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Hanlin steps up to your fallen friend, stretches out his healing hand, and pulls her back from the brink of certain death.
The hell hound coughs up a few puffs of smoke, but no flames. Its jowls snap at Bishop, but the rogue evades its bite.
Ogash
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Hanlin
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Hell Hound
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Bishop
Vegazi
Erlathan
Lord Braggett & Kibble
Nina & Inky
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"H...Holy smokes," Nina gasps as the tiefling lays Vegazi low with two vicious strikes. While Hanlin tends to her and Bishop lays into the hell hound, she resolves to do what she can to take at least one combatant out of the fight and begins to cast. She points and a slick pool of grease forms on the floor underneath the hound!
"Down boy, down!"
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Bishop fakes out the devil dog, and the sneak spits the creature on the end of his dagger.
Nina holds where she's at and flicks a spoonful of butter toward the enemy. Both fiends drop like fritters in a deep fryer!
Ogash
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Hanlin
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Hell Hound
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Bishop
Vegazi
Erlathan
Lord Braggett & Kibble
Nina & Inky
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"Vegazi!" Lord Braggett exclaims in horror as his newest comrade falls to the vicious assault of her half-sister. He then focuses his gaze on Ogash, his eyes narrowed in concentration as Nina turns the tide of the battle, "Good show, Lady Brightspark! Now let us show this devil woman, with evil on her mind, that she's just a devil woman, and we knights will always prevail against her kind. CHAAAAARGE!" He charges back into the fray, trailing smoke from his still smouldering eyebrows.
Free action: Ride check to Attack in same round as Kibble
Swift action: Challenge Ogash (AC 21 vs. Ogash, 18 vs. everything else)
Full action: Cavalier Charge (no AC penalty for charge)
Kibble:
Full action: Charge (AC 17 for one round)
The first time Kibble is hit in a round, Braggett will use the Mounted Combat feat, and as an immediate action to try and negate any damage. The hit is negated if the Ride check result is greater than the opponent's attack roll.
For the first two adjacent allies (including Braggett) who are targeted for an attack, Kibble will use the Bodyguard feat to use an AoO and boost their AC.
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As Erlathan's summoning magic completes, a small eagle appears, furiously beating its wings from next to Nina. Strangely, it has tentacles hanging from its wings.
"Away, humble Birdlathan! Get 'em!" The arcanist commands, rushing south into the hallway. The eagle hovers above the hellhound and swipes with his tentacle-talon.
Meanwhile, Erlathan twists his wand and activates it, evoking another magic missile.
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Smokin' Lord Braggett and Kibble kick the tiefling while she's down, sword and fang drawing blood.
Erlathan summons an eagle, and as its talons rake the tiefling, he fires a magic missile that takes out the hell hound.
Ogash shrieks in rage, and she tries to fend off the anticipated blows as she stands up.
Ogash
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Hanlin
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Hell Hound
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Bishop
Vegazi
Erlathan
Summoned Eagle
Lord Braggett & Kibble
Nina & Inky
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Braggett swings his flaming sword at Ogash's chest as Kibble goes in for the legs, "Haha! It seems your mother will not be getting her sacrifice today."
Free action: Ride check to Attack in same round as Kibble
Standard action: Attack Ogash
Kibble:
Standard action: Attack Ogash
The first time Kibble is hit in a round, Braggett will use the Mounted Combat feat, and as an immediate action to try and negate any damage. The hit is negated if the Ride check result is greater than the opponent's attack roll.
For the first two adjacent allies (including Braggett) who are targeted for an attack, Kibble will use the Bodyguard feat to use an AoO and boost their AC.
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Bishop hops down from the sarcophagus, finds his footing in the puddle of grease, and opens a bloody smile beneath Ogash's left pectoral.
Lord Braggett and Kibble slash and nibble, and Ogash replies, "Ische ga bibble?"
Ogash
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Hanlin
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Hell Hound
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Bishop
Vegazi
Erlathan & Summoned Eagle
Lord Braggett & Kibble
Nina & Inky
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"We've got her on the ropes now! Come on Inky, time to do the Truffle Shuffle!" Nina calls. Inky groans loudly as she lightly steps around Lord Braggett and Kibble to stand behind Birdlathan. "Can't you just say, 'Hey Inky, step behind the guy' like a normal person?" the eidolon responds.
