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The satyr hits a the mephit flies off, and the spiritual weapon pursue and lands its first attack. The satyr also pursues but can't reach the airborne mephit.
Ranalus swings the door open and the scene is slight different than it was moments ago. The efreeti is no where to be seen; and the elemental is standing right behind the door.
Priscilla springs to attack, the first thrust misses, but the next one is right on the mark. Even still the Adamantine has trouble piercing the tough magma, but the strike is so precise that it does and the cold from the rapier seems to really hurt the beast. It looks fatigued and frost clings to elemental, impeding it. Though it does not look intimidated.
Round 13
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Efreeti 21 damage
Magnma Elemental 6 dmg + 22 non-lethal, fatigued, entangled
Steam Mephit
Yellow 48 dmg
Ranalus
Priscilla
Kitajo 23 dmg, 6 non-lethal
Narong
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Narong draws his hammer, as Kitajo abundant steps behind the elemental and lands his strike.
The mephit continues to fly away back to the upstairs.
The elemental slams down at Priscilla, despite it's impairments it lands a big blow , it then misses Ranalus. Oh course the fire damage does nothing.
The efreeti is nowhere to be seen.
Round 14 Effects:
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Efreeti 21 damage
Magnma Elemental 19 dmg + 22 non-lethal, fatigued, entangled
Steam Mephit
Yellow 48 dmg
Ranalus
Priscilla 15 dmg
Kitajo 23 dmg, 6 non-lethal
Narong
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Ranalus has used his Shadow Conjuration - Glitterdust already, and has no other ways to reveal invisible foes. Anybody got a useful scroll? Glitterdust or Faerie Fire?
He tries an active Perception check as a move action to find the Efreeti.
He then gives up Silence to heal Priscilla.
He steps back to let Narong get in there.
The Spiritual Weapon continues to attack Yellow Mephit.
The Satyr and Spiritual Weapon both appeared on Round 6 so I think this the last round for both.
The Satyr plays a tune on its pipes, Suggesting to all within 60' that the battle would be more glorious if they would emerge from hiding. Will DC 18, 60' radius, but I am not sure if the invisible Efreeti is within range or if it is a spread effect or what.
Narong takes a swing at the elemental
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Ranalus strains to see the efretti but just can't find it. He then fully heals Priscilla. The spiritual weapon continues to hound the mephit, its attack lands and the mephit careens to the ground, finally bested, just as the spiritual weapon and satyr fade away.
Priscilla lands two frosty jabs and the elemental is looking badly damaged; then Narong's lucerne hammer finishes the job, as the elemental collapses from the Pathfinder onslaught.
All goes quiet for a moment, as the efreeti remains concealed and it's allies lie in steaming heaps.
Round 14
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Efreeti 21 damage
Magnma Elemental 48 dmg + 51 non-lethal, fatigued, entangled
Steam Mephit, Yellow 56 dmg
Ranalus
Priscilla
Kitajo 23 dmg, 6 non-lethal
Narong
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"Right."
Priss steps into the room, carefully stepping around the limbs of the sprawled-out elemental. She points her rapier at its fallen body and calls out to the presumably invisible outsider in the room.
"Hey! Come on out, will you? Look at your friend here. Still breathing. Smoldering? Still smoldering. We won't even have to kill you, probably."
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As you enter the room, you note that walls of this chamber bear a patina that continuously shimmers and swirls, and every inch of the floor bears fantastic mosaics of metallic tiles. A desk of polished marble stands to the southeast between two bay windows. The desk’s surface is covered in an abundance of brass sheets. Ranalus notes the ceiling here is also 60 feet high. And he begins his grid search, as Narong and Priscilla move into the room. Priscilla calls out and receives no reply, as the searching does not find the invisible Cinderfury patron.
It seems the efreeti managed to escape the room.
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Priscilla holds her ground for a little while longer on the off chance their mark had been playing it quiet, hoping her crew would leave. Lacking in ways to handle an invisible opponent, she relies on her patience.
