Having no skill in Appraisal or Crafting, Eustice will suggest questioning Seymore Landis and possibly bringing the items needing Appraisal to a crafter in the settlement for further review.
You are able to able to bring the longsword over to Leutin Calewick which you helped during the fight with the faceless stalkers. Hello there, I was to say again thanks for helping us out yesterday. If it wasn't for you all it scares me to think about the bad things that may have happened. He sees the longsword you are carrying. I can take a look at that for you, just give me a second. He takes a careful look over the weapon and then says, The weapon is masterfully crafted and with the way it was designed and decorated it seems to be a weapon frequently used by Pathfinders.
Fang will approach with the mirror and chit chat a little bit about the sea and its bounty before asking, "Yous ever seen this before?"
They look at the mirror and right away say, That's a signal mirror, kinda like this one.One of the guys leave for a minute and come back with a very similar one. This is something that we use to signal across long distances.
When you ask around about who has had spent a lot of time with one of the imposters they say to talk to Colson Werton.
When you ask about someone who saw Not-Carver doing something suspicious they say to talk to Jacques Hughon.
Then you can talk to Saymor Landis about the signal mirror.
"Colson, my boy. Have time for a chat? Its said you had some interactions with some residents, who turned out to be Not-Residents, in recent days. May we get you to recall them for us? We're trying to make heads or tails of this debacle."
"Hello Seymore. Say, do you know anything about this Signal Mirror we found in the Not-Carver's possession?"
Colson:
You all have heard from other people in town that Colson Werton was developing a budding romance with Sandra Ganis. Of course I would be glad to help with all you have done. Sandra was always such a sweet lady, but a few days ago she suddenly started asking me about meeting her alone in the strangest of places after sundown. I didn’t understand what was going on, and I had a lot of work to do, so I just said no each time. I didn’t want her to be cross with me, so I didn’t ask too many questions. I’m sorry. I should have known something was wrong. Tears well up in his eyes as he is talking about her and starts to cry. Then like a lightbulb went off in his head he wipes away the tears and says, The scent! I remember she smelled different two nights ago—like sea lavender.[/b] You all know that there are a number of places on the beach that sea lavender grows.
Jacques:
Glad to help, 2 days ago when I was checking my rabbit snares a few miles north of Talmandor's Bounty, I saw Carver Hastings in the distance. I thought he was lost because I couldn’t think of any other reason he would have wandered that far from the colony. I think he was holding something in his hand, maybe a scroll tube or something of similar size and shape. I followed him for a while but lost sight of him after a few minutes. I didn't think much of it because Carver was a strange duck all along.
Saymor:
He looks at the mirror in your hands and says, Hey, that’s mine! I thought I had dropped it somewhere and had already written it off as lost. I used to be a sailor, and mirrors like that one are handy at sea where you can see the signal flashes several miles away on a sunny day. You can keep it if you want it, I don’t have much use for it anymore here in the colony. I guess that thing must have stole it from me but I have no idea why.
"Colson thats a good tip. Do you remember where it was she was asking you to meet?"
"Jaques we found a telescope among the Not-Carver's things. Do you think that was what he was carrying? Can you show us where you saw him and the direction he was traveling from there? We may be able to pick up his trail."
"Most likely to send a signal somewhere Seymore. Thanks for your help."
Colson:
I remember it being in a secluded spot a bit outside of town near the beach but don't remember where exactly, I'm sorry.
Jaques:
Aye! Come to think of it, it probably was a spyglass. Yeah I can show you.
Yeah I think that Mary would know of some areas that it grows.
You would be able to visit them and then head there on your way
You all head your way to the Locathah Camp which is an easy trip. You are easily able to meet with Koloshkora to ask if they have seen anything suspicious. She will excuse herself for her to go talk to her people if they see anything. She will come back and say, My people said that they have seen people at the coast but none of the creatures that you described. They never said anything about seeing the people on the coast because they thought they were just admiring the beauty of the sea.
"Dey ever see 'em using a mirror or the, uh spyglass? Or maybe lights or something out in the waters?"
They don't remember if they were caring anything with them. They didn't seem or act suspicious so we didn't pay them any mind. She asks her people about the lights. She says, One of my people remembered seeing lights once but never investigated it because the lights were brief. Unfortunately they are not sure where they seen them.
It may be a shot in the dark, but were you able to tell if it might have been flames, like a torch? Or a steady light, like it was magic?
