Ugh..That is the last time I yank something open like that. Thank you everyone, even though it was painful.
Andrea drinks three potions of CLW
She then converts Obscuring Mist into CLW, which is Empowered due to her blessings as a Holy Vindicator.
=15
Best to leave these things to the experts. Andrea nods to Gerard. She takes the broken amulet. I broke this in a bit of a panic, I wonder if this person worshiped Abadar.
The amulet has no religious significance that you can tell Andrea.
There is another stairwell leading down that is located in A/-A 2/3. It's in the caretakers house. There is also a ceiling access (-C,5) in the hallway of the caretakers house.
Let us try the ceiling access. Andrea pauses and lets Gerard take the lead.
The Archon steps back, thankful that the damage was relatively light, I am sorry, Vindicator
As the party moves off the hound stays at the rear, seemingly protective of the cleric.
Blessed Goddesses.
Daniel was about to lay hands on Andrea, but she took care of her own injuries well.
So instead he wraps her up in a big hug.
Heavens, I had thought we'd lost you. Do not be so careless with your safety, Vindicator. You are the heart of this brotherhood and have come to mean alot to me. Promise to guard yourself please
Andrea hugs Daniel back and pats his back. Thank you Daniel. You are right that I was too hasty in opening the cabinet.We might want to destroy it as well so any wanderers will not fall prey.
Bob was a typical giant, he hunted, brawled with his tribe, ambushed humans. You know, giant stuff. Life near the Wormwood was okay, but there
were two things that every member of his tribe knew,(actually there were more than two but nobody could count that high) Never mess with the
Mother of Flies and never try to raid the human city at night. Stupid Crackjaw thought he was pretty sneaky and could sneak in to get
some plunder to show off. Nobody EVER saw him again.
Some human named Stiglor was going around hiring some tribes to take on The Mother and was tossing around the gold and saying Bob's tribe could
have the area around the Maggot Tree for themselves if they helped and enforced the 'New council' when they took over the city, Bob
didn't know anything about any council but bringing down The Mother was good enough for him. There were a bunch of humans and some
bite-sized guy in the forces, but Bob and some other giants and ogres were sent to kill off Fleshgorger so The Mother would be
weaker.
Bob still thinks they were suckers for doing that. They killed those Jinkens and Fleshgorger started ripping into them, the ogres were
pretty much eaten but they were beating the bug down and it looked like they were winning but then they got hit
from behind by some humans. Arrows, swords and magic crushed everyone and Bob went down and everything was going black, but then he
felt better and opened his eyes..
...and saw her.
Bob kind of remembers who else was there. There was some armor wearing man with a sword, a elf woman with a bow, some other man with knives,
a another sword man and a woman but they all vanished from Bob's mind when he saw her.
She had short yellow hair and looked like she had been in a bunch of fights before, scars and was that a burn? None of them mattered
to Bob though. Her voice was a sweet song and her eyes like blue..blue...like the sky! She asked Bob to fight with them against 'The Council'
Bob wasn't sure, since they had paid them gold and stuff, but they did send them off away from the main force. All those humies were getting
the best plunder! So Bob was okay, because she said please.
Bob stuck right close to Andrea, that was her name! They brought along that huge bug and man! Those council humies never stood a chance, just
how could a bug eat so many humies? Bob fell over once but his darling healed him right back up(Bob guessed that man in armor helped some but
he doesn't matter.) Then they got to the big tree!
That was a huge fight! So many people running around, Stiglor was there along with that itty bitty man who almost poisoned the but
that fancy singing guy blew all the poison away! Fleshgorgger ate about two, well more than two, ALOT! Armor guy cut open Stiglor
and his angel made another angel appear and heale dtheir wounds and then they won! Hurray!
The Mother came down to talk and Bob hid since she would be major mad at those who tried to burn her tree down. Bob looted some corpses
and got some nice steel to trade and gold and plenty of ogre mead! Bob got drunk though and passed out and when he came to, his
angel was gone.
Bob knew she had to have gone back to the humie city, but how to get to see her again. Bob had to think!
Gerard wiggle his way up through he ceiling access and crawls into a stuffy, cramped attic has been set up with work tables and a full alchemist’s lab. There is a slab of butchered meat hanging form the ceiling, it's bloody contents draining into a pan. It is obvious that the half carcass was a human. There is a large chest (5 by 3) under one of the tables. The tables themselves a several empty and full vials scattered about and on closer inspection they full vials have a couple different coloration's.
There are no traps on the chest but it is locked. You manage to undo the lock. Inside the chest are two blood-soaked, fly-covered sacks—one holding 35 bloodstones worth 50 gp each and the other larger sack holds
the prime cuts from a recently slain tax collector.
