DM Ithe's Crypt of the Everflame!

Game Master Ithe

Torian is waiting to see if our casters can do something to damage or disrupt them before he charges in. If they can, he would charge in after at whatever looked toughest that stood up. If they can't... well, we will see what we do then.

Them here being whatever is radiating the evil, of course.

Isabella has nothing that could help, so she's lingering by the doorway wringing her hands and waiting for someone else to go in first :P

pst, hey galin, you have any more of those bursts of light in you? I think we may need them here again. shambling is coming from up ahead, be ready. We might yet get to surprise them. Dart whispers before starting to silently move toward the sound

can we tell if they are undead?
Galin comes a bit closer to the group, and whispers, "only one more time before I have a chance to rest unfortunately. Maybe we should observe for a moment."

They detected as evil, so I would assume they're undead.

A safe assumption, especially in light of everything we have seen so far... still...

Torian nods at Galin and Dart, gesturing for both to get into position to attack whatever comes next. After a moment (giving them time to ready whatever actions they would and position themselves to get a sneak attack or AoO as applicable) the paladin braces himself and slams the flat of his axe into his shield twice in rapid succession.

"OI!" he yells into the room, "Eye'm here t' dispense yer reconnin' in th' name o' Torag! Come forth, ye skulkers, 'n' be judged!"

Intimidate: 1d20 ⇒ 6 Not the best at being intimidating... perhaps they have not heard of Torag?

Ok, this will initiate combat, I just don’t have the time right now to get a thorough post together. More later.

I thought it might. Hence specifically calling out that I waited until the others could get into a position to better react to whatever evil this way cometh.

Isabela stands just behind Torian, arcane words ready to rise from her lips the moment she sees an undead approach.

Readying an action to cast Disrupt Undead at the first undead creature to come within line of sight.

Ranged Touch, Flagbearer: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 2 + 1 = 15
Positive Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Galin moved into the room but behind Torian to watch his flank, but mindful of the danger around. Galin grabs his light mace and prepares to bludgeon.

At the noise of Torian's clanging and yelling, the shuffling sound intensifies and some moans are heard from deeper in the room. The shuffling seems to get closer and closer and from around the corner stumbles a rotting human corpse. Its flesh hangs off in places and what remains is yellowed and bulging with what looks like large sickly pustules. It stumbles closer to Torian but can't manage to swing at him before Torian gets a chance to act. At the same time, another one stumbles around the corner to the north and closes with Galin suddenly. Torian can see 2 more just beginning to come around the corners ahead of him behind the first.

Torian and Galin need to make readied action attacks. for this. I'm considering the movement of the zombies and your readied actions the first round of combat.

As the first zombie staggers around the corner, Isabella's first blast of energy hits it and its arm withers and falls off, still twitching on the ground.

After the readied actions, its Dart, Zombies, the party

The zombies are easy to hit, AC 12, HP 12

Prepared attack (Dwarven Waraxe + Banner): 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 1 = 6

Whelp, my luck continues it seems.

Knowledge (Religion): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

Torian's swing goes wide as he realizes what they are facing.

"Keep yer distance! These lot be diseased, ge' their flui's 'r viscera on ya 'n' ye migh' get infected!"

I'll just hold my action, I'm running low on options and don't want to commit before I see what happens

Galin, I thought you had the mace out to hit anything that got close, my mistake.

Torian's axe swings, hitting the zombie, but it only slices ineffectually through its abdomen and the zombie doesn't even notice.

The 2 zombies in front take swings at Galin and Torian with their diseased fists.

Slam (Red): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Slam (Green): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (10) + 4 = 14

The 2 zombies can't manage to get their yellow crusted fingers past the gnome or dwarf's armor. The next 2 zombies push against the front zombies pressing toward Torian and Galin.

Attacking Green.

Melee Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 1 = 25 Crit?: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 4 + 1 = 22

Damage (slashing) (STR+FLAG+Underground Crit): 1d10 + 1 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 1 + 1 = 8 x3, so 24 damage.

Torian snarls in holy rage at the zombie, bringing down his waraxe as if he was striking metal at the forge with his hammer.

"Ge' back iffen' yer naugh fighten'! Naugh sense 'n every'ne catchen' th' plague."

Fort Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14 Thinking its a fort save... if not, roll appropriate one, ;)

Dart visibly scrunches his face and instinctively takes several steps back from the repulsive things. He quickly regains control of himself and curses before throwing a dagger towards one of the zombies in the back.

dagger: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

Torian’s brutal slash bisects the zombie in a plume of noxious bodily fluids, splattering Torian, but he manages to resist the diseased spray.

Dart’s dagger goes wide because of the press of bodies.

I was thinking more of a ready to act than "readied action." if that makes any sense...

