As Jon closes in, he is suddenly burned by a caustic aura around the lich.
Fail
With the invisibility dismissed, the truly horrid visage of the creature is revealed and a tingle of fear crawls up your spines.
The lich floats slowly down to the ground.
Erek ignores the pain from the bomb and acid and presses his attack on the construct.
Pa flank
Dam
Bane
Attack 2
Dam
Bane
Caradwen whirls around on the Lich - "I see you" - and unleashes a volley of arrows.
"Leave this one ta me lad!" - Morbar roars at Erek, wading in on the construct also.
Suddenly grounded and surrounded by enemies, the two alchemical golems destroyed and some of Cara's arrows penetrating it's tough defences, the lich moves with surprising speed past the bow-woman and Davos, up into the corridor where it cannot be cornered on all sides.
It tosses a bomb almost casually toward Cara as it moves past.
Hit
Fail
The bomb erupts in Cara's face, sending her crashing back toward the wall.
As the lich runs past dropping a bomb Davos shields himself from some of the damage with a quick arcane shield, and retaliates by firing three scorching rays back
hp - 74
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1st Level (6 + 1 evocation spell per day)
Magic Missile - 2
Shield - 1
Mage Armor -
Protection from evil - 1
Liberating command - 1
2nd Level (6+1 evocation spell per day)
Scorching Ray - 2
Mirror Image - 2
Invisibility - 1
Glitterdust -
Rope Trick - 1
3rd Level (6+1 Evocation spell per day)
Fireball -
Haste - 1
Fly - 1
Dispel Magic -
Chain of Perdition - 1
Heroism -
4th Level (5+1 Evocation spell per day)
Empower Scorching ray - 1
black tentacles - 1
Greater Invisibility - 1
Wall of fire - 1
Emergency Force Sphere - 1
5th Level (4+1 Evocation spell per day)
Teleport - 2
Lighting Arc - 1
Empowered Fireball - 1
Icy Prison - 1
6th Level (4+1 Evocation spell per day)
Sirocco - 1
Forceful hand - 1
Freezing Sphere - 3
7th Level (3+1 Evocation spell per day) +2 dc evoc
Prismatic Spray - 1
Empowered lighting arc - 1
Reverse gravity - 1
Scouring winds- 1
Versatile Evocation 10rnds/
Elemental manipulation 13rnds/
Intense spells +6
Items
Arcane bond 1/
Mist Projector 20/
Rod lesser extend 3/
Rod Ectoplasmic 3/
scroll of teleport
scroll of control water
With a gesture Davos unleashes a Hellish blast of apocalyptic flame that entirely engulfs the lich. It goes up like a stack of dry kindling, lurching this way and that in the small corridor, filling the place with stinking smoke before mercifully collapsing to the ground.
Cloak of resistance +3,
Headband of mental prowess +2 (Intelligence and Charisma; Knowledge [history]), Ring of protection +2,
Formula book (contains all prepared extracts, plus additional formulae of your choosing)
Pearl of power (third level)
I'd be interested in that headband , I need a boost to my charisma to cast level 7 spells
"Bastard" - Caradwen stands up after the explosion, shaking her hair and catching it up in a ponytail - "Everyone fine?"
Davos look over the corpse of the lich, smouldering marks left from where the three rays landed
"As Markus said we need to find it's phylactery or it will come back at some point. I'm fine Cardwen little bruised from those bombs"
hp - 74
A sudden calm falls on the strange room as the Lich falls. "Search his body." He says to Davos and Cara, He then begins to search the room. "A quick search now, Lich can regenerate with in a day of their death or longer. We have time to play with but if we can find anything it will help."
Tremendously complicated alchemical equipment crowds the wooden tables in this chamber, all condensing some thick, black fluid. Iron spikes impale several drained corpses to the walls, their bodies sprouting leaky hoses filled with vile ichor.
