As soon as Dwalindor walks into the room he sees two swarms of snakes to either side.
As soon as Dwalindor emerges the snakes strike at him.
Albus moves into the room past Dwalindor and attacks the swarm.
Let me take some out of your hands.
Calin moves to H7 using his acrobatics skills to attempt to avoid their strikes.
He then fires upon the snakes at G5.
Calin fumbles the shot and barely avoid dropping his bow.
Tobbs moves up next to Dwalindor (H4) and attacks the snakes at G5.
Albus successfully slashes at the snakes but they still manage to enter his square.
Calin launches two arrows at the snakes at I5.
The swarms are still moving and although the one Albus has been smashing is down quite a few snakes, the other one moves well.
They attack Albus and Dwalindor again.
Dwalindor squishes one group of snakes.
Albus attacks the swarm again and steps back (5ft).
Calin fires at the remaining group of snakes.
Tobbs also attacks the remaining group of snakes.
The last flurry of attacks kill off the snakes and leave you in the room alone.
Dwalindor, you notice the wreckage of quartz, brass and steel underneath the rubble - the ceiling collapsed on the elegaic compass.
It's a relatively young fall - only twenty years old. Considering the age of the tunnel that's pretty remarkable for human stonework.
Calin casts spider climb on Tobbs.
"Anyone have a rope that I can give to Tobbs? Mine seems to have gone missing."
As you head up into the Necropolis, you feel the deathly quiet of the dead city disturbed by occasional groans of the undead.
You have a real problem however - you're near the wall towards the docks, and now you have to traverse the entire Necropolis to get towards the various areas you want to reach.
You have three directions to head from the small square you've emerged from - in the collapsed ruins of a fountain; northwest, northeast, southeast.
So, where are we going this time around? What did the temple dudes tell you guys?
|
Sounds like we climb in here, with help from Calin.
Dwalindor points up to the path to the Necropolis.
"As far as the temple folks, they believe that the activities are the result of a group that has long plagued the Necropolis: the Amushet. They are a group of lamia who disavow the divinity of any gods, including Pharasma.
He said, no matter how you make it into the Necropolis, we can find them here on our map"
Dwalindor points to a section of the map as he was instructed, "From there he believed we will solve our problem by killing them as quick as we can.
Assuming we three are enough to take on a Lamia. I don't know much about them, other than rumors that they can be mean mothers."
|
|
"See? Right here due east by south east - a circular building."
We call these items elegaic compasses. They were placed so that the Voices of the Spire and the Grand Mausoleum could put a stop to any undue necromantic influences. The last time they were used was thirty years ago. My father and our family's companion, Ajin Ra Baqa, whom you've met, battled a lich in the Necropolis who was trying to...well do the same thing that happened three days ago. With your help we've been sweeping Wati and there doesn't seem to be anyone we can locate in the Living City who caused this.
"Solve our problem by killing them as quickly as we can." Albus nods smiling. That's my kind of plan.
Are the Dark Folk our allies?
The Amushet are a legend - especially for young men. The lamias are rumored to charm young man they take a fancy too and then lure them back to their lair where they serve as slaves - or meals, the rumors aren't too specific.
What is widely known is that you should avoid the evil Amushet at all costs.
As the three of you trek through the empty streets you come to a square that is filled with no-longer moving undead.
A woman with long black hair bound with a red scarf kneels amongst the undead, examining one of the de-animated corpses.