Hammer examines the door, but finds nothing awry. Inside, you find a tiled pool dominates this chamber, which has a fifteen-foothigh barrel-vault ceiling. The waters are clear and three feet deep. Three marble platforms featuring the same mosaic design found in the monastery above rise along the pool’s center, protruding six inches above the water’s surface. Four octagonal, domed alcoves in the corners each hold a marble pillar. Near the southeast alcove, a large hole has been dug in the wall.
In the room are two grioths, who appear to much stronger than the ones encountered in the past. They both wear (un)holy symbols around their necks!
Rey will be overconfident unless someone points out they appear tougher.
Hammerfist grumbles and charges into combat
"Deez'ook 'uffer dan da'ast"
Lia moves up, calling after the dwarf, "We really can't understand you, especially when you go running off!" Once in range, she fires a shot at the nearest one.
Seeing how little damage it did, if any at all, she calls back, "These look tougher than the last ones!"
With a direction, she points Lao to defend the dwarf.
Hammer rushes forward and strikes one of the grioths, and Lia follows up by shooting it!
Maffei moves up and points at grioth near hammer, sending a shadowy ray of fire at it.
The ray hits the grioth, but it seems unaffected!
The struck grioth steps backward with a grimace, grasps it unholy symbol and points at Hammer!
The other grioth lifts fifteen feet into the air, fly over Hammer and points at Maffei and Lia! A loud thunderclap rocks the two!
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Ares steps up And fires. A couple cold iron arrows at the flying one.
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Hammerfist drops his Gladius and draws his Longhammer as he tries to crush the grioth.
Hammerfist will then activate his cloak of fangs.
Growing gigantic teeth before stepping forward and biting the creature.
Lia is stunned by the clap of sound!
Are fires two arrows and hits with the second!
Hammer shrugs off the grioth's spell, and swings his hammer, but misses! His cloak grows teeth and bites the other grioth!
Lao moves down the field to stand beside the dwarf, but the distance is too great for him to get an attack as well.
Rey double-moves down the hallway, provoking from Red along the way.
Rey moves down the hallway!
Maffei tries launching another shadowy ray at the flying grioth, but it shrugs off the spell!
Suddenly the party feels negative energy wash over them, from both grioths!
Ares will return fire at the flying Grioth.
"Die you vile creatures!"
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Lia, able to act again, fires her bow at the flying creature!
...yielding no results.
She calls to Lao to take down the other one.
None connect. =(
Hammerfist tries to drop the hammer on the red one before growing fangs, stepping in and trying to finish it off.
Rey takes the blow as he moves past, then resists one of the channels better than the other. With a grimace, he five-foot steps into flank with Lao!
Ares puts an arrow into the flying grioth, while Hammer smashes the other with his hammer, sending it to the ground! Lia and Rey have little luck in hitting their targets.
Maffei tries yet another shadowy spell, but the flying grioth merely laughs!
Once more the party feels unholy energy wash over you as the grioth channels again.
Rey grunts again, then races over to stand between the remaining grioth and readies an action.
Ares will resist the unholy aura...barely.
Ares keeps shooting cold iron arrows until enemies have stopped.
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"Ow" Hammerfist grumbles.
Hammerfist will draw a Chakram and toss it up at the flying beastie.
Ares manages to put two arrows into the grioth, and Lia and Maffei help finish it off!
Searching the bodies, you find each carried a scroll of deeper darkness[i], [i]scroll of speak with dead, scroll of sound burst, mwk voidglass breastplate, and a mwk voidglass dagger.
There’s a strange serenity in this room, and the sound of the pool’s water gently lapping against stone echoes rhythmically. Tiles of blue and gold on the north wall form the message: “In the Midst of Chaos, a Disciplined Mind Imposes Order.” After studying the room for a bit, Hammer and Ares determine that this room once served as a place for the monks of the order to relax and meditate, and are still useful for those functions. The waters within the pool radiate faint transmutation magic and constantly replenish and purify themselves.
In the southeast corner of this room, you find a long tunnel. Following it a short way, you reason it leads to the dragon's lair.
After healing up, the party heads up the western stairs, into a large room. The ceiling of this twenty-foot-high room is painted with a scene of scholars at study. A polished wooden statue of a woman sitting in the lotus position, eyes closed in meditation, hangs from the center of the ceiling on several lengths of thin twine so that it seems to levitate. As you enter, you see a hulking grioth just as he sees you!
Rey starts at the oversized grioth. You are one ugly...
Rey draws his blade as part of the initiative check and charges the monstrosity!
Attempt to demoralize as a swift action : Your end has come, uh...you ugly bat-like creature thingie!
Reynaldo charges the grioth, dealing a nasty blow to the creature! It reels from the critical strike, but does not seem shaken by the attack!
wand charges
"Oh great, another one! Who's your new friend, Rey?"
Lia moves up and lets loose an arrow at the thing.
And fails yet again to injure anything.
She directs Lao to charge at it!
Lia fires an arrow, but misses the creature!
The beast of a grioth swings a wicked looking falchion, striking Rey, once, then misses with its backswing and bite!
Lao goes rushing in for an attack!
Using the tiger's distraction to her advantage, Lia takes another shot.
Ares will fire off a pair of cold iron arrows.
"Rey, try to avoid those. We are running low on healing!"
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Really? Rey replies wryly, blood seeping from his side. And here I was trying spending all this energy to stand in Ugly's way so he won't hurt all of you!
Reynaldo five foots and attacks again!
Lao charges forward, biting the grioth, taking a vicious wound in the process!
Lia fires an arrow, hitting the creature!
Ares fires two arrows, but both richocet off the creature's armor!
Reynaldo stabs at the grioth, but misses!
Maffei charges forward and attacks.
Her blade snakes under the creature's guard, striking home!
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"Rrr, 'ill it fer et 'ills Rey!" Hammer mutters as her charges forward.
His longhammer smashes into the creature!
Injured and cornered, the grioth attacks in a frenzy, but misses everyone!
Ares looks to get a couple more arrows into the beast before he will need to cure Reynaldo.
"Hang in there Rey. We drop this creature and i will bd able to patch you up without it poking new holes ."
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Ares fires again, managing to land one arrow! The beast of a grioth still stands!
Rey dodges the grioth's attack and continues his own assault!
Rey manages to stab under the beastgrioth's guard, taking it down!
Searching the beast, you find a breastplate and a +1 cruel Medium voidglass falchion.
Rey picks up the falchion and studies it. What the heck stuff is this thing made of? he asks, turning it over in his hand. Found the same stuff on those two bat-clerics before, didn't we?
Rey picks up the falchion and studies it. What the heck stuff is this thing made of? he asks, turning it over in his hand. Found the same stuff on those two bat-clerics before, didn't we?
Type of Voidglass Item Item Price Modifier
Light armor +1,000 gp
Medium armor +2,000 gp
Heavy armor +4,500 gp
Slashing/piercing weapon +1,000 gp
Ares will take note of the items while patching up Reynaldo.
"Hold still for a second, would you? . "
After healing up, the party examines the surrounding rooms, finding liitle of interest, though the stairs in the room continue upward. Heading east, you follow a corridor around to curving hall. Numerous statues of robed men and women occupy the niches in this curving hall.
To the north, you see a door, and another set stairs leading up.
Up we go, I suppose?
"Wait a tick. There's a door hidden in the stonework. See? Here's the crease."
"Where is it? Let's check it before moving. "