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| The Curator |
8:32am 2019-3-24 Keelia Has entered the room
8:32am 2019-3-24 JamesDevil Has entered the room
Smon: Hi Keelia! Hi James!
JamesDevil: Morning all, soz i'm late
DESTROYERBILL: hello james/keelia
Smon: No Fergus this week
Keelia: good morning! I've just got to find my character sheet in my luggage
Keelia: one minute
DESTROYERBILL: your not late at all james
Smon: Only logged on 30 secs ago, it's 8.32
8:34am 2019-3-24 joriandrake Has entered the room
Keelia: ok. I have no idea where my pen is, so hopefully I don't need one
Smon: Hi Jorian!
joriandrake: hello
DESTROYERBILL: hello jorian
Smon: GM: You have just been taking a short loot-rest in Guiltspur Library:
This vast circular chamber rises up to a height of sixty feet, a
dome-like room with walls that may have once been smooth
but are now riddled with cracks and fissures. Twenty-foot-high
curving stone shelves fill the room, leaving a circular area open
in the center. Iron double doors lead out of the room in the
four cardinal directions. Splashes and splatters of blood mar
the floor here and there, and two huge leathery mounds (& 2 destroyed Skullrippers) lie
heaped in the middle of the room.
Smon: From end last session - Smon: GM: OK you Short Rest while looting the library, takes about an hour. As you are doing this you occasionally get an eerie feeling you are being watched, and occasionally seem to glimpse a figure from the corner of your eye, but when you turn it (he?) has vanished.
Smon: GM: Sandor has faded out, while Shieldbiter faded out & back in again.
JamesDevil: so, in which direction should proceed?
Smon: Drakhaien checks out the iron double doors leading N W S & E - none are trapped, but past the N W & E doors are tunnels collapsed after 10'-20'. The south doors open into a clear tunnel that leads south 20' to end at a matching set of double doors.
Keelia: South it is
JamesDevil: Claw moves into the tunnel
joriandrake: "Well it seems that is the only way not collapsed"
DESTROYERBILL: i do to
JamesDevil: "mind checking these door to Drak?
joriandrake: Drak does investigate those doors as well
Keelia: Quillax stays behind Claw, keeping her eye out for that vanishing figure. She remembers encountering something similar long ago
Smon: GM: OK you move south, Quillax to rear keeping a look round.
Smon: /roll d100
Smon rolls 1d100 and gets: 100,
joriandrake: Drakhaien sneaks to the door
Smon: As Drakhaien sneaks up to the door, Quillax sees a ghostly figure between the library stacks, watching her!
DESTROYERBILL: well thats eather very good or very bad
Smon: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFb0w6W9ghU7aLyQY6EFHWY8s3vrDoXImwlcPWDEh9INMNa748rAG3z6Wt3ph17mcnck8P73zkZEoLiXcWybCO4H3CZ3oxu_u9OLOGOh_TdXYfglh5hNyDt-FjgOweYdGnhPFywKUQKgE/s400/The+Curator.bmp
Keelia: She hisses at the others, keeping an eye on it
JamesDevil: @simon: distance?
Keelia: Does it seem threatening?
joriandrake: wow some lag or somesuch, I see messages in double
Smon: It's about 20' away from Quillax at the rear of the group.
Keelia: (for some reason, I'm reminded of the original Ghostbusters and the librarian ghost lady)
JamesDevil: lol
JamesDevil: Claw steps next to Quillax
JamesDevil: "who are you? why do you taunt us?"
Smon: He/it is clearly translucent. Staring intently. He frowns.
Keelia: Quillax calls out in Thassilonian - "Who are you?"
joriandrake: (He will soon 'psst' us and tell to be quiet at the library )
Keelia: (probably :D)
Smon: He appears as a handsome, elderly Azlanti
man wearing a heavy cloak and fine blue robes. He raises a finger to his lips... his form shifts... between that of an old man and a hideous rotted horror of leathery skin and cracked bone!
Smon: Roll init
Keelia: (I knew it!)
Keelia rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 4, (+3) = 7
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 18, (+2) = 20
JamesDevil:
JamesDevil: I was going to from my sword at him, should have done it upfront tbh
JamesDevil: hence my question about distance
DESTROYERBILL Rolls 1d20+4x2 and gets:
1 (+4) = 5
5 (+4) = 9
JamesDevil: o, i have anvantage
Smon: /roll d20+5
Smon rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 13, (+5) = 18
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 7, (+2) = 9
joriandrake rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 12, (+5) = 17
JamesDevil: nvm. , 20 is good
Keelia: (i seem to have some serious lag. I haven't seen any messages in several minutes)
Smon: OK As the creature transforms, #20 Claw your go
JamesDevil: Rage run up and attack recklessly
Keelia: (so if I'm slow to respond, apologies)
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+16 and gets: 11, (+16) = 27
JamesDevil rolls 2d6+14 and gets: 4, 1, (+14) = 19
JamesDevil: Phyical
JamesDevil rolls 2d6 and gets: 1, 2, = 3
JamesDevil: fire dex save please
Smon: The sword Garvok swings through the ghost (AC 20, rem Reckless gives you advtg on attack)
JamesDevil: yep i remember
JamesDevil: claw didn't know though
JamesDevil: hitting things usually works for him
Smon: /roll d20+6
Smon rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 8, (+6) = 14
Smon: fails DEX save
JamesDevil: take full fire
JamesDevil: all....3 of it -.-
Smon: the fire is 5d6
JamesDevil: o, ok
JamesDevil rolls 3d6 and gets: 6, 1, 5, = 12
JamesDevil: thats the extra
Smon: OK it takes 19 slashing and 15/2 = 7 fire (is Resistant to fire) = 26
JamesDevil: k, second attack, ignoring the physical
JamesDevil: o it did take physical, cool
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+16 and gets: 18, (+16) = 34
JamesDevil rolls 2d6+14 and gets: 2, 2, (+14) = 18
JamesDevil: now fire
JamesDevil rolls 5d6 and gets: 3, 4, 4, 3, 6, = 20
Smon: /roll d20+6
Smon rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 8, (+6) = 14
JamesDevil: woot!
Smon: fail again - 18 slash + 20/2 = 10 fire, 28 total
Smon: end turn?
JamesDevil: end turn
JamesDevil: lag
Smon: #20 Legendary Action - the ghost shifts back to old man form, lights swirl around Claw...
Smon: /roll 18d10
Smon rolls 18d10 and gets: 6, 7, 6, 7, 4, 4, 9, 6, 9, 8, 4, 3, 3, 5, 3, 7, 1, 2, = 94
Smon: Claw has over 94 hp currently?
JamesDevil: yep
joriandrake: What is happening?
JamesDevil: what damage btw?
JamesDevil: type*
joriandrake: Is this a spell?
Smon: The Colour Spray has no effect on Claw - and no one else is within the 15' cone
JamesDevil: cool beans
Keelia: (we're fighting a boss - legendary moves O.o - throw everything at it.)
JamesDevil: throw Quillax at it !!!
joriandrake: hehe
Smon: #18 his actual go
Keelia: (looks like a spell caster if he's using Cone of Cold, so he'll have high Int at least. Ghost means physical attacks are fairly poor unless you've got ghost bane)
joriandrake: (Colour Spray)
DESTROYERBILL: claw hit him with phcsical full damage but fire was halved
JamesDevil: see? hitting things always works! ^^
joriandrake: (that too)
Keelia: (or maybe magic weapons - I don't know why I said Cone of Cold )
Smon: He glares at Claw, appearing to silently speak words of power... Claw feels his limbs begin to Petrify...
