Kyra slips into position to attack the strange creature and strikes it hard with her scimitar!
Thetin uses his shield to block the incoming blows then continues to lay into the monster with Radiance.
Thrown off balance by the blows on his shield Thetin swings wide of his target.
Round 2 ____________________
Alorah_____
Leveling her crossbow Alorah fires at the vicious creature, reloading as the battle rages on.
Kelden Sunblade_____
Stepping forward still slowly trying to eventually flank the monstrosity, he timed his swing to distract the creature as Sir Thetin struck hopefully pulling its focus for his blade to strike true.
aid another attack
Carilain Riveroak_____
Carilain gingerly steps past the body parts strewn across the floor, until he reaches the corner of the table. using the chair as a step he scrambles up on the table top. Should put me at J-6.
Once on the table top, the magus sends another evocation of frost at the peryton.
Kankai the White_____
Kankai would duck around the side of the creature moving to K3 using her acrobatic skills to try to dodge any attack it would use.
Kyra Greenstar_____
Kyra slips into position to attack the strange creature and strikes it hard with her scimitar!
Move Action - Move to K5. Swift Action - Arcane Strike. Standard Action - Attack.
Thetin Dorvas_____
Thetin uses his shield to block the incoming blows then continues to lay into the monster with Radiance.
Thrown off balance by the blows on his shield Thetin swings wide of his target.
Enemies____________________________
Peryton_____
The fey creature focused maniacally on Thetin, despite its obviously unfavorable tactical position.
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Peryton: 14
Round 3____________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
Carilain closes the remaining distance to the peryton. drawing on his arcane pool, Carilain charges his blade with power, then levels a two-handed strike at the weird antlered beast.
And Grimstar cleaves the Peryton in two. It falls in a gout of fey blood.
Kyra nods at Carilain after he takes down the fey beast. "How did such a foul creature come to be in this room?" She casts a simple spell to check for an magical auras.
No magic auras, except for fading traces coming from the sand table.
Any information here on the sand table has been erased by people running around on the top of it as well as the fountaining of blood from open chest wounds.
The bodies all told bear 8 sets of masterwork parade armor, 8 masterwork shortswords, 8 poisoned daggers (scorpion venom 4 doses each), two hand crossbows (10 bolts each), and 8 purses of 100 crowns each of various coinage.
Kankai would look at everyone making sure they were okay before starting to loot the bodies. "Looks like some of these blades are poisoned. I'll take a few of them if people don't mind. The rest of what we don't need can go to the crusaders." She picked up the hand crossbows. "I can take one of these, anyone else know how to use them?"
Probably a pet of some vile demon
He said in reference to Kyra's question. It was the only thing that made sense to him at the moment. He looked at the hand crossbows Kankai was referring to but shook his head,
I am good with my light crossbow. Sir Thetin, how are you feeling? I am low on the goddess's grace but I still have some energy left for healing if you need it.
He offered.
Thetin inspects his wounds and nods. "I'm fine Kelden, most of my wounds are superficial."
He then makes his way to the door. "On to the next room i guess."
Kankai snapped her beak as she nodded and would head to the next room checking for traps on the door, checking to see if it was locked and if she heard anything inside.
"That was a fey beast. I'm not sure why it would have been here." Carilain surveys the carnage of tiefling bodies. "I think it might have been an enemy off all. Us, the domon spawn, anyone. I think it just liked to kill."
Carilain follows Kankai to the next door. "I've heard that Perytons have a some sort of 'Shadowmark' power that makes them better at hunting their prey."
Carilain grows silent as they approach the door. He prepares for whatever comes next, Grimstar in hand, comfortably, like the sword was an extension of his arm.
As you approach the middle door in the West section...
Kankai smelled carrion and if she could wrinkle her nose she would. But considering her beak didn't move she would wave her hand in the human gesture go it not smelling well.
Once everyone nodded they were in position she would carefully open the door knowing she probably won't like what is inside.
Carilain wrinkles his nose and nods his head to show that he is ready.
When you open the door, you see that this is, or was, a Library.
Bookshelves line the walls. Many of the tomes have been torn to shreds, and smoldering piles of ashes fill the room with an acrid stench.
One small stack of books on a circular table seem to have escaped destruction.
Standing over the table, arranging it in a more suitable pile for burning, is a strange creature.
It is a tall, muscular humanoid with the head and hooves of a demonic goat. A ragged hide covers patches, usually around the forearms and lower legs, with a crestlike patch running down from the creature's crown to the nape of its neck. It is 7 feet tall, though it stoops to appear shorter, and weighs 300 pounds.
