GM Cwethan's Beacon Below (Inactive)

Game Master Cwethan

Obsidian smiles and cracks his knuckles, which produces a large amount of dirts and pebbles.

Sounds like a second vote to me

As you descend the stairs you see that a swarm of Badrus is waiting for you in his workshop, the door flung open wide to see as you descend the stairs, all of them staring impassively as you approach.

Bold may go!
Sargon
Solstice
Professor
Obsidian
Seldanna
Badru (8 images)

Seldanna is happy to move in and try the Slumber Hex on him but will need others to move forward with her as well in case it doesn't work. Alternatively she can cast haste on everyone first.

Seldanna seems relieved that the group now all seem to be on the same page as to who to confront. "Cover me while I go in there and try and sedate him...or if you prefer I can speed you all up first?"

Obsidian's smile turns into a chuckle as he walks forward and gives the ground a little punch.

Move action - Tremorsense. Accepting 1 burn to make it last rounds per level.

"Let his mind finally quiet. He has suffered enough." Sargon answers Seldanna.

Quickly to the others he adds, "Be careful. It appears he was expecting trouble from us and has likely prepared for it. Be wary of traps!"

Sargon is eager to see the results of Seldanna's curse before taking action.

He also wants to see what the others in the group decide to do before he expends any spells. He will likely summon support for the group and then move back behind cover, but that course may change once we see what happens.

The professor moves and drinks a long arm extract.

He also studies the target and rages.

I do not see a swarm on the map, just one icon for Badrus. But, no matter.

Her action is to cast haste which should get all the PCs as she goes before anyone but Sargon can move, then move aside.

Seeing Solstice is about to cast haste, Sargon quickly decides to summon some aid to the group.

Conjurer's Focus (Standard action Summon Monster V, 9 minutes)=Summon Medium Earth Elementals: 1d3 ⇒ 3

He barks out orders to the newly summoned elementals in a rumbling voice that sounds vaguely like rocks rolling into one another.

Will Sargon be able to get the elementals in the Haste effect or will they just miss it?

Sargon then moves behind cover to prepare for what comes next.

According to the init order, they should all benefit from the haste if they do not hustle off out of range. They do get to move before Solstice does her casting.

Three hulking, roughly humanoid creatures of dirt and stone explode up from the earth, faceless save for two glowing gemstone eyes in each of them. Upon hearing the instruction from their arcanist master, two move back into the earth and head to attack Badru while the third remains behind to defend.

Summons as close as possible, while still being in the 30' haste effect, and then move into attack. I will spoiler just in case they can only move into range and not attack

Seldanna moves forward behind the others and tries to put Badru down for a rest before things get too ugly.

Slumber Hex (DC22)

It's a swarm all in one space :)
The elementals can definitely get haste, you could have delayed to act just after her, so no problems.

Sargon's coterie smashes their rocky fists against Badru's well-warded frame, but they are unable to leave a mark.

Seldanna can feel her hex push against Badru's mind, but unfortunately there's simply nothing within him that craves rest.

Badru steps further into his workshop, just out of sight of the Pathfinders, and with a few short words of power, sets himself alight with green flames.

Defensive Casting: 1d20 + 21 ⇒ (7) + 21 = 28

Active effects: Haste
Bold may go!
Sargon & Friends
Solstice
Professor raging, longarmed
Obsidian - Tremor Sense
Seldanna
Badru (8 images), Studied, On Fire

Solstice moves to where she can see him and then casts a DC 24 greater aggressive thundercloud and directs it on top of Badru.

"I'm so sorry Badru, truly I am!"

spell resistance caster level check: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (9) + 8 = 17

Sure hope there is no spell resistance.

"Can anyone dispel the images."Professor slashes with a lazy grace.

If the answer is no see below.
The confirmation rolls are in case someone does dispel the images.

Attack: 1d20 + 30 ⇒ (19) + 30 = 49
rage, furious, heroism, mutagen, study, haste, flank
Confirm: 1d20 + 30 ⇒ (8) + 30 = 38
1d8 ⇒ 3 Image I assume

Attack Haste: 1d20 + 30 ⇒ (17) + 30 = 47
Confirm: 1d20 + 30 ⇒ (19) + 30 = 49
1d7 ⇒ 2 Image I assume

Attack: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (20) + 27 = 47
Confirm: 1d20 + 27 ⇒ (8) + 27 = 35
1d6 ⇒ 5 Image I assume

Knowledge arcana for ongoing effects: 1d20 + 20 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 20 + (2) = 28

I just noticed that last round, I only rolled for one elemental, so the first rolls here are for that missing attack set.
Slam+PA+haste: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20
Slam+PA+haste: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (12) + 11 = 23
blunt damage: 1d8 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23
blunt damage: 1d8 + 17 ⇒ (7) + 17 = 24

The two elementals slide over to continue their assault, flailing at Badru with massive stone fists. One takes up a flank with the Professor while the other trys to cut off any escape the construct might try.

