Lucrezia is thoroughly annoyed by the lack of sight. "Orsin, quit yelling. We are blind not f%$$ing deaf."
"And as for you Grimm, if you take this as an opportunity to cop a quick feel you will learn how a gelding feels as soon as I get my damn sight back."
"John, get over here. You get to lead me. At least I know that you won't try to grab anything and Andrea's leading Truk. Shadow, I guess you get to take point in my place since I can't see a gods be damned f!*+ing thing."
"Oh heartless gods, why have you forsaken me? It's happened for good this time, hasn't it?! I'm really deaf! Damn you, merciful Shelyn!"
Orsin begins to dissolve into a sobbing mess.
Andrea yanks Orsin to his feet.
Oh! Me next! let me do that! One of the dolls has crept down and is watching what is going on.
After feeling for the top of the coffin, Truk shoves hard in an effort to open it up.
Damn you, merciful Shelyn!"[/b]
"Hey! Was that you Orsin? I may be blind but don't think that'll keep my from beating the tar out of you!"
Grimm closes his eyes as the blast hits.
He shuts his lids in time and his dwarven resistance takes care of the rest.
Quit yer yellin you lot, we still gonna make it outta here. Now lets find these coffins, I got me some wooden stakes what I hear is good fer vampires ain't they? Let's stake em and drag thier bodies to the sun and kill em proper
In the sarcophagus room he calls, I got a spell what lets me search stuff witout touching it.
He aids in leading the group back to the Sarcophagus room and, standing as far back as the room and spell allows, (30ft) casts SIFT to examine the coffins at range as if touching them.
That's me mundane search done. Lemme check fer magic.
Grimm follows up his sift spell with a casting of DETECT MAGIC and scans each coffin for 3 rounds.
Regarding Sift you can exam at range what you can see or touch, so you would be able to exam the exterior of the coffins. You don't see any traps, nor did you detect any magic.
However, the inside is still a mystery. It doesn't tell if there is any creature in the coffin either. That being said Truk pushed the lid off one of the coffins.
Grimm doesn't notice either coffin being trapped. Truk muscles one lid away and the tattooed map is in the coffin, reformed, with his gear on him. His eyes pop open with the sudden distance.
Fluer remains in the outside hall as a rear guard.
Back off Truk! Vampire is awake!
Andrea casts Searing Light on the vampire
John will help lead Lucrezia as she requested.
When they get to the coffins John will have his sword out to cut off the heads and will use it to attack he vampire if Andrea doesn't kill it first.
Grimm reacts as fast as he can, closing the distance to within 10feet of the coffin.
Defend yerselfs!
Truk spins in confusion.
"What vampire? Where?"
Your right the vampire is helpless for the first hour then the fast heal kicks in. So that being said, his eyes do not open and you all manage to chop off the heads, sprinkle your holy water and stake their hearts.
Truk feels around helplessly.
"Let's get out of here. I think I've had enough of this place."
Grimm leaves the stakes in. They were cheap to replace anyway.
Right. We done here? Let's find and wreck any left over undead bastards and go home. I had enough o this sh!thole.
Grimm is not gentle, he roughly pulls the decapitated and staked bodies (if they didn't turn to ash or something) out of the sarcophagi and inspects them and pats down the bodies for gold or weapons.
We need to find out what time of day it is. Andrea loots the corpses of course. Once I pray for the proper miracles, I cna cure everyone's blindness.
Andrea will help the others upstairs and to the hidden room if need be or up to the ground floor.
The Mazeflesh Man items:
+1 repeating Heavy crossbow, shoulder sling.
Golembane scrab
+2 ROP
Cleric:
+1 ROP
+1 chainshirt
+2 short sword
crossbolts
gold and black holy symol of bat head
masterwork hand cross bow
wayfinder (empty}
scroll of demensional anchor, dismissal
oil of magic vestment +2
Anybody mind if I take the stronger protection ring? On account o me takin it to the face more than most and there's a few kicking round already. Don't wanna end up like Duncan, I'm sure I got some bastards to some whore somewhere.
I will make note of it on the list, feel free Grimm.
"Alright, now where the hell we planning on holing up until Andrea prays for the spells to let us see again? Or are we ready to just be leaving this place for a bit?"
We can either head for the hidden room upstairs where we rested previously, or if is daylight, we can make our way out of Delvehaven.
Doublecheck those steps though, I don't want us forgetting everything when we got what we came for.
It's daylight the group can easily make it back to the safe house. The whole sequence downstairs did not take that long. There was little, if any, lull between encounters.
