Fairwind rolls her eyes, "Eesh, what is it with 'adventurers' and doors?" she asks wearily.
She opens the door.
Caine raises his sword, ready to swing it at whatever menace awaiting them.
The door opens as Fairwind shoves it hard, showering her with flecks of rust.
Another vaulted chamber lies before you. Centrally placed is a beautifully carved sarcophagus, the lid carved with an effigy of Barthus. An inscription runs around the base.
At the foot of the tomb, almost as though they are guarding it, lie three piles of bones.
On the opposite (western) wall is a double door. The the you just entered, it is covered in rust-edged metal plating.
Fairwind, Leo and Snaggletooth
Looking upwards, you see a panel covering a grate in the ceiling.
"Y'all wait one second." Fairwind says quietly.
Brujo rubs and pats at his arm, as if helps extinguish the blue flames. He looks up and notices the others and the newly found door. But makes no move to join them.
He just sits quietly whispering to himself.
Rev
Brujo's just going through some things. He's trying to come to grips with his new power. Aswell as the fact that he attacked Leo and the others.
Biggest worry though is what do they think of him now. Will they turn on him over to hunters. Or worse. So he's it pretty sour mood. One of the reasons he chewed out Snaggletooth.
"Watch those bones," Perigia warns. "There's no telling what might happen if you get close to them."
The door opens as Fairwind shoves it hard, showering her with flecks of rust.
Another vaulted chamber lies before you. Centrally placed is a beautifully carved sarcophagus, the lid carved with an effigy of Barthus. An inscription runs around the base.
At the foot of the tomb, almost as though they are guarding it, lie three piles of bones.
On the opposite (western) wall is a double door. The the you just entered, it is covered in rust-edged metal plating.
"Hmm what is that up there?" Leo asks looking up and then after a moment looks across the chamber.
"Perigia any chance you could fireball that coffin from here without entering the chamber?" Leo asks stepping back to glance over at her.
"Exactly, preacher, what is that up there?" Fairwind says quietly, "Any idea?"
"Perigia any chance you could fireball that coffin from here without entering the chamber?" Leo asks stepping back to glance over at her.
"Well it's not exactly a fireball, but this should do the trick." Perigia grabs a few peices of the wood from the shattered coffin and waves her hand over it, using magic to set it on fire. When the fire is burning similar to a torch she throws it at the coffin.
The coffin blazes merrily as Perigia hurls her home made fire bomb at it. It will take a while to burn.
Leo's awareness tells him that there is a pressure plate near the door. Next to it is a well-hidden grate in the floor.
"Nobody check box to see if any treasure inside?" Snaggletooth asks.
Rev
Snaggletooth quickly scurries over the coffin to take a look inside for valuables. He grabs what he can and goes back the same way.
Snaggletooth sneaks towards the blazing coffin and rummages frantically. His hand closes over something, but before he can look properly, an ominous creaking sound fills his ears. The bones around the coffin are re-assembling.
When the kobold looks up, he is surrounded by skeletons. They wear chainmail and are wielding longswords and it looks as though they mean business.
Rev
With Brujo still sulking in the last room may I opt for him to go last in intitiative instead of rolling normally? He will check on the others as soon as he hears the fight, but his heart really isn't on fighting right now.
Brujo
Makes perfect sense to me. Let the lad have his trauma in peace.
Snaggletooth's paw closes around a leather bag. The contents feel thin and flat.
Snaggletooth grabs the "treasure" and prepares for battle.
Snaggletooth grabs the "treasure" and prepares for battle.
Rev
Snaggletooth sneaks towards the blazing coffin and rummages frantically. His hand closes over something, but before he can look properly, an ominous creaking sound fills his ears. The bones around the coffin are re-assembling.
When the kobold looks up, he is surrounded by skeletons. They wear chainmail and are wielding longswords and it looks as though they mean business.
"I tried to warn him," Perigia sighs as she see's the impulsive kobold's troubles.
"Yep," Fairwind says dryly, "They worry about a door, but show them a tomb and they go running in. Typical."
Fairwind
Leader
Snaggletooth
Caine
Perigia
other skeletons
Brujo
"Exactly, preacher, what is that up there?" Fairwind says quietly, "Any idea?"
"I think whatever that is (points to the plate on the floor) releases whatever is being held by that (looking up at the ceiling)," Leo notes.
"Huh?" Leo mutters as he realises what everybody else was doing as he was focusing on the trap...
Snaggletooth sneaks towards the blazing coffin and rummages frantically. His hand closes over something, but before he can look properly, an ominous creaking sound fills his ears. The bones around the coffin are re-assembling.
When the kobold looks up, he is surrounded by skeletons. They wear chainmail and are wielding longswords and it looks as though they mean business.
"I thought we were going to rest up first?" Leo asked confused at the commotion.
"I only asked Perigia about immolating that coffin becuase I thought it was his..." Leo's voice trailed off as he looked back into the room he was currently in realising only Fairwind and Cronin was still in said room except for him...