JamesDevil: son of a
joriandrake: (you wish to get an icecream cone?)
Smon: Claw make a DC 19 CON save
joriandrake: If this is a spell I intervene
Keelia: (perhaps )
joriandrake: Immediately after a creature casts a spell that targets you or includes you in its area of effect, you can use your reaction to force the creature to make a saving throw with its spellcasting ability modifier. The DC equals your spell save DC. On a failed save, you negate the spell's effect against you, and you steal the knowledge of the spell if it is at least 1st level and of a level you can cast (it doesn't need to be a wizard spell). For the next 8 hours, you know the spell and can cast it using your spell slots. The creature can't cast that spell until the 8 hours have passed.
joriandrake: this word is area?
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+11 and gets: 18, (+11) = 29
Smon: It's targeting Claw not Drakhaien
JamesDevil: no need mate
joriandrake: oh well, wanted to try out my new ability from level up
Smon: Claw resists the Flesh to Stone attack.
JamesDevil: i'm good anyway
JamesDevil: i am half stone giant
Keelia: (save it for yourself, you're going to need it!)
Smon: #17 Drakhaien
joriandrake: Drakhaien shoots the enemy (I assume advantage due to ally being in melee with it?) then move to hide with bonus action
Smon: Drak moved back when Quillax alerted the group so is within 25' or so.
Smon: >>I assume advantage due to ally being in melee << You mean assume sneak attack?
joriandrake: that too
Smon: Drak shoots past Claw - ghost has cover from shelves & Claw so +2 AC, no advtg but can SA
joriandrake: Sharpshooter, I have no malus from covers
Smon: ok
joriandrake: I can pinpoint my target I shoot
Smon: roll to hit AC 20
joriandrake: So, advantage then, due to melee with allies?
Smon: NO NO NO NO
Smon: Jorian stop being an idiot
joriandrake: Why don't I get the advantage in this case?
joriandrake: As said bookshelves are not an obstacle
joriandrake: neither Claw being in way
Smon: Melee w allies does not give advtg
joriandrake: ok
Smon: roll to hit
joriandrake: Drakhaien casts Mage Hand, invisible, nearby the enemy, he moves back to hide behind something like shelves with bonus action, turn end
Smon: OK you don't attack, you move round to right w shelves in between you and enemy
Smon: roll Stealth
joriandrake rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 13, (+15) = 28
joriandrake: That is 28 on Stealth, I will not attack this turn but set up stage for next round
Smon: ok. Legendary Action - the ghost claws at Claw
Smon: /roll d20+11
Smon rolls 1d20+11 and gets: 4, (+11) = 15
JamesDevil: miss
Smon: miss
JamesDevil: AC17
Smon: #9 Shieldbiter
JamesDevil: hehe, claws at claw...
joriandrake: (Despite Mage Hand shenanigans as Arcane Trickkster I didn't use my invisible hand until now ingame, so at least this is a good time for it)afk
DESTROYERBILL: i rage and go up to old man ghost and attack
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+17 and gets: 17, (+17) = 34
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 17, (+15) = 32
Smon: OK SB moves up beside Claw, hitting w dragonblade
DESTROYERBILL rolls 2d6 and gets: 1, 5, = 6
JamesDevil: (rage man rage)
JamesDevil: nvm, lag
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+17 and gets: 13, (+17) = 30
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 8, (+15) = 23
DESTROYERBILL rolls 2d6 and gets: 4, 4, = 8
Smon: SB hacks fiercely.
DESTROYERBILL: round over
Smon: #7 Quillax
Keelia: Is there oh, at least 60 feet behind this guy where my team isn't?
Smon: No
Keelia: Damn.
Keelia: SB and Claw have high Con right?
Smon: about 35'
JamesDevil: oh god...
DESTROYERBILL: yep +13
Keelia: You guys want to take the chance of a serious hit if you fail con save?
JamesDevil: she's gonna shoot us Bill..
JamesDevil: +11
JamesDevil: go for it....
DESTROYERBILL: im raging so its fine yeah ill take the risk
JamesDevil: we're only tanking the boss-.-
DESTROYERBILL: what are you doing anyway
Keelia: You shouldn't stand in the way then
DESTROYERBILL: quillax what spell
Keelia: SunBurst.
JamesDevil: ...that doesn't even deserve a response Keelia
Keelia: Radiant damage undead have disadvantage. 12d6 damage and blinding. You know, the little stuff
Smon: con save dc 19?
joriandrake: (back, sorry about my earlier turn, I had a semi-prepared plan when my mother came in to talk and ask for food. She had 2 and half hours to ask for breakfast, I told her clearly when my session begins, I feel like this was intentional)
Keelia: yep
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+13 and gets: 20, (+13) = 33
Keelia: I would like to drop the spell as far away from the party as possible.
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+11 and gets: 16, (+11) = 27
Keelia: You're both OK
JamesDevil: we're good
DESTROYERBILL: yep
Keelia: only half damage
Smon: /roll d20+5x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x2 and gets:
4 (+5) = 9
1 (+5) = 6
JamesDevil: plus totem, i'm awesome
DESTROYERBILL: quater for us
Smon: ghosty fails
DESTROYERBILL: me to
Keelia rolls 12d6 and gets: 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 6, 6, = 43
Keelia: Ah, I was hoping for better.
DESTROYERBILL: 10 damage i belive
DESTROYERBILL: for me and claw
Smon: The ghost wavers as the brilliant light blinds it & does 43 dmg
Keelia: Ghost dude is also blinded for 1 minute
JamesDevil: awesome
Keelia: and it's radiant. Don't know if he's weak to that
Smon: yup
Smon: I checked, no just regular dmg & blinded
Smon: R2
Keelia: (ah well, )
JamesDevil: attack attack, no reckless
JamesDevil Rolls 1d20+16x2 and gets:
6 (+16) = 22
13 (+16) = 29
Smon: You have advtg as it is blind
JamesDevil Rolls 2d6+14x2 and gets:
4, 3 (+14) = 21
6, 3 (+14) = 23
JamesDevil: pyshicals
JamesDevil: k, cool
JamesDevil: next attack thenfor the damaeg above
JamesDevil rolls 1d16 and gets: 12
JamesDevil: bvah, sec
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+16 and gets: 10, (+16) = 26
JamesDevil: both his, 21+23 damagephysical, now fire
JamesDevil rolls 5d6 and gets: 4, 4, 5, 6, 1, = 20
JamesDevil: first attack
JamesDevil rolls 5d6 and gets: 5, 2, 4, 5, 1, = 17
Smon: dex saves w disad
JamesDevil: second attack
Smon: /roll d20+5x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x2 and gets:
16 (+5) = 21
13 (+5) = 18
Smon: /roll d20+5x2
JamesDevil: bah
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x2 and gets:
16 (+5) = 21
20 (+5) = 25
JamesDevil: double bah!
Smon: pass both so 20/4 = 5 and 17/4 = 4 dmg, 9 fire total
JamesDevil: end turn
Smon: Legendary action - the blind ghost assumes its horrifying form and flails at Claw (disad)
Smon: /roll d20+11x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+11x2 and gets:
7 (+11) = 18
18 (+11) = 29
Smon: hits AC 18
JamesDevil: oo
JamesDevil: hit
JamesDevil: AC17
JamesDevil: so hit
Smon: It touches Claw with its Corrupting Touch
Smon: /roll 14d6
Smon rolls 14d6 and gets: 6, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 6, 4, 3, 6, 1, 5, = 47
Smon: 47 Necrotic to Claw
JamesDevil: no save?
