Maelchar will ready to attack anything he meets up with in the darkness...
Pointing at where he hears the voice coming from, Zeriax unleashes a flurry of arrows.
Pakak casts a protection from Evil spell upon himself.
"Gibberish , the chanting is just gibberish."
With determination the party moves forward towards the southeast corner to find and eliminate the 1 threat that most heard. Although they move enmass towards that area no one comes into contact with any creatures other than themselves. Only the fact that those ahead could see backwards in the light of the doorway could realize that friendlies were coming closer prevented each of you from swinging at each other. Moving farther in though will pose greater hazards as you might target each other in the pitch black confines of the mausoleum.
Pakak stays mainly were he is and protects himself from further magical mental tampering.
Morgrym feels a presence move up next to him as he feels a soft caress, almost as if a gentle lover was running a hand along the side of his face. No lover's touch ever burned the way this one did as the life was sucked from him.
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The touch came from the west.
The paladins of the fifth crusade respond well to Irabeth and lay into the ghouls before them. Calling upon their holy power they add insult to injury as the blades flash with white light and cut down more ghouls in their way.
The freemen of Drezen also help out in support as they take the flank and try to do what they can to help as well. Not as well trained or equipped they still have a fire burning inside them and unleash it on the ghouls army.
Freemen of Drezen +3 damage
Ghouls on paladins
The battle is over in short order as the ghouls are vanquished without a single loss of life in return. The ground is still tainted and may well be for some time but at least the end of the ghoul threat is accomplished.
Maelchar reaches out to his nearest ally (Gareth?) with his offhand and places his hand firmly on his shoulder... "'Tis I Maelchar... let us all go forward in contact with each other so we don't end up fighting each other... if we present a line of battle, when we run into a foe we will know it and be able to attack..." He carries his hammer in one hand for the time being even though he cannot wield it in combat this way... he uses it like a probe swinging it before him as he moves westward slowly looking for foes.
No fool, but not willing to stand back while others do her fighting, Nasira readies herself to deal with stragglers using sword, spell, and spirit. With much amazement, she watches the army of ghouls fall like water rushes harvested on the riverbank fall to the scythe. As the members of the Claw push through their foe, she hails those she recognizes, glowing shield held high.
"This is madness..." - Zeriax whispers, unable to pinpoint their foe.
"BLAST! There's something next to me! Don't let it touch ya!" Morgrym swings his weapon in hopes to hit something.
Morgrym swings twice and with each swing feels contact, hard at first then softening as he thinks his strikes landed true. In the dark though it is impossible to tell how effective or telling the blows were.
Zeriax you hear sounds coming from the southeast like you did before. No sound of combat there but the sound of a creature chanting a spell is clearly heard. You can also tell that there is a combat going on just to the southwest as well. You heard Morgrym yelling and figure it is him along with one other combatant.
1d20+14
Pakak casts a protection from Evil spell upon himself.
"Gibberish , the chanting is just gibberish."
Zeriax decides for a change of tactics, listening to Maelchar's words, and moving towards his companion - "I cannot shoot. The risk is too high" - the monk comments in the dark, reaching to try and touch the oracle, and establish the united front he had suggested.
Pakak moves up to the edge of the doorway and activates his aura ability hoping that the effect will hit enough of his allies and possibly make a difference for them.
Linking hands to determine where everyone is the party starts a sweep from the east going west. They do not make it too far before hitting Morgrym. However they are beyond certain that the chanting coming from the SE corner is not coming from a tangible creature.
The creature reaches out once again at Morgrym and this time jabs at him in the chest. No longer does he caress the cheek as Morgrym injured him last time. for
You hear the creature retreating back away from Morgrym but how far or where you do not know.
"BLAST YA!" the dwarf yells, feeling himself a bit drained. "This thing is drainin' me! Like it's tryin' to take all my energy from me!" He swings again hoping he's just as lucky as he was last time.
Morgrym you feel nothing in the space next to you as both swings hit nothing but air. Perhaps he is still there and you just missed him in the dark or he could have moved. You don't know.
"Move with us Morgrym... we are headed to the chanting in a united front so we know where each other are and don't attack each other in the dark." Continue the move to the east and south, heading toward the chanting...
