[Gameday XIII] PFS1e 6-04 - Beacon Below (KS) (Inactive)

Game Master phaeton_nz

knowledge(religion), heroism, prayer: 1d20 + 14 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 14 + 2 + 1 = 30

Does Guy recognize what it going on with the whole soul thing?

Will, Prayer, Heroism: 1d20 + 8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 8 + 1 + 2 = 27

Katswiri resists the soul swap and with that roll Guy certainly would.

"Glad that is over. Saddens me, though he was evil and would have stolen a body or soul or whatever. Shudder to think what it may have done if free from this place. I think you all made the right call."

On him, you discover a mwk dagger, scroll of glitterdust, wand of make whole (5 charges), wand of mirror image (5 charges). You also find a small urn capped with the head of a sha (a jackal-like creature). It contains a heart.

Extracting Badru's soul focus is a trivial matter.

What now Pathfinders?

Katswiri dismisses the silence spell, then pulls out a wand and heals the cut.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

"With multiple breaches, we might want to come back and explore to see how extensive the incoming tunnels are. But first, I think we need to get this soul gem purified. Taresh, do you have remove curse ready?"

Taresh looks at the bullet-riddled remains of Badru and sighs. Then turns to Katswiri.
"I'll have one shot at uncursing something. It'll take me a moment to prepare. If you want to do something in the meantime, go ahead. And oh, I haven't used this spell before. If you know any means of improving its power, I'd welcome it. I don't know any method of doing that myself, but you sages seem like a knowledgeable bunch, so it's better to ask than to be quiet."
The Varisian sits cross-legged on the floor, digs out a spellbook and begins staring at it intently. There. Let's see if I can pull this off.

If nothing interrupts us, it'll take Taresh 15 minutes to memorize remove curse in his last empty 4th-level slot. He still has one unprepared 3rd-level slot after that. If a caster level check is required, he asks if the others have any means of improving its odds. Otherwise he'll use it. Default CL is 10.

"How about we do this in a room without a hole in the wall." Guy suggests B2.

Nothing interrupts Taresh. No specific caster level check is required.

"All done. Let's check the area behind Badru and see if there is anything left to find out before dealing with the golems."

Taresh would like to take a look at the room west of B4.

Katswiri shakes her head. "I have been researching several techniques to strengthen spells, but unfortunately most of them are very expensive, situational, requires significant training, or are evil. None of which I currently possess."

"I may begin saving for a Strand of Prayer Beads for that purpose, but while one of the more potent options they are pricey."

After Taresh purifies the jewel, Katswiri examines it withe Detect Magic to try and determine if it has been successfully cleansed, and what its properties are.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31

Seeing that it is no longer cursed, Katswiri smiles. "Good work Taresh. I think it is wise to investigate the tunnel, when its clear whatever tunneled in here caused multiple breaches. We may wish to close this up later as well."

Katswiri will tap herself with the Wand of Mirror image before offering it to anyone else who would like to use it.
UMD Wand of Mirror Image: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20
Images: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Guy waves off the mirror image spell. He relies on sanctuary instead.

Taresh is happy to siphon some use from the mirror image wand before continuing.
How many images: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

"If possible, I wouldn't mind a tap from that wand of mirror image. Just before heading into that tunnel, of course."

Taresh offers the wand to Gurgle. "Be my guest. Unfortunately the images only bind to the wielder, so you'll have to make it work yourself."

Personal range, warm up the dice and see if UMD works.

"Ah! Thank you, Taresh. Luckily, mirror image is granted to me from Besmara." he says with a wink as he takes the wand.

*Tap*
Mirror Images: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Gurgle leans in to take a closer look at the face of one of his mirrored images.
"Gah! I sure am an ugly bloke."

Some undines may disagree

There's nothing specific to be found here. The tunnels look rough cut as if made by burrowers. As well as penetrating into B4, they also penetrate into a large circular chamber.

Taresh sits on a rock and looks anxious. "We probably can't delay it much further. Do you want to get some last-minute advice or instructions from our dessicated pal upstairs, or is it time to bump our foreheads into a group of golems? Avoiding a fight with them would be nice. But is that an option?" He wipes a drop of sweat from his brow.

