Since no one seems to be able to make a decission, I'll lead. Let's go to the room left of the attic whisperer
You go up again and do a quick search of Kikonos study.
On his desk you find a lot of paper sheets with some kind of scribbling on it.
You also find his finely crafted fountain pen. You are not completely sure what the tip is made of, probably indeed some kind mythical feather, but it sure looks expensive.
Sunny gives Zaiobe one last encouraging hug and smile before skipping off after all of her companions.
Hijiro looks at the writing and though he reads and speaks Tian, can make no sense of what is written there...
Hm, I can't read this language. Does anyone of you?
So far you guess the pen is at least worth a few hundred gold or something, but have no precise idea.
Marlon shakes his head at the inquiry of whether he speaks Tian. He had always found it difficult to wrap his head around other languages and ones that used such odd symbols were definitely beyond his capacity.
You leave the rooms and come about the corbies again, unknowing of anything that happened, but eying you suspiciously. Zaiobe just quickly dismisses them and they return to whatever they did before.
You search most of the level, but don't find much else of interest. Some old bones here, corby feathers there, and so on.
The only room up here you didn't search is a small room where Zaiobe advises you to stay out, as it belongs to the corbies priestess, a mean old female who doesn't like visitors and usually greats them with a claw to the face before sacrificing them to Pazuzu.
If you want to kill the birds you are free to try, otherwise you can either try to disturb the pristess or start searching the ground floor/ the cellar.
I don't know. On the one side, we aren't forced to disturb the priestess. On the other side. We don't know, if the priestes has anything to do with our problem and we don't know if she would assist Kikono if he's looking for allys against us. What do you all mean.
Sunny shifts her weight from foot to foot as she thinks.
"Well...we already know tha' Corbies be nasty, stinky birds. So...if tha' rest of 'em aint too close an' we...y'know...open tha' door an' let tha' stinky old bird have pretty much everything we can throw...?' Sunny suggests.
"Though...um...maybe we should keep lookin' fer Nasty old Mr Big-nose? He seems tha' biggest mean old stinky in tha' place..." She looks at her friends and companions.
"Ya' know? Take out tha' biggest thing an' all-a rest will seem small?"
Ok, at least one of you is able to open his mouth and take part at the discussion.
If no one else want's to say anything, I'll join Yix decission and we'll go in.
Everyone ready?
"Ready."
Sunny adjusts her kit, shifts her grip upon her blade and nods.
"Aye, lets do it."
I'm right here behind you watching your back! Marlon says with a firm voice.
As you open the door a wave of negative energy brands towards you, followed a raspy voice cursing "GRAH, I told you yesterday I don't care about intruders, morons. LEAV... oh, it's them...".
Once the door is fully open you see a cramped chamber before you, a robe clad corby standing in one corner. On a desk next to her lies a wild tangle of body parts,both old and very new, crudely fashioned into a multilimbed, remotely humanoid shape. At least it doesn't seem to be moving.
[Corby priestess, 52 HP, AC 19]
Sunny staggers...
"Guh!"
Stepping back slightly and whispering a spell...
Gorag storms in to stop the priestess casting something.
Hijiro charges into the room right beside Gorag and tries to pierce her with his rapier...
Fortitude save
Marlon moves into the chamber with his spear up and from behind Gorag stabs at the priestess.
Attack damage
While she does not fall, the moment of flailing around is enough to make her Gorag grab only thin air.
Yet only seconds thereafter she is stabilized. By being pierced by rapier and spear.
She clenches her beak and after saying a few crackling words sound erupts over Gorag and Marlon.
[Corby priestess, 36 HP, AC 19]
While she does not fall, the moment of flailing around is enough to make Gorag grab only thin air.
Yet only seconds thereafter she is stabilized. By being pierced by rapier and spear.
She clenches her beak and after saying a few crackling words sound erupts over Gorag and Marlon.
[Corby priestess, 36 HP, AC 19]
Hijiro maneuvers for flank and strikes again at the priestess.
Sunny carefully moves into the crwded room looking to see where she can get close enough to help with the attack.
Gorag makes a 5ft step to get in flanking position with Hijiro and Attacks with his natural weapons
Fortitude save
Marlon can shake off the spell effect and thrusts his spear forward once more.
Attack damage
The birdwoman is badly savaged by Gorags bite
"ARG; DAMmn you. Not ready, no choice..."
She quickly steps to the table and pulls a small, dimly glowing object out of a pocket in her robe. With horror you recognize it as a slowly pulsing heart before she violently slams it into the things chest, washing the room in a sudden explosion of negative energy. Then the thing jerkingly starts to move. And lets out a marrow chilling scream.
It seems you just witnessed the animation of a strange, negative energy infused abomination of flesh golem.
[Corby priestess, 22 HP, AC 19]
Hijiro gasps as he takes the full force of the negative energy from the animation of the creature, then he moves if necessary to retain flank advantage on the priestess and attacks her with his rapier again.
Seeing the bird-woman do something obviously magical and bad to the thing, which thence gives out such a ghastly noise, Sunny moves to take on this other threat as the those engaged with the bird have their hands full.
Gorag makes a small step back from the priestess, pulls a small flask out of his belt and drinks it.
The priestres finally falls under the combined assault of Hijiro and Yix.
The thing slowly turns its body to Sunny, bloodshot eyes focusing tiredly on the sword in his side "Wha..?". The dead light shining out the hole in his chest has reduced to a narrow cone, encompasses the elf before him, slowly sapping her strength.
"Oh.." Sunny replies...and actually stops/stays her attack. The creatures actions/reactions are not those of a slavering beast, which she assumed would happen with the bird priestess around.
"Hey there...?" She offers.