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"Ye dinnae have to hide, lad. I am not a killer o' the innocent. While don't ye do yerself a favor though and tell me what ye know o' the Aspis smuggling operation. The authorities know about it and it will be a lot easier for ye if you work with us on puttin' a stop to it. If'n ye don't want to help, well then, I suppose spending 20 some years in jail won't be a problem for ye. What do ye say?"
Borox opens the door and looks inside while waiting for the clerk to answer him.
"I'm just an assistant. I don't know much more than Mr. Sloan's schedule and daily operations. Nothing I know is worth his wrath." she answers, rising and holding her hands up in surrender. "By now I'm sure he's already on his way."
Beyond the door, Borox sees a finely appointed sitting room, with a floor tiled in marble and draped in rugs from Katapesh. A tapestry on the wall displays a ship sailing from what appears to be Sothis given the enormous beetle carapace looming over the harbor. Finely carved chairs sit before a stone fireplace while two angelic statues flank a door in the northwest. To the northeast, a bookshelf stands by a desk, which is covered by what appears to be maps.
Borox steps inside and notices the statues begin to move!
24 Borox
19 Wolfgang
18 Blue
15 Thokzazt
13 Athalis
8 Agraic
8 Metume (Damage: 7)
4 Red
Taking flight, the northernmost angel swoops over to strike at Borox from above, allowing the Gorumite to return in kind!
19 Wolfgang
18 Borox (Damage: 9)
18 Blue
15 Thokzazt
13 Athalis
8 Agraic
8 Metume (Damage: 7)
4 Red
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Athalis moves through the door and casts a spell that causes him to grow in size again, figuring that extended reach will be needed to combat these flying statues. He uses some of his magic again to make his weapon more formidable, based on what he knows of these living statues.
to ID the creatures
Enlarge Person (+2 STR, -2 DEX, -1 to AC and attack rolls, 10' size and 10' reach) for 5 minutes
Attack rolls are at +0, damage roll is +1 and weapon damage is 2d8, AC is -2 (AC = 14), Reflex saves are at -1.
Katana now deals 2d8+5 damage, +1d6 electricity, +2 when using swift action for Arcane Strike. On a critical hit (18-20), extra shocking damage of 1d10 is also applied.
dice=Katana Attack]1d20+8[/dice]
dice=Katana Damage]2d8+5 +2 +1d6 (+1d10 on a crit)[/dice]
Athalis recognizes them as angelic guardians, constructs likely made in the Golemworks here in Magnimar. Although they are not one of the more powerful golems created by the foundry, further details escape Athalis' recollection. Borox takes a glancing blow as the guardian deftly avoids his greatsword.
19 Wolfgang
18 Borox (Damage: 9)
18 Blue
15 Thokzazt
13 Athalis
8 Agraic
8 Metume (Damage: 7)
4 Red
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" 'tume, Thok, go bail out th' others as quick as you can, sounds like they're gettin' mur'red up th'."
[ooc]First Round: Move action to move up, Perception to check the door. Second Round: Declared action 5' step back and Adamantine Horsechopper the crud outta the lock.
As Thokzazt moves down the hall, Agraic finds the opposite door is likewise locked, moving to smash it.
Across the house, the second angel moves to engage Borox. A heavy blow lands, nearly catching the dwarf on the temple before he reacts!
Seeing the violence in the other room, the Consortium clerk scurries to get clear.
19 Wolfgang
18 Borox (Damage: 18)
18 Blue
15 Thokzazt
13 Athalis
8 Agraic
8 Metume (Damage: 7)
4 Red
19 Wolfgang
18 Borox (Damage: 18)
18 Blue
15 Thokzazt
13 Athalis
8 Agraic
8 Metume (Damage: 7)
4 Red
As Athalis weaves his spell, the mouth of the first guardian opens and fire issues forth! The torrent sprays over Borox and out the door to scorch the darkwood table and Athalis with it.
Agraic smashes at the door, but even his adamantine polearm does not quite smash through it yet, despite great rents in the metal.
