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"Well done, everyone, well done. I think now that we have effortlessly dealt with these foolish mooks, dealing with the big green ugly creature will be easy." Sigourney offers congratulatory claps as she Strides towards the rest of the party.

"Now, it's time for me to gain some knowledge on Gegnir..." Sigourney spends some time in deep thought. She then tries to Recall Knowledge about what she overheard at any point in time about Gegnir and what it may be weak to. She wants to know the details (ie how it works) of Gegnir's weaknesses. Her Dubious Knowledge gives her one piece of true and false information on a failure.

Arcana + 37, Nature + 33, Loremaster Lore (can be used to Recall Knowledge on anything) +33, Society + 36

She uses her Loremaster Spells (Loremaster's Etude) to boost her cognitive ability. Roll the Recall Knowledge check twice and take the better.

Thinking harder, she consults her True Endless Grimoire for additional information she wrote down at some point. Using a speed-reading technique mastered only by the most powerful Loremasters, she uses True Hypercognition to Recall Knowledge 5 times about Gegnir.

She wants to know the details (ie how it works) of, in ascending order, Gegnir's weaknesses, lowest save, best known abilities that we have not already seen, immunities and whether it is possible to remove the dagger without killing Gegnir. Her Dubious Knowledge gives her one piece of true and false information on a failure.

With her mental exertions completed, Sigourney casts Shield on herself.

◆ Hasted Stride, ◆ Recall Knowledge, ◇ Loremaster's Etude, ◆ True Hypercognition (Recall Knowledge 5x), ◆ Cast Shield

"Gegnir has cast a powerful Truesight spell. Assume that he can see through your invisibility, Slick." Sigourney warns the party as Gegnir casts his spell.

Sigourney walks up to Slick's location, obscured by the illusory invisibility as he currently is, and tries to touch him with Air Walk.

DC 5 Flat check due to See the Unseen: 1d20 ⇒ 6

"There we go. Slick, go beat these soldiers into the ground. As for you, Reginald, do Reginald things." She remarks, Commanding Reginald to act.

The elemental herald of fire flies towards the two soldiers and, seeing that both are conveniently lined up, disappears into a pillar of fire aimed right through the both of them.

I can't move the fire elemental so have him move down to the red block. The fire elemental also disappears after this turn.

Fire, DC 44 Reflex Save, CA: 6d6 + 1 ⇒ (2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 5) + 1 = 17

Persistent Damage: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 2) = 7

◆ Stride, ◆◆ Air Walk, ◆ Command Reginald

With Haste back in her step, Sigourney uncharacteristically...waits for Slick and Pine to attack first before making her move.

◇ Delay for Pine.

"Now that you both have taken your moves, I can hopefully block that big guy from coming close to us. Oh Prometheus! Herald of Atreia! I beseech you - set the green skinned humanoid on fire and block his path!"

As the words leave her mouth, a firestorm erupts right in front of the enemies, coalescing into a huge humanoid flaming man that leers at its foes.

Casting Summon Elemental Herald (Fire). This spell only affects enemies - so not Bolti (for now)

DC 44 Reflex Save, Fire, CA: 10d6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6, 4, 3, 3, 3) + 1 = 48

Persistent Fire, CA: 3d6 + 1 ⇒ (1, 4, 2) + 1 = 8

The red square on the battlemap is where I summoned the Elemental Herald. My hope is that since the Elemental Herald "occupies the space of a huge creature", I can force the big guy to either find another, longer way around the Elemental Herald or stay stuck behind the Elemental Herald.

Sigourney Strides to the back of the room and admires her handiwork.

◇ Delay for Pine, ◆◆◆ Summon Elemental Herald, ◆ Stride

Sigourney shakes her head as she looks at the seal.

"Hmm. Unless Slick or Pinebrush are secretly powerful wizards and clerics, we cannot brute force our way through the seal magically. My primal powers provide only one-third of the solution." She says to Billy with an air of finality.

Technically we could get 2/3 of the keys, kill the two gatekeepers and then use my Detonate Magic/Disjunction scroll and my 10th rank Manifestation to clone a 10th rank Primal Magic Weapon spell, but that seems like too much trouble.

As Billy tries chatting up a tree, Sigourney sighs and shakes her head. "Sometimes I do not know if Billy is really speaking with strange rocks and trees, or if he is having us on. I recognise that the spell he casts allows him to communicate, but do you think he just makes up all the replies in his head?" She remarks to Slick and Pinebrush.

She follows behind Billy magically, standing on her floating disc so she can avoid activities as plebian and non-magical as walking.

I'd like to know the Vilderavn's lowest save.

'Hmm, the Linnorm is either immune to acid or fire. We shall see if the fire immunity is present once Slick has to hit it with his sword.' She thinks to herself.

"Wonderful deduction Slick. I suppose we are on another set of fetch quests then...I wonder if examining the aura of the seal would yield any further information." Sigourney grumbles as she begins chanting the introductory lines of the Read Aura cantrip.

"May I approach?" She asks The Keeper.

Assuming The Keeper lets her within 30 feet to examine the Seal, she attempts to examine the Seal.

Arcana, Read Aura Circumstance bonus to Identify Magic: 1d20 + 37 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 37 + 2 = 48

Sigourney also refocuses. She makes sure to keep her distance from the seething undead """ally""" at all times.

Looking at the figure, she tries to Recall Knowledge on it.

In response to Slick, she nods in agreement. "Yes, let us do so. If only so that we can figure out if he can be reasoned with. It is so tiresome that everyone keeps throwing themselves on our spells and swords these days." She grumbles, letting her Floating Disc move her along without needing to walk.

Sigourney feels Jismur's presence in her interdimensional puzzle box flicker, then fade out entirely.