It chews on the end of its halberd, leaving it covered with spittle.
It's looking right at you, in a defensive stance as you open the door.
You have Initiative.
Round 1____________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
With the sure acknoledgement that the others were probably much better suited to best the creature in melee he moved forward and torwards one of the corners, clearing the way for his friends to advance.
Carilain moves straight into the room , then casts grease at the halberd wielded by the demonic goat creature.
Kyra moves into the room alongside her companions, hugging the nearby wall until she ends her movement nearby the bookshelf. She quickly imbues her cold iron blade and then casts a spell that sends her hurtling forward to stop next to the demon, her blade slicing at it as she passes by!
Kankai would take the initiative and charge straight at the creature drawing the magical longsword. Hearing the singing of steel leaving the sheath she sliced up at an angle to catch him off guard.
Thetin takes a double move action , flanking the monster with Kyra.
Round 1____________________
Kelden Sunblade_____
It is a rare creature known as a Schir, also known as a Spite Demon. Among the most bad tempered outsiders ever, it can jump considerable distances and his spittle (which covers the halberd as he chews on it nervously) causes filthy diseases.
moving into the room and skirting the wall to the right, total defense action for this round.
Carilain Riveroak_____
Carilain moves straight into the room (to E-8), then casts grease at the halberd wielded by the demonic goat creature.
The creature needs to make a reflex save or drop the item. The normal DC for Carilain's 2nd level spells is 15.
Spell penetrates.
Halberd slips out of his hands, clangs to the floor.
Kyra Greenstar_____
Kyra moves into the room alongside her companions, hugging the nearby wall until she ends her movement nearby the bookshelf. She quickly imbues her cold iron blade and then casts a spell that sends her hurtling forward to stop next to the demon, her blade slicing at it as she passes by!
Move Action - Move to J4. Swift Action - Arcane Strike. Standard Action - Cast Bladed Dash to move into E4 and attack the demon when in range.
Kankai the White_____
To F6
Kankai would take the initiative and charge straight at the creature drawing the magical longsword. Hearing the singing of steel leaving the sheath she sliced up at an angle to catch him off guard.
Thetin Dorvas_____
Thetin takes a double move action (to E6), flanking the monster with Kyra.
(npc) Alorah______
Alorah stepped into the door and raised her crossbow, but the others were too close in melee.
She decided to wait this round.
Enemies_______________________
Enraged at the loss of his halberd and the deep hit put on him by Kankai, it lashed out at the swordmeister.
for a possible plus disease (Fort save dc16)
Then stepped out of flank.
Schir:15
Round 2__________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
Carilain tries to remember if he came across any information on this creature in his studies.
Then the magus moves in, Grimstar gripped in both hands.
Kyra slips into the flank created by Carilain as she wordlessly slips into her battle dance and presses the attack! "Box the filth in, do not let it move freely!"
Seeing her companions engaging the vile demon, Alorah lets loose a rallying battlecry, her magic infusing her words to invigorate her companions.
"Let the blades of the righteous lay low those who seek to spread the taint of the Abyss!"
Seeing the Flanking position taken she steps in and makes liked she is going to do a swing from the left to the right and instead turns it into a jab in a feint attempt.
Thetin steps to the side, boxing the creature in. He then swings Radiance at the creature.
Watch its blade.. the spittle of the Spite demon carries disease!
He warned his friends as he advanced forward hurrying to the side of the monster and truly hemming it into the corner.
And Carilain, Kyra, Kankai (but not Thetin, who seemed to avoid hitting the demon at all costs) hack the demon into blackened bloody chunks that fly everywhere in the room.
The only thing the Schir demon had was the halberd, though it's hard to tell under the diseased spittle and Grease it is currently covered in.
Sadly, most of the tomes in this small library have been torn to shreds, and smoldering piles of ashes fill the room with an acrid stench.
Only one small stack of six books on a circular table seem to have escaped destruction.
The surviving six books are history texts, tomes on geography, and tactical manuals.
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Bound in bloodstained leather, this heavy tome is scarred like the flesh of a seasoned warrior and contains many generations of martial knowledge.
Once per day, after studying the manual for 1 hour, a fighter may exchange one of her fighter bonus feats for another combat feat.
She must meet the prerequisites for this new feat and she cannot alter a feat she is using as a prerequisite for another feat, prestige class, or other ability.
This change persists for 24 hours, after which time the fighter's feats return to normal. The fighter may spend 10 minutes studying the manual to end its effects early.
