Myhm slashes left and right, but fails to connect with his attacks.
The bat bites into the other wisp, and with Troxell's help, Xerexis connects with one clear strike as well.
Watching Teena and Troxell jump into the fray and try to distract the Wisps, Myhm does the same.
The illumination of both wisps lights are diminished slightly by the attacks, but they seem to be drawing energy from Myhm, Xerexis, and Mikmik, slowly replenishing themselves.
Again, both lash out with shocking arcs of electricity.
Troxell's summoned bat goes for another bite at the wisp. It bites nothing but air.
Troxell attempts to assist Xerexis again, but isn't much help this time. Luckily elf doesn't need the backup to hit.
Teena again flailed her dagger around aimlessly, hoping to create a diversion for Mhym.
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Myhm swings on, frantically trying to kill the strange lights. He notices Teena trying to corner it as well, giving a moment of advantage.
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Myhm's first strike sends the wisp into a crackling spin, and his second obliterates it in blast like a lightning strike.
Xerexis' sword strike as well, but that wisp manages to avoid a direct hit and sure destruction at the last moment.
"Heeya!" Mikmik cries in joy as the battle turns.
The remaining wisp screams in rage and a skull-like image appears within its nimbus. It then throws itself at Xerexis.
Teena keeps flailing with her dagger, almost as likely to cut herself as she was to distract the will O wisp.
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Noting the serious electrical burns Xerexis has been receiving, Troxell backs out of combat and casts a healing spell on the elf.
Troxell's bat continues to press its attack.
Xerexis slashes at the last wisp, but misses.
Myhm turns his attention to it as well, striking it solidly, but not yet killing it.
Troxell's bat snaps at the wisp, but misses.
Teena and Mikmik continue with their distracting attacks as Troxell heals some of Xerexis' injures.
The wisp flys at Xerexis again, but seems distracted by the change in the battle and misses!
Myhm chases after the wisp swinging his great axe repeatedly.
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Troxell's semi-helpful bat gets off one more attempt at a bite before it returns to its home plane.
Troxell tries to distract the wisp once more to give Xerexis a better chance at hitting it.
Teena looked as if she was doing some strange dance, rather than actively trying to harry the wisp, but she was doing everything she was capable of as she danced and jumped and swung her dagger.
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With another thunderous blast of light, Myhm slays the second wisp!
Troxell scrutinizes his fellow companions' injuries, and pulls out his healing wand, "Let me know when to stop."
(Myhm doesn't have a hook, just rope)
Troxell uses his Wand of Cure Light Wounds to great effect.
Once everyone is healed, Troxell places his wand away and looks up. "I'll scout ahead as an air elemental. Hopefully there are no more of those infernal wisps. If you keep the rope out, I'll find a place to secure it somewhere on the next level."
Without further ado, he transforms into said elemental and flies up to the hole in the ceiling, looking around the area before fully entering.
Flying up through the hole in the ceiling, Troxell finds himself in a chamber with every inch of the walls covered with reflective objects. Fancy mirrors, shiny crystals, shards of glass, sheets of polished metal, smooth stones, and coins.
Spaced around the ceiling near the walls are other openings allowing access to a third level above. A bright light floods down from the openings, illuminating the lower parts of the tower and causing the reflective surfaces to shine and sparkle.
Troxell finds a place to tie Myhm's rope, allowing the others access to the next floor. While he waits for the others, he'll start gathering up some of the precious stones.
Noting the window and plate, Troxell elects to wait for the others to climb up before doing any more examining.
Myhm offers Teena a shoulder to hang on to, then climbs the rope to the second level.
Huffing and puffing from climbing the rope, Teena rests for a second as she looks around. "That copper plate looks strangely out of place here. Can someone check that and the window for traps? If there are any, kindly point them out to me and I'll take a gander at it."
With a rope set, the rest of the group climbs to the second floor.
Mikmik looks at Xerexis. "Mikmik not thinking anything!"
Troxell returns to gathering up valuables, since dealing with the window and plate are jobs better devoted to someone else.
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Myhm saunters over the window and peers out, opening it if possible to get breath of air. Thereafter, he'll turn back to the room, rummaging about.
While Troxell loots the room for valuables, Myhm and Teena give the window further examination. Myhm finds that the window is not designed to be opened, and even if it could be it is too small for anything bigger than a foot wide to fit through.
Troxell recovers a few thousand gold worth of precious gems and metals, as well as a very well made mirror.
(Is there a 3rd level?)
"Finally, a bit of luck! Electricity will cause this plate to do something. Trouble is, I'm not sure if it is good or bad. I'm keen to give it a try, if the rest of you deem it proper. If it is bad, you all might want to head back down a bit before, just to be on the safe side."
Troxell looks up at the 3rd level, but makes a shrugging gesture.
"If you'd rather take a peek around the 3rd level, go for it. If nothing exciting is there, we can always come back here."
Troxell nods, then flies up to poke his head in on the third level and looks around.
Myhm looks up waiting at the edge of the hole in the floor.
Troxell flies up to the third, and apparently top, level of the tower. There he finds a tall chamber with long narrow windows up near the roof. The light in the chamber comes not from the windows though, but rather from a giant candelabra suspended above. Two dozen glass bowls dangle from the candelabra's metal arms, many of which contain a brilliant light. Looking closer, Troxell realizes that every light within a bowl is actually a will-o'-wisp.
Directly below the candelabra, chained upon a circular table and bathed in the light of the wisps, lays a male humanoid. Too pale, thin, and angular to be human, it at first appears dead, but then stirs a little and let's out a whimper.
Troxell flies back down and returns to humanoid form in order to speak, "There's a giant candelabra that uses wisps as it's light source, In fact all the light in this tower comes from the wisps. There's also a male humanoid chained to a table up there, but it isn't human. I do not know what it is, yet. I vote we find out what's going on that top level, but use the wand first to protect ourselves from electricity, at least those of us who need it. Although if the group would rather Teena try the plate first, I'm not going to object."