Gray Son feels a little more lithe.
If you don't identify the properties, I'll let you know when it comes up.
Knowledge (arcana) to identify the school, DC 21:
Spoiler:
This is a strong abjuration aura.
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Spellcraft to identify the properties of the water, DC 27:
Spoiler:
The water from this fountain makes the drinker incredibly difficult to grapple, and much more likely to escape, should they be grappled. Mechanically, +30 insight bonus to your CMD, and to Escape Artist and CMB checks made to escape a grapple.
Female Aasimar (plumekith) Inquisitor 5/Evangelist 1 | AC 19/14/15 | HP 44/44 | CMD 19 | F +7, R +8, W +9 | Init +7 | Perception +12 | Resist Acid, Cold, Electricity 7
Galilah:
AC 22/15/17 (24/17/19) | HP 37/37 | CMD 23 | F +6, R +9, W +2 | Perc +5
Conditions:
Bull Aspect
Preoccupied, Melea hurries over. She starts another quick scan of the water. "It seemed like protective magic, but I'm not sure that was wise. What's done is done now, though, something may come of it."
I think I already did all the checks I could regarding the water, but just for the sake of it I'll try Detect Poison.
Male N Dwarf from Qadira - usually talking business or about the past | Flame Spirit Shaman (Speaker for the Past) 9 | HP 98/98 + 12/12 Temp HP | Resistance Fire 10 | Now: AC25 / AC 27 vs evil, Normal: AC 22 T 10 FF 22 | CMB +4, CMD 14 | F: +11, R: +6, W: +17 | Init: +0 | Perc: +20, SM: +19, Dipl.: +24 | Reroll 1/1 | Chaldira trait reroll 1/1 | Knowledge 8/8 | Darkvision 60ft | Speed 20ft | Active condition: heroism, barkskin, magic vs evil, heightened awareness
”I will definitely not drink from this water!“
He looks confused.
”I have to admit that I do not believe that we will be able to fight this giant construct! So it might be wise to look at what we have and try to understand what we are facing on the other side!!!“
[dice=Furry of Blows MW Sansetsukon]1d20+5+2[/dice] [dice=Damage]1d10+2[/dice]
Haro looks at the water and listens to Toral, using long and difficult words. Haro is only able to understand several of these words, but in doing so, he completely misunderstands Toral's proclamation. "You drink, I drink." he says as he pulls out a small sake cup and drinks some of it.
Waiting for each PC to give me a definitive YES or NO on drinking the water. It is highly relevant later. After that, you can check out the crack in the wall and the remaining rooms that I've labeled for you.
Haro peeks through the crack and sees two other disks, like the one they recovered from Arletta. One shines a bright light as per the Daylight spell and the other sparkles like that of Farie Fire. The gap is not wide enough for a medium humanoid to pass through.
With a whoosh, Haro sees an immense figure flash by the crack and bend down to peek an eye through and set its sights on Haro.
Haro, will save please.
Kn Planes DC 19:
This is a Xacarba. Fiends hailing from the darkest reaches of the Abyss, xacarbas are manipulation and destruction intertwined. With their infamous ability to redirect spells, these serpentine goliaths wreak havoc on the mind as well as the body, turning allies against one another and reveling in the destruction doing so produces.
[dice=Furry of Blows MW Sansetsukon]1d20+5+2[/dice] [dice=Damage]1d10+2[/dice]
Speaking up after his eyes have readjusted to the light. "Something head, noise. Put plate into cracker." he pauses for a moment, "Crackers go on plate?"
Male N Dwarf from Qadira - usually talking business or about the past | Flame Spirit Shaman (Speaker for the Past) 9 | HP 98/98 + 12/12 Temp HP | Resistance Fire 10 | Now: AC25 / AC 27 vs evil, Normal: AC 22 T 10 FF 22 | CMB +4, CMD 14 | F: +11, R: +6, W: +17 | Init: +0 | Perc: +20, SM: +19, Dipl.: +24 | Reroll 1/1 | Chaldira trait reroll 1/1 | Knowledge 8/8 | Darkvision 60ft | Speed 20ft | Active condition: heroism, barkskin, magic vs evil, heightened awareness
”What, you received a telepathic message?! From what?“ Toral asks.
