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"I suspect that the imprisoning room would have also provided us access to the runestone if we had been able to figure out the puzzle. This path was much more straightforward."

Screaming Moon looks over at Maga Szuul and frowns. "With the Gauntlet complete, perhaps we should return to the forest and rest. And, afterwards... I do not want to leave the rest of you in danger, but I grow concerned about Maga Szuul and his cult's plot to unleash a plague.

I shall take my leave of you, wishing you all future success."

Triel heals 10, Moon takes 10

As the continued barrage comes in, and Screaming Moon feels his life force weakening, he holds off on calling another lightning bolt and channels healing energies instead, excluding the enemy.

Channel: 3d6 ⇒ (3, 1, 1) = 5

Ugh. Almost not worth it.

Note that it appears everyone else has forgotten about Good Hope being in effect.

My bad previously. Missed that Triel got hit three times. She actually heals 15 and Moon takes 15.

Triel heals 5, Moon takes 5

Screaming Moon completes his casting and points to the overgrown shirezyx as a bolt of lightning arcs from the ceiling.

Call Lightning: 3d6 ⇒ (1, 1, 5) = 7

Screaming Moon backs up behind the others and begins casting Call Lightning

Ruby heals 5, Moon takes 5

Screaming Moon grabs the Bag of Holding from its place Ruby's pack, preparing to pull out some Alchemist's Fire.

Knowledge(Dungeoneering) could be useful here

"Ah! Those don't look like normal spiders!"

Moving up closer to the creatures, Screaming Moon summons motes of starlight that swarm around the nearest creature. Stardust Hex. -2 to attacks for 3 rounds. Also can't become invisible.

With the danger seemingly under control, Screaming Moon glances back toward the glowing image of the Ranseur.

"Do you think we need to go through the southern portal? My instincts certainly have been leading us in the wrong direction, but an iron door with a glowing image on it seems like an obvious path forward."

Screaming Moon also readies himself to ensnare the first Sinspawn who comes within 30ft.

Silkstting Snare Reflex DC 16

"Plague? You plan to unleash a plague on Magnimar?"

Screaming Moon gapes at the insanity of cultists. "But... the cult is inside of Magnimar..."

Holding his head, he tries to think more about the quest they are currently in the middle of. "We don't currently have any plans to go back to Magnimar, though I suppose we could look into it once we get back. Do you know anything more about this puzzle we are currently walking through?"

Scrunching his brown in thought brings no clues, until Triel remembers that there was a different door.

"Yes, you are right, Triel. This room is likely a dead end trap. Let's go back and try the other door."

Screaming Moon teleports Triel and Maga Szuul out of the cage and waits to see if the alchemist is friendly after all.

"I can only do that once a day for each of you, so it would be good to know another way to open the cage.

Although, perhaps we don't even need to worry about the orb?"

Screaming Moon glances up to Triel and Maga Szuul but does not take any immediate action.

"All right, let's think this through. Can we progress to the next stage of the Gauntlet without doing anything here?"

Do we see any exits to this room?

"Well, it appears to have not liked those spells. Perhaps we need to use spells that cause damage? First, let me see if I can get someone out of the cage."

Screaming Moon uses Heaven's Leap to move Fioralba out of the cage.

Screaming Moon gasps as Triel is moved into the cage. As there appears to be no danger, he holds off on summoning a wormhole to get her out for the moment.

"I imagine my healing hex will satisfy the Necromancy rune. Though, if we all get transported into that cage, it is going to get rather tight. I suppose we should keep going."

Screaming Moon glances toward Ruby Meadow's bestial countenance and nods in acknowledgement of Maga Szuul's explanation.

Looking to the others, he states. "Well, he seems honest. It is probably safe to let him out. Perhaps his story can give us some insight on how to proceed,"

"I need to know that it is safe to let you out before I can recommend that course of action to my friends" Screaming Moon says as he begins healing the party.

1 zap for Moon, 1 zap for Triel, 2 for Ruby

"How did you come by that tentacle on your back? Is it an effect that could endanger us?"

Screaming Moon peers up at the "man" thing wondering what to do. "Before that, we need to know who you are. How did you get trapped in that cage?"

Triel and Ruby heal 5, Moon takes 10

Groaning as the damage keeps pouring in, Screaming Moon heals himself.

CLW: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

Fioralba heals 5, Screaming Moon takes 5
Ruby heals 5, Screaming Moon takes 5

Ill-equipped to deal with swarms, Screaming Moon stands back and concentrates on his Life Link, ready to heal anyone who needs it, starting with himself.

