Tal will wait at the door with his shield unslung as the others scout ahead. If it seems they are in trouble then Tal will rush forward as he equips his shield.
It is determined that Girolamo could be the stealthiest among the group so he opens the door. You see the fire elemental trying to figure out how to reach the body of the fallen sister (after all, this is what it does-burn bodies). Girolamo enters the room.
The fire elemental sees Girolamo and roars in anger.
"What if we just gave it her body?" Richard shrugs and figures it's worth a shot.
This is either the dumbest or the smartest thing I've ever tried. Richard tries to pantomime himself pushing the body up to the elemental.
Lorelei drinks a potion and disappears from sight. She enters the room after Girolamo and hurries over to the door on the left. She tries the handle...
Girolamo plucks at the strands of fate that bind the elemental to this world, clouding its ability to perceive its foes.
He then 5' steps NW of his current position , and cackles.
Tal moves up 5 in front of Giralamo and readies his shield for the coming onslaught. Hopefully the fire elemental gets squeezed trying to get to him allowing Tal a tactical advantage.
The elemental does not seem to understand Richard and it starts squeezing itself into the narrow hallway.
A crossbowbolt comes flying at Lorelei as soon as she opens the door, but misses.
"Open!" Lorelei calls out as the arrow goes whizzing past her (invisible) head.
Girolamo continues to give the elemental the evil eye.
The elemental, angry it has nothing to throw at the intruders, continues to squeeze through.
"Through the door, then. I'd rather face whatever's in that room than this thing."
Lorelei hurries into the room and lunges the nearest nun with her rapier.
After stabbing at the woman with her rapier, Lorelei becomes visible.
Lorelei attacks one of the sisters wounding her severely. The other sister swings her (bladed) scarf at Lorelei.
Others still by him and Lorelei by herself Tal motions for the others to help her. Help Lorelei.and leave me to deal with this thing. Once you clear the room holler and I will come over to you. We can’t have ourselves pinned between them.
Tal retrieves a potion of shield I’d faith and drinks it as he steps 5ft to the NW to take cover from the wall there. Come on out. I am wait8ng for you.
AC is 28 currently
Sherix begins tweeting in harmony as Richard moves 30 feet to the left and 5 ft up. He points at whichever woman Lorelei hasn't injured yet. "That scarf looks fabulous! But what happens if gets stuck in a door? My aunt likes to saw NO SCARVES!" He pulls his whip out and wraps it around his neck, mockingly.
Tal sets up an ambush while Richard cast Hideous laughter.
The sister, bleeding from the deadly cut of Lorelei's blade tries to retaliate with a flurry of blows.
Savonarola moves forward into the other room.
Girolamo moves into the room.
The Elemental moves foward and tries to slam Tal.
Reflex save +6 each...both success
Lorelei curls up her lip in pain, then thrusts forward with her rapier, trying to stab the same nun again.
Lorelei misses the sister. The other sister again strikes out with her scarf.
She misses.
Sherix continues to tweet in perfect harmony as Richard moves 15 feet West and 15 feet North. "We're in Tal, come quickly!"
He unfurls his whip and tries to trip the sister in melee with Lorelei.
Richard tries to trip the sister, but she easily avoids his whip.
Tal hoists his shield again to grant him the cover it provides as he backs his way from the fire demon to the open door where the others are waiting for him.
Standard to set shield. Move 20 ft back towards the party.
Tal makes his way to the door. The sister tries to beat Lorelei into submission, but misses.
Savonarola calmly shuts the door in the elemental's face.
Girolamo shuts the door on the elemental as the elemental continues to creep into the room.
Hearing the door close, Lorelei takes a step forward, making room for Tal to meet the sisters in melee...
Then she thrusts her rapier at the sister she has been attacking.
A pair of large tubs sits in this room, each to either side of a low
metal table with a gutter running around its edge.
Into it? No. Beside it? Yes. She's going up one space, not right one space. Is there no room in that space to stand in without being in the vat? If there's not she'll go left one space instead.
Lorelei puts down her foe!
The remaining sister tries to punch Lorelei but misses.
As Sherix continues to Inspire Courage, Richard moves up and around the vats, stopping 5 ft right and 10 ft up from the remaining woman. He tries to trip her.
"Maybe in the next life you will make better decisions."
Sherix tweets approvingly.
Tal moves up to the downed woman as he prepares to lay a blow upon her with his blade. We tried to come peacefully and were threatened and attacked. I give you once chance to answer our questions. Where might we find the remains of one interred within? Who or what else may attack us as we proceed onward?
readied power attack for
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The nun is surprised when Richard's whip wraps around her ankle and she falls prone on the floor.
She looks at Tal balefully. You invade our sanctum and now you want me to help you? I'd rather die! She attempts to rise, but Tal finishes her off.
With a shrug, Girolamo attempts to lock the door.
Girolamo locks the door and seconds later you hear banging on the door and you guess the door won't hold long.
Tal does feel bad for the woman as there is some truth to her words. Yet they had dire need of the information that could be held here. If the women would not react favorably to diplomacy then they would have to take action accordingly. Furthermore their previous actions with orphans was despicable to warrant their removal. Feeling justified Tal motions to the next door down. Check that door and room out while I hold off Mr Toasty over here. Just be quick about it before I get roasted in my armor.
"Then die you shall." Sherix stops singing as Tal finishes the woman off.
Richard sighs as the woman spends her last moments in vain. "Alright then. " He coils his whip and heads towards the northern door, drawing his longsword along the way. "Let's see what's over here... and maybe that flame elemental is afraid of stairs!"
Lorelei hurries around the vats and looks around the corner...
Everyone continues onward to the north door. Lorelei takes a quick, but through look as she runs through the room. The door to the room opens without issue.
The walls of this room are lined with shelves holding all manner of contents—books and clothes and tools and small casks of food and wine and other supplies. A few small tables and chairs sit to either side of a flight of spiral stairs leading down.
Tal maintains his position in the back to provide a bulwark between the others and the fire demon. If the others head down then Tal will move up as needed. Until then though Tal inspects the room for log books or anything else they may need.
Perception
"Come on, Tal. Maybe it won't keep chasing us if it can't see us."
Richard prepares to head downstairs, trying to be somewhat quiet.
Lorelei quickly glances at the books to see if they're fiction, non-fiction, records of this place or something else.
Lorelei quickly yanks a book off the shelf and checks the year. She checks a few nearby to see if they're organized chronologically, and if she can find the year she's looking for.
Lorelei leads the way down the stairs, as quiet as she can.
"There's records here! Does anyone know the year they could have claimed the body?"
Richard heads downstairs, sword ready.
Richard heads down the stairs.
Three crossbow bolts come Richard's way.
One of them finds its mark.