19 Wolfgang
18 Borox (Damage: 18)
18 Blue
15 Thokzazt
13 Athalis
8 Agraic
8 Metume (Damage: 7)
4 Red
19 Wolfgang
18 Borox (Damage: 18)
18 Blue
15 Thokzazt
13 Athalis
8 Agraic
8 Metume (Damage: 7)
4 Red
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vs DC 13 = Failure?
vs DC 32 or 21 = Failure!
The magus never sees the fiery conflagration headed straight toward him, and the elf is badly burned, his spell dying on his lips. Anger flares in his mind as he cries out in pain, then returns the favor by sending a flurry of magic missiles at the same statue, then moves forward to engage it in battle.
vs Red Statue
Athalis ducks behind the table, but is unable to complete the incantation. His missiles strike true, blemishing the smooth metal of the constructs body.
19 Wolfgang
18 Borox (Damage: 37)
18 Blue
15 Thokzazt
13 Athalis (Damage: 10)
8 Agraic
8 Metume (Damage: 7)
4 Red (Damage: 10)
The second angel unleashes a flurry of attacks as it lands next to Borox. One heavy fist glances off of the dwarf, while the slashing wings narrowly miss!
19 Wolfgang
18 Borox (Damage: 43)
18 Blue
15 Thokzazt
13 Athalis (Damage: 10)
8 Agraic
8 Metume (Damage: 7)
4 Red (Damage: 10)
Borox connects two solid hits to his roaster, but notices the blade fails to cut quite as deeply as expected. Wolfgang benefits from Athalis not taking up the room and pings a bolt across the other guardian. His bolt does not quite manage to penetrate the hard metal however. The blue tinged angel follows after Borox, finding much the same success as the other.
19 Wolfgang
18 Borox (Damage: 52)[/b]
18 Blue
15 Thokzazt
13 Athalis (Damage: 10)
8 Agraic
8 Metume (Damage: 7)
4 Red (Damage: 42)
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Athalis finds that the damaged statue is beyond his reach, and so casts a spell with his free hand that he hopes to limit the combat effectiveness (if briefly) of the undamaged guardian of this room. Imbuing his blade with numbing cold, in addition to the electricity that currently flows through it, the magus also summons his arcane magic to further amplify the blow and swings his katana at the living statue!
vs DC 19 (Casting Defensively a 2nd level spell)
vs Blue Statue (bypasses DR and hardness)
Includes -2 penalty for two-weapon fighting per Spell Combat Ability
slashing
electricity
cold + target is Staggered for 1 round (no save, no SR)
vs AC (bypasses DR and hardness)
Includes -2 penalty for two-weapon fighting per Spell Combat Ability
slashing
electricity
vs AC (bypasses DR and hardness)
Includes -2 penalty for two-weapon fighting per Spell Combat Ability
slashing
electricity
cold + target is Staggered for 1 minute (no save, no SR)
Katana now deals +1d6 electricity damage and a further +2 damage when using swift action for Arcane Strike. On a critical hit (18-20), extra shocking damage of 1d10 is also applied.
dice=Katana Attack]1d20+8[/dice]
dice=Katana Damage]1d10+4 +2 +1d6 (+1d10 on a crit)[/dice]
With a mighty swipe of his blade, Athalis cuts down the unharmed angel in a single blow!
19 Wolfgang
18 Borox (Damage: 52)[/b]
15 Thokzazt
13 Athalis (Damage: 10)
8 Agraic
8 Metume (Damage: 7)
4 Red (Damage: 42)
Agraic's third strike on the door caves the metal fully in, revealing cabinets and ironbound chests lining the walls of the room beyond. The northern wall bears a wooden mask, cut with sharp corners and bearing glowing runes on its brow. More alarmingly, two Aspis clerks stand in the room, vials in their hands. As the door finally gives way, they smash the vials into piles of parchment on the floor before them. Bursts of flame wash over the parchment, splashing both clerks but also igniting the documents into a merry blaze.
