When Azubah sees the enemy locked in combat with Albus he roars out "I curse you in Aroden's name!" and points a condemnatory finger at him.
Rameth rolls his eyes, and delays.
The man attacking Albus realizes that something has gone horribly wrong with the ambush when he hears Dwalindor's resigned remark over the sounds of his friends screaming.
Backing away from Albus he drops his sword and starts yelling Wait, I surrender! I surrender!
You can hear the moans and sobs from the other thugs you've attacked: two of them have survived.
If you inspect the thugs who attacked you find they were each armed with a khopesh and a longbow, except tfor the one fighting Albus which was armed with a now-destroyed net attached to 50 feet of rope and a scimitar.
Appraise (DC 10)
The scimitar and the 5 longbows are masterwork quality.
Rameth can take 1 on that check
OK you surrender. Now start talking. Spill it all.
Mind giving me a little of Aroden's tears to heal me up there Azubah while this fool is spilling all the beans.
Azubah lets go of the crossbow and it vanishes into the air. He then walks over to Rameth and places his hand gently over the latter's wound. Then he solemly says "By the grace of Aroden, bind these wounds and fill his limbs with the stuff of life. In Aroden's name, be healed!"
CLW
Having healed Rameth, he turns to the bandits and eyes them coldly but says nothing.
Listen, we don't have anything against you - we were just hired to stop whoever was heading this way.
The thug looks around at this companions and tears start to well in his eyes. You realize that the thugs are all young men in their mid to late teens, the sort of people who make up the disorganized underworld of any modern city.
What do you want us to say? Just tell me!
Who hired you? And don't you worry you are going to have a really good opportunity to make it up to us over the next few hours. Do a good job and you get off scot free. Heck I will even give you a little gold to get out of town.
She didn't tell us her name, she just paid us to block the way to the temple. She was dressed in purple, had a big hat like the one you're wearing.
The kid is now desperately trying to remember anything about who hired him, convinced he'll have his own genitalia removed like his dead friend by Rameth's posturing.
She was a foreigner, she started rambling about heretics, I don't know too much! You killed Anuktamen, he did all our deals!
local
SM to see if he is hiding anything.
He isn't hiding anything that you can determine, or even trying to. He's clearly in a panic.
You do remember an adventurer who matches the description he gave, a Taldan name Velriana Hypaxes. She pestered every group of adventurers in the Tooth and Hookah about whether they'd come across a temple and you remember her angrily storming out of the tavern last night as you arrived.
Ah Vleriana. She seems a pleasant sort. Well friend. Welcome to you internship with the Maze Minders. You are coming with us. Going to help out. Follow orders, and when we leave you will be free to go. These others, we will be tying up and leaving outside the temple. But they are much good to us, but you are obviously a bit wiser being the only one to surrender.
The boy's eyes widen.
No, no you don't want to take me into the Necropolis. This place is too much for a simple Osiriani boy like me - take my equipment, gladly, just let me take my friends back into the Living City.
He's clearly panicked by the idea of going into a tomb with you and is begging in all sincerity.
Dont you worry, I am taking your gear. You and your cronies cut me. You owe me boy. Make me an offer that makes me change my mind, otherwise you are coming with us and walking into room first.
The young man is quaking in terror right now, utterly convinced you're going to shove him into the arms of zombies to be eaten, or worse, simply for spite.
I don't have anything else! We-we-we were just hired to do a job, it wasn't p-p-p-personal! Sure we ambushed you but it wasn't just to murder you on the street, we tried to warn you off! If you take us further into the Necropolis we're dead!
He's practically dripping with terror now, and his eyes show the almost all whites as his eyes franctically dart around you due to the horrible fate you're threatening him and his friends with.
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Dwalindor is ready to leave and would ignore them, figuring they learned their lesson. If they come back, again, he will mash them down again. Just like ignoring a bug.
"Rameth, Albus? These punks ain't worth our time. We gotta a job and loot to find. Now, where did our Halfling bard go again? He better be comin' too blast it."
Fine. Your worthless. Here take your friends and leave town. If I ever see you again it better be with a full apology and proof that you are becoming a useful member of society. Banditry is not for you. If you see that woman tell her I will be talking to her.
Rameth tosses 5 gold on the ground.
What a wimp. In my time we used to have more spine.
If we release the fool he will warm Velriana and we will end up having to fight her group on our way out when we are tired and exhausted. I dont like that plan.
Since he is useless we either kill him right now or bring him to the temple guard and loose those bastards on Velriana.
Well boy. Whats it going to be. Take the gold drop your friends with someone to take care of them and go do what I said, or do something else and know that we will track you down.
Rameth says as he starts to mix an extract.
We can go tell the guards in either event. We have dead, deader and two almost reads.
We're out of here immediately!
He helps his two still-living buddies to their feet and they limp back towards the city and safety, not even bothering to try to collect the gold you threw on the ground.
leave town of your smart. Rameth shouts after them.
He collects his gold see you try to help someone, and what does it get you. Dwalindors can you carry some of that? If you an I split it we should be fine.
As you reach the area on the map a wide, ruined plaza opens before you. At the end of the plaza you find the Sanctum. A double door opens up to its central nave, which is symmetrical; the rest of the structure does not conform to traditional architecture, with wings and extensions on both sides that, except for the uniformity of the stonework, appear to have been haphazard additions.
This temple is as large as the Great Masoleum which the Pharasmans worship at and which dominates religious life in Wati, indicating that this was once a major center for worship.
A large dome over the apse tops the roof at the north end of the temple. The Sanctum is windowless, and the temple’s exterior walls are carved with likenesses of a god (Religion DC 10 to identify) and other celestial figures.
Azubah takes a long time to study the walls of the Sanctum's walls. He makes certain to look from a position that shields his eyes from the direct harshness of the sun.
Knowledge (religion)
Azubah is able to determine that the temple was erected to Nethys - the twin faced god decorates many motifs on the walls, showing him granting magic to Azghaad, first pharoah of Osirion, to unite the tribes of the desert and blessing the people of Osirion with great power to defeat the many perils of the land.
Unlike a normal Temple of Nethys, the doors are shut against the city, waiting for you to open them.
Rameth wander up and checks for traps
percep
disable
The front doors are not trapped, nor do they appear to be barricaded or locked in any way.
Two humanoid statues flank the stairs in to the front hall, wearing black-and-white masks and holding quarterstaves.
Just inside the entry, two rows of columns lead toward an archway in the north wall. Two smaller passages open to the east and west.
Worse, you can hear the scraping of bone against stone from the doorway.
percep
Perception
Rameth realizes he hears skeletal shambling in the interior of the temple.
Too late, you see several jackals lurch out of the shadows, obviously dead and reanimated. As you fan out into the entry the dead jackals' empty sockets follow you before they prepare to spring at you.
Rameth downs his mutagen and moves to U15, Quickdrawing a club.
Religion in case I don't want to use a club buy Slashing or Piercing instead.
As Rameth moves his skin seems to thicken a bit and his muscles bulge.
Hit em with blunt things and don't blast em with cold.
Azubah swings his morningstar in an overhead arc at the nearest dead-doggie.
Attack
It remains safely dead despite his efforts.
The jackals circle and lunge at you with varying success, trying to attack your leading elements.
Results: Dwalindor takes 7 damage, Azubah takes 3 damage.
Start singing Sumak!
Whether or not he does Rameth fins the closest target and takes a swing, and at the same time uses his move action to attempt to Aid Dwalindor in his next attack
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Rameth swings rather indiscriminately.
FML
Note: I guessed at where you went because you didn't include coordinates.