Maxxuud fumbles with his belt pouch and retrieves his oil of daylight. Cracking it open, he smothers it on his already glowing weapon. Bright light beams out, cutting through the darkness.
"We have killed the evil bats. Who are you and where are you held?"
The daylight oil cancels out the storm's darkness and you can all see that the people speaking are the ogrekin you saw earlier. They are currently in the tower, one level below you. There's two aurumvoraxes on the stairs that connect the two levels, but they have been ordered to stay put by their ogrekin handlers.
I'm assuming everyone goes inside and waits out Philton's deafness (1 minute)
Philton's extended song will remain long enough to heal everyone.
The ogrekin explain they were forced to work for the sabosan and quickly show you the areas they worked and lived in (cleared the fog of war from those locations). They start packing and are eager to leave this place as soon as the storm clears.
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As we are waiting for Philton to regain his hearing, we can make a quick search of the ogre areas. Assuming there is nothing of interest, Maxxuud addresses his friends.
"We should explore this second floor and see what is inside. There was a spellcaster that we still haven't found. Unless Syckar summoned that air elemental."
"Philton, do you want to check the door for traps?"
As we are waiting for Philton to regain his hearing, we can make a quick search of the ogre areas. Assuming there is nothing of interest, Maxxuud addresses his friends.
"We should explore this second floor and see what is inside. There was a spellcaster that we still haven't found. Unless Syckar summoned that air elemental."
"Philton, do you want to check the door for traps?"
The door isn't trapped.
As you open the door you can see a massive hall with three large stone silos. They catch the ore from the Karggat Mine as it pours down the ore chutes from the north.
A horse-sized scorpion has made its nest here. It looks kind of lost.
Tyranyx thinks about what she knows about Scorpion attacks and abilities.
(KNOWLEDGE NATURE ROLL?)
We should either kill it or neutralise it, we don't have time to mess around with the storm raging and the mine to exolore/investigate.
It's a rather large scorpion. Quite common in deserts like the mana wastes. You can probably find hundreds more if you would explore the nearby surroundings. They are venomous and can grab things.
As the party moves to the tower and flies to the balcony a bolt of lightning almost strikes Maxxuud, but he manages to evade!
Without any other distractions, you all fly through the balcony door.
The ceiling droops considerably in this weathered living chamber. The floor is covered in a layer of unnatural moss that creeps up the cobblestone walls to the west and south. A batter bed occupies the northwestern corner of the chamber.
The patterns of dust on the floor show that much of the furniture here was recently removed.
"Philton, I think that you should search this place for clues. Let me check it for the taint of evil and consider if this moss is a threat. "
It seems a bit out of place, like someone used magic to grow it, but the moss is not evil.
There's nothing of any value that can be found in the room.
Tyranyx detects for any magic not obvious from the growing of the moss
No magics in here that you didn't bring yourselves.
You open the door in the east side of the room.
Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves line the western wall of this room. A small wooden stool is the only other furnishing in the chamber. Wooden doors allow egress from the southwest and northeast.
Tyranyx feels an overwhelming urge for carrots, but she manages to shake it off
Tyranyx feels an overwhelming urge for carrots, but she manages to shake it off again!
Tyranyx feels an overwhelming urge for carrots, but she manages to shake it off yet again!
Tyranyx feels an overwhelming urge for carrots, but she manages to shake it off for the forth time.
While searching the bookshelves to the west reveals an envelope protruding from one of the volumes—a hollowed-out tome entitled Braving the Wastes.
The letter is sealed with wax seal, which Maxxuud identifies as an official stamp of the Grand Duchy
Anyone with even a passing knowledge of firearms can tell that the hollow in Braving the Wastes is shaped to hold a thick pistol.
Syckar,
I have been most pleased with your progress thus far in reconstructing the Sultur Mill Outpost. The ore you’ve processed this last week alone has been enough to complete the construction of the colossal Endermere, which now watches over the main gates of Megator Facient alongside Gurstweld and his minions. Perhaps you will see it one day, but for now, I need you to remain at the outpost and keep things there in order.
Feel free to do whatever you wish with Krauss. She has served her purpose, both in the reprogramming of the Brass Guardians and luring them here with the dwarven artifact, and I no longer have any need for that skittish hermit.
As a reward for your service, I have sent along with this missive a gift—a small token of my appreciation for your continued efforts. Use it wisely.
—Your employer
"Has anyone heard of these people or places before?'
Tyranyx recognizes that Megator Facient is an abandoned factory.
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"It appears that we have evidence of our traitor, Krauss. There does not yet appear to be any sign of her around here."
"Perhaps we should have a look at the stuff we got off of syckar, his pistol is likely magical from this note, or something that he had on his person."
"It looks like we may have to face down some construct, this Endermere."
