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Well sounds interesting. I would be interested in giving it a try. I am a returning player to the forum, having played a lot of PF1 and some PF2 in the past. Proposing to play an Elven wizard. Can set it up later today or tomorrow. Also, Is there any way to get a first feeling for the campaign setting without spending 50 $ blindly?
Artifact Dealer:
Story Bane 4 Type: Monster Traits: Human Merchant To Defeat: Combat 17 THEN Combat 17 OR Charisma Diplomacy 9 Before acting, a local character summons and encounters a barrier.
Death's Breath Door:
CotCT Barrier 2 Traits: Lock Trap To Defeat: Strength Dexterity Disable Divine 10 If undefeated, mark this barrier's location with the scourge Poisoned and each local character must succeed at a Dexterity or Acrobatics 7 check or suffer 1d4+1 Combat damage.
The Mzali use the confusion and the fog to retreat further into the jungle.
Finding themselves under attack the Mzali raise their short bows and rain a deadly barrage of arrows onto the party, before slowly retreating to keep a distance between them and Father Kerndrew. Davor manages to duck behind a nearby tree but all the other arrows find their mark. Kerndrew and Neethan find the magic imbuing the arrow poinbts leaving especially painful wounds.
Saving Throws:
The blast of the Fireball catches 3 Warriors in it's blast but two off them manage to duck behind some trees to avoid the worst of the blast.
GM Rolls:
Neethan and Davor stand waiting in the jungle, hoping their pursuers take the invitation to approach. Unfortunately the jungle stays silent and even davor begins to wonder whether he imagined the signs of pursuit. Davor turns towards Shalissa and Nethan when he spots two of indigenous warriors approaching Shalissa and Neethan from behind, their shortbows at the ready.
are you sure that the rogue wants to stay out in the open while the silver tongue bookworm "sneaks" through the jungle?
Thanks for all the kind words, they have been very welcome. I think trying to bring this to a reasonable finish at saventh yi at a manageable pace is the decent thing to do and let's see how I feel by that time. PS but for the next 3 days I am on a railway fair so I am not sure when I will have time to post.
No I was just having a long think about the last few months. With workload having picked up significantly in the last year and also social live becoming more active again, the amount of time I have been able to give this has been on a steady decline. And I haven't even been required to work in the office yet, so once that starts there will be another hour of the day gone. All this meqns that in the last few months the days where this has been a chore have far outweighted the days where this has been fun, and I think I need to admit this too myself. There is no way I am going to keep this up for another four and a half modules. Currently I am thinking about just finishing on the Dicovery of the city, but I can't think of a suitable finale to finish things up, and I am noit even sure if you would prefer that or rather start looking for somebody else to take over the campaign. I am sorry for letting you down like this, but I believe its the honest thing to do.
I would like to know if you want to either
Following the river you make sure to akways have an eye on your surroundings watching for any signs of the Mzali.
After a full day of travel you are approaching the junction of the two rivers and start looking for a place to spend the night, when Davor notices sign of pursuit. A few leaves moving on a bush on the other side of a clearing. A flock of monkey screeching at something you can't see. You are sure there is soomeone following you.
From the village a small trading path leads you along the southern bank of the Korir river. Perception DC20 and Know Nature DC18:
As you cross the river to get the southern bank you notice a large bird flying over the lake and suddenly plummeting down into the water. Somehow this view leaves you with a very uneasy feeling, until you remeber where you have seen this before. Suddenly the sight of Dimorphodons diving down on you from the sky back at the Shiv stands before your eye again. After examining it some more time you are sure that this is a dimorphodon hunting fish in the lake. But you are also sure, that these flying beast require cliff faces to nest none of which can be found in this region.
That is correct. Everybody can hack plants with it, and whoever isn't proficient with a short sword, will incur a -4 penalty on attack.
After the succesful plunder of the Sargavian vessel you retreat back onto the small island and spend the night there, staying as far away from the water as possible. In the morning Kyra rows you back towards the village were the local fisherman are at first very sceptical when yopu tell him ypu have lslain the beast that has been terrorizing the island, bvut after Kyra Shalissa describes it in detail they are happy to hear that the fishing grounds arounfd the island are now save. back here Cook and Mate have been preparing everything for the expedition. Mate has found you 2 sturdy mules to carry most of the tents and rations and Cooky bought enough Dried fruits and meat to last you for a week. ()
The original wording of the Adventure Path is: "adamantine machete (treat as a short sword)". So just because a later Paizo publication added a different description of a machete doesn't mean, that this is supposed to be an unsable weapon. Anybody who can use a shortsword and is willing to can use this weapoen. Also the Potions are:
The identifications are successful, I will post the exact potions on Saturday. The machete is not magical. Also nothing extraordinary happens and so you will start you journey on foot along the river tomorrow. I will probably not be able to post before Saturday.
