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Vs Gabi Feign... wow the worm is SO faked out!
SW Worm vs Gabi
for and
for plus nope.
for plus grab Gabi gracefully Matrix-style-dances as the tentacles grope for her...
for plus grab
for plus grab
Gabi - fakes out monster and then hurts it bad. -71 damage
Monster - tries to eat Gabi
Sandin
Elros
Knute - promised to heal Elros
Valena (Last chance to be “still playing”)
Round 2____________
Unconscious, Feather Falls to the deck.
Sandin walks over to Elros and transfers some of his life force to him. Tiny motes of lite move from Sandin's hand into Elros's body, fortifying his soul.
Elros sat up abruptly. Reflexively he grabbed is lightning bow and looked around for targets as he staggered to his feet.
"What happened?"
We got jumped pretty bad. One is dead, one is likely dead and the third had enough and ran away. You health is only temporary, I recommend you get some healing.
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Having brushed yourselves off from the foul moonworm encounter you continue on. MAP UPDATED.
You find yourselves on the edge of a cylindrical room. The roof, if there is one, is so height up you can't see it, just blackness above you and a tiny speck of brass colored light way up there.
The floor, however, is what is really interesting here: it's made of lunar glass. You can see right through it. It's set on some type of helix shaped porphyry track carved with obscene acts which spirals along the inner wall of the room.
There is a large railroad-track-like switch in the center of this floor. The head of this switch is an orb of clear azure colored gem. From where you stand, there appears to be a brass plate mounted onto the switch's base with text written on it.
A tiny bit curious Knut checks for magical auras and then walks to the plate to read whats written on it.
So up it is then. But we should see to our wounds first.
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Knute throws the switch. The glass platform begins to twist up the helix-track. At first it move slow. Then it moves fast. Then it pretty much moves at lightening speed! Finally it slows down. the wind in your ears subsides. It stops in the center of a large circular chamber. A glass dome bubble covers this chamber. You must be at the tip top of the spire: the highest room in the tallest tower of Domanix Annuli. Outside the dome, stars twinkle in the night. And Golarion, bright and beautiful in all it's glory, dominates half the sky. An incredibly complex telescope made of brass and varnished wood sits here in the middle of the room.
Gabi's pamphlet reads: The telescope fixed upon Golarion is the
work of the master inventor Cladrann Thashkrell of
Absalom, and his signature is etched into the brass
frame. The telescope is worth 4,500 gp.
To your left you hear the sound of water. A shower. Behind a curtain you see steam rising. And the tips of batlike wings move about beyond this curtain. And the familiar voice of Euphrixia sings a ballad with exquisit intonation. In the din of the shower's water Euphrixia cannot tell you have arrived.
Elros blanched as a sensation of danger ricocheted through him. He waived at Knute to reverse the switch or something. Anything!
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Lady Gabrielle, with a playful smile across her face, puts her finger to her lips to shush a nervous Elros, then quietly walks over to the telescope, both to confirm the inventor's signature and to see what Euphrixia was watching last, all the while looking around for anything that could have belonged to the Professor.
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Although she sees no signs of the professor, Gabi does spy an array of plush furniture coiling around the room. On one coffee table is a book title PRISONER LEDGER.
Through the telescope Gabi sees one of the main fortresses of men and elves which sits upon the edge of the worldwound. Euphrixia must have been watching it, but whether for good or ill you can't say.
Euphrixia begins to hum a sweet tune in the shower.
Flipping to the last entrys in the ledger Knut checks the book, hoping to find a hint about the professor
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Lady Gabrielle motions for Knut to hand Euphrixia the towel she is looking for, setting up a dramatic surprise.
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"Yes. Well." Said Elros, harrumphing and looking anywhere but her. "Our apologies madame. Your lift seems to have a mind of it's own. As soon as we solve your mechanism we will take our leave."
Tapping his foot Knut still lets Gabrielle do her thing, but his desire to find the professor is strong!
