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The forces of light and Good brought all their power to bear, and it was enough, for as the army of Light neared exhaustion, the last of the army of Twilight fell in defeat. But total victory was not to be had. The Grand Cornu, high priest of Orcus in Tsar, had foreseen the fall of his army, and made arrangements to transport his remaining forces to a place of safety and security, so that he may rebuild, and plan a counterattack to destroy the holy warriors and regain control of the surrounding areas. However, the Grand Cornu’s plan was not without flaws…
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You are to lead your companions below and search for the fallen angel, LORD NAPHRATHOTH, FALLEN EMPYREAL COMMANDER. Rid this plane of his vileness and save Orctown. As a special gift to the fallen angel, Orcus has granted him unique abilities, twisting those abilities naturally possesses by his race into ones more useful in his current calling."
You can not battle and destroy everything, use your resources wisely, the armies you encounter are a not your main concern but their leadership is. Seek and destroy the fallen angel and his leadership structure, beware the dwarf graveknight barbarian, he's no longer a kin in race or spirit."
"The entire area is shielded, even from me, and no means of magical transport such as teleport, dimension door, plane shift, ethereal jaunt, and so on functions beyond the Black Garrison that lies below, except in very specific areas and the stage bearing the High Altar. The information washes over you mind. "More importantly, no divine spells involving extraplanar contact of the non-evil planes, such as summoning or commune, operate where you are going. Your evil enemies are not so hindered as they can contact the lower planes of Evil, and you're goodly hearts are at a distinct disadvantage. The entire area radiates an unhallow spell.
Should you survive seek the stairs below and search for the Grand Cornu of Orcus. In the clergy of Orcus, there are many high priests, beings holding power, prestige, and above all, an affinity for death and destruction. These high priests are often the most frightening and terrible forces of their particular area, combining and leading divergent masses bent only on spreading evil and atrocity. Taking down a high priest of Orcus and thwarting their plans is often the goal of any adventuring group, whatever their party’s moral code. Evil fights evil, as well as everyone else. Only the strongest, smartest, and most ruthless reach the upper echelon of this clergy. And above all these demented individuals, sits the Grand Cornu of Orcus, the supreme authority of Orcus’s will on the material plane.
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After the defeat of the army of Light, Lorvius celebrated as only he knew how. Always a sadomasochistic and deviant man, he did not allow
the army of Light to rest after death. Animating their bodies, Lorvius positioned many of the fallen army to posts in Rappan Athuk. Over time,
as other undead and despicable beings were drawn to the Dungeon of
Graves, Lorvius lost track of the army, and now only on occasion can a
former soldier of the army of Light be recognized by a scrap of armor or
a standard.
During the rebuilding, the Archbishop of Orcus, Pagonis, came to Rappan Athuk. Having attempted to create a center of worship in the city of Tercople, Pagonis was not part of the evacuation, and was looked upon as an “outsider” in Lorvius’s eyes. In the years Lorvius served Seneschal Vrrius, Pagonis had always lorded his status over Lorvius and all the other disciples. Now that Lorvius had secured Rappan Athuk, and was preparing the coronation ceremony for the next Grand Cornu, who was Pagonis to come in and take control? Lorvius planned a very clever assassination to remove his rival. Successful, Lorvius had the archbishops body brought to the Cathedral and before his body was cold, Lorvius bathed the new High Altar with the former archbishops blood, thus elevating himself to High Cornu of Orcus.
After the ceremony, and upon returning to his own personal level of the
dungeon, Grand Cornu Lorvius retired to his private lounge for relaxation. Upon entering, he was horrified to find the shadowy figure of Archbishop Pagonis standing there waiting for him. Upon his death, Orcus had decided to send the archbishop back to the material plane to act as an “advisor” to the new Grand Cornu, and maintain his position as Archbishop is his “new and improved” form. The archbishop is rarely far away from the Grand Cornu, always offering advice and observing his actions.
"My lord the All Creator has spoken to.me this morning during my prayers. This accursed place of Rappan Athuk is the resting place of a fallen army of Good, usurped and twisted to serve the Prince of Undead and his evil clerics. We must seek out his highest level minions here, including LORD NAPHRATHOTH, FALLEN EMPYREAL COMMANDER and bring them low. Only through their destruction will our friends and families be safe."
"Also, summoning and calling magic will not work for me, though the evillage ones will have no such trouble. Beware the lieutenants of the Dark One, they are very powerful and can channel the evil below to their advantage. In particular, there is a dwarf grave knight barbarian, a dangerous foe and one we should avoid if possible."
"Most importantly, we will be on out own down there. Making allies and ensuring the enemy of our enemies remain onno uie good side may be critical to our success. The Creator looks down on us and blesses our actions, know that we do the work of Good."
