PFS: AP: Carrion Crown (CORE!)

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As the gout of flame erupts from the furnace, Faria feels the peripheral heat from the blast lick at her face, turning pale cheeks red for a few moments. Giving thanks to Pharasma for the wisdom to leave the room, she turns to her companions.

Kn Religion: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

"Perhaps it is time to return to Ravengro and rest. This hellish place will be here tomorrow, and we have four weeks left before we can finish our commitments to the Professor."

can we use a haunt trap?

Yes, you could use a haunt siphon. You suspect that it might require multiple siphons to tame this particular haunt.

With Faria's knowledge check, she realizes that removing the bones from the back of the furnace would also sooth the angry spirit.

"Removing those bones in the furnace will likely calm the haunt in that room, if we dare to try. We must be quick, or we'll feel the fury of this rather wrathful aspect of the building. I say, let us try. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. And death is only the beginning of our soul's adventure." She smiles at the others.

Faria also knows that the haunt is active. Whoever tries this better be quick, lest they suffer the wrath of the flame tongue.

"On second thought, let us go back to Ravengro. Perhaps there is something we can do about the fire on the morrow." Faria sighs wearily, all but spent.

Party? Do you all wish to adjourn for the day?

I vote for adjourning.

Okie dokie. You adjourn. Rest. Recoup.

What's the plan for the next day, everybody?

Faria awakens, feeling refreshed and invigorated after a hard night's rest. She awaits everyone in the den of the Lorrimor home, greeting them with a smile as they stream in. Once everyone gathers, "Alright, if everyone ok? Yes? Very good! Let us head back to Harrowstone and continue our investigation. We can avoid the furnace room, for now."

A couple of things happen while you all rested overnight:

(1) Somebody came back and messed with the Harrowstone Memorial statue again! This time, there's even more blood. Where before the letter "V" was also written in blood at the base of the sstatue, now "VE" is written there.

(2) After the party leaves Lorrimore Place, about a block from town square, you pass by a small group of children playing. A group of five little Varisian girls dressed in shawls and dresses are playing a skipping rope game at the side of the road. Each of the girls takes turns jumping in the rope while singing two lines of a rather disturbing song, then skips out of the rope to let the next girl take up the next two lines. The way in which the girls switch from skipping to passing the ends of the rope to each other to keep the whole thing going is strikingly well timed and well choreographed—and the verse itself, which the girls sing in Varisian, is rather disturbing.

No reactions to the children or the memorial?

After being told of the events at the Memorial, and leaving the Lorrimor estates only to encounter the singing girls skipping rope, Faria is perplexed. It seems evident that someone is at least trying to imply that the warden's wife, Vesoriana, is somehow involved in all of this. The verse about killing the wife sends particular shudders up the priestess's spine as the group proceeds to Harrowstone, the woman lost in her own thoughts along the way.

If nobody has any other reactions, then we'll continue to Harrowstone.

Back from PaizoCon and catching up.

Sharien awakes disturbed, having had nightmares about the flaming skulls, in which they attacked her while singing the chilling song the children were singing the past evening. She meets up with Faria and the rest of the party looking a bit bedraggled.

"Well. Should we return to Harrowstone and see what we can do to rid it of its spirits?"

Welcome back!

"That sounds like a good plan, Sharien. Those souls within its haunted halls are begging to be released into the next life." With a determined look and stride, she walks with the others the short distance to Harrowstone Prison.

I lost count. How many haunt traps do we have? I think they'll work on the furnace? No?

You found four haunt siphons and have used three. You could take the fourth to Grimburrow--see if he can make you more.

"Perhaps we should see if we can replenish our stock of these haunt syphons, particularly if we are to deal with that nasty one in the furnace room. Maybe Father Grimburrow can help?" Before they head off to Harrowstone, she leads the others to the Church of Pharasma.

"Yes, though he hasn't been the most receptive priest I've ever encountered, perhaps we can convince him despite that fact."

Sounds good to me. My axe can't hurt those things.

To other party members" do you want to sell the brass planchette? to get more equipment and haunt traps?

No problem with selling the planchette.

Also no issues.

Just wanted to confirm that I'm here, and I'm paying attention. Getting ready to merge tables. Will post more in a bit.

Since more of the action has been in this thread, let's just go ahead and keep this one. I'll invite the active players from the other thread.

I just sent PMs to two players who have been carrying the other thread. Here's who we have in total:

Blackheath is a bard.
Gravleon is a cleric of Sarenrae.
Poshment is a paladin of Pharasma.
Faria is a cleric of Pharasma.
Sharien is a wizard.
Grog is a Ranger.

Given the new group dynamic, players should feel free to update their characters. Feel free, too, to keep the same name(s) for continuity. Both parties are/were at roughly the same spot. Instead of going into the prison, table 2 decided to circumnavigate the grounds. They found a haunted construct (a scythe) on a balcony.

I'll keep Sharien as she is, with her wizardly ways and her scaredy-cat nature. :-D Can you let us know where you'd like us to start off at? Entering the grounds?

.I will need to look over my character this is the first cleric I have made so, but its good that its only Core rules. and I really like him just I don't know if im playing him right after that last combat

I'll keep Sharien as she is, with her wizardly ways and her scaredy-cat nature. :-D Can you let us know where you'd like us to start off at? Entering the grounds?

We will continue where this table left off. I'm happy to say that the party had split up. Blackheath and Gravleon explored the grounds while the rest of you went in the prison. It give you the opportunity, in character, to update each other.

As they travel to the church, Faria looks back at Blackheath and Gravleon. "What did you find in your travels, friends?"

