Oh I LOVE it when they resist arrest the mystery woman exclaims with glee as Holan Ji charges the yellow marked Hellknight. She then squawks as Suussmar's arrows hit home. You'll be the FIRST to DIE she exclaims.
"Pfft, that all you got?" Holan-Ji smiles wickedly as he extends his claws and tears into the poor Heck-knight. Cause if that's indeed all he's got, he's not much of a Hell-night.
The Heck-Knight does drop after the first attack so Holan-Ji moves to the stairs. The second Knight downs a potion, tosses the bottle over the balcony, and moves back far enough that Holan-Ji would have to double move to get to him.
Male NG Warpriest 9 of Ragathiel | Aasimar Outsider (Native) & Humanoid (human) | Speed 30ft | HP 89/89 | AC 21, T 16, FF 15 | CMD 23| F +14 R +14 W +16 | Init +6 | Perc +14, Sense Motive +9, Diplomacy +17 | Reroll 1/1 | Sacred Weapon 9/9 | Fervor: 9/9 | War blessing 9/9 | Resistance 5 vs. Cold, Acid, Electr | Active Conditions: Defending bone
"I hate these simple speeches. You will probably be dead before you even have done anything, lady."
Suussmaar aims at the woman and shoots two arrows - but he has to cope with cover.
Male NG Warpriest 9 of Ragathiel | Aasimar Outsider (Native) & Humanoid (human) | Speed 30ft | HP 89/89 | AC 21, T 16, FF 15 | CMD 23| F +14 R +14 W +16 | Init +6 | Perc +14, Sense Motive +9, Diplomacy +17 | Reroll 1/1 | Sacred Weapon 9/9 | Fervor: 9/9 | War blessing 9/9 | Resistance 5 vs. Cold, Acid, Electr | Active Conditions: Defending bone
Male Half-orc Bloodrager 1/Paladin 2 | AC: 20/13/17 (raging: 18/11/15) | HP: 25/25 (raging: 31) | Fort +8, Ref +4, Will +4 | CMB +7, CMD 19 | Init +2 | Perc +3 (darkvision) | Bloodrage: 6/6
"So be it, b****. Your men's blood is on your own hands!" Callibg upon his extraplanar heritage, his features seem to darken even in the room's light. Ripping his sword from its sheath, he rushes up the stairs.
Bloodrage, move 30 ft (starting from just inside the door).
"Thanks for keepin' that hallway open, Gorrig," Holan-Ji smiles to his battle-buddy.
@GM said "far enough that Holan-Ji would have to double move to get to him." Translated, "far enough that Holan-Ji will have to charge to get to him." Ok :)
I suppose I could go since Yellow is dead, but I'll wait till GM bolds me.
Male NG Half-Orc Spell Warrior Skald 5 | HP 38/38 | AC 20 T 11 FF 19 | CMB +7, CMD 18 | F: +9, R: +5, W: +5 (+4 vs language-dependent effects) | Init: +3 | Perc: +6, SM: (+10) | Speed 30ft | Spells: 1st 5/5 2nd 3/3 | Raging Song 23/24 | Active conditions: None
"That's the spirit everyone!" Jahz cheers belatedly. "Show them how the Society stands together! Explore! Report! Cooperate!" With each word the Pathfinders' weapons glow brighter and brighter until they all burst into light like torches, illuminating the darkened museum and casting wild shadows on the walls. Drawing his blade, the half-orc prepares to deal with the corvid companion harassing his friend!
Standard action to start Weapon Song - everyone can choose to get a +1 enhancement bonus to their weapon that does not stack with an existing enhancement bonus. Also, accepting the song gives you the Superstition rage power, granting you a +3 morale bonus to saving throws against magic. I haven't seen anyone here cast buffing spells on anyone else, so I'm not going to continue repeating the clause about friendly spells requiring saving throws as well. He'll then draw his sword and step closer to Suussmaar.
