The sorcerer grins despite the danger "Undead are such a tough crowd to please. Ah well, it likely means they don't belong to Hanibil, unless they always attack him on sight."
You could move past and incur an AOO or you can use acrobatics to move past to try and avoid an AOO.
The room is 50' square. They were approximately 30' away from the door, give or take.
Suprise round they attacked the illusion. 2 of 3 made their will saves.
The party held.
Round 1 they moved to the doorway.
Now the party takes actions.
Dash weaves his way past his friends down the stairs, as quickly as the narrow confines will allow. Once past the stairs and in the open room, he decides to take no chances with these horrible, bonneted monstrosities, and attacks with his most powerful spell.
"Wait. They have bonnets on? Now that's just damn odd and a little creepy."
Hemlock will move within 30 feet of one and fire his crossbow at one not engaged if possible.
Cursing her lack of spell preparation for facing undead things, Circe decides that the best thing to do is to stay behind Al. She will following about 10 ft behind him if he moves and if she can see any of the maids, she'll cast a spell at one of them.
Ear-Piercing Scream
School evocation [sonic]; Level bard 1, inquisitor 1, sorcerer/wizard 1, witch 1
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
Range close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target one creature
Duration instantaneous; see text
Saving Throw Fortitude partial (see text); Spell Resistance yes
You unleash a powerful scream, inaudible to all but a single target. The target is dazed for 1 round and takes 1d6 points of sonic damage per two caster levels (maximum 5d6). A successful save negates the daze effect and halves the damage.
As the monsters moved in, Al took his position of point and began his defense, which as usual, involved a good offence. His white claws slash at the enemy and his friends get a view of how his long hours of swimming have really encouraged the slash from his claws as they make a path through the air and the rotten flesh of the zombie in the same way as they would carve through the water and push it aside. His first claw missed short as he had gotten a bit excited fighting undead for the first time, but the second one carved into the beast with a fair swath of damage.
Attack:
Attack:
Damage:
Damage:
Shield is still active, so AC is 21
Go ahead and take your other attack. I missed that, sorry.
1:
2/23
-13 Electricity
-8 Slashing
2:
23/23
3:
23/23
600 XP per
skeletal champion variant:
Percep +6
AC 19 (+6 armor, +1 dex, +2 Nat)
HP 23
F 3 R 1 W 3 (+4 channel resist)
DR 5/bludgeon
Immune cold
MW longsword +7 (1d8+3 19/20)
Deathless:
Return to life in 1 hr with 1 hp if reduced to 0 HP. Fast healing =1/2hd. Permanently destroyed if by positive energy or in an area of bless or hallow or if remains sprinkeled with a vial of holdy water.
Loot : MW longsword, Breastplate
Dash acrobatically flips past his companions and the undead monsters alike. Casting a spell he reaches out to deftly touch the creature that just took a swing at Al. The creature has been significantly scorched as it convulses momentarily during your attack.
You can see through a charred hole in the fabric where you touched the creature that they are wearing thick metal breastplates under their dresses. (add +3 to attacks with Shocking grasp per the spell description)
Al slashes at the creture Landing a solid blow as he rakes his claws across the creatures fleshy neck.
Though clearly you hurt it you it didn't do quite as much damage as you would have thought. Also you notice that the slash you made has already begun to mend itself, though slowly.
Hemmick fires at the unengaged creature and his shot goes wide.
Circe casts a spell at the creature Al has attacked, but it does not react.
All three creatures stand, but the one that's taken damage doesn't look so good.
Everyone that has it can roll knowledge religion.
Al smiles as the creature begins to mend its own wounds automatically. This should be fun.
"This one regenerates a bit. Anyone bring fire or acid?"
"Unfortunately I didn't think to prepare any fire spells for today. I'm most likely useless for this fight." Circe is quite upset at being so useless and looks around the room, trying to figure out if there's anything in that can be used to fight the maids.
Seeing them regenerating, Hemlock curses to himself, "Knew I should have chosen a fire bomb." He'll then drop the crossbow
Hemlock will pull out a clay casing and insert a small vial into the top of it, covering it over quickly with a gum like substance and prepare to throw it. He'll bend down to get a good look at the area behind them in an effort to avoid the rest of the fighters.
