Spells 1st 6/6, 2nd 6/6, 3rd 5/5; Staff Minor Arcana 10/10; Extend 3/3; Focused 3/3; Arcane Bond 1/1; Reservoir 6/10
"But a moment," Ilathor asks, handing off his rope before turning his attention to his spellbook. After encasing himself with a translucent armor, he claps his hands together. "Marvelous! Adventure awaits, let us have it!"
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Extended Mage Armor, Quick Study Mage Armor into Feather Fall.
Male Halfling Alchemist 6 | HP 39/39 | AC 21, t 14, ff 18 | CMB 2, CMD 15 | F+7 R+9 W+3; +4 vs. poison, +2 vs. fear | Speed 20' | Init+3 | Perc+11 | Extracts: 2nd-barkskin, cure moderate wounds (2), invisibility; 1st-cure light wounds, shield, targeted bomb admixture (3) | Bomb: 12/12 | Mutagen: brewed | Active conditions: none
DEX mutagen:
Init+5 | Perc+10 | AC 23, t 14, ff 20 | R+11, W+2 | CMD 17
On the other hand... intruding on his sleepy sojourn to that level means that if someone... or something awaits him at the end they might be scared off at the sight of our rope. Perhaps we can cautiously follow from a distance. Wilen offers.
There is a Knowledge(local) check to see of you know much about Kalkamedes.
Knowledge(Local) 15:
Kalkamedes is a veteran Pathfinder, though his fame does not extend beyond southern Varisia. Although he is now semi-retired and only forwards the occasional report to the Decemvirate these days, his colleagues continue to respect him for his many prior accomplishments.
Knowledge(Local) 20:
Late in his career, Kalkamedes developed an interest in lore of the ancient runelords and the rare heroes who dared to oppose the runelords’ tyranny. He relocated from Absalom to Varisia for the chance to further his study.
Knowledge(Local) 25:
Early in his adventuring career, Kalkamedes swore the oaths to become a paladin and served as a staunch defender of the meek; however, years later he abruptly left his holy order. Few truly understood his decision.
Knowledge(Local) 30:
Kalkamedes was sometimes seen carrying a broken sword. Few but his closest friends know that it is actually a sentient blade, and it and Kalkamedes were inseparable.
As you prepare to put a lead on him, Venture-Captain Heidmarch mentions,"Do what you must, but go easy on him. Remember, the point of this is to help him!"
Spells 1st 6/6, 2nd 6/6, 3rd 5/5; Staff Minor Arcana 10/10; Extend 3/3; Focused 3/3; Arcane Bond 1/1; Reservoir 6/10
"Of course, of course! A Pathfinder vet deserves nothing less! Even if he is semi-retired, our past actions certainly inform how we should be treated in the present," Ilathor relents. "Why, I've even read a few of his reports on the Runelords! Can't say I'm interested enough to move to Varisia, like he did, for it though. Azlant is my forte, but the Runelords are Azlant-adjacent, so they do pique my interest from time to time!"
He pauses in thought for a moment. "I don't suppose the Society has any nautical Lodges operating out in the Arcadian Ocean?" he asks the Venture-Captain.
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Local (Heightened Awareness):1d20 + 16 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 16 + 2 = 23-_- GM, for future reference, what's your policy on T10 for knowledge when we aren't in a stressful situation?
Spells 1st 6/6, 2nd 6/6, 3rd 5/5; Staff Minor Arcana 10/10; Extend 3/3; Focused 3/3; Arcane Bond 1/1; Reservoir 6/10
"Do you have a map of the area? It would be most fortuitous to know what he'll be walking into before he actually does!" Ilathor asks.
