Ember moves up toward the fight. Seeing Ried down, she channels to heal, hoping that he isn't fully dead, but only badly injured.
Round 1:
Kendra responds to the threat with her usual blast of positive energy, which again makes itself useful against this undead foe.
Alistair does the same, adding to Keendra's blast of white light with her own.
Valachi ducks down to Ried's still form and retrieves the Lopper's hand axe from his bag.
Ember channels energy to help Ried heal, and it works, not only stopping the gushing of blood, but closing the wound until it looks a day old and starting to heal.
Delia commands Father to wait, and obediently he does, until she is able to add the force of her magic to him.
Father swings at the ghostly form with his arm. He strikes into the figure's space and his arm slows, as if fighting against the flow of a fast moving stream. The lopper grunts and reals, signalling that the impact was at least in some form felt.
Round 2:
The Lopper floats away from Father and closer to Valachi, taking a swing at him with the transparent axe in his hands. . The axe passes through him as it did with Ried, and Valachi feels a wound split open, though it is under his armour, which was not affected, as though it wasn't even there. ,
"What? Uh, still not feeling good. You say you raised me? That's ahh, impressive. Who might you be, good sir, to be so powerful to bring one back to life. And what blessed deity should I thank?"
Ried will slowly get up and walk around, checking his balance unitl the wonky eyesight issue is worked out.
"What? Uh, still not feeling good. You say you raised me? That's ahh, impressive. Who might you be, good sir, to be so powerful to bring one back to life. And what blessed deity should I thank?"
Ried will slowly get up and walk around, checking his balance until the wonky eyesight issue is worked out.
As you pull the axe from the backpack, the Lopper giggles with glee and swiped at your head. The axe sails through your neck and an ice cold sensation makes you fear that head has just come away from your body. However, a split second later you realize you can still feel your body, and that warm blood is running down your neck onto your chest. The flow is significant, but not immediately life threatening. When your head fails to separate from the rest of you, the Lopper makes a disappointed sound, "Aww..."
As Valachi attacks, the axe hits, and cuts the image of the ghost as though he was flesh and blood. Ectoplasm leaks from the wound. That felt like hitting a living target... "Hey, owe! No fair, that's mine!
Father continues to follow after the thing, accepting that he will need to stand over Reid's prone from to strike at the once-man.
Delia, left with few options, decides to do as Alistair and Kendra and use her low end spell weapon of choice. She steps forward just enough that no one is in the way, but there is still the risk of how close they are while fighting. She produces a ball of acid and flings it at the apparition.
Valachi grasps the axe in both hands and swings it at full force.
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Light: A light weapon is used in one hand. It is easier to use in one's off hand than a one-handed weapon is, and can be used while grappling (see Combat). Add the wielder's Strength modifier to damage rolls for melee attacks with a light weapon if it's used in the primary hand, or half the wielder's Strength bonus if it's used in the off hand. Using two hands to wield a light weapon gives no advantage on damage; the Strength bonus applies as though the weapon were held in the wielder's primary hand only. An unarmed strike is always considered a light weapon.
Ember channels to damage the undead, hoping to end the fight quickly.
"Sorry, the raising seems to have taken a bit more out of me than I was expecting. Are you feeling alright, Mr. Wil O'Wisp?"
Before you can answer, a white light washes over everything, and the cleric falls to his knees with a gasp.
Round 2
Kendra fires another shot at the ghost before you. . Trying to sneak her shot in between the fighters and the ghost, the shot goes awry.
Alistair follows suit again. . His shot is so poor, it hit the ceiling as opposed to any combatants.
Valachi digs into Reid's pack and pulls free the blood stained hand axe used by the lopper in life. As he does the lopper strikes his blow. Valachi reacts by standing tall and hacking at the thing with the axe, causing a wound that feels more real than the others.
Father steps forward and swings with his magically enhanced fist, striking through the ghost, but having some definite effect. There is some resistance, as before, and the ghost is knocked aside a touch by the impact.
Ember channels her holy power through her symbol of Pharasma. The Lopper shrieks when it hits, and for some reason, Reid twitches in his unconsciousness. .
Delia throws her glob of acid at the creature, but he ducks just in time. "HA! Missed me, missed me!"
Round 3
The Lopper looks at his foes with disdain, "Bah, you're no fun; where's the screams, where are the squishy ones? He moves away from Father and Valachi, spinning through the air. . He passes through a wall and reappears next to Ember, making a strike at her with his phantasmal axe. , , . "Scream for me, pretty!"
"What's wrong with you? What's going on. Something's not right!"
Valachi moves to flank opposite Ember, attacking again with the ghostbane axe.
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Delia backs away from the creature, frustrated that there isn't much more she can do. Her summons will most likely have no effect on the thing, except maybe fire but she is uncertain. She resorts to once again lobbing her acid.
Father follows as the thing tries to move awy from him and Valachi. It didn't move far, so he steps over and swings again.
Ember stands her ground against the spirit.
"I'll not scream for the likes of you," she retorts to it. "Face the judgement of Pharasma!"
Again she channels to injure the foul spirit.
A moment later you feel your face on cold stone, and you open your eyes to see yourself lying on the floor, right next to the deep oubliette where you were said to have died. You hear the sound of fighting somewhere nearby you.
Round 3:
Kendra and Alistair continue their barrage of bolts of white light, thrown at the apparition. | . Kendra's blast goes wide, but Alistair's connects.
Ried regains consciousness and opens his eyes.
Valachi attacks again with the Lopper's own hand axe, striking the ghost in the chest and inflicting a deep wound.
Father strikes at the monster, but is unable to hit the fast moving thing.
Ember channels her energy again. . The apparition gasps with pain.
Delia throws a glob of acid, and the image of the Lopper burns at the edges of where the acid flies through it.