19 Wolfgang
18 Borox (Damage: 52)
15 Thokzazt
13 Athalis (Damage: 10)
8 Agraic
8 Metume (Damage: 7)
4 Red (Damage: 42)
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Metumé continues her run into the room, past Wolfgang between shots, and quickly appraises the situation. Flank! she shouts out as she drops her saps, realizing they would be of no help against stone, and draws her kukris and running into flanking position, trying to dodge past the inevitable swings of the statue. When in position, she take a strike with her kukri, thinking she should put a request in with Maléwyn to get an adamantine kukri for her.
Thokzazt makes it to the doorway just in time to see Metume strike the golem in the back of the neck, catching the construct in a vital spot and severing the head from the body. It falls to the floor, still and inanimate once more.
19 Wolfgang
18 Borox (Damage: 52)
15 Thokzazt
13 Athalis (Damage: 10)
9 Fire Fire Burning Bright
8 Agraic
8 Metume (Damage: 7)
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Agraic is a Relic Guardian: Your stewardship of historical treasures inspires you to act quickly to save such relics from destruction. Once per scenario, when an unattended object within your reach is targeted by an offensive spell, attack, or effect, you can treat that object as though it were in your possession for the purpose of attempting saving throws and resisting sunder attempts. If an opponent succeeds at a combat maneuver check to sunder an object in your possession, you can cross this boon off your Chronicle sheet to force the creature to reroll the attack with a -5 penalty PFS #6-04
Agraic DID state at the start of this phase of the mission that he really, really needed to 'go'. Willing to take an armor penalty (and potentially AoO) to reflect a move action of adjusting armor to do so, and letting the sacred blessings of Cayden flow forth to end the impending conflagration....
Agraic moves almost reflexively, swatting one of the vials away into the wall, leaving half the pile only spattered with droplets of alchemist fire!
Athalis barely hears the drunken shouts of his Caydenite party member and begins to head to investigate. Metume and Wolfgang notice a secret door in the northern wall, as well as a secret panel on the southwestern wall.
19 Wolfgang
18 Borox (Damage: 25)
15 Thokzazt
13 Athalis (Damage: 10)
9 Fire Fire Burning Bright (2 Rounds)
8 Agraic
8 Metume (Damage: 7)
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"We've got yet another secret door AND a secret panel here... the asps love their little games of hide and seek way too much if you ask me..."
So saying Wolfgang examines the secret panel careful not to trigger any traps.
As he does this he hears the commotion from outside and is forced to leave the examination of the secret panel for a later occasion."Damn!" Wolfgang curses as he follows the others.
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Stops!
Drops!
and
Rolls! all over the burning papers to put them out while either offering that strange pidgen he's speaking in or offering praises to Cayden Cailean in Aklo... it's not clear which would be more accurate at this point.
Agraic dives onto the burning parchment, singing hair and skin as he rolls his body over the flames. However, when the fire dies out, the ashes that remain are of no use.
The party runs into the fleeing clerks as they escape the vault, both raising hands in surrender.
Wolfgang
Borox (Damage: 25)
Thokzazt
Athalis (Damage: 10)
Agraic
Metume (Damage: 7)
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Athalis also takes a look at the documents, trying to glean what he can from the surviving fragments.
The magus turns a stern glare on the men and speaks to the others. "We should tie them up securely and take them with us when we leave. Perhaps they can be persuaded to speak of what information was on those pages they burned up completely."
After doing what they can and securing their prisoners, Athalis returns to the room where they fought the statues and, after learning of the secret doors, suggests that they try the one on the east wall. He also asks Borox to use the healing wand he carries in his pack to take care of his injuries.
The two clerks offer no resistance to being restrained, clearly having no weapons or armor to defend themselves with. Athalis leafs through the secured documents as Borox dispenses healing and finds a number of bills of sale suggesting the traffic of Thassilonian relics. Some of the daily logs also refer to a separate vault in the house, although they do not reveal the location.