"I thought we were going to return to Saruna to get the gem purified and then go from there."

"Taresh handled the purification, so we wouldn't need to wait for the ritual."

Katswiri looks over the area and points to the narrow pass into the chamber. The 5 ft wide corridor from B1.

"I think we should come in through the narrow passage, and try to bottleneck there. One of us with armor and Mirror Images can defend up front, so they can't reach the person offering the jewel."

"I'm hoping that the golems will accept the command of the false sage jewel holder once we absorb their power, but if they don't, we can fight them most effectively if we can trap them in the narrow passage anyway."

"If we do have to fight them, golems tend not to be very smart. They're most likely going to disengage if we fall back through the narrow tunnel, or follow us in. If they won't follow us, Nikita can just shoot them at range repeatedly. If the do follow us, the passage is too narrow for creatures their size to fight effectively. We can block the end of the pass so we can attack effectively while they are still impeded."

"Lets go fast if we can, the Mirror Images will fade soon."

Guy nods. As usual he will hang back a bit.

Taresh springs back on his feet. "Let's do this, then. If I'm going to play tag with golems, I'm going to give it my all. You keep the sage jewel, being sages and all." He hands the jewel to either Guy or Katswiri and starts moving towards the final chamber, casting as he goes. "If any of you have those shields of faith left, I'd welcome it. If not, I'll make do."

Bull's strength, long arm, shield, stoneskin, see invisibility go up as Taresh walks, culminating in haste on the entire group before he walks down the corridor and steps into the main room.

"Desna, let me walk out of this room with my own two feet."

Guy takes the gem and casts shield of faith (+3) on Tarsh.

Since Taresh went in without the gem, one of the golems utters a warning ((magic mouth)) in Ancient Osiriani to leave immediately. Also the glyphs on the central pillar light up raising the lighting level from dim to daylight.

There are also the remains of unknown creatures in here ((k planes to identify))

kn arcana: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
spellcraft: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20
kn religion: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (11) + 14 = 25

With a quavering and uncertain voice, Guy suggests "Maybe I should present the gem? Anyone got a holy symbol of Isis? That might appease them too."

"Isis, nope. Only Besmara here." he says in reply to Guy.

Gurgle tries to get a good look at the remains scattered about the room.
Know: Religion (+2 if undead): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10
Oops. Just noticed it's a planes check. Planes is +7 also.

"Those golems must've destroyed whatever those creatures were."

Guy steps forward with the gem in hand to see what the golems do.

"Be still!"

Katswiri uses her Wand of Heighten Awareness before the group heads into the room.

UMD: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (3) + 14 = 17
UMD: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (15) + 14 = 29

Knowledge:Arcana, Heightened Awareness: 1d20 + 16 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 16 + 2 = 29
Knowledge:Religion, Heightened Awareness: 1d20 + 12 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 12 + 2 = 27

"The center pillar is designed to be activated by a Sage Jewel. Hope these guardians will respect ours."

Katswiri stays net to Guy as he presents the gem.

Guy readies an action to bolt if they look like they are going to attack him!

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (9) + 15 = 24
Religion: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28

Taresh steps back, letting Guy and Katswiri do the honors with the pillar. "Maybe we'll get through this without trashing them. Or getting pounded flat."

Planes to idenfify remains: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (18) + 12 = 30

Presenting then that you have does indeed stop the attack. You remember you now have to present the gem to a glass golem to absorb the Blessing of Isis.

The remains are creatures called zelekhuts.

"Anyone got any parchment and charcoal? Maybe we can just draw the symbol and present it to them." Gurgle suggests.

"Do we need to present a symbol now that they have stopped attacking? I just meant that since they were dedicated to Isis based on that symbol they wear, presenting the symbol might placate them, but the gem did the trick. Maybe we just have to touch the gem to one of them or something?"

Basically Guy is not sure what the actual ritual is that they need to do at this point.

"I think we just need to be a little closer, based on my understanding of the ritual notes."

The slides say 20 feet.

Katswiri will walk forward with Guy so he can try to absorb the blessing of Isis from the glass golems.

