The man near the doorway, holding a quarterstaff, casts a spell as he touches the woman next to her obviously granting her some sort of magical boon.
Aliva moves forward a bit keeping a pillar between her and the assailants, "We won this location in the lottery, it is you who is trespassing and will be punished by the guard."
Aliva casts a spell on herself while using the pillar for cover.
Aliva moves up and calls on her faith to protect her while G'nock follows behind loosing an arrow at the man in the front. It hit's its mark leaving a small wound.
The younger man in the back points a wand toward the group and activates it as the floor beneath Aliva, G'nock and Haji is suddenly covered in grease.
The half-elf woman in the front who had just recieved a magical enhancement moves forward to attack, holding a khopesh in one hand and a kukri in the other.
She swings the weapon at Aliva, but ends up missing.
Ai'sha circles the half-elf to flank with Aliva and strikes.
"Seriously? You guys? Can't you just take your turn? Now we're going to have to fight and all that." Irakelesh moves forward, pulling free his morningstar as he moves. He swings at the bandit.
Ai'sha carefully makes her way around the other side of the half-elf woman and attacks, striking her in the back. Irakelesh follows behind but with the half-elf aware of enemies on her flank now she manages to avoid his morningstar.
The woman in the back shouts out "NOW!" as she moves up and points her wand at Ai'sha and activates it.
A ray of fiery light scorches past Ai'sha and singes the column near her. Out of no where the column near everyone sprouts arms and attacks Ai'sha.
It slams both of its massive sandy arms into Ai'sha delivering a serious blow.
Aliva is able to keep her balance by throwing both arms out wide and tilting her shield so it is horizontal to the floor.
Khufu moves to the center of the room.
He joins his hands together in a v shape and incants a swift spell.
"Infernus!!" he shouts.
Casting Burning Hands to catch #4 and #1.
Haji in his heavy armor barely manages to keep standing. He then steps 5 ft north-east into flanking position.
"I have seen you at the Tooth and Hooka, you didn't draw this location why are you here?" Aliva calls to their "leader?" before swinging her Morning Star at the man a head of her.
Haji slams his weapon into the column leaving a big crack and obviously doing some damage to the creature inhabiting the column. Khufu moves up and onleashes a brutal blast of fire on the two nearest opponents which neither are able to avoid.
The badly burnt man moves away from the fight as he pulls out his holy symbol of Nethys and unleashes a wave of healing energy that manages to avoid Khufu and Ai'sha, but does heal some of Aliva's wounds.
Ai'sha stands her ground, changes her stance and makes another swing at the half-elf woman.
G'nock launches two arrows at the other groups healer, but with the angle being off they end up hitting the wall instead of their intended target. Worse yet, with him standing so close to the enemy his ranged attack opens him up to attacks from them as both the creature in the column and the half-woman deal him blows. Aliva smacks the woman in front of her with her morningstar as she calls out a question to the apparent leader. She calls back "Because this temple belongs to the faithful not some loot hungry bandits like yourselves!"
The scrawny man still in the other room pulls out a scroll and reads from it as ball of fire is conjured into existence atop Aliva.
The half-elf woman in front of Aliva curses herself for her poor positioning as she rushed into the fight, but with no other real options she strikes out first with the khopesh sweeping at Aliva's legs.
Hooking her leg and pulling her feet out from under her the half-elf stabs down at Aliva with the Kukri.
The woman stabs her blade into Aliva, but luckily it isn't as bad as it could have been. Ai'sha swings at the woman and slices into her for leaving a deep gash in her back and almost dropping her to the floor. The leader, seeing Khufu only holds a wand steps up next to him and casts a spell as a spray of vibrant colors wash over Khufu, Ai'sha and Irakelesh.
The column bring both of its mighty fists down on Haji.
He bashes him with one, but misses with the other.
Ai'sha takes the color spray to the face and just stares at the leader.
"You really think throwing a rainbow at my face is going to do anything?"
Aliva Crashes to the ground, the sound of her armor shield and Morning star ringing out in the large room. "Dirty Trick!" Aliva spits at the woman, with her morning star hand Aliva calls to Milani to heal her wounds.
Khufu will step away from the leader (provoking an attack of opportunity) and position himself in front of the two blocking the dock.
