As Rakara moves across the room, she is surprised when a canopic jar suddenly tips over in front of her and a writhing mass of viscera and organs (link) burst forth!
Before she can even react the horrific thing leaps straight at Rakara's face...
...crashing into her with surprising force! She fights back the urge to wretch as rotting bodily fluids penetrate her mouth and nose.
El grabs a scroll of shocking grasp from the scroll cases at her hip.
Seeing Rakara in danger, Dumah charges in without hesitation. He circles to the far side of the creature, trying to distract it away from his longtime friend. As he closes on it, he shouts profanities in orcish at it, trying to draw it away.
Double move to I6 via H7.
Rakara struggles with the disgusting mess pulling out her falchion to slash at the various entrails dangling from the mass.
What is it and how do we kill it?
El grabs a scroll of shocking grasp from the scroll cases at her hip.
Rakara manages to keep her dinner down, yanking her weapon free and slashing at the grotesque thing before her but it is surprising agile and avoids the strike.
Ancient Osirion commonly call these foul creatures "gutswarms"; however, the name scholars give them is derived from an ancient O sirian term for the cast off remains of mummification rituals. A tekenu has an ever- changing form roughly 3 feet long and 2 feet wide, essentially the size of a robust humanoid's torso and abdomen. The mass weighs about 40 pounds.
As Myron listens to Elrisiel quickly share her knowledge of the undead monster, he realises that his blades will be of little use in this fight. Instead, he retrieves a tanglefoot bag from his pack and moves to get a clean shot.
Myron gets into position to throw his tanglefoot bag as the tekenu follows Rakara and lunges at her with its many "appendages"...
...battering her about the head and body with ease!
Seeing Rakara in danger, Dumah charges in without hesitation. He circles to the far side of the creature, trying to distract it away from his longtime friend. As he closes on it, he shouts profanities in orcish at it, trying to draw it away.
Double move to I6 via H7.
When the abomination doesn't take on him instead of Rakara, Dumah looses his earthbreaker from its straps and tries to slap the thing away from his friend.
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Kheled strides confidently forward and washes the creature over with positive energy
Rakara, move back to me and i will heal you.
The musetouched elf moves into the room (K11) then hesitates, reluctant to get near the creature. Finally, she incants a short arcane phrase and flicks a glob of acid at the thing.
Elrisiel moves just inside the doors and to the side before flicking a gob of acid at the animated pile of rotting organs, but her taking care to not hit Rakara and the its quick bobs and weaves causes the sizzling missile to go wide.
At the same time Dumah charges to Rakara's aid, releasing his huge hammer from its sling over his shoulder, ready to smash the thing into a pulp.
Kheled joins Elrisiel just inside the door before brandishing his holy symbol and calling forth a wave of positive energy. The holy energy washes over the tekenu, blackening it and causing it to desiccate. Small dry dark flakes fall to the ground as it hovers in front of Rakara.
The overpowering stench of the creature causes Rakara's own guts to begin to churn.
In an effort to distance herself from the stench she steps back.
Rakara staggers back from the tekenu and retches while offering advice on how best to attack the undead menace.
Myron moves to get a clear shot, then hurls the readied bag of sticky goop at the undead organs.
Myron circles around the table and flings his tanglefoot bag but the agile tekenu shifts easily out of its path, leaving the projectile to explode on some barrels behind it.
The floating organs then darts past Rakara and slams into Kheled...
...catching him lightly on the side of the head but splashing him with rotting organ fluid.
El brandishes her scroll and incants the words, reducing the scroll to ash as she completes the spell. Her hand now crackling with electricity, she takes a step forward around Kheled () and reached out to touch the creature.
Dumah rushes to try and cut off the abomination, hoping to pin it between them where he can put an end to it.
Kheled turns to pure energy in front of the undead.
We don't fear you, you rotten pile of garbage, now I will burn you again with my holy powers!
Rakara, still queasy, grabs at a nearby table for support.
Rakara regains her composure...
Rakara, regaining her composure, moves up and again swings at the putrid thing.
This time she connects solidly.
Her hand crackling with electricity, Elrisiel steps around Kheled and reaches out to touch the tekenu but it easily squirms out of her grasp as Dumah races around behind it, trying to hem it in. Just then, unperturbed by the foul bodily fluids, Kheled's transforms into pure life energy, resembling a golden-white fire elemental.
Rakara regains her composure and rejoins the battle in earnest, joining the others encircling the undead thing. Her sword sings through the air and looks to land a decisive blow but the reanimated organs twist and turn in a confounding manner, and are surprisingly resilient, that the blow is less effective than Rakara was sure it would be.
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Finding himself isolated from the fight, Myron heads back to the entrance, looking for a way to harm the monster.
Myron joins the group surrounding the tekenu just as the mindless undead lashes out at the transformed Kheled...
... hitting him once but is damaged in return by the divine radiance that is Kheled currently...
...the length of intestine making contact with the oracle blackening and withering. It recoils slightly as a result.
El attempts to grab the creature again, hand still crackling with electricity.
Once again the thing eludes Elrisiel's outstretched hand, twisting and turning to avoid her touch.
With a low growl, Dumah hefts his earthbreaker and brings it down at the grotesque thing with all of his might.
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Damage
Unable to resist the creature a second time, Kheled struggles and waivers in place, still shimmering with light.
Kheled is temporarily distracted by nausea brought on by the tekenu's vile fluids. As it twists to avoid Elrisiel's grasp, Dumah lands a solid blow with his hammer.
Rakara tries to manoeuvre herself around to strike at the thing again.
but she is unable to get into a good position.
Rakara shifts around beside Myron but is unable to get a hit in on the tekenu.
Unable to do much harm on his own, Myron feints a couple of slashes with his kukri, seekimg to provide Dumah with an opeing for his massive blows.
Myron tries distracting the tekenu with a few feints, trying to give Dumah an opening to hopefully end the fight. The collection of animated rotting organs, unable to be concerned for its own safety, lashes out at Dumah...
...striking him twice with two flicks of its grotesque form, getting the slimy necrotic fluid all over the paladin.
El attempts to grab the writhing mass with her electrified hand again.
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Overwhelmed by the odor of the brunt force of the blows, Dumah does his best to keep his grip on his weapon, and his breakfast.
Kheled shakes off the nausea and his glow fades away. He puts a determined look on his face again sending a wave of holy energy at the creature.
Elrisiel continues to have trouble touching the agile undead as Dumah gags on the putrid ooze. Kheled regains his composure and sends forth another wave of positive energy just as his own glowing form fades...
...blackening even more of the vile tekenu's form.