Karri grins as she steps behind Nalun, her eyes flaring green. Her voice buzzes, "Keep the puppets off of this flesh!" Then, her all too familiar chant begins and she begins drawing Legion into this world.
Nalun attempts to behead the nearest skeleton
Favored Target, Power Attack
Nalun's rapier knocks off the skeleton's skull with ease.
The Physicians snap into action, with one of them running past the skeletons and striking at the inquisitor...
...and missing completely, even though Demitri is still trying to get his bearings.
Another Physician draws a knife and moves forward before whipping it at his head!
It bounces off the back of his skeletal servant's skull without hurting it.
The last Physician moves to the other door leading into the room and throws it open.
1, 2, 3... oh boy, are we outnumbered! Assessing the situation, Lyla stuffs her hand in her pocket; a moment later, a cloud of dark smoke explodes in the back room. It quickly disperses to reveal a hooded man dressed in black wielding a rapier. Surrounded by the four unmasked physicians, the man nods cordially to the party and then, with a defying grin on hi lips, calls the physicians to the fight with a movement of his free hand. Away from her enemies, Lyla fakes surprise and exclaims "Blackjack!"
Ortik swings his hammer at the skeletal cadaver before him. "Remember - don't let them surround you! They're dangerous in groups!"
The Physicians are visibly surprised when the man they call Blackjack appears in the middle of their barracks, his rapier twirling menacingly in the room's light. The priests, on the other hand, collectively roll their eyes and begin chanting prayers in an unholy tongue.
They draw wicked-looking scythes from their persons and their unholy symbols turn jet black for a moment, and immediately the scythes' blades start thrumming with power.
Ortik's hammer swing knocks the skeleton before him apart.
Demitri swings at a skeleton, divine power flowing through him.
Deciphering the priests' incantation, Lyla shouts out a warning. "Watch out for their weapons, they're magic!"
Demitri's swing misses its mark by the smallest of hairs--the skeleton staggers to one side, unused to the rigours of combat.
The remaining skeleton in the barracks takes no notice of the Legend of Korvosa making his presence known in the room, instead dropping the tray it was holding and racing out the door ahead of the Physician towards Ortik. It swings a yellowed claw at the dwarf...
...and it catches on the druid's shield. It leaves behind a piece of its finger bone.
The skeleton fighting Demitri claws at the inquisitor again!
Both claws fail to even so much as scratch the man.
Karri screams under the pressure of summoning her fiends. The two dogs that were destroyed earlier are unable to answer the call, but the other two are more than eager to shed blood for their mistress... The dogs immediately set to shredding the physician between them into little gobbets of meat to be devoured.
Karri then readies a volley of force for any foes that get past the door.
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The 'doctor' doesn't even have time to scream before the two dogs drag him to the floor and proceed to physically tear him to pieces. It's telling that none of the priests in the room seem to care about the man's death.
Nalun stabs at the "Doctor"
Favored Target, Power Attack
Time for you to pay!
Nalun's strike drops the 'doctor' with a swift stab to the torso. The man falls to the floor and starts trying to crawl away in a pool of his own blood.
He curls up into a ball and braces himself, his club rolling away. The Physician still in the barracks leaps at 'Blackjack', his club swinging wildly!
Lyla moves around the skeleton and, getting a better view of the adjoining room, sees the Physcian land n attack against her illusory ally. Blackjack feels the blow; he stumbles for a moment, but then gets on his feet again and thrusts his blade against his opponent.
Ortik adjusts his position to force the mindless skeleton into a disadvantage, and swings again, forcing the skeleton to defend against both him and the fiendish hound.
Ortik's strike is on target, but his strength hasn't yet fully recovered--the skeleton is knocked back by the swing, but it's still holding together.
One of the priests in the room beyond glares at one of Karri's hounds and brings his scythe to bear as he steps forward!