No longer concerned about having to use silver Nina drops her mace and draws her longspear, attempting to skewer the pesky tiefling as she cries, "For the Light!"
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Nina sets aside her mace in favor of her longspear and imbues it with a fraction of her arcane power. But the wiry Ogash pivots sideways, and the lance glances off her breastplate and passes over her right shoulder.
The infernal canine felled, and suffering from multiple wounds of her own, the tiefling growls realizing it's time to flee. But the elf spellcaster blocks the only exit. In her rage, she doesn't hesitate.
One blade of her orc double axe erupts in flame, and Ogash tries to remove the only obstacle to her escape.
Ogash
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Hanlin
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Hell Hound
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Bishop
Vegazi
Erlathan
Summoned Eagle
Lord Braggett
Kibble
Nina
Inky
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Ogash flees through the gauntlet, dodging some of the blows, but failing to evade Nina's longspear and Lord Braggett's longsword.
Sweat and blood streaming, the frantic tiefling swings her flaming double axe at Erlathan and nearly cleaves him in twain. But like the Spartans at Thermopylae, the elf holds the pass.
Ogash
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Hanlin
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Hell Hound
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Bishop
Vegazi
Erlathan
Summoned Eagle
Lord Braggett & Kibble
Nina & Inky
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Bishop quickly pursues the fleeing tiefling dashing past his companions he weaves defensively in between the tiefling and the injured elf before back flipping to cut off the tiefling in case she thinks to escape.
Trying to move past Erlathan proves to be difficult as the uncoordinated gets in Bishop's way.
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Bishop makes a risky move to reinforce Erlathan, preventing the tiefling's escape through the narrow hallway.
As the rogue passes by her, Ogash flails her axe at him, but Bishop blocks the haft with his forearm.
Ogash
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Hanlin
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Hell Hound
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Bishop
Vegazi
Erlathan
Summoned Eagle
Lord Braggett & Kibble
Nina & Inky
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Lord Braggett is starting to build a healthy respect for the extremely tough Ogash, but feels even more respect for the unarmoured elf who is currently standing his ground against her onslaught, "Haha, good show, Sir Erlathan! Stand firm, my friend, and remember that pain is just the Galtan word for bread..." He cheers before charging in at the tiefling's side, swinging perhaps a little too enthusiastically for his own good, "Ha! Strike now comrades, while I have her distracted with my masterful feints..." All the while, Kibble continues snapping clumsily at Ogash's ankles.
Free action: Ride check to Attack in same round as Kibble
Standard action: Attack Ogash
Kibble:
5' Step
Standard action: Attack Ogash
The first time Kibble is hit in a round, Braggett will use the Mounted Combat feat, and as an immediate action to try and negate any damage. The hit is negated if the Ride check result is greater than the opponent's attack roll.
For the first two adjacent allies (including Braggett) who are targeted for an attack, Kibble will use the Bodyguard feat to use an AoO and boost their AC.
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Lord Braggett gallops over to the tiefling, sword singing and saddle bells ringing, rousing his friends with his stirring rhetoric. Kibble snaps at Ogash, canines clacking on nothing but air.
Ogash
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Hanlin
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Hell Hound
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Bishop
Vegazi
Erlathan
Summoned Eagle
Lord Braggett & Kibble
Nina & Inky
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"GAH!" Erlathan grumbles, grabbing his side as he watches the flesh cauterize from the flaming axe. He attempts to wipe the blood off of his cloak as a free action. "What did you do that for! This is going to take multiple passes through the dry cleaner, and I was really saving up for a staff. Ugh." With that, he ducks into the northern hall past Bishop.
Meanwhile, faithful servant Birdlathan dives towards Ogash for another talon-strike.
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"I said where do you think you're going?" Nina calls out as Inky steps up behind her fellow gnome and tries jabbing at Ogash yet again with her longspear. "And it's bad form to attack someone that's not even armored or carrying a weapon," she adds, though Ogash might think otherwise after having been peppered with magic missiles.
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Nina spurs her intrepid eidolon and charges the fearsome Ogash Kalseph's-Daughter. Her lance strikes true, impaling the tiefling through her infernal heart. The smell of hellfire, brimstone and vacated bowels permeates the crowded corridor like gassy strangers crammed into a long elevator ride.
Nina Hellspawn-slayer, adrenaline-crazed eyes wide and frazzled purple hair askew, raises her arms in triumph!
