Darius shoots the mummy that Spugnoir softened up and finds out that even though it should have been a proper hit, it has no effect. Also cold doesn' work on undead, so the golem is equally successful.
the mummies come closer to attack Grergof and Darius who offer themselves in the front row.
Grergof ends the mummy that is stupid enough to walk into his reach.
Abomentolor uses a little more fire to get Darius out of his unfortunate position.
Another mummy turns to ashes. The others are frozen in place.
The golem bombs again
cold
Now this is the way all undead should be!
Grergof says gleefully as he moves to the last two frozen mummies.
As the mummies are stuck for minutes Grergof can enjoy them being frozen for a while. Of course they don't last for minutes with the paladin's standard undead treatment. A short while later they are reduced to dust. And with the last mummy gone, the duststorm settles too.
"What is it with the storms here?"
"I could do without them too."
It seems like the land itself is fighting to keep these things in.
Shall we move on?
Grergof heals himself from the dust storm and the last of the dragon breath before he moves forward, keeping his eyes on the sky looking for the Dragon that is still his smite target to come back.
Darius heals himself again. "Yes. Let's not prolong the stay longer than necessary."
As you move further to the center of Adorak suddenly something crashes into the street in front of you. This shakes the ground and a sinkhole opens from which releases a stinking yellow gas.
But the hole is just 10 feet in diameter and the gases a puff spreading only a little beyond the hole.
You hear a deep croaky voice speaking a word, and then silence ensues only disturbed by the wind and some debris sliding down the hole.
Spugnoir heals himself up with his almost depleted CLW wand and then tosses it away(For shame! It gave it's life for you!)
Spugnoir drinks an extract of Heroism
"Hehe. Smells like failure." Abomentolor states in face of the underwhelming effect in front of them.
"Shall we try a more hidden approach? Or do we have any options for that? Invisibility? Hide from undead? Something along that lines?"
I have one invisibility extract
I don't Grergof says simply as he places himself between the pit an the group, with his mace out ready to smack anything that comes near.
You Lead, I'll guard
Besides the hole spilling out more stinking gases nothing happens.
As the group moves further towards the center you notice something dancing through the air getting closer from all directions. Only half real figures, ugly abominations from your worst nightmares.
Hide or fight? I can just fight
Grergof says with a worried glance around.
Spugnoir uses Death Ward on Abo so his spindly gnome arms don't get drained(15 minutes)
Darius applies a deathward from his wand to Grergof.
As there is time, Abomentolor casts enlarge person on Grergof.
A circle of eight translucent things that have a flexible shape and appearance closes around the group. And the circle gets ever smaller. They look like the monster from under the bed you feared as a child, the evil creature from your worst nightmare, that monster from the traumatizing fight you almost lost your life to.
Abomentolor slaps the party with a protection from evil communal.
One of the Nightmares hits Darius with a phantasmal killer.
HP 110/110
AC 17/12/15 (21/14/19 with Mutagen)
Saves F13/R13/W9 9 Fear Poison Immune
Weapon in hand:
Special effects:Heroism(+2 attack/skills/saves)Deathward on Abo(15 minutes)
Bombs:19/21
Spugnoir tosses two holy bombs at a dream while the Golem chucks oen as well
Electricity
Those things are very evasive and only one bomb hits and then to limited effect. The nightmarish things then throw their magic at the group.
Darius is not impressed by what is thrown at him. But to make sure no one else is harmed by these unreal things he casts holy aura to protect everyone.
Abomentolor yawns, but manages to stay awake.
Spugnoir needs some coffee.
Grergof charges up and tries to hit one of the Nighmares
I may not be able to do much to these things..
Grergof routinely hits the creature, but the weapon passes through it, offering only minoor resistance. The last nightmare throws a confusion spell at Darius.
Abomentolor tries fire on the merry go round. The round area of fire has a dent on one side where it avoids Spugnoir.
The effect on the creatures is very limited.
HP 110/110
AC 17/12/15 (21/14/19 with Mutagen)
Saves F13/R13/W9 9 Fear Poison Immune
Weapon in hand:
Special effects:Heroism(+2 attack/skills/saves)Deathward on Abo(15 minutes),Holy Aura
Bombs:19/21
Spugnoir splashes everyone with a haste elixir!
The nightmares keep going round and round and throw their magic at the group.
HP 110/110
AC 17/12/15 (21/14/19 with Mutagen)
Saves F13/R13/W9 9 Fear Poison Immune
Weapon in hand:
Special effects:Heroism(+2 attack/skills/saves)Deathward on Abo(15 minutes),Holy Aura,Haste(+1 Hit,Ac,Reflex)
Bombs:14/21
Spugnoir starts rapid firing Holy Bombs at the nightmares
Golem chucks a bomb
Electric
This may take a bit.
Dawnbringer bless This mace with your light!
Darius summons a spiritual weapon to beat those things.
Abomentolor is annoyed by this constant attempts at getting him out of his mind. But he hasn't any idea what could be done effectively.
Spugnoir hits with three bombs, but the golem's aim is off. Darius finds a weapon that works properly against those things and aiming it at the common target of Spugnoir and Grergof he manages to end it.
Abomentolor burns his favorite targets some more, but ending them that way will take a lot of time.
As none of their magic worked so far the bad dreams close in and attack.
Sarenray Give me victory!
Finally!
Grergof refreshes himself and gets ready for the next round.
"Come over pal." Darius calls Grergof, steps away from the creatures himself and slaps the paladin with a heal spell.
The spiritual weapon attacks another one of the creatures.
Abomentolor grins maniacally, as the annoying bad dreams all come closer. He steps away to cast unhindered. His studies in sparing his companions finally pay off.
"That's right, come all here and take that!"
Then the whole area is doused in brutal fire that singes even those hair that are spared.
Darius force sword cuts into one of the enemies. Then everything disappears in fire. As the fire-cloud dissipates three of the bad dreams are gone and the rest look... it isn't burnt, but they don't look good.
HP 80/110
AC 17/12/15 (21/14/19 with Mutagen)
Saves F13/R13/W9 9 Fear Poison Immune
Weapon in hand:
Special effects:Heroism(+2 attack/skills/saves)Deathward on Abo(15 minutes),Holy Aura,Haste(+1 Hit,Ac,Reflex)
Bombs:10/21
Spugnoir furiously keeps unloading with the holy bombs
Fire
Spugnoir is on a roll and sends one bad dream after another into the land of eternal dreams. Each bomb is a hit, and only the last thing doesn't explode immediately. And even the Golem hits this time and makes the last one bite the dust.
Wow. That was.... Impressive!
Grergof is shocked by how rapidly the creatures were destoyed.
We gotta start making detours if we find spots like these.
"Gah! They are still dancing in my head."
Spugnoir uses Lesser Restore on Abo
As Spugnoir hands the extract to Abomentolor, Darius stops him. "I don't believe that will help. Those animated dreams curse the victim and drain them of wisdom. Lesser restoration can't fix that."
"Too bad I didn't prepare any remove curse spells."