The Erinyes nods out of theway of the oncoming crossbow bolt as she remained completely fixated on ELoise. Their skin splitting open with the pass of Eloise's enchanted black blade, though Eloises wrists ached from the heavy resistance of the Erinyes demonic flesh. It didn't yield easily to her strikes. Surprisingly the strike seemed to have lessened the irritation the Erinyes had once shown, in fact the more Eloise injured her the more enthusiastic she became. A look of pure delight on her face as she unleashed her blade on Eloise once more, swinging with powerful strikes. "Finally, something with teeth! I'm make you beg yet!"
Though its swing goes wide, throwing off its balance and forcing it to focus on staying upright instead of falling out of the air...
I never did that Attack of Opportunity
1-hand Ectoplasmic Lash +2:
Last Round:
Adelram casts again.
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Current Round:
Now that he is more hale, Adelram goes to stand behind Eloise and uses the reach of his lashes to attack the Erinyes.
1-hand Ectoplasmic Lash +2:
That should bring me up to date.
"We'll see who does the begging," Eloise says - then curses as her swing goes wide!
*Spung*
Back, apologies.
Another crossbow bolt ricochets off the Erinyes armor. Though Adelram's ectoplasmic lash tore across the devils back. But she didn't pay attention to it, instead focusing everything on Eloise. She raised her blade once more, completely intent on destroying her opponent. But when she swung this time the blade merely passed through Eloise, the look fo shock was replaced with utter rage as the Erinyes cursed loudly...
Their form was becoming translucent and seemed to be rapidly fading. Before she faded completely though she spoke, looking directly into Eloise eyes and communicating her killing intent. "W... .ill .ee. ag.in." A look of dissatisfaction on the Erinyes face. With that partial speech she vanished from the material plane, returning to whence she came. Leaving behind a single black feather that laid at Eloise feet.
Aside from the Erinyes there wasn't anything else as a threat when crossing the bridge save for the bridge itself being rather unstable. Such as rope bridges were.
The far end of the demolished bridge clings to the cliff beneath a large building. A statue of a beautiful nymph stands next to a pair of double doors. Above the doors is a stained glass window depicting a unicorn. The Double doors stand before you, what do you do?
Eloise utters a few choice swearwords when the Erinyes' summoning ends at this point, but grimly nods in response to the creature's challenge. "Count on it."
With the creature gone, the Magus looks at the feather and uses a piece of cloth to pick it up and wrap it for transport. "Yes. Count on it. Now. Is everyone alright? Can't believe that summons ended when it did..."
When the group comes to the door, Eloise calls a halt and scans the area.
Eloise detects something magical affixed to the double doors at this far end of the bridge. A simple identification reveals it to be some sort of Alarm spell...
"I'd say that whomever is master of this place, if they are still alive, already knows we're here. We should continue on."
Handing Eloise x-bow back with a thankful bow Sunset looks to the others for guidance in regards to the way forwards. Doing her best to help support people as they move across the bridge and closer to the next door on their journey.
Iesha crosses the bridge cautiously, then says "Does anyone need healed before we go further?"
Sour Heck presses on the doors lightly and confirms his suspiciones. "Not very secure when the doors are unlocked." He muses as he thinks for a moment and hangs his head in disappointment. "I have no way to remove this spell from the path." He drawl in a sage like accent..
"I'm decent," Eloise replies to Iesha's question.
"Well, Sour Heck, seeing as I didn't prep any spells for that purpose myself, either, I suppose we've no choice but to use the traditional way of breaking spells on doors."
The Magus draws her sword, raises a booted foot and applies it to the portal...
The doors fly open and the alarm spell dissipates as expected... Within this room is crammed with cabinets full of weird, alchemically preserved creatures, including a pair of ice mephit wings, several large spiders, parts of a dissected giant slug, and the digestive tracts and proboscises of three stirges.
Three doors, one on each wall, appear to be the only ways out of this room save from the way you entered.
Adelram walks among the displays with his tendril out and ready. "This is not at all unsettling." He says to Eloise, his face distorted due to looking at her from the other side of bottle with several preserved eyeballs in it.
Eventually, he'll try to open the eastern door.
Sunset moves cautiously into the room, keeping her best distance from thecdisplays so as to use her sword to best effect.
Iesha enters and studies the displays.
"Well, someone is really dedicated to their art..."
"Now we know why Andrew has such a unique appearance," Eloise mutters as she moves into the room and looks around.
Sunset, luckily, finds that keeping her distance from the displays leads to a rather interesting discovery. She discovers three vials that have fallen behind one cabinet near the northern door. The vials are labeled and each contains 1 dose of violet venom.
Adelram opens the eastern door and can see from the doorway that the room stores some unique items. This room is filled with weird-looking reserved creatures. Two elaborately carved and painted sarcophagi stand against the east and west walls. A pile of chains lies in the center of the floor.
Among the more unsavory creatures on display in this room are the tentacle of a froghemoth, a pickled intellect devourer, and a desiccated darkmantle.
