8:29am 2019-2-02 Smon Has entered the room
joriandrake: Long Rest in this game I believe means a week rest
Smon: morning
joriandrake: hi simon
JamesDevil: Morning Simon
joriandrake: I believe long rest is required for leveling up James
Smon: 1 week LR yup - applies to the bad guys too of course
JamesDevil: Simon ruled short rest in this game
Smon: house rule short rest to level up
joriandrake: ah, ok then
joriandrake: I din't want to spend a week in the dungeons
Smon: so you can level up in the dungeon on a SR
JamesDevil: we're gonna need it to kill the Scribbler
joriandrake: James just mentioned Quillax and his char (Claw?) are ready to level up
8:33am 2019-2-02 Keelia Has entered the room
Smon: It takes an hour to translate & transcribe the stanza so you can short rest & level up now if you have the XP yup
JamesDevil: Morning Keelia
Keelia: Morning / Evening
Smon: Hi Keelia
joriandrake: hi
Smon: Amidst the countless bloody scribbles in the south chamber of the kennels is a fourth stanza:
On Frozen Mountain Xin Awaits, His Regal Voice the Yawning Gates
Eys Turn Twice in Sihedron-Occulted Runeforge Waits Therein
JamesDevil: I ned the rest to rest and get back some hp
Smon: you can roll your SR hit dice now
Smon: Looks like Scribbler has also gone for a SR after that fight
JamesDevil rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
joriandrake: I will roll too, checked my HP
Smon: OOC James does Claw have a listed Shoanti tribe?
JamesDevil: shard of gluttony goes up one hp as wll bringing my max to 236
JamesDevil: nope
joriandrake rolls 2d8+4 and gets: 1, 2, (+4) = 7
joriandrake: more dices
joriandrake rolls 3d8+6 and gets: 6, 6, 1, (+6) = 19
joriandrake: 26 hp
Smon: Looking at the Shoanti nations map, his home mountains are on the edge of Hawk Clan (Shriikirri) territory, but as a Goliath his group are likely part descended from stone giants too.
joriandrake: I would say Jade Falcon, but more likely ROCk?
Keelia: quillax will short rest to regain her forms
Smon: Hawk clan are known as far ranging traders and beast masters. They are found near the Storval Stairs - Magnimar made Claw Warden of the Stairs
Smon: as well as Lord of Ravenmoor
JamesDevil: rolling hit die for hp
joriandrake: I forgot how awfully wounded Drakhaien was, I probably have to roll all dices
joriandrake: 17+26 = 43
joriandrake: (5 dice spent, 8 left)
joriandrake: 11*
8:43am 2019-2-02 JamesDevil Has exited the room
joriandrake rolls 5d8+10 and gets: 4, 8, 6, 1, 8, (+10) = 37
joriandrake: 43+37=80 (10 dice spent)
joriandrake rolls 3d8+6 and gets: 1, 4, 8, (+6) = 19
8:44am 2019-2-02 JamesDevil Has entered the room
joriandrake: 93 (13 dice spent)
Smon: I think the mountain Goliaths would be their own clan, but related to the Hawk Clan (Shriikirri).
joriandrake: one more
joriandrake rolls 1d8+2 and gets: 4, (+2) = 6
joriandrake: 99 hp, 14 dice spent
joriandrake: SR for Drak finished
8:45am 2019-2-02 JamesDevil Has exited the room
joriandrake: uh oh, James has issues
Keelia: brb
8:46am 2019-2-02 JamesDevil Has entered the room
Smon: you there james?
8:47am 2019-2-02 JamesDevil Has exited the room
joriandrake: If things woN't get better at least we can have Keelia and James level up due to short rest today
8:48am 2019-2-02 JamesDevil Has entered the room
JamesDevil Rolls 1d12+4x8 and gets:
3 (+4) = 7
10 (+4) = 14
8 (+4) = 12
7 (+4) = 11
5 (+4) = 9
10 (+4) = 14
1 (+4) = 5
3 (+4) = 7
JamesDevil: hurray!
Smon:
Keelia: awesome!
JamesDevil: hopefully that fixed it
Keelia: I have no idea what happens at this level I need to check quickly
Keelia: HA! BEAST SPELLS!!!
Smon: Looking at the Shoanti nations map, his home mountains are on the edge of Hawk Clan (Shriikirri) territory, but as a Goliath his group are likely part descended from stone giants too. Hawk clan are known as far ranging traders and beast masters. They are found near the Storval Stairs - Magnimar made Claw Warden of the Stairs.
Smon: as well as Lord of Ravenmoor I think the mountain Goliaths would be their own clan, but related to the Hawk Clan (Shriikirri).
Keelia: Finally
JamesDevil: @smon cool
Smon: Spellcasting beasts!
joriandrake: Roc Clan =)
JamesDevil: thanks for fleshing out the tribes, the player books don't say much about clans
JamesDevil: need more hp, expending more die
JamesDevil Rolls 1d4x8 and gets:
2 = 2
4 = 4
3 = 3
1 = 1
2 = 2
2 = 2
2 = 2
4 = 4
JamesDevil: -.-
Keelia: Just a side note, I failed to copy Quillax's electronic sheet off my PC before I packed it away - I thought it was in dropbox but it wasn't, so I don't know which spells I used. I know I used one big one last time and I didn't lose many HP so I'll roll three hit dice just in case as that would have easily covered her human hp loss
joriandrake: remember the +4s
Keelia rolls 1d8+2 and gets: 5, (+2) = 7
Keelia rolls 1d8+2 and gets: 1, (+2) = 3
Keelia rolls 1d8+2 and gets: 6, (+2) = 8
JamesDevil Rolls 1d12+4x8 and gets:
6 (+4) = 10
8 (+4) = 12
4 (+4) = 8
3 (+4) = 7
9 (+4) = 13
4 (+4) = 8
3 (+4) = 7
1 (+4) = 5
Smon: I don't think Quillax got hurt in human form last time. I do strongly recommend paper records though!
GM: OK you have finished transcribing the scribbles. From the partially collapsed southernmost section of the kennels area a narrow unexplored tunnel leads west.
JamesDevil: Claw will head to that narrow tunnel
joriandrake: Drakhaien hides/stealths after them
Smon: GM: The tunnel runs a long way - Claw will need a light source; torch?
Keelia: Quillax, grumbling to herself about wasting a damn fine spell, heads with them
joriandrake rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 17, (+15) = 32
JamesDevil: yep, holding up a torch
joriandrake: Drak keeps to the shadows a bit away from the torch
Smon: After 60-70' it bends NW, splits and re-merges before opening into the south side of a square-cut 15x15' chamber. The walls floor & ceiling are densely packed with often overlapping writing. Four short lines stand out on the northern door (covered by a weak illusion Q & D can see through), carved into the stone.
Keelia: Quillax wanders over to the illusion to examine the lines
Smon: The chamber is bare, there are the remains of iron wall hooks as might be used for hanging robes, little more than rust smears now.
JamesDevil: Claw keeps watch for movement
joriandrake: Drak will conjure among the shadows a mage hand to check out the door with from afar
Smon: The writing reads
And now you've come and joined the Forge upon Rare Lore your Mind can Gorge
And When you Slough the Mortal Way in Runeforge Long your Work shall Stay.