Keelia: O.o
Smon: no, just a to-hit
JamesDevil: half for totem
Smon: yup
Smon: 23 net
JamesDevil: ah, k
JamesDevil: k, thxs
Smon: #18 Curator's turn
Keelia: (Let me know when your health gets too low.)
Keelia: (at end of turn it can try to save against blind again, with disadvantage)
Smon: He can't cast most of the spells or do the other things he'd really like to...
Keelia: (yay blind! )
Smon: His face shifts and flows in a medley of indescribable horror... Horrifying Visage, SB Claw & Quillax DC 19 WIS save (fear attack)
DESTROYERBILL: once again quillax is the most helpful hip hip hooray
Keelia rolls 1d20+14 and gets: 9, (+14) = 23
Keelia: Q is ok
JamesDevil: roll 1d20+1
JamesDevil: me thinks Claw will not be
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 6, (+1) = 7
Smon: Quillax resists the terror... Shieldbiter was recently granted Immunity to Fear by the dragon gods as his first epic boon & is immune
JamesDevil: yea, this is probably frighten
Smon: Claw is Frightened, and failed by 5+ so also ages 10-40 years...
JamesDevil: WTF?
Smon: /roll d4
Smon rolls 1d4 and gets: 4,
joriandrake: (d30+10? ouch)
DESTROYERBILL: i did a solo battle against a night walker headed towards carcamesh a city filled with thousands of people
Keelia: O.o
Smon: Claw ages 40 years
joriandrake: (eh even worse)
Keelia: (can we fix this? what spell do I need?)
DESTROYERBILL: what was claws original age
joriandrake: (not sure in 5e if we can fix it, but if yes, pretty sure a Druid will have access to such life-related spell)
Smon: Claw was about 30 so is now 70, the years weigh heavy on Claw... -4 STR -2 DEX -4 CON. He needs a Greater Restoration within 24 hours to reverse effect
JamesDevil: ffs
Smon: End of Curator's turn, save vs blindness
DESTROYERBILL: and this is why you need to be level 20 solowing creatures of pure death to get immunity to fear
Smon: /roll d20+5
Smon rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 18, (+5) = 23
JamesDevil: Bill...just don't start
Smon: It can see, it can see perfectly.
Keelia: (well, I can always kill you and reincarnate you ;p )
Smon: #17 Drakhaien
JamesDevil: do you not have greater restoration/
JamesDevil: ?
Keelia: (Also, crap)
Keelia: (I didn't pick it - chose reincarnate. Normally we die, we don't get negative levels)
joriandrake: Drakhaien uses Versatile Trickster ability, designates the 'Curator' with bonus action as target to have the invisible mage hand mess with it (grab it, drag it or tickle it, etc), he steps out of hiding to snipe at the creature, then steps back into cover
Keelia: (do we have a scroll of it somewhere?)
Smon: OK Drak pops up and can shoot w advtg
joriandrake Rolls 1d20+10x3 and gets:
7 (+10) = 17
6 (+10) = 16
1 (+10) = 11
joriandrake: 17
joriandrake: AC 17 hits?
Smon: Greater Restoration is only level 5, probably several high priests of Magnimar have it
Smon: AC 20
joriandrake: eh damn, back into cover, turn end, another attempt next turn
JamesDevil: we can't get back there in 24 hours
Keelia: (you underestimate the power of druid and tree stride)
JamesDevil: good point
Smon: End of Drak's turn = the Curator reaches for Claw
Smon: You underestimate the full power of this fully operational Quillax-station...
Smon: attack on Claw
Keelia: (I could get you back even with wind walk in 8 hours. we have time.)
Keelia:
Smon: /roll d20+11
Smon rolls 1d20+11 and gets: 15, (+11) = 26
Smon: hit
JamesDevil: hit
Smon: /roll 14d6
Smon rolls 14d6 and gets: 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 2, 1, 1, = 35
Smon: 35 necrotic > 17
JamesDevil: hhalfed for totem
Smon: #9 SB
joriandrake: (this fail in my turn is a good example sometimes not even 3 attack rolls are enough chances to hit )
DESTROYERBILL: max hit points for claw is 195 after the -4 con
DESTROYERBILL: i attack the ghost
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+17 and gets: 16, (+17) = 33
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 5, (+15) = 20
JamesDevil: how would i lose 50hp from -4 con?
DESTROYERBILL rolls 2d6 and gets: 6, 1, = 7
Smon: 19x2 = 38
joriandrake: (max hp, due to lower bonus from COn to HP ratio)
DESTROYERBILL: 12+ 18 levles of 7 +3x19=195
JamesDevil: fine lets just finish this figth
DESTROYERBILL: i might have put it in wrong forthe calculater but i belive thats it
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+17 and gets: 13, (+17) = 30
Smon: hit
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 18, (+15) = 33
DESTROYERBILL rolls 2d6 and gets: 5, 2, = 7
Smon: The ghost wavers... on 1 hp
DESTROYERBILL: bonus action breath attack
DESTROYERBILL rolls 5d6 and gets: 4, 5, 5, 6, 3, = 23
JamesDevil: i'm guessing there will be no loot from a ghost
DESTROYERBILL: and thats why you pick dragon born
joriandrake: Well it felt physical attacks, so maybe?
Smon: As it reaches for Claw with its final Legendary, SB sweeps it away with a fiery gout from his mout'
JamesDevil: Bill i already said don't start
joriandrake: meh I can't get a single hit in for the fight
joriandrake: fus ro dah with fire
Smon: The ghost appears to mouth final words, smiling evily as it vanishes.
Keelia: Can Q tell what they were?
Smon: It was in High Azlanti
Keelia: Of course
Smon: Bears some resemblance to Varisian
Keelia: If he was smiling, then I'd say he'll be back.
Smon: I guess DC 20 Investigate?
joriandrake: Drakhaien mumbles under hsi breath "I think my bow is broken, I need a replacement for it, perhaps the waranty didn't run out yet"
Keelia: No body to loot?
Smon: XP is 15,000/4 = 3750 each
Keelia rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 1, (+9) = 10
JamesDevil: I've got a +1 long bow if you need it Drak
Keelia: Apparently Q is far too distracted by Claw to investigate
joriandrake: (I have a +1 too, it was meant as a joke about my own inability to hit an enemy with 3 rolls)
joriandrake: I roll Inv now
Smon: Its ghostly cloak & headband vanished along with it.
joriandrake rolls 1d20+14 and gets: 12, (+14) = 26
joriandrake: ok, at least Drak is still good as detective
Smon: Drak Investigates... yup the ghost has definitely vanished.
Smon: Claw isn't looking too good.
Keelia: Q tuts over Claw. "Everyone come together. We'll wind walk out of here and then I'll tree stride us to Magnimar for us to get Claw uh, better"
JamesDevil: "Ugh i'm not feeling great, i think i need to head back to town"
joriandrake: Was the Inv 20 roll only to see if it really was gone?
joriandrake: Inv DC 20 roll*
Smon: I never asked you for an Investigate Drak. Quillax asked to decipher its words so I gave her a roll DC 20, she failed.
joriandrake: "You don't look well, old man"
joriandrake: AH, I understood that as a request from all of us
JamesDevil: lucky me Goliaths normally have white hair
Keelia: "Come along," she chides the others. "We can check in the library about this ghostly figure while Claw is being de-aged back to normal."
joriandrake: (goliaths are cool)
joriandrake: Drak nods at Quillax's words "Yes, let us see if the library was worth this fight to begi nwith"
Smon: GM: Quillax casts Wind Walk and you windy-walky back up through the glowing fog overhead, back up out of Guiltspur.
Keelia: (I'm going to need a long rest, I think. This will burn the last of my high level spells and I need to revamp my spell list)
Smon: Quillax are you tree striding from here to Magnimar?
