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Day Job Oratory: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Gina loves this stuff, very memorable.

”I’m about ready to pen an addendum to that Chronicle, it could be its own chapter.”

Gina lists off names of Shoanti leaders and the new bits learned about their personalities, and whether any new ones might be considered allies of the Society.

She talks about the guardians, the ghosts, and the tomb rituals, the battle haunt, the statues and names and sarcophagi, the honored skeleton by his well. The inactive bone guardians and the deeper corridors.

She continues about urns and another haunt in the depths that was precluded by Pathfinder actions, and of a trapped maze of corridors, and how there was still a battle on the way out.

Gina considers Fifi’s question, but also has trouble with jokes and rhetorical questions. ”Regeneration might do that exactly. They’re constructs, not undead, but we could try some healing positive energy against the bone one, could interact with the necromantic energy it needs even if it is not a typical evil.”

Gina continues the lecture. Invisible, She maneuvers over to flank with Fifi. And attacks, breaking Invisibility.

Rapier flanking bannered lecture etc: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 11 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 33
Magic piercing precision banner: 1d6 + 5 + 3 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 3 + 3 = 15

”Nice Idea!”

In between more lectures on the foe, Gina casts invisibility on herself and uses that to get past the wolf construct without AoOs. It’s eerie being lectured by a disembodied voice, so Gina makes sure to fill it with “fun facts” about the Shoanti everyone has been learning anyways.

another acrobatics check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (19) + 10 = 29

As she enters the room, she also directs a ”Be welcome, my cousin.” at the entry plate.

Ginadori wrote:

She starts lecturing about the Bone Guardians identified earlier.

Naturalist: +1 insight (stacks) bonus to attacks, AC, and saves vs the big creature.

I am probably forgetting something, but where did you identify this creature?

You are correct, the Acrobatics check was not enough to move through the clay wolf.

north central room, some inactive ones that were frozen in place statues.

Gina attempts several things.

She starts lecturing about the Bone Guardians identified earlier.

Naturalist: +1 insight (stacks) bonus to attacks, AC, and saves vs the big creature.

Then, attempts getting into the room, with a move and tumble through past the wolf thing, rapier coming out during the move. She ramps up the move with nervous tapping at her drum.

acrobatics: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18

not sure that’ll work, but planning on moving half speed and to the south of the wolf.

Gina checks maps and notes. ”I don’t think we missed anything, most of the rooms have been returned to dead calm. Maybe someone can make a joke about that on the way out.”

Back to the front, via the maze

Gina wipes away the sweat and enjoys the fire, examining the room. ”I’ve heard of haunts that induce murder and suicide. Not sure this one would have, but Making sure they don’t go off is always a good idea if you can avoid it. The Shoanti have hard lives, I think this place shows that off.”

Gina looks down at her hands, now empty. ”Ah, good, sometimes I just don’t notice what’s right in front of me.”

Gina looks for a prominent place to place the wolf statue, something well lit by the fire and forest-y. With the statue out, it’s only a matter of putting it down somewhere. If nothing else, by the fire.

Gina pulls out the wolf statue, if the companion spirit is here, maybe that will cause a reaction.

With repairs to the maze done, Gina heads back towards the marked room for the wolf statue.

Much as I like the game, I’m reminded how infrequently I check the forums today.

When Gina pulls out the repair stone, she also notices the wolf statue still in the bag.

”Ah, one more room before we leave.”

While Pathfinders work over the stone and start on the repairs, Gina tries to help via knowledge from Chronicles regarding decaying dungeons.

Knowledge Engineering: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 2 = 12

”Out of place chips and scorch marks scream trap to me. If our magic checkers aren’t finding anything, my guess is mechanical, so someone with better eyes than me get looking. I can disarm them if we find some, especially if they have to do with the wording here. Maybe the Pathfinder I will refer to as Lunk-Kettle set them all off.”

Gina pulls out the map. ”back through the pit room, last doorway out of there. Stay straight at the first split, Lumketul spent some time in a maze there, but I think we should go through it last. Instead, I suggest a small side room here, then on to smashed pottery, and the last room with stolen items.”

Gina does a double-take at her notes. ”Honestly, who goes around smashing pots like there’s some sort of treasure inside?”

Bard will always try. She has enough time to consult a book and a Wayfinder to help clear her head.

Bardic Knowledge Local: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 7 + 2 + 1 = 26

"Oh my! These are like the bone constructs mentioned. Inactive though. Not sure there is anything more to do."

Gina looks at maps and notes. ”Not to set up Truddig for another terrible joke, but this way hits a dead end. I’m not sure it was previously explored, so no clue what’s in it, but still worth exploring.”

Gina is indicating north, or up on the map.

Gina digs out the ring for the skeleton and replaces it. If the unease continues, she tries different fingers of the skeleton, as the cultural significance of ring fingers was not clear in any notes so far.

”Well, at least the pit isn’t as bad as Lumketul’s notes. I was thinking this might have been like that last dungeon with the all the climbing.”

Gina is repeating that friendly greeting in the rooms as she enters and leaves, she likes it and it summoned a spirit that one time.

”Seems a good place for a séance, if anyone were so inclined.”

