Miso deftly maneuvers between the dozing hobgoblins, drawing the wand of scorching ray along the way.
Miso's ray hits one of the female hobgoblins as they scrambles across the metal beams. One of them moves up to Jennix and Terflynn and the other kicks at Miso:
The flying oni commands Terflynn to jump in the pit.
bl: 13 dmg
Jennix shakes his head as more hobgoblins pour out of the room, then attacks the one in front of him.
Jennix digs his blade into the hobgoblin and leaves her quite bloodied!
bl: 13 dmg
pk: 51 dmg
Zack unleashes another barrage of arrows starting at the closest creature and working his way back.
"This is a mighty oni with regeneration. Burn it, my fellows!" Terflynn declares, smirking a bit at the pathetic attempt on his mind. He then summons a dark fog over the pit that billows forth from the air and seems to float unnaturally.
Miso attempts to grab Blue in a grapple.
If successful, he will move her off the beam and over the pit. (She gets a free attempt to break his grapple with a +4 bonus. CMD is 34.)
Miso grabs one of the hobgoblins and throws her into the pit. Seconds later you can hear screaming and snarling as something below tears her to pieces. Meanwhile Zachary's first shot takes out the closest hobgoblin and his others leave the flying oni wounded! Terflynn then covers the area and forces the oni to move in closer, which it does. After flying closer, it tries to command Terflynn to leap in the pit.
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Zack switches his attention to the oni emerging from the darkness.
Zachary's volley of arrows are too much for the oni and he drops from the sky dead!
The party makes its way across the pit, avoiding whatever foul beast roots about below, and up a short flight of stairs leading to a corridor decorated with scenes of anger, illustrating humanoid figures suffering in scenes of shockingly brutal violence.
A few more rooms of abandoned barracks lie up two more sets of stairs until finally you reach a room where several trophies and art objects are proudly displayed. A simple military cot rests against the north wall. The south wall opens into a broad natural cavern, through which can be heard the sound of roaring water.
Standing and staring out over the waters is a large oni ogre mage. His armor is gleaming in military precision and his hand rests near a large katana. "I thought I heard trouble below. Ichirou is a fool but I, Fujai, am Munasukaru's Chosen and you shall not get past me."
Terflynn casts a spell on the oni, aggravating spirits around it that hinder its future.
Miso, seeking to take advantage of Terflynn's spell, races around to the oni's other side to grapple. (Path takes me into threat range, if oni has Combat Reflexes.)
Terflynn's omen leaves the oni in bad spirits but not bad enough to Miso to find a hold on him. "Ha!" he spits back in anger. "You think to wrestle with me? Who are you to have such arrogance as to invade these chambers?"
Zack responds by silently loosing a flight of arrows.
Seeing the creature, Jennix darts forward and attacks with the katana.
In his eagerness, he misses badly......
Jennix slips and misses but there is a distinct look of shock on his face as the oni is torn apart by Zachary's arrows. He drops over dead before he has a chance to raise his katana.
Among the items displayed in the room are a trio of very fine bearskins worth 100 gp each, a bronze dagger set with jets worth 130 gp, a ceremonial elephant dagger in a silver and lapis lazuli scabbard worth 250 gp,and several bleached aranea skulls.
Terflynn frowns as the oni is destroyed by Zachary's arrows.
"Apparently I should have studied archery."
"Well gentlemen, we've certainly killed some oni. But how do we explain their escape in the first place?" Terflynn ponders out loud, one arm across his chest and the other propping up his chin.
Jennix gives Zach a sidelong glance. "Ah man! I was hoping to use this katana on an oni. It was built to kill oni. I could feel it want to slice into it's filthy flesh!" Kicking at the dead thing, he shrugs. "Oh well, I suppose I should be grateful for you making such quick work of it."
Looking around, he asks. "Now what?"
It is strange that the onis have been able to leave this place, especially when you were told that the pagoda was specifically constructed to keep them in. There was also, however, no mention of hobgoblins taking residence in this place and they seem to have established themselves quite well here. Perhaps the answer lies below....
"I can teach any of you if you'd like, but I learned from the best and I'm sure Shalelu wouldn't have a problem showing you the ropes." Zack responds to his companions.
"I suppose now we should go below and explore the final secrets of this structure. Does anyone need potions or such before we depart?"
A stone walkway plunges into the heart of a large cavern that is itself a roaring shaft of water, so that the steep and narrow stone pathway descends like a corkscrew along the edges of the shaft, with a waterfall roaring through the center.
The waterfall then drops into an underground lake, its surface broken
by jagged boulders that form makeshift steppingstones from the pathway to an arched doorway. Hundreds of screaming, leering faces cover the walls of this cavern.
Terflynn waits for Jennix or Miso to attempt scouting before flying towards the arched doorway.
Past the stepping-stones a low stone shelf forms a natural harbor. Ten-foot-high natural stone ledges rise in tiers and a set of stone steps climb from the middle ledge to the topmost ledge. However, as you climb to the top of the stairs the natural stone walls become worked stone, still decorated with carvings of figures being torn apart by beasts, and ahead another ogre mage mounted atop a giant gorgon, a bull-like creature seemingly made of interlocking metallic plates, guards a bridge across the running water below. "Intruders!" the ogre mage calls out. "You have made a mistake by entering my ward here, for I am Ryosanjin and I am Munasukaru's Chosen. Prepare to fight!"
Miso never removes his eyes from their foe, but says aloud, I believe we should invite this one to come to us, Jennix, just as the water flows downhill to meet the sea. Without pointing, he continues. You to your right, I to my left. Terflynn, anything in your bag of tricks that might hold this Ryosanjin and his steed in place would be welcome.
Terflynn shrugs and points his finger forward, summoning sticky strands across the area.
Ryonsanjin is not caught in the webs but his monstrous mount is tangled!
Jennix nods to Miso and darts forward a little, then casts a spell, making himself vanish!
As Jennix vanishes, the gorgon fights against the webbing restricting its movements.
The gorgon barely breaks free and carries itself and its rider out of the webbing and towards Miso. The ogre mage then hacks downward at Miso:
Jennix creeps forward to flank the oni, then calling on his luck, swings his katana two-handed at the creature!
The monk grimaces under the blow, but tries to return the favor with Jennix now visible and providing flank!
Terflynn moves within range of the beast and tries to convince it to sleep.
Jennix digs his blade into the oni from behind as Miso kicks up at the mounted oni. Terflynn tries to put the gorgon to sleep but it doesn't seem ready to take a nap yet.
Zack looses on the oni from where he stands.
Only one of Zachary's arrows sticks in the oni, who unleashes a blast of cold that covers half the cavern!
While the three are still shivering, the gorgon lets loose a nasty cone on the same three to freeze them in place!
Miso takes the blast of cold full on, but holds his breath in time to avoid petrification.
Miso will flurry on the oni with flank from Jennix, spending another ki point for an extra attack. He will use Stunning Fist on his last first attack this round. (DC 18 Fort negates)
Terflynn stiffens up as his body is quickly petrified! Miso takes out his anger by hitting the ogre mage several times, although the strikes do not leave Ryonsanjin stunned in the slightest.