Tamm examines the door for danger.
(+1 for traps)
The door looks fine, inside you hear a demonic voice chanting and the sound of bubbling like a fountain.
The elf patted Dewdrop and followed behind the others again, Something else had to be down here than just that one strange terrible creature. Though he hoped not.
That chanting... I wonder if we've already reached Tsuto's love. I doubt we're going to have a pleasant conversation in there, interrupting whatever ritual she undertakes. If we would like to retain the element of surprise, we'd better action fast...
She looks around at the members of the group, landing particularly on Loxley and Zeldana.
Does anyone have a way to get us in there quietly, or should we prepare to burst through the door? Got any useful spells for me?
"Chanting?"
Loxley's brow furrows and she moves up to the door. Closing her eyes in concentration she listens, trying to pick out what what's was being said.
"Hopefully it's not a summoning ritual or something similar."
Does anyone have a way to get us in there quietly, or should we prepare to burst through the door? Got any useful spells for me?
Loxley regretfully shakes her head as she listens.
"I'm afraid not."
"Cover the lights and I'll try to open it quietly."
When it's dark, Tamm gently tries to see if the door is locked.
If it is unlocked, he will open it slightly and peek in.
(low light vision)
If it is locked, he will quietly try to pick the lock.
Yeda's eyes light up at Loxley's suggestion of a summoning.
She whispers. Then we need to get in there and stop it!
She nods at Tamm, her sword held in front of her.
My blade is thirsty...
Sazzat you crack open the unlocked door and peer inside. This huge room looks like nothing more than an immense underground cathedral. Stone doors stand to either side of the main entrance, but beyond this, the walls are carved with strange, spiky runes. In the center of the room is a large pool, with a ring of polished human skulls balanced on stone spikes arranged in a circle around the deeper midsection. At the far end of the room, a pair of stone stairways lead up to a pulpit on which sits a second pool, this one triangular and filled with churning, bubbling water that looks almost like translucent lava. Yet while wisps of what looks like heat and steam rise from the strange orange liquid, the room itself is deathly cold.
Sazzat you see a tiny demon above the second pool, and as you open the door the chanting stops. She looks at you and screeches "You dare intrude in the mother's sanctum, prepare to pay for your crime." as she yells this she cuts her wrist, and the drops of blood fall into the pool. A Sinspawn begins to crawl out, and the light from the pool decreases. She looks visibly concerned but turns her attention towards you.
So first up is everyone but Sazzat
Loxley’s attention immediately fell upon the tiny creature.
”A demon.”
She said quietly. Fear and fascination in equal measure in her voice.
And then things began to happen. Her eyes widened as she saw the demon cut itself and allow the dark fluid to fall into the pool below.
”No!”
She cried out uselessly. As the Sinspawn begins to pull itself from the pool Loxley grits her teeth and draws her will in, focusing it into shape. With a sharp gesture and forceful tone she points an almost accusing finger at the demon.
”Forzare.”
A bolt of unerring force erupts from her finger and flies at the demon.
"Right, well looks like we found where that first one came from." Zeldana said as she watched another claw it's way out of the pool.
Giving a chance for the fighters to get in there before herself, Zeldana glared heavily at the winged creature golden eye gleaming
Yeda quips to the little impl. Huh, you don't look like Tsuto's type.
She rushes forward, blade drawn, reaching the top of the stairs.
Following after Yeda he moved torwards the other stair. When he got close enough he threw his first spear with all his might at the Sinspawn.
"Dewdrop defend that stair!"
He ordered pointing to it.
Zeldana stares it down, , Corrin's blade flies wide, and she has no spell resistance to spells so it hit.
The sin spawn fully takes form, and crawls out of the pool. Erylium begins to Mutter arcane words, and while she does her wounds begin to patch up
Yeda takes one step close to the demon and slashes at it.
She feels like she gets pretty good heft on the swing and grunts through it, in her distinctly shoanti way.
Tamm moves into the room, to the foot of the stairs.
Then he casts Vanish on himself.
Loxley moves into the room and draws back an arrow. With Yeda engaging the demon she targets the sinspawn and releases her arrow.
Zeldana looked to the sin spawn as she had the creature above. Focusing her attention upon the creature with a gleaming golden eye.
Yeda runs up and swings the hardest she's ever swung, cleaving into this quasit. They lose the spell and snarl as they look almost dead. She'll fly up 5 feet and then cast a spell on Yeda, roll a will save
and will move towards Yeda and attack
back to top of the round
Yeda drops to the ground, paralyzed.
Tamm moves up to the top of the stairs and stabs the sinspawn from the cover of his invisibility.
He wasnt entirely sure the creature did, but he pulled out another spear and charge up the stair stabbing wildly and angrily at the sinspawn attacking Yeda.