Eloise detects nothing else of interest. Magical at least, still active in this room.
Sunset presents the vials she's found for inspection.
"I winder what exactly 'Violet venom' does..." She muses. The contents of the 'trophy room' do give her pause.
"We do not want any of these things to start moving..." She eyes the tentacled horror with the most distaste.
"No active magic. This room might be safe," Eloise reports.
Take 10 on Knowledge rolls on things in this room.
Knowledge (arcana) 17
Knowledge (dungeoneering) 17
Knowledge (history) 17
Knowledge (planes) 17
Knowledge (religion) 19
From what you can tell the items in this room are all Preserved like the room you had just left, just too large for simply setting up in the already.
The chains are just as they appear, heavy duty chains.
The two Sarcophagus's are of ancient Osirian make and is worth 2,000 gp. Though you are not able to discern who they once were, though now that your were up close...
... that's when you realize the two sarcophaguses have the same markings.
Adelram had only moved into the eastern room moments ago before a loud crashing was heard. Alerting everyone in and outside of the first room that something was wrong.
The sarcophagus on the west wall slams open, revealing the remains of a dessicated body wrapped in funeral cloth. An Osirian mummy to be precise, had emerged in complete undeath and shambles towards you. It's sudden appearance seems to invoke a deep dread in you...
... which you shrug off with ease...
Sunset's sword moves into a 'Guard' position at the noise coming from the room Adelram has entered. She indicates to the others and begins to cautiously step closer.
Adelram steps back to put some room between himself and the mummy before lashing out with a spell charged lash.
1-Hand Ectoplasmic Lash +2: spiritual combat
Will DC 14 for half damage
Eloise draws her sword and moves into the room to support Adelram, utters a brief "Urk!" at the sight - and goes rigid.
Sunset moves closer to the doorway and the sounds coming from within... only to find poor Eloise seeming 'stuck'. Frozen in some rictal pose of horror at what lies unfolding beyond. Frowning a little Sunset simply puts a shoulder to Eloise and 'barges' into the room, sword held ready (Though safely away from the... now falling?) Eloise.
As Sunset brushes past Eloise's frozen form she sees a startling sight...
... a strange undead horror trying to attack Adelram. Who in response appears to be holding his own against it. For now...
Sour Heck, seeing the others seeming to stop in place starts up a gaudy ballad in an attempt to inspire courage in his companions.
Adelram's lash makes the mummy open its mouth in a fit of rage at being struck, being undead didn't detract from the strangely regal look it bore. Even now it looked gravely offended to have been struck by what it must consider a plebeian in social standings.
The mummy shambles forward, its stature rises to a more regal walk. Its overbearing glare piercing down at Adelram as the mummy swings its hand in an apparent backhanded blow...
But it's powerful swing misses Adelram, albeit just barely. The force of its passing easily impressed on him just how strong this undead menace was...
Sunset steps closer and swings.
Though, even for a good blow, the monster's form resists the large curved blades effects some what. The magical power that springs through the blade however....
Adelram hits the mummy with as much force as he can.
1-Hand Ectoplasmic Lash +2: power attack
Iesha enters and seeing the undead creature, channels to harm undead.
--Inspire Courage (+2 morale on charm/fear saving throws, +1 competence on attack and weapon damage) STILL IN EFFECT
Eloise 2 rounds remaining
If Sunset fails, she will be able to act next round.[/ooc]
Eloise was still stuck, paralyzed with fear...
Before yor very eyes floated two runes... 'S' and 'H'...
Adelram was forced to skirt the edges of the wall and Sunset found little room to maneuver with all the curious exhibits in the way and the Osirian Mummy standing in the center of the room. Though both Adelram's and Sunset's blowshit the mummy seemed only mildly annoyed by them until Sunset's shocking grasp fried its wrappings. Despite the smell of ozone and burning funeral bindings the mummy was still standing and even angrier then before.
Iesha steps into the room and looks past the undead's baleful aura and sees it for what it was. An abomination. To which she causes it additional harm with her ability to channel the power of life...
"Insolent... Slave...!" Its fist slammed into Adelram, impacting his chest with more force then he had expected. Though he was winded he was still on his feet.
Nosooner had Adelram been struck then did the second sarcophagi open up to reveal that it wasn't inhabited by an undead mummy. But instead it was the inside of a giant mouth with rows upon rows of teeth. On quick skittering tentacles the sarcophagi crashes acrss the room to lash out at Sunset. Using the Mummies raging sqings as distraction enough to take a bit out of the magus...
In horror Sunsets companions watch the mimic stick to sunset and, using her as a means to pull itself up, it stands up and appears to be trying to drag her into its open sarcophagi sized maw. Its many tentacles whipping around as it tries to devour the young magus...
... Then did the second sarcophagi open up to reveal that it wasn't inhabited by an undead mummy. But instead it was the inside of a giant mouth with rows upon rows of teeth. On quick skittering tentacles the sarcophagi crashes across the room to lash out at Sunset. Using the Mummies raging swings as distraction enough to take a bit out of the magus...
