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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Seule" data-source="post: 589235" data-attributes="member: 407">Spoilers: Deus Ex MachinaThe player who was writing session reports as letter to her dad has gotten a fulltime job, and has stopped.  More recently, another player (Constable Benton Fraser) has started writing reports to the Captain, and I'll post them here.  Not posted: The end of Terror in Freeport, and Holiday in the Sun.  The PCs are still together, basically unchanged.  We start again with the report on the module Deus Ex Machina from the Green Ronin website.Incident Report 3690The Case of the Missing Holy Symbols   We were on routine patrol when we detected a female scream coming from a nearby alley and we immediately went to investigate.  The woman said that she had just been robbed and as we looked around we noticed the perpetrator (here after called the perp) scaling the wall.  It was quickly discovered that he had just stolen Constable Endrin’s Holy Symbol and we gave chase.  The perp (a Halfling no doubt working for Finn) was chased onto the roof and subsequently into the old Church of Retribution.  Constable Endrin, being a Priest of Retribution gave us permission to enter the old Church and so we did.  Myself and my partner, Constable Lyran, guarded the exit to the old Church while the rest of the team went to fetch backup.  After returning with Constable Fenaik we all entered the old Church in search of the perp.   We discovered some strange fungus along with the body of a missing Priest of Retribution who was identified by Constable Endrin.  Further investigation revealed the presence of another missing Priest of Retribution who was being held prisoner and tormented.  We released the prisoner and sent him for further reinforcements from the Church of Retribution.   We came upon a strange ape-like beast locked in a room and we left it as such.  We further were assaulted by the Halfling perp who we quickly subdued.  We commenced to interrogate the perp where in both Constable Fenaik and Constable Endrin used undue force and struck the perp.  I feel that both Constable’s should be disciplined for their use of excessive force.  After manacling the perp we found and proceeded to descend a set of stairs we had discovered.   On the ground floor we soon discovered that the original front door to the Church was bricked up and we also discovered a complex maze.  We easily traversed the maze and discovered a secret door in the bottom of a pit.  Upon entering this door we were assaulted by a human and a gnome who seemed to possess some mental abilities as they made two of the candle stands mobile and proceeded to attack us.  Further there was a strange man just completing some type of ceremony which brought to life a large statue made of all the stolen Holy Symbols.   After dispatching the human and the gnome and watching the strange man disappear using some psychic power we set out to stop the Holy Symbol Golem.  We quickly discovered that we could not affect the monstrosity and it proceeded to almost kill Constable Fenaik.  Only due to the heroic efforts of Constable Noewyn were we able to retreat and trap the Golem until reinforcements from the Church of Retribution arrived and both healed Constable Fenaik and destroyed the Holy Symbol Golem.  Upon returning for our original perp we found that he had slipped his bonds and escaped.  I would recommend questioning Finn as I am sure the perp was one of his men.   In closing I would like to recommend Constable Nowenn for a Medal of Bravery for her efforts in holding off the Golem while we rescued Constable Fenaik and escaped.   This hereby ends this incident report.  The file will be left open until such time as the original perp is apprehended and/or the mysterious psychic man behind the operation.Constable Benton Fraser</blockquote>

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