Makedonia points her staff at the advancing monsters and releases a feather from it, chanting a few words over and over, each time more silently than the previous one. She then retreats a short distance, keeping distance from the monsters.
Both Kaduk and Selina cut the orc, but it fights on although it's clearly on its last legs. It resists Makedonia's magic, but one goblin falls asleep as Yurggen cuts down the second.
The hobgoblins close and attack Yurggen and Selina, while the orc takes another clumsy swing at Kaduk.
You are up.
"Oh"! "You want some too"! "Well come on, the bigger they are the further they fall".
Yurggen swings his warhammer at the Hobgoblin.
Warhammer vs. hated enemy
And slips a bit in the Goblins brain matter as he swings.
Valynie move from I31 to I35 in order to better fire at the Hobgoblin in L37
Makedonia stays in place and looks at one of the hobgoblins, calling him to her with a soft voice and trying to ensnare him in her magic.
Kwin will move to P34 and launch a TK fist at H37's hobgoblin.
Ranged touch to hit
Damage
Want to dance eh?
Kaduk twists and turns before attempting to land the orc a hit.
5ft step J32
attack: flanking with Selina.
damage:
That's one dead orc and one sleeping hobgoblin. The last hobgoblin decides to go down fighting, but Selina goes first.
Selina attacks the hobgoblin.
Selina wounds the hobgoblin severely, but it still has strength for one last blow, and it wounds her for 5 points before collapsing.
Only one hobgoblin and one goblin remain, both fast asleep.
Let's try to interrogate the goblin for once
Yeah, do that.
Kaduk starts pilfering the fallen's bodies leaving unconscious alone.
Divesting the goblin of his weapons , Valynie will then waken it pointing her bow at it
so how does it feel to know you are the one about to be destroyed ?
Kwin will ready his crossbow and keep a watch on their surroundings while the others deal with the prisoner and loot.
The frisking of the prisoners turns up only 17 sp and 13 gp among them, but one of the hobgoblins is carrying a masterwork longsword.
The goblin sputters and hisses at Valynie. "Oh, sweet destruction", it hums, horribly out of tune."It will be your turn soon enough, elf. Noone can stand before the power of Rovagug for long."
Valynie smile at the goblin
None ? Then why is he imprisoned ? Take this question with you as you go before Pharasma
She address then the others
My mistake , I thought maybe this one would not be a fanatic . You can kill him now . Let's go back to their temple and resanctify it now
So if I understand you correctly, you kill the goblinoids, restore the triptych to where you found it and then try to cleanse the temple. Right?
And how do you want to go about reconsecrating the temple?
Let me do the deed, Valynie, I have always wanted to see if a could a goblin into two with a single cut.
The goblins are pretty feral even for goblins, so you don't really get anything sensible out of them.
After putting the tryptich back , Valynie would suggest we continue exploring this part of the dungeon .
Agreed. Will Kaduk be willing to take the lead again?
Sure, I am up to it. Where should we go?
If I remember the map rightly : where we found the triptych , there is a corridor continuying . Let's go there
BT
Psst BT , You left the secret doors on the map
Passing through the corridor at the far end of the room with the triptychs and the composite statue, you turn a corner and find yourselves in a room which is about 50 times 30 feet with two doors opposite each others at the far end.
This chamber holds two statues carved from wood. They are fairly crude, and seem to portray a woman with wavy hair wearing a long coat. The stones that comprise the floor are particularly cracked and crumbling here.
As Kaduk enters he feels a surge of energy of some sort and needs to make a Will save.
Will:
Kaduk is struck by some kind of blue lightning, which is painful but does not seem to be immediately harmful. There is a faint smell of ozone in the room.
Now what?
Spellcraft to know what just happened
Spellcraft to know what just happened
Kwin will also try to puzzle out what happened.
Spellcraft
K: Arcana
Makedonia looks silently into the room, trying to figure out what happened.
The lightning does not resemble any spell you know.
Kaduk checks about his person, wondering what on earth is going on. He looks about for any triggering mechanism.
Perception:
Valynie will move up to where Kaduk is :
Sorry Kaduk , I can't exactly determine what just happened. Maybe the effect was just to make you even more a elven chick magnet but I am biaised there . You shoud just continue to check the room . "
Kaduk finds no triggering mechanism, but Valynie needs to make a Will save.
Will Save
It appears to be some kind of magic-draining effect, but Valynie successfully resists it.
Do not enter, this effect drains the magic out of magic users if you are not strong willed enough . Kaduk and me will investigate where the magic is brought to
Valynie will try to cast detect magic
Thanks for the warning. I'll wait here. Kwin will keep watch back the way they came while the others move on. He'll cast his own Light spell and have his crossbow ready.
"Well I can probably stand to lose a spell or two myself, so I'll come along if you'd like".
Makedonia nods at Valynie, thanking her for the information. She will draw her crossbow and stand near Kwin ready to defend the group and waiting for whoever is in the room to understand what is going on.
Heh, nothing to lose by by me then. Let's go.
Relying on his darkvision, Kaduk goes ahead in front of the trio.
There is a vague magical aura diffused in the room, but the statues are not magical. The only visible exits are the two doors left and right.
Kaduk , could you check and open the door on the left while I examine the staute to see if it evokes something to me ? "
The statues seem completely mundane. The door to the left is not trapped as far as Kaduk can ascertain, and opens into a simple rectangular chamber that displays a large banner with four symbols upon it on the south wall. The banner is darkened with mold and mildew. The room also contains two pedestals, each holding a variety of miscellaneous objects—a bit of cloth, a smoking pipe, a scroll, a dagger, a comb, and more. Each pedestal bears an inscription as well, but time has made them difficult to read.
Kaduk approaches the pedestal, spending some time to read the inscription correctly, not that he's a linguist by any means.
The first pedestal bears this inscription in Common: “Pieces of your brief earthly existence.” Atop the pedestal you find the torn hem of a cloak, a quill pen, a pipe for smoking, and a small leather pouch containing dust.
The second pedestal bears another inscription: “To bring myself closer to your essence.” This pedestal holds a slightly tattered and yellowed scroll, a masterwork dagger bearing one of the four symbols on the banner, a silver comb, and three sticks of incense and an copper incense burner.
Definitely Kaduk has no idea of what the words mean, hollering to the rest of the party he conveys the puzzle, hoping someone with enough lore could figure it out.
He looks carefully at the dust carrying pouch and tries to discern whether it is just dust or ash instead.
anything written on the scroll kaduk ?