Benedict drains the small vial in his hand and waits a moment before it takes effect. Suddenly, his body begins to change. He grows taller and his muscles bulge under his clothing. His posture changes and he appears to be hunched over. A wild, beastial grin reveals small tusks growing from his lower jaw. A grunt that sounds surprisingly close to a snarl escapes from his lips as he attempts to flank the beast with Torald and lashes out with his dagger.
With the smaller centipedes mostly gone, Raoul joins Torald and Darcy in their fight with the Giant centipede.
Lyla carefully approaches Lord Bramwell and casts guidance again. Kill them all!, she whispers inside the eidolon's mind.
You just stay safe and don't worry, Lyla. Lord Bramwell charges at one of the centipedes swarming Thlaera and tries to deliver a crushing blow.
Shaking off the pain and shielding her face from the barrage of magical energy Kalina turned on her, Tahlaera manages to draw her thin elven blade from its sheath and stab at one of the particularly large centipedes swarming her.
Reacting quickly as the swarm attempts to flee, she skewers another of the vermin.
Then lets try to pierce this illusion
Torald goes to the sarcophagus and touches the Skeleton
Seems, that this magic is to strong for me. I can't see what you said
nodding at Torald, Ash goes to the sarcophagus and tries to peer through the illusion, touching the sarcophagus.
"I still can not see through the illusion, though at the moment I am curious as to who attacked the Giant centipede with a spade."
Wiping the centipedes' ichor from her thinblade, Tahlaera resheathes the sword with a dark look at Kalina. Looking closer at the sarcophagus now that the room is clear of danger, she remarks, "I don't see anything either--just an old skeleton."
With Raoul, Torald and Tahlaera's failure to see past the spell, Lyla starts feeling unsettled, as if no one believed her.
"I swear, it is fake! I'm not lying! Lord Bramwell, tell them!"
She moves towards the skeleton and is about to pull it from the sarcophagus.
Lord Bramwell shakes the morningstar to get rid of the vermin's slime, and straps his wooden shield to his left arm. Then, responding to Lyla's concerns, he tells her while trying to refrain the girl from her rushed action "Easy, Lyla, we do believe you!"
Ash simply pushes the button, without a word.
"Oowww, those things hurt. Thanks for the aid Kalina. Ugh, so yes same question as Raoul. Who would be using centipedes to attack us, I doubt somewhat the church would use them as guardians for their tombs willing. Sounds unlike them." Cerana dabs where the centipedes had wounded her, she couldn't feel much of the pain anymore but she did it out of reflex.
*sigh* hopefully no more surprises. I really don't like fighting up close.
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After casting "Cure Light Wounds" Kalina gives Cerana a small smile. I may actually have found a new friend.
Then she heads over towards Tahlaera. I-I'm sorry. I was trying to get those things to stop biting you. I didn't mean...
Kalina gives a little sigh of frustration. She's never going to believe I was trying to help her.
Would you like, I mean, do you want some healing? If Tahlaera accepts:
Edit: It figures I would roll a 1 to help Tahlaera.
"I also have a potion that could help anyone that was wounded." Benedict's voice is less distinct and deeper as he speaks around the tusks that have appeared in his mouth.
Lyla seems excited with Ash's discovery, and feels like they've just won a prize. She takes the scrolls and starts unrolling them with excitement, curious about their nature.
As she sifts through the scrolls, Lyla looks disappointed. She hands them over to Cerana and dismisses them. "Hmph. I can't use this! It's not my type of magic." She immediately moves on to the darkwood case, analyzing it with detect magic and then opening it.
Cerana leans over Lyla and reads over her shoulder. "Might I help young one?" Cerana casts 'Read magic' on herself, then starts reading the scrolls and offers to help Lyla with inspecting anything else.
One so young interested in magical objects, reminds me of myself when I was that age.
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Good job finding these hidden items, Lyla
Kalina casts "Detect Magic" and looks over the other items.
Any that come up magical, she'll do a Spellcraft check.
Also a Perception check on the case with a scarab-- any similarities to the scarab on the book at the house? Boy! Me and Tahlaera with rolling the 1's!
"If you don't mind, I may be able to identify the potions fairly easily." Benedict examines each potion carefully.
Cerana rummages through the scrolls "Ah, but Lyla, knowing what magic is behind each is useful to us. As it means we know who can use it. Kalina dear, I think these are best suited to you." She hands the scrolls to her. "Who has a guess that the professor left those here for us by the nature of what the scrolls are? Hide from undead and protection from evil. Might be a hint of what is to come, and if that's right .. well, can't say I'm going to enjoy where it's going." Cerana quizzically asks.
Cerana then reaches down and clutches a small pendant as she starts thinking about other reasons the scrolls might be there. Then realises that she probably takes too much time inspecting every nook and cranny of every theory.
"Is it okay if I take the arrows?"
Ash says, looking over the collection of goods.
Benedict smiles, "Healing potions. Six for general hurts, and these 2 for restoration of damage more fundamental in nature. Useful." He looks at all the items and says, "Listen, we should probably get out of here. Let's take all this back to the Professor's house, and sort it out there."
Tahlaera nods her assent to Kalina. "Thanks," she says dryly after the oracle heals her. As the rest of the party looks over the cache of items just discovered, Tahlaera requests that she be allowed to take a look at the as-yet-unidentified planchette.
After a few moments, she shakes her head, her efforts frustrated. "I have to admit that I am curious where those other centipedes fled to," she replies to Benedict's suggestion.
Lyla keeps the vials without explaining anything. She shows the planchette to Tahlaera and asks “Do you know what this does? It’s some kind of guessing magic.”
Bramwell sees Lyla putting away the vials and intercedes.
“Lyla, aren’t you going to share these items with our colleagues? You might as well tell them what it’s for.”
"That's not a bad idea Doctor. We can check in on Miss Kendra, and see if she found anything about the Harrowstone that we should know before heading there."
After Lord Bramwell’s comment, Lyla seems surprised. Shush! Why are you telling them?!
She puts on a fake smile and turns to the others. “Sure! This thing is called… hm… haunt siphon, yeah, haunt siphon. It sends haunts away, all you have to do is open it. If you kill a haunt with this, it turns green and you can throw it to kill other stuff too. Does anyone want one?” She looks at Lord Bramwell.
There! Happy now?
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Kalina hands the arrows to Ash, and tells him what she's discovered so far. (see spoiler above) It looks like you could use these.
She has obviously handed the potions to Darcy since he is better equipped to identify them. Hmm... its so interesting how he uses his potions to change like that. Maybe he really doesn't think I'm a monster.
*Read Magic* and spellcraft to identify the scrolls.
Kalina had no interest in any of the items identified until Lyla mentioned the haunt siphons. She looks longingly at them and wishes she could ask for all four. Oh to be left in peace, even for a little while, from these specters that plague me. (Haunted Curse)
Lyla, may I please have one?