The Pathfinders have uncovered lore in the library!
LORE DISCOVERED condition in effect: The Pathfinders are bolstered by their knowledge. At the beginning of the next combat encounter, the PCs automatically succeed on a check to Recall Knowledge about each visible creature in that encounter.
The stranded Pathfinder has been saved!
With the lower levels of the ruins secure, Venture-Captain Armeline Jirneau calls the Pathfinders together once again. “Excellent work, Pathfinders! The area’s secure and the path to the upper levels is now clear. What’s more, we have news.” she says, gesturing at the glowing arch. “We’ve discovered that this potent artifact is called the Eternity Arch. It’s resonating with some sort of magical focus nearby, and this resonance is what’s causing the Maze of the Open Road to malfunction. Using this connection, we determined that the focus is somewhere above us, higher in the ruins. We must find the focus and sever its connection to the arch.”
“It’s cold in the upper levels. We’re distributing warm clothing now. Remember, we don’t know what the focus is, so leave no stone unturned. Be safe and stay in touch. Let’s move, Pathfinders!”
PATHFINDER FOUND condition in effect: A rescued Pathfinder warns the party about animals from the Maze of the Open Road that chased them here. At the start of the next encounter, the PCs each gain a +2 circumstance bonus when rolling initiative.
Nikebei drinks potion to heal herself. Fioriel cast electricity at 1 and 2.
1:
2:
"They are here!" shouts somebody and more Pathfinders arrive and helps them eliminate the current threat they are facing. They are led back to the meeting point for the announcement of securing the low levels of the ruins.
After the annoucement, Eando Kline, leader of the Vigilant Seal faction, paces towards them with worry. “We dispatched scouts to the east, but we haven’t heard from them yet. Go check it out. See if they need help!”
Black Molly (11/41 HP) [0☘️]
Cap'n Silverbeard (11/41 HP)
Life Sprouts Anew and so Hope Remains (23/58 HP) [2☘️]
Nikebei (19/48 HP) [1☘️] | Wounded 1
Fioriel (36/42 HP) [2☘️]
Edda Vira (29/35 HP) [0☘️]
Rapscallion (9/15 HP)
the Pathfinders head to the east and arrive to an area with chambers that seems to be part of the residential wing of the ruins, functioning as communal living spaces. The walls on the east side of this area are partially collapsed, revealing ice tunnels that wind off into the distance.
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Nikebei seeks medical treatment from the medics at the pathfinder meeting, hoping to patch her up a lot.
Not sure how we're handling these rest points if there are experienced medics or somewhere to buy potions. So posting before I've got healing rolled, but will have healing from some-one and would buy replacement potion if poss.
Nikebei attempts to pick her way through the ice tunnels, slowly putting one foot in front of the other, carefully. Her pots sway, unusually the moment actually steadies her foot fall.
You can keep your balance easily, even in adverse conditions. Whenever you roll a success using the Balance action, you get a critical success instead. You’re not off-guard while attempting to Balance on narrow surfaces and uneven ground. Thanks to your incredible balance, you can attempt an Acrobatics check instead of a Reflex save to Grab an Edge.
Some of the Pathfinders have no trouble treading the slippery and icy ground while others are having a hard time to get their balance as all of them heads to the east.
At the far end in front of them along their way, they witness something gruesome: a pile of dead bodies. Whoever did that must have something to do on them when suddenly...
Their arrival certainly disturbs the creatures nearby that are eating two of the Pathfinder scouts, both of whom are clearly dead. Hope is very quick to notice them, maybe because they... smell.
PARTY CONDITIONS: CONSTRUCT DESTROYED: Learning from their experience fighting constructs, the Pathfinders bypass the defenses of other creatures. At the start of the next encounter where enemy creatures have Hardness or resistances, the creatures lose those defenses for 1 round.
LORE DISCOVERED: The Pathfinders are bolstered by their knowledge. At the beginning of the next combat encounter, the PCs automatically succeed on a check to Recall Knowledge about each visible creature in that encounter.
PATHFINDER DISCOVERED: A rescued Pathfinder warns the party about animals from the Maze of the Open Road that chased them here. At the start of the next encounter, the PCs each gain a +2 circumstance bonus when rolling initiative.
TERRAIN FEATURES: The ice tunnels (the area you entered) are difficult terrain and uneven ground (DC 17 Acrobatics check to Balance or fall Prone)
MAP LINK: ENCOUNTER MAP
OTHER NOTES: ☘️ - Hero Points. OG - Off-Guard
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT!
