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Once everyone is in the room and preparing to sleep, Lem checks over the room again, just to make sure there are no obvious threats in there with them. Once happy that they're alone (with Brother Celluan) he barricades the doors as best he can and gets ready to sleep.
"Give us a shout if anything else shows up, kind Brother." he requests with a tired smile before closing his eyes.
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Bodluk tires himself out still trying to eat the ghost food. He tackles it from every angle but never manages a satisfying bite. Eventually he gives up, falling asleep in his robes at the feet of Brother Celluan, snoring loudly as the ghost food is prepared all around him.
"Ghost food make Bodluk sleepy." He yawns as Ugly joins him for a long much needed rest.
Brother Celluan isn't overly quiet, but he at least leaves you in some peace and you are able to sleep on the floor of the dining area. When you finally wake, he's making some delicious looking omelets, but you get the same effect of passing right through them when you try to eat them.
Coming out of the room, you continue down the corridor coming to another room at the corner of the corridor. A pair of beautifully engraved doors stand at this end of the hall. The doors are covered in meticulously carved stars, forming the constellations of the heavens, gilded in such a way that they seem to move with every shifting view. In the center, the handles form the two halves of a prismatic butterfly, its thorax composing a complex locking mechanism.
Bodluk, Aqua, and Lem all agree that while the lock can probably be picked physically, it was sealed with magic and so trying to open it with magic might be easier.
Bodluk is able to use his skill with Nature magic to release the magical protections before Gock can manipulate the final physical latch. The door opens to a simple vault that the clerics used to keep valuables.
The counters lining both walls are worn with age and covered in dust, though they were clearly once cared for and well organized. Each drawer and cabinet bears a faded label on the front and everything within seems to have a designated place, even if the vials and boxes along the counters seem to be empty.
A search immediately turns up a drawer labeled “Medical Supplies” along the right wall. Inside this drawer are two minor healing potions and one elixir of life. A separate drawer labeled “Spare Keys” is also immediately obvious, though this drawer is stuck.
Perception DC26
The rest of the vault’s contents are either items of little value, damaged beyond repair, or in an otherwise unusable state.
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Baku tugs violently at the stuck drawer.
”More keys? We already have one of those. I imagined it was a protest. ‘Don’t kill quiche’, or something. Quiche could mean one of Brother Celluan’s eggs. But there are no eggs in the drawer.” She leaves the drawer full and ajar and looks around.
”I guess that’s it. But I’d best take a potion lest we get slimed again.”
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Gock swipes the (minor?) elixir of life.
He hands out the healing potions. To the two next pathfinders to post. And keeps scanning.
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Bodluck accepts a healing potion from Gock and stuffs it in one of his many pockets. "This yuck water for Ugly only."
Ugly itself pulls on Bodluks robes and points to something in the lower cabinet. Bodluk looks in a pulls out the +1 shortsword with a big smile. He instantly starts swinging it recklessly, nearly tripping over his robes.
"Bodluck find good dogslicer!"
Leaving the vault, you continue down the corridor to find a locked door on the left. You are able to use the key you found in the footlocker of the room with the giant flies, and it opens right up.
This chamber is a spacious bedroom with a bed along one wall, a bookshelf along the other, and a small tub opposite the entryway. The room is in a state of disarray with bedding thrown on the floor and several torn books strewn about the shelf. Strange, black claw marks scar the floor and walls. Two rotting, human corpses lie in the center of the room, each bearing similar marks.
Once you enter the room, the corpses animate. One is intact, but other other was torn apart, so several body parts begin to move on their own.
Gock
Blue (Severed Head)
Green (Zombie)
Lem
Aqua
Bodluk
Red (Hand)
Yellow (Hand)
Baku
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"oooOOOHH!" Gock jumps with glee at seeing the severed head "I'm mounting you on crossbow - hold still!" and he fires a single shot. Then realizes "Wait - why Gock in front. AAAHH!" and slamming a vial, breathes fire on the incoming dead!
◆) Strike
◆◆) Ignition Vials
↺) On the Hunt
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Gock fires on the head and the crossbow bolt sticks into it. Then the kobold sneezes fire. The zombie is too slow to avoid it, but the dexterous hands skitter away, one of them completely avoiding the flames.
The head flies up to bite at Baku. It sinks its rotten teeth in and tries to gnaw on her, but can't seem to do much more damage. The zombie comes for Gock and slams him with a fist.
Gock -8
Blue (Severed Head) -2
Green (Zombie) -4
Lem
Aqua
Bodluk
Red (Hand)
Yellow (Hand) -2
Baku -4
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Lem still seems a bit sleepy.
