[PFS] GM Rinaldo's Echoes of the Everwar (Inactive)

Game Master The Great Rinaldo!

I'm assuming our minute/level buffs are still on. If not, Kai will refresh them.

I'm good with the arrangement.

Before opening the door, Garmit pulls out 'Kamila's sword', activating its effects. He also enters a Crane trance.

I just noticed Herrick was still injured. Can I say he took a few rounds to heal up while we talked and got ready?

CMW CL9: 2d8 + 9 ⇒ (4, 2) + 9 = 15
CLW-Wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
CLW-Wand: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Herrick: 3 rounds of healing is fine during the conversation.
Kai: It depends on when you cast them. You spent about 5 minutes finding the secret doors and checking them out in the main hall. You spent a couple of minutes searching the smaller chamber with the masks on the table. You spent a couple of minutes between fighting the mummies and talking to Isthenes. I'd say that min/level buffs from when you first entered are expiring, but ones from the small chamber forward are fine. Recast as needed.

Armed with some information from the Sapphire Sage's nephew, you open the secret door and move in.

I've added more map. You know there's a likely fight coming, so confirm any spells you are casting then line yourselves up in the hallway. Order will matter for line of sight and movement once things start, so I'd like to have you set the marching order rather than me guessing. ;-)

Rhuul passes the time telling a few more jokes.
And refreshing mirror image and cats grace.

Xichi used Extended on his buffs. It's possible Long Arm is expiring after 9 minutes, and if so Xichi will recast that.

Xichi brings up the rear, ready for battle.

Spells 1:4/8 2:7/8 3:7/7 4:5/5

I moved us forward. From what I just read it looks like Protection From Evil is down, and I have no more to cast, so that means do your own, or drink a potion/read a scroll etc... if you still want that.

Herrick refreshes his weapon of awe just before the group moves forward, and as they move he takes out his potion of cat's grace and prepares to down it. Depending on what we see down this corridor he will likely take it and a bull's strength while they head down it.

Garmit downs a potion of Protection from Evil and continues on down the hall.

Xen renews her images if needed.

Eight stone columns support the 30-foot-high vaulted ceiling in this massive square chamber. Between them lies a sunken floor filled with treasure encompassing several piles of coins, ornate chests, art and trade goods, arms and armor, and even a gilded chariot.

To the south stands a set of bronze double doors engraved with the image of a single eye. These doors stand open, but a shimmering field of faint blue light stands between them. In the chamber beyond, you can see a strange black vault in which a mysterious and horrific ritual is underway.

On the far side of the chamber, behind a wall of iron bars, sits a wizened old man in front of three long, human-shaped bundles, holding a glowing green gem aloft with his eyes closed. In front of him is a mage, chanting and casting handfuls of dust into the air while performing an intricate ritual.

Of more immediate concern, however, are the five giants in the room. One has two heads and carries a flail in each hand, while the others look like large, bronze skinned humans. They each hold a huge falchion gripped in both hands.

Herrick, Garmit, Xichikitte, and Kai are up!

Knowledge Local DC16: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (12) + 3 = 15

Xichi almost remembers something important. He shakes off the feeling and casts a spell, turning into a small whirlwind of air.

Small air elemental: +2 DEX, +2 Natural AC, Fly (perfect) 60ft

AC 27/15/23

He moves into the great room, hovering at the ceiling.

Spells 1:4/8 2:7/8 3:7/7 4:4/5

Kn. Local: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

"Guys? The ugly guy over there with the two heads? He's an ettin! Good with two-weapon fighting...and I should know about that. Not the sharpest caltrop in the chest, though. I guess that's where we differ! He'll be pretty tough, though!"

Garmit then slips around the corner and strikes at the first giant he reaches.

Fight Defensively with Crane Style. -2 to attack, +3 to AC. Heroism in play from the falchion held in one hand.
+1 Wakizashi: 1d20 + 14 + 4 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 14 + 4 - 2 = 27 Damage: 1d6 + 7 + 5d6 ⇒ (1) + 7 + (3, 4, 4, 1, 1) = 21

If that hit the giant, Garmit's AC against him will be +8. +3 against everyone else.

Herrick activates his judgement of protection and destruction as he crosses the distance and takes a shot at the massive ettin. He lets out a calm breath he releases the string...

"Garmit has the one he is on." Herrick shouts to his team. "Let's work on the others."

know local+GH: 1d20 + 11 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 11 + 4 = 30 Are they enlarged humans or actual giants? We know there are living monoliths from Isthemes and while it seems obvious, I hate assuming anything.

They are pretty clearly enlarged humans.

