Hearing the sounds Bethany lets the red cover her vison and the laugh grow. She walks closer to the central sarcophagus and readies her hammer. With a giggle she whispers.
"Going to kill you again."
Seeing Bethany mutter something from the north side of the sarcophagus, Grilnik circles around to the south of the chamber, hoping that at least one of the pair will be able to hammer out the problem causing the creepy whispering.
too bad I can't flank with beth at that angle...
Brynn sheathes her rapier and moves away from the sarcophagus.
Since nothing seems to have happened yet she pulls out and drinks a potion.
A few second after the moaning has build up to a extremely loud level a seething black cloudy creature raises out of the stone sarcophagus. It wails loudly.
Grilnik's readied swing goes straight through the creature, without seemingly to get any purchase at all.
The group quickly reacts to the arrival of the new creature.
Round 1
Brynn, Grilnik <--
Monster?
Bethany, Vors
You know it is a Wraith. Wraiths are undead creatures born of evil and darkness. They hate light and living things, as they have lost much of their connection to their former lives.
You would know that they are only damaged by magic/magic items. Though all corporeal sources are going to take half damage. Except for channels, cure spells, and force magic.
You also don't want this thing touching you. It drains your life away.
After watching his hammer pass through it, Grilnik recognizes the creature with shock clear on his face.
"Wraith!"
"We need magic to hurt it!" dropping his hammer, Grilnik quickly finds the party's wand of Cure Light Wounds that he keeps in his pouch.
"Return to nothing!" He shouts as he steps forward to stab at the cloud with the wand.
Brynn takes careful aim at the wraith with her bow and fires an arrow at it, wreathed in flame. Then she fires a second arrow.
Grilnik stabs forward with his wand and unleashes a wave of positive energy into the creature. It seems to flair with white light.
Brynn's arrow flies forward and seems to hurt the creature, but not quite as much as she would hope as it slips through it. The second arrow misses the creature.
The creature turns to Grilnik and lashes out with waves of its ghostly hands.
Round 2
Bethany, Vors, Brynn, Grilnik <--
Monster (-10)
Even in her raging state Bethany knows that this creature simply has to be evil. Instead of attacking she calls upon the powers of the Accidental God to bless Big Brother with the power of good.
Brynn quickly fires another two arrows at the creature! The first looks frosty, but the second looks normal.
Grilnik stabs at the creature with the wand again, hoping to cleanse the vile spirit sooner rather than later.
Vors advances on the undead, thankful in the knowledge Grilnik gave the group.
Bethany prepares her weapon.
Brynn's arrows just miss the ghostly creature. They seem to deflect right off some strange barrier.
Grilnik's wand bursts into the creature, anther flash of white light seems to hurt it.
The ghostly creature floats to the side of Grilnik and reaches out and tries to touch the dwarf again. But the ghostly creature's movements are too slow and it misses the dwarf!
Round 3
Bethany, Vors, Brynn, Grilnik <--
Monster (-14 HP, AC 18)
Brynn takes a step to the side and quickly fires another two arrows at the creature!
After barely avoiding it's grasp, Grilnik stabs at the wraith with the wand again and shouts "Avoid its touch!"
Vors sneaks around Bethany to get a better position to attack the undead.
Giggling and confident, perhaps overly so, Bethany steps around the sarcophagus to flank.
Glowing with good energy Big Brother flashes though the air.
Brynn's arrows strike true, but still seem somewhat resisted by the ghostly creature.
Both Vors and Bethany miss with their weapons.
The ghostly creature moves to keep its back against the wall, but alines better with Grilnik. Seemingly focusing his attention on the Dwarf.
Grilnik is struck by the ghostly creature, but is able to hold off the drain of energy. Though he feels negative energy course through his system.
Round 4
Bethany, Vors, Brynn, Grilnik <--
Monster (-23 HP, AC 18)
Brynn takes aim at the last remaining undead and fires her bow. Once again she fires two arrows, and once again only the first is frosty.
Vors is getting visibly more angry. "Slippery motherf#<ker's trying to get away!
The half-orc advances once more to stop the wraith's retreat.
Brynn's arrows strike true and seem to hurt the creature.
Vor's strike hits and causes some firely anguish into the undead creature.
The ghostly visage starts to flicker and fade, it does not look good.
