HP: 45/45 l AC: 18, T 13, FF 16 l CMD 15 l F +8, R +8, W +7 l Seedpods (6/12), Wings (10 min/day), L1: 5/5, L2: 4/4 l Init +6 l Senses: Perception +12, Darkvision 60 ft., Low-Light Vision I Female NG Vine Leshy Alchemist (Herbalist) 6 l Active Conditions:
"Are all fleshy dwarves this stubborn?" Soddy asks as she pulls out another seedpod and heaves it over Nirion's head at Red.
Seedpod vs. Red (Ranged Touch):1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6 Damage (Bludgeoning):1d6 ⇒ 1
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If it hits, Red will need to make a DC 13 Fort save or be deafened for 1 round~
The dwarf with the warhammer immediately slips when the seemingly stable stone beneath his feet turns to grease. His sudden fall causes the seedpod to go flying past his head. He does, however manage to get on all fours and carefully get back on his feet, albeit covered in grease.
Soddy Daisy
Styrian Meathier11 pts of damage Nirion
Green D. Fighter
Valistar mage armor +4 to AC
Red D. Fighter
Arthur Worthington
Kvina Oathsworn 1 pt of damage
HP: 45/45 l AC: 18, T 13, FF 16 l CMD 15 l F +8, R +8, W +7 l Seedpods (6/12), Wings (10 min/day), L1: 5/5, L2: 4/4 l Init +6 l Senses: Perception +12, Darkvision 60 ft., Low-Light Vision I Female NG Vine Leshy Alchemist (Herbalist) 6 l Active Conditions:
Soddy sighs and bops past Nirion, her longspear at the ready. "I guess we'll have to take care of these weeds the hard way," she remarks as she tries to poke Red...
Attack vs. Red (Longspear):1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 Damage:1d6 ⇒ 3
Arthur Worthington | Male CN Small Kobold Rogue (snare setter) 2 | HP 15/15 | AC 20, T 15, FF 16 | CMD 10 | F +1 R +7 W +1 | Init +4 | Perc +8 (+9 vs. traps) | Speed 30ft | Traps: Fire 4/5, Fireworks 5/5, Tripwire 5/5 | Active Conditions: None
Arthur moves back into the corner and draws his bow. Ready an action to shoot a duegar if I see one.
”Nirion” | Male NG Medium Human Cleric of Sarenrae 3 | HP 27/ 27| AC 14, T 10, FF 14 |CMB +4 CMD 14| F +4 R +2 W +6 | Init +2 | Perc +3 | Speed 30ft | Channel positive energy 5/5 (DC13), Rebuke death 6/6 | Active Conditions: None.
Nirion takes out his wand for healing and touches Styrian.
CLW:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
Kvina takes a step back and draws her bow and a blunted arrow. "I knew it wee did have people following us. Styrian are you okay?"
She gives the wizard a concerned look, before focusing on the duergar. "Let's finish this quickly!" She takes a deep breath, quelling the burbling anxiety and suffocating fear, draws back her bow and fires on the dwarf with the red armor.
Soddy Daisy misses, but nearly causes the duergar to slip again! It seems he's not very used to grease areas, but it gives Kvina the opportunity to leave an arrow in his gut and Nirion the opportunity to pass along a bit more healing. Freshly bolstered, Styrian smashes the duergar into the wall, obtaining his vengeance -- the enemy goes between hammer and wall and drops to the ground, remaining still this time, but for a few twitches of the leg.
Looking on, the downed duergar's fellow only scowls before firing another bolt, aiming for Kvina's shoulder, where it bites into the meat of her armpit.
”Nirion” | Male NG Medium Human Cleric of Sarenrae 3 | HP 27/ 27| AC 14, T 10, FF 14 |CMB +4 CMD 14| F +4 R +2 W +6 | Init +2 | Perc +3 | Speed 30ft | Channel positive energy 5/5 (DC13), Rebuke death 6/6 | Active Conditions: None.
Since Nirion holds the wand in his hand, he decides to touch Styrian again.
Pathfinders have claimed the Temple District!
The Seers’ District and Miners’ District are discovered.
