Daniel detects evil to see the Aura of the vampire. His smite would remain in effect until Illnerik was destroyed.
Jervis, you should remain with your family behind us. We will finish this and escourt you out of here.
Andrea drinks a CSW potion and taps Daniel with the CSW wand. They all had to be at full strength.
Around the dais is where I detected a lingering aura. The Morrowfall also has the ability to Detect Undead I believe.
Who else is wounded?
Daniel accepts the healing, his faith and heritage increasing the potency of the effect, when it is done he barely has a scratch.
Thank you, Andrea.
As the party rests, heals up, calms frantic victims, and tracks auras along with seraching the room for hidden pathways some time passes. (15 minutes). Gerard in the meantime has located Ilnerik’s “coffin” in a hollow space under the altar filled with rich soil from Nidal. The second discovery that Gerard makes is a secret door behind the dais where the cracks in the wall are located.
Do we not need to stake him in his coffin? Leave it and we will do so when he flees here.
Andrea curses. We need to destroy him and find the Totemrix! Andrea pulls out holy water and begins throwing out the dirt onto the wet floor and sprinkling water over the coffin. Vampires must rest in their coffin when they are damaged into mist or they are destroyed. If not, they will perish forever. Andrea looks down the hall and begins examining the coffin. Would he keep the Totemrix in here? Without it, we can never break the curse.
After blessing the coffin, Andrea gestures down the hall. We must follow!
Andrea heals Jarvis from the sapping touch of the Shadows with a tap of the Restoration wand.
Digging and poking through the unholy dirt Andrea, you feel the evil taint but your will and courage is too strong for it to take hold, you do not find the Totemrix.
Gerard opens the secret door which reveals a 5 ft wide hallway leading East.
Andrea taps Euphemia and Frank with the Wand of Restoration healing their damage.
Everyone take into account that this wand is finite in power and is running low.
Daniel speaks up.
[ooc]I can cast it a few times in an emergency. Let's finish this.[/b]
Very well, Let us use the Morrowfall to detect the presence of undead and Daniel can detect evil so we can track Ilnerik and hopefully avoid any ambushes.
When Daniel scoots into the tunnel the stench of sewage permeates the air, like a thick stew. The drip...drip...drip of water can be heard and the half-orc's vision can see a wall 40 feet, or so away.
Their is taint of evil within the his vision but not discernible bodies.
Time for Soothe Syrup
Gerard the area is dark but assuming someone has torch behind you, then you can make out the same information as above. The tunnel extend east towards the sound of the dripping water. From your angle neither Daniel, or you, can tell if it widens out ahead. So far only the two of you are in the hall, the rest of the party are lined up to follow you in.
Let's go back and burn the coffins!
Euphemia has the Morrowfall out slightly from its sheathe so that she can snap it back in at a moment's notice because, despite the risks, seeing is important.
"That's one way to accomplish our ends."
The coffins up above? We staked the vampires in them, scattered the dirt and sprinkled holy water on them.
"I thought he found new ones."
Euphemia states quizzically.
Andrea looks at Euphemia. We destroyed the vampire spawn and coffins upstairs where we fought the shadows and then I assume this daias was Ilnerik's coffin. We scattered the dirt and used holy water to prevent them from being used.
Daniel and Gerard creep on down the hall - well Gerard creeps, Daniel clanks - until he gets to the end where there is small platform. This brick landing looks out over one of the city’s deeper sewer channels, a 10-foot-diameter tunnel with 5 feet of sewage running through it. An invisible vampire suddenly appears as Daniel's detect evil pings. The vampire strikes the flat footed paladin,
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He starts to hum a nasty death march as his move action.
Daniel one thing you notice when you see the vampire up close is he has a protective darkness surrounding him.
RD 1: Ilnernik
using his surprise to his advance against the paladin the vampire slams his foes once again,
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To no avail.
HP 81/81
Current Saves: F12R5W115
AC: 24/T12/FF24
In hands: Wooden shield+2,Long sword +2
Current BaB: +9/+4
Spells in Effect: Protection from Evil 10' on Orsin(+2 AC/Saves vs. Evil,Protects against mental effects 25 minutes),
Resist Energy-Lightning on Euphemia/Frank(30 points 25 minutes)
Protection from Energy-Fire on herself (120 protection for 95 minutes)
Keen Edge on Orsin/Daniel (Increase crit range 1 step) 15 minutes
Channels 0/6
Bit of Luck 6/8
RD 1
Hearing and seeing Daniel being assulted, and being wedged behind Gerard, Andrea touches the rogue's shoulder and gives him the blessing of Calistria.
Using Bit of Luck:Bit of Luck (Sp): You can touch a willing creature as a standard action, giving it a bit of luck. For the next round, any time the target rolls a d20, he may roll twice and take the more favorable result.
Andrea will let anyone pass by her by if they wish to engage.
RD 1: update
Ilnernik - attack and missed Daniel
Andrea - bit of luck to Gerard
Euphemia
Gerard
Orsin
Daniel
Euphemia shoves her way up to the side of the vampire with something like a grin. She isn't normally so keen on getting up close and personal with a foe, but this time, she had a couple of things that could seriously hurt him.
Phem as you move up to AB, which is a half a square and you can steady yourself there without falling into the sewage, the vampire will take his AOO.
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He cudgels the witch.
You notice he has an aura of darkness surrounding him and he doesn't have the sunlight light weakness.
RD 1: update
Ilnernik - attack and missed Daniel, struck Phem with AOO 29 HP
Andrea - bit of luck to Gerard
Euphemia hit for 35 HP
Gerard
Orsin
Daniel
The rogue is at a loss... Andrea, Daniel your holy symbols!
Gerard tries to get around the vampire.
I am out of divine energy I blessed you with luck so start acrobating and stab that thing.
Gerard is able to tumble into the room without drawing an attack.
OK
OK
Gerard protects Phem... (yes).
RD 1: update
Ilnernik - attack and missed Daniel, struck Phem with AOO 29 HP
Andrea - bit of luck to Gerard
Euphemia hit for 35 HP
Gerard - tumbled into room.
Orsin
Daniel
The paladin has a sharp intake of breath as the preternatural sense that comes when he smites a target kicks in. Andrea's protections had expired but he would not need them. He ducks aside from two blows and retaliates in kind, his sword carrying with it IMOEDAE'S power!
The first blow is nearly perfect, driving straight through the vampire's left breast into his heart, but it was not a stake!, Daniel withdraws the blade and failed in an attempt to take his head. The paladin tells himself to be patient. Illnerik was not the warrior Daniel was and didn't have a God of War backing him.