Pouting slightly about losing her chance to attack the big bad skeleton, Senva is not ready for the wave of dark energy he gives off. She turns her sights and wounded pride on the rotting corpse attacking Michel and Balto, but is yet again disappointed as he delivers two powerful slashes to the target. She sulks into the corner with her still crackling hand, after a moment she notices the black ghoul standing in the corner. She then takes a slightly more defensive posture and waits for him to come to her.
"Finally..." Velden growls as the skeleton goes down, then he turns on the last zombie.
Velden puts the bloated zombie down for the count and Michel needs to do a fort save DC 16 or take 1d4 con damage.
The ghouls that Senva sees looks at her and merely smiles, it continues to gnaw on the fleshy hand of another corpse. It has pure black eyes and black blood slowly coming out of every orifice on its face, then there is all the other blood from its mouth and down its chest. The stench of decay and death is even stronger from this one and Senva has to do a Fort Save to not be nauseated for 1d3 rounds, otherwise just sickened for that amount of time.
Act freely, you soon find out the ghoul will not attack you but it is warded. Will DC 20 before you can attack it.
Aannra pulls out her air gun, puts the alien blaster away, straps her airgun on, pulls it out loads and checks it, she walks down the steps and then takes careful aim and shots the ghoul in the back of the head from range.
"Puuuw!!, look Julia I hit it"
She says.
Velden snorts. "Loot the bodies, if there's anything worth looting, and lets get out of here." Velden says dryly, ignoring the ghoul for now. Something needs to clean the crypt up for now.
With the shot, the ghoul seems to just holds it breath and then its skin begins to bubble as it begins to fill like a balloon. Jellena obviously sees the possible coming explosion and goes for cover as all of you have a move action to take cover or standard action to do otherwise.
Velden sighs. "Fire in the hole." He says, and then walks back around the corner and down the hallway to wait out the explosion.
"why y...o dear"
"Aw crap baskets" the kitsune mutters before getting whatever cover he can but shielding Balto with his body as much as possible.
He looks to his side and smiles, then says, "How does it go down there Aannra?"
With most people who are conscious that were able to take cover no damage is caused to them. Even Senva who was nearly adjacent to the thing was able to hustle into the adjoining room to be safe.
The room is smeared in black goo. The goo around the torch is being burned away, but only 10 feet around it.
The skeleton who likely was at fault for all this undead situation, has a few things piled up where it fell.
Also in the room under the torch is an open sarcophagus and the lid is lying next to it. On the front of the tomb is written a name, "Kassan". This body is intact, save for the broken links of a chain that lie around his neck. The skeleton apparently has not defiled this body. On the body appears to be a set of glowing magical full plate and a sword on his chest clutched in his hands.
A single form rests beside the coffin, that of a comely woman in tattered clothing. She appears to be asleep or unconscious.
The spirit of Kassen stirs from its rest and rises up, "I thank you adventurers for putting an end to Asar."
relationship with the mercenary captain. Although he
does so reluctantly, he even reveals that the two of them
were once adventuring companions, and that they split
ways after acquiring a great deal of treasure. Kassen
is sure that Asar felt cheated after their last quest and
that is why he came to attack the town. Kassen knows
nothing about the bandits, but notes they only stole
the amulets with which he and Asar were buried.
These amulets are part of a key that opens up the great
treasure vault they plundered so long ago. Kassen
remembers little about the vault itself, but he does
remember that the amulet points the way to the vault if
it is reassembled from its three component parts. The
last part was given to Iramine, an elven sorceress that
was part of their group.
After giving his thanks, Kassen reaches into his
sarcophagus and produces several items, giving them to
the PCs with his thanks. After handing out the gifts, he
slowly fades from view, returning to his eternal rest.
Treasure: Kassen gives the PCs a bag of holding (type I),
a +1 bashing shield, an elemental gem (water), and one scale
from his armor for each PC. Kassen explains that these
scales will grant them his boon in their hour of need.
Velden snorts, looking around at the mess. "Ok, someone go get all the greenhorns, and the guards, and the old man, and the dumb bot, and we'll get the fire and get out of this place. I'll start looking for another exit." He looks at the sarcophagus. "I'd avoid the sarcophagus, no telling what's inside. And someone check the girl, she's the only living thing down here, if she's alive. If she's got no heartbeat, someone put a stake through her chest just in case and cut her head off."
Velden then begins to move along the walls looking for exits.
He looks to his side and smiles, then says, "How does it go down there Aannra?"
"Puuoow, Puuoow, SPLAAAAT!!"
