You hear someone outside try to open the door that closed, rattle it a few times, then move off. Just before the person tries rattling the other door, you again hear the sound of a key in the lock. The person outside soon starts throwing their body at the door.
"Careful, Ty," Sir Rollynd says, "I have a bad feeling about that voice."
"Everything here gives me a bad feeling. That's why I'm not answering its question."
Ty has his spear and shield at the ready.
Without a word, Thanephos raises his bow and prepares to fire at whatever is on the other side of the door.
Rhylellia will raise her bow to prepare a shot. While Alexis will shift her stance to await whatever new horror is on its way. Every time with this horrid place. If it is an angry piece of furniture I am going to scream.
"Take care. There are two of them," Sir Rolland whispers.
A tiny voice near the second door begins to giggle in a mostly-insane manner.
"The slip is right." says the first voice, "He wears the symbols of the Inheritor, but still I ask, whom do you serve?"
Wordlessly, Ty continues to advance towards the voice. He won't attack unless attacked, first.
Does anybody wish to engage with the disembodied voice or do you attempt something more aggressive?
Alexis moves t follow Ty, Most customs dictate that you should introduce yourself first.
"But you have intruded in my home. If you are that shy, however, I am Zagog, priest of Aroden in this shrine. Long have I lingered here, waiting for rescue."
Does anybody wish to engage with the disembodied voice or do you attempt something more aggressive?
Sorry, but what more information do you need for Ty's action? He's trying to get a visual on the source of the voice.
Does anybody wish to engage with the disembodied voice or do you attempt something more aggressive?Sorry, but what more information do you need for Ty's action? He's trying to get a visual on the source of the voice.
Alexis nudges Ty and mumbles Well?
"We all serve Iomedae, directly or indirectly, in this endeavour. Are you a lingering spirit, or some other manner of creature?"
"A lingering spirit? Yes, yes, I have lingered a long time, ever since the Asmodeans rose up and overthrew us. I am the spirit of Hallisal, a cleric of Aroden who ministered to the Arodenite soldiers stationed in this Citadel. Once the barrier appeared, and Lord Kreel was bound to the upper floor, the Asmodeans smothered most of us in our beds and defiled our shrine. Have you come to rescue us?"
Taking the silence of the others as a need to speak up instead lest the little man do something strange Alexis speaks up, Yes.
Ty is still interested in getting a visual of the source of the voice. He keeps moving towards the voice until he can see it.
Alexis moves beside Ty as he continues forward. Her weapons are still out, not out of fear of the voice but of any surprise attack that could happen in the cursed place.
Ty is pretty sure he can see the place from where the voice comes, and there's nothing there.
"How do you plan to get u...me out of here? How did you get in here?" the voice asks.
"We haven't made any plans to remove you. But everything we've encountered in here has attacked us. Including pillows. You haven't given us any reason to drop our guard.
"Show yourself."
"I told you! I am the ghost of Haggisal, the high priest of Aroden. What reason would I have to attack you? Now, get me out of here!"
Thanephos finally speaks up, But considering that you could very well be lying, do you have any proof as to who you are? Personally, I'd rather not let you out and get attacked again.
Clearly torn on the matter Alexis remains silent. This place is to dangerous to trust anything from it.
"Proof is good. Also, you're going to have to be more specific about where you are. We hear you, but we can't see you."
Ty moves over to inspect the shrine of Asmodeus.
A voice from near the second door starts giggling uncontrollably once you start talking about proofs. It's definitely a different voice from the previous (and a different location).
"Shut up, fool!" the first voice tried to whisper, but not quietly enough.
Alexis turns towards the new voice now paranoid, Who is with you?
"Nobody!" the voice replies angrily. "Nobody is with me. I'm just a ghost, still lingering here after all these years. If you follow Aroden, you'll help me. Show me how you got in."
"We used the door. Why can't you leave?"
"The door? The door is open? How did you breach the Sheathe?"
"If I have to repeat another question, we're leaving. Why can't you leave?"
"Because I didn't know the door was clear or the Sheathe was down, obviously! Now I can and will."
The voice moves towards the door by which you entered. After a moment, the handle jiggles.
"What did you do with the key?" the voice asks angrily. The other voice just giggles madly.
What is the Sheathe?
"How stupid are you?" the voice asks, getting really mad now. "The Sheathe! The stone covering that appeared when Lord Kreel put on that cursed cloak of Aroden's pet b!~@! and trapped us all here!"
There's a pause, and then the voice (from near the second door now) adds in a tone of forced calm, "I mean, the Sheathe is the stone protection that has trapped us inside, my son, and prevented our escape for many long centuries."
The other voice continues to giggle maniacally. The second door handle starts to jiggle from your side, like someone just tried to open it.
"It's time for you to make yourselves visible."
"If you wish..." the voice says, and begins chanting something horrible.
The other voice chants something much shorter, and then as a tiny red-skinned creature with fiendish wings, and a scorpion tail appears above the Asmodean shrine, it levels a glare at Thanephos and says, "Weapons to kill my friend can be found in the room across the hall. Go get them!"
Thanephos needs to make a Will save DC 15 to resist the suggestion. He can attempt a Sense Motive check DC 25 first, or he suffers a -1 penalty on his Will save.
Initiative!
Order: Sir Rollynd, Enemy 2, PCs, Enemy 1
"Vile field! Die!" Sir Rollynd exclaims, outing sword and stabbing at the creature.
The creature flits up and uses the Asmodean holy symbol for cover. It zips around the gold and comes at the halfling. Sir Rollynd gets an AoO as it moves into his space.
The creature is too nimble for the paladin.
The creature stabs with its tail.
The stinger glances off the knight's armour.
PCs are up.
Thanephos ignores the creature's words and aims an arrow at it,
Thanephos' arrow hits the creature, though the wound does not injure like it should, and a moment later, the arrow drops out as the would already begins to close. The creature giggles madly at him.
He's in the same square as Sir Rollynd, as he is tiny and has no reach. You are adjacent.
Ty casts protection from evil on himself and moves up next to Sir Rollynd.
Bristling with anger at the deception Alexis raises both blades to strike.
Alexis lands a couple blows on the winged creature, but both wounds are too shallow and close over immediately. It laughs maniacally.
The first voice finishes its chanting.
The air in the chapel momentarily warps, then straightens with no visible effect. The first voice utters a stream of curses...at least you assume it's curses, since the words are in Infernal.
The voice begins a different sort of chant.
ROUND 2
Sir Rollynd swipes at the impish creature attacking him, and nearly guts Alexis instead.
The imp attacks Sir Rollynd again.
The stinger clanks off the knight's armour once again.
PCs are up
Foul creature. Mumbling under her breath she swing again.
Definitely curse words! She could try them out as she watches yet another wound on the creature's body close.
Unseen monster: ???
Imp
HP: 11/16
F/R/W: +1/+6/+4
AC: 17 (16 touch)
DR 5/good or silver; Fast healing 2
Seeing physical attacks doing little, Thanephos reaches for the wand at his belt and sends two green missiles at the creature,