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After things calm down, Regnel approaches Yargos Gill and attempts to recruit him into the Dark Archives faction. He emphasizes the many ancient manuscripts that are available in the Archives' collection.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17

This is for the Faction Card quests, and the DC for the Diplomacy check is 15 + my character's level (2), which is 17. So I just barely succeed. :-)

Regnel angrily whoops as he attempts to strike Nessian again, ignoring the glue partially restraining him.

Masterwork Longsword: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (12) + 5 - 2 = 15 (-2 for entangled)
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 1 = 15

Whew!

Regnel lets out a grunt as the tangelfoot bag bursts against him, entangling him, but not quite sticking him to the floor. He luckily manages to get his shield between himself and the attacking dog, and he returns the favor with a swing of his own weapon.

Masterwork Longsword: 1d20 + 5 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 5 - 2 = 14 (-2 for entangled)
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

"If you think some glue and a dog are going to stop us, you're mistaken. Your men are defeated and you will be, too."

The crossbowman that Regnel hit with his alchemist fire continues to burn:

Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 6

Realizing that the thug above him is probably done for, Regnel draws his blade and moves south to intercept one of the the recently emerged combatants.

"You picked a foul day to toy with secrets long buried!"

Masterwork Longsword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (14) + 5 = 19
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

After cleaving the thug almost in half with his swing, Regnel turns and looks at the man he presumes to be the leader of the criminal gang, Nessian.

"Surrender the code book or prepare to face the same fate as your lackeys!"

Regnel reaches into his bandolier and pulls out a flask of alchemist fire. He then opens the door and takes a quick step inside. Looking up, he sees the crossbowman atop the ladder and throws the flask at him.

Move action to open the door, drawing weapon as part of the move action, takes a 5-foot-step and uses action to throw alchemist fire. Since being in the tower offers no cover to us from the crossbowman, presumably he has no cover from our attacks from inside, either. Since the tower is only 10 ft. tall, it should be within one range increment.

Alchemist Fire (ranged touch): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18
Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 5

And while it looks like I'm next to the crossbowman, he's actually 10 ft. up so I don't think I take any splash damage.

With part of the group heading towards the northern tower, Regnel breaks into a run and tries to make to the western tower. He hurries as quickly as he can, and then presses himself up against the walls of the tower to try and get cover from the crossbowman above him.

Run action.

"You are all quite quick with those boxes - I get distracted by a book for a second, and you get them all open when I look back! Good job!"

"I'm definitely willing to give it a try... I'm not much of a safecracker, but together we might be able to succeed where the average criminal might not. That and I doubt we have 6000 gold pieces laying around and I don't think the Society will reimburse that expense."

With the immediate danger seemingly past, Regnel leaves the granary to see if Yargos Gill has caught up with them yet.

While he's waiting for the old scholar to catch up, he goes back to consulting his historical volumes to try and learn more about the ancient Taldor invasion and the undead that are seemingly connected to it.

Knowledge (History): 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 8 + 2 = 16 (+2 circumstance bonus from Pathfinder Chronicles)

Regnel swings his empowered blade into the skeletal figure's chest, hoping to drop the creature like it's undead allies.

Longsword +1 (Legacy Weapon Ability): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (13) + 5 = 18
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12

"Take that, beast!"

Regnel rushes towards the remaining skeletal figure.

Double move.

Regnel calls upon the spirit that dwells in his ancient sword to strengthen his blade and moves towards the skeletal figure.

Move action to move 20', standard action to spend 1 Transmutaton Mental Focus to activate the Legacy Weapon ability to transform my sword into a +1 longsword for 1 minute.

Regnel closes his book when Gill cries out, and he stows it away, hoping to look up some more details on this ancient invasion once the immediate danger is dealt with.

"Wait, undead attacking the granary? On account of a signal flashing from a building? I'm officially confused."

Seeing the seriousness in Yargos' tone, though, Regnel realizes that the old man means what he says. He draws his sword and shield and rushes in the direction of the local granary.

Regnel takes a moment to catch his breath after helping to haul the men back up from the water. But as soon as Yargos Gill mentions restarting the "failed Taldan invasion", his ears perk up.

"Wait, how could an old book restart a failed invasion from several hundred years ago? Unless..."

Without waiting for the old man to answer, Regnel reaches into his pack and pulls out some of his old volumes of the Pathfinder Chronicles and begins paging through them.

Knowledge (History): 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 8 + 2 = 17 +2 circumstance bonus from the Pathfinder Chronicles

Regnel looks a bit hopeless as his friends jump off the cliff into the water below. "I'm not much of a swimmer, you see... and I'm carrying a surprising number of books with me..."

Ignoring the last (hopefully charmed) tough, Regnel rushes towards the rope, sheathing his longsword and attempting to pull his fellow Pathfinders up.

Strength: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 3 = 20

He grunts as he pulls with all of his might.

