Brayken move closer to the door and tries to catch the fleeing Quinn before he disappears.
Venedictos and Brayken move to block the exits and Quinn does a few laps of the catacombs before calming down.
Samuel steps into the pool room and with his detect magic spell he watches as a spell emanates from the pool. The spell washes over him but he shakes off the worst of the effects, only feeling the chill of fear for a few seconds. As the dark grey aura of the spell lingers he is able to study it.
The passageway leading out of this chamber to the south is blocked by an Iron portcullis.
This pool is polluted with Necromantic energy. It's casting a Cause Fear spell as people enter the room.
"People, this water is poluted. It casts cause fear spells on those entering the place. We need to purify the water, but I don't have such spell, I wonder if bless water will work." Samuel tries to calm Quinn and inspects the iron portculis.
Quinn looks a little lost, weary, afraid and embarrassed, all at once. He slumps into sitting in a corner, "Just taking a breather..."
, though this seems more an Arcana problem
Venedictos can cast bless at the moment, as well as channel healing energy. Does he think either of those might work?
Samuel tries to help Venedictos on assessing how his spells can help in this situation.
@Venedictos: You can't be sure if either of those will work or not.
@Samuel: You know that Dispel Magic would suppress the effect for a time. Remove Curse would permanently end the effect. You can't determine if bless or channel energy would work with your arcane knowledge.
The portcullis seems very sturdy. The iron bars are thick and heavy though a particularly strong person might bend them.
"I don't know if bless or positive energy will work. Quinn, perhaps you can break the portculis."
After warning the others, Samuel approaches the portcullis and places his shoulder against the iron bars. He then starts pushing with all his strength.
Faunra takes a crack at trying to force open the portcullis
Quinn jumps up, smiling at the opportunity to be helpful, though he is still very wary of the pool.
He directs the others to push here or pull there on the count of three,
"One. Two. Three!"
"Let's try again!" Samuel tries to push again with all his strength.
"Alright!"
"Maybe it's just not meant to be..."
Venedictos puts his weight behind the efforts.
He might pop a hernea, but that gate better move!
Brayken smiles at the efforts before steping in to help.
"Bloody heavy gate, maybe there's a switch somewhere?"
Though the party strain at the bars with a combined effort the portcullis refuses to be lifted or bent and there doesn't appear to be any winch in this room to raise it.
The room on the other side of the bars appears to be second catacomb burial area. There appears to be a fissure in the roof from which comes a rustling noise.
After a good while pushing Samuel seems totally will defeated "Uff... This is nonsense effort, it's not gonna move." Thinking for a moment "Maybe we should go back and check the frogs way."
Samuel relaxes and follows whomever takes the lead.
"I thought we might want to clear out the frogs anyways. Let's take care of them now," Brayken states as he carefully leaves the room and heads to the left branch of the round room.
"Frogs it is!" says Quinn drawing his sword. "You said they were giant, right Sam, but they're still tasty yeah?"
The party makes their way back through the dark crypt to the circular "crossroads" chamber and past it into a flooded passageway. In both directions the water grows deeper till it is about two feet deep. Samuel can tell the party that the door to the north leads to the frogs lair.
Samuel re-reads the inscription. "That has much more sense now. Perhaps we can go rest to the south after the frogs. I guess the gate to open is the said portculis."
The man hears at the door.
"They are definitely still there. We should prepare."
Samuel starts chanting arcane words and touches Brayken, when he finishes, the human fighter enlarges multiplying his size by two. "That's an enlarge person spell. Take advantage of it, it will last for around two minutes."
"Frogs? Well alright, I suppose it's worth trying. Let's go. Make those 2 minutes count"
Seeing noone else acts, opens the door, "Go go go in!" and steps inside not going far from the entrance before the others come in.
Quinn steps in with Sam to have a good look about.
Brayken gives a low chuckle as the spell takes effect. "Thiz feels pretty good. Why didn't you use it earlier?"
Slightly distracted he doesn't start moving until after Samuel and Quinn are in the room. "Watch out, I'm coming in." He bellows before trying to squeeze through the door, breaking a bigger hole as necessary. When in the room he lashes out at the first frog like thing he sees.
