Jalal steps up to the elemental and swings again. "It does not belong in this house, Gorguk!"
I understand that, Gorguk grunts as he focuses on the combat. That doesn't mean. Can't accept surrender and turn her over to the authorities. Yet if she does not take this final offer then she will get no mercy from other than a swift end.
Alzaar slashes again with his scimitar, hoping to harm the thing, and then takes a five foot step to the right.
Alzaar's blade connects, but it cuts through the creature's sand form without effect.
Round 3:
The elemental sneers in anger, You are the trespassers! I shall kill you all!" It pulls back its fist and punches Gorguk in the face, breaking it and causing blood to flow out of it!
Rhade keeps blasting away with acid.
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Jalal raises his morningstar, but then shouts, "Glifortius, aid me!" A translucent armored elf appears beside him for an instant, shouting and pointing to the elemental. Though you hear no sound, Jalal nods quickly and anticipates the elemental's movement. He brings his weapon down onto the woman.
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Gorguk takes the blow solidly and reels slightly as a drowsiness threatens to overcome him. Shaking off the effect Gorguk lays a hand on himself to heal some of the damage dealt by the sand woman.
Not slacking in his efforts he bashes again with his shield at the sand woman. So much for the easy way. Now we finish this.
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"Rhade! Wake Kakra up! We may need her."
Jalal and Gorguk's bludgeoning blows destroy the elemental! Rhade wakes up Kakra. Buried in the sand of the courtyard are a few treasures that Heshsharu has collected from its victims over the years, including a suit of +1 scale mail, a +1 light crossbow, five cold iron crossbow bolts, 10 regular crossbow bolts, a gold holy symbol of Sarenrae (worth 25 gp), 3 pp, and 37 gp.
Now where to???
Once everyone gets healed, Rhade suggests dropping in and finishing off those three skeletons. "Should be easy enough work!"
Gorguk LoH again trying to heal the wounds that the sand creature left.
Gorguk looks at the holy symbol of Sarenrae and goes to his knees in silnet prayer for the one that had worn this and fallen to the sand woman. Even though he did not know the individual personally the owner was a follwer of his faith and for that Gorguk acknowledges his/her passing.
After his prayer is over he stands back up and dusts the sand off of himself before looking around at the rest of the area. The skeletons standing still give him pause but they do not react to their presence or move to threaten the group. Gorguk does a quick detect evil though to see if there is a stronger power guiding them that he can not see. It should be Rhade but nothing is ever so easy as it appears. Perhaps you and Kakra hang back and attack from range while while ambush them in here.
Gorgul detects evil from the foyer, the parlor, and the dining room.
Gorguk will let everyone know that we are surrounded by a den of evil!!!
Whatever action we take must be somewhat discreet as we are surrounded by evil right now. Perhaps it would be better to go north an clear that area first. That way we will not have to worry about our backs as we progress onward. If you want to take out the skeletons though I would suggest that someone watches our rear closely.
Jalal points to the skeletons. "If we are going to fight evil, then I suggest we start there. The undead should not be allowed to continue. Besides, that is the front door. If something unexpected happens, we can try to go out that direction."
"One of you heavily armored guys run right up there and bring them out here to us. We'll wipe them out right here in the open easier."
Gorguk switches it armors and then nods to Rhade. I will go first and try to draw them out. Once engaged I will make a fighting withdrawal so that you may all ambush them.
Once people are in position Gorguk will rush forward and smack the closest one with his shield.
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Jalal nods and steps up near the doorway. He waits until Gorguk retreats back to join the battle.
Alzaar stays near the casters, ready to trip anything that comes near to keep them safe.
As Gorguk steps in the room, he fails to notice the front doors of the manor suddenly open up and then just as quickly, the house’s front doors
slam closed, held fast. A woman’s voice (the same voice you heard when you passed the gate, cries out in Ancient Osiriani, “They’re inside! Protect the family!” and another voice shouts, “It’s too late! Save yourselves!” Screams and the clash of arms fill the air.
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Gorguk resists the effects of the haunt, as the sounds of the ghosts from the past fades and he proceeds with his task and bashes into little parts one of the skeletons. The two others turn to attack.