The alchemical equipment in this room is the most complex set up you have ever come across. It features dozens of feet of glass tubing, several heat sources and stills and a number of other pieces of equipment you don't even recognise.
It appears this is where the Carrion Crown Elixir was being formulated.
Looking around the room Markus is a little surprised to figure out just what this place was making. "This is where the Carrion Crown Elixir was being formulated, I'm only guessing its too late. Erek, the Ravens Head is a part of bringing about the Whispering Tyrant we all need to keep an eye on it now more than ever. It's the safest it could be with us but we're also walking it right too them."
Continuing his search and finding nothing of use or the Liches Phylactery in the room so he calls to the others. "Use whatever you found on him, we will need it." He says as he moves to the door leading out. "I hope that's the straightest thing we'll see down here." He says stepping past of the golem to the door, Standing next to the door checking for traps and attempting to listen past it.
Taking the fine headband , Jon slips it onto his head and watches Markus and Davos study the strange apparatus.
After a minute or so he fades back to his normal size as the magic within him dissipates.
so this is where they have been cooking up their damn potions , it will do them no good. We will keep the ravens head from them and we will destroy them all and the tyrant will continue to rot wherever he is. Jon says as he contemplates smashing all the delicate tubes and glass to pieces
go on...do it Jon ! That's a marvellous idea ... the cold familiar voice whispers in his ear and a few of the glass beakers suddenly topple off the table to shatter on the floor
see , I've made a start for you
we should press on, we need to find Kendra and end this
"This potion could have been completed days ago, they could be doing their ceremony to bring the tyrant back into this world, we must not falter now" he says as the group press onwards
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Magic Missile - 2
Shield - 1
Mage Armor -
Protection from evil - 1
Liberating command - 1
2nd Level (6+1 evocation spell per day)
Scorching Ray - 2
Mirror Image - 2
Invisibility - 1
Glitterdust -
Rope Trick - 1
3rd Level (6+1 Evocation spell per day)
Fireball -
Haste - 1
Fly - 1
Dispel Magic - 1
Chain of Perdition - 1
Heroism -
4th Level (5+1 Evocation spell per day)
Empower Scorching ray - 1
black tentacles - 1
Greater Invisibility - 1
Wall of fire - 1
Emergency Force Sphere - 1
5th Level (4+1 Evocation spell per day)
Teleport - 2
Lighting Arc - 1
Empowered Fireball - 1
Icy Prison - 1
6th Level (4+1 Evocation spell per day)
Sirocco - 1
Forceful hand - 1
Freezing Sphere - 3
7th Level (3+1 Evocation spell per day) +2 dc evoc
Prismatic Spray - 1
Empowered lighting arc - 1
Reverse gravity - 1
Scouring winds- 1
Versatile Evocation 10rnds/
Elemental manipulation 13rnds/
Intense spells +6
Items
Arcane bond 1/
Mist Projector 20/
Rod lesser extend 3/
Rod Ectoplasmic 3/
Pearl of power level 3 1/1
scroll of teleport
scroll of control water
With only one exit from the room, that being a door to the north east, the group presses on.
Irregular pools of fetid water mar the floor of this chamber like the exposed marrow of sawed bone, and a harsh acidic vapor burns the nostrils. Funerary urns sealed with thick red wax line the perimeter of the chamber, and several more rest on a small island in the room’s center.
There is a single door to the south east and a set of double doors to the north.
Removing a scroll of control water from his satchel, the slight wizard reads the arcane insicription on it an attempts to lower the water level of the room.
