Thistle hits a Morlock on the head, as Bruce tries to make his voice heard over the screaching and screaming that goes on in this chamber. Before he can make himself heard, however, Jelani has three morlock lying decapitated on the floor. The blinded elders listen - for a brief moment, they look at the direction of the sound, but then they snarl again, evaporating all hope for a peaceful resolution. Seeing this, Fellgrim bombs the remaining three elders
Going to assume Fellgrim changes his targeting to blue
AC 26, T 14, FF 26 // Fort +13 (+16), Ref +10 Will +2 // CMD 31 (32 vs overrun))
Active:
No. He doesn’t need a knowledge roll to see that they are hostile and demented, same as the others we’ve been killing. If the young ones don’t attack he will leave them be. I’m not using ooc knowledge, I’m doing what Jelani would do when presented with this situation.
I don't know what all he has built into his attack listed on his line, but I do know he has two attacks at a base of +8 and +3, so we will go with a full attack, the second one being 5 less than the first.
Caranthir flips two quick shots over his teammates shoulders to help thin the numbers.
AC 26, T 14, FF 26 // Fort +13 (+16), Ref +10 Will +2 // CMD 31 (32 vs overrun))
Active:
Jelani lets the younglings go. They will be some other surface dwellers' problem in a couple of years. He releases his battle rage and stands there huffing and covered in morlock gore.
Bruce looks at the gore covered Jelani. "Sorry, don't know of a way to mix that into an extract." As Fellgrim goes to retrieve the false eye, Bruce will double back into the hallway. "There is another door back here. I'll check it out so nothing can come up behind us." Bruce checks the door for traps before opening.
Heightened senses +2 to knowledge and perception, Darkvision, Investigative mind (double roll on Appraise, Knowledge, Linguistics or Spellcraft), Heroism +2 on attack rolls, saves and skills. Barkskin +3 Natural Armor
The heavy door to the room in the east was once adorned with carvings, but it has been vandalized to the point that its ancient runes are illegible. It is unlocked, but shut. Opening it reveals a small, empty, room.
Bruce find a half-buried stash containing a masterwork healer’s kit, grain alcohol (three bottles), and a jar of ointment.
Bruce heads back to the nesting chamber and opens one of the doors after checking for traps. Finding the small corridor he checks the next door be fore opening it.
Behind the passages in an alcove. In the center of this alcove stand the vandalized remains of what is barely recognizable as a statue of bird-headed being with serpents for legs. Long, bronze tubes line an alcove behind the statue.
perception:1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25non-sound based
Thistle points to the secret passageway in the room to let everyone know which way they are going next. He scrawls on his board, "demon lord abraxas" and points at the statue.
He adjusts his armor and moves toward the door, ready to support his friends as they explore deeper.
The passage ascends into a dark antechamber covered with plates of brass and porcelain. Its tiled walls have been bashed to splinters and smeared with filth. Most of the rubble has been pushed up along the north wall in small piles. To the west lie the shattered remains of a smaller side room, its walls broken to the foundation. Along the east wall, a wooden door hangs half open.
Elf Fighter 1 / Wizard 1 / Eldritch Knight 6 / Arcane Archer 3 | HP 80/80 | AC 23; Tch 18; FF 15 | F +12; R +14; W +8 | CMB+12; CMD 29 | Speed 30 ft | Init +11 | +3 Icy Burst Longbow: +23 (1d8+7+2d6/x3) | Perc +23
"One moment, please," Caranthir whispers before casting a spell, then moving quietly to the entrance of the room.
The elf takes a moment to magically scan the room for additional thoughts in the room.
detect thoughts, scanning for 3 rounds
stealth:1d20 + 19 ⇒ (17) + 19 = 36
detect thoughts:
You detect surface thoughts. The amount of information revealed depends on how long you study a particular area or subject.
1st Round
Presence or absence of thoughts (from conscious creatures with Intelligence scores of 1 or higher).
2nd Round
Number of thinking minds and the Intelligence score of each. If the highest Intelligence is 26 or higher (and at least 10 points higher than your own Intelligence score), you are stunned for 1 round and the spell ends. This spell does not let you determine the location of the thinking minds if you can’t see the creatures whose thoughts you are detecting.
3rd Round
Surface thoughts of any mind in the area. A target’s Will save prevents you from reading its thoughts, and you must cast detect thoughts again to have another chance. Creatures of animal intelligence (Int 1 or 2) have simple, instinctual thoughts that you can pick up.
Bruce will sneak forward and look at what might be behind the open door.
Stealth:1d20 + 10 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 10 + 2 = 23
Heightened senses +2 to knowledge and perception, Darkvision, Investigative mind (double roll on Appraise, Knowledge, Linguistics or Spellcraft), Heroism +2 on attack rolls, saves and skills. Barkskin +3 Natural Armor
Read those posts and laughed out loud last night. I pictured you stating the DC of that fort save in a deadpan voice, which made it funnier in my head.
Thistle follows Bruce down the hall, waiting for something to jump out at him from each shadow in the filthy, rough hall.
Bruce moves into the hallway. There's a short passage on the north side, which leads to a closed door. The walkway is littered with piles of stone bowls, skulls, crudely carved idols, and large chunks of quartzite, hematite, and other semi-precious minerals. A yellowish light leaks from the crack at the bottom of the door. A bit further down is a passage to the south.
Coal-filled braziers illuminate this room with a dull yellow light. Its walls are lined with great iron cages. Some are empty, while others hold the skeletal or desiccated remains of a fantastic array of supernatural beings. The corpses hang from rusty manacles and have great iron skewers piercing their bodies.
A table toward the rear section of the room holds a collection of small clay bowls filled with blood, gobbets of flesh, flensed bones, and other grisly evidence of what goes on in this chamber.
Though most of the creatures caged here are dead, one of them, a giant-size humanoid, clings precariously to life, badly injured though he is. Help me... save me... don't let me die here...
Thistle logs around, taking in the macabre scene while trying to remain passive, at least to not let on his revulsion. His companions tap on his should to point out the unfortunate soul stuck in here, and those is quick to pass life healing energies to him.
clw:1d8 + 8 ⇒ (1) + 8 = 9
He then examines him fully to see what wounds remain, and their extent.
Asuna has a pained expression on her face "Guys we should heal him up if he isn't another trick like the one we saw earlier. What's your name boy? How did you end up here." Asuna asks the giant.
The creature is taken from the brink of death, but still far from healed. Caranthir identifies the humanoid as a Nephilim, a large outsider descending from mortals and demigod alike. The name is Jherao, he says, I am the captive of the Mistress of Thorns. She uses this chamber... for foul deeds. Torture. He shudders.
A vile devil, she is, a creature from the infernal plane. She tortured me for days on end, hoping to find a weakness to hurt my father, but I never yielded.
Thistle focuses his mind, and a wave of golden energy flows from his body, enveloping those in the room. He tries his best to read lips, and settles for the interpretation from his companions as they speak further with the giant creature.
Channel, heal:4d6 ⇒ (2, 3, 1, 5) = 11
"Why would she want to hurt your father?" Thistle asks, not hearing initially who his father is...
I really need to learn how to read lips...
Keep forgetting to put a point in linguistics... not that I have a whole lot of those...
