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We can certainly add Detect Magic from Demm and Djahan to the SOP; in this room Detect Magic is just a way to interact with the illusion and gain a Will save. Now that Tsamara has told you about the illusion, everyone else can attempt a DC20 Will save with a +4 bonus.

You can also attempt the following check, if trained (Tsamara already attempted it).

Djahan uses guidance on himself regularly.

will save, guidance : 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 2 + 1 = 20

Kn Local, clear ear : 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 5 + 2 = 20

"Hmm ... this is related to Xavorax. The Deep City. The Silent City. A city below the city of Kaer Maga; far, far below. Xavorax is said to be populated by an ancient and immortal race of blind aliens and their vampire servants! I always believed that this is a myth!" he says.

will save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

The phantom's red color starts to become lighter and they look around curiously.

"Not only do you prevent me from speaking about us! Now you do not even try to find something to fight in here!" the phantom says while gritting their teeth.

Data frowns as his lights go ballistic on his visible circuitry...

Will: 1d20 + 2 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 4 + 4 = 14

...but he detects no illusion...

Djahan looks at the phantom and shakes his head.

"Be glad dear Phantom that we have been here with only one confrontation so far."

Will: 1d20 + 3 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 7 = 18

Pfft! Female furry am feebleminded and weak willed. No am telling what she am seeing.

"Hopefully, that is not where we must track our corpse-thief," Onye says. "I did not bring enough rations for that, and we let the tengu go." He sounds like he might be joking.

"Don't say that too loudly or it might echo," Tsamara remarks with a chuckle. "And undo my work of trying to convince them that we don't eat their kind!"

"Anyway...I think traveling down to this Xavorax is outside the terms of our contract," she shudders.

Moving on to the next scouted room...

You check the door to the room with the circle. It seems unremarkable. You open the door and find the room as the phantom described. There are engravings on the walls showing all manner of fiends and angelic beings in subservient postures before recumbent humans.

Data spots that the circle of silver is broken, there's a gap in the powder lines. This renders the circle useless as a defence.

Between you, you also find a scroll fallen down behind one of the room's empty biers.

The mage practically ignores the pictographs as he crosses toward the fallen scroll.

Arcana vs DC 20: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Arcana vs DC 20: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19

I will 'Read Magic'

Demm tad-draguni studies the scroll for a few moments. "This am useful. Some undead cause blood and muscles to freeze. This spell warms them up again."
Who wants to hold on to the scroll of Remove Paralysis?

"Maybe Tsamara," Onye suggests to Demm. "Or Djahan?"

"Maybe Djahan should hold it for now, especially since I have the chime. We should try to spread our resources out as best as we can."

Tsamara stares the circle with some interest, though she takes care to keep her distance.

"Was that a summoning circle or some sort of protective barrier? Considering what we've found so far, either option would not surprise me..."

Felix is simply keeping his eyes out for any potential hostiles in the hallways for now, having no real practical experience with or knowledge of the arcane and its mysteries.

With no knowledge of the arcane, Data will join Felix in the hallway to help lookout till the party is ready to move on...

kn arcana : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13

kn arcana : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (8) + 7 = 15

”I can take the scroll. No idea what is going on here!“ he says.

What do you think about the DCs in this module?:-)

"The artwork suggests this room was devoted to summoning," he says. "It was probably long ago. Let us seek the fiendish woman who murdered the tengu."

Having gleaned what little you can from the two crypts, the phantom proceeds to the next room.

Now that we actually have an instance of the phantom encountering a hostile it seems to me that it makes most sense to have a surprise round in which the phantom, the hostile, and Djahan may act. Djahan is made aware of the hostile via his Link with his phantom but everyone else needs to be alerted in some way - which I am sure will happen.

Surprise round

Felix
Onye
Data
Djahan
"She"
Phantom
Demm
Tsamara

The bold may act!

DFM (phantom) doesn't have any knowledge skills to identify what it encounters but I have put the creature's image up on the slides and will do knowledge spoilers once the rest of the party see the creature.

Djahan repeats what the phantom told him! “She's in there!“

Djahan moves to the door!

Djahan's phantom has the disconcerting experience of the she-creature trying to bite him, and through the closed door you hear muffled, bestial noises. But she cannot harm the incorporeal outsider.

