Lazeril's page

Norden and the team he assembled in Adventure Card Guild Season of Plundered Tombs performed some pretty high profile heroics in Osirion that probably help the Sothis Lodge's reputation. In the introduction, I believe it even mentions his increased security measures after the attacks on the lodge.

It is as if we have met before, brother in runes Tangaroa.

~Lazeril, cursed of both Legalistic and Tongues

Some day soon, she shall return, my fellow believer. But first we must clear out the detritus that blocks her path, the rotten corpse of twisted worship, still twitching with the mockery of life, that parodied her teachings and caused her to turn away in the first place. Join me and rid the world of Krune once and for all, so Lissala may return and bless us all with her presence.

The Sihedron Scion teaches us that knowledge is power. If you worship her true form from long ago, rather than the perversions of these modern cults, you would do well to listen to the blessings of Lore, as I do. Time, to recall the ancient glory of Thassilon, is also a good choice.

Walter Sheppard wrote:

Tarma, it was clarified by John in the past that 5 pp in that scenario can get your body recovered.

It's not the body recovery that I'm disputing. It's the thing that specifically states that normal ways around the condition don't work. Was that part covered in the thread as well?

If you pay me your 5 prestige, I'll take care of it for you. I never liked that woman anyway.

~Lazeril of Lissala

We must prove ourselves worthy of Lissala if we wish her to return to our world. The excess and corruption of the late empire led her to abandon us just as we abandoned her. I have rejected Krune and his perversions. You too can work to bring Lissala's true teachings and Xin's true vision back to Golarion.

"At Thassilon's dawn, the Runelords held that wealth, fertility, honest pride, abundance, eager striving, righteous anger, and well-deserved rest were the seven virtues of rule—rewards that one could enjoy for being in a position of power."

Well-deserved rest would be sloth but I don't want to play a conjurer, I'd rather play a transmuter, thus I went with wealth and involved Karzoug, Runelord of Greed.

I am happy to stick with Abadar and be a good guy from before the Runelords corrupted the virtues. I'm not completely sold on Aasimar, I could just go with human but I wanted the otherworldly vibe from the Aasimar to help add to his out of place mystique.

Thank you everybody for your advice/Golarion lore.

The other side of well-deserved rest, the virtue paired with the reward of rest, is efficiency--act with efficiency and do not waste effort, and you shall be a wise ruler indeed. I look forward to meeting a fellow Thassilonian, unstuck in time as I am. May you exemplify the blessed seven virtues and receive the seven rewards of rulership without ever indulging to excess, like the reprehensible corruptions of our once-wondrous philsophies.

~Lazeril of Haruka

(OOC: Karzoug was last in a long line of Runelords of Greed, and someone from the early empire, like Lazeril or your guy, would have been frozen long long before Karzoug ever came onto the scene, or Krune for that matter. The Runelords of the time (Sorshen, Xanderghul, and five unknowns) killed off Xin after about a century and then Thassilon continued for about another millennium, so lots of Runelords of everything except Lust and Pride came and went)

Rogue Eidolon was absolutely the best summoner player I've encountered in PFS to date, resolving the actions for a dozen summons in about a minute each round. I'd expect no less from an efficiency expert.

Well, as they say, Efficiency is a Virtue...

And it was a gloriously efficient defense against the feeble assault of chaos. Your efficiently decisive shouting of which place to go, followed by running off in that direction, was a great improvement over the usual debate (and also displayed the Virtue of Confidence), and our spellcasters were prudently efficient in their use of magic, saving enough for the final demonic push that we could decisively show them our full strength.

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Kyle Baird wrote:

DR? You mean DC?

I'm all in favor of having some skill checks (especially knowledges) having a "ultra high" option for additional reward. If you're playing someone with a +million to a skill check, a) you've sacrificed something else, probably combat ability and/or b) it feels awesome as a player to get to use something so obscure or unique.

Kyle I agree, but unless I am missing something, PC's are limited to skill count based upon level, so some of these DC's are simply impossible! Am I missing something easy like take 20?

Apologies for the digression, but it seems that this topic touches on the difficulty of some of these modules. If I have hijacked the thread, I apologize.

It's possible.

** spoiler omitted **

Or you could just explore the secrets of the cosmos without stooping to such silly bardish tricks. A true Oracle of Lore in a focused trance can know such things from the beginning of his career.