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That's all I got, wind him up! :)
Male Human Investigator 6 Init +3 HP 45/45 AC 19 T 14 FF 16 Fort +4 Ref+9 Will +6 Per +10+1d6 Move 30 Insp 5/5
Know Local:1d20 + 7 + 1d6 ⇒ (13) + 7 + (6) = 26
All I know about the man is that he was an holy warrior, a paladin, but left his order without giving a reason, to the astonishment of those close to him. We'll need some sources of light too, as he walks by night, something which doesn't need our hands as we must be quick to react. I suggest some Ioun torches, if we can buy a few.Boots of the cat for our wanderer, so he won't hurt himself much if he falls.
Boots of the cat:1000 GP; Ioun torches 75 Gp each, Lebraerio will buy one Ioun torch, and the boots if we can find them. BTW, should we roll for Know Geography, History, or something else to know about local dangers?
Okay, You're out in the middle of the wilderness, so finding the boots aren't much of an option. I will allow the ioun torch, because that's a basic need that you could have picked up before coming out.
Likewise, I'm assuming that the group is using 10 feet of rope around Kalkamedes' waist, with a 40 foot lead. Is that accurate?
Venture-Captain Hiedmarch thinks for a moment. "The person that's most knowledgable about this area is the one you're helping. He was making maps of this section of the Fenwall Mountains. I believe Kalkamedes would forgive your making use of anything in his cabin, though."
Doing a swift search of the cabin, the first thing you find is Kalkamedes' set of outdoor clothes and a pair of strong boots in the bedchamber (Currently, He's in his nightclothes). In the drawers of the end table near his bed, are his unfinished maps of the area.
More curious, however, is the sketch (On slide 1) that you find partly burned in his now cold stove. As you pull the piece of parchment out of the stove, Ilathor and Wilen notice a small latch in the stove.
Male Halfling Alchemist 6 | HP 39/39 | AC 21, t 14, ff 18 | CMB 2, CMD 15 | F+7 R+9 W+3; +4 vs. poison, +2 vs. fear | Speed 20' | Init+3 | Perc+11 | Extracts: 2nd-barkskin, cure moderate wounds (2), invisibility; 1st-cure light wounds, shield, targeted bomb admixture (3) | Bomb: 12/12 | Mutagen: brewed | Active conditions: none
DEX mutagen:
Init+5 | Perc+10 | AC 23, t 14, ff 20 | R+11, W+2 | CMD 17
10' around his waist sounds like overkill. More like 5', I would think (3' around, 2' left for tying).
Wilen notices something sticking out of Kalkamedes' stove. He frowns and approaches to pull it out. He looks at it for several moments and then holds it up for the party to see.
Now this doesn't look like a map at all. I wonder if this was drawn in his sleep too... do you suppose this is represents what he sleepwalks towards?
He hands off the drawing and leans back down to look in the stove. There's a small latch in here too... let's see...
The halfling readily plunges his clean fingers into the soot to try to work the latch and see what it reveals.
Flipping the latch causes a faint sound to be heard from the floor underneath a stack of water barrels nearby. Clearing them out of the way uncovers a secret compartment with a locked chest inside.
Male Halfling Alchemist 6 | HP 39/39 | AC 21, t 14, ff 18 | CMB 2, CMD 15 | F+7 R+9 W+3; +4 vs. poison, +2 vs. fear | Speed 20' | Init+3 | Perc+11 | Extracts: 2nd-barkskin, cure moderate wounds (2), invisibility; 1st-cure light wounds, shield, targeted bomb admixture (3) | Bomb: 12/12 | Mutagen: brewed | Active conditions: none
DEX mutagen:
Init+5 | Perc+10 | AC 23, t 14, ff 20 | R+11, W+2 | CMD 17
Whether for a trap or to unlock the chest itself...
disable device (mwk tools):1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15bleh. I'll wait to see if there's a trap, and if that failed by enough to trigger it. if not I'll try the lock some more
Spells 1st 6/6, 2nd 6/6, 3rd 5/5; Staff Minor Arcana 10/10; Extend 3/3; Focused 3/3; Arcane Bond 1/1; Reservoir 6/10
"Keep those hands working Wilen," Ilathor encourages while he tries to change out the distraught man's clothing. "Can't have you looking unseemly and leashed, now can we? No we can't!"
