Seeing how sturdy the boards look Fraadok will move to the stairs, either one. Drawing the long spear if needed to be able to reach them.
Idril will casually (not looking at the creatures) move to and down the stairs behind Fraadok.
Idril gives an absolutely perfect impression of what it would be like to not known sinspawn are hiding underneath you and waiting to kill you. Unfortunately, Thalrik walks onto the platform and happens to step on the only creaky board on the whole structure, causing an awkwardly loud creak to echo throughout the room.
One of the sinspawn nudges his buddy and gives a slight snicker. Then they jump out from under thee platform and begin to ascend the stairs...
Everybody roll initiative.
Aw...
Ok, so Idril will get a move in a Surprise round for her Bluff check, and then it will go...
1. Sinspawn
2. Fraadok
3. Arthur
4. Thalrik
5. Idril
Surprise_______________________
Idril quickly moves back up the stairs and onto the overhead catwalk, setting up to be above and/or behind the spawn next round.
Idril climbs up onto some rafters above the stairs
Round 1
The two Sinspawn rush up the stairs towards Fraadok and a depressed looking Arthur, each one attacking one of the men with mighty teeth and claws. Fraadok, if you so desire you can make an AoO as the left-most Sinspawn runs past you to get to Arthur.
Sinspawn 1- attacking Arthur
plus DC 12 Will save if bitten
The ugly brute gnashes at Arthur with his cruel looking teeth, but it is unable to penetrate Arthur's armor and misses.
Sinspawn 2- attacking Fraadok
The second sinspawn dashes past Arthur and swipes with a sharp claw at the Shoanti, connecting and leaving a slash across the man's chest. Fraadok takes 3 slashing damage.
Fraadok is up, followed by Arthur, Thalrik, then Idril.
Round 1
Fraadok sees the sinspawn open itself to the sudden thrust of the lance and take advantage of the opportunity.
Seeing the vacancy behind the sinspawn, he steps into the void.
Well dab nab it.
Stepping sideways into the room, Thalrik unleashed his signature move upon the nearest Spawn
Fraadok is unable to connect with either of his spear attacks, widely missing the Sinspawn as the creature nimbly avoids being hit.
Thalrik, trying to gain some advantage in the ensuing fight, lobs a blob of acid at the nearest monster, but he is also apparently blinded by a secret grief for his fallen allies, and his acid attack harmlessly strikes the wall.
Round 1_____________
Idril jumps down and next to a spawn at [H,8].
She whirls and lashes out with her bladed scarf.
for a possible slashing damage.
Round 1
Fraadok is amazed that three quarters of this group missed these creatures with thier attacks. He tries to recall if there is any reason they could be so difficult to engage.
Idril makes a successful acrobatic maneuver as she graciously flips down to the prison floor. She swings her bladed scarf at one of the creatures, but is unable to land a hit...
... but she manages to keep her footing and remain in a fighting stance.
Arthur, watching his new team failing miserably at fighting these disgusting creatures, shakes of his sadness and unleashes his mighty club upon the skull of one of the creatures. Thanks to the flanking that Fraadok helps provides, Arthur is able to connect his blow to the tune of 6 damage against the creature!
Fraadok, you know this creature is a Sinspawn, a vile creature summoned up with the power of one of the seven deadly sins (wrath, lust, greed, gluttony, pride, sloth, envy). These ones in particular are Sinspawns of Wrath. Sinspawn are not supernatural creatures, and thus due require sustenance, so something in these catacombs must be nourishing them... You also know that a Sinspawn is capable of injecting a venom through its bite that causes one to succumb to the desires of a particular sin.
"Sinspawn are corrupted products of magic used by spellcasters in a past era as shock troops for their armies. Literally the embodiment of a sin made flesh, they are sentient abominations of distilled ectoplasm imprinted with the soul-image of slain creatures that possessed an abundance of a particular sin."
end of round 1...
Round 2: FIGHT!
The Sinspawn's twisted visage spews spittle and bad breath as they scream their fury at the party. They each turn towards the nearest enemy (Fraadok and Arthur again ;P) and use a full round attack action to attempt to utterly destroy them!
Sinspawn attacking Arthur:
(plus sinful bite, DC 12 Will)
The creature attempts to bite Arthur's face, but Arthur is able to bring his hand up in time to stop the attack! However, doing this causes a gap to be left open in his defenses, allowing the creature to rip at him with its claws.
Arthur, takes 7 damage!
Sinspawn attacking Fraadok:
(plus sinful bite, DC 12 Will)
Fraadok is completely powerless against the Sinspawn's assault and takes several hits from tooth and claw! He takes 11 damage from the attack.
