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Dark Archive: When the Overseer GM announces that the Dark Archive objective is fulfilled, Pathfinder agents begin broadcasting illuminated signals that confuse the Black Echelon agents. Once during the adventure, the PCs can activate this benefit grant all undead creatures present the confused condition for 1 round. If an undead creature confused in this way attacks a PC, it takes a penalty on its attack rolls equal to half the group’s APL.
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Chou takes a good look at the one between Shawa and herself, then does her best to skewer a couple of vertebrae.
She fumbles the footwork a bit, but between her Muscular Timing Augmentation Generator (MuTAGen for short), allies positioning, and inspirational battle dance, she still manages to line up a reasonably accurate strike.
She mutters to herself unintelligibly. Maybe I should practice with something a little larger... like one of those chainsaws from Numeria?
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E-lsaurru pauses, breaking a bit out of her combat fugue she was in.
Turning, she watches as Zero and Kosaki bear down upon the last undead.
Sighing...she says quietly, "Demons...undead, both seem to send me back to the Worldwound....all those deaths....madness....perversions of nature. I should just go back to the simple life of Sargava and leave all this." Stinker uses his spear to bonk E-lsaurru on her head, and chitters at her while pointing at the breastplate, at the sky, then at her.
"You are right Stinker. I do have gifts that need to be used, and they were given to me by Gozreh. After that temple...I can't sit around and let others die when I can protect them.
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Once the fight dies down, Zero quickly writes a response to Chou. He isn't sure if she's still interested, not a minute after the question was asked.
"Whatever can be done to help, I agree," he responds to E-lsaurru. "We should try as many tasks as possible before the hordes proper descend on us."
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The PCs can find Lady Gloriana Morilla, leader of the Sovereign Court faction, reading through a growing pile of reports. Every minute or two, a courier delivers another sealed letter, or a charmed animal scrambles in through one of the doors or windows with a rolled up missive from elsewhere in the city.
“The city is in dire straits, Pathfinders. The Siege Lord Wynsal Starborn is a strong leader, but he’s had difficulty gathering the High Council—and in turn getting other nobles to focus. The recent acts of sabotage have caused many noble families to seal off their estates or begin evacuating the city in private ships. Not only is this cowardly exodus clogging the harbor and sowing confusion, but it is also disrupting other defenses because the nobles had earlier promised their household guards’ service in defending the city. Acting under authority granted by the Siege Lord, help me find them and remind them of their responsibilities as members of the nobility. History need not remember them and their descendants as the ones who failed Absalom.”
Lady Morilla entrusts the PCs with a list of four family names — the Arpadors, Caperinas, al-Hadirs, and Tullians — and their presumed whereabouts. The PCs can confront the noble families in any order. The first three on that list are more well established families who are hiding out in their estates. The fourth is a lesser known familiy who is said to be heading to the docks to evacuate. You might now something about the more familiar families.
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"I believe the Arpador's got their nobility by buying it from all the profits they got from the cattle trade...honestly, not a bad way for people to show that you can work yourself into a better position. The al-Hadirs have a glorious past in the history books, as war heroes and great warriors. I wonder if using any of that information can help us woo them with their great deeds in focusing on the important matters....'
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Chou ponders Zero's response, and asks, "Oh... so you wite out the wowd fow zewo instead of just witing the numbew? Intewesting. And then thewes... um... you!" Chou points at El, not having an easy time saying her name with a mouth full of vials. "Youw name is a wetter, which seems hawder to have uni-" She stops abruptly as Lady Glorianna begins her briefing, once again furiously scribbling new requirements into her notebook.
Chou nods in agreement with "L's" assessment and adds, "The capewinas awe fwom Chewiax. A vewy stwict famiwy... stickwews fow... um..."
She strains to clearly say the last word, "...law."
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"Sounds like we have to go talk to each family, and remind them of who they are, and why it is important for them to stay and help the Siege Lord. I might be able to help a little with the Arpadors, as I can hopefully get them by talking business with them...the rest...I probably am not the right person to talk to them."
