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Celegon will put on the Sihedron ring. He'll pass his Ring of Protection +2 to Glimwick. We don't want to spend too long hunting down these vampires, but look to see if there is a common place they all go to rest. Either destroy them, or their coffins. But I think we go back and let our friend know the master vamp has been destroyed first.
Celegon watches the spindly creature's reaction to Padraig's question to see if it is able to give an answer or even if it understands the question. If it is unable to, Celegon casts Voluminous Vocabulary to give the creature the ability to communicate in Common for 8 hours. With a Spellcraft check (23 against DC=15) he also imparts Thassilonian to the creature. He then asks the creature, "Can you understand us now?" and gives a recap of the questions.
Celegon spots a building not too far from one of the giants and in its line of sight. He glances at where the invisible odd creature should be in front of him on his steed and puts a single finger up against his lips as he tries to recall as many details about it as he can. He casts Silent Image in a large area where one of the giants is glancing. He creates the image of the creature sliding out of invisibility and running quickly around the side of the building, making sure the giant sees it. He attempts to make the illusory creature run just slow enough with a gimp that at least one other giant spots it before making it vanish around a corner. If all goes well, he waves with his hand to the others as the take their phantom steeds over to the roof of another building while staying as silent as possible inside of the invisibility sphere.
Celegon directs the horses down and tries to predict where the creature will be launched and casts Comprehend Languages on himself. Once it comes close to them, he hits it with Feather Fall and they move over to catch it and Glimwick hits it with Invisibility. If it speaks, Celegon will attempt Linguistics to determine what language it is speaking if it is not one that he knows.
Celegon voices his agreement with the plan. "If we can get close enough to him, I can hit him with Feather Fall while he is in the air and we can grab him and hit him with Invisibility as well." He does frown at Glimwick though, "I'm not sure what we'll do if he decides to attack us. It would probably be wise to have Comprehend Languages or something else active to ensure we can communicate our intentions to him."
Celegon casts Communal Phantom Steed and has everyone mount up to head back to the start of the trail. Hopefully this time they can make it in without being detected. Even from a good distance away, he gets everyone to pull in close and casts Invisibility Sphere so they will be undetectable. "Alright, we should be able to make it in there this time without being seen. Once we head over the glacier, remember to beware the phantasms that we saw below us."
Celegon quickly begins shouting encouragement and retelling stories of adventurers felling giants.
He then fires his bow into the crowd of giants, targeting the nearest one first, sending the arrows splitting into the next one if the first falls.
Celegon grabs his bow and stands up, mentally marking where the giants are from the fiery burst. Glimwick quickly hops up, wiping the sleep from his eyes, and follows the Witcher’s example and drops a fireball in the same spot he did. (Using remaining 3rd level spell slot that was unused yesterday.)
Celegon turns back to Glimwick, "Think you can teleport us back to the room we stayed with the wheel? It seems to be mostly uninhabited unless they are looking for us." Glimwick replies confidently, "I can do that without much trouble at all." "Good. Let's rest out here just off the trail where it won't be as easy for them to find us without them having to search a bit. Then we can teleport back to where we were." Celegon recommends that as the plan of action unless anyone else offers otherwise. He and Glimwick take turns focusing on Detect Magic to see if any magic sensors appear that would indicate scrying until they get a ways off the path.
With no one having any particular way to deal with scrying, Celegon and Glimwick both cast Detect Magic and being looking around for a magical sensor in their proximity and get ready to dispel it once it is found. Celegon calls out, "Until we can keep him from scrying on us, let's head back out of the city so we can surprise him." However, if they are able to find the scrying sensor, he intends to head on toward the upper parts of the city.
Celegon points down the street to the west. "It took them a few hours to locate us last time, so if we don't stay in one place for too long we should be good." After a moment of thought, he adds, "Also, does anyone have any spells that would protect us from scrying? We may be able to blind them from being able to locate us."
A well-dressed elf comes in and dusts some hair from his coat that must have been flying around outside the lodge. He looks for a place to sit down and notices a few eyes on him. "Well, this must certainly be the place." He makes his way over to a table and pulls out a journal and begins making some notes about his recent travels back from Osirion.