"Wait, you'll be bereft of your magic entirely?"
"I will be unable to call or summon, and blocked from communing with the Creator. I don't know if the dungeon will prevent my prayers and spell preparations from succeeding like before. I assume it will do so, at least partially."
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"I have been contacted by the Creator, and he brings tidings. There are some very dangerous foes below, including a powerful dwarven graveknight wielding a devastating waraxe. Further, my prayers will be blocked whole in the level below. My magic will remain with me, but I cannot prepare new ones, and any summons will go unanswered."
Maybe Croaker would like a froend
Desmond leads the group to intercept the approaching zombie horde. the group takes position in treeline near a small campsite. To your amazement you can feel the ground shake and sound of destruction approaching long before you actually catch a glimpse of the colossal grouping of undead.
A stumbling crush of moaning, reaching bodies comes towards you. Empty eyes seek you out, each staggering footstep bringing the deathless mass closer. Straining to grasp you, this group of zombies are so tightly packed together it seems to be a single mass of undead, flailing limbs.
You can see that the flailing nature of the zombie horde’s limbs allow the throng to grasp and tear at opponents.
Desmond waits where he is. For once he knows it would not be wise to charge into such a terror, so instead he bides his time to see where the horde moves to.
"I will reserve my more potent abilities, but this should help out a little."
Once the edge of the horde reaches 30' from Karnog he raises his hammer and channels positive energy to damage the undead.
positive energy damage, DC 17 for half
Hordes are not so called because of the size of the group but rather the size of the creatures that compose the horde. Unlike normal swarms, hordes are composed of Medium creatures which are usually a normal version of a creature but otherwise behave in a swarmlike manner. There are usually around 50 creatures in a horde. The net effect is that they take only half damage from piercing weapons but take normal damage from
other weapons. In addition when the swarm is reduced to 0 hit points or lower and breaks up, unless the damage was dealt by area-affecting attacks, then 2d6 surviving members of the horde continue their attack, though now only as individual creatures. Otherwise, a horde conforms to
all of the other swarm traits as described in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary.
Feli will cast Haste, giving her friends superior movement!
I keep trying to post a charge attack w croaker but I keep getting an error message...
Kalim launces a pea shaped fireball that explodes in the horde.
The save fails but the mass of creatures pushes forwards.
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The antsy dwarf warrior charges forth with Croaker raised high.
RA:
Initiative Order:
Desmond
Feli
Grung
Karnog
Horde
Kalim
Desmond continues to wait for the right opportunity. He wasn't going to be surrounded by the horde if he could help it.
Karnog raises his hammer and channels forth the radiant energy of good once more.
positive energy damage, DC 17 for half
The horde feels the goodness wash over it but it has little effect on them...a few bodies drop but the mass continues forward.
The horde moves forward towards the cleric. The clawing, clenching mob is eager to shred flesh.
*Grung you mentioned charging the horde but I didn't know where you wanted to be placed so I left you. If you charged you'd suffer damage form the horde anyway if they are in your hex at the end of their turn..
Since they did more than 25 HP of damage that triggers the rend damage.
half damage.
Kalim summons hideous black tentacles from beyond in the horde in an attempt to slow them.
Karnog moves back away from the horde and channels once more.
DC 17 for half
I wanted to charge and attack dm. But for some reason every time I try to post dice I get an error. I would not charge if I couldn't attack
Grung and Karnog update your HP.
Grung the problem you would quickly realize is if you charged )in surprise round) you'd be surrounded and taking massive HP damage each round that you remain surrounded.
I'm ok if you want to charge during the surprise round, but doing so will subject you to two round of 6d6 damage and one round of 3d6 rend damage on top. Plus you'd be caught in Kalim's black tentacles he casts in RD 1.
With the horde moved, Desmond flies into action. He actives his shirt to cover the distance required and with a lunging spin he comes down to slash the edge of the zombie horde!
I'll update when I get back home. The internet where we are on vacation won't let me do any updating.
Grung would not have charged then. He is smart enough to know fighting.
I'll act then as well since I can't do any dice
"Fall back. This is like a swarm. Weapons are no good against this hordes. Slow them, containe them."
Kalim swears under his breath as Desmond moves to the backside where the sorcerer's next spell was going to be located, inside he redirects the slimy arms a bit further way.
Initiative Order: RD update
Desmond - moves and jabs (4 HP piercing, 5 HP of cold)
Feli
Grung
Karnog - channeled 9 HP
Horde - surrounded Karnog, 30 HP, surrounded Grung 23 HP
Kalim - black Tentacles