PbP Gameday V #6-10 The Wounded Wisp (Inactive)

Game Master Aosrax

Aklitas will attempt to aid another's roll. If you'll allow it, he'll use the results of the Knowledge roll he just made for that - otherwise, here's my Diplomacy roll to assist.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Diplomacy 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

"Group on mission from Pathfinder Society. Bukkah and group need look into tomb. Will look quick and get out of woman's hair, easy peasy."

"What the bird said"

diplomacy assist: 1d20 ⇒ 6

Against all odds, Lusha keeps his mouth shut.

"Arkath?” Hadriana pauses here, staring into the air for a while as she searches through the catalog in her memory. ”Ah yes, the mausoleum to the north. He was a stonemason in life. A rather skillful one, but not of any particular historic importance,” she shared in her disinterested voice of hers. She continues in her her slow and measured tone, "Yes, I have heard of your organisation. Well, so long as you do not disturb the rest of interred, I see no harm in allowing you to view his remains."

Without speaking further, she leads you towards Arkath's mausoleum and with a strength that belies her lithe figure, she gently pushes aside the stone slabs that serves as doors. The smell of stale air greets you as soon as you step in, but it does not appear to faze Hadriana. Inside, the mausoleum is spartan, except for a sarcophagus richly decorated with carvings of willow trees, rumbling brooks and dancing river nymphs.

Hadriana pushes open the cover of the stone sarcophagus, and steps back for the party to examine the remains, although she keeps a close eye on you. The interior of Arkath’s sarcophagus is empty save for the stonemason’s long-dead skeleton. However, a faint glint of light reflects off what appears to be a small coin inside the skeleton’s mouth! It appears ancient, and what seems to be elaborate engravings pattern the surface.

Thrugg will look closely at the skeletons mouth to take a look at the coin.

"d'you know what is about this coin in his mouth. It looks pretty unique."

Bukkah is immediately interested in the shiny coin. He squeaks as he moves to take a closer look.

Perception 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Aja follows the group almost as if in a trance that upon seeing the light from the coin seems to snap her out of the trance.

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 18

Is there a knowledge check to know more about it or is it just a standard coin one would place on a dead man to help guide to afterlife

Upon closer inspection, the coin does not look like familiar currency. Hadriana responds to Thrugg "I am not sure of everything that is buried with the dead, but I'm sure it was of great value to him while he was alive."

I would say that you don't think that it fits quite right Aja

"Bukkah want look at shiny coin! Need inspect closely," he calls out, as he reaches for the coin. He holds it up for the others to see, once he plucks it from its current position.

"Hmmm, what could you be?"

Aja will cast detect magic on the coin as she realizes this is not a standard afterlife coin and something about it just seems to bug her the wrong way.

Detect magic get anything?

Aja will then slide a bit closer to Hadriana in case Bukkah's taking the coin prompts any aggressive actions.

Aja tells the priest that she hasn't seen anything like this, and wonders if perhaps it could be enchanted as to not alarm the priest. She casts detect magic and notices that the coin starts to glow.

Spellcraft check?

spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

"Well this is interesting, the coin is magical, your definitely going in the journal so I will always remember what you are."

As Aja studies the coin she looks at the rest of the party a small smile on her face as if she just found out something rather funny.

If anyone else wants to roll for spell craft feel free, not sure if a 13 will cover this.

Sorry but I don't have any ranks, so I can't help on this one.

Yeah, not my area of expertise on this one

Looks like its Aklitas or bust if a 13 wasn't enough. I do have a fall back plan in case this fails and wee need to take it with us to find out what it is...assuming the priest isn't able/willing to assist...

At Aja's request, Aklitas reluctantly turns his gaze to the corpse from which he had been averting his eyes, but the sight turns out to be less disturbing than he had feared. He casts Detect Magic and gazes intently at the coin...

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Well that 20 was nicely timed.

Aklitas glances over the the coin and immediately recognizes it as a pathfinder's coin.

"Interesting. Perhaps he stored a message within it. We'll need a Wayfinder to activate it - I believe I heard someone mention earlier that they had one?"

Bukkah brightens up. "Bukkah has wayfarer! Give shiny coin and let's see what happens!". He inserts the coin into his wayfarer.

Are you going to grab the coin and desecrate the grave right in front of the priest?

Aja's see's the quietly bickering Aklitas and Bukkah and gives them a fierce warning glare promising pain later before returning her gaze to the priest and begins to talk to the priest again but this time something is slightly different then before.

Bardic performance Fascinate is being used on Hadriana(the priest). Im using my racial ability Hyponotic to make the DC 15 and needs to save twice (if she saves the first one i can 1/day force her to reroll)

"Behave you two, I'm going take Hadriana away from you noisy lot while I ask her one last question and I don't need any of you making this attractive woman's job any harder."

If the fascinate is successful Aja will try to lead Hadriana away from the rest of the pathfinders so that they can take the coin unobserved and not right in front of the priest.

Backup plan 1 engaged....backup plan 2...well a bit more entertaining but also dangerous.

Bukkah will grab the coin if the priest turns away.

I was under the impression that we had already picked up the coin without complaint from the priest. Sorry for any confusion.

Aja begins her bardic performance and is successful in luring the priest away. While the priest is distracted, Bukkah takes the coin and pops it in his way finder.

Almost immediately, the voice of an elderly man emanates clearly from the coin.

