As the swarm envelopes her, Vug makes an attack of opportunity with her lit torch.
Fort save:
Chisora evades the Eyeball Spider with ease and swings her Hanbo in towards the eye, thinking to blind the creature.
Attack Eyeball Spider with Hanbo:
Damage:
Bubba jumps onto the sarcophagus and whips at the eyeball creature (if it will reach).
Fort save: 1d20+3
Vug spits beetles out of her mouth as she races backwards and tosses her last bomb at the swarm, taking aim at the portion furthest from her allies.
Urg hugs the wall as he circles the monster, looking for an opening but finding none. Chisora scores a solid hit but only grazes the monster. Bubba jumps the sarcophagus and whips at it but has a hard time not hitting Chisora.
Vug backs off and tosses a bomb which again goes wide off its mark, but the blast is still enough to kill enough beetles to rob the swarm of its cohesion. It dissolves into individual beetles trailing off and dribbling yellow acid.
Valgrim and Feres are up, then the eyeball monster. Updated map.
Feres shouts, "SARENRAE!" and advances , swiping at the strange eyeball creature with his scimitar.
Attack:
Damage:
Valgrim will charge to O-12 and swing at the monster with his waraxe:
Attack:
Damage:
Vlagrim's axe bites deep into the fleshy eyeball, splashing you all with black ichor. Still it fights on viciously, unleashing a whirlwind of fury, slashing in all directions. Feres is hit for 5 points of damage and Valgrim for 4.
Your turn.
Valgrim bites his lip in pain and grunts. He swings even harder with his waraxe at the aberration.
Attack:
Damage:
Under your combined assault the monster is chopped to pieces.
On closer inspection the shaft where the beetles came from proves to be pitted and scarred and easily climbable should you have the inclination to do so.
Once the strange creature's body is disposed of, Feres calls on the blessings of Sarenrae and channels the healing energies of his deity to wash over himself and his allies.
Feres looks at his companions. "Down the hole?" he asks, "or rest for a bit?"
Chisora glances down towards the hole then back at Friar Feres. "We can rest fro a minute, but I think we should press on and explore as much as we can before we're forced to rest due to expended resources."
Once the strange creature's body is disposed of, Feres calls on the blessings of Sarenrae and channels the healing energies of his deity to wash over himself and his allies.
"Thank you Friar, for the healing." Valgrim marvels at how his wounds magically close as the wave of energy sweeps over him. "More climbing, huh? That's just great!"
"Whew...so much f-for those beetles and that...thing. I'm almost out of chemicals, but let's keep going. I still have one special potion that will let me outrun the rest of you, anyway! And that goes double f-for you, Valgrim!"
Vug grins cheekily.
"Don't needs to run and ye needs to be workin' on your aim, elf! I've seen blind dwarves with better accuracy!"
After some friendly banter you decide to try to climb down. The shaft is deep, some 60 feet, but it is relatively easy to climb .
Descending, you find yourselves in a small room (20 feet square). Dozens of bas-relief figures similar to the one on the sarcophagus lid in the room above stare disapprovingly from the walls here. Many sport crossed arms and stern expressions. A few of the statues’ heads are missing, and some have huge chunks torn out of them. Others have a weird melted
appearance, as if they’d been sprayed by something terrible. A large glyph that looks like a stylized arrow points down a short corridor to the north that leads to a four-way intersection.
Valgrim:
The corridor is the only visible exit. It is 10 feet wide, and there is an intersection after 10 feet. Some 50 feet ahead it seems like the corridor ends with a set of stairs going down.
"Me guess is they didn't pay the day laborers too much work",says Valgrim, looking around at the stonework. "Inferior work compared to the other level."
Valgrim walks down to the first intersection and listens at both sides.
Perception:
"Well, I'd say by their expressions that they were certainly dissatisfied," Feres comments, pointing to the figures' dour expressions.
Valgrim hears skittering sounds to the right and occasional bumps to the left.
Chisora stops with the others at the intersection. "Which way now?" she asks.
"Skittering to the right, bumps to the left. Let's go left first."
Chisora shrugs. "As good as any, especially if there's more enemies no matter which way we go."
She raises her Hanbo above her head and waits for the others to move off before once more bringing up the rear.
"If there are any more beetles, I'm all out of bombs. But we could light some more torches; that might help."
"Yes, let's go left. Enough of skittering things for now." Bubba will take the second rank.
Waraxe in hand, Valgrim heads down the left corridor with Urg to his left.
As you turn left at the intersection, your fears are confirmed as in the corner of your eye you look into the room opposite and, at the edge of your torchlight, see a thick layer of similar black beetles feeding on the familiar orange sludge.
Ignoring them as they seem to ignore you, you press on and enter the room to the left, which is fairly large, about 30 feet square. Eight man-sized stone slabs, about four feet off the ground, are arranged in two rows in this large room. A long-dead corpse, possibly a human, lays sprawled out upon one of these slabs, his red leather armor the only hint of color in the otherwise drab room. The north and south walls taper in somewhat, and the short west wall abuts a small stone stage. The red clay statue of a powerfully built warrior wielding a cylinder-headed greatclub stands tall upon the stage, its eyes surveying the room.
But before you can explore further two things force themselves to your attention. One is a feeling of drowsyness that affects you all except Vug Vang, and the other is the grotesquely oversized beetle (looking like a 6 feet long version of the lesser beetles) that stumbles drunkenly toward you.
Roll for initiative.
Feres fights to stifle a yawn as he struggles to lift his scimitar and shield to a ready position.
A fatigued character can neither run nor charge and takes a –2 penalty to Strength and Dexterity. Doing anything that would normally cause fatigue causes the fatigued character to become exhausted. After 8 hours of complete rest, fatigued characters are no longer fatigued.
The beetle goes on 8, so Valgrim, Urg and Bubba can all act. If Vug Vang and Chisora beat 8 they can act too.
Will Save:
Initiative:
A sudden wave of tiredness rushes over Chisora as she moves forward lethargically to engage the beetle with the others.
Attack Drowsy Beetle with Hanbo:
Bubba starts giving another speech about vermin, and tries to jump up on the slab .
init
Vug hurls a javelin at the bug. "Take that, you big pile of chitin!"
w/ PBS:
Valgrim's axe and Vug's javelin bite into the beetle with a sickening crunch, causing it to go belly up, and leaving you free to explore the room, which has no visible exits.
Valgrim examines the corpse with the red leather armor and statue.
Chisora also goes over to examine the corpse, paying close attention to the Red Leather Armour.
Perception Check:
The statue is made of terracotta and Valgrim notices some dark stains on the club. As for the corpse it is wearing a masterwork leather armor emblazoned with the initials MM, and a silver ring worth 75 gp.
Knowledge (local) 20:
Three things:
1.
2. Valgrim walks around the room using stonecunning to detect any secret doors.
3.
Bubba searches the rest of the room, detecting magic as he goes.
Valgrim: Yes, no and yes.
The entire room radiates magic, but Bubba can't tell what kind. There is a separate but equally strong aura on the statue, but Bubba can't identify that either. The leather armor is not magical, and Bubba finds nothing else of interest about the room, nor can Valgrim.
Vug Vang says in an exaggerated whisper: "Does anyone else get the f-f-feeling that we shouldn't make that statue angry?"