I didn't have my shield out yet, so one of those attacks hit me.

Regnel grunts as the weighted sap slaps into the side of his head. He takes a step back and pulls out his shield and angles it between himself and the two thugs attacking him.

He then takes a step forward and swings his sword at the closest thug.

Masterwork Longsword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7
Damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

Unfortunately, his blade seems to go wide of the mark. "Damn it!"

Regnel cringes as his tanglefoot bag slips out of his hand and flies off towards no one in particular.

"Damn!" Realizing that he's going to have to fight his way through the toughs to save Gill, he runs towards the thug who was attacked by Thirsty, drawing his sword as he goes.

Move action to close with the thugs, drawing his sword as part of the action.

Masterwork Longsword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11

Regnel eyes the thugs and tries to see if he can see any way to easily get through their ranks towards the chained up men. He reaches a hand into the bandolier that crosses his chest and pulls out a tanglefoot bag, feeling it's weight in his hand as he prepares to throw it at the chained up men if any of the thugs move to push them closer to the cliff's edge.

I'd like to ready an action to throw the tanglefoot bag at the lead chained man in case the thugs make an attempt to push them off the cliff.

Ranged Touch Attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

I suspect that I won't hit with a nat 1, though. :-)

Regnel looks at his companions with shock when he hears that Gill and his friends have been dragged towards Torsen's Maw.

"We have to save him! Codebook be damned, I'm not about to let an old man be murdered on my watch!"

Pulling his cloak back over his head, Regnel rushes out towards the cliff as fast as he can.

A serious looking human wearing a red robe over a suit of armor stands in the corner with his nose buried in a book. He looks up at the two halflings, and you notice that he is wearing odd purple-tinted goggles.

He coughs awkwardly, and introduces himself.

"Hello, friends. My name is Regnel. I don't think we've met yet. I work as an archivist for the Society most of the time, but I'm always up for a mission when one arises. I'm excited about meeting Yargos Gill - he's apparently a scholar of some note!"

Yes, I had a lot of fun with you all! Hope to see you in a game soon. I'd definitely be interested if you start something up, Arklore!

I made a few purchases and applied a GM credit Chronicle to Regnel, which pushed him up to level 2.

You can find my updated Chronicle sheets and Inventory Tracking Sheet here.

Thanks! Can't wait! :-)

Thanks for reminding me, Bregolas! :-)

Here's my profession check:

Profession(Librarian): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8

Another great roll for me... Maybe if I use up all my low rolls this game, I'll have better luck next session. :-)

Definitely! Can't wait!

"Well, I'm not sure if it was your intention or not, but we stumbled across a bit of a mystery while we were searching the wine cellar. We found a room that had belonged to the famous Pathfinder Selmius Foster and discovered that he had been on the trail of another Pathfinder, Eylysia, who he suspected of keeping some of her findings from the Society."

"Luckily some of Selmius' leads were still useful even though he's been dead for some 400 years - that gnome in particular must be ancient by now - and we tracked down Eylysia's records. And we also captured these Norgorberite assassins who must have been on the hunt for the same secrets as we were."

Regnel deposits the collection of papers they found in Eylysia's stash in front of Master Dreng.

"I'm not sure what we should do with these captives, by the way. They attacked us in the Shrine of the Fallen, and I suppose that the authorities should be informed, especially considering the dead bodies of their friends we left behind. But we thought that the Society might be interested in questioning them before they were handed over to the city guard."

"I for one will be interested in finding out what it was the Eylysia was hiding. The thought of digging through these old papers and organizing them for the Society archives is a pretty exciting opportunity."

"You've had your chance, now suffer the consequences."

Regnel takes a second to draw his shield off his back and then takes a quick step to close with the grey assassin.

Swinging his weapon, he attempts to finish off the foe once and for all. Unfortunately, it appears that his blow went wide and missed the mark.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10
Damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Move action to draw shield, five foot step to close with the grey assassin, and an attack with my longsword +1.

I made a double-move to reach the grey assassin, so that was my whole turn.

Let's try something else.

Seeing the cyclone tear the two halflings apart, Regnel changes directions and rushes towards the grey robed assassin on the other side of the chamber.

"I think your ambush may not be going as well as you planned. You'd be best to surrender before you suffer the same fate as your pint-sized allies."

It must be his charming personality.

I've always thought of it as confidence. It feels good to have someone act like they know what they are doing. :-)

Regnel sees that Bregolas has been the focus of the assassin's attacks and he moves to flank one of Breg's attackers.

I'm attacking the blue assassin. I have a +1 bonus to the attack from my Legacy Weapon ability, a +2 bonus to the attack from flanking, and a +1 bonus to the damage from my Legacy Weapon ability.

Attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
Damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8

I posted my move a bit early, it's a few posts back. I drew my sword, activated my Legacy Weapon ability, and took a five foot step.

