Theophilus pats Dervak on his shoulder.
Been in tighter spots, my man!
He continues to Cackle.
Ellery's rapier sizzles and burns as the slime's semi-fluid body corrosively cleans the blade, but the magical weapon is hardly harmed.
Rowan unleashes a flurry on that scum.
The skum-in-chainmail moves to take the doppeldrek's place but Dervak, ready, slices it spraying blood across the room.
It fails to return in kind scraping its claw against breastplate, it roars in frustration.
The zombies release a volley against Theo this time and one arrow clips the hatter.
The sorcerous skum steps back. Casting a spell, three bolts of force streak into Rowan. The other skum returns from the other tower croaking,
The skum tears into Rowan's side ripping a bloody chunk out and swallowing it.
Rowan reals from the last hits, then disengages and runs back up the stairs.
”I was wrong, it’s pretty bad down here too.”
Update: Rowan punches the skum, and runs up the stairs.
"Die!"
Dervak swings at the skum in chainmail. Although at first it is a horribly rushed and off-balance swing, Dervak accidentally stumbles in just in the right way that his sword ends up finding the neck! There is once again a spray of blood. Dervak is feeling much more confident with this good defensive position, the luck from the cackling witch, and the healing from Mara and Theophilus.
If it still lives, he gores at it with his tusks.
If it is dead, he will not bite the ooze but will just wait for the next victim.
Theophilus looks down at the arrow sticking out of his person.
Blood? It's my blood! Lois? Maybe I am not the man for you!
If it is dead, he will not bite the ooze but will just wait for the next victim.
Dervak's blade accidentally lops the skum's head clean off!
The gray oozes flail about uselessly.
Rowan clocks the skum downstairs, win by knock out.
Rowan moves upstairs carefully avoiding the ooze, jumps up and pulls himself over the stair's railing and lands behind Ellery.
Mara could sense the desperation in Rowan's eyes. "Oh my — you look like you could use some healing!", she declared, stepping over and touching him, before resuming her chant.
I do have one more Web available? How many down stairs?
Theo continues to Cackle, but he does nervously step out of Zombie Arrow Way.
Theophilus tip toes quietly away....
Ellery nods and smiles as Dervak give the skum a super close shave and pokes at the slime again.
Theophilus tip toes quietly away....
Theo looks at the ooze on the stairs. He looks at the zombie bowman. He looks at the ooze.
He drops prone!
Mara noticed Theo drop to the floor; she had a bad feeling about what would happen next! I really need to do something about my armor.
Ellery easily stabs the ooze again, it's almost as if it wants to be stabbed for some reason.
The zombie covered in webbing pulls a lynchpin strand out and extricates itself back to it’s undead allies. The small horde looses another volley but Mara’s armor, though underappreciated, holds true and deflects the arrow that didn’t miss outright.
Arcane words drift from the floor below.
Dervak is sad.
Slashing an ooze is nowhere near as satisfying as decapitating a skum.
But he does his job.
"Should we shut the door?"
The ooze retaliates against Dervak bashing one of his legs, its touch burns through cloth straight through to flesh. The other slithers through the webbing filling the doorway.
Mara replied to Dervak, "Do you think you can shut it with the web there? Theo might need to dispel that. We need to get rid of these oozes first, in any case!"
She resumed her chant and focused her attention on Rowan to bring him good luck.
Ellery shrugs as the others discuss shutting the door and attempts to poke another hole in the ooze...
Ellery stabs the ooze and it just deflates spilling sizzling liquid over the floor.
Theophilus peers under everyone to Misfortune a Zombie. (Will DC 16).
He continues to Cackle.
Rowan moves up next to Dervak and attacks the with a hand axe ooze.
The zombie feels off... meanwhile the final ooze gets an axe to its face? The axe is pitted slightly as it crashes into the ooze but is only marginally harmed.
As if remembering a long off combat drill the zombies release another volley against the spellcasters. Mara is again grazed by the relentless attacks.
More arcane syllables drift from below the tower, if you knew the skum was casting shocking grasp before you know it's casting the same thing again.
A skum appears from the stairs. It claws at Theo currently at eye level through the banister, it draws more blood from the witch's handsome face.
Dervak attacks the ooze, keeping his guard up.
"I need to hold the line here - someone else deal with that thing" he says, nodding his head towards the Skum.
The oozes pseudopod comes within a hairs breadth of Dervak, only his guarded stance saving him from being burned again.
Continuing her chant, Mara centered herself to tap into the good fortune the others were receiving, and then stepped towards the railing. "Mommy says NO!", she admonished the Skum clawing at Theo, holding her axe threateningly.
Ellery turns his attention to the Skum as he watches the ooze fail to burn Dervak.
Theophilus suddenly stands up screaming,
Sacrilege! Lollipops! Not the money maker!
The scarred gentleman then steps 5' away.
He continues to Cackle.
The skum tilts its head, questioning, as Mara approaches and then it's impaled in the side by Ellery. It croaks in pain.
Rowan attacks the ooze again.
Rowan wedges his axe into the the slimeball, it shudders and stops moving altogether.
Two of the zombies reposition themselves while groaning, "Kill healers." The one zombie that was stuck for so long wanders back into a thick tangle of webbing and cannot extricate itself. The others fire another volley and one more arrow sticks in Mara.
The skum on the stairs slashes at Ellery but it can't reach the jumpy rogue.
"Somebody either close that door, or go and get those archers!", Mara cried, after being hit by yet another arrow. Then she resumed her chant and chopped at the skum on the stairs.
Ellery continues to stab at the Skum.
Theophilus Misfortune a zombie archer. (Will DC 16).
He continues to Cackle.
Mara swings her axe awkwardly over the railing and looks like she won't be able to reach. But the railing where Mara was leaning against suddenly cracks and heaves almost spilling Mara over and into the stairs. While she's flailing to regain her balance her axe swings into the side of the skums face wedging into its brain.
Seeing Mara take down the skum on the stairs, Ellery heads down the stairs to poke the next skum.
Ellery stabs the skum in where he thinks its kidney would be, piercing its slippery white stomach. Arcs of electricity jump down Red Destiny and shoot up Ellery's arm.
"Theophilus, drop the Web and I'll go take out those zombies."
Dervak draws and drinks the potion of Cure Moderate Wounds (crossing it off the party loot sheet).
Rowan sees Dervak drinking, so he uncorks a bottle and consumes the bottle of ale.
Theo will dismiss the Web; upon Dervak's go....
He will then continue to Cackle.
The webbed zombie breaks free and moves out of the webbed area.
The volley of arrows is all for naught.
The skum crackling with electricity grabs Ellery's arm sending another bolt into the rogue.
Theo then dismisses the web.
Mara continued to chant, ready to follow Dervak out the door.