Round 4:
The Lopper moves again, ducking into the wall nearby (M31).
The movement is clumsy, allowing Father and Valachi to take a parting swing. However, the ghost is gone too quickly, and neither connects. The Lopper reimmerges at the opposite end of the tunnel, and attacks the mage Alistair with his oversized ghostly axe. , , . The axe lays open a gaping wound across the young mage's chest, and he squeaks in surprise and terror.
Groaning, Ried stands up and pulls out his crossbow, trying to assess what's going on.
For anyone else taking bleed, the just rules say that you take bleed each round, so I would assume that includes the round the bleed is inflicted.
Valachi runs to chase the ghost, attacking again with the axe.
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Alistair takes the presence of Valachi as an opportunity to step away from the troublesome spirit before he launches yet another white light.
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Delia decides that her best bet is to ask for the aid of a fire elemental. It seems fitting to her that it seems to be the only effective recourse when facing the undead of a burnt out prison.
Father once again rushes in after the enemy, trying to keep with Valachi in providing a threat and a target besides the others.
Round 4:
Kendra fires a bolt of possitive energy over Alistair's shoulder, at where the Lopper reemerged.
Ried stands and tries to get a grip on where he is. It appear that the battle with the Lopper still rages, and that whatever his experience of a few moments ago was, he has a second chance to end this battle and save his comrades.
Alistair steps back from the Lopper and fires his Disrupt Undead spell, which is dodged by the wily spirit.
Valachi charges back in, chasing down the Lopper and attacking again. The Lopper deflects the attack with his axe, the two weapons clashing like real matter, though only one has actual substance. .
Ember Channels her energy again to disrupt the spirit. , . .
Delia summons another fire elemental, this one behind the Lopper's position. It roars into existence and swings a fiery limb at the ghost, but almost as though sensing it, the ghost evades the attack.
Round 5
The Lopper frowns, "What? No screams? Where's the other pretty one? Oh! There she is!" . He moves back into the wall, provoking attacks from the elemental, Valachi, and Father. , , . Valachi scores a powerful attack before the Lopper vanishes, reappearing from the wall next to Ember. Once there it strikes at Delia, trying to make her bleed as many of the others do. . The attack fails miserably and swings absently over her head.
Ried loads a ghost salted bolt and moves to a spot away from the wall and somewhere the apparition won't have soft cover from Ried's allies. "Time to see if this works!"
Enough of this flying around! Growling in frustration, Valachi stands ready with the axe, waiting for the ghost to move again.
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Alistair casts again since trying something with a low chance of success is better than doing nothing, which will always fail. Getting nowhere close, he decides that the further away he is, the less chance the thing has to get behind him like the others. He moves back around the corner, where he can move closer or further as required based on the thing's own movements.
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With him getting so close, and just missing her, Delia steps back away into the room again, conjuring yet another acid globule. She throws it at him from the relative safety of the side room. She gets him with it, but only a little of it
The fire elemental pursues its quarry, a smoldering limb swinging at the non-solid form. Still, it seems unable to find purchase on the thing.
Father moves into the new opening, swinging again.
Ember again channels, but this time to heal those with bleeding damage.
Round: 5
Kendra prepares another blast, unleashing white light at the Lopper.. The blast heads straight at its target, but the Lopper twists out of the way.
Ried pulls out his crossbow and loads it with a ghost touch arrow.
Alistair tries to hit the ghost with a blast of his own, but misses wildly, while scrambling back out of range.
Valachi holds his axe tight, just waiting for the lopper to make a mistake.
Ember holds aloft her holy symbol and channels out healing energy.
Delia takes cover in the guard room to the side, tossing another acid globule as she does.
Father prepares himself to attack as well, but is unable to reach his target with his allies in the way.
Round 6:
The Lopper yells in frustration, "No! Don't stop the pretty blood! Keep bleeding for me, pretties!" He swings his axe at Ember. . The axe hits, passing through her armour as if it was not there. , . He steps away from Ember, passing through the wall once again, to be obscured from view.
Ember remains where she is, and uses one of her Cure Light Wound spells on herself to stop her bleeding.
Ried calls upon his luck waits to see if Ember moves. If so, he fires upon the ghost before someone steps in.
; -4 if Ember doesn't move
Sorry, didn't realize he was no longer visible. Ried will move to the opening of that room and fire from the doorway
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Round 6:
Kendra casts another spell to disrupt the undead, holding it should the spirit again make himself obvious.
Ried moves to the door of the cell and rips it open, holding his crossbow at the ready. As soon as he opens the cell he sees the Lopper inside and he fires his shot. The Lopper just smiles and weaves himself out of the way.
Alistair casts and holds a spell, just as Kendra has done, just in case the monster comes after him.
Valachi moves to the wall where the spirit disappeared, and prepares to attack it when it appears again.
Ember casts a spell upon herself, stemming the bleeding from her magical wound.
Delia prepares another acid orb, holding it until her target appears. Her fire elemental chases after the spirit, attempting to press the attack. It moves into the cell with the Lopper and swings at him. . The attack passes through the Lopper and he does not catch fire as a solid creature would. However, he winces in pain as the attack strikes him, so it appears to have had some effect.
Father steps to the side to be closer to both Delia and Kendra, and readies an attack.
Round 7:
"Bah! Fire critters can't bleed! And no heads to chop-chop."
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"You! The Charlatan had you! Charlatan! Where are you, you useless sack of profane piss?"
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The Lopper maneuvers around the elemental and charges through the wall to gain reprieve from its presence, attacking Ried as he does. He seems to have been momentarily blinded as he passed through the wall however, and his attack goes far afield.
Ried steps away from the Lopper (and away from the wall) and calmly draws another ghost salted bolt, reloading his crossbow.
"He's over here ... stay away from the walls"