Terflynn stands, shoots, and ducks down again.
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Terflynn lays on the ground looking a bit better.
Jennix heals himself.
Terflynn puts an arrow in Zaiobe and she falls down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Miso flurries the corby:
With two quick punches Miso takes out one of the corbies!
The party is able to quickly finish off the final corby.
Jennix stands there panting. "Whose idea was it to help the harpy and set up a so called ambush...?"
"I am all out of my stronger spells, should we rest before carrying on, or hope we encounter nothing as dangerous as this harpy?"
"You have dangerous spells?" Terflynn asks in somewhat sincerity as he tabulates what everyone owes him for healing.
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Jennix smiles. "Er, I said stronger, not dangerous. That's what my blades are for... His bows to the elf with a flourish. "I make no presumptions of my arcana being anything comparable to your eh...lullaby.
"My cemetery can act as a sanctuary," Spivey points out, "as I invited you there earlier, you are certainly still welcome."
Once the party has moved away from the fallen foes, Spivey uses up the rest of her goddess' healing powers on the party.
"Well, my divine energy is nearly spent for the day. I could certainly use some rest as well."
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Jennix directs the party back upstairs. The remaining unexplored door is stuck and it takes a few tries to bust it open. As the party is trying to kick it in, you hear the sounds of a young child sobbing in the room beyond. Eventually, the door breaks open to reveal a storeroom that may have once been well organized, although the fallen crates and broken barrels that fill the room now present a tangle of debris.
Rising out of the debris is a thing resembling a gray, emaciated child, with cobwebs and dust for clothes and a fox skull for a head.
The creature stumbles to the entrance of the room and tries to bite Jennix.
Jennix startles as the creature attacks, but reagins his wits and drawing his rapier, stabs at the creature.
Missing spectacularly, Jennix steps to the south, making room for his companions.
Jennix recognizes this as an Attic Whisperer, a type of undead that can steal someone's breath (fatiguing the victim) and steal someone's voice. It's aura of sobs suppresses bardic performance in addition to giving a penalty because it's freaking depressing.
Jennix stabs at it with his rapier but misses!
Zack steps back five feet and fires a pair of arrows at the creature.
Zachary's luck seems to have turned (wait, isn't that Jennix's thing) and he puts two arrows into the creepy undead thing.
Terflynn steps back and fires an arrow at the monster.
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Terflynn fires his bow but misses!
Miso steps in front of the door and flurries!
Spivey flies above Miso and attacks with her starknives!
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The attic whisperer reaches out to touch Miso!
Terflynn fires another arrow, making a mental note to craft some more.
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Looks like I need a Will save...
Miso flurries again, cos he's a glutton for punishment.
Zack attempts to shoot around the monk in the enclosed area.
Jennix stabs at the creature with his rapier.
Miso fires an arrow and misses!
Miso flurries and lands a punch!
Zachary tries to shoot around Miso but has no luck.
Jennix stabs but misses!
Spivey stabs at it with her starknives!
The attic whisperer tries to bite Miso!
Jennix continues to poke at the creature.
Jennix stabs deep into the creature's side!
TerflynnMiso fires but misses.
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Miso then five foot steps to the side in an effort to allow a clearer shot to the archers behind him.
Miso pulls a Miso!
Zack takes his shots after Miso sidesteps away from the door.
Zachary puts an arrow into the undead creature and ends it!
Jennix peruses the room, then stops. "Oh dear, this is a disturbing image. Looks at this." He says, pointing out the skeleton and the drawings. "I think we have encountered those bird men. I hate to think we may encounter the others..."
"Is anyone hurt?" Spivey asks after the creature falls.
Satisfied that the top floor is clear, the party heads back downstairs.
The throne room is full of rotting, faded banners hanging from the walls of the long hall. The banners depict a stylized castle sitting on a seaside cliff. Thick stone pillars support the ceiling, while at the far end of the hall sits an old wooden throne, its back carved to resemble the towers of a castle wrapped in the coils of a serpentine dragon.
It seems that Kikonu has left several things scattered on the throne when he rushed outside to his doom. There is a pouch with five shiny pearls worth 100 gp each and a darkwood-and-silver disc decorated with an intricate etching of Brinewall under the noonday sun.
Slot none; Price 12, 392 gp; Weight 3 lbs.
This +1 kusarigama makes a shrill whistling sound whenever it is used in combat. Once per day as a standard action, the wielder of Dancing Wasp can whirl the weapon above his head as a full-round action to summon a giant wasp. The wasp appears in the air above the wielder's head and follows the wielder's mental commands to the best of its ability as long as the user continues to twirl the weapon (requiring a standard action each round), to a maximum of 5 rounds, after which the wasp vanishes.
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Heading to a door near the previously discovered ballroom, the party finds a short hallway. There is a small washroom to the right and another door on the left.
Heading through the other door, the party finds four stone pillars supporting the roof of this large hall. What appear to have once been wooden cages lie in shambles throughout the room. A heap of rags and furs in the middle of the room seems to be some sort of makeshift bed, while a large heap of partially eaten birds, squirrels, and wild turnips mounded nearby reeks with the stink of compost.
When you enter a lanky and gangling figure rises from the heap of rags in the middle of the room. Her legs bend in three joints like a dog's legs and her large milky eyes fix on you as you disturb her rest.
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"An ogrekin! Sensitive to light!"
Terflynn then points a twisted hand at the creature and hums a monotone rhythm.
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Jennix draws an arrow and takes aim, ready to shoot if the creature fails to fall asleep.
Miso, his trusty occasionally useful light crossbow already in hand, five-foot-steps to his left and likewise readies an action to fire if the elf's Slumber hex is shaken off.
The ogre kin lies back down to sleep!
"Anyone have some rope so we can tie this one up?"
"An ogrekin? Death is a favor to these soulless monsters."
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The ogrekin had leather armor, a +1 flail, a spiked gauntlet, and 77 gp[/spoiler]
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With the ogrekin subdued permanently, the party heads to the other side of the throne room. Several ruined beds lie in various states of disrepair in this room, their moldy mattresses piled into a filthy heap against the northern wall.
Beneath the moldy mattresses is a stash of treasure: a bejeweled silk gown set with pearls worth 450 gp that is in remarkably good condition considering the filth it was sitting under.
The party heads back to the ballroom and through the doors on the other side of it. A short hallway has two doors on either side which lead to storerooms.
Heading through the double doors at the end of the short hallway, the party emerges into small chamber. It's impossible to tell what this room may have originally been used for, as the walls and floor are decorated with countless preserved animals and creatures, ranging from small birds and forest creatures to fearsome predators. Several of the displays look uncomfortably fresh or humanoid in shape.
Jumping about the room is a small dainty elflike creature with long twitching antennae that is wearing a brightly colored dress made from butterfly wings and preserved wildflower petals.
The little fey creature says excitedly, "Oh, yes! More for the collection! You will do just fine!"
Jennix fires an arrow at the creature, unless he recollects that it is not something he should be shooting at.
Jennix recalls that fey generally have DR/cold iron. He also recognizes this as a quickling, which have natural invisibility when not moving and are susceptible to slowing effects. They also have supernatural speed, grant then concealment.
Jennix puts an arrow into the quickling but it doesn't seem to do much damage
Spivey commands the fey to surrender but it does not heed.
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The quickling flies forward and stabs at Miso with a short sword!
Terflynn casts mage armor upon himself and steps back.
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Terflynn protects himself with mage armor!
Jennix switches to his rapier, dropping his bow, and stabs at the creature.