That sounds good to me too
Also before we head down into the dungeon lets LEVEL UP to 3RD level! :D
Looming before the yawning hole that leads to the basement, Malakos triple checks his gear is situated before peering once more into the darkness.
He'll start uncoiling a rope, tying it to a surface nearby and preparing it with knotted handholds to make it easier to climb down.
Looking around at the others, who maybe don't have Darkvision, he'll cast Light on the rope before throwing it down into the pit.
She hadnt slept well the night before, the mixture of the poor warden's wifes story mixed with all the unnatural things occuring made it difficult. And she woke up angry, she was tired of that stupid jail, tired of being afraid of it and the things with in. Since none of the others wanted to you know avoid the place, there didnt seem to be any point in whining further.
Standing outside of the pit with the others, she watched Malakos check his gear only slightly nervously. Once he had the rope secure she nodded and made her way down first.
Sisu, excited that they finally got something resembling information from the warden's wife, wakes up ready to explore the lower level. She anxiously paces as Malakos sets up their descent and then begins climbing down after Chellian.
Looking down into the pit you are able to tell that it is about 20 feet deep. Malakos you are able to see that at the bottom of the pit is a pool of dark murky waters. You guess that over time and because of the floors above crumbling into the lake it is seeping into the dungeon below.
Malakos finishes tying off the rope and after casting light on it it illuminates the pit. The light shows the jagged wooden rim of the hole and the blacked timber and stone of the lift shaft. Any of the machinery that powered the lift tumbled into the dungeon below during the fire.
With the help of the knotted rope you are all able to make it successfully down into the dungeon below.
This cavernous chamber may have once been an underground cellblock, but it has long since collapsed. The crumbled walls are thick with mold and stained with soot, and heaps of fallen stones and charred wooden beams line the area. Water drips and seeps along the walls, collecting in a dark, murky pool in the middle of the room. To the north, the twisted remains of a wood and iron life lie in a heap in a shallow portion of the pool. The jagged hole in the roof yawns above you. And to the west, a partially blocked opening seems to open up after several feet into a dark but stable tunnel.
As soon as you drop from the rope the whole room erupts in a cacophonous roar of screams and howls, the echos of the souls who were burned to death here. Stopping as fast as it started you notice that the surface of the dark water begins to ripple. As two spirits rise up ready to attack.
Round One-Hell's Basement-bold may go
Chellian
Rahela
Niralzi
Sisu
Malakos
Ectoplasmic Humans
Malakos, splashing into the water and jumping back startled by the loud howling cacophony of angry souls, catches his breath only for the undead to jump causing him to swear, "By Asmodeus's forked beard"
When in doubt hit it hard... That had become her new mantra, unsure if it would work she took a few steps closer to Malakos so he could do his magics unmolested and took her glaive-guisarme and slashed hard into the rushing souls.
Knowledge religion to know if postive energy can harm these things
If I think that they can be harmed, then she'll channel to harm
DC 14 for half
If she thinks they can't. she'll fire a xbow bolt at white (1/2 damage vs incorporeal)
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They wouldn't even let us relax in the first room...typical.
Rolling her eyes, Sisu steps forward and jabs her spear at the closest shade.
You seem to recall from your studies that these undead humans respond better to weapons that slash, like swords versus other kinds of weapons.
Chellian's powerful attack was enough to destroy the disgusting creature, Rahela's crossbow bolt flew through the area it was previously standing.
Sisu's spear hit the creature squarely in the chest but the sharp tip wasn't strong enough to pierce though its skin.
Round One-Hell's Basement-bold may go ***Remember we are now level 3 and dont forget to update your character profile :)***
Chellian
Rahela
Niralzi
Sisu
Malakos
Ectoplasmic Humans
Moving their slimy oozing bodies forward, the two remaining creatures slam themselves into Chellian and Sisu.