Fraadok, you are sickened for minutes, and are staggered for 1 round!
Round 2
Fraadok shifts around the sinspawn and Channels Positive Energy to heal.
"Pharasma aid your servant! Bless us with your healing might!"
to all in 30' radius
Round 2
Dam i just put a dent into it, oh well here we go again...
Being no expert on the body, Thalrik could none the less still plainly see that Fraadok was still wounded. Reading from his scroll, a reddish hue surrounding one hand, he stepped out into the hallway briefly, returning to the room at Fraadoks side. Waiting a moment for an opening in the melee, he reached his hand in to touch the Shoanti. "This should help, now kill these things."
A sense of darkness and corruption washes over Fraadok, after Thalrik touches him. He feels the tingle of this wounds closing magically, but does not know what power was used on him.
Round 2________________
Embarassed at missing her target and nearly decapitating Fraadok, Idril spins into a furious battle dance to Inspire Courage; skirts and scarves flying every which way. She attacks [H,9] again.
for a possible slashing damage.
Arthur's attack connects with the Sinspawn in H9, dealing it 6 damage. Everyone was also healed 6 damage by Fraadok's channel. Fraadok will continue to heal 1 damage per turn due to Thalrik's spell. Idril whirls and twirls and spins her bladed scarf at the H9 Sinspawn, but she is unable to hit it...
Round 3:
The Sinspawn in H9 turns towards the whirling scarf dancer with a face filled with rage. He lets out an intense bellow, spewing spittle and the rotten breathe of hundreds of years of no brushing into Idril's face.
The sinspawn reaches out his wretched claws and attempts to grapple Idril. This provokes an AoO...
... the lithe dancer nimbly dances out of reach of the creature and avoids being grappled.
Seeing his partner's attack so easily avoided by this Varisian gypsy, the other sinspawn moves forward and attempts to knock Idril back from his buddy with a Bullrush attempt.
This also provokes an AoO from Idril, so whichever one you wanna hit.
The creature slams into the pretty lady and knocks her fragile frame backwards 10' with a loud crash. (Idril is knocked back to G6)
Idril, due to being knocked back down the stairs, you must make an acrobatics check to avoid falling prone.
Idril manges to keep her composure and land in her feet, but just barely!
Fraadok is up, then Arthur, Thalrik, and Idril.
Fraadok feels the vile infernal touch coursing through his veins, he focuses his attention on the sinspawn in front of him and thrusts with his shortspear.
On Going Effects: Deathwatch, 5 min; Sickened, 2 min; Inspired Courage, 1 rd
Fraadok shoves his short spear into the chest of the creature in front of him, dealing another 4 damage! 10 damage total vs the sinspawn in H9. The creature is bloodied
for a possible slashing damage.
Smarting from her humiliating misses, Idril lucks out as the spawn becomes overconfident as it tries to grab her. She punishes him severely with a near critical hit from a whirling bladed scarf.
Unfortunately, she also became overconfident as that allowed the spawn's buddy to body slam her; her eyes bugging out as she is hurled backwards. Still twirling and on the edge of disaster, she manages to avoid falling even as she was knocked back ten feet and down the stairs.
The sinspawn (H9) is struck a fatal blow by Idril's swinging blade scarf. He take another 9 damage and then seems to stumble a bit and look very, very injured.
Round 3
Arthur will start clubbing the non staggered sinspawn..
Slowly but surely we are getting toward our destination. Nice hit there missy
Round 3_________________
In a cold fury, Idril dances to (F,8) to attack (G,9). Only because she can't get at the staggered one. Another scarf snaps out...
for a possible slashing damage.
"And don't call me 'Missy' you great pile of bricks!" Idril called back, embarrassed at her initial performance and taking it out on anyone handy.
Arthur gives his new female team mate a casual wink, and then the two of them proceed to kick some Sinspawn arse tag team style. Their combined efforts land two devastating hits on the monster for a total of 19 damage, reducing the creature to exactly 0 HP!
Round 4:
Sinspawn in G9 attempts one last time to bite at Idril, its eyes burning with the hatred that looking into the face of your killer can cause...
plus Sinful Bite (DC 12 Will)
... But the creature is too weak and fails to land his attack. Strained by the effort, the creature drops to -1 HP and begins bleeding out, collapsed on the ground.
On its next turn, the creature will stabilize at -1 HP...
The Sinspawn in H9 turns one of its claws towards our boy Arthur, weakly scratching towards his face...
... and the claw glances harmlessly off of Arthur's armor. This creature also loses 1 HP due to the effort and drops to the ground dying. In six seconds it will attempt to stabilize.
