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Crystal looks at the storm of arrows in the room and stays firmly put in the safety of the corridor.
Hmmm.... I'm not going in there, but maybe.
She casts Mage Hand and directs the floating hand over to the pillar and tries to see if it can pull out any of the arrows out of the pillar to drop them on the ground.
Crystal uses her mage hand to remove one out of one hundred arrows from the pillar.
Kendra quickly moves up to Giri and pulls him out of the room, while Kyra's heals Giri back to consciousness.
The arrow trap continuous to shoot arrows for over a minute, finally stopping once it's out of arrows.
She looks at the others. "I will go first, I suppose, but I do not believe any of you have a way to heal me should I go down in a hail of arrows."
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"No. I'll go."
Kendra says then waves her hand in front of her as a purpleish pink clear shimmering shield appears.
School abjuration [force]; Level alchemist 1, bloodrager 1, magus 1, psychic 1, sorcerer/wizard 1, summoner/unchained summoner 1; Subdomain defense 1; Elemental School void 1
CASTING
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
EFFECT
Range personal
Target you
Duration 1 min./level (D)
DESCRIPTION
Shield creates an invisible shield of force that hovers in front of you. It negates magic missile attacks directed at you. The disk also provides a +4 shield bonus to AC. This bonus applies against incorporeal touch attacks, since it is a force effect. The shield has no armor check penalty or arcane spell failure chance.
And Kendra slowly starts forward towards the arrows of DOOOOOOM!!
Kendra moves in, and nothing happens. The others follow, and still nothing happens. The south door doesn't look like it's trapped or locked, and you push it open.
You enter a corridor and pass it to enter another room. A continuous carving of mourners runs along the walls here, leading to a staircase on the south side of the room. Also, there are four skeletons covered in blood.
Round 1:
Kyra
Giri
Bloody Skeleton, Green
Bloody Skeleton, Yellow
Bloody Skeleton, Blue
Crystal
Bloody Skeleton, Red
Kendra
Kyra enters the room in a rush to destroy the undead monstrosities. "By the Light I have seen enough of these foes! Dawnflower clear my way past these abominations!"
As Giri draws both of his daggers, Kyra runs past him and channels positive energy to harm all of the bloody skeletons inside the room.
The skeletons resist most of the energy and are only slightly harmed. As blood then pours over their damaged bones, the bones are largely restored.
The nearest skeleton steps up to Kyra and attacks her twice. Kyra's able to dodge one of its claws, but not the second. Two more skeletons move up to her, and one of them also hurts her with its claw.
Round 1:
Kyra 0/13 Disabled
Giri
Bloody Skeleton, Green -1HP
Bloody Skeleton, Yellow -1HP
Bloody Skeleton, Blue -1HP
Crystal
Bloody Skeleton, Red -2HP
Kendra
The small layer of ice that Crystal creates causes two of the skeletons to fall flat on their hipbones.
One of the fallen skeleton manages to get back up, and moves closer to poor, disabled Kyra.
Kendra holds her hands up toward the ceiling and shoots a purple ray at it. The ceiling doesn't really care.
Round 2:
Kyra 0/13 Disabled
Giri
Bloody Skeleton, Green -1HP
Bloody Skeleton, Yellow -1HP & Prone
Bloody Skeleton, Blue -1HP
Crystal
Bloody Skeleton, Red -2HP
Kendra
Barely standing and wobbling upon her feet, Kyra sees no other option than to hold up her holy symbol once more and call out to her goddess in desperation. "Sarenrae, save me!" A burst of golden, positive energy blasts out once more into the skeletons. She then immediately collapses to the ground!
In a last, desperate stand Kyra grabs hold of her holy symbol and beseeches her goddess to destroy the undead surrounding her. As Kyra drops to the floor, the burst of golden, positive energy that blasts out incinerates the skeletons, turning them to four neat piles of ashes.
While Kyra's eyes pop back open, Giri discovers one of the skeletons was wearing a tarnished silver necklace.
After Kyra's had a moment to tend to her own wounds, you descend the stairs on the other end of the room. At the bottom of the stairs is a circular chamber with three passageways leading from it. In the center is a small stone pedestal. The sound of dripping water can be heard coming from the eastern passageway, while the stench of rot emanates from the west.
The floor bears an inscription spiraling out from the pillar and written in Common. It reads: “To the south you might take your ease, to rest and reflect on Kassen’s deeds. To the east lies the wheel, to open the gate. To the west is the resting place of Kassen, hero of the Fangwood.”
Kyra grips her holy symbol as her eyes flutter open. "Are they gone?" She notices the piles of ash and sighs in relief before spending a moment to heal up her remaining wounds. "It is not surprise there were no survivors to return from this place. The undead filth have overrun it."
"Yes, let us go south for now. Perhaps we will find somewhere safe to rest up a moment, but my injuries have been healed. I'm prepared to continue with our mission."
The short passageway south takes a bend before ending in a small chamber dominated on the far side by a silver fountain quietly burbling perfectly clear water. An inscription above the fountain reads “Kassen’s legacy lives on with his people. Drink and be refreshed.”
Giri feels rejuvenated after taking a good swallow of the water, as does Crystal when she concludes Giri didn't just drop dead.
With nothing else to do inside this room, you head back to the previous room. There are two options left: east or west.
Kyra will join the others in taking a drink and sees about filling her waterskin with the refreshing draught. "I wonder if the enchantment will remain potent if stored within." She muses aloud.
As she takes a gulp, Kendra feels some of her strength return.
The corridor to the west opens up into a winding catacomb. The walls are skillfully carved with deep recesses where bodies might have once lain. All that remains now are cobwebs, dust, and the tattered remains of ancient clothing. The stench of rotting flesh is overpowering here, and it soon becomes evident why. As you step into the room four walking corpses emerge and start making their way to you.
Round 1:
Giri
Kyra
Zombie, Green
Zombie, Blue
Kendra
Zombie, Red
Crystal
Zombie, Yellow
Kyra shifts into a better position and readies herself for combat. "Giri, once you have thrown your net take two steps backward. Kendra, you should take Crystal's position. Lady Rime' get behind us. That way one one of them can come at us at a time and all over us can attack that one. I go weary of giving the mindless undead advantage over us."
While Kyra gets in position and tells the other ladies where to stand, Giri moves forward and stands ready to throw a net.
The first of the zombies appears from around the corner. Giri throws his net at the undead, but his throw's clumsy and the net lands in front of the zombie.
The zombie tries to slam its fist into Giri, but Giri dodges the attack. A second zombie appears behind the first.
Round 1:
Giri
Kyra
Zombie, Green
Zombie, Blue
Kendra
Zombie, Red
Crystal
Zombie, Yellow