[pfrpg] follow me into shadows

[SelcSilverhand]

Keepiru crouches down next to Sindri to administer what aid he can to the stricken man. "This may help with the horrors you saw in the depths." He presses his hands to either side of Sindri's head and utters a prayer to Desna, asking her to keep the terrors of the night away and to instill him with the courage of her great champions.

OOC:
[SBLOCK]
Casting Remove Fear on Sindri. If he will hold still for the next spell I'll swap Enthrall for a Cure Moderate wounds, 2d8+5
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[GlassEye]

[sblock=OOC]Sindri actually hasn't taken much damage since your last channeled energies (at 32/48). You could save it for later and Sindri would be just fine.[/sblock]

 

[SelcSilverhand]

OOC
[SBLOCK]
Okay, I'll hold off on the heals for now in case we need them later.
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[fireinthedust]

Angus: The scholar blanches at the thought of going down the steps. But... but that's the whole reason I hired you people! I don't want to go down there! I want you lot to get the gem and get it to me. See? It's magical, and that means it's of interest to me and my studies. He points at the panels on the fallen pillar, one on each of the three sides that aren't against the floor, telling a story.


Julius & Ragnor: you are both standing next to the Gem, and can sense strongly a female presence attempting to speak with you telepathically, coming from it.

 

[ghostcat]

At this point in time Angus is deeply suspicious of the scholar and does not want to take his eyes off him. Rather than looking at the pillar like the scholar wants, Angus says "So you've managed to interpret it. Good. We couldn't. So what does it say about the jewel and the evil."

 

[fireinthedust]

The pillar is square-edged, with each of the three visible sides telling a part of the story. The first is a picture of a group of knights leaving on a quest. The second is of a group of knights standing around a stone in a floor that could be a vault door. The third is one knight with a large jewel in his hands, apparently cracking with something magically trapped inside almost breaking out; around his feet are several fallen knights, bones stripped clean of flesh. Whatever the fourth side shows, you can't tell as it's on the floor side of the pillar.

The Scholar summarizes the panels on the pillar for you. He then looks up, one hand resting on the pillar. But you see it says *nothing* about the Gem and the evil. Only that there's something trapped in the gem! I need help lifting this pillar before I can say for sure if there is a relation to our current dilemma. How much can you lift?

 

[ghostcat]

Angus carefully looks at the pillar to see if he thinks that he could actually turn it over on his own.

Having determined what he actually can and can't do, he considers what he is going to tell the scholar. Angus is getting more paranoid about the scholar by the minute but realises he is feeling well out of his depth. While he recognises that his initial distrust of the scholar comes from Sindri, the scholar's words since then seem to Angus to be very suspicions.

[sblock=OOC]Strength = 20 (+5). Max Load = 400lbs, *2 = 800lbs Max Lift. Push/Drag *5 = 2,000lbs

Once I know if Angus can actually move to Pillar, I'll decide what he does next.[/sblock]

 

[fireinthedust]

Angus can try really hard, but it's iffy: Strength Check please!

 

[ghostcat]

Angus can try really hard, but it's iffy: Strength Check please!

Not trusting the scholar out of his sight and not being sure whether or not he could move the pillar leaves Angus at a bit of an impasse. Suddenly he has a flash of inspiration and sees that he can solve both problems in one stroke. Turning to the scholar he says "I don't think I can move it on my own. But if you give me a hand, I think we can move it between us."

[sblock=OCC]I've included a strength roll but will only try to move the pillar if the scholar helps.[/sblock]

 

[fireinthedust]

The Scholar kneels down and sort of leans on the pillar. It's not helping, but he seems to genuinely be attempting to push it.

Your shove is only barely enough. You get some leverage and sort of turn the pillar over, but you're so far from lifting it, it ain't funny.

The face of the pillar has a Gem being held by several hands sticking up out of a pile of bugs. Above the pillar is a beautiful woman, surrounded by winds and being pulled into the Gem.

On the floor beneath the Pillar is a crushed skeleton of a man in tattered robes, with a white-stone necklace around its neck. The skeleton is oooooold and crushed, much of it turned to dust.