Her patience doesn't take all that long to run out.
"Bah! He's either hiding somewhere crafty, out through a trap door, or maybe he teleported away. I don't know." The sylph takes a few angry swipes at the air before lowering her weapon. Not wanting to waste her magical enchantment, she holds on tight to the glowing blade.
"Well. We couldn't quite put that one down. Should we keep looking around the place?"
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Ranalus looks around in frustration. "It will come back. Let's be about our work and get out of here while the Resist Energy lasts.
Plant the evidence in a desk or study. Someplace the Efreeti won't find it easily, but our allies will.
Find the local records and specifically the local security contracts in their library.
Find the Cinderfury Gorget.
Priscilla, you speak Ignan, is there anything of note in those brass sheets on the desk? Perhaps we can hide our evidence in that pile.
And the library was the first room we were in. We can go back there to get the security contracts.
This Cinderfury Gorget item... if it isn't here or in the library we will have to explore some more."
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Priscilla begins searching the desk and finds documents requesting aid stacked together and set far to one side; while she finds missives from creditors congregated messily toward the center. In a glass case atop the sideboard to the northeast rests a brass jawbone poised atop a metal stand, another stand next to it contains a brass gorget.
Narong searches around the rest of the floor and finds the room next door contains and the one across from it each contains a bed, a wardrobe, a small stand, and a large portrait of a stoic efreeti. Which you realize are portraits of the escaped Xojject Cinderfury. The remaining room contains exotic trophies, ancient relics and glimmering weapons resting atop illuminated pedestals that encircle the room. Four items are especially noteworthy. The first is a Large +1 adamantine battleaxe whose edge is encrusted with a thin layer of curious green crystals.
An uncommon growth that sometimes forms from dried shaitan blood.
The second is a frost-forged steel breastplate inscribed with Shelynite iconography. The third is a set of bonebreaker bracers made of steel and studded with tiny garnets that seem to map the constellations in an unfamiliar sky. The fourth is a +1 shield cloak made of orange-red drake hide.
You plant some evidence on the desk, and head back to the library, planting some evidence there as well.
In the library you find a large section devoted to contracts; it contains a wealth of ledgers, trade maps, and signed business agreements covering a wide range of services, including a contract between the Cinderfurys and a group referred to as the Bralkashik. You also uncover a frayed, ancient contract titled the Azerite Pact.
There are also two more major sections of the library you could search, one seems to deal with lineages and the other with magic. Although searching each additional section would likely take another 15-20 minutes each.
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The Cinderfurys’ greatest treasures is Flamebinder’s Jaw, the jawbone of the first enslaved azer to ever defy the family. Flamebinder learned some of the secrets of the efreet, so in order to both make an example and preserve this secret, the Cinderfurys' killed the azer and made a trophy out of his jaw. I wonder if recovering the jaw might allow us to commune with the dead ancestor, and learn the secret
"So I think we have found Flamebinder's Jaw, and also the Gorget.
We have done our other task as requested.And we have this Azerite Pact."
Ranalus looks over the battleaxe.
"Dried shaitan blood. From the old war between the Efreeti and the Shaitan. I suppose we can take these items; Qalkami will let us know if we need to return them. It will make this operation look like a robbery."
Back in the library, Ranalus tries to recall if he knows anything about the Bralkashik. "They seem disreputable, from the contents of this note."
He looks over the Azerite Pact, trying to ascertain if it is genuine.
"Well, I think we have done most of our work here. We could stick around a bit more to search the Magic section, but if that Efreeti comes back we will no longer have the protection against fire that we have now."
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Ranalus recognizes the Bralkashik as an extended guild of efreeti operatives that specializes in smuggling, theft, fencing stolen goods, and other low-violence crime. The Bralkashik are something of an open secret among efreet, who see the organization as a necessary evil in a treacherously civil society, albeit an evil that shames the client whenever that patronage becomes public knowledge. The handout also references Sairazul’s Tears.
