Torch grabs the paralyzed gnome and tries to keep the voracious monsters at bay, while Hrakar comes splashing down, sending healing energies in all directions. Enraged, the monsters concentrate their fury on him, but his armor thwarts their efforts for now.
Up above Ishirou relieves Aerys at holding the rope down.
You are up again.
Aerys runs back to the opening taking her bow out ready and looks down, at the congested area of fighting below.
Hrakar spits the water he ingested by plunging ito it and fends off the mosnters attacks using his shield:"You'll have to do better than that, uglies! Let's see if I can improve your looks with the blessing of Torag!"
Channel energy:
Ralf applies a healing charm to Gelik.
With Gelik back on his feet, Torch again turns his efforts toward ending the undead.
Gelik splutters, and goes full defense, wedging himself into a corner of the pit.
Aerys tries to climb down but has trouble passing Ralf, and will need either to jump the last bit or climb down the wall. Torch stabs one of the monsters and Hrakar unleashes some holy power that sears their rotting flesh, while Gelik cowers in a corner.
The monsters retaliate and rend Hrakar for 9 points of damage and Torch for 5. Hrakar needs to make a Fort 15 save or be paralysed.
Then you are up again.
Held up by Ralf, Aerys climbs down the wall.
Torch attempts to finish his current foe off with another swing of his scimitar.
Fortitude save:
Cheered by the assistance of his comrades, Gelik takes another stab with his dagger.
Also Edit: I am a deadly warrior!
Ralf tries his resistance charm on Hrakar as well.
(see above for details)
Aerys joins the fray while Hrakar starts to sink (but is granted another save thanks to Ralf). Torch has trouble finding an opening in the chaos, while Gelik manages to stab one of the creatures.
Annoyed they turn on Gelik and Torch, but don't even manage to scratch an image of Gelik. Torch is scratched for 2 points of damage.
And you are up.
Fortitude save:
"This... is beginning... to grate on me..." Torch grunts as he makes another attack on the ghoul-like creatures.
Landing with two feet on solid ground, Aerys bares her teeth and pulls her longsword out from its scabbard. With a scream she moves into position to slash with venom at the revolting creatures in front of her.
Ralf gets ready to cast his protection charm on the next person to be paralysed.
Emboldened by his previous mighty blow (and not seeing any obvious avenue of escape), Gelik decides to press the attack.
Hrakar is a little taken aback by the cold sensation that followed the Ghoul's attack. Yet, in true dwarven fashion he immediately retaliates:"Didn't you get enough, pallid dog faced creeps? Here's another ration for you!"
Channel Energy
Aerys gives one of the monsters a fierce slash and then the wave of energy surging out from Hrakar ends them both.
You struggle to find purchase in the water, but fortunately some of the logs have jammed, and Ishirou is still holding the rope that Ralf clings to. But what now?
So, this is where the treasure is, well let's have a look round. Although if its buried, it might be buried under the water, old pirates have many tricks. as Aerys starts to look around the darkened man-made cavern. Though she is wary of any more creatures appearing from out of the water.
"Well I suppose its into the water then, let me take a look down there? Please if someone could find a light that might work in the depths, under the water?" she asks the assembled friends. Removing her armor and weapons, she places her dagger into her mouth , holding onto it with her teeth, she garbles out. back oon..... with that her head disappears under the water.
"I wonder if there's really treasure down here, or if it's just some guy's idea of a funny joke." Ralf peers into the dark water reflectively.
Hrakar scoffs and looks at Torch intensely:[b]"After all the trouble we went through there better be a treasure down here... and a big one at that!"[b]
That said the dwarf starts looking around for clues:
Perception Check:
There's another +2 if the dwarven racial ability "Stonecunning" applies down here.
Dumbfounded by everyone else's cavalier attitude, Gelik tries to keep it together. "Ah! I almost died! So did he!" He points at Hrakar, then splashes around like a demented duck for a few seconds before calming down.
"I'm better now." The gnome directs his dancing lights under the water so the gang can see, then starts to climb up the rope.
"This is no place for a maestro."
"Don't worry," Torch calls up to Gelik, "We've got this." The half-elf is clearly excited as he starts lookign for a way to see or get beneath the logs.
Aerys dives down into the murky water and disappears from sight.
Aerys:
Yes
Aerys:
Get out of pool onto the ledge, look around for anything else that is either suspicious (on the box or around) or might hold more hidden treasure. If I see nothing, then pick up the box and gauge its weight, before going back into the pool and swimming back with the box.
Hrakar looks at the murky water with worry:"And where did that lassie just go now? What if she ends finding these two sunofab&+#@es friends and she's alone?"
Aerys resurfaces with a triumphant expression and holding a locked chest of some kind. A little while later you can all get out of the pit (most of you soaked and panting) and worry about how to get it open.
Aerys lies in the sun, her job done. "I can bash it open if you want, otherwise it's up to you to get the treasure out." She starts to comb her hair, smiling at her friends.
"Well, I for one don't have great experience with this kind of thing..." Hrakar seems rather interessed in the contents of the chest...
"Does anyone know how to open a locked chest?" Ralf adds redundantly.
Torch cracks his knuckles. "Let's see what we've got," he says to no one in particular, kneeling down and getting to work.
After careful inspection (finding nothing untoward) and some tinkering Torch gets the chest open. A hush descends as you behold:
3,500 cp
2,000 sp
1,000 gp
50 pp
a silk pouch of garnets and amethysts worth 500 gp in all
a half-dozen moldered and ruined noble’s outfits
a bejeweled masterwork cold iron starknife
a masterwork darkwood buckler
a scroll of Raise dead in a watertight mithral scroll tube
Only the buckler and scroll radiate magic. You can try to appraise the starknife and the scroll tube if you like.
As Torch manipulates the lock, and a click is heard, followed by the opening of the chest, Aerys looks up and sits up. A congratulatory "Well done, Torch" is heard and she claps her hands, smiling gaily. "Lets pack this lot up and get back to camp."
Gelk clutches his shoulder, watching the blood well out with morbid fascination. "I'm bleeding." He whines plaintively and somewhat pathetically until he sees the booty in the chest.
"Yo ho ho! He perks up and forgets his injury as he inspects the gems. "ooooooh"
Ralf lets out a low whistle. "That's a fine load o' coin! Not that it does us much good stuck on this island, of course."
He'll also take a whack at identifying the buckler, using his Focused Trance (take 10 = 36).
The buckler is +1.
"Say, this shield has a weak magical charm on it. It should do an excellent job of protection. Does anyone want it? I'd gladly swap my own shield for it, of course, but one of you younger fellas could probably use it more."
"No, you keep it old man, its a bit of a toy for me." say Aerys smiling at the buckler, for her a proper steel shield, to provide real protection.
Gelik shakes his head disinterestedly at Ralf's offer. He then says, "So there really isn't any reason to hang around here. We got the booty, what do we do next? I say we get a good night's sleep, yells at Ralf, GET HEALED, and then continue our trip along the coast. We'll eventually get into the area where those tracks were leading."
He then asks Ishirou, "What are you gonna do with your loot?"
Hrakar doesn't seem inclined to listen to Gelik's mumblings:[b]"You'll get healed when you deserve it. I was injured too, but I'm not going to waste the power of Torag for some minor wounds, especially when we might need it later on. Now let me check that scroll!"[b] Saying that teh dwarf starts examining the scroll tube with the spell very carefully.
Ralf replaces his own wooden shield with the magic one and then uses his last two charms healing the injured.
Gelik (boosted):
Torch: