Nuria distracts the goblinoid, allowing Ja James to land both strikes, staggering the bugbear!
Tharkan attacks, but misses.
The bugbear takes a wild swing at Nuria, them collapses from blood loss!
Searching the bugbear, you find leather armor, composite longbow (+2 Str), morningstar, ring of feather falling, 3 garnets worth 50 gp each, and 124 gp.
Having successfully cleared the tower ruins, the party is able to limp back to Fort Inevitable to heal, train and purchase better equipment before descending to the next level of the Spire.
|
"Damn buggobears gobbos, not inventin' the lightswitch yet... Probl'y ate it or something..."
-Posted with Wayfinder
After spending a few days at the Fort, resting, training, and equipping yourselves, you return to the Spire. Entering, you seek out the central staircase and descend.
The steep stair descends through solid bedrock for fifty feet before ending in a stone-lined room. A large stone door stands directly south of the stair, a small alcove lies to the east, and another door to the southeast is slightly ajar. An extinguished torch rests on the floor of the alcove.
|
James takes a new place back toward the back of the group, watching behind the group. Gone are his shield and sword and in it's place is a new longbow. The bow is black with grey accents and is strung with a grey string that is wrapped on each end in black. On his back is a greatsword and a simple greatclub.
"I'll watch our back but if you can give me a lane to fire, that would be appreciated. Don't go out of your way though." James says as the group enters the spire again.
|
A Chelish man, clearly encumbered somewhat by his collection of weapons has been sent to join the group after a number of search warrens for "Steve" arrive (accusing him of loitering, public crudeness, and a number of unpaid inn bills. The new adventurer promptly introduced himself as "Xenon B Hershelbarr: Journeyman of the Hunt!". He trudges along and attempts to take point, though quietly notes to himself that he needs "To get a man for this gear problem."
"I say! I thought a spire was to go upwards! I haven't a boy to carry a torch for me! Well, no matter!" Xenon exclaims as he draws a torch from his backpack, "Always prepared, eh wot?" He tries to move ahead, noting he has "a knack for seeing things in the walls."
Nuria peers around the alcove, but does not notice anything, but something catches Xenon's eye as he notices the outline of a concealed door in the alcove.
|
|
"Hold, gents!" Xenon snaps, as if on a startled horse. "I say, a door of questionable content!" He gestures to move towards wherever it is and looks over the door for bad things!
-Posted with Wayfinder
Xenon checks the door and finds it untrapped and unlocked.
Opening the door, and entering, you see a curving wall of glowing green crystal bulges out into the chamber from the northwest corner. A stout wooden table stands along the wall opposite it.
On the table lie three rotting human corpses and the remnants of a spider. One of the human corpses has had all of its extremities severed, and its torso has been opened to reveal the internal organs. Another dismembered corpse has moon spider legs sewn onto the stumps in place of the removed limbs, all of which are neatly arranged near the rest of the spider.
A bucket full of reeking, old blood sits on the floor under the table, and needles with lengths of silken thread attached are stuck in a hand-sized block of bloodstained wax atop the table.
|
|
"Ha ha! Traps, I see! Or perhaps a secret treasure space?" Xenon points out a few tiles that are elevated strangely.
-Posted with Wayfinder
Nuria easily disables the trap.
Searching the area, Torque notices two potions of cure moderate wounds lost in the clutter atop the worktable. There are six long needles in the wax, and 3 feet of waxed silk is threaded through each of them. A scroll tube on the table holds a scroll of fireball, a scroll of fly, and a parchment with another sigil inscribed on it. The sigil is marked four in Common and an Azlanti word, likely "four" as well.
Under the bucket of blood, Torque finds a key.
While searching, Torque and Xenon also spot a concealed door in the northern wall.
Taking the concealed door, the party enters a small chamber with no other apparent exits, but after some time looking, you note another concealed door in this room's eastern wall.
Going through the second concealed door, you enter a large stone chamber. This large stone chamber contains two clusters of four stone caskets each. In the center of the room, between the two groupings, stands an empty, unlit iron brazier that is covered with soot and smells faintly of past fires. Drapes of dust-covered spider webs cling to the ceiling.
As Tharkan approaches the nearest casket, a chill breeze arises from nowhere with an eerie howl. The room seems to darken, and in the sudden gloom, scores of small spectral eyeballs appear, drifting with the breeze. They peer intensely before fading away.
Torque finds nothing on, but the closed caskets.
Torque opens the nearest casket to reveal skeleton, which then promptly animates and starts to attack. Throughout the room, the other caskets begin making noise!
Torque smashes the skeleton before it can even sit up!
As the rest of the party looks around, the lids of five other caskets clatter to the ground as more skeletons arise!
|
|
Xenon will step up behind the front line and throw one of his nets! "Bones belong on a mantle or in the ground!"
-Posted with Wayfinder
Tharkan attacks, but misses with both blade and bite!
Damien lobs a glob of acid, but misses!
James fires a blunted arrow, hitting a skeleton and taking it down!
Nuria begins to inspire her comrades and recognizes the undead as normal skeletons, requiring blunt force to take them down!
Xenon throws a net, but it misses!
Torque moves up and swing, but he misses as well!
The skeletons scuttle forward and attack, but only one manages to land a blow, striking Tharkan!
|
|
Xenon will drop the current net's rope, step up again, draw his other net, and attempt to net the half-orc flankee!
-Posted with Wayfinder
Nuria hits a skeleton, knocking away a few bones!
James fires two arrows, hitting with the second and taking out another skeleton!
Torque flanks with Tharkan and takes out another skeleton!
Damien takes his chances and is rewarded as the skeleton misses and he takes it down with a missile of force!
Xenon tosses a net and entangles the skeleton in the middle of the room!
Tharkan finds the skeleton next to him a pile of bones and thus nothing to attack! Moving to remaining, entangled skeleton, Tharkan easily dispatches it!
Searching the room and the coffins, you find a masterfully made horn in the southwest coffin. Once examined, it turns out to be a horn of fog.