Aky stops concentrating on his illusion, then fires off a pair of mystic bolts one at the undead Dash attacked and one at the one Al struck
The three creatures reach into their volumous dresses and pull out well made longswords. They do this motion almost simultaneously. It's a little creepy.
Hemlock's well placed bomb damages all three. The one previously in the doorway falls into a heap (#1).It's body still writhes occationally, but it otherwise inert.
Though AKY was going to fire at the now downed creature he redirects his missle just before casting. Both missiles fly into the creature that Dash attacked.
Round 3 begins
The Other near the doorway moves up and attacks AL
Longsword
The one that was in the middle of the room still moves to and attacks Dash.
Longsword
1: 0/23
2:
8/23
3:
15/23
600 XP per
skeletal champion variant:
Percep +6
AC 19 (+6 armor, +1 dex, +2 Nat)
HP 23
F 3 R 1 W 3 (+4 channel resist)
DR 5/bludgeon
Immune cold
MW longsword +7 (1d8+3 19/20)
Deathless:
Return to life in 1 hr with 1 hp if reduced to 0 HP. Fast healing =1/2hd. Permanently destroyed if by positive energy or in an area of bless or hallow or if remains sprinkeled with a vial of holdy water.
Loot : MW longsword, Breastplate
Players turns
Al grins a bit at the monster before him as it's sword clangs harmlessly off of his armor. "You will have to do a little better than that!" He brings his claws to bear on the standing corpses.
He rakes into the one in front of him with a powerful swipe and the thing goes down. Already in full swing with his other claw, Al was a little disappointed and just tears into it after it falls. After all, the regeneration could cause it to get back up, it was better to make sure it stayed down longer.
Not looking at Circe directly, Hemlock sees her usure of what to do, "You can use my crossbow." He motions towards the crossbow at his feet. "I have bolts too."
Noticing them pull out longsword grimaces, "That's not good."
Circe will take up Hemlock's crossbow and bolts. "I swear I'm memorizing some fire spells tomorrow."
I'm going to move things along.
Al moves out of the way of #2's blade just in time.
Dash takes a sling gash as #3's blade slices through his defenses.
Dash rolls to flank #2 with Al. He pulls his blade and chain weapon as he does so
+1 Wakizashi
Between the two companions #2 falls into a gooey heap. It too like the other still seems to undulate, but not threateningly.
Round 4 start.
#3 moves to attack Dash again
Longsword
Al seems a little perturbed that the zombie has gone and attacked Dash instead of him. "You will pay for that." he mutters, as if intentionally leaving anyone wondering if the thing they need to pay for is hurting Dash or not attacking Al.
Al seems a little perturbed that the zombie has gone and attacked Dash instead of him. "You will pay for that." he mutters, as if intentionally leaving anyone wondering if the thing they need to pay for is hurting Dash or not attacking Al.
All viscously tears apart the third and final creature. Three quivering masses with bonnets now lay on the ground. Plus the blood pool they were cleaning when you barged in. Aside from that there is a door on the east and west wall.
How about straight Int checks to realize something about the quivering undead masses.
"Oh that is just way too gross. And look at them, they're still quivering. Eeewww."
Circe will circle wide around them when she walks around the room and moves over to the east door to look at it. "Any idea which door we should take? I'd rather not spend too long in this room, it's just too creepy."
Aky grins boyishly at Circe "See? I told you that you wouldn't get hurt"
Slightly covered in gore, Al realized at this point he would be more attractive to Circe if he had learned some kind of cantrip that would clean this off of him. He began to say something to her, thought better of it and made it a general comment instead. "I can so use a bath after that."
After a futile attempt to fling the blood at the floor, making a slightly bigger mess, he remembered Dash's trouble. "Dash, you alright?"
"Well, you were right about me not getting hurt. Dash doesn't look as lucky. Here, let me help you. Circe moves over to Dash and casts a healing spell on him.
Circe looks over to Al at his comment. "Well, you are rather, uhm, bloodsplattered right now, but you were great fighting those things."
Seeing the immediate threat has been disposed of, Hemlock proceeds to fumble around in his packs for a spare vial to collect some of that quivering goo, mumbling to himself,"Could be animated flesh....necromantic most assuredly...why would someone put bonnets on undead...thats just rude....I could definately use a bit of that for testing."
