Septis takes in the sight of the place and nods to Sif's suggestion "Be prepared for whatever it is." He looks around to see if there are any exits they can quickly take.
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Dropping a note in all my games. I am hoping things won't change too much, but wanted to forewarn my games that there may be some delays in my posting. My work schedule is usually busiest over the summer months and while it is slow right now I know at some point it will get crazy busy when I start getting shipments in of hundreds of new computers for a rebuild of one of my schools I manage. On top of this I am finishing up my dual MBA/MSIS this summer with three classes in a condensed 8-week semester. All of this to say, I will do my best to keep up and if I know of major delays I will try to notify people (like when it is finals week), but if I do end up disappearing for a few days here or there just know it won't be long term. All the craziness I have going on over the next couple months should primarily be wrapped up near the end of July. As always, if you need something quick you can generally ping me on Discord.
Septis has no idea what the kobold is trying to say, but suggests to the others "I don't know what he is going on about, but this is the only other way to check if that hole leads down. May as well go this way." He steps aside letting Victor or Lillian take the lead.
Septis rubs his hand through his beard a moment as he considers and then looks to the others "I think he is saying that leads down to the Darklands not back to the surface." He motions for the kobold to follow and then points to the door to the northeast and gives him a questioning look. Then points to himself and his companions then towards the door.
After explaining the various items, Septis isn't particularly interested in anything. He looks to the kobold and asks "Do you know how to get out of here?" As he does this he moves both of his fingers as if someone walking but does it at an upward angle to make it look like someone going up steps, he then points his finger up then shrugs while holding his hands up in a 'I don't know' expression.
Septis looks over the various magical items the little merchant has trying to discern if any would actually be of any use to the group.
Septis does the same and looks to the others, when his eyes meet Lil she just glares and he hands her his two coins and then pulls out another two with a frown.
Septis nods along in agreement with Lillian's words before adding "So, how much are you wanting for this key. Keep in mind that if you are lying or trying to trick us, we know where to find you..."
Septis immediately recognizes the creature for what it is but doesn't make any particular note of it to the others. He considers his options before finally replying "I'll give you gold but how much depends on how you answer my questions. First, you say you don't know of an exit but you have a key to the exit? How do you know it is the key to the exit if you don't know where the exit is? Second, as it seems you are living here, I'm sure you know more about this place so why don't you tell us everything you know. Then we can talk about giving you some gold for the key."
Septis notices Victor call something out and see's something up there himself as he notes to the others "There is something above us." He calls out "Whoever is up there, we mean you no harm, we are just trying to find our way out of here."
Septis just backs away from Sif in case something happens to smite her.
Septis just watches the whole exchange but is a little questioning when the voice seems to say the wrong name. To be safe he decides to Detect Magic and see if there may be something else going on here.
Septis quirks his brow as he sees the two statues of the woman, somewhat surprised to them this way as opposed to how they are normally depicted now. This temple must be old indeed. Septis looks to Lillian as she asks her question, backing away a bit to let her pay whatever tribute this ghostly image requires.
When Lillian strikes out at Lil a cut forms on Septis instead as Lil had already wounded herself significantly. Septis yelps at the pain and turns to see Lillian overwhelmed by the effect and he just frowns. When Lil snaps out of it he takes some of her blood and casts a spell on her as her wounds slowly begin to heal over time.
As they move on, Septis doesn't say anything one way or the other with most of the group having been effected by whatever it was that Sif managed to put an end to. In the room full of banners he notes "The banners in here aren't really worth much other than for historical purposes." Seeing the circles again he shrugs still not knowing what their purpose is. He will quickly detect magic, just to ensure there isn't anything of magical value before moving on. In the overgrown room he confirms Sif's suggestion "Odd for a temple of Aroden to be down here, though perhaps this place is really just that old..." When he detects the magic of the potion he points it out to Victor "We should grab that as it may come in handy. Then let's go check out this little temple?" Status: HP: 13/15 AC: 12 (Base) Level 1 Spells slots [X] [X] [ ] Summon Monster: [X] [X] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
Septis looks away as he notes "I think it is something to do with the circles, but there isn't any magic. Just don't look at them."
Septis feels the effects of something but rubs his head a moment and whatever it is seems to abate. He quickly starts to look for any source of magic which may be causing the effect.
As Sif continues to smash the thing Septis goes to look in the 'reading' room to see if there is anything of value there.
Septis moves back out of the room to give the others some space as he begins casting one of his summoning spells which the others should be pretty familiar with by now.
Septis smiles as everyone covers, even if they were working together for now, they all were indeed from very different circles, which hopefully helped to sell the lie. "Well as you can see, we are all indeed from very different groups. We just found ourselves down in this place after a fight in the senate above and are trying to find our way out, but we can help find this thief as we work toward that goal." A little bit of truth always helps to sell a lie... he thinks to himself.
Septis listens and nods as the thing explains what has happened. Self-repair doesn't sound like a great thing to fight. Though after the story he has an idea "Perhaps we could be of assistance then. You said you could only lend one item at a time, what if you lend one to each of us, this would still be within the rules you outlined and in return we could try and locate these objects that were stolen?"
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Septis takes a moment to examine the items in depth before noting "The breastplate has added magical protection while the wand can remove disease. The axe and boots have a similar aura to the armor but I'm not sure of their specific use." As the others propose robbing the thing Septis shrugs "We could try but I know nothing about that thing, so we would be wlaking into a fight blind." After a moment he turns back to Factor 12 and asks "You mentioned there had been some thefts? How recently was that, who stole from you and what did they steal? Did you not try to stop the theft and if you did, why did it not work?"
