Still waiting for the inevitable rush form the triceratops Tal strikes out again with his warhammer in the hopes of bringing down the last enemy between himself and skeletrops.
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Tal hits the puppy!
"And now, there is one." Richard craps his whip again.
Richard cracks his whip at the shadow mastiff.
Tal continues to focus on taking out shadow mastiff in front of him as he sees Richard hit with his whip as well.
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Tal feels the crunch of bones beneath his warhammer and smiles with satisfaction as soon it will be just the triceratops and him exchanging blows...and this time the triceratops will not get so lucky!
"Nice work boys, keep it up." Mera continues to hold her shot ready if it comes to it, letting Tal and Richard continue to deal out melee damage.
Edric helps Tal deflect the mastiff. Mera whispers words of encouragement. The mastiff misses Tal
Richard uses his whip to hurt the mastiff. Tal slays the Mastiff.
When the mastiff falls, the dino releases a blast of Searing Darkness at Tal.
Mera I am going to need some healing again real soon. Ready everyone? Let’s take it down!
Once Mera heals him again Tal moves over to engage the triceratops, shield first waiting for the trample again.
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"I have a bad feeling about this … "
Stryx chants an incantation and 3 shadow missiles fly towards the beast.
"This is it!" Richard grabs his flask of holy water and hurls it at the dinosaur.
"Die monster! You don't belong in this world!"
Mera can see the injury on Tal and responds, "I've got you. Hold still for just a second please while I fix it." Reaching out she speaks the words to her healing spell and the majority of the bodyguard's wounds fade away.
Edric channels energy while Mera heals Tal's wounds.
The dino charges Tal.
Stryx hits it with a magic missile. Richard hits it with some holy water.
Tal prepares for the onslaught but the horns are just a tad off.
"I'll help distract it, Tal!"
Richard moves in and uses his whip to Aid Tal's AC by +2. He stays 10 feet from the dino, behind Tal.
Clearly Tal and the rest had the triceratops number as they were able to counter the tactics it threw at them. Still Tal braced for the oncoming horns but breathed easier when his shield turned them aside. Countering the charge Tal gripped the warhammer and brought it down with power. Time to die beast.
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As the warhammer slammed in Tal looked back at where he assumed Mera and the rest were. That felt great. Lets finish it and grind it to dust if we need to!
Mera continues to inspire her allies as they finally return to combat the undead dino once again. She stows her crossbow knowing that it will be of little use right now. She keeps an eye on everyone's health, ready to cast a cure spell to help relieve any injury.
Out of nowhere Mera appears and the triceratops crashes to the ground in a pile of inanimate bones. Certain the Mera had something to do with it but not sure what Tal does not waste any time before he smashes the bones to dust releasing the pent up frustration of the fight and the day before. I have never had to run from a fight before like I did last time. I fought a diretiger, a fire demon, a hordes of lesser demons and came through fine. You get 1 lucky shot in with your horn and I end up retreating. Ptthh Tal spits on the dust in anger.
Turning back to the others Tal composes himself quickly as he slings his warhammer on his back and draws his longsword. Don't worry everyone. Just a little anger issues with that one. Ready to continue the search?
Recognizing the dino is close to falling and that she hasn't contributed much to this fight, Mera decides to throw caution to the wind and take matters into her own hands. "I'm going in." she states flatly without much emotion.
Casting her cure spell behind the safety of Tal, she strides forward invisibly and places her hand on huge leg of the undead creature. Hoping that she read the situation correctly, she looks up and expects it to collapse to the ground around her. And not stomp on her and flatten her like a bug
"Aha! Splendid! And I helped." Richard is beaming with pride.
Sherix tweets, maybe sarcastically.
"I'm good to go." Richard shrugs. "Some spells spent, but otherwise. I hope you are ready for more punishment, Tal." He laughs.
As the dino collapses, she does her best to doge the beast and not get flattened. Once it's down and Tal begins to unleash his aggression, she watches with amusement. She claps her hands in applause when he finishes, "Bravo. I don't blame you one bit my dear, that was one of the more unpleasant experiences I can recall."
Turning to her team she bows her head in thanks. "Well done, all of you. Much better than our first time through here. "
Looking around the room at their options she shrugs her shoulders when considering whether to rest or press on "The day is young still, let us see what further troubles await us here."
"Hm. I think we've been to library already." Richard ponders. "Maybe the Nautalica is next on our journey."
I think we are in the Nautalica. At least it sounds like it should have something to do with water...perhaps we should ask our resident talking head what is next as well?
When the head is removed, she looks surprised. I am amazed you idiots did not die, but the day is still young!
When asked, she will tell you that there are privies off this room and a kitchen to the south . She will tell you that there's a place where armor was displayed to the north .
Are there any traps we should know about in any of those rooms? If not then let us at least check the privies and the kitchen quick to make sure there is nothing behind us as we move forward.
"Alright, let's check the kitchen first. Be ready for anything." Richard keeps his whip ready.
This large serving kitchen is equipped with a pair of humongous ovens now sealed with bricks. A pantry lies to the south.
Long fallen to disuse, this kitchen holds little of note. The foodstuffs left behind in the pantry molded over several decades ago, but the resulting stench has long receded.
"So then... the privy?" Richard raises a curious eyebrow and Sherix tweets. "We have to be thorough. Besides, if the kitchen's empty no one has been here for a while."
Mera doesn't care where she goes, but along the way she starts discussing titles she should now posses. "What do you think of Lady Mera Wist-Thrune, triple threat to the hearts and minds of living men as well as large, savior and slayer of undead monstrosities from the forgotten past?"
"Needs more alliteration. Unseen Slayer of Undead, Scintillating Singer of the Soul, Dominator of her Domain?" Richard thinks aloud. "Start with that."
These privies are unremarkable, caked with dust but still usable.
With smirk and a false shiver of excitement, Mera purrs "Ohhhh. Most marvelous mention, my muse." She slides up next to him and whispers in his ear "Scandalous Scintillating Singer. Ohhhh, shiver sugar." She exaggerates the S sounds and buries her nose into the crook of her neck as she finishes the sentence. She backs off and spins away from, laughing to herself.
"Alright boys. Time to focus!"
Tal looks on with unrestrained glee as Mera moves up to Richard and purrs in his ear. That she would focus on Richard was a welcome respite for him. No more turtle poems or whatever coming his way. At the privy Tal is impressed that Edric takes charge and moves in so Tal readies his longsword in case something should appear.
[b]Take your time in there. You can have as much privacy as you need.[b]
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Mera frowns "Rats? Disgusting. Those sounds like big rats."
Richard can't hide his grin. "That's a- good one." Sherix has to tweet to get his attention again. "S-so, Edric, what did you say?" He stands up. "Very sharp claws. A rat would make sense, this place hasn't been used in a while. Nature reclaims places we leave behind."
"I think we've explored everything relevant here." He looks around. "Back to the Grand Vestibule and down a different wing?"