GM Foxy's Legacy of Fire

Game Master Foxy Quickpaw

If the giant isn't moving Bylo tries to grab him and pull him. But with his 12 strength, I doubt he's strong enough.... ??

The giant isn't easy to move - more so in light of the many stairs on the way to get into the open.

If into the open only means out of the fog, you can of course also wait a quarter hour.

The fog doesn't obscure things right by you. When Bylo examined him does the giant appear to still be breathing? If so he would cast stabilize so he doesn't bleed out.

Unless something happens to make it time critical I guess we can wait....

The giant isn't dead yet.

Rouqar watches for deception from the giant, Sense motive?: 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (14) + 20 = 34 casting stabilize if he is bleeding. "He's not dead. The Dawnflower teaches mercy and redemption. Move his weapons away and when this fog lifts we can revive him and give him a chance."

Heal to estimate how badly hurt he is?: 1d20 + 19 ⇒ (2) + 19 = 21

"I would suggest binding him, but I haven't anything remotely strong enough."

Con: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25
Bylo diagnoses unsconcious, but stable.

"Congratulations. What are you going to do with that guy?" Haleen inquires through the fog.

Bylo considers his response. "Frankly, I don't know. He's too heavy for me to move and I don't know how long this fog will last or any way to get rid of it."

"Maybe just wake him up and ask why he had to such a pain in the butt!?! The Dawnflower requires that I give him a chance for redemption."

Yasmeena considers. "Maybe dispel magic?" she suggests. "To disperse the fog, I mean. Ideally we will convince him to release us all from this prison once he wakes."

"Let me help you with that." a deep booming voice offers. Then everything is doused in fire.

Fire: 12d10 ⇒ (10, 10, 4, 3, 7, 3, 5, 4, 6, 9, 3, 8) = 72
Reflex DC26

As the flames settle the fog is gone and you see a huge red dragon in an uncomfortable position squeezed into the building. "If you put your hope into this thief to get out of here, you are fools. This estate was turned into an unescapable prison by the Grand Vizier because of this theft. Now hand over the Grand Vizier's property."

Reflex save DC26: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

Bylo turns to the dragon. Brushing embers off of his armor he smiles. "Sarenrae's Blessings to you good Dragon. Ouch. But thank you for the information. The attack was unnecessary. We weren't counting on this thief for anything but more trouble. We are not thieves so of course the Grand Visier's property should go back to him. Any chance we might be released from here then? We are only here by accident."

Diplomacy to get him a little friendlier?: 1d20 + 21 + 2d8 ⇒ (17) + 21 + (7, 3) = 48 Adding the luck to it.... Bylo wants him to be friendly!

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22

The surprise is a very unpleasant one and Haleen would really like to give that asshat of a dragon a piece of her mind, but... she doesn't believe she can afford that.

Instead she looks worried at Aithaloessa, who doesn't look like she will hand over the artifact herself.

As Aithaloessa doesn't make a move, possibly because the dragon turned her into a crispy piece of meat, Haleen retrieves the artifact and hands it to the dragon in hopes to not share the Elf's fate.

"I'll tell the Grand Vizier of your request." the dragon replies to Bylo, receives the artifact and then retreats out of his uncomfortable position.

Bylo watches the dragon depart, then turns to the crispy fried giant. "Well, while we aren't thieves.... I don't think examining the burnt remains of this thief here would qualify."

Examining the body for any treasures. ??

And of course healing folk. Nobody died, right?

Reflex save: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (16) + 17 = 33

It looks like Aith was down to 30 hp last time she posted, before the dragon breath happened. Even if she makes the save, she's going to be unconscious. If she doesn't, she might be burnt crispy. :( Oh wait, she's got resist fire 30, so she might be okay if she makes the save, and even if she takes the full damage.

She had 33 left. A failed save with 30 fire resist would be 42 damage so she wouldn't be dead.

Bylo will channel a few times to start healing everyone.
Channel Healing: 5d6 ⇒ (3, 2, 6, 3, 4) = 18
Channel Healing: 5d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 1, 1, 5) = 14
Channel Healing: 5d6 ⇒ (3, 4, 6, 3, 2) = 18
Channel Healing: 5d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 5, 2, 3) = 21
That's 71. Pausing to see how everyone is. ??

There is quite some good gear on the now dead giant. A wand of magic missile (CL 9th, 43 charges), bracers of armor +4, +1 cold iron greataxe, periapt of wisdom +4, ring of protection +3, handy haversack, silver holy symbol of Rovagug, spellbook (5th—feeblemind, 4th—dimension door, maximized magic missile, scrying, solid fog, 3rd—dispel magic, fly, major image, vampiric touch, 2nd—fox’s cunning, hideous laughter, protection from arrows, scorching ray, spectral hand, 1st—burning hands, ray of enfeeblement, shield, true strike, magic missile)

I added these items to the list of treasures on Yasmeena's profile.

"Magic, how wonderful - I feel like new."

"So we're at the mercy of this Grand Vizier. I'm no expert on those fire world folks - are they known for being mercyful?"

Bylo thinks for a moment, "I don't know really. But I don't think they created this 'prison' for random people that just happened in. Would kind of ruin tourism. I was just here to look around as see the City of Brass. I heard about it but had never been there. So I bought the right fork and cast the spell...."

