Shoallana stabs again with her rapier!
Harold decides to press his offensive advantage!
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Patches hisses at Mudman's resistance to his magic. Deciding not to risk more of his limited resources, he taps into his cantrips to enter his spell combat form.
Unfortunately, the chaos of combat prevents him from attaining the necessary concentration.
On seeing that his weapons aren't likely to do it much damage, the slayer elects to assist his companions who seem to be doing better. A pair of deft slashes from his kukris smooth the way for the bard and the polymath.
Shoallana's magical rapier digs into the mudlord, luckily avoiding Glubby inside! Harold then scores a hit and Patches connects deeply, sending the mud splashing to the ground as the form fails to hold any longer. Glubby is spilled out onto the ground in a dirty mess.
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"Rawr! I am Mudlord Glub! Bow down to me! "
Glubby gets up and walks around like a mud elemental as he follows the group to the next area: likely into the monastery.
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Patches observes Glubby's antics with his usual flat stare. "Let's check these doors." He says after someone's given the frog some healing.
To the northwest lies the bell tower. What remains of the decayed wooden steps barely ascend to the second landing. The rest of the stairs collapsed long ago, leaving a tarnished and forlorn bronze bell hanging 30 feet above.
The new two rooms are bare chambers that must once have been sleeping quarters.
Deeper into the monastery past the ruined fountain and the rubble of fallen columns you see that much of the bedrock beneath the chamber beyond has collapsed and slid down the cliff into the sea beyond, leaving the fractured remains of the chapel's hall open to the elements. On either side of the entrance are shallow alcoves, each containing a large open stone coffin. Ahead, the narrow remains of a flight of stairs wind precariously to a rough-hewn stone altar atop a column of natural rock that juts out over the sheer drop.
Detecting interlopers in the chapel, two things begin to rise from either coffin; they look to be skeletal snakes, quite large in stature.
"Necrophidii!" Patches hisses. "They are bone constructs. Use bludgeoning weapons!"
Patches gestures and summons a small cloud that sparks with electricity.
"I only got my rapier and this net!" yells Glubby back to the catman.
The snake moves out of the way of Patches' spell as Glubby bemoans his choice in weapons. The snakes writhe over the rubble and block your entrance to the chapel.
"Thanks for the advice." The slayer quickly snatches a light mace from his belt as he studies the construct facing him, then brings it down in a rapid series of blows to the bony creature.
Harold groans and elects to cast Bless, hoping that the extra divine guidance will overcome their enemies!
[smaller]"Draw them through the hallway, then we only have to deal with one at a time!" yells Glubby to the others as he steps to the side, trying to allow the creatures to pigeonhole themselves.
Jumping back behind Ursion, Patches whips out his dragon pistol and fires it over his ally's shoulder into both Necrophidii.
"These creatures sometimes perform a dance that messe with your head. If you aren't fighting them, try not to look at them!"
Ursion smacks a few bones free while Harold blesses the company. Glubby prepares his rapier as Patches moves back and fires a shot that only scatters between the bones of the snake creatures. The thundercloud strikes one of the snakes though.
red: 20 dmg
Shoallan's eyes widen and she curses. "Besmara's pointy tits! Those thing are monstrous!" She begins an inspiring sea song, as she marks the southern creature as baned!
Both of the snakes bite at Ursion!
red: 20 dmg
Ursion shakes off the construct's toxin, then smashes at it again before taking a short step back once Patches is out of the way.
Harold with take a 5' step back, heeding his friend'd advice. He'll draw two maces and gets ready to attack if the enemy approaches!
Shoallana closes her eyes and readies an attack if one comes near.
Glubby waits patiently for a flank in order to try and stab the snake construct that comes down the hallway first.
"Back up, Glub!" Patches gestures to the grippli. Once he has room, he steps over into the doorway, taps his baldric to reload his dragon pistol, and shoots again from cover.
"Go over there!" the frogman yells as he points to the open space next to Shoal. "This is my spot!"
Ursion and Patches blow apart the red snake skeleton. The other snake clinks down the hall a bit and bites at Ursion again!
blue: 4 dmg
Shoal switches her bane to the other bone snake, then steps up and attacks.
Ursion studies the snake, then swings at it before taking another short step back. His blow goes wide, though. "Shoallana, let it come to us!"
Glubby keeps his position ready to leap out and strike the beast when it comes between him and 4H. "If only the team knew how to fight in small corridors..." he mutters to himself.