"Jismur is gone...good riddance, I did not appreciate being eaten. I hope we never see him again." Sigourney exclaims, happy that it is gone.

Keeping her eyes fully trained on Bolti, she whispers to Slick; "Sure, but not now...we've got a bit of a situation here."

Sigourney attempts to try and Aid Billy with his attempts to calm Bolti down by offering a logical argument.

"Bolti, please calm down. Even if you kill us, you will be heavily injured - and you will likely never be able to have your revenge." She plainly yet firmly states.

Diplomacy to Aid DC 15: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (8) + 21 = 29

Critical success, +2 circumstance to Billy's Diplomacy checks.

"Or you could just frighten it to death too, I suppose...Who needs knowledge when you can just brute force it like that." Sigourney grumbles to herself from the ground.

She picks herself up, remembering to Sustain the Quandary before moving next to Billy.

From the relative safety of greater than 30 feet away, she addresses Bolti sternly, hoping to gauge his attitude towards the rest of the party.

"Are you friend or foe, Bolti? If you are our foe, you will never get your revenge."

◆ Stand, ◆ Sustain, ◆ Stride

Falling face first into the soft, wet soil is very unpleasant. Sigourney thinks about all of the life choices that led up to her being consumed by a large fox. Her self-depricating thoughts Sustain the Quandary keeping Jismur imprisoned.

Tilting her head to her right, she fumbles for the chunk of cold-iron she's had on her person. When she originally bought this chunk, she expected to use it against demons - yet she never had the opportunity to do so.

With a muffled "Let's see if I was right. Metal Sign - Needle Darts!"; needles of Cold Iron shave themselves off the chunk and go flying at Red!

Cold Iron Needle Darts, -2 from Prone, CA vs Off-guard (hopefully) and Frightened Red AC: 1d20 + 34 - 2 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 34 - 2 + 1 = 51

Piercing, Cold Iron, CA: 12d4 + 1 ⇒ (1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 1, 1) + 1 = 29

On a critical, deal double piercing cold iron damage (58) and 10 Persistent Bleed Damage.

◆ Reconsider Life Choices (Sustain Quandary), ◆◆ Needle Darts Red

Retconing as per discord...

Sigourney will recall knowledge on how to stop the Regeneration.

"These...These creature's Regeneration! Stop them from coming back by..."

Trapped in a strange fox's belly brings back horrible memories for Sigourney - her mind briefly flashes back to the time where she was chased around by devils that Swallowed her Whole. She shudders as she relives being helpless, unable to do anything but attempt to escape and barely making it out with her life.

Focusing her mind on the power of The Vision, she attempts to Recall Knowledge on the foxes - specifically what they are weak to.

Just as a refresher, The Vision allows Sigourney to Recall Knowledge with the most relevant Lore (lowest DC possible) at Legendary proficiency, so +37 as of this level. Sigourney has Dubious Knowledge, so she gains information even on a failure - albeit one piece is helpful and another piece is not.

Thinking about her enemy calms Sigourney down somewhat. Although her current position heavily constrains her, she attempts to wiggle her Gloves of Storage to retrieve her Scroll of Quandary from its interdimensional folds.

DC 5 Interact flat check to use Gloves of Storage: 1d20 ⇒ 4

Crowns reroll, DC 5 Interact flat check: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Reading the scroll in the damp, dark and constricting stomach of this beast is not easy. Sigourney barely manages to pull the scroll to her face and yell out the trigger words "Pest be-gone!" before Jismur is shunted into an interdimensional puzzle room, freeing Sigourney from its clutches.

DC 5 Interact flat check to Cast Quandary: 1d20 ⇒ 10

Like Maze before it, Quandary has no save. Sigourney is casting this from her Psychic spellcasting dedication, which we established like 5 levels and a year ago that allows me to Cast Spells from Scrolls as if I were an Occult caster.

Now free from the terrible beast, Sigourney yells out what she's learnt about them to the party, spluttering, choking and close to retching from the terrible conditions she's been exposed to - but still able to clearly send her message.

"These...these creatures! They're weak to..." She yells out.

◇ Recall Knowledge on foxes (The Vision), ↺ (Conditional, see spoiler) Cast Air Bubble on self, ◇ Interact to Activate Gloves of Storage and retrieve Scroll of Quandary, ◆◆ Cast Quandary on Jismur

Seeing Jismur pounce and aim for her jugular, Sigourney waves her hands around - and Where she once stood a Wooden Double appears, blunting a bit of the impact.

Sigourney appears 5 feet back, having taken a step and looking worse.

Using Wooden Double, reduce the damage by 25

"Oi! I am trying to help, Draugr! A warrior of your caliber would know better than to assume that those without wings cannot fly." Sigourney scowls back at the undead warrior.

Sigourney waves her hands around and chants dramatically. With magic enhancing the treble of her voice, she yells out; "Stay down, foxy creatures! Wood Sign - Arrow Salvo!"

DC 44 Reflex Save, Piercing Damage, CA: 9d10 + 1 ⇒ (2, 7, 7, 8, 2, 7, 5, 6, 4) + 1 = 49

At her command, the trees around the battlefield avail themselves of their leaves, sharpen themselves into sharp arrows and rain down like a hailstorm on all the foxes' heads.

She calls out to Reginald, still slightly peeved by Bolti's attitude.

"Reginald, show our new guest the power of teamwork. The Blue beast is on the ground - wrap it up in threads."

◆◆ Arrow Salvo, ◆ Command Reginald

As Slick takes a multitude of forceful barrages to the face, Sigourney's first thought is to run over and give him flight...but then she sees Bolti testily waiting to act.

She asks the undead being; "Bolti, can you fly on your own power and hit these foxes?"

