The statue seems to hold the body fairly firmly, crucified as it is. As Ruperta goes near the statue, she seems the statue's eyes begin to glow...
"Don't come near!"
Ruperta will throw herself towards Ishani Dhatri (using the 30' speed increase from blessing of fervor), touch him, and try to use her Dimensional Hop Domain power to teleport them both 30' back, towards her friends, all in the same round.
17 temporary hp
Attack Roll: +7 Total ==> +1 Morale +3 Enhancement +3 Luck (2 minutes)
Don't need to reload for 2 minutes.
Damage Roll: +6 Total ==> +3 Enhancement +3 Luck (2 minutes)
AC: +2 Deflection vs. Evil (2 hours)
Saves: +2 Resistance vs. Evil (2 hours)
Will Save: +1 Morale
Poison Save: Temporarily immune to poison (1 hours); +4 Morale (12 hours)
Fear effects: +4 Morale
30' enhancement to speed for 24 minutes.
Immune to any attempts to possess or exercise mental control over the target, and prevents bodily contact by evil summoned creatures unless we make an attack against or tries to force the barrier against the blocked creature) for 2 hours.
Can choose from the following benefits for 2 rounds:
* Increase its speed by 30 feet.
* Stand up as a swift action without provoking an attack of opportunity.
* Make one extra attack as part of a full attack action, using its highest base attack bonus.
* Gain a +2 bonus on attack rolls and a +2 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves.
* Cast a single spell of 2nd level or lower as if it were an enlarged, extended, silent, or still spell.
Other's Bonus summary:
17 temporary hp
Attack Roll: +1 Morale
AC: +2 Deflection vs. Evil (2 hours)
Saves: +2 Resistance vs. Evil (2 hours)
Will Save: +1 Morale
Poison Save: Temporarily immune to poison (1 hours); +4 Morale (12 hours)
Fear effects: +4 Morale
Immune to any attempts to possess or exercise mental control over the target, and prevents bodily contact by evil summoned creatures unless we make an attack against or tries to force the barrier against the blocked creature) for 2 hours.
Can choose from the following benefits for 2 rounds:
* Increase its speed by 30 feet.
* Stand up as a swift action without provoking an attack of opportunity.
* Make one extra attack as part of a full attack action, using its highest base attack bonus.
* Gain a +2 bonus on attack rolls and a +2 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves.
* Cast a single spell of 2nd level or lower as if it were an enlarged, extended, silent, or still spell.
bonus.
Slumper's Extra Bonus summary:
Ruperta takes half his damage. +1 deflection bonus to AC and a +1 resistance bonus on saves.
His sword and shield are considered good for DR (24 minutes).
Thraks Extra Bonus summary:
+4 deflection bonus to AC for 24 minutes.
Corbyn Extra Bonus summary:
His other sword (not Serenphital) is considered good for DR (24 minutes).
Base Knowledge check about this golem/statue.
Unfortunately, as soon as Ruperta touches the corpse, the statue comes fully to life! The corpse, now part of the statue, doesn't come with her when she teleports. But the statue is awake and active!
Initiative!
26 Paxs
22 Ruperta
20 Corbyn
12 Slumper
11 Pai
7 Statue
....
Ruperta moves forward again, screaming.
"You won't have it! We will save him!"
She casts Dispel Evil and tries to free Ishani Dhatri.
17 temporary hp
Attack Roll: +7 Total ==> +1 Morale +3 Enhancement +3 Luck (2 minutes)
Don't need to reload for 2 minutes.
Damage Roll: +6 Total ==> +3 Enhancement +3 Luck (2 minutes)
AC: +2 Deflection vs. Evil (2 hours)
Saves: +2 Resistance vs. Evil (2 hours)
Will Save: +1 Morale
Poison Save: Temporarily immune to poison (1 hours); +4 Morale (12 hours)
Fear effects: +4 Morale
30' enhancement to speed for 24 minutes.
Immune to any attempts to possess or exercise mental control over the target, and prevents bodily contact by evil summoned creatures unless we make an attack against or tries to force the barrier against the blocked creature) for 2 hours.
Can choose from the following benefits for 1 round:
* Increase its speed by 30 feet.
* Stand up as a swift action without provoking an attack of opportunity.
* Make one extra attack as part of a full attack action, using its highest base attack bonus.
* Gain a +2 bonus on attack rolls and a +2 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves.
* Cast a single spell of 2nd level or lower as if it were an enlarged, extended, silent, or still spell.