Female Aasimar (plumekith) Inquisitor 5/Evangelist 1 | AC 19/14/15 | HP 44/44 | CMD 19 | F +7, R +8, W +9 | Init +7 | Perception +12 | Resist Acid, Cold, Electricity 7
Galilah:
AC 22/15/17 (24/17/19) | HP 37/37 | CMD 23 | F +6, R +9, W +2 | Perc +5
Conditions:
Bull Aspect
I'm not sure if others saw it and are able to make that check.
But if so:
Planes, Monster Lore:1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34
"Don't listen to it!" Melea starts suddenly. "That voice, it may have come from a fiend that just went by. A manipulative demon, the Xacarba. It could be trying to make us work towards its vile ends."
Male N Dwarf from Qadira - usually talking business or about the past | Flame Spirit Shaman (Speaker for the Past) 9 | HP 98/98 + 12/12 Temp HP | Resistance Fire 10 | Now: AC25 / AC 27 vs evil, Normal: AC 22 T 10 FF 22 | CMB +4, CMD 14 | F: +11, R: +6, W: +17 | Init: +0 | Perc: +20, SM: +19, Dipl.: +24 | Reroll 1/1 | Chaldira trait reroll 1/1 | Knowledge 8/8 | Darkvision 60ft | Speed 20ft | Active condition: heroism, barkskin, magic vs evil, heightened awareness
"Are you completely out of business in your brains? Do you think I will look into this thing and let somebody send voices in my head! No!" Toral says as cautious as ever.
Female Aasimar (plumekith) Inquisitor 5/Evangelist 1 | AC 19/14/15 | HP 44/44 | CMD 19 | F +7, R +8, W +9 | Init +7 | Perception +12 | Resist Acid, Cold, Electricity 7
Galilah:
AC 22/15/17 (24/17/19) | HP 37/37 | CMD 23 | F +6, R +9, W +2 | Perc +5
Conditions:
Bull Aspect
GM:
Will:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27
I'll go with its Spell-Like Abilities, Special Abilities, and Special Attacks. Assuming success on the save, but I'll hold off on posting as such.
You won't so easily corrupt one of Old Deadeye's flock, Melea thinks. But she doesn't move, not yet certain if the voice will hear, or if it has affected her.
Melea is able to shake off any hold on his mind.
Special Attacks poison, constrict (2d6+9), redirect spell
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 18th; concentration +25)
Constant—arcane sight, detect good, true seeing
At will—detect thoughts (DC 19), greater teleport (self plus 50 lbs. of objects only), invisibility, suggestion (DC 20)
3/day—charm monster (DC 21), mass suggestion (DC 23), scrying (DC 21), symbol of pain (DC 22), touch of idiocy, vision
1/day—summon (level 5, 1 hezrou or 1d4 succubi, 50%)
She looks you over, then seems to reach a decision. "There's some sort of creature here, inside that central chamber. I think it's trapped there. It has everyone under it's sway, and it's convinced them that it's some sort of protector, calling itself the 'Starwatcher Spirit'. It had ahold of me, too, until bumped into that sphere up there." She points to the faintly glowing ivory sphere on the raised platform. "That broke whatever hold it was, so I could see the truth!"
Male N Dwarf from Qadira - usually talking business or about the past | Flame Spirit Shaman (Speaker for the Past) 9 | HP 98/98 + 12/12 Temp HP | Resistance Fire 10 | Now: AC25 / AC 27 vs evil, Normal: AC 22 T 10 FF 22 | CMB +4, CMD 14 | F: +11, R: +6, W: +17 | Init: +0 | Perc: +20, SM: +19, Dipl.: +24 | Reroll 1/1 | Chaldira trait reroll 1/1 | Knowledge 8/8 | Darkvision 60ft | Speed 20ft | Active condition: heroism, barkskin, magic vs evil, heightened awareness
"You stop Haro!" Arbiscar fights back the fox, trying to avoid its grasp. Something sparks in his mind "Let's go back first and ask Arletta permission for you to pick up the disk"
The dwarf has confidence once there, the group can make Haro to touch the sphere.
Let's hand wave the trek back to the orb as you know where to go and Haro would easily follow the disc anywhere.
You convince Haro to brush up against the orb and he is immediately filled with a sense of ordered clarity, as if all chaos had been removed from your thoughts.