JamesDevil: i think we'll all need a long rest tbh
Keelia: Yes
joriandrake: We can do it after full search of this place then
Keelia: We're getting everyone to safety
joriandrake: (Claw has 24h after all)
Smon: OK, there is Abbess Yukiko at Windsong Abbey, or various high priests in the city.
Keelia: (It's not going anywhere, Jorian, we can check when we're back)
joriandrake: or, I guess we can do it right away too
Smon: I'll do random checks to see if they have Greater Rest in known spells list
Keelia: (If not, if there is a scroll for sale anywhere, Q can do it.)
Smon: You already searched the library & stripped it of treasure at end of last session.
joriandrake: Ah, I thought there was a part we misssed due to the appearance of the ghost (If we would use the normal rest rules this wouldn't be a problem, Quillax could just sleep, swap spells, and cast it before 24 hours are over)
joriandrake: (Good luck James!)
Smon: You were leaving the library when the ghost, annoyed by your thefts, attacked.
Keelia: Q is happy to swap out her spells and do it herself if possible.
joriandrake: Ah, that triggered him, thanks, is clear now
Smon: GM: Quillax goes west a couple miles and finds a tree large enough to Tree Stride through. You assume physical form to step through the tree portal, arriving in the trees near Windsong Abbey.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 1,
joriandrake: (we all stride with her together then?)
JamesDevil: you can stay behind if you like
Keelia: (yes, Q would have taken everyone)
joriandrake: (OK, I just don't know the spell specifics)
Keelia: She drags Claw off to the Abbess first to get an opinion on his condition
joriandrake: "Ah, fine weather for some strolling and walking into trees"
Smon: You are in luck - at the Abbey on the coast north of Magnimar, Q&C's old friend Abbess Yukiko, the Masked Abbess & ex-PC, has Greater Restoration in memory, and 100gp of diamond dust she happily uses to restore Claw's youth & vigour.
Smon: (Claw's penalties end)
JamesDevil: good good
Keelia: Quillax thanks her and makes a donation that covers the diamond dust
Smon: It's a nice brisk evening, sunset over the western ocean.
joriandrake: She was so eager to help I assume she's also in Claw's harem?
Smon: Yukiko: "Glad to help!"
joriandrake: (It's fun to watch Claw charm his way through barbarian and giant lands)
Smon: Abbess Yukiko's face is hidden by the ornate veils of the Masked Abbess and she is definitely not in any harem.
JamesDevil: claw donates 163gp and thanks Yukiko
Keelia: Q asks her if she knows of the ghost
Keelia: rumours or whatnot
Smon: Yukiko: "I can create a Scroll for you in case this happens again?"
Keelia: "That would be most kind, and an excellent idea," Q replies, happiy
Smon: Yukiko: "It sounds like an Azlanti ghost - I'm sure your Therassic Library would have more than the records here, Quillax."
Keelia: *happily
DESTROYERBILL: i donate 5000gp worth of gems
joriandrake: wow, (that's a new building at least for the Abbey)
Smon: GM: Yukio can make 2 scrolls for SB's donation, using the library facilities can scribe 1 per 10 days.
Smon: (They are Rare consumables so cost 2500gp each)
Keelia: "Indeed, I will send word to my people and see what information can be gathered."
Keelia: (yay! I'm fairly certain we'll be fighting that guy again, so it will be good to have spares )
JamesDevil: can Qullax learn the spell from a scroll?
Smon: GM: Do you want to long rest 10 days, collect a scroll & do some research?
JamesDevil: i think so yea
Smon: Druids get access to their full spell list automatically AFAIK
joriandrake: I doN't think druids need to learn from scrolls, she just has to have al ong rest to prepare it
JamesDevil: ah, right, divin e caster and all
Keelia: Correct, I know the spells, I just haven't prepared them. And if I run out of spells, the scrolls will be important
Smon: Yup - Quillax could help Yukiko which would double crafting time, while Drakhaien researches in the Therassic Library at Jorgenfist.
joriandrake: However, Drakhaien wishes to see if he could buy a couple Comprehend Languages spells extra
joriandrake: scrolls*
joriandrake: Drak knows the spell, but he can't ritual cast so the slot for it is not really useful to be spent, but scroll-use of it could be really handy in the old ruins
JamesDevil: Claw will have a hunt around to find some potion that might be useful
Keelia: Q will buckle down with Yukiko (and put a pot of Keoghan's on at the same time)
Smon: GM: Sure - ok if you take 17 days you can get 2 Greater Restoration scrolls crafted, do all research, and start at Jorgenfist w full spell load-out.
Keelia: perfect.
Smon: /roll 2d4
Smon rolls 2d4 and gets: 1, 1, = 2
Smon: Drakhaien can pick up 2 scrolls of Comprehend Languages from the Pathfinders in Magnimar at 50gp each, 100gp total.
joriandrake: I do that then, thanks
JamesDevil: brb, refilling drink
Smon: Claw & SB are at a bit of a loose end while Quillax & Drakhaien are crafting and investigating. You can get up to 20 healing potions at 50gp/each if desired.
Smon: Drakhaien what's your passive investigation?
Keelia: I think his is 26?
Keelia: Mine's 23 and his is higher
joriandrake: 29
Smon: In the vault-stacks of the Therassic Library beneath Jorgenfist, Drakhaien seeks references to the ghostly form. He uncovers some stuff about a great library at Guiltspur.
joriandrake: 26 is perception
Keelia: Ah,
JamesDevil: bach
joriandrake: Drakhaien is basically a great detective, only the godlike 30 eludes him
DESTROYERBILL: ill bye all 20 healing potions
JamesDevil: I was going to buy them, but nvm
Smon: In an obscure tome he finds this reference: "Of these, the
most powerful was a man named Kaiventlu, the curator
of the Silent Halls. While he lived, Kaiventlu served as the
caretaker of the upper level of Guiltspur, subservient to but
not the slave of Priestess Mesmalatu"
DESTROYERBILL: thats 1000 gold right
joriandrake: Drakhaien will take notes and share with Quillax and the Lady later (Where is the NPC page for Rulelords Simon?)
Smon: 10 potions each if Drak & SB are competing
Smon: Claw & SB sorry
JamesDevil: no, sB can have them
joriandrake: ok, he does compete, for fun (will share the potions later with others anyway)
Keelia: (You guys know that Q can make potions. 5/day for 25gp)
joriandrake: I thoughts Drak just waltzed right into the haggling and competed
Keelia: (Right?)
Smon: (I meant Claw sorry)
joriandrake: (No I didn't, but you spend your time otherwise no?)
Keelia: (She can also make Keoghan's 5 every 2 days for 125gp...)
JamesDevil: Q will keep me alive so you guys take them
Keelia: I'm pretty sure Q can multitask like a boss
DESTROYERBILL: mabye ill just pay quillax to make the ointmets there much better
joriandrake: I assume most of us are a boss by this point
joriandrake: More healing stuff is never bad
Smon: The text speculates that Kaiventlu the Curator perished in Earthfall or shortly thereafter, when massive lava flows buried Guiltspur. There is speculation that the massive lava flows were due to some terrible Primordial earth spirit beneath the Kodar mountains awakened by the impact of Earthfall, a great meteor strike which shattered Azlant.
DESTROYERBILL: in 10 days quillax can make 25 ointments right kellia
Keelia: yes
joriandrake: GM I can't find the NPC page on your blog, and I can't scroll in most of the logs you posted using this new method, what's the name of the girl (daughter of Lord) who Srakhaien helped summon the others and flirts with?
