Uruk pulls the sword purely as a defensive measure, holding it awkwardly with no obvious training...
Nilan, Illufaus, come to us!
Current Map: Death House Floor 1 / Death House Floor 2 / Death House Floor 3
Uruk pulls the sword purely as a defensive measure, holding it awkwardly with no obvious training...
Hack stays in the room and readies an atack against the armor if it approaches him.
Nilan stretches out his hand and a bolt of green electrical light streaks from it, passing over Illufaus's shoulder and striking the animated armor directly. The charge from the bolt looks to build energy inside what remained of the armor until it exploded in a violent flash and pieces of armor rained down the stairs on Illufaus and Nilan. When the smoke cleared the armor had been destroyed.
We are out of combat.
Animated Armor takes 7 hitpoints of lighting damage from Nilan's Witchbolt..
Animated Armor has taken 39 hitpoints of damage total.
Animated Armor is dead.
Nilan used one first level spell slot. ( 1 of 2 remaining.)
Uruk has 0 of 3 first level spell slots available.
Hack has 1 of 11 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan has 1 of 8 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan used one first level spell slot. ( 1 of 2 remaining.)
Illufaus used one first level spell slot. (0 of 1 remaining.)
Illufaus has 4 temporary hitpoints. (59 minutes remaining.)
Perdita takes 3 hitpoints of bludgeoning damage from Animated Armor's slam.
Perdita has 7 of 10 hitpoints remaining.
In Game Time: 12:08pm
Father protect us! What was that thing! Nilan says, panting from the exertion of spellcasting.
Uruk stashes the sword and moves to the steps to examine a piece of the armor, There could be a number of causes for such an effect both eldritch or divine in nature that could cause such a thing. Most importantly to my mind; was it animated in the moment by an active force or was it a trap sprung by our ambitious search of the building?No more splitting up I think.
"Agreed on that. I would be happy to never split up again."
can I get some healing?
Nilan nods at Uruk and Illufaus' words We must find a way out of this cursed place. Perhaps this armor guarded the exit?
"I vote we stay until we've searched everything. The more we learn the better off we'll be; I feel. We've still got quite a bit of text to read downstairs and a house that may yet be full of other secrets.
"And how do we know outside in the fog will be any less 'cursed'?"
Perdita Imogen waits patiently for others to chime in on whether to stay in the house and search or leave immediately back into the Mists.
Hack leans against the wall for support.
We...should...stay...but I need...a blessing, Perdita.
I agree that the mists are not a compelling option. I'm not sure I like the idea of spending time looking over the texts. As I said it could have been an active force that animated the armor. I vote we finish the search in haste.
Current Map: Death House Floor 1 / Death House Floor 2 / Death House Floor 3
For the moment the group reconveined downstairs on the second floor at the foot of the stairs where the armor was now in pieces to discuss their next course of action.
Uruk has 0 of 3 first level spell slots available.
Hack has 1 of 11 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan has 1 of 8 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan used one first level spell slot. ( 1 of 2 remaining.)
Illufaus used one first level spell slot. (0 of 1 remaining.)
Illufaus has 4 temporary hitpoints. (51 minutes remaining.)
Perdita takes 3 hitpoints of bludgeoning damage from Animated Armor's slam.
Perdita has 7 of 10 hitpoints remaining.
In Game Time: 12:16pm
"Can anybody heal poor Hact?"
Let's just rest here a minute... Nilan says
There's no healer in the party. Gotta rest and expend Hit Dice.
Warlock, Sorceror, Wizard, Paladin, Ranger....
If we decide to take a Short Rest
Light spell on Quarterstaff
1/8HP
Right Hand= Quarterstaff
Left Hand= Spellcasting Focus (Holy Symbol of Kelemvor)
Readied Weapons=
1 Dagger
2 Dagger
3
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5
6
Readied Items
1
2
3
4
EDIT: And I was ninjad by the DM.
Perdita Imogen moves to Hack, bloodied far more than she from the armored atrocity....
"If you'll permit the Hands of Lathander to heal you, The Morninglord will allow me to tend those bludgeoned bruises."
.
Much thanks, Perdita.
Current Map: Death House Floor 1 / Death House Floor 2 / Death House Floor 3
The group rest at the bottom of the stairs for an hour to take stock of their situation and rest from the battle with the armor.
If anyone else would like to expend hitdice during the shortrest then you may do so now.
Nilan burns one hitdice (0 of 1 remaining.)
Nilan gains 5 hitpoints from burning a hitdice.
Nilan has 6 of 8 hitpoints remaining.
Perdita used Lay on Hands (0 of 5 points remaining.)