Smon: Drak is pushing the stone door with mage hand?
Keelia: Quillax hums at that. "I don't like that sound of that."
joriandrake: Drak waits for Quillax to step away then he checks door for traps
joriandrake: also he notes the stanza down, this is a new, 5th one
joriandrake: (is it the 5th one?)
Smon: Drak can roll Perception
Smon: 5th you have found yup.
joriandrake rolls 1d20+11 and gets: 5, (+11) = 16
joriandrake: 21
joriandrake: passive perc would be 26
Smon: OK Drak with Passive Per senses a magical emanation from the doorway, it's not the illusion on the door itself.
joriandrake: "This is...magically trapped"
JamesDevil: "Good"
Smon: It seems to be from the door frame, not the door. The door opens away from you.
JamesDevil: Claw boots the door open
Keelia: Quillax wanders over and will take a look with thievery ?
Keelia rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 2, (+15) = 17
Smon: Claw kicks the door, it swivels open revealing a still-misty 5' wide corridor extending north.
Keelia: nope. never mind.
Keelia: Quillax casts dispel magic on the mist
JamesDevil: ooc Claw always has a key in the shape of his boot :PO
joriandrake: Drakhaien will use his class feature and hand lockpicks (thieves tools) to mage hand to disarm the magic door from distance
Smon: With Passive Per 25+ you can detect the signs of invisible magic runes around the doorframe now.
joriandrake: disarm the magic runes
Smon: You can try to erase the runes in sequence. At disadvantage if using mage hand.
Smon: Thieves' Tools check I guess
Smon: (DEX)
joriandrake: Why disadvantage? Mage Hand Legerdemain is the main reason for this archetype to exist
Smon: Q casts dispel magic on the mist, it curls up and vanishes.
Smon: Give me a rules reference & I will check it J.
joriandrake: sigh
joriandrake: Mage Hand LegerdemainPHB98 When you cast mage hand, you can make the spectral hand invisible, stow or retrieve objects, or use thieves’ tools to pick locks and disarm traps at range. You can disguise this with a Sleight of Hand check, and you can use the bonus action granted by your Cunning Action to control the hand.
Keelia: quillax will try to disarm the spells using thieves tools if Drak doesn't
joriandrake: Arcane Trickster's main class feature
joriandrake: Drak does
Smon: ok thank you J. You can use that class ability to do it w no disad.
joriandrake: thanks
joriandrake rolls 1d20+14 and gets: 15, (+14) = 29
Smon: Drak carefully rubs out the invisible runes in sequence.
joriandrake: The magical hand from distance controlled attempts disabling it with 29
joriandrake: "It should be safe now" He says and hides back into the shadows
JamesDevil: "thanks"
Smon: GM OOC: If you explain when you're using a class ability that is helpful thx
JamesDevil: Claw proceed into the tunnel
joriandrake: OOC: Without this feature a character can't even attempt stuff like lockpick/steal with mage hand
joriandrake: Drak goes after Claw to ensure he doesn't step in traps
Smon: Claw proceeds into the tunnel - the trap seems deactivated - it runs 40' to a door in the east wall, then ends in a collapse about 10' further on. Q's dispel got rid of the illusion on this door, but it is emanating strong Forbiddance.
Smon: >>OOC: Without this feature a character can't even attempt stuff like lockpick/steal with mage hand<< That's a GM call that will depend on the circumstances.
JamesDevil: anything wron g with this door?
joriandrake: as you wish
joriandrake: Drak will inspect the other door
Keelia: Quillax hovers behind Claw, touching Dark with a guidance
Keelia: *Drak
Smon: The door itself seems unremarkable, but you definitely feel Lamashtu does not want you here.
joriandrake: (shall I roll something or use passive perc/invest?)
Smon: You don't need to roll - the door is not trapped and could be pushed open.
JamesDevil: Claw smirks "if she doesn't want us here, then its all the more reason to go in"
joriandrake: ok, Drak tells this to Claw
JamesDevil: Claw pushes the door open
joriandrake: Drakhaien readies his bow
Smon: Beyond is a 5' entry to a chamber about 15' across, with a low table against far wall. The flowing runescripts on the walls of the chamber seem to physically writhe and move, even coming out from the walls to writhe in lazy tendrils of insane incantations.
Smon: You hear a chuckling sound from round the corner to your left, just out of sight. "Come then, my sucklings!"
joriandrake: stealth
JamesDevil: Claw throws his torch at the sound
Smon: The table has many vials of coloured liquid, and an inkwell with quill of peacock feather.
Smon: The scribblings twist and writhe on the walls, casting a purplish glow. You notice the feet & twisted lower legs of a human body on the floor, most of the corpse out of sight round the left corner, where the voice came from.
Keelia: Quillax lifts her hand in a produce flame for light
Keelia: "Vampire?"
JamesDevil: Claw steps into the room to get a better look, his axe raised
Smon: Claw enters the chamber and sees the Scribbler standing against the left wall, falchion & dagger in hand. The broken - but fresh looking - corpse wears a rent breastplate and looks like a human male, a junior Pathfinder by his clothes.
JamesDevil: roll init?
Smon: Scribbler: "That's Jaren Basvear of your Pathfinders - he has been most informative. Now, I need you as undead minions to fetch me the weapons of Runeforge. Please stand still and die quickly!"
Smon: yup roll init
Keelia rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 16, (+3) = 19
JamesDevil Rolls 1d20+4x2 and gets:
6 (+4) = 10
20 (+4) = 24
JamesDevil: nice
joriandrake rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 13, (+5) = 18
Smon: /roll d20+3
Smon rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 20, (+3) = 23
JamesDevil: close
Keelia: hm.
Smon: #24 Claw your go
joriandrake: James is 24?
JamesDevil: Rage reckless attack on him/it
JamesDevil Rolls 1d20+13x2 and gets:
9 (+13) = 22
6 (+13) = 19
Smon: The Scribbler seems healed of wounds and energised by the scribble-tendrils that lazily reach out and writhe through his body.
JamesDevil: nice
Smon: first hit
JamesDevil rolls 1d12+11 and gets: 2, (+11) = 13
JamesDevil Rolls 1d20+13x2 and gets:
15 (+13) = 28
11 (+13) = 24
Smon: 2nd hit (AC 19)
JamesDevil rolls 1d12+11 and gets: 2, (+11) = 13
JamesDevil: bah
JamesDevil: terrible rolls, end turn
Smon: Claw moves forward and strikes swiftly, but just grazes the Scribbler
Smon: #23 Scribbler attacks with falchion
JamesDevil: AC19
Smon: /roll d20+11x4
Smon Rolls 1d20+11x4 and gets:
13 (+11) = 24
8 (+11) = 19
11 (+11) = 22
14 (+11) = 25
Smon: 2 atts w advtg 24 & 25
JamesDevil: ow
Smon: /roll 2d10+10
Smon rolls 2d10+10 and gets: 3, 10, (+10) = 23
Smon: 23/2 = 11
Smon: bonus action dagger
Smon: /roll d20+11x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+11x2 and gets:
18 (+11) = 29
2 (+11) = 13
JamesDevil: O.o
Smon: /roll d4+5
Smon rolls 1d4+5 and gets: 2, (+5) = 7
Smon: 7/2 = 3
Smon: Action surge, 2 more falchion attacks
Smon: /roll d20+11x4
Smon Rolls 1d20+11x4 and gets:
17 (+11) = 28
16 (+11) = 27
17 (+11) = 28
5 (+11) = 16
Smon: /roll 2d10+10
Smon rolls 2d10+10 and gets: 6, 5, (+10) = 21
Smon: 21/2 = 10 dmg
Smon: end turn; #20 Lair Action - the insane writing reaches out to Claw - Claw roll a DC 18 INT save
JamesDevil rolls 1d20-1 and gets: 8, (-1) = 7
JamesDevil: not gonna make this
Smon: Claw takes psychic damage as it hurts his BRAIN
Smon: /roll 6d6
Smon rolls 6d6 and gets: 1, 3, 6, 3, 1, 3, = 17
Smon: 17 psychic
JamesDevil: we need to get out of this room, i'll drag him out if i can
Smon: #19 Quillax
Keelia: Quillax reaches out to the walls with a dispel magic, level 9. Her highest level.
