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Day Job (Craft Tattoos): 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (10) + 13 = 23

Chronicle looks good - thanks to the GM for running and thanks to everyone for playing!

Sorry for the posting delay - busy holiday weekend for me.

Spend 1 phrenic point to roll twice and take the better result
DC 20 Knowledge Local: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 18 OR DC 20 Knowledge Local: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32

"Hmm, look at this ring. Seems clear that Chalfon is was a member of the Shadow Lodge..."

Boon?: 1d20 ⇒ 8

Birseko feels the healing energy of Byron's channel wash over him and perks up a bit. Now at 27/38 hp

Then he glares at Chalfon and wiggles his eyebrows unpleasantly.

Casting Hold Person and spending 2 points of phrenic pool to boost the DC by 1, making it a DC 20 Will save

Then he draws a wand of CLW and steps 5' to the side.

Using the Enduring Scholar boon from the Dark Archive Season 9 faction reward card: "Once per adventure before rolling a saving throw against a spell, you can apply a bonus equal to 1 + half the number of goals you have completed"

Using a chronicle boon from Emerald Spire: Shrine of the Awakener, Secrets of Serpent Magic: "use this boon as an immediate action before attempting a saving throw against a spell or SLA to gain a +4 insight bonus on that save. When you use this boon, cross it off your Chronicle sheet."

Reflex DC 18: 1d20 + 4 + 4 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 4 + 4 = 18 Whew!

Birseko takes 24 points of damage - ouch!

Birseko reels from the blast - he can hardly remember whatever prior adventures had given him the skill to - just barely - survive for now. Without delay, he calls forth a spell to protect himself and his comrades.

Casting Resist Energy (Fire) Communal. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I have any way to boost the CL to 7, so it provides Resist 10, not 20. The range is touch and Birseko moves 30. It looks to me like he can immediately effect himself and Natula, then move 30' and touch everyone but John Carlos, but since John Carlos is also moving at this spot in the initiative, as long as he moves to a spot along Birseko's path (shown on the map), he should be included too. Duration is 60 minutes divided by the number of recipients.

At the end of the wolf fight...
Birseko taps himself with a wand he has found in one of his pockets.
UMD DC 20: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (6) + 16 = 22
CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
Fully healed

Also updated Birseko's position on the map, presuming that we are all inside the hall before initiative is rolled.

Birseko looks at the dark blue wolf in front of him with dismay. Why is this creature in my face? I don't remember having a dog?!? He silently shrieks at it.

Casting defensively DC 17: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

But his concentration is rattled by the giant doggie and he is unable to complete his spell.

5' step but unfortunately he remains in dark blue's threatened area.

Birseko steps back 5' out of the immediate fray and then unleashes a piercing scream that somehow only Light Blue can hear.

Ear Piercing Scream, DC 18 Fort save, dazed 1 round and sonic dmg; success negates daze and halves dmg.

Sonic dmg: 3d6 ⇒ (4, 4, 5) = 13

Bon Jon also wisely keeps quiet. He doesn't remember much about himself but he's pretty sure that charm is not one of his qualities. -2 on Diplomacy!

thanks for this summary - much appreciated!

Sense Motive DC 10: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

Birseko is blithely oblivious to much of what is going on but he does take the time to examine the manuscript carefully, quite curious about whatever secrets it might hold.

He also listens to the discussion of the manor with interest. Sensing that things may remain dangerous, he uses a wand of mage armor on himself.

Seeing the thing grab his friend, Birseko immediately wiggles his eyebrows in annoyance.

immediate action: Liberating Command - he gets to make an Escape Artist check as an immediate action with a +12 competency bonus.

Then Birseko moves into position and fires a bolt of force from his wand.

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Birseko shakes himself out of his reverie and prepares to contribute as best he can as soon as he is able.

Sorry to be absent and thanks for botting!

I'm so sorry everyone. Childcare and work responsibilities got the better of me and I just haven't been able to keep up. I'm back now and will do better. My apologies and thanks for botting me.

Birseko pulls out a wand and sends another blast of force at the spider.

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Sorry, was a hectic weekend of travel

Knowledge Religion: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26

Knowledge Dungeoneering: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

Earlier, Birseko related what he - somehow - recalled about Sarenites and Oppara. "Where do these memories come from? I couldn't tell you"

Now...

