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Finding the Spark (Pathfinder 1E Quest)
- Thread starter DragonParadox
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Arc 10: Post 57: Black Wind Blows
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Black Wind Blows
18th of Abadius 4708 A.R. (Absalom Reckoning)
Sometimes the solution to one's problems is a pile of stones, or so at least you hope it is as the Blackscales get to work piling loose rubble from around the broken walls against the entrances of the library with a little help from Cob to ensure the piles hold together. You gather such works are typical of goblin 'construction', though most wouldn't think to add deadwood for support. Either way, with the sky looking to stay clear and the chill of winter held at bay by the warm waters of the Sellen River, everyone chooses to sleep in the open or, as the case might be, keep watch. A touch of magic is all that's needed to ward off dreams. You wonder idly what the Densans say of such magic, that the power of their goddess is so easily denied. Something to ask Mina, maybe....
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It's no sound that gives a warning, but silence. The slow chirps and buzzing, always buzzing of the swamp, trailing off to nothing as a thin cold fog rolls in from the east. Something is moving out there in the dark, slow sucking steps that dragged up from the mud, though not from the tower. Behind you.
"There's someone..." You turn, the next word sticking in your throat. The shambling grey-green figure of bog withered skin wearing pond scum for a cowl and lichen upon its bare bony brow opened a mouth still bearing a handful of blackened teeth and let out a sound that did not belong in any living throat of man or beast, from screeching highs to deep and haunting lows that spread out towards the moor.
And it was not alone.
Another calls out from behind it, still clambering out of the pool, and from the east another trio of horrors are emerging from the other patch of deep water, eyeless faces grinning of death, the glint of gold among them. Is that a king directing his fellows? A shaman or priest of some accursed lineage that held sway here before the Taldans came to build with stone and mortar? You could not say and from its lips issue no words of challenge, not even curses for those who had stepped on their watery graves, only the same unearthly sound that seems to crawl under your skin.
Sil's song replays through your mind as fear clenches your heart, then like brittle ice it shatters and from the surge of anger, mocking words: "Those don't look like carp. Time to put 'em down!"
Cob's war-cry is a merry giggle while Gorok charges wordlessly, not that even his speed though the water can match to embracing the shadows, but soon they are among the nearer of the horrors, reaping steel through bony stalks. Whatever had woken these things from their slumber the sound of Cob's war razor cleaving weathered skin and bone is a promise to put them back... one that is drowned out by a deafening boom, as if someone had brought thunder down to the waters of the swamp.
The pile of stones that had blocked in the library flew out like marbles, casting grit and pebbles into your eyes.
What does Akorian do?
[] Attack the other nearby mummy
[] Attack the seeming leader
[] There has to be some kind of unseen foe here, cast See Invisibility
[] Write in
OOC: I finally figured out something AI is good for, making undead monsters in horrid mockery of the living. I feel like there might be some kind of deeper insight there.
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Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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- Formerly of the Far Realm
Not the sort of swamp monster I was expecting, but they are very fitting for this environment. I guess we should have let Cob go fishing earlier, eh? That would have made for an interesting catch.
I wish Mina and Sirim were here, but we should be able to handle this.
First things first, we need information about what came out of the tower. If something Invisible did just escape it, it's probably Undead, if not necessarily a Mummy. An Undeath Sense spell would let Kori sense it, but in this case I think Invisibility Purge is the better solution since it will work for everyone nearby, and won't fail if the hidden enemy isn't Undead.
[X] Kori uses Inspired Spell to cast an Enlarged Invisibility Purge spell, revealing all Invisible creatures within 90 feet of his position.
I wish Mina and Sirim were here, but we should be able to handle this.
First things first, we need information about what came out of the tower. If something Invisible did just escape it, it's probably Undead, if not necessarily a Mummy. An Undeath Sense spell would let Kori sense it, but in this case I think Invisibility Purge is the better solution since it will work for everyone nearby, and won't fail if the hidden enemy isn't Undead.
[X] Kori uses Inspired Spell to cast an Enlarged Invisibility Purge spell, revealing all Invisible creatures within 90 feet of his position.
Massgamer
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Well shit, undead at front, and now the back!
@DragonParadox what does it mean that Gorok is now holding his breath? What will that do to him?
Also, I assume the other iruxi are preparing to fight bog mummies as well.
Whatever came out of the library is concerning, especially since it blasted apart the barricade like it was nothing and is apparently invisible, so best to focus on that.
[X] Goldfish
@DragonParadox what does it mean that Gorok is now holding his breath? What will that do to him?
Also, I assume the other iruxi are preparing to fight bog mummies as well.
Whatever came out of the library is concerning, especially since it blasted apart the barricade like it was nothing and is apparently invisible, so best to focus on that.
[X] Goldfish
It means he needs to kill that thing in a number of rounds equal to his Conx2 or he starts to actually drown.
Massgamer
Advance toward the Future
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Okay, I hope he knows to focus on that.
Can the condition be circumvented with a water breathing spell? Or is it just that his body just refuses to breath in general?
Just refuses to breathe. Remove Curse would also get rid of it.
Goldfish
Friendly Spider-Fish Abomination
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- Formerly of the Far Realm
Of the two Mummies that were closest, Gorok and Cob attacked and destroyed one of them. 50/50 odds it was the one whose aura he was affected by.