"The path and chamber are complete, hidden behind the nameplate of the requested aspirant and guarded by the word you requested. Fimbrik will add more."

After the message is revealed, Bukkah slips the coin back into he sarcophagus where it was originally found.

Aklitas commits the message to memory, then says in a low whisper, "Doesn't look like there's anything else to find here. Once Aja is finished, we can compare notes and figure out our next move."

"Bukkah know! Go back to names wall, and say magic word. Then look behind nameplate on the three names group told earlier! One of name plate have next clue!"

"Aw, yah, Bukkah! Back to that wall of names, do some wiffling, and we'll be right on track! Right. On. Track."

The group approaches the wall of names and Bukkah looks closely at the nameplates. He finds nothing out of the ordinary. Lusha thinks that maybe there is a secret held behind the nameplates, and whispers a few words. Still nothing happens. The group thinks that perhaps this is not where they are supposed to be. Maybe there is someone that can help them further in their travels...

"Hmm. Arkath's message used the word 'aspirant' - is that word used to describe Pathfinder trainees around here? I trained at the Lantern Lodge, so most of my teaching was done in Tian."

"Aspirant? Bukkah go look for aspirant. Anyone have idea where one of aspirants might be?"

"Maybe Janira does back at the Wounded Wisp"

"Not a bad idea, Thrugg. Shall we see if we can find her?"

Sorry wrong identity.Whoops

"Bukkah have no other ideas. Let's find Janira halfling!"

If no one else has any suggestions, I think we can start searching for Janira, probably checking around the lodge first to see if she's already returned before heading back to the Wounded Wisp.

OK, caught up. Not too much left.

You decide to find Janira, who is rather easy to locate. She asks you to join her for a meal and a few drinks while you are back at the Wounded Wisp, and listens to your tale and questions.

"Ah, an aspirant is simply a person who aspired to godhood, such as Sir Reinhart of Kenabre is doing today. Very few succeed. Hey, you should check out the Shrine of Failed! There are plaques and even altars to many who have tried... and failed... the Test of the Starstone. If you are researching an aspirant, you might find something there."

You finish you meal and she waves goodbye. "Good luck, my fellow Pathfinders! I hope you find what you seek!"

"Ah. Janira you are full of information as always." Thrugg gives her a quick hug and heads out the door, "Goodness all this running around is going to give me leg cramps for days."

Bukkah nodded at the halfling. "Good see Janira halfling again. Good Pathfinder boss am Janira!"

He followed behind Thrugg to this Shrine of the Failed.

As you enter the Shrine of the Failed, you notice a lack of maintenance staff. It seems everyone is attending the current Test of the Starstone, so you are able to enter quietly and without interference.

As you head down the stairs into the lowest level, you find a grand hall with altars all around.

Map updated, slide #2

Bukkah goes looking for any list of names where they might be able to whisper their password.

You don't find a "list" of names, but as you wander around the hall, you find that each alter is dedicated to a specific aspirant, and most have some additional information to show their sphere of influence.

You see that Demuren's portfolio is sacrifice. Gobru specialized in fish and the bountiful sea. Mellag was obsessed with rot, whil Oggo focused on Sixteen Poses. If you are worried about spoiled food or Wastefulness in general, Plokkis wrote a book on it. Silmor was a blademaster. Hallucinatory incense and herbs are plentiful on Spuchasta's altar. Silence and Serenity are the purvey of the The Muted God. Yepyari studied clouds and tornados, while Zimpar researched the effects of screaming fear.

Perhaps something here will point the way?

"Well if I 'member corectly, Karina name was on the note, and spoiled rations killed her, I say we check out Plokkis' hole in the wall" Thrugg says leading the way..

This monumental chamber stretches eighty feet from end to end, with a ceiling suspended thirty feet from the floor by great pillars. Seven arched passages lead to humble rooms, each of which contains a polished stone altar dedicated to one of the failed aspirants who attempted the Test of the Starstone.

Each of these chambers contains a small stone altar to one of the failed aspirants. Each altar stands upon a raised dais and bears a small brass nameplate identifying the aspirant and the would-be-god’s areas of interest.

You find Plokkis' altar.

Aklitas can't roll high enough to make the Perception check, but it looks like he's close enough that he probably needs to make the Will save...

Will Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21

Holy crap, I made it!

After surveying the room for a few minutes, Aklitas makes a face.

"There's something odd about this wall," he says, indicating the western end of the room. "I think we've found what we're looking for. Thrugg, it was your suggestion - do you want to do the honors and speak the password?"

A canny observer notes that Aklitas himself takes a few steps back from the altar and concealed door at this point.

"I get your drift, Akli," Lusha whispers.

"Things been popping out of the woodwork, all right. Not gonna hurt to pull the ol' crossbow out and load it. And considering the last place we been, it's not going to hurt to give this thing a once-over for traps. I'll be just a sec and we can get to the W-word, T. Be just a sec."

Check for traps: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

Will save 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (18) + 5 = 23

"Bulkah see door too!"

Patting his armor,"Does anyone remember what we did with the note...ah found out it"Thrugg pulls the slip of paper from his belt and clears his throat. "Wiffle???" He calls out to the door, sounding more of a question than password..

Other fighter did the exact same thing...I guess I am destined to be the guinea pig

No traps are found, and speaking the word "Wiffle" appears to have no effect.