"Quick, make a gluttony check!"

Back in the glorious days of Thassilon, it was called 'plenty'.

Kyle Baird wrote:

The circlet is still sweet (especially when you're able to use charisma for knowledge checks). Other than gross uses of intimidate, when have you seen skills completely ruin the fun of a scenario? Even then, it's usually the player, not the skill check that makes it unfun. Thise types of players will ruin a table one way or another no matter how many arbitrary PFS rules you come up with.

charisma for knowledge checks .... thats one Ive not heard of

If you can follow the twisting runes of the past and listen to the voices of the ages, the mysteries of eternity open up to you. Know that the path is wrought with peril, and only confidence in yourself and zeal to see it through shall keep your mind intact. Even I, who have trained to overcome the influx of knowledge, lose myself to the words of creation when I am distracted.

Last year, as the Society’s gaze focused on us and on our homeland, we were honored by the attention, and relevant to the organization’s larger goals. But now, the gaze of the Ten has shifted elsewhere, and we must work doubly hard to ensure we maintain our honor and prove our worth, lest we be supplanted by others hoping to establish themselves in the Society’s good graces.

You are fortunate, Venture Captain Li. It is true that nearly all of the other Lantern Lodge agents I have met have a strong focus on Tian Xia, but I happen to have a plethora of expertise in just the area on which the Decimvirate has now set their eyes. I will not forget your assistance in the coming days. I shall serve, then, as your secret weapon in the coming days, if knowledge is the power you require. Call on me as you see fit.

I bet life is going to be hard .. er, interesting for PCs who worship Lissala.

Well it's thanks to you that I paused in my journeys to be able to wait and deal with this unfortunate problem.

What all of you must understand is that I follow the ways of the goddess from the early empire, when her worship stood for hard work and proper reward. When confidence, passion, zeal, efficiency, and drive were prime qualities and before the decadence of the late empire, the needlessly overabundant mortification of worship just before the fall. Thanks to those fey and their blasted binding, I may be a long long time from home, but at the very least, I can effect a return to Lissala's old ways and true glory. When we find cultists, I will appeal to them as a priest of Lissala to embrace her true path, and we will save however many we can. If the others refuse to talk with their fellow clergyman, there will be no choice but to fight. The true qualities of Thassilon's glory shall never be able to return to this world without a cleansing of the last fragments from the Empire's corrupt death gasp.

You know, all this talk of Goka makes me hungry.

A big man with a round belly of mixed heritage (Varisian and Tian) smiles a big smile and looks around the room.

Is anyone else hungry? If fact can any of you cook? Or teach me something more of Eastern cuisine. I am keen to learn. I am tired beyond belief of meal spiced with Andoran spices. The only one they seem to know is salt.

I imagine that some of you have particular preferences for you food which might be different to mine as a human, but I try to keep an open mind when it comes to food, and as you can see by my belly, I've tried quite a bit.

"I am not myself a cook and would be ill-suited to attempt to prepare a meal. Detailed lists of recipes, however, I can provide you by the dozen, should you be adventurous enough to try them. Heavenly teas and curries from Tianjing, tempura and sushi from Minkai, fried rices from Shokuro, and more. Looking to the other half of your heritage, I have recipes for Inib wines, Chivvik pastries, Gorryam cheeses, Hawfrey steaks, and Aanstrin confectionaries that are possibly the most delicious foods to every grace Golarion. Knowledge is my blessing and my curse. I am filled with the knowledge of such things, almost involuntarily as we speak of them, but I am utterly unable to create them, even knowing the recipes, so unless we find a skilled chef here, the true tastes will elude us."

(OOC: Lazeril takes 10 for 45+ on his Knowledge: Local check to know the details of the recipes, but sadly he can't use Profession(Cook) untrained, and even if he could his result would be abysmal!)

(OOC: Lazeril has Tien as well. It's just that since Minkaian is the Japanese analogue (Tien is Chinese), I assumed he spoke Minkaian with the name being Japanese for cursed. I think it's too late for me to edit the Minkaian away now though)

"The virtues found in a true leader also make for an excellent priest or honored temple guardian, and all those who can balance the path of wise efficiency with that of hard work shall reap the truest rewards. Your lands shall be plentiful, your hopes fulfilled, and your enemies shall fall before your faith and zeal in your cause. Your passions shall be rewarded with a loving wife and children, with wealth and comfort for your family and for your people."