Celegon smiles broadly at the offer to hear his stories and he quickly pulls out two of his latest journals, "I've recently run across the most extravagant tea ceremony which was guarded by a giant sand creature as well as an underground temple guarded by giant serpents!" He quickly goes through explaining some of the sketches from his journal hoping that his stories would help him gain even further opportunities to see more wondrous locales.
A dark haired elf enters with a crisp green collared shirt and brown vest. He finds a table quietly and sits down and adds a few finishing touches to a long document, The Sinomakti Expedition to the Pillars of the Sun. He rolls it up, seals it, then searches for a mailbag to deliver articles of submission to the Pathfinder Chronicles. "Promise kept," he whispers to himself. He then takes a look around the occupants, looking for anyone who may be in need of his services. "Is anyone in need of an archer and scholar? I've just returned from a wonderful Osirian expedition and am happy to fill your ears with stories of the wonders I have experienced."
Celegon examines the wand to try and determine what magic it may hold and also examines the troglodyte's glowing cloak.
"I too can help drag these foul smelling creatures to the cell. I would hate to be one of the guards that has to clear them out after a few days." He gives an involuntary shutter under his makeshift mask at the thought of the compounded smell.
"Well, this chest certainly looks interesting. Let's see what we can do here. Everyone, stand back just a bit..." Celegon makes sure that people are cleared away from the chest just in case and he stands about 20 feet away and casts Open on it to see if he can get it open and make sure there are no traps.
Celegon continues inspiring his team as they fight the troglodyte with a boisterous voice he continues. "All the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters. Every single man in this group plays a vital role. So don't ever let up. Don't ever think that your job is unimportant."
He then readies another arrow and waits for an opportunity to squeeze an arrow past Zahira. As she dodges one of the troglodytes attacks, he shoots the arrow over her shoulder aiming for the throat of the foul beast.
Celegon takes a steadying breath as he notches an arrow on his bowstring and pulls it taut, firing an arrow quickly past Zahira into the troglodyte. After he inhales again, he keeps right on encouraging the crew from the same speech. "And when those goblin-kissing sycophants fall to our blades, all will hear the tales of our glories!"
Celegon ties his standard rapier back on his hip and says, "Well spoken, Mae. We want to make sure that this fate doesn't befall anyone else." To Forsend he offers, "I trust that you will stay with us and out of trouble while we examine the floors above us? Hopefully the rest will be fairly quiet." He then moves back into the previous room and begins going up the stairs.
"We're not letting you out of here alone. I say that we stay together and either check out further up the stairs or turn around and head back to Absalom now." Celegon has a moment of realization and then offers, "This is also probably your rapier and we have your wayfinder here as well." Turning back to the group, he asks, "So, do we go further up or turn back now that we've accomplished our main goal?"
Celegon unlocks his manacles with the keys. After setting him free he says, "Hold still for just a second while I try to get you in a little bit better shape." He begins casting Cure Light Wounds on Forsend to help heal up his bruises and probably wounds on his wrist from the manacles. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Forsend. We were sent here to rescue you. Now, back to our questions. We've taken care of several troglodytes, were they they ones who were holding you or are there more of them?"
Celegon respectfully accepts the fine quality rapier and straps his current one to his backpack. "Thank you greatly. I generally try to avoid getting in close, but it is sometimes unavoidable. I may also be able to use that scroll of invisibility if you are unable to use it." He gently places the scroll in his scroll case so it is easily accessible for later, but still remains well preserved. He then goes back to checking the door.
"It appears that we have found a scroll of cure moderate wounds and a scroll of invisibility," Celegon says handing the two scrolls over to Lady Mae. "I would assume that since the troglodyte's key wasn't necessary to open the chest, it has the potential to open either a set of manacles or a cell door. This gives me hope that our target may still yet live. Let's check the other two doors on this level. Perhaps we shall find a match for the key." Celegon goes over and examines the door in the back of this room, checking for traps and particularly if the door is locked.
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