Myrial, City of Rogues (Inactive)

Game Master Rynjin

"Give us fifteen minutes." Chimon steps inside.

Jo greets the coroner.

Yes, give us fifteen minutes to check the body before the autopsy

Inside the morgue or the specific room where our body is, the corporal fishes a silver key and an iron rod out of his uniform. He approaches the corpse and, holding his hands over it, concentrates.

He begins silently casting speak with dead. 1/3 rod uses.

The spell seems to fizzle.

Talryn sniffs the corpse.

"Should probably get that image with the device now before anything happens to the body. I can probably get a good view of it.

Leave the sniffing for the pros, kid... >:)

Perception: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (18) + 16 = 34 (Plus scent)
Kn(Nature/Planes/Religion): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (17) + 10 = 27

Oh also I got sidetracked and never gave you a description of the corpse. My B, yo.

The corpse has been killed in some sort of ritualistic manner. Strange runes are carved all up and down its arms and legs, with some kind of black rock, maybe obsidian, jammed under its fingernails, giving it a look almost like claws.

Its mouth and eyes have been sewn shut as well.

It gives off a faint, odd scent that Korak isn't quite able to identify. It's not quite like anything he's ever smelled before.

Kn(Arcana)?: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28

Kn.Planes assisting Korak: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

Talryn will then spend a good deal of time just inspecting the body, taking 20 for his Perception check. Total is 25.

Detect undead, detect poison, and diagnose disease.

Chimon tries a few more spells, not bothering to silence them with his rod. "Go ahead and take the shots, Talryn."

Knowledge (untrained but bardic knowledge) assist for Korak: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (16) + 3 = 19
Knowledge (arcana) assist for Jo: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Knowledge (history): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17 and Knowledge (local): 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23 ??

The arcane symbols are some sort of magical hodgepodge, a bunch of runes from many different spells. The primary theme among them seems to be reincarnation or rebirth.

Talryn, what exactly are you looking for/at? The body in general, hands off, or are you looking inside the mouth, under the eyelids, etc. (a more in-depth exploration)?

We were told not to touch the body so Talryn isn't doing anything that requires such.

Talryn inspects the body in general.

Correction: You were told to not touch anything BUT the body. Your job is to get all the gory details. =)

Chimon detects an undead presence in the room.

OH! Then Talryn rips that sucker right open.

Talryn takes a dagger out and will cut the eyes and mouth open.

"Watch yourself, Officer. I have just detected the presence of an undead creature, and it could very well be that corpse."

"Hrm...Thanks for the warning. 'Beast', can you cut the thing open?"

Talryn readies an action to plant his shield into it's gut and smash it into the floor.

2late. =p

Talryn's dagger slices the threads holding the corpse's mouth shut.

Nothing happens for a moment, but few seconds later, something like black smoke issues out of the thing's mouth, materializing into an incorporeal form.

5d20 ⇒ (13, 6, 8, 16, 14) = 57

Korak?

After analyzing all my in-combat options... I decide to punch it in the face.

IUS: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15
IUS: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (10) + 12 = 22 damage: 1d8 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16
IUS: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14

Like a trainwreck happening in slow motion.

Did I hit it?

The 15 hits too.

Then we know it has AC 15. :P
1d8 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

Flatfooted.

:(

The creature takes a pair of hits from Korak, but doesn't seem unduly harmed by them.

1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

It takes a swipe at Talryn, the man who "disturbed" it, but misses him completely.

Talryn, Chimon, Jo, then Korak again.

Ah! I forgot!

Kn(Religion): 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24

After Talryn's move:

Chimon begins praying, his silver key shining brightly. The party feels the warm grace of Abadar upon them, while the undead begins to feel the god's righteous censure.

He then moves around the table, drawing his mace to help distract the monster from Talryn.

+1 luck to attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saves, and skill checks for us, and -1 to undead dude's same rolls. Then move into a flank with Talryn (or if that'd provoke an AOO, with Korak).

Spell resistance if applicable: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14

Round 1: Cast prayer (standard action), movement (move action), and draw weapon as part of movement (free action). Prayer lasts 6 rounds.

Magic missile at the undead

MM: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 1) + 2 = 4

Korak recognizes the creature as a Wraith.

It seethes with anger as Chimon fills the room with holy energy, and likewise as Jo's missiles plink it.

You should have 3 missiles now, Jo. Korak's up.

1d4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Instead of drawing his sword, Talryn simply grips his shield with both hands, charges it with undead killing power(Bane), and bashes away at the foul apparition.

Shield Bash 1: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (14) + 16 = 30 Damage: 1d8 + 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (7) + (6, 1) + 13 = 27
Shield Bash 2: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25 Damage: 1d8 + 2d6 + 13 ⇒ (8) + (4, 3) + 13 = 28

Darn. You JUST killed it. 0 HP.

The wraith dissipates.

Talryn fist pumps with his shield.

"Now lets see what's wrong with this body."

"Good work, Darrenby." Chimon helps Talryn, holding various orifices and wounds open while the human inspects.

Perception aid: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10 Gives +4 bonus if successful.

"Ah thanks."

Talryn takes 20 as he pokes around aided by Chimon. Total is 29.

The inside of the mouth, and presumably the rest of the corpse from the way it oozes out, is a black gunk.

Other than that, and the other strange things, there is nothing strange about the body.

"Looks like this job is pretty much wrapped up. Whose got the device?"

I go out for a day and you Flurry of Posts... -.-'

Do I know what usually creates an wraith?

I assumed you were carrying it :o

Chimon hands the device off to Talryn, who will no doubt have a better vantage.

"I wonder who this guy was . . ."

"Beats me...unlucky chump though." Talryn then casually pushes off of the ground, floating above the body in question, and takes a moment to line up a good shot of the body with the device before taking the image. I uh, presume we were told how to operate the device

Are there gloves and or small glass vials around here?

Sure?

Cool.

Korak puts some gloves on and carefully checks the dead man's mouth and pockets. He also saves a small sample of blood in a glass vial.

Hopefully it'll be easier to examine the body without the evil spirit in it. Also... Does Korak know what kind of event usually creates a wraith?

The "blood" is the same black goo found inside his mouth.

Korak communicates using sign language.

"Anyone knows someone who specializes in s!+$ like this?"

Knowledge (local)?: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16

Talryn stares blankly at the intricate hand gestures. "Wait he's really a mute?"

"Officer Darrenby, please be sensitive to our co-worker's disability. We strive to maintain an inclusive, welcoming workplace."

Bluff (secret message): 1d20 ⇒ 3 Message would've been that NO HE'S NOT but I guess this means . . . he is . . .

Vivian's Pharasmin buddy would be a good start.

Sing language -Who cares? lets just do our job and get paid for it

Walls have ears. Who knows who's watching.