Casually between attempts at changing the man's garments, he scans for magic. "That's either a HUGE troll, or some sort of looming dungeon? Weird, suppose only time will tell on that front!"
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Don't know if it has any effect, but Ilathor would like to at least try to get him into his boots!
The boots are feasible, but anything past that would involve untying him, which brings a whole another problem to bear(Namely his immediate attempt to leave.)
Wilen's sure that there's no trap on this box, but the lock is good enough to withstand that attempt to open it.
Spells 1st 6/6, 2nd 6/6, 3rd 5/5; Staff Minor Arcana 10/10; Extend 3/3; Focused 3/3; Arcane Bond 1/1; Reservoir 6/10
"Woah, he's a fighter alright!" Ilathor declares as he unsuccessfully manages to do more than change the poor man's shoes. Putting the traveling clothes in his bag, he shrugs and ties the boots. "Either he'll die ready for the rest, or he'll come to and want his clothes!" he states, uncomfortably ambivalent between the two outcomes. This doesn't seem to be the "dying in my sleep" that people seem to want...
After a moment of work, Lebraerio pops the lock open. Within seem to be a selection of adventuring equipment, probably Kalkamedes's. There's a mud-splattered cloak, a set of bracers, a potion, a dried gourd with some liquid within, a rather particular flask with jigsaw-like edges on it, and a mithril longsword with an impressive crack running down the blade.
All of the items ping under detect magic
Bracers,Spellcraft 22:
Bracers of Armor +1
Cloak,Spellcraft 20:
Cloak of Resistance +1
Potion,Spellcraft 17:
Elixir of Swimming
Gourd(or rather the liquid),Spellcraft 16:
Potion of Cure Light Wounds
Potion in Flask,Spellcraft 16:
Potion of Hide from Undead
Sword,Spellcraft 20:
+1 Allying Mithril longsword, With the broken condition
Spells 1st 6/6, 2nd 6/6, 3rd 5/5; Staff Minor Arcana 10/10; Extend 3/3; Focused 3/3; Arcane Bond 1/1; Reservoir 6/10
"A variety of useful equipment, if a little basic," Ilathor explains, a little disappointed at the veteran Pathfinder. "Have at it then, otherwise we can add it to the sack of his goods!"
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Spellcraft (Identify Items):1d20 + 15 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 15 + 2 = 23 Spellcraft (Identify Items):1d20 + 15 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 15 + 2 = 34 Spellcraft (Identify Items):1d20 + 15 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 15 + 2 = 29 I think our powers combined got them all! :D I think at this point, Ilathor is ready to release the Kraken!
Female Half-Elf Unchained Summoner 5 | HP 33/33 | AC 15, T 11, FF 14 CMD 16 | Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +4 | Init +3 | Perc -1 | Sense Motive -1 | Summon Monsters 4/7 | Spells: Level 1 5/5, Level 2 1/3
"I would be happy to take custody of the broken blade. It's a simple matter for me to turn its enchantment to Lebraerio's use, or to whomever might have the greatest need."
Question, Who is holding onto the lead? IIRC, Nylthe is the strongest of the group, but that doesn't always factor into plans. For reference, Kalkamedes moves 20 feet a round
Venture-Captain Heidmarch watches with an impassive look on her face, until you seem ready, as which point she slices the bonds holding the man to his bed. Almost immediately, Kalkamedes stumbles to his feet and totters out of the door, heading north. The night is clear, with a waning crescent moon in the sky providing dim lighting. However, it's quickly apparent that Kalkamedes's sleepwalking has left him with any sense of self-preservation as he slowly travels northward. He stumbles and trips along the invisible path that only he seems to see, but continues north.
Lebraerio:
You're sure that he injured himself on that last stumble, and you don't think he's going to stop even for that injury. He'll probably make that sprain worse.