Shalissa Puts all her body into the rope abnd together with her Kerndrews is able to break the chest through the rotten wood. Davor is a bit unprepared for the sudden movement and gets hit in the shoulder by the heavy trunlk () but then follows the rope up towards the surface. Once you have the chest out of the water you find it lock with a heavy lock. Perception DC 15:
The chest is not trapped. Perception DC 20:
The chest is not trapped. Perception DC 25:
The chest is not trapped. Perception DC 30:
The chest is not trapped. Disable Device DC 25: The chest contains 1,000 gp in gold ingots, a potion , two different potions, and an adamantine machete.
Davor find a safe route down and fixates the rope around the chest. When he is convinced that the knot is holding tight he gives a short tug on the rope. Father Kerndrew and the other begin pulling up the chest, but the chest gets locked on a protruding beam. and doesn't budge.
By now its very dark but Davors Darksight allows him to see enough in the dark water. All broken planks and pieces of cargo have made it very hard to get down there without cutting oneself and block the way forward.
Bracing himself for the dammge shooting up his leg, Davor strikes with his rapier at the retreating snakehead. But the beast is too slow this time and the blade pierces his left eye and from there its brain. TRashing one last time and showering Kerndrew and Davor with water once more the beast falls down and is lying dead at your feet.
This time the Snakewhale is able to twist out of the snowstorm just enough.
Shalissa raises her arms and call out "Sky Father lend me your might and strike down this foe." calling lightning forth between her hands and sending it straight into the beast. The beast tries to get out of the wayx, but the ice around its side holds it back and the bold hits it squarely in its side. Roaring in pain and unable to escape the Snakewhale slashes out at Davor once more. Surprised by the ferocity of the attack davor is late in getting out of the way and the sharp teeth tear straight into his leg. The Beast is bleeding from its various magic induced wounds and is clearly in pain.
Yes I try to do that but it slipped my mind too. BTW Shalissa is on short notice holiday. She will probably post, but of somebody has any idea what she would do in this situation please feel free to suggest something to bot her with.
Neethan once more raises his hands and a snowflakes rush forward over the lake engulfing the Animal and leaving frost burn all over its side.
When Davor steps up into the foray the snake head uses its superior reach to lash out at the Halforc but being aware of the risk he dodges the hit and stabs st it, but is also defelcted by the creatures this hide. But Father Kerndrew uses the distraction to swing at its vulnnerable neck and scores at least a glancing hit.
@Kerndrew you did not include the Bless bonus into your check correct?
Kerndrew carefully manages to stay in shallow water and take a big swing at the monster but the weapon just glances off the thick hide of the monster The Fireball is perfectly placed and catches the monster right in its blast. When you see the massive explosion you hope that it might be driven off, but soon its snakehead once more strikes out a Father Kerndrew. This time the snout is taking a heavy bite shield arm, shredding the armor and leaving the Paladin bloodied.
No if Course not I think I accidently looked at the CMD number.
The heroes prepare for the comming attack when a large snakehead appears out of the water in front of Kerndrew and strikes at him, hitting him right in the chest.
Davor scrambles over the rotten hull of the former sargavian vessel. the wooden floor is slippery and very fragile and mutiple times you almost break through to the storage holds below. after a few minutes he reaches the captains cabin but upon entering it, he finds most of its contents has been rootting away too and only two of its walls still standing. The map desk is still mounted to the remains of the starboard side of the cabin.next to it you find a large hole with splintered edges leading into the cargo hold. Perc DC15 Davor:
Something heavy fell through the floor here. While peering downwards inoto the darkness of the waters you believe you can spot a large container like a chest or trunk down there. IN te meantime the others peer into the dim light of the rapidly approaching night looking for signs of approaching danger when you se e a large wave approching your position from the south. Shortly before it reaches the sandbank you can spot a body of a small whale rise out of the water.
Ini:
With Kyra and Shep manning the ours you make a swift journey out onto the lake, looking for the landmarks. Unfortunately finding them proves a bit harder than you thought. But after spending a few hours checking various options you come top the conclusion that it can only point to that small island. Apparently the water levels have fallen since the map was made. By now its getting a bit late but you decide to give it a quick look at least. While Kyra put herself into the oars once more, you keep watch for any hidden magical beast. After 10 minutes you approach a small bank of fog, when the shape of a almost completely sunken vessel slowly appears. Only a few masts and part of the hindcastle are still sticking out of the water, the rest is submerged below the waves.
