Asaran pulls on the Klar then shrugs, That can't be good for either of us..., he thinks and then chops down with the Falcata.
for
The ranger sinks his weapon into the adherer, and he collapses from the damage.
Combat over
"I'm good."
Asaran plants his foot and heaves, pulling his Klar clear of the sticky beast. He then shakes his head and points at Iskender, then rubs his throat, croaking out, "Also good." He steps forward and starts to scan the coffin-thing for traps while the healer works on Sunjeet.
"We'll need to figure out how to make those!"
Iskender asks Asaran, "was being enlarged useful for you?"
The bard finds nothing of interest in the coffin, but a mechanical trap on the stairs going down, and warns others so he can disarm it. He explains:
Trap: A rather ingenious mechanism is built into this
staircase. Although the trap’s trigger is at the top of the
stairs, it does not function until weight is applied to the
bottom step. This “arms” the trap but does not trigger it.
The trigger is actually the top step. Once the trap is armed,
any weight on the top step causes spikes to emerge from
the walls on either side of the stairs. Would-be thieves
would arm the trap as they descended into the tomb, only
to trigger it as they tried to exit. Many ancient Osirian trap
designers believed it was better to prevent thieves from
escaping rather than to attempt to forbid their entry.
Although it would require some acrobatics to jump past the trapped steps, it appears easier to disable the mechanism and prevent the trap from triggering again.
Asaran nods, then rubs his throat again as if to warm it to help him speak, "Yes, very much so, thank you. Too bad it'll fade before I can take more advantage."
He steps over to the stairs, nodding at the bard's find, "Looks relatively straightforward, though I'll leave it to your much more nible fingers."
Seeing the confusion on people's faces, Asaran says, "I dabble. Sunjeet is the expert. I've a good eye, but can't match his hands."
Sunjeet expertly disarms the trap after a near-disaster the first time. You enter a preparation chamber (B28).
The air in this chamber is cool. The walls and ceilings are tiled
with stone, but the floor is hard-packed earth, giving the area
an unfinished quality. A long stone table rests against the
western wall, flanked by two large brass urns. A flight of steps
ascends to the south, while two passages lead north and east
out of the room.
The brass urns
were used during the mummification process and are now
empty, though each weighs 200 pounds.
You move into the next chamber.......
An earthy scent fills this large chamber (B29). The ceiling and walls
are tiled with stone, but the ground is bare earth. Stone
benches are set against the east and west walls, and torch
holders are mounted in the corners and on either side of a
wide doorway to the west. The beginnings of several shallow,
rough passages have been started along the eastern wall and
in the southwest corner, but the excavations are incomplete,
ending in earth and rubble after only a few feet. At the south
end of the room, a short, wide flight of steps descends to a set
of stone double doors.
I will scans the area with detect magic
Asaran shrugs, "Hard to say. But worth looking around."
He scans the area, falcata in hand, looking for any threats before stopping to study the excavations. "After the scorpions, I'm a little worried about what might be there."
Asaran nods and smiles at the cleric, rubbing his throat again, "That too, though that one went a mite bit better."
He shrugs and then joins in the searching.
Looking to find where the steps go, by the stairs a swarm of skeletal cats rush the group. The burial place must have had cats at one time, then dead cats, and now undead cats!!
Iskender
Sunjeet
Asaran
Dusty
Enemy 1
Order
All but Iskender
Skeletal Cats
Asaran starts to reach for his falcata when he sees movement, then shifts to the flail hanging from his belt when he sees the lack of flesh. He then steps forward and sets about crushing skulls.
The whip and divine energy do limited damage. The casts flow over Dusty and the ranger.
The cats are slightly affected by weapons and do not like positive energy at all.
Dusty and Asaran are bitten my the undead horde o cats.
Edit: Asaran needs no knowledge roll, he observed his weapon do less damage (half)
party to go
Dusty distracted, Asaran diseased.
No others affected.
Edit: Asaran needs no knowledge roll, he observed a weapon do less damage (half)
Cursing from the scratches and bites, Asaran draws his single flask of holy water and throws it at the beasts tearing at his flesh.
for
Attacked by little, skeletal cats of all kinds, Dusty and Sunjeet hurt a few cats, but the rest keep coming. Asaran and Dusty keep their composure as the cats climb over them. Asaran steps away and smokes a mass of skeletal cats as he doused many of them, and they collide into others in their panic. Their unlife spouting from them as the holy mist takes many of their number.
ORDER
cats
Asaran holy water
Dusty
Sunjeet
Iskender
With not too many other choices, Iskender will cast disrupt undead and fire at the swarm.
Sunjeet waits for a better opportunity as Dusty kills cats with glowing goodness. Iskender's bolt of good energy is off target.
The swarm of cats tries to attack again.
Order
Dusty save vs distraction
Iskender save vs distraction
Sunjeet
Asaran
Cat swarm
I will move out of the swarm and fire again with disrupt undead
Asaran steps forward, pleased the cats are no longer washing over him, and then tries to smash a number of them with his flail, Not like I have many other options...
for
Asaran's flail does not connect with the shifting skeletal cats, but a bolt of disruption hits a few cats and takes them out.
Still together, the swarm eats at Dusty and Asaran, moving a bit around.
Dusty takes a three bites (3hp) and Asaran 6(6hp) as the swarm connects.
ORDER
Dusty save vs distraction
Iskender
Sunjeet
Asaran save vs distraction
Cats