Rumors among the gamblers, drifters, and vagrants of Azir describe a noble outlaw who has been extending help to the poor and downtrodden, asking for their secret devotion to Abadar in exchange for enough gold to realize whatever dreams they may hold.
While this patron’s residence is unknown, spending time in prayer with her has produced real golden relics that many believe come directly from Abadar’s First Vault. It is rumored that this patron bears one of the mystical keys to said vault.
Individuals involved with law enforcement know that these statues have been associated with several grim disappearances all over Azir, and many of these folk believe the statues are no boon, but the physical expression of fell magic. They further believe that the statues are somehow connected to a strange disease that causes an afflicted person’s skin, eyes, fingernails, and hair to crust over with flaking gold - an affliction that’s earned the nickname “aurum death” by locals.
Many have witnessed terrifying, gold-clad undead roaming the streets at night in some of Azir’s shadier areas. Some believe that these creatures arise from those slain by aurum death. The Pure Legion has been attempting both to locate the origin of these gold-clad creatures and to gain more information about this strange “servant of Abadar” and that individual’s possible connection to these unsettling events.
Inusi Mendalari:
VC Obo had mentioned that Torvad was last heard to be a guest of the noblewoman. You've learned that Inusi Mendalari is an architect of some renown, with connections to several other prominent nobles and architects throughout Rahadoum. In addition to her talent for design, she's known to have an interest in strange and exotic artifacts as well as a love for horses. She also has a teenage daughter named Nulalla.
The Sacred Cobra:
The Sacred Cobra is an illicit auction house for religious and historical relics, regularly moving to different locations to evade law enforcement. The Pure Legion has been attempting to identify the whereabouts of the Sacred Cobra auction house for some time, having conducted several unsuccessful raids on locations that are no longer in use. In a pinch, providing the Pure Legion with information about the Sacred Cobra’s location might help garner favor with the local garrison.
Torvad Shalzadin:
Torvad has an upstairs room in a tavern called the Efreeti’s Flame. The owner and keeper of the Flame hasn’t heard from him in weeks, but Torvad instructed the innkeeper to send any couriers bearing letters during this week to the Mendalari Estate in the Artisan’s Souk.
Torvad has been seen coming and going from a manor in the Artisan’s Souk that belongs to Inusi Mendalari, a prominent architect in the region. It’s rumored Torvad has been appraising a large collection of artifacts for her, but no one knows exactly what he’s been examining.
Torvad has grown exaggeratingly paranoid in the last few weeks, and several individuals report his claims that a strange creature with golden skin is stalking him. While no one has taken him seriously, he’s been walking the streets of Azir more heavily armed than usual.
Male NG Half-Elven Psychic 6 | HP 27/38 | AC 10 T 10 FF 10 (w/Mage Armor 14/10/14) CMB 1, CMD 11 | F: +6, R: +4, W: +11 (+2 vs enchantments, +2 vs traps/hazards underground) | Init: +6 (+2 more underground) | Perc: +11 (low light), SM: +6 | Speed 30ft | Active conditions: Resist Fire 10
GM Ladile wrote:
Since things can sometimes get lost in the shuffle of PbP, especially given how long some games can take, I added some spoilers to the top of the campaign page that contain information you've learned about particular subjects thus far. Please feel free to refer back to them at any time!
CN Male Halfling Magus (Kensai) 9 | Speed 30 ft. | AC 30, T 24, FF 19 | hp 66/66 | Fort +9, Ref +10, Will +11 | Init +11 | Percep +4 | CMD 25 | Spells 1st 10/6 2nd 4/4 3rd 3/3 Arcane Pool 9/9 | Reroll @ +4 1/1 | Conditions: antitoxin/plague; mirror image x3, shield; enduring blade (keen/shocking burst)
@Birseko: amnesiac ability to recall vanish and put it on Dimak would probably be a great play here... not sure if this mummy is standard or different, but the duration of vanish should cover the paralysis duration.