Round 2 -Hell's Basement-bold may go
Chellian
Rahela
Niralzi
Sisu- 4 damage
Malakos
Ectoplasmic Humans
They had closed enough he using her glaive would be awkward, but she didnt really like leaving Malakos and Rahela exposed but the space was too tight to properly weild her gliave. Gritting her teeth together she stepped back away from the monster ghost person thing trying to rush her and darted around behind it. Planting her feet she brought her glaive guisarme hard across the foe that hit her...and its friend.
Seeing that her spear wasn't affecting the ectoplasmic creature, and as it moved into close enough range that the spear was useless anyways, Sisu drops it to the ground and lashes out with her hands.
Chellian's quick moving and powerful attacks cut both of the creatures in two and their slimy bodies splashed into the murky water.
Searching around the edge of the water and in the shallow areas, you find nothing but rubble and lots of shattered bones mixed in with the debris. AS you head out of this chamber and down the hall you do notice that unlike the two floors above you the walls and floors here are unusually free of dust.
Moving down the hallway you come to a central dungeon chamber. Four dark hallways exit from this large empty chamber, each striking out in one of the four directions of the compass, and each decorated with a soot-caked brass nameplate affixed to the ceiling just above the entrance. A rubble-choked stairway leads up in the middle of the room, while ten skeletons dressed in scorched prisoners' robes lie on the ground.
Perception Checks
Standing and looking at the 4 hallways you hear the sound of bones scraping on stone as the ten skeletons rise up and ready to attack
Round 1 Fight in the central Chamber-Bold may go
Niralzi
Skeletons
Rahela
Chellian
Malakos
Sisu
Moving from their final resting places the skeletons of the old prisoners move up and attack you.
Sisu's attack with her spear seemed to hurt the skeleton but not hard enough to stop it from attacking her.
Round 1 Fight in the central Chamber-Bold may go....you are all flat footed this round...
Niralzi- 6 damage
Skeletons
Rahela- 2 damage
Chellian- 3 damage
Malakos
Sisu- 6 damage
As the skeletons rush towards the group, Sisu manages to get one with her spear before dropping it to use her claws on the two closest targets.
Malakos somehow dodging out of the way from any danger as this horde of skeletons tears into his friends, he quickly looks around finding nowhere safe to stand he steps away from the nearest one and prepares to cast defensively.
"Return to the boneyard. May Pharasma have mercy on your souls"
Rahela channels to harm undead
Will save DC 15 for half
Will Saves for Skeletons:
With a powerful divine assistance from Pharasma, Rahela raises her holy symbol and with a blast of light all the skeletons drop to the floor and their bones shatter.
She drew in a deep breath readying herself to charge into the skeletons when Rahela channeled her goddess energy and they collapsed.
"Nice. Alright then lets keep going?"
She asked the others leading the way forward.
Watching Rahela annhilate those undead skeletons so easily, Malakos is awed by the powerful magic granted to her by her God. "That was really something, even my most powerful spell right now couldn't have wiped out so many creatures at once,"
Looking around the paths available, not seeing anything to indicate what might lie down each hallway. "Let's head down the right hallway and work our around this place?"
"Thank you. My Lady really hates undead and she definitely provides me with the tools to destroy their bodies if the souls have moved on or to send the souls to the Boneyard if they still linger"
Following down the north hall you find a door to the west hanging slightly ajar. Within stands a table surrounded by a few rickety chairs, along with a pair of moldy but serviceable cots. On the north wall is a winch which raises and lowers the portcullis at the end of the hallway.
As you walk in the room a headless burning skeleton rises and readies to attack.
Round 1-the Guard's room-Bold may go
Niralzi
Rahela
Malakos
Sisu
Gurtis Vortch
Chellian
As you walk in the room a headless burning skeleton rises and readies to attack.
Knowing she can take the effects of fire better than some of the others, Sisu takes a step forward and throws herself into the thing.
Malakos draws out a vial of holy water and throws it at the burning skeleton, looking to the others, "This should be doubly effective, hah!"
