With a string of consecutive strikes, Kaneda rips into his opponent, dealing a ton of damage. The alchemist begins bleeding profusely into the ooze covered waters...
But at that moment, the machine quiets down suddenly, and you can hear a loud "Ding!". A huge camouflaged door swings open, belching out a large translucent green cube of ooze directly adjacent to Kaneda!
"Kill him!" the wounded Bijan says pointing at the suddenly dwarfed Kaneda.
The door on the machine closes and begins spinning up again, drawing more ooze into it. Meanwhile, Merisiel acts...
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Merisiel peers over her shoulder when she hears the "ding", and gasps when she sees another ooze. Calling to the others, "Since I'm ineffective against those things, I'll focus on the doc and the machine."
She quickly jabs at Bijan with her rapier, before turning her attention to the machine.
She then immediately moves to the far side of the machine and attempts to disable it, before it spits out more jellies.
Fumbus heads toward the sounds of battle, draws a pair of freshly made vials of frost, and tosses it at the newly-appeared cube creature.
Fumbus heads toward the sounds of battle, draws a pair of freshly made vials of frost, and tosses it at the newly-appeared cube creature.
One of fumbus's attacks hits the squareish ooze directly, freezing its ooze and hindering its movement!
Merisiel peers over her shoulder when she hears the "ding", and gasps when she sees another ooze. Calling to the others, "Since I'm ineffective against those things, I'll focus on the doc and the machine."
She quickly jabs at Bijan with her rapier, before turning her attention to the machine.
She then immediately moves to the far side of the machine and attempts to disable it, before it spits out more jellies.
Merisiel misses the wounded alchemist, before moving to the machine to disable it. She successfully begins to work on it, pulling out one of the tubes leading to the ooze birthing chamber and delaying the next ooze from being belched out for a round.
Naynap however, yells out, "Oh no you don't!" She throws three bottles at Merisiel
*hit
*miss
*hit
The giant ooze meanswhile, upon hearing its master's commands, tries to engulph Kaneda! Unfortunately, with it being partially frozen, it isn't really able to manage move fast enough. Instead, it tries to bump Kaneda with its cube face.
*miss
Bijan didn't appreciate his pet ooze or himself getting frozen. He retailates by throwing three flasks at fumbus. Seeing an opening, Kaneda makes an attack of opportunity at Bijan and hits!
*hit*
*miss
The little doll like creature swings a fist at Kaneda while he is making his attack!
*miss*
Merisiel, critically wounded and slowed, chooses to stay put and continue working on the machine.
[dice=Thievery-Disable Device]1d20+13
She then pulls out a potion from her belt pouch and gulps it down.
[dice=Lesser Elixir of Life]3d6+6
Desperate to disable the machine, Merisiel reaches into the machine grabs a fistful of tubes and yanks them from the machine. Slimy goo spills all over her, but the machine dies down and becomes quiet.
Fumbus pats his bandolier and pockets looking for more vials, but realizes that he has only acid vials remaining.
He considers the cube creature, wondering if acid would have any effect.
Considering what he knows about his foe's hobbies, he shrugs, draws his dogslicer and approaches the alchemist and doll.
"Why must I be targeted by everyone?!?!" Kaneda yells, Kaneda slices at the twin.
Kaneda chops, then thrusts at Bijan, making a clean stab into Bijan's chest before twisting his blade, and yanking it out, then smashing the gelatenous monster with his shield, causing damaging ripples to propigate through the creature.
Ezren moves forward and conjures a stream of acid from the ether, hurtling it towards the doll.
Ezren moves forward and conjures a stream of acid from the ether, hurtling it towards the doll.
With Bijan the Alchemist dead, Ezren launches a ball of acid, hitting the small doll. The ball of acid Hits it squarely, causing large swaths of clay to bubble off.
Zaynap yells out NOOO!, pulls out some more flasks, and throws them at the one who gutted his brother!
