"Our convictions?" An unseen wind whips at Tykent's robes as the old man points his walking stick at the mummy. "Know them, foul creature, and despair!"
Eldon starts chanting the words of a spell, stepping forward as soon as he reaches the end of the incantation. He reaches out with his hand which is covered in dancing sparks and tries to touch the undead creature.
"Convictions? I know what I have done. Do you?" Penny shouts back with a smirk, as she stomps her foot to the ground, emitting a ripple of energy towards the mummy.
You stomp your foot or strike your weapon against the ground or floor, creating a ripple of power that you can use to trip a creature. Attempt the combat maneuver check to trip the target, but instead of your base attack bonus you can use your caster level, and instead of your Strength modifier you can use your spellcasting ability score modifier (Intelligence for magi and wizards; Wisdom for druids and rangers; Charisma for bloodragers and sorcerers). This does not provoke an attack of opportunity. This spell has no effect if you cannot reach the ground or floor, or if your target is not in contact with the ground or floor.
Tykent knows that this is an Iroran mummy monk, an undead carrying a terrifying disease known as mummy rot. They have damage resistance to everyone and are weak to fire.
The mummy shakes off Tykent hex as if it were nothing at all, but reels from Icilias's positive touch. Eldon tries teo also use a ranged touch spell, but his is not as successful and misses.
Penny's Thunderstomp spell also fails and doesn't even warrant a look or comment from the mummy, who continues to focus on vulnerable Yngvilda. With three powerful blows, the mummy unloads upon the female warrior.
"Penny, Eldrin - show him how hot your 'convictions' burn!" Tykent intones, his eyes shining brightly. Hope trills fiercely, shedding golden light that fills the room like dust from her feathers.
She stomps her foot once more, again trying to trip the creature
"Cym! Do something other than interfering with our magic! Try poking it perhaps!
Penny curses trying to make excuses for her poor magical performance.
"Oof"
Yngvilda lands on top of her sword and shield.
Cwm slides behind the creature and tries to stab it again.
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Eldon reaches out and attempts again to touch the creature.
As the Ulfen falls, Cwm tries to continue attacking the monk. His first attack misses, but he lands his second. Unfortunately however, without Yngvilda to keep his back turned, his damage doesn't seem to injure it.
Ivilias's positive touch fails to touch the undead creature just as Penny's trip fails to disrupt his footing. Eldon successfully does however, shocking the undead creature.
Turning to face Cwm, it unloads its flurry of blows upon him, all three punches connecting.
Cwm's lungs burn as he sucks in air, trying to keep his feet. Another hit like that and not even Tykent will be able to save me. He winces and doubles down, shifting down to put the mummy between him and Tykent. The daggers flash again as he cries out, "Avenge me!"
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Steping back away from the undead creature, Eldon pulls out the rod he aquired in the tomb and points it at the creature. He launches into the strange arcane words of a spell, gesturing with his free hand. At the conclusion of the spell a ray of flame shoots from the rod toward the creature.
Fire Damage (Maximised): 4d6 = 24
Critical Damage:4d6 = 24
Hope spreads her wings wide as she alights atop Tykent's walking stick. A burst of white fire, similar to that produced by Icilias moments ago, spreads like a lightning strike from the old man.
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Frustrated with her previous failure, Icilias readies her scythe in a combat stance, and calls out, "Tykent, makes some room for a lady, would you?!"
5-Foot Step
Swift action: Fires of Hell
Standard action:
While the creature is surrounded by her 'friends' Penny tries once again to put the mummy to the ground.
"Go down foul creature!"
The party puts together a much better offensive round than the last, with everyone landing their attacks! Except Penny. Penny misses. Again.
The mummy proves to be quite strong however, because it still remains standing after the battery and continues to attack Cwm relentlessly fist after fist. .
"Again, Eldon!" Light dances in Tykent's eyes as he turns his gaze on his halfling companion. "Show him the fire of your conviction once more!"
Penny cracks her knuckles in frustration "You are starting to get on my nerves creature...I Said Stay Down!"
This time Penny anger echos as if the room itself shakes at her anger with this creature.
Eldon keeps the rod aimed at the undead creature and continues to chant.
Eldon's ray misses, even with Tykent's fortune. Cwm stops bleeding as Icilias loses her spell.
All hopes came down to Penny. Would she come through where she had failed twice previously?
Yes, she would. Her spell successfully sends the undead mummy toppling to the ground, but only for a moment.
The creature quickly regains its feet and sends a punch towards the slayer and connects with her chest, dropping a third member of your party to the ground.