She moves her arms and to show and explosion of mush.
and then smiles at him.
As Velden says get the others she runs off to get them at high speed. Shifting past problems.
Senva, engrossed and grossed out by the ghouls appearance avoids moving in until her stomach settles.
As soon as the ghoul starts to inflate, Senva ducks for cover in the nearby. That thing was not going to explode on her and Velden's pretty cloak. After the explosion is well finished, Senva slowly moves back into the room, wiping what looks like the remnants of a regurgitated breakfast off her mouth.
"Ewwww, it just popped like an over-grown cave slug. Is there another one? I want to watch..." After a glance around the room she slowly starts advancing on the open sarcophagus, her still crackling hand raised. As she moves in, she carefully extends her other hand and starts to feel around the back of the woman's neck.
"She doesn't have a pulse, but she's still warm..." With this she sends a pleading glance at Velden. "Can I... should I shock her?" With thsi she waves her still charged hand.
The room is a mess, bodies, bones, body parts lay about from the carnage of your group and that of the undead army.
He merely shakes his head at Annara's explaination but moves into the room and begins looking for runes, magic, and the such with his now blue glowing eyes.
Aannra brings down the greenhorns, Alec, and the others soon enough.
we are here
Velden is still looking for secret doors and other escape hatches. Has been since Annarra left.
Michal checks over all the bodies to make sure that none if them were still alive and that all valuables were collected, he makes double sure of this on his fallen comrad(s?)
looks for alien artifacts
Velden finds himself a lever off in the right room, where none of the tombs are disturbed. Pulling on it opens up a hidden door and behind it is stairs that lead up.
No alien artifacts can be seen around here, then you look it the central tomb and see a strange bracelet around the well preserved corpse's arm. It coils around his arm and looks to be in the image of a serpent of some kind. Its eyes are made of rubies.
The undead are all dead again. The girl on the stairs does not begin to stir, since Senva decided to make sure the body did not rise as an undead. Fresh blood pours from the new wound.
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She walks over to Creed, she lays her hand on his mutilated body and begins to hum.
He looks over the everburning torch and begins to take notes, samples and such.
Show the others the strange serpent image bracelet ruby eyes.
"Look shiny"
She says before slipping it on and doing a dance.
::Let me rest, I am free HAHAHA YOU THINK IT'S YOUR DECISION YES BRING ME BACK I WILL DO ANYTHING PAY ANY PRICE JUST LET ME SPILL BLOOD LET ME BURN THIS GALAXY IT WILL SUFFER FOR ITS SINS HAHAHA!::
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She continues to hum and the magic swirls around her getting stronger and stronger. Then when most can't see her anymore a spark of light ignites within.
A few moments later the magic quickly dissipates and Creed is coughing, alive, but worse for wear.
As Aannra slips it on you don't feel so well like a great weight has been put upon you. Also your clothes and equipment begin to rapidly age.
There is not much loot to be found. It also depends on what you perceive. Most of the armor is aged or rotted to be nothing of worth now. Though there appears to be quite a few weapons laying around still, some small but most for medium sized individuals.
Takes it off fast,
"This is a bad thing"
Velden shakes his head, and continues on. He carefully investigates the stairwell he has found.
Senva starts whistling loudly when she sees the fresh blood flowing from the girls wounds. With a quick movement and a short chant, interrupting her whistling, and heals the lady. She resumes her whistling, dragging the woman to the rest of the group.
"Turns out she was alive, though she might have a couple major birth defects... Her post-cranial pulse is non-existent. I didn't hurt her though, if you're wondering...
With this she drops the lady, enamored with Annara, her predicament and her force lash.
"Oh, Oh, OH! Can I help? Please?"
Michel sits down, relaxing now that he has the option, petting his animal companion, scratching around his ears. As an after thought he calls out "hey does anybody need any healing?
Aannra gets the bracelet off quickly, though even with it just in her hand, her clothes continue to age.
The girl is still out cold.
Five continues to inspect the artifact and Jellena steps away from Creed retreating to sit near Five. It seems that whatever she just did to Creed has taken a lot out of her.
She drops it GM
"Stairs and running water." Velden calls out to the gaggle of people. He moves up the stairs, watching for danger as he moves.
Interested in the bangle more than anything, Senva grabs a bone and tries poking it to see what happens. If nothing interesting occurs she moves on to Creed and Jellena poking the ex-dead doctor-thing to see what he does and peppering the lady with questions, again.
Tired of looking at things in the dark and dank room Senva charges up the stairs, pushing past Velden and advancing into the space above.