Baern pushes his way to the front of the group and accidentally steps on a pressure plate. The Conjuration statue glows with a misty, green energy before firing an arrow at the dwarf.
The arrow slams into Baern and begins to eat away at his flesh. The Abjuration statue sets off an Alarm and loud, nearly-deafening, blaring shrieks from the statue.
Status:
Gob @ 23/23 HP; Bevek @ 16/16 HP; Brewslee @ 17/17 HP; Shu @ 41/41 HP; Mu @ 35/35 HP; Malachite; Baern @ 49/52 HP
Everyone can see the statues in the dim light of the dungeon that is filtering down from the stairway, but anything beyond that cannot be made out as it is too dark.
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As the group is outside speaking to Hustaven Brewslee grabs his wand of Mage Armor and repeatedly smacks it against his arm harder and harder until it final works. He then looks up and remembers that the old gnome got his wand to work last time when he was having troubles with it. He smiles sheepishly.
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Brewslee listens intently at the man speak of these delicious knuckle sandwiches before he snores lightly when statues get brought up.
Brewslee follows the group in a stumbling dreamlike state of stupor and is quickly awoken by the toothless ones screams. Brewslee smiles a little as Mu whistles when he speaks.
WHAT! WHAT! what ish it? The younger man peers down the hallway but it is too dark for him to see much.
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He never thought he'd be actually thankful someone tripped a magical alarm, but listening to the piercing wail of the magical trap is music to Shu's ears compared to Hustavan's nonstop prattle.
Turning to the hall, Shu springs his wand of infernal healing and activates it on Baern, then resets it in the wrist sheath. After that he gets a scroll from his haversack and gets ready to cast a shield spell.
Baern takes acid damage over the next three rounds, while the Infernal Healing cast by Shu heals up some of the damage over the next ten rounds.
Status:
Gob @ 23/23 HP; Bevek @ 16/16 HP; Brewslee @ 17/17 HP; Shu @ 41/41 HP; Mu @ 35/35 HP; Malachite; Baern @ 38/52 HP
Hustavan feels Mu rush forward. Quick thinking Master Mu! Must heal him before he sustains serious damage! Well thought out!
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Baern simply glares at the turncoat cultist, clearly blaming him for this event, but turns before another word can be uttered. Then he sees something down the hall. He holds up a fist as the others finish tending his wound.
"What in the name of her holiness is that?" he asks softly. Again, he checks his wayfinder before stowing it.
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The zombie white-haired wolf appears to just be standing there.
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When he reaches the bottom of the stairs, Bevek pops open his Wayfinder to provide some light.
Yeah, why is that thing just standing there? Does he know something we don't?
Bevek will move around to the back side of the statues and peer down the hall.
Hustavan squints as he looks down the hallway. I have no idea. Must be new. I haven't been down here in weeks. New traps and monsters are added or changed every day it seemed before you killed Fel Bustrani. I know the general layout of the dungeon, but it is likely that none of the traps or creatures are the same.
The crossbow bolt clatters to the ground, but the wolf just stays there.
Mu sees the rock hit the zombie and it looks unaffected. It walks away down the dark hallway before turning to the left.
As Baern and Bevek move past the statues, whose auras seem to have dissipated, they see a tripped rock fall trap. A small pile of rocky rubble lies here, all of which collapsed from the ceiling above. Two sets of pale, cold feet stick out from the debris, and a coagulated rivulet of blood oozes forth from beneath it. Behind the triggered rock fall is a tripped acid-filled spiked pit trap. The pit is 10 feet deep and lined with etched and crumbling metal spikes. A single body lays at the bottom, melted into an unrecognizable mess. The acid that once filled the pit drained slowly into the surrounding rock. It seems the wolf was not willing to cross the acid pit.
You see nothing to the south.
Shu moves east and peers north and south. He sees that this is actually an ancient Sarenite burial ground. Each of these alcoves contains small, hinged doors that are embellished with sunlight motifs and names. The intricate stonework has long faded, but it is clear that bodies line the walls of this area.
Shu sees no further traps or any sign of the zombie wolf, aside from the occasional tuft of white fur.
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"I d'nae like stumbling around in the dark like this. Especially with that thing wandering around. We must needs find it with all speed and put its soul to rest."
Barron continues looking about to see where the wolf thing may have gone as he follows Shu.
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It is clear that the wolf did not go this direction. Bevek does not see any traps either in the eastern corridor.
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I'll help....Brewslee stumbles over to the rock pile as he begins to hurl the stones behind him, nearly taking out the old gnome and the toothless......the toothless ... well Brewlee was never quite sure of what race the older man was as he looks like a mix between an old human or a wrinkled Kobold with no teeth.
Realizing that while he was thinking he had stopped picking up rocks and had begun drinking from his flask once again. He slowly puts it away hoping no one noticed his one vice he begins to help with the rocks once again.