The rustling starts to get louder. Oster you think that it is a swarm.
"I can´t fight swarms."
Xango shrugs and moves a step back.
Oster steps back and quietly says:
"If we have those flasks of oil and a lit torch or three handy, I suggest chucking them together at the front of that oven right now. Otherwise, we leg it back upstairs."
"I'm fine avoiding the bugs. I'm not a fan."
Just in case, she does take a quick look into the room with detect magic to make sure there aren't any magical auras that might need investigating.
There are no magical auras in the room, the rustling is now getting very close.
Oster is moving away from the room, beckoning the others on with gestures.
Memnosyne follows, more than happy to get away from the bugs. She pulls out a torch, an oil flask, her alchemist's fire, and a piece of flint in case the bugs follow. She sets them up as easy to get to as she can.
Devlin quickly scrambles out of and away from the room. "No sense in staying to battle what we are clearly unprepared for."
You move out of the kitchen and into a storeroom (B44). Ancient shelves hold only the dust of whatever foodstuffs were once stored here. In the alcoves to the south, iron hooks for hanging meat dangle from the ceiling.
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Moving on again you come to another room (b46) which seems to have once served as guard barracks, but the beds and other furniture here have long since crumbled into almost unrecognisable ruins. There are stairs leading down.
The stairs end at yet another room (C1). A red statue of a beautiful woman armed with a large ranseur stands in the centre of this chamber. Slime cakes the floor.
"Ewww. What is with this place and grossness?" Mem tries to look around to see what might have left this slime.
Apparently the slime is VERY distracting.
Devlin looks over the slime floored room and casts Detect Magic. "Now what is this fresh new hell?"
The statue and the ranseur are magical. You can hear a slithering sound. Suddenly around the corner of the statue comes a horrific sight. (See link labelled statue room)
It opens its mouth and sprays a stream of maggots at Memnosyne
RT (1D20 = 15 +3) = 18 You are sickened, make a Reflex save.
Initiative Order
Devlin 19
Memnosyne 17
Oster 14
Abyssal Larva 12
Xango 7
Moving closer Xango looks at the ranseur.
"A nice piece of art! Is anything magic here?"
The statue and the ranseur are magical. The ranseur appears to be made of cold iron.
"Get back you fat foul grub! Devlin lashes out at the creature with a flick of his hand. A stream of icy particles shoot forth.
Your spell hits it but it takes no damage. Devlin you realise that it is an abyssal larva. It is immune to mind affecting effects and his resistance to cold, acid and fire.
Memnosyne over to you.
Memnosyne screams... how could you not? "Get it off me, get it off me!"
Doing her best not to vomit (and assuming she can still act), she drops back and casts spiritual weapon.
A dagger of magical energy appears before her and streaks toward the hideous creature.
Memnosyne you are sickened for 3 rounds. Your dagger flies towards the creature but bounces off its slimy carapace (I'm assuming its against normal AC not touch AC?)
Oster over to you.
Oster slices the creature.
"Xango, flank it with me!"
Oster you strike it a mighty blow.
It retaliates by trying to bite you
Bite (1d20 = 15 + 8 = 23. Damage (1d6 = 1 +6 = 7 + 4 points of acid damage)
Xango your turn
Xango gains momentum and charges the creature.
Xango charges the creature, dealing it a mighty blow.
Devlin your turn
"Well if cold didn't work maybe fire will." Devlin concentrates and a rain of tiny meteorites fall from the sky to strike the creature.
The creature ignores the damage (fire res too I'm afraid) but it is dazzled.
Memnosyne over to you.
Memnosyne's force dagger continues to attack the creature.
The dagger doesn't seem to be able to hit the thing.
Though still off balance, she noticed that hit had to hurt Oster. She moves up behind him and casts a healing spell on him.
Oster your action
Oster moves to flank, and then shank.
Oster you attack misses I'm afraid.
The Larva tries to bite Oster again
Bite (1d20 = 7 +8) = 15 Miss
Xango back to you.
Xango whirls left and right and attacks the enemy, while flanking with Oster.
With two mighty blows Xango deals the creature 2 mighty blows, it is still there but only just.
Devlin back to you.
Unsure of what to do as he had found his magic ineffective against the creature he stands there in utter horror.
Memnosyne over to you.
Devlin let me know when you want to come back in
Memnosyne let's her her spiritual dagger continue its assault.
If it's still standing, she'll throw a solid dagger as well.
Memno your dagger hits the creature, it screams in pain and then vanishes in a flash of smoke with a faint smell of brimstone.
What do you want to do now?
Xango looks at the polearm and tries to take it from the statue.
It feels as if the statue is holding tightly to the ranseur, make a Strength check.
Oster assists Xango. Or at least attempts to.
Feeling that this won´t work Xango uses his hammer to break the hand holding the weapon.
"If it is holding on that tightly perhaps it is best to leave it in place. Who knows what wrath we might incur by trying to take it. Besides did either of you check to be sure it is not a trap before just attempting to take it."
Memnosyne picks up her thrown dagger... right after she casts create water enough to feel like she's less sullied by those worm things.
"I will be taking a long bath after this. A looooong bath."
"Xango, do you really need that?"
Looking at Memnosyne Xango shrugs.
"There are quite a few enemys that need a magic weapon to kill. This is a magic weapon. No sense leaving it back."
Devlin throws his hands up in frustration. "Fine, fine. If you want it feel free. Just wait until I am clear of any blast radius."
Xango you manage to break the hand holding the ranseur and you can now take the weapon.
Devlin you realise that the statue is of the runelord Alaznist.
@Memnosyne The stairs to the south lead to a passage heading to C7/C9
Xango straps his new toy to his back.
Oster gives Xango a thumbs up at his acquisition.
"If it's not nailed down, we take it. And if it's nailed down, we rip it out!", he chuckles, before making to head down the stairs.
Xango looks over and smiles at Oster.
"I like how you think!"
Shrugging he adds."This one should be ancient. And this means valueable!
"A magic weapon is a magic weapon," she concedes. "Just make sure you point that thing the right way."
"Every magic weapon we take is one fewer that the gangs can pick up. So I'm sure that we're being helpful.", Oster offers.