"Well then that went poorly. Taylor, I don't normally ask of this, but it looks like we need all we can get here."
She nods, and it is as if Taylor knows exactly what to do. He performs a flyby attack, keeping himself out of range of the mummy, while blowing forth a massive blast of fire out to the mummy (for Taylor its massive, for everyone else its pretty darn cute).
Simultaneously, Penny holds out her hand as a ray of what is this? Positive Energy? rushes out to attack the foul creature.
Taylor performs a flyby attack and uses his breath weapon, maintaining his distance to stay out of reach of the mummy.
Breath Weapon (Su) 10 ft. cone, 1d4 fire, Reflex DC 11 for half, usable every 1d4 rounds
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Penny casts Disrupt Undead
Fire Damage: 24
Eldon and Penny together take down the horrific undead that had fell half of their party, knowing if they didn't do it now they would likely all be dead in a matter of seconds.
The mummy collapses to the ground and you find three items of interest on its body.
Tykent exhales softly. "May your soul rest in peace," he intones before striking his walking stick twice on the ground. Light bursts from it, surrounding his fallen companions and healing some of their bruises.
Cwm's eyes snap open and he looks around to see Tykent smiling. "well that sucked. that thing down?" He sits up and looks around, nodding his head at the mummy's body.
Yngvilda gradually rouses, taking a long time to come back to full consciousness. Finally she jumps up like she's just seen a beetle crawl up her leg.
"Torag's beard! I thought I was done for, how did you kill it?"
She sits and listens with rapt attention to the story, cheering when Eldon hits it with the scorching ray, and looking concerned when Icilias falls. At the end though she stands in shock.
"Penny killed it?!"
On doing so though she twinges a bruise and cries out in pain.
"We all need a bit of a rest after that I think"
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Icilias stirs shortly after Yngvilda. "Could you not speak so loudly, please? I feel like I was run over by an owlbear."
She takes the time to assess the damage and do her best to re-arrange herself to be more presentable. "This will have to do, I'm afraid. Perhaps we can use this room to rest ourselves. That was an especially grueling fight."
Cwm looks at the loot, mumbling to Yng "Maybe Penny will need this belt to hold up her ego after taking out the mummy." Louder, she continues, "anyone know what that key is? Is it magical?" He looks around for any locks that might fit it.
"Not just I, but even Taylor had to dive into danger to save the lot of you. You are just lucky the rest of us on are feet were competent enough to keep you alive."
Penny gives a brief nod to Eldon and Tykent as she tries to wipe away some of the sweat from her brow. Clearly she is trying to hide the fact that she had definite concern for getting out of here alive.
"Now, I agree - perhaps a rest is necessary for you all. I need you all in tip top shape if we are to make it through here"
Securing this room is very easy given the layout and single entrance. With a watch set, the night passes quietly as the caster regain their full allotment of spells and gifts.
The next morning you return back through the tunnel and continue moving south through the complex where you left off. After following the narrow hallway for about forty feet, it comes to a T intersection with a doorway leading east and and the corridor extending seventy feet further west with a door leading south. It also appears the corridor west turns south at the far end.
Cwm drank his last two pots.
Cwm examines the East door for traps and tries to determine if it's been used recently.
Cwm doesn't detect any traps and ascertains the door shows signs of regular use.
"You give them ONE NIGHTS REST and he sits there and stares at the door all day. You doing to go in there, or just keep looking at it?"
Penny motions for Cwm, and party, to proceed through the door, examining the room beyond.
Once in, she gives the space a once over as well, consuming her surroundings.
"By all means." He unlatches the door and moves aside so Penny can walk in first.
Continuing through the door, you continue east and move past another junction where a hall splits down to the south. The corridor ends turning north into a room full of small individual cubbies which fill a dormitory, each smaller than five feet by five feet. The dust is thick on the floor here.
As you progress forward, two howling, malignant cloud of shadows boil in the air, surging out of the walls. Their skeletal maws eerily babbling as the creature’s claws manifest from the darkness.
Cwm hates things that don't touch the ground. He groans as he runs around to get behind them, maybe he can get at least one solid hit in this time.
He shudders as his blade passes through the shadowy creature.
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As the others were healing in the morning, Yngvilda coyly asked Tykent for some uses of the wand, in a way that wasn't asking directly but asking about the wand incessantly until he figured it out.
When the ghostly creatures emerge, Yngvilda briefly congratulates herself on staying upright long enough to attack this time, and then unleashes on the flanked creature.