Temple of Empyreal Brute Squad (Inactive)

Game Master ThorGN

Freya Misses

Juju 2 takes a mighty swing at Ashur.
Power Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20, and strikes the horned terror dealing 1d10 + 13 ⇒ (6) + 13 = 19 damage.

Tanrov!

Petr watches the barbarian take a massive strike and winces remembering the gash across his own torso.

"Watch out friends, this type of zombie is resistant to fire."

His injuries fueling his fury, the young barbarian whips his maul around for another thundering blow.

Rage 2/12, Power Attack

1d20 + 10 + 1 ⇒ (18) + 10 + 1 = 29
2d6 + 16 ⇒ (1, 2) + 16 = 19

I made a miscalculation in Round 1, to correct it: Tanrov increase your current HP by 3, and Freya by 6.

My attack for this round is on the previous page if you missed it brute.

Tanrov lands his thundering blow, and Erin capitalize on the Barbarian's strike by finishing off Zombie 1.

Juju 3 attemts to return the favor for the young barbarian. Power Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23, and deals 1d10 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16 damage to Tanrov.

Sparks fly as Arkwirght lands his strike.

Ashur!

Round 3 actions

Petr presents his holy symbol and channels positive energy.

"Undeath, taste the power of life!"

Channel to harm DC14: 3d6 ⇒ (6, 1, 2) = 9

"Freya, attack!

Round 3, Freya attack the nearest Zombie to Petr, moving if she has to.

gore, power attack: 1d20 + 9 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 9 + 1 = 20
dmg: 1d8 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20

Please add flank if it is present

Ashur will tear into the zombie that hit him. "Is he resistant to being ripped apart?" He roars.

Power Attack

Claw 1
1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25

1d4 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

Claw 2
1d20 + 12 ⇒ (5) + 12 = 17

1d4 + 13 ⇒ (4) + 13 = 17

Gore
1d20 + 12 ⇒ (8) + 12 = 20

1d8 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

Bite
1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23

1d4 + 13 ⇒ (3) + 13 = 16

Ashur indeed tears Zombie 2 apart.

Round 3
Petr
Tanrov
Juju Zombie 3
Erin
Arkwright
Ashur

Petr Channels, Will Save for Half: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

Freya barely misses. (no flank)

Tanrov!

Tanrov slows down his assault to inspect the thing he just helped smash.

What does it look like?

Animated corpse that once was a Tian man in life, now outfited with steel lamellar armor and a wicked looking nodachi sword. For undead, these guys really seem to know what they are doing.

Tanrov, you are up and there is still one moving.

Tanrov moves in, short-grips his hammer, and tries to finish off the remaining zombie with a punching blow.

Trying to get a flank.

Rage 3/12

1d20 + 12 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 12 + 1 + 2 = 22
2d6 + 10 ⇒ (6, 6) + 10 = 22

If its still alive Erin moves to flank and attacks again.
Attack 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (1) + 10 = 11 (Bless, One Attack, Flank)
Erin attempts to move in and drop the last zombie, but slips off the top of the sarcophagus ungracefully and totally misses her mark.

Arkwright moves over to the last Juju and strikes it with his rapier.

Attack:1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25
Damage:1d6 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Petr moves when out of INIT to within range of his allies and presents his holy symbol.

to heal: 3d6 ⇒ (5, 2, 2) = 9

Tanrov is already in melee with Juju 3, and it's up against the wall. No place to flank currently for you.

Tanrov misses, as does Erin, Arkwright hits but does not deal much damage.

Juju Zombie 3 swings at Arkwright attempting to cleave through to Tanrov, Power Cleave Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29, Crit Confirm: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17, Arkwright takes 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14 damage.
Power Cleave Attack 2: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (9) + 9 = 18, Tanrov takes 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20 damage.

Ashur!

Ashur turns to the last zombie currently assaulting his allies. He smiles showing off his vicious maw. He then attempts to make the undead into a re-dead.

Power Attack

Claw 1
1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16

1d4 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

Claw 2
1d20 + 12 ⇒ (20) + 12 = 32

1d4 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

Bite
1d20 + 12 ⇒ (14) + 12 = 26

1d4 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

Gore
1d20 + 12 ⇒ (2) + 12 = 14

1d8 + 13 ⇒ (1) + 13 = 14

Confirming Crit
1d20 + 12 ⇒ (17) + 12 = 29

1d4 + 13 ⇒ (2) + 13 = 15 More damage

And Ashur lays waste to the last Zombie.

Petr Channels, +9 HP to everyone.

Combat Ends

Ashur comes down from his rage. His horns come back down to normal size and his teeth retract into his mouth. "That was fun. I was worried I was going to be bored this entire trip." He wipes his claws off on his tunic.

The young barbarian's fury simmers down and Tanrov finds himself leaning against the crypt wall as the gravity of his wounds catch up with him.

"It's a good thing you were here Horns", the Shoanti youth says. "My hammer doesn't seem to hurt them."

Arkwright sheathes his blade and stretches, the muscles of his back cracking as he catches his breath.

"Immune to electricity. If it hadn't been for you fellows I would be dead. Tomorrow i'm preparing some different spells..."

He turns around to face the party.

"Everyone okay?"

"Thanks to you all, yes. Tanrov, that hammer is large enough to smash almost anything. You slowed that one down enough for me to finish it."

Erin states as she cleans off her blades, then replaces them into their sheathes.

"Sadly I think that was more relaxing for all of us than the meditation..."

Arkwright pauses then emits a short bark of laughter. " I completely agree. In comparison, this was much less frustrating. And more fun"

As you investigate the rest of the room you notice that there are way more carvings on these sarcophagi than you noticed at first glance. Taking rubbings will be a little bit of work, though not as much as that library is going to be.

The central sarcophagus leans slightly to the side. There is a crack beneath it that leads to a crooked hollow space roughly 8 feet long and 18 inches deep. At the rear of the crevice, out of sight from the entrance lays something shiny, though getting it out will not be easy.

Getting the shiny object will require an Escape Artist check to get. If you want to take the time for it, you may Take 20.

"I see something back there, I'm going go check and see what it is."

Erin shrugs off her robe and lays it on one of the sarcophagi, revealing a multitude of weapons and tools strapped carefully against her chain shirt and breeches. She examines the crevice carefully before crawling in.

Perception 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12 +1 Traps
Escape Artist Take 20 + 2 = 22

Erin can’t quite make out the object, made of brass maybe? And no matter how hard she tries, she also can’t seem to grab it. Ironically, she is just too big to fit far enough into the space.

Moving on, what are you all going to do now?

Erin climbs back out of the crevice and shrugs.

"Sorry guys, that is really far back there, we would need a contortionist reach that. I suppose we should start copying down all the glyphs on these sarcophagi."

After the brief excitement of battle, you return to the mundane task before you. Everyone pitches in to the best of their ability and three hours later you have copied all of the carvings, runes, and writing that can be found and filed them away in your packs.

The day is waning and rest is needed before taking on the Library and the Garden.

Tanrov removes the tatters of his blood-soaked vest and draws his wand.

After a few minutes of shaking the carved stick vigorously he growls in frustration.

"Does anyone know how these work?"

Tanrov still has 27 damage on him.

"I can try if you wish Tanrov, but it may be better to leave such things to Petr"

She states as she dons her robe.

Arkwright finishes stowing away the copied runes and markings and closes up his pack.

"I think we need to talk about what we are going to do once we leave this crypt and how we are going to accomplish the rest of our mission. I have a plan, if you would hear me."

"As long as it has nothing to do with meditation, by all means Ark, please go on."

Erin states with a smile.

Tanrov

"I do." Ashur takes the wand from Tanrov and thwacks him with it.

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

He then produces his own wand and does the same to himself.

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

1d8 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Arkwright

"Or zombies with weapons."

Tanrov winces less and less as his wounds close up.

"You can do magic!", the young barbarian almost shouts in excitement.

"Uh, not really. But I know enough to use wands. I don't do any real magic."

"I wish I could use wands..."

"In most cases, you won't need it. You'll squash 'em before they can hit you."

"What if it's more of those things?", Tanrov says pointing at the undead tian man.

Arkwright nods in thanks and rests against a handy wall.

"Thus far, we have tried to be subtle. We have not told our hosts of our true mission, and have tried to carry it out without their knowledge. We did this both because we thought the priests might forbid us from carrying out our orders and because something about this whole temple seemed dangerous. The problem is that accomplishing the rest of our mission- surveying the garden, building a catalog of books in the library- is going to take far, far more time than we could reasonably justify, and will have to be done in full view of our hosts."

"I am suggesting that rather than trying to accomplish our mission by stealth, we go to the leader of these devotees and tell him our mission directly. We will tell him that we would like to survey the garden, catalog the library and so on. We will also say that we will not harm the temple in any way and will allow him to make copies of what we find."

"And if he refuses? I'll admit a personal disdain for the Law, but i'll admit that in this case, the Law is on our side and it is a rather good feeling. We tell him about the tapestry, fairly acquired by the Society. We tell him how the Society has thus acquired all that is present within the tapestry, and consequently we have every right to examine the grounds and carry out surveys."

"If we wanted, we could probably and quite legally threaten to force these devotees out of the temple. However, i'm reasonably sure swords would be raised if we tried that, and I would rather avoid confrontation. I suspect that the masters of the Society would have no problem with these devotees worshipping here, as by all evidence they are not harming anybody but themselves. Consequently we might concede to them that they may stay here, at the Society's pleasure, but they must allow us to proceed on our mission."

"As to there being something wrong with this temple... I think these corpses here confirm it, but I would rather face any dangers here head on than have it spring out at us, as happens here. If it does come to combat, I am confident in the blades of Erin, Petr and I, in the hammer of Tanrov, and in the horns of Ashur and Freyr." Arkwright shoots a quick smile at Ashur.

"Anyway, that is my suggestion. What do you think?"

Tanrov picks himself up off the wall he'd been leaning on and thinks about the elf's suggestions.

"These people are nice enough, if a little strange. We should start by just talking to whoever is in charge. They might know what those things are and how they got down here", he offers.

Tanrov

"Learn to him 'em harder."

Arkwright

"They tried to poison us. I don't think being upfront is a good idea, unless we plan on taking them all out. I mean, I'm good with that. But that is probably not what you had in mind. We should just keep doing what we're doing and if they confront us, then we let them know and see what happens. I have a feeling they don't want us looking around. Seems like they have a lot to hide, like these bodies. "

"Why is it always about the horns. I have other attributes." He mutters to himself.

Arkwright nods in agreement.

"Excellent point, my dear Tanrov."

"I hit them as hard as I could", Tanrov mourns. "I just couldn't hurt them."

"Maybe I need one of those magic weapons people are always talking about."

"Ashtur, ALL the food was poisoned, not just our own. Strange, I know, but it might mean they also didn't know it was poisonous."

"Also, if these people are just devotees, then I can't see why they would attack us, particularly as the worst we are going to do is note down details about their temple. But if you'd like we might try to just continue on our mission and only tell them the truth when stopped."

Tanrov

"That would help."

Arkwright

"Maybe they built up a resistance to it. Some people do that. I don't think they're devotees. I'm thinking they're cultists. Which means if we find them out, that would threaten their existence. I'm good with going on with our mission until they decide to interfere."

"Hmm you do have a point. Okay, let's use discretion for now. I say we go ask for beds for the night. And i'm guessing that Ashtur is going to insist on standing guard?"

It's Ashur. And we can all take watches."