Male NG Human Arcanist 6 | HP 32/32 | AC 19* T 11 FF 19* | CMB 2, CMD 13 | F+2 R+2 W+5 (+1 vs illusion) | Init: +0 (+1 in Cheliax) | Perc: +4, SM: +4 (+1 vs. lying) | Speed 30ft | Arcane Reservoir: 1/15 | Tireless Logic: [X] | Volatile Conduit: [X] | Spells: 1st 0/6, 2nd 0/5, 3rd 0/3 | Active conditions: shield
Ah yes, thank you for inserting my actions rolled before init :)
Not his turn Ferdrin yells out to the woman. Oh, hey! It looks like you're a fellow mage! Do you perchance have a spellbook? Do you mind if I copy out of it after we kill you?
Male NG Warpriest 9 of Ragathiel | Aasimar Outsider (Native) & Humanoid (human) | Speed 30ft | HP 89/89 | AC 21, T 16, FF 15 | CMD 23| F +14 R +14 W +16 | Init +6 | Perc +14, Sense Motive +9, Diplomacy +17 | Reroll 1/1 | Sacred Weapon 9/9 | Fervor: 9/9 | War blessing 9/9 | Resistance 5 vs. Cold, Acid, Electr | Active Conditions: Defending bone
"Lightning? Pathetic!"
Suussmaar aims at the woman and shoots two arrows - but he has to cope with cover.
Suussmaar hits the woman with both arrows as she attempts to fly off the balcony. The resulting damage kills her instantly and she falls with a heavy thud to the ground. The resulting psychic shock to her raven familiar also drops the bird.
All that is left is one Heck-Knight and everyone else can gang up on him.
Male NG Warpriest 9 of Ragathiel | Aasimar Outsider (Native) & Humanoid (human) | Speed 30ft | HP 89/89 | AC 21, T 16, FF 15 | CMD 23| F +14 R +14 W +16 | Init +6 | Perc +14, Sense Motive +9, Diplomacy +17 | Reroll 1/1 | Sacred Weapon 9/9 | Fervor: 9/9 | War blessing 9/9 | Resistance 5 vs. Cold, Acid, Electr | Active Conditions: Defending bone
GM, I also face cover so her AC should be 4 higher. Did the arrows still hit? Also those before?
Thank you for pointing that out Suussmaar, but nearly all of your hits were 20+, which was still enough. On a count back she still dies at this point
The remaining Heck-Knight also gets severely attacked by Gorrig and his body goes over the balcony railing and onto the floor.
((Out of combat))
On the Heck-Knights: potion of bull’s strength, potion of cure moderate wounds(x2), potion of enlarge person (CL 3rd)(x2); masterwork breastplate(x2), javelins (8), masterwork greataxe(x2), sap(x2), sack(x2), 48 gp
On her: brooch of shielding, pearl of power (1st), potion of cure moderate wounds, lesser reach metamagic rod, wand of identify (22 charges); mwk sickle, cloak of resistance +1, spell component pouch, Sisters of the Golden Erinyes gold pendant (worth 50 gp), 28 gp - unfortunately no spellbook.
She also has a note on her (see slides)
From the sounds of concern and alarm outside, it is evident that the conflict in the museum did not go unnoticed, and a far larger force of guards may be on its way to investigate. However, the PCs do have enough time to perform a quick search and then slip away without being arrested.
Bookshelves and display cases stand in the corners of this large office. An oaken desk sits in the middle of the room with large windows set in the wall on either side of it. Doors to the south open to a raised terrace, and a large painting of Abrogail II hangs on the north wall.
perception DC 20:
A latch on the side of the painting’s frame allows it to be shifted to one side, revealing a secret door.
Male NG Half-Orc Spell Warrior Skald 5 | HP 38/38 | AC 20 T 11 FF 19 | CMB +7, CMD 18 | F: +9, R: +5, W: +5 (+4 vs language-dependent effects) | Init: +3 | Perc: +6, SM: (+10) | Speed 30ft | Spells: 1st 5/5 2nd 3/3 | Raging Song 23/24 | Active conditions: None
Perception bs DC 20:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4
”Abrogail II?” Jahz asks with curiosity as he looks at the painting. ”I thought the current queen was Abrogail III - why would he have an old painting of an old monarch in such a prominent place?”