◇ Speak. Holding rest of the turn based on response.

"Hmm. That is unfortunate for you, Pine. What happened to the time you were able to grow? I have not seen you do that in a long time." In the time it took for Sigourney to remember, Pine has vanished again.

Turning to the fox-like beings, a smug expression crosses her lips as she savours the challenge in front of her.

"You could just not fight us and let us through. But you would not dare to disobey your masters. Reginald..." She snaps her fingers, commanding the rat to Valet her Staff and Knifewand into her hands - "...let us make their last moments explosive, shall we?"

"Actually, Bolti is not a ghoul, he is a Draugr. Draugr are different from ghouls in many ways, chief among them are..." Sigourney goes on and on until Billy interrupts her.

With a smirk, Sigourney comments; "Even this massive ancient tree is not the weirdest thing you have talked to." To Bolti, she jabs a thumb towards Billy and says with barely concealed mirth; "You will have to excuse him and I - we have our moments where we focus on important things and make everyone else wait. For him, it is chatting people, rocks and apparently trees up."

When Slick asks for a method of entry, she sighs and points to Billy. "Hmmm. Flying might be good, but I do not want to use up valuable magic on convenience." She says, hypocritically from on top her floating disc which she uses to avoid walking. "What do you think, Pine?" She suddenly realised that the the rogue has disappeared. "Pine? Pinebrush, where are you? Did we leave you behind?"

Sigourney floats through the human-sized archway on her Floating Disc, utterly unconcerned with Bolti and whether he follows along or not. As far as she is concerned, the four of them could take him on if he causes trouble for them...she attempts to Recall Knowledge on him beforehand with a focus on what kind of undead is Bolti now (aka best known feature).

"I sympathize with your plight, Bolti. I too am on a quest to right a wrong. But I do agree that if you are to accompany us on our journey, you will need to promise not to harm us. You should also know that I do not possess the means to heal the undead, so any damage you take will last. If those terms are agreeable, then you may follow us."

Sigourney's face shows no sign of worry whatsoever. She's fully confident that the four of them could take this meathead down.

"Hey now, Slick, we do not need to assume the worst of every undead we see. Did we not get along with that last undead guy we met? We went to run errands for him. We could work with this guy too." Sigourney puts a hand on the eager fighter's shoulders to try and slow his desire to act.

She conveniently leaves out that they killed Trexima in Golarion's most humiliating fashion - a dance off.

Sigourney looks around at...everything. The sheer majesty of the nature of this place was awe-inspiring...if it wasn't so tiring to get around on. Climbing over all these roots would be such a chore and she was starting to get the sniffles from all the pollen flying about. Unwilling to exert any more effort than she needed to, Sigourney mounted her Floating Disc and flew along behind the party, Reginald on her shoulder.

When Billy actually suggested talking to the strange figure that is clearly armed and dangerous, Sigourney considers rebuking Billy but thinks better of it. She trusts her friend to make a good impression. She instead tries to Recall Knowledge on this creature and figure out what it is, if not who it is.

When Sigourney sees Billy talk to the plants she doesn't even raise an eyebrow. That didn't even rank within the top ten weirdest things she's seen the party do.

Harrow results:

Choosing - Stars, Books, Shields, Crowns, Keys, Crowns, Keys

Billy, you need to stop dropping so many Crowns and Keys into my future.

Potions:
Saizarul Blue, Consumed by me
Greater Tentacle Potion, Consumed by me
Potion of Undetectability
Salve of Slipperiness, Applied to Armour

Spells:

Cantrips (5 + 1 Stabilize from staff+ 1 Prestidigitation from Mage Hat + 1 Electric Arc from Spellheart + 1 from Familiar)
Caustic Blast
Shield
Light
Needle Darts
Ignition

1st rank:
1x Sure Strike
1x Air bubble
1x Interposing Earth

2nd rank:
1x Dancing Shield
1x Revealing Light
1x Acid Grip

3rd rank:
2x Cloud Dragon Cloak
1x Wooden Double

4th rank:
1x Unfettered Movement
1x Air Walk
1x Hidebound

5th rank:
1x Darkvision - Cast at start of day
2x Heal
1x Heal - Expended into Staff

6th rank:
2x Slow
1x Truesight

7th rank
1x Arrow Salvo
1x Shock to the System
2x Chain Lightning
Knifewand: Holy Light

8th
1x Moment of Renewal
1x Summon Elemental Herald
1x Phantom Orchestra

9th
1x Dispel Magic
1x Heal
1x Falling Stars

10th
Manifestation

Quick Study temp Lore: First World (+28, +31 if Recalling Knowledge)
Queen Mother Legendary Lore: Lore: Harrowing Three (+34, +37 if Recalling Knowledge)

As the hour approaches for what could very well be the final set of harrow readings Billy performs for the party, it is Sigourney who seeks Billy out for a reading and not the other way round. Her former skepticism towards the power of the Harrow has been disproven countless times - but instead of her usual disbelieving smirk, the lines on her face are creased with worry.

As she settles down into her seat, she winces with the exertion and coughs hard into a dainty handkerchief. After her body stops shuddering, she speaks to Billy, anxiety tainting her tone.

"Billy, we have faced devils, demons and now daemons. It seems as if all of the Lower Planes are after these cards. And you - you nearly died back there. In fact, we have all nearly died at one point in this adventure."

The morbid thought hangs over her like a sword waiting to fall on her head.

"What I am trying to get at is, do you not think the Harrowing Three want to kill us too, like so many have tried before them? And even if we deal with them and this Raven woman, who else is going to come after the cards? Cheliax? Nidal? The Whispering Tyrant himself? I can name off a whole list of powerful nations and people who would want to control fate. Maybe...maybe we should just let it go? Let the Deck of Destiny be someone else's problem. Why should we be the ones to collect all the cards? Why court death over and over again? What is the point of all this?"

