she nods to pendin and than looks to Chirinde I'll Charm him with my smile, and you Chirinde can than plead with his soul to repeat of his ways and aid our mission In the Name of Shelyn the Uncorruptable she smiles warmly at the gnoll trying to look as docile and appealing as possible
Malcom raises a hand to the wall and begins touching the arcane symbols.
he shouts down the hallway.
Just a moment please Malcom, and if you don't mind, please don't touch anything.
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Aelaeron grows bored of the interrogation and wanders off after he uses two more Pearls of Power to restore the spells he cast during the short battle.
I hope whatever information that mongrel has is worth the effort.
He then casts detect magic and warily approaches the chalice and the pool. He stays as far from the chalice as possible while still keeping it inside the range of his spell.(60' cone).
Luca rides on his shoulder, still directing the dancing lights at the ceiling.
Aelaeron
You walk towards the fountain and notice on a raised stone surface at the center of the pool sits a three-foot-tall nine-inch-round chalice that glows with an unusual colored ambiance. As you examine it, the beautiful vessel shifts from a glistening green to a warm red hue. The weak illumination plays tricks on the surface of the pool below, making it look aflame with crimson reflection.
And then suddenly you and Luca only see darkness as you both pass out.
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aelearon
Drake
Right after you hear Malcom yell out from the northern tunnel you see coming around the corner to the south six emaciated creatures whose skin appears charred or dried, they wear reading clothing with a strange star like symbol emblazoned on them and they have empty eye sockets which seep trails of smoke. They utter not a sound as they move towards you.
Pendin
You look up from the Gnoll in time to see Aelaeron and Luca who have wandered away from the group towards the now reddish colored Chalice Fountain drop to the ground like a pair of rag dolls about 70 feet way.
About then is when you realize two other party members are missing Malcom and Drake and remember Malcom yelling out about some arcane symbols just a moment ago.
"Aelaeron! He's passed out or been knocked out! Lady Zaldane, maybe you should go to check on him, or Chirinide. I would be useless in figuring out what is wrong with him. Where is Malcolm and Drake? Didn't Malcolm shout about reading magic? Let's leave this gnoll here for the time being, he won't be breaking out of his bonds anytime soon."
"Now that I think about, we should all three stay together and try to find out what is wrong with Aelaeron, at least drag him back further away from that red glow. Then we can look for Malcolm and Drake.
Agreed Pendin she flips her hood up and beging to turn down the hall way May Shelyn watch over this soul, while we aid our allies in there time of need she begins down the hallway her glaive leading
the way before her
Pendin walks down the hallway one step to the right of Lady Zaldane. Once he reaches a point where he can grab Aelaeron behind the shoulders, he will, dragging him back 20 ft up the hallway.
May the Eternal Rose grant me thy heavenly glow so i may see
she utters as she rushes down the hall, praying.
"Lady Zaldane, may I call you Lady or just Zaldane, would you mind grabbing his pet?"
Zaldane is fine, Pendin and i will gladly save such a cute little creature as Luca
On phone so I need someone to roll for me, perception +12, stealth + 29.
Note darkvision is still in effect for 2 more hours.
Chirinide makes sure the gnoll is on our side of the door and then drifts into the shadows, walking along the wall to the corner where the hallway enters the room with the chalice so she can peek around the corner.
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Pendin and Zaldane
Drake
Chirinide
You see as you get up to walk towards the hallway where Pendin and Zaldane are walking towards the crumpled forms of Luca and Aelearon, that Drake is standing at the T intersection to the west of you and just as you start to turn to walk to the hallway you see the emaciated body of a what looks like an undead creature heading towards him.
Malcom
Standing where you are you don't see anything but you swear you hear the sounds of several sets of shuffling feet coming from back down the hallway you just came up
Malcom hears the sound of feet shuffling toward his location.
"I didn't think everybody would come all at once?" he thinks to himself as he ignores Aelaeron's request not to touch anything.
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Pendin and Zaldane
You approach Aelearon and Luca laying on the ground about the time you come with in a few feet of them you notice the light from the Chalice shift in color again changing from red to a soft purple but this is the last thing you see before you both drop to the ground and pass out.
What can I figure about the Chalice and the shuffling zombie things?
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Chirinide
As to the chalice very little it is looks magical and it seems to have a wide area of effect that you friends have run into without knowing. Of the undead probably less though you know they are definately not zombies in fact you are pretty sure they are a lot worse than any zombie you have ever come in contact with.
Pendin
Drake on your action you take a double move back and slip around the corner and into the room with the chalice and hide in the shadows along the walls successfully.
enemies!! Down my way!!
Malcom hears Drake and immediately abandons his find. Securing a shield to each arm he jogs around the corner (somewhere around C or D, 33 or 34. Whichever creates a straight line for next round) and prepares to make a Charge Attack in Round 2.
Chirinide moves up and casts entangle on the area with the shambler things. (DC 17)
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Malcom runs down the hall and stops across from the creatures that are coming out of the south part of the t intersection and gets ready to attack, about this time Chirinide cast entangle and successfully grabs the entire group of undead creatures within the area of effect. Each one of them are stopped in there tracks. On there turns 4 of them take move actions to become unentangled in the back. the front to look at Malcom and gaze at you with baleful glares that reach into your very souls as if they are trying to rob you of your existence.
Malcom feels strange as he locks eyes with his foes. Its a feeling unlike any hes ever experienced before.
If he passes his saves Malcom lets out a loud scream and charges.
"RAWWWWWWWWWWW!!!"
Malcom attempts to break through the front line:
If successful the target is knocked prone and takes an Attack of Opportunity. If unsuccessful Malcom stops directly in front of the target.
If the overrun succeeds Malcom Charge Attacks the target directly behind the first:
If the hit succeeds the target is subject to a Bullrush attack using Malcom's attack roll in place of a CMB roll.
Hearing Drake's muffled outcry, Gelik runs towards him, only to find a group of undead.
He stops in his tracks and gulps an extract, before resuming the movement.
He rummages through his memory, trying to remember what species those creatures belong to.
Gelik continues to run, moving around the corner behind Drake.
A dry grin runs over Gelik's face as he grabs two bags with colored powders and swiftly pours them over three small vials. He then throws the vials into the group of undead, shaking them vigorously before throwing. At the last moment he notices Malcom charge past him and curses under his breath as he adjusts the trajectory.
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The damage is acid-based.
Shadow Conjuration, Acid arrow at the nearest one. will DC 20 for partial.
2d4 dmg per round for 4 rounds, successful save takes only 20% dmg.
As Malcom lurches forward he notices the entire area is covered in a thick layer of plants and weeds.
No stopping now!!!
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Malcom rush towards the undead and gets entangled in the weeds but is still able to clock the first one with his shield pretty good despite the weeds, at the end of the round you become unentangled
Next Drake peeks out from the the other end of the hall and hits the same one with a arrow as well.
Zaldane, Pendin, Luca, and Aelearon are still passed out
Gelik
During you first round action you observe the undead for a moment and realize they are what called Bodaks, a fearsome form of undead known for having a glare that sucks the life out of people and making more bodaks in the process.
During your second round action you chuck the volatile fluids at the bodaks and kill the first one that malcom has just attacked and splashes his allies. The next two fluids hit and kill the bodak to the left as well as splashes his allies.
Chirinide you hit the only one available to hit this round though it remains standing after the hit.
The undead fail their saves when they try and move into the entangled area and instead deceide to glare at malcom again.