Septis rubs his forehead and lets out a long sigh as they come upon the scene and the halfling explains what happened. He shakes his head a moment and then looks to the others "We should probably heal them up to make sure they are ok...." He turns to look at the halfling and sternly notes "Do not touch anything else while we are down here!"
Septis finishes his spell as a devilish looking eagle appears on the other side of the book from Lil and lashes out at the book-monster.
Septis moves into the room and begins casting a spell, like he had before, taking a few seconds to complete.
Septis calls back to the others "Looks like a library of sorts, seems someone or something has been keeping it up, more doors to the south. Let's give it a look." He waits for the others before nodding for Lil to start exploring the room. As she does he will scan the room looking for any magic.
Septis motions for Lil to step into the hall and if nothing immediatly happens he follows right behind looking both directions, only being able to see as far as his magical light shines. As Lil explains what she sees in the darkness Septis nods "Maybe since we are already on this side of the hall, we check this way?" He motions to his left where the hall turns to the south. Unless someone recommends otherwise he will nudge Lil forward to lead the group down the hall.
With the aura's of magic ending up being the animated creatures Septis doesn't bother looking for any other loot and follows behind Sif more concerned in finding an exit for now and then coming to get any loot once they have a clear path out.
Septis watches Lil's brutal attacks with a grin as he casts a spell and lobs some acid at the thing, trying to help out.
Seeing the thing rip into Lil Septis moves into the room, sticking close to the wall, and casts a spell touching his companion on the back as her wounds begin to heal.
Septis isn't quiet sure of the aura's but as he gets closer and looks at the item directly he knows what the figurine is. He notes to the others "When we come back for this stuff, this figurine would fetch a pretty copper." For now though he goes on to the next room with Sif. Assuming she points out the aura's Sepis will try to get a better feel for them.
He's not sure about these aura's either but he notes to the others "So, either the two wolves and the griffin have some sort of magic item in or on them which could be useful or they are magical themselves." He looks to Lil as he notes "Why don't you go take a look for us dear?"
While Sif moves ahead to the next door Septis takes a moment to scan the trophy room for any magical auras as he notes to the others "There are likely some items of value here. Before we leave this place we should take some with us."
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Septis shrugs not knowing what the wig is. "I can try and examine it again later. Let's keep looking for an exit for now. We can always come back and see if any of this jewelry is worth anything once we have secured a means of getting out of here." Septis nods Lil over to the door to the east and she moves to open it for him.
Septis will take a closer look at it to see if he can't identify the magical properties.
Septis follows behind "It looks to be some sort of wax display maybe?"
Septis shrugs to Lillian "I may need to do some research on it. It must be a pretty powerful weapon though for something like that to happen. When we get out of this mess, I'll see what I can find out."
Septis takes a look at the various items they find are magical as he notes "The handaxe is magical but I'm not completely sure of its properties, while the shield is enchanted for extra protection. The crossbow emanates magic, but whatever properties it has seem to be dormant."
As Septis's eagle tears down the last suit of animated armor he has a big grin on his face as he notes "Those fiendish eagles can be brutal!" He looks around to the others "We all good? I'm assuming those were some sort of defense for this room to safegaurd the items here. Now that they have been dispatched hopefully there aren't any other surprises. We should take anything that might prove useful. Maybe arm our friends that we are escorting just to give them a little extra protection?"
Septis moves to the side of the glass to get a clear line of sight to the remaining armor before conjuring more acid to toss at it.
His fiendish eagle continues to attack the armor as well.
Septis finishes his spell as a evil looking eagle appears out of thin air opposite Victor and unleashes a flurry of attacks on the suit of armor in front of him.
Septis steps away form the thing behind him to get some space and then conjures some acid to fling at the one on Victor.
Seeing the suits of armor come to life after the girls disturb one of the display cases Septis just shakes his head. He looks to Lil and then nods toward the girls "Go help them." while he begins intoning arcane words as he works a detailed spell.
Septis looks to the door then to the others before asking "Anyone good with locks? Otherwise, we may need to use some brute force..."
Septis takes a look at the ring Lil found.
When Lillian points out the drawings Septis takes a closer look and shurgs "They don't appear to have any magical function. I agree we should continue on. Just that last door in this hall right?"
Septis shurgs "Can they even go back through the way we came?"
Septis nods "Fair points. I suppose as long as you stay back a room or two behind us it should be safe enough. Just be sure not to touch anything or walk off on your own, we don't know what is down here..."
Septis holds his hand up "A moment." then turns to his companions "Would it not be better if we explored ahead and left the others here where it is safe..." he pauses and looks back at the dead nobleman then continues "assuming those things are dead? What if we run into more threats? Would we not just be putting them in harms way?"
Septis nods to all the other's words but then looks to the halfling and asks "While I can understand why the rest of us have badges, I didn't recall seeing any of the other serving staff wearing badges. I was under the impression these badges were only for aids to the various senators not serving staff, so how did you end up coming by one?"
Septis motions for Lil to pull her hood down. She rolls her eyes and does so standing the side while the gaggle of humans emerge from the various doors. Septis comments to no one in particular "Seems there are others down here. Does anyone know what exactly has happened, where we are or how we got here?"
Septis is a little shocked at the sudden ass grab and then biting at his ear and before he can say anything Lillian has already walked off. He looks back to Lil who seems to be glaring at Lillian but then just grins and gives Septis a wink before following along with everyone else. Septis just shakes his head as he knows that look on Lil's face, she is obviously thinking up some mischief.
Septis gives Lillian a questioning look at first and then just smiles and nods. When they are ready to go on he notes "Ok, lead the way, let's check all these doors for an exit."
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