Guy moves tentatively closer, half expecting to die.

When the gem is presented, the mark of Isis on the golem fades and the gem glows brighter as the magic is transferred. It is now a flawed sage gem and also acts as a stone of good luck. It also can be inserted into a Wayfinder

If the golems seem to not be hostile, Katswiri will move towards the center pillar. "That looked like it worked, try touching it to the center pillar."

"Mmm. OK."

Guy tries it.

It actually takes two presentations of the gem to convince the pillar to open up. You feel slight resistance at first, and only after you consciously confirm that you want to open the portal by trying again does the gateway actually activate. Doing so causes the pillar to fracture and spiral open, revealing a 10-foot-wide ring gate, which connects to the portal platform ((in area C1)).

perception: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (17) + 12 = 29

Guy backs away rapidly.

Perception: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20

"That's the portal. Let's move while the Haste and mirror image spells are active."

Katswiri will wait to go through with Taresh, but otherwise move as soon as possible.

Perception: 1d20 + 22 ⇒ (20) + 22 = 42

Taresh squints at the portal, but notices a hidden compartment in the room instead. He quickly ransacks it, then hops through the portal to find to soothe his curiosity about it. "Whee!"

That will take a few rounds, even with haste, so I don't know how many rounds, if any, we will have remaining after entering the portal.
No idea where C1 is.

Yeah, haste is probably down, but we might still have the mirror images if we're fast.

A cool breeze swirls off the water of a vast underground lake surrounding this location, carrying the scent of old parchment from the vast library. To the north, three statues appear to support an immense crystal. Constellations shine in the darkness above, while a luminous solar disk drifts slowly north to south, brightening the library with golden light. A door to the south leads into a small building.

The library is an artificial island in a vast underground lake. Its floor consists of thick marble tiles, and the structure is ringed by a low iron railing that minimizes accidental falls. The water surrounding the library is 20 feet deep, though it gets deeper the farther from the island one travels. The cavern’s ceiling rises from 100 feet in height at its edges to over 300 feet over the library.

As you appear here, slight tremours ripple through the cavern.

Popping onto the island expecting some sort of guardian and facing none, Taresh stops and blinks for a while. "Fancy," he finally says, trying to remain stoic about a secret librarian's paradise under the desert.

He walks a few steps here and there to flush the last dregs of haste from his limbs, sheathing the rapier. "Are we really on Golarion? That doorway might have taken us anywhere, and this looks a bit too perfect to lie under dry old Osirion. And even in this place they decided something warrants a door."

Taresh saunters over to the southern building and its door, inspecting it for runes, mechanisms, traps, locks, or a plain sign that might tell what it is. This being a library. I wouldn't be surprised if the sages labeled everything. But he does not try to open it yet.

Guy examines his surroundings, looking for runes or something else to help explain what they are looking at. He also eyes the statues warily considering the heavy use of golems in the building.

"It isn't easy to tell sometimes. This could be a demiplane, or just a deep underground sea. But wherever this is, this place is amazing. I can't wait to look through what is stored here."

"We should hurry though, I don't like the feel of that tremor."

Katswiri will follow Taresh and cast Detect Magic, and start looking at what is present in the

No traps on the door and it is easily opened.

This rest area provides water and bathing facilities for sages and their acolytes. Cabinets hold incense and soap for ritual cleansing before handling any of the materials in the library. A metal mirror frame depicts men and women in erotic and tortured poses.

kn history: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
kn nobility: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Guy eyes the mirror frame with distaste.

"Probably dedicated to some disgusting deity. I suppose we should check out the room, but if you don't mind I'll hold back and keep watch."

When you list two potential skills are we allowed to roll both of the skills or should we pick one?

Knowledge: History, Heightened Awareness: 1d20 + 23 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 23 + 2 = 26

Katswiri examines the mirror with reverence, taking care not to touch it.

"This is distinctive. This work came from the reign of Ahabaris I, the Pharaoh of Long Shadows. She was infamous for her decadence."

After a cursory examination of the room, Katswiri will exit and go around to the back of the building to examine the area there.