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"...and we were told we'd sail the seas for Andoran gold, fire some guns, shed no tears... but I'm a broken rate on an Erdogan pier... the last of Hecate's Privateers..."

"Arrrr. It be a bit out of my seas but I've experience in these things."

"Yeargh! I be piratin' th' excess encumberance f'r m' booteh! Han' it over now peace like!"

"ARrrrr. Ye be tryin' t' sell me on th' horrors 'f th' Deep Black? Le'me tell y', nu'in m'r terrify'n than what's ou' thar!"

The pirate glances at folks. "Anyone go' grog?"

"ARRR! There be plunder an' sailin' 'f the high seas? 'll see 'f th' 'change agrees!"

Even with the hair-raising parts of the adventure, this was overall enjoyable, thank you for running and to the party for playing!

Are there teams that don't make it past that? Or get murdered earlier?

lol, I'd pay good money to see this head priestess on the war path after the Aspis.

From an EXCEEDINGLY SAFE DISTANCE.

Also, we definitely do NOT want to be here when the river of sludge starts flowing down those steps into their ritual...

Juan will take out a piece of soap and scrawl on a wall hurriedly... Unless someone has chalk, of course

"You stoned our team, we're done with ya! Enjoy th' bath! Duty and Honor, Aspis Style."

And then he will indicate that 'booking it' is in complete order!

As in, "Look at the time! Really must be going!", eh?

Moved my token up to reflect change, unless we're 'threatre of the mind' on this one, all good either way.

Juan peers at the grating, then shudders a bit, visible even through the inky blackness surrounding him.

"Arrrr. Not be wan'in' t' be stoned again t'day, what say ye lubbers?"

Leaving it to the rest of the party if they want to peek at it or call it a day.

Juan will head northwards To that area by E7 to check out the door in an expedited fashion. He's not a rogue, so a simple lock could defeat his efforts, but he has to make the effort to try and cover the bases.

He even has a 'cover story' ready given his stench. Hopefully it won't come to that...

Perception: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (20) - 1 = 19

"Can we check that last area real quick to make sure that we haven't missed anything?" Juan gives the rest of the party a look, his pirate accent completely dropped at the moment. "Would hate to have done all this work and get half-pay because we didn't look in that last room?"

Juan attempts to poke the golem a bit more vigorously!

Longspear(Flanking): 1d20 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 1 + 2 = 191d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Since Cai was at 1 before dropping from a 6 point attack, yes, I believe 6 points of healing brings it back up to 1? The more important thing is stabilizing through the heal and buying Cai some time.

Juan moves up to Caikahn and murmurs a few bubbled insanities as strange black tentacles almost appear to rise up out of the goop and mend some of her injuries.

Cure Light Wounds(On Caikahn): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Regardless of whether Cai stabilizes or not. Yrkoon, Juan is providing a flank with his longspear for you now.

Juan sees Cai go down into the muck and shakes his head. However, he does not scream or burble or anything as he moves into a position opposite Yrkoon and jabs at the construct with his spear!

Longspear, (flanking?): 1d20 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 1 + 2 = 121d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Yeah, between the basilisk and this thing, this is very much the 'middle finger to the players' scenario. I can see why it isn't very popular.

Move Action

Juan stands back up, thankfully covered by the shadows to not show how bad the bilgewash looks on him.

Standard Action

He then burbles something in Aquan and attempts to heal himself.

If that would provoke, then disregard

Cure Light Wounds(On Juan): 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Strange black tentacles appear out of nowhere and blend into the shadowy cloak that Juan wears, even as loud slurping noises happen.

Flavor text for the Cure Light Wounds

Once Daemina lashes out, Juan drops into the gunk. Incompetent Aspis. Pretending to be incompetent Aspis. That's the ticket... OH GOD THE SMELL!

Bluff(Play dead): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Welp, screwed. Sorry, folks. Can't drop prone and 'play dead', even,because we were too successful breaking the sewer pipe. Can't move without triggering an AoO. Cestus won't do anything to it. Fighting defensively won't help against a +10 to hit. Casting anything will trigger AoO. And since no one else is a threat... it's going to hit me again next round... Hopefully you can either take it down or escape. I didn't miss anything in my assessment, did I?

"Arrr. Ye be springin' a mos' foul leak in th' berthin'! It needs cleanin' quicklike!"

Bluff: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

Whether or not that actually works, Juan gets his spear ready to attack the golem in case it attempts to close the distance to the pirate.

Am I still alive? Did everyone die? Oh, good, there's the GM. Hi, DM Kludde! Is this Heaven? There's no one else posting! *coughs* Didn't want to be the one deciding the fate for the entire party, but if no one's chimed in for days, guess I gotta bite the bullet.

Juan takes out his spear and looks at the pipe. Banging on the pipe would probably take too long, be loud and noisy, and dangerous. But using the point of the spear to make small imperfections in the pipe should be enough to weaken it that even the barest of taps could set the pipe to... have a disturbing disconnection.

So he quietly begins to spin the spear with the point against the pipe, sort of like a carpenter's drill, not really trying to get a 'leak', yet, just... a very close to leak status. Then he'll move over a good few feet and repeat the process, because having a couple of holes will make the flooding go a little quicker, and prevent a 'quick fix'.

And then if no one else is brave enough, with the pipe thus weakened, give the first weakened area a slight 'nudge'...

If anyone else wants to stop him or offer alternatives, feel free. He got pre-stoned for this.

