"For Iomedae!"
The Warhammer slams down once again.
The doppelganger smiles a too widely and says, "Your goddess has failed you. Now die!"
Andreacasts defensively to try to heal Uther.
DC:15+2=17
Byvalson concentrates and tries to blast the creature's mind again.
Byvalson casts Daze!
Rogelio somehow summons the will to swing wildly again.
Ellery sees his opportunity and attempts to insert the pointy end of his rapier into the bad man...
Ellery sticks the pointy end into the Doppelganger's eye skewering it and she falls over dead. Counting you see that you have 3 doppelganger corpses.
Ellery proceeds to remove the heads of all the doppelgangers and then searches the area (taking a 20)
the one to the north does not seem to be a doppelganger but it is stuck. I suggest we use ranged attacks or leave out be as the claws look quite active still.
Rogelio begins dragging a corpse back down the hall.
Byvalson inspects the rubble and looks for signs of magic.
Byvalson Detects Magic.
"We should quickly finish expecting the corpses and rubble, then return post haste to the guards with the Doppleganger heads."
Ellery thoroughly searches the area carefully keeping his distance from the apparently animated corpse and finds throughout the debris a wooden holy symbol to Pharasma, a small steel mirror, a pair of gaudy red leather boots with cat skin lining which Byvalson is certain is worth 20 gold, and finally a masterwork silver dagger tucked away in a locker full of what looks like grass-stained hunter's clothes.
Rogelio taalks to the group as he drags a corpse
"careful with that one. It's somewhat zombie like but not any type I've seen before."
*drag drag drag*
Ellery looks at the boots and raises an eyebrow. He then glances at his own dirty boots in thought. He catches Andrea's attention and makes some hand signs.
Ellery seems interested in the boots. I don’t need anything from the looted goods.
Should we kill the trapped creature, so it doesn’t have the chance to pursue us later? Also, what do we know about the creatures to the north?
Byvalson slips the silver dagger into his robe's folds. He then carefully steps over to inspect the "zombie" for more information.
Rogelio sees byv move towards the zombie and calls out in elven:
Byvalson stops in his tracks, and rethinks the danger. Taking a step back, he beckons to the zealots of the room.
"Andrea, Uther, there may be more evil over here for you to extinguish."
Rogelio deposits one doppelganger corpse in front of the barricade all the while the two guards train their crossbows on him, counting, "That's one. Still coulda been one that we got."
"we were literally right down this hall fighting. We have wounded. I'll bring you more and if that's not enough I'll show you the ones you killed. If that's not enough then we have a much larger problem.
He walks away giving them a large, unsettling, but genuine smile.
He goes to drag the next body.
Uther looks back towards the trapped undead.
"I think it may be best if we dispatch this creature so that it may pose no further Danger two others or summon friends of his own."
Uther moves to flank and dispatch the strange, undead creature.
Uther steps up to the corpse striking it. All this does is pop the dead flesh like a balloon. It to bursts open spilling out its decaying viscera and freeing the head and hands. Everyone is too slow to react to the new development.
Uther is bound tightly by the viscera, entangling him. While the hands and head, now free, crawl and float to Uther menacingly.
Andrea sees Uther in a bit of a pickle and recognizes her foe as undead. She moves within about 15 feet of Uther (and get all the parts within range), and grasps her holy symbol in her hand and says some words.
The intestines, the head and one of the hands all smoke a little as the wave of positive energy washes over them.
Both hands climb up to Uther's throat and attempt to strangle him.
The claws dig into Uther's throat,
Byvalson, shocked by the fresh new terrors, flickers away from them with a Shift.
Fighting down the acidic taste in his mouth and the urge to withdraw from the horrific scene, the elf reaches out to the ensnared Uther.
Byvalson casts Grease!
"Uther! Struggle, fight, live!"
HP: 7/7 Coubain HP: 3/3
Shift (Su) Used: 6 Daily: 7 Swift
Detect Magic Standard
Read Magic Standard
Daze Standard
Grease Standard
Unseen Servant Standard
Color Spray Standard
Bolts: 16
Ellery steps beside Uther and attempts to put the pointy end of his rapier into the dead head....
The intestines hug Uther continuing to bind him, while the Beheaded headbutts him.
But it gets a face full of helmet.
Face darkening from rage and strangulation, Uther struggles against the possessed viscera.
Rogelio sighs and draws his bow, taking aim at the intestines.
Uther with the greasy assistance from Byvalson slips free of the intestines.
Andrea channels energy again to damage the undead things.
H1
H2
Head
They all save and take one damage each.
The intestines wither and die a second death, while the head and hands look a little worse for the wear.
The hands continue to try to assault Uther's throat.
But they have far less luck this time.
Worn down by the magic use, the elf reaches for a mortal means to dispatch the remaining foes.
Byvalson draws his crossbow and fires on the detached head.
Unsatisfied with his last thrust, Ellery attempts to impale the head again...
The floating head stays on Ellery's rapier no longer moving and then slumps off onto the ground.
Uther battles a disembodied hand as it tries to strangle him.
Rogelio, says to the guards "can you even see what's happening? Maybe help?"
Andrea attacks the hand with her spear.
Uther breathes a sigh of relief, nodding to his companions and sheepishly muttering thanks.
The two guards look at each other with confused look on their faces. "See what? We see that you brought a corpse and your friends light down the hall moving but it's too dark to see what they're doing."
Meanwhile Andrea downs the final undead with her spear thrust.
Rogelio sighs. "You need better lighting if you're going to survive. Remind me to tell your boss that when we get inside."
Rogelio puts his bow away and goes back to corpse dragging duty.
Byvalson puts away his crossbow, and gestures down the hall.
"Let's head back to the guards before we have anymore surprises."
The scholarly elf flicks his sleeve, and heads back to the barricade.
Following him, the three doppelganger heads and found supplies float on down the hall in two separate piles to the guard station.
After you deposit 3 doppelganger corpses in front of the barricade the man relaxes a little. "My name is York. Now if you would please surrender your weapons while I lead you to Winter in the Chapel."
Ellery glances at the others, obviously not comfortable being unarmed with strangers. He makes some signs to Andrea
no thank you
Rogelio gives a wide unsettling smile.
Unseen hands relieve Byvalson of his silver dagger and crossbow, setting them at the feet of York.