Male NG Half-Elven Psychic 6 | HP 27/38 | AC 10 T 10 FF 10 (w/Mage Armor 14/10/14) CMB 1, CMD 11 | F: +6, R: +4, W: +11 (+2 vs enchantments, +2 vs traps/hazards underground) | Init: +6 (+2 more underground) | Perc: +11 (low light), SM: +6 | Speed 30ft | Active conditions: Resist Fire 10
Riltar Nobettween wrote:
@Birseko: amnesiac ability to recall vanish and put it on Dimak would probably be a great play here... not sure if this mummy is standard or different, but the duration of vanish should cover the paralysis duration.
open | NG male (he/him) human inquisitor (Nethys) 7 | AC 22 (T 16, FF 17) | HP 52/52 | F +8, R +9, W +9 | I +7, P +12 | Spells: 1st (5/5) 2nd (4/4) 3rd (2/2) | Judg (3/3) Bane (10/10) | Active Conditions: none
Hey folks, I know a holiday weekend is upon us and some of you might be busy with other things up until Monday. I'm still going to do my best to keep things rolling (though this is my weekend to work) but don't worry if you can't post - I've got enough information that I should be able to bot people for this part of the 'encounter' if need be :)
open | NG male (he/him) human inquisitor (Nethys) 7 | AC 22 (T 16, FF 17) | HP 52/52 | F +8, R +9, W +9 | I +7, P +12 | Spells: 1st (5/5) 2nd (4/4) 3rd (2/2) | Judg (3/3) Bane (10/10) | Active Conditions: none
Tabar, 5 hours, 41 minutes ago wrote:
Tabar moves into the room and activates
Tabar, 4 hours, 30 minutes ago wrote:
... sorry. Was interrupted.
... legacy weapon to again the heartseeker ability for his rapier.
This is why I like PbP. This happens to me all the time. XD
... legacy weapon to again the heartseeker ability for his rapier.
This is why I like PbP. This happens to me all the time. XD
Ditto! It may or may not have taken me a couple of hours of starts-and-stops to write the combat post I made last night. Usually it's either work-related (if I'm at work) or cat-related (if I'm at home) :3
open | NG male (he/him) human inquisitor (Nethys) 7 | AC 22 (T 16, FF 17) | HP 52/52 | F +8, R +9, W +9 | I +7, P +12 | Spells: 1st (5/5) 2nd (4/4) 3rd (2/2) | Judg (3/3) Bane (10/10) | Active Conditions: none
GM, I have a question about the expected end date. Can you give a rough idea of how far along we are? Specifically, will be be ending on the 11th?
I'm going to be on vacation the week of the 11th - I'll have Internet access, but from prior experiences, refresh-intensive things like Google Slides (and Discord) perform poorly. I'll be able to keep up for the most part, but I will leave botting instructions just in case. I'd like to know how much we have left so I can leave more or less botting instructions.
GM, I have a question about the expected end date. Can you give a rough idea of how far along we are? Specifically, will be be ending on the 11th?
I'm going to be on vacation the week of the 11th - I'll have Internet access, but from prior experiences, refresh-intensive things like Google Slides (and Discord) perform poorly. I'll be able to keep up for the most part, but I will leave botting instructions just in case. I'd like to know how much we have left so I can leave more or less botting instructions.
Unfortunately, no. This scenario has...a lot...going on within it. It doesn't help that work and RL has been busier for me than it usually is this time of year, which has slowed me down more than I'd like on my posting.
All that said, I'm committed to seeing things through to the end. We're almost finished here at the manor and after that we've got a mostly RP section followed by a small dungeon-crawl section. Fight-wise, you've got one, possibly two combats left, depending on how things unfold.
open | NG male (he/him) human inquisitor (Nethys) 7 | AC 22 (T 16, FF 17) | HP 52/52 | F +8, R +9, W +9 | I +7, P +12 | Spells: 1st (5/5) 2nd (4/4) 3rd (2/2) | Judg (3/3) Bane (10/10) | Active Conditions: none
Okay, I'll work on botting instructions later today.
