
Second (15): Bull’s Strength, Burst of Radiance, Delay Poison, Hold Person, Protection from Evil Communal, Sound Burst
Third (16): Dispel Magic, Invisibility Purge, Magic Circle against Evil,
Fourth (17): Blade of Light, Blessings of Fervor, Divine Power, Shield of the Dawnflower
Fifth (18):
- - -
Kyffin takes his hit, though he doesn’t like the draining effect, and strikes back!
(favor, drain)
(favor, drain)
(favor, drain)
(favor, drain, 2hp fire)
(favor, drain)
(favor, drain)
(favor, drain)
(favor, drain, 2hp fire)
Albert: 21
Starflit: 14
Lothan: 12
Tristain: 10
Kyffin: 7
Antagonist: 24
Lothan can barely make out a bright line as his vision seems to be starting to return, but he still can't see well enough to see Starflit's magic blast right past the darkness, or Tristain's magic missiles destroy it a moment later!
Below, before Al even has a chance to move, Kyffin cuts the devourer to shreds!
About six seconds later, Lothan is able to see again.
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Tristain flies over to Lothan, seeking to help the man see again. He holds up a particular finger in front of the man’s face.
”Can you see this? How about this?” Tristain moves to a different, less notable finger gesture. ”Is your sight coming back? I told you it would. You okay?”
Tristain will cast Detect Magic and search the area for things of interest after Lothan’s sight comes back.
Weapon Equipped = Teralindar's Honor
Conditions = Magic Vestment (1/13h, +3), Air Walk (?/30 or 50m), -1 neg level
Scimitar: Attack: BAB +10/5, Str +5, Magic +2, Focus +2, (Power -3) Damage: Str +5, Magic +2, Specialization +4, (Power +6) Crit: 15-20 DR Magic
Longbow: Attack: BAB +10/5, Dex +2, Magic +1 Damage: Str +5 (adaptive), Magic +1
Cold Iron/Silver Blanch Arrows = 10/10
Cold Iron/Ghost Salt Arrows = 10/10
Blessings (7/10, su) (Holy Strike (std), Battle Companion (std), Fast Healing (std, 3 for 1m), or Powerful Healer (sw))
Fervor (8/10, su, sw, DC 20, 5d6)
Sacred Weapon (10/14r, su, sw, +3)
Sacred Armor (11/14m, su, sw, +3)
Dawnflower Sash (1/1, std, feather fall)(1/1, im, cure light wounds)(std, burns like a torch)
Pearl of Power (1/1, first)(1/1, second)
Spells (Caster Level 14, Concentration +17)
Zero (13): Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Mending, Stabilize
First (14): Command,
Second (15): Bull’s Strength, Burst of Radiance, Delay Poison, Hold Person, Protection from Evil Communal, Sound Burst
Third (16): Dispel Magic, Invisibility Purge, Magic Circle against Evil,
Fourth (17): Blade of Light, Blessings of Fervor, Divine Power, Shield of the Dawnflower
Fifth (18):
- - -
Kyffin taps himself with the wand to touch up, though he has little for the negative level for now.
Withered remains of some strange creature -- it appeared to have four flexible and retractable appendages radiating from the top of a cone-shaped body -- lie among a handful of Ninshaburian trophies. Among these is a ring of djinni calling.
The room also has passages to the east and south.
"Ahh, if you've the spell, I've got the diamond dust - and plenty of it!" Kyffin grins at Starflit, and pulls out a big bag of dust. He doles out 100gp worth.
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Starflit takes the diamond dust, apologizes again for being close to broke, and casts restoration on Kyffin.
"Well, that was easy." Al proclaims after doing next to nothing. "Let's follow that southern passage and see where it leads us."
Just as soon as his vision returns, he's just about to raise his bow and attack until Tristain gets right up in his grill and shoots multiple fingers at him, one being quite rude, while attempting to ride under the false pretense of 'helping'. Lothan narrows his eyes as he still finds himself pondering raising his bow and attacking. "Yes, T, I can see. I can see just fine now. Thank you." His words were spoken slowly and clearly, while his face remained a blank slate of no emotion.
Kyffin thanks Starflit for having the spell handy. "Much appreciated. And the diamond dust is from the party, so if you ever need any just say the word."