Shoallana knocks a few bones loose but Ursion misses his swing and Glubby remains in position.
blue: 14 dmg
Patches taps his bandolier again, this time loading a single bullet, which he fires at the last skeletal snake.
Harold decides to try his luck with his blades, taking a quick step forward and attacking!
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The blast from Patches and the beating from Harold is enough to take down the skeleton snake!
In the room in the northeast corner of the monastery you find carvings of wind and waves lining the walls. The room contains the remnants of a desk and chair as well as a large stack of stone tablets stacked in one corner. The ceiling is long since gone, leaving the contents open to the sky.
In the room sits a squid, its tentacles wound up in a sitting position beneath it as it meditates in the room. "Greetings in the name of Gozreh. My name is Kahobeah."
Shoallana bows to the squid-monk. "Greeting Kahobeah! I am Shoallana and these are my companions. Are you a member of this monastery?"
Ursion straightens his clothing and bows to the squid.
"Kahobeah. We're honored to meet you."
"We destroyed a couple bone-snakes. If they were yours, we might be sorry." Patches holsters his pistol, tapping the buckle to reload it, just in case.
"We came to get something from this place. Would prefer to leave with it peaceful like."
"I am Glub Glub! We have a mission of the utmost importance. Will you help us?" he asks, trying to be respectful.
"But if we don't get it, then we aren't leaving!" he declares.
"Ah, never mind the guardians. I am tasked only to protect this place in the name of Gozreh, not to protect everything that wanders in. I normally fly through the roof to avoid them." As the squid moves its tentacle to gesture at the open ceiling, you note that much of its form seems to be made of wind and floating particles; it is some type of air elemental that only takes the form of a floating squid. "I hope that more worshipers one day return to the island and the monastery to help me maintain this place. What are you looking for? If you do not desecrate this place any further, I can help you."
"We're here after a piece of a musical instrument, left on the island by Captain Warvil. Figured this was the place to start looking, since it's a major landmark."
"Ah yes," the squid responds, "I remember Warvil. He came to the monastery several times to pray. There was a horn; well, only a mouthpiece of a horn, and a scroll that he left here for safekeeping. It was here for some years before he returned and retrieved it. I am afraid the instrument you seek is no longer here."
"You may, however, rest here and take anything else that you find in the monastery. I have no use for it and you seem a faithful and respectful bunch. Furthermore, you have helped me clear the place of some of the infestations so you have earned it."
In the other open chamber a plain stone altar sits precariously on an outcropping of rock that was once part of the monastery. Inside is a rolled up map of the Shackles presumably left here by Warvil that marks the island location of Jemma Redclaw's treasure. The island is labled "Brightglass Island" and next to it are the initials "WL" and a sketch of a three-eyed giant. The altar chest also contains a lesser reach metamagic rod, and a gray bag of tricks. There are several decaying bags holding coins: 645 sp and 567 cp. A hidden compartment holds a cache of aquamarine gems worth 1750 gp.
"Thank you. When did he come back for it?"
Whatcha you talkin' about Warvil! Shoallana's eyes widen in surprise at Squidward's Kahobeah's statement. "Came back? When? How? I thought he was dead."
While the others talk with the master of squid style martial arts, Patches goes through the evidence left behind.
"Dead? Maybe now he is dead but he came back shortly after he left. He came to retrieve the mouthpiece. That was years ago now."
Patches recalls that the famed pirate Jemma Redblade discovered an ancient Ghol-Gan ruin. The cyclops could indicate that Warvil also found those ruins and discovered Redblade's cache on the island. If Captain Lanteri did not need the third piece she sent you here to get, it may be that she is already on her way to Brightglass Island!
A dawning comprehension crosses Ursion's face, and he rushes out to the highest vantage point he can quickly reach to look for the ship. "If she marooned us here, I'll gut her for her trouble."
We could be stranded here? We must find out immediately!
"She wouldn't do that! We have been sea friends! Mates!" Glubby says in disbelief.
He follows Ursion and tries to find his ship. As they walk, his tone gets much darke. "I'm going to drown her in the sea! No one maroons Glubby!"
"Pirates..." Patches hisses the word like a curse.
You are offered a place of respite at the monastery but Squidward also promises to send work to the lizardfolk tribes not to harm you or interfere. Indeed, the Magpie Princess is no where in sight of the island, as you can now tell from your high vantage point.
Maybe we could rope together a couple of sea turtles and make ourselves a raft.
"Maybe the squid thing will take us to the island if we praise the sun Gozreh or something? F*!#$%g, no-honor ship's w*%#es!" Glubby rants as he moves back to the temple.