JamesDevil: then Claw will lub himself up after each fight
Smon: Quillax took 10 days helping make a scroll, could spend last 7 at Jorgenfist making potions if you like.
DESTROYERBILL: okay ill give you enough gold to make those 25 i belive that is 625gp
Smon: @Jorian - Alicia Scarnetti of Sandpoint
joriandrake: thanks
joriandrake: (Yes Quillax please make at least 5 then)
Keelia: Simon said she can only spend 7 days on it, so 375gp will net 15 keoghan's
DESTROYERBILL: okay ill give you that much
Keelia: Plus she has some in her bag from before we started the dungeon, so if you guys need some, let me know
joriandrake: Drakhaien will spend his time at the Library to investigate a bit, but mostly with Lady Scarnetti until the party regroups
Keelia: She'll take the last day and make 5 healing potions.
DESTROYERBILL: im not going to actually going to buy the porions if we have a cheaper more efiicent way already
joriandrake: (Keelia I'll take 5 of those for Drak then if that is fine with you)
Keelia: Sure
joriandrake: (I meant keoghan's)
Smon: GM: It looks from Drak's investigations that Kaiventlu the Curator may have become a ghostly guardian of the Silent Halls, the library at Guiltspur. As a ghost he can likely only be laid to rest permanently if his remains are found and given a consecrated burial according to Azlanti custom.
Keelia: @Bill - as long as Q isn't doing anything else, you can ask her to help make some.
joriandrake: Drak as mentioned also shares the story of Kaiventlu with Quillax
joriandrake: "It seems he might still return, unless we find the remains"
Keelia: @Jorian and @James, you can each have 5 keoghan's from Q's previous batches
joriandrake: (thanks)
Keelia: Mark those down on your sheets because I'm taking them off mine
JamesDevil: cool, thanks
DESTROYERBILL: i wont be carrying the potions becouse im probably going to be the one needing healing but still neading to fight
Smon: Map - https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1dfycsUppkSmncJNyJzXwxIOfD3brfkZSO9zFCIeA_o-GjnhI2atAahmJs8j0BIv08X_HfsuTFFA8roaGaZonCCGVrrbIPlRfS1Umz5q8Xh8Wwfi0wnWCnymXhVcHkFe1g83IRuJNhy-/s1600-r/varisiamap.jpg - while Quillax is at Windsong with Abbess Yukiko, Drakhaien on his way back from Magnimar can visit Alicia at Sandpoint for some 'polite conversation' - Drak roll Persuasion
Keelia: That seems a bit presumptuous, Bill, to expect someone else to feed you a potion. It is something you ask for someone to do, not expect that someone will do it.
Smon: Once you return to Jorgenfist & the Therassic Library via magic & begin research (for 1 week) you can't visit Sandpoint
Smon: GM: Best to have potions on own belt, not in bag of holding
10:26am 2019-3-24 DESTROYERBILL Has exited the room
Smon: Bill's computer just crashed
Smon: (not intentional)
joriandrake rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 5, (+5) = 10
10:27am 2019-3-24 DESTROYERBILL Has entered the room
joriandrake: 15
Smon: Just a bit of light flirting for Drak
Keelia: It's good for everyone to hold potions anyway, in case someone goes down and needs to be helped out.
joriandrake: He plans longterm
joriandrake: Indeed K
Smon: 22/5/4719 Your crafting and research complete, you assemble at Jorgenfist again, Quillax's base high in the Storrval mountains.
Smon: Clank has been a bit down in the dumps since his sword vanished.
JamesDevil: "here you go buddy
JamesDevil: Claw hands him the sword of gluttony
Keelia: (awwww )
JamesDevil: "un til we get your's back ;)"
JamesDevil: its always nice to give someone a death sword
Keelia:
Smon: Clank: "Thank you very much Master Claw!"
In Magnimar, Sheila Heidmarch has been taking reports from several high level Pathfinder teams, the news is worrying - she believes three Runelords - Greed, Gluttony & Sloth - may be attempting to return. She sends Quillax a letter impressing upon her the urgency of rebuilding the Sihedron.
Keelia: Q, upon hearing the news, tells Clank to keep a close eye on the sword, then rounds up the others
JamesDevil: I could have sworn we already beat Greed and Gluttony..
joriandrake: (Drakhaien's Masked Tricksters will offer support and tips anonymously to the Pathfinders on the Runelords, some might be members of it)
Smon: According to the letter, the sorceress Seoni is heading the team in Belkzen dealing with Gluttony, while the great wizard Ezren is in Magnimar investigating the Lissala cult connected to Sloth.
Keelia: "We'd better get back to it."
Smon: While these other Pathfinders are great heroes in their own right ('7th circle casters', ie 13th-14th level) your group are the most powerful by a good margin.
Keelia: (I don't think we've fought Greed and Gluttony.)
Keelia: (at least not at power)
Smon: You've not fought ANY Runelords - you would know about it if you had!
JamesDevil: we defiantly fought someone serving greed, thats hpow we got the sword and shard
JamesDevil: same with gluttony
Keelia: (we fought somebody's shadow, didn't we?)
Keelia: (serving is different from the actual rune lord)
joriandrake: I'm surprised none of the Runelords went after the group yet on their own initiative
JamesDevil: I know, thats what I'm saying, we never fought a Runelord only servents
Smon: GM: Drakhaien gets a report that his people believe they have located Runeforge, at Rimeskull mountain https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1dfycsUppkSmncJNyJzXwxIOfD3brfkZSO9zFCIeA_o-GjnhI2atAahmJs8j0BIv08X_HfsuTFFA8roaGaZonCCGVrrbIPlRfS1Umz5q8Xh8Wwfi0wnWCnymXhVcHkFe1g83IRuJNhy-/s1600-r/varisiamap.jpg
Keelia: (They haven't broken through to this plane yet, if they do, we're f****d)
JamesDevil: some of whom has shares and/or woeapons
JamesDevil: anyway, back to the plot
JamesDevil: lets get back to guiltspire
Keelia: "We'd better head back and fetch that shard with haste."
JamesDevil: yep
Smon: GM: Is Quillax wind-walking the group to Guiltspur, or using tree transport?
joriandrake: FInally it pays out to have a web of informants!
Smon: Wind is 8 hours flight, tree is instantaneous
Keelia: Tree stride. lower level spell
joriandrake: Drakhaien will tell of the rumors that seem trustworthy that the Runeforge is found at Rimeskull
Keelia: "Seems to line up with that poem/riddle's information."
Smon: For Drak - [i]Rimeskull is a mountain on the western edge of the Kodar Mountains in northwestern Varisia.[1] Located on the banks of Lake Stormunder, it is named for the vaguely skull-shaped carving visible from miles away, the mouth of which is a large cave entrance.
The carving is a relic of ancient Thassilon, and the person depicted in the massive carving is the founder of Thassilon itself: Emperor Xin. During the time of this ancient empire, runelords commonly carved their faces into the mountainsides that faced their capital cities. The carving of Xin, however, faces the Runeforge, a place of great importance shared by all of the runelords.[2]
At the mountain's western base, just off the lake, lies a ring of seven ten-foot-tall, open-mouthed stone heads angled toward each other known as the Sihedron Circle. [/i] - Drak's people think this may be the magical entry to Runeforge.
joriandrake: "If we control the RUneforge we would mess up the plans of all the RUnelords at once, I believe"
joriandrake: Wasn't the lake/stones mentioned in the stanzas we gathered before? If yes the location seems correct
Keelia: "Or bring them all back at the same time."
