Busy day today, will try to post later tonight. We are still in combat, so Kern can take an action.
Hearing Sophy's call from the other chamber, Kern glances momentarily at Eponine, and then hurries back towards the pool.
Seeing Wren and Kern enter the room, Sophy nods at the bubbling pool. "There! Something's about to come out of it! And Erylium must be here somewhere!" She leaps down from the platform and hurries out the doors to find Eponine.
Wren and Kern return to the cathedral as Sophy rushes to Eponine's side. All the while a humanoid figure was taking from in the gurgling waters of the pool. Another of the freakish split jawed creatures is emerging from the pool.
The creature shrieks with rage and delight and flings itself down the stairs towards Kern, slashing wildly with its claw. Kern easily deflects the blow. The pool seemed to still for a moment after the creature leaped out, but once again it begins to churn and froth as a second creature begins to form.
Victor moves into the room and heads for the bubbling pool.
Victor and Belril charge back into the cathedral chamber, Victor rushing up the stairs while Belril takes a spot in the corner and fires a sharpstone at the creature. It rips into the things flesh spraying blood at Kern's feet.
Wren fires her force missle at the monster engaged wtih her friends.
Damage
Kern swings his flail down low, going for the beast's legs, trying to knock them out from under it.
Sophy is terrified to see Eponine lying so still and surrounded by the twisted bodies of the undead. "Eponine," she reaches down and grabs hold of her arm, "get up!" She tries not to look at the deanimated zombies, then starts to be afraid they might be starting to move again while she's not looking at them and looks again.
Eponine comes awake, eyes searching back and forth as she tries to get her bearings. After a few moments, her eyes start to focus again. Thank you, Sophy. I, I'm not sure what happened. Eponine pushes herself up onto her elbows and scans around, taking in the scene and spotting her fallen blade.
Wrens magical attack blasts the creature in the chest as Kern sweeps it's feet out from under it. Trying not to see her friends death like stare Sophy looks at the dead. The corpses are so old they are barely recognizable as humans. She is pretty sure they are not anyone she would know from Sandpoint especial since what little remains of the clothing is not from the fashion of modern day. Sophy wills Eponine back to consciousness whose body starts to move as the elf regains awareness of her surroundings.
The creature on the stairs struggles back to it's feet drawing an attack from Kern. He swings the flail but the creature ducks under and bites the warrior on the leg. For a moment the warrior is overwhelmed by the emotions of hate and rage, but then the feelings fade.
A second of the spawned creatures leaps from the pool and rushes at Victor striking the warrior in the face with one of its nasty claws.
The turmoil of the waters subsides again for just a moment, but then it once again begins to bubble and froth. A wicked laugh echos from the stone walls of the room, coming from near the pool. Another creature begins forming in the pool.
Eponine comes awake, eyes searching back and forth as she tries to get her bearings. After a few moments, her eyes start to focus again. Thank you, Sophy. I, I'm not sure what happened. Eponine pushes herself up onto her elbows and scans around, taking in the scene and spotting her fallen blade.
"It's Erylium; she's back," Sophy gasps to the elf, "and she's making more monsters!"
"I hate these creatures!" Victor says as he swings at the monster.
Finding his mark, "I absolutely hate these things." He finishes as gore from the creature sprays on him.
Wren nods at Belril's suggestion. She targets the area around the pool, hoping to catch the demon in her Glitterdust spell.
Will DC 16
Victor slashes at the creature on the stairs, and Belril is ready for the next one to leap out of the pool. Wren fills the dais with a cloud of golden particles outlining the tiny demon as she flutters above the pool. The screeches some ancient curse, turns to look at Wren and yells, "We will rip your hearts out and dine on your livers." A tiny dagger is in her hand and a cut is dripping blood from her other wrist into the pool.
Kern swings his flail at the creature again, this time just trying to do as much damage as he can.
He swears as he fails to make contact yet again.
Belril sees the demon suddenly emerge from nothingness directly above the pool and lets his stones fly. Both of them strike her, but neither in any vital areas. The wounds are very superficial.
On the stairs, Kern swings his flail, bouncing it off the wall instead of the creature.
Thanks, Sophy. You're doing great. Eponine picks up her blade, stands and steps to R29.
With difficulty, Sophy drags her eyes away from the hideous corpses and notices how unsteady on her feet Eponine seems to be as she picks up her sword. "Eponine, wait! You're still hurt!" She reaches out to touch her again and tries to visualize the elf-woman becoming stronger and more sure. She puts away the silver dagger, ready to pull out Father Zantus' wand, in case it is needed, and steps down the stairs to get a better look inside the shrine.
Not needing any more encouragement than what Sophy's already given, Eponine will move to Y34, avoiding contact with the pool in the process. Once in the room and seeing the situation, Eponine's gaze falls on the hated Erylium as she silently vows to put a finish to her once and for all.
Sophy heals Eponine, starting to find some comfort and confidence in her manifesting powers. Then Eponine rushes from the shrine to the cathedral, skirting the water filled pool and stopping just shy of the glittering cloud of sparkles that hangs in the air.