From somewhere within his mind, Birseko calls forth three bolts of force and sends them hurtling towards the spider.

Magic Missile: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (1, 3, 3) + 3 = 10

Birseko blearily rubs the sleep from his eyes and then wipes his spectacles on his pajamas. It appears that action is needed. He stands, stretches, and then waves to the cultists to encourage them towards the exits.

Using Helping Cultists option

Sorry for the posting delay - I'm here, leveled up, ready to go!

Earlier...

Earlier that day: a strange figure is slumped in the corner of the Venture Captain's office, snoring loudly. He is covered in tattoos, all of them displaying words in a variety of scripts and languages, so many of them that it's a bit difficult to make out whether he is human or perhaps an elf or perhaps something in between. He is wearing a wayfinder over a set of tie-died pajamas and the pajamas appear to have a variety of notes pinned to them.

He startles violently, stretches lazily, yawns, spits, and looks around the room with bleary eyes. "Oh. Hello. I'm - I'm - I'm..." He trails off in confusion. "It's a pleasure to meet you all. I'm..." He looks around the room, as if perhaps he might find some clue or indication, something to get his bearings. He rubs his eyes to be sure that he is actually awake, and gives himself a good strong pinch. "Ow! Hmm, well I'm awake, no doubt about that, but that doesn't help much to know that, if I don't know who it is that is awake, now does it? I don't suppose any of you know? Frightfully embarrassing, I must say, I'm sure that it will come to me in just a moment, but for just now, I have to admit that I don't have the faintest idea who I am or what I might be doing here. Perhaps you can assist me?"

Pinned to his pajama shirt is a note with large, bold writing: "Birseko Naam - if found, return to nearest Pathfinder Lodge."

Staring down at the note, the figure reads it, and then softly whispers, "Birseko Naam, birseko naam... I wonder if that could be me? I feel so unsure of everything just now, it's as if you wake from a dream and you can't decide if you are awake or still asleep..." He pauses, and then exclaims, "Dreams! Yes, that is one thing I DO remember, in my dream, though it was REAL, not a dream at all, mi'lord appeared to me, assuring me that his time is coming, and that I should go forth to herald him. Lord Ranginori returns! Let all know and tremble!" A look of consternation and confusion crosses swiftly over his brow. "That was real, wasn't it? I saw it in my dream but I'm quite sure it was real, as sure as I am of my own..." He trails off, uncertain, eyes aglow with a mixture of fervent devotion and the straining for memories that seem to dance just out of reach.

He looks around at the assembled pathfinders. "So, my friends, here I am, whoever that is, and I am at your service. You may call me Birseko Naam."

Sorry I haven't posted in gameplay yet. Need to get my PC leveled up and will try to post later tonight. Just wanted to confirm that I'm here and looking forward to playing with y'all!

1. Abraham Z.
2. Birseko Naam
3. Psychic 6
4. 100198-30
5. Dark Archive
6. tbd

Thanks so much for running this, GM! I really enjoyed it and look forward to playing at one of your tables again in the future! Everything with the chronicle looks great to me.

Birseko trembles at the sensation of evil that emanates from the doll. "This object is not something to be trifled with. Though some might consider that we should simply destroy it, in my opinion if we - carefully - bring it back with us then our uh associates in the ahem Dark Archive may learn much from it. After all, how shall we defeat evil without studying it."

Suspecting that he will soon forget much of this, Birseko quickly begins to scribble notes to himself and pin them to his pajamas.

Thirded!

Birseko is still so weak that he can barely move but he tries to help his comrades make sense of the doll.

Sense Motive, Aid: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

After Tabar finishes examining the object, he will also attempt to see if he can read its aura, first casting Acute Senses on himself again. (Occult Skill Unlock)

Read Aura (Perception): 1d20 + 20 ⇒ (1) + 20 = 21

Birseko sends another modest bolt of force at the ghoul.

Magic Missile: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

GM, is Birseko sickened? I thought you indicated that he was but now you don't have that listed in the tracker. He made his save vs sickened *if* the save was vs a trap or hazard underground (from Darklands Guide); otherwise he failed it.

DC 16 Fort: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7 -2 if Sickened
Birseko only has 7 Str to begin with, so with the penalty he is now at effective Str of 1. Among other things, that means his Heavy Load encumbrance is up to 10 lbs and he's carrying 23 lbs - I'm not sure what exactly this does to him - can't seem to find the rules for it at the moment - but I'm sure nothing good.

