Callie flips her blade into her hand, positions herself by the door and waits.
Korriban adjusts his steps so that he can flank with Callie.
Lantressa followed along as her companions advanced through the remaining rooms they had yet to clear until they had only one place left to go. As they prepared to storm inside Lantressa readied herself and said to them, "Should I toss a fireball when we open the door? Catch them off guard and weaken them?"
Callie nods vigorously at Lantressa when she suggests a fireball through the door when they open it.
Hearing Lantressa's question, Korriban looks back at her and nods, giving a thumbs up.
Ready for the fight Momijii waited for the door to be opened and when it was said a few words and gestured then sent a bead of fire into the room to explode amidst the enemy Urgathoans.
Korriban takes a step back from the door just as someone unlatches it from the other side and steps through! "So, Lady Andaisin, you've--ARRRRGH!" The purple-cloaked cultist shrieks as he steps through the door and is skewered by Korriban and Callie!
Korriban and Callie stab the cultist as he emerges onto the catwalk, and Lantressa darts onto the balcony to hurl a fireball through the open doorway! There's a thunderous boom from inside the room and shrieks of pain!
Peering into the doorway as the smoke from Lantressa's fireball clears, you can see into the room. Four cultists' bodies lie strewn about the room...all apparently blasted off their feet by Lantressa's fireball. The reek of burning wax wafts through this morbid chamber, with several tall, misshapen cnadles being the apparent source. Workspaces strewn with tall beakers of foul-colored liquids, parchments covered in insidious symbols, and cages of whimpering rodents fill alcoves in both the northern and southern walls. A pair of huge stone doors hang ajar to the east, revealing a long hallway leading further into the dark. At the room's center stand four large, cylindrical glass vats, each filled with a bubbling emerald fluid that tints the room's light a noxious green. Within each suspension floats a malformed abomination--something part human, part angel, and part horse--things of half-formed muscle and fleshless, equine skulls. Three of the forms are motionless, but the fourth twitches now and then--and all of the glass vats seem to have been fractured by Lantressa's fireball!
Initiative
Surprise!
The Party<------
Round One:
Foes
The Party
Red Cultist (the others are unconscious): HP: 14 | AC/T/FF: 17/10/17 | Fort +7 Ref +1 Will +6 | CMD: 15
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Callie runs the cultist through with deadly precision.
Surprise Round
Callie casts vanish and promptly disappears.
"Listen, buddy, we're just the first wave here. A prostitute, a bum, a kid, and a storyteller. And we just wiped out everyone you've got around you and everyone before. Maybe just give up before the rest of the force gets here."
Korriban calls out. "That's right! Imagine how deadly the backup's going to be! Just give it up!"
He looks at Teodor and whispers, "Please don't kill this one. I would like to give the Guard at least one prisoner."
As Callie vanishes, you realize that all of the cultists are unconscious...but one creature remains. The thing in the glass cage is running one finger slowly through the liquid, over one of the fractures in the glass. Then all of you clutch your ears as an unearthly howl sounds in your heads, and the creature slams a fist through the glass, shattering its prison! The creature leaps into the room, gray wings unfolding, as the bilious liquid dishes over the floor. It stands above one of the cultists and raises a hand to strike!
Initiative
Horrifying Monstrosity
Party Time!<-----
Still jumpy from the encounter with the vampire, Teodor charges in and wallops the freaky thing with this heavy flail.
She thought since Teo and Korriban were talking there was more than the monster in there, but seeing nothing but the monster, Callie movies in, sneaks up on the horrifying monstrosity and stabs it. The invisibility fades after she lunges, not having served much purpose. She infuses her blade with magical energy as she strikes.
Her considerable recent luck in stabbing things has ended, however.
Shocked at the sound of shattering glass and howling, Korriban looks in the room. Surprised at the creature he sees, he shouts, "What the f**k is that?!" Maintaining his stance, Korriban runs in and flanks the monster with Callie and Teodor, stabbing at it!
Lantressa wasn't sure just what this new creature was and she wasn't sure that she wanted to know. She just knew that it had to die. Not sure if the fireball would b worthwhile, and with her friends so close, she wasn't wasting a fireball on it. Instead she began to weave her magic and unleashed her spell attempting to slow the creature's movement through time. Unfortunately for her the spell slid off and did nothing to it leaving her suddenly worried.
Teodor hustles into the room and bashes the creature's skull with his flail! It jerks away, baleful eye sockets turning toward him rather than its prey. Callie becomes visible as she stabs her glowing blue blade at the fiend, but it just glances off the sturdy skull. Korriban dives forward as Lantressa's spell fizzles and lunges for the creature's midsection--and suddenly it roars as the silver blade sinks home! Korriban's sword comes away sticky with viscous black blood, and the creature whirls toward him.