"Something, something...Ah. Dead things. Broken dead things."
He still pipes out a few bars of the well known ditty "Let's do the Monster Mash" and then remembers to magically hurl debris at the intact Green Zombie.
◆ Courageous Anthem
◆◆ Telekinetic Projectile vs Green Zombie
Aqua's metal shards slice into the zombie, cutting the dead flesh away much more rapidly than he would expect.
And Lem's needles finish the job on the walking corpse. Bodluk turns to the Head biting Baku and punches several needles through it before it falls to the floor in a sickening squelch.
The hands scamper to Aqua and Bodluk, clawing at them and then trying to strangle them. One hand gives Aqua a nasty scratch, but completely misses his throat. Bodluk isn't so lucky as the hand grabs hold of his throat and squeezes.
Baku
Gock -8
Blue (Severed Head) -10
Green (Zombie) -24
Lem
Aqua -8
Bodluk -3 (grappled, extra action to speak)
Red (Hand)
Yellow (Hand) -2
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The scrabbleyness of the hands injects a little adrenalin into Lem's demeanor.
"Kill the Red Hand, gang!"
Maintaining his Anthem, (with a hastening of the tempo) he frantically (and hopefully accurately) hurls more Large debris at the Tiny Red Hand on Aqua's Medium throat.
◆ Courageous Anthem
◆◆ Telekinetic Projectile vs Red Hand
Baku's sword and Lem's stone cut the hands to pieces and knock them apart. Bodluk breathes an easy sigh of relief.
As you recover from the fight, you realize there's a glow form under the bed. Underneath, you find another star shard. You also find a prayer book (+1 bonus to Religion checks concerning Desna).
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You exit the room after obtaining the star shard and head to the last door.
A pale green light fills this chamber, emanating from a mass of glowing mushrooms growing on and around a tree at the far end. A pair of tables hold several potted plants, each clearly dried and wilted. A large glass box reminiscent of a greenhouse stands in the corner opposite the tree. Inside are several more potted plants, each appearing healthy and green. Dozens of butterflies and moths flit about within the greenhouse.
You see a door to the right that likely heads back to the main worship hall. As you enter, you see a creature trying to be very still.
Bodluk
Aqua
Baku
Prickly Purple
Lem
Gock
The plant creature dodges both of Aqua's attacks and hisses at the group.
Bodluk
Aqua
Baku
Prickly Purple
Lem
Gock
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Bodluk holds back tears and covers Ugly's eyes as the Aqua and Baku attack this most gorgeous plant as it's just living its life.
He attempts to persuade the creature through crude gestures and movements that not to attack him or Ugly. Whether or not the rest of the party is included in this request is entirely up to interpretation.
Baku walks straight up to the plant desperately trying to hide and just punches it. Twigs fly off and it screams. Then it stares at Bodluk and screams again at what he rudely gestured to it.
The creature leaps down from the pot and sprays most of the party with dozens of splinters.
Bodluk (Reflex DC18)
Aqua (Reflex DC18)
Baku
Prickly Purple
Lem (Reflex DC18)
Gock (Reflex DC18)
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"Aaaaaaaaooooooo"
Lem screams back at the screaming plant.
He manages to pipe out a few bars of the well known ditty "Welcome to the Jungle" before magically hurling debris at the Cactus thing.
◆ Courageous Anthem
◆◆ Telekinetic Projectile vs Prickly Purple
Lem hurls some rubble at the plant creature, slamming it into the small thing. Gock fires on it, but it seems that's just a distraction until he sneezes fire. The creature screams at the fire burns it.
Suddenly from behind Baku, a deadly splinter fires out, but it simply shatters against her armor. A second creature that was hiding leaps down and slashes at her with its thorns.
Grounded Green
Bodluk (Reflex DC18)
Aqua (Reflex DC18)
Baku -3
Prickly Purple -32
Lem -6
Gock -6
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Baku spins to meet the newcomer. ”Hello ecoterrorist!” She ◆grapples with it, hoping to prevent it from hurting anyone.
That goes poorly, and Baku ends up on the ground. She ◆gets back to her feet and tries to ◆grapple it again.
Baku does her best to look cool, lying on the ground. ”I am down here, dodging.”
The twiggy creature struggles against Baku and clearly seems to be getting the better of her. Baku tries again and the plant creature dumps her on her bottom before she scrambles back to her feet.
Grounded Green
Bodluk (Reflex DC18)
Aqua (Reflex DC18)
Baku -3
Prickly Purple -32
Lem -6
Gock -6