She tests a chair and sits on it a moment if solid enough, knowing she can fix it if needed.

If nothing happens, Gina suggests heading back out towards the middle room where there’s supposedly a skeleton down a well in need of replacement and a ring.

Gina carefully and with consultation with the others, puts the sarcophagi lids back on in order with the names and symbols figured out in the hallway. She has no problem lifting several times her own weight when she puts her equipment down. When lids are on and remains respectfully replaced, repair stone to seal the sarcophagi.

Left to right

Bat > Tranquil Shadow
Griffon > Meditates in Sunlight
Horse > Meadow Grass
Eagle > Story Seeker

With a bit of insight from Truddig, Gina figures out the animals in the corridor

”Eagle is Story Seeker.
Horse is Meadow Grass
Griffin is Meditates in Sunlight
Bat is Tranquil Shadow”

“How poetic, maybe they match the lids, or the bodies.

That Guidance going to be enough to give Gina the Linguistics in the hallway?

Gina wishes she hadn’t had to use up her creative inspiration in convincing the Shoanti, but she tries each of the plaques, to see if her skills are any good.

Linguistics statues in corridor: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Linguistics sarcophagi: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

”Awkin, I think you’ve proven yourself better at this. Another puzzle. If we can’t find more clues, maybe put the tops back oldest skeleton to newest like the hallway. Anyone good at figuring out how old bodies are?”

Gina pulls out the notes and “map” of the complex.

”Water’s possibly safe to drink, part of the shrine. Anyone need healing badly? Northeast is a spur with some broken coffins to fix, dead-ends, but clearly important to repair and given Lumketul missed some things like this haunt, still potentially dangerous. Northwest to most of the complex. Or maybe even double back through a maze.”

Knowledge Arcana re the water: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20

Gina considers the water, trying to remember in part if ir was here in the Pathfinder description.

Gina gets out of the way of the haunt.

Gina frets that putting the weapon near its stele did nothing.

”Idril, try that in the shrine slot, southeast!”

Idril (botting) places the earthbreaker in that slot.

Oh, I think I get it now, there’s four indents on the shrine, two on each side. My initial reading just saw two flanking and thought that was two total.

”Get the weapons to their stele’s then someone get to the shrine and try that greeting.” Gina suggests.

Gina winces at the lashing, but holds tight to the open bag to allow others to grab and dash to statues.

holding actions to see what items we can get in place

”Bolas, there.” even acknowledging where things should be, not getting a jump on this haunt.

Gina looks at another statue NE in the room. She was the last to have the bag of holding and it’s out and ready to be utilized, but is caught unawares by the situation in this warriors room.

Takes some time with the others to clean the room as requested, removal of ogres, stacking bones, etc.

Gina’s surprisingly strong, at least for lifting and carrying things. And finishes with the suggestion to go east into the ceremonial weapons room, though someone is better at spotting.

”May your spirit guide you.”

Once gone, Gina will add ”We will want to remember this for the others.”

”Based on naming conventions, we may have found quite an important individual’s burial site. We should start here with fixing the plate, clearing the bones and putting them in a better place, and clearly kicking out the invading ogres. I doubt we could really do a proper ceremony of entering, but this is a start for respecting the site. We should be on the lookout for additional damage like this”

She will start doing so if others have not.

Gina will give a look through her Pathfinder Chronicles for a better account of Shoanti ceremony than the previous attempt, handing off the mending stone to someone else.

K.Religion with some book research: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 8 + 2 = 21

Just a suggestion, not knowing what it did. But with Awkin translating...

”Oh how pleasant, some sort of ceremony of welcome and fair travels. I bet Lumketul failed to see it, triggered the bone guardian response, and then failed to provide the pass phrase.”

She sees if she can identify anything else about the defense detect magic on plate w Knowledge Arcana for aura: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
Spellcraft in case of specific spell involved: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15

She ponders for a moment. ”I want to fix it and try it out, right? Awkin, you translated, want to be ready to say the words? I’m sure the Shoanti will want us restoring the entryway.”

She pulls out the magic mending stone.

Gina gives it a try, but can’t quite make the language out. ”Broken anyways, but could it be how the bone thing ended up here. I say we restore the plate on the way out.”

She waves the mending item.

linguistics: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Gina scans for magics and identifies everything, no issues. Archivist class ability, take 10 on Spellcraft identifications for 22

”I don’t usually push myself enough to get wounded. But thank you, Fifi. If anyone is missing a resistance cloak, protection ring, or a big magical axe, I suppose they’re useful, and don’t belong to the Shoanti.”

Gina takes a few light potions and drinks them.

healing: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4
healing: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
healing: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Gina steps to maybe, not always clear with big foes flank Blue with the high ground. Then full attacks.

”Wasn’t this room supposed to have some sort of bone guardian show up?”

Immediate action riposte on the first successful parry of Blue, as above.

Gina moves into the room, zigzagging up the stairs to come up next to Blue.

Double move. Parry and riposte ready.

”Ogres, though the frozen bigger one is something more. Let’s hope he stays paralyzed long enough we don’t find out what that extra stuff is.”

Gina searches her recollection for the other one.

knowledge nature: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13