He'll head as Al suggests, weapon out, looking for trouble.
Tristain moves slowly away from the very grumpy man he was just trying to help and continues on his search for things of interest or aberrations to sate the sword’s interest.
With Kyffin restored, you begin heading south through a 20-foot-wide passage. As you travel, the way is interspersed with eerie galleries, subterranean plazas, and series of niches more evocative of a catacomb than an urban development. Many of the passages don’t lead anywhere in particular. They slope up and down in unpredictable patterns, and in places they are split by perilous chasms that plunge deep into Golarion’s crust. The result is a maze with no rhyme or reason, where water seeps in from the crater lake and either pools in unseemly ponds or drains entirely into the Darklands. The only light is that which you provide.
Oddly, many of the walls seem to have graffiti carved into them, in a mishmash of ancient Kelish and Taldane dialects or scrawls as crude pictures—sometimes over past works, obscuring both inscriptions. As you make your way south, they read "And so Rovagug led me to Neruzavin and I waited..."
The tunnel broadens into a subterranean gallery carved from floor to ceiling with rudimentary depictions of beasts, volcanoes, comets, and bones. The three entrances all slope subtly downward into this area, causing stagnant, silty water to pool here. The water here is thick with muck and organic matter in advanced stages of decay.
Tristain keeps flying to avoid the goop (others might be airborne as well).
"Say, Kyffin, does your sword know where to go?" Tristain asks hoping that the second most annoying speaker in the party can do something helpful.
Weapon Equipped = Teralindar's Honor
Conditions = Magic Vestment (3/13h, +3)
Scimitar: Attack: BAB +10/5, Str +5, Magic +2, Focus +2, (Power -3) Damage: Str +5, Magic +2, Specialization +4, (Power +6) Crit: 15-20 DR Magic
Longbow: Attack: BAB +10/5, Dex +2, Magic +1 Damage: Str +5 (adaptive), Magic +1
Cold Iron/Silver Blanch Arrows = 10/10
Cold Iron/Ghost Salt Arrows = 10/10
Blessings (7/10, su) (Holy Strike (std), Battle Companion (std), Fast Healing (std, 3 for 1m), or Powerful Healer (sw))
Fervor (8/10, su, sw, DC 20, 5d6)
Sacred Weapon (10/14r, su, sw, +3)
Sacred Armor (11/14m, su, sw, +3)
Dawnflower Sash (1/1, std, feather fall)(1/1, im, cure light wounds)(std, burns like a torch)
Pearl of Power (1/1, first)(1/1, second)
Spells (Caster Level 14, Concentration +17)
Zero (13): Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Mending, Stabilize
First (14): Command,
Second (15): Bull’s Strength, Burst of Radiance, Delay Poison, Hold Person, Protection from Evil Communal, Sound Burst
Third (16): Dispel Magic, Invisibility Purge, Magic Circle against Evil,
Fourth (17): Blade of Light, Blessings of Fervor, Divine Power, Shield of the Dawnflower
Fifth (18):
- - -
Kyffin frowns on the ground as he peers at the murky water. ”I don’t have another one of those. Been able to get by with just the one. Might have to change that. Air walk is just too damn useful.”
"Say, Kyffin, does your sword know where to go?" Tristain asks hoping that the second most annoying speaker in the party can do something helpful.
”What? Huh? I dunno. I doubt it.” he shakes his blade as if to wake it up, ”Excuse me, but do you know your way around down here? Can you sense anything?”
He waits for the sword to answer before picking the middle path (unless the sword has a suggestion).
Al waits for the sword to chime in while he throws a few small rocks into the silty pool and looks for reactions from the mucky water.
"YES! GO FIND THE POLYPS AND DESTROY THEM!" the sword bellows at Tristain's words. It does not, however, seem to actually know its way around here, finally admitting that it never made it this far with Upianshe.
You being edging forward and are near the pool when the sudden sound of hooves materialize into a dark, imposing armor-clad figure that you only see as it swings a vicious axe at Kyffin as it rides by on a skeletal horse! The edge burns as it cuts, acid eating into the half-orc's flesh. Baleful glowing eyes glare at you from the broken armor's helm, which looks like a fanged spider, with the legs reaching down to form a mouth guard.