Elemental 1
Slam+PA+haste+flank: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (9) + 13 = 22
Slam+PA+haste+flank: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (11) + 13 = 24
blunt damage: 1d8 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23
blunt damage: 1d8 + 17 ⇒ (4) + 17 = 21

Elemental 2
Slam+PA+haste: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31
Slam+PA+haste: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (8) + 11 = 19
blunt damage: 1d8 + 17 ⇒ (3) + 17 = 20

blunt damage: 1d8 + 17 ⇒ (5) + 17 = 22

Crit Confirm?: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17
Crit Bonus damage: 1d8 + 17 ⇒ (8) + 17 = 25

And since I have no idea which of those attacks are hits or misses, I will let you roll for the mirror images if they are still up.

The third elemental that held back to defend, follows Obsidian and watches out for Seldanna.

Sargon moves out and down, carried by the haste magic, and once he sees the construct, he casts a dispel magic upon Badru in an effort to remove his mirror images.

Dispel Magic(DC=11+Spells CL): 1d20 + 9 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 9 + 2 = 25 Free action to increase CL by 2 with 1 point from pool. That should get a CL of 14. Hope that is enough.

Sargon would go first, before the elementals, despite my posting order.

The professor will jump in the moment the images go down knowing he can help the elemental hit.

Enemy is sickened (sickening strike)

Damage: 1d6 + 16 ⇒ (1) + 16 = 17 for go the crit to mark the enemy (gloves of marking) mrak weak spots with the rapier +2 morale to attack and damage for every one.

Will saving throw (DC 20) or shaken

Damage: 1d6 + 18 ⇒ (5) + 18 = 23
Damage: 1d6 + 18 ⇒ (3) + 18 = 21

Damage: 1d6 + 18 ⇒ (4) + 18 = 22
Damage: 1d6 + 18 ⇒ (6) + 18 = 24

Obsidian moves in next to Badru, creates a spear of stone as he drags his hand across the wall toward Badru.

STONE!: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33
dmg: 5d6 + 15 ⇒ (3, 6, 2, 1, 4) + 15 = 31

Seldanna, maintaining a position at the back of the group, opens her mouth as if to scream but emits no sound that any in the party can hear. Her intent, however, appears to be aiming an inaudible scream towards Badru instead.

Ear-Piercing Scream (DC19 FORT)
Damage: 4d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 2, 6) = 14

Sargon shatters the images that dance flit about Badru's true form, and the onslaught begins. The elemental's strikes are nearly all turned aside, only the luckiest of them breaking through his defenses, and even then, Sargon's minion receives a fierce burn in answer from the Soulbound construct's Fire Shield as identified by the good Professor.

Solstice and Seldanna's barrage of spells are shed with no effect, but as Obsidian, and particularly the Professor's adamantine blade get to work, it's only a matter of moments before Badru lies dismantled upon the floor, leaving only a series of nasty scorch marks on the Pathfinders.

Elemental: 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17
Will: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
Professor: 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 151d6 + 12 ⇒ (6) + 12 = 181d6 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
Obsidian: 1d6 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16

The slight twitching of the incomplete constructs in the room ceases entirely as Badru meets his long-delayed end. It's a relatively simple matter to remove the sizable gem born in his chest. On a similar note you find a rather grisly trophy stashed away in his work room, a Canopic Jar with an oversized heart stored in it.

So uhh... not that it matters, but who's going to be your "sage" and carry this gem back to Saruna?

Sargon & Friends (Thing 2: -17)
Professor -49, raging, longarmed
Obsidian -9 Tremor Sense
Badru -140 Studied, Fire Shield (Cold), Shaken, Marked

Professor's temp HP soaked 20 of the damage.

Taking a bit of a rest he uses 3 charges of infernal healing, while people examin the room.

"See my stony friend can take a hit. Several actually. Seldanna you should carry the gem you seem calmer then myself and love knowledge."

Seldanna examines the jar...

