Girolamo and Lorelei back out of the way and Richard's encouragement, Tal busts through the door!
The sister tries to slap Tal twice.
We tried the nice way and you threatened us. Now it is time to do this the hard way.
Not sure which has Tal pissed off more, the fact that they tried being polite first or that he actually got hit. Either way Tal steps to the side of the woman and brings about his longsword across her back.
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With a sigh, Savonarola makes a casual flicking gesture towards the Sister with his hand, as if he is manipulating multiple strands of thread, then squeezes his fist together, as if crushing them.
He then starts to cackle.
With her rapier in one hand and a vial of acid in the other, Lorelei moves into the room.
She looks around the room...
...Then she thrusts her rapier at the nun.
"Nice place you've got here."
Lorelei rushes into the room and tries to stab the sister, but misses.
"Nice place you've got here."
Thanks! Your ashes will never leave!
Girolamo gives the sister the evil eye.
Tal's strike is true and he wounds the sister.
We tried the nice way and you threatened us. Now it is time to do this the hard way.
I asked you to leave, you didn't. you are an intruder!
She again uses a flurry of blows against Tal.
She does not have the same success as she did last time.
Richard drops his longsword, pulls out his whip and lashes at the woman's ankles.
"And so! Our intrepid heroes lashes out against the evil women-"
"Some more successful than others!"
Sherix stays upon Richard's shoulder, chirping a chord progression to keep him going.
Richard's attempt to trip the sister fails and he gets punched for his trouble.
Richard grins as he maintains his composure.
And frowns as he manages to execute the exact same swing. "Of all the- Some of the heroes were overzealous in their attack, but others kept their aim true!"
Lorelei tumbles around the sister, flanking with Tal.
Then she thrusts at the nun with her rapier.
"Auw... Whose ashes stay here, hon?"
Tal continues to attack the woman in order to explore the rest of the compound for the ashes.
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The heat in this chamber is incredible. An immense stone and iron furnace looms in the southeast part of the room. A ramp fitted with metal rollers protrudes from the northern face of the furnace, where a demonic face is carved so that the ramp evokes the image of a huge metal tongue, its mouth open wide to accommodate coffins. The ground is covered in a film of soft white ash. A table to the west holds numerous urns, brushes, hammers, and other tools for transporting and handling cremains.
Tal looks around to assess any further threats that may come in. The fight was quick but still loud enough it could have attracted attention. The problem was there were 5 other entrances that he could see and no way to guard them all. Instead he positioned himself at the center corner to watch all as best he could.
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"Haha! You worshipped the wrong god, sister!" Sherix hops as Lorelei finishes the guard off.
Richard urges everyone inside and then closes the door behind him. "Sherix, please. This was her life. She was never given a choice." Richard sheathes his sword and keeps his whip at the ready.
"That's a lot of ash..." Richard mumbles. "She called for reinforcements. Let's keep our eyes open." Richard begins to carefully look around and make sure they aren't being stalked.
Lorelei laughs at Richard. "Never given a CHOICE?" She scoffs and shakes her head. "You, my dear, are a fool."
Lorelei squats down over the dead nun and checks for anything of use.
As Richard and Tal make their way around the room, they hear a rumbling from the furnace and a huge fire elemental begins to emerge.
Whoa, what the blazes is that thing and how do we destroy it?. Not sure the answers yet Tal sets himself up to att1ck the thing like normal as he rushes in with blade and shield.
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Richard lets Lorelei mock him. It's not the first time he's been proven wrong about someone's nature, but he knows it's better to be betrayed than to deny someone's redemption.
Richard sees a creature of pure flame emerge from the furnace.
He has no idea what it is, and he doubts Sherix knows either.
He points at the creature and jests. "So this is what happens when you don't put out a campfire! Only YOU can put out forest fires!"
Lorelei takes all the gear she found on the nun and stuffs it in her bag, knowing there's little time for divvying loot up right now.
As the fire monster bursts from the furnace, Lorelei's eyes widen. "Whoah!"
She takes a potion from her belt pouch and drinks it,
"Time to turn up the heat, boys!" she jokes with a grin.
