Ziera moves up and shoots at HH2
Gray almost chuckled as his companions efficiently dealt with the hell hounds as he snuck about. It almost seemed a waste of a spell. Without preamble, he reached forward and lifted the glass case up, reaching forward with his other hand to grab the scroll. Assuming nothing goes kaboom, he then started moving back towards the entryway, moving south first before turning west.
Edmund finishes the spell from the wand, and Vince grows to twice his size.
Edmund, meanwhile, moves to C11 and flings an arcane bolt at the injured hellhound.
Force Damage
Antonio moves the image closer to the Hell Hounds, hoping to draw their attention away from Vince.
Payk releases two more arrows at the nearer hellhound, which falls with two more arrows piercing it.
Vince releases a deep laugh as he swings his weapons with even more strength than usual. His falcata and kukri rip apart the last hellhound.
Seeing that the pedestal has already been looted, Ziera looks around to make sure there is nothing else of value in the room that Gray overlooked. She also checks the hellhounds for collars, just in case.
Seeing as how his spell will last much longer, Gray quietly spoke out, "Got it." before falling silent again. No sense in letting the spell go to waste. He handed the scroll to the heaven-blooded woman, supposedly a cell leader, then lurked invisibly.
Ziera examines the scroll, seeing if she can identify any auras first rather than just beginning to read it... wary of traps like explosive runes.
Ziera reads the scroll to see if it is what they are looking for.
”If this is it, I must say that was fairly anticlimactic,” Edmund says, stepping forward to have a closer look.
Ziera starts to check the authenticity, and then just turns it over to Edmund, realizing that he would be MUCH better at that.
I wouldn't say anticlimactic yet. We haven't gotten out, or seen the animagi... and the animagi are where our memories are supposed to be. Getting the contract is a total bonus, and will probably help our cause, but it is not our main goal.
"It is strange we haven't seen any animagi... whatever they look like. If this is the real contract, where would the animagi be?" Antonio muses. "And what would be the point of all the other doors?"
Well, we could have gotten lucky in terms of the doors, but I think you're right about the animagi. Even if this IS the real contract, we still have to find them.
”There is illusion present here. We have to consider that this may be a decoy. There is one way to test it,” he adds, putting the scroll on the floor, then backing away.
When everybody is clear, he casts spark on the scroll (unless somebody stops him).
Ziera looks at Edmund like he is crazy for a second and then it clicks.
Oh, because the real one we can't destroy. Smart.
Vince curses as the scroll burns. “Well this is going to be fun; let’s just play a game of killing things before hey kill use just for fake scrolls. At least hell hounds are easy. ”
Gray frowned as it turned out the scroll they had retrieved was a fake. Still, there were only so many doors...which meant only so many fakes. He was pleased at the bookseller's ingenuity regarding the scroll, knowing that the House Contract would be impervious to such a simple spell. Remembering the pits that had crippled the enemy in the tavern, he knew that the old man was much more dangerous than he appeared.
The inquisitor quietly said, "This invisibility won't last forever...let's go ahead and get to another door, and I'll sneak in and see what I can while it's still in effect."
He’s still searching for his kidnapped son. While he knows it’s going to be a long sea ch and he has to keep living while he looks, when answers are possibly close at hand, he has no patience.
Ziera scoops up the ash from the fake scroll and adds it to her spell components. She sometimes needs a little bit of ash for her spells. Then she waits on this side of the platform until he is on the other side. Once he says he is there, since she can't see him, she walks across the bridge to him.
Ziera casts Open on the door.
Ziera readies her bow and goes in.
Hmm. Probably shouldn't have brought all those pots and pans with me
Gray scowled at the commotion behind him, but upon reflection he decided that it would serve him well, as his already stealthy capabilities would be further masked by his loud companions. He snuck through the corridor and took a look inside the next room to see what it might contain.
Edmund casts more dancing lights and sends them spinning into the room.
Vince looks around the empty room, confused. He senses danger though, and plants himself firmly, expecting an attack.
Ziera moves up and tries to shoot EE1 in between Payk (if he is in that spot) and Vince.
Edmund moves up behind Antonio and casts adhesive spittle at EE2. The distinguished gentleman hawks a big loogie which flies through the air, growing in size to cover the elemental insticky goo. EE2 is now entangled and must make a Reflex save DC 18 or be stuck to the floor.
Seeing that the pedestal in the corner was empty, Gray sighed, not really knowing what to do in a quick manner. Not willing to puzzle it out while his companions fight, Gray snuck over to one of the elementals attacking Vince and swung his spiked chain with abandon, becoming visible in front of his companions and foes.
Antonio dashes down the hallway into the room, standing behind Ziera.
Payk looks around frantically for a good place to attack from, but he doesn’t see one. Instead he drops his bow, draws a short sword and attacks with that.
Vince attacks back at EE1.