This Sinspawn will also stabilize top of round 5...
Fraadok, you are up for round 4 now.
The infernal healing continues to flow through Fraadok, knitting his wounds.
He looks at the sinspawn at his feet and feels a touch of satisfaction as he knows the creature will see Pharasma soon.
His head jerks slightly to the side and, "Let me speed you to her, vile creature," he suddenly says as he drops his shield and jams his spear with two hands into it's chest!
He then looks at his new companions, not seeming to be aware of his recent actions, "Does any one need any healing?"
Edit:
Blood spurts from the Sinspawn's grotesque mouth as Fraadok's spear plunges through his chesticles.
Yup. He is dead.
You are standing amongst the many prison cells of this room. Some skeletons and bones and dust and stuff is in some of them. Two fine looking ranseurs lean against a wall. Obvious exits are east, south, and where you came from
With anxious eyes, Thalrik hurried down to the cells, softly calling for Rikka. Only a moment passed before the little mongoose came scurrying out of the darkness, running into Thalriks outstretched hands and hiding in the collar of his coat.
"Let us move forward quickly, this fight likely hasn't gone unnoticed." He motioned towards the corridor they had not yet taken "Someone keep a lookout and lets inspect these cells quickly."
Hauling the bodies to the prison cells, Fraadok dumps their bodies in unceremoniously.
As the infernal healing finishes knitting his wounds, Fraadok unattaches his longspear from his backpack and stands ready near the east hall, listening and watching with the last minutes of Deathwatch for additional enemies.
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On Going Effects: Deathwatch, 4 min; Sickened, 1 min;
Idril dodges the last feeble attack and watches with cold fury as the sinspawn die.
Then she gives her bladed scarf a snap, flicking off any blood or ichor before wrapping it around her again. Then she takes out her mirror and fixes her hair until it's satisfactory again. Then she holds herself as she shudders. She points out the corpses.
"WHAT in the name of Desna WERE those... things?"
Fraadok explains to Idril, "Cousin, these things are called Sinspawn. Vile creatures summoned up with the power of one of the seven deadly sins of the outsiders, wrath, lust, greed, gluttony, pride, sloth, envy. These are called Sinspawns of Wrath."
He continues, "They served as shock troops for our ancestral slavemaster, the Thassilonian and their tyrannical Rune Lords. These creatures are not supernatural, so they need to eat and breath, which makes me concerned that they still live within this place."
Fraadok pauses for a moment thinking before saying, "The only other things I remember from the tales by the fire are that they are capable of injecting a venom through its bite that causes one to succumb to the desires of a particular sin, Wrath in this case. And also that they are the embodiment of a sin made flesh, they are sentient abominations of distilled ectoplasm imprinted with the soul-image of slain creatures that possessed an abundance of a particular sin."
"I believe I may of temporarily succumbed to the poison of their bite, but the effects are wearing off," he concludes as he shakes his head, fighting off the last of the emotion of Wrath.
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On Going Effects: Deathwatch, 4 min; Sickened, 1 min;
Arthur will pick up the two fine weapon.
So where to now?
After no longer feeling the infernal blood race through his veins or the sickening impulses to lash out at others in rage and wrath, Fraadok says, "I would say we go east."
He waits to follow Arthur down he eastern hall with longspear ready.
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On Going Effects: Deathwatch, 3 min
east, right on then. says arthur heading down in that direction
Ok, you all travel through the eastern doorway. It opens up into a long narrow hallway. Eventually it opens up into a dimly lit room about 15 by 20 feet.
This room contains several ancient relics of what appears to be torture implements, although their function and style seem strange and archaic. In one corner sits a spherical cage with spikes protruding inward from its iron bars. In another stands what appears to be a star-shaped wooden frame, its surface studded with hooks. And in the center of the room is a long table covered with leather straps and a number of cranks that seem designed to rotate and swivel.
Doors are located in the east and south walls.
Fraadok says a prayer to Pharasma, asking her for sight to see divine and arcane auras. Then he begins to scan the room.
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On Going Effects: Deathwatch, 2 min; Detect Magic, 2 min
You detect no magic within this room, Fraadok.
Torture chamber ? Shall we continue east then?
"I sense no magic here other then our own and as we seem to be following a left hand rule, then east we should go," Fraadok says with a hint of urgency.
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On Going Effects: Deathwatch, 1 min; Detect Magic, 1 min
With a mix of disgust and professional curiosity, Thalrik inspected the devices for a moment. Finding his own magic detection spell to yield the same results, he simply nodded at Fraadoks suggestion.