Initiative
Now is the time to be careful and allow them to hang themselves...
Essar withdraws to about 35 feet away from the door
Well if Danir is there, he will activate the bane effect and attack
"FOR CYRE!"
If I'm not there, I keep running there...
If we are, Xov casts Enlarge Person on Othan.
If we are not there, Xov keeps running.
Othan runs towards the temple, once he gets within hearing distance he shouts Essar, help is on the way.
I think I will be there next turn.
Ebran waits until he can see a target before attacking.
I hope that creepy human is smart enough to withdraw until we get there, thought Xov as he ran. We should make it before whatever is there can finish what its doing, but it won't exactly be ideal if he dies fighting a foolish fight first.
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* bwap! bwap! bwap! *
The door is facing slight splintering, but it's still holding against the slam assault of the evil, living dead.
Seeing the door splintering under the pounding assualt, Danir readies his morningstar and activates the Bane (undead) weapon enhancement, then prepares to strike once the creature bursts free of the door.
maybe.
:)
Xov looked at the door anxiously. Perhaps, he thought, this little excursion will get this group to start working together. It does seem to be monster of some sort that the Silver Flame would want destroyed, and it certainly isn't an ally of the Blood of Vol. Maybe, just maybe, it will get the fanatic human and the distraught half-elf to get used to each other. And then...perhaps then their secrets will come out.
He was not afraid. Whatever was behind the door, it could not be more powerful than the entire Brelish army...
and it was likely less dangerous than
Othan get in front of the door, if this temple was built like most temples of the Blood the corridor will be narrow enough for only one person or thing to enter or exit at a time. We do not want to give these things the advantage of an open field!
With that order Essar moved closer to the door and held out his holy symbol waiting for the undead to burst the door open.
Othan will position himself so he his 5ft from the door and readies an attack against the first thing out the door with his 2H slashing mindblade.
Ebran will ensure he is 30ft from the door so he can attack at range.
Kyndril will prepare to cast ray of frost at the huecuva, delaying until it comes out of the door.
Danir points at Essar and then at the door, gesturing for him to try opening the door while the rest of us back him up with readied weapons.
Othan stay redied to hit the first hostile out the door. dmg
Xov stood ready to cast on whatever came out of the door...
Essar went towards the door inspecting it and then then opened it, he then backed away to the side of Othan.
Danir swings his Baned Morningstar and spends a hero point for the +8 bonus to the attack roll
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"Now, feel arcane wrath!"
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Danir did slay the Heucuva in one swipe. And Xov froze the creature with a deadly spell.
(gee, that was too easy. I better pick a higher CR creature next time = You all should get 80 points for that. But the XP=600 so 100 for each. Plus 25 for RPing.)
The bones fell to the ground, berift of the spirit that animated it. The spirit that animated it returned to the Spirit World - most like Dolhurrh, where it will spend time in Prison until "gets it."
Danir looks inside the building to see what is inside.
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The Blood chapel looks absolutely defiled. There is absolutely nothing of worth in the chapel, as the entire chapel had been desecrated with black ichor. The tapestries have been destroyed, the pews been cut up, and several members of the clergy here has been killed and are in various states of degradation. The Huecuva has been thorough.
Xov also looks in, and casts detect magic
Ven'Xol comes out of hiding and rests beside Xov.
Thinking to himself, he muses
Even after we clear out whatever else lurks in this temple, we will have to decide what to do with the building itself. I foresee some conflict within our party as to who's patron shall claim the former temple of Blood.. He remains silent.
So shall we burn this place to clense it of the filth within?
Examine the undead or whats left of it for any clues, I must examine the altar and walls behind it. The priests may have left journals or notes detailing what occured or the events leading up to it.
Essar then went to the altar to examine it, perception check to examine altar
So shall we burn this place to clense it of the filth within?
"Patience, Othan. We should see if any useful information can be gleaned from the remains."
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Examine the undead or whats left of it for any clues, I must examine the altar and walls behind it. The priests may have left journals or notes detailing what occured or the events leading up to it.
Essar then went to the altar to examine it, perception check to examine altar 1d20+5
That's really awful. You don't find anything but vermin. Rats, spiders, centipedes, millipedes, and various insects.
Xov there is nothing on this altar that I can see, your eyes may prove better then mine. Hopefully the walls will yield more information.
Essar focused his inner divinity into his eyes hoping for keen vision.
perception check on back wall
Xov examines the alter, using Detect Magic.
"Essar," he says, "I think you may owe Kyndril an apology. Before we came in here, you said you believed this to be the work of the Silver Flame. In fact, it was no such thing."
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Xov there is nothing on this altar that I can see, your eyes may prove better then mine. Hopefully the walls will yield more information.
Essar focused his inner divinity into his eyes hoping for keen vision.
perception check on back wall 1d20+5
There was a lone tapestry. It was not tattered, infact it looked like it was newly woven. although it smelt like it was woven by the living dead, it has an unmistakeable motif. That of a crimson black flame on top of a single black candle. The symbol of the Dark Flame.
There was a lone tapestry. It was not tattered, infact it looked like it was newly woven. although it smelt like it was woven by the living dead, it has an unmistakeable motif. That of a crimson black flame on top of a single black candle. The symbol of the Dark Flame.Xov there is nothing on this altar that I can see, your eyes may prove better then mine. Hopefully the walls will yield more information.
Essar focused his inner divinity into his eyes hoping for keen vision.
perception check on back wall 1d20+5
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There was a lone tapestry. It was not tattered, infact it looked like it was newly woven. although it smelt like it was woven by the living dead, it has an unmistakeable motif. That of a crimson black flame on top of a single black candle. The symbol of the Dark Flame.Xov there is nothing on this altar that I can see, your eyes may prove better then mine. Hopefully the walls will yield more information.
Essar focused his inner divinity into his eyes hoping for keen vision.
perception check on back wall 1d20+5
no
I owe him no such thing, examine the symbol. It is the Dark Flame, an obscure cult within Thrane itself. Although most of the Silver Flame decries them as a heritical movement, I know differently. You see the Silver Flame espouses at least officially the "virtues" of kindness, redemption and all that is "holy". They would "never" dream of such underhanded methods as assassination, treachery and misinformation.
At least thats what the common, brainwashed people of Thrane and other regions where the Flame has dug in believe. But we of the Blood and of Karnath know differently, you see the Silver Flame will do anything to further it's beliefs and stupidity. Students of history will remember what happened to thousands of innocent shifters, men, women and even babes during the "Purge". Which they have made an official holiday to boot.
And the Dark Flame is the name of the organization the Silver Flame created to handle the dirty work for them. Then when the truth comes out the Flame strings up the "heretics" and goes on it's merry way. As such we have an imporant duty to perform, one that the Thranian will protest no doubt. Raising an undead such as we saw was quite a ritual as you can see from the descecration surrounding us. Which means that considering the size of the town, the persons who performed the descecration had to be imported from elsewhere, most likely Thrane or Sharn.
Which also means that we have prisoners to take with us, as the local Silver Flame church here most likely had a hand in assisting those who violated this temple. As such the effects and letters of the priests must be examined and they themselves transported to Sharn where the Blood temple there will interrogate them.