Examining the orb - detect magic and Spellcraft DC 26:
Contact with the powder covering this orb subjects the toucher to the effects of a CL 11 dispel chaos spell.
Touching the orb - Knowledge Arcana DC 30:
Contact with the powder covering this orb subjects the toucher to the effects of a CL 11 dispel chaos spell.
Male N Dwarf from Qadira - usually talking business or about the past | Flame Spirit Shaman (Speaker for the Past) 9 | HP 98/98 + 12/12 Temp HP | Resistance Fire 10 | Now: AC25 / AC 27 vs evil, Normal: AC 22 T 10 FF 22 | CMB +4, CMD 14 | F: +11, R: +6, W: +17 | Init: +0 | Perc: +20, SM: +19, Dipl.: +24 | Reroll 1/1 | Chaldira trait reroll 1/1 | Knowledge 8/8 | Darkvision 60ft | Speed 20ft | Active condition: heroism, barkskin, magic vs evil, heightened awareness
Toral sighs.
”No worries... this fiend is extraordinary powerful!!“
The party moves down the hall toward the next door which, like all the others in this temple, is made of heavy stone and sized for a giant. On the far side of the wide hall is an ominous-looking crack in the wall.
The walls within the next room feature mosaics of a stylized cyclops wearing an ornate one-eyed mask and commanding other cyclopes. In the carving, the cyclops places the mask upon other cyclopes to reverse several aliments, including blindness and even death. A large slab in the northwestern corner holds only dust, but a smaller shelf above it bears a one-eyed mask.
The mask has a familiar magical aura, even if it’s form is unusual. This is a lesser veil of fleeting glances. It functions as a veil of fleeting glances, except that it does not grant the +4 circumstance bonus on certain saving throws.
There is an additional lingering magical essence, however, one that gives a feeling of restoration and healing. This lingering magic seems old and frail, however, and there’s no telling how many times it will work. You think that, were it placed on someone who had been blinded or petrified within this temple, the mask may be able to remove those conditions. The user will have to make a Will save, however, or risk burning out the item.
Male N Dwarf from Qadira - usually talking business or about the past | Flame Spirit Shaman (Speaker for the Past) 9 | HP 98/98 + 12/12 Temp HP | Resistance Fire 10 | Now: AC25 / AC 27 vs evil, Normal: AC 22 T 10 FF 22 | CMB +4, CMD 14 | F: +11, R: +6, W: +17 | Init: +0 | Perc: +20, SM: +19, Dipl.: +24 | Reroll 1/1 | Chaldira trait reroll 1/1 | Knowledge 8/8 | Darkvision 60ft | Speed 20ft | Active condition: heroism, barkskin, magic vs evil, heightened awareness
This wide room has two alcoves to the west and east. The western alcove bears mosaics of a burly cyclops with a flail and shield. In one image, a human with a conical hat hands the cyclops the flail; in each other image, the large cyclops is smashing fiends or serpent-headed humanoids with it. A large slab in this alcove is empty, but a shelf above it contains a fine-looking heavy flail and a steel shield. The smaller alcove to the east contains two slabs; above them are depictions of a pair of cyclopes servants tending to the burly cyclops’s needs.
Two serpents in the room turn and hiss at you for intruding on their peace.
Ack! That snake has two heads! What is it? Knowledge (arcana):
DC 14:
Spoiler:
These are Amphisbaena, large magical beasts with two heads that can continue to function as two creatures, even when cut in half (something accomplished by scoring a critical hit with a slashing weapon).
For every 5 by which you beat the DC you may ask another question.
Male N Dwarf from Qadira - usually talking business or about the past | Flame Spirit Shaman (Speaker for the Past) 9 | HP 98/98 + 12/12 Temp HP | Resistance Fire 10 | Now: AC25 / AC 27 vs evil, Normal: AC 22 T 10 FF 22 | CMB +4, CMD 14 | F: +11, R: +6, W: +17 | Init: +0 | Perc: +20, SM: +19, Dipl.: +24 | Reroll 1/1 | Chaldira trait reroll 1/1 | Knowledge 8/8 | Darkvision 60ft | Speed 20ft | Active condition: heroism, barkskin, magic vs evil, heightened awareness
