Spugnoir baps himself with his CLW wand
Darius casts a heling spell on Stam. "Here you go."
While the others heal, Grergof steps through the door trying to keep the witch from getting away.
To no ones surprise the witch hasn't waited for someone to follow. A pair of large windows in this study look out upon the terrace. Through a large double door one gets on this terrace and is outside. The witch is nowhere seen.
A layer of soil covers this outdoor terrace, teeming with small flowering trees and shrubs. A stone table with twin benches sits by the eastern balcony, next to a small herb garden.
She flew the coop again. Sigh.
"I for sure wouldn't stay, if you kicked down my door." Darius jokes.
Let us search the rest of this floor carefully. Spugnoir nods tot he East.
Spugnoir opens the door to the east. A massive canopy bed dominates this chamber, next to a comfortable seating area centered around an ornate rug. Twin dressers stand on either side of the bed, and paintings of the Ustalavic countryside hang on the southern wall.
As that is without with, Spugnoir moves on and searches the rest . A sturdy, if spartan, bed, dresser, and table with a single chair occupy each of these small bedrooms. Obviously guest rooms. One has an empty coffin next to the bed.
Time for some coffin sabotage.
I wouldn't wait around either, she may be back so we best be on our guard." Stam says following Spugnoir around and looking in the magical spectrum for anything in the rooms.
She may be invisible, or flying up above waiting for us. Grergof says as he quickly looks out the closest window trying to see what he can see. Then ducks back as soon as he sees if the witch is flying around.
No witch is seen outside through the window.
Spugnoir sprinkles holy water into the coffin after making sure it isn't trapped
"I would need a general location for my spell to make her visible if she wasn't." Stam says as he continues to search the rooms.
"She is not invisible within 60 feet for ten more minutes." Darius tells. "At least not with normal magic invisibility."
No doubt holed up somewhere or getting more forces. Where we heading now?
"What do we have left? The basement? I wish she had just talked to us instead of turning me in to a toad." Stam says visibly frustrated.
"We tend to not bring out the talky side in people, do we?" Darius tells, while walking out ofn the terrace. "There is this other building, we haven't visited yet."
We can try that one then.
"After you." Darius politely leaves the lead to someone else.
"One more thing. We didn't properly search these rooms for a proper compensation for out efforts."
In the Library
The books and scrolls on the table also hide a libram on transformative blood magic. The book is also a spellbook, and contains the following wizard spells: clone, horrid wilting, insanity, iron body, transformation, and vision.
In the lab
In addition to the vials of lich dust, the bubbling cauldron in the fireplace is a cauldron of brewing. It contains a half-completed batch of what you can't definitely tell off your head.
There are rearch notes, and beneath them are four scrolls of protection
from evil. Finally, a small, elaborate glass vial sits in a velvet lined coffer on the table, containing just two or three drops of a golden fluid.
Spugnoir uses his massive alchemist brain to figure out the golden fluid.
Grab what you can. I think we still have to search more. We still are missing the information on where the way is. Surely that information must be here someplace.
Grergof stands watch as the others search.
Sun Orchid Elixer! A youth potion! But there is only enough for getting 12 years younger.
12 Years is quite a find. But we are not looking for that right now. Has anyone found any more information on the Whispering Way? If not we may have to go back to the basement.
The basement sounds like a good choice.
"There are some papers about bloodbrew elixier. Sounds like doping for vampires. But nothing about The Way."
"Where in the basement shall we look? Did we miss something there?" Barius inquires, going through his memories.
"This spell book contains spells I don't have but could use and copy then possibly sell maybe." Stam says picking the book up and putting it in his pack. "A few rooms below then the other out building like Darius says." Stam tightens his pack and picks up his quarter staff ready to move out.
Lets go down.
Grergof leads the group down to see if they can find anything in the basement.
The rank smell of blood fills this dark chamber, overlain by the even stronger scent of garlic emanating from several cloves strung inside the doors. Four bodies lie prostrate on the slightly slanted floor. Blood and other fluids drain from several hollow sticks perforating their skin, trickling through individual troughs to collect in large basins against the back wall.
This room once served as an embalming chamber for bodies buried in the abbey’s catacombs. One of the basins near the far wall is filled with water rather than vampiric humors, and contains several severed heads floating within.
Guarding over the scene are four humanoids completely made of wood, whose arms end in sharpened stakes.
Grergof charges and smashes his flail into the first golem.
I'm not letting these dangerous things stay here!
AC 27 due to charge.
Grergof temporarily changes his profession to wood cutter. The wooden golems swarm and stab him. The one he hits also answers the heavy hit with a barrage of splinters.
Grergof goes to work turning the animated monsters into expensive firewood. Meanwhile his armor absorbs most of the hits until one golem splinters right in his face.
As he bashes away he starts to sing softly to himself.
Oh I’m a lumberjack and I’m ok,
I sleep all night and I work all day.
Attack 2
Attack 3
Then he quickly refreshes himself as he bashes away.
Grergof gets rid of one golem. But the remaining one takes it's place.
AC 17/12/15 (21/14/17 with mutagen) (+25/18/21 with mutagen and shield spell)
Saves F11/R11/W7 9 Fear Poison Immune
Weapon in hand:Mace+1
Special effects: Mutagen ,Heroism(+2 saves,attack,skills),Shield spell(+4 AC)
Bombs:5/18
Spugnoir throws two fire bombs at a golem, making sure not to harm his allies
Darius tries if his rusty sword skills are any good against those.
The wood golem goes up in flames. Now it's a charcoal golem. Darius also manages to do some wood carving.
This gives the wood golem another target.
Also both golems throw splinters, now that so many enemies are in sight.
10
7
"They are immune to my magics, I won't be much help here." Stam says pulling out his cross bow and loading it.
Stay back, They can barely breach my armor. No need to make others get hurt.
Attack 2
Attack 3
Then he quickly refreshes himself as he bashes away.
Grergof finishes the coal golem and hits his other target once more.
AC 17/12/15 (21/14/17 with mutagen) (+25/18/21 with mutagen and shield spell)
Saves F11/R11/W7 9 Fear Poison Immune
Weapon in hand:Mace+1
Special effects: Mutagen ,Heroism(+2 saves,attack,skills),Shield spell(+4 AC)
Bombs:4/18
Spugnoir throws one fire bomb at the damaged one, making sure it doesn't hurt his allies
Darius feel confidence swelling up in him after that blow to the golem. He steps to the next and slashes at it with his longsword.
But the confidence doesn't last long.