"I can channel to heal some of us if we all took damage, better than casting a bunch of cure spells. I also have a wand that will heal some of the sapping damage we took."
The prof analyses the scenes and states that these corpses are girallons, magical beasts that are four-armed gorilla-like creatures. Why they're headless, he doesn't quite know...
From above, there comes an echoing sound of leathery wings, like large bats stretching.
Just as Risbeth speaks up to prove she's still here, there is a horrid shriek from above! Three blackened heads, detached with bat's wings where the ears should be are flapping around above you, hissing and shrieking!
Initiatives!
Round 1:
21 Zanu
20 Augustus
17 Xerice
16 Caesare
14 Risbeth
5 Sonny
4 Bat heads!
The creatures hiss and shriek 40' above!
Augustus shouts "Beware, these are giant vargouilles, apparently created from the girallons!"
Right after that, he starts muttering arcane words looking at Risbeth.
Xerice sticks a finger in each ear, dreading what comes next.
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I'd like to know defenses and special attacks.
Sonny looks up at the vargouilles, "Those are EVIL things watch out."
He then grabs his holy symbol and prepares to channel to damage the evil outsiders when they move in range.
Risbeth waits for something to approach her, given she has no ability to attack at range.
The trio of demonic creatures fly down! One opens its mouth to shriek, causing you each to need a Fort Save, DC 14 or be paralyzed for rounds! The other two fly down (charge!) to attack Risbeth and Caesare!
for damage!
for damage!
and and
Two of the bat-winged heads seem to char as Sonny's holy energies hit them, but the third is far enough away that it seems to take a lesser amount!
Mid-incantation, the prof stays paralyzed.
Risbeth gasps as the poison burns into her blood stream, but she is still on her feet.
Sonny puts his fingers in his ears just before the shrieking starts and resists the attack.
The professor freezes, while Risbeth's furious fists smash the flying thing next to her out of the sky and to the ground! Zano slashes and splashes, cutting the one attacking Caesare nastily!
Unfortunately Zanu freezes, paralysed by the shriek!
Caesare is unaffected and Xerice is protected by her deafening fingers!
Round 2:
21 Zanu
20 Augustus
17 Xerice
16 Caesare
14 Risbeth
5 Sonny
4 Bat heads!
Xerice uses her whip to slash one of the flying skulls.
Xerice's whip slashes the second vargouille, sending it to the ground writhing.
The last vargouille dives at Risbeth! for damage!
Round 3:
21 Zanu
20 Augustus
17 Xerice
16 Caesare
14 Risbeth
5 Sonny
4 Bat heads!
The party is up!
Risbeth's single hit staggers the fiend, but doesn't quite kill it!
Zanu just barely misses it!
Shaking off the scream Caesare takes a quick a look at his opponents
before choosing one, looking at his movements and attacking it with a quick thrust of his longspear.
Caesare recovers just in time to skewer the last opponent, killing it!
From the floor of this cylindrical room you can see exits to the north on this floor as well as exits 30 feet above you.
"Phew!" says the prof. "I... Thank you, friends."
Risbeth notices that her wounds still burn from whatever poison the fiend's bite contained.
"Anyone have some antidote? I got some poison in my wound apparently."
"I don't have any antidote on me, but please let me take a look and maybe I can help with it some. If I may.." When Risbeth allows Sonny to look at it he examines it and tries to help her with the poison.
"It just looks like a little bit to me." Xerice says and channels some dark energy into her finger, with which she teasingly strokes the wound, closing it completely and removing any curses from the bite.
"There you go darling, as good as new."
Risbeth stretches, twisting her neck where the thing bit. "Not at all like mother's bites. Those heal on their own... usually. Now then, shall we go?" She stomps on the remains of one of the heads, shattering bone with a crunch.
The wounds healed and the curse lifted, you look around. There's a door at ground level to the north, which looks like it goes into another cylinder. There are doors above you, about 30' feet up, that look like they lead to a catwalk that can access the cylinders and beyond. The only issue is they're 30' up.
Augustus shakes his head.
"I don't have any trick to go up there, friends."
Risbeth takes her rope out again. "Please be ready to catch me should I fall..."
She begins to climb the wall carefully.
Sonny walks over to Risbeth, "May the blessings of Sarenrae guide you." and taps her on the shoulder.
Risbeth begins to climb, but the slick walls give her no purchase!
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Risbeth looks around, and then smiles. "Chh chh chh, little ones?"
She calls out in Rat, calling for any little ones that might be in ear shot, now that the heads are dead. Once done, she turns to the others. "Does anyone have some twine? Or see any? I'm sure there's some around. If we can find some, I'm sure we can find a rat who'll climb up to the rafter and drop the twine over. Once that's done, we can use the twine to pull a rope up to the doors. Beyond that, I can try punching some hand and foot holes in the wall, but would prefer not to damage your friends house if I don't have to."
A few moments pass, then a small grey form tentatively slips inside, wet from the water. It peers up at Risbeth with a look of trepidation.
Risbeth smiles, and digs out some cheese and jerky for the rat, holding it out to him while squatting down.
"No need to fear little one, we speak the true tongue." She gives him the nibbles of cheese and meat. "I need some help. We killed the flying heads, so you and yours can reclaim this room. I need a strong climber to carry a bit of twine over the wooden beam in the ceiling, the one you use to spy on the two-legs when they don't know you are there." She wiggles her nose in amusement. "There's more cheese and meat in it for whoever can do it." She smiles. "Although it might need a bigger one, one of the long tailed big ones? I assume they made you come in first?"
The rat bobs his head, take the food and swims back out of the room. A few minutes pass and suddenly there are three rats: the small one and two larger black rats. They swim over to Risbeth and chirp at her.
There is a flurry of activity as twine is tied to the smallest rat and the other two rats begin to ferry him the wall, moving slowly up the slick wall, scrabbling in places to keep attached. Finally they mount the beam, the twine trailing and toss the smaller rat over the side, like some sort of rat-bungee jumper! He stops just shy of the water and looks terrified, and immensely grateful when you untie him and tie a rope instead. With care the rope and grappel are hauled up, where they stick fast. The two larger rats shimmy down the rope, looking pleased with themselves.