While everyone gets the armor and weapon situation figured out, Tolus continues scouting/exploring in an easterly direction, this time with his shield stowed on his back.
He also retrieves his luckily unbroken poisoned shuriken and holds it ready in his hand.
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In the hands of others the scimitar turns into the rusted piece of metal it once was.
I am assuming you guys are heading into room A9 where Tolus was talking about. Along the other Eastern wall is an arch leading into another room this one an austere octagonal chamber has a tall roof and an aerie of leering gargoyles perched atop each point where a wall meets another wall. An unholy stench of rotting meat, dried blood, and animal excrement hangs heavy in the air, no doubt from the fine crust of gore, animal carcasses, matted leaves and guano covering the floor.
Arizhel takes her accustomed post in the center of the larger fighter types.
Malak looks around with a grin at all the gore and says So?...who's hungry?
Malak looks up and sighs saying Everyone's a critic.
Khatijah takes the sword back, still worried about the mold, but not as much as she was before. Her face becomes a blank mask as they move to the next room and she takes her place watching the rear.
The mask breaks into a glare when Malak tells his joke.
"Some things no one should joke about mage."
When the buzzing starts, Khatijah looks into the room past Malak, and finds her jaw slack as six of the hugest bugs she has ever seen swarm forth.
Malak rolls his eyes and grins at Khatijah and says You shouldn't take life so seriously Khatijah. After all, you'll never get out of it alive. He then begins prepping a spell to blast the creatures out of the air.
Kara nods at the dwarf and throws the chain shirt over her slender body. I sure hope this helps.
As they enter the room Kara looks around with distaste, before giving Malak a scathing glare for his comment. At the sight of the bugs, Kara twists around, swinging her kukri in a graceful arc to hold at the ready.
Tolus let's fly with his poisoned shuriken, hoping the third time's the charm.
Arizhel draws and readies her blowgun, loading a small dart into the tube.
Khatijah quickly composes herself and rushes forward and swings with the strange sword.
Malak let's loose with a blast of fire. Hitting however many he can.
Fionn waits to see how many are left after Malak's attack and the bugs' action
Kara readies her blade if any should come within range of her small arms.
"I am not so good, but I will give it another chance... They are too far away to bite anyhow.
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Between the fiery blast of malaks and the well timed strike by Taldor you are left with two stirges. One flies for malak and the other Taldor.
Malak grapple modifier withheld
Taldor grapple modifier withheld
You two start to feel a bit woozy as the beasts bellies become engorged with your blood.
Taldor, fort save please
Tolus draws his still-poisoned shortspear and darts over to malak, assisting him with his overgrown mosquito problem
Fionn moves up to Taldor since Tolus is aiding Malak. She carefully aims a firebolt at the stirge.
"Lets get that thing of Malak!"
Arizhel rushes to Malak, intending to help pull the giant bug thing off of him.
Following Arizhel's lead, Zerika rushes in to assist as well.
+2 is from Arizhel's Aid Other.
+1 from Guidance.
casting Guidance on Zerika for her roll, and assisting
(Adds three to Zerika, putting hers to total of 30)
"Zerika, can you show us the door, I am afraid we can't see it..."
Zerika slithers over to a secret door, and tries to opens it.
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After Zerika clears some vines and creeping weeds you enter into an open air room with looming walls with no apparent doors enclose this small roofless garden. Monks must once have come here to relax and contemplate the ways of nature, but any order they might have brought to the place all those years ago is almost impossible to notice now, as a wild cacophony of multicolored scrub plants and desert weeds have almost completely overgrown the space.
"Lets see if we can find anything else!" exclaims Arizhel, clapping her small hands in excitement as they enter the garden gone to fallow. This is almost like home!
Assisting Zerika
Zerika nods and smiles at Arizhel's obvious enthusiasm, and makes a sweep of the room.
Tolus follows the rest into the secret room, wondering to himself why it was so secret. His arm is feeling a bit tired from all the rapid combat, but overall he's feeling very well for being in such a new and dangerous place.
Malak nods his thanks to Khatijah. Disgusting creatures. He says before following the group into the other room.
Finding nothing, Tolus pipes up. "There is nothing here. I vote we explore the other side of the building. There's one door left in the entry hall that has to lead somewhere. "