The bloated man continues to shuffle forward, eyes glowing brighter. "Have you found the Yellow Sign?" he asks again.
Ven withdraws to safety.
Sgt York runs up next to Aenian and readies for attack
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As the bloated man strides forward menacingly, Ven retreats. Vaustin moves up and blocks the passageway.
The man closes the distance. As he nears, its disquieting aura of gloom and repulsiveness washes over you.
Vaustin smashes the man in the shoulder when he comes into range. The man barely registers the crushing hit, and Vaustin feels some of the impact was absorbed.
The man asks again, "Have you found the Yellow Sign?" as he reaches for Vaustin, fingers glowing with entropic energy as it touches him.
Aenian moves to flank and assaults the creature with his keen, silver rapier.
Vaustin continues his assault, aided by Aenian's presence.
Ven will attempt to identify what the creature is and if it has any weaknesses.
Trillis will cast protection vs evil on Vaustin.
Aenian moves up and drives his rapier straight through the man's throat. The wound oozes dark blood and the otherwise mortal wound doesn't drop him. Notably, the rapier meets no special resistance.
Trillis casts a ward on Vaustin.
Ven struggles to determine the man's traits and comes up short, but he is clearly undead.
Vaustin attacks but, drained and unnerved, he lacks enough power to damage the foe.
The undead man swings meaty fists at Vaustin, asking yet again, "Have you found the Yellow Sign?"
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Trillis uses her wand to cure Vuastin.
Ven holds waiting to see if Aenian and Vaustin can bring the creature down.
Vaustin gets pummeled a couple times, waits for the heal then pushes forward through the fool.
Aenian now steps into the flank, pushing through the gloomy despair he feels.
Trillis casts a protective spell on Vaustin. He shoves forward past the undead man. It turns slowly to follow the soldier, opening up Aenian to a devastating attack. Even with the blade through his back, the man keeps fighting.
Ven hits the undead with a magic missile.
Ven batters the undead man with magic missiles, but he persists in his attacks. "Have you found the Yellow Sign?" it repeats while swinging meaty fists.
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Trillis again heals Vaustin.
Ven again hits the creature with another magic missile.
Aenian stabs the undead again, and Vaustin whiffs, but then Ven brings it down a moment later with more force missiles. With a croaking wheeze, it collapses. "Have you... found the..."
Ven detects magic and then searches the body and then the room.
Trillis heals Vaustin again.
A thorough search among the sundries reveals what might be the apparel of a public official and a silver seal matrix — a bell-shaped object with Thrushmoor’s crest engraved on its flat bottom and a ring for a string or ribbon at the top.
Trillis identifies them as belonging to Magistrate Padgett.
"Was that thing Magistrate Padgett, or do we think they just disposed of the Magistrates belongings here. These seem somewhat useful if you're trying to take over the town ... looks like they really are more interested in destruction or something else completely alien to our comprehension."
"Let's check those double doors behind us before we continue forward."
Aenian moves to listen and search for traps.
Trillis shakes her head. "I fear the worst has happened to the Magistrate. We must destroy these vile cultists before it is too late."
Ven and Trillis assist Aenian.
Even with help, Aenian finds no traps on the doors.
This elongated subterranean hall is decorated throughout with finely wrought Pharasmin symbols, which culminate in a seven-foot-high bas-relief of the goddess’s face on the south wall. Against the other walls, whose surfaces are riddled with burial recesses, sit seven sarcophagi, four sealed and three uncovered.
A human corpse dressed in the outfit of a royal accuser is laid out on top of one of the sealed sarcophagi. A figure dressed in an exotic outfit of flowing silks stands over the corpse, performing some kind of ritual. She spins around as you open the doors...
She suddenly stops and looks at you with her pale eyes. "Count Lowls is looking for agents; persons with specific skills to run his errands. Fortunately, or unfortunately, the man has more money than sense. He is buying your freedom, but do not think for one second you are truly free."
"Don't make me regret this," Weiralai snarls, and walks out to the deck.
"Ah, you came. Excellent... Saves me the trouble of tracking you down," Weiralai purrs. Her face is unreadable beneath the veil.
Ven studies the creature as he summons his dark half. He then moves into the room behind the others.
Trillis begins casting summon monster III.
"Ah, yes ... so, who are you again?"
Aenian begins to engage in a bit of discussion but then rolls his eyes as Trillis begins casting a spell.
You recall that they have unusual anatomy relative to humans and other races of Golarion. Their bite saps the victim of dexterity.
Trillis begins summoning. Sensing your imminent hostility, Weiralai lunges forward to attack. She drops her veil, revealing a mouth full of toothy tentacles.
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He follows up his riposte with a notmal.attack.
Ven blasts her with a magic missile.
; +1 bleed
Trillis will cast hold person on Weiralai (DC 16 Will).
She directs the archon to attack at range.
; ranged touch
; ranged touch
Vaustin rushes her with his Warhammer
Aenian deflects Weiralai's bite with an amazing parry. His riposte and follow up attacks miss the mark, however.
Vaustin moves up and slams her hard with his hammer.
Ven's magic missiles encounter some innate resistance but get through.
Trillis's archon appears and burns Weiralai with light rays. She casts a spell but it no effect .
Weiralai's wounds immediately begin to heal themselves. She claws and bites at Aenian.
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Ven again hits her with another magic missile.
; +1 bleed
Trillis directs the archon to continue its attack.
; ranged touch
; ranged touch
She begins summoning a second archon.
; Success!
; pffft1
And engarde!
; SMASH!
; wammp waamp.
Vaustin continues to attack.
Aenian deflects one of Weiralai's claws but misses his riposte. He strikes with deadly precision, piercing the foe where her heart should be... yet she continues like it was a minor wound.
Vaustin smashes her with similar results.
Ven's previous damage bleeds the denizen, but his follow-up attack fizzles when it hits her.
The archon misses its light shots. Trillis starts another summoning.
Weiralai's wounds continue healing. She makes a feint left but spins and attacks low and right.
; plus
Ven launches another volley of force missiles.
; +1 bleed
Trillis directs both archons to attack.
; ranged touch
; ranged touch
; ranged touch
; ranged touch
Trillis casts communal protection from evil on the group.
; HA!
; HEE!
Aenian finds enough inspiration in this desperate fight to knock aside the blow even as he is unable to dodge it and retaliate with a pair of well-aimed strikes.
Vaustin moves forward and swings at the woman-thing.
Aenain lands a couple of telling strikes with his riposte and follow-up. Vaustin swings and misses again, while Ven's magic missiles dissipate against her skin. His earlier hit continues bleeding, however.
Trillis's archons fire light beams, hitting once. She casts a protection spell on the group
Weiralai curses in Aklo and rips into Aenian with claws and bite.
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