Snapping out his wand, he touches his own wounds.

CLW: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

Looking up at the man in the cage, he considers whether he could be an ally or not.

"We appreciate the warning, Friend. Do you have any tips for dealing with this creature?"

Sense Motive, Good Hope: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 2 = 9

Good idea. 2 zaps gets him to full

Actually, looks like others are injured too, so let's spend a channel

Channel: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 1) = 12

Screaming Moon shrugs.

"It was likely a test of some kind, though I may have jumped to the wrong conclusion about the nature of the test.

Regardless, it doesn't seem like there are any other options but to move on through the broken down gate."

Ruby heals 5, Moon takes 5

Screaming Moon grins sheepishly at Fioralba and shrugs, then takes out a wand and heals himself.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 2 = 11

@GM That looks like 18 damage, unless I am missing something

Ruby Meadow heals 15, Screaming Moon takes 15

Screaming Moon nods and turns to Elanna. "Get ready to catch and put the gem in the the image"

Summoning another wormhole, Screaming Moon sends Elanna directly in front of the iron slab.

Cast Delay Poison on Ruby Meadow, then send her through a wormhole to the platform.

Returning to the others, Screaming Moon reports what he saw.

"It definitely appears that someone forced their way into this room, but got no further. The intrusion does not appear to be recent though."

Screaming Moon friwns at Fioralba's statement but cannot refute her wisdom.

"Well, whomever we send over, I will make immune to poison, in case that is the way this 'infection' works. I think we should send Ruby Meadow first, then maybe Elanna if removing the jewel requires a tool based approach"

Moving to the forced open gate, Screaming Moon peers through to see what lies in that direction.

Screaming Moon looks between the iron slab and the statue.

"Well, this puzzle seems obvious. Take the gem from the statue and put it into the indentation on the far wall. Likely the walls collapse when you try to walk on them and pitch you into the monster infested waters.

Does anyone know what that creature is? It might represent the monster we might face."

He stops to consider the forced gate. "I wonder if that is where the agents of wrath attempted to get in. If so, it doesn't appear that they got much further."

Screaming Moon sends Tsu-la over to investigate the forced gate. "Let me know if you smell anything recent"

Tsu-la Scent: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

Screaming Moon scans the remainder of the hall before the gate with Detect Magic to see if there are any other magical traps.

Ruby heals 5, Moon takes 5

"Fire. Seems rather obvious. Let's hope that stays consistent."

Stepping up to Ruby Meadow, Screaming Moon heals the remainder of her injury with a tap from the wand, then casts Resist Energy, Fire on her.

Screaming Moon uses a wand to heal himself and as they enter the hall, uses the Suzerain Scepter to cast Good Hope

Everyone has +2 morale bonus to hit/damage/saves/skill checks/ability checks (includes initiative) for 7 minutes. Ruby gets +3.

Eyeing the statues, he groans. "Constructs,do you think? Well, let's go forward and find out."

Perception: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 5 + 2 = 14

Screaming Moon smiles at Ruby Meadow's confidence, adding. "I still have most of my spells and have some useful buffs if that is what we will face. I do not need a rest yet."

Fioralba heals for 5, Moon takes 5

Screaming Moon moves up to Fioralba and applies some salve to her wounds, then touches her with a wand.

Healing Hex: 2d8 + 6 ⇒ (5, 3) + 6 = 14

That's a total of 24 points of healing for Fioralba

"My, what could possibly have upset a bureaucrat so much that he clings on to life and lashes out at the living."

Slowly, Triel's comment about having the papers properly sorted sinks in. "Oh, gods! He's upset because the papers aren't sorted properly?!? Hopefully we don't need to add a proper Thassilonian cover sheet."

Seeing that Fioralba is intent on becoming a librarian, Screaming Moon sighs and returns to the main hallway, where he sets out a camp stove and begins making some tea, using pieces of ancient furniture to fuel the fire.

Ruby Meadow takes the time to brew another dose of her mutagen.

Screaming Moon is about to assert that he never questioned Fioralba's loyalty, when Triel states the same then makes a gesture somehow indicating that he did.

Rolling his eyes, he walks away. Women!

Moving around the room, he begins tapping on the walls and listening for secret doors.

Screaming Moon arches an eyebrow at Fioralba and takes the scimitar. Without hesitation he takes it and stabs Viralene in the chest.