Two constants, right? Death... and taxes.
Euphemia had also taken a turn in hugging Andrea whilst time permitted, but had no words, really, that were more important than what could be communicated nonverbally.
Frank sniffled at Andrea, apparently content.
Now, the witch stares at the ceiling like a meal that has given her indigestion.
Andrea returns Euphemia's hug and pets Frank.
Just what did you find Gerard?
Daniel takes the Large Great sword from whomever is carrying it a stows it on his back.
A cursed weapon to be sure, but something to pull out in the event all had been lost and he needed to make a FINAL stand...
If I ever move to use this in combat. Run. Or fly or turn invisible and wait it out.
Ehhh...I don't recommend doing that, but I do have scrolls that can Remove Cruses and Break Enchantments and can free you from its effects.
I need you to make a Will save.
In addition to the Will save you take 1 negative level.
Daniel momentarily doubles over and clutches his head...
Your Will save saves you. You still loose the negative level.
"Eeeeeeeeeeekkkk...SCUM!!! SINFUL DIRT UNHAND ME!" Your head hurts as the voice fades. Every bit of your moral and lawful fiber aches as it fights off the intrusion.
Daniel fights off a strong mental intrusion and somehow manages to unstrap the cursed blade from his shoulders.
The blade...it...spoke to me. Screamed at me. I think it is sentient.
He is panting, moreso than from the actual fight from before.
I feel...less whole, dirty. It did something to me. It needs to be destroyed or at least removed from here. Azreal, lets wrap it in the bed linens and can you take it to House Tilneros for Destruction?
Azreal looks at the blade without and touching it, What did it say...why did you drop it?"
Andrea sighs and wonders if there is anything that can help Daniel shake off whatever he is suffering.
I hope this is a lesson to us all that cursed means cursed. No good can come from wielding them unless one has no care of the consequences.
It screamed 'Scum, sinful dirt, unhand me'
Your pretty certain there was an extreme alignment conflict. The weapon values nothing that the paladin or Hound Achron cherish. Your fairly certain that the weapon will effect Azreal if he handles it.
Do not touch this blade! The....philosophical and moral values are violently opposed. if Azreal touches it, then he will be effected as well. I say we destroy it or cast it into the cabinet and then destroy that as well. Both items are cursed traps that will harm all that come into contact.
Agreed. But someone else will have to touch it if that is safe.
You doubt that the weapon will effect you AS horribly but it may have some impact.
Daniel your strength (level) comes back, now that you've dropped it.
*Bows*
I could pick it up in order to put it elsewhere and there would be an effect, but not as violent. Can I trust you to beat me senseless if that happens? I have a scroll that can remove curses on me.
Daniel smiles despite the seriousness of the moment.
You have insinuated you want me to beat you senseless for some time. I told you I am a gentleman and so would merely disarm you and hold you down till you regain sense.
Would you restrain me as well? Perhaps use some of our silk rope to make sure I won't hurt myself. I think the bed here has sturdy posts. Andrea winks.
Although this thing would still sap my strength, and considering my already thin arms this doesn't sound like a god idea. So we either sunder it here or use our scabbards to move it around.
I'd rather we not take the chance. Let's all flip the cupboard onto it's side on top of it. Anyone who grabs it will have to let go to get the heavy cupboard off. We can return after we are done to properly destroy it.
Good for now. Andrea will help Daniel pin the blade under the cupboard.
So where are we to go now? We can try going down to the first floor by the stairs we found or check out the hall that went east from the room we entered Walcourt from
You have stairs down located at: A/-A 2 inside the caretakers place; then there is room D 16's stairs. There is the pit out back. And you suspect there may be stairs in the other half of the third floor.
Let us go downstairs and check the ground floor.
*tromp tromp*
Bob had met with some goblins that had been run out of the city. They talked about how their chiefton Whitechin had been killed by
the humies and while they didn't know if a yellow haired humie woman was with the ones that did it, they told Bob a lot about what
happened in the city. They told him about how a gang of devil humies named the Bastards had been wiped out and left the north side
of the city empty and ruined. They told of how the humie chiefton's home went up in flames and devils flew through the sky and that for a few gold, they could
show Bob a safe way into the city from the sewers..
THEY LIED! Bob got stuck and the goblins stole his bag with all the plunder he got from the big fight, he was gunna smash them!
When a direction has been decided... And he's checked on Phem and Frank.
The stairs downward in the caretaker's house turn 90 degrees at a landing and they eventually end near the front door overlooking the porch on west side of the building. This leads to a long hallway that ends with two doors (N and E) and an open archway (S).
North!