Dr. Si's Curse of the Crimson Throne - Alpha Group - Page 10

kinem · 26th February 2009, 07:35 PM

"Ah, the wait won't be necessary after all. These were easier to identify that I expected. They are a wand of magic missiles with twenty five uses, oil of a sharp edge, and silversheen."

"What the ..." Shocked, Tristan turns his mystic sight to the head and the cards.

Walking Dad · 27th February 2009, 09:49 AM

Bael looks at the head, too: "Granny's home! Were we informed by a doppelganger or something?"

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Dr Simon · 27th February 2009, 12:32 PM

OOC: Yes, there's a slight difference unde Pathfinder rules - you can use Appraise or Knowledge (arcane) to identify magic item properties if you have detect magic running. The identify spell does the same, but gives a +10 bonus.

Tristan

Shayuri · 27th February 2009, 02:03 PM

With a grimace of distaste, Maya pulls the cards free from the head of their benefactor.

"A spirit," she says with some reverence. "A spirit aiding us on its own quest of vengeance. Now that it is done, we must bury or burn what is left, so she may pass on in peace with nothing more holding her to this world."

kinem · 28th February 2009, 05:33 AM

"I have a feeling you're right. Still, she could be a twin sister or someone in disguise. We should try to find our informant.

Speaking of the remains ... maybe we should cremate Lamm. The last thing we need is for him to come back.

The cards are magical. Tomorrow I can attempt to learn more."

Shayuri · 1st March 2009, 09:27 PM

Maya scowls to herself. On the one hand, she didn't really feel like quibbling over spoils right now. On the other, there was loss of honor in not claiming one's due.

"Fine," she sighs. "We can divide up what we know right now, then meet tomorrow to discover this last piece. And then the task is done."

The proud Shoanti pauses, and looks at the others gathered there. Grudgingly she says, "You have fought with courage and honor. We each had our own reasons to do this, but we have done together what we could not have alone. You all have my thanks."

Walking Dad · 2nd March 2009, 10:30 AM

"A twin, obviously. Living in an arcane academy leaves someone blind for the mundane.

And we should hurry after disposing Lamm's body. I don't think the guards are happy about vigilance." Bael adds.

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Dr Simon · 3rd March 2009, 02:30 PM

You gather together all the items that you wish to take, and set about building a pyre to dispose of Lamm. The damp environment of the Fishery, however, is ill-suited to such a task, and as the entire building is wooden doing so inside seems a dangerous idea. The young lad Kester, now hired on as Khadmeade's retainer, suggests dumping the body in the river and "letting the jigsaw sharks do the rest".

Before you are able to take any further action, however, there is a commotion outside. Bells across the city begin ringing frantically, and you can hear the sound of shouting crowds. Outside, something major is happening.

Walking Dad · 4th March 2009, 09:38 AM

"Let's take his head with us to burn later and drop his body to the fishes. There is something strange occuring out there, but I don't want to see Lamm rising again." Bael says.

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kinem · 4th March 2009, 06:29 PM

"Just toss the body into the soup. We don't want to be caught red handed.

Maya, I can't use this wand - my studies deal with other magics. So hold on to it, in case we need it. The only magic item here that interests me is the cards.

Come on, let's see what's going on."

Tristan heads outside to look around.

Walking Dad · 5th March 2009, 01:28 PM

"If Lamm comes back as some undead-shark creature, don't say I didn't warn you. I can take the wand. Magic items have a tendency to work for me. Most of the time." Bael says to Tristan as they leave.

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Shayuri · 9th March 2009, 02:04 AM

Maya takes the wand and walks out with Bael and Tristan without further comment. She saw no reason not to leave Lamm's bodies for the bugs and birds, but she didn't care enough to argue over it.

Dr Simon · 12th March 2009, 06:24 PM

OOC: Sorry for the slow reply, folks. Work is manic at the moment.

You leave the Old Fishery with your spoils, including the head of Zellara (or her look-alike). Gaedran Lamm's remains are despoiled.

You leave the Old Fishery... to chaos. Across the city of Korvosa, alarm bells are ringing. Fires glow in the night, and the sounds of fighting, looting and rioting carry across to you. From time to time, a blast of eldritch power lights up the night, usually in the direction of the Acadamae. Overhead, a flight of Sable Marine griffon riders streak through the night sky, one of them suddenly plummeting from the sky to crash bone-crunchingly into a statue of Montlare Jeggare just down the street. Mount and rider are not moving.

Over all this come shouts, cries of "The King is dead! Long live the Queen!", compete with equal volume with cries of "Hang the Queen! The usurper whore must die!"

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kinem · 13th March 2009, 01:50 AM

"As a foreign student, I'm not very familiar with the local politics" Tristan admits. "Is there any reason the common man should care who's on the throne?

Anyway, let's check out Zellara's house. It might be empty, but you never know." If there are no objections, he heads that way.

Dr Simon · 13th March 2009, 06:44 PM

OOC: As to Tristan's question, Maya is also from out of town, so the best person to answer would be Bael.

Bael

Shayuri · 15th March 2009, 10:05 PM

Maya glares around herself at the disorder and the rioting. Her lips are pressed into a thin, angry line, and she keeps clenching her fingers into fists as she walks.

These were the people that had beaten them. They couldn't even control themselves! They were undisciplined dogs, and without a leader they leapt to each other's throats, or rutted in the streets, snarling and yapping.

But they had won. What did that say about the Shoanti?

She needed to think about this.

"Zellara, yes," Maya murmured distractedly, not really listening. She followed the others out of habit more than anything, lost in her own thoughts.

Dr Simon · 16th March 2009, 07:56 PM

You manage to evade any riots or mobs on the way back to Zellara's house, but the place is not as you last saw it. In a state of disrepair, furniture broken, dusat and cobwebs covering what is left. Suddenly, Tristan feels the Harrow deck that he is carrying grow warm. There is a gentle riffling in the air, the dust motes swirl and the ghostly image of Zellara appears before you.

"As you may have guessed," she says, "I am dead. I'm sorry for the deception, but it was the only avenue left to me. I thank you for recovering my remains, and would ask that you take them to my people in Trail's End for burial according to the Varisian way.

"The cards you carry were my life, when I was flesh and blood. Now they hold your fortune. An evil man is dead, but I see a greater evil facing the city in times to come. Tonight was just the first step on a long dark journey for all of you. Keep the cards, you may find them useful. Farewell for now."

The breeze drops, the vision fades and the dust motes settle once more.

Tristan

kinem · 17th March 2009, 04:57 AM

"Whoah. I wonder what she meant about evils and journeys.

I'm willing to take the head to Trail's End. I have a feeling that the cards can be used to help identify magic items, and maybe for prediction. I want to ask the Varisians about how to do a card reading.

And ... uh ... I'm thinking that the sooner we get her ... respected remains to the proper hands, the better." Tristan tries to avoid inhaling a whiff of the odor of decay.

ooc: How far is Trail's End?

Dr Simon · 17th March 2009, 11:09 AM

OOC: Trail's End is just on the other side of the Jeggare River. It's a small settlement outside the city proper, that got its name due to the high proportion of Varisians there. So, not a lengthy quest/mission/thing to the far corners of Golarion.

Walking Dad · 18th March 2009, 12:14 PM

ooc: sorry, I was sick

"The old king was a wastrel, with high taxes being spent on lavish parties for himself and his pussies. Since he married the young Chelaxian noble brat Ileosa, and made her his sole concubine, it only became worse. If she is queen know, I will look somewhere else for a new job." Bael says to Tristan as they went.

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