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Ironshanks smashes lots of tiny little, almost defenseless appearing objects with his shield. Big meanie. Then, then, he throws more fire around. One might almost think he had some goblin in him.
Did I say defenseless? They don't appear as badly damaged as you would expect.
The swarm, its tiny little parts obviously agitated now, continue in pursuit of him.
Zarta continues to work on the bits of plant nearest the team.
Status, bold may post: Bless, everyone has +1 to hit. Inspire courage from Zarta, +2 to hit and damage and vs fear. Area in green is greased.
Zarta -
Urias 37 damage; DC 14 fort save required.AOO if wanted on red
Tatiana
Grog -7 damage,
Argenta
Gwen -7 damage, 1 CON damage;
Ironshanks -21 damage, 3 CON damage. DC 14 fort save required. AOO if wanted on yellow
Creatures - round 6
Swarm (red) -34 damage;
Swarm (yellow) 43 damage.
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Tatiana continues to asks Zarta to destroy the vines.
Urias can't bring his opportunistic attack to fruition, although his sweep into the red mass of tiny parts is somewhat effective.
Argenta tosses acid into the yellow swarm, destroying a number of the tiny things.
Ironshanks finds his muscles burning from the damage he has taken from the swarm.
Grog misses with his first swing, but then with the second causes carnage. Zarta barely keeps pace with the regrowing vines, wielding her wand to keep them at bay.
This time the swarm moves over Grog.
Status, bold may post: Bless, everyone has +1 to hit. Inspire courage from Zarta, +2 to hit and damage and vs fear. Area in green is greased.
Urias 37 damage;
Tatiana
Grog -7 damage, AOO on swarm.
Argenta
Gwen -7 damage, 1 CON damage;
Ironshanks -21 damage, 3 CON damage. 1 STR damage
Creatures - round 7
Swarm (red) -47 damage;
Zarta -
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Argenta flies down to Urias, drawing a wand as she goes. She makes sure to stay out of reach of the horrid little bugs as she touches Urias on the shoulder, providing a little healing. Sorry everyone, I have literally nothing left that can hurt these things. Someone remind me to buy more alchemical weapons!
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Urias dispells the swarm.
With little difficulty, you can persuade Zarta to wield her wand to clear a way toward the glowing artefact.
Of course that sticky poison on the vines might be useful...
Status,
Urias 29 damage;
Tatiana
Grog -7 damage, AOO on swarm.
Argenta
Gwen -7 damage, 1 CON damage;
Ironshanks -21 damage, 3 CON damage. 1 STR damage
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Tatiana gets more of the poisonous sap on her hands as she starts the extraction process.
Between her and Urias you extract four doses of Nitharit poison.
Zarta looks up in exasperation. "Time for that later. The artefact... disable it, without destroying it please. This wand won't last forever..."
Status,
Urias 29 damage;
Tatiana - Fort DC 13 save vs poison.
Grog -7 damage, AOO on swarm.
Argenta
Gwen -7 damage, 1 CON damage;
Ironshanks -21 damage, 3 CON damage. 1 STR damage
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Zarta looks up in exasperation. "Time for that later. The artefact... disable it, without destroying it please. This wand won't last forever..."
"WHAT!?" shouts Gwen over the alarm. "I'M GONNA TRY AND SHUT DOWN THE ARTIFACT! THAT WAND ISN'T GOING TO LAST FOREVER YOU KNOW!"
Gwen rushes over, and looks at the device. She rushes around to the back and hops up onto the crates to get a better look.
"ZARTA! DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS THING?!"
"It's like the power of the sun in the palm of my hand." Gwen says to herself reaching forward, her eyes reflecting the colour of magic.
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Ironshanks flips up his visor for a brief moment as the flying woman heals his flagging soul "Aight. Thanks." He replies before slamming the visor back down and continuing to beat back any stray vegetation that crops up. Looks like that one there knows a think er two 'bout rowdy Gnome toys, best keep her clean on this. He takes up a position near the orb to keep the ladies clean.
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Titiana finds her body twisting in a painful manner, head almost back to front. From some deep inner reserve she concentrates on how her body should be, resisting the foul magic.