➤ Life Sprouts Anew and so Hope Remains |
Red | Stench (aura) [see below]
Blue | Stench (aura) [see below]
Edda Vira |
⠀⠀Rapscallion
Althelsted |
Black Molly |
⠀⠀Cap'n Silverbeard
Nikebei |
Fioriel |
Black | Stench (aura) [see below]
Yellow
White | Stench (aura) [see below]
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Hope nearly stumbles at the stench alone but to save those bodies and get them recovered there really is no other option than to approach, now.
He attempts to move towards the black ghoul.
And he keeps his footing, but as for the stench.
Both his footing and his lunch stay where they need to, miraculously. So, he follows up and hunts the creature before him and swings twice.
Hope manages to resist the rotten smell and balance himself across the slippery floor. He then slashes and bonks at the nearest enemy he is hunting.
Red approaches Hope...
and bites the leshy!
vs Hope AC 21
Fortunately, it misses. Blue joins them...
It stands up.
PARTY CONDITIONS: CONSTRUCT DESTROYED: Learning from their experience fighting constructs, the Pathfinders bypass the defenses of other creatures. At the start of the next encounter where enemy creatures have Hardness or resistances, the creatures lose those defenses for 1 round.
LORE DISCOVERED: The Pathfinders are bolstered by their knowledge. At the beginning of the next combat encounter, the PCs automatically succeed on a check to Recall Knowledge about each visible creature in that encounter.
PATHFINDER DISCOVERED: A rescued Pathfinder warns the party about animals from the Maze of the Open Road that chased them here. At the start of the next encounter, the PCs each gain a +2 circumstance bonus when rolling initiative.
TERRAIN FEATURES: The ice tunnels (the area you entered) are difficult terrain and uneven ground (DC 17 Acrobatics check to Balance or fall Prone)
MAP LINK: ENCOUNTER MAP
OTHER NOTES: ☘️ - Hero Points. OG - Off-Guard
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT!
Life Sprouts Anew and so Hope Remains | Immune to Stench |
Red | Stench (aura) [see below]
Blue | Stench (aura) [see below]
➤ Edda Vira |
⠀⠀➤ Rapscallion
➤ Althelsted |
➤ Black Molly |
⠀⠀➤ Cap'n Silverbeard
➤ Nikebei |
➤ Fioriel |
Black | Stench (aura) [see below]; Hunted prey of Hope
Yellow
White | Stench (aura) [see below]
Fioriel easily recalls Blue to be a ghast, smelly rotten creatures feeding on dead bodies to regain health. Their deadly bite or claws indeed can cause paralysis and even ghast fever that, if not treated, can even turn the victim a ghast as well.
Blue:
Red:
Fioriel electrifies them, both Blue and Red.
The cleric is having a hard time to balance himself while pacing on the slippery icy tunnel's floor.
Black Molly throws a spiritual dagger that pierces her target Yellow's rotten skin. Demoralizing Black, Cap'n Silverbeard's words do not share the same coldness with the place they are in.
Edda carefully positions themself into a better spot and shoots Blue.
PARTY CONDITIONS: CONSTRUCT DESTROYED: Learning from their experience fighting constructs, the Pathfinders bypass the defenses of other creatures. At the start of the next encounter where enemy creatures have Hardness or resistances, the creatures lose those defenses for 1 round.
LORE DISCOVERED: The Pathfinders are bolstered by their knowledge. At the beginning of the next combat encounter, the PCs automatically succeed on a check to Recall Knowledge about each visible creature in that encounter.
PATHFINDER DISCOVERED: A rescued Pathfinder warns the party about animals from the Maze of the Open Road that chased them here. At the start of the next encounter, the PCs each gain a +2 circumstance bonus when rolling initiative.
TERRAIN FEATURES: The ice tunnels (the area you entered) are difficult terrain and uneven ground (DC 17 Acrobatics check to Balance or fall Prone)
MAP LINK: ENCOUNTER MAP
OTHER NOTES: ☘️ - Hero Points. OG - Off-Guard
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT!
Life Sprouts Anew and so Hope Remains | Immune to Stench |
Red | Stench (aura) [see below]
Blue | Stench (aura) [see below]
Edda Vira |
⠀⠀Rapscallion
Althelsted |
Black Molly |
⠀⠀Cap'n Silverbeard
➤ Nikebei |
Fioriel |
Black | Stench (aura) [see below]; Hunted prey of Hope
Yellow
White | Stench (aura) [see below]
Nikebei runs to follow Hope...
but falls to the ground instead. Either the floor is too slippery or Nikebei is rushing. The goblin stands and tries again.
