Well okay, I belive I have disarmed it. I will go across first.
Liz edges across
Bria follows, ten feet behind.
"Nicely done, Liz! Deft fingers and swift thinking saves the day!"
Thank you, thank you.
Liz will examine the doors to the south.
+1 vs. traps
Gunder follows Elizabeth and Bria across the bridge.
"Really impressive, the statues and the portal. Looks like we are getting close to something important. Is everybody ready to go in? Liz, is the door safe to open?"
When everyone is ready, Gunder will first cast Guidance on the two people in front, then Virtue.
Garuneh waggles his fingers, itching to Surge something off a cliff again.
I am ready. Bria, help me with the door.
Liz opens the door with Bria's help.
Bria helps Liz with the door.
The menfolk stand back and cower as usual.
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The wide brass doors swing open on silent hinges to reveal a vast crypt. The only light emanates from a torch mounted above the crypt, flickering with a pale golden fire. Tall pillars march across the chamber, ending at a dais on the far side, on which is set a large stone sarcophagus.
A two forms rests beside each side the coffin, that of a comely woman in tattered clothing and that of a dark skinned woman dressed in priestly robes. Both appear to be asleep or unconscious.
Totally not a trap!
"Should we wake them?" Bria asks in a whisper.
"This seems quite likely to lead to doom. I am apprehensive, but will follow you wherever needed."
Do either of the women look familiar? LIke the lost villagers?
"We should rule out the possibility that they are undead before approaching them ... Liz, can you zap your wand on one of them? Command her to do something. If she complies, we know she is undead."
Gunder tries to discern, from afar, whether the two women are alive, dead, undead, or illusions.
But he is so much distracted by their curves, that he finds himself unable to concentrate on such details.
I could, but there is no guerentee that it would work
Liz tries to see if the women show signs of life.
Asleep or unconcious. They might have fallen victim to something in this room so we need to be very carefull.
"Or be waiting for suckers to step in so they can murder us in some fashion. But that's about par for the course down here. Let's proceed, shall we? Carefully, of course..."
Aldous scans the room as far as he can with his own detect magic after recasting it on Dragon as well. He stands ready with his bow, ready to shoot whatever jumps out from hiding.
I'll get my bow out so I can join in any opening volley. Let us stay away from those two until we can determine if the rest of the room is clear.
Liz puts her swords away and nocks an arrow
Garuneh looks up at the ceiling and scans the area, alert for anything that might attack them.
"Many-faced Hells. I'm going to check on them." He looks at the woman in tattered clothing first as she may be more injured.
I will back you up. Liz follows, ready to shoot any lunging monsters.
Bria follows closely. If they turn out to be undead, she will smite them. In a caring and sensitive manner, of course.
"Abjuration and transmutation magic in the large open sarcophagus"
Following the others, Aldous keeps his bow ready.
"Let me know if anything changes in that magic, Dragon."
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With Gunder trailing behind, Garuneh and company reach the foot of the dais when a dry, mirthless laugh can be heard from the dark recesses of the tomb.
With that, a wicked-looking skeleton strides into view wearing polished mail and brandishing a cruel sword in both hands. A cold blue flame burns in its empty eye sockets. Behind him are a pair of skeletons.
Cracking and clanking from the east, as a moan can be heard from a bloated zombie shuffling into view, dressed in pieces of armor. Behind him are a pair of skeletons as well.
Round 1
Asar leads the charge of the boney brigade. He saunters up to Liz with a icy glow in his eyes, wielding the longsword in both hands.
The skeletons come next, rattling in their rusted chain mail wielding broken scimitars. The first one comes after Aldous and attempts to bring the elf down
The next one dances between coffin, pillar and statue to reach Gunder, chomping his jaws all along the way.
On the east side, the zombie charges Bria, in a clumsy manner.
The third skeleton, squeezes past Bria and the zombie to try to get a clean strike at the dwarf.
The final skeleton scraps his blade along the ground, creating sparks as it reaches Garuneh. It then takes a vicious swing at the druid.
Heroes Go! May the Battle for the Everflame Begin!
Bria axes PZ/PK to dance.
for damage
Augh! Back-up! We are in a bad location. Back to the bridge!
"Not good! Not good at all!"
Aldous seems close to panic, surrounded by the undead and wounded gravely.
He attempts to cast protection from evil on himself, defensively. vs. DC 17, failing.
"Well, it was nice knowing you all..."
Garuneh blasts SK4 with a Surge.
"Liz! Use your wand!"
Garuneh moves to O55, heedless of attacks.
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Garuneh's surge blows past the skeleton. The druid then tries to shield himself as best as he can as he clears the way of attacks from the skeletons and zombie.
Garuneh blows by the first two attackers, but the last skeleton is able to cut a wide gash across his arm. But Garuneh has gained the advantage by opening up the battle field.
Liz drops her bow and five steps to Bria's space and then attempts to tumble to M-54
"Thank you for your invitation ... I am sure we would all love to stay and be turned into undead ... but unfortunately, we already have other plans for tonight." says Gunder while slowly backing away.
He stops behind Elizabeth, retrieves the wand that is dangling from her backpack and gives it to her.
"Sorry to rummage through your private things, Liz. But you might want to use this."
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Liz drops her bow and is able to duck and dodge through nearly every undead the occupies Kassen's Tomb.
Gunder steps back away from the skeleton before him and is able to retrieve the wand out Liz's backpack. It appears to have been caught on some undergarments, which nearly snap back on the halfling's face. =v)
Round 2
Asar growls as he flanks Bria. He takes a powerful, yet defensive swing at Bria.
The deep cut sprays Bria's blood over Asar's chainmail as he laughs at his handy work.
The skeleton next to Aldous presses his attack in attempt to bring down the elf.
The second skeleton trails after Gunder in attempt to cut off a piece of that nice halfling flesh.
The third skeleton finds Bria in between its sights, and swings and claws at her.
The forth skeleton withdraws from Bria's range and moves around the pillar to flank Garuneh.
The zombie drools and moans over Bria in attempt to bring her down before its master's knees.
Bria falls at the zombie's slam, bleeding out before her new would be master.
Heroes May Go
Bria holds action, perhaps permanently.
Liz 5' steps and points the wand at SK1
Grapple Asar!
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A stream of sparkly dust flies from the end of the wand and falls over the skeleton. It then salutes Liz and tries to grapple Asar. When it tries to do so, Asar turns with shock and attempts to hack down his would be attacker.
Asar misses the turn-coat skeleton with his wicked blade, but SK1 is unable to grapple the undead warrior.
Gunder decides to keep the underwear for now.
He is about to start running towards the bridge when he sees Bria fall.
He abondons the plan and instead makes a defiant 5-foot-step forward and goes into total defense.
"We have to get away..." Aldous grunts as he tries to drag the downed dwarven warrior-ess away from the battle.
Liz waggles the wand at the Zombie. Attack Ashar!
When Aldous arrives with dying Bria, Gunder will make a 5-foot-step to not provoke AOOs and then he will cast his las healing spell on Bria.
Then (as his move action) he draws his sling.
Nyahahahaah! Who needs golems?! I'll march on the Aldoc manor with my lovelies!