As you begin to move into the room, the spirits of the three women appear briefly. As one, they point toward the ettin and call out, "Zuberi!" The spirits disperse, with Kamila flying directly into Garmit, and Akila and Meshkenet going into their respective items.

Garmit activated Kamila's sword before you entered; the others are not yet active.

Xichikitte becomes a swirling mass of air as Garmit and Herrick move in and start the attack. Garmit slices a large cut into the first monolith, while Herrick's arrow hits the ettin in the shoulder, eliciting a loud grunt.

Kai is up!

Sorry for the late post. Kai will refresh shield and longarm before entering, as well as mixing a new extract of false life.

false life: 1d10 + 9 ⇒ (3) + 9 = 12 Which is exactly the same from Kamila's sword. Sigh.

Kai swiftly moves in after Xichi, positioning himself to be ready to strike any that moves close. He studies the ettin carefully, as he pulls out an extract and gulps down its content. Immediately, his forms starts to waver.

move 40ft, swift study black ettin, standard drink extract of displacement 50% miss chance

In case anything provokes AoO if they move in, rolling in advance

The temp HP from false life stack with Kamila's buff since they are from different spells/sources. If it was another false life(or even greater false life) it wouldn't. So yay for you! Reference this rules clarification.

Yellow vs Xichi: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (18) + 11 = 29 damage: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (2, 2) + 9 = 13
Confirm crit?: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17 damage: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (5, 2) + 9 = 16 No!
Acrobatics vs Kai AoO: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15
One monolith moves around the edge of the room and gets underneath Xichikitte, slicing his falchion through the whirlwind. He fails to dodge past Kai's long reach, however, and takes a stab for his trouble.
Xichi takes 13 damage and the monolith takes 25.

Green vs Xichi: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13 damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
One from the back of the room hoists a javelin and throws it over the heads of the ettin at Xichi, but it flies wide and clatters to the ground.

Xen is up! Don't forget to give instructions to the mummy.

Are these living monolith's human? If so I may used Human bane bolts later. I am totally unaware of buffs now. Do we all have Heroism? Are we hasted? Bard Song? This show is without those buffs. Wait, if Rhuul has not acted yet Xen will move up and ready the shot, taking it after Rhuull's turn. She will also be ready to activate the false flanker for Garmit.

Xen moves up to the corner, stares at Red, and fires her crossbow at Red. As she moves she commands the mummy to also attack Red.

+1 Crossbow: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 211d8 + 3 + 4d6 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 3 + (6, 4, 2, 6) + 7 = 29 If this hits Red gains Bleed 3 and takes +3 to hit.

Group buffs-wise, I think Greater Heroism is up from the falchion/concubine ghost.

Buff wise, you'd likely only have the flagbearer (+2 to hit and damage) as I have not started on the jokes or spells yet. But that +2 won't stack with the greater heroism +4 bonus.

So the above roll would be 25 to hit (+4 from Heroism) and 31 damage (2+ from Flagbearer). And I mistyped above. If that hits its 3 bleed and "-"3 to hit not "+" 3 to hit.

Are these living monolith's human?

They appear to be enlarged humans.

If this hits Red gains Bleed 3 and takes +3 to hit.

Who's been playtesting? ;-)

Xen fires off a bolt at the nearest monolith and strikes another blow.
How long do the bleed and the attack penalty last?

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Guys, I just noticed that I made a boo-boo ... I accidentally read the low tier block; there are supposed to be two more monoliths here. I am going to place them at the back of the room and at the end of the initiative. If anyone in the room thinks that would have changed anything about their actions, let me know. I am also going to pay penance by letting Rhuul act before the Blue one.

Rhuul is up!

How long do the bleed and the attack penalty last?

Bleed will last until the LM gets healing, like normal bleed. But he is bleeding out of his eyes and not the wound. That is just color, but cool color. :) The -3 to hit is until I move my stare.

Rhuul steps forward, interjecting.

"I know that some humans have...size... issues, but this is taking it a step far don't you think?"

I can't quite get Xichi with the haste unfortunately. I'll hold off that until next round, see if we can all get in within 30' of each other.

The team feels encouraged by his words.

Extra +3 to hit and damage, which does stack with the +4 to hit from heroism and +2 to damage from flagbearer.

Wednesday was super busy, then Thursday the site wouldn't stay up long enough for me to post ... *sigh*

Extra +3 to hit and damage, which does stack with the +4 to hit from heroism and +2 to damage from flagbearer.

Just remember the flagbearer bonus requires line of sight. With Rhuul's current position, anyone who moves further into the room may not be able to see him.

