Sighing tiredly, Blink began to clean and remove the taint from the temple. It was the blessings of the temple they were counting on to help keep them safe, after all.
Sighing tiredly, Blink began to clean and remove the taint from the temple. It was the blessings of the temple they were counting on to help keep them safe, after all.
The crusaders barricaded themselves in the defiled temple, where Blink busied herself doing what she could to cleanse the place. Twice in the night, demonic voices preceded heavy pounding upon the secured doors. Both times they flared with brilliant light and the pounding fell silent.
They rose the next morning from peaceful dreams, fully renewed.
Cleaning herself with Prestidigation wasn't as pleasant as washing, but water was limited...and she suspected several of her friends would object to her getting undressed for a whol variety of reason. Still, there was this to say for magical cleaning - so long as you were thorough it didn't miss a speck.
Looking to the others, Blink got the last of her equipment on. "It sounded like demonic friends are going to be well aware we're here, and might have rigged us a welcome surprise when they found they couldn't get in last night." Blink felt a little smug about that. "When we're ready to go let me take a look for traps first." She didn't bother to ask them to keep her covered in case there were actual enemies out there - she knew they would.
Steave runs through his standard bivouac procedure and readies for the day.
Blink headed outside the door, stopping to make sure the fortress' inhabitants hadn't left any surprises before heading to the unexplored areas near there last battle..
Yridhrennor quietly follows Blink. "Please, let us be done with this place soon...."
The cursaders returned to the Templar's Court, where they battled vrocks and brimoraks. A thorough search shows that two gates once led further into Drezen, but the ceiling's partial collapse entirely blocked them. Blink's best efforts couldn't find a spot to wriggle through to the citadel beyond.
"Let's find another way." The veteran crusader suggests.
The crusaders explored the chambers to the immediate west of where they battled the Nabasu and discovered one empty save for various detritus, some of which smelled of a latrine, and an abandoned dining hall directly thereafter. The hall held two long tables and a fair collection of benches, most overturned in haste. The remains of days-old meals did little to endear the place, but they had attracted a decent assemblage of flies and a half-dozen swollen to the size of halflings which proved little challenge to dispatch.
Wiping off the ichor of the slain flies with a slightly grossed out face, and being more careful than usual to avoid the mess they'd left being, Blink moved to check the oddly shaped room on the Eastern side.
Wiping off the ichor of the slain flies with a slightly grossed out face, and being more careful than usual to avoid the mess they'd left being, Blink moved to check the oddly shaped room on the Eastern side.
Blink finds an empty guardroom in one chamber and despoiled stores in the next.
Galin shakes his head at the spoiled goods, then moves to explore the rooms to the south of where they confronted the demons.
Galin shakes his head at the spoiled goods, then moves to explore the rooms to the south of where they confronted the demons.
The crusaders find an archer's gallery facing the gate of Drezen, empty save for some discarded quivers and bows.
With one room left to explore before heading on to greener pastures, Blink headed there.
With one room left to explore before heading on to greener pastures, Blink headed there.
Blink found the opposite side of the fall of rubble she first observed from outside. The stone bore scorch marks that argued for brimorak having spent time there, or at least a large fire, but they or the fire had consumed all its contents save a few charred bits of furniture and siege equipment.
With this half of the floor cleared of enemies, Blink headed to the door in the West and a new batch of nightmarish horrors.
With this half of the floor cleared of enemies, Blink headed to the door in the West and a new batch of nightmarish horrors.
Blink discovers a long corridor that turns to the South, with several doors.
Moving to the end of the first stretch of the corridor, Blink checked the first door to the West for movement and traps before opening it.
Blink finds an armory. Racks of weapons, shields, and armor line the walls. A few freestanding racks in the middle of the floor have been overturned and broken.
After Blink determines that the room is safe, Galin begins to look through the intact equipment for anything of use. He replenishes his quiver with new arrows, and prays to Arqueros to tell him if anything in the armory is enchanted.
It didn't seem likely that there would be much of use, but Blink joined Galin in the search.
It didn't seem likely that there would be much of use, but Blink joined Galin in the search.
[dice=Perception + Detect Magic]1d20+10
Blink and Galin go over the armory contents in detail, but all that remains are ordinary weapons. Most are not that different from what crusaders across Mendev wield, but a few are of demonic aspect: wickedly barbed, strangely curved, made out of strange green or pitted metals, fashioned of bone, and so forth.
With the armour secured Blink moved to the next door, checking it before opening.
Blink finds herself in a corridor marked by many arrow slits facing out into Drezen's courtyard.
For now the courtyard could wait. Blink quietly closed the door and padded down the corridor to the next door, checking that one out.
For now the courtyard could wait. Blink quietly closed the door and padded down the corridor to the next door, checking that one out.
[dice=Perception + Trapfinding]1d20+10+2
For all her careful work, Blink found no traps and beyond the door only a disused chamber.
Blink continued on her trap finding way, intent on finishing the corridor before deciding the next course of action.
Blink continued on her trap finding way, intent on finishing the corridor before deciding the next course of action.
[dice=Perception+Trapfinding]1d20+10+2
Blink's further investigations find a disused granary. Beyond that, her path led her back into a corridor she had once briefly explored and to a neglected chamber there, which proved to be a second armory will far less usable arms present.
Blink moved to the pair of doors at the end of the corridor, examining them too, since they seemed to be the last ones here.
Blink moved to the pair of doors at the end of the corridor, examining them too, since they seemed to be the last ones here.
[dice=Perception + Trapfinding (Right)]1d20+10+2
[dice=Perception + Trapfinding (Left)]1d20+10+2
Blink found a trap-free pair of doors, both of which opened to another section of corridor similar to the one she'd seen on the citadel's opposite side just before the chamber with the Nabassu.
Hoping the guardians here, if present, weren't as formidable as the ones on the other side, Blink headed for the bottom doors on the South West side.
Hoping the guardians here, if present, weren't as formidable as the ones on the other side, Blink headed for the bottom doors on the South West side.
[dice=Perception + Trapfinding]1d20+10+2
As Blink listened at the door, she heard a woman's voice grumbling beyond.
"Miserable, worthless, should have killed them days ago..."
Blink raised her hand and gestured for the others, while continuing to listen in at the door herself.
Blink raised her hand and gestured for the others, while continuing to listen in at the door herself.
[dice=Perception]1d20+10
The woman's voice continued, growing slightly fainter as she spoke. It sounded as though she was moving about.
"Worthless. Worthless coward. Should have sacrificed that one. He might be worth eating..."
Blink raised her hand and gestured for the others, while continuing to listen in at the door herself.
[dice=Perception]1d20+10
The woman's voice continued, growing slightly fainter as she spoke. It sounded as though she was moving about.
"Worthless. Worthless coward. Should have sacrificed that one. He might be worth eating..."
Galin moves quietly to the door, pressing his ear against a crack so as to hear the voices on the other side. Once the rest of the group has heard as well, he pulls a vial from his pack and downs the potion. After carefully storing the glass vial away, he pulls out his bow and bows his head in prayer for .
Theran will recast Shield of Faith and Divine Favor.
Yridhrennor can boost some protection from evils and hastes
Yridhrennor can boost some protection from evils and hastes