The Pathfinders discover that they have slain everyone in this blighted temple, except for the ghost who they drove away.
The only other living soul is the sleeping woman, Othine.
I'm going to move things on and assume that you search everywhere thoroughly, perhaps pausing for a bite to eat, a comfort break and a spot of light healing. Feel free to roll any healing while you search.
Searching through the place to find if they have missed anything...
knowledge (religion) DC20:
The statue at the end of the long hallway is another swollen-bellied rendering of Lamashtu.
perception DC25:
The statue at the end of the long corridor contains a catch that allows the belly to be opened, much like the one that Othine fled through.
Searching the priestesses chamber, you find a statuette of Lamashtu that serves as a secret scroll case. Within is a scroll of consecrate and an ancient note that reads, “Daithok, if I should fail, take this scroll and have a priest read it over the B~$$+-Queen’s ashes.”
You already learnt that the 'b$+#$-queen' is Ankhazu, the ghost of a cruel Lamashtan priestess.
male Human Chirurgeon 8 AC20(24)/T15(19)/F16/CMD17 |HP 67/67 | Fort:+11;Ref:+13;Will+6 |Percept.+12 | Init.+10 (1/1 mutagen: used bombs 11/15 used) wings 2/7min {heroism, cues, endure elements, shield, mutagen}
Roderick searches around, trying to find other surviving victims or hiding slavers.
perception:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11LOL
I say, we seem to have eradicated the better part of this nest of malice. All have fled or been slain. But yet, somehow it feels incomplete. I just cannot place my finger on this puzzle.
"What is this?" mutters Zadim aloud as he heads toward a statue at the end of the long corridor. Upon reaching it, he lightly lays a hand on a catch on its belly. "It would seem that the belly of this statue opens, much like the one that Othine fled through. Shall we?"
Zadim slides up the hatch and inside the hollow belly of this statue he finds a homunculus fashioned from a gruesomely mummified gnoll fetus that wears a single key on a small chain around its neck.
It blinks once at Zadim and then demands, “Have you brought me my offering?”
Female Dwarf Barbarian (Invulnerable Rager) 10 I HP 78 (Rage:98)/122 I AC 23 T12 FF22 Fort+13 Ref+6 Wi+6 Ini +1 Per +8 spd 30 DR4/- CLW Wand 50/50 RAGE! used 0/24
Awww.. I should offer it some finely crafted axe's blade in the skull.
Female N Elf Psychic 5 | HP 32/32| AC 15 T 12 FF 10 | CMB +2, CMD 14 | F: +3, R: +4, W: +4 (+6 vs enchantments) | Init: +4 | Perc: +5, SM: +3 | Speed 30ft | Phrenic Pool: 2/4 | Spells: 1st 0/8, 2nd 3/5 | Active conditions: None.4
Nanny is pretty morally flexible, especially if it comes to learning new things, but if people object strongly to giving this thing some milk from the dead gnoll, she won't stand in the way of you killing it.
Female Dwarf Barbarian (Invulnerable Rager) 10 I HP 78 (Rage:98)/122 I AC 23 T12 FF22 Fort+13 Ref+6 Wi+6 Ini +1 Per +8 spd 30 DR4/- CLW Wand 50/50 RAGE! used 0/24
Zuul will rule!
Awww. I'm fed up with those horrors, you know. We've seen too much of these Lamashtu followers torturing poor souls and using their bodies for their evil plans
The homunculus dies in a scatter of splintered bone and dried cotton. The only thing remaining is the key on a brittle leather thong that had been around the construct's neck.
Behind it, within the hidden alcove, you see a keyhole.
| HP 56/60 AC 20, T 14, FF 17 | CMD 26 | F +7 R +9 W +5; | Init +3 | Perc +10 | SM +10
Zadim sheds no tears over the creature's demise. He yanks the key from the neck of the corpse, scans the alcove...
Perception:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14
So, I worked off the marching order and randomised where you all stood...
As the key turns in the lock, a bolt of lightning shoots along the corridor.
electricity damage, dc14 reflex for half:9d6 ⇒ (6, 4, 4, 1, 6, 5, 4, 2, 5) = 37 Nanny and Kermit are out of the line of fire. Everyone else must save.
Female Dwarf Barbarian (Invulnerable Rager) 10 I HP 78 (Rage:98)/122 I AC 23 T12 FF22 Fort+13 Ref+6 Wi+6 Ini +1 Per +8 spd 30 DR4/- CLW Wand 50/50 RAGE! used 0/24
Ref DC 14:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
Brallenera barely manages to avoid some of the damage, throwing herself to the ground without any grace.
Fortunatly, when you are a dwarf, the ground is rarely too far.
I always like it when the scenario punishes the party for adopting the 'hack first and hack often' approach ;-)
Normally, I would agree. However, after putting you through battle after battle after battle, it seems a bit of a mean trick to suddenly ask the PCs to switch gears.
The lightning bolt fades as the key finishes turning in the lock with an audible click.
A larger panel in the statue swings aside and it is clear that you can climb through the belly of the statue to reach a passageway beyond.
| HP 56/60 AC 20, T 14, FF 17 | CMD 26 | F +7 R +9 W +5; | Init +3 | Perc +10 | SM +10
Le Kyra Pregen wrote:
She uses one of her few remaining channels.
Should we keep the last 2 channels for the fight with the ghost?
If so, wands and sacrificial spell slots could be used to fill up the HP.
"Thank you, as always, Good Lady." says Zadim. "Please, keep the remainder of your divine power in reserve. No doubt, that spirit still lurks within this accursed walls."
The slayer helps himself to six vials of the remaining eight potions of cure light wounds.
Female Dwarf Barbarian (Invulnerable Rager) 10 I HP 78 (Rage:98)/122 I AC 23 T12 FF22 Fort+13 Ref+6 Wi+6 Ini +1 Per +8 spd 30 DR4/- CLW Wand 50/50 RAGE! used 0/24
