Round 1
Kevezyat rushes forward to defend her dazed friends, gently easing by their swaying forms.
Leaving Valkyia in its harness for now, the ebony Paladin plucks the flail from her belt and swings mightily...
Sam, having moved away, finds himself captivated by the dance of the serpents.
Kevezyat must be feeling some of the influence of the hypnotizing dance, because her flail swings clear of the swaying creature before her. On the other side of the door, Sam stands slack jawed, oblivious to the peril his companions find themselves in.
round 2
Janna directs the wind sphere toward one of the snakes around Jerrid.
Say hello to my Windy Friend
The winds bluster the necrophidius but do not carry it away.
Jerrid
Jerrid tries to remember what he was doing in this vault. Something about checking for traps? He sways to the rhythm of the hypnotic dance.
Necrophidius
The skull headed snakes continue to snap at their prey.
Needle like teeth sinking into his flesh is the next thing Jerrid knows. Already dazed, he now feels a rigor setting in, stiffening his muscles.
Damien is bit too and feels the same paralysis setting in.
Vhillish advances on the melee only to have his progress hampered by the crush of bodies and foe beyond.
'Tache twitching he stands, hammer readied waiting for the opportunity;
"Balderdash and brimstone! We need to commit bodies to the cause whot-whot!"
The doughty deputy then presses in heedless of his own safety...
Leoven 2
The young cleric finishes casting his conjuration, a small eart elemental appears to try to help Jerrid
Round 2
Dazed despite the intense pain in his arm and shoulder, the deep gnome grunts loudly.
But he keeps swaying with a slight smirk.
Vhillish safely maneuvers into position. The earth elemental smashes it's fist into the ground as the necrophidius wiggles out of harms way.
Round 2 second half that I missed
Janna steps back and sends a couple of blasts at one of the closer creatures.
two bolts that look like small lightning bolts strike the "yellow" creature.
Round 2
Stamping his leg to force blood back into it and counteract the spreading numbness, Damien shouts after the arbalester, "That's the spirit Deputy!"
Tossing his shield at the swaying serpent as a distraction, Damien steps back, dropping his sword before cleanly switching to the more formidable hammer and bringing it overhand in a crushing strike.
Janna keeps the wind sphere on the same creature hoping to blow it back away from her comrade.
She then continues her assault on the "yellow" Necrophidius as two more small electrical bolts strike it.
Sam keeps moving to a distant tune in his head. The serpents remind him of a lullaby.
Round 2
Kevezyat waits for Damien's hammer to finish it's sweep onto the creature and by, then stepping up to deliver her own blow...
The magic missiles soften up the creature and the flail shatters it's skull.
Janna's gust of wind tosses another one of the creatures into the corner of the room, giving Jerrid some relief.
Round 3
Two of the necrophidius snap at their opponents, one at Kevezyat and one at the earth elemental.
The one flung by Janna begins it's dance of death.
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As the bone serpent begins it beguiling sway, Vhillish grits his teeth and shrugs off the creature's entrallment.
Instead he brings his small hammer to bear on the nearest foe , first charging it with innate magicks , then shifting sideways - slowly manoeuvring toward a flanking position;
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Round 3
THe small elemental keep swinging at the skull snake
Vhillish doesn't muster enough strength but the earth elemental lands a crushing blow.
Round 3
Kevezyat looks down in satisfaction at the ruin of the snake construct, but the swayin of its brethren catches her eye....
... but the movements hold no sway over her.
Turning to the immediate threat, she raises her flail, her face a mask of determination...
Round 4
No more dancing for you.. Today's forecast, windy, with a chance of bone shards
watch out for sudden lightning strikes Janna sends two mini bolts at the orange creature that strike it.
Round 3
"Move over Kev. Keep pressing the bastards!", Damien growls as he angles a hammer strike around the Paladin's armored form.
Janna's wind sphere hurls a necrophidius clear of Jerrid, past the elemental, to land at the feet of Kevezyat. The magic missiles strike the one between Kevezyat and Vhillish. Damien brings down his hammer on the same one, landing a solid blow. Kev does not have as much success, missing with her flail.
Round 4
All three remaining Necrophidiuses swarm Kevezyat with paralyzing bites.
Sam Round 4
Sam continues to stay mesmerized.
As the bone-serpents surround Kevezyat, Vhillish shifts to set up a potential flank with the besieged warrior before once again charging his bludgeon with innate magick
Suspecting Kevezyat has succumbed to their effects, the deputy lashes out with his hammer at one of the creatures ;
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Round 4
Damien breaks into a cold sweat as Kev's attacks grind to a halt, the foul construct's venom cutting through even the paladin's defences. A touch of desperation colours his customary commanding tone, "Focus them down one at a time! If we don't thin their numbers we'll all and up slack eyed and drooling as they eat us, or whatever the hell these things do with their victims."
Retreating to find a clear strike in the crowded hallway, the veteran brings his hammer to bear once more.
Round 4
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Round 4
The construct's venom enervates Kevezyat almost immediately, leaving her held in time, unmoving, unable for the moment even to blink... though she can still breath, albiet shallowly.
Her vision however was faultless as ever, allowing her to see the surrounding serpent-things and the efforts of her friends. An soft anguished sigh is all that can be heard to give voice to her frustration.
Round 4 - continuation
Leoven done his shield.
The earth elemental brings down a fist, crushing the necrophidius, leaving only two.
Round 5
Janna step up to get a better shot at the remaining enemies. Looks like they haven't learned to stay out of the storm and two more little bolt strike one of the creatures.
Round 5 Necrophidiuses
The two remaining creatures snap ineffectually at Kevezyat and the elemental, failing to pierce the armor of either foe.
Round 5
The elemental crumbles to dust.
With a grit of teeth and twitch of his 'tache, Vhillish once more attempts to bring his hammer to bear on the bone serpent, enchanting it with arcane power ;
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The small necrophidiuses weave and sway, avoiding both attacks.
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Round 5
Kevezyat's effort to move suddenly takes effect, the drow lurching violently to the fore, as the paralytic ceases to afflict her.
Unconsiously, the holy warrior transforms the energy of the involuntary motion into one of purpose...a most violent purpose...her flail hissing through the air towards one of the remaining constructs.
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Jerrid sways and winks at Vhillish seductively....or is he just drunk..or dazed. His eyes close briefly as he moves in time to some hidden music.
Sam manages to gasp to those listening to his musings.
"Snakes are pretty when they move around just right! I like snake dancing!"
"Me to, me to, join us Kev."
Round 5
Emboldened by the paladin's return to the fight, Damien pushes his way through the press and into the treasure room. Attempting to slip past the flashing fangs of the nearby necrophideus...
The veteran tucks himself into the corner where he can gain the required space to bring the hammer to bear.
Damien crushes a necrophidius with his hammer, it's skull shattering with a poof of bone dust.
Janna steps into the room looking to end the last creature
I am sure this may come as a shock to you
and a wave of electricity fans out between Kev and Villish then expanding to engulf the creature.
The jolt of electricity explodes the last creature, it's head rolling off of it's spine.
"hah!" Jerrid jumps into th...hmm. He looks a little sheepish for a moment.
With the skull headed snakes destroyed you find yourself looking at heaps of treasure on the floor of Eralion's vault. This seems like a secure place to rest now that the danger is averted.
Janna takes some time to take in everything. a smile crosses her face. she seems relieved that this endeavor has actually paid off.
she looks for the staff that she was looking for since this whole adventure began.