AoO attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16

mace damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

"nice hit Torian!"

on the turn...

channel energy undead damage DC 13: 1d6 ⇒ 3

Galin's mace splurts into the zombie's soft chest but it keeps coming at him.

The zombies again attack Torian and Galin. The 2 to the north squeeze closer together in order to grasp at him.

Galin takes a vicious blow from the zombie before him(9 damage), but suffers no lasting effects from the contact. Galin's blast of holy energy momentarily pushes the zombies back, and the one in front of him singes at his extremities, its fingers charred almost to nothing but it comes at him still.

Party is up but Galin has already gone.

Attacking purple.

Melee Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 4 + 1 = 17
Damage: 1d10 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 + 1 = 7

Torian hears the hit that Galin takes, the sickening sound of flesh being torn. Ha'f t' finish this 'n' quickly, before the gnome - his mental thought gets interrupted by the flash of light eminating from the gnome. Well, tha' shoul' buy 'im some space... still...

Smiling grimly, the paladin focuses on the zombie in front, bringing a slash upward with his waraxe into the corpse's midsection.

Dart forces his body to move closer to the creatures after seeing the blow Galin took while bringing his scarf up to cover his nose and mouth to hopefully to limit exposure to any diseases. As he nears the undead he brings his shortsword in a small arc aiming for the zombie's head that was threatening Galin.

attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

fort?: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (16) + 2 = 18

Those are interior walls in the map so you can’t move there. I’ll let you switch to another dagger throw if you want though.

Isabella quickly throws another burst of energy at the zombie immediately in front of Galin, hoping to gain him some space.

Ranged Touch, Flagbearer, Melee Penalty: 1d20 + 2 + 1 - 4 ⇒ (7) + 2 + 1 - 4 = 6
Positive Damage: 1d6 ⇒ 2

The bolt goes wide and she grimaces. "Galin, can you get out of there?!"

Of course he can't, there's nowhere to go.

She takes a few steps backward behind Dart. From this angle she can only see one of the zombies, but it gives Galin a small space to retreat to.

Disrupt Undead, Move

If possible, I'll hold my turn until Galin goes if he wants to withdraw, and then move to the spot he was and strike.

Ok, Galin already went and didn't move, so I'm just going to call it a dagger throw.
Dagger Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

Dart's dagger sinks into the zombie but it staggers on toward Galin.

The zombies again swing their meaty fists at Torian and Galin.

Another fist slams into Galin (7 more damage which I think brings him to 1 HP), and the pustules on the fist burst at the contact, leaking into Galin's wound but no immediate effects are visible (Galin is infected but the disease isn't displaying yet)

Those ones that are squeezing are at a -4 AC so a grand total of 8.

Torian looks over his shoulder and sees just how beat up the gnome is becoming at the hands of his attackers.

"'re ye daft, lad! Ge' back behin' me!"

Reaching out with his shield arm, Torian says a quick prayer.

Torag, this 'ne here may naugh be worshipen ye, but he been keepen' me alive th' las' few days. Please see fit t' mend some o' his wounds 'n' give 'im the sense to take shelter now.

Lay on Hands: 1d6 ⇒ 6 Sweet, 6 HP healed on Galin. Sadly I can only do that once per day.

Feeling the blessing of the dwarf father channel through him, Torian slides as much as possible to allow Galin to slip past while maintaining a barrier between him and the remaining zombie on his side.

"Isabel'a! Get him to th' fountain! Eye'll stall 'em, iffen naugh slay 'em!"

Everything seems to be moving in slow motion. Galin can't retreat; turning his back to the zombies facing him would be suicide. Even if she was able to kill one of them, that would still leave two. Torian may have healed him a little, (and how did he do that she didn't know he could do that?!), but another hit like that and Galin would go down.

She has to keep them from attacking him while he retreats.

"I'm really sorry Torian this is going to hit you too but it's the only idea I have!"

Isabella pulls a scroll out of her pocket. One left for her by Garrett seemingly a lifetime ago. She chants the arcane words and prays. Please let this work, please let this work...

The room in front of her begins to fill with sticky strands.

Casting Web, which will spread in a 20 foot radius from the center of the spell, (marked with a red dot on the map). That will hit all three zombies and Torian, but not Galin, Dart or Isabella. Red rectangles indicate which squares are affected.

Everyone hit by the web must make a Reflex Save (DC13) or be grappled. What I'm banking on here is that zombies don't typically have good reflex saves, and grappled characters can't make attacks of opportunity. Unfortunately Galin will have to move into Torian's square to retreat, which forces him to move into the web, which means he'll have to make an Escape Artist or CMB check (also DC13) to keep moving. Hopefully it works out.

"Do it, lass!" Torian shouts back to the sorceress.

As the webbing begins to descend, Torian attempts to avoid it.

Reflex Save: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4 Hopefully the zombies have similar luck.