Sigourney unloads the concerns pressing at the back of her mind onto Billy.

"Well, that sounds like a sidequest. At least we do not have to collect any cards now...Let us take a day of rest first. I have used up so much magic keeping you alive healthy and the enemies dead that we cannot make the trip now." Sigourney says weakly, hunched over and grasping onto her Staff of Healing for dear life.

She performs the well-practiced activity, drawing upon now-missing in an attempt to return to Harrowheart. "Come on Baines, open the way for us!" She mutters under her breath.

Sigourney will use the time to head to the markets of Absalom where she will purchase like 5 scrolls of Quandary, 10 scrolls of Synesthesia and 3 scrolls of 5th rank Translocate. As Billy's player keeps reminding me, I have Psychic powers so I had better use them. Total expenditure: 1300 x 5 + = 6500 + 3000 + 900 = 10,400 on scrolls, which gives me a balance of 14668.76 - 10400 = 4268.76 GP. I will also put the scroll of Quandary into the Gloves of Storage. Also if she hasn't already done so, she will reinscribe Gentle Landing onto her Scroll Robes.

"You should not...blame yourself, for what your student has done. After all, you did not train her for the express purpose of using her powers for evil, did you?"

Sigourney coughs gently into the inner part of her long sleeves before continuing. Small droplets of crimson red blood dot her clothes. She fixes the ghost of Zellara with a Biological Eye, trying to place who she was and her role in that society.

DC 30 Blind Society check, modifier is +36

Level up complete:

Sigourney:
Skill increase - Nature to Legendary
General Feat - Dubious Knowledge (Have fun with that, GM)

New 10th level spells:
Manifestation - Duplicate any 9th rank Primal spell or 7th rank other tradition spell I have access to
Summon Kaiju - What it says on the tin. Thanks to the GM for allowing this, even though he houseruled out Godzilla.

"What Billy said. But you just said something about being responsible for all this - how so?" Sigourney says as she Refocuses for 10 minutes.

Seizing the opportunity, Sigourney blasts Yellow and Red with as many Holy Lights as she can force out of her wand and herself.

DC 10 Flat check for breaking: 1d20 ⇒ 5

Sigourney's Knifewand, covered in patchwork stitches and reforged countless times over years of use, shatters in her hand from magical strain. This shock knocks Sigourney prone.

Exhausted, Sigourney slowly gets back up from her prone position, using her Staff as a walking stick, the sound of Daemons dying around her. A thin smile forms around her lips.

"Reginald...you are alive? Thank Nethys." She pauses to think, a thoughtful expression on her face which soon gives way to alarm.

"Hang on a second...we do not have our cards anymore...does that mean...what happens to Harrowheart?" Sigourney hobbles over to the rest of the party.

"Quickly, we must return! That woman could be storming Harrowheart as we speak!"

Sigourney watches helplessly as Billy takes the Execute, fully expecting Billy to drop from the death-bringing energy. When he somehow hangs on by a thread she breathes a sigh of relief, her shoulders sagging as the tension leaves her body.

Sigourney's Patron acts again, this time Commanding Reginald to protect Billy.

Sigourney pulls out her Staff of Healing from her belt - both to finally get in hand but also to pre-emptively trigger any reactions from the Green fiend.

"Billy! I...am going to heal you - hold still!" Sigourney quickly reaches out a trembling hand and places it on the Halfling's shoulder. Glowing brightly with vitality, she hastens the flow of time for Billy, herself and Reginald (whom after being commanded is in her space). They feel themselves recovering hit points as if they took a spot of Long-Term Rest, as if they've received a Moment of Renewal.

Assuming Billy has +3 Con, Sigourney and Reginald have +4 Con and the formula is (Conx18)x2:
Billy heals (3×18)×2=108 hp from Long term rest
Sigourney (and Reginald) heal (4×18)×2=144 hp from Long term rest

With magical Haste, Sigourney Strides away, trying to keep everyone within Heal range.

◇ Patron's Puppet (Command), ◆ Interact to draw Staff of Healing, ◆◆ Moment of Renewal (Sigourney, Billy, Reginald), ◆ Stride

↺ Save reaction for The Eclipse for a critical Strike against the PCs or for Cloud Dragon's Cloak, whichever one activates first.

Will, CA, S>CS DC 35: 1d20 + 30 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 30 + 1 = 33

Will, Stars reroll, S>CS DC 35: 1d20 + 30 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 30 + 1 = 41

Will, S>CS DC 35: 1d20 + 30 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 30 + 1 = 50

Choking, spluttering and caught completely off-guard, Sigourney feels as helpless and scared as the time the Demons teleported into Harrowheart. Luckily for her, that horrible memory gave way to the victorious scene where she and Pine triumphed against overwhelming numbers. Gritting her teeth, she steadies herself and prepares for an explosive magical counterattack.

Sigourney's slow reaction time is made up for by her Patron's quick thinking. The dragon within immediately puppets Reginald and Commands him to attempt to finish off Blue.

Even bereft of the Hidden Truth, a phantasmal flicker of the Harrow Card remains. It activates with a blue bolt that flashes from her head, hopefully giving her insight into the snake-like fiends. She uses her Loremaster's Etude to grant her proper insight into those creatures.

Her recent purchase of the Greater Accolade Robes has given her the ability not just to think quickly, but also grab her Staff in a hurry. She Reviews her notes and quickly tries to recall what she knows about the bird-headed fiends, while at the same time she draws her Ceremonial Knife-Wand of Holy Light from her Robes.

In both cases she wants to know about the creature's immunities.