Birseko feels sick and suddenly weaker than he's ever been. Feebly, he attempts to wiggle his eyebrows at the floating ghoul.

How far away is she from Birseko now? I don't think he can move due to his encumbrance.

Knowledge (Religion), sickened: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

Birseko moves into the room and fires at the ghoul with his wand of magic missile.

force dmg: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Given how large the complex seems to be, Birseko doesn't renew his Mirror Image spell when it expires after 5 minutes, but he does cast Acute Senses again and also, when it expires after 10 minutes, uses his wand of Heightened Awareness again.

Fort DC 19: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17 +2 from Darklands Guide if this is considered an underground hazard.

Birseko follows Tabar into the macabre scene.

Knowledge (Religion) DC 15, HA: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (12) + 12 = 24

"Someone has desecrated these statues of Abadar, Master of the First Vault. I don't think he would like that!"

How much time has passed since we entered the tomb?

Yep, me too. No rush as far as I'm concerned.

"Name? My name? Well that is an excellent question indeed - that is exactly what I have been wondering! I feel sure that I used to know it but then..." Birseko trails off and then looks around at the surroundings and then echoes his comrade's curiosity. "Yes, what is this place? The Grave Wager is a bit odd sounding. How long have you been here? And - forgive me for being rude - what is your name?"

Birseko follows along, continuing to crane his neck this way and that trying to see any other trouble that may await. Acute Senses (and Mirror Image) will only last for 5 minutes but could be reupped, depending on how big the whole place seems.

Why not let Tabar take a crack at disabling it first?

Birseko will actively search. As noted, with Heightened Awareness and Acute Senses (only 5 minutes), his Perception is currently +22

At least for the next 5 minutes (after we enter into the tomb) Birseko will be at +22 Perception due to casting Acute Senses. He could cast it again after that if need be (let's see how big this place is). He can't do anything about traps that he finds, however.

Before entering the tomb Birseko will tap himself with his wand of Heightened Awareness (which he will dismiss if rolling initiative) and cast See Invisibility, Acute Senses, and Mirror Image on himself. He will hold his wand of Magic Missile in hand.

Images: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Birseko scowls ruefully at their foe's escape. "I saw her flying out the skylight but she was gone before I had a chance to do anything!"

Before they leave the Museum, Birseko tries to grab any of the relics that the group doesn't already have in its possession.

When the news arrives from Madame Adenalar, Birseko renews his Mage Armor from his wand and asks for directions to the cemetery. "Perhaps we'll find our nemesis there! I can't think of where else we might look right now."

"Aye, she is standing right where you last saw her - for now at least!"

Sorry for the slow posting - childcare has been full on lately.

Knowledge (Religion) DC 17: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17
"Some sort of necrograft! A bit between a construct and an undead. Unfortunately, my memory fails me when it comes to this particular variety."

Seeing the auctioneer disappear, Birseko strains his memory to recall a spell that perhaps he once knew...

Spell Recollection, combat: 1d100 + 1d10 ⇒ (54) + (10) = 64

Birseko recalls how to cast See Invisibility and does so, looking around to see if he can spy the (presumably invisible) auctioneer and if so, point out their position to his comrades.

Birseko ponders. "Besides dealing with the murderer - who may well be looking for us at this point! - we still have our mission to acquire the shard - if we bring the Legion in the auction will likely get shut down and then how will we complete our task? Though I may be wrong, my instinct is that we handle this on our own and not bring in the authorities until we have secured what we came for."

Birseko emerges from his trance and relates what he saw to his comrades. "I wonder if the murder victim I saw is this poor corpse here?" He gazes down at the body to see if there are any indications one way or another. He also pauses to recall - though this is typically not his strong suit - whether anyone they have encountered so far looks like the red-eyed woman in his vision.

GM, these occult skill unlocks have so much potential for fun role play and story telling but I've found that it really depends to a huge extent on the GM. Thanks for working with them!

Oh right, I forgot that I had "remembered" vanish.

Birseko makes as if he is looking for a toilet but as soon as he is out of eyesight he turns invisible (Vanish will last for 5 rounds) and then goes to find Riltar and Tabar.

Once there, he tries to learn something from the corpse.