, -10 move speed.
*miss
*miss
One of the three flasks hits Kaneda. Frost spills over him and his armor, making his limbs move slower!
The Giant ooze, now free of ice, now tries to engulph Kaneda!
Kaneda leaps out of the way of the Cube, jumping into the stagnant water.
Continuing on, it then tries to eat Fumbus!
And Fumbus also dives out of the Cube's path into the slimy water!
After moving 15 ft, it tries to bump into Ezren.
*hit
*Ezren is Paralyzed
The doll now tries to punch Fumbus!
*hit
It connects, leaving a light bruse on his face!
Party is up!
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Under the cover of the huge machine, Merisiel peers out to see the alchemist fling bombs at Kaneda. She thinks it's time Zaynap joins his brother. She carefully sneaks out from behind the machine, moving 10' south to get a clean shot of the alchemist. In one swift move, she draws her bow to fire 2 shots at Zaynap.
The doll now tries to punch Fumbus!
It connects, leaving a light bruse on his face!
With blade in hand, Fumbus realizes he can't presently do much against the slime cube. So, he takes his frustration out on the doll that punched him.…. repeatedly.
Under the cover of the huge machine, Merisiel peers out to see the alchemist fling bombs at Kaneda. She thinks it's time Zaynap joins his brother. She carefully sneaks out from behind the machine, moving 10' south to get a clean shot of the alchemist. In one swift move, she draws her bow to fire 2 shots at Zaynap.
The first of Merisiel's attacks strikes true, penetrating the leather armor of the alchemist and grazing an internal organ.
Fumbus meanwhile cuts down the doll, lopping off its head. It collapses into the oozy water, head and body floating away in different directions.
Ezren stands motionless, unable to speak or move as the ooze engulfs him. His flesh burns as the acidic blob covers him, but he is unable to protect himself and only prays he his able to power through this affliction, or his allies come to his rescue before he is fully consumed.
[dice=Fortitude]1d20+10
Ezren feels the crushing weight of the massive ooze crawling over him, and he struggles to keep his body moving as the acid burns away at his skin and nerves. But, gripping the wand he held in his hand, he flicks it forward and unleashes three bolts of force at the ooze.
Kaneda and Ezren bashes and throws magic at the cube, which slams into it to great effect. It decides to bash as many people as it can, but it seems that it is still hampered somewhat by the damage it has taken; everyone gets out of the way of it rather easily.
*miss
*miss
*miss
On the other hand, it seems like the last alchemist has finally realized that the tide of the battle has turned, and decides to make a break for it deeper into the sewer. He quickly turns the corner and leaves your line of sight.
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Realizing she can do little more to the cube than punch for minimal damage, Merisiel uses her enhanced speed to chase down the alchemist. As the coward is running, she gains on him and shouts, "Not so fast...we need answers."
When she nears him, she calmly states, "Surrender or die ... I don't particularly care which."
Fumbus looks at the cube, looks at his blade, then looks at the cube again. His mind made up, he wades through the filthy water towards the body of the fallen alchemist, hoping to find something to throw.
In a last ditch effort, Ezren siphons energy from his arcane staff, recharging his magical reservoirs to unleash another deadly and potent fireball behind the ooze, hoping to engulf it and not his friends.
"AHHH! SLIMES AND MOVING ROCKS!! WHEN WILL IT END?!" Kaneda gets into a horse stance and yells. Kaneda rears his attacks and starts to swing.
"ALCHEMIST YOU BETTER HOPE THAT THIS KILLS ME FIRST IF NOT YOUR DEAD"
Fumbus looks at the cube, looks at his blade, then looks at the cube again. His mind made up, he wades through the filthy water towards the body of the fallen alchemist, hoping to find something to throw.
In a last ditch effort, Ezren siphons energy from his arcane staff, recharging his magical reservoirs to unleash another deadly and potent fireball behind the ooze, hoping to engulf it and not his friends.
