As heroes defeat Nebta-Khufre, they restore them temple. They return with the mask, but the towns people tell them it is theirs to keep. Peace and rest is restored to the town as there is no more panic.
The heroes find out that the cult is larger than they expect.
If heroes research Hakotep, the Sky Pharaoh, the Cult of the Forgotten Pharaoh or the mask, they turn up very little info. It is believed Hakotep I ruled Osirion as pharaoh some time in distant past, but records of his name had been lost. His name survies only in the cartouches found in a ancienty network of earthworkds now known as the Slave Trenches of Hakotep. The epithet "Sky Pharaoh" doesn't appear to be associated with Hakotep in any way. A much later pharaoh, Menedes I claimed that title, but seems to have no connection with Hakotep. There seems to be no history of the forgotten pharaoh and why the cultists are here are who they are worshipping seems yet to be a mystery.
The mystery of the mask, the forgotten pharaoh and why the whole cult is here sends them to the city of Tephu, as Wati seems to be at rest.
Everyone is fully healed and we are now level 8
"Well, guess we saved the city. That makes us heroes now, right? Wonder if our tomb charter still matters."
Kaylor mutters something about stupid cultists luring us into their lair to slaughter them.
Okay, so the heroes reach the Great Library of Tephu. The area of the library that the heroes have to access is restricted.
Heroes have two options.
1. Go in at night, which involves disabling traps, and picking locks for locked doors.
2. Or go in the morning. You are in the library, but have to get to the restricted areas. The entrance to the restricted area is under watch, which means you either have to become invisible or put the 2 guards watching it to sleep or kill them or do something. At least one guard is at the desk at all times, which is very close to the restricted area, which means stealth can't be done since you would be stealthing in plain sight, invisibility is the only way to stealth and it is an automatic success.
The second task you have to accomplish is to open the door in the restricted area to get to the books you need. You can pickpocket the key from one of the 4 guards that walk around in the restricted area which requires a stealth check (or no stealth check, if invisible) and a sleight of hand check. Or you can knock them unconcious and/or kill them as you will get a surprise round if you just outright attack them and get the key that way. Or you can pick the lock, (which may or may not require a stealth check to get to the door, which depends upon if you are invisible or not.) If you go at night, the guards are not there, so you must pick the lock (disable device)
The 3rd task is given to you once you make it that far.
Morning or Night hereos?
Elmar's vote is for night time, since we've got a fair amount of stealth and traps between us.
"Librarians ain't no worthy opponents. Just a couple a' honest guard folk doing their jobs."
The heroes go to the library to research the forgotten pharaoh and the cult at night.
The entrance door is locked but with enough time heroes unlock it 2 minutes later.
elmar
Kaylor
zub
nahoce
silver
avelloran
this is just to spot the trap at the entrance
elmar
elmar
Kaylor
kaylor
zub
zub
nahoce
nahoce
silver
silver
avelloran
avelloran
this is just to spot the 2 traps after unlocking the second locked door.
as silver helps elmar use the masterwork thieves tools.
as silver helps elmar use the mastwork thieves tools
and elmar disables the 3rd one all by himself.
okay so the heroes reach the outer sanctum. But it is also guarded by a tophet ie construct, so arcana ids. If you already looked it up, well, it will probably die in 1-2 rounds anyway.
silver
avelloran
kaylor
elmar
nahoce
zub
Map updated go!
Silver moves up to it with an adamantine earthbreaker
Kaylor casts intensified shocking grasp, moves forward, and turns his sword into a +2 keen, frost scimitar.
For his action, Remiel will chill like the badass little dragon he is.
Avelloran opens a pit behind the monster. Trying to make it fall in backwards.
okay the monster is dead. The library is filled however with powerful energies.
The heroes have to research information. Everyone roll one local or history or nobility check using the library. These checks can be made untrained and you get a +2 bonus to the roll. The DC is 20. Or if you would like you can choose to assist someone as a DC 10.
if you reach the DC roll a 2nd number. Bards roll 1d12+int. alchemists, wizards and magus roll 1d8+int.
Any class that is not mentioned above that gain 6+int or 8+int skill ranks per level rolls 1d6+int.
Any class that doesn't fit any of the above categories roll 1d4+int.
In addition, if you roll a natural 20, roll again as if you rolled a critical threat and deal double damage. Multi-classers roll the higher number.
