Mystery of the Keepers (Inactive)

Game Master DireMerc

Not sure how we can ever trust this guy. Gossan says to the others while maintaining his hold on the wizard. Tell us what you know of this place then.

"I discovered it around a year ago while doing research on a secret group called the keepers who were said to have secret stashes of rare knowledge all over the world. The place was long abandoned but much of it's defences are still active. I've been slowly making progress exploring it myself since then and when other looters started snooping around I sealed off this section that I use as my laboratory and have been looking for opportunities to grab valuable items for myself."

kn arcana: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29
Any idea who this guy is?

How long ago were these seekers here? Anatoli asks

bluff: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24

@Arkanost you probably heard of him at least. He would be rather famous in the wizarding world. He performed experiments on human tests subjects and was sent to prison and later escaped.

"I can't say centuries maybe" he replies.

do I know anything about who the seekers were who were here and what they were doing?

I was caught in one of the experiments here. Tell me where the rest of your things are?

"What things? My experiments?" he asks

Anatoli says any thing you have here in this building that belongs to you whether experiment or possession. Located here and anywhere else. Tell me what you have and be specific.

"More to the point, a warning about still-active traps or dangerous locations in the area you've explored would go a long way toward taking the edge off any hard feelings."

"So you can rob me of everything of value and then kill me you mean...I see were this is going. I will tell you that I posses considerable treasures hidden away in several other laboratories than this one. Release me and allow me to continue my work and I will reward you handsomely."

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (4) + 18 = 22

hmm...

@gossan You don't think he is lying but he will likely try to exploit any opening that presents itself to escape. He puts up a strong appearance of being calm but he is quite terrified.

(Class Ability: discern lies)

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (3) + 21 = 24

"And, of course, you will offer some iron-clad assurance that we will not find you creeping up behind in the shadows to slit our throats as we sleep?"

"I'm no fool, I've seen your skills and I have no intention of attacking you once we part ways. In fact I will be packing up my lab and leaving this place, seems this place is not as secure as I thought. Free me and return my equipment and I will tell you what you want to know and offer you some valuable items and we can part ways."

@he isn't lying he would be willing to honour the deal.

He is also a mad scientist types who has no regards for life and the animals in the next room Anatoli saw were all horribly injured from his experiments, starved and barely alive

Yep. Gossan is not interested in freeing this man. He is a little unsure about acting as judge and executioner too though. Ideas?

I've no doubt the world is a better place without you running around doing what you wish with little regard for others or the pain you cause. I'll not choose to free you.

Arkanost breaks his stoic silence with a carefully put together monologue in an almost monotonous tone. (Jarringly different from his normal, chipper demeanor)

"I agree that we can not let him free. We have discerned his intention is to continue his research, and his research puts innocents in danger. The best course of action is to imprison him and hope for some sort of reformation. Unfortunately, we do not posses the time or equipment for that. Therefore I suggest we give him a few moments to make peace with whatever gods he chooses and be done with this. I do not like the option, but I do believe we have given what would constitute as a fair trial. I will carry out sentence if needed. If any would wish to leave, now would be the best time. I will catch up soon."

He then turns to the alchemist.

"I am sorry to say that you have proven to be too great a threat to those around you. Please take a moment to gather your thoughts and make peace."

"Your work has been of great value to the world of magic. For that I thank you. I will take it as a personal endeavor to protect your research and share it with the academic community. In this way your legacy will live on for future generations to benefit."

with this talk of killing him the man turns pale. "Ahh! wait wait wait! Magnimar! I'm wanted in Magnimar. There is a reward if you turn me in there!" he says.

Sense motive: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (2) + 18 = 20 Crap SM rolls.

Done. Gossan punches the wizard in the head doing non-lethal damage and knocking him out. Now who is gonna baby sit him?

I could extange spells and take a few of us to Magnimar and back with teleport assuming the school of magic there is the same and has it's teleporting area and I can teleport back here. Anatoli says

"That sounds like a great idea, make him someone elses problem and hope they can contain him, at least we can warn them how dangerous he is." says Lyaro with a hint of hope at the solution

I can explain who he and how dangerous of a threat he poses is to the Magnimar authorities.

