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"Not today, crusader," she says to Arloric. "But fine. Take this one. He bores me, anyway." She steps back five feet, and disappears again. The chained up human cries out, "No! Come back!"
Ha! Almost as fun is the lingering cough.
Apologies, folks. I came down with a bad case of bronchitis.
The big battle you were in just a few minutes ago. She disappeared from the chapel in the middle of the fight.
The door opens quietly. You see a succubus, the one from the battle near the chapel a few minutes ago, looming over a male figure in somewhat tattered clothes. She is speaking angrily to him and you get the last part of it. "...what good are you?!"
She snaps her head around when the door opens, looking right at Alexa. Her eyes narrow in recognition. The room looks like another barracks, lined with large, sturdy bunks. The man is manacled and chained to one of them.
You check all the doors around this room. The ones to the north are quiet, and you open them to reveal a long hall that ascends some steps before turning right. You see daylight and smell fresh air. The west doors are also quiet, and lead to now-empty barracks. The south is quiet as well, and opens to another barracks. From both of the east doors, however, you hear what are at least two voices. You can't make out words, but from the tone and the pattern it sounds like they are having a heated discussion. Double checking both, you sense they two entrances to the same room or place, and not a unique set of voices behind each.
Noro is awful. Glad you are doing better.
You don't hear anything through the door, and it's not locked. The door swings open to reveal another hall with even more doors in every direction. Referring to Nurah's map, you appear to be near the northeastern corner of the castle.
Ouch! Hope you are feeling better.
You step through the hole in the wall and approach the doors to the north, but as you cross over the threshold you see you're really in an L-shaped corridor. The wider leg runs north-south, with double doors to the west and east. The narrow leg runs east, and ends in a single door.
The western doors are not locked, but they don't budge when you try to open them. It feels like they are blocked from the other side.
The door is not locked, and opens to what appears to have been barracks for soldiers. The room has been completely cleared out save for small bits of trash and debris.
Alexa listens at the door to the east, and hears nothing from the other side.
You pick your way through the rubble to the northeast, and then through an open passage way to the north. These rooms mostly appear to have been used for storage, and the bare shelves and empty racks suggest that these contained supplies for the defending armies. A set of double doors lies to the west and a single door to the east. There's a large hole in the wall to the north that is large enough to pass through, and on the other side you can see a long hallway with more doors.
Sorry folks, I thought I would be able to do at least something on the game last week while visiting mom, but it didn't work out that way. I am back home now and will get things moving again.
Sorry for your loss.
OK. With this wing of the castle cleared it's easy to lead them to the parapet and turn them over. They descend ropes into the waiting arms of your soldiers, and you return to the main hall.
What is your plan for the prisoners? And what do you want to do next?
I'm going to be out of town next week with limited time for internet things. I'll do my best to keep up.
"There's a shadow demon down there. It's who's really in charge here, but it leaves the castle and the city to Vhane. Sometimes it comes up here, though. Sometimes even in the daylight, which I guess is a big deal 'cause people talk about it."
Ugh. That is horrible.
Sense Motive: He sounds legit. You suspect they're just doing what it takes to live through this.
He points to the north and says, "Officer's quarters and planning rooms are through there, towards the tower. That's where I'd go if I wanted to find him." He gestures to the rubble by tilting his head. "They leave all this here on purpose. So you gotta work your way around it." The two sets of double doors directly to the north are blocked, but you could pick your way through to the open passage to the northeast, or to either the doors or the opening to the east.
The guards look at each other for a moment, then the one that surrendered to you says, "Up here? Lord Vhane."
They don't resist as you tie them up. One of them even says, "You went through Konneshka and the gargoyles like they were paper. I'm not stupid enough to try something."
Uriel's announcement has an immediate effect: both pairs of half-orcs come to an immediate halt, the blind ones stumbling at the abrupt stop. "OK!" the half-orc in the closer group who can still see exclaims. He leans over to set his bow on the ground, holding both hands up. "We surrender!" His companion does the same. The group that is out of sight backs into the room, their hands also up. They've dropped their bows as well.
I have been reviewing what comes next after you take the castle, and I don't have any qualms about labeling most of it as "filler". Dungeon crawls aren't so great in this format because combat takes forever, and even if I was keeping on top of things as much as I'd like it'd be months of drudgery. So I am planning to trim off the fat.
Guard 2 sees Darya advance out of the corner of his eye and is very visibly shaken.
Also, Merry Christmas, everyone!
My second PF campaign was the one where I really dove into the lore, and played a multiclass wizard/evangelist of Shelyn. I really fell in love with Crystalhue as a holiday, and how much it feels like the spirit of Christmas.
The two remaining guards that aren't blinded grab their friends, saying something in orcish, and pull them south towards what looks like the hall's main entrance. One pair makes it through the doorway with the other pair not far behind. orcish:
Both say something to the effect of, "We have to get out! Come with me!"
Telerin's snowball strikes the blinded guard, and Alexa follows that up with a swift strike from her gladius. The guard falls to the floor, dead.
Kemat steps forward to get better positioning and casts her spell, catching guards 1, 2, and 5 in the burst.
Darya fells the last remaining gargoyle, and Uriel cuts down the guard in front of him.
The other guard in crusader armor rushes forward to strike at Arloric with his sap, but can't land a blow.
Take your time. I've certainly been responsible for more than my share of delays. :)
A cloud of glittering, golden dust bursts in the hall and engulfs the guards. Two of the archers and the guard in crusader armor get dust in their eyes and are unable to see.
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