Odan has absolutely no idea what these foul things are. He rushes headlong into them, axe held high.
"You can try talking if you all prefer, but those are sharp looking weapons, and, my apologies, but I value my health and well-being more than theirs!"
Since she had a javelin in hand, Goriana takes a step forward and hurls it at one of the toad creatures.
She then pulls her longsword and charges.
Pindleton's arrow threads a gap in their cover like a needle, impaling the rubbery froggy flesh. Clutching his wound, the beast grimaces as the other snickers. He points at Odan before they both throw dark wooden javelins...
dmg piercing to Odan
The beasts eyes light up like he just spotted a gold horde at Odan's wound. Odan and Gloriana are quick to retaliate.
However, as Odan gets within melee range, the stench goes from bad day to worse day as it seems to interact physically or magically with Odan's physiology...
Gloriana's javelin goes wide, skipping off the floor stones like a rock on water, but she charges forth into melee.
Odan's greataxe tears the frogs face from its chest, sending it flying further behind some barrels.
Seth moves in order to have a better angle and unleash his eldritch energy on the remaining frog-guy
Seth's aim is flawless, nailing the beast square. The sound of the blast, however, is reminiscent of a fey queen sighing, and seems to have little impact.
Round One:::::
Pindleton
Creatures
Sohar, Odan, Seth, Glor <--UP
Pindleton moves just inside of the doorway and while the creature is focused on Gloriana and Sohar, sneaks a shot at it.
Pindleton's arrow seems to disrupt some kind of chameleon-like defense system. It's skin flickers colors, turning the shade of the flooring stone, to the shade of Gloriana's armor, to bright magenta and back again rapidly. Horribly wounded and surrounded it makes a furious rush at Gloriana, trying to bite at her neck while slashing at her guts...
It's effort turns out to be incredibly pathetic, and really quite sad in the final analysis.
Round Two:::::
Pindleton
Creature
Sohar, Odan, Seth, Glor <--UP
Odan bursts out laughing.
I'm not sure I can kill something that pathetic! he says, still laughing. Dear god, my sides are hurting!
Seth tries to put an end to the creature embarrassment
The creature turns to Odan giving a sad look like 'Hey, don't laugh at me!' before Seth's death engine bores a hole through its chest. You see Sohar on the other side before it flops to the ground, lifeless.
Searching around the arms reveals:
-a silvered dagger
-shield encrusted with blue gems, and a solid gold leaping dolphin
-a banner depicting a bird of living flame
Additionally, if there's any mundane equipment from the PHB (weapons and armor of normal materials) you want/need roll d100. 50 or higher it is here.
You have an eastern exit and southeast exit, both with wooden closed doors. The southeast exit is obviously trapped: had someone opened the door from the other side, they would've got a large spiked log to the face.
Gloriana gives Seth a look and a nod. "Nice work," she says as she picks up the shield, hefting it for weight and balance.
Odan kicks around the junk on the floor. This stuff ought to be good for a few pennies back in Absalom.
Well, which way?
Gloriana, though the leather straps have corroded it could be easily repaired and serviceable. The lavish decoration no doubt would be worth a pretty penny to someone, also.
While the rest of her companions check out the room, Gloriana takes the shield and secures it to her backpack. She then takes a few moments to get her second wind.
Afterward, she listens at the door closest to her.
Gloriana, you don't hear anything suspicious and should you peek inside you would find a spiral staircase leading up.
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Odan can't pick locks, but he can always smash the door down.
While Odan tries to smash the door in, Gloriana will wait, weapon in hand.
The rusted old hinges slide out of their mossy cobblestone holsters, and the door falls to the ground. Two stone altars, one black and one white, sit at either end of this large chamber, which takes up two wings of the tower on this level. The crumbling remains of wooden benches sag in front of each altar beneath rotting ceiling tapestries. Carved symbols and writings snake along the walls. The burnt corpses of two troglodytes lie on the floor in the center of the room.
More of notice however, are the 2 burning skeletons which stand, and turn to gaze at you with their fiery sockets. They unleash a long, silent, scream...
The skeletons swarm at you with incredible alacrity, their scimitars sport an eerie blue flame like their faces, in need of death.
And even when they aren't slashing flameblades into your dwarven muscles, the heat is unbearable at close range...
Round One:::::
Skeletons
All PCs <---
Ouch!
Odan strikes back at the flaming skeleton.
If the attack just enough to destroy it, then he'll stay to fight the second. If not, he'll move back into the stairwell.
Gloriana was ready to attack, and so she will, hacking at one of the flaming skeletons.
Odan's first swing sends massive sections of bone back to the crypt, but its fighting arm is still good and creepily still stands. Sohar finally separates the skull from the spinal column...but something unexpected happens.
As the flaming skull hits the floor, it shatters releasing a final blast of searing hellfire.
Gloriana steps through the shockwave to assault the second abomination, ripping scraps of old armor off like bark.
Round One:::::
Skeletons
Odan, Sohar, Gloriana, Pindleton, Seth <---
Seth feels relief that his combat style put him out of the range the explosion.
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Seth's blast seems to attack the very animating spirit force keeping the bones together, one more strike and its likely to fall.
Round One:::::
Skeletons
Odan, Sohar, Gloriana, Seth, Pindleton <---
After being distracted by some of the stonework and trying to discern the culture of those who built this place, the explosion grabs Pindleton's attention.
The last skeleton's teeth are closed hard against each other, yet a voice eminates from the entity "Yerok sed meshet...sed meshet rinkesh!" a thundercrack is heard through the walls of stone as it brings its flaming sword down on Gloriana...
...but with a quick jerk of her neck the blade only finds air.
Round Two:::::
Skeleton
Odan, Sohar, Gloriana, Seth, Pindleton <---
Odan attacks again!
The greataxe slices the bones like bamboo, instead of a bloody marrow a blackened mush wrought with blue flame escapes in another fiery explosion...
The atmosphere of the room calmed, you notice quite a few parchments piled up on each altar.
Hrmph, grumbles Odan.
Let's see what's around.
Odan takes a look at what can be looted.