Mr. Yellow watches Mr. Grey and quietly says "That's not the good face, is it?
Mr. Pink keeps a fair distance back from the others. Sneaking in full armour was never his strong suit.
"Go," Mr. Grey hissed quietly. Calling the dogs back would make too much noise, so there was nothing to do now but follow them.
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You open the door and the "dogs" rush in, plummeting to the ground 15 feet below (and taking damage). The door opens onto a narrow stone platform 15 feet above the floor. This chamber occupies a whole side of the building, from the cellar level below up to the roof high above. Seven iron vats, each ten feet across, occupy the majority of the room. Furnaces fuel the vats at cellar level, while at the ground floor level a series of planks have been laid across the vats to allow passage to a ladder that leads to an iron walkway on the level above. Two ladders also allow access from the planks to the floor below. The air in the chamber is cloying and acidic. Moving among the vats, you can see eight more of the strange creatures, these even more hideous than the others, burned as they are. Three of them move to intercept the elementals, while the other five ignore the goings-on and continue their work.
Judah's mind raced. He looked for a place to hide and immediately started scanning for exits on the cellar level, and on the catwalks above.
"Look out for runnters." he said quickly to the others.
Mr. Yellow nods, following Mr. Grey quietly and readying his blackjack.
"And be careful if they try to lead you on to the walkways...falling into one of those vats could be incredibly nasty."
Mr. Pink keeps up with the team as best he can.
Do we make noise now or still aim for stealth?
"Try not to get the attention of the neighbors." Mr Grey whispered. "Besides that, go loud."
Mr. Yellow begins moving forward to one of the nearest employees, blackjack in hand.
As soon as he gets close enough, he strikes at the man's head.
Being clad in heavy armour, toting a shield and being dressed in eye-searing pink, Mr. Pink knows he doesn't have a snowball's chance in the Hells of being stealthy.
He doesn't bother to try, instead walking up to the nearest man and trying to bop him with his shield.
The Doktor moves to back up Lorant to make sure no one can get in behind him and prepares a bomb to throw later.
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Cassiel and Lorant both move in on the creatures menacing the elementals, each scoring a hit on one of the humanoids. For their part, the humanoids remain standing, returning the assault with clubs. Sadly, none of the three are able to hit the broad side of a barn.
[die=Creature 3 vs. elementals]1d20+4[/dice]
Cassiel swings his shield again!
Mr. Yellow continues to batter the man about the head.
Mister Grey watched his pair of earthen beasts engage and eyed the door on the far side of the room nervously.
The room was recessed into the ground, so that meant the door probbaly wasn't an escape tunnel. Those were usually hidden. There was more to this place than was apparent from the outside.
Time was ticking on and they still didn't have the answers they needed. He dropped down to the floor below and tried to stay out of sight as he headed towards the door.
Once again the dirty beasts churned the floor in a flurry of claws and fangs and oddly liquid stone, thrashing at their enemy's legs.
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Cassiel takes down his opponent with a well-placed shield blow, Lorant hits his target, and Judah's elementals shred the remaining two that had been engaging you into small chunks of flesh. The other five beings seem oblivious to the demise of their fellows, continuing their work.
Judah, the door that exits the cellar is locked.
Above you, on a small walkway on the eastern side of the room (you are beneath it and hidden from view from above), a door opens and the sound of footsteps echo in the vat room. The footsteps stop at the edge of the overhang.
Lets get up there, he says pointing at the overhang...
He looks for the way up.
Judah held a finger to his masked lips sharply as he fitted another jammer on the locked door in front of him, then started up the ladder as quietly as he could.
Mr. Yellow looks for the ladder.
The shift in light means little to Mr. Yellow, but he assumes he will now have to take the lead. He begins climbing the ladder after Mr. Grey.
Mr. Pink sighs and climbs the ladder after Mr. Yellow.
Spotted, and unable to see the point in holding back from creating a little chaos, he tosses a hand bomb towards where he saw the assistant creatures before the darkness fell.
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Help?! Judah thought to the entity in his mind.
Then he realized he could see. The room, all grey stone and dingy grime in the faint light, was suddenly alive with colors that shouldn't exist. Judah had a moment of panic, but he was so used to the strange by this point that his mind rushed past surprise and acceptance all the way to glee.
Somewhere in the dark, Judah started laughing.
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"̲̮̰̤̦̻H̷̞͖̳̻̬͎e͓̭͇̘h̪̹̦͔̺̰̗ ̵̜͎̜̦ḥ̴ę̪̯͖̳̰̹h̩̝̠ ͎̫͢h̸e͎̥͉̼̟h̠͇̟͔̯̙̼.̱̼͓̳́.͉͍̮.̣͔"̹̯
The stoney canines rushed through the walls leaving a swirl of smooth stone in their wake. Teeth and claws lashed out from the stone behind the cloaked figure on the catwalk.
Out of the blackness behind the cloaked figure on the catwalk, a shadow loomed. For a moment it was serpentine, but it unfolded like it was turning inside out.
Spindly legs pushed it up into a bipedal stance. Great black wings unfolded. It's eatureless face split and opened, yawning into a leech-like abyss as it lunged.
Mr. Yellow rushes around the catwalk to close with the monsters and their victim.
Cassiel scrambles up the rest of the ladder behind the others.
Drinks his own special brew to get dark vision and climbs up the ladder.
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Crypt Breaker's Draught (Su) Rather than develop mutagens that increase their natural armor and physical abilities at the expense of their minds, crypt breakers focus on the creation of special draughts that can enhance their senses. When a crypt breaker drinks one of these draughts he gains a +4 bonus on all Perception checks and gains one of the following special senses: darkvision 60 feet, low-light vision, or scent. While under the effects of a crypt breaker’s draught, the alchemist also gains light blindness.