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Omrax heals one enough to bring him back to consciousness, barely. He's profoundly grateful. "Name's Norry. We was jumped, doncha know, he says after guzzling from a waterskin. Scary elf who pretended to be a Pathfinder, and I think a half-orc and another. Never saw them til the elf had gotten under Dori's skin, and then CLUNK, right atop his head w' the side o' an axe! Then it went black for me...guessing they did the same", he says, rubbing a visible knot on his head.
Oh! But you'll be needin' the supplies be stashed here! He directs you to a loose flagstone in the courtyard where you find a cache of supplies along with a pair of potions of lesser restoration and a couple of vials of a silversheen variant which works as adamantine vs. damage reduction (not hardness).
"I got 'im, doncha worry. Go, get in there and stop them from whatever it is they're up to."
Val uses his own CLW wand on the other dry-gulched Pathfinder
He follows Faerun to the door...
The first few rooms seem totally empty. It looks like they've been ransacked, but whomever was here before looks long gone.Once everyone is ready, Faeron will try to stealthily slide through the door.Faeron slips inside like a ghost if ya kennit.Angrid enters the building invisible and floats up to the ceiling quietly.Val is far more confident in his abilities to close quickly, or affect things from a distance, than in stealth. He waits w/bow drawn just outside the main door waiting for the other shoe to dropLikewise, Omrax, in full plate is far from stealthy.
He will hang back until any surprises are sprung.
Seeing as the team is moving further in than the first room, Angrid quietly floats through the halls as well, stopping near one of the few doors leading to another section of the building.Faeron opens the door:Faeron quietly retreats back to the courtyard and signals for everyone to gather outside. In a low voice, he relays what he saw.
One wizard. Three undead of some sort - they looked to be screaming, but without making any noise. Get ready.
Once everyone is prepared, Faeron will sneak his way back to the door.
Omrax listens to Faeron...casts prot v evil on himself and just about the time he nods...
"Ready, Sir Faeron. But by the planes, we best make haste. We may be needed soon.
Omrax speaks the truth. Thankfully Faeron can see that the intruders have already been through a lot.i will try to Silence the spellcaster....Silence this bullet, if you don't want to get that close.
Faeron carefully empties his pistol and offers the bullet to Val.
Val grins and does the required incantations. The bullet is now the center of a Silence spell--which should make sneaking in easier too...Omrax moves up closer, with the silence covering his clanking armor.From Faeron's description of the undead, Zefnir will try to make an educated guess as to what sort of undead are in the room with the Wizardly accomplice.
If he is able to accurately suss out any details about them to the party, he will inform them of such, otherwise Zefnir will be accompanying the others whilst cloaked in Faeron's silent bullet.
Assuming he's still undetected, Faeron steps into the doorway and fires the silenced bullet at the spell caster.Faeron, out of the darkness shatters the calm with his gun. The scene is silent, but the blood splatter draws all eyes. The wizard's mouth opens, but nothing comes out. Almost at the exact second a blade pierces Zefnir's side:Omrax was preparing to rush into the room to fight the undead, however the attack on Zefnir has him torn.
"Sir Zefnir, if you wish to withdraw, I can take this would-be assassin. Otherwise, if you are able to continue I will head into the room.
Angrid floats his way to a position were he can cast into the room but have cover (move action). Noticing the undead he draws upon his predigious memory.
He then draws out a minature shovel and with a few words and some movement involving pantomiming digging, Angrid casts spiked pit (standard action). However, instead of utilizing a memorized version Angrid digs deep within himself and sacrifices his own blood to maintain the spell in memory (3 blood pool points). Angrid becomes visible.
The undead fall to the wizard's spell. Within the effect of the silent bullet, their tumble is utterly silent. The others, seeing the power of the bloatmage and the numbers they're facing, flee for their lives.
Flashback to the previous encounter...
Zefnir nods to Omrax, preparing to duck aside to give the Paladin room to deal with this stealthy striker. The Wizard and Stealther flee soon after. Very deadly and smart enough to flee when they've not had the upper hand; I've a bad feeling about this...
Now that the danger has ceased for the moment, Zefnir will use his CLW wand to heal himself of the 43 points of damage plus bleed, only pausing mid-heal to take in the sight of a tower floating in the sky above.
Perhaps we will run into those two again inside there? I'd better think of some other spell to be using when we do run into them...
Zefnir, feeling much better once he is back to full health, follows his group into Skyreach to find the missing Master of Spells.
Now back to your regularly scheduled hag beating...
The Spear of Purity slams into the hag, but has a disappointing effect. Still the hags are in a bad spot.
Round 3:
Faeron: Go
Omrax: Go
Angrid: Go
Baddies: TBD
Val: TBD
Zefnir: TBD
Black: 0 (5 nonlethal, stuck in orb)
Red: 28 (11 nonlethal)
Blue: 39 (6 nonlethal, stuck in orb)
Go for it paladin!