(O_o)
"Wha--UuuRGH!" Sunset exclaims even as she drops her very large curved sword upon being... tentacled and tuck by this new development.
Though entangled/grappled she still manages a spell.
"Let me GO you.. what ever you are!" She demands of this ambulatory nightmare.
Adelram strikes out in desperation.
1-Hand Ectoplasmic Lash +2: power attack, bardsong
Eloise focuses her not inconsiderable willpower on the S and issues a thunderous, though soundless command: 'Come to me! Defend us!'
Though you hear nothing in response, you feel something approaching rapidly. You are certain that your summons have been answered...
Iesha raises her holy symbol once more, calling on the energy of life to smote the undead before her again!
Sour Heck kept up the Inspiring Ballad. "I am really hoping things are getting better in there? Though Sunset sounds rather upset... Uh...!" He returns to inspiring song of courage and dour remembrances as he moves to the north side of the room rather quickly.
Sunset's shock rewards her with only being entangled further by the Mimic's grasping tentacles, her leg is pulled into its maw and subsequently chewed on. Clearly it wasn't concerned with Sunset's shouts pleas to be released...
More and more tentacles wrap around Magus as the pair fight to separate, resulting in more of the strange creatures adhesive like saliva splattering onto the Magus. To her horror her hand was stuck fast to the mimics slathering tongue after her successful strike. Leaving her with one hand and one hope left before the mimic utterly consumed her...
Its a funny thing when you lose all sense of feeling and mobility, the mind focuses elsewhere on things that seemed inconsequential before. Take for instance the chain in the midle of the room, now so viciously kicked around in the fight between the mummy and Adelram. Perhaps that was used to restrain the mimic before, as is a common practice for those interested in containing and studying such strange shapeshifters...
Adelrams desperate strike seems to only irritate the undead Osirion ruler who raises their fist in outrage. A lowly servant dares raise their hand to their master?! It must be crushed...
Or it would have had Iesha's channeled energy not torn through its frame completely. The mummies raised fist comes slamming down on Adelram but instead of pain he feels... Warmth? The mummies form unravels, a spirit seems to linger before him for a moment before vanishing its hand leaving his shoulder as it disappeared into the afterlife...
PARTY IS UP!
Adelram casts Remove Paralysis on Eloise.
You feel the presence of something familiar nearby, having called it it was now very close.
A moment later a large shaped came loping its way into the room. Its scales a deep red as it looked around in anger for why it was summoned. Seeing Eloise its scales dim to a lighter grey before Sunsets strangled scream brought it charging past, crushing the display and splattering their contents on the floor in the process.
Sour Heck watches it go past and sighs with relief. "I thought it finally decided to eat me... Glad I was wrong." At this point he ceases to sing and brandishes his longspear. "Here we come Sunset!" Comically stumbling over the broken bottles and display he follows the beastly golem into the room.
The hounds paw slams down on the Mimic's side, causing the creature to scream violently as the flesh golem hound yanks its paw free from the mimic's sticky adhesive.
Sour heck follows the flesh golem hound and gives the mimic a strong stab in the back with his Longspear, further injuring the creature before it wrenches his longspear from his grasp. "Well Shoot... I didn't like that spear anyway..."
The mimic, beset from multiple sides now appears to have a change of heart or... whatever counts as thought for such a strange creature as it literally spits Sunset out of its sarcophgi mouth and withdraws to the farther side of the room. Its destination? a rather secluded doorway!
Sunset simply lays upon the floor.. still coming to terms with her saliva sodden as well as some what sticky state of being.
"Ugh....." She exclaims as she begins to take stock of her self and condition.
Adelram chases after the mimic and attacks it with his Lash.
1-Hand Ectoplasmic Lash +2: power attack, bardsong
Adelram's strike makes the Mimic go completely still, closing up and appearing like a sarcophagus once more. Albeit a rather bloodied up one with a longspear, sunny's curved sword and now Adelram's lash sticking out of it. Much to its pain it's attempt at surrender stealth goes unanswered as the Hound, whose scales were crimson red once more, marched up to it and proceeded to pound it into the floor. Mercilessly striking until its tentacles stopped moving completely, splattering its thick blood across the floor with each strike...
With its target dead the hound stood inactive, its scales were starting to dim to a pale grey once more. Before it was fully grey again it turned to approach Eloise slowly. Merely looking at her, unblinkingly and with its usual empty gaze until it was standing before her. Unmoving.
Nothing moved in the room now, several of the large items were tossed about by the struggle but not like the table the hound had smashed through completely to reach Eloise's enemy...
It was then everyone heard a creak from above, the floor groaning loudly as the spiral stairs in the corner led upward to somewhere unknown.
Sunset struggles slowly to rise. Her torn and masticated clothing clinging to her wounded frame.
"That was unpleasant..." She mutters then stills as the sounds come from the floors above. Glancing towards the ceiling with trepidation she asks,
"Goddess let the roof not grow appendages!" She prays, then moves to try and help Eloise quietly.