"Let's see if theres anything hidden in this murky water" he says after completing the spell
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Magic Missile - 2
Shield - 1
Mage Armor -
Protection from evil - 1
Liberating command - 1
2nd Level (6+1 evocation spell per day)
Scorching Ray - 2
Mirror Image - 2
Invisibility - 1
Glitterdust -
Rope Trick - 1
3rd Level (6+1 Evocation spell per day)
Fireball -
Haste - 1
Fly - 1
Dispel Magic - 1
Chain of Perdition - 1
Heroism -
4th Level (5+1 Evocation spell per day)
Empower Scorching ray - 1
black tentacles - 1
Greater Invisibility - 1
Wall of fire - 1
Emergency Force Sphere - 1
5th Level (4+1 Evocation spell per day)
Teleport - 2
Lighting Arc - 1
Empowered Fireball - 1
Icy Prison - 1
6th Level (4+1 Evocation spell per day)
Sirocco - 1
Forceful hand - 1
Freezing Sphere - 3
7th Level (3+1 Evocation spell per day) +2 dc evoc
Prismatic Spray - 1
Empowered lighting arc - 1
Reverse gravity - 1
Scouring winds- 1
Versatile Evocation 10rnds/
Elemental manipulation 13rnds/
Intense spells +6
Items
Arcane bond 1/
Mist Projector 20/
Rod lesser extend 3/
Rod Ectoplasmic 3/
Pearl of power level 3 1/1
scroll of teleport
The wizard uses his scroll to manipulate the soupy water in the room, watching as it begins to drain away and lower by as much as two feet.
As it does so, several urns and containers are revealed, covered in years of grime and muck.
"Worth having a look a this stuff the Lich may have hidden his phylactery here" he says when the water has lowered enough to see few of the objects
"Never mind looking." Erek snarls and begins smashing urns with his mace.
"Is it something we can destroy by simply breaking?" - Caradwen frowns - "Also, some of those may have useful contents..." - she tries to warn Erek.
"Erek maybe... " He is cut off as the man runs in and starts to smash the urns. Then stands back scanning the room attempting to detect magic.
Erek begins smashing the urns with wild abandon. Many just burst, releasing the gloopy jellified remains of cadavers onto the damp ground. Others contain funery items including a Lesser strand of prayer beads, 6 pieces of onyx worth 400gp each and one containing a perfecly preserved corpse of a gnome in a thick, honey-like substance.
The thick substance covering the gnome's body is what is preserving it and could be harvested to effectively become 6 doses of Cure Serious Wounds
Markus takes up the prayer beads and collects the others onyx but doesn't take the honey like substance. "Strange... That Dwarf is so preserved because of that honey like substance. I don't intend on messing with him." He then points to the north. "Let's check up there first." He moves carefully to the double door listening to them and then opening if he hears nothing.
Markus opens the double doors leading north.
The temperature drops to a cavernous chill as rough-hewn stairs give way to cramped catacombs. The smell of old decay emanates from dozens of alcoves containing broken skeletal remains, their eyeless skulls staring forward into emptiness with dead, vacuous gazes.
The stairs give way to a narrow corridor that twists and turns off into the darkness.
Jon watches the macabre contents of the urns spill out all over the floor and shudders .
The place reeked of death and worse and the sooner they finished this the better.
Whilst the others search the room he draws upon his powers and bolsters his defences before moving across to cara and Davos he lays his hands upon them and channels his powers into them.
this will help protect you against the evil energy these bastards are throwing around.
Who knows what else they have down here he says as he finishes. its not much but it may keep us all in the fight. We need you turning away he steps across to Markus Markus? Have you any protection against their negative energy? If not I can protect you too he says to the priest who has kept them going through so much.
Jon trudges warily into the catacombs but it isn't long before the corridor narrows significantly and he finds himself both stooping and twisting in order to fit.
After around 100 feet the corridor continues to twist, dozens upon dozens of funeral hollows carved in the walls. It continues both south and north in a serpentine, labyrinthine manner.