"Billy, I...c-can't help you very much..." She begins, until a fit of violent coughing overwhelms her; "u-until I get my Staff in my hands - but take this minor healing for now!" She Quickened Casts a 5th rank Heal on the hapless Bard.

Heal 5th Rank: 5d8 + 40 ⇒ (1, 6, 2, 2, 1) + 40 = 52

Turning to face the daemons, she uses the table to prop herself into a standing position. Pointing the Knifewand at the enemy, she mirrors the creatures' sarcastic, mocking tone and says in Daemonic;

✂︎❄︎♒︎♏︎ ♌︎♓︎♑︎ ♎︎♋︎♏︎❍︎□︎■︎ ⧫︎♒︎♓︎■︎⬧︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎♓︎❒︎ ❍︎♋︎♑︎♓︎♍︎ ♍︎♋︎■︎ ♒︎◆︎❒︎⧫︎ ◆︎⬧︎✍︎ ☹︎♏︎⧫︎ ︎☜︎ ⬧︎♒︎□︎⬥︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎ ♒︎□︎⬥︎ ✋︎ ♌︎❒︎♓︎■︎♑︎ ♎︎♏︎♋︎⧫︎♒︎ ⧫︎□︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎︎ ☞︎♓︎❒︎♏︎ ︎♓︎♑︎■︎ ︎ ☟︎□︎●︎⍓︎ ☹︎♓︎♑︎♒︎⧫︎✏︎✂︎

A beam of bright light erupts from the wand, turning semi-corporeal as it transitions into the Netherworld just long enough that it hits the fiend where it is hopefully at its weakest - its reflexes.

7th rank Holy Light, CA vs Blue Reflex DC. If Blue is dead then vs Purple Reflex DC: 1d20 + 31 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 31 + 1 = 51

Spluttering and exhausted, she hastily moves towards Slick so that she can potentially Heal him on future rounds.

Fire, CA: 13d6 + 1 ⇒ (6, 4, 4, 1, 6, 5, 4, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2) + 1 = 46

Spirit, Holy: 13d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 3, 3, 6, 3, 5, 5, 5, 3, 4, 1, 4) = 49

◇ Patron's Puppet (Command Reginald), ◇ Recall Knowledge on Blue (The Hidden Truth), ◇ Loremaster's Etude, ◇ Review (Recall Knowledge on Purple + Interact to draw Knifewand of 7th rank Holy Light), ◇ Quickened Casting, ◆ 5th rank 2A Heal as 1A , ◇ Shadow Signet, ◆◆ Holy Light vs Blue or Purple Reflex DC, ◆ Hasted Stride

If Blue critically succeeds the saving throw it is about to take from Reginald, activate The Eclipse's reaction. Otherwise save reaction for Cloud Dragon's Cloak versus ranged attack from a bird-headed creature or Wooden Double if Sigourney gets crit.

Sigourney ignores the entire performance and the lead-up to it, preferring to engage in some light reading. When the cards are handed over to the party, she glances up and zeroes in on The Fool. 'The Fool as a Harrowkin was insufferably insecure, but as a card? The ability to reduce mental stupification would be most helpful.' Sigourney thinks to herself.

She's so busy thinking about The Fool that when the cards are sucked away and monstrous creatures come to play, Sigourney is caught completely off-guard. The loss of half of her cards - most painfully felt being The Owl and The Tangled Briar - felt like parts of her spirit being forcibly ripped from her body! Her body buckles unnaturally under the occult magical forces tearing away at her very being. Sigourney's frame, already slender becomes dangerously gaunt and thin. The dust generated by the unnatural winds of magic causes Sigourney to start coughing uncontrollably.

"Cough! Cough! You two..." Her body straining with barely contained fury and newly constrained frailty, she looks up into the portal and into the eyes of the dark haired women. "I will get you...both...for this..." She manages to get out before descending into a fit of violent coughing.

Sigourney retains:
The Eclipse
The Fool
The Hidden Truth
The Vision
The Queen Mother

Sigourney who has been standing to the side and observing silently has to stop herself from rolling her eyes. "Performers...so dramatic and full of themselves. Imagine if this whole party was full of these kinds of people? I would go mad." She thinks to herself.

Given that she lacks any interest or acting chops, she watches impassively and waits for a chance to use her any of her other skills.

Potions:
Saizarul Blue, Consumed by me
Greater Tentacle Potion, Consumed by me
Potion of Undetectability
Salve of Slipperiness, Applied to Armour

Spells:

Cantrips (5 + 1 Stabilize from staff+ 1 Prestidigitation from Mage Hat + 1 Electric Arc from Spellheart + 1 from Familiar)
Caustic Blast
Shield
Light
Needle Darts
Ignition
Eat Fire

1st rank:
1x Sure Strike
1x Air bubble
1x Interposing Earth

2nd rank:
2x Hidebound
1x Revealing Light

3rd rank:
2x Cloud Dragon Cloak
1x Wooden Double

4th rank:
1x Unfettered Movement
1x Air Walk
1x Dancing Shield

5th rank:
1x Darkvision - Cast at start of day
2x Heal
1x Heal - Expended into Staff

6th rank:
2x Slow
1x Truesight

7th rank
1x Arrow Salvo
1x Lifewood Cage
1x Holy Light
1x Explosive Barrage
Knifewand: Holy Light

8th
1x Moment of Renewal
1x Shock to the System
1x Phantom Orchestra

9th
1x Dispel Magic
1x Implosion
1x Falling Stars

Quick Study temp Lore: Aberration Lore (+27, +30 if Recalling Knowledge)
Queen Mother Legendary Lore: Lore: Goka

"Really? That is very convenient. Maybe we should find a way to monetise it - what if we had a carriage that ran through Harrowheart and teleported people all over? We could charge for that!"