Zarta lithely slips the wand back into the folds of her dress, her eyes darting around the blasted vault. “Nicely done. I’ll go to Ambrus and lift the lockdown. That being said, you still have work to do.[b]”
Her gaze falls upon the dormant glass sphere, its fluid contents now black and flecked with pinpricks of light. “[b]I don’t know what caused this to happen, but I do recognize that item. The Society purchased it from the Arcanamirium a few weeks ago for further study when they told us they suspected its magic was somehow linked to the Dark Tapestry. It’s one of a set of three, and if this one malfunctioned, I anticipate the others won’t be far behind.”
Zarta digs through one of the wrecked crates and emerges with three small lead boxes etched with sigils. She places the sphere into one of the boxes and fastens it shut. “At this point, our responsibility is to contain these devices before they cause any lasting damage. Get whatever supplies you need first. Once you are ready, head to the Arcanamirium, find the other two items, and place them inside these warding containers. Their magic is keyed to each other, so you shouldn’t need to disarm the other devices; just scoop them into the boxes and lock the lids. Once we have all three, we can figure out where to go from there. Do not delay, but tread carefully. The Society knows precious little about the forces of the Dark Tapestry, other than that those who deal with them haphazardly often find their sanity compromised.”
She gestures for Urias and Gwen to join her for a moment.
"I'd like you to do some follow-up research for me on these objects.." she starts. "A detailed report will take some time, but be invaluable."
[ooc]And require three different checks from the following list - Appraise, Craft(any), disable device, know(arcana, engineering, nature or planes), Perception , Profession (herbalist), Spellcraft, Use magic Device. You may each make your own set of checks. I'm happy for aid-another actions from you or your companions in addition to your own primary checks. Please roll your primary checks first.
Zarta pauses, "oh, and kittens.. it would be wonderful if you could... secure.." she almost undulates at the word "any possible avenues for finding out more information about these spheres. Such as interogating a native of the Dark Tapestry, or taking one captive for later questioning in a .." she smiles again "secure location."
Status,
Urias 29 damage;
Tatiana -
Grog -7 damage,
Argenta
Gwen -7 damage, 1 CON damage;
Ironshanks -21 damage, 3 CON damage. 1 STR damage
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Titiana finds her body twisting in a painful manner, head almost back to front. From some deep inner reserve she concentrates on how her body should be, resisting the foul magic.
Zarta lithely slips the wand back into the folds of her dress, her eyes darting around the blasted vault. “Nicely done. I’ll go to Ambrus and lift the lockdown. That being said, you still have work to do.”
"WHAT!?" asks Gwen over the alarm.
Librarian You are trained to manage and maintain books, and you find it easy to procure information from tomes. You gain a +1 bonus on Linguistics or Profession (librarian) checks, and one of these skills (your choice) becomes a class skill for you. Once per day when you would gain a bonus on a skill check from reading a book, you can increase that bonus by 1. (Dark Archive)
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"Aye, thank ye Miss Arrr-Genta. Them little widgets left quite a pile of bruises n cuts." He re-adjusts his metal plating and visor as he survey's the crew at hand.
"Sounds like we're gonna be in for more of this craziness then eh? What are the odds we can make use of that wand o yers Miz Zarta?" He points to her now stashed magical plant blasting wand.
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Urias nods in understanding to both Zarta and Gwen.
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Zarta sighs as she assesses the state of the team.
"Best have you looking ship shape before you head off, can't have rumours spreading through Absalom - any faster than they already do."
Your research shows that as Zarta suspected, this object has a resonant connection to two other devices. It was originally built as a beacon, but a mysterious alien force has corrupted its original function, causing erratic interactions with its surroundings such as the one you have just witnessed.
Searching around the area you find some things that may be of use: three bags of shards of Aucturn , as well as a masterwork buckler, a masterwork starknife, a masterwork throwing axe, and an adamantine flail. In also includes five pieces of +1 aberration bane arrows, six masterwork daggers, and a +1 punching dagger.
Status,
Urias 29 damage;
Tatiana -
Grog -3 damage,
Argenta
Gwen -7 damage,
Ironshanks -.
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It takes around an hour to get out of the Grand lodge and make your way through the bustling streets of Absalom to get to the Arcanamirium.
The Arcanamirium is the oldest and largest magical college in Absalom, as well as perhaps the most prestigious academy of arcane arts in the entire Inner Sea region.
The campus is dotted with gothic-style stone structures and imposing
marble towers, with apprentice wizards hurrying between buildings on their way to classes.
You arrive at a reception desk, where you are greeted by a gnome with a cheerful smile. "Hello... how can I help you?"