"Good job, Roger! And Roo, of course." Kafir dismounts Shaytan and asks, "Do you think he'll be safe out here? I don't think he's gonna fit or be all that graceful moving about in the house."
Kafir asks for a few hits from the wand.
Once everyone is ready, he leads the way inside.
"Yea, we did it! I dunno, I wouldn't leave Roo outside."
"A hell of a watchdog, if you ask me. If we still had doubts, there's evil afoot here. Let's be cautious."
Akaash will prepare properly, consuming various extracts before venturing forward.
Then he'll start looking for possible traps.
"Ok, I'll lead him along but he can stay in the back."
After Akaash checks for traps Kafir leads the way in with his khopesh drawn.
"Grace is not something I believe we have in any major amount, camel or no camel."
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Moving into the foyer, you see that even after decades of neglect, this sitting room seems luxurious—out of place amid the horrors of the surrounding territory. A few small couches and tables once served the needs of the manor’s visitors, but most are threadbare and splintered. Grand stairs sweeps along the north wall and rises to the second floor. Sheets of iron and wood have been nailed to strengthen the exterior wall, further disrupting the room’s high-society feel.
The are double doors to the west, and stairs leading up to the second floor, in the northwest corner of the room.
Kafir proves the Razmiran right by throwing his shoulder into the western double doors to let himself in.
Akaash briefly checks the door for traps before letting Kafir push them aside.
After Akaash finds no traps, Kafir throws opens the double door to a ballroom. This is an expansive room with high, paneled walls and a hardwood floor. Dead plants wilt in moldered pots in the corners, and moth-eaten cloth chairs dot the north and south walls. Overhead, two dusty, lead-crystal chandeliers hang from the ceiling.
Roger will go open the northern door.
As Roger! moves to open the northern door, three small creatures, that you'd recoginize as cacadaemon, like in Flinn's townhouse appear out of no where and attack!
The creatures mob the party, their tiny mouths snapping, but only one manages to land its bite, on Algonso!
Seconds later, a humanoind with features of a rat, appears from a concealed door and charges Kafir!
The humanoid drives his blade deep into Kafir's side, just missing a major artery!
The cacodaemons continue to bite, this time landing chomps on Roger! and Kafir!
Roger fights back against the evil demons.
"You have insulted my honor!" Kafir calls to the rat as he swings at it.
Algonzo will 5' step backwards through the door, begin +2 Inspire Courage as a move, and cast Haste on all his god-appreciative allies! He misses himself due to distance and doesn't select the cavalier to respect his life choices!
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Akaash's eyes suddenly turns red, and he takes a step back and unloads his crossbow on Algonso!
He then reloads his crossbow.
Roger! and Roo attack the nearest deamon, but can't hit the tiny menace!
Kafir manages to land on strike on the newcomer, but his weapon's damage seems to be resisted!
Algonso begins to inspire the party, then hastens Akaash and Roger!, as he steps out of the room.
Akaash gives Algonso a confused look, then shoots him with his crossbow!
The daemons continue to harry the party, biting Algonso and Roger!
The ratman tries to stab Kafir, missing, then bites the man! It then steps back five feet.
Roger and Roo keep swinging!
Kafir takes the wound in stride and keeps swinging at the rat!
Kafir shakes off whatever sickness the ratman has in his jowls!
Roger! and Roo take down one of the pesky daemons!
Kafir manages to land two blows against the ratman!
Shaking off the nasty influence over his mind, the sylph does everything he does to make it up to Algonso.
"I was not myself... apologies!"
He shoots at the daemon threatening Algonso, using a silvered bolt.
"No worries, I understand these demons are confusing!"
Al steps back again and cures himself lightly with an actual spell! "For the Living God!"
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Akaash fires his crossbow and takes out one of daemons!
Algonso steps back and heals himself.
The last daemon moves over and bites Kafir!
The ratman jabs and buries his blade into Kafir again, then steps backward!
Akaash shoots another alchemical silver bolts at the closest daemon,then reloads.
"On my way friendo." Roger and Roo engage the mouse-man.
Kafir growls in rage as he is injured. "The will of man shall overcome!"
He then steps over to the rat man and hacks away!
"By the name of the Living God, he actually might." Algonzo notes at the raging man as he draws this wand but totally doesn't use it to cast a CLW on himself.
Akaash fires, and takes out another daemon!
Roger! and Roo move down and attack, Roger! landing a blow, but it does little to no damage.
Kafir attacks the ratman, hitting once, and doing a little damage.
Algonso heals himself.
The ratman steps back five feet and jabs his blade into Roger!'s side, then narrowly misses biting him!
Akaash swiftly moves to have a clearer line of fire, then shoots his crossbow at the ratman!
"Ow, ow." Roger holds his side for a moment before resuming punching.
Al moves up and cures the damaged halfling via the wand!
"Leave the halfling alone!" Kafir swings at the rat.
"I'm just healing him! He's accepted divinity into his life already." the [s]bard[/b] cleric attempts to lighten the situation.
"Not you! The rat!" Kafir shakes his head at the silly zealot.
Akaash fires a his crossbow, missing the ratman.
Roger! misses as well, but Roo lands a massive blow!
Algonso heals Roger!
Kafir lands two blows against the ratman, but only one does any apparent damage!
The ratman attacks Kafir, but can't land a strike!
Roger and Roo keep striking the ratman.
"Just die, you stupid rat!"
Another round, another bolt sent flying at the ratman!
Roger!, Kafir, and Akaash descends upon the ratman, taking him down!
Searching the rat, you find black adder venom (3), +1 leather armor, +1 short sword, mwk light crossbow, and whispering gloves.
15,400 GP
SLOT hands CL 5th WEIGHT —
AURA faint illusion and transmutation
These gloves constantly project a very short-range silence spell, so that anything touched or held by the wearer’s hands makes no sound. Thus picking a locked door wouldn’t make a clicking noise audible to those on the other side, and holding a hand over a victim’s mouth would silence his scream. The silence extends only a few inches, so knocking on a door produces no sound but hammering it down still does. If the wearer presses a finger to her lips and speaks, no sound comes out, but the words are audible to anyone she chooses in her line of sight (as the message spell).
"Those daemons again." sighs the sylph. "It looks like I was well-inspired to bring silver bolts. Are we ready to proceed?"
Before they move on to the next room, Akaash proposes to administer an infusion of barkskin to Kafir and an infusion of shield to Roger! . He, himself, will also take an extract of shield, another one of ironskin.
Roger drinks two potions and then the infusion of before nodding his head. "Let's go!"
Kafir asks Akaash to see to his wounds and accepts the vial of barkskin from the alchemist. "Thanks. That rat and the daemons were tougher than I expected. Now that I'm feeling better let's see what's behind this door."
After inspecting his gear quickly, he leads the way through the double doors.
Al shrugs off the minor damage he has, ready to go forward with wand in hand.
Kafir leads the way north into a dining room. A long wooden table with rich curves and thick, stylized legs stands in the center of this old dining room. Expensive chairs surround the table, but clearly have not seen use in some time. A thick layer of dust covers the table, making two round depressions in the dust seem out of place. Near the head of the table, a dark stain colors the dirty floor. A silver placard sitting in the middle of the table reads, “Here Adrius and Lestenna of the Tristeza line met their ends. Let words of infidelity ever remain unspoken. Let resentment seethe and death be the reward.”
"This place is weird."
"Yeah. . . doesn't look like anybody's used this in a while though, except maybe some missing plates. Bet the rat nicked them."
"Undoubtedly.
"Most fascinating. Shall we move on?" suggests Akaash.