I don't mind the long scenario, it's been a great game so far.
open | NG male (he/him) human inquisitor (Nethys) 7 | AC 22 (T 16, FF 17) | HP 52/52 | F +8, R +9, W +9 | I +7, P +12 | Spells: 1st (5/5) 2nd (4/4) 3rd (2/2) | Judg (3/3) Bane (10/10) | Active Conditions: none
Botting instructions:
In combat, Bocke is a basic inquisitor archer (one that I've seen many other people play). He's used up more Bane than I would have liked, but if there's no DR, he can probably play a few rounds unbaned. If there looks like there's time, he'll cast Divine Favor in the first round and then full-round attack starting second. He has one Judgement left for the day, and that usually goes to damage on the boss. I keep forgetting he has Coordinated Shot with Solo Tactics - so +1 when he's attacking someone threatened by melee.
He's got blunt, silver, cold iron, and ghost touch arrows, and they're relatively inexpensive at this point so using them up isn't a huge deal. He can also cast align weapon if needed.
Out of combat, Bocke relies more on taking in information than actively eliciting it. He will favor Perception / Sense Motive, coupled with his SLA to detect alignments.
As an inquisitor of Nethys, the "no divine magic" rule really gets his goat. He won't risk the party over it, but he only complies with the rule for the mission's sake - he has no respect for the actual rule.
@Riltar - Nope, it's open! But the interior walls are made of stone and the ceilings are 10 feet high.
On my end of things, we had company over this evening and I spent most of the morning and afternoon getting things ready. While it was fun, such things tend to drain my batteries pretty quick. So I'll look to get an update posted tomorrow.
Male NG Half-Elven Psychic 6 | HP 27/38 | AC 10 T 10 FF 10 (w/Mage Armor 14/10/14) CMB 1, CMD 11 | F: +6, R: +4, W: +11 (+2 vs enchantments, +2 vs traps/hazards underground) | Init: +6 (+2 more underground) | Perc: +11 (low light), SM: +6 | Speed 30ft | Active conditions: Resist Fire 10
My sincere apologies to the GM and the rest of the team for my lax posting recently - I'm solo parenting for an extended period and my four year old is taking up all my energy and then some! I'll get caught up now. Sorry to slow things down!
No worries Birseko - RL & work hasn't allowed me to be as productive with posting here as I'd like so I certainly can't complain about anyone else's posting habits :)
@Tabar - If that's directed at me, thank you! If you mean Birseko then I heartily agree! I don't have a lot of experience with seeing the Occult classes in action beyond a medium/paladin multiclass I'm GMing for so it's fun (and occasionally surprising) to see what the two of you can do :)
N (she/her) elf witch 5 || HP 22 || AC 17/13/14 || Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +7; +2 vs. mind-affecting || Perc +11 (low-light vision) || Stealth +3 || Speed 30 || Init +3 || Spells: 3rd 1/2, 2nd 4/4, 1st 4/5 || Active Conditions: mage armor, fly
I'm running games at Lexicon this weekend, so will be out of pocket most of the weekend. Feel free to bot me if you need it. Hellebore will share the cash she got with the group to get the things we need.
open | NG male (he/him) human inquisitor (Nethys) 7 | AC 22 (T 16, FF 17) | HP 52/52 | F +8, R +9, W +9 | I +7, P +12 | Spells: 1st (5/5) 2nd (4/4) 3rd (2/2) | Judg (3/3) Bane (10/10) | Active Conditions: none
Bumping.
What is the likelihood that this game finishes before Gameday X begins?