Yasmeena activates her masterpiece to augment her knowledge, and ponders her friend's question of whether the Grand Vizier is known to be merciful.

Bluff as Knowledge (local), heightened awareness, heroism/untold wonder, Pageant of the Peacock: 1d20 + 24 + 2 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 24 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 35

"Someone would need to know that you're stuck here to blame it on the city. Whom did you tell you're going here, that will actually care to look where you got lost?" Haleen inquires from Bylo.

Bylo considers Haleen's question. "Well, I told them at the temple that I was going to visit the City of Brass. But it wasn't official business. More like a vacation since I wanted to do some site seeing and possibly meet with some merchants. They wouldn't be sending anyone after me. At least not for a good while. I think I spent at least a month on the plane of air. Kind of fun flying around like that!"

After half an hour and some more small talk something changes. Everything seems to be lighter and the sky brighter.

Bylo looks around, feeling the change. "Well, Sarenrae's mercy! Could that be that the curse is lifted? But how would we know? Look outside? See if anyone is out?"

He thinks about what he remembers of the area. "What about the blue lady? Shazathared? Will she be free too? Is anyone else trapped here that we should check on? I can cast a Plane Shift to get us all back home but we should see if anyone needs help before we go."

"We could ask that bronze giant - Karambagya was his name, rightß - to see if it is possible to leave the place again, or at least where the exit would be." Haleen suggests. "Once it is confirmed that we CAN leave then we need to fetch our Marid Princess."

"And about that plane shifting - where are we going to end up when using that? Also it might be worth taking a tour of the city when we're here already."

Bylo shrugs. "Well, I did want to see the City of Brass, so no objection there. As for my plane shifting. Do you have a particular location in mind? I usually end up close to my home in Wati or the temple in Sothis."

"My issue is with this 'close by'. It would be embarrassing to end up on aunt Erna's freshly planted tulip plot. Or find ourself in another prison of some kind."

Bylo gives Haleen a grin. "I don't have an aunt Erna. But I sure wouldn't want to land in the meditation garden in the temple in Wati."

After a short walk and some discussion with the giants the group is led to the entrance gate of the premises by Karambagya and has the opportunity to try to leave. To the giants surprise it is possible to step out onto the road and not being pulled back in.

The giant checks it himself and he too can leave the place. This news spreads like a wildfire and the whole place is in a frenzy.

Bylo smiles at the groups leaving but turns back to the team. "Well, that's good. But let's go check with Shazathared before we go. She helped us. We should verify that she's free too."

Yasmeena nods in agreement with Bylo. "Yes, we cannot abandon her after she did so much for us. And we can as easily cast our transportation spells there as here. Speaking of which, Aith? Can we just teleport back to that fountain instead of trekking the whole way down that shaft and across the river of lava?"

"Yes, please. No crawling through this place anymore!"

After an expensive magic trip to Shazathared and some more magical shenanigans to break the binding the group is ready to enjoy their newly won freedom.

"I can't believe it! After all these years finally free! Thank you so much."

"You're welcome. We couldn't leave here while you were still stuck."

Yasmeena bows to the princess. "It is nothing. You have done so much for us, but even if you hadn't we would have helped you anyway, because it is not right that you should be imprisoned here. Go with Sarenrae's grace! If there is ever anything else we can do for you, you need only ask. Be well!"

To the others, she says "Well, where to now? Back to Kelmarane? It was good to finally sell all of those treasures we have been carrying around since the last time we were there, what feels like ages ago. I should like very much to show our little town to Bylo and welcome him to the council, if he would like to join us."

I will take a look at the huge list of loot we have and calculate how much gold we would make from selling it. Then we can figure out what we would have purchased before we press on?

Selling/buying at the City of Brass?

"Kelmarane? I can plane shift us back but we'd have to travel a ways to there.

"Katapesh? Check on Rayhan?" Haleen objects. "When Jhavhul escaped, he did into the garden of our wizard friend."

Yasmeena blinks and then blushes. "Oh! Of course you are right, Haleen. We must go after Jhavhul! Thank you for reminding us."

"Assuming no one wants to go shopping or sightseeing here we could go back to our world and see where we end up this time." Haleen comments. "Bylo?"

Bylo shrugs. "I was planning on site seeing more than shopping. But I can come back for that later."

"I could try to plane shift us back to Katapesh. You know it isn't very accurate though. We still might need to travel or teleport once we get back."

Yasmeena nods. "As long as we are here with access to the fabled City of Brass, we should upgrade our equipment as much as we can first. I believe Haleen has the right of it; we are likely to find ourselves in a battle against our nemesis soon after we return."

I will try to plan some time this weekend to figure out what gear Yasmeena and Neela will buy. Let's divide the treasure evenly between us all? Including Haleen and Neelah? If we've lost Aithaloessa, we might have to assume that we are parting ways for some reason, but we can distribute her share among the remaining characters.

"I'll bet against it. We've been stuck here for how long?" Haleen objects "You think Jhavhul can linger in one of the better districts of Katapesh City and no one doing something about? But whatever you like, just let's get going."

We can do the shopping here of in Katapesh. But I'm not in the mood to write a sightseeing tour, so please state what you want to buy and we'll be done with it, either here or there.