"Thank you Jon this will no doubt help in this wrecthed place" as the group carries on advancing through the narrows corridors
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Magic Missile - 2
Shield - 1
Mage Armor -
Protection from evil - 1
Liberating command - 1
2nd Level (6+1 evocation spell per day)
Scorching Ray - 2
Mirror Image - 1
Invisibility - 1
Glitterdust -
Rope Trick - 1
3rd Level (6+1 Evocation spell per day)
Fireball -
Haste - 1
Fly - 1
Dispel Magic - 1
Chain of Perdition - 1
Heroism -
4th Level (5+1 Evocation spell per day)
Empower Scorching ray - 1
black tentacles - 1
Greater Invisibility - 1
Wall of fire - 1
Emergency Force Sphere - 1
5th Level (4+1 Evocation spell per day)
Teleport - 2
Lighting Arc - 1
Empowered Fireball - 1
Icy Prison - 1
6th Level (4+1 Evocation spell per day)
Sirocco - 1
Forceful hand - 1
Freezing Sphere - 3
7th Level (3+1 Evocation spell per day) +2 dc evoc
Prismatic Spray - 1
Empowered lighting arc - 1
Reverse gravity - 1
Scouring winds- 1
Versatile Evocation 10rnds/
Elemental manipulation 13rnds/
Intense spells +6
Items
Arcane bond 1/
Mist Projector 20/
Rod lesser extend 3/1
Rod Ectoplasmic 3/
Pearl of power level 3 1/1
scroll of teleport
Markus thanks Jon for his protection and follows the man into the catacombs signaling the others to follow. As they get to a split in the tunnel Markus stands there and attempts to listen.
Markus scans the area for tracks but finds none among the mucky, fetid pools that gather here and there among the catacombs.
The entire area is covered in a layer of dust and each of the bodies interred here seem to have been done so according to Pharasmin burial practices. None of them appear disturbed and this area doesn't seem to have been travelled in a long time.
Markus crouches down checking for signs anyone has been down this way. "I don't think anyone has been down here in a long time." He swipes at a wall caked in cobwebs and dust. "Let's turn around and head through the other door in the flooded room. This seems like a dead end and a waste of time." He turns and walks out of the fridged coldness of the catacombs.
Heading over to the other door he stands and listens to it checking for any sign of trap before waiting for the others and then opening it.
you are right Markus, this place hasn't been used for a long time Jon agrees and he follows the priest back into the flooded room.
As Markus and the others examin the door he draws upon his powers once more and his blade again begins to vibrate with energy.
I'm ready, let's see what else is down here
Dirty rugs and torn pillows cover the floor of this natural cavern, and a thick, heavy fog pervades the air, glowing with the faint flicker of candlelight and carrying with it an unusual stench of moldering chrysanthemums. Everywhere stare the mortared skulls of the dead.
Half a dozen of the robed Whispering Way monks you have encountered previously seem to be in the room beyond, jut out of sight, but they are not alarmed and seem to be laughing and joking among themselves.
Jon moves forward towards the sound of the voices and their easy chatter and seeming indifference to the intruders in their lair sets his teeth on edge and he can't help feeling something is not quite right.
there's a group of these bastards here laughing and joking like they are at a g&# d@+nned tea party! Jon pulses a thought to the group
I'll give them something to laugh about
Moving forward he unleashes his power upon them, attempting to cloud their minds with confusion.
Several broken phials litter the ground, and a small rack of full haunt siphons sits on a nearby table beside the monks. The fog in the room is heavy and creates a haze that is difficult to see through but through it Jon can make out that the monks are passing around an open haunt siphon and cupping their hands over the opening while taking deep, ragged breaths through the opening.
"Jon they seem to be distracted, but nothing in this place ever is as it seems we should try and take it slow."
Markus moves in slowly, very untrusting of the haze and needing to see the monks for himself.
"my confusion effect seems as to have had no effect on them at all " Jon thinks back to Markus "their minds are already clouded by whatever they are passing around.
They are so intoxicated they must be immune!
Well we'll see how immune they are to cold steel! The haze cannot affect us Markus, not whilst my power protects you all. It just conceals them a little "