Between the 6 of us, we have to get 23 successes, and yes the 1d12+int and so forth represents the number of successes per character. If 23 successes have not been obtained, we spend the night in the library and we get attacked by 2 random encounters.
If we don't get 23 successes by night 2, we get attacked by 3 random encounters, and so on.
Silver knows his locals well
Silver able to gather some information
Between me and Kaylor we have it.
Kaylor 11
Avelloran 14
Nohoce 3
Total 28
Elmar will take that guidance, if he can.
then you add in silvers check it is 34. okay so the results...
reducing it to 15. Not only does the Outer Sanctum seem to be missing quite a lot of knoweledge, but some of the more interesting and secretive works seem to have been deliberately removed.
reducing it to 10. While the Outer Stacks and Great chamber of knowledge contain general information on Osirion's most famouts royal dynasties and older families is contained in the Upper Stacks.
reducing it to 5. A papyrus scroll dating from Osirion's Second Ag over 6,000 years ago references a "lost" pharaoh named Hakotep. The Scroll ascribes the epithet of "Sky Pharaoh" to the forgotten ruler, and recounts his ability to "ride the stars by nigh." The scroll even contains a crude illustartion of the Sky Pharaoh, a figure standing upon a dais surrounded by glass and crystal. A researcher notes that the crystal is floating, seemingly part of a vast temple that somehow sits in the night sky. The image is interpreted as depicting the technology of the Shory-an ancient empire of central Garund known for its arcane engineering and flying cities.
reducing it to 0. An obscure index compiled by a previous curator of the library lists the scroll referencing Hakotep as one of many that were copied from the personal library of the Sky Pharaoh. This collection of scrolls is held in a part of the Great Library's Inner Sanctum called the Spiral Archive, described as a chamber resembling a vertical scroll tube crossed by a latticework of papyrus bridges.
The heroes realize they need to reach the Inner Sanctum and all they have to do is go downstairs. There is a sign that reads. "Danger, keep out. Ask MuminoFrah for permission."
Do heroes wish to break into the inner Sanctum or get permission?
Also the library is not open yet, but the guards are in the library and they do not realize anyone broke into the library and none will dare to adventure into the inner Sanctum without permission.
And in case you are wondering how you can get out of the library without being notice, the heroes spot a secret door where they are at which is one way, which leads out of the building.
"It is better to ask forgiveness than permission, and I for one wouldn't pass up a chance at ancient and possibly forbidden knowledge." The haughty elf says with what, for him, could be approaching glee. Which is to say a neutral tone, with a slight smile at the corner of his mouth.
"One second. I don' wanna kill any honest guards. Avelloran, you c'n make yourself invisible, right? An' we found some scrolls of invisibility as well. Kaylor 'n I can move real quiet. Maybe we could sneak past the guards and, if necessary, knock 'em out."
"One second. I don' wanna kill any honest guards. Avelloran, you c'n make yourself invisible, right? An' we found some scrolls of invisibility as well. Kaylor 'n I can move real quiet. Maybe we could sneak past the guards and, if necessary, knock 'em out."
There are no guards down here. From the sign, there are probably more dangerous things down there, things like the tophet. Even guards have to get permission. We are already in a restricted area, didn't you see the signs as you went to the outer sanctum? The inner sanctum is restricted even to guards. I would expect constructs or magical beings too dangerous to deal with. If guards are down here, that would either mean they too got permission or got down here illegally. And they would have to have a pretty good reason to go down here.
And as heroes are about to go into the inner sanctum, more forgotten pharaoh cultists come up. We expected to find you here, we already beat you here. Give up the mask and surrender or be destroyed. We have you outnumbered. Forgot to introduce myself, I'm Khabekh-shu, now give us the mask.
avelloran
kaylor
silver
elmar
nahoce
zub
khabekh-shu
9 forgotten pharaoh cultists.
khabekh
sorcerer 10
ac 23, t 15, ff, 19
t 19 when up against an admantine weapon, I don't know what I did in the past, but admantine does not bypass mage armor.
hp 90
fort 7, reflex 8, will 10
resist cold and fire 5
mwk dagger +6(1d4)
at will: aurora borealis.
bloodline 6/day minute meteors (1d4+5 fire, dc 18)
5th level cone of cold 3/day
4th level, call lightning storm (fire damage, dc 18), charm monster (dc 17) scrying (dc 17) 5/day
3rd blink, fly, lightining bolt, vampiric touch 7/day
2nd acid arrow, defensive shock, false life, gitterducst, scorching ray
1st burning hands, mage armor, magic missile, ray of enfeeblement, shield, unseen servant
0 at will: really he ain't going to use them unless that battle last that long
he is currently buffed with mage armor and false life and defenisve shock and shield
and the cultists?