Incandescence sits back on her haunches and flexes her left paw and claws in some kind of Bloodcove-gangsta sign. "Meow, b%$#%!" The eidolon arches one dextrous eyebrow. Girl better ease up on them spurs, tho', yo.
Hell Hound
Vegazi
Erlathan
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Like vultures around ripening carrion, you fall upon the tie fling's gear.
Ogash had a masterwork orc double axe, three throwing axes, a smokestick, a climber’s kit, hemp rope (50 ft.), a locked gauntlet, masterwork manacles, and a signal horn. She had 91gp in her belt pouch.
Ogash wears a black feather necklace, almost identical to that worn by her sister Jagan the witch.
You take some time to lick your wounds, before deciding what to do next. You've cleared out the northern and eastern sections of the catacombs. Who knows what evil lurks in the southern chambers?
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"Hooyah! We did it!" Nina cheers, leaping off of Inky and doing a gnomish happy dance. Mid-dance however, she stops. "Oh gosh, Vegazi! She's still hurt! Come on Hanlin, we have to get her moving again!"
Once Vegazi has been brought round and the rest of their wounds tended to, the multitalented gnome turns her attention to the various items found on Ogash's person.
"Uhm...I think one of these is a potion of Cure Light Wounds and maybe another one is, too," she finally announces. "Don't know about any of this other stuff, though."
"It's...a necklace? That's all I can really say about it," Nina announces after giving the necklace a quick look. "Anyhoo, once we're feeling ready to go again we should finish looking around in here. It wouldn't do to leave a job half-done!"
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Lord Braggett also cheers their glorious victory, "Ha ha, nicely done! Right through the heart." He hops off of Kibble, and heads over to Ogash to inspect her body, "There will be songs about this day, I'm sure of it! They will sing of how we defeated the devil army and pierced the heart of their leader, saving the people of Arwyll Stead from certain doom." The self-promotional knight starts absently humming a few bars of 'The Knights of Arwyll Stead' as he sniffs the potions, "You're right, Lady Brightspark, this second one is also a healing potion, and the third is an oil to give weapons magical properties..."
He offers his wand to Hanlin to use on Vegazi, but also to patch up Kibble and Braggett himself, "'Tis just a scratch, but it doesn't hurt to heal when able."
By the time everyone is ready to clear out the rest of the catacombs, Braggett has already started to sing one of the songs he will humbly submit to the local bards. After all, he knows that there will be many songs to write in the coming days about his heroism, and he doesn't want to overwork the poor bards by making them write them all themselves.
♫ Her blades were still on fire and her heart was made of steel
Her horns were black and shiny and her hot breath they could feel
A bolt of fear went through her as they thundered through the tomb
For she saw the knights coming hard, and she knew that she was doomed
Yippie yi ooh
Yippie yi yay
The Knights of Arwyll Stead ♫
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Hanlin nods in thanks, taking the wand and giving three blasts of holy goodness to Vegazi before handing it back to Braggett. "That should be enough to at least get things rolling." He reaches down and grabs the half orc's hand to help her rise to her feet. Afterwards he stoops down and retrieves her bow for her.
"I must apologize, but your sister, she didn't not make it. Please accept my words of comfort in this time of grieving." He says in a serious tone.
Once some scrolls appear Hanlin offers to translate them for the others: "Hrm, arcane scrolls here. Looks like there are two scrolls of magic missile and one scroll of ray of enfeeblement." He hands them to tall, pale, and tentacle chin.
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Erlathan swaps his marble wand for a black, tarnished one, tapping himself with it twice.
"I do so humbly offer my wand as an alternate healing source, Hanlin," Erlathan smiles. "Dreaded demon nearly cleaved me in two. Even a touch of magical armor isn't enough for a flaming sword that big. Speaking of armor..."
He looks over the spiked breastplate with glowing eyes.
.. Then smacks himself in the forehead. "Hah. Guess what it is, guys? Exactly what it looks like. A +1 breastplate with armor spikes." He sighs. "You'd think whoever created this thing would've come up with a more creative name. Why not call it Spikesuit? Or Stoneskin? No, we're going to call it a breastplate with armor spikes. I mean, really?" He scoffs, throwing his hands up. It was clear the strike he took earlier was getting to him. Even for Erlathan, he sounded ridiculous. "Next, they're going to rename alchemist's fire into volatile red liquid that explodes on impact."