With a contemptuous snort, he easily beheads Karri's summoned beast. He lets out a deep, unnerving chuckle as the beast evaporates into black smoke.
The rest of the priests continue to pray, this time causing a black aura to settle on their clothes.
Demitri strikes at the skeleton again.
Demitri's strike hits the skeleton on its skull. Unfortunately, while the impact is jarring to both the man and the beast, it's not quite enough to destroy it. There's a large fracture in the skeleton's skull, however.
The skeletons mindlessly continue to claw away at their opponents.
One claw manages to catch Ortik on the nose...
...while the skeleton fighting Demitri almost manages to get its claws past his shield and into his face.
Nalun stabs the nearby doctor
Favored Target, Power Attack
OR
Nalun steps up and tries to swipe the skeleton away
Favored Target, Power Attack
Nalun easily ends the prone doctor's existence.
The last dog turns and lunges at the walking snacks between itself and Ortik.
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Karri pulls the wand out of her belt and uses it on herself.
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Karri's summoned hound tries its hardest to bring down the skeleton, but the reanimated collection of bones proves to be surprisingly nimble.
The 'doctor' fighting 'Blackjack' suddenly stops and blinks. "...what is this? You're not even real."
The man turns his back on the illusion and turns to face the two men fighting the skeleton at the door. He twirls his club and prepares to defend himself.
"Come on, friends! Take down these lunatics!", Ortik says, hoping to rally his friends as he strikes at the skeleton again.
This time, Ortik manages to smash the skeleton attacking him to bits.
Lyla dimisses the illusion, noticing that a well placed bolt will be more effective than Blackjack's mirage at this point. Standing in front of the door, she raises the crossbow and fires at the priest right in front of her.
plus poison (1d2 Str Damage for 4 rounds, Fort Save DC 14)
The priest merely tilts his head to one side and Lyla's bolt goes flying past his head.
He responds by advancing on the hound in front of Lyla and swinging his scythe at it!
This time, the dog sees the strike coming and hops to the side. The other priests in the room keep their scythes readied for battle.
Demitri keeps fighting the skeleton.
Once again, Demitri misses.
The skeleton takes exception to Demitri's wild swinging, and replies with a pair of claws.
Both of which leave bits and pieces behind on his shield.
The hound snarls and snaps at the man that would dare to hurt it! However, it still has a hunk of the skeleton in it's maw so it merely bumps his bony skull into the priest's thigh.
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Pulling the remnants of Legion forward Karri slings a glob of acid at the skeleton Demitri is holding in the doorway.
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Karri's glob of acid finally brings the skeleton down, burning through its ribcage and causing it to fall apart.
Nalun darts through the door and moves to flank the priest
Nalun stabs the Scythe wielding Priest.
Flanking, Power Attack
Sneak Attack
Nalun's strike hits the priest where it hurts--one stab to the back is enough to turn his attention to the bounty hunter.
The 'doctor' still in the room moves to strike at Nalun while his back is turned!
Even so, it's not enough to get through Nalun's armour.
"Oi, you!", Ortik shouts at the priest in the doorway. "'Ere's a slice for ya!" He swings his hammer, less interested with connecting and more interested in setting up Nalun with a killshot.
The priest backs away from Ortik's incoming hammer, putting himself in more danger from Nalun's blade.
With Ortik, Nalun and Legion surrounding the priest, Lyla leaves the fight to find a new target. She runs to the other door and gets into the room, firing at the to her left.
Lyla's bolt strikes the priest through his robes. He turns on Lyla and glares at her, contemptuously tearing the bolt out of his skin.
The priests turn and silently advance, bringing their scythes to bear. The one Lyla shot advances on the halfling and brings his scythe down!
And he manages to score a clean hit!
The second priest advances on Nalun...
...but his scythe fails to find purchase on the man's flesh.
The flanked priest turns and strikes at Nalun as well...
...and almost manages to wound him, but his buckler takes the brunt of the blow.