Clearly his anger at seeing Yeda frozen in place had him wildly stabbing at the monster.
With both creatures engaged in melee with Loxley wanted to lower her bow. But she was short on options so she once more drew back and took aim at the sinspawn.
Zeldana saw Yeda freeze and worry flashed across her face before she ran up the stairs and pulled out The Brass Dwarf speaking words of power before fire burst forth from the card.
"Fortune favors the bold." Zeldana said as she flames died down.
Yeda freezes up and falls to the gound. Sazzat pops out and stabs Sinspawn, dealing significant damage Loxley stands another solid shot at the sin spawn. They roll their saves vs burning hands
The demon flies off to the side and once more begins to cast a spell. The sinspawn begins to bite and slash at corrin
Yeda begins to whistle to herself on the ground.
Tamm flubs trying to repeat his attack on the sinspawn....
"ArgAhh! Cursed thing! Dewdrop get up here!"
He called out as the disgusting creature bit him. He slid over and stabbed at the creature again.
"Lox! Zel!Shoot the flappy thing we got this ugly!"
He growled angrily.
Loxley gritted her teeth with a bit of satisfaction as her arrow sunk into the abomination's flesh. She saw the winged demon dart out of melee with the others and hesitated a moment. The arcanist didn't like the sound of it's chanting.
"Lox! Zel!Shoot the flappy thing we got this ugly!"
The hesitation pasted and her aim swung the chanting demon and she let loose another shaft.
"I don't have any ranged weapon!" Zeldana called.
However, looking at how the stairs where how far out the creature was. 'Oh this is a poor idea... but one part brave three parts fool makes a hero they say.'
Zeldana bolted, using the stairs as a lift off point, jumping into the air to grab the creature and try to bring them to the ground.
Sazzat stabs at the Sinspawn but it misses by a large amount. Corrin and Dewdrop go for the Sinspawn and tear them down. Loxley sends an excellent shot at the demon, but it bounces straight off the skin much to your disappointment.
The lady finishes her spell, and a demonic large rat appears and bites at the frozen Yeda (AC 9) and roll a constitution save. She then turns to Loxley and says in her head "Go to sleep little girl, you know you're tired" and you can roll a will save, DC 13.
Group is up
Tamm stabs at the Sinspawn again.
The sinspawn is dead sazzat
Loxley’s eyes narrowed in anger as she cursed and lowered the bow. She started to raise a hand and gather her will.
She then turns to Loxley and says in her head "Go to sleep little girl, you know you're tired" and you can roll a will save, DC 13
Her hand was only half way up when her eyes widened in surprise at the voice in her head. A heart beat later her lids grew heavy and her body began to relax. Her hand fell back to her side and she had the faintest feeling of falling.
He motioned torwards the rat adjusting his grip on his short spear. He growled out as he took aim and threw the spear hard at the flying creature.
"This is what we call a terrible situation." Zeldana muttered as she ran to Loxley and began shaking the bard furiously to get her up. "Come on Loxley! You can't sleep now!"
Sazzat beams the demon, and it begins to shout in panic. Loxley falls unconscious, but Zeldana wakes her. Yeda it was fort, but still a fail. Sazzat has little luck with his check.
The demon Shrieks and flies blindly in the direction of the group, and the rat bites at Corrin rest of the party is up
Tamm fires another Blinding Ray at the flying imp-thing.
(CL 2)
Probably more Dazzling.
"Ow! You stupid dirty rat!"
He growled out pulling out his last spear and stabbing at the rat. Dewdrop followed after it and tried to slam it about with his rack of antlers.
Loxley stirs at Zeldana’s shaking, coming to from the forced slumber. Even though it was only for a moment she can’t be sure how long she was out and it takes a second to remember what happen. Her cheeks redden in embarrassment as she looks up at the the witch then quickly sits up.
” Ah, thank you.”
She manages to stammer out as she gets to her feet with the other women’s help. Her embarrassment quickly turns to anger as she focus on the demon again. Once again Loxley gathers her will as she reaches forward. Her anger sheathing it in cold rage before condensing onto the tip of her finger. Flecks of ice fall from her fingertip and she whisper.
”Shiinea”
A ray of freezing wind and ice erupts from her out stretched finger, aimed at the demon.
"You're welcome!" Zeldana said before she ran by Loxley and made her way up the stairs on the far side closer to Corrin.
She is once more blinded by Sazzat. Corrin and Dewdrop attack the rat, but they both miss. However the rat disappears, as does the paralysis of Yeda.
Her wounds seem to bind themselves
Group is up
Frightend
Zeldana cast a spell then moved to join the group, a bit grossed out that she had to stand over the dead sinspawn, then reached out to touch the rat.