I say, I say. Terrible when you find these ghastly things littering crypts. Still, not that surprising that the Nethysan...Nethysian? Damn, I just know I knew that description once.
He looks over to Azubah and tilts his head.
How do you describe Nethys' priests anyway?
Rameth sinks to the ground. Could use some more healing, but I think I am...what the hell?! There is really is a ghost buzzing along with us!
Rameth is dumbfounded.
Oh, I say, finally another living person to talk to.
Sir Howard sweeps his hat off his head and bows deeply.
Sir Howard, late of Oppara. How do you do?
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"Who you talking to, Rameth? Tell me it ain't Azubah's friend. Best get you patched up and moving before we are all turned into ghosts...or worse. I would not mind a tap or two from that wand meself."
The dwarf picks up his gear and offers to hand the staff to any that will take it. He turns to the eastern door.
"This way next?"
As Dwalindor opens the eastern doors, he comes into a stone corridor that runs east and south. You don't see any light except from your torches.
Before they move any farther, Azubah uses two charges each on Rameth and Dwalindor.
Rameth
Dwalindor
I say, I say. Terrible when you find these ghastly things littering crypts. Still, not that surprising that the Nethysan...Nethysian? Damn, I just know I knew that description once.
He looks over to Azubah and tilts his head.
How do you describe Nethys' priests anyway?
"Nethysian"
"I would describe them as borderline heretics for allowing this practice of looting graves, to say nothing of their deceptions regarding the great god Aroden."
For good measure, Azubah uses a charge of the wand for himself
CLW
and again
You guys sure this might not be a good opportunity to resupply and rest up for a bit? I'm out of healing and Tobbs is pretty banged up right now.
Calin gazes down the dark corridor
Calin, you see the edge of what appears to be a door sticking out slightly from the north wall of the corridor.
"Thanks Azubah. Might want to hit the cat once or twice...he helped too.. "
"Oh yes, of course" Azubah says and he cautiously approaches the great feline. All the while he looks imploringly at Calin as if seeking reassurance that he would not become the cat's next meal.
CLW 1
CLW 2
The western doors are securely locked.
Tobbs is wary of Azubah at first but sensing his benign intent allow him to approach.
Tobbs shows his appreciation for the healing with purr rumbling out in a deep base and giving Azubah a nuzzle that nearly knocks him over.
"I think that Tobbs has a new friend."
Calin casts Light on his spiked gauntlet and cautiously moves down the eastern corridor checking for traps (to H17).
You don't see any traps, although you do see what appears to the be the edge of a hidden door sticking out of the wall at G10.
Rameth pops over and unlocks the door and the secret door
each +10
And again each +10
And again each +10
Meanwhile trip clambers out of te pack and heads over and sniffs at tobbs
It takes you three tries to unlock the doors to the west, but the secret door doesn't have a lock on it, allowing you to push the door aside.
In the room revealed by the secret door a stone effigy of a humanoid figure stands at the north end, its arms spread in a gesture of supplication, or as if commanding an object to rise in the air. The figure’s face is devoid of detail, with only vague contours where the eyes and nose should be. An extensive series of hieroglyphs covers the western wall, opposite a stone bench that stands against the eastern wall.
Rematch heads over and checks out the hieroglyphs opposite the bench
linguistics
The hieroglyphics are mostly gibberish.
Calin steps into the room (f15) and casts detect magic in a cone toward the statue.
Tobbs sniffs at Trip, curious as to why he has three heads... He then playfully attempts to pounce on Trip, misses and begins to chase him around the room.
The entire room is suffused with a magical aura.
Rameth will indeed take a rubbing.
Well Trip what's us think about the cat?
Was waiting on trip to reply
Rameth quickly draws his Morningstar and moves toward the statue ready to attack, if nothing moves he whacks it to be sure
As you approach the statue at the end of the chamber you hear the soft scrape of bone and movement reveals the long, sinuous skeleton of a large snake, its head a humanoid skull with a snake's jaws.
Well done Trip! Heads up folks!
Rameth charges, tired of this tomb
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Rameth's morningstar crashes hard into the creature, causing splinters of bone to fly off against the wall.
Azubah rushes to Rameth's side(G16).
The monster reacts to Dwalindor's attack by swaying back and forth - a motion that's strangely hypnotic.
Dwalindor tries to bring his hammer down on the swaying snake but misses the bones, cursing as another floor tile explodes under the hammer's impact.
Will save
A servant of Aroden need never fear beguilement.
what knowledge for this thing?
Rameth, you identify the monster as a Necrophidius, a rare and expensive construct created from the bones of a large constrictor snake and a humanoid head.
You remember two things about the creature; first, it is resistant to any slashing or piercing weapons and second that its bite can cause temporary paralysis.
Beat it with something blunt! Dwalindor your head will probably work!, and um...try not to get bitten. Seriously try not to get bitten.
Well you haven't hit the dumb thing with the hammer so try your head, it;s bigger after all...
Good speech. Inspiring.
"Azubah, what is this snake thing doing here? . "
"The same thing everything here is doing: trying to kill us. It must be guarding something."
Azubah advances to the right of Rameth and swings his morningstar at the foe.
Attack
Damage if it hits
Calin charges down the hallway at the sound of combat, and proceeds to punch at the monster with the spiked gauntlets.
His enthusiastic punches miss however.
Azubah's morningstar does hit, although not as devastatingly as Rameth's.
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To confirm for
Rameth swings as hard as he can then quick draws a club and holds it out for their new companion as a move