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As Graxzos charges in for the kill, an uneven dungeon tile catches his feet as he comically tumbles and swings very short of striking the pyro. Willem presses on forward and pressures the orcs, he's lack of making contact with any orc's suggest he's taking the less violent approach to just scare them with his swordsmanship. The pyro on the other hand sees this as a challenge and draws her own blade and retaliates at Ser Willem. Catching him off guard, and striking him cleanly.
The other orcs on the other hand, do nothing of threat to the party as one runs hysterically in the dungeon and the other one stunned beyond possibility to move.
Conditions:
ORC Conditions:
Copperpot
Wardrummer 2
Rah'im current hp -8(-50 stablized) , Graxzos-22 ,Amelia,Kaspar
Orc Thug 2 -2 (blinded and stun x2)
Willem
Pyro -58
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Amelia warily moves into the room to stand over the stunned orc with her sword above his neck. She gazes down at her enemy, her snarl softening into a grimace of distaste. "Would you give any of us the same courtesy, I wonder??" A tear forms in the corner of her eye as she plunges the blade into the helpless creature, ending its struggle but compounding her own. Her head hangs in sorrow.
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Amelia moves into the room to stand protectively over Rah'im, keeping her attention on the stunned orc while the rest of the room takes care of Pyro. She removes her right glove, and reveals a large ruby ring which suddenly glows with a magical light. Amelia clenches her fist and turns the ruby towards the orc, releasing another ray of fire.
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Graxos seems to be following Willem's example by making intimidating swings that don't connect to anything. Willem's sword after a couple rounds of intimidating swings, accidentally hits the pyro and cuts her to her inevitable doom.
Amelia burns the poor blinded and stunned Orc.
Conditions:
ORC Conditions:
Copperpot
Wardrummer 2
Rah'im current hp -8(-50 stablized) , Graxzos-22 ,Amelia,Kaspar
Orc Thug 2 -13 (blinded and stun x2)
Willem
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Seeing how the current Thug is no longer a threat at the moment, Copperpot turns his attention to the wardrummer throwing another magic missile at it. The wardrummer in turn notices his leader fallen, decides he no longer wants to stick around for this and heads straight for the door!
Copperpot
Rah'im current hp -8(-50 stablized) , Graxzos-22 ,Amelia,Kaspar
Orc Thug 2 -20 (blinded and stun x1)
Willem
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Amelia restrains herself from continuing the carnage as the wardrummer runs off and the orc leader is slain. She addresses the remaining orc, offering it its life in return for peace.
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As the Orc recovers from his stunned condition, it's clear to you all that he does not intent to give up like his allies. "Arghhhhhh!" He yells as he comes charging in, but being prepared, and facing off the biggest threat already, the pathfinders knock him out without any worries.
As you glean closer in the room, you noticed that far behind them, a sarcophagus is noticed half open, with a body of a skeleton lying outside it, the skeleton appears to be wearing tien armor, similar to that in the picture found in the tome. As you step closer to this area, it is obvious to the party that this area has been desecrated, most likely by the Orcs who have made this their base of operation.
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Graxzos, panting heavily, sits down on the floor. "I'm jus'...jus' gon' need...a sec," he mutters. "An' maybe...some healin'."
Once he's no longer fatigued from his rage, the dwarf climbs to his feet and begins to examine the room. "Figger this mus' be th' Tien lady paladin what we saw tha' drawin' of," he comments. "Hmmm..."
"'ey, there's somethin' over 'ere," Graxzos comments, going over into the corner. "Piece o' vellum or somethin'...mebbe an ol' scroll?" As he squats over it, handling it delicately, his eyes shift around the room. "An' this place...it looks worn down, but tha' ain't th'truth..."
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Kaspar tosses his healing wand to the gnome sorcerer. "Here. We'll need to live."
The old scholar practically runs to the sarcophagus. The holy symbol on the corpse immediately catches his eye, and he pries it off the skeletal body. He fiddles it for a while as he makes his estimates.
"This silver holy symbol is that of Shizuru, the Tian-Min goddess of the sun, honor, ancestors, and swordplay. And if I am not mistaken, this kind of symbol was used in holy rituals. But this area has been *cough* desecrated."
He gazes up briefly, and then back to the sarcographus and the skeleton. "There is something interesting in the ceiling. I want someone to look into that."
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Graxzos winces as Copperpot closes the worst of his wounds. "Tha' don't tickle much...thanks. Anyway, as I was sayin'...tha' ain't erosion tha's showin' the damage 'ere. It came from a concentrated burst o' holy energy. Had to shore up tha' kinda thing more'n once when I were a kid, takin' care o' the tombs when undead came chargin' out." He spits in a corner.