Andrea will send Ziz off so he can inform the other CoW so they can meet the group with a wagon and cart the blinded members back without drawing undue attention.
Once back in, Andrea finds Areal. Lucrezia,Faelyn, and Truk have been blinded by the light of this.. Andrea sets the Morrowfall on the table so everyone can see it.
We have recovered the Morrowfall, what this is capable of we don't know. It used beams of sunlight against anyone who got close to is, not surprising since it seems Ilnerik sent vampires to try to get it. We also talked to the spirit of Bisby who spoke more about what had been happening in Delvehaven.
Grimm stomps in apon thier return.
A days work fer decent spoils. Whoever's runnin the show decide what's up. I'm gettin drunk. Andrea, yer brothel friend do outcalls?
And with that, Grimm begins a thorough search of whatever beverages are in the safehouse with much belching and fun poking and foul language. ..
I am sure something can be arranged.
Truk sits glumly at whatever table he's lead to while Andrea tells the secondary Children about the party's accomplishments at Delvehaven.
Grimm downs his 4th drink as though he were trying to incapacitate himself, Don't look so sad Truk, ye and Lucretia can make a game o it. I'll lock ye both inna room and ye can groupe around ta find each other afore ye can shag! HA!
Truk chuckles.
"I guess it'd be a lot like doing it in the dark."
Just make sure you get the correct opening.
The big orc chuckles to himself but doesn't say anymore.
"There's a wrong one?"
Grimm spits and coughs his ale at Lucretia's comment!
Cough*..HA! Lucrezia! I knew you were my kinda woman! Lemme know if Truk ain't doin it fer ya! Or we could work together if yer a team player! Bwahhaha!
"Trouble is doin it just fine for me Grimm, don't worry about that. As for team player, well, I'm waiting to get Orn outa jail for that."
Truk found himself getting anxious at the mention of his brother's name.
To occupy his thoughts, he focused on the discussion at hand.
"I'll let you know if I need a hand", Truk said plainly in the dwarf's direction.
Orsin sits at the table, head in hands, watching the others clearly carrying on with a conversation without him.
His anger seethes gently.
Moving over, Andrea lightly places her hand on your shoulder. [b]Is something wrong?
The group struggles but finds their way to the safehouse. Areal, Janiven and Ailyn is not there when you arrive.
A startled gasp can be heard by all but Orsin when you arrive. Three members of the brotherhood are blind and one is deaf. Amaya begins to fuss over you getting warm compress and bandages. "At least your back."
"It was splendid dash, or in my case carry, through the old house. Tested their mettle and took a few well deserved lumps to harden their resolve." A rumbling cackle, "A reminder of their mortality."
"Sweetie can you scratch my forehead? You may be blind, but who am I to complain about a disability?" She nudges Faelyn
A good night's rest will solve this problem. Truk and I can pray for some miracles in the morning that can cure the blindness and deafness.
Orsin seems startled at first by Andrea's touch, but then softens his gaze. He didn't hear what she asked, but he bleakly smiles at her nonetheless, shaking his head and pointing at his ears after her lips stop moving.
As Amaya fusses over those cursed Grimm does his best to put on a limp for the Tian woman.
Yep got us good they did, took a mace ta the leg from a animated knight. Barely standin if'n ye can help get a dwarf ta a chair?
When the expected assistance comes the dwarf rapidly changes tack, sweeping the woman off her feet and into his lap as the sits on the chair, and cops a good feel, Ha! Got all 3 a me legs workin now girl! Ferget that lot and come rub ole Grimm's ache's fer im. Even though ye some hard fought coin if ye do a good job.
He braces as the trainee monk unleashes a quick flurry of blows and makes her escape like one who was very good at rejecting unwanted advan es.
Amaya frowns when she is swept off her feet and quickly slaps him three times across the face, two quick lefts and a bit firmer right. "Dirty ole dwarf, Gruum's warned us about you"
Orsin seems startled at first by Andrea's touch, but then softens his gaze. He didn't hear what she asked, but he bleakly smiles at her nonetheless, shaking his head and pointing at his ears after her lips stop moving.
Realization dawns as she remembers what happened in Delvehaven and gets a sheet of peper. I will take care of your deafness in the morning, and then you can tell me if anything is troubling you. Youa re myf riend after all.
Truk will spend the rest of the day blindly being lead about the safehouse.
"I'll happily serve as your guide Truk," A mischievous grin on her face. "Walk forward, then take a left," Thud into the wall. "Oops, your other left big boy." Thud, slam. Sorry my bad"
Truk growls in growing frustration as he catches on to Khaz's game.
"You're lucky you're already headless she-devil."