Male NG Warpriest 9 of Ragathiel | Aasimar Outsider (Native) & Humanoid (human) | Speed 30ft | HP 89/89 | AC 21, T 16, FF 15 | CMD 23| F +14 R +14 W +16 | Init +6 | Perc +14, Sense Motive +9, Diplomacy +17 | Reroll 1/1 | Sacred Weapon 9/9 | Fervor: 9/9 | War blessing 9/9 | Resistance 5 vs. Cold, Acid, Electr | Active Conditions: Defending bone
Suussmaar immediately starts to rob the hellknights and the lady.
"Hoarding is part of my job description as a follower of Grandmother Spider!" he says with a grin.
He looks at the note.
"Seem like we need to save the historian, too. Grab everything that you think is needed and let us get out of here!"
Perception:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23
Suussmaar sees a secret door behind the painting.
"Here, let us check this out!" he says and tries to open the secret door.
Several bookshelves, a desk, and a display case crowd this cramped room. To the left stands a statue of Aroden.
This hidden room behind the painting holds most of Zefiro’s secret research and illicit projects. Among other things, you can find an early (and now publicly
redacted) diary filled with tales of infernal war crimes committed by Thrune, an Aspis Consortium cargo manifest for a shipment from Taldor to Khari, and Zefiro’s holy Arodenite scriptures.
Perception 20+, Appraise 15+, Knowledge (history or nobility) 15+, or relevant Profession check 15+:
You identify key records that the Pathfinder Society would want preserved, and you can then smuggle these out of Cheliax before the Order of the Rack discovers and destroys them.
Male NG Half-Orc Spell Warrior Skald 5 | HP 38/38 | AC 20 T 11 FF 19 | CMB +7, CMD 18 | F: +9, R: +5, W: +5 (+4 vs language-dependent effects) | Init: +3 | Perc: +6, SM: (+10) | Speed 30ft | Spells: 1st 5/5 2nd 3/3 | Raging Song 23/24 | Active conditions: None
Knowledge (history) vs DC 15:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (19) + 8 = 27
”I still don’t understa- Ooo, what’s this?” Jahz quickly picks through the pile, handing things to the other Pathfinders as he distractedly reaches for the next item. ”What a treasure trove!”
Holan-Ji follows Jahz into the secret office. "Why would it matter which Abrogail he's got a paintin' of? Did Number Two get disgraced or something?"
Pending a better understanding of internal Cheliaxian politics, he lets Jahz load him up with all the documents, binders, maps, and scrolls he can carry.
"Hey, guys, I know this is fun for you all, but I think we better get goin'," he says as he heads for the rear exit, fully laden with records.
CG Female Tiefling (Demon-Spawn) Cleric 1/Monk 1 | HP 16/16 | AC 15/13/15 (19/13/19) | F +5, R +2, W +7 | Init +0 | Perception +10 | Conditions: Mage Armor| Speed: 30 | Channel Energy 2/3 | Spells: 1st 3/3, Domain 1/1
"She should've brought a larger force," Uaine says, still trying to puzzle out the strange woman's motives. She hefts her own armfuls of books. "And could she have been leading us on about Zefiro? I wouldn't expect them to keep him anywhere in this building but in one of these secret rooms."
Zefiro Balinger’s arrest and imprisonment casts a dark shadow over Cheliax’s new relationship with the Pathfinder Society, especially as you have brought to light new ways in which the infernal empire hoped to reshape their national narrative by falsifying its past. If Taldor ever founded a colony so deep into Rahadoum, Ibhir is not it. You board a ship out of Corentyn before authorities are able to connect you to the museum incident.