Smon: GM: Quillax Tree Strides you all to a tree a couple miles from Guiltspur. A 30 minute hike brings you to the gorge.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 5,
Smon: /roll d100
Smon rolls 1d100 and gets: 74,
JamesDevil: laaag
Smon: The hill giants on the gate let you in. Approaching Guiltspur you see General Stom and 3 fire giants by the excavation near the spire, picking over the shattered remains of what look like 3 crystalline oozes.
Keelia: "That seems ominous," Q mutters.
JamesDevil: "greetings again Stom, what do we have here?"
Smon: General Stom waves Claw hello. "Oh, little one, you just missed the fun! Carnivorous Crystals, these are called! Monsters from Leng. More have been leaking through recently... perhaps a sign of Karzoug's impending return?" she says, hopefully.
Smon: A giant nods: "We had a Gug last week, too!"
JamesDevil: "perhaps, have there been any over signs?"
JamesDevil: other*
Smon: Stom nods: "Ugly thing, all mouth and arms... Yes, the lightning storms seem more frequent, and at night the Spire often shimmers with green flame."
joriandrake: Drakhaien will quietly just get some balls to juggle in the background again while the conversation lasts
Smon: Drakhaien juggles while SB yawns.
JamesDevil: "hmm, we will need to finish our quest soon..."
Smon: Stom: "I've pulled my guards back from the under-tunnels, but kept them posted at the exits."
JamesDevil: "excellent, a wise move"
JamesDevil: "we will continue down, we ran into a great threat below that we defeated but need to recover from, hence our absence for the last week"
Smon: GM: Stom nods & sends two fire giants to escort you into the excavation, down to where you killed the hill giant chief. From there a tunnel leads west to the chamber where a great rock bars the west door, they roll it aside, opening the way to the glowing pit with the Quiet Halls library below.
Smon: How are you descending to the Quiet Halls?
JamesDevil: in giant "thank you gentlemen"
joriandrake: Quietly
JamesDevil: Claw will climb down
Keelia: Q has feather fall
joriandrake: Is the place dimly lit or darker?
Smon: The giants nod respectfully to Claw; once you are through they roll the boulder back in place. "We'll stay here till you get back."
Smon: The glowing mist creates dim light.
joriandrake: ok then, Drakhaien will use his cloak to fly after Quillax, pacing his speed down to that of the druid
DESTROYERBILL: i fly down
Smon: Drakhaien & SB fly down, Claw uses Athletics to climb down the chute to 40' above the floor.
Smon: Quillax feather falls down.
JamesDevil: Can Claw climb further down?
Smon: Claw can drop down onto a library stack Will be 3d6 dmg
JamesDevil: k, go for it
Smon: /roll 3d6
Smon rolls 3d6 and gets: 3, 1, 6, = 10
Keelia: Can Q climb back up and carry him down with her feather fall?
Keelia: nevermind
JamesDevil: stones endurance
JamesDevil rolls 1d12+5 and gets: 6, (+5) = 11
joriandrake: hehe
JamesDevil: 3 point superhero landing
Smon: Claw drops about 28' onto a solid library stack, lands unharmed.
Smon:
JamesDevil: is murder on the knees -.-
Smon: Claw can have Inspiration
Smon: GM: You assemble on the ground.
Keelia:
joriandrake: (eh doN't mention knees, mine started to hurt recently, I feel so old o.O )
Smon: ghost manifestation check...
Smon: /roll d100
DESTROYERBILL: avengers asemble
Smon rolls 1d100 and gets: 100,
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 12, (+7) = 19
Smon: You feel you are being watched, with Passive Per 25+ you seem to glimpse the Curator from the corner of your eye, but when you turn he's not there.
Keelia: (What is it with that roll?)
JamesDevil: gost checking
JamesDevil: ghost*
Keelia: Quillax frowns. "Ghost-creep is back"
Smon: You head down the south tunnel w/out being attacked, Drak checks the south iron doors, finds them untrapped and unlocked.
DESTROYERBILL: i rage
joriandrake: Drak points the guy out
Smon: SB infinitely rages
JamesDevil: "lizard boy is angry again"
Smon: No sign of the Curator right now
DESTROYERBILL: dost start james
joriandrake: "When isn't he?"
JamesDevil: "ok SB go forth and kill"
Keelia: Q continues onward. "We have a goal, people. Let's head out."
joriandrake: "Just be careful of your targets" Drakhaien addss
DESTROYERBILL: well we know he exists just not where he is
JamesDevil: hmm, ok
JamesDevil: Claw kicks open the next set of door
joriandrake: (oh damn, this reminds me, local football match starts soon, I live by the side of the field so it will be soon noisy)
JamesDevil: if we have a full caster then we could mass cc without going in the room however...
Smon: Claw kicks open the doors at south end of south tunnel, revealing a hexagonal chamber 30' across, with archways in SW and SE walls.
In each of the six corners of this hexagonal room, a statue
stands atop a dais—each is of a six-foot-tall woman dressed in
a short robe and wielding a silvery sword. The statues have four
wings (the lower pair of each being small and atrophied), and
have no faces whatsoever.
Smon: You are in tunnel off the N wall.
Keelia: Ominous.
Keelia: Are the swords real?
Keelia: Or stone?
joriandrake: Inspecting the statue what can Drak learn of it?
Smon: Quillax investigates the swords - they are real metal, and look real, gripped in stone hands. Roll Investigate if you like.
Keelia rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 4, (+9) = 13
joriandrake: me too?
Smon: Also can roll Religion DC 23
Keelia: She's not that interested, I guess.
Smon: yes anyone can investigate them
Keelia rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 15, (+4) = 19
joriandrake rolls 1d20+14 and gets: 8, (+14) = 22
Keelia: Nope
joriandrake: 24
JamesDevil: "hmm, want me to take a shot?"
Smon: Drak - the swords are made of Siccatite, a very hard 'star metal', and look well made.
JamesDevil: Claw raises the Earth breaker....
Smon: Something about the faceless statues makes Quillax's flesh crawl.
joriandrake: "Star metal, real swords, seem very useful and worth a lot"
JamesDevil: I assume the sword is tightly gripped?
Keelia: Q steps back. "Something's wrong here."
joriandrake: "these might be something like golem guardians deactivated"
Smon: They seem firmly gripped. Let me know if you enter chamber.
JamesDevil: ok, all head in at once?
DESTROYERBILL: sure
Keelia: As long as Q can stand behind C
JamesDevil: ok, we all enter
DESTROYERBILL: before we do ill end rage then start rage
JamesDevil: the old turn it off and on again
DESTROYERBILL: makes it last longer in case of battle or trap
JamesDevil: yarp
Smon: GM: You step into the chamber... mouths suddenly appear on the faceless angels, speaking words in Ancient Thassilonian! Quillax & Drak can ascertain the meaning, though the accent is strange & archaic.
JamesDevil: it was a reference it pretty much every IT issue in the industry
Smon: “Welcome to the Hall of Arcane Wonder. Please treat all exhibits
with care and respect, and do not attempt unsanctioned
interactions within. Enjoy your visit!”
Keelia: Q uncertainly translates it for those that cannot understand
JamesDevil: "What are they saying?"
joriandrake: "Oh, this is like a museum, look but don't touch, I believe we trigger a security/protection system if we mess with the items"
JamesDevil: Claw lowers his weapon
Keelia: "Perhaps."
DESTROYERBILL: arace wonder you say quillax ( eyses $ $ )
JamesDevil: "ok..."
joriandrake: "I think we can otherwise walk around and look though"
Keelia: She turns to SB. "Don't touch anything yet. We may end up with that Ghost attacking us again."
Smon: GM: Standing in the middle of the hex chamber you can now see through the SW and SE archways into more 30' hexagonal chambers.
