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Persistent damage comes from effects like acid, being on fire, or many other situations. Instead of taking persistent damage immediately, you take it at the end of each of your turns as long as you have the condition, rolling any damage dice anew each time. After you take persistent damage, roll a DC 15 flat check to see if you recover from the persistent damage. If you succeed, the condition ends.
That's for damage, not for conditions applied, e.g. reduced sight.
Renvi easily jumps over the fungi with a flourish.
The gold fungi suddenly erupts, sending more spores into the air, before scutling away, turning and firing a seed pod Lande. The pod lands flat in Lande's face, blackening his eye and exploding into another bunch of poisonous spores.
The red one follows suit, running away from the Pathfinders, before it explodes in another cloud of poisonous spores.
The poison in the spores sting your eyes, please roll 1d4 for persistent damage.
You can only see 20ft, irrespective of darkvision, lowlight or normal
vision.
If you are have persistent poison twice roll the damage twice and take the worse result.
Emory Gunter:
Iustanus: Damage 1, persistent poison
Lande : Damage 5
Renvi : Damage 2, persistent poison
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The gold fungi, skips to the side of Emory's electricity spell, almost laughing as it does. It bumps into the copper fungi in it's dance and pushes the fungi into Emory's spear's trajectory. With the spear pinning it to the ground, the fungi is unable to get out of the way of the dwarf's frenzied attack. The copper fungi erupts in a cloud of poisonous spores as Lande's axe bites into its body. The copper fungi dead in a pool of green liquid, that just sinks to the bottom of the slimy pool.
Renvi feels the power of her dance, infuse her with insights as she finds the fungi's weak spots.
Gold Reflex
Copper Dead
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The creature reels from all the damage done, Iustanus' rubbish that was thrown at it, then when both spellcasters sent fire into it's body. The dwarven ranger breathes heavily as he chases the thing, unable to catch it with his axe. A bolt hits the thing, it is hanging onto life by a thread. It steps away from the ranger and tries to hit the nasty folks sending fire at it. First a pod is sent at Iustanus, then sending the next to Emory Unfortunately, even the magical shield doesn't stop the pod from hitting the sorcerer, who takes The second shot at Emory flies wide.
The fungi, in the grips of death is unable to stop the ongoing assault from the Pathfinders and as it dies, it sends a cloud of poisonous spores into the air.
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The way is clear to move forward, to move the stone door and enter the chamber beyond. But Renvi stops the group as she spots something glinting in the corner of the slimy ooze. You find 8gps worth of silver, that was at some time molten before it cooled.
You roll the stone door to the side to enter the next chamber, as you do you hear the sound of air rushing into the chamber.
This cavernous chamber seems to have been used for an academic purpose. Large stone tables are arranged in a rough square around the center of the room, with giant-sized stone stools and chairs throughout. The eastern wall is covered by an amazingly intricate mural painting, the colors and details preserved in the sealed environment. In the walls, shelves contain rotted scroll tubes and worm-eaten books, although a few shelves seem to contain thin sheets of stone in haphazard piles. In an alcove, a large glass orb about a foot in diameter rests on a pillar. On the floor, the original tiled mosaic has been hacked and defaced, covered with crude painted depictions of flame and a single unblinking eye.
As outside air swirls into the room for the first time in centuries, creeping discoloration begins to spread across the murals and writings before your very eyes. The fog of history will undoubtedly reclaim them once again, and soon.
Across the dark chamber on the southern wall, Lande can see writing in what could be several scripts or languages. None of which make any sense to him. For the rest of the party, the wall is hidden in the darkness.
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Iustanus and Renvi walk to the writings on the wall opposite and take in the strange markings. Taking some time, they recognise that amongst all the writing are words written in Draconic. They pull Emory and Lande over, pointing at the words they soon discover, Emory and Lande are unable to read any of the languages written on the wall.
Iustanus translates the words from Draconic, 'The enlightened follow the light into darkness.' Iustanus quickly understands that the contents of the library are written in the languages seen on the wall, being able to understand one these languages, Draconic, would allow a character to conduct research on any written artifacts.
Unfortunately, the unsealing of the doorway has now exposed the materials inside this room to the outside air for the first time in perhaps millennia, and the images and texts are quickly oxidizing!
And as a result, for each hour that passes, the information available becomes progressively harder to discern, until the site is no longer able to be studied due to complete oxidization!
Unfortunately, the unsealing of the doorway has now exposed the materials inside this room to the outside air for the first time in perhaps millennia, and the images and texts are quickly oxidizing!
And as a result, for each hour that passes, the information available becomes progressively harder to discern, until the site is no longer able to be studied due to complete oxidization!
Map-Mural of Koloran
There is a large 40-foot painted mural on the western wall, that seems to contain various small scenes that show some of the Koloran Empire’s important moments in history. The colours seem very vivid for a mural of this age, which seems most unusual.