Keelia: She's going to try to wipe out the insane writing
Smon: Scribbler uses a Reaction and attempts a Counterspell - level 5 slot
Keelia: DC will be 19.
Smon: /roll d20+10
Smon rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 13, (+10) = 23
Keelia:
Smon: The Dispel is Countered
JamesDevil: boo!!!!
Keelia: she uses bonus action to turn into an earth elemental
Smon: OOC BTW if you have Counterspell you can Counter a Counterspell
Keelia: is the ground here worked?
Smon: yes
Smon: Q turns into elemental form
Keelia: (I don't have counter spell, not even sure druids can get it)
JamesDevil: seems like an arcane thing
Smon: just sorc & wiz I think
Smon: Q stays outside the room?
Smon: #18 Drakhaien
joriandrake: IS Drakhaien considered to be already hiding, or do I have to spend bonus action on hide?
Keelia: yes, she's not going to go in there with the crazy writing until she needs to
Smon: You are currently hiding but if you want to go in room & attack w advtg I'll need a bonus action hide since it would be impossible for a non-Rogue
joriandrake: also, how far is the Scribbler from Drak?
Smon: Probably 15-20' round the corner out of sight
Smon: You can see Claw's back attacking him
joriandrake: I will use the shadows to continue hide via feat advantage to get hidden in 30 feet range, this might mean only that I step into doorway hidden
joriandrake: SkulkerPHB170 You can try to hide when you are lightly obscured from the creature from which you are hiding. When you are hidden from a creature and miss it with a ranged weapon attack, making the attack doesn't reveal your position. Dim light doesn't impose disadvantage on your Perception checks relying on sight.
joriandrake: I assume the room is at best dimly lit
JamesDevil: i threw in the torch so proabably
Smon: You have to go in the room to corner to see Scribbler and funnily enough he can see in the dark. Anyway there is a torch at his feet
Smon: And the glowing script
joriandrake: He might see in the dark, but I am allowed to hide in the shadows, not even dark
Smon: Stop complaining and roll Stealth (bonus action) if you want to creep to corner & shoot him w advtg
joriandrake: I do not want to shoot him
joriandrake: Magical AmbushPHB98 If you are hidden from a creature when you cast a spell on it, the creature has disadvantage on any saving throw it makes against the spell this turn.
Smon: Well you can be hidden if you cast an area-effect spell
joriandrake: Drak hides, goes there, casts Tasha's Hideous Laughtter on Scribbler, he has disadvantage on save
joriandrake: Stealth
joriandrake rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 13, (+15) = 28
Smon: OK, he has Passive Per 20, you auto hide
joriandrake: Drak casts Laughter, DC 16 with disadv
Smon: /roll d20+10x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+10x2 and gets:
9 (+10) = 19
8 (+10) = 18
Smon: pass
JamesDevil: bad luck mate
Smon: You can duck back before the tendrils get you
joriandrake: Then he moves out of the room with remaining movement, turn end
Smon: ok
Smon: R2
JamesDevil: grapple the scribbler
Smon: Scribbler: "Here in my Sanctum Lamashtu blesses me with her full power - you shall not defeat me!"
Smon: Claw grabs at him...
Smon: ok roll Athletics, advtg Raging
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+11 and gets: 20, (+11) = 31
JamesDevil:
JamesDevil: want me to roll again
joriandrake: nice
JamesDevil: Claw drags him out of the room or as close as he can get
Smon: he uses divine swiftness power for advtg on acrobatics/DEX to dodge
Smon: /roll d20+3x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+3x2 and gets:
18 (+3) = 21
15 (+3) = 18
Smon: You grab him
JamesDevil:
Keelia: nice
Smon: OK you Claw grabs him and hauls him out of the room (20' move, Claw can do it ok)
joriandrake: good luck, hope he won't be so strong outside the room
Smon: into the corridor. Scribbler looks v unhappy.
JamesDevil: hehe
JamesDevil: end turn
JamesDevil: someone close the door please
Smon: He seems smaller now... (loses 75 hp, loses legendary resistance...)
JamesDevil: nice
Smon: I'll give Claw Inspiration
JamesDevil: :d
JamesDevil: D
JamesDevil: he lost the home field advantage
Smon: Claw can even use his free hand to close the door if he drops his axe?
Smon: in the corridor
joriandrake: (best moment for Q to go in and remove the magic while the guy is occupied out here)
JamesDevil: nah, i'll hold onto it, let the phyic damage hit me if needed
Smon: #23 Scribbler dangles from Claw's massive hand by the scruff of his neck, with Claw blocking the entry back into the chamber
Smon: He writhes furiously (acrobatics contested by Claw's athletics)
Smon: /roll d20+3x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+3x2 and gets:
13 (+3) = 16
19 (+3) = 22
Smon: Claw roll STR (ath) w advtg
JamesDevil Rolls 1d20+11x2 and gets:
6 (+11) = 17
16 (+11) = 27
Smon: ok, 2nd & last go
Smon: /roll d20+3x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+3x2 and gets:
7 (+3) = 10
4 (+3) = 7
Smon: LOL
JamesDevil:
joriandrake: grappling is fun if we do it
JamesDevil: hehe
Keelia:
Smon: bonus action - spiritual falchion appears over Claw and stabs
JamesDevil: best thing is the level 18 ability lets me use my tr scroe if i roll lower
JamesDevil: and my score is 20
Smon: /roll d20+10
JamesDevil: AC19
Smon rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 15, (+10) = 25
JamesDevil: that hits
Smon: hit
Smon: /roll 3d8+5
Smon rolls 3d8+5 and gets: 2, 1, 3, (+5) = 11
Smon: The jagged falchion slashes at Claw's iron-hard shoulders for 11/2 = 5 dmg
Smon: #20 the writing writhes in the entryway, blocked by Claw, it can only reach Claw - DC 18 INT save
JamesDevil rolls 1d20-1 and gets: 8, (-1) = 7
JamesDevil: expected result
Smon: Scribbler: "Unhand me, you brute! I am Xialasa, high priest of the Goddess!"
