These look like poltergeists, unquiet dead likely created by the construction of this city atop their graves.
Eskanii sneaks to the southern room and begins to look around.
Two of the pods are broken open, and the remains within are now only crumbling bones, but in the other two pods, the bodies stand in strange clothing with bubble shaped helmets on their heads. From the shapes of the suits you can tell that one is male, the other female— both appear to be human, yet of an unknown ethnicity with dusky skin, reddish hair, and delicate features.
Eskanii notes the strange creatures in the pods and backtracks slowly to the hallway to explore the last room to the east, keeping to the shadows and remaining quiet.
The eastern half of this room is a tangle of gray metal, strange engine parts, and rubble, all of which was subjected to great heat long ago, judging by the metal’s melted and scorched surfaces. Here and there, softly glowing residues are caked onto bits and pieces of the metal.
Eskanii does not touch this weird stuff and backs away, returning to the party to report her findings. "Ok, I think we should scrap the undead in the north room. I found nothing in the other rooms except two well-preserved corpses in metal and glass coffins to the south. How about you three put out your attacks first, then I'll step in between to lay into them and give you all time to reload?"
To the west, the wall is partially crushed and melted, leaving a five-foot-wide, two-foot-tall gap that opens into another chamber beyond.
Eskanii moves through the collapsed section. Here she finds a shut door Unlike the rest of the wreck where the doors are all open this one stands shut. She reaches out a hand to try the door but it is locked.
"Barlespin! your particular set of skills is required here please!"
***whrr-tschzz-tschzz-tschzz-chk***
~~BOTTING BARLESPIN~~
The frogman gets up there and tries to open the door:
After rounds he takes a quick drink break and tries again:
After rounds Eskanii fully hydrates the grippli with copious water, and he tries again:
And again:
And again:
And again:
And again:
After a significant amount of time Barlespin hears a click as the lock gives way before his skilled hands and lockpicks.
Ezir puts a hand on Eskanii's shoulder, whispering in his ear. Don't you want to at least peak in before you charge heedlessly and possibly die?
"Doubt is what kills most people... of regret and old age!"
Eskanii charges in.
Eskanii pushes the door open. For a moment she sees a dried, desicated corpse sitting in a chair until the air from outside hits it and the corpse just crumbles into dust. As the dust is falling something rises. A dark shape with two flickering eyes.
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The shape floats toward Eskanii and swipes at her.
Combat Round 1 - Bold May Act
Enemy
Morgan
Ezir
Eskanii
Barlespin
Eskanii lays into the creature as it rises!
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Ezir moves in and peeks through the door at what Eskanii is slashing at.
It's a wraith. It's incorporeal and undead, need magic to hurt it.
Ezir pops her Magic Missile Wand from her wrist sheath and fires one off at the wraith for force damgage.
Eskanii swings at the wraith. Her sword connects but slides through doing some damage, but nowhere near what she feels it should.
Ezir fires a magic missile and it hits to undead further damaging it
Morgan moves closer to the action.
Barlespin, outside the door because he picked the lock, his eyes shimmer with violet energy and a shimmering force field of purple light begins to glow around him, as he moves into the room with his spiked gauntlet.