Omrax slays the target of his smite after two swings of his blade. His third swing is less effective, and a pair of the blood hags remain.
Round 3:
Faeron: Go
Omrax: Smite
Angrid: Go
Baddies: TBD
Val: TBD
Zefnir: TBD
Black: 0 (5 nonlethal, stuck in orb)
Red: 28 (11 nonlethal)
Faeron's bullet wings the hag standing by the orb. She bleeds, but doesn't fall.
Round 3:
Faeron: Shoot
Omrax: Smite
Angrid: Go
Baddies: TBD
Val: TBD
Zefnir: TBD
Black: 0 (5 nonlethal, stuck in orb)
Red: 42 (11 nonlethal)
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Angrid commands the aqueous orb to move around to the other side of the room, avoiding the mutilated corpse of Aram Zey. Society would probably not be happy if I butchered and water logged Zey's corpse more .
The one hag needs to make its saves (DC21 Reflex) or take , be dazed, and continue to hold breath or drown.
If that breaks invis, He will reactivate his invis and 5ft step, otherwise he will float 30 ft to the top side of the room.
I'd say it breaks invisiblity.
Angrid continues to manhandle the hags, which give Omrax and the others ample opportunity to align their attacks just right. The hags neither ask nor accept surrender.
Out of combat.
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Where to Pathfinders? The Consortium has infiltrated your sanctum sanctorum...
The hags have nothing on them, and you're at a loss for how to close the tapestry.... This is magic only Zey knew about. Not even Angrid can begin to figure out how to close it. Maybe if you had Zey's notes...
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Angrid pokes around in Zey's eviscerated body and takes the minimum required to resurrect Zey. Looking to the party he says "Just in case the body disappears between now and when we regain full control of the compound."
I say we try to find Zey's notes on the tapestry and maybe check on the sky key. With this much chaos it is an obvious target."
That said Angrid turns invisible and quietly licks Zey's blood from his fingers. Probably not enough to get an inkling of his bloods possibilities. Oh the possibilities! It's so so rare to get a spell caster of his quality to agree to a donation for my research.
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Omrax makes sure the hags are dead and then, seeing Zey is not recoverable, will give a short bow and pause in respect for the fallen.
• I will never abandon a companion, though I will honor
sacrifice freely given.
• I will guard the honor of my fellows, both in thought
and deed, and I will have faith in them.
"Aye Sir Faeron and Sir Angrid. We must recover his notes and see if we can stop this intrusion into our sanctuary of knowledge.
Omrax gets a shiver as Angrid disappears near Zey's body...he almost draws his sword, thinking one of the hags had moved or something.
"We shall press onward, before more friends perish in this plot.
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Angrid hands his wand of CLW to his fellow pathfinders "Would someone please fix my embarrassing condition?" His person looks especially singed.
Zefnir will help Angrid with activating his CLW wand.
Angrid pokes around in Zey's eviscerated body and takes the minimum required to resurrect Zey. Looking to the party he says "Just in case the body disappears between now and when we regain full control of the compound."
Mentally running some internal calculations and estimations, Zefnir asks, "Should we try to bring Master Zey's body back to the other Venture Officers? I could attempt to carry his corpse; carrying weight issues aren't an issue for myself, just a matter of readjusting my equipment and possibly using that strength enhancing belt we found earlier, although I wouldn't be able to guarantee that his body would remain intact should we run into any unexpected enemies."
I'll move you guys to the wing, but let me know your plans with Aram Zey's corpse...
You arrive at the door to Zey's office. You can feel heat coming off the door and there's high pitched chatter from inside...
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Mentally running some internal calculations and estimations, Zefnir asks, "Should we try to bring Master Zey's body back to the other Venture Officers? I could attempt to carry his corpse; carrying weight issues aren't an issue for myself, just a matter of readjusting my equipment and possibly using that strength enhancing belt we found earlier, although I wouldn't be able to guarantee that his body would remain intact should we run into any unexpected enemies."I'll move you guys to the wing, but let me know your plans with Aram Zey's corpse...
"Come to think of it, there's not much I can do about Master Zey's present...state of condition; perhaps there might be other fellow Pathfinders that we could pass him to, although a Venture officer might be able to better inform us of where we might suss out Master Zey's notes, maybe?"
Where to Pathfinders? The Consortium has infiltrated your sanctum sanctorum...Faeron checks on Aram Zey, to make certain he's dead before moving on.
If he is, he then searches Zey, the hags, and anything else in the room for any clues about how the Tapestry opened, or how to close it.
The hags have nothing on them, and you're at a loss for how to close the tapestry.... This is magic only Zey knew about. Not even Angrid can begin to figure out how to close it. Maybe if you had Zey's notes...Once Angrid is all healed up, Faeron gets ready to move out.
Where would Zey's notes be? Library? Office? Anyone know their way around this place?
You all do. Check the Anticarus Wing...I say we try to find Zey's notes on the tapestry and maybe check on the sky key. With this much chaos it is an obvious target."