Hack gains 5 hitpoints from Perdita's Lay on Hands
Hack has 6 of 11 hitpoints remaining.
Uruk used Arcane Recovery (0 of 1 remaining.)
Uruk regains one first level spell slot. (1 of 3 remaining.)
Illufaus's temporary hitpoints have expired.
Uruk used Arcane Recovery (0 of 1 remaining.)
Uruk regains one first level spell slot. (1 of 3 remaining.)
Hack has 6 of 11 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan burns one hitdice (0 of 1 remaining.)
Nilan has 6 of 8 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan used one first level spell slot. ( 1 of 2 remaining.)
Illufaus used one first level spell slot. (0 of 1 remaining.)
Perdita has 7 of 10 hitpoints remaining.
In Game Time: 1:16pm
Nilan says Okay, lets go see what's upstairs. as he relights his walking stick and climbs the staircase. Spotting some doors to his right, he moves into that room.
Moving to that Northern Room on the third floor.
Light spell on Quarterstaff
6/8HP
Right Hand= Quarterstaff
Left Hand= Spellcasting Focus (Holy Symbol of Kelemvor)
Readied Weapons=
1 Dagger
2 Dagger
3
4
5
6
Readied Items
1
2
3
4
Uruk is content to shuffle through his papers during the rest and then promptly rises and follows after Nilan once the sorcerer indicates his interest in moving on.
Current Map: Death House Floor 1 / Death House Floor 2 / Death House Floor 3
Perdita spent her rest looking over some more books in the library before rejoining the others.
Nilan reclimbed the stairs to the third floor and entered the room that Hack had ran to earlier and began to look around....
The double doors to this room have dusty panes of stained glass set into them. Designs in the glass resemble windmills. The dusty, cobweb-filled master bedroom has burgundy drapes covering the windows. Furnishings include a four-poster bed with embroidered curtains and tattered gossamer veils, a matching pair of wardrobes, a vanity with a wood-framed mirror and jewelry box, and a padded chair. A rotting tiger-skin rug lies on the floor in front of the fireplace, which has a dust-covered portrait of Gustav and Elisabeth Durst hanging above it. A web-filled parlor in the southwest corner contains a table and two chairs. Resting on the dusty tablecloth is an empty porcelain bowl and a matching jug. A door facing the foot of the bed has a full-length mirror mounted on it. Another wood door exits the room to the north in the cobwebbed filled parlor and a small halfling sized door is set in the southern wall across from it.
As Nilan left the second floor everything again fell into darkness as the light went upstairs with him. Uruk quickly followed.
Hack burns one hitdice (0 of 1 remaining.)
Hack gains 3 hitpoints from burning a hitdice.
Hack has 9 of 11 hitpoints remaining.
Uruk used Arcane Recovery (0 of 1 remaining.)
Uruk regains one first level spell slot. (1 of 3 remaining.)
Hack has 9 of 11 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan burns one hitdice (0 of 1 remaining.)
Nilan has 6 of 8 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan used one first level spell slot. ( 1 of 2 remaining.)
Illufaus used one first level spell slot. (0 of 1 remaining.)
Perdita has 7 of 10 hitpoints remaining.
In Game Time: 1:18pm
Hack follows the others back upstairs to his point of refuge. He begins to look around the area of the mirror, behind it, etc.
Getting to a good stopping place in her cataloging -- and perusing -- Perdita Imogen joins everyone only moments after Hack has begun his own search of the non-illusory uppermost floor. She moves first to open the Small door behind the staircase, curious as to the tiny chamber's contents.
"Well, let's get this search underway again," she says under her breath, more to herself than her allies.
Current Map: Death House Floor 1 / Death House Floor 2 / Death House Floor 3
Hack follows the others back upstairs to his point of refuge. He begins to look around the area of the mirror, behind it, etc.
The full length mirror was mounted on a door across from the bed. After searching it Hack opened the door. The door opens to reveal an empty, dust-choked closet.
Perdita once again climbed the stairs and moved past Hack and to the small halfling sized door.
Opening it the door led to a dumbwaiter. The dumbwaiter has a button on the wall next to it.
Uruk used Arcane Recovery (0 of 1 remaining.)
Uruk regains one first level spell slot. (1 of 3 remaining.)
Hack has 9 of 11 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan burns one hitdice (0 of 1 remaining.)
Nilan has 6 of 8 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan used one first level spell slot. ( 1 of 2 remaining.)
Illufaus used one first level spell slot. (0 of 1 remaining.)
Perdita has 7 of 10 hitpoints remaining.