Red vs Garmit: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17 damage: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (1, 1) + 9 = 11
The monolith next to Garmit backs up and swings his mighty sword, but the nimble rogue has none of it.

Another moves through the treasure pit to engage, taking a jab from Kai as he does.
Double move by Blue, with an AoO from Kai hitting.

Magic Missile: 5d4 ⇒ (3, 1, 2, 3, 1) = 10
The ettin backs up; holding both flails in one hand, he points with the other at Kai, and five spears of magical force fly through the air to hit the spearman.
Kai takes 10 force damage.

Herrick, Garmit, Xichikitte, Kai, and Xen's Pet Mummy are up!

Even knowing he will provoke an attack, Herrick swiftly invokes bane versus giants and shoots a volley of arrows past the blue monolith and towards the spell casting ettin.

2 Durable Arrows/Magic piercing damage+bane+sonic+holy: 2d8 + 38 + 4d6 + 2d6 + 4d6 ⇒ (1, 5) + 38 + (2, 6, 1, 5) + (3, 5) + (4, 2, 4, 2) = 78
Durable Arrows/Magic piercing damage+bane+sonic+holy: 1d8 + 19 + 2d6 + 1d6 + 2d6 ⇒ (1) + 19 + (4, 1) + (4) + (2, 1) = 32
Durable Arrows/Magic piercing damage+bane+sonic+holy: 1d8 + 19 + 2d6 + 1d6 + 2d6 ⇒ (4) + 19 + (2, 6) + (5) + (1, 3) = 40

If the ettin drops, redirect any left over arrows to the blue monolith. Since they aren't giants but are within range of PBS, subtract 1 to hit and +1,+2d6 of the damage also.

Blue AoO vs Herrick: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19 damage: 2d6 + 9 ⇒ (4, 3) + 9 = 16

Ignoring the swing from the monolith in front of him, Herrick fires off a volley of arrows. Three hit the ettin in rapid succession, one in the heart, and one in each forehead. The giant drops like a sack of rocks. With another arrow already nocked, the archer turns back to the monolith in front of him and hits it in the abdomen.

The moment the third arrow hits the ettin, a terrible scream fills the air. A ghostly image of an ancient human leaves the giant's body, and flies back into the room beyond. Bright sparks fly as it flies through the force wall separating the ritual participants from the rest of the room. Kai and Xichikitte are able to see the spirit swirl around the body of the ancient man on the large chair, while the wizard who had been chanting in front of him steps back in surprise. The wizard looks around toward you, then casts a spell, disappearing from view.

At the same time, the three of you bearing the concubines' items feel them begin pulling you toward the ritual chamber, but six monoliths lie between you and that room.

Lovely casting of Dragon's Breath was eaten by the system this morning; now is irrelevant.

Is the wizard targetable, since we can initially see him? I'm guessing the blue force field says "no".

Xichi skillfully casts a spell, reaching down to touch the giant beneath him. Long Arm active for +5 reach

Cast Defensively DC19: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (2) + 24 = 26

Shocking Touch, Intensified, vs. Touch, +3 if wearing armor or using metal weapon: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9 Damage, Intensified: 5d6 + 4d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 2, 4, 3) + (3, 1, 5, 1) = 26

Wow, Dicebot hates me today.

Spells 1:4/8 2:6/8 3:7/7 4:4/5

That really was a rough dicebot exchange. At least the spell isn't discharged and you can use it again next round. I am really looking forward to seeing the effect the mummy has on the monoliths. Even one failed save could be really helpful.

Wizard is not targetable. The force field protected him, and as soon as it went down, he bugged out.

The RNG notoriously hates me when I'm a player, so I know that pain. But as Herrick points out, at least you're holding the charge.

Mummy moves up, likely provoking and attacks Blue. Perhaps some LMs need to make a mummy save?

The bolts slam into Kai but with the magical health he conjured for himself earlier, he finds himself no worse for the wear. Keeping up his attack, he studies the giant humanoid to his side and jabs his longspear into it.

vs Yellow: Mutagen, Greater Heroism, Power Attack, Inspire Courage, Flagbearer; Studied Combat
+1 inspired longspear: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 13 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 3 + 4 = 27
dmg: 1d8 + 10 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 10 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 4 = 34

+1 inspired longspear: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 3 + 4 = 34
dmg: 1d8 + 10 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 10 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 4 = 32

If the first strike takes down yellow, then shift to blue, but remove the +4 for attack and dmg from studied combat.

Garmit steps forward and signals The Princess for some false flanker goodness, before trying to get rid of one of the monoliths.