Leo shakes himself as he tries to figure out what was going on...
"Well, guess what, preacher? You were right. And he had a little surprise ready for any as would deprive him of his deathly goods."
Easing cautiously through the door, Cronin invokes Selune and channels divine light into L. The skeleton finches back as the radiance sears into it.
Lance of Faith v Leader (Ref): radiant damage (1d20 6=26, 1d8 6=7).
Fairwind sighs, mutters some strange words and fire blossoms around the undead.
Fairwind's fiery blasts bring further light to the room, but do not otherwise affect the skeletons.
Outraged at being disturbed from his long rest, the skeleton leader turns viciously on Snaggletooth, slicing past the kobold's defences with his longsword and marking him.
Leader v Snaggletooth (AC) (1d20 10=19, 1d8 2=8)
Snaggletooth, seeing that he is surrounded by skeletons, quickly shifts away from the skeletal leader and stuns one of his slower reacting followers with a sneak attack.
As Snaggletooth shifts, the paving stone beneath his feet grinds downwards. He has inadvertantly triggered another pressure plate.
Startled into ferocity, he delivered an appalling blow to to S1, bloodying it in a single brutal move, but the trap is sprung. Before anyone has time to react, the door into the mortuary slams shut, leaving Leo and Brujo stranded on the other side. Six grates open near the ceiling, and water starts to pour into the room.
Before they can properly register what is going on, both Caine and Perigia strike, bloodying the leader skeleton between them. He reacts in kind, striking out at Commander Caine in retaliation.
Skeletal rebuke on Commander Caine (1d20 10=29, 1d8 2=9).
The remaining skeletons gather themselves and attack as well.
S1 attacks Snaggletooth, just sliding a rusty blade past his guard. S1 v Snaggletooth (1d20 10=17, 1d8 2=6).
S2 heads for Perigia, revealing yet another pressure plate as it strides across the room towards the mage. The blade finds a lucky gap in her defences. S2 v Perigia (1d20 10=15, 1d8 2=8).
S3 concentrates on Commander Caine, but its aim is less sure and it misses.
As Snaggletooth shifts, the paving stone beneath his feet grinds downwards. He has inadvertantly triggered another pressure plate.
Startled into ferocity, he delivered an appalling blow to to S1, bloodying it with a single blow, but the trap is sprung. Before anyone has time to react, the door into the mortuary slams shut, leaving Leo and Brujo stranded on the other side.
Leo immediately gets to work on finding a way to open the door.
"Brujo there should be something on this side of the door that allows it to be reopened, I doubt even that vampire would have had that hole leading through to this side without some means to deactivate it afterwards..." Leo points out to Brujo as he desperately searches for the release mechanism.
Leo quickly realises that the catch to reset the door is inside the small gap Barthus used to enter and exit the room in his mist form.
Leo quickly realises that the catch to reset the door is inside the small gap Barthus used to enter and exit the room in his mist form.
"You any good with locks?" Leo asks Brujo.
The moon elf pouts aginst the wall. Even the sound of his party springing the trap does little to move him. "They'll manage", he thinks to himself.
"You any good with locks?" The Kelemvor asks as he desperatly tries to find an opening mechanism.
"They're your friends help them. You atleast owe them for what you did". [i]"Friends...something like you doens't have the luxury. As soon as they're done they'll leave you, or worse sell you out"[/].
Finally the moon elf moves. "Come on lets open that door. But I need something from you. Your word, and the word of the others that my affliction stays a secret. If you can guarantee that I have no problem."
The moon elf pouts aginst the wall. Even the sound of his party springing the trap does little to move him. "They'll manage", he thinks to himself.
"You any good with locks?" The Kelemvor asks as he desperatly tries to find an opening mechanism.
"They're your friends help them. You atleast owe them for what you did". [i]"Friends...something like you doens't have the luxury. As soon as they're done they'll leave you, or worse sell you out"[/].
Finally the moon elf moves. "Come on lets open that door. But I need something from you. Your word, and the word of the others that my affliction stays a secret. If you can guarantee that I have no problem."
"Affliction? As far as keeping it a secret, sure but let me know if you need help if it gets worse or you need discrete assistance such as advice, if you need it alright?" Leo nods back wondering what was wrong with Brujo.
"Kelemvor aid me in this desperate hour, grant me the strength so we can save our comrades!" Leo mutters as he tries with Brujo's aid to break down the sealed door.
The pair press their shoulders to the door, feeling that it is frustratingly close to opening.
The room is already under 6 inches of water.
S2 heads for Perigia, revealing yet another pressure plate as it strides across the room towards the mage. The blade finds a lucky gap in her defences. S2 v Perigia (1d20 10=15, 1d8 2=8).
As the skeleton hits her, Perigia responds by unleashing a wave of fire against the offending creature.
The pair press their shoulders to the door, feeling that it is frustratingly close to opening.
The water lapping around her ankles makes Perigia's fire pulse less effective than usual, and the attack misses S2.