The helm seems to glow in judgment as the armor swings again before spinning on its mount and putting the pool between you and it.
Initiative
GK: +3/+5
Know (religion/arcana/planes).
Tristain looks at the Kyffin-slashing equestrian. That look like it hurt.
Tristain thinks its a graveknight, likely devoted to Rovagug. It is unlikely to be hurt by non-magical weapons. In addition, the iconography on the armor looks like that of an inquisitor. It likely has a number of magical abilities similar in some way to Starflit's.
Weapon Equipped = Teralindar's Honor
Conditions = Magic Vestment (3/13h, +3), Air Walk
Scimitar: Attack: BAB +10/5, Str +5, Magic +2, Focus +2, (Power -3) Damage: Str +5, Magic +2, Specialization +4, (Power +6) Crit: 15-20 DR Magic
Longbow: Attack: BAB +10/5, Dex +2, Magic +1 Damage: Str +5 (adaptive), Magic +1
Cold Iron/Silver Blanch Arrows = 10/10
Cold Iron/Ghost Salt Arrows = 10/10
Blessings (7/10, su) (Holy Strike (std), Battle Companion (std), Fast Healing (std, 3 for 1m), or Powerful Healer (sw))
Fervor (8/10, su, sw, DC 20, 5d6)
Sacred Weapon (10/14r, su, sw, +3)
Sacred Armor (11/14m, su, sw, +3)
Dawnflower Sash (1/1, std, feather fall)(1/1, im, cure light wounds)(std, burns like a torch)
Pearl of Power (1/1, first)(1/1, second)
Spells (Caster Level 14, Concentration +17)
Zero (13): Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Mending, Stabilize
First (14): Command,
Second (15): Bull’s Strength, Burst of Radiance, Delay Poison, Hold Person, Protection from Evil Communal, Sound Burst
Third (16): Dispel Magic, Invisibility Purge, Magic Circle against Evil,
Fourth (17): Blade of Light, Blessings of Fervor, Divine Power,
Fifth (18):
- - -
Later, Kyffin coughs up some blood between blows as his skin burns from the acid, ”Apparently the middle path was not the right one!” he tries to joke.
Trusting in the ranged folk, Kyffin heals himself swiftly (fervor CCW), takes a 5’ step forward, and readies a swing should the creature return for another round.
”Haven’t had to do that in a while.” he says as some of his wounds close with the emergency healing.
- - -
Al doesn't give the ghostly knight a second chance to charge. Walking on air, he strides across the murk and brings a divine judement of his own against the creature. "You'll pay for hurting my friend you moldy has-been!"
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Starflit is slow to react to the undead ambush. Seeing Kyffin badly wounded by the sudden attack, she opts to heal him a bit more while invoking a couple of judgments to protect herself.
Spells: 5th 2/3; 4th 3/4; 3rd 4/5; 2nd 5/6; 1st 6/6 (needs updating)
Judgments: #4 of 5; purity (+3 sacred bonus on all saving throws (+6 against curses, diseases, and poisons)); protection (+3 sacred bonus to Armor Class (+6 against attack rolls made to confirm critical hits against the inquisitor))
Buff Spells: life bubble, air walk
hp (current):112/115; (0 damage since last turn);
AC (CURRENT): 31, touch 20, flat-footed 25 (+3 sacred from protection judgment);
Saving Throws (CURRENT): Fort +16, Ref +13, Will +19; stalwart; purity judgment (+3 sacred bonus on all saving throws (+6 against curses, diseases, and poisons)); Al’s ‘old man smell?’;
Greater Bane (none yet); 13/18
Conditions: none
Round 1, Init 24
Tristain, using his rod of reach, readies to force slam the rider if and when it comes to attack again, trying to unhorse it (if possible) but probably just knocking it away before it can damage again.
