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Sirius kills the remaining individuals of the swarm in front of him while Arin aproachs the other swarm. A sudden burst of sound hits it.
Pai shoots a blast of energy at the swarm in front of her, but misses.
Mykel
Pai
Mhazruk
Tenibri
Elemental
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Swarm red -7 (caught)
Swarm purple -12
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Erhun
Arin
Sirius
The whirlwind dissipates as the air elemental loses control of its form, but it immediately reforms and attempts to entrap the swarm again.
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Feeling pretty darn useless, Pai's little feet patter closer to the last spot where the red swarm was on the ground. Craning her neck upward, she sighs at the swarm up in the sky and resigns herself to waiting for its return before releasing another blast of (probably useless) electricity at it. Cue the pity party in her head.
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Sirius, Mykel and Pai finally finishe the remaining swarm.
A few seconds later you hear some people running outside, shouting things before entering the exhibition room. You can see that Mercival returned with two wizards, prepared to destroy the flies.
"Oh, well. We are too late it seems. Thank you so much for saving the artifacts." Mercival says while handing you a wand and a scroll he's currently holding in his hands. "Take this for compensation."
Wand of Mending
Scroll of Fireball
He asks the museum guys to check the artifacts before he says "Please follow me, I'll show you Montlarion's personal restoration room. Maybe you also find something there." And he moves into a smaller room filled with stuff next to the exhibition room.
Two work tables occupy this room. One holds a variety of Tian objects, including a wooden washboard, some bamboo flutes, and a pair of intricately-painted fans. The other is arrayed with aged curiosities, including a totem of a Shoanti man dressed in riding leathers as well as stacks of yellowing papers. Crates and sturdy racks, holding bits of fragile-looking sculpture and pottery, press against otherwise bare walls. There are doors along the northwest and southwest walls, and the latter is padlocked.
This room is used to restore recent acquisitions and maintain the museum’s existing collection. No staff are present in the room as they are busy with other tasks elsewhere, such as repairing the damage caused by the shrew flies in the gallery.
Suddenly a tiny, crudely carved statue of a robed man with glowing runes running across its surface appears in front of you and starts to toss things at you.
It's a Shikigami. These kami are the protectors of the minor works of civilization
"Leave, you will not destroy more treasure here!" the creature shouts.
Mercival asks not to harm the shikigami as he attempts to reassure it.
Instead of resolving this as a combat, the PCs have 3 rounds in which to succeed at a number of skill checks equal to twice the number of PCs. 14 in your case. Each skill check represents 1 round of action. A PC cannot use the same skill more than twice. So long as a player can explain how she might use a skill to handle the shikigami, it can be a valid option.
Mykel
Pai
Mhazruk
Tenibri
Erhun
Arin
Siriu
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"Nothing better than work being appreciated and more importantly rewarded! Anyone fancy holding on to this in case they come in handy?" he says handing them out to whoever wants them.
As they are ushered further in he hesitates wondering what other ways this museum isn't secure.
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"As long as it does not attack us I will not blow it into pieces. My bombs could spare the artifacts." he tells Mercival before speaking to the enemy.
He holds his hands out showing he has no intention to attack before reasoning it out.
"I don't plan on destroying these artifacts. To be straight-forward, I am a businessman and they are worth a great deal just like the ones we protected in the lobby." he tells the creature going in to detail about each of their values and why they would be protected.
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"You need not fear us, Shikigami! Your purpose is to protect these minor works of creation, and we will not get in the way of your purpose!" Tenibri lets his gaze fall over the various artifacts in the room.
He searches for some connection between these artifacts and Golarion's history, but fails to identify most of what he can see. Still, he attempts to demonstrate his understanding of their value by pointing out the history that he can identify... and fudging the rest.
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Pai's eyes widen as she smiles in appreciation of the artifacts around her. "Oh, they're beautiful! I am an artist myself, and I'd much rather admire these works of art than destroy them. Like this piece, for instance..." She goes on to chatter about how it exhibits the principles and element of design: line, shape, color, value, form, texture, unity/harmony, and space.
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Tenibri studies the artifacts that the creature is protecting, looking for connections to the arcane arts... had some been magical foci? Did any represent Nethys' work throughout Golarion?
He points to one he sees. "That.. there; it's primitive, but it was clearly used for early attempts at transmutative magic. It would be criminal to destroy. The preservation of these artifacts is as important to us as it is to you!"
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As the creature tosses items at the group Rook plucks as many as he can out of the air before they break.
"You many not have much interest in these other objects but they are still of value. We ask that you stop destroying things as well so we can be at peace. Better for business." he sighs as his arms fill with objects that he attempts to put down.
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"Good, you have at least seen the error in destroying things yourself. Now if you could please calm down the rest of the way and tell us why you think we are here to destroy these artifacts? Better yet tell us of them so that we may share how precious they are to have them protected as they deserve." he urges the kami.
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That's right, you hypocritical little thing. Stop breaking stuff! Swallowing her irritation, Pai turns her eyes to the artifacts, hoping she sees something else she knows about. Maybe showing more appreciation will appease it.
"Oooh! Look at this one! It depicts..." She prattles on about the religious significance of a small statue off to her right. "It's so amazing that it is in such great condition, considering how old it is. I'm so glad it's in a museum so it can be preserved!" Please work! We have more important things to do!
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The shikigami calms and allows you entry into the room although Mercival must continue to calm the stressed spirit.
"Feel free to do your investigations here and in the exhibition room. I hope you find what you are looking for." Jeggare says before he continues to argue with the kami.
Two work tables occupy this room. One holds a variety of Tian objects, including a wooden washboard, some bamboo flutes, and a pair of intricately-painted fans. The other is arrayed with aged curiosities, including a totem of a Shoanti man dressed in riding leathers as well as stacks of yellowing papers. Crates and sturdy racks, holding bits of fragile-looking sculpture and pottery, press against otherwise bare walls. There are doors along the northwest and southwest walls, and the latter is padlocked.
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Sirius will first try to use his object reading skills on the Tien objects
At 2nd level, an occultist learns how to read information from items he examines. Examining an item in this way requires him to spend 1 minute handling the item. If the item is a magic item, the occultist learns its properties and command word as if he had successfully examined the item using detect magic and succeeded at a Spellcraft check. This ability does not reveal whether the item is cursed unless the occultist’s class level is equal to or greater than the caster level of the item. If the item has any historical significance, the occultist learns one piece of information about its past (as determined by the GM). Finally, if the item was last used no longer than 1 day ago per the occultist’s class level, the occultist learns one piece of information about the last creature to use the item. This information might be a glimpse of the creature’s appearance, a brief vision of what it saw while using the item, or perhaps its emotional state when it last used the item. The GM determines what information is gained in this way. This functions like the psychometry occult skill unlock, but doesn’t require a skill check and can be used at will.
Then he will use his knowledge in history to find something, using one point of mental power to gain sudden insight.
Taking 10 for 20 Knowledge History.