Sigourney looks thoughtfully at the cards in her collection. The Fiend and the Silent Hag. Two thoroughly unpleasant cards that she'd be all too happy to give up. She uninvests The Silent Hag and changes it out for The Unicorn, happy to no longer feel the ugly, slimy looking Harrow card at the back of her mind.

She pauses as she starts to uninvest The Fiend. The horrific print of the fiendish creature changes shape, changing into...her. Remilia. The Scarlet Devil, as young as the day they last met. She's wearing a mobcap, clad in a pink fine noblewoman's dress, holding a bloody red spear as long as she is tall, sporting long vampiric canines and with large imposing bat wings sprouting out from her back. The image of her once-best friend looks back at her mockingly, as if to imply that Sigourney needs her. As if Sigourney will always be defined by the great calamity of losing Remilia and the pervasive dangers she's faced as a Witch.

Once, Sigourney held onto those traumatic memories, using them as fuel to keep moving and to justify her continued existence as a brutally powerful mage. Now?

Sigourney scoffs at the facsimile of her friend. "I miss you, Remilia. But I am not defined by the calamities we have suffered. Goodbye for now." She lets go of The Fiend and picks up The Queen Mother. With a great sigh, she lets out a breath she didn't know she was holding onto.

Later in the day, she pays a visit to the Queen Mother. "It was quite a fun party." She remarks to the Queen. "But I'd like to seek a favour, Your Majesty. I want the knowledge of how to Reincarnate a dead soul into a new body. Would you teach me that power?"

As the sun sets, she heads into the tower where the Courtesan dwells. "Jatembe...was not really there, was he? He was you all along. What a shame - but I know you have some magic charms you can hand out. Could you make me a Contingency charm containing Mantle of the Melting Heart, please?" She beseeches the masked figure.

She travels by night on her Floating Disc until she finds the Crows. "Avian beings...bring me the treasure I seek. I want a Scroll of Foresight. I foresee this quest is not yet complete because we are not level 20 yet."

As the day starts, Sigourney communes with the Queen Mother to teach her about the City of Goka. As Billy teleports them to Goka, she uses her Goka Lore to find the most likely place the Harrowkin will show up at.

Goka Lore: 1d20 + 33 ⇒ (17) + 33 = 50

Perception: 1d20 + 27 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 27 + 2 = 33

"Well, I do not see anything wrong with your story...but I won't let you destroy my friends." Sigourney resolutely states, gripping her staff in preparation.

Sigourney hangs on to every word Jatembe says and is delighted to see him sign her book. She blushes furiously with excitement.

"By Nethys, the most powerful wizard alive has heard of me? That is so amazing!" She thinks to herself excitedly.

Arcana: 1d20 + 36 ⇒ (10) + 36 = 46

As she listens to Jatembe's story, Sigourney waits for him to finish before respectfully offering her own take. "It is a nice story and I do remember the legends of you bringing magic back to the world after Earthfall. But does not all magic fall under the purview of Nethys, the All-seeing Eye? How would this 'Baba' have claim to what is rightfully the domain of the God of Magic?"

Much, much later, after Sigourney and Jatambe chat for as long as he'll have her, Sigourney overhears the servant's tale. She can't help but butt in and insert her own opinion as to where the termites are telling an untruth.

Nature: 1d20 + 31 ⇒ (11) + 31 = 42

Somewhere down the line, Sigourney remembers that she's dropped a book and picks it up.

"Gah!" Sigourney is surprised by the bolt of lightning and drops her book.

Sigourney is about to scold the interloper for interrupting her, the great and powerful witch, before she sees a face she's only read about in books. THE Jatembe? The most powerful wizard known to all of Golarion? Sigourney hurries and tries to make a great impression, her book left forgotten on the ground. Her cool facade instantly falls apart as she fawns over her idol.

I feel like someone like Sigourney who is Legendary in Society and Arcana and went to Wizard college would know of Jatembe.

"Excuse me, Master Jatembe. It's an honour to be in the presence of such a masterful magician. I am Sigourney Knowledge, and I've been reading about all of your magical exploits since I was a little girl - hang on a sec."

She pulls out a worn, dog-eared old paperback book. The dog-eared children's story is simply titled 'Wisdom of Jatembe Vol 1 - For the budding young Wizard.' She holds it out to Jatembe along with a pen.

"I would be SO honoured if you could sign my copy." She practically begs him to do so.

Perception, Goggles: 1d20 + 27 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 27 + 2 = 36

Religion: 1d20 + 24 ⇒ (2) + 24 = 26

Sigourney barely pays attention. She's still nose deep in her books.

Sigourney's ears prick at the sound of other stories being told. Clutching her notebook which she consults as she walks over, she attempts to fact check the Harrowkin.

To the Termite Queen, she says; "I do not think dragonflies live that long...50 nights seems like an exaggeration."

Nature: 1d20 + 31 ⇒ (13) + 31 = 44

A fantastical tale of globe-trotting much like Sigourney's own adventures spills forth from the Courtesan. The Witch listens closely before declaring; "At least one creature in this story seems out of place...let us consult Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." She brings out a huge, dog-eared tome and searches through it.

Nature: 1d20 + 31 ⇒ (7) + 31 = 38

She spends so much time consulting her tome that she fails to notice the new arrival.

Nature: 1d20 + 31 ⇒ (11) + 31 = 42

"Hmm. While I do not doubt your magical capabilities, I do not think fruit that cures illnesses simply grows on trees like that...I am going to fact check you." She says, doubtfully.

Sigourney checks her notes and The Owl.

Sigourney goes to talk to the Unicorn. As a creature whose desires ruled her for quite a long while, she thinks she's got something in common with it.