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (19) + 14 = 33

"This is a canopic jar! As disgusting as it may look, it can be used to draw on the strength of the creature whose organ rests within it! Ingenious, really!"

She then bends down and picks up the sage jewel, admiring its beauty. "I always wondered what it would be like to own one of these!" A dark glint crosses her eyes as she imagines the incredible power.

"Just remeber the last guy to own that jewel was cut down in the blink of an eye and the other owner of a fake jewel is upstairs hoping to die."

"Wonderful work. Glad to be a part of this." comes Sargon's dry commentary as he looks over the wreckage that once was a sentient being.

He turns on his heels and begins to make the trek back upstairs as Seldanna gathers the jewel and the professor activates his wand for healing.

With barely more than a glance over his shoulder, the arcanist's next words come with an air of impatience, "Please be quick about getting back to Saruna. Who knows how long it will take to fashion that thing into even a reasonable facsimile of a true Sage Jewel. I doubt it is something we can do with just a snap of our fingers."

"Let's go now. I will heal along the way. We should look for a sanctum or laboratory in the fog."

Been travelling all day. Came back to 12 posts and the end of the battle. Nicely done!

Solstice, though her spell was a bust, did have the perfect view from her new position to witness the onslaught and takes quite a bit of pleasure in the fact that her haste helped, even if the electrical barrage did not.

"Sargon does seem the natural choice as gem bearer. You thinking we might need a laboratory to modify the gem? What about poor Badru's lab? Say, do you think that is his heart? Maybe we could use it to resurrect him! A sage might be able to do that, don't you think! I hate that we had to destroy him."

"I believe that is our sphinx friend's stolen heart. It pains me to see it."

"Ohhh? any way to check?"

"If we show it to her I bet her reaction would be easily interpreted."

"Sargon does seem the natural choice as gem bearer."

"Thank you Solstice, but I am sure Seldanna is capable enough for simple courier duties." comes Sargon's quick reply.

"You thinking we might need a laboratory to modify the gem? What about poor Badru's lab? Say, do you think that is his heart? Maybe we could use it to resurrect him! A sage might be able to do that, don't you think! I hate that we had to destroy him."

"His lab may well prove sufficient, possibly even necessary, but we need the information from Saruna first before that becomes a factor. As for resurrecting him, he was a construct in his most recent form and perhaps we can rebuild him once all is said and done. I wouldn't worry about it for now though. Just think of him as more portable this way... and less homicidal."

Seldanna huffs with arms crossed at Sargon's comments, her face going a little red but maintaining a hold on her tongue. She does indicate her agreement with visiting Saruna first, however. "Yes, let's see what Saruna has to say about recent developments first."

In her hood there is a small sound of maybe avian laughter, or perhaps Lonan was just turning again in his sleep.

Sorry, slammed today, so I had to wait til my midnight check-in

As Seldanna walks back up the stairs, the light seems to dim, especially towards the edge of her peripheral vision, but the effect soon vanishes. It isn't long though before her cloak catches against a rough patch of stone as she brushes past it, tearing at the nice stitching with a quiet ripping sound.
Then Lonan craps on her shoulder. Thankfully, whatever affliction she bears doesn't have time to get less subtle than that before you reach Saruna in her chapel.

When Saruna sees the gem her eyes glitter darkly, and she gestures at the painting of the moon that hangs from the ceiling.

"Alas, the gem's still stained with Badru's presence,
but in time Thoth's illumination will restore its essence.

Once from the gem, Badru's been scoured,
Then by the Lady of magic, it must be Empowered."

"Well that is a simple enough task. Just give me a few seconds to prepare" Sargon says with a satisfied tone.

He then pulls out a large spell book from his haversack and immediately flips to a specific page, as if he knows exactly what he is looking for and where it is located.

After scanning the first page he turned to and the following few for just a handful of seconds, he slams the book shut and places it back into the haversack.

"I believe if we remove the curse, the gem should be functional for our purposes."

1 point from arcane reservoir/quick study exploit=1 round and prep remove curse(swap out either communal protection from energy or acid pit. I will let the group decide which).

He then casts remove curse on Badru's gem.

Does anyone mind if Sargon takes the wand of mirror images? BTW I agree that canopic jar is likely Saruna's heart, just from the description. The Jeweled Sage back then was a real piece of work!

Quite the user. I pity the sage that inherits the sage's gem. I say get rid of protection from energy. Solstice has it if we need it and get the opportunity to use it.