Smon: /roll 6d6
Smon rolls 6d6 and gets: 5, 2, 5, 6, 3, 6, = 27
Smon: 27 psychic to Claw
Smon: #19 Quillax
Keelia: can she get back into the room?
Keelia: with the scribbles?
Smon: GM: Yes but I reckon you need to take human form to squeeze past and Scribbler would get an opp att
Keelia: ok, never mind. she'll just bop scribbler on the top of the head, I guess
Keelia: mindful of claw
JamesDevil: hehe, bopbop heim him
Smon: AC 19
Keelia: like little bunny foo-foo
Keelia: ok, so multiattack on scribbler
Keelia rolls 1d20+8 and gets: 3, (+8) = 11
Keelia rolls 1d20+8 and gets: 4, (+8) = 12
Keelia: nope...
Smon: Q tickles him gently
Keelia: OK, she slides around so she's out of Claw's way if he's trying to drag him further from the room
JamesDevil: she casts bunny laughter on him
Smon: Q steps back in the north end of the tunnel - the far north ends' collapsed state makes it 'unworked'
#18 Drakhaien - you are in the tunnel just south of Scribbler who has a clear LOS on you.
joriandrake: A grappled creature can't take actions or reactions, Drak swaps to magic dagger with the intent to attack the Scribbler and cut off the right hand (or the left, whichever Drak thinks is the primary hand) then move back away
joriandrake: so, no hiding but sneak att due to Claw I assume
joriandrake rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 3, (+10) = 13
joriandrake: meh
Smon: >>A grappled creature can't take actions or reactions<< ???? Does not say that in my PHB
Smon: You are prob confusing it w Incapacitated
JamesDevil: speed is 0 and can't be increased it all
joriandrake: The condition ends if the Grappler is incapacitated (see the condition).
joriandrake: sorry, never mind
joriandrake: Drak moves away turn end
Smon: GM: Drak draws a dagger, stabs, misses, bonus action disengage falls back down tunnel to south.
joriandrake: (sorry mom came in during the battle 3 times and wasn't able to focus)
Smon: R3
Smon: #24 Claw
JamesDevil: Claw continues to drag him away from the room as far as he can
JamesDevil: then ends turn
Smon: GM: OK Claw drags Scribbler down the south tunnel 20'. Next round could get him into antechamber
JamesDevil: sounds good
joriandrake: (Sorry I have to go, something happened)
Smon: You could attack him too Claw
Smon: You even have a free hand (on 2-h axe)
JamesDevil: i'd have to realse the grapple wouldn't I
10:14am 2019-2-02 joriandrake Has exited the room
Smon: No you only need 1 hand for grapple.
JamesDevil: ok, attack then reckless
Smon: OK can use butt of axe for d4 1-handed
JamesDevil Rolls 1d12+13x2 and gets:
10 (+13) = 23
8 (+13) = 21
JamesDevil: ah, k, sozz
Smon: can make 2 attacks
Smon: 1 hit
JamesDevil rolls 1d4+11 and gets: 4, (+11) = 15
Smon: (basically counts as a small club)
JamesDevil: z, never done an attck like this
JamesDevil: ah, k
Smon: 2nd attack
JamesDevil rolls 1d4+11 and gets: 4, (+11) = 15
Smon: roll to-hit first (d20+13x2)
JamesDevil Rolls 1d20+13x2 and gets:
17 (+13) = 30
7 (+13) = 20
JamesDevil: O.o
Smon: GM: Claw batters Scribbler down into double digits
JamesDevil: hurray!
Smon: #23 Scribbler decides he's not wriggling free of Claw and slashes with his real falchion & the spiritual one
JamesDevil: "bad scribber!
Smon: /roll d20+11x4
Smon Rolls 1d20+11x4 and gets:
10 (+11) = 21
9 (+11) = 20
7 (+11) = 18
4 (+11) = 15
Smon: /roll d20+10x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+10x2 and gets:
7 (+10) = 17
9 (+10) = 19
JamesDevil: AC19
Smon: /roll d10+5
Smon rolls 1d10+5 and gets: 6, (+5) = 11
Smon: /roll 3d8+5
Smon rolls 3d8+5 and gets: 3, 3, 6, (+5) = 17
Smon: 28 dmg/2 = 14
Smon: #20 Lair - can't do anything
JamesDevil: not even half hp yet
Smon: #19 Quillax
JamesDevil: ha!
Smon: I reckon Claw can turn Scribbles so you can hit him ok if you follow down tunnel.
Keelia: OK, why not
Keelia: she'll follow and try to bop him again.
JamesDevil: Claw does that
Keelia rolls 1d20+8 and gets: 8, (+8) = 16
JamesDevil: bop attack!
Keelia: come on dice!
Keelia rolls 1d20+8 and gets: 4, (+8) = 12
Keelia: never mind. :/
Smon: The earth elemental form is a bit weak vs high CR foes
Keelia: it is but it can take a hit
Smon: Checking book, looks like you can cast spells that are V,S but not M (component/focus) in wildshaped form
Smon: yup
Smon: maybe if you set down the focus, shaped, then picked it up again if form has hands would work
Keelia: yep, but I don't have anything spells that are precision attacks. mostly you know, things like earthquake
Keelia: I guess since Claw has him under control, I may drop wild shape and just beat him with a stick
Smon: (I would allow the 'piece of rock' component for Earthquake!) #18 Drakhaien
Smon: GM: As J is away I'll say Drak hides and readies to stab Scribbler when he gets dragged into room
Keelia: he disconnected
Smon: Guess Drak is distracted by the scribbles then!
Smon: #24 Claw
JamesDevil: reckless axe butt attack!
Smon: R4
JamesDevil Rolls 1d20+13x2 and gets:
3 (+13) = 16
10 (+13) = 23
Smon: Claw's reckless butt descends on the scribbler...
JamesDevil rolls 1d4+11 and gets: 4, (+11) = 15
JamesDevil:
Smon: *whack*
JamesDevil: and again
JamesDevil Rolls 1d20+13x2 and gets:
1 (+13) = 14
10 (+13) = 23
Smon: 2nd hit
JamesDevil rolls 1d4+11 and gets: 4, (+11) = 15
JamesDevil: same as last round :/
Smon: You've rolled a 4 all 4 attacks so far!
JamesDevil: weird
JamesDevil:
Smon: Scribbler slashes at Claw
Smon: /roll d20+11x4
Smon Rolls 1d20+11x4 and gets:
6 (+11) = 17
20 (+11) = 31
6 (+11) = 17
20 (+11) = 31
Smon: /roll d20+10x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+10x2 and gets:
18 (+10) = 28
13 (+10) = 23
JamesDevil: all hit
Smon: crit crit hit
Smon: /roll 4d10+10
Smon rolls 4d10+10 and gets: 7, 3, 8, 7, (+10) = 35
JamesDevil: he doesn't like butts
Smon: /roll 3d8+5
Smon rolls 3d8+5 and gets: 2, 4, 8, (+5) = 19
Smon: 54/2 = 27 dmg
Smon: #19 Quillax
JamesDevil: half hp now
Smon: Claw looks a bit bloody
JamesDevil: quick! claw looks bloody, kill him!