As they are walking to whichever is the first stop on trying to fix this issue, E-lsaurru looks over to Chou. "Not exactly true on my name Chou. I shorten my name to 'El', spelled 'E', 'L', not just 'L'. Mainly because others seem to have issues with the last part of my name being hard to pronounce. Let's not even talk about my surname. Actually, thinking on my name, I think the first person who ever did shorten it to 'El' was another oread I met in the Worldwound. His name was Graldnot. We were in the same wave that went to the Worldwound as crusaders.'
Looking over towards Zero, E-lsaurru chuckles a little. "He talked a bit more than you Zero, but not too much more. Was great in a fight, and also fought with his hands, though not with the discipline you do. Probably why I fugued back in the last fight, he was always at my back when I did something reckless."
"Of course this was before I met Stinker here," she says scritching its head and pulling a piece of dried kiwi out for him. "This little fella became a fast friend down in Sargava. Protected me even in the middle of a battle with a T-rex...or some other dinosaur with large jaws, little arms and all that. Flew up to it's eye with that little spear and poked it right in. I have never seen a creature that big jump that high."
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Kosaki listens to the information El and Chou give.
After much consideration, she smiles.
"I agree we will have to appeal to each family based on the information given. Also stinker is quite cute. In my home of Tian Xia we have kami. Sometimes the spirit takes form of the animal. Stinker reminds me of a kami. You treat him well."
She then turns her attention back to the main goal at hand.
"I get that the Tullians are fleeing but, we don't have much information on them. I would probably go with the Arpadors they seem like they are hardworking folk who would listen to reason. Or al-Hadiers as heroic warriors in the past they can surely understand the need for protecting Absalom."
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"While I agree that we have more information on the other three....back when I was in Pridon's Hearth, there was a horrible storm being unnaturally made. Keeping the more prosperous people from fleeing helped keep everybody else around to help protect the town. I vote for Tullians."
When Kosaki mentions Stinker reminding her of a spirit, he gurgles and chortles, pumping his fist in the air. Shaking her head in mock frustration, E-lsaurru says, "Great, Kosaki you are giving him a bigger ego than he already had. While Stinker can't speak common, he does understand some words. Probably as much as a 2-3 year old human. He knows what spirits are, and being classified as one of those definitely inflated his ego." Stinker gives her a raspberry right near her ear. Smiling, she pulls another piece of dried kiwi out and hands it to Kosaki. Stinker eyes the piece with interest....
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"I don't remember anything about these Caperinas. I lived in Cheliax most of my life, and never heard the name. I suppose such political topics were of little interest to me. They remain so, but now I better appreciate their importance."
Zero sighs at the thought of more talking, in which he won't be much help. He also finds himself thinking of the oread E-lsaurru mentioned, but isn't sure why. "Missions like these remind me of what I've given up on my road to greater strength. Although I was never an eloquent speaker, far less so than I am a writer. The chance to physically prepare and structure my thoughts gives me freedom as well. So perhaps the price was not so high in my case. But scribbles are of little use here."
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Shawa will take a step back and weave a spell. As she does so, she claps her hands and pulls something large out of the muddy earth. From underneath the undead in front of her, the moisture collects and draws forth a mighty ice spear.
//can i force it to fall prone away from me, otherwise just roll it randomly
— piercing then cold, dc 20 reflex save on that.
— only if it fails reflex
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As a swift action activate burst of speed (+30' movement for 1 minute).
Double move.
To get a 15' long jump (DC 15 with running straight)
As she runs, E-lsaurru asks Shathva to help the drowning noble person. She nimbly moves around the fight between the Black Echelon and Shawa, quickly calling, "I will be back, hold out until then." As E-lsaurru gets near the end of the pier, she nods stinker toward the middle noble person and Stinker flies off toward that person. At the last moment, E-lsaurru does a perfect dive into the water right next to the 3rd noble person.
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The Exchange: When the Overseer GM announces that the Exchange objective is fulfilled, a cache of pristine and deadly armaments becomes available. At the beginning of one encounter, the PCs can activate this benefit to treat the enhancement bonuses of all their weapons as 2 higher for the duration of the encounter. Treat the effective enhancement bonus of mundane weapons as +0.
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