Reinforcements arrive in the Temple District wherever Pathfinders are still involved in an encounter. (GMs, please allow your players to finish any in progress encounters, but please look at the top of page 12 to see the consequences of the reinforcements)
HP 24/24 | Foc: Abj 3/3, Div 4/4, Collection: 3/3 | Spells: 1st 4/4| AC 17, T 11, F 16 | F+6 R+3 W+4 (+2 vs enchant) | Init +1 | Perc +6 | Half-Elf Occultist 3
Acrobatics DC 10:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 = 11
Styrian moves on into the area of the grease, but is too slow to get close enough even for a reach weapon. He draws and throws a small hammer at the dwarf instead, then regrips his lucerne hammer in case of an approach.
Nirion returns Styrian to full health with yet another tap of his wand. There's the sound of more movement from outside and the group sees the quivering shaft of an arrow make itself at home in the second duergar's back. Between that and Styrian's carefully thrown axe, the enemy goes down!
"Are you lot alright?" A passing group pauses to peer in. "We just got the message so we're passing it along -- we've found some more districts!"
As he goes on to add to his message, he jumps as though he's been stabbed and yelps before turning to scowl at his offender. There stands Giarra Fullen!
"Oh, it's you!" she seems pleasantly surprised, but quickly notes the state of those here. "Oh, hold on a second." There's a bit of quiet muttering before she goes through some of her many pouches. She finally snags a piece of paper and reads aloud from it. "Pathfinders, great job! We've found the entrances to the Minder's District and the Seer's District!"
She pauses, her eyes skimming the rest of the note before she finally shrugs, crumples it, and shoves it back into one of her many pouches. "Blah, blah, whatever -- we're working on clearing our way through the district so the people ahead of us can keep going. We'll finish up here -- which district are you going to be heading to?"
LET'S DO BOTH!!! I guess we have to pick one. They both look tempting.
Kvina gives the woman a thought-filled look, before slowly commenting, "Hmm, It would be nice to see the miner's district and how they lived their lives, but I'm more worried about what might have developed in the Seer's district. I will cast my vote for there. That is if it's okay to go there."
HP: 45/45 l AC: 18, T 13, FF 16 l CMD 15 l F +8, R +8, W +7 l Seedpods (6/12), Wings (10 min/day), L1: 5/5, L2: 4/4 l Init +6 l Senses: Perception +12, Darkvision 60 ft., Low-Light Vision I Female NG Vine Leshy Alchemist (Herbalist) 6 l Active Conditions:
Soddy bounces up and down on her little vine feet and nods energetically. "Seers know things, right? Maybe they left some of what they knew for others to find! We should go and see!"
Arthur Worthington | Male CN Small Kobold Rogue (snare setter) 2 | HP 15/15 | AC 20, T 15, FF 16 | CMD 10 | F +1 R +7 W +1 | Init +4 | Perc +8 (+9 vs. traps) | Speed 30ft | Traps: Fire 4/5, Fireworks 5/5, Tripwire 5/5 | Active Conditions: None
"I agree, the seer's district sounds interesting."
”Nirion” | Male NG Medium Human Cleric of Sarenrae 3 | HP 27/ 27| AC 14, T 10, FF 14 |CMB +4 CMD 14| F +4 R +2 W +6 | Init +2 | Perc +3 | Speed 30ft | Channel positive energy 5/5 (DC13), Rebuke death 6/6 | Active Conditions: None.
Another tap of Nirion's wand brings the last of the group's injured back up to full health.
"Alright, then; you'll be heading straight down the path. You'll see some of the other advance agents going there, too. Be careful!" Giarra encourages cheerfully. She waves you off and turns back towards her group.
As the party leaves, the orders she barks can be heard - along with an assortment of cursing. It looks like someone's stumbled into that trap. The round of laughter that follows reveals that the damage was minimal and mostly to the poor man's pride.
It takes about fifteen minutes to get to the Seer's District and Valistar's mage armor fades away during the trip. There are monasteries, academies, and other places of contemplation and learning all around. Hundreds of stalactites extend from the ceiling thirty feet overhead. Dirt and stony debris litter the cave floor, along with discarded scrolls, bits of bone, and a few jawless skulls. Moisture drips from the stalactites into seven natural pools scattered about the chamber, which bears a putrescent odor.