"Tyranyx, was there anything of note that you found in those trapped books, or was it just this letter?"
"Tyranyx, was there anything of note that you found in those trapped books, or was it just this letter?"
Most of the books in the library are written in either Abyssal or Druidic and describe how to manipulate nature. Poison and diseases are regular themes. Nothing relevant to your current mission, although a there is a book about brightly colored fish that seems very interesting.
"Perhaps we should have a look at the stuff we got off of syckar, his pistol is likely magical from this note, or something that he had on his person."
I'm assuming Maxxuud will loot Syckar as the sabosan druid might have important clues (two rounds in the storm)
Maxxuud turns purple.
He does manage to retreive the following:
+2 dragonhide breastplate (green)
+2 scimitar
mwk double-barreled pistol with 20 alchemical cartridges
Amulet of primal mastery
Headband of inspired wisdom +2
Ring of protection +2
Granite and diamond dust worth 500 gp
Syckar’s double-barreled pistol is of incredibly fine quality and design. The maker’s mark adorning its side initially appears to be one of the standard stamps used by local gunsmiths, but Tyranyx can tell its more minute details indicate not only that the gun was crafted at the Gunworks (an odd fact on its own, since the engineers of that factory rarely craft guns for foreign distribution), but also that it was crafted for a member of Alkenstar’s nobility.
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"Excellent maybe but I have been turned purple. Whilst my symmetry chaging was a small amusement, it would be most inconveneit to join the Taldor courts looking like a ripe fruit. Can anyone do something about this?"
"Has anyone got a use for this Ring of Protection? You are all easily hit. Otherwise, I will don it. Typically Ragathiel awards me a deflection bonus when I need it most, but not all the time"
Well we can continue to search this area for the corpse of the informant, Krauss?" Or seek more information about the collosus? Or just teleport into the factory and 'investigate'."
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Actually, after we search this place for Krauss, we should probably go back and check in with our contact. She might have some other information and a desire for a different course of action. Plus, we have already uncovered the traitor from the guild. We are just missing the evil mastermind behind this all. "
Sorry for the delay... I was lost in thought... I agree Maxxuud, I should search the area and work out why such furniture needing relocating...
There's nothing of any value that can be found in the room.
Brotil revealed an interest in exploring the basement, which was seconded by Philton. The cellar doors leading into the basement are shut tight
and held fast with a good lock, but Philton can easily unlock it.
An amalgam of winding machinery occupies the northeast corner of this basement. It consists of turning tubes and gears that connect to and exit the northern wall as well as the ceiling. A pile of old, rotted hay fills the floor space in the southeast corner.
'What purpose do these gears serve? Let's explore here then move onto the East Gate and the Southern Building. We should finish at this site before moving on elsewhere.'
Brotil moves towards the gears to investigate.
Suddenly there is movement inside the rotting haypile and a lurching mass of black slime oozes from it.
It launches a blob of black goo at Maxxuud!
Hits for
Fails
Maxxuud is covered by a sticky black residue!
Knowledge Dungeoneering
Noone seems to recall anything about this strange and exotic ooze.
Party is up!
"Withdraw Brotil, who knows what this thing is capable of!"
Maxxuud takes a 5' step forward. Not taking the risk of splitting the ooze again, he goes crane stance and then defensively a powerfully he thumps it with an unarmed strike
[dice=to hit]1d20+17
[dice=damage]1d8+17he then pauses in his action to see what happens.....
The ooze gets damaged by the strike, nothing else happens
Tyranyx concentrates and focuses a burning arc onto the ooze.
Tyranyx uses her knowledge of the elements and converts the fire into cold.
The ooze is not bothered by the cold at all.
Philton shouts some weird words at the weird creature.
hits for
Brotil takes a 5 foot step and casts a flame strike on the defensive.
The sudden blast of fire ignites the ooze which seems to be infused with gunpowder.
It explodes in a 15 foot radius.
Fail
Succes
The explosion has split the ooze in two!
Although Maxxuud is undamaged by the blast, it ignites the gunpowder residue that is coating him (no save).
Fail
Fail
Fail
Both oozes are hit my Maxxuud's blast and they combust in a 30-foot-burst cone (but don't split).
Cone 1
Fail
Fail
Succes
Cone 2
Succes
Fail
Ooze 1 vs Maxxuud
for
Ooze 2 vs Brotil
for
Brotil is covered in gunpowder residue!
Party is up!
Maxxuud feels rather singed. He whacks the oozes with his unarmed strike again.
[dice=to hit] 1d20+17
[dice=damage]1d8+17[dice=to hit] 1d20+12
[dice=damage]1d8+17[dice=to hit] 1d20+7
[dice=damage]1d8+17
Maxxuud kills both oozes