"Hey, we have met some of your co-workers can we talk?" Eleric says to the rider.
"You have meddled in things that were not your concern, you will hand over the warden's badge, the seasage effigy, the wolf pack's heart and the raven's head mace now or I will destroy you."
As the rider says this the mist clears and you can see that the horseman has no head. He is also riding a horse that is covered in flames.
"Many have tested themselves against us and been destroyed. You should reconsider your threat."
Ortensia gripped the haft of the Ravenshead, eyes slitting as she regarded the headless rider.
"A bold claim, but who do I have the honour of addressing?"
Ortensia you recognise this creature as a dullahan, they have spell resistance and their weapons do fire damage.
Hm. Curious. This is my first time meeting a dullahan,shame in itself under such circumstances. I bet you would have made a thrilling conversationalist. Ortensia took in the rider's appearance,deducing what they were and their nature.
Spell resistance. Offensive fire abilities. Continuing to live despite lack of a head. Exceptional warriors both on foot and on horseback.
With a stiff bow, Ortensia introduced herself in a show affable politeness.Ortensia Obsidia Deephevy, occultist and one of the late Professor Lorrimor's pupils. At first here to pay respects to him, only to find him murdered by the Whispering Way. Now avenging his murder and those who fell pray to the cult's machinations along the way.
"Delighted to meet you, and who are you others?"
Ortensia,eyes smiling grimly above her mask, she spread her arms as though dismissing the rider's insistence of their names. As the appointed leader of this funeral party, I must decline your request. There is no need for my companions names as I suspect you are simply falsely affable. You wish to collect the items you believe we carry for your dark masters.
”Im Tessara. Pleasure to meet you, as it is. My companions are correct. If we’ve been powerful enough to reclaim these items you seek, what makes you think we wouldn’t be powerful enough to keep them from you. Why do you want them? Perhaps our paths might lead in the same direction....”
Diplomacy
"Eleric, I'm a detective hired by the group."
"I serve the Whispering Way, enough talk, hand the items over now or they will be taken from your corpses."
Ortensia sighed, her breath a hollow bark with her mask. She gave a shake of her head.
Pity, then. As our pugilist said prior, you shall fall with the rest that have impeded our way. Whether the Whispering Way, skum, slugspawn, or Dark Young, you and those like shall become mere stairs of our ascension.
Her feet left the ground, rising to hover effortlessly upon power of her Psychic power with hardly a thought. She brandished the Ravenshead mace, fingering its hilt thoughtfully.
Since you insist.
"No." Eleric cast haste.
Creeden drops into a defensive stance and advances toward the dark rider.
"Test yourself against us, monster!"
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Ortensia tapped Tessera's quiver ,bestowing Daybreak Arrow to assist the archer.
As she floated effortlessly several feet off the ground ,five shining mithril daggers flashed into being in a rotating ring. They sparkled with both magic and the keenest of their blades.
She hefted the Ravenshead with a grim determination.
Eleric casts a persistent burst of radiance.
DC20 ref sorry.
Eleric's spell burns Barliss and he snarls in pain
You hear a growling to the side and 3 large wolf like creatures appear up the side of the bridge.
Tess fires four arrows at the undead.
Arrow with haste
Damage with daybreak arrow plus
radiant energy
Arrow with haste
Damage with daybreak arrow plus
radiant energy
Haste attack
Damage with daybreak arrow plus
radiant energy
Arrow with haste
Damage with daybreak arrow plus
radiant energy
Tessara's arrows go flying through the air, two of them striking their target.
Barliss Rask rides forward and casts a spell at Ortensia
(Death's calling- Fort 22 or staggered)
Creeden steps over to attack the wolf. He channels his fighting energy into each punch.
for and
for and
for and
for and
for and
With a flurry of blows Creeden punches the nearest ghoul wolf into fragments
Eleric cast Icy Prison on the rider DC 23 ref.
https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/i/icy-prison
Ortensia cast upon the Ravenshead mace, hovering several feet above the ground as the dullahan was joined with undead wolves.
[i]Barliss manages to shake off the worse effects of the spell
He then tries to break out of the ice.
Tess fires four more arrows at the undead.
Arrow with haste
Damage with daybreak arrow plus
radiant energy
Arrow with haste
Damage with daybreak arrow plus
radiant energy
Haste attack
Damage with daybreak arrow plus
radiant energy
Arrow with haste
Damage with daybreak arrow plus
radiant energy
—-possible Crit on arrow 2
Attack
Damage
Tessara fires a volley of arrows at Barliss but only one of the shots gets through
Ortensia studied the headless rider and its mount, contemplating what best to bring both down as swiftly as possible.
The blades that swirled around her in a vicious wheel, slicing the air audibly.
She moved to engage the rider,gliding like a specter to the grim obstacle.
Creeden will run up to the next wolf.
for and
Eleric will cast a havocing magic missile at the black rider.
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Creeden's fist smashes into the wolf and it howls in pain.
Meanwhile Eleric's blast strikes Barliss full in the face.
One of the ghoul wolves double moves over to Eleric.
The other one tries to attack Creeden, but misses
Tess fires four more arrows at the undead.
Arrow with haste
Damage with daybreak arrow plus
radiant energy
Arrow with haste
Damage with daybreak arrow plus
radiant energy
Haste attack
Damage with daybreak arrow plus
radiant energy
Arrow with haste
Damage with daybreak arrow plus
radiant energy
Tessara's arrow fly through he air striking Barliss and he howls in pain.
In return he tries to break out of the prison again
"I'm going to run away now. I will keep the Basilisk in the cage and leave the wolves to you my strong can capable friends."
Eleric disengages and runs off.
Creeden punches the wolf in front of him.
for and
for and
for and
for and
for and
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With another flurry of blows, Creeden punches another of the wolves into dust.
Ortensia swooped down on the frozen mounted dullahan who strained against his icy prison, the wheel of blades encircling her slicing the air.
She started to beat at the dullahan's headless shoulders with the Ravenshead, its blows enhanced by Lead Blades to hit with the force of a much larger creature.
Ortensia manages to finish off Barliss with 2 of her arrows. As his dies his nightmare mount teleports away and the wolves dissipate.
Loot: +2 full plate
+1 flail
amulet of natural armour +1
Ring of protection +1
There is also a strange medallion with a skull etched on it that shows as magical
Ortensia floated over the downed dullahan, startling when the horse he had been astride popped from beneath like a soap bubble and sending him spilling into a heap in the dirt. She seemed unsure, Ravenshead gripped in both hands.
...T-That's it?
Paranoid it was trick, she gave the body another whack. Just to be sure.
"Let's see what the medallion is."