fighter4/sorcerer 2
ac 19, t 11, ff, 18
they are wearing mithril shirts however, so our admantine weapons will not go against their touch.
hp 53 each
fort 7, ref 3 will 3
bravery 1
admantine falchion +11 (2d4+8) vs touch, unless you have medium/heavy armor or mithril/adamantine made armor
+1 heavy crossbow +7 (1d10+1)
spells: 4/day touch of destiny. bloodline
1st: shield, true strike
0: acid splash, detect magic, guidance, read magic, touch of fatigue.
they are currently buffed with: shield
Nonpassive feats: power attack and arcane armor training
silver will shift one square and shoot the boss with his +1 pepperbox twice. and he is close enough to have point blank shot.
"Zuberu! Grab that sorcerer!"
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Nahoce casts Blessing of Fervor. Each round, each ally can choose from:
* Increase its speed by 30 feet.
* Stand up as a swift action without provoking an attack of opportunity.
* Make one extra attack as part of a full attack action, using its highest base attack bonus.
* Gain a +2 bonus on attack rolls and a +2 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves.
* Cast a single spell of 2nd level or lower as if it were an enlarged, extended, silent, or still spell.
She chooses the attack/dodge bonus this round and moves to confront the sorceror.
Nahoce casts Blessing of Fervor.
Since Guidance is a cantrip, it can be recast as many times as it takes to make the success.
Clerics can prepare a number of orisons, or 0-level spells, each day, as noted on Table: Cleric under “Spells per day.” These spells are treated like any other spell, but they are not expended when cast and may be used again.
Avelloran, as well as the rest of the party, hears a voice in their head, It would be good if people could occupy their leader. I'd prefer not to get blasted while we're all huddled together.
The small dragon then pipes up, speaking in common. The heroes most likely notice that it's the same voice that was speaking in their heads just moments before.
"We don't have the mask. We sold it. How else do you think we were able to afford all these adamantine weapons?"
Avelloran makes the swiftly becoming familiar gesture, hands up then down swiftly with palms flattened.
Spiked pit, DC 20 REF under the boss.
hereos can clearly see, all except the one in the very back have out falchions.
okay so the boss has to climb out now. But first since he can't see anyone he will blast avelloran with a magic missile for what he did since that never misses after standing up. .
But he did fall and take damage, so lets see if he lot concentration. Espceically the fall and laying in spikes. Though not necessarily the damage. nope he tries to cast the magic missile, but fails.
oh and for kaylors bluff, they have a low sense motive each one has a modifier of 0. at least a few of them see through the lie and call his bluff warning the others.
Everyone is up before the rest the cultists
Nahoce-blessing of favor
Elmar-Still has an action
Kaylor-Still has an action
Zub-Still has an action
Sorcerer takes an additional 1d6 every round he is in contact with the spikes.
Sorcerer takes an additional 1d6 every round he is in contact with the spikes.
MM: The missile strikes unerringly, even if the target is in melee combat, so long as it has less than total cover or total concealment.
Total Cover
If you don't have line of effect to your target (that is, you cannot draw any line from your square to your target's square without crossing a solid barrier), he is considered to have total cover from you. You can't make an attack against a target that has total cover.
Kaylor casts web, as indicated on the map.
Remiel will either cast Abundant Ammunition on Elmar or cast Shield on someone if Elmar doesn't want the spell.
Remiel also telepathically speaks to the rest of the group. Nahoçe, perhaps you should back away from the pit, so the sorcerer cannot cast magic missile on you. Alternatively, if Elmar doesn't want abundant ammunition, I can cast shield on you and have you waste his spells.
Elmar targets one of the minions at the edge of the web, as the webs should reduce his AC if he's grabbed.
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Nahoce takes a 5 ft movement away from the pit edge.
There are other spells besides MM that he could use to topple me in with him. I'd just as soon learn How Not To Be Seen.
okay so elmar kills one and does massive damage to another.
okay so the crossbowman not grappled swifts 5 feet to try to shoot Kaylor but shoots a few inches to the left of his head and hits the wall behind him.
Zub still has a round 1 action
Silver and Avelloran are up for round 2