"I did with three others who were not fortunate enough to survive the encounter. It's got tough skin and a really nasty bite but it's those spikes you need to watch out for. It hover above and rains those down on you before coming down or the kill. You don't really need to kill it thought just avoid it long enough to break open or crack the lock on the sealed door at the end of the path. However if you manage to slay the beast you would quickly be well liked around here get past it and that would earn you some respect especially if you bring back something good."
Still a little indecisive, Sylvia looked at her new companions before turning back to the woman. "Right, well, I think we could at least look at the situation before doing anything further," she said, really not relishing the thought of going against something like that but really wanting to delve into that untapped potential. "If nothin' else, we can see about just sneakin' past the blighter."
"Blighter?
Do these manticores possess abilities to wither nature?"
"That is a new term for me as well, since even I don't know it."
Shaking her head, Sylvia explained, "Nah, just slang for somethin' bad."
Jayla looks sideways to Valeria, and shrugs.
"Slang was special terms for something, last time i heard of the word."
She looks back at Sylvia.
"In what part of the country lies this slang's origin?
It certainly isn't cheliax, for sure, nor is it remotely dwarven or elven."
"Streets of Absolam, luv," Sylvia said, proud of her origins. "Golarion's natural cultural mixin' pot."
"I have yet to visit that city.
Valeria, we can go there some day, right?"
"I heard that city is on a island. So we'd need to pay for the ferry to get there, and not sure how expensive it could be?"
After some time sitting upon the steady wreckage she found on the scrap wall, seeing no immediate threats to her party members, she flies down to the ground. Once on the ground Xaikon makes her way into the shop to see what is keeping her companions busy.
"Ah there you are. What interesting stuff have you found?"
Remembering she used some arrows, "Any chance for some arrows? Oh, a small mending kit to patch some of these holes."
"We might as well stock on some.
I believe i am missing a few as well."
"I'll be needing to visit the blacksmith or the weaponsmith and get my sword checked over since it has see more then normal use and hitting a few odd things..."
"Sure, I think we got time for that, luvs," Sylvia said with a grin. "After all, I'm sure our lovely employer wouldn't want us dead."
"That and the costs to bring someone back can get expensive."
"That is an interesting, yet not preferable prospect.
Contrary to yourselves, i have not yet heard of synthetics being brought back from death."
"Thank you.", as she pays 1 gold piece over for the arrows.
Once with her bundle of extra arrows, she looks at her companions, "Where we off to next?"
"Next stop, the local weaponsmith or blacksmith for weapon maintenance."
You can assume all services like blacksmith/weaponsmith/amorsmith are available at the standard price.
Val finds the local smithy and tries to haggle the price down a bit.
As the others got their gear worked on, Sylvia spent some time talking to the locals and listening to any rumors.
Xaikon tags along happy to have more arrows. As she walks she peeks at the strange items up for offer, though happy in using what she knows of.
Valeria manages to reduce the prices to a mere 2 gold.
Sylvia learns there has been a major power struggle between different factions in the area of late but is unable to get any details.
So whats your next move?
you can meet up with a faction leader, try the job you've been offered and I believe you were asked to inquire about a certain priest in town from someone in torch.
Overview of each item for sale you mean? Of being repaired?
Ah ok
Quest Log:
Save the girl!
A young alien girl has been captured by pirates and sold into slavery to the salvagers of the srapwall who follow a machine god known as Hellion she is the only known survivor of the starship divinity and as such many of the machines from the vessel obey her commands which makes her incredibly important to anyone who wants to control them. The Technic would do anything they could to get her if they learned of her existence and the salvagers will fight fiercely to keep her as she is a priceless prize here in numeria. The Mayor of Hajoth Hakados has promised you a reward (nothing specific) if you can bring her back there were she will be kept safe. (The mayor has been known to help aliens and androids hide from the Technic league in the past)
Save Torch!
A powerful alien machine under torch is overloading and will explode in a matter of weeks destroying the entire town and everything for miles around unless it can be stopped. However the controls to stop the explosion are in a room flooded with a deadly energy called radiation. Special armour can be worn to survive this environment but it was taken by the salvagers from scrapwall that follow a machine god known as Hellion. The machine could also shut down if commanded to do so by the last survivor of the starship Divinity (the girl mentioned above). The town has promised you 4000 gold for completing this task.
Stop the followers of Hellion
It's obvious these followers of Hellion are dangerous and the council of Torch has offered a reward if you can put an end to them once and for all or at least make sure they never threaten Torch again. The council offered another reward of 4000 gold for completing this task.
Secondary quest
Defeat or bypass the chimera
reward salvaged items and fame in scrapwall
Find allies in Scrapwall
Scrapwall has many factions fighting for power it could be helpful to make some friends here.
Earn some respect
Earning fame in Scrapwall by completing task for the locals or finding good salvage is likely to open some doors for you.
Find the priestess
The priestess Dinvaya has been in scrapwall hiding from the Technic league for many years. The priest of Torch Joram has been trying to contact her for some time but has been unable to do so. He gave you his personal holy symbol and a message to give to her if you can find her. He promised you a magic wand of metamagic extend if you do this for him and return.
Learn more about the factions.
Five factions fight over scrapwall learning more about them could be key to success. You need to find out which one or ones are aligned with the followers of Hellion.
That's all at the moment.
OK so how are you going about the manticore job?
Val and company start digging for more info for the manticore job.
"Manticore! What is that?", looking somewhat puzzled.
"Manticores? About 10ft of death, fond of eating us mere mortals for brunch," Sylvia replied. "This will not be a fun fight, not at all. Here's to hoping we can sneak on by."
Many folks can tell you about the creature. It's big, it flies, it glows int the dark, it's bite is poison and it likes to fling volleys of spikes at it's prey before attacking.