That said Angrid turns invisible and quietly licks Zey's blood from his fingers.
Omrax makes sure the hags are dead and then, seeing Zey is not recoverable, will give a short bow and pause in respect for the fallen.
"Aye Sir Faeron and Sir Angrid. We must recover his notes and see if we can stop this intrusion into our sanctuary of knowledge.
Omrax gets a shiver as Angrid disappears near Zey's body...he almost draws his sword, thinking one of the hags had moved or something.
"We shall press onward, before more friends perish in this plot.
To the office!You arrive at the door to Zey's office. You can feel heat coming off the door and there's high pitched chatter from inside...
Peering at the office door, Zefnir thinks, Heat, coming from the door? That doesn't look good...
Zefnir will offer to to cast his 3rd level Resist Energy, Communal, set against fire, for the whole group.
Now what?
That would take speaking Slyvan and a DC 30 Perception check...
Twelve bookcases line the walls of this cozy lounge room. Their shelves are crammed with books, scroll tubes, and tablets. Comfortable furnishings are arrayed so that scholars may examine the works without needing to remove them from the room. It may be here that Aram Zey hid his notes about the Hao Jin Tapestry.
Unfortunately, you have company. An elven woman with a rapier looks lovingly at a fire she just started. By her is a male elf who LOOKS like murder is his day job.
Everyone is considered 5' off the map to the north.
Baddies:
Angrad:
Val:
Omrax:
Zefnir:
Faeron:
Round 1:
Omrax: Go
Zefnir: Go
Baddies: TBD
Val: TBD
Angrid: TBD
Faeron: TBD
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Resist energy sounds very timely!
"Then let it be done as thus...", Zefnir replies as he casts that communal spell versus fire for the whole group.
Unless he was able to make out anything the voices were saying, Faeron opens the door.Twelve bookcases line the walls of this cozy lounge room. Their shelves are crammed with books, scroll tubes, and tablets. Comfortable furnishings are arrayed so that scholars may examine the works without needing to remove them from the room. It may be here that Aram Zey hid his notes about the Hao Jin Tapestry.
Unfortunately, you have company. An elven woman with a rapier looks lovingly at a fire she just started. By her is a male elf who LOOKS like murder is his day job.
Everyone is considered 5' off the map to the north.
"You there! Yes you two! State your business as you do not belong here. ."
Omrax casts blessings of fervor on the party and draws his blade as he moves 20' up on the male elf.
Trying to appear as casual and as non-threatening as he can possibly manage with buckler and aspergillum out at the ready in hand, but lowered, Zefnir slowly limps his way to behind a sofa-couch in the room.
If he reaches there undisturbed, Zefnir will cast his Create Water Orison to drench the growing fire in about 10 gallons of refreshing, drinkable water.
Once he is finished with that, he will then say, "I don't suppose that you both would be willing to discuss things in a more civilized manner?", in a Common-tongue conversational manner.
Zefnir's water creates a torrent that puts the flame out! The woman curses and stares daggers at the woman.
She casts a spell that brings forth a thin mist over the party. Everyone in the area (which is everyone) must make a DC 24 Will save:
You feel nothing!
The fog seeps into your mind. You take a -10 penalty on all wisdom checks and will saves so long as you are in the fog and for rounds after.
The man takes out a potion and vanishes from sight.
Round 1:
Omrax: Blessing of Fervor
Zefnir: Put out fire
Baddies: Bad stuff
Val: Go
Angrid: Go
Faeron: Go
Man:
Woman:
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to identify mind fog
Angrid takes the AC bonus from Blessings of Fervor.
Angrid smiles, watching the thug drink a potion and act sneaky in the middle of the room. He may be invisible to everyone else but not to me.
Angrid then draws some ground, flaky mica and with a few commands and a flourish he casts glitterdust. Everyone in the effect must make a DC 20 Will save or be blinded.
Angrid then floats 5 feet to his right to gain cover since he is now visible.
The couple both curse in Elven this time. An aura of sparkling light limns them both.
Round 1:
Omrax: Blessing of Fervor
Zefnir: Put out fire
Baddies: Bad stuff
Val: Go
Angrid: Glitterdust
Faeron: Go
Man:
Woman:
Round 1:
Omrax: Blessing of Fervor
Zefnir: Put out fire
Baddies: Bad stuff
Val: Readied
Angrid: Glitterdust
Faeron: Go
Man:
Woman:
All but one of the gunslinger's bullets hit their mark. The Mind Fog swirls and eddies as it mixes with the smoke from the barrel. When the last bullet connects the woman gives a final breath before dropping to the ground. The male elf roars in anger as he prepares to exact his revenge.
Round 2:
Omrax: Go
Zefnir: Go
Baddies: TBD
Val: TBD
Angrid: TBD
Faeron: TBD
Man:
Omrax brings forth the fury of the Inheritor. He utterly slays the many in a quick series of swings!
Out of combat, and the fire is out. What now?