Keelia: She'll cast cure wounds level 5 on Claw
Keelia rolls 5d8+5 and gets: 1, 4, 5, 3, 2, (+5) = 20
Smon: ok Q has Claw turn round so she can touch his wounded back & heal him for 20
JamesDevil: nice thanks
Smon: R5
Smon: #24 claw
JamesDevil: but attack again
JamesDevil Rolls 1d20+13x2 and gets:
18 (+13) = 31
13 (+13) = 26
JamesDevil rolls 1d4+11 and gets: 4, (+11) = 15
Smon: LOL
JamesDevil:
JamesDevil Rolls 1d20+13x2 and gets:
7 (+13) = 20
5 (+13) = 18
Smon: Claw is certainly master of the butt!
JamesDevil rolls 1d4+11 and gets: 1, (+11) = 12
JamesDevil: the streak finally breaks
Smon: "Your powers grow weak, Goliath! Tis but a scratch!" mutters the Scribbler through bloodied lips.
JamesDevil: end turn
Smon: Scribbler
Smon: /roll d20+11x4
Smon Rolls 1d20+11x4 and gets:
10 (+11) = 21
9 (+11) = 20
12 (+11) = 23
12 (+11) = 23
Smon: /roll d20+10x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+10x2 and gets:
6 (+10) = 16
19 (+10) = 29
Smon: /roll 2d10+10
Smon rolls 2d10+10 and gets: 5, 8, (+10) = 23
Smon: /roll 3d8+5
Smon rolls 3d8+5 and gets: 4, 8, 8, (+5) = 25
Smon: 48/2 = 24 dmg
Smon: #19 Quillax
Keelia: Hmm
JamesDevil: i'm gonna try something crzy next round
Keelia: I guess she'll try once more time to actually land a hit. Third times a charm or three strikes you're out
Keelia rolls 1d20+8 and gets: 20, (+8) = 28
JamesDevil: no wait, nvm, its a spell
Keelia: bloody finally
JamesDevil: hurray!
Keelia: going to roll the second attack before damage
Keelia rolls 1d20+8 and gets: 17, (+8) = 25
Keelia: crit
JamesDevil: nice
Keelia rolls 4d8+5 and gets: 8, 7, 5, 6, (+5) = 31
Keelia: other attack
Keelia rolls 2d8+5 and gets: 6, 7, (+5) = 18
Smon: OOC missed the chewing damage when the Scribbler's fanged falchion critted twice
Smon: /roll 4d10
Smon rolls 4d10 and gets: 7, 3, 2, 2, = 14
Smon: 14/2 = another 7 dmg to Claw
JamesDevil: still going
JamesDevil: probaably stone endurance next one thoough
Smon: OK Quillax smashes and pulps Scribbler for 45 damage, he had 37 left and is mashes and broken, finally lying still.
Smon: You have triumphed!
JamesDevil: hurray!
Smon: Take 6,000 XP each
Keelia: nice
JamesDevil: coolio
10:38am 2019-2-02 joriandrake Has entered the room
JamesDevil: haflway to next level
joriandrake: (sorry about the whole mess, my other sister came and went with my mother to the hospital)
Smon: Drak you can have 1000 XP for helping
Smon: The Scribbler lies dead, mashed to pulp by Q-lemental and Claw's butt.
JamesDevil: k, wanna try to dispel those walls while i lub up with your oinment stuff? i'm down like 170ish hp
joriandrake: (My mom often worries for no reason but this time my older sister got hit in a car crash, she constantly came in to my room worried that she can't reach her, sadly this time she was right to be worried)
JamesDevil: now THERES a sentence you though you'd never read
joriandrake: (and sorry I left in middle of boss fight)
Keelia: it's not a problem!
JamesDevil: ah, soz to hear that mate
Smon: GM: When you check the Scribbler room, the writing has solidified back into the walls.
JamesDevil: cool
joriandrake: (ok, I am back to the game wit h Drak now)
Keelia: Quillax will retake human form, slap some keoghan's on Claw and search the body
Keelia: keoghan's is 2d8+2 if you want to roll it James
JamesDevil: I suggest searching the room, claw is going to sit down for a bit
joriandrake: Drak helps investigate and inspect the room and body of scribbler
JamesDevil rolls 2d8+2 and gets: 3, 8, (+2) = 13
JamesDevil: 79/236 hp
JamesDevil: still standing
Smon: Scribbler had a +1 fanged falchion (d8/d10 slashing, on a crit does +2d10), a +1 breastplate, a +1 cold iron returning dagger, a headband of inspired wisdom (attunement, +2 WIS to max 20), 750gp of diamond dust.
JamesDevil: nice
Keelia: I'm maxed out on WIS, so that does me no good, anyone else have a free slot and wants it?
joriandrake: Drakhaien would like to have the returning dagger
Keelia: Q will take the diamond dust. I think there's a res spell that needs it?
JamesDevil: no free slot, i'll stick the rest of the stuff (expect the daggers) in a bag unless anyone else wants something
JamesDevil: me thinks so
Keelia: yeah, shove it all into the bag of holding
joriandrake: I have a Neclace of Adaptation, if anyone wishes to have it (attunement) I could swap that for the WIS headband, it would make my perception even better
joriandrake: While wearing this necklace, you can breathe normally in any environment, and you have advantage on saving throws made against harmful gases and vapors (such as cloudkill and stinking cloud effects, inhaled poisons, and the breath weapons of some dragons).
joriandrake: > might be more useful for melee combatants
Keelia: my attunement slots are full
Smon: Drak also goes check out the room - the bloody and broken but fresh body of the dead Pathfinder has no useable gear. The writing appears to be notes about the current state of the world. On the table are 17 vials of fine ink (worth 8gp each) and the peacock-feather quill. Drak senses it has power.
joriandrake: ok, then we stick to what we got
Keelia: detect magic on the quill?
joriandrake: Drak goes and picks up the quill, drops it into the bag of holding for later identification (unless others can do it)
Smon: You can just Attune it to find out what it does & get a priest to Remove Curse if necessary
Smon: Drak puts the quill in the bag for now.
joriandrake: eh... have 3 items attuned atm so yes, bag
Smon: Checking the now solid scribbles of Xaliasa/Scribbler, they are the notes of someone out of time finding out about the world, by various spells, conjurings, and speaking with the corpse of the deceased Pathfinder.
joriandrake: "This reminds me, the scribbler's corpse could perhaps still be questioned, or brought back to life even if we're willing to risk that"
Smon: There are a lot of references to Runeforge - Scribbler was planning to send (undead?) agents there to gather supplies and raid it for magic items and texts, since he believed the place forgotten and abandoned in the current day.
joriandrake: "I would very much like to learn the proper, spoken way of his ancient language"
Keelia: Quillax will quickly capture the notes on a scrap of paper in case they become important later
Smon: He particularly wanted the Runeforged weapons, there are references to the 7 Swords, items which Q & C may recall.
Keelia: Quillax looks over at Drak. "I don't think we need him."
Keelia: "We have several of the weapons already, or they reside with companion of ours. We need to collect the rest and complete our collection of the shards."
joriandrake: "Well, no big deal to get the corpse back to the town, and let them decide to question it or not"
Smon: GM: You take time to write it all down
Keelia: "We already know where to go. It's just puzzling out the last two stanzas."
