"The servants of Nethys! Fantastic!" Seherab exclaims upon entering the room. Unfortunately, his excitement is noticed by the statues.
The scholar then takes out an extract and gulps it down, a magical shield forming over his vulnerable areas.
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Seherab marvels at the statues until they start moving, the hurriedly drinks an extract!
Teos punches a column, nearly breaking bones as he does so. Though he connects with both blows, the statues seem to resist much of the damage!
Harkuf slams his flail on the statue, chipping away some stone, but it still resists some of the force!
Ankhef casts guidance on Harkuf and sends his undead servants into flanking positions before they aid.
Ankhef will then step back to give his companions room to maneuver if necessary.
Ankhef sends his minions into the fray. The jackal is destoyed as it passes by the column, while the huecuva is struck, but not destroyed. Ankhef then gives Harkuf some guidance!
The columns attacks, the second one striking Harkuf!
Seherab steps away from the statue and brings up his crossbow, loading yet another adamantine bolt and firing!
Teos takes advantage of the flank to wield his fists-of-stone!
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"Grr, these things ain't messing around!" Harkuf winces at the blow from the living column. He swings the flail above his head, muscles straining while using such an unfamiliar weapon. As the end of the flail comes around, Harkuf does his best to aim it true.
However, the momentum of the swing seems to have gotten away from the dwarf, and Harkuf manages to just damage the flooring.
Ankhef struggles, as he searches through his bags for a scroll of magic weapon.
Seherab fires his crossbow, hitting the column, but doing no marked damage.
Teos punches twice, landing one against the column.
Harkuf swings the unweildy flail, but misses!
Ankhef searches through his bag, while the huecuva tries to dsistract the column!
The columns continue to pummel the party, one taking out the huecuva, while the other slashes Harkuf!
Teos continues his minor patters at the stone creatures.
Ankhef will read the scroll of magic weapon on his spear and then move up into melee.
Seherab fires from the back!
Teos once more lands a single blow, chipping away at the column!
Ankhef reads a scroll and magitizes his spear!
Seherab hits the colummn with a bolt, but once again, doesn't seem to do any damage!
Harkuf blasts a column with a powerful blow of the flail, reducing it to chunks and shards!
The remaining column attacks Teos, but misses!
Teos begins to circle the statue, hoping to distract the column long enough so that another may attack from the opposite side. He attacks again, like rain against stone.
Seherab mutters a few Dwarven curse words as he fires again.
Under a flurry of attacks, the party brings down the second column!
Searching the room reveals nothing more of interest.
Seherab stashes his crossbow and leads the way down the hall.
Seherab heads south down the hall and encounters portcullis, though it is unlocked and easily open. Entering, you see a great hall. Two rows of columns support the vaulted ceiling of this large chamber. Inscribed hieroglyphs cover most of the room’s walls, but the southern wall is rough and unfinished. Three passages, each closed with a bronze gate, exit the room to the north, east, and west. Within moments of entering the hall, a group of four people come out of the eastern gate. They look up in surprise at the party.
After a moment, you recognize the group as the Scorched Hand, and its leader, the Taldan woman, Velriana Hypaxes, whom Seherab spoke to at the Tooth and Hookah! The group stares at you, their hands inching towards weapons.
Ankhef stands his ground.
"We need to talk... about what you're doing, in our tomb..."
"Let's just all keep calm here and discuss what kind of mixup is going on...."
Teos glowers... silently.
Times seems to slow down as the stand off begins. You note droplets of sweat tracing a path down the faces of the tomb raiders, as their hands fall on their weapons and grip them tightly. Teos notes a wild look in the eyes of on the lead Garundi woman as her mouth slowly opens to scream.....
.....time slams back to normal speed as weapons slide free of sheaths and arcane words begin tumbling from lips.....!
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Now facing flesh-and-blood enemies, Harkuf thinks twice about hefting the awkward heavy flail. He drops the weapon, opting to move forward while drawing his quarterstaff. As he steps up to the hatless woman, he swings his quarterstaff.
"What? I ain't too proud to hit a girl!"
He then commands Jafar to come forward and attack.
"Come on, these ones are flesh!"
The snake slithers forward and snaps at the same woman.
Harkuf moves up and swings his big stick at the woman, but she easily dodges it! Kafar then moves up, bites the woman, and then tries tp wrap around her leg, but she kick the snake away!
The Garundi man casts a spell, and a quarterstaff of force appears next to Harkuf and attacks him!
The quarterstaff catches Harkuf by surprise and raps him across the head!
Seeing the quarterstaff, Seherab says, "Ah, worshipers of Nethys, eh? Seems you think you should've gotten this site but you lost the lottery, folks, fair and square."
Seherab draws his short sword and moves to attack the helmeted one in the back.
Seherab moves up and stabs the helmeted Garundi!
The Osirion in the rear pulls out a scroll and reads from it, as a ball of flame appears under Seherab!
The Garundi woman attacks Harkuf with a khopesh and kukri, but misses twice!
Teos moves in to strike at the Garundi woman! He'll throw a little fiery omph into his blow
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Seherab leaps over the ball of flame!
Teos attacks the woman, but misses!
The Taldan woman tries to cast a spell, but can't maintain he concentration!
Ankhef draws his spear as he charges into melee and tries to strike down the Garundi woman.
Seherab works his way around the pillar and keeps stabbing between the armor of the woman in the back!
Ankhef stabs the Garundi woman with his spear!
Jafar manages to bite the woman, and wrap his coils around the woman!
Harkuf takes advantage and smashes hi staff into the woman's face, knocking her to unconciousness!
The force staff continues to harry Harkuf, while the Garundi man attacks Seherab, but misses!
Seherab returns the attack, landing a deadly blow against the man, nearly dropping him!
The Osirion spellcaster points at Seherab and the ball of flame rolls back toward the dwarf, while a missile of force pelts him in the chest! The man then steps backwards.
Teos begins a flurry of strikes at the garundi woman, pushing forward with each kick.
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Teos takes a step and punches the Taldan woman! He lands a furious first punch, then misses with his second!
The woman reels from the punch to the face, takes a step backward and casts a spell! Suddenly a cone of scintillating, varicolored light washes over Teos, Ankhef, and Harkuf!
Teos blinks his eyes in annoyance at the rainbow display.
Ankhef will step back behind the pillar and being casting his last spell.
Teo and Ankhef manage to avert their eyes as the spray of color washes over them, while Seherab jumps out of the way of ball of flame!
Ankhef begins a summoning spell!
As the light washes over him, Harkuf is stunned by the sight!
The Garundi man moves his force staff to attack Teos, the grasps his holy symbol and beseeches Nethys for healing aid. Everyone in the room save Seherab and Harkuf feels healing power wash over them.
Seherab stabs at the man, but misses!
As the flaming ball winks out of existence, the Osirion casts a spell and point at Teos, sends a missile of force at the monk!
The monk hardly even notices the magic missile, moving to strike the woman again; only one blow is solid, however, distracted as he is by the ghostly staff.
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