Narrowly avoiding being chocked by the hood, Jennix frantically swings at the attacking hood.
Terflynn, seeing Zachary and Jennix fighting bravely while Miso dances with a flying hat, decides that he's better off not adding any arrows to the mix. Instead he simply focuses on defending himself.
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Zachary and Jennix each take down another hood, leaving only one hood left (we'll say the one Miso is grappling).
Miso grips the strange hood creature with his hand.
Suddenly, his hands begin to elongate and taper at the ends, with his nails growing into sharp, green-scaled talons. The one gripping the hood squeezes, the talons piercing the black skin of the creature.
The monk's eyes widen in surprise. Wha...I do not know what is happening...I have never seen this before!
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Miso keeps hold of the hood and squeezes it! The hood nonetheless keeps trying to wriggle onto the monk's head!
4 damage
"Miso... do you know much about your lineage?" Terflynn inquires as he attempts to knife the hood.
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"Thats odd...." Zack comments as he attempts to bury a couple more arrows into the last hood.
Miso appears confused by the question. My lineage? I know where I am from and who my people are, if that is to what you refer.
Miso and Zachary finish off the hood!
As the party catches their breath and Miso ponders his ancestry, you notice that the well in the room is strangely lit, as if something inside it were on fire or giving off light in some similar way.
Terflynn attempts to detect magic and identify it.
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The magic is beyond Terflynn's grasp but in simply approaching the well and looking down it he can see a sword in a scabbard wedged in the shaft of the well 15 feet below.
"Who wants to be lowered down a well and fish that out for us?" Terflynn asks hesitantly.
I will climb down with the rope, Miso volunteers.
The claws are gone, though his expression remains one of genuine surprise. It is uncommon to see such emotions from the normally stoic monk.
Miso goes a little ways down the well and comes back up with the scabbard in hand, the blade inside obviously giving off a strong light as if it were on fire.
Aura strong evocation; CL 20th
Slot none; Weight 6 lbs.
It also appears to be intelligent, which is preventing you from discovering some of its abilities beyond its basic funcitonality as a +2 defending flaming katana.
Terflynn pulls out his wand of identify and uses it on the sword.
"Hm, let me see..."
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"This is a powerful katana, but also conscious. I am unable to discern it's true potential, but I feel this may be a vital discovery."
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"Wasn't this the blade we were looking for?" Jennix asks.
Miso looks about, but sees no one speaking. After a moment, when the voice repeats, he recalls Paiva would sometimes speak to him over distance inside his head. Miso expects this is much the same phenomenon.
The monk sees no reason to not respond truthfully, and concentrates a bit. I myself make no claim to the Amatatsu name. I am merely a vessel through which Destiny seeks to accomplish her goals. We aid the journey of Ameiko Kaijitsu, granddaughter of Rokuro Kaijitsu (formerly Amatatsu Tsutoku), to her rightful place as heir of Minkai. I bear the dragon statue in her stead for safekeeping, nothing more.
Jennix looks around, not able to place who spoke to him. "I thought we were looking for this sword....for Ameiko. Isn't that why we're on this little excursion?" Jennix asks his companions, turning to look at everyone.
"Yes..." Terflynn looks at Jennix and Miso, a little unsure about their behavior.
"Excellent," the sword speaks aloud. "I am indeed Suishen, the ancestral blade of the Amatatsu family whom you know as the Kaijitsus. I once served as their adviser and spiritual guide for many generations until I suggested that the family sell me in order to save the family line."
"I believe we should finish our business here. There is the captive we found as well as our missing ranger friend to think about."
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As the party makes their way down the stairs, Jennix notes a tripwire with a set of bells at the end of it and the party is easily able to step over this lame trap.
After taking the stairs down, the hallway widens into a small chamber with a door exiting to the south. The door is banded with wide straps of iron and bears a large, heavy lock. A single brazier burns in this area and the heavy door is guarded by six Ulfen zombies. Sitting on a cloak near the brazier is a massive troll-ish creature who obviously has some fey blood. None of these look happy to see you.
Miso will five-foot, draw his kama, activate Arcane Strike, and flurry on Purple.
Miso cuts into a zombie as the half-troll in the back downs a potion.
purp: 6 dmg
Zack steps up to the corner and begins firing into the ranks of zombies.
Zachary puts down two zombies! The remaining zombies move in to surround Miso!
Jennix steps up next to Miso, while drawing his axe and rapier, then chops at the zombie with his axe, calling on luck to guide his hand.
Activate Arcane Strike, and flurry on Green (move to Orange if applicable) with kama.
Terflynn moves up and tosses in a bottled something towards the troll in the back.
Jennix slices into a zombie and Miso cuts into another one! Terflynn explodes a containing of gel around the troll, which he recognizes is half-troll, half-spriggan but likely retains some acid resistance and fast healing.
From the back, Goti casts a spell and suddenly a pit opens beneath the party!
yel: 4 dmg
grn: 7 dmg
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Zack jumps away form the pit and begins firing on the zombies he can see.
Zachary jumps away and finishes off a zombie in one swift movement. The zombies back away from the pit, unsure what to do.
grn: 7 dmg
Seeing Teflynn fall, Jennix immediately casts a spell, imbuing the elf with the weight of a feather. Dropping his weapons, Jennix moves backward, while drawing his bow, and fires at the zombie across the pit.
Terflynn falls slowly down to the bottom of the pit, then begins flying, rising back out of the pit. "You'll have to do better than that." he scoffs at the half-troll.
Miso will spring over the pit ( ) and attempt to reposition Orange.
If successful, he will move Orange to the edge of the pit.