Solstice watches curiously as the Arcanist does things with her spell book. Being a natural born caster, and not having studied formally, she really has no idea how magic works. It just does. She's very tempted to ask questions, and her curiosity is evident, but she keeps her mouth shut.

Professor is going to go back to the first hall they explored, droping rope behind him and try to find any additional rooms. He will not open them but take 10 at each door to listen for dangers then report back to the group.

Seldanna doesn't miss the irony in her being inflicted with the unfortunate curse, having spent so much of Pathfinder career inflicting curses and hexes on others. "So, once the curse is off, we can try and empower it?" She examines the gem while allowing Sargon to uncurse her.

I assume there is a check involved to undertake the empowering? Spellcraft?, Kn. Arcana?, Craft?

Unfortunately, mere knowledge is insufficient to empower the gem. Though a knowledge (religion)check might help identify the Lady of Magic...

The Professor's new excursion uncovers another pair of doors in the misty hallways circled in red on slide 1, but though he listens carefully at both, he hears nothing on either side.

Know Religion+HA+IM(Lady of Magic?): 1d20 + 18 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 18 + 2 = 32 Investigative Mind/Roll twice, take highest. I have been forgetting this.
Know Religion+HA+IM(Lady of Magic?): 1d20 + 18 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 18 + 2 = 28

The Lady of Magic is probably Saruna being poetical in describing the goddess Isis.

Have we seen representations of Isis?

None yet upstairs, but downstairs on the Statues that guard the portal...

"The knot of Isis." Sargon says in common to the group, indicating the forehead and chest symbols on the glass statues.

"Goddess of fertility, magic, motherhood and rebirth."

"Yes, of course we have. Across from the statue of Nethys. Remember? I sacrificed a scroll at the alter of Nethys. This way!"

Solstice leads the way back to the room with the two idols.

That was grandlounge being dumb and away from his computer but knowing that someone smarter would remember.

"Wasn't that Ptah?" Seldanna tries to recall which statue was which as she follows along, ready to place the gem in the appropriate spot once the find the place they think that it needs to go.

Solstice stops abruptly in confusion.

"Was it? Dang. All those foreign gods get all mixed up in my head. Maybe they are the same god with different names," she adds hopefully.

Sargon's eyes roll as he listens to the group natter on, and without looking at anyone he sighs, closes his eyes, and silently counts to ten.

"They are not the same god with different names." Sargon says with a tone one might have when dealing with a young child. "But I can understand how someone might think so."

Moving to face the group, he continues, his voice measured and without emotion, "Saruna was speaking of Isis, and the only place we have seen reference to her was on the glass statues we encountered. I believe if we take this newly refreshed gem, now free from its curse, and present it to one or both statues, that Isis may come to empower the gem with her magic. At least that is what I took away from what Saruna said."

With barely a turn of his head he says over his shoulder to the sphinx, "Would that be about the right of things Saruna?"

Then, as an afterthought he adds, "We found an overly large heart in a canopic jar that you might have interest in. If you come along with us, you can retrieve it from where we found it."

"Why do we need all those gods anyway? It would be nice if there was just one that does everything. Then again, that might be dangerous. Hey, Sargon, is there a religion out there that believes in only one god or something like that? And I don't mean one of those destroyer gods that want to butcher all the other ones and then set herself up."

She shudders when she says that.

"It always seems more complicated than that though. Did you hear that the society has found NEW elemental gods? Do you know anything about that?"

Totally oblivious to Sargon's frustrations, Solstice natters on with more questions. You eventually learn that she worships Ymeri but is not all that frond of her. A new god of fire sounds quite enticing to her.

Professor stands back leaning against the wall enjoying the exchange.

"Shall we lunch with a god?"

Professor starts to walk down stairs.

Sargon smoothly slides in line behind the Professor as he heads back downstairs, seemingly eager to get on with the mission.

"Hey, Sargon, is there a religion out there that believes in only one god or something like that?"

"Yes." Sargon says simply, barely wedging in his answer between Solstice's breaths.

"Did you hear that the society has found NEW elemental gods?"

"Yes."

"Do you know anything about that?"

"Yes."

Professor fills is Sargons omissions.

"One of the most interesting groups of monotheists are Sweettalkers they believe that speech is a gift from God and I am inclined to agree..."

"If your asking about Ranginori I have a few close friends that we instrumental in many aspects the release of the God. Here are some of my writings on the the subject."