"Hello there, friend. I am Sigourney. A visiting magician whose temper is really quite mild. Might I have the pleasure of your name?"

Sigourney stays silent and sizes up The Unicorn with her Biographical Eye, not entirely sure of its role in this court.

DC 30 Hidden Society Check, Society + 30

+1 Int gives me +1 to spell DCs and attack rolls, new language: Fey

Potions:
Saizarul Blue, Consumed by me
Greater Tentacle Potion, Consumed by me
Potion of Undetectability
Salve of Slipperiness, Applied to Armour

Spells:

Cantrips (5 + 1 Stabilize from staff+ 1 Prestidigitation from Mage Hat + 1 Electric Arc from Spellheart + 1 from Familiar)
Caustic Blast
Shield
Light
Needle Darts
Ignition
Eat Fire

1st rank:
1x Sure Strike
1x Air bubble
1x Interposing Earth

2nd rank:
2x Hidebound
1x Revealing Light

3rd rank:
2x Cloud Dragon Cloak
1x Wooden Double

4th rank:
1x Unfettered Movement
1x Air Walk
1x Dancing Shield

5th rank:
1x Darkvision - Cast at start of day
2x Heal
1x Heal - Expended into Staff

6th rank:
2x Slow
1x Truesight

7th rank
1x Arrow Salvo
1x Lifewood Cage
1x Execute
1x Explosive Barrage
Knifewand: Holy Light

8th
Moment of Renewal
Shock to the System
Horrid Wilting

9th
1x Dispel Magic
1x Wrathful Storm
1x Falling Stars

Quick Study temp Lore: The Queen Mother Lore (+27, +30 if Recalling Knowledge)

Sigourney dumps all of her coin onto the table. "There. I own the Grimoire now. There are many like it, but this one is mine."

With the 5k from The Eclipse and 7068.73 from my savings, I have it.

She accompanies Pine to The Eclipse. Unlike the Sprite who appears to grow bored and leaves halfway, Sigourney stays and sees it through.

She sees her greatest failures and her most harrowing moments. The visions start with her flunking out of the Arcanamirium she worked so hard to get into. She sees herself walking out of the Wizard college with Reginald on her shoulder, her face crimson with fury and shame. The vision transitions to her and her best friend, Remilia, pouring over forbidden books out of their desperation to gain greater arcane power. She sees younger versions of herself and Remilia botch a summoning ritual to bind and summon a fiend of Nin, the vampire demon lord of unsolved mysteries. She relives her failure to heal Remilia of the curse of vampirism using half-baked arcane magic, fully aware that the Arcane tradition cannot remove curses but desperately hoping against hope for a miracle that never came. She witnesses Remilia transform into the Scarlet Devil she now hunts. She sees a desperate younger version of herself pledge herself to the Draconic form of her Patron, the only one who shares her hatred for fiends and was willing to empower her to hunt every last one down. She sees her dogged determination in the worst possible light as she abandons friends, family and a normal life all in service to her patron. She witnesses herself hurt others with naught but a cold, cruel glare plastered on her face.

Sigourney stands by silently as she watches herself kicked out onto the streets as Reginald gluttonously consumes them out of house and home. She sees herself join the party - and then fail to preserve the crystal in the Storval Stairs. She relives the last stand of Pine and herself against the Fiend army, watching on with renewed despair as Billy, Slick and Reginald flee mindlessly from the rampaging horde. She feels the lash of the horrifying Quoppopaks as they lash their tentacles relentlessly at the party, bringing Billy and herself down low. She sees Reginald, her beloved, loyal familiar, smashed, fried, shocked, frozen, bludgeoned, slashed, pierced and mangled by magic, over and over as she views every low point of their adventures as a helpless witness.

Terrible Friend. Incompetent Wizard. Cold-hearted Fiend. All of her doubts laid bare and evidenced through every single low point she's ever experienced throughout her life. Like a cacophonous choir of callous churls, The Eclipse attempts to crush Sigourney's self-confidence.

DC 38 Will Save, Will of the Pupil (ie Resolve): 1d20 + 30 ⇒ (13) + 30 = 43
That's a critical success due to Will of the Pupil since Success is upgraded to Critical Success.

But with every show of failure, every doubt laid bare, she forces herself to keep watching - and sees the other side to it. She sees every adversary and low moment as a learning experience which she's overcome and grown stronger. She sees her rage against fiends as what it truly is - nothing more than childish rage against a cruel, cruel world for slights long passed into history. But most important of all, she sees...she sees the good she's done for her friends. Billy's genuine smile, Pine's mischievous grin and Slick's sly smirks when they benefit from her magic. She remembers the people of Harrowheart and the cheers on their lips after the Demons were beaten back. She remembers the faces of those she saved from devils and demons - yes, those faces were full of fear, but also relief and gratitude.

Sigourney understands that her life was worth living. She isn't a failure - far from it. She is a hero. And by Nethys, she will find the Scarlet Devil - no, Remilia, and free her from her vampirism, one way or another.

After many hours, Sigourney returns to Harrowheart a changed woman. Gone is the vicious edge to her voice, the cold glare that pierces those around her, the aggression ever-present in every word she pronounces. In their place is a calm cadence, a gentle glance and a measured mouth.

She doesn't say a word at first to the party...except to open her arms and embrace each one of them, if they so choose to reciprocate.

"My friends...I return, a changed woman. The Eclipse has shown me my best self and my worst self. For all the times I have failed you as a magician and as a person, through my cruel words, my failure to keep you healthy and my vicious ways...I am sorry." She apologises to them in a quiet yet confident tone, making eye contact with each member of the party.

"And to you, Reginald, my ever-capable, ever-present familiar. Thanks...for standing by me throughout all this time." She kisses Reginald on the head tenderly.