Kankai would clean the blade she had been using and looks it over. She was coming to appreciate this sword more and more. Putting it back in its sheath she snapped her beak and looked at her poor ichor and blood stained feathers. She was slowly turning the black her people were known for from just that.
Helping gather up what was useful and still intact. She would wait for the others to look over them.
Carilain cleans his sword carefully as well. As demons go, I don't think that one was real powerful, best not to grow overconfident. The elf advises his weapon.
Carilain casts detect magic, then has a look around.
"Nice. It's silvered." Carilain lays the halberd aside.
"Wish I had a library to keeps these myself." The elf sighs. "But they're worth 50 gold each."
The elf's eyes shine with excitement. "And this is a Manual of War. Very handy for warrior types."
"Manual of War? What does that do?" She asked as she would search the room for anything else/secret doors before getting ready to head to the next room.
Probably not finding anything of consequence she would move out and to the next door to look it over checking it for traps and if it was locked. Waiting for everyone else before she would open it.
At the door at the SW corner of this floor, you just hear muted deep pitched buzzing. Multiple sources.
Kankai frowned hearing the buzzing and would look to the others. Buzzing was not a sound she could really make but she would turn to Thetin and whispers. "There is a bug like sound coming from in here. Multible.
"Bugs are pretty common around here." Carilain mutters. "We might as well see to it."
"It is likely to be something foul." Alorah says warily.
The door does not appear to be locked, barred or barricaded.
Kankai nodded and would open the door after unsheathing the magical blade.
Do they hear you coming?
They do!
But their reactions are too sluggish to take advantage.
No Surprise round, but you go first.
When you throw open the door, you see several stacked horizontal shelves along the walls that hold a number of small, straw-lined bird cages.
A stack of parchment, three quills, a pot of ink, and a pile of tiny cylindrical objects cover a nearby table, while a small wooden door is in one corner of the room.
Turning in your direction are monstrous examples of the Worldwounds infestation with all manner of demonic vermin—enormous, normally mindless monsters that have become infused with abyssal energies that grant them vile intellects and many of the traits shared by demons.
Five of these creatures, demonic giant flies with faces that look all too human save for their deformed rasping maws and tiny half-formed hands on the tip of each spindly leg, dwell in this room.
Round 1________________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
Thetin rushes into the room ahead of the others. He runns straight up to one of the enemies in the back of the room and screams in its face in celestial, banging Radiance on his shiled. "Face me you pit spawned filth."
Kyra slips into her battle dance and moves into the room behind Thetin... She was tired and sore from the constant fights without rest. "More vermin to send back to the Abyss..."
Carilain moves into range, then evokes a ray of freezing air and ice at one of the demon mutated bugs.
He followed his sister in faith and the beautifully deadly Kyra into the room keeping enoug space to hopefully keep the mutated nasty creatures from being able to slip by.
Round 1________________________
Thetin Dorvas______
Thetin rushes into the room ahead of the others. He runns straight up to one of the enemies in the back of the room and screams in its face in celestial, banging Radiance on his shiled. "Face me you pit spawned filth."
double move to E6. then diplomacy to aggro the enemies to Thetin.
Kyra Greenstar______
Kyra slips into her battle dance and moves into the room behind Thetin... She was tired and sore from the constant fights without rest. "More vermin to send back to the Abyss..."
Move Action - Activate Battle Dance; -1 BP. Move Action - Move to H6.
Carilain Riveroak_____
Carilain moves into range, then evokes a ray of freezing air and ice at one of the demon mutated bugs.
Moves to I-5, casts ray of frost at Red 1.
Kelden Sunblade_____
He followed his sister in faith and the beautifully deadly Kyra into the room keeping enough space to hopefully keep the mutated nasty creatures from being able to slip by.
Double move to H5
(npc) Kankai the White______
Kankai charged across the room to lunge at Red-4.
Hit! for slashing, magic, precision and bane damage.
(npc) Alorah______
Alorah stepped inside the door and leveled her crossbow, but waited to see how the battle would develop before deciding how to act.
ENEMIES___________________
Red 1- The demonic giant fly turned towards the other party members. It belched acid along a line catching Kelden and Carilain. acid damage, Reflex DC 15 half.
Red 2- Attacks Thetin.
for a possible damage plus disease.
Red 3- Attacks Thetin.
for a possible damage plus disease.
Red 4- Attacks Kankai.
for a possible damage plus disease.
Red 5- Caused Darkness to fall in the room, then flew into contact with Thetin.
Red1:20
Red2:20
Red3:20
Red4:3
Red5:20
Round 2________________________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.