The lighting here is mostly dark, though there's the occasional dim area.
Knowledge (arcana or religion) DC 20:
You recognize that the skulls’ artful etchings suggest that they once belonged to honored seers who passed on.
”Nirion” | Male NG Medium Human Cleric of Sarenrae 3 | HP 27/ 27| AC 14, T 10, FF 14 |CMB +4 CMD 14| F +4 R +2 W +6 | Init +2 | Perc +3 | Speed 30ft | Channel positive energy 5/5 (DC13), Rebuke death 6/6 | Active Conditions: None.
HP 24/24 | Foc: Abj 3/3, Div 4/4, Collection: 3/3 | Spells: 1st 4/4| AC 17, T 11, F 16 | F+6 R+3 W+4 (+2 vs enchant) | Init +1 | Perc +6 | Half-Elf Occultist 3
After the last battle wrapped up, Styrian renews his distortion effect. This whole place is too dangerous to be caught off guard.
Knowledge(Either):1d20 + 7 ⇒ (17) + 7 = 24
Styrian picks up one of the skulls. "These etchings on the skulls suggest they once belonged to honored seers. They should not be left on the floor."
Styrian places the skull somewhere appropriate looking, and does the same for the rest, curiously stopping on the last one to do a 1-minute object reading on it, before also placing it someplace respectful-seeming.
After a good, solid sixty seconds of examining the object, Styrian finds himself almost out of his own body again. He doesn't understand the words he hears around him, but the knowledge that he's participating in an important ritual is imparted into him. Those around him are painted and all are behaving in sync -- this is definitely some sort of ritual, then...
But then, as though being jolted from one time and memory into another, he watches through hollow eyes as explorers in ancient styles of gear enter the Seer's District. He watches as something terrible befalls them - spherical objects fly at them and then --
When he blinks, he's back to the present, a distinctly uncomfortable feeling settling in his gut.
HP: 45/45 l AC: 18, T 13, FF 16 l CMD 15 l F +8, R +8, W +7 l Seedpods (6/12), Wings (10 min/day), L1: 5/5, L2: 4/4 l Init +6 l Senses: Perception +12, Darkvision 60 ft., Low-Light Vision I Female NG Vine Leshy Alchemist (Herbalist) 6 l Active Conditions:
"Hmm...there really isn't any earth here to plant them in," Soddy agrees as she peers around the large cavern. "So yes, we should take the bones with us until we find some good earth for planting!"
The arcanist uses his wand once again. Arcana:1d20 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17"I feel like I should know that, but I trust you. Should we light this place up?" Barring any protests, Valistar will begin dancing some lights.
HP 24/24 | Foc: Abj 3/3, Div 4/4, Collection: 3/3 | Spells: 1st 4/4| AC 17, T 11, F 16 | F+6 R+3 W+4 (+2 vs enchant) | Init +1 | Perc +6 | Half-Elf Occultist 3
"Soddy, I believe these skulls were prepared for display, as a point of honor or ceremony. Besides we are unlikely to find a patch of soil to properly plant them."
Styrian shares the unsettling vision he got from the skull, and looks around to see if he can find a clue what these spherical objects were.
HP: 45/45 l AC: 18, T 13, FF 16 l CMD 15 l F +8, R +8, W +7 l Seedpods (6/12), Wings (10 min/day), L1: 5/5, L2: 4/4 l Init +6 l Senses: Perception +12, Darkvision 60 ft., Low-Light Vision I Female NG Vine Leshy Alchemist (Herbalist) 6 l Active Conditions:
"Really? I always thought that fleshies wanted their husks to be planted back in the earth when they were through using them," Soddy replies, sounding a little confused. "But there's still a lot about fleshies that I don't really know. So some fleshies would rather have their husks displayed after they fade away?"