Mortal fools! All four of you hear the voice shriek in your head. I may have been bound, separated from my bow, but the Prince of Plagues still guides me! I shall slay you and collect your souls for him, then I shall slay every living creature in this temple. After that I shall descend upon the city and bring plague to every man, woman, and child there. YOU SHALL NOT STOP ME!
It raises one hand, letting out a shriek as black energy starts to swirl and it flaps its wings to keep the three fighters at bay. Callie's sword flashes forth and the creature is forced to spin away--she doesn't connect, but the energy surrounding its hand dissipates and it roars in rage. The beast darts between Callie and Korriban to stand with its back to one of the other glass prisons.
Initiative
The Thing
Party!<------
Leukodaemon: HP: 72 | AC/T/FF: 23/16/16 | F+9 R+14 W+12 | CMD: 35 | DR 10/good or silver | Immune: acid, death effects, disease, poison | Resist 10 cold, electricity, fire | SR 20
"We already killed everyone while you were captured. Haha! You totally missed out on some great murder!"
Fearful Touch (Su): As a standard action, you can make a melee touch attack against a creature, causing it to experience terrible hallucinations for 1 round. During this time, the creature loses any immunity to fear effects it might possess and takes a –2 penalty on attack rolls made against you. In addition, the creature takes a penalty onWill saves made against fear effects equal to 1/2 your cleric level (minimum –1). This power is a mind-affecting effect. You can use this ability for a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Wisdom modifier.
Korriban looks at the black blood dripping off his sword. Oh, gross!" He flicks it off and glares at the monster. He keeps in step with the creature as he moves to its side , keeping his stance and plunging his blade forward, using Callie's position to aid him.
Callie again fuels her blade with arcane energy, but this time she adds a rhythmic war chant in old Chelish, and the blade's glow gets brighter.
Callie strikes a solid blow, and while the creature's considerable defenses absorb a good bit of the damage, she still makes a fair sized gash in its hide.
Not liking this thing they were having to fight Lantressa gathered her resolve and cast once again. This time she felt the spell punch through the resistance to her magic the creature had and watched on in glee as it began to move slower and slower.
The creature roars in pain as Callie and Korriban both skewer it; Callie's blade penetrates this time, though she can feel the creature's very essence pushing back against the blade. As they withdraw their blades, Teodor lunges forward and the creature shakes its head, batting at something that only it can see. Lantressa chants a few words and smiles as she sees the creature begin to slow--but then it twists and writhes, shaking the magic off.
You think to ensorcell ME, spawn of the Abyss?! I will rend your ally limb from limb, then come for YOU!
The creature whirls on Korriban in a frenzy of violence. Its bony teeth rip into Korriban's shoulder and, as he staggers back, he just barely manages to bring up his rapier and a claw swinging down toward his head. The creature's grip tightens on the blade, though, and Korriban's eyes widen as the other claw comes from underneath and rips into his ribs!
Leukodaemon: HP: 47 | AC/T/FF: 23/16/16 | F+9 R+14 W+12 (-1 vs. fear, Rd 3) | CMD: 35 | DR 10/good or silver | Immune: acid, death effects, disease, poison | Resist 10 cold, electricity, fire | SR 20
"No!" Callie cries as Korriban falls. She takes a single step toward Korriban (), but keeps her blade trained upon the fiend.
She fuels more power into her blade.
Though she strikes true, the blade does nothing.
Teodor casts Doom on the creature ."Korriban's blade hurts it!"
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Lantressa became very worried when she felt the creature rip through her spell like it wasn't there. Her eyes narrowed and she began another spell. This time she wove her magic into her words as she said, "So, do you know what the daemon said to his summoner? You'll be on your own when I Abbadon you later."
Korriban's eyes widen as the claw sinks into his chest. When the creature yanks it out, Korriban staggers a bit. He weakly glares at the monster as his free hand covers his wounds. "I... I'll get you... monster... But not now..." He then breaks off and moves to the exit of the room, running to safety, a trail of blood following him.
The creature's supernatural hide turns Callie's blade harmlessly aside, even as Teodor curses the creature. It seems to ignore the priest, but Lantressa's joke causes it to burst into a shriek of horrible, ear-piercing laughter. Korriban takes this as his cue to drop his rapier and dash out of the room, retreating onto the catwalks, as the fiend clutches its sides.
It finally catches its breath and seems to shake off the joke. That was terrible! I'll end you for that, pretty one... It starts to move toward Lantressa, but that's all it has time to do before Callie and Teodor are on it once more.
Leukodaemon: HP: 47 | AC/T/FF: 23/16/16 | F+9 R+14 W+12 | CMD: 35 | DR 10/good or silver | Immune: acid, death effects, disease, poison | Resist 10 cold, electricity, fire | SR 20
Callie takes another step, filling the spot where Korriban had stood. She switches from a rhythmic hum fueling her bladethirst performance and switches to one of her inspiring chants. "The enslaved beast Driphidius did not know when he was beat..."