Smon: Probably dusk outside by now. The complex is quiet, with Scrib's death the magic energies have dissipated.
Keelia: "Chuck his corpse in the bag of holding and we'll get him buried under guard of a temple."
joriandrake: (was there a stanza I missed?)
Keelia: "Although he could just, you know, dissolve if we drag him out."
Keelia: (just the 5)
Smon: You seem to have all the stanzas now
JamesDevil: "leave him here to rot"
Keelia: "He's tied to this temple... if you want to res him later, it might be better just to bury him here."
JamesDevil: "if you insist"
Keelia: "I can throw up some stone walls, form a sealed coffin. Doesn't mean his goddess won't resurrect him but it might slow him down."
joriandrake: "Nah, even if the Lady doesn't want to question the dead later at the town, still better to not let this one rot here, considering his powers related to undead and once already having been revived"
JamesDevil: "Ok, lets make him a coffin then leave this place"
Smon: GM: From what Q knows of Divine Guardians, the corpse will likely dissolve if removed from the temple.
Keelia: Q will summon up some stone walls and a touch of stone shape and form a completely sealed coffin.
Keelia: "Let's get out of here for the night. I need a bed and a couple of hours of undisturbed sleep."
joriandrake: Indeed
JamesDevil: "me too, i'm still a little sore"
Smon: GM: OK Q seals in the body. If you want to be sure he can't be brought back, your Abbess friend Yukiko could come down from Windsong Abbey & Hallow the place.
Smon: Do you leave the dead Pathfinder here?
Keelia: That's a good idea. We'll talk to her
Keelia: Nope, we take his body.
JamesDevil: Claw will carry him out
JamesDevil: We will honor our dead
Keelia: We can probably get someone to res him. I can reincarnate him but I don't have the diamond for true res
joriandrake: (ok, got a phone call, my sister is relatively fine, she got a broken leg, but the one she walked with on the sidewalk wasn't this lucky)
JamesDevil: @J
Keelia: (glad to hear your sister got out relatively unharmed!
Keelia: I hope she feels better soon!)
joriandrake: (same, and thanks, I worry this will jsut make my mom worry even more though)
Smon: GM: OK you return to the surface - it's twilight outside by the time you re-emerge from the hole. Guards can take the dead body to the local temple and escort you to Lord Scarnetti's mansion where he, his sister Alicia & wife Lucia are waiting, now along with the elderly sage Brodert Quink, a Pathfinder ally.
joriandrake: Drak follows the others then summons his steed of black swirling shadows with colourful rainbow mane and tail
Smon: http://corwyn.wdfiles.com/local--files/brodert/Brodert%20Quink.jpg
Keelia: (hang on, wasn't he the old man from that Tower in Windsong?)
Smon: Brodert: "Greetings, my friends! Long time no see! Goodness, you look a little worse for wear! Lord Titus here tells me you went delving the dungeons under Sandpoint - and I see you recovered that poor fellow..."
Smon: (no)
joriandrake: Drak hops off the saddle and poof the mount disappears
Keelia: (looks like the same picture )
Smon: (You have met him with Sheila Heidmarch at her manor in Magnimar though)
Keelia: "Greetings. We found a few things under there, our poor Pathfinder but one of those."
JamesDevil: "yes he fell to a foul beast, we avenged him"
Keelia: (Ah, that must be where I remember the picture from)
joriandrake: "We killed an ancient Thassilonian"
Smon: Brodert: "Hopefully he has Raise insurance, eh! Ha ha."
JamesDevil: "The other adventurers were not so lucky"
Smon: Titus nods. "Well, I knew I could count on you! My thanks."
JamesDevil: "Claw scowls at Brodert
Keelia: Quillax nods. "We'll need to get someone powerful to purify the area down there."
Smon: The maids bring you drinks & snacks. Alicia smiles at Drakhaien, nods to Quillax, then turns to Claw. "The Thassilonian - a servant of the Runelords?"
Keelia: "Abbess Yukiko should be powerful enough."
joriandrake: "and if the body of this Xaliasa is still there you might want to question him, this is probably one of the rare chances to stil llearn the spoken form of the Thassilonian language"
JamesDevil: "yes, a foul one, it attack us wile be were fighting a group of other beast"
Smon: Titus: "I'll send a message to the Abbess. She may be able to Raise this poor fellow, too."
Smon: Brodert nods, adjusting his glasses as he eats an olive. "I'm sure the Old Light was a Hellstorm Flume of Alaznist, Runelord of Wrath. An enemy of Karzoug, Lord of Greed."
Keelia: Quillax looks over at Drak and murmurs. "I speak fluent Thassilonian...Learned from the best."
Smon: "So, this one you killed - he served Alaznist I suppose?"
joriandrake: Drak blinks at Q's words "In that case may I wish to learn it from you? I already learned the written form down there"
joriandrake: may I learn*
Keelia: "He served the Mother of Monsters."
Keelia: "Or at least claimed she raised him there."
joriandrake: Drak nods at Broden's words "He indeed said to have served Alaznist"
Smon: Brodert: "Ah, Lamashtu! A foul demon indeed." Lucia winces.
Keelia: Quillax crosses the room to rest a hand on her arm and give Lucia a supportive smile.
Smon: Brodert: "A popular deity among the minions of the Lord of Wrath, I believe."
Smon: Lucia gives Quillax a grateful look.
joriandrake: "Servant to Alaznist, faithful to Lamashtu"
Keelia: To Lucia she murmurs, "She has no hold on you or yours. You need only call if you ever have any fear of that. Claw and I will come."
Smon: Titus: "I have worked hard rooting out Lamashtu cult activity from this region, the past few years..."
Smon: Lucia nods, smiles to Quillax. "I... I know."
Smon: Brodert: "But there is no sign of Alaznist's revival, is there? Alicia here believes the threat comes from Karzoug."
Keelia: quillax nods
Keelia: "He had quite the hatred for that one.:
joriandrake: "He looked strange, being so ancient probably followed ancient rites of her worship. Asked us of Alaznist too so he had no idea of a possible revival of his master. That place is a treasure trove for sages and scholars either way, a research team might find more clues to what is going on, although not directly tied to our current problems because this 'Scribbler' didn't know much of our current era"
Smon: Brodert: "There have been troubling signs... Sheila Heidmarch believes the time may have come to seek the remaining Sihedron Shards, but I counselled caution, lest we meddle with powers we do not truly understand. We could spur, rather than deter, the Return of the Runelords..."
Keelia: "Alaznist is not the concern here. It still is Karzoug, as much as I wish it were not true."
Smon: Alicia nods. "It is Karzoug. I can feel Him! Ever since I returned to this world."
JamesDevil: "We will need every advantage we can get if the run #lords return"
Keelia: "And the shards may need to be gathered, but I caution they be kept apart even in their contained states. Some of our companions keep some safe."
Smon: Titus smiles condescendingly. "My little sister is quite the seeress these days."
joriandrake: "how many of those are in posession currently?"
joriandrake: in our*
Keelia: "I would leave them in their care or give them others for safe keeping."
JamesDevil: i have it noted dwon, sec
Smon: Brodert: "Five Shards have been recovered, by my count. Two remain."
Keelia: Quillax nods
joriandrake: (are all the 5 shards wielded by someone in the party?)