He enters the smelly space.
Hero Point!
The stench is too much for the barbarian, or it is just her imagination.
Black consumes more flesh to regain some health but Hope takes this chance to cut the creature into half!
Yellow makes its move...
... but falls to the ground. Yellow stands up and tries again.
It succeeds this time and manages to advance next to Althelsted.
White enters the slippery and icy area.
and falls to the ground as well. It stands and tries to get close to the closest Pathfinder.
PARTY CONDITIONS: CONSTRUCT DESTROYED: Learning from their experience fighting constructs, the Pathfinders bypass the defenses of other creatures. At the start of the next encounter where enemy creatures have Hardness or resistances, the creatures lose those defenses for 1 round.
LORE DISCOVERED: The Pathfinders are bolstered by their knowledge. At the beginning of the next combat encounter, the PCs automatically succeed on a check to Recall Knowledge about each visible creature in that encounter.
PATHFINDER DISCOVERED: A rescued Pathfinder warns the party about animals from the Maze of the Open Road that chased them here. At the start of the next encounter, the PCs each gain a +2 circumstance bonus when rolling initiative.
TERRAIN FEATURES: The ice tunnels (the area you entered) are difficult terrain and uneven ground (DC 17 Acrobatics check to Balance or fall Prone)
MAP LINK: ENCOUNTER MAP
OTHER NOTES: ☘️ - Hero Points. OG - Off-Guard
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT!
➤ Life Sprouts Anew and so Hope Remains | Immune to Stench |
Red | Stench (aura) [see below]
Blue | Stench (aura) [see below]
Edda Vira |
⠀⠀Rapscallion
Althelsted |
Black Molly |
⠀⠀Cap'n Silverbeard
Nikebei | Immune to Stench |
Fioriel |
Black |
Yellow
White | Stench (aura) [see below]
Hope takes Blue as his prey and attacks it. He hits at first, but misses with his light hammer first, but not the second.
Red attacks with its dirty rotten claws!
vs Hope AC 21
vs Hope AC 21
vs Hope AC 21
Lucky leshy! He may be crowded with these filthy creatures but none seems to connect their jaws or claws into him.
Blue bends down to consume some flesh but Hope slashes it to its demise!
PARTY CONDITIONS: CONSTRUCT DESTROYED: Learning from their experience fighting constructs, the Pathfinders bypass the defenses of other creatures. At the start of the next encounter where enemy creatures have Hardness or resistances, the creatures lose those defenses for 1 round.
LORE DISCOVERED: The Pathfinders are bolstered by their knowledge. At the beginning of the next combat encounter, the PCs automatically succeed on a check to Recall Knowledge about each visible creature in that encounter.
PATHFINDER DISCOVERED: A rescued Pathfinder warns the party about animals from the Maze of the Open Road that chased them here. At the start of the next encounter, the PCs each gain a +2 circumstance bonus when rolling initiative.
TERRAIN FEATURES: The ice tunnels (the area you entered) are difficult terrain and uneven ground (DC 17 Acrobatics check to Balance or fall Prone)
MAP LINK: ENCOUNTER MAP
OTHER NOTES: ☘️ - Hero Points. OG - Off-Guard
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT!
Life Sprouts Anew and so Hope Remains | Immune to Stench |
Red | Stench (aura) [see below]
Blue |
➤ Edda Vira |
⠀⠀➤ Rapscallion
➤ Althelsted |
➤ Black Molly |
⠀⠀➤ Cap'n Silverbeard
➤ Nikebei | Immune to Stench |
➤ Fioriel |
Black |
Yellow
White | Stench (aura) [see below]
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Edda, seeing Fiorel's novel idea of just attacking enemies rather than thinking about how to best do so, realizes that the situation is not improving, so taking the time to plan might not be warranted here.
First she lets loose an arrow targeting Red
They then cast Electric Arc targeting Red and White
DC 19 Reflex
Red:
White:
Red and White gets slight seizures to that current while Yellow takes an arrow stick into its arm.
Black Molly attacks with her spiritual weapon but misses to hit. Cap'n Silverbeard frightens Red.
Red:
White:
Edda joins Fioriel in sending arrows and electricity to the enemies but they miss Red to hit while both are electrocuted with the spell.
