Claws out, Pisco once again slashes at the centaur in hopes of bringing it down quickly.
Attack:
Damage:
Attack:
Damage:
The horrors take a beating yet still stand on all 4s, hooves clacking everywhere with spears jabbing with a mechanical frequency. They seem to be getting more energetic as time goes on, as if the bond holding them to this plane is strengthening.
to Lidras
bludgeoning to Lidras
necrotic to Lidras
Lidras gets clipped by an enchanted horseshoe forged in the fires of hell.
to Pisco
Piscos nimbleness is put to the test and remarkably only one attack gets through.
Round 2:
Lidras, Cloud, Pisco
Centaur Mummies
Katra <--UP
Katra will ignore the creatures and move to Lidras after seeing him take that beating. When she arrives, she will call down the healing glow of Moradin's forge and pour it into Lidras.
"The Gods are not done with you yet Elf" she said.
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Armor of Agathys (1 hour, You gain 15 temporary hit points for the duration. If a creature hits you with a melee attack while you have these hit points, the creature takes 15 cold damage
It was, in all respects, a quite unpleasant experience. First a hoof hit him square in the face. He felt his jaw break, which was just as painful as it sounded with the audible crack. And, before even a tooth could fall out, the injury was gone. Stumbling back, he would have (tried) to say something witty, but all he could think about was the taste of copper.
He redoubled his attack, drawing on every shred of combat experience and training he had. He wanted it dead and he wanted it dead now.
Lidras, shocked and somewhat haughty from the blow, instantly decapitates the centaur mummy, its gross half horse half human torso twitching disgustingly on the floor, spilling out old saffron spice and oddly tied bundles of offal wrapped in parchments.
Round 3:
Lidras, Cloud, Pisco <--UP
Centaur Mummies
Katra
"Lidras! No - oh, nice work, Katra! Now, let's finish this!!" Cloud growls as he spins back to attack the other.
Pisco continues to slash with his claws at the remaining mummy.
Attack:
Damage:
Attack:
Damage:
The tabaxi assault squad rips the remaining mummy to shreds, but Cloud is at risk trying to protect his brethren...
piercing to Cloud
...and catching a spear point to the gut from the untiring dead.
Round 3:
Lidras, Cloud, Pisco
Centaur Mummies
Katra <--UP (+top lister's round 4)
Spinning and slashing, Lidras grinds through the preserved meat of the mummy breaking its horse back. The party continues chopping until the undead monstrosity finally stops quivering.
Cloud shrugs, "Been better, but nothing I can't handle. Nice work everyone. Those things were... rather extra ugly."
"Go ahead and rest some Cloud, while we work on the door."
Nothing wanders here but the party it seems. As you gather your strength back up, you might plunder the nearby urns for a monkey statue, an electrum serpent bracelet, 2 crushed silver masks, and some jade hairpins all worth 100s of gold likely.
Checking behind the western door, it looks like a huge, thin rectangular slab of jade has fallen and shattered on the floor...it also seems to be stomped on by a number of creatures, most notably the impressions of horse hooves have ground certain sections to dust in a 'u' shape.
Cloudrunner sits down and leans back on one of the centaur mummy remains and promptly falls asleep, snoring away until roused an hour later. He picks bits of bandage and small bundles of dried centaur organs out of his fur and then stretches in a distinctly feline way.
"Alright, I feel a lot better. Thanks! Let's go!" Gripping his sword, he starts to walk down the hallway but stops.
"Hey, Pisco! There any traps up here? Or do we look clear?"
Pisco searches the room, discovering a number of valuable items, which he puts away for "safe" keeping. He rests with the others, then moves forward to check the hallway for anything out of the ordinary.
Perception:
Pisco, you slinker down the hall hyper-aware, your eyes glowing slightly from the dim light, ready for anything...this five-foot-diameter passage is dry and dusty. Near the top of the corridor walls, about three feet from the ceiling, stone lintels run the length of the passage. The corridor abruptly widens to a cube fifteen feet on a side with a corrugated floor. In the ceiling of this area, a bronze, circular trapdoor is set. The cover is latched shut.
In the four corners of this foyer are sets of metal rungs forming a ladder that leads up and across the arched ceiling to the trapdoor. The rungs are broken in several places, leaving rusty spikes. On the other side of this area, the corridor continues.
However, just before this cubic chamber, you spot a secret door to your left, and you think pulling one of the lintels down will open it.
You pass through a small antechamber before it opens up into a larger offertory area. The walls are painted flat black, while the floor is inlaid with a colorful mosaic of strange gods cavorting and leaping around a sun. An alcove in the center of the eastern wall is masked by a curtain of shells and beads.
Lidras, perhaps for the first time in the history of this temple, there are no magical auras here.
"Pisco, time to go find those traps in there so we can see what's going on with the alcove." says Katra as she makes a *shooing* motion with her shieldarm.
Pisco gives the dwarf a withering look as he moves forward.
"If you were not so cute, I would be offended!"
Perception:
Pisco, you do not find any deceptive traps. Behind the curtain is the chalky form of a statue seated on a stone throne with its surface carved to depict feathers. The statue is wearing a feathered headdress and a feathered robe. Lying across its lap in its open palms is a scepter seemingly formed from a solid diamond with an eagle’s head crafted on one end and the talons of a bird holding a blazing sun of gold on the other. The most remarkable thing about the statue is its face: it's Katra.
Katra chuckles at Pisco's comment and says "Whatever floats your boat!"
Lidras, while attempting to wrest the diamond scepter free, you find you are unable to lift it...despite it not being attached to anything. Perhaps you are simply not strong enough.
Cloud’s jaw drops open, ”Katra, What?? I knew you were impressive, especially for a dwarf, but... who are you?!”
Pisco looks at the statue, then back to the dwarf, and back to the statue. Finally, he looks at the others with a blank look on his face.
"Huh..."
"I'm just a simple shieldmaiden of Moradin. I have no idea how a statue of me got here, especially wearing that ridiculous getup." says Katra as she moves over and triggers the trap tries to pick up the diamond scepter.
Katra, the scepter comes up into your hand as easily as a mug of ale, but you start to lose sight of your surroundings and enter a strange mental landscape. You witness visions of great battles, jaguar warriors and tribal dwarves engaged on jungle mountain-sides against demonic hoards under a sunless red sky. One warrior in particular looks almost exactly like you, going toe-to-toe with a double baboon faced, tentacled, demon.
For the others, you see her standing there sweating, but slowly turning to stone. At the same time, Katra-statue is becoming flesh and speaks "Friends! I think I have just merged with an earlier incarnation of myself...I feel stronger than ever before! Also, I've seen the way out of this damnable place! A hatch just there, back in the hall. Come, let us go..."
Pisco looks once again between the two...
"what...the...hell..?"
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"Ah yes." Lidras said dryly. "Let us trust the statue that just came to life, within ruins full of traps, illusions, and creatures that have tried to kill us at every turn." He then shrugged, and said with a smile: "But, I believe our dwarven colleague is now queen. I would defer to her majesty in this matter."
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"Ah... so the statue copied you! Just like I am a copy of the original Cloudrunner. Just kidding!"
As she starts to turn to stone and the statue come to life, Cloudrunner yells, "No!! Another trap with another evil doppleganger! Someone help her!" He then starts trying to wrest the scepter from her grasp.
Cloud, the Katra-statue leaps into you, attempting to keep the scepter in Katra's hands just a few seconds more at the same time you are trying to get it free.
”Enough with this place! You! Can! Not! Take! My! FRIEND!!!”