Smon: (no)
JamesDevil: Lust is in storage, Pride is Shephina, Greed is with Neril Gluttoy is with my
JamesDevil: 3 remaining are Wrath, Sloth and Envy
Smon: Quillax has Wrath?
JamesDevil: same with the swords
Keelia: Pride
JamesDevil: nope, we don't have Wratyh yet
Keelia: I thought we did
Keelia: Thought two were in storage?
Smon: you have 5
JamesDevil: if Seraphia gave it to you yea, gred is with lank i guess
JamesDevil: you would have either pride, greed or lust, last notes i have say lust if in storage
Keelia: Lust was with S. Greed with N. Glut with C. Pride with Q, and wrath in bag, I think
Smon: Brodert checks his notes. "We are missing only Wrath & Sloth I believe."
JamesDevil: so,z lust is in storage
JamesDevil: we don't have wrath yet or i'd have activated the sword
Keelia: (ah )
joriandrake: Envy then - Drak will take Envy if this is fine with others
JamesDevil: what about Envy?
Keelia: Envy must be in storage. I'm sure S had lust.
Smon: You did recover Envy.
Keelia: Quillax stares at Drak. "When you have proven your loyalty, we will trust you with a shard."
JamesDevil: k, we have all of the swords, so only Wrath and Sloth are depowered
joriandrake: He looks at Alicia questioningly "Have I not proven my loyalty and friendship already?"
Smon: Envy was the last one recovered, the evil elf Ardathanatus had it. It points to the next shard being in Guiltspur in far NE Varisia.
Keelia: "These are not toys, they are powerful curses that pull at your mind constantly, even in the dormant state."
JamesDevil: ah, thats why, i didn't update my list
Smon: Ardathanatus was the fellow trying to summon a big tentacle demon lord under Windsong Abbey. Blocked by the butt of Quillax Dragon as I recall.
Keelia: "You have proven yourself so far, but I have known you for a day."
Keelia: that was funny
joriandrake: blocking enemies seems to work well then
joriandrake: next enemy we just surround with our buttocks
Smon: Alicia: "I can vouch for Drakhaien - but of course we do not know each other well, milady."
Smon: She smiles at Q
Keelia: "You have proven yourself clever and good in a fight. I cannot speak for Claw but I would welcome you on a journey to our next location. If you continue to prove yourself true..." she shrugs
Smon: Titus sips his wine. "The Scarnettis will offer any aid we can in this crusade against the Forces of Evil."
Keelia: "I trust Titus and that trust extends to you, Alicia. You vouchsafing for him gives much weight in his favour."
Smon: Titus: "Varisia belongs to us now - not these damn Runelords!" he slams his goblet down forcefully.
joriandrake: "I'm hired by Lady Alicia Scarnetti and I've already offered my aid until this whole crisis being solved" Drakhaien bows in an overexaggrated theatrical fashion
Smon: >>"I trust Titus and that trust extends to you, Alicia. You vouchsafing for him gives much weight in his favour."<< Alicia: "I am honoured by your words milady."
Keelia: Quillax nods at Titus. "And we will hold them back with all our power. We know where to head next, yes? We'll stay a few days to recover and restock and then head out. Claw? Does this suit?"
Smon: Alicia smiles: "I trust you found Drakhaien's aid useful. And the Heroes I summoned should intermittently return to aid your quest also."
JamesDevil: "yes....I wuld like to be given some healing first if you don't mind?
Smon: Titus: "Please, rest here and enjoy the comforts of my villa."
joriandrake: (OK, my mom will come home in about 20 minutes, then I have to leave for certain. She's upset and I have to prepare her bed and meal)
Smon: (yup will end by 12pm)
joriandrake: k
Keelia: Quillax reaches out with the last of her energy and casts heal on him
Keelia: You get 70 hp
JamesDevil: ooc the sword are all +2 weapons right?
JamesDevil: "thanks Q"
Smon: (think so) GM: You can long rest up in the pleasant Scarnetti villa, enjoying the carp pond, the bracing sea air, the sauna and massages...
Keelia: She nods
joriandrake: enjoying carpsl massages, Alicia's companionship sounds fine for Drak
JamesDevil: long rest?
Smon: Alicia takes Drakhaien to a secluded sandy cove for some skinny-dipping... Brodert Quink is keen to know your next move and relay it to Sheila Heidmarch in Magnimar.
Keelia: Q will use the time to teach Drak a little bit of Thassilonian and get to know him a bit more so she can judge his character beyond the one day they have known each other
Smon: GM: Drakhaien learns swiftly (can understand basic spoken Thassilonian)
Keelia: She'll also take Claw aside and discuss Drak. "Do you think we can trust him with a shard?"
joriandrake: (thanks)
Keelia: "Think about it, get to know him, and let me know your feeling on this."
JamesDevil: "If he can help us get another shard then i think we can trust him"
joriandrake: (> If you publicly look into Drakhaien he'll be known as a detective)
Smon: Towards the end of your long rest, a few days after Brodert has returned to Magnimar, you get a letter from your (Q & C's) old boss Venture Captain Sheila Heidmarch inviting you to meet with her at Heidmarch Manor.
Keelia: Quillax nods. "We'll give him the shard to have the vision. If he is capable of giving it back, if he is willing to give it back, then we can consider him as a longer term carrier."
Smon: GM: You complete LR and can reset all hp powers etc
JamesDevil: "sounds good"
joriandrake: one week rest then?
Smon: yup
JamesDevil: "which shard?"
joriandrake: Drak uses the time to learn the language better and to spend time with Lady Alicia
Keelia: "Envy. We cannot bear two. We need someone to have the location visions."
Keelia: "And you and I are used to our shards. To change now might be...distracting in a fight."
JamesDevil: "indeed, let us hand it to him and see how he fairs"
Smon: Drak you can roll CHA (persuade)
Keelia: Quillax nods. "He is vouched for. I'll send word to Sep and Neril that we are handing over the last shard. In case something goes wrong they will know where to start looking."
joriandrake rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 11, (+5) = 16
Smon: Alicia seems to like spending time with Drakhaien, she seems a bit lonely, her last two boyfriends having died horribly. While towelling off in a sunny cove: "Claw and Quillax are mighty heroes, my brother tells me. They defeated the Stone Giant army that besieged Riddleport!"
joriandrake: (" her last two boyfriends having died horribly." - ouch)
joriandrake: "Indeed, they seem capable. They question my loyalty but I doN't know their jsut as much"
Smon: "We all have to work together, or Karzoug will destroy us all. I'm sorry we don't have much more money to give you, but I am sure great treasures are to be found in their company."
Smon: She nods.
joriandrake: "Eh, money. I doN't need that as long I can spend more time with you Lady Alicia"
Smon: She smiles warmly at Drak. "...I had a vision of Karzoug, right before I passed through those Runestones to the other world. I felt him seizing everything... he is Greed, incarnate."
joriandrake: "Then I assume the so-called Greed shard might cause the most problems, or be the best way to handle Karzoug"
Smon: GM: Do you want to meet w Sheila, go to Runeforge, go to Guiltspur, or something else? Q knows from her research in the Therassic Library that Karzoug's home was the legendary lost city of Xin-Shalast, high in the Kodar Mountains.