They said it didn't look like fire but not for sure what it could be because they didn't get a really good look at it.
"Well... uh. Let's goto that spot and take a looksee."
"Agreed. I'm ready to head there now." Eustice says and departs with the others.
Following all of the information you have been given or found out, you make your way to a small peninsula about 3 miles east of Talmandor's Bounty.
Fang notices a place that looks quite suitable for mooring a boat and he finds a few hemp fibers on the ground near a large rock with marks where algae and moss had been scraped off in bands, suggesting that a rope was recently wrapped around it.
After a few minutes of going over the information that Fang pointed out, you all start to see flashes of light in the distance. Remembering what the doc workers and Saymor told you, this looks like it could be a coded message.
Mary Kay will look at the lights, and scratch out the signal on the sand with her rod.
Fang looks at the code and can decipher the code as: “Status? We must go. Leaving Karnax behind. It is waiting with instructions.”
You look through the spyglass and you can see the flashes of light come from what looks
like a partially crumbled stone building on an island
some 12 miles to the west.
You know that from what you heard there is no set time the lights were seen.
Fang can see that there is a storm brewing and if you left for the island now you would be caught in the storm.
"We should signal back otherwise they may grow suspicious. Send this 'Invasion successful but with casualties. Storm incoming. With transfer wounded back after storm passes.' Then we wait."
You send the message then after a bit of a not seeing anything, you see them sending something. They send back, "Recieved"
Heading back to Talmandor's Bounty is rather uneventful. It doesn't take long to locate Ramona as she is moving around trying to get things back to normal. Hello, didn't expect to see you back so soon. Find anything information?
"Got flashed and it's gonna storm soon. Should batten down the hatches and all that. Hey, you know a Karnax?"
Fang paces about the room, almost as if he's bursting with energy.
"To translate for Fang, we received a message from an island about 12 miles out. We're reasonably certain that's the base of our assailants. We replied with a false message. But a storm is coming so we need to wait. And there's something to do with a Karnax, if that rings any bells."
Fang shrugs and heads outside, small sparks skittering up and down his arms.
I think that might be the name of the contact. With everyone changing faces, we might have ask people for names.
I am sorry I do not know of or heard of any Karnax. I agree with you about believing that is their base of operations. Well you should stay here until the storm blows over so you are not caught in it. Let me know if there is anything you need of me. I hope you are able to find the colonists.
Atlan will assist in helping people batten down the hatches
Everyone heads back to the area where you seen the signals. You get in a boat and start your travel to the island. It takes awhile (you know the travel will take about 7ish hours) as you all take turns rowing.
Fang periodically swims down and looks around to see what is going on under the water. Other than normal underwater life you don't see anything alarming or worth worrying about. You see that you are about 100ft from the shore.
Fang sees and alerts the rest of the group to 2 creatures that are approaching the boat.
Round 1
Atlan
Kelpy
Fang
Eustice
Mary Kay
Green
Red
Everyone is up. The creatures are 10ft under the water.
”Trouble. Get ready.”
Fang let’s out some of his energy, charging up his allies.
The transmuted creatures move and act more quickly than normal. This extra speed has several effects.
When making a full attack action, a hasted creature may make one extra attack with one natural or manufactured weapon. The attack is made using the creature's full base attack bonus, plus any modifiers appropriate to the situation. (This effect is not cumulative with similar effects, such as that provided by a speed weapon, nor does it actually grant an extra action, so you can't use it to cast a second spell or otherwise take an extra action in the round.)
A hasted creature gains a +1 bonus on attack rolls and a +1 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves. Any condition that makes you lose your Dexterity bonus to Armor Class (if any) also makes you lose dodge bonuses.
All of the hasted creature's modes of movement (including land movement, burrow, climb, fly, and swim) increase by 30 feet, to a maximum of twice the subject's normal speed using that form of movement. This increase counts as an enhancement bonus, and it affects the creature's jumping distance as normal for increased speed. Multiple haste effects don't stack. Haste dispels and counters slow.
Globster
Neutral Large Ooze (Aquatic)
Resist - Cold and Electricity 10
Immune - Acid, Piercing and Bludgeoning.
There attacks can cause you to be nauseated for a round if you fail a Fortitude Save.
Eustice relays the information to his companions, making sure Fang hears the electricity resistance.
Then Eustice casts Barbed Chains at Red.