“How you complete these tasks I leave to your discretion, but I want you to keep murder to a minimum. One of the Lissalan cultists is feeding us information, and I don’t want to risk you killing this valuable source. Furthermore, we want the Lissalans to remain alive so they can turn their full ire against the Aspis Consortium. Once you’ve accomplished these two mission objectives, return here.”

Dropping a sewer line underground could kill anyone down here, right?

I think we need the rest of the party to chime in and it is the weekend here in the States for a few more hours. :) I literally have nothing I can roll for those Knowledge checks.

Juan will look up the 'secret passage' to see if that could be... 'helped to have an accident' such as when the street above caved in on it. He's not an engineer, or a dungeoneer.

In fact, his field of knowledge is history, so he's completely out of his depth.

At Yrkoon's suggestion of defacing the dolls Juan laughs ominously.

"We c'd add a lil' Aspis on 'em, arrrr! Make 'em all sanctioned booty!"

"Arr. Be hold'n a breath, mate."

Juan pulls at thin air and shadows start to manifest around him, becoming oddly solid yet also somewhat disperse at the same time.

Activating Cloak of Darkness, +4 AC, +2 Stealth, 1hr/level/day

The shadows whipping about him conceal his nod.

"Arr, ready to see th' booty!"

The 'pirate' blinks as everything comes back and squints a bit, trying to get his eyes to work again.

Then he pulls out a water flask and starts rinsing off the worst of the gunk.

"Arr, ye got the beastie then. Good work, ye lubbers!"

Don't look at it as a near-wipe. Look at it as blindfolded 'Whack-a-Mole' Go team!

Juan is actually... at peace. No hidden Dark Tapestry horrors burbling at him insanely with the cacophonous discord of the Yellow King, no slimy troth seeking to eat his brain... if being (literally) stoned could be considered a boon or blessing, Juan would have done this YEARS ago. Maybe. If he could even posit such a thought in his current state... (Still here, still paying attention, go team!)

Suggested: Move Action, prepare blindfold Standard Action: Put blindfold on. Don't be a hero. You got this!

Blindfold and poke at the thing blindly, it can't strike back, right? Though, if there's one *plus* side to this, if we all get petrified, then we've totally messed up the relations between the Aspis and the Lissalans (as all the stuff they requested will be petrified with us), so we'll get a moral victory, at least =P

Really, if you leave I won't hold it against you, this is an insane encounter. Just glad I'd only lose Cyphermage and Severing credits, I guess? But if you do stay, thanks, and good luck! Go team!

Tough encounter for L1 characters. Go team! Run away if you have to. I can toss Juan in the shredder. No harm, no foul, it's what we signed on for as Pathfinders!

I haven't used a folio, I don't think, let's give it a shot?

Fortitude Save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

The dice hath spoken. Hopefully I soaked that '1' from everyone else.

Reflex Save(to look awesome for all eternity): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (9) + 1 = 10

Did I at least get a nifty action pose vs. looking like a complete wuss?

Go team!

Fort Save(DC 9): 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 Sooo close. What's the pain?

"Arr, they be conc'rned f'r th' saf't' 'f th'r flock an' th' house. Let's not be breakin' it up, then."

Bluff(Send Secret Message to Party): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Juan peers at the sun thoughtfully. "Arr, it be the dawnstar, then?"

Perception: 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (3) - 1 = 2

"Arr! War be the folks we be seekin' t' hand 'em their just booty?"

Juan doesn't see anything at *first* glance, but perhaps a concerted effort and taking time might be in order?

When we go in and do our thing, I think we'll need Daemina to speak for us, with the typical flair she's been using for the other encounters? Thoughts? Put here oocly because the 'combined ooc' of multiple rps gets confusing.

"Arr. Ye be atestin' t' the veracity 'f th' contents, then?"

Juan will give a slightly suffering glance to Daemina before nodding to Pamodae.

"We c'n talk business after we're done w' th' jobs tonigh'. Let's go, me mateys, thar be more prizes t' plund'r. Be sure t' come back w' our pay, an' we can clear out, then."

Bluff: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

"Arrr. An' me an my crew t' be keelhauled when 'r boss gets wind 'f it. We need th' originally arranged fee, an' quickly, y'r not th' only one that's run into hard times. Th' best we c'n offer is that we'd be back to extend things, an' we can't do that if the Veil has an 'accident'.

Intimidation(+2 Respect of Riddleport, if applicable): 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

Sense Motive: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Missing whatever cues may have been of import, Juan shakes his head.

He doesn't take the offered drink. He's 'on the clock' and 'getting drunk/drugged' would be a very bad thing.

"Arr. Debt b'for' pleasure, Ma'am Pamodae. 'r boss'd have 'r hides 'f we dallied. C'n we take tha' up anoth' day, then?"

Translation: We REALLY need to get what you owe the Aspis, but we're not adverse to coming back later when we're done.

"Arrr! We be holdin' th' marker f'r y'r debt to y'r gen'r's lend'r. Ye be givin' it up, right an' quick, then, an' then th' lad can consider comforts."

Translation from the piratespeak: We're here from the Aspis, pay up, and then maybe you can ask Yrkoon about daily rates at his discretion.

No roll yet, not sure how they'll react to that.

Juan has been exposed to the Great Workings of the space between the stars. Daemina's antics are *tame* in comparison. =p

"Arrr, thar be th' booty. We be takin' it, then!" Juan will give a bit of a jaunty salute to the shrine, in respects to the Pirate Queen.

Oh gods, you just gave me inspiration for a character

Before I burn a spell, does anyone have a PathFinderStandard Wand of Cure Light?