Nothing seems to be "alive" even his Boomer don't seems to want to approach the deep vat.
As Kurik looks around, nothing of interest catch his eyes.
After a while, everyone is certain that except for the strange viscous tarry sludge in the vat, there is nothing remaining of the experiences conducted in this place.
The last place to look for seems to be behind the door. After checking for traps and finding none, Darius opens the door.
A short corridor leads to a small, unadorned chamber mades of interlocking natural stone blocks and has a low, claustrophobic ceiling, as if to discourage individuals from lingering here.
At the back of the niche you see a metal switch.
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There, on the south wall, nine of the stone blocks are merely panels arranged in a 3-by-3-panel matrix. Perhaps that would warrant further investigation.
And what have we here? On the west wall Faldoc finds a hidden panel that conceals a compartment containing 3 magical items: a cloak (moderate transmutation aura), an headband (strong transmutation aura) and a bracelet (strong conjuration). Perhaps one of you might be able to figure out what these actually do?
At the back of the niche there seems to be a metal switch. I wonder what that might do...
Darius is able to recognize a cloak of the bat, an headband of mental prowess +2 (Wis, Cha) but not the last object.
The switch seems to activate something related to south wall's panel.
Shirley is also able to sense a strong magical aura of transmutation on the south panel
Kurik is able to understand that the bracelets are bracelet of firends
After a thorough search, Faldoc is persuaded that nothing is written on the panels and that they can be moved.
He is also certain that the switch is tied to the south panel as it must be able to open something.
Darius thinks that the magical effect in place is equivalent as Ethereal Jaunt
The switch itself is not trapped but Faldoc is certain that it's linked to the panel on the south wall.
May be they miss some information to know what to do exactly with the switch and the panels.
As the Pathfinder begin to look through all the records, they understand that it's quite complex to go through.
An anthropological diversion documents at least 30 communities of caligni living in the Darklands beneath Nidal, along with much of their biologically distinct caste system, culture, and religion.
fragments of one or more mysterious, otherworldly consciousnesses that could be pieced back together like a broken vase. She suspected that by drawing upon her distant funders’ deep pockets, she might gather the
resources to succeed.
Following the early recombination experiments—the records of which are now kept only in the Kramolag’s private lab below—the owbs appeared to be comatose, yet maintained a hint life and awareness. You learns that the dark columns here contain the owb experiments, and it is possible to learn unrecorded secrets from them as if they were a second library.
As Darius finish to go through the last piece of information with the documents of the facility records, he understand that they could communicate with the Owb trapped inside the black column. He thinks that it will be more a discussion between them and the semi-conscious creatures rather than a wormbook job like his previous research.
At the same moment you learn this name, you hear a voice in your head “Do you accept?”
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Darius explains the first tab and continues on.
well then.. Looks like it gains 6 damage back..
try again unless something interrupts him.
up to 19 damage, explain the 15 point tab.
up to 30 now, informing the group of all the spoilers. Not sure about the linguistics one atm though.
"In the name of science I accept."
Darius hear the same voice in his mind BE GIFTED!
Something from the Shadow Plane or beyond offered you power, and you accepted. You are now corrupted by the Shadow.
The corruption manifest as follow:
Your eyes change, adapting to a life in the shadows.
Gift: You gain darkvision to a range of 60 feet. If you already have darkvision, the range of your darkvision increases by 30 feet instead. You also gain a +2 bonus on Perception and Stealth checks. At manifestation level 3rd, the bonuses increase to +4.
Stain: Your eye color fades to a dull gray and your eyes overreact to light. You gain light sensitivity, causing you to be dazzled in areas of bright light.
And you can choose between:
Inflicting pain is one of the few sensations that still stirs you.
Prerequisite: Eerie perception*.
Gift: Whenever you deal weapon damage to a creature that you are flanking or a creature that is denied its Dexterity bonus to its AC against you, you can inflict a painful wound as an immediate action. The target must succeed at a Fortitude saving throw or be nauseated by pain for 1 round. If the target succeeds at the save, it is sickened for 1 round and becomes immune to your further uses of this ability for 24 hours.
Stain: Your eyes turn a milky white, utter black, or pale yellow, making you appear blind although you can see normally in most circumstances. You gain light blindness, causing you to be blinded for 1 round whenever you are exposed to daylight or another source of bright light and dazzled for as long as you remain in bright light thereafter.
OR
Fear lingers in your mind, and you can spread it to others. Gift: You have a knack for guessing just how to scare others.
Gift: You gain a +2 bonus on Intimidate checks and the DCs of fear effects you create increase by 1. At manifestation level 3rd, the bonus on Intimidate checks increases to +4 and the DC increases by 2 instead of 1.
Stain: Your hair loses its color and your sleep is interrupted by nightmares that never leave your mind. You take a –2 penalty on saving throws against fear effects, and you lose any immunities to fear you might otherwise possess. You gain immunity to effects that would remove your fear (such as remove fear). At manifestation level 3rd, the penalty changes to –4.
OR
Friends and allies are just people you can hurt more deeply.
Gift: The darkness in your soul can draw in the life force of allies. Once per day when you take ability damage, ability drain, or hit point damage, you can divide the damage or drain evenly between you and one ally within 30 feet. You can do so only if the damage or drain would reduce your ability score or hit points to 0. The ally can attempt a Will save to resist the link. You can activate this ability as a free action, even if it isn’t your turn.
Stain: You struggle to remember the meaning of alliance and friendship. You can’t benefit from or use the aid another action.
After Darius explains what he discovered with the help of the others and prononce a strange phrase, the owbs become agitated at the mere thought of what they once were, and they escape their prisons by using shadow step.
If they hit with more than one of its claw its victim could stagger it or stun.
Also as a standard action, a conjoined owb can conjure a ball of ickering ames and hurl it at an opponent. The ames can be thrown as a ranged touch attack at a range of 120 feet with no range increment, and it deals some unholy damage. Three times per day, the conjoined owb can choose to have these ames explode when they strike, dealing their unholy damage to all creatures within 10 feet of the target.
Constant—blur
At will—deeper darkness, detect thoughts (DC 15), dust of twilightAPG 5/day—shadow stepUM
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You all see Darius's eyes turn to a dull grey and he becomes slightly more pale than before.
"I just released you and you wish to attack me! Fine then!"
"It is immune to cold and has a blur effect going!"
Darius 5' steps behind pink and uses spell combat to auto cast Displacement on himself. He then activates his arcane pool as a swift action to buff his weapon to +5 and shocking. He attacks pink twice after.
vs FF AC
miss 2nd attack..
Damage is +7 vs Outsiders with Bane.