Put him in a bag of holding?
”Hey, now that is an idea.”
”Wait!? Can you actually do that?”
”If anyone needs healing, let’s do it and then move on. I’m ready to roll.”
Noonan channel heals
Lead the way
Shad follows along, making sure the big meaty dwarf is in front of him.
You head back to the room with four doors and head south - a short corridor extends beyond the door, ending at a crackling sheet of lightning that blocks the end of the hallway. The smell of a summer storm fills the air, and the sizzling of the lightning makes normal conversation impossible near the barrier.
I could try to dispel it or shield us from lightning
Noonan casts Dispel Magic at the lightning
The magic scatters across the lightning wall, unable to destroy the field.
”Wow . . .”
The desert rogue looks at his companions one by one.
”So? That was bad right!?”
He gestures to Shad.
”Can you explain what the heck just happened? I mean, it’s not a trap right? Is that a magic spell or something? Saucy Wall of Hideous Zappy Lighting Death or some s+!#?”
Sorry, just didn't get the spell right.
Shad steps forward and frowns.
I can't dispel the field but I have something else that might work.
He pulls out a scroll and stale dust scatters from it as he peers at instructions that crawl along the page.
OK, it says here I have to cut off someone's thumb, but that seems extreme. Does anyone have a sausage?
He proceeds to cast a complicated spell using a raven skull, an old block of what appears to be cheese with red pulsating mold on it and a perfectly normal twig. He touches each of you with the twig and puts everything away.
Do you have ale in your beard? A Beard of Holding perhaps? Noonan feels Shad's protective magic. Let's get running No telling how long this magic lasts
”Alright looks like this is more like a leap of faith than a trust fall. So Dwali, take the lead and the cat and I will be right on your heals I guess.”
I thought I brought the heals.
A wide square stone platform stands in the center of the room. Shallow stone steps lead up to the platform on each side of the square. A stone slab hangs from the ceiling on thick iron chains, mirroring the platform on the floor, but with a ball of green fire at each corner. Beyond, the massive stone head and shoulders of a sphinx protrude from the far wall. The carving stretches from floor to ceiling, and its face is a featureless mass of jagged edges and chipped stone. Life-sized carved images of kneeling supplicants on the walls ring the chamber, facing the sphinx.
In the center of the chamber a hideous horned creature stands facing the visage on the wall, slathering praise in Abyssal while raising its crab-like craws as you breach the chamber.
It whirls at Dwalindor's screaming charge in surprise.
"Ho-ho! It has been many decades since I last had a visitor. What are you mortals doing in my presence?"
"It's a glaberzu! They're resistant to most elemental damage, kill it with hammers!"
The glaberzu waves its claws in dismissal.
"Don't be hasty! I think we can work out a deal, I'm held prisoner here and in exchange for my freedom I can grant you a wish. Surely an equitable exchange!"
Hmmmmmm
It appears to be sincere.
Looks legit
What kind of wish...cause Dwal here has a wish to kill you I suspect
"A Wish - the spell! State your desire and I will grant it to you through arcane means. I simply wish to leave this place for the much more pleasant Abyss where I can pursue my agendas far from the Material Plane."
I wish Dwal and Thorpe had better common sense
"I can't believe you guys are falling for this b+%~#$%@."
Tariq whips out is bow and lets two arrows fly in a flash!
"There is my answer Fiend!"
The glaberzu roars in pain.
"Fools! You'll rue the day you rejected my offer!"
Noonan zaps it with a Holy Smite
You draw down holy power to smite your enemies. Only evil and neutral creatures are harmed by the spell; good creatures are unaffected.
The spell deals 1d8 points of damage per two caster levels (maximum 5d8) to each evil creature in the area (or 1d6 points of damage per caster level, maximum 10d6, to an evil outsider) and causes it to become blinded for 1 round. A successful Will saving throw reduces damage to half and negates the blinded effect.
The spell deals only half damage to creatures who are neither good nor evil, and they are not blinded. Such a creature can reduce that damage by half (down to one-quarter of the roll) with a successful Will save.
"By Serenrae I hope he's wrong!"
"BONZAI!"
Tariq charges to I,5. His cat Pounces to J,9 setting up a flanking situation.
He attacks with his ancestral Adamantine Kindjal hoping that it's starmetal will pierce the demon!
The cat flew into action clawing, scratching and biting at his master's foe!
It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any)
Shad will cast Detect Magic at the stone slabs to find out what's going on.
He sense the aura of illusion magic from the stone slab above the platform.
"Be careful, there's an illusion cast on the slab above us! It could be anything!"
The demon roars in pain, the holy fire of Sarenrae burning at his evil form. Tariq's kindjal stabs hard into the flesh of the monster as Ba'set's claws rake across his flesh - his teeth are unable to find purchase as he lands on the stone platform.
The blows do damage, but the unholy flesh resists their efforts and the demon swipes at Tariq as he approaches however, trying to cut a piece of him off with the claws that end the huge arms jutting from his shoulders.
Meanwhile Dwalindor's hammer slams home on the carapace and causes a huge crack to appear but he can feel the blow doesn't do as much damage as it should.
The demon steps back a bit from you and roars in anger then a massive blast of chaotic energy erupts near Noonan (20 ft radius centered on G7, hits everyone) as he retaliates.
"Die mortals! Let the chaos consume you!"
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Noonans Holy Smite does that for one round. And you failed your will save. It makes a big difference.
Holy Smite DC 18: 10d6 ⇒ (3, 5, 1, 4, 6, 2, 1, 1, 4, 6) = 33
You draw down holy power to smite your enemies. Only evil and neutral creatures are harmed by the spell; good creatures are unaffected.
The spell deals 1d8 points of damage per two caster levels (maximum 5d8) to each evil creature in the area (or 1d6 points of damage per caster level, maximum 10d6, to an evil outsider) and causes it to become blinded for 1 round. A successful Will saving throw reduces damage to half and negates the blinded effect.
The spell deals only half damage to creatures who are neither good nor evil, and they are not blinded. Such a creature can reduce that damage by half (down to one-quarter of the roll) with a successful Will save.
Blinded: The creature cannot see. It takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class, loses its Dexterity bonus to AC (if any) and takes a –4 penalty on most Strength– and Dexterity-based skill checks and on opposed Perception skill checks. All checks and activities that rely on vision (such as reading and Perception checks based on sight) automatically fail. All opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) against the blinded character. Blind creatures must make a DC 10 Acrobatics skill check to move faster than half speed. Creatures that fail this check fall prone. Characters who remain blinded for a long time grow accustomed to these drawbacks and can overcome some of them.