Round 4
Bethany, Vors, Brynn, Grilnik <--
Monster (-40 HP, AC 18)
"Ow! You can't suck my life out that easy!" Grilnik shouts at the creature as he swings at it with his still glowing wand.
Bethany again brings the hammer around.
" Hold still!"
As she swings her face falters and by the time the hammer stops her shoulders sag and her breathing is heavy. Looking smaller she still tries to be game for the fight.
Grilnik's attack seems to miss the strange spectral creature. A strange force pushes his hand away just as he tries to deliver the Positive Energy into the creature.
Bethany's swing just misses the creature too, the heavy hammer is deflected just to the side at the last second and it strikes the ground. The small human suddenly out of breath.
The Creature continues its strike against the Dwarf.
Round 5
Bethany, Vors, Brynn, Grilnik <--
Monster(-40 HP, AC/Touch 18)
Noticing their favorite barbarian huffing, Grilnik decides to that giving her and her glowing Big Brother a better swing is better than taking one himself.
"Come around, Beth. I need to concentrate to catch your breath."
Grilnik steps back Behind Vors to get a moments reprieve from dodging the spirit.
Vors stands between Grilnik and the wraith, regreting the undead can't be sneak attacked.
Brynn moves to get a better view then fires a frosty arrow at the enemy.
Breathing hard Bethany moves around next to Grilnik, going the long way around the sarcophagi. Tired and weak at least she can still move.
WOW, sorry about that. I thought it ate me post so I did it again.
As the final volly of attacks strikes the ghostly creature it sways in a flashing light.
As Bethany moves quickly around it attacks her with a spectral hand.
The creature strikes at Bethany, but she quickly gets into position and strikes at the creature with the power of her god behind the hammer. As it strikes the ghostly creature, almost seeming solid as it strikes, you can briefly hear the sound of a busy tavern.
The ghostly image starts to quiver and shake. The shadows inside it start to fade. it seems to implode in on itself. The room goes quiet.
As you all collect yourself you can look inside the center Sarcophagus.
Mnomonic vestment
Maximize metamagic rod
Platinum wedding band worth 1,250 gp
Ring of force shield
Slippers of spider climbing
Unconcerned about the treasure, Vors looks around the room, looking for anything that might hold information about defeating dragons.
Grilnik ignores the alcoves for the moment, peering into the sarcophagus. He beckons to Brynn. "Hey Brynn, you've read about stuff. Do you know what these do?"
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Brynn, who's halfway through changing her boots into a pair of magical slippers pauses, then smiles. "Yes, of course."
She packs away her old boots and passes a rod to Grilnik. "You might get some use out of this, dear. It will bolster your spell casting. Very handy if you've got the hands to wield it."
She plucks out some clothing and a pair of rings and gestures for Grilnik to turn around, then packs the objects away in his backpack. "These are for selling. Should fetch good coin."
With the goods sorted, Brynn helps Vors look around for any other clues as to how to deal with dragons.
As you all look around the room, hoping for some explanation of who this was, or more information about the place. You find some old engravings. They mention the name Arturic, as well as a few others.
Arturic is the name of Lady Tula's husband. And the other 4 names seem to be her cousins.
As your legs are wet from the floor below you go through the items. Unsure about where to go next.
"Hey!" Vors called out. "Arturic! I think that was Lady Tula's old man. She still f#<king here somewhere!"
The half-orc looks more closely at the sarcophagus. "Maybe there's some clues here", Vors says to himself.
"Damn!" Vors cursed. "Nothing there. Everyone looks around! For anything out-of-the-ordinary!"
Grilnik looks surprised at Vors's urgency, but soon begins tracing his hand along the stones of the outer wall.
"What are we looking for?"
Bethany takes some time to look directly up at the ceiling before her eyes unfocused and it becomes clear she is not really looking at much. After a moment she hums quietly.
"The whole damn reason we're in this crypt", Vors grumbles. "To hopeful find anything that call help us deal with our 'dragon problem', be it weapons, magic, or just information. I really did not want to go through death room after death room for nothing!"
"It'd be strange to not be buried in your own crypt..."
Grilnik goes to the stairwell to check that room more carefully.
Brynn casts detect magic and scans the room and side chambers, looking for any magical auras they missed.
The whole group looks over everything.. No auras, other than the new items you have found here, and nothing visible.
"F#<k!" Vors cursed again. Let's double-back. We have to have missed something." The half-orc begins an focused examination of the stairs leading to the last room, in hopes of locating a secret door or something.