Unaccountably shaken, Oti casts protection from evil from his wand on Svetlana, then steps aside, stashing his wand and drawing his longsword, ready to meet the onrush.
Svetlana is more likely to go and start beating these jokers up, especially if they keep firing arrows at her and her friends! Any reason NOT to go stab them?
Li steps out and opens fire on the slaver directly east of him. "It is you who should surrender. No one who has faced us has lived. Surrender and you will be the first."
Kurse mumbles from the back of the group,"I agree Sslipss, while we have ssent our fair sshare to ssee the grey lady we haven't killed everyone. Though that doessn't ssound as sscary I guess." Kurse shrugs as he ponders these things.
Ugh! I've had board crashes and power/net outages every time I log on to update, so I'm speed updating before something else zaps me!
The Hellion ends her opponent in one swipe as Li fells his mark as well. The archer fires at the tiefling but the shot goes wide as the last club wielding thug rushes in, his strikes going wild.
Initiative Order - Round 2
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Enemies:
Attack with Comp Longbow:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10 Club Attack:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9
Frindlikh
Marla and Brak
Svetlana
Otiophon
Li
Kurse
Otiophon shakes off his fear and slashes at the half-orc, laying him low. The female takes a wound from Li's arrow, and her return shot skitters off against the wall.
Initiative Order - Round 3
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Enemies:
Attack with Comp Longbow:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5
Frindlikh
Marla and Brak
Svetlana
Otiophon
Li
Kurse
Oti nods to Svetlana, "Chelish ale, coming up!" knowing she'll hit the next one hard with her bardiche and he can then move in close and follow up with his longsword.
Oti delay until Svetlana attacks, then moves in and attacks with his longsword.
Kurse moves forward while cleaning his ear with his pinky finger. "Raisse your hand if you need healing", he says while looking around at this party members. He stops when he gets to the open space on his left,"put you hand down Sslipss you are beyond any help my healing can do."
Initiative Order - Round 4
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Enemies:
Attack w/ Heavy Flail on Oti:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21 Damage:1d10 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6 Frindlikh
Marla and Brak
Svetlana
Otiophon
Li
Kurse
The Pathfinders fall on the last remaining enemy like a pack of wolves. Svetlana misses her strike, but Oti gives the female half-orc another wound as she contemplates her fate. She drops the bow and draws her heavy flail and strikes the paladin with a glancing blow.
Otiophon takes 6 damage
Kurse pulls out a wand and takes a moment to inspect it before giving it a nod. "Sslipss has assured me thiss iss not the ssuppository wand." Kurse says as he pokes Otiphon with it.
Svetlana sends the female crashing to the stone floor under her crushing assault.
COMBAT OVER! Yay!
I will get your last map up soon.
Frindlikh quickly makes short work of the heavy lock on the slave cage and releases two more panicked Cassomir citizens from the bonds of the Cult.
"Oh thank you! I knew we could not lose hope. You must beware the thing below! T'is a terrible thing, like one of these mummified bodies, except it's up and walking around and shouting orders. It's got terrible teeth and... and... I think it's been eating the people they bring down to it. We never see them again, but a fresh, bloody skeleton is added to their ranks soon after!"
Her companion pats her back as he describes the layout. "It's a long narrow hall of burial niches that doubles back on itself before leading to a chamber 15 feet wide. That's where they stay."
Svetlana finds nothing of note on the half-orc guards, but Frind, Marla, Brak, Li and Oti notice a few bodies among those in the sarcophagi that look suitable for study, should anyone be interested in that. Kurse notices a gleaming scimitar lay next to the occupant of one...
The scimitar is of masterwork quality, but it bears no magical auras. It does appear to have a name engraved on the hilt;
'Rashim’s Caress'.
You descend the steps into the Undercrypt below and find yourselves in a narrow passageway surrounded by countless ornate burial niches which adorn the passage walls. The quiet hangs over this place like a death shroud. In the passage’s southwest corner, shattered niches reveal a massive set of iron double doors. An image carved on the doors depicts a dispassionate figure holding a gibbous moon.
Map is updated, decide on your order and make any preparations, once you are ready to breach the door I will remove the blind and roll initiative.
Oti casts Protection from Evil on himself, Frindlikh, and Svetlana just before Kurse casts Bless an the door is breached, then stows his wand.
So, since it takes 3 rounds to do, there would be about 7 rounds left for himself, 8 for Frindlikh, and 9 for Svetlana.
Oti positions himself behind Svetlana, with her quick reflexes and long reach.
