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Lemedor begins to shake in fright, though still holds quite a bit of confidence somehow. He draws his bow. "The crocodile King will not be pleased. He asked me to acquire his army and I have done so." He motions to the Troglodytes. "Soon their entire tribe will descend from the mountains to join." He motions for the Troglodytes and Snowy to defend themselves. "We must defend the King."
The stench from the Troglodytes begins to overwhelm your senses as it quickly turns your stomach.
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➤ Z'hor'll B'bblebr'x
➤ Aatish e
⠀⠀➤ Ghermez
➤ Kyra
Troglodyte (Red)
Troglodyte (Green)
The Armenian Man
Zinta
Roland Huntmaster
⠀⠀Baldo II
Lemedor
⠀⠀Snowy
Kyra ✨casts bull’s strength on the Armenian Man and then wades 20 feet to the south-west through the hindered terrain of the filthy slop, drawing her scimitar as she goes.
Where’s that croc?
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Z'or'll inspires the group with a stirring rendition as Khorshid rides a Ghermez around as the small dog begins to hack and wheeze. Taking advatage of the vile smell Khorshid breathes acid all over the group.
The acidic breath fully envelops the Troglodytes as Lemedor looks around confused. "It's not real!?"
Kyra increases the muscle mass on Armenian Man just as the Troglodytes scream and quickly surround Khorshid.
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Z'hor'll B'bblebr'x
Aatish e
⠀⠀Ghermez
Kyra
Troglodyte (Red)
Troglodyte (Green)
➤ The Armenian Man
➤ Zinta
➤ Roland Huntmaster
⠀⠀➤ Baldo II
Lemedor
⠀⠀Snowy
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The Armenian Man holds his breath from the overwhelming stench as he drives his scythe into Lemedor's shoulder bone. The man whimpers in pain as he clutches the wound. Sorrow and Pain look in his eyes, though his demeanor doesn't show it.
Baldo and Roland move in to help Khorshid. Baldo grabs ahold of the Troglodyte's ankle, yanking it to the ground as it screams in shock, swatting at the dogs nose. Roland stabs his greatsword down into the Troglodytes chest putting it out of its misery quickly.
Zinta sends glitterdust raining down from above as it covers the enemies vision.
All three are blinded by the dust as it settles across their eyes and skin. Lemedor stumbles back as he squints to try and tell who is who. He fires a single arrow down the hallway at The Armenian Man.
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➤ Z'hor'll B'bblebr'x
➤ Aatish e
⠀⠀➤ Ghermez
➤ Kyra
Troglodyte (Red)
The Armenian Man
Zinta
Roland Huntmaster
⠀⠀Baldo II
Lemedor
⠀⠀Snowy
the arrow shatters against the wall as Snowy snarls and steps up to Armenian Man.
Still wary of hidden foes, Kyra slogs 20 feet of move equivalents to the north and ✨casts guidance on Roland.
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Z'Hor'll creates a miniature whirlpool right underneath the troglodyte.
The blinded troglodyte gets caught up in the water as it cuts its scream off partway. The troglodyte instantly loses consciousness as it passes out.
Khorshid releases another wave of his strange acidic spit al over Snowy and Lemedor.
Both waver on their feet as they look near to falling down as Kyra offers a bit of guidance. Lemedor drops to his knees. His eyes look different. As if something has lifted from his mind. He looks frightened as a little yellow enters the swirling orb. "P..pp..please don't hurt me no more. I give up."
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Z'hor'll B'bblebr'x
Aatish e
⠀⠀Ghermez
Kyra
➤ The Armenian Man
➤ Zinta
➤ Roland Huntmaster
⠀⠀➤ Baldo II
Lemedor
⠀⠀Snowy
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"I..I found Maren Fuln’s laboratory in shambles after hearing an explosion. I ran to see if he needed help and found him injured and unconscious. I ran to h..help him but stopped for a second to recover the eye-shaped amulet laying on the floor next to him." Lemedor shakes his head. "It's so fuzzy. When I touched the amulet I heard a voice. It make me feed the amulet to the crocodile aberration Fuln was working on and then free it from its cage."
"Feeding it to the crocodile awakened Lord Corgan as the two fused. Lord Corgan ordered me to follow him down into these sewers." Lemedor's hands visibly shake. "I followed his bidding for a little over a week now. S..stomping around the sewers with these troglodytes, looking for intruders."[b/] His eyes go wide in realization. [b]"e is building an army. He sent messengers into the mountains to gather more troglodytes into these sewers. Oh no! He plans to use the army to attack and destroy the Arcanamirium."
He points to the west. "Lord Corgan is just down that way about 10-15 minutes walk."
It takes a while for Kyra to get over her sickened state. Indeed it takes a few moments longer than she expected, after hearing Lemedor’s story.
“So the amulet VC Valsin wants is inside the crocodile that has merged with the spirit of a decades-dead demoniac.”
*eye roll* “But of course it has.”
Kyra puts her nose very close to Lemedor’s as she warms up her ‘mom’ voice.
“Care to tell us about who or what your ex-sovereign keeps at Court? Any weaknesses we can exploit, or tactics that would work against him?”
“Because if Lord Corgan’s little power-trip from beyond the Boneyard makes it into battle with the First Guard, you’ll be hanged, drawn and quartered as a traitor, Sunshine.”
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"I don't know much else. Lord Corgan was somehow inside the amulet. His is the voice I heard. P..please, I have told you everything." The man seems to cower and shake.
"There are more troglodytes and even another crocodile with the Crocodile King. I am not sure of any weakness but he has access to magic, real magic!"