Surprise round / round 2

Felix
Onye
Data
Djahan
"She"
Phantom
Demm
Tsamara

The bold may act!

Phantom acts in the surprise round, then the rest of the bolded party members act in round 2 (the first "full" round).

“Ha, so you think you are tough!! Nooo!! I’m tough!!“ the phantom shouts and moves begind the “she”.

“Ha, so you think you are tough!! Nooo!! I’m tough!!“ the phantom shouts and moves begind the “she”.

If he does that he'll disappear - the door has not been opened and he needs to get back in line of effect within 1 round. That's one round since he went through the door.

Rather than get in the way, Tsamara holds her position and channels her magics to grant everyone the blessing of sunlight!
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Casting Bless~

Ah, sorry, then the Phantom returns!

”I will be back!!“

Delay until someone/thing opens the door.

"Finally!" The kobold interlaces his fingers and cracks his knuckles in expectation of casting a spell or two.

The phantom retreats and Onye waits for the door to open...

Combat round 2

Felix
Onye - delay
Data
Djahan
"She"
Phantom
Demm
Tsamara

The bold may act!

Tsmara hold that Bless spell until you can act :)

Djahan opens the door.

kn dungeon : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

He does not know what this is but he also does not want to attack first.

“Hello! Please step back from the door! We are authorized to search this place!“

Ready action to attack in case she’s hostile.

Whoops, misread the tracker. That's fine, consider casting Bless to be Tsamara's action when her turn actually does come up.

Knowledge (dungeoneering): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20

Onye advances to stand behind Djahan. "Lustspawn!" he warns. "Abominations of Thassilon, they are resistant to magic."

Move, Martial Flexibility: Dedicated Adversary (lustspawn)

Taking a step forward and entering his battle stance, he motions for Djahan to move a little away from the door.

"Bait it into the hallway; we can better surround it out here and turn this bottleneck to our advantage!"

Data quickly fires at the lustspawn after Onye’s warning...

MW Composite Longbow: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 23
Cold Iron Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 2 + 1 = 10

Djahan raises his sword and declares a room inspection!

Onye identifies the monster as a lustspawn, the deviant creation of Thassilonian magic. He focuses his mind upon the task ahead.

Meanwhile Felix prepares in his own way and offers tactical advice.

Data acts, somehow threading an arrow through the narrow gaps and striking the lustspawn in her soft flesh.

She hisses, her hideous mouth separating, and comes at Djahan - the tiefling defends himself...

I recommend putting Readied actions in spoilers if they involve dice rolls, that way we can keep the action moving. I'll bot Djahan's readied attack.

Djahanbot, readied longsword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (19) + 5 = 24damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8
confirm? readied longsword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Between Djahan's blade and Data's bow, the fight is over before it has really begun - the ancient creature lies dead at your feet.

Combat over!

Inside the crypt a pile of bloody bones and feathers is all that is left of a recently killed creature. Clearly, Pathfinders are more competent combatants than tengu archeologists.

Shockingly graphic depictions of orgies with all manner of creatures decorate the walls of the lustspawn's chamber. Five humanoid skeletons lie in state on biers—though the bodies appear human, their skulls are those of some monstrous creature.

Obviously the Sin depicted in this room's decorations is Lust.

The sinspawn wears a number of pieces of jewelry of antique design that are valuable as art objects as well as of historical interest to scholars. Your Detect Magic spells also reveal a couple of potion vials.

Didn't even need the crit.

Onye stares at the swiftly slain lustspawn. "Good work," he says flatly.

Data’s lights flicker as he looks at the orgy porn on the walls and ponders. ”Ah, now I can see why the lady at the Blushing Rose might be interested in this place...trade secrets...”

He looks around the room...

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Demm prepares to cast a spell to devastating effect only to have the words choke in his throat. "It am already over?" He shakes his head disappointedly. "Why am Demm tad-draguni even here? Adepts and novices coulds be tasking this doing."

Arcana: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Spellcraft vs DC 30: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Spellcraft vs DC 18: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

Demm looks over the vials. "No am sure about this one, but this one am make you pretty. Well, as pretty as you am can be for not being kobold...or dragon."

The second vial is a potion of Eagle's Splendor.

