Madcap cartwheels into the mass of goblins using them for cover from their fellows and using her own momentum bowl the lead goblin over.
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Madcap's hilarious entry into the combat actually hits the Goblin, but not enough to take them out of the fight.
Black will move up to Madcap, drawing their shortsword as they do
Obviously Black was laughing too hard from Madcap's cartwheel to seriously attack.
Bold may act
Egavreis
Orange
Yellow
Yulau
Madcap
Black
Lady Alya De Qill
Razisus
Red
Wither
Blue
Green
Razisus approaches the mass of foes, drawing his sling. He let's loose a projectile.
Wither runs to the goblin (orange) straight before her and strikes it. The quarterstaff, no longer emitting a magical glow, looks quite enough for the hazard she's facing.
Obviously Black was laughing too hard from Madcap's cartwheel to seriously attack.
The Goblin misses Madcap badly.
"Nyah, Nyah! Can't hit me!" taunts Madcap dancing about and blowing raspberries at her attackers.
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Egavreis actually manages to tumble past Blue, and he then proceeds to cut the Blue Goblin to ribbons. Blue dies.
Orange takes a swipe at Madcap in an attempt to silence the teasing.
Orange hits Madcap, surprising even himself.
Bold may act
Egavreis
Orange
Yellow ,
Yulau
Madcap
Black
Lady Alya De Qill
Razisus
Red
Wither
Blue ,
Green ,
Just as the Pathfinders wrap up their respective battles, a great shadow passes over the battlefield. The cause is obvious--an enormous black dragon that sweeps over Skyreach, breathing acid on the defenders in the towers. Its angry roar is almost deafening as it wheels and soars over toward the Mausoleum.
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The last three Goblins run away from the Lodge as fast as they can.
As you regroup after defeating the Goblins, Osprey creeps out of the shadows. At first, he seems stable, but on second glance, you notice he is grievously wounded.
“Come quickly!” a voice from the shadows calls out. Wedged into one of Skyreach’s darkened doorways is the enigmatic Pathfinder, Osprey. He’s paler than usual, several arrows pierce his skin, and his hands are smeared with blood. “I have little time to speak; however, I must now burden you with a suspicion that is now a reality.” Lowering his voice to a soft hiss he whispers, “The Shadow Lodge is real.”
“Please, take this. It may help you defeat Charvion.”
He hands you a Dust of Disappearance
This dust looks like dust of appearance and is typically stored in the same manner. A creature or object touched by it becomes invisible (as greater invisibility). Normal vision can't see dusted creatures or objects, nor can they be detected by magical means, including see invisibility or invisibility purge. Dust of appearance, however, does reveal people and objects made invisible by dust of disappearance. Other factors, such as sound and smell, also allow possible detection. The greater invisibility bestowed by the dust lasts for 2d6 rounds. The invisible creature doesn't know when the duration will end.
Osprey then limps further into Skyreach.
As you approach the Grand Lodge’s Mausoleum, you can see a huge Black Dragon perched in the roof.
The dragon is preoccupied when the encounter begins. You have the opportunity to try to sneak past her with a DC 20 Stealth check, or can make a mad dash into the building. Characters attempting to sneak in must repeat the check each round until they enter the Mausoleum. If the party runs for it, your actions automatically attract the dragon’s attention.
What does the party wish to do?
Madcap shoves Egavreis to the back of line, and then like a pantomime stage villain slowly makes her way to the door.
”Welp, I’m not good at being stealthy and I don’t have any armor, so if no one objects, I can use the dust of disappearance and try to sneak by the dragon,” Yulau points out. She hesitates to listen to any disagreement but if none, shakes it on herself and makes a break for it.
"I will need that dust of disappearance if we're going to sneak."
She watches Madcap sneak in that odd and incredible movement. Shouldn't that be drawing attention? Wither wonders when Madcap actually gets past the dragon and stands in front of the door. She decides to wait until Madcap opens it.
Madcap hauls off and straight kicks the spot just beside the latch.
Braving the dragon’s wrath, a team of Pathfinders has forced open the door to the mausoleum!
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Mapcap's kick is enough to swing the doors open.
Madcap can see into the room.
"Oh look--'room.'"
Madcap sneaks inside and has a look around.
"Honey, I'm home."
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The dragon spots the rest of your party as you enter the Mausoleum, so she initiates her attacks with a single tail slap, causing part of the building to collapse and sending a shower of flying rubble that deals 2d4 to all targets within a 20-foot-by-20-foot area (DC 14 Reflex save for half ).