He'll attempt both the Phrenology and Psychometry occult skill unlocks, using his Focused Trance ability for each one.

Phrenology (Knowledge Arcana), Focused Trance: 1d20 + 10 + 20 ⇒ (1) + 10 + 20 = 31 Well, I guess that's not an auto-fail in PF1... Still, bah!

Psychometry (Appraise), Focused Trance: 1d20 + 8 + 20 ⇒ (8) + 8 + 20 = 36

Using Message to reply to Riltar..."Alas, I cannot speak with the dead but I do dabble in phrenology and might be able to discern something by examining her skull. Shall I come to where you are? I'm not quite sure where that is and it might attract attention as well..."

Speak with the Dead is a level 3 spell. I do have some occult skill unlocks that might be relevant: phrenology and psychometry, most likely, and I could also attempt to recall a level 2 (or 1) spell that I don't currently know, though nothing is coming immediately to mind that would be helpful. Can't claim that I've thoroughly exhausted the spell list though in case anyone has any ideas.

As the various conversations unfold around the room, Birseko decides that the most useful thing he can do - besides watching Tabar's dog - is to continue monitoring the thoughts of their various interlocutors.

The initial casting of Detect Thoughts would only last for 5 minutes so he'll do the same trick again - using another level 2 spell slot for the better DC (Will DC 18) and also Stylized Spontaneity feat to try to make it appear as if the "source" of the spell is the stuffed animal that Dimak is studying.

DC 14 Caster Level check: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 5 = 20
Spell succeeds (though each target still gets a Will save to avoid having their thoughts read). Birseko will concentrate his attention on everyone in the room that we have identified as being of interest, as well as anyone else who catches his attention for any reason.

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

My sincere apologies to the GM and the rest of the team for my lax posting recently - I'm solo parenting for an extended period and my four year old is taking up all my energy and then some! I'll get caught up now. Sorry to slow things down!

Before entering the museum Birseko will activate mage armor from his wand and will do so again when it expires in an hour.

Before the pathfinders begin to mill about, he casts Message on everyone but Dimak. (Sorry Dimak, I can only get 5 of us!)

Birseko gazes around the room, taking in the various individuals that are of interest to them. Then he grows very quiet and nearly motionless, as if he is simply contemplating the displays in the museum.

I've never done this before, so GM please let me know if you see any issues...

Birseko uses his psychic class ability to cast Detect Thoughts, using a 2nd level spell slot instead of the class' SLA, so the Will DC is DC 18. Duration is concentration, up to 5 minutes.

Most GMs I've played with have ruled that even psychic spells are apparent when they are cast, even though they don't have somatic or verbal components. Also, since the spell has a Will save, presumably the targets recognize that they are being targeted. To avoid both of these issues, Birseko will use his Stylized Spontaneity feat to add the Imitate a Dissimilar Spell OR Direction of Spell’s Effect to disguise the spell. I give these two options because I'm not quite sure how you will parse these. If I can use the Direction effect to make it seems as if Detect Thoughts is just coming from an empty spot in the middle of the room, then I'll do that. Alternatively, if that won't work, then I'll use the Imitate effect to make it seem as if the spell being cast is actually Know Peerage (which I suppose might make the target(s) (incorrectly) feel as if they are suddenly very knowledgeable about nobility!).

Per the Stylized Spontaneity feat, this requires a DC 14 caster level check or the spell is lost.

Caster Level Check: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18

So, if this all works the way I think it should, Birseko will now spend the next 5 minutes attempting to read the "surface thoughts" of the various individuals of interest to us (and pass those on via Message to whichever pathfinders are actually speaking with those individuals). They should each get a DC 18 Will save to resist but if they do so I *think* they will either think that the spell originated from the middle of the room or else think that they have simply been targeted by the Know Peerage spell.

I'm curious to see how this plays out - this is the first time I'm playing Birseko since I took the Stylized Spontaneity feat - it seems like it has a lot of crazy potential but I'm still figuring out what do with it - suggestions welcome! :-)

Birseko also has occult skill unlocks that could be tried on the various objects if it's just a matter of an unlucky die roll

Birseko yawns sleepily. "Yes, that's probably a good idea. Who knows what tomorrow will bring! I hope I remember any of this when I awake!"

Unless I've missed something, we have nothing further to do until the auction on the morrow?