"I better conserve my spells. Looks like this is a marathon and not a spring"
Rahela fires her crossbow at the skeleton, using a blunt bolt
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Round 1-the Guard's room-Bold may go
Niralzi
Rahela
Malakos
Sisu
Gurtis Vortch-7 damage
Chellian
Sisu's first claw seemed to hit its mark and cause some damage. Malakos' holy water missed and only splashed a drop on the fiery skeleton. Rahela's xbow bolt hit but didnt seem to effect him much.
He raised his handaxe ready to bring it down upon Sisu, but it lands right next to her hitting the stone floor.
Dodging to the left as the axe falls, Sisu continues to try and shred him.
Her claws both go wide as she falls off balance from dodging the thing's blow.
"Sisu. Duck"
The Ulfen maid growled out swinging her glaive guisarme Hard at the monster.
Malakos realizing his vial of holy water was a ridiculous idea, he conjures up a powerful force missile to blast the skeleton!
"Have a taste of this!"
Round 2-the Guard's room-Bold may go
Niralzi
Rahela
Malakos
Sisu
Gurtis Vortch-28 damage
Chellian
Between Sisu, Chellian, and Malakos he took a mighty beating but surprisingly he is still standing. Chellian's attack however didn't seem to be as powerful as others.
"What the heck IS this thing?"
Round 2-the Guard's room-Bold may go
Niralzi
Rahela
Malakos
Sisu- 39 damage....im so sorry...so -12, not dead yet...
Gurtis Vortch-28 damage
Chellian
He swings his fiery handaxe and with a terrible blow it cuts Sisu down.
Watching in agony as the headless skeleton's axe bites deep in Sisu, dropping her to the floor in a bloody mess, Malakos's anger and fear rise.
"If we don't kill this thing soon we are all gonna die!" he says as the fear rises in his voice, a creeping panic starting to take over.
Flipping through his spellbook frantically for a spell, staring in horror as he realizes he fired both his magic missiles he had prepared for the day he draws on his innate arcane magic to fire a wimpy bolt of magic, the best that he can muster in this dark time.
His fear overcoming his nerves as he watched his new friend get cut down before his very eyes.
Red... everything became suddenly red. She roared in anger and fear... but mostly it was the anger that seemed to overwhelm everything else. With an almost feral roar she swung her Glaive-guisarme at the undead monster with all her might. Despite probably not realizing as to why she did it she advanced closer to the monster Screaming in anger the whole time.
Rahela channels to heal, making sure that Sisu will both stabilize and have a little buffer as well
Sisu continues to quietly take a well deserved nap, but at least the pool of blood around her doesn't seem to be getting any bigger.
Things started to take a turn for the better after Chellian runs up screaming and lays waste into the flaming skeleton, reducing it to a smoldering pile of bones. Sisu's unconscious body gladly takes the healing channels from Rahela causing her blood to being to cauterize and the wounds to slowly start to heal.
Looking around the room, you find nothing of note in this room.
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The portcullis leading into the next room is raised. Several iron doors line the walls of this large, empty room. In the middle of the room, a hinged ten-foot-square metal grating lies over a dark pit in the floor. A thick rope has been tied to the grating and dangles into the pit below.
Looking around at the others, Malakos rushes forward to help save Sisu, fumbling as he draws out a potion of cure light wounds trying to remove the stopper.
"Don't die Sisu, hang in there,"
Pulling out the other three cure light wounds potions from his pack, "Drink the rest of these Sisu, we almost lost ya there,"
The skeleton shattered she roared out again in frustration dropping her glaive and picking up the partial remains throwing them into the wall was all the force she could muster. She continued to lay waste to the bones until she noticed Sisu moving. With a moment of Clarity she looked about and sheepish dropped the grisly remains taking deep breaths and sort of wiping her hands off on the front of her pants sheepishly.
"Are... are you going to be okay?"
She asked Sisu picking up her glaive and almost pouting as her features went from the reddish flushed angry hue back to her normal fair features.
"I think I'm going to be just fine, thank you Chellian. Also thank you Malakos, but you can save those for when they are more needed. I can make a couple extracts that should help me, as long as you don't mind waiting a couple minutes."