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The way Euphrixia glanced at the ledger before speaking was enough to alert Lady Gabrielle to something else happening.
"We apologize for your being uninformed, but she has been extensively trained," she interrupts, gesturing towards Nixie with her fan, in hopes of buying a moment or two,
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Sandin observes the situation keenly. His blue flame eyes dart across the room finally coming to a rest on Euphrixia. Unable to ascertain the nuances of the conversation he takes it at face value and stays out.
"Maylady, this book belongs to you, and I am no thief. But I am also no dumbass. And for the intrusion to your private sanctum, you have my sincere apology, I can assure you, it was an accident and in no way on purpose!"
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Retype:
Euphrixia takes the book from Knute. Come now, Master Dwarf. We both know you are not sorry for your intrusion in to my private sanctum. She thumbs through the text for you. And I am also aware that you are not here for this Professor friend of yours... she shoots a glare at Nixie.
She returns to thumbing the book. This time caressing it whith her thumbs and licking her index fingers seductively as she turns the pages. Tell me, are you all aware of what goes on down there, in the chambers beneath our feet? You know the level the elevator takes you down to is The Breaking of Heaven right? You will not like what you see there...
How precisely does one break heaven? Sandin asks inquisitively.
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Euphrixia smiles. Most of the time it's easy.
Ah, here it is! Professor von Lunershine. Oh, yes I remember this one. He passed his preliminary training in the Shrine of Rest and Fullfillment. Then in the Ring of Obedience. Which means he is now being trained in...Ewe yuck!
Euphrixia crinkles her nose.
...he's being trained by BETCEZIA, THE CORPULENT MISTRESS. I hate that skinny B*tch.
Tell me about this corpulent mistress.
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Although an obscure evil creature, Sandin is quite studied, and knows the following about Betcezia
Euphrixia chuckles. Well, She has thus far fended off all the demons and retrievers Zura has sent to collect her, and it has been decades since the Vampire Queen attempted to bring her back to Nesh. Nevertheless, Betcezia maintains a constant force of eight loyal vampires spread throughout the Ring of Seduction to defend her should anything
threaten her.
This is certainly useful information.
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"So she is a vampire?" the Lady asks, largely rhetorically. "That sounds rather dreadful. Does her presence or involvement cause you discomfort?"
Perhaps I have discovered something the temptress desires... she thinks to herself, as she explores the option of proposing a deal.
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"Zura? I assume this means that Betcezia is not even close to half the hostess you have been, Euphrixia. If we were to venture into her Ring, she may choose to end the visit violently. Do you know of anything about Betcezia or her Ring of Seduction that could help us win the confrontation? Does she have any particular weaknesses?" the Lady inquires.
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Listen, I'll make you a deal. Betcezia wears a ring, on her left hand. Kill her. Take the ring from her hand, and bring it back here to me. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you attempt to put this ring on yourself. Simply bring it to me and I will give you a gift: I will locate and deliver your beloved Professor von Lunershine. Now, you have been here long enough in my private room. Please leave. Euphrixia turns away to dress. You step back onto the platform and throw the switch DOWN. The elevator lurches and begins to descend. You feel lucky to have met and survived an interview with one of the loveliest, and doubtless deadliest, succubi of the nine hells. Next stop: THE BREAKING OF HEAVEN.
Elros simply breathes a sigh of relief as they escape without any level draining.
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MAP UPDATED. The lift stops outside a large circular room (C4). The bronze plaque over the entrance reads "The Breaking of Heaven." The entrance you are standing in is set above the floor of this room 40 feet.
Six sets of Manacles and chains hang from the ceiling at varying heights, though each set is at least thirty feet off the ground. There are creatures dangling from them. The corpses have all been horribly mutilated, many of their wounds taking the form of vile insults or defamations scrawled in Abyssal.
The exit to the northwest is placed high in the wall and shaped like an open demonic mouth! Three balconies at varying heights look down upon the scene, while embedded in the floor is a great metal cage with a human-sized opening shaped like a hungry mouth with a lolling tongue.