Spells 1st 6/6, 2nd 6/6, 3rd 5/5; Staff Minor Arcana 10/10; Extend 3/3; Focused 3/3; Arcane Bond 1/1; Reservoir 6/10
"We haven't the time to let him rest, ice, compress, and elevate, and it doesn't seem to be bothering him toooo much... Unless some quick magic or a mundane brace will do the trick I don't think we've much of a choice but to let him soldier on," Ilathor remarks.
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Just for the record, Ilathor has Dancing Lights prepared. While the moon is giving us dim light, he'd rather not have the spell signalling their location to the world, but if it gets too dark for even low-light to work, he will cast the spell.
@Lebraerio: Both are options, though the Heal check (To make a brace, actually- Ilathor hit upon the two suggestions the scenario gives) would require someone pinning him long enough to apply the brace.
@Wilen:If he was unconscious, I'd just call it the normal full-round action, but he's fully active. It would be the equivalent of forcing a potion or poison down another's throat, and making sure they didn't spit it back up. So, minimum, grapple to pin, then force feed it to him.
For the sake of speeding things along... CLW:1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7
With one use of the wand, Kalkamedes's stumbling lessens some as he continues to north. After an hour of this, you come with sight of a rather large patch (60 feet by 100 ft)of thorny bushes, and Kalkamedes is heading as if he's going to go straight though the patch.
Juis, Lebraerio:
You recognize this brush as razor bramble. This bush is well known for tearing into an unprepared person's legs.
Male Human Investigator 6 Init +3 HP 45/45 AC 19 T 14 FF 16 Fort +4 Ref+9 Will +6 Per +10+1d6 Move 30 Insp 5/5
Razor brambles.. these have cutting leaves, and are quite dangerous for unprotected flesh. We should try to burn a path through the plants, or else our sleepwalker might bleed to death
Lebraerio quickly estimate the lenght and width of the brambles, while calculating Kalkameded most probable trajectory, before realising something
Or else we can try a more mundane, and simpler, solution: drag him away from these plants! Who is with me?
The investigator seizes the rope, and starts a tug of war game with the sleeping paladin
Spells 1st 6/6, 2nd 6/6, 3rd 5/5; Staff Minor Arcana 10/10; Extend 3/3; Focused 3/3; Arcane Bond 1/1; Reservoir 6/10
Ilathor tries his best to help Nylthe maneuver the man around the bushes, but barely manages to keep contact, much less push. Giving up part way, he pulls out a shriveled and charred wand. "It won't be enough, but I could try to burn some of the bushes away if need be!"
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Grapple (Aid):1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6Come oooon! Ilathor has a wand of Burning Hands with only 2 charges left. Won't make it through the whole patch, but if he is strategic about it, that is 30ft burned away? He could also quick study into the spell and cast it with slots, but that seems borderline excessive IMO.
Okay, He's going to fight to keep going, so for purposes of trying to keep things orderly, I'm going to temporarily go into rounds, using already discussed actions for this round.
@Ilathor: You can burn your way though, but it's not an instant removal upon application of fire. Each 5-foot square would have a HP count like it's an unattended object.
While Lebraerio and Juis fulitely try to hold onto the rope to prevent Kalkamedes from walking into the razon brambles, Nylthe, with minor assistance from Ilathor and Aconite, is able to get a hold on the former paladin, who responds by giving a good hard punch into Nylthe's kidney.
Male Halfling Alchemist 6 | HP 39/39 | AC 21, t 14, ff 18 | CMB 2, CMD 15 | F+7 R+9 W+3; +4 vs. poison, +2 vs. fear | Speed 20' | Init+3 | Perc+11 | Extracts: 2nd-barkskin, cure moderate wounds (2), invisibility; 1st-cure light wounds, shield, targeted bomb admixture (3) | Bomb: 12/12 | Mutagen: brewed | Active conditions: none
DEX mutagen:
Init+5 | Perc+10 | AC 23, t 14, ff 20 | R+11, W+2 | CMD 17
Apologies, somehow I missed the post last night with Wilen's turn. Would his bombs help in clearing away bramble as well? If so he could do some of that.