"She was not the cause of the trouble," Onye concludes. "She was merely a remnant of old corruption. There is still more danger to face."

Guess I'll save my spell :)

"I'm sure we'll have more chances to shine, in a place like this," Tsamara tries to console Demm as she too allows the magic energy she'd been gathering to dissipate.

She takes a cursory look at the remaining, unidentified, vial...

DM + Spellcraft (DC 30): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

...but quickly realizes that it's something beyond her ability to identify or understand.

"Whatever it is, it's imbued with powerful magic...but that's all I can discern."

The catfolk gives a sad glance to the remains of what must be the third tengu archaeologist. "A horrible way to go. I'd like to at least put his remains somewhere a little more dignified, before we leave this place for good."

kn arcana : 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
Spellcraft : 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Spellcraft : 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

“I am mourning for the Tengu! And it’s unfortunate we had to fight!“ Djahan says.

He then looks around.

“In ancient Thassilon the Sin of Lust was associated with Enchantment magicks!“

He looks at his companions.

“The other Tengu are gone, right?“

There's nothing else in the Lust room.

Tsamara makes a note to care for Fisk's remains, and Demm kicks his heels as he itches to display his arcane prowess in battle.

The phantom drifts through the next door.

Surprise round

Tsamara
Demm
Onye
Data
Djahan
Phantom
Felix
Corpse

The bold may act! A move or a standard action.

The phantom returns.

”There is an undead in there!!“

Djahan 5 ft steps and opens the door.

"I suppose I expected an ancient eldritch horror to be a little more resilient."

He shrugs, but does take a moment of silence for the fallen third member of the tengu party and for all the other poor, unprepared 'treasure hunters' that he's followed into the Afterlife.

On the heels of these ruminations Djahan sounds the alert about an undead nearby!

"Speaking of expectations, the restless dead down here do not surprise me in the least!"

The walking corpse shambles into view. It is grossly bloated, but must once have been a human male.

Combat round 1

Tsamara
Demm
Onye
Data
Djahan
Phantom
Felix
Corpse

The bold may act!

kn religion: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8

Djahan tries to cut into the bein but faces cover because of the wall.

MW Cold Iron Longsword (d8+4; 19-20/×2) To hit: Str+3, MW +1, BAB +1 ; Damage: +3 : 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 81d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

He then 5ft steps back.

"See? Now, perhaps, we can get in on the action...as I've heard it said," Tsamara remarks to Demm as she refocuses and calls on the blessing of sunlight for her allies.
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*Now* we'll cast Bless ;)

Data makes an acrobatic maneuver and moves 10’ NE...

Acrobatics to avoid AoO: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25

...and fires an arrow at the bloated corpse dude...

MW Composite Longbow w/ Bless: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 5 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 21
Cold Iron/Piercing Damage: 1d8 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 2 + 1 = 10

Onye steps back from the corpse to give himself room to swing his pole-arm. He makes a grim swipe at the bloated corpse.

5 ft Step, Attack

+1 Glaive-guisarme, Bless: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 5 + 1 = 9
Slashing, Magic: 1d10 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

The mage's eyes twinkle at the sight of an actual target. He grabs his wrist to brace it as he mutters an incantation while simultaneously thrusting his right arm forward. Demm smiles with glee as a beam of energy bursts from his palm and lances into his target.

Range vs Touch AC: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Disrupt Undead: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
As an evoker, Demm receives a bonus on damaging spells.

Djahan attacks, but his sword just makes sparks has he strikes the stone wall.

Tsamara shines her light on the problem. Data, the android archer, sees nothing change but nevertheless skips backwards and lodges an arrow in the bloated corpse. There's a <pffft> noise and a noxious smell escapes from the wound, but the creature still stands.

Data cannot benefit from Bless - it is a morale bonus.

Onye does no better than Djahan in the cramped corridor.

Demm aims a ray of positive energy at the zombie, striking it directly. The ray burns into the undead flesh, and the creature explodes in a shower of gore, leaving only a cloud of foul vapours.

Fortunately none of you are adjacent to the zombie when it explodes and the vapour does not reach you.

Demm claps his hands a single time before rubbing them together in a celebratory fashion. "Did you all am see that? We am finally having fun."