"I guess this won't be as straightforward as I had hoped..."

Regnel sighs and draws his sword. He concentrates on the spirits of the warriors who once wielded his sword in battle, summoning the power of their legacy to empower his weapon.

Regnel uses a move action to draw his sword. He uses a standard action to activate the Legacy Weapon +1 ability, granting his sword a +1 enhancement bonus for 1 minute. And he takes a five foot step.

Regnel uses his knowledge of the Azlanti tongue to pick out the most important of the documents to bring back to the Society.

"If no one objects, I'll bring this gem back as well. It might just be a simple light, but then again, it might be relevant to the investigation."

Regnel moves towards the desks containing what are presumably Eylysia's secret notes. He waits a moment to see if Auryn detected anything dangerous, but if she doesn't he begins to look through the papers to see what secrets they hold.

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
Profession(Librarian): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

As the door appears and opens, Regnel pushes aside his robe and reaches for his sword. Seeing that Auryn has lit the way ahead with her staff, he draws his shield with the other hand.

He then turns towards the rest of the party and flashes a big grin. "I'm glad that all that 'wiffling' was good for something."

He then steps into the doorway and begins examining the tunnels around him.

Perception: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

I hope I haven't been saying it wrong!

Regnel smiles at Bregolas and thanks him. "It would be my pleasure."

He moves over to the small chalkboard and ceremoniously writes "Wiffle" with the small piece of chalk. Before he writes the last letter he says "Wiffle!" one last time, and crosses his fingers.

I figured out the confusion I had about the Wall of Names. It is both a monument to fallen Pathfinders in general and to Selmius in particular. The Wall was commissioned in 4330 after Selmius died, and it was meant to record the deaths of all Pathfinders who died in service to the Society. Which is why Adolphus' note calls the Wall a memorial to his master. (Seeker of Secrets, p. 29)

I don't know if anyone else cares, but it has been bugging me. Wiffle!

Regnel chuckles and turns to Bregolas. "There are worse nicknames, I suppose. I shall wear the name Mister Wiffles with pride."

Regnel hurries over to the shine for Caskmail as soon as it is discovered. He examines the plaque bearing Caskmail's name and looks for any elements that might be able to be pushed in. If he finds any, he pushes on the plaque and says the secret word, "Wiffle!"

"I don't know... I find the idea of 'almost' gods to be kind of appealing. No one knows really what goes on in the test - maybe these aren't failed aspirants but just gods who found something more interesting 'out there' and just never looked back to Golarion. Or maybe the Starstone devoured their souls. Certainly food for thought."

Regnel joins in the search for the names on their list.

"I think that explains it! I think the plaque we need to press is in the shrine of the failed aspirants! I had a suspicion that 'aspirants' had something to do with the Test of the Starstone, and it seemed an odd word to use to describe names on a Pathfinder memorial. Let's hurry and go check it out!"

"Before we leave, let's make sure that we press Caskmail's name on the monument while saying 'Wiffle'."

Regnel waits a few moments to see if anyone objects, but if not he presses the plaque and says "Wiffle" loudly and clearly.

I think we found that it was designed to summon something, but apparently we left before we set it off.

I'm confused about the Wall of Names. The handout implied that the monument was made specifically to honor Selmius, but the most recent post makes it sound like a more general monument to dead Pathfinders. Which is it?

"What a strange situation. I'm pretty sure that we need to find the plaque for 'Doulgonlir Caskmail' on the 'Wall of Names' memorial to Selmius Foster. I suspect that Tsukai is right and that it is to found in the Lodge."

"Remember the message we heard from the coin: 'The path and chamber are complete, hidden behind the nameplate of the requested aspirant and guarded by the word you requested. Fimbrik will add more.' The 'requested aspirant' must be Doulgonlir Caskmail and the 'word you requested' has to be 'Wiffle'."

"So it looks like we should head to the Lodge, find the nameplate, say the word, and - hopefully - investigate the 'path and chamber'."

Regnel examines the notes that Bregolas found.

"What a strange duck... I hadn't noticed any odd illusions in the house, though I guess that you usually don't notice illusions as illusions."

He looks around the room for his more magical companions. "Arklore, Auryn... can either of you detect magical auras? Perhaps if we can identify the illusory objects in Fimbrik's house, we'll have a better sense of how to proceed."

"Meanwhile... Wiffle. Wiffle." Regnel begins carefully walking around repeating "Wiffle" at various objects in the house.

"This seems to be some sort of summoning circle, though I can't tell for what. I'm not sure if this is just an old 'burglar alarm' meant to protect the house from unauthorized entry, or something more sinister. Or something more useful, I suppose." Regnel chuckles. "Maybe we can summon the gnome we're looking for."

"Thanks for the warning, Bregolas. I almost walked right into that circle."

Regnel kneels down next to the magical circle and begins to examine it, hoping for discover it's purpose.

Knowledge(Arcana): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14