Kyra's response is a simple nod.
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So Lord Corgan is some sort of hybrid Crocodile creature, and he has another crocodile with him? That sounds like quite a fight.
Is the water in the room where Lord Corgan is staying deep, or is it relatively dry?
Roland is wiping down his greatsword and grabbing some treats for Baldo before the group moves on.
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"It was fairly dry." He shakes his head some of his memories being fuzzy, though Lemedor isn't going to let this opportunity at a second chance escape him as he flees back to the Academy.
Ten minutes by foot farther west down the tunnel where you found Lemedor, you find another chamber just like the one in which you found the otyugh. The walkways to either side of the sewer flow suddenly turn hard to the left and right as the sewer opens into a large 30-foot-by-35-foot chamber. The murky water flow slows here to a crawl and a strong sewer smell permeates the room. A large drain pipe juts down a few feet out of the 10-foot-high ceilings and drips water through a grate into the center of the room. A small fire burns in the northwest corner.
Two of the troglodytes roast various rodents over the fire and loudly joke in Draconic while the third stands in the southwest corner, tending to a very large crocodile that seems to be resting.
“Buffing time.”
Kyra points back to the last right-hand bend before the chamber opens up to its full size, and offers her potion of protection from evil to Roland.
Out of earshot of the Croc Crew she quietly ✨casts bless, shield of faith (+2) on the Armenian Man, and divine favor on herself.
She then draws her scimitar, and readies to move into their opponents’ squat with her companions.
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"The Armenian Man loves buffing time!" He keeps his voice down, but it still contains unrestrained enthusiasm.
He accepts Kyra's spell with glee, then huddles up with Roland and Baldo, kneeling down so he can speak at Baldo's level. With a look up at Roland, he places a hand each on Baldo's snout and Roland's greatsword. "Magdh sometimes lets The Armenian Man twist fate. Let's put her ill-fate to work for our advantage. Sow chaos, my friends!"
The Armenian Man stands up and nods. He hefts his scythe, and readies a spell on his lips.
Hexing Attack (DC 15): You can touch one weapon and enhance it to inflict a minor curse on the next target it strikes. The struck target must succeed at a Will saving throw or take a –2 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, or ability checks (warpriest’s choice) for 1 minute.
Lucky Presence (minor): At 1st level, you can touch an ally and grant it a lucky presence. The target of this luck can call upon it to roll any one ability check, attack roll, saving throw, or skill check twice and take the better result. The decision to use this ability must be made before the roll is made. Once used, or once 1 minute passes, the effect ends.
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Khorshid enters as far in as he can attempting to lull to of the troglodytes to slumber.
Both Troglodytes fall into a deep sleep as they slump over near the crackling fire.
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➤ Z'hor'll B'bblebr'x
➤ Aatish e
⠀⠀➤ Ghermez
➤ The Armenian Man
Crocodile
Roland Huntmaster
⠀⠀Baldo II
Troglodyte (Red)
Troglodyte (Green)
⠀⠀Troglodyte (Pink)
Kyra
Nice start, Khorshid!
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“You experiment gone wrong will feel my draconic power and then you’ll have to accept the ruling of the law!!“ the gnome with purple-gray hair shouts and looks at the crocodile.
He stops his dog and casts an illusion spell!
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An illusory image appears near the subject to throw off attackers. The mesmerist can trigger this trick when the subject is attacked or becomes the target of a spell that requires an attack roll. One duplicate of the subject appears, and the attacker must determine randomly which it hits (as mirror image). For every 5 class levels the mesmerist possesses, one additional image appears, to a maximum of five images at 20th level. Each image lasts for 1 minute per mesmerist level or until destroyed. This is an illusion (figment) effect.
A chart caster cannot implant tricks as a standard action. Instead, he can spend 5 minutes to implant multiple tricks in a single willing target. The number of tricks he can implant per day is unchanged from the regular mesmerist class, but he can apply as many of those tricks as he chooses on a single use of this ability.
If implanting tricks in himself, the caster merely spends 5 minutes in contemplation; otherwise, he consults star charts while ritually asking the creature questions, and still must touch them to do so. At 1st level, he can select multiple instances of the same trick to implant in a single subject. At 5th level, a chart caster can implant two different subjects with multiple instances of one trick each and can choose a different trick for each subject. The number of additional subjects increases by one for every 4 mesmerist levels he has beyond 5th.
Using this ability again on an existing subject or to implant any trick on a new subject ends all previously implanted tricks. The caster can trigger only one instance of the same trick on a given subject per round.
This alters mesmerist tricks and manifold tricks.
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Z'Hor'll begins to inspire the group as Zinta covers the crocodile and remaining troglodyte in bright thick glitter.
Both blinded as they are waking from a nap are also hit witha bright lights and color.
The pair immediately slump to the ground on their sides as they both fall unconscious. Their minds are not able to keep up with the sporadic colors as they brains shut down momentarily making them unconscious.
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”These creatures are weak and a dangerous horde that has to be destroyed so that lawful beings can live in peace!! I judge them to death … “ he says and looks around slightly puzzled that nobody is acting.
”I cannot attack anyone in this full plate tin can that I’m in so someone please execute them!!“ he says with a smile to the rest of the pathfinders.
"Has anyone got rope or manacles to secure Lord Corgan and the mooks?"
Kyra will move in to CDG the crocodile.
Unfortunately, it takes two full rounds for her to get into position, and another full round to coup de gras.
Zinta readies an action to MM ZAP any opponent that is not secured, surrendered or dead by the time they wake up.