Savonarola raises an eyebrow at the sudden appearance of a gigantic blob of living flame, but doesn't let that break his calm.
He then moves into the room for a tactically better position.
Tal strikes at the elemental, but does not do as much damage as he thought he would with such a blow.
Lorelei hurries closer to the living flame, and thrusts at it with her rapier, curious if her blade will hurt it at all. Could a fire hurt?
Lorelei moves into position and stabs the elemental and feels she should have hurt it more.
The elemental tries to pound Tal.
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Richard takes a 5 foot step back. "Oh no, Lorelei. Leave the joking to me. Otherwise this blob of flame may- lose its top!"
Richard combines his acting with his magic to confound the creature into a laughing fit.
Savonarola stares hard at the fire elemental, attempting to unweave the strands of fate that bolster its defenses.
He then starts to cackle.
Even though he took a pounding Tal was not going to give up so easily. Hopefully though he could mitigate the incoming damage if he loked more to his defenses.
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Girolamo gives the elemental the evil eye.
Richard casts a spell at the elemental.
Tal, afraid of getting burned again, misses his attack.
"Whoah!" Lorelei exclaims as Tal comes away with massive burns. She thrusts at the elemental again with her rapier, hoping to bring it down before she suffers the same fate...
Lorelei stabs the elemental again, but does not hurt it like she thought she should.
The elemental, seeing Tal's singed armor, presses its attack.
One of the slams misses, but the other finds its mark.
Reflex save too close...
"Damn, what I would do for a block of ice right about now..." Richard coils his whip. "Let us retreat, and live on another day."
After getting hit again and feeling dangerously weak Tal calls for an immediate retreat. We need to get out of here guys and regroup. Fall back behind me guys.
Setting his shield in front of him to provide a barrier Tal moves back 20 feet towards the entrance.
"Back the way we came?" Lorelei asks. Eyeing the space between herself and the door--a long way around the fire elemental--she scrunches up her nose. "This is going to hurt..."
"As you wish!" Richard moves 30 feet towards the entrance.
Girolamo stands just outside the door, ready to close it.
"Alright then. Get out whilst you can, and I'll close the door!"
Girolamo closes the door and it seems like the elemental makes no indication of pursuit.
Tal lets out his breath in a sigh of relief. Ok that was not what we were expecting but the good news is we are still alive. The question though is can we heal up and try to take it on again or not? The next question is if all I do is go defensive and stand there as a bulwark are you guys able to take it out at range? If not then we are going to need to hit this thing hard and regroup again and again till it is gone.
Giro shakes his head.
"I can make it slightly more difficult for it to hit us, and/or easier for us to hit it; beyond that, I really need to melee it."
"I know nothing of otherworldly... beings, but my rapier didn't seem to do much damage. I'm not sure my arrows will be much better." After a moment of thought she continues, "I have vials of acid and holy water. Will either of those work against it?"
I don't know what it was exactly I just know that it hit hard and burned as well. Girolamo, if you can do both that will help a lot. Lorelei, I know what you maean. My sword did not puncture its skin like I am used to either. Yet with enough power behind it I was still able to drive it down deep. Perhaps a waepon with reach would give you more levarage on it and allow you to pierce it deeper.
Tal looks at his tarnished armor and singed skin. We still have to heal up though first. Anyone have any healing?
Tal pulls out the wand of cure light wounds that he had stored away. If someone could use this on me I would be grateful.
"I can heal the burn wounds, at least." Richard uses the wand.
"As for injuring it, I don't have a good way to do that. I do have these scrolls to protect you, I was planning to use them for the fighting pit match but I can use them now."
"My only other advice would be maybe we don't need to fight it. There has to be an alternate entrance we can use. Now that we've... handled the door guard, maybe we can enter through one of the other boarded up windows."
Once feeling a bit better Tal is ready to head back in but stops when Ricahrd offers the alternative plan. That could work, or once we enter the building we head left and go through the door there. It seemed the fire thing stayed in that one room and didn't go other places.
With two more uses of the wand, the rest of Tal's burns heal off.
"Alright. Let's turn left as soon as we enter. We'll have to leave the cremation room alone, or resort to other methods."