The room is filled with water, probably as deep as the outside
corridor. The chamber is in an advanced state of decay, with
a gaping hole in the ceiling admitting a constant trickle of
water. The three stone sarcophagi in this room are almost
completely covered in a thick carpet of moss and fungus.
Brayken
Faunra
Giant Frogs
Quinn
Samuel
Ven
Faunra
Quinn
Brayken swings at the first Frog he sees,his enlarged Glaive slicing into its chest and neck. Blood pumps from the wound and it collapses into the murky water.
Staying in place Samuel and says some arcane words. A dart of acid launches from his hand towards the frog in front! "Frogs of the demon, you will suffer for what you did me!"
On his turn, Venedictos will start using his music to inspire the others.
+1 to attack and damage
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Just realizing the frogs are heading towards him before his group can help him, Samuel profits his remaining move action to move behind Venedictos. "I will not make same error twice frog! Hahahaha!"
Combat Map
Samuels Acid dart hits the frog full in its body sizzling its flesh. Then Samuel dashes out of the room taunting the frogs as he goes.
The Frog in G1 stays put but lashes out with its tongue trying to grab Quinn.
Quinn deftly steps to the side of the flailing tongue.
The other Frog hops up to Brayken to try and bite the giant man.
Venedictos's music fills the chamber inspiring everyone to greater actions.
"Yee, by the gods, who'd have thought that tongue was so long!"
Quinn launches one of his javelins at the nearest frog, H1.
Splash, it missed.
Faunra attacks the frog that tried to grab Quinn with her longsword.
Quinn throws a javelin which splashes into the water next to the frog
Faunra moves in hefting her Longsword and slashing at the frog that lashed it's tongue at Quinn. Her blow slashes through its chest and it sags into the water dead.
Samuel moves to F1 and launches another acid dart at the remaining frog.
"Take that evil creature!"
Brayken slices at the large frog as it galumphs closer.
Brayken laughs some at the hole he left in the wall. He pauses for a second to think, while the frog misses comepletely, and then takes the butt of his glaive and tries to push the frog back.
"You're too close little froggy, I can't hit you if you stay right next to me."
Brayken pushes the frog back ten feet the frog attempts to bite him as he does but Brayken is too quick.
Samuel steps back into the room and fires an acid dart at the last frog. The frog croaks in pain as its skin sizzles.
The frog, having no luck attacking Brayken and now burning with acid withdraws to cower in the corner.
Venedictos moves in somewhere along the 4 rank, levels his glaive at the frog, and blasts it with lightning.
With his singing stopped, the bonuses fade. Perhaps someday he'll learn how to manipulate the song to keep ringing through the air after he stops.
The Lightning sears into the frog burning a black spot into its side. It hops frantically trying to reach a fissure in the roof that would allow it escape.
Seeing the frog is trying to run away "Perhaps we can give this combat as won. Run, run little thing of hell!"
If so Samuel looks for the lever that opens the portculis.
"I've heard frog legs are a delicacy, but I've never had the chance to try them." Brayken rumbles as he slices at the frog running away from him.
Brayken moves to the south door looking for worthy opponents to crush before Samuels spell wears off. He throws it open and wades down the hall ignoring a room to his right as he sees no foes there. He bursts into a larger chamber at the end of the hall. Six skeletons rise up out of the murky water and turn in his direction.
This large chamber is partially flooded, with the south end just barely rising out of the stagnant water. A large wheel is set into the floor of the dry area, attached to chains that rise up into the ceiling. A thick layer of slick, black mold covers the carvings on the walls of this chamber.
Faunra
Quinn
Samuel
Skeletons
Ven
Samuel starts casting a spell on place.
Venedictos starts another rousing chant of courage inspiring.
+1 to attack, damage, and saves vs fear
Faunra attempts to take a swing at one of the skeletons before they advance on the rest of the party.
Brayken laughs and tries to slice the spine of the skeleton in B9.
Brayken swipes at a skeleton but the animated bones are nimbler than expected and it ducks low under the glaive.
Samuel starts summoning another eagle, chanting the spell to open a portal.
Venedictos begins another inspiring song that brings hope to his allies.
Faunra brings her sword about smashing through the torso of one of the skeletons.
Two of the skeletons move in through the murky water to attack. Swiping at Faunra and Brayken with their sharp finger bones.
The remaining three hang back.