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Kern is once again attacked by the creature on the stairs, it swing both it's nasty claws at him. On the other stairs, Victor is also dodging the claws of a creature. Both are struck by one of the wicked claws of their attacker.
On the podium a third creature crawls out of the frothing pool. It immediately starts flailing about, screeching, and rubbing at it's eyes blinded by the magical cloud.
Erylium sees Eponine getting close and flings her dagger at the elf, "We will kill you and feed you to our pets."
Relieved to see Eponine back in the fray, "Eponine! It is good to see you back." He says as he swings again at the unholy creature.
"Do not die please. It is unbecoming." He mananges a smile as he strikes home again with his newfound weapon, managing more of the creatures blood and gore about himself.
Finally able to see the demon again, Wren fires her magical energy burst at it. "We've got you now!"
Damage
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Realising he had left the cold iron spear in the other chamber, Belril carefully lines up a shot on Erylium with a sharpstone. The stone flies through the air, across the raging battle in the room and strikes Erylium right in the eye. Belril smiles viciously, loading a second stone and firing it at the fresh spawn above Eponine.
Crit threat vs Erylium
Crit confirmed vs erylium
(damage assumes medium)
Eponine gives Victor a smile and wink. I haven't made it through the last dozen decades just to lose it now! But I have Sophy to thank for that. I'm starting to thing this little demon did something to her last time... If her magic could make us run in fear, maybe she did something to our young friend...
Kern wipes blood from his eyes and tries again to bring the spawn in front of him down.
Needing a way to get to her hated enemy, Eponine will step to Z33 (or move via Y33 if she needs to in order to avoid the Glitterdust) and strike at the spawn in AA32.
To hit
Damage
After suffering a blow from a claw, Victor sees an opening and thrusts the magical sword deep into the gut of the creature. It bellows in pain as Victor slashes open its belly, spilling gore about ane it stares hatefully at Victor.
Wren blast Erylum with her magic, immediately after that Erylium screeches as the sharpstone plunges into her face from Belril's slingstaff. He is quick to launch another and scores a second decent hit, this time on the creature that looms over Eponine.
Below the demon the pool begins to churn and foam as her blood sprays into the water from Belril's vicious attack.
Severely hurt, Kern refuses to give up and slams his flail into the creatures skull. He hears the cracking of bone, but the creature still stands.
Sophy rushes back into Erylium's sanctuary, taking a quick look around to see how everyone is doing. Seeing the outline of the invisible quasit hovering over the pool, she is overcome with outrage at the part this tiny thing has played in the disaster fallen on her hometown. "Erylium!" she demands, stopping by her fallen crossbow. "Where is Ameiko?!?"
Sophy glares at the tiny demon staring as if into the creatures soul...if it had one, suddenly her mind is flooded with dreams, thoughts, and memories. Erylium hisses and spits in agony as Sophy assaults her mind.
Eponine darts over to help Kern and drops her curved blade onto the shoulder of the creature. It drops to the stairs under the force of the blow.
Eponine has killed one creature, but two others yet remain to eat you all. On the stairs Victor ducks under the swinging arms of his attacker. The third stumbles blindly off the front edge of the podium and is now prone on the floor. Eponine turns and slashes at it drawing a tiny bit of blood.
Erylium's dagger returns to her hand as she swoops across the room towards Sophy. "OHHHH WEEE WILLL MAKEEEE YOUUUUU PAYYYYYY! Eylium screams and then she retches a thick odorous slime all over the Oracle. The smell is sickening and for a moment Sophy thinks her insides are about to burst out of her mouth, but she is able to control the wave of nausea.
"Your time is at hand, demon queen! This time, there will be no escape for you!" He yells as he takes another swing at the spawn.
Missing horrendously, "Bah! Just delaying the inevitable, beast!"
Wren fires yet another burst of magical energy at the demon, trying to finish it once and for all.
Damage
Victor fails to shove the goblins blade deep into the creature in front of him on the stairs. In the center of the room, Wren's magical bolt strikes Erylium pissing her off even more...if such a thing is possible.
Belril's first shot goes wide, but the second strikes true. The creatures guts continue to spill out of it's belly and it falls to the floor.
In front of Eponine the sprawled out creature appears to regain its vision, scrambling around it tries to bit her leg and fails.
With the creature in front of him down, Kern steps to the side and turns to face Erylium.
Sophy is disgusted no less by what is inside her than what has been vomited out on her outside. Her innocent mind is aswim with images of such unthinkable violence and depravity that she shudders and blushes at the same time at the thoughts that have flooded her head. With an effort, she pushes them aside, however, long enough to notice that Kern has stepped next to her and is covered in his own blood. She reaches out to touch him, trying to recreate the same sense of urgency she had felt when she healed Eponine. "Stay on your feet; we need you!" The evil thoughts swimming in her head distract her, though, and she is unable to focus with the same intensity she had before. Trembling, she backs toward the door.
Kern advances on the tiny demon ans swings his flail with all his might, but she is to quick and easily darts out of the weapons trajectory.
Sophy's once again is able to summon the power to lend a companion healing, though the dark memories of Erylium dancing in her mind make the task difficult. Trembling she moves towards the door that leads back out to the shrine.