As for the Azerite Pact, Ranalus believes it to be genuine and recognizes that contracts like this are extremely rare and almost never duplicated, often because the dominant party holds the only copy that lays claim to the subservient party’s goods or services. The contract’s fine print is written in a painfully ornate Ignan script.
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Having finished what you have come to do you set to depart and are not bothered by Xojject Cinderfury again. As you depart, a regally dressed efreeti leans lazy against the wall as you make your way out of Emberhearth.
I am Sarath Iqdaudja, a member of the Sultana’s court, you and Qalkami have played a role in larger plans that shall reach all corners of the plane and beyond. You have won the Sultana’s favor, not her ire. But be cautious any attacks against one of the Sultana’s favored ambassadors would bring quick retribution. You barely have a chance to react to what is said before she vanishes.
Moments later, Qalkami intercepts you near the edge of the estate. A host of nobles are on their way to witness the Cinderfurys’ treachery! Quickly tell me what you have done. .
You hastily debrief her, So Sarath showed up and said we earned the Sultana’s favor. Excellent! So I have the backing of the Sultana in destroying the Cinderfurys! When provide the the Cinderfury Gorget, the efreeti tests the gorget’s weight in her hand for a moment before pocketing it, commenting Pity, how far the family has fallen since their generals were the sultanate’s pride. A sly grin across her face.
Qalkami listens intently to where you planted the evidence and seems satisfied it’s been placed in suitable places.
Yes, the Society’s obligation to me has been fulfilled, here is the promised secret. She leans in conspiratorially.
Only a powerful artifact in its own right could crack the jewel you have found. What you seek is known as Fossilblight, a legendary weapon of solid diamond the shaitans built to punish the City of Brass. She scoffs. They lost it, no thanks to my family’s guile. We found it, and when the shaitans dispatched a mighty colossus to crush us in retaliation, we used the weapon to pin the war machine deep in the Kullan Dei Mountains of Tian Xia, a range on your home planet. Tell your elders, as they seem so desperate to know. I have a final piece of business to conduct. Leave the talismans at the Chromatic Dragon in my name.
She takes her leave and you can see Qalkami heads toward a great a plethora of elegantly dressed efreeti nobles, royal guards, and politicians who mill about the estate’s main entrance.
Qalkami hovers to address the gathering.
Citizens of Brass! Look upon Emberhearth and observe! Today, the corruption of the Cinderfurys has been revealed, defying the very dynasty that put them in power. They conspire with the Peerless Empire to attack the throne, and their crimes must be punished. It is my charge to protect the Sultana’s glory, and I would extinguish the last flame before allowing any harm to her. I’ve failed her once before, and I will not do so again!
Respectful nods, light clapping, and a few cheers from the crowd greet Qalkami’s speech. The royal guards quickly rush into the building while the nobles begin congratulating Qalkami on a job well done.
You then meet with the azers at a prearranged location later to exchange information and treasures. If provide the azers with Flamebinder’s Jaw, they are in awe and soon excuse themselves to begin making arrangements to commune with their ancestor. The efreet have enslaved and exploited azers for countless ages, by keeping the Azerite Pact, you have the opportunity to free azers from servitude and recover an important relic, the jaw, connected to the azers’ resistance.
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Ranalus listens with great interest to this tale of Fossilblight and the Shaitan war machine... it sounds very familiar, or perhaps he is caught in a time loop... ;)
He thanks Qalkami for the advice, meets up with the Azers, leaves the Talisman at the Chromatic Dragon, and then returns to Golarion.
"Well done, all."
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Priscilla is absolutely delighted to present the Azers with the jawbone, and if time allows, remains on the plane of fire for a little while to help them get established in some place where they're less likely to end up recaptured.
"This. This right here?" she says with a smile on her face and her hands on her hips. "This is the kind of thing Liberty's Edge needs to do MORE of. Expand their reach beyond homeland, you know?"