"They are afraid of Amoak. but doi not worry, she is only a story, nobody has seen her in centuries." After asking for details you learn that a large beast has been living in this lake since times long past. From time to time a fisherman reprots being capsized by a giant snake or whale. Down in the south of the lake Amoak can apparently be seen leaving the lake and feed on grass in foggy nights.
Comparing the map to Father kerndrews map and Neethan ocal knowledge you are certain the vessel is at the northern end of the lake (Near where you are.) The map also give reference points on the shore which should allow you to find the spot where you need to dive. Having agreed to at least try to find the spot you start asking around for a boat.
Luckily the trader who brought you here is still busy loading his fresh supplies and willing to take you with him once more.
You pass another 2 nights on the small cramped boat, but its still easier that the treck through the jungle lying in front of you. On the next day around noon you finally arrive at the Lake of the Vanishing Armies a huge freshwater lake ant the junction of the River of Lost Tears and the Korir River.
The soft, shallow banks make it difficult to land your larger craft, but as soon as you approach a dozen smaller vessels pole raft out to
"This is just a myth. Something to frighten the kids with. I am sure it has nothing to do with this matter." The leader remains unconvinced but when Neethan tells you what he knows about Jigeke, the natives fill in some of the details. Jigeke is a Necromancer who is supposed to roam in the screaming jungle and the surrounding lands. Exciled from his home village for practicing the dark arts, he than lotted the tomb of a great Zenji Warrior named Amghawe stealing his war mask of terror. He also enslaved the creature guarding the tomb, a fabled creature once slain by Amghawe. Since then he is rumoured to terrorize the jungle with his zombie and seeking lost artefacts to increase his power.
Neethanpoints out that one fo the natives seem very upset about something. Now that you turn your attention to it you hear him discuss with his friends about something called Jigeke.
nobody else want to take that perception check?
The leader of the natives comes out of the tomb together with you and describes to the others what you found ion there native language. Then he turns towards you. "Like you we came to investigate. A friend of mine was coming here to pray yesterday and he found the tomb like that." With the help of the natives you are able to find the path were the robbers left. You follow it as it avoids the nearby tradepost and approaches the river after a good 15 minutes. Unfortunately here they seem to have caught a boat and left downriver () "I believe it was at least 4 days ago that these man came here. I don't think it will be possible to follow them from here. " Perception or Sense Motive 15: In the back, some natives are discussing heatedly among themselves.It seems to you, that some of them are very upsetwhile others are trying to calm them down. You here the word Jigeke mentioned multiple times.
From the story you heard you calculate that the body has the lying here for a long time, certainly long enough that only bones and a few clothes would be left. But that doens not explain, why some of the bones are lying on the floor next to the table or why the fingers of her hand are broken. Searching the traces carefully you come to the cobclusion thatLikeng probably held her weapon or shield before her rest was disturbed so rudely. The jars on the walls are also mostly broen and empty.
Inside the tomb you you find a single room, dominated by a large table in the center where the ihabitant is supposed to lie. In this humid climate only bones and threads of fabric remain after this long a time. on the lefta nd right of the table a few chests and jar line the wall.
The natives nod when Shalissa approaches the hole.
Somebody very strong apparentlyly just grabbed these stones and ripped them out of the wall. Perception DC 20: Its been a long while since all this happened, but you find tracks of a giant bipedal creature on the clearing. You also find human footprints inside the tomb.
The Natives are very confused when Father Kerndrew produces Iomedeas holy symbol, but after some explanations about the relationship between Aroden and Iomedea the relax slightly. "You tell me Iomedea is friend of Likeng, but I have only your word. You can come with us, but don't try to go behind our backs." The walk in a circle around you their spears still raised eyeing warily for any misstep on your side. The war leader leads you down the path until it opens up in a small clearing with a small stone pyramid standing in the middle. Your eyes are immediately drawn to the carnage done at the far right coner. Here the large stones of the pyramid are opened up and strewn throughout the clearing.
Group Knowledge Rolls:
Neethan recognizes the man as people from the local tribe of the Zikebo, who settle the lands around Kalabuto since centuries. The leader of the Zenji steps forward and tries to send you away. "Leave the guardian in peace! There is nothing left to steal here for you. "
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