The masked man walked up to the mummified creature and slashed with a knife.
Blocked by Tuesday and Raveen from moving into an attacking position Tal still pressing the advantage as he moves through Raveen's position eliciting an open shot from the mummy. Once past the rogue Tal continues to attack with power.
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Seeing the 'mummy' dodging his allies' swipes one after one, Naberius sighs and takes the shot.
What a waste...
Raveen tries to slash Ostengo with his dagger but misses. Mera tries to shoot a crossbow bolt at Ostengo, but in the commotion of melee, the shot goes wide. Tal tries to skewer Ostengo with his sword, but misses. Naberius shoots another magic missile at Ostengo. Ostengo, seeing how his first spell almost worked, figures he will try it again. Casting defensively, he points to Tal and says, YOU REALLY WANT TO GO HOME NOW!
"Stand down NOW!" the man shouted, stabbing forward with his blade--then dropping his retreating knife at the last moment, and drawing out his shortsword with a flash to stab at the creature's side instead.
Identify spell:
Order the creature to stand down.
Unperturbed by the wrapped creature's pleading to Tal Tuesday keeps continues his wailing on it.
The mummy being surrounded by Raveen, Tuesday and himself the blows start to rain down upon it. Adding tot he mix Tal treis to swing at the creatures head to take it off in a clean stroke and end the threat. When in doubt, take its head off. That should kill it, Tal muses to himself. Responding to the mummy as it tried to tell him to go home again and feeling no compulsion this time. No I will not. Now it is your time to pay the price.
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Seeing everything under control at the moment Monday simply peers around the wall to look at what's all going down.
Monday surveys the situation as Tuesday misses with one fist but his other fist plows into the side of Ostengo.
Raveen decides he has had enough of Ostengo and slashes him with his shortsword. As Ostengo falls, Tal also gives him a powerful blow with his sword as payback for Ostengo trying to cast spells on him.
Naberius walks over to Raveen as he starts looking over the 'mummy,' attentively examining the body over the younger man's shoulder.
Tal helps with the separation of the mummy's wrappings by using the point of the sword to cut the bandages. Tal does not want to touch the creature directly should it have some form of disease under the bandages. Once it is cut and unwrapped then he stands back to allow the other to examine the body closer. When they are finished then Tal will position himself towards the next door to open it and move farther into the complex.
Mera asks tenatively, "Is it over? Is it safe?" She lowers her crossbow and walks up to the mummy-ish creature.
Looking it over she asks Naberius, "Any idea what this is?"
She stands a few feet away from it, just in case you know, it jumps out at them.
Looking back towards the others Tal answers Mera's inquiry. It is as safe as possible thus far. They are defeated and not moving. What may lie behind this door though I do not know.
Seeing no other enemies, you all unwrap Ostengo's wrappings. You discover a male Tiefling with withered, hard skin. Naberius (14+12 Knowledge Planes)seems to recall a fact that some tieflings have fiendish traits and muses if this 'mummy' was actually just a tiefling that just looked like he was undead and maybe used the mummy wrappings to intimidate.
Searching the room, you see the six crypts each containing a stone sarcophagus. Each sarcophagi contains a shrouded, desiccated corpse. Not uncommon in a temple of Erastil, there are no valuables with the corpses (or they were looted by the tieflings). At the front of each crypt, there is a brass plaque that lists the name and dates of birth and death for the deceased. There are no other valuables in the room.
There is a door to the southeast and a door to the northeast.
"And here I thought I was prepared for everything," he sighed. The man slid on the mask. "Let's continue on before we're noticed."
He moved to the north-eastern door, and drew out his crossbow, loading it. He nodded to Tal, readying his action to shoot anything inside.
perception
perception
Stopping with Raveen at each door before opening them Tal hears the unmistakable sound of growling. Watch out, the hounds are loose. I will open the door when you are all ready.
The man nodded at Tal, preparing to shoot.
[point-blank]
[point-blank]
As Tal and Raveen move towards the northeastern door, Naberius glances towards the southeast, from which the sounds of growling seem to be more adjacent. Nervous about leaving enemies at their backs, he whispers, "If you two would rather go after the more distant targets, could we at least barricade the other door? I do not like the idea of getting flanked..."
Looking to Raveen, he asks, "Can you tell in which direction these shops you scouted earlier might be from our current position? We should aim to clear these crypts before venturing into the sewers, or whatever tunnels these wretches might be using to scurry from one hole to another..."
"If you two would rather go after the more distant targets, could we at least barricade the other door? I do not like the idea of getting flanked..."
