Sledge ducks with lightning speed, deflecting much of the fire with his forearms.
All the homunculi save one are incinerated by Zin's flames. The Flesh Golem slows as the others have when struck by fire.
It finally moves, attacking Jones fiercely.
But fails to touch him.
Darius whips at the last little homunculus swatting it across the face
Darius manages to miss the little beast in the cramped spaces.
Jones stabs the homunculus.
Then he Studies the big fella.
Jones finishes it off.
"Well, that was simple enough."
Sledge looks around the room for treasure.
Samuel provokes from the big monster he decided to ignore.
Samuel instead slams a booted foot into the chest of the creature.
Samuels nails it, once, the other quick punch having no effect.
The beast, now blind but still able to sniff you out, turns on Samuel this time, swinging its meaty fist into his mid section, but the damage is dispersed across his armor and copious amounts of muscle.
Darius curses as his last lash had been careless making him look the fool. He brings the whip across the face of the blind creature.
Darius hits the creature across the face, leaving a light welt on it.
Sledge swings forward - missing a wild punch on the way - but uses his momentum to drive an elbow into the faceless creature.
Sledge pounds it, but doesn't quite drop it.
Jones pokes it in the back.
Jones pokes it somewhere sensitive, maybe an off switch, because the creature collapses without a sound.
Sledge starts looking for treasure, but keeps an eye on the creature just in case it's not as down-and-out as it seems.
There are three large, sealed, opaque black glass containers.
Sam raises an eyebrow at the containers. "Yeah, I got nothing."
Daruis quirks a brow. " I am not fully sure either. They are black so maybe a liquid or poison? Most likely nothing of import. "
Beyond the door in the Mummy room is the Stretching Way, an exposed, winding narrow pathway up the bare rockface to the next area of the manse. It is treacherous and steep, with no handrails or guide ropes.
Upon making it to the top, there is a small staircase that leads down 10 feet to a recessed iron door. The door looks rusted around the hinges and edges.
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Darius checks the door and then opens it assuming nothing is wrong.
There is nothing visibly wrong with the door (no traps that you can see, and it's not locked) but the door won't open all the way.
It budges slightly, and a bit of water spills out from about waist height.
"I'm thinking we tie ourselves in so if water floods out to knock us off we don't fall."
Once that is done, Sledge will smash the door.
Darius simply jams his Longsword deep in the ground to hold on to it as well.. he was sure something would go wrong. He'd hold on to Zin. " You are fragile and weak don't fall off, I rather not have to find your bloated carcass down the river, nor have to deal with the imagery. "
Roll about 3 rounds worth of damage, Sledge to see how long it takes.
After the first punch, Sledge pauses and turns to the others. "Dammit. I really wanna go back and see what was in those jars. How 'bout we go back and open just one?"
Sam's punches deform the door, and it falls down a moment later.
Water splashes out, wetting everyone's feet. The corridor beyond is half flooded, water up to three feet over most of the area.
Directly ahead is a staircase, though all but the bottom few stairs are collapsed or buried under rubble.
The hallway splits, leading to the left and right, leading to doors just around their respective corners. Simple pit traps lay at either end, easily visible to most of your senses. They would be little threat at this point, submerged under the water.
"Well, let's go I guess."
Sledge takes the lead going left.