I really need to buy a club or mace or wand of disrupt undead or something...
Ravin whistles at Radavek's strikes, the contrast of his friend's skill in crushing the undead making the halfling's feel even more useless... "Nice," he says encouragingly.
Firing acid wildly, Jonnie continues to carefully descend.
Torrosk growls something incomprehensible and lashes out with his sword, moving the skeleton slightly to the side before bashing it with his shield. The sword strike does what it was meant to, and the shield crashes into the skeleton.
The party combines to destroy the last remaining skeleton, much to the relief of those just descending the ladder.
This long and empty room looks entirely undisturbed, dust coating everything as if no one had been here in ages.
Looking closely, you believe that skeletons would have disturbed the dust more than it appears to be disturbed. As if the tracks were covered somehow.
A secret door lies in the center of the western wall.
"The dust's not right; it's too even. We should have swirled it up in the combat." He frowns. "We've seen this before."
Ravin nods, "Radvek is right -- this... wait..".. The halfling cocks his head for a moment, then nods to himself, Yup, that's the outline there..., continuing, "...there's a hidden door in the west wall...." He finishes by pointing, "There."
Ravin offers, "I'd say the door's worth exploring."
Jonnie always stays behind the paladin.
The burly 1/2 orc huffs when presented with another secret door, "Somebody check to make sure it's not trapped. I'd rather not get smashed by something unseen."
Ravin whispers the words to a well-rehersed cantrip, "I'll look for magic, while I'm at it."
The door appears to be unlocked and untrapped.
The halfling steps back behind his burlier companions, "Looks safe. Well, the door does. Can't speak to what's behind it."
Radavek taps the hammer shaft against his left palm.
"Then open it and let's see."
Torrosk shrugs and given the information, opens the door.
The door opens into what appears to be a reliquary where the reposed corpses of the dead were treated with respect and lain to rest. Unfortunately, the rest appears to have been disturbed. What first appears to be a sea of floating skulls, resolves itself into a large number of skeletons wearing the robes of priests drifting aimlessly about the room. Once they notice you, they seem to fix their vacant gaze upon you and stagger in your direction.
These skeletons seem to be moving with less intelligence or direction as most, almost stumbling over themselves. You would guess they are not fully animated and are less of a threat than a normal skeleton.
The skeletons seem to be moving more clumsily and with less direction than others you have seen.
Among the skeletons further into the room some seem to be moving with greater grace and direction, appearing significantly less decomposed.
Initiatives:
"If there were any other way I'd say close the door. As it is we have go through these things to get anywhere."
Radavek strides into the room and leaps on top of the 3' stone table.
Or rather tries to. He slips and crashes against the side of the stone.
Viniana moved up to the open door behind Radavek and saw just what was in there. The mass of skeletons was very disturbing, she wasn't sure that they could handle that many after everything else but was none the less determined to do her best to help her companions. She readies her glaive to attack should one of the skeletons come into range of the long weapon.
The big half-orc rumbles into the room skirting around a table and lays into one of the skeletons with his heavy flail. "Pharasma give these poor souls the rest they earned, be it for weal or woe."
Torrosk shatters the skeleton before him while Radavesk slips on a bit of mossy slime on the stone surface. Viviana fails to connect with her polearm.
Ravin sighs, More of the same... Though I shouldn't be surprised, I guess. I really need a mace or something... At least I can do this... He steps next to Viviana, rapier in hand, and does his best to distract the skeleton.
Jonnie enlarges Torrosk.
The skeletons shamble forward awkwardly, all moving to avoid the stone slabs rather than climb over them. However, amongst the skeletons you see some corpses walking with flesh on their bones and moving with speed and grace that belies their decrepid state. These fast zombies seem to be the more potent variety that gave your group troubles in the past.
One of the skeletons gets a lucky claw past a gap in Torrosk's armor that widened as he enlarged, but the others seem ineffectual in their attacks.
The zombies appear to have drow-like features...
Torrosk demolishes the skeleton just before its claw connected, bone splinters flying.
"Vinia take the one on Torrosk's flank." Radavek move south until he reaches clear ground. Then he rounds on the skeleton in front of him.
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Johnnie gestures and the four past Radavek are covered in grease. Johnnie points to the one on the right - "Radavek, hit that one. I'm slipping the other four."
Torrosk growls at the skeletons next to him that he can't quite manage to hit any longer with the now overgrown flail, and takes a step to the south, swinging the flail at the skeleton just north west of Radavek.
AOO for when the skeleton tries to leave, or enters Torrosk's new reach range:
Ravina steps forward, keeping close to the cleric, ready to slash out and try to distract her foes.
Radavek obliterates a skeleton with his hammer sending bone shards flying. Torrosk swings and misses.
Jonhilda summons grease to coat the floor of the undead in front of Radavek...
The three skeletons fall to the ground, sliding around the grease.
Vinianna moved further into the room and struck at one of the fallen skeletons with her glaive.