I'm so glad Filmcow made some more of those. The surprise in 6 was just supercontinuity at its best.
But, yeah; signboy got a jorb doing moving-around-and-lifting-type things. I'll find a post he made about it in a different game not too long ago. If what I am told is true, actually doing work is tiring; even moreso than just being awake for work, do ho ho.
OK, cool. Glad it's something positive like that--having a job is a fine thing. I have to leave work and meet my wife for shopping and dinner, and if he hasn't posted by the time I get back to a computer I'll DMPC the character.
Kyra comes to the front, her scimitar trailing flame as she brings it down on the last crawling hand. There is an audible sizzle as it hits, slicing the undead creature in two.
Out of melee!
One of the crawling hands has a tattoo of a stylized owl on its back.
DC 15 Knowledge (Local):
This symbol was used by the Council of Truth, a society of powerful wizards and sages who mysteriously disappeared from Kaer Maga several years ago.
While searching through the bodies, Raavan finds a (thankfully inanimate) hand with a gold ring set with a green stone. It looks valuable.
Male Gnome Oracle (Life) [1] | HP 10 | AC 17 T 13 FF 15 | CMB -1 CMD 11 | F +2 R +2 W +3 | Init +4 | Perc +3 | SM +1
Nope, no idea. Kinda neat looking though. Keno wrinkles his nose at the smell of the finger food. Yes, we go that way. Keno then follows Kyra and the others, leaving the strange human to his meal.
The party reforms after defeating the hands and searching the bits of bodies. The hallway south starts with a stairway up. Just as Kyra reaches the top of the stairs, though, four arrows fly out of the darkness ahead of the party. One hits Valt for 6 HP.
Round 1:
Initiative order
Chochok
Keno
Foes
Valt
Raavan
Arnthoth&Volfie
Kyra
Raavan can see the furthest, and at this point the source of the arrows is beyond his sight. (The edge of the grey area is the furthest he can see now; the rest of the party can't even see that far.) Chochok and Keno are up!
Male Gnome Oracle (Life) [1] | HP 10 | AC 17 T 13 FF 15 | CMB -1 CMD 11 | F +2 R +2 W +3 | Init +4 | Perc +3 | SM +1
Keno will cast Dancing Lights (one of his once-a-day abilities) and have them shed light on the darkness down the hallway so that the party can see their quarry!
AC(21)23/T14/F21/CMD29||HP(141)114[114]|F+12 R+7(+8 vs traps) W+5(+7)|Init.+2|Percept.+12 Human (Kellid) Barbarian (Mad Dog) 9
Arnthoth's heads jerks up as Raavan yells charge, and he sprints down the passage, swinging his lucerne hammer. "Raaaahh!!!! Come on Volfie, sic the walking booones!!"
Half-Orc Oracle of Lore 1 / Skald 6 | HP 58/58 | AC 21 [F 15 T 16] CMD 16 | F +7 R +7 W +8 | Initiative +4 | Perception +8 | Sense Motive +15
At this point, I'd suggest only channeling if we don't take most of them down. If we come up against a group of undead again though, I'd suggest a dual channel tactic (I was unaware we had two channelers). With this 10' passage layout it makes it hard for anyone in the second or third ranks to be effective in attacking with melee or ranged weapons and channelers in the back bypass allies in melee or soft cover. Perhaps we should try staggering our front line, or putting a gap between our front line and the second so that they can attack and step back to make room for those in the second line to move forward and attack in the same round.
Male Gnome Oracle (Life) [1] | HP 10 | AC 17 T 13 FF 15 | CMB -1 CMD 11 | F +2 R +2 W +3 | Init +4 | Perc +3 | SM +1
Thank you! I told you I was handy with this thing. Keno smiles at his morningstar and then looks back at Chochok as he scoops up the skulls. Tell me that, if I die, you'll have me raised instead of merely collecting my head. Right? Keno wonders if he should start collecting femurs or something.
Well, we should be moving on! Keno gives a quick glance to each alcove and its contents and then continues forward if he finds nothing of interest.
The doors open with a creak. Heavy curtains, faded by time and the dust adhering to them, cover the walls of the room except for the doors you just opened and another set of double doors across from where the party has entered. More dust, undisturbed by anything larger than a mouse, covers the floor.
The double doors across from the party are actually solid, with a strangely-shaped depression where the latch should be (a depression that seems to match an item from the library, an item that one of you is carrying).
Valt puts the rune into the depression. In response, a strange transformation occurs--the stone of the "doors" changes to a rippling mass of flesh, as if affected by a stone to flesh spell. Moments later, a bloody wound opens in the middle of the fleshy mass as the doors pull themselves apart. Through the gap, the Peacock Spirit statue can be seen.
Keno and Raavan, it appears to you as you enter the room that there's a door behind the curtains in the northern part of the west wall.