As she speaks, she leans over to scoop up Korriban's rapier, switching her longsword for the time being to her off-hand.
The fiend, seeing Callie going for Korriban's blade, lunges forward, and its teeth sink into her shoulder, filling her with agonizing pain!
This fight wasn't going very well for them, Korriban forced to retreat, Callie taking a terrible blow, Tressa was beginning to think they would have to flee and even then they would lose at least one or two of their number. She resolved herself and cast once more. She'd had such success earlier with rays of heat that she decided to try it again. Unfortunately her beams went into the floor well short of her target and she cursed vociferously in abyssal. She gathered herself long enough to call out, "Korriban! Potions in my pack, take one and use it!" Then she began to move, getting more distance between herself and the creature and ending up next to Korriban.
Korriban looks from his position, leaning over the rail, as Lantressa runs up to him. He nods at her. "Thanks." He then digs through her pack and pulls out a potion of cure light wounds.
As the monster savages Callie, Lantressa's bolts of fire just gliding across its hide without effect, Teodor darts around the monster to the doorway and raises his holy symbol. White light floods out, bursting from the room with the glass containers into the plague vat room, and all four of you feel it wash over you, healing your wounds and easing your tired muscles. As Korriban retrieves a healing potion from Lantressa's pack, he feels himself re-energized and all of you think that there might be a chance...
The creature is not going to let you go so easily, though. It grinds its teeth into Callie's shoulder, undoing much of Teodor's healing. Whirling away, it rakes its claws at the cleric--Teo manages to fend off the first one, but the second leaves an agonizing wound on his shoulder. Although you're badly wounded, the creature now finds itself between Callie and Teodor, and Callie is clutching Korriban's silver rapier...
Leukodaemon: HP: 47 | AC/T/FF: 23/16/16 | F+9 R+14 W+12 | CMD: 35 | DR 10/good or silver | Immune: acid, death effects, disease, poison | Resist 10 cold, electricity, fire | SR 20
Teodor bestows a curse on the creature.
"You bore me. Disease? Pffft. You got owned by the fools we slaughtered."
Callie grimaces, trying not to swoon from the sudden onslaught of claws, healing light, and more claws, and stubbornly weaves her tale. "'Do not underestimate me,' cried the swordsman..."
She steps to flank the creature, whipping the lighter blade into her hand, and trying to remember older dueling classes with Sir Nicolas, lunges forward while maintaining a defensive stance. She channels arcane energy into the blade as she does so.
It may not be her weapon of choice, but Callie is reminded that when applied with precision, rapiers can easily poke choice bits.
Sadly her lack of experience with the weapon disallows her from maximizing its effectiveness, but regardless she strikes true.
Korriban feels Teodor's magic wash over him, healing some of his wounds. He sighs in relief, then drinks the potion in his hands.
He then says, "Thank you, Lantressa." Then he moves past her and stops to the side of the door, being careful not to attract attention.
Cursing at her lack of success against this thing Tressa nodded in acknowledgement of Korriban and then turned her gaze tot eh creature once more. She had one last spell that was likely to hurt this thing and decided to give it her all. She began chanting and gesturing as she moved back to get sight on it and then sent her last beam s of fiery energy out at it.
As Callie stabs the creature in the side once more--eliciting a shriek of pain--Teodor rushes forward and attempts to curse it.
As Teodor makes contact, the fiend whirls toward him. Insolent slave! I will slay you ALL! Lantressa's bolts of fire wash off its back, while Korriban attempts to sneak up on it....though he's not quiet. Ah, back for more, are you?
The fiend lunges for Callie, snapping and raming with its claws--but its movements are clumsy now, and the blue-clad bard easily dodges them. It hisses and steps sideways to avoid being flanked.
Callie steps up and attacks, still chanting another tale, maintaining her defensive stance, and channeling arcane energy into the rapier.
Fortunately, Callie remembers her old fencing lessons quickly and this time remembers how to take advantage of the slender blade's advantages.
Aggravated at her failure to hurt this...THING Lantressa pulled on one of the only spells of use she still had. Grease sprang from nowhere, coating the side of the vat and the ground at the creature's feet.
Korriban curses as the creature manages to find out his position. He looks down at his hand and sees the silver dagger that he must have instinctively grabbed as he moved. He remembers how his silver rapier managed to severely damage the monster. He glares at the dagger, brings it up to his face, and whispers, [smaller]"Listen here. I don't trust you at all. You're weird. Like, really weird. But, you seem to be my only option to fight this thing. So, here we go." He then takes a deep breath and charges in, moving past Lantressa and Teodor to get into position opposite of Callie. He swings the dagger.