Aky grins boyishly at Circe "See? I told you that you wouldn't get hurt"
They're undead who regenerate. Perhaps another more undead unfriendly energy type would work.
Akydi informs the others of his sudden insight into the undead just slain"They regenerate and I think an undead unfriendly energy might be useful here"
"Well, I guess I could cast a healing spell on them. The positive energy should be bad for them, right?"
Circe will hesitantly move over to the nearest quivering pile of good and cast a cure spell on it. She'll then jump back to watch what happens. Assuming that it appears to have the desired effect, Circe will have a bit more confidence when she casts on the other two.
"Well, I guess I could cast a healing spell on them. The positive energy should be bad for them, right?"
Circe will hesitantly move over to the nearest quivering pile of good and cast a cure spell on it. She'll then jump back to watch what happens. Assuming that it appears to have the desired effect, Circe will have a bit more confidence when she casts on the other two.
The pile turns from bloody red to black icor. The flesh turns to an inert, though messy liquid.
Al smiled and might have blushed just a tiny bit at the compliment from Circe, and accidentally put his hand on the back of his head and neck. Once he had realized what he had done, he tried his best to make it look cool, but now that he had a new kind of nasty in his white hair, and he could just imagine it looked terrible.
Seeing that Circe was able to help out, he forgot his own predicament and exclaimed, "See, you are not in any way useless. Who would have known that we would have needed your expertise here too, other than Aky of course."
Circe gives a little squeal as the disgusting liquid washes over her feet. When finished with all three, she tries to shake some of the goop off her feet, though with very little success.
She'll smile at Al's comment. "Thank you Al. I'm glad to finally be of some use. I just wish I coulda been useful without ruining my shoes."
Choices. Choices? Door number one or door number two?
Finally finishes pulling a vial out to see all the goo has been rendered inert."Oh....well. Alright then. I guess I can still use the inert flesh for research. Probably won't be as good
Looking at the the two door choices,"Might I get my crossbow and bolts back Circe. If you arent using them anymore?"
"Whichever door you all decide on. I'll keep watch on the other."
"Here you go Hemlock." Circe hands them back over to Hemlock as she tries to ignore the squishing sounds her shoes are now making.
"Maybe Dash should check them both and then figure out which is the safest to open?"
After Circe heals Dash he rolls his neck, which cracks loudly after his tense stance in the fight, and he just sighs contentedly. "You know, getting smashed across the chest by a huge freaking sword hurts like hell, even with protective spells up. BUT, what people don't realize is that the lack of pain after a decent cure spell makes you feel wonderful. Thanks, Circe, you are a godsend." A split second later, Dash realizes who he is talking to and blushes deeply (the only real color anyone ever sees in his face) and says "Well, you know what I mean..."
At Circe's suggestion to examine the doors Dash perks up a bit again. "As you wish!" He then walks over to the door on the left and checks it for traps.
He then moves across the room to check the other door, and gives his assessment.
Circe also begins to blush a bit at Dash's faux pas, muttering with a sigh: "Yeah, from down below not up above."
Louder and more clearly she says: "Not to worry Dash. It's your intent that counts. Now, do you hear anything from either door?"
Akydi smiles at Circe "Who cares where ya come from. You're here to help us now and are our friend. All that matters to me" Looking at the two doors, he says "Want me to try just opening a door? Usually things tend to end up just being right for me"
Left door has a glyph trap. Right door has no trap.
"We weren't very quiet in that last fight...well I wasn't. These little bombs make quite a noise. I guess what I'm saying is expect there to be something behind the doors. Something with more bonnets maybe."
Hemlock nervously keeps an eye on whichever door we aren't opening.
Moving things along. Dash said he'd have difficulty posting, so he'll be my puppet until he gets back.:
After examining both doors Dash indicates that the right door has no traps and the left door has a glyph trap on it.
"Dash, I seem to remember you telling me that the trapped things had all the best stuff in them. Can you disarm that?" Al quipped. Normally if he needed to get by a door, he would just break it down, but if they had any surprise left it was probably good to let Dash shine a bit.
"Well, if the other door isn't trapped at all, why don't we just go ahead and open it while Dash works on this door? No reason not to, right?"
Circe walks over to the door and then turns to the group to see if anyone will object to her opening the door.