Devyhn nods in agreement. "Let's do this as quickly as possible, though. Our mission is still unfinished."

let us take him out to the front door, teleport to Magnimar and back and then continue Anatoli says

Yeah it wouldn't be too hard to get back but why not teleport from here?

with all the magical traps I thought I might not be able to is all, if I can then I will

He teleported into to this room so it's safe to assume you can teleport out. You will take to take about an hour to study carefully the area to avoid any misshaps but you should be fine with only a 1% chance of a misshap the issue is how familiar are you with your destination? Can you scry magnimar?

my character was born there and there are aspects of it that should be the same

Right. Just teleport to the Span. That thing is unchanging, at least on a human's time scale.

IN that case you are confident enough you can teleport to an are just outside the city with no risk.

You gather everyone and cast the spell (from the scroll I assume?)

And you appear just outside the gates of Magnimar.

"You guys watch him. I'll find someone and be back. Gossan, you might be faster, but I can't pummel him like you can."
He is deceptively fast with 50ft move speed.

He flashes a grin and runs off to find someone of authority in the town watch.

You contact the local watch and they are happy to learn you brought the notorious criminal in.

They take him off your hands and give you a 10 000 gold reward for his capture.

You can take some time in magnimar to rest and spend your money and return to the ruins tomorrow.

Sounds like a good time to sell any loot we have that we do not want to carry, and perhaps buy a few things we might need. Anyone have a loot list? We we want to do a split?

I should like to spend the day copying spells from our captured spell book into my book

with a linguistics and spellcraft of 19 I can't fail on 5th level or lower spells with the DC 15 so here are the sixth level rolls

spellcraft and decipher: 8d20 ⇒ (4, 6, 16, 13, 19, 8, 14, 16) = 96

No failures.

Assuming you have nothing else to do in town Anotoli prepares and cast the teleport spell to bring you back to the lab were you captured the criminal wizard.

"Excellent, let's find our way through this death trap and get out of here." he says with some hope and trepidation

Achren nods. "We can use these rooms as a fall-back position if we need to. He was mad, but could end up being useful to us."

"A sound idea. There is little question as to the deadliness of this place. Having somewhere we might rest and recover would be a blessing."

"I'll do what I can to 'lock up' after we leave."

Once the party leaves, Arkanost will use warp metal to jam the door.

Anatoli will copy all the spells he does not have from the book.

Same with Lyaro . Copying spells.. if he can use them that is.

Two room remain in the area the menagerie (were an assortment of magical creatures are being kept in cages) and the greenery room. A sort of underground greenhouse with a river running trough were a large assortment of plants grow. The room even seems to have a small magical sun giving the room sunlight.

Many rare plants used as magical spell components and in alchemy are grown here.

how much can we remove from this room for magical components and alchemy and how much is it worth?

A lot and a lot but the room is not safe.

Hundreds of planters and flowerpots in stacks and rows dominate this room, obviously once carefully organized but long since overgrown and neglected. Thick mats of thorny green vines climb the walls and ceiling, and a carpet of moss and roots covers the floor. A fountain on the east wall is carved to resemble an owl’s
head belching a stream of glowing blue water into a basin, and a squared ring of trenching filled with the same water dominates the center of the floor. Both are choked with lilies and other, less identifiable plants.

Anatoli looks the room over and nods and then casts summon monster from outside the room using it at level three so he can summon 1d3 small earth elementals and send them in earth gliding into the room to remove any threats or at least discover them.

1d3 small earth elementals: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Devyhn extends his marked palms, which begin to glow softly as he scans the area for threats.

(Class Ability: detect evil at will)

Hmm I don't think it would react to an earth elemental and I don't think the elemental would perceive a plant as a danger either.

Detect evil detects nothing.

the earth elemental can earth glide and pull every plant up by the roots from underground and I can do that for ten rounds each elemental for multiple spells

"Good idea Anatoli, saves us a few fire spells at least." he looks on from outside the room observing what is about to happen.