force damage
HP: 82/82+15 temp hp
AC: 13
Points: 7/7 left
Spells: Lvl 1: 4/8 left (Bless*0,MM*4,IllOm*0,MurdCom*0,Vanish*0) dc 20
Spells: Lvl 2: 5/8 left (ReEn*0,FlsLife*1,SpirW*0,Sugg*0,SeeInvis*2,Invis*0) dc 22
Spells: Lvl 3: 4/8 left (Fly*0,ForPun*1,MagVest*0,DazeMM,Haste*1,Hero*2) dc 23
Spells: Lvl 4: 8/8 left (BlakTent*0,Guard*0,MindThrust*0,DimDoor*0,FoM*0) dc 24
Spells: Lvl 5: 4/7 left (Commune*0,Serenity*0,LifeBub*1,OverlandFly*1) dc 25
Spells: Lvl 6: 5/6 left (UnMake*0,EgoWhip*0,PsychSurg*0, Disint dc 24)
Spells: Lvl 7: 4/4 left (Forcecage dc 26,Gr Scrying, Quick Haste, Quick ForcePunch)
Cure Used: 0/4 used
Rod of Reach: 0/3 used
Rod of Extend (6th): 2/3 used
Rod of Extend (3rd): 0/3 used
"zee-NOO!”
Wand of Magic Missile (lvl9): 33/50 left
force damage.
[ dice]1d6+1[/dice] force damage
[ dice]1d20+15[/dice] CMB to trip vs. CMD
[ dice]1d20+2-4[/dice] to hit; ()
[ dice]1d8-1[/dice] piercing damage
[ dice]1d6+5[/dice] force damage
[ dice]1d20+17[/dice] CMB to trip vs. CMD
[ dice]1d6+5[/dice] force damage
[ dice]1d6+5[/dice] force damage
[ dice]1d6+5[/dice] force damage
[ dice]1d6+5[/dice] force damage
Quickly taking aim with his bow, "You're gonna have to run farther than that, you undead freakshow," Lothan unloads a volley of arrows at the abomination.
Tristain: 24
Albert: 22
Lothan: 22
Kyffin: 13
Starflit: 12
Antagonist: 29
Lothan unloads a fusillade of arrows as Al rushes forward to attack. Meanwhile, Starflit and Kyffin patch the half-orc's wounds while Tristain waits for it to come close again. But with a single target in its face, the graveknight chooses to focus on Al. It gestures in a manner that looks familiar from Starflit's gestures and slashes with its axe, cutting into the old man. Al barely avoids a second slice.
GK: 169; +3/+5
It gestures in a manner that looks familiar from Starflit's gestures and slashes with its axe, cutting into the old man.
Tristain waits to see if the GK is still up before wasting his valuable mind magicks.
Weapon Equipped = Teralindar's Honor
Conditions = Magic Vestment (3/13h, +3), Air Walk, Sacred Armor (1/10r, +3), Lilend Azata (1/14r)
Scimitar: Attack: BAB +10/5, Str +5, Magic +2, Focus +2, (Power -3) Damage: Str +5, Magic +2, Specialization +4, (Power +6) Crit: 15-20 DR Magic
Longbow: Attack: BAB +10/5, Dex +2, Magic +1 Damage: Str +5 (adaptive), Magic +1
Cold Iron/Silver Blanch Arrows = 10/10
Cold Iron/Ghost Salt Arrows = 10/10
Blessings (6/10, su) (Holy Strike (std), Battle Companion (std), Fast Healing (std, 3 for 1m), or Powerful Healer (sw))
Fervor (8/10, su, sw, DC 20, 5d6)
Sacred Weapon (10/14r, su, sw, +3)
Sacred Armor (10/14m, su, sw, +3)
Dawnflower Sash (1/1, std, feather fall)(1/1, im, cure light wounds)(std, burns like a torch)
Pearl of Power (1/1, first)(1/1, second)
Spells (Caster Level 14, Concentration +17)
Zero (13): Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Mending, Stabilize
First (14): Command,
Second (15): Bull’s Strength, Burst of Radiance, Delay Poison, Hold Person, Protection from Evil Communal, Sound Burst
Third (16): Dispel Magic, Invisibility Purge, Magic Circle against Evil,
Fourth (17): Blade of Light, Blessings of Fervor, Divine Power,
Fifth (18):
- - -
Kyffin swiftly improves his armor (swift, sacred +3) and moves 30’ up behind Al, moving as fast as he can. With the power of the gods, he will summon a Lilend Azata behind their opponent to provide Al (and eventually Kyffin) with flank.
"Help us kill this thing please." Kyffin requests of his ally.
The Azata begins to inspire the party to greatness (move, +2 att/dam (morale)), and swings once (standard).
