Fellgrim enlarges himself as Jelani braces for a foe to move into reach.
The creatures have no damage resistance, but their bite carries a strength-draining poison.
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UuuuUUgh! the Serpentfolk responds to Asuna's spell, oblivious to any social interaction.
The two close in on Jelani, costing one of them a severe blow to the head. (). It retaliates by dealing a similar crushing blow, while the other one strikes only air.
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Thistle moves into the room, ducking between one of the creatures and his elven bow master friend.
He can't quite get all the way around to flank with Jelani, so he holds his attack until the barbarian can get into place, confident no words need to be spoken about the melee tactics.
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Caranthir fires an arrow from point-blank range, catching the wounded serpent folk off-guard. For Caranthirs second arrow, space is too tight, and the trajectory too low.
Thistle moves through, drawing a swipe form the serpent folk, just before stabbing it down.
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Fellgrim waits for his opportunity as Bruce takes a swipe at the last serpent folk, but misses.
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The serpent folk takes a massive blow from Jelani's earth breaker, and retaliates with a swing from his mace. It also tries to bite the experienced rage, but seems to be utterly ineffective.
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Thistle steps up to the beast and songs his morningstar. His blow pales in comparison to Jelani, but he puts his shoulder into it nonetheless.
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Fellgrim and Thistle maneuvre up to the serpent folk, and Thistle even puts in a tentative strike. In the end, though, it is Caranthir who, with two well-aimed shots, manages to put down the serpent folk.
Wimpering in the corner of one of the cells is a wretched, tortured serpent folk, seemingly oblivious to its surroundings. As soon as anyone steps near, he puts his arms in front of his eyes and starts declaiming: “I have given myself to you, Kro’akoth! Ydersius is a living corpse and not fit for worship. Not like you, my lord and master! Give me freedom and I will fight in your name!”
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Thistle sees the pleading prisoner, but cannot hear his cries. He moves to open the door, but stops, confident he is missing some context.
He does take a mental note of the beasts his companions had just slain , noting that this jailed one looks the same.
Hopefully his friends can gather more information.
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I forget...on a crit, is elemental damage from the magic longbow only applied once?
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The prisoner looks hopefully at Thistle...
I am nothing! No one! Once this was Draa, but now it is Kro’akoth’s slave! Kro’akoth, the Fire Serpent, is the true god of my kind! Ydersius is dead! Kro’akoth is all! This is the the home of Kro'akoth. We came here to fight Kro’akoth’s holy priest and were defeated. The others are dead now, but not Draa! Kro’akoth has saved Draa!
Fight, yes...
The weakened Draa move to his feet, and feebly shambles toward the door, shuffling one foot in front of the other, slowly. Every two steps he looks as if he is about to fall over, and all the way he makes a coughing sound.
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Bruce helps the poor creature stay on his feet. "Maybe fighting isn't such a good idea for you. How about you tell us what happened when you fought the high priest while we see about patching your wounds."
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Thistle approaches the beaten creature, taking the cues and explanation from his friends, and touches him on the shoulder. A soft white glow appears around the Nagaji's hand and appears to melt into the body of the broken serpent.
"kro'akoth is false. A deceiver who's only aim is to steal your strength for himself. He cares nothing for you. See the truth of the light."
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I am Draa. I am Kro'akoth's slave! the serpent folk merely whimpers. He's clearly lost it, his mind and body broken by torture.
The long corridor bends around a corner and ends into a rectangular room. This chamber is full of statues. In the center is a basalt statue of a serpentine figure, its head wreathed in flame. A dozen smaller statues are clustered on the floor. These depict a different serpentine figure, but all the heads have been chopped off. A pathway through the statuary leads to double doors on the north wall.
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Before leaving the jail cell room, Thistle opens each of the other doors, to make sure nothing is left to sneak up behind them. If the creatures in this shrine had the power of brainwashing with their torture, who knows if they might have something that was more physically capable after being turned.
Thistle casts resistance on Bruce before he enters the room, in case the search for traps does not go well. He then uses his keen eye sight to give Bruce some help.
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Bruce's intuition, usually very attuned to the presence of traps, does not betray any signs of malignant devices...
Caranthir detects some illusion magic around the statue. The doors to the north are not locked.
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Thistle takes in the sight of the beheaded statues, then looks back at the statue in the center of the room. His lips curl up in a mischievous grin. Gripping his Morningstar, he moves over and takes a swing at the statue, attempting to knock it's head off.
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There's no life from the statue, but the morningstar does make a mighty loud crashing sound as it hits the statue - which, of course, doesn't bother Thistle at all.
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Thistle smiles smugly at the statue, despite its stubbornness to release its head.
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"Something up with the statue? " Bruce writes out in chalk. He takes a closer look.
If Bruce finds nothing wrong with the statue he will check the next door.
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Thistle notices the flames around the statue are nothing more than an illusion. Bruce comes to the same conclusion as well, and find nothing on the next door.
The double doors lead to a huge temple. On the left and right of the door are six alcoves, some empty and some with rough bedding on the floor. In the center of the main chamber is an enormous pillar of green crystal. A stone serpent is wrapped around it, its head aflame. Below the serpent is a narrow pit. In the back of the chamber is a raised altar, and behind it a wall mosaic pulses with green light.
Have you come to seek the wisdom of the prophet? Swear allegiance to the Awakener and my prophecy will be but the first of the gifts you receive! a slithering voice speaks from a background of hisses.
Caranthir feels the presence of one creature (int 16) before the spell breaks.
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"We are so very curious to hear the prophecy! We swear our allegiance of course!" Asuna says with a bow and a wide smile behind her mask.
Though to what I'll avoid mentioning for now...
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In the shallow pit surrounding the pillar, Caranthir sees a mass of coiling snakes, but the altar is free of any presence. Caranthir does get the impression somebody in the room might be invisible.
Yes, swear your allegiance! Step up to the altar, that I may induce you!