However, between his natural slowness and the distraction of the zombies, he finds himself entangled within it.

One of the zombies near Galin stumbles back, avoiding the webbing but ending up farther away. The other one near to Galen gets stuck to the massive web of sticky strands while the one near Torian is also uneffected.

Conditions for enemies listed in text box on map. Those zombies rolled well...

Dart and Galin are up

will wait for galin. hopefully he can withdraw and tag out haha.

Anyone hear from Galin recently?

He’s been incognito for me. I’ve been waiting because this could be a big decision. I’ll give him til tomorrow and then go ahead.

Galin winces and cries out looking at the wound.

Galin sees the ghouls one being webbed and attempts to strike at the one that is not stuck

attack: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 2 + 1 = 11
damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Galin attempts to back out carefully while trying to dodge attacks
acrobatics: 1d20 ⇒ 8

sorry for the delay guys, ended up catching overtime last week and was way more backed up on LIFE stuff than expected. {wish Galin luck!}

Well, the only one Galin can reach is the webbed one so I'll redirect that. This is convenient, because that zombie is the only one that Galin would have hit with that attack.

Galin stabs with the short spear at the webbed zombie, impaling it and it slumps in the webs, no longer moving. The ichor from the wound splatters Galin, but it makes no difference. The zombie near Torian takes a swing at the fleeing gnome, but the attack goes wide.

AoO from Zombie (Pink): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9

Dart is up. If you step in the webs, its a DC 13 CMB or Escape artist check or you are grappled.

escape artist: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

Dart manages to balance on the strands of webbing as if they were ordinary rope!

attack: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20
damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

He slashes out at the entangled zombie.
Sorry, but can't let you hang around anymore.

Thought the entagled one died to Galin as he withdrew...

then the one behind it. apologies.

Yep, entangled one died.

Dart manages to impale the zombie on his sword, but it wriggles trying to get to him.

The zombies make strikes against Dart and Torian.

Slam vs Dart: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (4) + 4 = 8
Slam vs Torian: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

Neither of the Zombies are quite able to land blows against the stout dwarf and nimble half-elf.

Party is up.

Isabella breathes a sigh of relief as Galin successfully backs away from the zombies, even managing to kill one as he retreats. "Good job Galin!"

She quickly aims at the zombie facing Torian, hoping to take it out before it can cause any more harm.

Ranged Touch vs Purple: 1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 3 - 4 = 13
Positive Energy: 1d6 ⇒ 1

Isabella, peaking around the corner, gets a glancing hit on the zombie, but it continues to pummel at Torian ineffectually.

I assume that I can attack it, even though I am in the webbing, yes?

Attack: 1d20 + 4 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 4 + 1 = 18

Slashing DMG: 1d10 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (10) + 1 + 1 = 12

Despite the webbing, Torian takes a slash at the zombie in front of him, yelling "By Torag's beard, jest fall alrea'y!"

webbing counts as entangled IIRC, so yes but at a -2 to hit? Hits either way probably.

Dart lashes out with sword and dagger vs the bloated zombie infront of him.

shortsword: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

dagger: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18

damage: 1d4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Galin says a quick prayer for recovery,
CLW: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

Looking slightly better, "Sorry I couldn't protect you better Torian!"

I might need a shield afterall…

Yeah, it would be a -2 but it hits anyway. I think technically, you count as grappled.

The 2 zombies are finished off by Dart and Torian, the foul fluids spattered across them.

Dart Fort Save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7
Torian Fort Save: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (9) + 7 = 16
???: 1d4 ⇒ 4

Torian manages to shrug off the disease, but Dart is also infected. The zombies lay scattered on the floor. The webs remain all over the room with Torian stuck in them.

Torian sighs in relief as the final zombie dies.

"Tha' was quick thinken', lass. Naugh, 'ow do we ge' me daughn from 'ere?"

Dart grimaces as the fluid hits him.

great. I.. I think im gonna be sick..

After fighting to keep his stomach fluids where they belong he turns to Torian.

I don't know, but hang around for a bit while we find a way to get you out of your sticky situation so we don't all wind up stranded. Dart chuckles at his own puns.

three in one sentence, that's a record for me!

"I do not feel well my friends. I want to keep going, but I am not sure I can.
To Dart, Galin laughs quietly.

”Um...just keep trying until you break free?” Isabella looks sheepish. ”Otherwise the spell will end of its own accord in about twenty minutes. Sorry Torian, I wish I could have avoided hitting you.”

She looks longingly down the dark corridor, (what she can see of it). Then she turns away. ”Getting ourselves killed won’t help anyone. We should rest, probably back at the fountain.”

Web is a dismissible spell, but you can leave Torian stuck if you want, haha. Also, did anyone drink from the fountain yet?