[dice=Spell Attack]1d20+11
[dice=Damage]2d8+4
Using his shield, Kaneda smashes the ooze over and over, dealing consistant damage to it. With Kaneda keeping the ooze distracted, Fumbus searches his dead opponent's body, and finds one last bottle of alchemical lightning. He hurls it, striking the cube directly and causing it to become flatfooted to what comes next. Ezren finds the breathing room to cast a spell, hurling a fireball that detonates the cube. The ooze bubbles away, the fire causing the ooze to turn into a caustic (but non-damaging) steam, as the parts of it that don't boil away decompose into a clear, inactive slurry.
Realizing she can do little more to the cube than punch for minimal damage, Merisiel uses her enhanced speed to chase down the alchemist. As the coward is running, she gains on him and shouts, "Not so fast...we need answers."
When she nears him, she calmly states, "Surrender or die ... I don't particularly care which."
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Merisiel eventually chases the Alchemist down, eventually trapping her down dead end. With no way out, no readily available alchemist bombs available to her, and Merisiel having her rapier out pointed at her throat, the alchemist decides to drop his sidearm and empty bandolier, hate in her eyes.
"I surrender."
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Merisiel eventually chases the Alchemist down, eventually trapping her down dead end. With no way out, no readily available alchemist bombs available to her, and Merisiel having her rapier out pointed at her throat, the alchemist decides to drop his sidearm and empty bandolier, hate in her eyes.
Merisiel stares back menacingly at Zaynap, "Oh, save it! You're lucky you're not dead."
Merisiel, walks Zaynap back to the others with her rapier drawn and ready to strike. She surveys the situation and nods with a smile."Very impressive ... nice work, gentlemen! Oh, look who I found!"
Exhausted, Ezren takes a seat against the wall, wiping the slime of the sentient ooze from his robes. He looks over at Merisiel when she returns with the captive and nods.
"You better do what she says, friend. It can get pretty ugly."
Fumbus continues looting the body of the other alchemist.
Fumbus eventually finds the missing texts in the walkway to the southeast, amongst an untidy pile of notes, tomes, and diagrams jammed into several wooden creates.
After interigating Zaynap, it turns out she is an unethical alchemist. Zaynap and her brother were exiles from Oenopion for using human babies as material to make oozes sentient. They migrated to Quantum and hid to hide from the authorities. The machine, now broken beyond repair, was to be their magnum opus: a device that would create sentient oozes... They raided the Pathfinder library because they needed research material, and wasn't really careful on what they took.
You end up taking her to the authorities. Last you heard, she was scheduled to be permanently imprisoned.
For the most part, these are materials the Ohrlavis stole from Nexus House, including several works on ooze creation, the folio regarding the Open Road Pact, and the written records of The PCs find the records of Kerinha Napsunar’s early adventures. The records indicate that Kerinha often undertook risky operations, such as rescuing religious artifacts by smuggling them out of Rahadoum. In addition, there are a few other Several other diagrams and notes that are obviously stolen from other wizards and alchemists across Quantium.
With the lost material in hand, you return to the lodge victorious, where a delighted Sebnet awaits you:
"You found the missing texts? Wonderful! I knew you could do it. Come, come. I'll have my staff bring some hot water to the bathing areas so you can wash the stink away. Afterwards, we can discuss exactly what you have discovered!"
You spend a few days at the Quantum lodge, reading up the library and looking around Quantium while Sebnet sends the more important books to be hand copied. Merisiel gives some guidance on how to improve the security of the lodge.
Eventually, you head back to the Great lodge in Absolom, where you hand over the materials to Kreighton Shaine. Upon discovering that you had a copy of the Open Road Pact in your possession, he immediately drops what he was doing, and instantly looses all interest in what your debrief. He shooes you away, eager to study the lost text and history of the Pathfinders.
Link to Chronicle sheets in the Discussion.