PARTY CONDITIONS: CONSTRUCT DESTROYED: Learning from their experience fighting constructs, the Pathfinders bypass the defenses of other creatures. At the start of the next encounter where enemy creatures have Hardness or resistances, the creatures lose those defenses for 1 round.
LORE DISCOVERED: The Pathfinders are bolstered by their knowledge. At the beginning of the next combat encounter, the PCs automatically succeed on a check to Recall Knowledge about each visible creature in that encounter.
PATHFINDER DISCOVERED: A rescued Pathfinder warns the party about animals from the Maze of the Open Road that chased them here. At the start of the next encounter, the PCs each gain a +2 circumstance bonus when rolling initiative.
TERRAIN FEATURES: The ice tunnels (the area you entered) are difficult terrain and uneven ground (DC 17 Acrobatics check to Balance or fall Prone)
MAP LINK: ENCOUNTER MAP
OTHER NOTES: ☘️ - Hero Points. OG - Off-Guard
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT!
Life Sprouts Anew and so Hope Remains | Immune to Stench |
Red | Stench (aura) [see below]; Frightened 1
Blue |
Edda Vira |
⠀⠀Rapscallion
➤ Althelsted |
➤ Black Molly | two actions(?) left |
⠀⠀➤ Cap'n Silverbeard
➤ Nikebei | Immune to Stench |
Fioriel |
Black |
Yellow
White | Stench (aura) [see below]
Black Molly then casts a ward for her eidolon.
Althelsted heals his allies and harms the enemies at the same time.
Red:
White:
Yellow:
Red falls to the ground, overwhelmed by the vitality energy. The others stand their ground. Nikebei flanks White but misses to hit. She then raises shield.
White randomly attacks between those that flanks it,
vs Nikebei w shield raised AC 20+1
slashing damage plus paralysis (see below)
vs Nikebei w shield raised AC 20+1
vs Hope AC 21
Yellow continues to advance...
... next to Althelsted and bites him!
vs Althelsted AC 18
vs Althelsted AC 18
Both catches air.
PARTY CONDITIONS: CONSTRUCT DESTROYED: Learning from their experience fighting constructs, the Pathfinders bypass the defenses of other creatures. At the start of the next encounter where enemy creatures have Hardness or resistances, the creatures lose those defenses for 1 round.
LORE DISCOVERED: The Pathfinders are bolstered by their knowledge. At the beginning of the next combat encounter, the PCs automatically succeed on a check to Recall Knowledge about each visible creature in that encounter.
PATHFINDER DISCOVERED: A rescued Pathfinder warns the party about animals from the Maze of the Open Road that chased them here. At the start of the next encounter, the PCs each gain a +2 circumstance bonus when rolling initiative.
TERRAIN FEATURES: The ice tunnels (the area you entered) are difficult terrain and uneven ground (DC 17 Acrobatics check to Balance or fall Prone)
MAP LINK: ENCOUNTER MAP
OTHER NOTES: ☘️ - Hero Points. OG - Off-Guard
BEFORE YOUR TURN
❗ Nikebei: DC 16 Fortitude save or be paralyzed ❗
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT!
➤ Life Sprouts Anew and so Hope Remains | Immune to Stench |
Red |
Blue |
➤ Edda Vira |
⠀⠀➤ Rapscallion
➤ Althelsted |
➤ Black Molly |
⠀⠀➤ Cap'n Silverbeard
➤ Nikebei | Immune to Stench |
➤ Fioriel |
Black |
Yellow
White | Stench (aura) [see below]
Cap'n Silverbeard falls to the slippery ground but rises up while Black Molly continues to send ward to him and cuts Yellow in half.
Edda flies their arrow to White but misses. They manages to electrify White, anyway.
PARTY CONDITIONS: CONSTRUCT DESTROYED: Learning from their experience fighting constructs, the Pathfinders bypass the defenses of other creatures. At the start of the next encounter where enemy creatures have Hardness or resistances, the creatures lose those defenses for 1 round.
LORE DISCOVERED: The Pathfinders are bolstered by their knowledge. At the beginning of the next combat encounter, the PCs automatically succeed on a check to Recall Knowledge about each visible creature in that encounter.
PATHFINDER DISCOVERED: A rescued Pathfinder warns the party about animals from the Maze of the Open Road that chased them here. At the start of the next encounter, the PCs each gain a +2 circumstance bonus when rolling initiative.