"A TRUE Endless Grimoire?" Sigourney can't believe what she is seeing. "Those books hold so much magical power...I must have it." She greedily grabs a hold of the book. "This one is mine. You all can have the other stuff, even the other book about the alghollthus. Those tentacled creatures are just some stupid conspiracy theory anyways. I mean, really? Aberrations controlling the most advanced human society ever from the shadows? That is so stupid."

Perception: 1d20 + 27 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 27 + 2 = 36

Sigourney is too busy simultaneously vindictively kicking the dog she shot to death and examining the card to give the island more than just a cursory search.

Sigourney sees the dog wounded and barely clinging to life. Taking some inspiration from the Eclipse, she tries to bombard it to death with arrows.

7th rank Arrow Salvo

DC 40 Reflex Save, Piercing, CA: 9d10 + 1 ⇒ (7, 7, 9, 4, 3, 2, 4, 8, 6) + 1 = 51

She then quickly scoops Reginald up and places him back inside the safety of her sleeve's demiplane.

◆◆ Arrow Salvo, ◆ Interact

One moment, Sigourney is on her feet deep in thought. The next thing she knows, two large dogs are surrounding her. One has knocked her on her back and she's desperately kicking at it with her shoes, trying to keep it from chomping down on her vital bits. She scans the battlefield and sees Slick and Pine come to her aid. But where's Billy?

She notices Billy trying to think and tries to give him some inspiration. Finding herself drawing a blank, she turns to Reginald who is clinging onto dear life on her shoulders. "Hurry Reginald, give me some focus back! Now!"

With Focus returned to her, she is able to cast Loremaster's Etude when Billy Recalls Knowledge (letting him roll twice and take the better on his Recall Knowledge check).

With a final, focused grunt, she pushes the hound off her and stands up. Not wanting to be anywhere near it, she Strides 20 feet away. The rough ground surrounding her impeding her retreat.

She joins Billy in thinking about the Eclipse. But instead of relying on Religion or Fortune-telling Lore, she Recalls Under Pressure factoids about the Eclipse she read in a book somewhere.

She gets to attempt this Recall Knowledge with an Academia Lore check (+35) . If the information she recalls ends up being helpful and positive in an obvious way before she take her next turn, she draws a random harrow card. She gains a +1 status bonus to saving throws for the remainder of the combat encounter as her morale soars or a +2 status bonus if the card she drew was from the suit of Books.

◆ Command Reginald, ◇ Loremaster's Etude, ◆ Stand, ◆ Stride 20 feet, ◇ (Recall Under Pressure), ◆ Recall Knowledge

1 for Hammers, 2 for Keys, 3 for Shields, 4 for Books, 5 for Stars and 6 for Crowns.

Harrow 1d6: 1d6 ⇒ 4

"Ahh!" Sigourney yells in shock as the hound nips at her ankles.

Resisting the urge to act on instinct, she waits for Billy to Haste her up first.

Delaying for Billy to do his thing.

Seeing that the dog has disappeared, she tries to Seek it out.

+29 Perception check with Darkvision and See the Unseen.

She then does a bit of thinking about their current situation. She tries to Recall Knowledge about what she overheard at any point in time about BG1 and how it's doing its vanishing act. She wants to know the details (ie how it works) of BG1's vanishing into the darkness, ie is it teleporting, being invisible, or some other explanation.

Her Archeologist Dedication gives her a +1 Circumstance bonus to Recall Knowledge about ancient history, peoples and cultures.

She uses her Loremaster Spells (Loremaster's Etude) to boost her cognitive ability, allowing her to roll twice and take the better roll on the Recall Knowledge.

She proceeds to concentration on The Eclipse bearing down ominously on them. She then tries to Recall Knowledge about what she overheard at any point in time about The Eclipse and how to disable. She wants to know the details (ie how it works) of disabling The Eclipse, which is probably some kind of hazard.

She uses her Loremaster Spells (Loremaster's Etude) to boost her cognitive ability, allowing her to roll twice and take the better roll on the Recall Knowledge.
+29 Lore: The Eclipse, +35 Arcana.

Not wanting to stay clumped up together with the party in case The Eclipse Eclipse Bursts them, she Strides away from everyone else.

◇ Delay for Billy, ◆ Seek BG1, ◆ Recall Knowledge BG1, ◇Loremaster's Etude, ◆ Recall Knowledge The Eclipse, ◇ Loremaster's Etude,◆ Hasted Stride.

Potions:
Saizarul Blue, Consumed by me
Greater Tentacle Potion, Consumed by me
Potion of Undetectability
Salve of Slipperiness, Applied to Armour

Spells:

Cantrips (5 + 1 Stabilize from staff+ 1 Prestidigitation from Mage Hat + 1 Electric Arc from Spellheart + 1 from Familiar)
Caustic Blast
Shield
Light
Needle Darts
Ignition
Eat Fire

1st rank:
1x Sure Strike
1x Air bubble
1x Interposing Earth

2nd rank:
2x Hidebound
1x Revealing Light

3rd rank:
2x Cloud Dragon Cloak
1x Wooden Double

4th rank:
1x Unfettered Movement
2x Air Walk

5th rank:
1x Darkvision - Cast at start of day
2x Heal
1x Heal - Expended into Staff

6th rank:
2x Slow
1x Truesight

7th rank
1x Arrow Salvo
Knifewand: Slow
1x Lifewood Cage
1x Execute

8th
Moment of Renewal
Shock to the System
Horrid Wilting

9th
1x Dispel Magic
1x Wrathful Storm
1x Falling Stars

Quick Study temp Lore: The Eclipse Lore (+26, +29 if Recalling Knowledge)