Round 1: Skeletons!
Both skeletons wield broken khopeshes in their hands but none of their attacks come even close to harming the paladin.
Rhade delays to see if the party can take the undead out before he has to waste magic on them.
Jalal waits by the doorway for Gorguk to draw the skeletons closer.
Jalal steps out and swings his morningstar at one of the skeletons. "Pharasma take you!"
Seeing one of the skeletons go down in a pile of dust to his blow Gorguk turns to one of the others and smashes it as well with his shield. for
With a second skeleton dropping from his last attack Gorguk steps back from the skeleton to draw it in to the ambush with Jalal and the rest.
Rhade fires an Acid Splash at the remaining skeleton.
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Alzaar darts forward and tries to trip the last skeleton with his whip.
The skeleton takes 1 damage from Kakra's channel and Alzaar's whip pulls its legs from under it and it falls to the ground. On its turn, it stands, provoking an AoO from Gorguk at +4 hit.
Gorguk takes full advantage of the downed skeleton trying to rise and places the shield on its skull forcing it into pieces with a strong blow.
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The paladin's blow smashes the skeleton into pieces. There are no other threats around and the haunt that seems to be present has passed.
To the west (B12):
A large staircase climbs to the second floor from this room. Sand and dust cover the floor, and painted columns stand in all but one of the corners. Pieces of broken wood, shattered pottery, and disintegrating fabric litter the room’s perimeter.
To the east (B13):
A large tiled pool sits in the center of this chamber, surrounded by sloping tiled floors. A few steps descend into the basin, which has accumulated a deep layer of sand on its bottom. Faded murals on the walls depict scenes of life along a river, with recurring themes of running water and aquatic life running through the artwork. In the northeast corner, a tarnished bronze spigot juts from the wall just above head level. Archways lead north and west, and a stone door stands in the eastern wall.
The other areas were discussed above. Where to now?
After giving the current area a look over, Alzaar will check B16 thoroughly.
He then moves into B18, and searches it just as thoroughly.
Once done, his intentions are to explore B7 and B12 before moving on.
B16:
Hieroglyphs and images of fantastic beings cover the walls of this small room. A small stone shrine, dusty and thoroughly defaced, stands against the eastern wall. It is a chapel dedicated to Abadar, Pharasma, and Sarenrae. It feels safe and clear of any evil.
B18:
A small dining room, perhaps for the servants, with debris strewn around, but nothing of interest.
B17:
An enormous stone table, the marble top polished and smooth, runs parallel to the west wall of this large room. A much smaller stone table stands in the east side of the room. Splintered piles of dust and wood lie in the corners and along the walls—the only remains of chairs after untold years. A strong, fetid stench pervades the room. An open, sand-filled hallway lies to the south, while an open doorway leads east.
The 20-foot-long table could accommodate well over a dozen guests. Half a dozen human skulls have been set upon the western table. Each skull is polished clean and balances atop a tarnished silver goblet standing on a
tarnished silver dinner plate.
As soon as Alzaar steps in the room, the six skulls levitate off the table!
His whip already in one hand, Alzaar slides a dagger from his wrist sheath and launches it at the skull closest to him.
He then cracks his whip.
It seems this family was the kind to leave house sitters when they were away!
Jalal steps forward and swings his sword. "Pharasma will put your souls to rest, spirits!"
Both attacks miss the tiny creatures, as the skulls fly off and 4 of them enter the elf's square and attack him! Three slam into him, bruising his ribs.
Two skulls attack Gorguk, who is flat footed, but they bounce off his armor.
Jalal continues to flail about with his sword, hoping to cut down the flying skulls.
What the hell are these things? Anyone know what best to used to kill them?
know religion assuming
Gorguk forgoes using the shield to bash the skulls as he does not know which weaopn would do the msot damage. favoring the shield for defense he strikes out at one of the skulls with his scimitar.
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Rhade tries to target one of the unattended skulls with his acid blast.
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Alzaar draws his scimitar and attacks the one closest to him.
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Two on Gorguk:
...threat
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