TERRAIN FEATURES: The ice tunnels (the area you entered) are difficult terrain and uneven ground (DC 17 Acrobatics check to Balance or fall Prone)
MAP LINK: ENCOUNTER MAP
OTHER NOTES: ☘️ - Hero Points. OG - Off-Guard
BEFORE YOUR TURN
❗ Nikebei: DC 16 Fortitude save or be paralyzed ❗
CHARACTER IN ➤ BOLD TYPEFACE CAN ACT!
➤ Life Sprouts Anew and so Hope Remains | Immune to Stench |
Red |
Blue |
Edda Vira |
⠀⠀Rapscallion
➤ Althelsted |
Black Molly |
⠀⠀Cap'n Silverbeard
➤ Nikebei | Immune to Stench |
➤ Fioriel |
Black |
Yellow |
White | Stench (aura) [see below]
Hope brings the undead to its end.
Nikebei:
Nikebei is able to resist paralysis from the attack to her.
Edda Vira (35/35 HP) [1☘️]
Rapscallion (15/15 HP)
Althelsted (40/40 HP) [2☘️]
Black Molly (41/41 HP) [1☘️]
Cap'n Silverbeard (41/41 HP)
Nikebei (41/48 HP) [1☘️]
Fioriel (42/42 HP) [3☘️]
With the threats eliminared, they can inspect the bodies in the tunnels. One of the Pathfinders is still barely alive, and they can bring him back to the Pathfinders’ camp to begin recovering from his ordeal. Some of the people here are not from Golarion rather than the Pathfinder Society’s expedition, including a large four-armed humanoid and a pair of crimson-skinned humans dressed in warm furs.
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Nikebei declines the offer of healing, despite having some minor wounds, "Althelsted, don't worry about me, I'm sure if we have time, a little treatment is all I need, the claws only caused a nasty scratch. A bandage and poultice should do." Her arm bears a heavy red welt, covered in congealing blood. It probably looks nastier than it is. "Nothing that will stop me cooking up a nice rat tail stew when we get time." she laughs.
Once they bring back the barely alive Pathfinder to the camp, they return and finds Calisro Benarry pace in a chilly tunnel, laughing with a few fellow Pathfinders as they pass around a flask and take a short break. She shakes her head. “Teach me to travel with these layabouts, eh? You’ll want to go on ahead, but be sure to save me the exciting path!” she tells them.
After a few twists and turns, the stone corridor transitions into a massive, red stone cave. The ceiling collapsed long ago, revealing the starry night sky and letting snow and wind into the ruins. A glowing purple rift at the far end of the chamber widens by the moment.
When the party enters the chamber, they hear a deep feminine voice calling for aid, saying, “Felise! Where are you? I don’t know where I am! I don’t even know when I am... Felise! Can you hear me?”
Two humanoids, one with deep crimson skin, one yellow eye, and one red eye examine a time rift, attempting to widen it and harness its powers. It looks like they hasn't noticed you.
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"Well no sense in letting these things get out of hand. Hopefully the locals are pleasant this time."
Edda approaches the two individuals.
"Good...day? Yes Good day, we are here to assist in the goings on of whatever is...going on here. Anyways, if you'll just allow me a moment here..."
Edda attempts to attune themselves with the mystical energies of the portal, hoping that no daggers find themselves in Edda's back while working, and tries to close the portal.
"That...sure is a stubborn portal"
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"That's a fine idea Molly, but how? Perhaps I should ask my ancients, but they probably won't like being disturbed." the cook says, he face perplexed by the request and the idea of a time shift. A time shift would make cooking to strict recipes really difficult, if you don't know how long to cook things for!
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”It’s a time rift, and a wee one at that”, she says. ”We’ll have to nip it in the bud afore it gets too big”
"A time rift?" Athelsted repeats with concern.
Hope follows Edda up to the two individuals. "We probably shouldn't be leaving something like this out here. Sounds a bit dangerous."
"Agreed! Let me see what I can do to help seal it--or at least warn those nearest to it!" The youthful Pathfinder begins moving through the snow.
He does not make it very far without slipping. He tries again.
"Too icey to approach, I fear. Shall we call out and warn those next to the rift?" he inquires of his allies.
Their presence seems to have gone unnoticed so far. They can faintly hear the humanoids mumbling something to the time rift, causing it to widen slightly with each passing second. But as Fioriel draws near, the humanoids turn around and notice her approach.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" the red one exclaims, her voice somewhat raspy.
DM Deevor
Nikebei
Life Sprouts Anew-Hope Remains
Fioriel Fairweather
Black Molly
Edda Vira