CN Male Halfling Magus (Kensai) 9 | Speed 30 ft. | AC 30, T 24, FF 19 | hp 66/66 | Fort +9, Ref +10, Will +11 | Init +11 | Percep +4 | CMD 25 | Spells 1st 10/6 2nd 4/4 3rd 3/3 Arcane Pool 9/9 | Reroll @ +4 1/1 | Conditions: antitoxin/plague; mirror image x3, shield; enduring blade (keen/shocking burst)
I think we just need a few hints by the GM at this point as I think we've uncovered everything we can... the safe, the woman's corpse, Birseko's vision... I think we've beaten that horse to death, so to speak! lol I'm fairly certain the group has decided to not involve the authorities with this... which makes things interesting, as I think she was in charge of the auction... so who will host the auction? lol
Not sure if there's some negotiations left to do by the Social Butterflies team though...
open | NG male (he/him) human inquisitor (Nethys) 7 | AC 22 (T 16, FF 17) | HP 52/52 | F +8, R +9, W +9 | I +7, P +12 | Spells: 1st (5/5) 2nd (4/4) 3rd (2/2) | Judg (3/3) Bane (10/10) | Active Conditions: none
I'm not sure we have all the information from the Madame.
Hey folks, apologies again for the silence. Monday night work was not conducive to doing any posting and while I've been off the last couple of days, I've been under the weather and sleeping a lot.
Advanced the action as yes, you'd done all of the social side of things that could be done for the moment.
In regards to finishing before Gameday - we have the climax of the auction left, which shouldn't take very long, and then you have one last area to visit. In the interests of saving time, I can go ahead and roll some of your checks myself as you enter each section and keep things moving along. There's an optional encounter within the scenario but I don't personally feel that it adds anything to the overall story so I'm inclined to skip it to save time.
open | NG male (he/him) human inquisitor (Nethys) 7 | AC 22 (T 16, FF 17) | HP 52/52 | F +8, R +9, W +9 | I +7, P +12 | Spells: 1st (5/5) 2nd (4/4) 3rd (2/2) | Judg (3/3) Bane (10/10) | Active Conditions: none
Bocke would advocate exposing the imposter's identity over outright theft.
CN Male Halfling Magus (Kensai) 9 | Speed 30 ft. | AC 30, T 24, FF 19 | hp 66/66 | Fort +9, Ref +10, Will +11 | Init +11 | Percep +4 | CMD 25 | Spells 1st 10/6 2nd 4/4 3rd 3/3 Arcane Pool 9/9 | Reroll @ +4 1/1 | Conditions: antitoxin/plague; mirror image x3, shield; enduring blade (keen/shocking burst)
Riltar Nobettween wrote:
Question: is the shard visible anywhere and could Riltar just grab it off its display area at this time, if he turns invisible?
When Lady Ladile answers this question, hopefully with a 'yes', then your worries about what is legal or not here in Rahadoum may become unnecessary! :P
PS: involving the authorities is, from the perspective of Riltar, an absolute 'Mission Fail" (especially here in Rahadoum, and especially since we are all attending an ILLEGAL divine object auction!!)
Getting ready for work & haven't had time to check Gameplay yet but to answer Riltar's question, yes - all of the items up for bid, including the shard, are sitting on display at the front of the room.
Actual Gameplay update to hopefully come a bit later this evening!
CN Male Halfling Magus (Kensai) 9 | Speed 30 ft. | AC 30, T 24, FF 19 | hp 66/66 | Fort +9, Ref +10, Will +11 | Init +11 | Percep +4 | CMD 25 | Spells 1st 10/6 2nd 4/4 3rd 3/3 Arcane Pool 9/9 | Reroll @ +4 1/1 | Conditions: antitoxin/plague; mirror image x3, shield; enduring blade (keen/shocking burst)
GM Ladile wrote:
Getting ready for work & haven't had time to check Gameplay yet but to answer Riltar's question, yes - all of the items up for bid, including the shard, are sitting on display at the front of the room.
Actual Gameplay update to hopefully come a bit later this evening!
Based on the GM's answer, it appears that our investigation of the safe and discovery of the dead auctioneer has paid off and that we could potentially score an easy "MISSION SUCCESS!" by just having Riltar or Birseko go invisible and grab the thing! why pay for it? The Society doesn't care about this auction: just the shard! :P
^Yes, the shard is your primary objective! That said (and I don't blame anyone for forgetting since it's been awhile), those of you in the Dark Archive were also tasked with a special request in addition to securing the shard ;)