Attack: 1d20 + 13 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 13 + 7 + 2 = 28 Damage: 1d6 + 7 + 5 + 5d6 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 5 + (6, 6, 6, 2, 4) + 1 = 39
Iterative: 1d20 + 8 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 7 + 2 = 35 Damage: 1d6 + 7 + 5 + 5d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 7 + 5 + (2, 2, 1, 2, 2) + 1 = 26
Beak: 1d20 + 7 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 7 + 7 + 2 = 26 Damage: 1d3 + 1 + 5 + 5d6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 5 + (5, 1, 4, 1, 4) + 1 = 23

Iterative Crit?: 1d20 + 8 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 8 + 7 + 2 = 25 Damage: 1d6 + 7 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 7 + 5 = 13

Yellow save vs Mummy: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16 Fail!
Blue save vs Mummy: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 Fail!
Red save vs Mummy: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16 Fail!

Xen's little buddy heads into the room, and three of the giants freeze in fear!

Kai jabs the one by the wall twice, and it goes down! Very, very dead.

With help from his illusionary clone, Garmit strikes at another, and it goes down as well! Even deader than Kai's.

The monoliths at the back of the room see the mummy and the slaughter. With a roar of defiance, they run up to attack!
Green save vs Mummy: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12 Fail!
Brown save vs Mummy: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14 Fail!
Pink save vs Mummy: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20 Success!

Xen and Rhuul are up!

Rhuul rushes into the room and starts to tell a joke.

concentration: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (5) + 18 = 23

And everyone speeds up. Even the yellow mummy gets nippier.

Haste.

Xen moves into the room, stares and fires at Purple.

+1 Crossbow: 1d20 + 12 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 12 + 4 + 1 = 211d8 + 3 + 2 + 4d6 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 2 + (3, 5, 3, 5) + 7 = 35 If that hits Pink gains Bleed 3 and takes -3 to hit.

If pink had moved up, it would have provoked AoO from Kai with ihs 15ft reach? :)

Kai sees an opening when the monolith approaches and quickly jabs into it with longspear, reaching around Xichi with his extended arms.

vs Pink: Mutagen, Greater Heroism, Power Attack, Inspire Courage, Flagbearer
+1 inspired longspear: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 13 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 3 = 21
dmg: 1d8 + 10 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 10 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 2 = 28

Pink went along the outer wall to avoid the AoO, because he saw the long arms in action.

Xen, first you said Purple (which doesn't exist), then you said Pink. I'm assuming you meant Pink, which is the only one not currently paralyzed; it has cover from you, but you hit anyway. Well done!

As Rhuul casts a spell that energizes everyone, Xen fires her crossbow at the monolith that is still moving. Her bolt scratches its shoulder, but it howls in pain far beyond what the small projectile should have been able to do.

Blue spends a round being paralyzed in fear, so everyone else is up!

Herrick switches the bane property on his weapon to human, then fires at the brown monolith until it dies and moves on to the green one from there, leaving the closest ones for his more melee inclined friends to dispatch.

He then takes a step closer toward the far end of the room.

Manyshot(2 arrows): 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (11) + 22 = 33
Rapid Shot: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (7) + 22 = 29
Haste Shot: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (16) + 22 = 38
Iterative Shot: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23

2 Durable Arrows/Magic piercing damage+bane+sonic+holy: 2d8 + 38 + 4d6 + 2d6 + 4d6 ⇒ (8, 4) + 38 + (3, 3, 6, 4) + (2, 2) + (2, 1, 5, 1) = 79
Durable Arrows/Magic piercing damage+bane+sonic+holy: 1d8 + 19 + 2d6 + 1d6 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 19 + (3, 1) + (2) + (1, 4) = 35
Durable Arrows/Magic piercing damage+bane+sonic+holy: 1d8 + 19 + 2d6 + 1d6 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 19 + (1, 1) + (2) + (3, 3) = 35

I know there are is some cover to consider, but with their size and being paralyzed, I have hope that I still hit even with the 23.

Herrick nocks two arrows at once and drops them both into the neck of one monolith. It hasn't even hit the ground before he quickly nocks two more and fires them at another, which seems to be barely standing.

Brown is unconscious and Green is almost done ...

His immediate tasks dispensed with, Rhuul attacks the blue monolith with his spear.

primary attack,heroism, haste, flag: 1d20 + 11 + 3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 11 + 3 + 1 + 2 = 29
secondary attack,heroism, haste, flag: 1d20 + 11 - 5 + 3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 11 - 5 + 3 + 1 + 2 = 13
hasted attack,heroism, haste, flag: 1d20 + 11 + 3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 11 + 3 + 1 + 2 = 20
damage: 1d10 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

"I cannie hit a thing in here." he grumbles.