He'll let Brak or someone stronger in ahead, however.
Initiative Order - Round 1
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Frindlikh
Marla and Brak
Otiophon
Li
Svetlana
Kurse
Enemy
Frindlikh gives the nod that he can find no trap on the door and once Svetlana gets the go ahead, she opens the door revealing the room beyond. A purple glow washes over this cold chamber, creating an otherworldly sheen. A large desk adorns the south wall; behind it's oaken bulk hangs a large map of Cassomir. Straw-lined cages line the chamber’s east and west walls. In the center of the room, resting on a small pedestal, a black rock absorbs the chamber’s bright torch light.
Behind the great desk waits a terribly familiar figure, Dalirio Teppish, his features twisted in undeath into a predatory snarl. He locks eyes on the intruders. Eyes filled with a malevolent intelligence and hateful recognition.
"You! I hoped it would be you. Look upon my transformation and tremble, pawns of Cassomir! Behold, my love! Our vengeance is at hand."
Dalirio extends a twisted claw and the skeletons respond by turning in that direction. One of them wears a tattered bridal veil, tacked directly to it's bare skull like a morbid mockery of matrimony.
Moves swiftly in to room, and declaring Dalirio an abomination and vowing to smite him down, draws and throws a cold iron shortspear at the undead monster, then draws his longsword.
Move 20, swift action, free action (Quickdraw), standard, free.
Shortspear:1d20 + 3 - 2 + 4 ⇒ (15) + 3 - 2 + 4 = 201d6 + 3 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 4 = 11 Including second range increment. Not including any 'cover' from the desk.
"I agree Sslipss thiss iss a horrible place for a final confrontation." He looks at the undead person he has never met before. "You can't be all that powerful if you couldn't book a better venue then thiss. It'ss just a sstraight hallway ending in desk, of all the fantasstic places in Taldor you picked thiss?" After a moment of awkward silence he points at the skeleton with the veil. "I'm sorry but I have to agree with my friend Sslipss, you do not have the completion to pull off that veil."
"You think to insult me, but this hall holds secrets of power you have not yet guessed!"
Otiophon's spear strikes the monstrosity hard, driving him back against the curved wall behind him. Svetlana moves in, shattering one of the skeletons with her bardiche in one blow.
The remaining skeleton moves toward the tiefling slashing with it's bony claws. Dalirio casts at the glacial beauty, and the Hellion is held fast in place, unable to move.
Svetlana takes 3 damage and is paralyzed. Each round on her turn, she may attempt a new Will saving throw vs DC-16 to end the effect.
Otiophon:
You recognize that this is definitely the late Dalirio Teppish, raised by unholy power into an undead monster, specifically a ghoul. Disturbingly, he seems to have retained his focused zeal and fervor rather than succumb to the blinding hunger that affects most of these undead. However, Oti is certain he still carries and can infect others with the dreaded ghoul fever.
Initiative Order - Round 1
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Frindlikh - delay
Marla and Brak - delay
Otiophon - throws spear for 11 damage
Li - moves
Svetlana - shatters skeleton
Kurse - talks smack
Enemies:
S1 Claw Attack 1:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 2 = 22Damage:1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 S1 Claw 1 Confirm?:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15 S1 Claw Attack 2:1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5
DT - casts at Svetlana
Svet Will Save:1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9
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Marla and Brak
Otiophon
Li
Svetlana - is paralyzed
Kurse
Enemy
Whoops! Ok, I was thinking that tieflings were still humanoids, that spell has no effect then!
But that is not rubble, they are cages and no, they are not passable. This scenario really brings home that hall fights suck!
Li's arrows pepper the undead cleric, and he looks severely weakened.
Also, as a small bonus, Oti had used Protection from Evil on Svetlana, Frindlikh, and himself, which would add +2 to saves, although I don't think that would have been enough.
Suddenly passed and blocked by everyone, Oti moves forward and draws and throws a dagger at the skeleton.
Cold iron dagger:1d20 + 3 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (1) + 3 - 4 - 4 = -4(Includes melee and soft cover.)
...and it couldn't be a worse throw.
Kurse moves into the narrow corridor and continues to taunt the thing. "Sso if I move in here with everyone one elsse I guesss there iss ssome ingeniouss trap you'll sspring? Please tell me it iss not ssomething cliche like sspike wallss." He pauses for a moment to listen then adds,"If it iss sspike wallss Sslipss wantss to know if they are haunted house sspeed or evil lab sspeed."