Arthur Worthington | Male CN Small Kobold Rogue (snare setter) 2 | HP 15/15 | AC 20, T 15, FF 16 | CMD 10 | F +1 R +7 W +1 | Init +4 | Perc +8 (+9 vs. traps) | Speed 30ft | Traps: Fire 4/5, Fireworks 5/5, Tripwire 5/5 | Active Conditions: None
"What difference does it make to the dead? Unless they are restless spirits, I suppose."
Arthur looks around for anything that might be more entertaining to him than dwarf skulls.
As the lights dance about, helping to illuminate the chamber, the party catches sight of a duo of what look like heads floating towards them. One appears to be emitting fire and the other chatters slightly as it bobs.
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Knowledge arcana DC 10:
Beheaded are floating skulls or severed heads whose bodies have long since abandoned them, either in the moment of death or long after. Reanimated via dark magic, these horrors are usually created as mindless sentinels for dungeons or lairs.
Knowledge arcana DC 15:
This form of Beheaded does additional fire damage with its attacks.
Knowledge arcana DC 20:
These beheaded are immune to fire and exhibit undead traits.
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Knowledge religion DC 10:
Beheaded are floating skulls or severed heads whose bodies have long since abandoned them, either in the moment of death or long after. Reanimated via dark magic, these horrors are usually created as mindless sentinels for dungeons or lairs.
Knowledge religion DC 15:
These Beheaded can emit a scream that causes the shaken condition.
Knowledge religion DC 20:
These Beheaded exhibit undead traits and their immunities and defenses.
”Nirion” | Male NG Medium Human Cleric of Sarenrae 3 | HP 27/ 27| AC 14, T 10, FF 14 |CMB +4 CMD 14| F +4 R +2 W +6 | Init +2 | Perc +3 | Speed 30ft | Channel positive energy 5/5 (DC13), Rebuke death 6/6 | Active Conditions: None.
"Guys, Beheaded are floating skulls or severed heads whose bodies have long since abandoned them, either in the moment of death or long after. Reanimated via dark magic, these horrors are usually created as mindless sentinels for dungeons or lairs."
HP: 45/45 l AC: 18, T 13, FF 16 l CMD 15 l F +8, R +8, W +7 l Seedpods (6/12), Wings (10 min/day), L1: 5/5, L2: 4/4 l Init +6 l Senses: Perception +12, Darkvision 60 ft., Low-Light Vision I Female NG Vine Leshy Alchemist (Herbalist) 6 l Active Conditions:
Kn. Arcana:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16
"Ooh...I think that one can burn you when it attacks," Soddy adds to Nirion's description of one of the beheaded. Not really wanting to get too close just yet, she then pulls out a small crossbow and begins loading it.
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Move action to draw crossbow, move action to load it~
@Valistar -- feel free to contribute whenever you'd like. c: Speech is a free action, so I imagine informing your teammates to be an "instant, reflexive behavior". c:
Nirion slings and misses, perhaps a bit too hasty for that distance! Soddy Daisy takes the opposite action and carefully prepares to defend herself as the heads move closer still.
Arthur Worthington | Male CN Small Kobold Rogue (snare setter) 2 | HP 15/15 | AC 20, T 15, FF 16 | CMD 10 | F +1 R +7 W +1 | Init +4 | Perc +8 (+9 vs. traps) | Speed 30ft | Traps: Fire 4/5, Fireworks 5/5, Tripwire 5/5 | Active Conditions: None
"Whatever they once were, they're a right nuisance now!"
Arthur sidles around to get a clear shot. On red, unless Styrian destroyed it. He'll attack yellow in that case.
The skull, being tiny, is surprisingly spry as it ducks and weaves and bobs around Styrian's hammer. Its lower jaw rattles as though laughing, but the chattering pauses for a moment when Arthur's arrow chips at it. It's fellows approach too late - Kvina's arrow launches from her bow and punches straight through it's skull, ending its miserable undeath.
”Nirion” | Male NG Medium Human Cleric of Sarenrae 3 | HP 27/ 27| AC 14, T 10, FF 14 |CMB +4 CMD 14| F +4 R +2 W +6 | Init +2 | Perc +3 | Speed 30ft | Channel positive energy 5/5 (DC13), Rebuke death 6/6 | Active Conditions: None.