To SW: A hulking object lies upon a fifteen-foot-wide circular dais at
the center of this room. The object is made of stone and seems
to be a fragment of a much larger colossal stone carriage or
conveyance with immense stone rollers for wheels. Snake
motifs cover every corner of the object, while its front has
been carved to resemble an immense serpent’s skull. Smaller
shelves built into the edge of the dais contain numerous other
objects ranging from weapons to pieces of armor to more
mysterious objects.
DESTROYERBILL: okay fine
Smon: To SE: The SE half of this hexagonal room is buried under a wall of hardened
lava, including the hindquarters of a gray stone statue of
a faceless sphinx. The sphinx sits atop a two-foot-tall dais.
Shallow shelves have been carved into the side of the dais,
in which sit various objects that appear to be of an oracular
nature—crystal balls, censers, and the like, many of which have
fallen from their alcoves to crack or shatter on the stone floor.
Smon: In the faceless angel chamber you are in there are also double doors direct south of you across the room; a similar colour to the grey-brown walls.
joriandrake: Drak whispers "Even if we must at one point touch something, we can and should investigate the whole palce and all items on show before that"
joriandrake: He ponders the double doors "...probably just opening the doors is fine, not sure though"
joriandrake: Drakhaien tries to look for any writing on or near the doors
JamesDevil: Claw stands infront of the doors
JamesDevil: "hmm"
Smon: Fire light plays into the SW and SE chambers from a source out of sight, probably directly south of you, and Drak can hear a faint crackling as of fire from that direction.
Keelia: "If it's a museum type thing, we should be able to move from exhibit to exhibit, so doors should be safe."
Smon: Claw heads over to the south doors; he can make out the sound of the fire through the south doors.
JamesDevil: Claw opens the door
joriandrake: Wait a moment
joriandrake: "If any of you can use Detect magic, this would be a good time for it" the elf says
JamesDevil: (like you said if its a museum it should be safe)
Smon: Claw pushes the south doors open, revealing another hex shaped chamber, double doors in S wall and archways to NW and NE.
This chamber hums with an unsettling noise, for at its center
churns a great ball of fire. The sphere measures ten feet across
and hangs in the center of the chamber, periodically sending
short tendrils of fire out as if tasting the air around it.
joriandrake: (but stuff could be not working correctly, or cursed)
Smon: The ball is only about 5' off the ground - you can all see it. It is about 10' across and looks like a Fireball spell paused in the very moment of explosion!
Smon: /roll d8
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets: 5,
Keelia: Q steps back.
joriandrake: Is the old culture known for time manipulation?
Smon: The fireball is clearly the source of the fire light in the chambers to W & E.
Keelia: The RuneLords were powerful. Something like this might well be within their powers.
Smon: >>Is the old culture known for time manipulation?<< There are rumours some of the old Rune Lords of Thassilon could manipulate time, yes.
JamesDevil: can Claw see any other doors?
Smon: double doors in S wall
Smon: of the fireball chamber.
joriandrake: "To me seems like they just.... artistically froze the explosion in time when it just happened"
JamesDevil: "ok, let try those doors, careful of the fireball thing"
JamesDevil: Claw attempts to move around the fireball while pressed against the wall
JamesDevil: to the South door
joriandrake: (I'll have to go in either 10 minutes or max 40)
Smon: Claw goes round the frozen fireball to the right and tries to open the south doors - they open inward only a little way, he sees that the tunnel(?) beyond has been blocked by lava.
JamesDevil: ok
JamesDevil: ok, Claw head back to the main room
Smon: GM: Anyone have Arcana trained? If so give me your passive Arcana
JamesDevil: we must be missing something
Keelia: Not trained just a general +4
JamesDevil: -1
joriandrake: nope, I already took Skilled for +3 skills but didn't take Arcana, focused more on the normal detective things plus History o.O
Smon: Claw heads back into the angels room, with the double doors south to fireball room, arch SE to sphinx room and arch sw to snake/juggernaut thing room/
DESTROYERBILL: nope not me
Smon: Tough dealing w Runelords stuff w/out Arcana.
joriandrake: if History/Perception/Investigation helps though, then Drak's the man
Keelia: Q will head to the snake, I guess
Smon: Well Drak can tell the fireball looks a bit unstable, but I think Claw already guessed that
joriandrake: hm, not sure if the story got converted to 5e but I believe investigation didn't exist in first Pathfinder system
JamesDevil: Claw walks up to one of the statues
joriandrake: Yeah, it doesn't need much to see it
Keelia: I guess we can try to take a sword and see what happens?
Smon: (I convert as I run, eg it says 'Spellcraft Check', I typically use Arcana, or a casting check if appropriate)
Keelia: Maybe they are like keys? Or you pull one and it opens something?
joriandrake: Yeah we can go back and grab the swords from statues, maybe they are just speaking but not acting/fighting
Smon: Claw approaches a statue.
Smon: It just statues.
Smon:
joriandrake: We have to act sooner or later anyway, but just bne sure we explored everything we can before touching stuff
JamesDevil: "excuse me, we've noticed that a few of the tunnels here seem to be blocked, can we please speak to the curator of this measem
Smon: No reaction from the statue, the face is blank again.
JamesDevil: "hmm"
Keelia: Try to take a sword? See what we anger?
JamesDevil: Claw head back to the Sphinx rookm"
joriandrake: "this will need strength I guess" Drak steps back, bow readied just in case
Smon: Claw goes through SE arch into the room with the faceless sphinx... he feels a bit uneasy looking at it.
JamesDevil: Claw moves aroubnd it, does he anything written on it?
Smon: The sphinx sits atop a two-foot-tall dais.
Shallow shelves have been carved into the side of the dais,
in which sit various objects that appear to be of an oracular
nature—crystal balls, censers, and the like, many of which have
fallen from their alcoves to crack or shatter on the stone floor.
JamesDevil: brb
joriandrake: So we doN't try the statue swords?
Smon: Half of this hexagonal room is buried under a wall of hardened
lava, including the hindquarters of the gray stone sphinx statue. As Claw moves around looking for writing....
11:29am 2019-3-24 Keelia Has exited the room
joriandrake: OK, I guess I need to prepare meal now, can we stop?
Smon: Claw suddenly feels as if the room were spinning around him
while the sphinx statue grinds to life and turns to face
him. He feels the faceless gaze hold him motionless while
the world crumbles away to be replaced by the vastness of
space. The certainty of a singular malevolence looming
behind the stars themselves, a darker dark amid the
blackness, fills Claw’s mind, along with a myriad
of strange and horrific secrets. An instant later, the room
returns to normal, and he remembers only that he stood before an entity
known as NYARALOTHEP the Crawling Chaos.
JamesDevil: back
11:30am 2019-3-24 Keelia Has entered the room
Keelia: Stupid internet
Smon: Claw roll a WIS save please
joriandrake: really? o.O Cthulhu?
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 13, (+1) = 14
JamesDevil: oh dear
JamesDevil: why me....
DESTROYERBILL: cthulu is nothing compared to nyarlophotep
Smon: Claw manages to resist the urge to strike madly in all directions... DC 13 to avoid Confusion.
JamesDevil: phew
joriandrake: I guess we/you went too close to the sphinx and it got triggered?
JamesDevil: Claw leaves the room
DESTROYERBILL: nyarlaphotep is the third strongest being in acssictence
joriandrake: might've ben a faulty defense system
JamesDevil: ok, two more idea
Smon: Claw leaves, feeling slightly dazed, rejoins the others.
DESTROYERBILL: it is only over powered by yogsothoth and the sleeping idiot god
joriandrake: Claw just had a weird daydream
Smon: There was no writing, just the shelves of stuff in the sphinx dais.