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Hanlin gives Erlathan a curious look as he 'heals' himself with his wand. "That's a strange healing wand for sure my friend. Why does it work so slowly? And it looks... morbid."
As he describes the suit of armor Hanlin's eyebrows raise up a bit "A fine suit of armor, especially after it is cleaned and polished a bit. Not sure I'm a fan of the spikes, though I guess they could come in handy if a beast hand you in its jaws." The name is a bit bland, but not everything needs to stand out as unique!
Bishop's question does raise some level of concern "Hopefully we can find this out. Maybe Vegazi here will have some insights when she regains her composure."
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Bishop stalks over to the unconscious hell hound and gives it the business end of his dagger.
Nina, Lord Braggett, and Erlathan identify the numerous magic items among Ogash's sundry equipment.
Erlathan uses one of his wands to rub a little infernal stank on himself, drumming his fingers on an Arwyll family sarcophagus as the horrible axe wound slowly stitches shut.
Lord Braggett heals himself and his wolf Kibble, then hands his wand of cure light wounds to Hanlin, who uses it to heal some of Vegazi's wounds.
The half-orc takes Hanlin's arm and pulls herself up, grimacing in pain. "Once more, you've earned my thanks, priest" She accepts the two healing potions, gulps them down, and wipes her mouth on her sleeve. "Pray to your god that Pharasma holds no grudges against those who rescue the dying from the River of Souls."
Vegazi stares down at the corpse of Ogash and releases a deep, slow sigh of dismay. "It's clear now that my mother Kelseph and my half-sisters are seeking to capture me—and wreak havoc on Arwyll Stead in the process. Hell knows why."
You search the Arwyll crypt and find nothing else disturbed. You find no hidden portals, only another narrow exit in the southwest corner.
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Hanlin shrugs his shoulders as the search comes up empty "Guess we continue our search through this narrow passageway here." He says, pointing to the southern end of the room. He recasts the glowing light on his shield, draws out his wand of bubbly blessings with it before heading onward with the others.
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"Be careful," Nina cautions as Bishop takes the lead towards the southern passage. "We kicked up a super-big ruckus just now so if there's anything else hiding down here, it probably knows we're coming," she points out, displaying a surprising bit of wisdom...for Nina.
"That's a nice breastplate, even if the armor spikes are kinda tacky," the gnome remarks as they prepare to set forth again. "But wearing heavier and heavier armor makes it harder for me to use my magic so I don't know if it would be worth it. Maybe Lord Braggett or Hanlin could use it?"
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"I couldn't possibly wear armour like that, the risk of stabbing Sir Kibble would be too great... Besides, Sir Hanlin seems quite taken with the breastplate." Lord Braggett says as he searches through the loot and picks up the signal horn, "Now this is more my style! Think of how magnificent it would be to face the horde of devils above, heroically sounding the charge with this fine instrument..."
Hopping back into the saddle, Braggett follows Bishop with flaming sword and shield at the ready, "Let us clear this place of evil! Lead the way Sir, we have your back..."
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When Lord Braggett offers Vegazi the black feather necklaces her hellspawn half-sisters had worn, she looks at him blankly for a moment. Then, a ghost of an ironic smile curls her lips. "Twice has Kelseph sent her favored daughters against me. She seems determined to arrange our reunion. If it must be so, I would be pleased to show what became of my sisters sent to subjugate me."
She takes the gifts and, bowing her head, places the necklaces of raven feathers around her neck.
She grips her longbow. "Let us purge this place of any lingering minions of my mother."
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As you approach the southwest corner of the Arwyll Crypt, you can see in the dim light five plain stone sarcophagi lie along the walls of the rectangular burial chamber.
Important citizens of Arwyll Stead, including the longest-standing priests of Iomedae and several friends of Daniela and Eston Arwyll, are interred in sarcophagi in this room.
Their eternal rest is disturbed by two lemures lurching over the various sarcophagi here, trying to fit through small fissures and cracks to search for another way out of the catacombs.
The two mindless denizens of Hell appear oblivious to you and to the fate of their erstwhile allies.
Vegazi steps forward into the short, narrow passage and fires her longbow at the red-hued lemure, wounding the devil.
Erlathan
Lord Braggett & Kibble
Vegazi
Hanlin
Nina & Inky
Bishop