Other's Bonus summary:
17 temporary hp
Attack Roll: +1 Morale
AC: +2 Deflection vs. Evil (2 hours)
Saves: +2 Resistance vs. Evil (2 hours)
Will Save: +1 Morale
Poison Save: Temporarily immune to poison (1 hours); +4 Morale (12 hours)
Fear effects: +4 Morale
Immune to any attempts to possess or exercise mental control over the target, and prevents bodily contact by evil summoned creatures unless we make an attack against or tries to force the barrier against the blocked creature) for 2 hours.
Can choose from the following benefits for 1 round:
* Increase its speed by 30 feet.
* Stand up as a swift action without provoking an attack of opportunity.
* Make one extra attack as part of a full attack action, using its highest base attack bonus.
* Gain a +2 bonus on attack rolls and a +2 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves.
* Cast a single spell of 2nd level or lower as if it were an enlarged, extended, silent, or still spell.
bonus.
Slumper's Extra Bonus summary:
Ruperta takes half his damage. +1 deflection bonus to AC and a +1 resistance bonus on saves.
His sword and shield are considered good for DR (24 minutes).
Thraks Extra Bonus summary:
+4 deflection bonus to AC for 24 minutes.
Corbyn Extra Bonus summary:
His other sword (not Serenphital) is considered good for DR (24 minutes).
Paxs casts haste on his friends while Thrak pounces on the statue.
Slumper steps up next to Thrak to attack with his trusty shield
"We have to beat it to death. Most magic won't Even scratch it!"
Corbyn moves up and attacks.
Thrak's attacks seem to mostly land, but his claws have trouble penetrating deeply enough into the stone of the thing. Slumper and Corbyn have more luck, their swords and shield cutting through the statue. Ruperta's spell seems to fizzle, doing nothing that she can see.
The cruciform statue seems to shudder and a blast of black energy erupts from it! Once this energy subsides, the creature springs to attack!
for damage and for damage!
for damage!
for damage and for damage!
Fort
Ruperta gets Vindicator out, and casts and uses her Holy Lance domain power on it (last 6 rounds).
Finally she takes the +2 bonus to AC and reflex for this round from Blessing of Fervor.
17 temporary hp
Attack Roll: +7 Total ==> +1 Morale +3 Enhancement +3 Luck (2 minutes)
Don't need to reload for 2 minutes.
Damage Roll: +6 Total ==> +3 Enhancement +3 Luck (2 minutes)
Holy: This power makes the weapon good-aligned and thus bypasses the corresponding damage reduction. It deals an extra 2d6 points of damage against all creatures of evil alignment. (6 rounds)
AC: +2 Deflection vs. Evil (2 hours)
Saves: +2 Resistance vs. Evil (2 hours)
Will Save: +1 Morale
Poison Save: Temporarily immune to poison (1 hours); +4 Morale (12 hours)
Fear effects: +4 Morale
30' enhancement to speed for 24 minutes.
Immune to any attempts to possess or exercise mental control over the target, and prevents bodily contact by evil summoned creatures unless we make an attack against or tries to force the barrier against the blocked creature) for 2 hours.
Can choose from the following benefits for 1 round:
* Increase its speed by 30 feet.
* Stand up as a swift action without provoking an attack of opportunity.
* Make one extra attack as part of a full attack action, using its highest base attack bonus.
* Gain a +2 bonus on attack rolls and a +2 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves.
* Cast a single spell of 2nd level or lower as if it were an enlarged, extended, silent, or still spell.
Other's Bonus summary:
17 temporary hp
Attack Roll: +1 Morale
AC: +2 Deflection vs. Evil (2 hours)
Saves: +2 Resistance vs. Evil (2 hours)
Will Save: +1 Morale
Poison Save: Temporarily immune to poison (1 hours); +4 Morale (12 hours)
Fear effects: +4 Morale
Immune to any attempts to possess or exercise mental control over the target, and prevents bodily contact by evil summoned creatures unless we make an attack against or tries to force the barrier against the blocked creature) for 2 hours.
Can choose from the following benefits for 1 round:
* Increase its speed by 30 feet.
* Stand up as a swift action without provoking an attack of opportunity.
* Make one extra attack as part of a full attack action, using its highest base attack bonus.
* Gain a +2 bonus on attack rolls and a +2 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves.
* Cast a single spell of 2nd level or lower as if it were an enlarged, extended, silent, or still spell.
bonus.
Slumper's Extra Bonus summary:
Ruperta takes half his damage. +1 deflection bonus to AC and a +1 resistance bonus on saves.