"Protecting the health of the tribe often requires the purging of infection. I am surprised at your squeamishness, given the stories I have heard and witnessed.

If ending evil is difficult, all you really needed to do was allow her to bleed out."

Wiping the blade on Viralene's dress, he offers the hilt back to Fioralba.

Dismissing the Stinking Cloud, Screaming Moon frowns.

"Hmph. I didn't expect her to be able to get away. She must have some specialized teleportation powers to be able to get away while not able to speak activation words."

As he considers that problem with little available knowledge to help, he notices Fioralba and Ruby Meadow moving Viralene. Gasping in surprise, he asks, "Surely you aren't going to leave HER tied up here?!?

I can understand giving the other one the benefit of the doubt, he did nothing to us, but that woman is a devil-worshipping Chel who already used her evil powers to dominate the will of others. We must keep the world safe from her magics!"

Retrieving a wand, Screaming Moon casts Bless

Will: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (15) + 9 = 24

Barely noticing the spell, Screaming Moon wonders at how easily Viralene went down.

Even more he wonders what Elanna is thinking. She heard me say I was going to make it unpleasant in there, didn't she?

Figuring incapacitating an enemy spellcaster is worth Elanna's discomfort, Screaming Moon continues his plan, creating a bank of noxious fumes that fill the entire room.

Stinking Cloud Fort DC 16 or Nauseated. Save must be repeated each round until the character fails

From the doorway, peering around shoulders, Screaming Moon does not respond to the bard, instead offering to the others, "I can make it extremely unpleasant in there and flush them out toward us. It doesn't appear that they have anywhere else to run."

Offering to cast Stinking Cloud

Screaming Moon uses a wand to treat everyone's injuries.

2 zaps gets Ruby Meadow to full.
1 zap gets Triel to full.
1 zap gets Screaming Moon to mostly full

"Does anyone know what a 'Retriever' might be? I imagine that the sword is safe where it is, regardless of what the thing's abilities might be. However, if it comes looking for the sword from us, we should know what is coming."

Screaming Moon looks down at the man on the floor, considering where this might be heading, and uncomfortable with the prospect, but trying not to think too far ahead.

"I am glad that you have a healthy respect for your own well-being. This cult you joined is far beyond the simple fancy-dress society you have described. They are looking for items to wake a Thassilonian Runelord. If you respect your own life at all, you should help us to avoid that outcome by exposing any additional plans they might have.

Now. This Hira, what type of spells do they like to cast in battle? Is it still just the two of them or have they managed to acquire additional help within this structure? What is the layout of the room beyond this door? Is the door itself warded or trapped?"

Screaming Moon kicks away the cultist's weapons, then uses his healing hex to revive him.

CMW: 2d8 + 6 ⇒ (4, 8) + 6 = 18

Screaming Moon shakes his head at Ruby Meadow's declaration, but does not dispute the truth. There are no grey zones with Ruby Meadow. I appreciate that simplicity most of the time.

"Does anyone feel the need to question this cultist?" Screaming Moon asks. "I can still save his life, if so."

Ruby heals 5, Moon takes 5

Screaming Moon moves behind Ruby Meadow, flicking his wrist to produce a wand and healing the warrior.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Screaming Moon nods his assent. "Watch Viralene! She'll try to Charm you. Though, we can always hope that construct that got a piece of her dress took her head off with it."

Concentrating, Screaming Moon summons a patch of webs to ensnare the rapier wielder.

Silkstring Snare Reflex DC 16

As he examines the tracks on the floor, Screaming Moon peers toward the south with interest. "Is anyone else curious why they didn't go to the south? We should assume that they knew something that we don't.

Likely there is a trap or other known hazard that way. Or, perhaps they found the entrance they were looking for in one of these other directions."

He shakes his head, then peers at the other two doors. "Which way we go depends on our objective. If we want to catch up with we should follow the tracks. My guess would be east."

Moving over to the desk, Screaming Moon does glance with curiosity at the illusory frame to see what image it is projecting.

Afterwards, he suggests. "That appears to be everything in this direction, unless we missed another secret door. We may as well go back and check out the southern hall."

Screaming Moon eyes the magical dagger with distaste, but says nothing. The haversack itself and the gemstones get an appreciative nod, but the book sculpture barely even gets a glance.

Likely some bit of forgotten knowledge is stored in that device. Judging by the people who created it, the world will be better off that it can never be accessed

Screaming Moon approaches the skeletons, attempting to determine how long it has been since they died.

Heal: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29