Maelchar you already cleared that out to the SE. And have nothing but going west available unless you want to backtrack. The chanting is not from a tangible creature as I mentioned up above.
"There's little I can do either..." Pakak admits.
Nasira seeks out Irabeth, but stops as she moves through the army to tend to the wounded, marveling at how little damage they took overall.
Irabeth looks at your approach Nasira, What evil has befallen us? Where are your companions that you left with not but a moment ago. I lost sight of them as you entered the building there and then the ghouls arrived.
Tactically moving to clear as many spaces as possible Garith moves and clears out the western section of the mausoleum. Unfortunately he does not find anything nor does Radiance of his shield connect with anything in the square he targets. Telling the others were he is at Maelchar and Zeriax move up to keep pace with him and to let Morgrym know where they are as well.
Bad guy turn
This time around it is Garith who feels the touch of a hand punching into him instead of Morgrym. The force is enough to cause the paladin to suck in his breath in mighty pain as he was hit harder than possibly ever before as his life force starts to slip away.
touch attack from the west for con damage
Irabeth looks at your approach Nasira, What evil has befallen us? Where are your companions that you left with not but a moment ago. I lost sight of them as you entered the building there and then the ghouls arrived.
"What evil indeed! We had but stepped into the dim light of the tomb and I realized that my companions were not who they appeared! To a man, they had been replaced by the very demonkind they claim to fight! I tried to call my goddess to strike them all down, but they were unaffected. Rather than die uselessly against the imposters, I came out to find the real men for surely they are somewhere among the army."
Garith as soon as you start to move you run into the creature (AH,17) as it touches you once again as you provoke.
Touch attack for con damage
Threat for con damage
Frustrated at the inability to do anything, "Bah! This is hopeless! And I've got ta admit, a bit on the stupid side. We need to get out of here and wait until morning!" Morgrym then attempts to make his way out of the place.
Maelchar takes a step back and attacks the space in front of Gareth.
Re rolled attack
Crit confirm
Garth brings his shield up to intercept the attack but in the darkness is unable to judge the position correctly and still gets rocked for 5 more con damage. Yet all was not lost as he was able to connect with the creature.
"I think..." - Zeriax whispers, exhaling completely to steady his shots in the darkness. The only sounds that follow are the impossibly twangs of his arrow, unleashing three cold iron tipped arrows at the demon in quick succession.
Morgan you still can go this round and move up and around to targe the creature.
Still feeling lousy but Zeriax did hit it twice!
I have not seen them since they left with you. They are not among the men that I know about for surely they would have been recognized and a surge of momentum would have been noticeable with the general and his companions there. I beseech you, please take Aravashinal and return to the mausoleum to search for them. Perhaps Aravashinal could aid you or give you direction when you arrive.
Frowning, Narisa seeks out the elven mage and explains the situation. "Irabeth is certain that those that I accompanied to the mausoleum were who they seemed to be, but once we stepped into the darkness, I realized that they were demonkind. I called on Sarenrae's own power to harm them before they realized I saw through their disguises, but it did not harm them. I could not hope to prevail against even one of them, so I retreated to find the real men."
Some confusion creeps into her voice here, "But General Tirabade insists that they are not here and believes you can help solve this puzzle. Can you accompany me to where I saw them last? Perhaps there is some magical force that swept them away and replaced them with demons." She doesn't sound convinced even as she says it.
Stopping as the paladin yells at him, Morgrym sighs. "Alright, alright, don't get all cranky on me, lad." He moves over next to Garith and swings in the area directed by him.
Everyone starts to join in the fray as Morgrym and Zeriax add their attacks to the unique berbalang. Zeriax can hear that 2 of the arrows hit soft flesh while the third hit the stony walls. Morgrym as well hits after finding out where the elusive creature is located.
Bad Guy
The berbalang turns his head towards Zeriax thwarted from hitting the archer by the wall of bodies in front of him. Instead he reaches out to touch Morgrym again in retaliation for the blow it received.
touch attack for con
You heard it back away from the group at elast 10 feet away to the west but not its exact location.
You know that it is in AG,13
Good Guys up