(morale, flank) (morale)
AC 20, touch 12, flat-footed 17 (+3 Dex, +8 natural, –1 size)
hp 73 (7d10+35)
Fort +7, Ref +10, Will +10
Immune electricity, petrification, poison; Resist cold 10, fire 10
Offense
Speed 30 ft., fly 70 ft. (average)
Melee +1 longsword +12/+7 (2d6+8/19–20), tail slap +6 (2d6+2 plus grab (+13))
Space 10 ft., Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks bardic performance (move, 20 rounds/day, +2 inspire, +3 competence), constrict (2d6+5)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 7th)
3/day—darkness, hallucinatory terrain (DC 18), knock, light
1/day—charm person (DC 15), speak with animals, speak with plants
Spells Known (CL 7th)
3rd (2/day)—charm monster (DC 17), cure serious wounds
2nd (4/day)—hold person (DC 16), invisibility, sound burst (DC 16), suggestion (DC 16)
1st (5/day)—charm person (DC 15), cure light wounds, identify, sleep (DC 15)
0 (at will)—dancing lights, daze (DC 14), detect magic, lullaby (DC 14), mage hand, read magic
- - -
Al, the fashionably unnatural non-human, scoffs at the grave knight's judgement. "You don't banish me, I banish you!" His blades whirls as he makes good on his talking.
Al manages to cut down the suit of armor, leaving you alone in the chamber.
"Oh good job, Al. It's good that you're a totally normal human," Tristain cheers as he flies a bit closer now that the threat is gone. He will scan the area with Detect Magic to see if there is anything of interest nearby while others heal up.
Weapon Equipped = Teralindar's Honor
Conditions = Magic Vestment (3/13h, +3)
Scimitar: Attack: BAB +10/5, Str +5, Magic +2, Focus +2, (Power -3) Damage: Str +5, Magic +2, Specialization +4, (Power +6) Crit: 15-20 DR Magic
Longbow: Attack: BAB +10/5, Dex +2, Magic +1 Damage: Str +5 (adaptive), Magic +1
Cold Iron/Silver Blanch Arrows = 10/10
Cold Iron/Ghost Salt Arrows = 10/10
Blessings (6/10, su) (Holy Strike (std), Battle Companion (std), Fast Healing (std, 3 for 1m), or Powerful Healer (sw))
Fervor (8/10, su, sw, DC 20, 5d6)
Sacred Weapon (10/14r, su, sw, +3)
Sacred Armor (10/14m, su, sw, +3)
Dawnflower Sash (1/1, std, feather fall)(1/1, im, cure light wounds)(std, burns like a torch)
Pearl of Power (1/1, first)(1/1, second)
Spells (Caster Level 14, Concentration +17)
Zero (13): Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Mending, Stabilize
First (14): Command,
Second (15): Bull’s Strength, Burst of Radiance, Delay Poison, Hold Person, Protection from Evil Communal, Sound Burst
Third (16): Dispel Magic, Invisibility Purge, Magic Circle against Evil,
Fourth (17): Blade of Light, Blessings of Fervor, Divine Power,
Fifth (18):
- - -
The azata will do some of that healing before disappearing again into the astral.
Kyffin will top up with a wand, and offer the same to any in need.
"Much better. They guy had an arm huh? Ouch."
Kyffin will search around for loot, but otherwise continue on this demonic landscape.
The graveknight's armor is a +3 breastplate and was bearing a +2 greataxe.
Starflit offers to perform more healing on anyone who needs it. Her offer seems directed mainly toward Al.
Like Tristan, Starflit approaches and examines the remains and equipment of their foe. She interested in finding some sort of (un)holy symbol, however, to get a better understanding of the undead inquisitor's godly allegiance.
Starflit definitely also recognizes the armor's symbolism (and broken aspects) as being connected to Rovagug.
Tristain will help stow and pack anything that might be sold, and then is ready to follow Kyffin forward. He continues to fly 10’ off the ground when he can, and near the rear of the party.
”Which way, you galaxy brained sword?”
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"TO THE POLYPS, YOU POLTROON!"