These rooms contain large, steel surgical tables. Their perimeters are lined with additional work areas whose tables are covered with texts, surgical instruments and tools, alembics, scales, abacuses, and similar devices used in alchemical and biological tests. The rooms also hold barrels of wash water, along with bottles of various fluids and salts used in sterilization and embalming. The center of the floor contains a drain for run off, as well as a few waste buckets.
You can see some blood on the floor of the room to the Northwest.
"There you are." says Madcap as the others start to file in. "Where have you been? How's the weather outside? It sounds like it's really coming down out there."
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This cavernous hallway contains a number of elaborate skeletal displays. The reassembled creations consist of both accurate assemblies and imaginative creation built from the bones of multiple specimens. Several large, glass cylinders contain colonies of dermestid beetles for cleaning bones. Several have actively decaying specimens. Arches along the side lead to small workstations. Near the back sits another, larger work area filled with kilns, a hearth, and some large iron vats. In the middle of the floor, six corpses lie piled together in a pool of blood.
As you enter the room, two Goblins kick over two tanks full of beetles that start to move toward the party. NOTE: The barrels the Goblins kick over also contain other organs and offal, causing the floor to be very slippery, as if covered by a Grease Spell.
Bold may act
Red
Orange
Green Swarm
Madcap
Egavreis ,
Razisus
Lady Alya De Qill
Yulau
Yellow
Wither ,
Blue Swarm
Wither manages to avoid the large bits of rubble but the small ones still rains on her. Wither pulls out her wand of CLW and heals herself after the shower is over.
Madcap
"WHOOPS! My mistake wrong room!"
Madcap dives for cover in the next hall. As she does so she pulls a vial of alchemist's fire off her bandolier, gives it a good shake, and tosses it into the midst of the first wave of beetles and splashing a bit of the second. **SPLOOSH!!**
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Mapcap moves deftly over the slippery floor and manages to hit the Greenish swarm with a flaming bottle to devastating effect. The fire even carries over into the second swarm to some extent, although the effects aren't as complete.
Bold may act
Red
Orange
Green Swarm ,
Madcap
Egavreis ,
Razisus
Lady Alya De Qill
Yulau
Yellow
Wither
Blue Swarm
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Struggling to keep up with the others, Razisus' side hurts at the mention of the slick floor. "This is not how I imagined that I would meet the goddess, but then my audience with her was always to be at time of her choosing--not mine."
"You go ahead of me, with Pharasma's blessing," he urges to Lady Alya De Qill, placing a hand upon her shoulder.
He then moves to get a better look at the chamber from outside, gripping his sling.
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From behind her cover, Madcap turns to her companions and suddenly realizes none of them followed her in.
She turns to the fourth wall again. "Typical." she says flatly to whomever might be out there.
Wither decides to stay out of the greasy floor. She releases a Ray of Sickening at Red.
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The Blue tinged swarm moves forward over Madcap! and Egavreis and bites.
The swarm bites Madcap! and Egavreisn for 2 points of damage. They need to make 2 Fort saves. 1 for the Poison with the bites, DC 11 or take Strength damage. The Second is also DC 11 for the swarm distraction ability, Failure of this save means you are nauseated.
Red moves to where they have Line of sight on Egavreis and fires. Egavreis has cover.
Orange moves to where they have Line of sight on Madcap! and fires. Madcap! has cover.
While both Goblins are very adept at moving across the slippery floor, they cannot get their short bows aimed properly.
Bold may act
Red
Orange
Green Swarm ,
Madcap , ,
Egavreis , ,
Razisus
Lady Alya De Qill
Yulau
Yellow
Wither
Blue Swarm
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As the waves of beetles draw near Madcap looks up to see Wither. "It's the 'Not-The-Sort-Of-Druid' druid! I'm saved! I'm sure that she will be able to rub her legs together and communicate with the insects..."
The beetles advance.
"Or shoot webs out of her abdomen like a spider..."
The beetles advance some more.
"Or summon a powerful windstorm to blow the bugs away...."
Wither decides to stay out of the greasy floor. She releases a Ray of Sickening....
The beetles swarm all over Madcap.
Madcap bursts from the pile of beetles spitting.
She climbs a nearby table to get off of the slimy floor and hops from tabletop to tabletop landing upon the table the two archers are using for cover, idly twirling her flail. Biting beetles hang off of her long ears by their pincers like jewelry.
"Hello boys."