Nirion loads a sling and shoots. And again he misses.
HP: 45/45 l AC: 18, T 13, FF 16 l CMD 15 l F +8, R +8, W +7 l Seedpods (6/12), Wings (10 min/day), L1: 5/5, L2: 4/4 l Init +6 l Senses: Perception +12, Darkvision 60 ft., Low-Light Vision I Female NG Vine Leshy Alchemist (Herbalist) 6 l Active Conditions:
Soddy skips away from approaching Blue and Red, moving further to the south. Now with a clear line of sight to Green, she raises her crossbow and fires a shot!
Nirion's sling bullet crashes into a distant wall, the sound echoing throughout the cavernous room. Soddy Daisy and Valistar combine their efforts to bring down one of the flaming skulls, though its still evidently a bit charred when it tumbles to the ground. Meanwhile, another of the chattering skulls moves closer to Nirion and opens its jaw to emit a bone-chilling scream.
Soddy Daisy Will save DC 10 or be shaken for 1d4 ⇒ 3 rounds.
Nirion Will save DC 10 or be shaken for 1d4 ⇒ 3 rounds.
Blue
Arthur Worthington Styrian MeathierWill save DC 10 or be shaken for 1d4 ⇒ 1 rounds. Kvina OathswornWill save DC 10 or be shaken for 1d4 ⇒ 2 rounds.
Green
Purple
Valistar Will save DC 10 or be shaken for 1d4 ⇒ 2 rounds.
Arthur Worthington | Male CN Small Kobold Rogue (snare setter) 2 | HP 15/15 | AC 20, T 15, FF 16 | CMD 10 | F +1 R +7 W +1 | Init +4 | Perc +8 (+9 vs. traps) | Speed 30ft | Traps: Fire 4/5, Fireworks 5/5, Tripwire 5/5 | Active Conditions: None
Arthur moves behind his companions and takes a shot at purple.
Thanks for the bot! Will Save:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Eyes narrowing at the undead creature and its annoying scream, Kvina steps off to the side and draws an arrow, she pulls back on the bow and takes aim. "Argh, that's very annoying, skull! Please just shut it."
Although Styrian wasn't startled by the shriek, he bumps the boulder and misses! Arthur, too, is thwarted when the flaming skull proceeds to practice the maneuvers employed by its allies -- the duck and weave. Kvina, however, is righteously aggravated by the cry and very effectively downs yet another of the enemies.
The last of these floating heads forges forward, zooming at Nirion as threateningly as a burning, bodiless head possibly can, before zooming right past him. It circles back around, evidently a bit confused at its complete failure to strike.
Purple
ValistarWill save DC 10 or be shaken for 1d4 rounds.
Round 3 The bolded may act.
Soddy DaisyWill save DC 10 or be shaken for 1d4 rounds. NirionWill save DC 10 or be shaken for 1d4 rounds. Arthur Worthington Styrian Meathier Kvina Oathsworn
Purple
Valistar Will save DC 10 or be shaken for 1d4 rounds.
”Nirion” | Male NG Medium Human Cleric of Sarenrae 3 | HP 27/ 27| AC 14, T 10, FF 14 |CMB +4 CMD 14| F +4 R +2 W +6 | Init +2 | Perc +3 | Speed 30ft | Channel positive energy 5/5 (DC13), Rebuke death 6/6 | Active Conditions: None.
will:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26
Nirion drops his sling, pulls out scimitar and strikes.
HP: 45/45 l AC: 18, T 13, FF 16 l CMD 15 l F +8, R +8, W +7 l Seedpods (6/12), Wings (10 min/day), L1: 5/5, L2: 4/4 l Init +6 l Senses: Perception +12, Darkvision 60 ft., Low-Light Vision I Female NG Vine Leshy Alchemist (Herbalist) 6 l Active Conditions:
Will (DC 10):1d20 + 3 ⇒ (11) + 3 = 14
"Aieee! That's not natural at all," Soddy yelps as one of the head emits a piercing shriek, but it seems as though it annoyed her more than frightened her. She quickly loads another bolt into her crossbow, does the 5 foot shuffle, and takes a shot at the remaining flying head!