Before you can follow the sword's suggestion, however, Lothan spots an oddity in one of the many carvings. As Tristain and the sword swap insults he investigates more closely and finds a secret chache -- which Kaklatath says must have been left long ago by her fellow Yithians. The room has few decorations, limited to several inscriptions in yithian identifying the musty bits of gear here and their functions. Despite weathering the years admirably, only a fraction of the gear is serviceable.
You can procure two handfuls of dust of appearance, a mantle of glistening metal that allows the wearer to grow a set of coppery wings (this functions as winged boots but occupies the shoulders slot), and a single set of 21 1-foot-wide silvery disks. These disks are a yithian invention designed to protect their adopted forms no matter what shape they take. Upon speaking a command word, the plates begins spinning, reshaping themselves, and binding to the user’s body over the course of 1d4+1 minutes, afterward functioning as mithral full plate of speed. Repeating the command word causes the plates to detach and stack themselves; this process takes 1 minute to complete the process.
Perhaps the greatest prize is an accordion-like device constructed of metal alloys with handles and controls at one end and a bright metal disk at the other. This is a yithian lightning gun, a powerful ranged weapon capable of firing bolts of electricity. Its long disuse has drained this gun of most of its power, but it is still capable of firing four shots before being rendered inoperable. Like most yithians, Kaklatath is versed in such weapons, and if you can return her to her alien form, she eagerly volunteers to aid them in battle with the gun.
He shakes his sword, "We're working on it. If you knew more, we'd be there already."
Kyffin is impressed by the haul, "Wow. That's some crazy s!&% right there."
He picks over each piece. Curiouser and curiouser.
In the end he doesn't want any of it himself, and is totally supportive of Kaklatath having the lighting gun. He already has mithral plate, and so the features of the other suit don't particularly interest him. Speed would be nice, but he hands it to Al to see if he wants it instead.
"I'll keep us in the air with air walk most of the time, but flying is a step up in many cases. Anyone want to fly?" he offers the mantle around.
Al is grateful for the healing and the new suit of armor. After a few minutes he's looking shiny. "Right, let's find those polyps!"
”Sounds like fun and not at all crazy or dangerous,” Tristain says as he floats after the newly-beclad Al and Kyffin.
He politely declines the offer of additional flight. He’s fine.
Continuing on , you arrive at another cavern. It stone ceiling dips and rises with undulating unpredictability as it worms through the undercity, and a shaft rises up back to the surface. The hewn walls likewise seem unfinished, and heaps of rubble and gravel lie scattered about the area. Unfortunately, there seems to be nothing else here , and you have to backtrack, taking one of the passages the graveknight came out of. Another six minutes of walking leads you to another chamber.
The eight thin columns here seem insufficient to hold up the ceiling of this trapezoidal room. On one side are three alcoves in which stand statues of cone-bodied creatures with savage pincers. On the other, a set of battered two-foot-thick metal doors stands open at the top of a low dais. The statues depict idealized yithians, each of which represents one of the yithians’ philosophical pillars: creation, knowledge, and travel, Kaklatath tells you. But the stone pieces begin waving their arms in warning when you enter the room. Kaklatath is not sure why after so many centuries.
Kyffin walks along with the others, all his spells but one spent by the wanderings. He misses Air Walk, but is otherwise fit and ready.
It's a fascinating chamber, and he enjoys it a moment before Kaklatath fills them in on the details.
When he sees the statues waiving their arms, he wonders if they can walk around them? If not, are they moving - can we just ranged weapon them to death and make a path?
Albert, with his auras of courage, justice, and resolve, approaches the nearest pincher arm waving statue and declares his noble intents. "We are here to slay the polyps and remove the corruption, will you let us pass?"
Tristain tries to identify the cone creatures that Al seems to love so much.
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And if Tristan knows what languages the creatures might speak, he will explain to the party about that.
The thing doesn't react to Al's question.
Tristain thinks they're likely some sort of graven guardian, constructs usually designed to protect some place. They likely would obey a yithian -- like Kaklatath -- but it would need to be in its own body, not the human one it currently occupies. They can resist some magic, and will be difficult to damage with anything but an adamantine weapon . These three likely empower each other, giving each some power of faith .
Tristain will see if Kaklatath can communicate with them, or through us to them.
Pulling out an adamantine arrow, Lothan takes aim at one and simply asks, "Should I start the killing? Just say the word."