"Infernus!!!" he proclaims once again to launch a cone of flame towards them.
Haji takes a hit then heals himself and returns a hammerblow.
Haji heals some of his recent wounds and tries to hit the creature in the column but ends up missing and just hitting the column but not the actual creature.
Irakelesh unleashes another wave of flames that wash over the two men to the south, both collapse to the ground.
Not wanting to get bashed by every thing again G'nock steps back and takes aim at the half elf.
His two well placed arrows promptly drop the woman to the floor. Aliva stays on the ground hesitant to move with the living column creature looming over her.
"You're Out Numbered now, we were just on our way out and you attacked us. You can have a look after we leave/" Aliva calls out to the people still standing
Ai'sha turns to the living column creature for another attack.
Khufu tries to recollect anything he might have heard about creatures like this living column thing.
Yeah, it's a column-thing....
Irakelesh's body goes tense. Every muscle in his body seems activated yet he's unable to do anything. Blackness covers his vision, adding to the dizziness he feels.
Ai'sha slashes at the column and seems to injure the creature protruding from it. Irakelesh stands in the back, unable to see or do much of anything.
The woman ignores the others words and seems to call out to the column "What are you doing! Kill them you stupid thing!"
She waits to see what it does. The column turns its attention toward Ai'sha after her recent attacks and attempts to pummel her.
It lands both of its massive fists into Ai'sha and drops her to the floor. The woman shouts out "Finally!" as she turns her attention toward Khufu and begins casting a spell. A cloud of shining dust explodes over top of him.
After the spell is cast she moves away from him, hoping that he won't see her retreat.
Aliva watches in Horror as Ai'Sha goes down.
"What happened? Who turned out the lights?"
Khufu edges along a wall at half speed to get out of the middle of the battle.
Haji looks briefly at the fallen ally then tries to end the column.
Haji slams the column with his weapon and it looks like it is almost falling apart but is still alive. Khufu grabs on to the wall and moves away from the fight now that he can't see.
Aliva gathers her courage and stands up Hoping to draw the column's ire. Once standing Aliva swings her Morning Star at the Column.
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Aliva stands to try and attack the column and as it slams into her with its fist she attempts to quickly cast a spell to aid her, but it still isn't enough to help as the elemental smacks her, luckily though it doesn't drop her to the ground and she manages to finish off the statue.
G'nock takes aim at the only opponent left, the female leader. He aims and looses two rapid shots.
Seeing the column go down she screams out in frustration "This still isn't over!" She breaks off the arrow that G'nock hit her with as she casts another spell and multiple copies of herself appear around her.
After finishing the spell she moves further to the northeast on the raised platform and fades into the darkness outside the range of your light.
"Take care of the girl. I follow that woman." With this he sets his full plate in motion and goes into a full sprint.
"G'Nock go with Haji, Irakelesh as well I will heal Ai'Sha and keep Khuf from stumbling into something." Aliva looks through Ai'Sha's things for the healing wand.
Haji races after the woman and G'nock follows behind taking aim with his bow.
The first arrow hits the woman and not one of her illusions but the second arrow misses.
She snarls at G'nock "Enough of that!" as she levels her wand at him and activates it.
The fiery ray slams into G'nock as he crumples to the floor. The woman laughs at the sight. She moves away from the stairs, trying to keep her distance from Haji. Aliva finds Ai'sha's wand and Irakelesh finally snaps out of the effects of the colorful spray and they are able to heal Ai'sha, at least enough to wake her up.
"She's behind the statue!"
Haji moves closer, hiding partly behind the statue himself and holds his hammer ready.
"Your end is nigh!"
move next to her
"Where did she go?" Khufu calls out, spinning about in the dark and pointing his spear this way and that.
Irakelesh remains stunned, still not quite aware of what's going on.
"She is behind the Nethy's Statue to the North." Aliva says as she mvoes 20' that way then heals herself.
Dropping the wand for Ai'Sha to pick up.
Ai'sha stands up and follows behind Aliva, picking up the wand as she walks.
The woman continues moving away from Haji, after seeing what he had done to the column monster. She heads toward the stairs to continue to keep her distance as she see the others approaching from that direction. Considering her options for a moment she points her wand at Aliva and activates it.
The fiery ray slams into Aliva and drops her to the ground, nearly killing her outright.