Thyra realizes her battleaxe is increasingly ineffective against these skeletons will attempt to bash one with her shield.
"Hang in there, we've nearly got 'em!"
Thyra clobbers a skeleton, sending it to the floor in pieces!
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Mirrel strikes once more, wishing for a more effective weapon.
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Spider maintains his assault, either ignoring or oblivious to the inefficacy of his weapons.
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Halsere bursts forth fire at the last one for damage.
Spidre manages to wear down a skeleton, but the others can't seem to land a hit!
The final skeleton attacks Mirrel!
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The five of you then focus-fire the remaining skeleton into oblivion.
Under the bed, you find the skeletons' treasure! There's 738gp worth of cash, a diamond worth 61gp, an emerald worth 33gp, a pearl worth 112gp, a sapphire worth 48gp, a very fancy-looking shield, and an exquisite longsword.
Thyra sits down in a chair, if any survived the fight, for a breather and digs out a healing potion to drink.
"I think I'll drink one of them healin' potions before we move on if we don't need ta rest. Also if everyone is okay, I might take that there shield, looks like it can replace my current one. "
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Spidre looks at the bed, almost as if considering whether he should lie in it.
Halsere casts detect magic as a ritual.
"I wouldn't object to a rest, but I can press on if needed."
While the rest of the party is trying to decide whether to rest or not, Halsere spends a few minutes casting detect magic. As he likely suspected, the sword and shield from among the treasure are indeed magical. Additionally, the armor Thyra took from the ruined armory down the hall is magical as well. The school of magic for these auras is transmutation.
"Ehhh we got us a couple more fights in us I'm sure, this magical gear can wait a few hours more I'm sure."
Thyra will strap on the new shield and will try and tie her old shield onto her backpack just in case she needs it later.
Spidre appears to decide against skelly-bed, and looks back up at the party.
Thyra chugs a potion, and you continue your exploration of the subterranean ruins. Several minutes and a few empty rooms later, you eventually come across a rather ominous chamber.
The room is square, about 25-30 feet on a side, and the entranceway in which you stand is almost 15 feet wide. In each corner of the room stands a suit of armor, complete with sword and shield, on display as one might see in a museum. In the center of the room is a statue in the likeness of a human man with fangs. This center statue wears a key on a fine chain around its neck; the head of the key is shaped like a stylized dragon head.
The statue resembles a man named Koriszegy, a powerful noble-turned-necromancer who tried to conquer all the land with an undead army many centuries ago, though in the end he was defeated and killed. Some old landmarks still bear his name.
The suits of armor do not appear to be supported by any sort of frame or other structure.
Read the History spoiler above. During your seclusion, you had a vision that this man has returned.
Spidre looks to the statue in the center of the room and creates a long hiss from behind his mask.
"Hmph, I don' like this. I know this man, a long dead Necromancer. I heard stories of paladins of Torm fighting his armies of the undead."
Thyra eyes the suits of armor suspiciously as well, "I think this is a trap. ."
Mirrel nods in agreement. "Indeed. What's holding them up? If we're going to try for the key, I think we should do so from here, where it's much more defensible. Do you have any tricks for lifting the key from a distance, Halsere?"
Halsere casts Unseen Servant and uses it to take the key from the room/.
Thyra braces herself for things to get hairy watching the suits of armor for any sign of movement.
No sooner does the key fly over the heads of the frontliners and into Halsere's hands, than the statue roars out, "THIEVES!"
The statue and the suits of armor animate and attack!
Thyra and Halsere are the first to react!
Thyra will move into the entry way about 10 feet so people have room to maneuver around her and then ready an attack for the first statue that gets close to her.
"I knew it!"
Halsere lets loose a firebolt at the same target as Thrya.
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The statue begins to step forward and Halsere hits it with a bolt of flame, which appears to do next to nothing.
When the statue reaches the forward-standing Thyra, she lashes out, hitting it hard, but finding its stone body to be very sturdy!
The statue then reaches for the dwarf, its fanged mouth open wide!
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Thyra manages to avoid the attack!
We should run!
"Let's see how you fare with that maul, Pietro. Perhaps if we fall back down the corridor, we can limit ourselves to fighting only one or two at a time."
Mirrel also casts a spell at the statue and closest suits of armor before falling back fifteen feet or so down the corridor.
"Run?! Nay, we can't letta monster like this man live, even in stone image!"
"I like your spirit, Thyra. But maybe it would be better to fight two at a time, rather than all five?"
"Lítil göng gera fyrir mörgum dauðum óvinum."
"Við munum hann ætti hef sagt það var taktísk draga."
"Aye, let's fall back some, shoulda ta shoulda in the doorway."
Even as Mirrel urges Thyra to fall back, the suits of armor converge on her!
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Thyra defends herself as best she can, but still takes two heavy blows!
Thyra will duck and tactically withdraw, not run, from the suits of armor and statue.
"aargh they fight well for empty suits of armor"
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With a deafening cacophony, the enemies quite literally explode, with chunks of stone and segments of armor flying every which way and crashing into each other in midair. A single suit of armor remains standing, but the five of you quickly put it down.
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I am more than impressed. Have you another such blast in you?
Halsere takes 10 minutes to cast detect magic as a ritual.
"I would need to rest for a short while, so I can pray for continued favor from Njord. A chance for Thyra and myself to bind our wounds would be appreciated anyway. While we do that, perhaps you can look for remaining enchantments on these armors."
Spidre pauses to meditate amongst the rubble.
"This cleric... I must reconsider the path of my training."
Halsere determines that the remains of the recent attackers contain no residual magic, though the dragon key is, unsurprisingly, faintly magical.
Thyra will hold off on taking a suit of Full-Plate for now, her half-plate has some magical qualities and until she knows for certain she'll stick with her magical half-plate and shield.
After resting and shuffling up your equipment a bit, you resume your exploration, only to find within a few minutes that you've explored the entire area, except what lies behind the Dragon Door. Returning there, you place the key in the impression in the dragon-head's forehead, and the door slides open, retracting into the wall. Beyond lies a long, dark, narrow corridor.
The corridor has several twists and turns, before eventually terminating at a smallish room which appears to have no other entrances or exits. A small skull is embedded in the far wall.
You notice a small, semi-circular groove in the floor. Looking at where its ends meet the back wall, you can barely make out the edges of a secret door. It seems that when activated, a large section of the wall, along with part of the floor, would probably rotate 180 degrees, moving whoever is standing there into the next room. If you get cuddly, you could all get through at once. The skull in the wall is probably the activation method; likely a mechanical knob to turn or something.
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Spidre uses the tip of his sword to trace an outline on the floor and back wall.
Thyra watches Spidre intently, noticing his movements both subtle and not, however she is more distracted by her allies thorny disposition she is unable to notice anything else.
"Spidre, do ya want this Magical Half Plate? I'm not nearly agile enough ta use it well."
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Spidre nods slowly at Thyra's offer and begins taking off his robe.
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Mirrel spends some time examining the area Spidre indicated.
"If we turn this skull, I think this whole section is going to pivot. Provided we don't mind getting cozy, I think we'll all be able to fit."