No one knows what group the banner belongs to. Graxzos hears nothing from both doors.
Boderus doesn't hear or see anything wrong, so he opens the eastern door. He sees a stairwell that would have gone down and up except for the fallen rocks blocking the way down. At least up is clear.
Graxzos opens the door and judging from the shelves lining the walls, this darkened room might once have been a storeroom, though its contents have long since succumbed to the passage of time. A crack in the northern wall has apparently let in some rainwater, which has collected in a large puddle on the floor. As soon as the door opens, a sickly thin lizard that is in this room gets up and looks excited at the company.
Round 1 (begins)
Boderus, Necress, Asmythe, Feyandoria, Lizard, Graxzos
Missing with his shot, the lizard pays no attention to him, just to Asmythe. Asmythe gives the lizard some trail rations and the lizard takes it away and starts eating in the corner, ignoring the party now that it has food.
Looking around the room, the party sees nothing.
Leaving the room, the party goes into the stairwell and goes up and finds a door on the third floor that is locked. The stairs continue up.
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Walking past the door Boderus remembers that he shpuld have bought lockpicks. He ignores the door and heads up with the others. He will inspect the door before opening it.
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Graxzos eyes the lizard as they head out of the room. "S'pose there's no harm feedin' the wildlife...not the wildlife o' that size, anyhow."
On the landing, he snorts as Boderus looks over the door. "Lemme take a look-see as well..."
As he looks it over, he adds with a grin, "'S a good thing I brought along me masterwork dwarven lockpick!" He hefts his ax meaningfully.
Graxzos hefts up his ax and starts whacking at the door. After a few swings, the door falls to pieces.
Two stone altars, one black and one white, sit at either end of this large chamber, which takes up two wings of the tower on this level. The crumbling remains of wooden benches sag in front of each altar beneath rotting ceiling tapestries. Carved symbols and writings snake along the walls. The burnt corpses of two troglodytes lie on the floor in the center of the room. Seeing the door fall to pieces, two humanoid skeletons, wreathed in auras of eternal flame, open their jaws in soundless screams as they raise their weapons and prepare to attack.
Round 1(begins)
Graxzos, Boderus, Feyandoria, Skeletons, Asmythe, Necress
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"Wait!" Necress calls out as Boderus moves to attack the skeleton.
"If I help you, you will never trouble me again!" Necress shouts at the undead.
She then addresses the group. "Do not kill them...yet! One of these seeks my help, and will not leave me in peace until I do!"
Feyandoria hits one of the skeletons.
Boderus and Graxzos delay.
Necress attempts to control the undead in the room.
They both put their weapons down and watch Necress for directions.
Looking around the room, the party finds a scroll of shatter under the black altar, a scroll of shield other under the white altar, and two silver holy symbols of Nethys.
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"Eh. As long as they're not tryin' ta rip my face off, I'm gonna be happy," Graxzos says, striding into the room and glancing about. He keeps carefully away from the skeletons' flames.
When he finds the scrolls, he hoists them up. "Anyone want these? I got little use for these magicy-type thingamajigs...but these are interestin'," he adds with a grin as he eyes the holy symbols.
Looking around the rest of the room, Grax shrugs. "Don' look like there's much else here--shall we press upward?"
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A chill runs down the spine of each member of the group as Necress holds out her hand toward the undead, palm toward them.
"You seek my help!" she yells. [/b]"I despise you! Now all I can hear is your cries! But I know you will not let me rest until I consent! But you must obey me, first!"[/b] she adds in a loud, clear voice.
As the creatures respond to her commands, the deaf Necress watches Asmythe's mouth as he states his concern. She looks at him with a cold, penetrating stare.
"I am no necromancer, raising and manipulating the dead," she responds with a voice hardly more audible than a whisper. "I was once a carefree girl...I could hear the beautiful melody of life. Now, I can no longer hear you or anything else...except for the dead than torment me without respite. I want nothing to do with them. Is it moral to help them, so that they will cease to torment me? You decide, elf."
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Boderus doesn't seem bothered by the whole controlling of undead.
"Look over there."
Boderus points at the southwest wall.
"There is a locked secret door in that wall. And I might only fight but I am also able to use magic devices. So I could also take them if necessary. Although I am most always up front so you might have more use of it."
He adds to Feyandoria.
"Graxzos will you do the honors of disabling the door?"
Graxzos takes a few whacks at the door again and ends up breaking it down, startling the swarm of bats that are nested in the other room!
Round 1 (begins)
Asmythe, Necress, Burning Skeletons, Bat Swarm, Graxzos, Boderus, Feyandoria
NE Medium undead
Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +0
Aura fire (1d6)
Defense
AC 16, touch 12, flat-footed 14 (+2 armor, +2 Dex, +2 natural)
hp 4 (1d8)
Fort +0, Ref +2, Will +2
DR 5/bludgeoning; Immune fire, undead traits
Offense
Speed 30 ft.
Melee broken scimitar +0 (1d6+1d6 fire), claw –3 (1d4+1+1d6 fire) or 2 claws +2 (1d4+2+1d6 fire)
Statistics
Str 15, Dex 14, Con —, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 12
Base Atk +0; CMB +2; CMD 14
Feats Improved Initiative
Gear broken chain shirt, broken scimitar
Special Qualities
Fiery Aura: Creatures adjacent to a burning skeleton take 1d6 points of fire damage at the start of their turn. Anyone striking a burning skeleton with an unarmed strike or natural attack takes 1d6 points of fire damage.
Fiery Death: A burning skeleton explodes into a burst of flame when it dies. Anyone adjacent to the skeleton when it is destroyed takes 1d6 points of fire damage. A Reflex save (DC 12) halves this damage.
Undead Traits (Ex) Undead are immune to death effects, disease, mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, morale effects, phantasms, and patterns), paralysis, poison, sleep, stun, and any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect also works on objects or is harmless). Undead are not subject to ability drain, energy drain, or nonlethal damage. Undead are immune to damage or penalties to their physical ability scores (Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution), as well as to fatigue and exhaustion effects. Undead are not at risk of death from massive damage.