Looking to Raveen, he asks, "Can you tell in which direction these shops you scouted earlier might be from our current position? We should aim to clear these crypts before venturing into the sewers, or whatever tunnels these wretches might be using to scurry from one hole to another..."
"Good point," The masked man turned to glance at Naberius, and nodded, whispering, "I have something that might help."
He drew out a dagger drawn from one of the Tieflings, and wedged it deeply into the NE door to block the door temporarily, motioning at Tal to check their backs first.
He then holds his action against the SE door.
Tal shrugs, 1 door is as good as the other. If you wish we can clear this one out first.
Tal then moves to open the SE door.
@GM: Can he estimate how which direction leads to the shops?
Tal and Raveen are about to open the northeast door, but Naberius recommends the southeast door instead. Temporary wedging the northeast door, Tal and Raveen head to the southeast door. With a nod to Tal, Raveen draws back his bow.
Tal kicks the door open and Raveen shoots one of the dire, burning wolf skeletons, wounding it, but not for as much damage as he thinks it should have been.
The conjurer wrinkles his nose at the sight of true undead, and lifts his wand, waiting for a brief moment to see if Tal manages to decimate the creatures before he does anything.
Tal takes a 5ft step into the room and targets a burning wolf, Whoa, what gives here Naberius, anyone? These things are on fire.
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@Naberius: You don't know why they are on fire, but you think anyone who touches one might get burned.
Tal steps into the room and slices the burning wolf skeleton that Raveen had hit, but like Raveen, it does not do as much damage as he had hoped. The burning, wolf, skeleton-next to the one that Tal just attacked-tries to bite Tal.
and misses. The heat from the fiery aura of the skeleton does burn Tal though.
Raveen decides to make 'Baa Baa' sounds in an effort to confuse the wolves.
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If there is room Tal will step forward to allow someone else to attack as well.
Oww, I am going to need some help here! These things are burning me up quick. Move back so I can exit and someone else close the door after me.
Tal will provoke if necessary after he attacks to leave the room to allow someone else to close it.
As Tal starts shoving his way out of the room, Naberius snaps, "What?! If they are giving you a hard time, what do you think they are going to do to the rest of us?! Stay where you are!"
The wizard scowls and flicks another missile at the undead hounds.
Mera [BOT] starts to sing over the growls of the wolves. Naberius, not wanting the undead wolves anywhere near him, fires off a magic missile from the wand. The wolf skeleton tries to bite Tal.
The bite misses, but the heat from its fiery aura burns the warrior.
[Another aid another to attack or ac, whichever tal prefers. I assume tal isnt moving, which would be unadvisable.]
Round 2
Tal was damaging the skeletal dogs but it wasn't quick enough and he was suffering the flames because of it. He only hoped that they could finish them quickly before he was cooked to a crisp.
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Tal connects again with his sword, but is unable to put the wolf skeleton down. The wolf skeleton tries to take another bite out of Tal
and misses, but its heat damages the warrior.
Raveen continues to try and help Tal out by distracting the skeleton.
[Another aid another to attack or ac, whichever tal prefers.]
Naberius flicks his wand at the more wounded skeletal wolf, and slinks back to the back of the group, giving Tal some room to retreat.
Addendum:
[Move action: Move to C-9 (Mera)or D-9 (Monday), depending on who wants to move out of the way.]
"Please move further back. It's a tad crowded in here," he said to Mera, pointing back at where the ominous glow originated--followed by the scent of iron and Tal's searing flesh. "Tal? You can move now."
When it is Tal turn...
Watch out I am coming back. These hell fiends are burning me up to much and there is no point wasting time here anyways.
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5ft back
Move action to kick the door closed.
Cringing at the sounds of the skeletal hounds clawing at the door behind Tal, Naberius lets out a sigh of exasperation.
He clears his throat, saying, "Well... That was unexpected. We might have to come back to deal with those horrors, but for now it might indeed be best to focus on finding the ringleader..."
Glancing worriedly at the door, the wizard mutters, "If he is able to create or control such things, I am afraid this Palaveen might be more powerful than I thought... We should be cautious."
A singed Tal closes the door and from the other side, you hear scratching, growling and howling.
Looking around the crypts, for something that can be used for clubs you see the crypts containing the skeletal remains of the Erastil priests with femurs looking like it will fit the bill. A bit more sanguine but less sacrilegious are the limbs of the Tieflings you just slew. A butcher debones meat, can it be that hard? You also remember tables and chairs in the upstairs room.
You still hear the growling behind the northeast door.