Stone Tablets of Ai’Sheen
A collection of thin hexagonal sheets of basalt lie heaped against the south-eastern , chiseled in many languages, including Draconic, by the cyclops seer Ai’Sheen
Ocularity
This large green crystal cyclops eye sparkles in the torchlight, shadows seem to swirl inside the crystal, when looking through the flat surfaces set at sharp angles. Holding the crystal up to your eyes you look inside at the swirling clouds of grey, that part and show visions of the past or future.
Look more closely at the make up and rubble in the chamber
You can look more closely at the walls, floors and ceiling of the Library. You can optionally include taking charcoal rubbings from walls and floors, where there are interesting patterns and designs.
Any other research you want to attempt or actions e.g. defend
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Lande studies the nearest black stone tablets, and with the magic surging through him quickly translates the first words of the Seer, but is unable to learn much more than an introduction as to Ai'Sheen's home and inspiration and predicting a darkness. He tells his companions to use their Lore skills if they have any of those that are applicable, as they will no doubt make understanding the texts easier.
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Iustanus starts to search the rubble, but finds nothing of real interest, even using his spells to find any magical emanations or auras. He spends some time studying the map as he continues round the chamber. As he takes in the patterns on the map, studying the map hard, he notices around the edges the maps starting to oxidise, the vivid colours just starting to fade.
He quickly realises that unfortunately, the unsealing of the doorway has now exposed the materials inside this room to the outside air for the first time in perhaps millennia, and the images and texts of the Map Mural are quickly oxidizing! As a result of this Iustanus estimates that for each hour that passes, the information available will become progressively harder to discern, until the Map Mural is no longer able to be studied due to complete oxidization!
Not only does Iustanus see the oxidisation of the map, he notices that this process has revealed the outline of what looks like a door, a secret door.
Renvi picks up the crystal and starts to study it, watching the swirling mists inside, as the light of the torch flickers orange like flames into the green. As Renvi concentrates and looks deeper into the crystal she sees the creatures starting to materialise and from the depths.
The scene showed many cyclopeans in a lightened chamber, scrolls and tablets of stone ordered in stone shelves, the creatures taking scripts down and reading their words, others copying scripts from scroll to stone sat at large tables.
A peaceful scene in any Library, before suddenly a cyclops enters, dressed in long white robes with silver stars and golden eyes sewn into the rim. The cyclops shouts, pointing to the heavens as he holds in his hands, a Great Axe. The other cyclopeans look up from their studies and tasks, the cyclops holds the axe up high, pointing at his companions. The next thing Renvi sees is a chamber awash with blood, the white robe soaked in blood and the axe dripping with the gore of dead librarians. A scene of carnage and death, in which Renvi is one of the librarians, she holds up her hands to protect herself from the incoming sweep of the axe, yet to no avail as it smashes into her head.
And the vision is gone, leaving Renvi shaking as she stands, a green crystal in her hands, her face drained of colour.
Your mind is still held by the crystal's vision, that shows the raging cyclops being overpowered by a contingent of guards, before being locked in a nearby cell.
On a failure the vision deals mental damage.
On a critical failure, the researcher is also stupefied 1 for 24hrs.
As Iustaus watches the map, the secret door outline become clearer, Emory continues with his rubbings, hears a faint click as his rubbings seems to move a small lever carefully hidden in the column of one of the ornate table legs. To Iustanus' acutely aware ears, he too hears the click and watches in amazement as the secret door starts to open. From inside the hidden room, you all hear strange utterances in several languages, until in Draconic you hear, "...the time is nigh....". You hear the sound of a heavy metal object being pulled across the stone.
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Emory Gunter(Perception):
Iustanus(Perception):
Lande Striden: (Perception):
Renvi Storm: (Perception/Stealth):
Init
Emory AC16 17/17
Iustanus AC16 16/16
Lande AC 19 36/36
Renvi AC17/19 14/19 - Stupefied 1 (-1 int,wis,cha)
As the door opens, it reveals a large cyclops, if that's what it can be called. The one eyed thing with the flesh falling off it's hands, leaves bony fingered claws one holding a great axe and the other pointing the deadly nails to the opening portal. You hear it speak in several tongues once more, it's cries loud and passionate. Over it's body is a rag of dirty brownish red, with faded silver stars and singular orange eyes, that was once a magnificent robe.
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The dwarf's hatchet strikes the cyclops cutting off a sliver of flesh, but it doesn't seem to stop the creature's red eyes seeking out its prey.
The creature feels the crackle of electricity in the air and tries to skip out of the way, , but the energy seeks out the silver and obsidian torc worn by the cyclops, causing him to jerk and groan in pain.
It looks at Renvi as the swashbuckler fails to be impressed by the display with the shortsword.
Iustanus manages to burn more flesh, although it seems the rags took more damage than the creature.
The creature moves forward and strikes at the dwarf that struck him with a weapon. As it does you hear in Draconic, "The ritual must begin! Will YOU dare stop it?" amongst the other tongues spoken. Seeing the dwarfs blood start to flow, it sends its claw at the dwarf, but overbalanced by its previous swing, the claw misses it's mark.
Emory AC16 17/17
Iustanus AC16 16/16
Lande AC 19 30/36
Renvi AC17/19 14/19 - Stupefied 1 (-1 int,wis,cha)
Val 14