Wilen catches up with Ilathor to see if he can help burn through the thick. Instead of a spell he produces a set of bomb reagents. Quickly assembling them, he lobs it a good distance forward, allowing the full effects of the splash to work on it.
Hit a square, AC5 (just needs to not roll a 1):1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17
Female Half-Elf Unchained Summoner 5 | HP 33/33 | AC 15, T 11, FF 14 CMD 16 | Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +4 | Init +3 | Perc -1 | Sense Motive -1 | Summon Monsters 4/7 | Spells: Level 1 5/5, Level 2 1/3
Aconite tugs at Kalkamedes's arms to keep him from getting an easy blow in while Nylthe calmly hauls the sleepwalker around the briar.
Aid to boost Nylthe's AC:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25 Control Grapple:1d20 + 5 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 5 = 25
Not totally clear on the map - is there an around that Nylthe has access to? Otherwise she'll herd him along the clear-looking path
Male Human Investigator 6 Init +3 HP 45/45 AC 19 T 14 FF 16 Fort +4 Ref+9 Will +6 Per +10+1d6 Move 30 Insp 5/5
Quick thinking, Lebraerio tries to use the rope tying Kalkamedes to trip him and slow his progression, so his companions can have more time to burn the plants
Trip?:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9
But the clever plan fails, as Leb lacks martial training
Try to get him down, Nylthe. As he has his eyes closed,and don't care about dangers maybe Aconite can get in his way to make him fall.
There is an 'around' that you can maneuver him to in either direction. (For reference, slide 2 is for a later encounter.) It'll just take some time to fight him there. And to answer Wilen and Ilathor's question, Burning a path and pulling him around the bramble patch are two mutually exclusive answers to this issue, as the burnt path should only be in one place, and if allowed to go, Kalkamedes will take the most direct route through the brambles. If you can get him to where the direct path isn't through the brambles, he should be fine. Wilen, if knowing that would change your action, I'll allow a Retcon.
While Lebraerio's attempt to hamper the sleepwalker's movement doesn't pay out, Juis and Nylthe's attempts to bear fruit, pulling him toward one edge of the bramble patch.
Aconite.
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Juis Helfro
Male LN Human Oracle of Lore 6.1 | AC 21 (T 13/FF 18) | CMB +5 CMD 16 (FF 15) | HP 33/33 | Init +1 | Fort +3 Ref +6 Will +6 | Perception +0 | Languages: Common, Celestial, Draconic, Undercommon | Clouded Vision (Cannot see beyond 60') | Darkvision 60' | 20' Speed |Think on It: 1/1 | Spells 1: 6/7 2: 5/6 3: 0/4 | Active Conditions:
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Lebraerio Hantwell
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Nylthe Shadowbound
Female Half-Elf Unchained Summoner 5 | HP 33/33 | AC 15, T 11, FF 14 CMD 16 | Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +4 | Init +3 | Perc -1 | Sense Motive -1 | Summon Monsters 4/7 | Spells: Level 1 5/5, Level 2 1/3
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Wilen Proudbrew
Male Halfling Alchemist 6 | HP 39/39 | AC 21, t 14, ff 18 | CMB 2, CMD 15 | F+7 R+9 W+3; +4 vs. poison, +2 vs. fear | Speed 20' | Init+3 | Perc+11 | Extracts: 2nd-barkskin, cure moderate wounds (2), invisibility; 1st-cure light wounds, shield, targeted bomb admixture (3) | Bomb: 12/12 | Mutagen: brewed | Active conditions: none
DEX mutagen:
Init+5 | Perc+10 | AC 23, t 14, ff 20 | R+11, W+2 | CMD 17
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Aconite.
Ilathor Valmaxian
Lebraerio Hantwell
Wilen Proudbrew
Declan Darksky