"It takes confidence in yourself to achieve such things. Confidence is often considered the chief virtue in those with extraordinary abilities, whether you choose to lead or not. Sometimes confidence alone will make the difference between a blessing and a curse, between a hero and an outcast. After all, as one who shares a very similar blessing and curse as you, does not your condition allow you to understand the language of fiends, the better to fight them? What better skill for a temple guardian than the ability to understand the devils as they coordinate their attacks and to relay them to your allies? I myself have found that understanding the tongues of other worlds can be extremely convenient when I desire to summon such creatures and communicate with them effectively."

*Lazeril turns to observe the serpentine newcomer.*

"The Chelaxians claim that the devils serve them, and on the surface it is so. Who serves who in the end is a question quite a bit more complex."

*Lazeril can't help but feel a bit of camaraderie with Nagagorjo--since Lazeril knows Minkaian, he recognizes Nagagorjo's appellation as such, so he decides to speak to the snake-man in a language that would be a bit more private.*

No, what is truly glorious is not the past, but the FUTURE.

"Not your past perhaps..." Lazeril allows, "But I have seen such wonders as this world can hardly dream. Will they be replicated in the future? Perhaps they shall. I shall be quite surprised but nonetheless delighted, however if such can occur in my lifetime, and Golarion seems to be saddled with such a large number of ridiculous world-threatening dangers that there is a non-trivial chance that things will only get worse."

With that in mind, does anyone know what her pristine eminence, Ms Amara Li, has planned for all these resources we've been gathering and collating?

What would the Sczarni say? She has a full hand? When will she reveal her cards?

*Lazeril enters a brief trance and then replies.*

"To the best of my knowledge, she has incurred serious debts in nearly single-handedly building the connections and resources necessary to start the expensive exchange of Pathfinder agents back-and-forth from Tian Xia to the western continents. It is a sign of her admirable leadership that we have seen in recent years not only a massive influx of Tian Pathfinders but also a rise from nearly zero missions to a great number of missions available in Tian Xia."

"However, if my information is correct, she is currently greatly in debt and will need our help to find the Order of the Kirin to collect an ancient debt owed to her family and repay what she has spent. I have reason to believe they still exist, despite rumors to the contrary."

I spent most of my youth in the Forest of Spirits, as most know it, but hearing about such interesting lands here I felt a burning need to explore. I have recently visited a city called Bloodcove, rather unfriendly place and the surrounding jungle is no more friendly, and visited an excavation site. Suffice to say I believe these Aspis consortium people need a proper lesson from the spirits about where greed leads you.

"The pursuit of wealth in itself can be a noble thing, one that motivates people to build a better life for their family and a better society for their future. However, the Aspis Consortium in particular do not understand the balance inherent in such a pursuit. Wealth is a reward for great service and the work that paves the path to its just desserts. The Aspis Consortium set this harmony off-balance. They steal the reward from the work of others. They have no pride in their own accomplishments, zeal for a cause, or passion for others."

Not all who serve at the Honorable Lady Li’s request hail from the land of Tian. Indeed, I am one such soul.

A man of middling height and obviously Azlanti-style features, rather than Tien, nods his assent at this. He wears a robe bedecked in runes and has a strange symbol around his neck

"Indeed, some of us chose to join the Lantern Lodge for the connections they represent. While Avistan and Tian Xia may be separated by a great distance, the history of Tian Xia's empires stretches backwards in time farther than any of the others who seek to ply the ears of new Pathfinders. I find some small comfort in this connection. The only other faction that could claim that focus to any extent is Osirion, but their so-called "ancient" past is in fact quite modern. Why, their original empire wasn't even founded until 3060 XR. Time is a distance with a gap far greater than that between the stars themselves, leaving us only memory."

And so began my seventh PFS Character Eldarius of Thassilon, Warmage of Bakrakhan!

Why, do my eyes deceive me? Is that the runic tattoo marking a Warmage of Batrakhan? I hope from before the end times when Alasznist became more and more...unhinged?

I am Lazeril, a humble servant of Lissala as she was worshipped in the early empire. Hard work and its proper reward. It is good to see another who remembers our great empire in this most unimpressive future. Truly, I would have hoped they had discovered great wonders in ten thousand years rather than sliding backwards as they have. Perhaps this coming year will allow us to educate them in what they have lost.