Back in Absalom, Master of Swords Marcos Farabellus can barely restrain his fury at Cheliax’s duplicity and use of the Society as a cat’s paw to validate Chelish lies. He sends for Ianareth Alazario, the new liaison from Cheliax, only to find that she has slipped away from the Grand Lodge to “attend to pressing business abroad.” Farabellus assures you that although Cheliax may be more powerful than their organization, the Society won’t suffer this indignity with a smile. He cryptically advises you to remain in Absalom and await further word about a daring mission he has only just begun to plan—one to save the Society’s ally who has paid the greatest price for Cheliax’s villainy: Zefiro Balinger.
And that concludes Part Two of Faithless and Forgotten. I'll get out the Chronicles and set up Part Three in the next few days.
Male NG Human Arcanist 6 | HP 32/32 | AC 19* T 11 FF 19* | CMB 2, CMD 13 | F+2 R+2 W+5 (+1 vs illusion) | Init: +0 (+1 in Cheliax) | Perc: +4, SM: +4 (+1 vs. lying) | Speed 30ft | Arcane Reservoir: 1/15 | Tireless Logic: [X] | Volatile Conduit: [X] | Spells: 1st 0/6, 2nd 0/5, 3rd 0/3 | Active conditions: shield
Marcos, we have to go back in and get Zefiro! Do you already have a team headed back to extract him? Ferdrin booms. The normally casual academic seems just as incensed about Cheliax at the moment.
Male NG Warpriest 9 of Ragathiel | Aasimar Outsider (Native) & Humanoid (human) | Speed 30ft | HP 89/89 | AC 21, T 16, FF 15 | CMD 23| F +14 R +14 W +16 | Init +6 | Perc +14, Sense Motive +9, Diplomacy +17 | Reroll 1/1 | Sacred Weapon 9/9 | Fervor: 9/9 | War blessing 9/9 | Resistance 5 vs. Cold, Acid, Electr | Active Conditions: Defending bone
Suussmaar raises an eyebrow.
"Ferdrin ehhh, why do we have to get Zefiro? We have all his research. I mean I do not want to just risk my life for someone. if there is something we can gain then that is different!" he says and folds his arms.
"Yeah, I don' really give a hoot about Zefiro either," Holan-Ji nods to Suussmaar. "But I really don't like being used by someone with secret agendas and then havin' them turn on me. That ain't right," he concludes with a snarl.
When the Master of Swords tells them to hang out in Absalom for a couple days with the promise of another mission, he stands up and heads fot the door.
"C'mon, I'm treatin' you all to a Tien place here in the Foreign Quarter. Fifty different kinds of meat. And only rice on the side. Well, rice and beer. But what else do you need?" he finishes with a roaring laugh.
Holan-Ji will be leveling up to 4 before we start Part 3.
Male Half-orc Bloodrager 1/Paladin 2 | AC: 20/13/17 (raging: 18/11/15) | HP: 25/25 (raging: 31) | Fort +8, Ref +4, Will +4 | CMB +7, CMD 19 | Init +2 | Perc +3 (darkvision) | Bloodrage: 6/6
"No I'm with Ferdrin. Someone needs to go after him, and who better than us? I didn't join the Society to sit behind a few safe walls, I did it to fight for people who need it. And Zefiro needs it desperately now."
CG Female Tiefling (Demon-Spawn) Cleric 1/Monk 1 | HP 16/16 | AC 15/13/15 (19/13/19) | F +5, R +2, W +7 | Init +0 | Perception +10 | Conditions: Mage Armor| Speed: 30 | Channel Energy 2/3 | Spells: 1st 3/3, Domain 1/1
"It's what Pathfinders are supposed to do," Uaine says simply. "Abide by our allies, and eventually people like the Chelish won't see us in such poor light. But there'll be time for that, let's eat."
It might not be the wisest choice to be telling stories about Cheliax’s attempts to redact the Pathfinders’ latest discoveries, but that doesn’t stop Jahz from doing so anyway!