When Kaspar points out the bronze object, the dwarf perks up. "'ere, I can get it." Putting the vellum down (if it survived), he takes off most of his gear and rubs some dust on his palms.
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"Be careful with that.. and yourself Grax. You're in no condition to be getting yourself hurt again." Willem sheathes his blade and goes over to Grax to hold his hands up so Grax can hand the bronze item to him, or catch Grax if he falls... "Something tells me this body needs to be put back to proper rest."
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The vellum is carefully handled by Graxzos, and it does not wither and break in his hands. As Graxzos climbs the wall, he does so easily and is able to secure the bronze object, what it is, is a embossed prayer to Shizuru. The prayer is a warrior’s plea, asking for strength and courage when facing the final moments of life.
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Amelia joins the rest of the group in looking around, but her first priority is the health of her friends. "Here, Graxzos, let Mr. Copperpot help you with my wand! You will feel better in no time!"
Once the dwarf is seen to, she then stares around the room in horror at the desecration that has been commited. "This is horrible.. to do this kind of thing to someone who must have been an honorable warrior!" she cries out after reading the prayer Graxzos recovered. her head bows, considering. "Whatever else happens, I don't think that we should just leave him here like this. We should at least put the man back into his coffin so he can rest easily once more."
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The place has become a little more respectable as you place the corpse in the sarcophagus and read the prayer. The prayer though, does not cause anything to happen. Satisfied with your expedition, you head back to Venture Captain Shevar Besnik to give him a report.
He looks to you excited as you return to the lodoge. "Pathfinders! You have returned! Pray tell, what did you find at the site?"
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"Wha'd we find? Precious li'l o' value, exceptin' my fancy new bowl," Graxzos says, hefting the object in question. "The corpse o' one o' those Tien broads was molderin' away down there, 'alfway outta 're casket." He glances at the others. "This's just a guess, but I figger given tha' prayer fer dyin' tha' we found, tha' she put 'erself down there t'serve as some sorta forever guardian. Tha', or she fought off some big an' bad undead thingie. There were a lot o' holy energy shot off in that room, whate'er the case." He shakes his head. "Them religious types're weird."
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Amelia helps the boys put the body back into the coffin and composes the bones. Once the prayer is said, she says her own little prayer to the powers that be, hoping that the warriors soul may return to rest.
Upon return to the venture captain, Amelia steps up to report once Graxzos is finished.
"Well, sir.. At first we encountered an Ice golem, which we managed to convince to allow us entry into the tomb. Once inside, we found it littered with sprung traps and the bodies of many would be raiders in varying states of decomposition. In this same room, we were attacked by a slime, but it was easily vanquished. Once past that, we encountered a gargoyle standing watch and while we were handling that, the ghosts of some long lost crusaders made an appearance. We were able to simultaneously fight off both threats before entering the next room, where we found a war party of orcs. These orcs would not listen to reason and attacked.. we were forced to defend ourselves by killing most of them. One escaped, I believe. Then we found the room with the skeleton, and it appeared that some unholy rite had been committed there. The walls were blasted with holy energy, and the skeleton was wearing a holy symbol from Tien. We also found a prayer, written supposedly by the warrior, asking for the strength to meet his end honorably. As Graxzos said, we put the body back to rights and then returned here."
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Besnar's face lights up as you recall the tales of your encounter,"I knew you would triumph! Just goes to show I picked the right Pathfinders to seek out adventure while unknown dangers lurked. There could have been almost anything there! go and rest while I put our report together for the Ten. Surely, this additional to the chronicles will put Uscalin Lodge on the map. Though I may joke about the crusaders, they play a vital part in the service of good. You, too, have done important work today. You have removed a pressing danger and helped the spirit of an ancient hero find rest. Well done, Pathfinders. I hope you are sas proud of yourselves as I am of you."
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Ser Willem nods along to their stories, only adding that it was he who convinced the golem to move aside.
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Once released from the VC, Amelia and Kaspar retire to a quiet library where they pour over each others spell books. Amelia learns some new tricks from Kaspar, then offers to teach him a few in return. Several hours later she exits the library.. her supply of inks running low, but determined to master these new spells! She heads off for some sleep before her next adventure.
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The aged scholar is visibly delighted to teach the arts of necromantic magic. He explains it's no often he gets the opportunity to pass on that knowledge.
A living creature (...) takes 3d6 points of damage, plus 1d6 additional points of damage per 2 caster levels you have. In addition, you can move the target 5 feet. This movement doesn’t provoke attacks of opportunity. A successful saving throw halves the damage and negates the movement.
An undead creature takes no damage. Instead, (...) A successful saving throw negates this effect. A mindless undead creature doesn’t receive a save against this effect.