JamesDevil: i think head for the lost city
joriandrake: (Drakj will propose to partywhatever Alicia suggests as next step)
Smon: Alicia: "Maybe... Sheila Heidmarch believes she can reassemble the 7 Shards into the Sihedron, an artifact of unimaginable power."
Keelia: Wouldn't hurt to give Sheila an update, but that can be done quickly through tree stride or something similar. Especially if they are giving a shard away she wants to check with the other woman about Drak's reputation.
joriandrake: Meet with Sheila then?
Smon: "...All I know is, my dreams have returned. Karzoug needs to be stopped."
Smon: GM: OK so Claw & Quillax treestride to Magnimar, leave Drakhaien at Scarnetti manor for now?
Keelia: Let's do a quick fly by of Shiela and then Xin-Shalast perhaps?
joriandrake: "Well, I will try my best to keep Karzoug away from seizing everything" Drak replies
JamesDevil: ok
joriandrake: (WIll Q turn into a dragon? Drak never rode a dragon that could be fun flying experience)
JamesDevil: she will eat you
Smon: GM: Q treestrides to Magnimar, emerging in the grounds of Heidmarch Manor, bustling with several Pathfinder parties. The newly-raised Jaren Basvear is there, and thanks you for recovering him.
Keelia: (no. no riding on the druid's wild shapes unless specifically invited)
Smon: Q & C meet with Sheila, looking a little older (Sheila 9 yrs ago https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c9/18/15/c918156791c54e6345ec2fd0ad24b56f.png )
joriandrake: (nice staff)
Smon: She & Brodert meet you in the planning room, the door firmly shut against eavesdroppers.
Smon: Sheila: "Welcome my friends, and thank you for coming." She pours white wine.
Keelia: "Greeting Sheila. You look well. I'm glad Jaren was revived successfully."
JamesDevil: "Greetings all, long time no see"]
Smon: Sheila: "Thank you. You also. I have news - I believe I have finished my investigations of the Sihedron Forge under the Irespan, that Quillax and her team discovered 9 years ago. I believe we can now use it to reassemble the Sihedron, once all 7 shards are recovered. With it we will have a mighty weapon against Karzoug."
Smon: "However, Brodert counsels against this. He fears the power of Thassilon's artifacts. I would like your views, if I may."
Keelia: Quillax nods. "I admit I side with Brodert in that I know the artefacts are dangerous and the combined shards, if in the wrong hands, would be a disaster unlike we have known."
Keelia: She heaves a sigh.
JamesDevil: "To defeat a powerful foe, you need a powerful weapon, it gets my approval"
Keelia: "But there has been enough information recently to encourage us to look for the next shards."
Keelia: "As Claw says, we need a powerful weapon and too many others have the same idea to gather the shards. Best that we get there first."
Keelia: "If only so that we are ready in case such a weapon is needed."
Smon: Brodert: "The legends say the Sihedron embodied the Power of Friendship - Unity in Diversity. Certainly very powerful. But we cannot say how the corruption of the Shards may affect..." Sheila: "As you know, Brodert, we have the rituals to purify the assembled Shards. Many Pathfinders have worked hard for many years for this. Some have been lost."
Keelia: "Not to discredit their sacrifice, but Brodert is also right. The corruption still lingers even on the purified shards. As evidenced by our own changed behaviour. Though I loathe to admit it, I was not always so prideful. Nor Claw so greedy."
Smon: Brodert shrugs. Sheila gives Claw an approving look - a man after her own heart, clearly, then nods to Quillax. "Guiltspur lies within the ancient domain of Runelord Karzoug. If he is stirring, he may seek the next shard... as you say, better we claim it first."
Smon: Sheila eyes Quillax. "To be aware of one's shortcomings is to be in control of them."
joriandrake: (mom is back - afk)
Keelia: "Control is something that must be continually exerted. We must tried very carefully and only reforge the shards if and when absolutely necessary Such is my opinion."
Smon: (bye J, have another 1000 XP)
JamesDevil: "If we can retieve the Wrath shard, probably best I hold it, i've had years of controling my rage
Keelia: "But I believe we should be prepared for the eventuality that we may need a powerful weapon."
Smon: Sheila looks happy at the agreement to go after the Shards.
Smon: Brodert sighs: "It seems a reasonable plan, I suppose."
Smon: OOC So you are heading for Guiltspur next session, not Runeforge or Xin-Shalast?
JamesDevil: urm
Keelia: If we think the next shard is Guiltspur, then probably there?
JamesDevil: sounds reasonable
Keelia: No point in going to Runeforge until we have all the shards, is there?
JamesDevil: nope
Smon: GM: You can take time to do any prepping you need, and work out how you'll be travelling.
Keelia: Xin-Shalast might be a good side trip to see if there is any activity there, such as signs of someone trying to summon a runelord
JamesDevil: true
Smon: map shows rough location of Guilstspur & Xin-Shalast in NE Varisia https://sites.google.com/site/runelordsriseap/_/rsrc/1438372077178/varisia/varisia.png
Keelia: Quillax will ready potions and such.
Smon: Brodert: "Xin-Shalast is legendarily near impossible to find - some say it is not truly in this world at all."
JamesDevil: "then we'll be the first
Keelia: Looks like a boat might be the best method of travelling.
JamesDevil: indeed
Keelia: Quillax turns to Brodert, "Whatever information you can find on Xin-Shalast would be appreciated."
Smon: GM: OK will stop there
JamesDevil: cool
Keelia: Awesome, great game, thanks
JamesDevil: yea, awesome ^^
Smon: Brodert nods: "Perhaps you could drop me off at your Therassic Library lady Quillax? I believe you have the most resources..."
Keelia: Quillax nods. "I'll place you under Clank and his friend's care and protection. They will help you gather whatever resources you request."
Smon: Q's library is at Jorgenfist on the map, which gets you a lot closer to Guiltspur anyway.
Keelia: Ah easy enough to Tree Stride back to the library and travel from there.
Smon: yup. Getting a boat north of the Storrval Rise may be a challenge though. Black Maga lives in the Storrval Deep but you'd be pretty unlucky to run into her near the north shore.
Keelia: Ah yes, Black Maga. We'll go around her, thanks. I have no interest in fighting something that enormous unless it is necessary to save the world.
Smon: You could eg make a raft at Jorgenfist and row/sail it down to the lake then upriver
JamesDevil: "sounds good, is need some exercise"
Keelia: That works
Smon: GM: If you want Quillax can have servants & lesser druids at Jorgenfist/Therassic library. Claw has a garrison at the Storrval Stairs too.
joriandrake: back
Keelia: She does collect strays...
JamesDevil: lol
Smon: OK Q & C take 1250 XP and I'll post log - I gave Drak 1000 too, ie Drak gets 2000 for the session
Keelia: nice
joriandrake: thanks for the session Simon
Smon: Q can treestride you all to Jorgenfist then LR to get all her slots back while the boat is constructed and final prep made
JamesDevil: yep, thanks Simon
Keelia: Thanks guys. I'm off to bed.
joriandrake: bye everyone and have a nice weekend
Smon: cheers all, see you next week
Keelia: Jorian, hope your sister feels better
JamesDevil: you too
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