Garmit quickly continues on into the room, trying to finish off the blue monolith before it is able to move again.

Skirmisher to use Sneak attack damage after moving 10' or more.
Attack: 1d20 + 13 + 7 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 13 + 7 + 5 = 39 Damage: 1d6 + 7 + 6 + 5d6 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 6 + (6, 2, 6, 4, 3) = 36

And extra sonic damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

[ooc]Rhuul continues the jokes, though he is not finding the battle very funny.

I just noticed I only rolled damage for the first 3 attacks, and forgot the iterative. I'll roll the damage below just in case it hit. I blame my forgetting it due to rushing to avoid the site going down again. Yeah, that's the ticket!

Durable Arrows/Magic piercing damage+bane+sonic+holy: 1d8 + 19 + 2d6 + 1d6 + 2d6 ⇒ (3) + 19 + (4, 5) + (3) + (3, 2) = 39

Kai focuses his attention on the remaining monolith that is still moving, taking a brief moment to study how to defends himself, before jabbing at it in three rapid thrusts.

vs Pink: Mutagen, Greater Heroism, Power Attack, Inspire Courage, Flagbearer; Studied Combat, Sonic, Haste
+1 inspired longspear: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 13 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 = 45
dmg: 1d8 + 10 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (3) + 10 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 4 + (4) = 35

crit?: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 13 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 = 26 Nope
dmg: 1d8 + 10 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (2) + 10 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 4 + (2) = 32

+1 inspired longspear: 1d20 + 8 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 8 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 = 24
dmg: 1d8 + 10 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 10 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 4 + (4) = 38

hasted attack: +1 inspired longspear: 1d20 + 13 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 13 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 = 27
dmg: 1d8 + 10 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 4 + 1d6 ⇒ (7) + 10 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 4 + (4) = 39

If Pink dies, transfer attacks to Blue

Wow, so much damage being thrown around. Can I get a status update on the monoliths before I decide what to do?

Sure, if the site stays up long enough ... :-O

Herrick's final arrow would have done Green in completely. Down he goes!

Rhuul, when did you get a spear? I show you with an axe... Also, it would have to be a longspear to reach from where you are. Are you proficient with longspears?

Garmit wheels around to reach another of the paralyzed monoliths, and finishes it off with a fast slash. Blue is down!

Kai repeatedly jabs the one near him, leaving it on the ground, leaking from multiple punctures. Pink is down!

Map updated. Two monoliths remain; both are paralyzed ... BUT FOR HOW LONG?????

Xichi and the Corpse are still up!

Xichi flies into a better position and unleashes a lightning bolt on the remaining two monoliths.

Damage: 9d6 ⇒ (1, 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1) = 22 Reflex DC19 half

Spells 1:4/8 2:6/8 3:6/7 4:4/5

Rhuul has the flag attached to a longspear. It is a pain to be honest, he'd prefer to use his magic axe, but... them is the breaks for being a flagbearer. IF he was using his axe he would just 5; step, and probably do more damage

Ah, ok. You should put the longspear on your character sheet. ;-)

And now we come to the Paralyzed Reflex saves ...
Green: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (20) - 4 = 16
Brown: 1d20 - 4 ⇒ (13) - 4 = 9

Xichikitte flies around to get a line on the two remaining monoliths. A bolt of lightning flies from his hands, blowing through both of the large men and blowing a large hole in the wall on the far side.

COMBAT OVER!

You quickly move across the chamber to the one beyond. You arrive in time to see the ancient man sitting in the chair give a final, silent scream as the body withers and ages centuries before your eyes. In sections, his flesh turns to sand, his hair to dust, his bones to ash. He crumbles before your eyes.

The three carrying the concubines' items are drawn toward the three bodies. As you approach, the spirits emerge and smile at you, before fading out, their tie to the physical world finally broken.

- - - - -

Zuberi defeated and the concubines laid to rest, you look around the remainder of the tomb. You discover that the items left here are replicas and illusions, with nothing of value remaining.

As expected, the chamber behind the large double doors in the entry hall is in fact a false tomb, with nothing of value.

- - - - -

You report back to Venture-Captain Balentiir. Balentiir heralds you as heroes of Sothis and plans a grand party at the Sothis Pathfinder Lodge in their honor. Many influential and powerful Sothis citizens attend, and you are encouraged to regale the crowd with your tale of finding the concubines and then rescuing them once more.