"We found a haunted scythe. It was animated and resisted even our most powerful physical attacks -- nor could it be injured by positive energy. We have left it where we found it, and will challenge it again in the future when our tools or skills have increased.

"Also, there were some strange runes marking one area of the prison wall, but we could make no sense of them beyond a suspicion that they are part of a ritual."

When Blackheath learns of the new vandalism at the memorial statue he becomes concerned.

"The villagers already associate us with the vandalism. Maybe we should try to find out who the real culprit is. It seems like he is spelling out Vesiana, the name of the warden's wife. Maybe it is a message -- or the vandal has some information we can use to solve this mystery."

Before you try to sell the brass planchette, have you tried to use it to contact spirits within the prison? It is something I meant to do with our table but never got a chance.

ya in just going to change out a few pieces of equipment, i guess we are all set up on the devine front aren't we lol
Gravleon nods to Blackheath's words "the cursed thing almost took his head off, and the ritual did look as it might have happened recently "

after we tell each other of the information

"Yes we do need to find the one that is doing thins it dose not bode well of the towns folk keep looking at us as outsiders"

Oh, ok i was wondering if we were going to play as if we already knew one another, helps make it simpler

if we sold the item did we get any extra gold? I wanted to get a masterwork weapon if possible?

Oh, ok i was wondering if we were going to play as if we already knew one another, helps make it simpler

Yes, please. You're all guests at Lorrimor Place anyway.

ok im going to start reading this game so far so i can get an idea of the group dynamic

Faria quirks an eyebrow at Blackheath's words. "We had better luck inside. We found similar haunts, but the syphons we extracts from the false tomb have worked beautifully on them. We were actually discussing going to ask Grimburrow if he could craft more of them, if you'd care to come along?"

OK so we're continuing as of we all started the game together from the jump right?

Gravleon gives Faria a quizzical look "I'm surprised you used an item in the cursed place with out knowing what it was, we still have ours tho if what you say is true then that scythe on the balcony won't be such a bother next we confront it. Well you if can get that man to make more of then as you assume then that would be a great advantage for us...yes let's go but we can't leave this place as is for to long. All the evil hear needs to be brought to bring in the Holy light of the dawn flower" gravleon takes the pendant in his shoulder and pleases to his lips and then forehead in a silent prayer to the light as the group walks to the gate

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Since we're combining tables... Table 1 used 3 haunt siphons; table 2 used 0 haunt siphons. So, instead of only one remaining, let's say you have two unused haunt siphons. (Still only a grand total of 4 siphons.)

Table one was so wasteful lol =_=

"I knew exactly what it was, Gravleon, hence why it was used." The ebon eyebrow stays arched, dark eyes studying the man for a moment. She turns her attention to the task ahead as they approach the Temple of Pharasma, the party making their way inside.

"There is only one way to find out if it would work on the scythe. The few Arcane tidbits I remembered while watching it caused me to think it was an animated construct. It was immune to all the attacks one normally associates with the undead. But, happily, it isn't going anywhere and we can probably safely ignore it and save the haunt siphons for those paranormal enemies we can't avoid."

Gravleon nods to Blackheath's words "oh I, that we should and maybe not separate the group again no"

The acolytes greet you. They're still super busy. But, your presence means that Father Grimburrow's attention isn't on them. (He's so strict!) So they're grateful to see you.

"Oh, Sister Faria! Are you here to see Father Grimburrow again? We'll take you to him right away," one of them offers before Faria can even respond.

At Grimburrow's office, the elderly man raises an eyebrow, "There seem ta be more o' ye every time I look up! What do ye want?"

Given that two of you are Pharasmins and one of you is a paladin, you give him all your information. Grimburrow listens silently. (Shocking!) He nods his head slowly as you tell your tales.

"Why didn't ye come ta see me sooner?" he says, ignoring the fact that you did go to him for help sooner.

He examines one of your two remaining haunt siphons: "Oh, this is clever. Lorrimor was a sharp man! A few of my acolytes have formal arcane training. I think we could duplicate these." He nods.

The church will have to expend resources on research and raw materials to make haunt siphons. As a non-profit entity, they will expect you to compensate them. They won't make a profit--especially since they hate undead--but you'll have to pay 400 GP per siphon. Don't worry; you're about to level up (and get GP) after you do one or two more things.

Since this is PFS, and a good chunk of the party has close ties to either the church or to Kendra Lorrimor, I'm treating Grimburrow and Kendra as your "Venture Captains" for this part of the adventure path.

Blackheath is pleased by that news and can't wait to see a Haunt Syphon in action.

I've rebuilt Blackheath slightly so he can also fill the rogue-spot better. His Disable Device is +8, so when I can make another 50gp, I can get him masterwork thieves tools and that would put him at 30 on a take 20 check.

A couple of people have been spelling siphon as syphon. Is that just a typo or did I misspell it somewhere?

"Syphon" comes up as an alternate spelling at the various dictionary sites. I think mine was autocorrected to that, but I can't remember if my spellcheck is set to US or British English.

Thanks! I did not know that. :-)

Grog turns towards Grimburrow. Glad you can help us out. Those haunts are bad. My ax does nothing!

"That is good to know, Father Grimburrow. We lack the funds to facilitate the building of more, but hopefully our fortunes shall change soon as we investigate more of the structure." She smiles politely at the elder priest, giving him a small curtsy before turning back to her fellows.

"It seems we must make do with the two we have remaining, for now. Since we are in town, do you want to investigate any of the goings-on here?"

No sooner does Faria speak than the party hears the screams of townsfolk nearby.

Grimburrow, immersed in his study of the Haunt Siphons, asks: "Git them folks ta pipe down, would ye?"

It has grown suddenly and remarkably dark and overcast outside.