JamesDevil: eitehr we mess with sword, or I fireball the frozenfireball
Keelia: Try to pull a sword
JamesDevil: ok
JamesDevil: SB would you like to do the honours?
DESTROYERBILL: i will draw a sword
joriandrake: Ever since I watched the Nyaruko anime I can't help it and just smile whenever these creatures are spoken of
Smon: Claw grasps a sword - its blade cold to the touch - and tugs it free (DC 20 Athletics, auto pass).
Keelia: Q will tap him with guidance for a boost
JamesDevil: eh? SB is doing it
Smon: Soz SB draws sword
Smon: I start typing then plans change
JamesDevil: lol
JamesDevil: fair enough
Keelia: Q looks around
JamesDevil: any reaction?
Keelia: Anything?
Keelia: She peers at SB. "You feel ok?"
DESTROYERBILL: yeah i think so
Smon: GM: Drak can ID the cold weapon as sicatite, worth over 1,000gp just for the metal - can be used to forge Frost Brand weapons, but currently it's just a long sword that does +1 cold damage on a hit.
JamesDevil: Simon taking a while to type, so this is going to be bad
Smon: The statues remain statuary.
Keelia: OK, so not attacked. Let's grab the rest of the swords and see what happens
JamesDevil: indeed
DESTROYERBILL: i pull out the rest of theswords
JamesDevil: I think SB and claww will loot barbarian style
joriandrake: "Nice, these are rare, magic is more powerful but I guess they also act as cold iron and aren't magical by nature, can still get enchanted"
Smon: OOC finishing shortly - SB starts tugging out more swords.
Smon: Claw joins in and you collect all 6 blades.
JamesDevil: 3 pulled by SB and 3 pulled by Claw
Keelia: Let's stash them in a bag of holding in case we need them and then go see what else is around. Avoid the Sphinx.
Keelia: Q will go look at the snake room
joriandrake: "After this I guess we can carefully start loot the whole museum too then, be warned that the ghost might look for a chance to atttack us in weakness or lack of attention though"
joriandrake: (I'll try to stay here for rest of session)
JamesDevil: thats a point, have we notice the ghost in this room?
Smon: Quillax looks through SW arch into snake/juggernaut room. There are double iron doors in N and S walls.
A hulking object lies upon a fifteen-foot-wide circular dais at
the center of this room. The object is made of stone and seems
to be a fragment of a much larger colossal stone carriage or
conveyance with immense stone rollers for wheels. Snake
motifs cover every corner of the object, while its front has
been carved to resemble an immense serpent’s skull. Smaller
shelves built into the edge of the dais contain numerous other
objects ranging from weapons to pieces of armor to more
mysterious objects.
Smon: You haven't seen the ghost since leaving the library.
JamesDevil: Claw will join Q in the snake room
Keelia: She will poke around for anything interesting looking
Smon: GM You can roll History vs the juggernaut
JamesDevil: He'll move around to the south and check the door,, carefully after last time
DESTROYERBILL: should we take the things from the shelves
Keelia rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 13, (+10) = 23
JamesDevil: urm, possible Bill
joriandrake rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 2, (+9) = 11
joriandrake: 19
joriandrake: (I love the 13th level Rogue ability )
JamesDevil: anything through the S door?
Smon: Quillax recalls:
The serpentfolk empire was long an enemy of Azlant,
and by extension an enemy of the nation of Thassilon. By
the time Thassilon was growing, though, the serpentfolk
deity Ydersius had been defeated and the race was in
decline. Isolated pockets of serpentfolk control remained
in Thassilon (particularly near Viperwall and the Mobhad
Leigh) or in the Darklands below. The objects on display
in this room look like trophies collected from Thassilonian
conflicts with these serpentfolk.
The large stone carriage can be identified as a sizable fragment
from a destroyed juggernaut of unknown qualities. This
check also reveals that juggernauts are powerful constructs
enhanced and powered by faith, and were used by ancient
religions as machines of war. This juggernaut is no longer
functional, but given the surviving portions, it must have
been a truly colossal monster when it lived.
Smon: DC 20 History that was for those of you with a Therassic library
Keelia: Nice
joriandrake: Oh well it makes sense, Drak was too busy with other stuff so just 19
Smon: The shelf items:
While the juggernaut fragment is relatively
worthless save as an ancient curiosity, a few of the surviving
items around the dais’s rim are of note. One alcove contains
a serpent mask of beaten gold with amethyst eyes (worth
1,400 gp in all), while a second alcove contains a mummified snake. A third alcove contains an iron wand of sepia snake sigil (8
charges), while a fourth contains a rod of the viper.
joriandrake: Do these serpent people still exist? Are those yuan ti?
Keelia: "OK, stand ready in case touching this causes issues," she warns the others
Smon: The serpentfolk are believed to still lurk here and there on Golarion.
joriandrake: Ohh
Keelia: waiting for them to be ready, she carefully picks up one thing at a time
Smon: No they are not Yuan-Ti.
joriandrake: "I think I'll have that one" Drakhaien gets interested in mask and dead snake
JamesDevil: Claw is going to move the S door in the serpent room
JamesDevil: through the
Smon: >>amesDevil: anything through the S door?<< Claw opens the south doors, revealing yet another 30' hex chamber, but This sixty-foot-high room is almost completely filled by a
twisted metal pillar that rises up from the floor to apparently
pierce the ceiling above. A narrow flight of stone steps, only
two feet in width, winds up the side of the pillar to the ceiling. A
strange, butterfly-shaped rune with what appears to be closed
eyes on its wings is carved onto the middle of each step’s riser.
JamesDevil: calling back "hey guys, i thinkk i found a ay forward, it'll be a bit of a squeeze for me and SB though"
Smon: Quillax takes the mask while Drak goes to take the snake - it crumbles to dust, revealing incandescent blue sphere ioun stone the thing had swallowed - it glimmers, clearly active!
Keelia: "Thar," she says, "is important"
Smon: GM: Incandescent blue - that's the kind to suppress the Shard of Sloth's curse - Sheila provided you an inactive one, but this looks like the real deal!
joriandrake: "nice"
Keelia: "Keep it safe."
joriandrake: Does it do anything else?
joriandrake: "Okay"
Smon: GM: Want to stop there - you get 1500 extra xp
JamesDevil: "excellent! this will make dealing with the shard much easier!"
joriandrake: ok, thanks for game
Keelia: sounds good
joriandrake: bye everyone
JamesDevil: I'm happy to stop here
JamesDevil: 333,638xp
Keelia: Thanks for the game
Smon: Insight (Very Rare). Your Wisdom score increases by 2, to a maximum of 20, while this incandescent blue Sphere orbits your head.
JamesDevil: bye all
11:50am 2019-3-24 JamesDevil Has exited the room
joriandrake: Nice, it actually helps a bit with saves and perception and such
joriandrake: is this requiring attunement ?
Smon: It also gives the +2 WIS if you have it in an attuned shard of sloth
joriandrake: ok, I will probably jsut temporarily hold it then, not certain of the future yet, or which shard Drak might get
Smon: ioun stones do not need attuning if orbiting your head
joriandrake: then I use it as long shard stuff is not clear
joriandrake: OK I leave now havea nice day all
Smon: Drak sets it to orbit his head? Then +2 WIS max 20, no attuning
Smon: bye J
11:53am 2019-3-24 DESTROYERBILL Has exited the room
joriandrake: Yes he does
joriandrake: I would hesitate if requiring attunement but this way it is useful
joriandrake: bye
Smon: OK it is visible but will hide when you do
Keelia: bye
11:54am 2019-3-24 Keelia Has exited the room
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