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This chamber has been extensively excavated into a giant, amorphously shaped cavern.
The Emerald Spire runs through the center of this chamber. Numerous holes scar its surface, spiraling about the entire column. The damage appears superficial—no more than an inch or two deep in the surface—but a stronger glow from within the pillar leaks through the holes and cracks, casting emerald-colored beams about the room. Several of the holes appear to have been recently patched with brighter chips of emerald crystal.
A humanish creature resides in this room. From the tip of its lashing tail to the serrated features of its fang-filled visage, this fiery-eyed sentinel bristles with barbs.
She congratulates you for finding her, “Ah, this is an interesting development! Few humans manage to find their way to this place. You must be heroes to reckon with! Well, I certainly have no quarrel with you. In fact, I hope we might help each other.”
The nephilim retorts, "Liar! Tortuerer! I have been set free and I will exact my righteous vengeance!"
The creature tries to preform some kind of magic! She swirls with black and red energy!
Initiative Order, Bold May Go!
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Enemy Creature, casting a spell
Trutzburg
Barm
Saint Gudule
Rengum
Baied
Nephilim
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The spiky creature gets absolutely bombarded by your various attacks, and although you can tell that her tough skin helps absorb the damage from a lot of your attacks, you're still dealing massive damage to her. (DR)
As Barm swings his sword, the spikes extend from the creatures body and stab him at the same time.
The Nephilim moves to do battle, even in his extremely wounded state, and swings with his reclaimed longsword.
+16 to each
With Trutzburg's critical hit, there isn't a chance that the creature can concentrate on her spell. She steps back from Barm and Regnum and tries to cast a different spell.
She vanishes and as she goes, you hear her growling with anger, "Annoying flies! Come find me if you wish to die!"
Combat Over! for now.
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You head east and open the door in that direction. From this simple, square room, a long passage leads north until it is blocked by rubble. There is a door in the western wall (the one you came from).
A hideous monstrosity crafted from body parts stitched together with thick string, wire, and metal staples lurches to horrific life. It immediately goes into a frenzy, but is partially chained to the wall, causing it to stop just short of the doorway, but its desperate to get at you and crush you.
DC 17 knowledge Arcana to identify it.
Kill the creature or close the door and leave it alone to its rage?
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You kill the flesh golem and search the room. Other than the decaying bodies of, now, two flesh golems, you don't find anything interesting in here.
Returning to the long hallway, as it remains the last set of choices.
This short passage leads to a closed door. The walkway is littered with piles of stone bowls, skulls, crudely carved idols, and large chunks of quartzite, hematite, and other semi-precious minerals. A yellowish light leaks from the crack at the bottom of the door.
You can move through the rubble to the left/west, but medium creatures have to squeeze and large creatures won't be able to fit (Nephilium). However there is a door at the end of the hallway that also goes left/west.
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The big man has to squeeze in his shoulders to slide down the narrow hallway. Once there, you walk into the room.
The passage ascends into a dark antechamber covered with plates of brass and porcelain. Its tiled walls have been bashed to splinters and smeared with filth. Most of the rubble has been pushed up along the north wall in small piles. To the west lie the shattered remains of a smaller side room, its walls broken to the foundation. Along the east wall, a wooden door hangs half open.
In this room is a sleeping creature like the first ones you fought. DC 16 stealth to not wake it up...or Barm can just hit it when it does wake up.
When you search this room, you find a secret passage that heads north, underneath the rubble.
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No traps here.
This room retains its original shape, though the walls are covered with crude pictographic graffiti depicting humanoids committing obscene and violent acts. Piles of rubble form several makeshift bunkers—a defensive barricade facing a single door set into north wall.
As Barm enters, he sees a creature like the previous ones, but this one looks angry and is violently racing towards him, screaming while swinging a huge club!
The creature charges barm, swinging like crazy, while his two followers join him.
The two other creatures share a space together (swarming) to throw Barm off while they attack at him with their clubs and teeth.
Initiative Order, Bold May Go!
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Enemies
Barm
Saint Gudule
Regnum
Trutzburg
Baied
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Barm just barely lands his first hit on the club swinger, but the creature seems unfazed, or possibly even angrier that someone could hit him.
Regnum makes two miracle shots work and lands two bullets into the feet of the lead creature.
Trutzburg moves through the tunnel and slices into the leader as well.
The club swinger looks massively injured, but continues to seeth with rage and fight on!
Initiative Order, Bold May Go!
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Enemies, Leader -100hp
Barm
Saint Gudule
Regnum
Trutzburg
Baied
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Baied's bolt misses while the frenzied creature continues to swing at Barm.
But luck isn't on the creature's side as both his attacks miss once again.
The other two creatures try to attack, but don't have much of a chance of hitting these skilled combatants.
Initiative Order, Bold May Go!
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Enemies, Leader -100hp
Barm
Saint Gudule
Regnum
Trutzburg
Baied
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There are no traps on the door, but when you open it, you almost immediately spot another pit trap like the one before, as well as more of the creatures hiding in the rubble. Due to the lack of surprise, the creatures scramble away done holes far too tiny to seemingly fit them.
In addition, you see the next door standing wide open with stairs leading to the next floor down.
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"I still want revenge on the mistress of thorns we fought earlier, that she-demon, but I am still greatly wounded and free to leave. With your help I can defeat her, but alone, I will need time to recover." he says, not leaning one way or the other since he enjoys the idea of defeating her in single combat, but not in his current state.
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I can heal you. Maybe it would be better to defeat this foe, before she becomes.. a thorn in our side. If we meet her on our way back to the top of the Spire, already wounded, that could be a bigger trouble. Now she is already wounded, and we might be able to defeat her more easily perhaps, without taxing our ressources too much. It could be a good investment.
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You head south and discover an alcove. In the center of this alcove stand the vandalized remains of what is barely recognizable as a statue of bird-headed being with serpents for legs. Long, bronze tubes line an alcove behind the statue.
This statue once depicted the demon lord Abraxas
There are 2 doors to the east here, one more north than the other.