In Game Time: 1:20pm
Seeing the group searching the room and finding nothing, Nilan moves to the room just south of where he is. He opens the door and peers inside.
Going to the door in B5
Light spell on Quarterstaff
6/8HP
Right Hand= Quarterstaff
Left Hand= Spellcasting Focus (Holy Symbol of Kelemvor)
Readied Weapons=
1 Dagger
2 Dagger
3
4
5
6
Readied Items
1
2
3
4
Perdita Imogen quickly opens the door behind her, presumably a closet, before Nilan gets too far away from the group.
(F3)
Illufaus realizes he has fallen behind, and jogs to catch up with everyone else. "Sorry! Thought I saw a ghost."
Current Map: Death House Floor 1 / Death House Floor 2 / Death House Floor 3
Seeing the group searching the room and finding nothing, Nilan moves to the room just south of where he is. He opens the door and peers inside.
This dark room contains a wooden tub with clawed feet, a small iron stove with a kettle resting atop it, and a barrel under a spigot in the east wall.
Perdita Imogen quickly opens the door behind her, presumably a closet, before Nilan gets too far away from the group.
The door in the parlor leads to an outside balcony. The mist lapping at the railing as if a unseen force was holding it at bay. Perdita could not see anything else beyond the mist.
Illufaus comes up the stairs and takes up a position by Nilan's side.
Uruk used Arcane Recovery (0 of 1 remaining.)
Uruk regains one first level spell slot. (1 of 3 remaining.)
Hack has 9 of 11 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan burns one hitdice (0 of 1 remaining.)
Nilan has 6 of 8 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan used one first level spell slot. ( 1 of 2 remaining.)
Illufaus used one first level spell slot. (0 of 1 remaining.)
Perdita has 7 of 10 hitpoints remaining.
In Game Time: 1:23pm
For the second time now, Perdita Imogen lost herself for a moment gazing through the Mists. Wicked Fey could control fog like this, she knew, and it felt as if something or someone was holding the muting fog at bay -- keeping it from the house.
What was it that that letter said:
Abandoned love for madness.
....That's what happened here. And now the fog encloses the house. And now the parents are gone. And now the children are lost.
And we're here.
Are we cursed as they? ....Are our fortunes spent as theirs? ....Have we lost love and come to madness.
No.
Perdita Imogen would not succumb to the wicked Fey controlling the Mist. Shaking away her depressed reverie, she runs back to the rest of the group -- defiantly slamming the door to the outside behind her.
"The fog is still out there, friends. I'm convinced that an evil Fey is controlling it. I think we should stay and search and learn everything we can in this house -- there's no hurry to get back outside in the fog that steals children and has brought us to this land."
Uruk follows wordlessly not particularly focused something about the notion of ferry being the source of all this not setting right. Still the wizard stayed close to Nilan.
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Nilan moves down to the other doors and throws them open, scowling that the nature of this house is eluding the group.
C7, open both doors adjacent to that square.
Light spell on Quarterstaff
6/8HP
Right Hand= Quarterstaff
Left Hand= Spellcasting Focus (Holy Symbol of Kelemvor)
Readied Weapons=
1 Dagger
2 Dagger
3
4
5
6
Readied Items
1
2
3
4
Hack continues to follow Nilan, prepared for anything, as they barge through the house.
Current Map: Death House Floor 1 / Death House Floor 2 / Death House Floor 3
Perdita slammed the door to the balcony shut and headed back toward the hall with a purpose, moving past the others she moved out and to the southern door and opened it...
Dust and cobwebs shroud an elegantly appointed bedroom. Double doors set with panes of stained glass are set in the southern part of the west wall while another single door in set in the northern part of the west wall. The bedroom contains a large bed, two end tables, and a wardrobe. Mounted on the wall next to the wardrobe is a full-length mirror with an ornate wooden frame carved to look like ivy and berries.
Uruk watched Perdita pass but stayed close to Nilan as he waited for his next move. Nilan then moved up just behind Perdita who had just opened the southern door so Nilan reached over and opened the western door next to her....
Dusty shelves line the walls of this room. A few of the shelves have folded sheets, blankets, and old bars of soap on them. A cobweb-covered broom leans against the far wall.
Hack moved out in the hall as well and took up a position by Nilan.
Uruk used Arcane Recovery (0 of 1 remaining.)
Uruk regains one first level spell slot. (1 of 3 remaining.)
Hack has 9 of 11 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan burns one hitdice (0 of 1 remaining.)
Nilan has 6 of 8 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan used one first level spell slot. ( 1 of 2 remaining.)
Perdita has 7 of 10 hitpoints remaining.