His sword and shield are considered good for DR (24 minutes).
Thraks Extra Bonus summary:
+4 deflection bonus to AC for 24 minutes.
Corbyn Extra Bonus summary:
His other sword (not Serenphital) is considered good for DR (24 minutes).
fort
Thrak fort
Pai is delaying, waiting to see how her melee friends can handle the construct.
Thrak is going to continue his attack.
Slumper attacks back grunting with the effort after taking a beating from the statue
rapier
rapier
rapier
shield
shield
fort save
Thrak and Slumper make quick work of the strange statue, knocking it to pieces. When it crumbles, the lifeless corpse of Ishani Dhatri falls to the ground, freed of its tomb. There is a feeling as if something oppressive has released its burden in the room.
Sabina moves forward and hefts the body onto her shoulder. "There's nothing much of interest on this floor: jailer's office, cells. But there's an older level below where Ileosa used to explore or we could try sneaking back up again. What's your play?"
"Let's look at the old level. Who knows what we might find there? Keep a look out for that awful fat wizard who got away last time!"
Ruperta kneels and cradles Ishani's body.
"Another innocent killed by the Queen's evil. The need to end her reign of terror is imperative. I swear I'll do everything in my power to see him restored to his natural life span."
She gets a scroll from her haversack, and uses it on the body, kissing it on the forehead while tears fall from her eyes.
"Bravery and the will of justice should never die."
She lays the body with care, and composes herself.
"Let's go... let's see what secrets the evil Queen keeps down there."
"Agree the lower level... best not have things attack us from below later."
Sabina nods and hefts the body, leading the way back to the spiral stair that brought you to this level. It curves downward, going nearly 100 feet down into the ground below. Below, the stonework changes, becoming less masonry and more as if someone sculpted this floor from a single piece of stone. Faded runes are carved all over, some recognizable, but most not.
A long hallway emerges into a round room. This circular chamber has a sixty-foot-high ceiling supported by a huge greenish-gray pillar in the middle. Part of the southeast wall has collapsed, obstructing one quarter of the floor space with a ten-foot-high pile of rubble. The pillar seems to be some sort of enormous plug, though what it keeps in or out, you cannot say. It is colder than the surrounding stone and it makes your flesh crawl to touch it...
Sabina stops. "I have never been down here. Ileosa would come down here, usually alone but sometimes with servants. She forbade the rest of us from it. Where should we go? West or south?"
Ruperta elevates a quick prayer for Desna's luck.
"South."
Pai nods at Ruperta's suggestion. 'Stay close to me as we might need to get out of here in a hurry," she whispered.
You move south, turning into a room. A passageway leading to the southwest seems to have once been closed off after only a few feet by an ancient brick wall, but a man-sized hole has been smashed through it.
Ruperta gets her holy symbol out, shining with a Continual Flame spell, and goes into the hole.
Another short hallway leads into a long rectangular room. The walls of this elongated chamber are decorated with bas reliefs depicting a great market in a bustling city. The floor is littered with debris and fragments of ceramic, glass and bronze, as if hundred of containers were smashed to pieces a long time ago. Four alcoves in the southwest wall each contain a statue of a kneeling servant with an oversized head, but the statues are too crumbled to be otherwise recognizable. When Ruperta's light falls upon the statues, they begin to faintly glow with a phosphorescent light. At the far end of the room, another short passage continues deeper.
Pai keeps Detect Magic active, worried about glyphs and other magical traps.
Ruperta tries to recognize anything about the room or its contents.
The phosphorescent glow seems to be increasing in intensity.
Ruperta stares hard at the statues, but in their state, she can't identify them. But something definitely seems to be about to happen...
Ruperta runs away from the statues, while screaming at the others to do the same.
"Run away! They are dangerous!"
Initiative!
Everyone manages to escape the room as a horrid pulse of dry white energy scours the room. In the second after it goes off, four thin white things stand in front of each statue. The flesh of this emaciated creature appears charred or dried, and its empty eye sockets seep trails of smoke.
Round 1:
26 Paxs
25 Baddies
24 Ruperta
22 Pai
18 Slumper
17 Corbyn
Basic Knowledge roll
Ruperta knows these things are undead, but is unable to draw any further information. Pai identifies them as bodaks, horrific undead created when a person is exposed to pure supernatural evil.
"Oh goodness, these are powerful undead, indeed! Bodaks...they can be killed by sunlight, though! Turn the light against them if you can! Save your electricity, acid and fire. Not much of that will hurt them!"
"Of course more undead... at least I still have this shield.."