In Game Time: 1:28pm
Uruk grunts at the revelation of a linen closet, Thrilling stuff. With our luck the broom will attack us or the sheet will try to strangle us.
The wizard stands by, however, ready to follow the sorcerer as he moves on...
Illufaus moves closer into the room. "I really hope you're wrong Uruk."
Nilan moves into the southern room, throwing open the doors as he walks into the room.
Don't tempt fate Uruk. Nilan chides the larger half orc
C9 and then C11
Light spell on Quarterstaff
6/8HP
Right Hand= Quarterstaff
Left Hand= Spellcasting Focus (Holy Symbol of Kelemvor)
Readied Weapons=
1 Dagger
2 Dagger
3
4
5
6
Readied Items
1
2
3
4
Current Map: Death House Floor 1 / Death House Floor 2 / Death House Floor 3
Nilan moves into the southern room, intent on throwing open the doors as he walks into the room. When he comes to the first door and throws it open he is shocked by the contents inside....
The room is a nursery and contains a crib covered with a hanging black shroud.
Suddenly and without warning a spirit manifest itself beside the sorcerer and Illufaus, the spirit resembled a terrified, skeletally thin young woman; the feeling that the specter wanted to do harm to Nilan was obvious as it prepared to lash out at the man.
Round 1 Initiative
Nilan
Spirit
Perdita
Illufaus
Hack
Uruk
- Names in have already went this round.
- Names with a * by them have already posted actions this round and they will be resolved as soon as their turn comes up in initiative order.
Nilan, you are up first before the spirit gets her action.
Uruk used Arcane Recovery (0 of 1 remaining.)
Uruk regains one first level spell slot. (1 of 3 remaining.)
Hack has 9 of 11 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan burns one hitdice (0 of 1 remaining.)
Nilan has 6 of 8 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan used one first level spell slot. ( 1 of 2 remaining.)
Perdita has 7 of 10 hitpoints remaining.
In Game Time: 1:31pm
Father preserve us! Nilan shouts as he retreats from the apparition
Can't see the map at work, but I'm assuming the creature is adjacent to Nilan.
Withdraw action to move as far as possible from the Spirit.
Light spell on Quarterstaff
6/8HP
Right Hand= Quarterstaff
Left Hand= Spellcasting Focus (Holy Symbol of Kelemvor)
Readied Weapons=
1 Dagger
2 Dagger
3
4
5
6
Readied Items
1
2
3
4
"Let us give you peace, Spirit, what wrong has befallen you that can be righted?!"
Current Map: Death House Floor 1 / Death House Floor 2 / Death House Floor 3
Nilan retreats from the apparition, moving past Uruk and Perdita and back out into the hall next to Hack.
The spirit ignored Perdita's plea and just groaned in anguish as it moved forward to engage Uruk and Illufaus. It reached out a spectral hand toward Uruk. As the hand touches the half-orc and reaches inside him the man withers as if rapidly aging until only a husk remains and the wizard collapses to the floor. DEAD!!!
Round 1 Initiative
Perdita
Illufaus
Hack
Uruk (DEAD)
- Names in have already went this round.
- Names with a * by them have already posted actions this round and they will be resolved as soon as their turn comes up in initiative order.
Perdita, Illufaus, and Hack are up next. Followed by Nilan.
I am sending you a Private Message as to what happens next since your character was just killed.
Uruk takes 10 hitpoints of necrotic damage from the Spirit's Life Drain.
Uruk has 0 of 10 hitpoints remaining.
Uruk failed his constitution save. (Damage becomes permenant.)
Uruk is dead.
Hack has 9 of 11 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan burns one hitdice (0 of 1 remaining.)
Nilan has 6 of 8 hitpoints remaining.
Nilan used one first level spell slot. ( 1 of 2 remaining.)
Perdita has 7 of 10 hitpoints remaining.
In Game Time: 1:31pm
"What." Illufaus says, his eyes blank with disbelief. He then lets out a curse filled with black magic on the specter, and stabs out at it with one of his daggers.
Nilan stretches his hand holding his Holy Symbol toward the Spirit.
Father Kelemvor take you abomination! a bolt of holy fire streaks from Nilan's outstretched hand and merely scorches the wall.
Wow. This is a TPK in the making. It's gonna one shot kill anyone it hits.
Light spell on Quarterstaff
6/8HP
Right Hand= Quarterstaff
Left Hand= Spellcasting Focus (Holy Symbol of Kelemvor)
Readied Weapons=
1 Dagger
2 Dagger
3
4
5
6
Readied Items
1
2
3
4
Hack takes a moment to study the favored enemy, undead Spirit to determine its weakness and find a way to kill it - again.