Hungry are the Dead (Inactive)

Game Master Seldlon the Swift

Ziera shrugs as Ranok hands her the potion, but chugs it as Ranok is opening the door.

Figuring it can't do any harm, Niu retrieves his scroll of Delay Poison, Communal and casts it on the party.

Niu Will: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Ziera Will: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (19) + 11 = 30

Knowledge(Religion): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (12) + 16 = 28

will: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Protection from evil gives you a plus 2 on saves. That does not help Ranok as he is paralyzed by fear for 1d4 ⇒ 2 rounds.

Round 1 The Vestibule
Current Effects
Ranok has 1 con damage
Bless Round 6/6 +1 to attack and fear
Divine Favor +2 attack and damage
Protection from evil +2 AC +2 saves
Ranok is paralyzed round 2/2
Rhen 65/65, Ziera 72/72, Ranok 83/85, Niu 42/42

Niu, Ziera ✔
Mummy
Rhen Ranok

Niu knows this to be a unique creature yet it shares many feature with a creature he is familiar with. Two questions for that one.

Resistances and Special Attacks, please.

Niu believes this undead warrior is similar to mummies he is familiar with. It should be resistant to everything but fire and probably carries disease.

"That thing looks like a mummy. Fire will hurt it, but beware of the disease of its touch."

Niu Misfortune's the mummy draws his molten orb wand again, doubting he will have a good chance to use it.

Enlarged Ziera, immune to disease, strides forward to block the doorway and protect Ranok, swinging her sword.

UB Sword: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (9) + 11 = 20
Damage?: 2d6 + 7 + 2d6 ⇒ (3, 1) + 7 + (3, 6) = 20

Oops... Misfortune Will DC 19

Will v DC19: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (11) + 10 = 21
Ziera misses the mummy like warrior.
The mummy swings its longsword at Ziera.
Longsword v AC 20-2: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (9) + 12 = 21
damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (2) + 11 = 13

Rhen attempts to somersault past the undead to get into flanking position.
acrobatics: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (15) + 13 = 28
Once in position he uses his undead bane shortsword.
+1 undead-bane cold iron short sword: 1d20 + 10 + 3 ⇒ (17) + 10 + 3 = 30
damage: 1d6 + 2d6 + 3d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + (2, 6) + (1, 5, 3) + 2 = 24 /19-20 + Debilitating Injury: Bewildered -2/-4

Round 2 The Vestibule
Current Effects
Ranok has 1 con damage and is paralyzed
Bless Round 5/6 +1 to attack and fear
Divine Favor +2 attack and damage round 9/10
Protection from evil +2 AC +2 save 6/6minutes
Rhen 65/65, Ziera 59/72, Ranok 83/85, Niu 42/42

Niu, Ziera ✔
Mummy
Rhen Ranok

Niu begins to swear in Ancient Osirian as he senses the distracting sand having no effect. Surveying the field and knowing there is no way he can launch molten orbs now, he swears some more.

Dropping the wans, he pulls out his dagger again and fires a ray through giant Ziera's legs.

Disrupt Undead, Melee, Cover: 1d20 + 6 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (20) + 6 - 4 - 4 = 18
Damage?: 1d6 ⇒ 3
Confirm?: 1d20 + 6 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (14) + 6 - 4 - 4 = 12
Damage?: 1d6 ⇒ 2

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Ziera slashes twice at the warrior.

UB Sword,Flank,Bless: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 11 + 2 + 1 = 15

UB Sword,Flank,Bless: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (14) + 6 + 2 + 1 = 23
Damage?: 2d6 + 7 + 2d6 ⇒ (6, 2) + 7 + (6, 4) = 25

Even with lower AC thanks to Rhen, the only thing that touches it is Niu's ray which appears to do no damage.

The undead warrior continues with Ziera.
Longsword v AC 20-2: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25
damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (1) + 11 = 12

Rhen pokes at it again.
+1 undead-bane cold iron short sword: 1d20 + 10 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 10 + 3 = 21
damage: 1d6 + 2d6 + 3d6 + 2 ⇒ (5) + (4, 4) + (2, 5, 6) + 2 = 28/19-20 + Debilitating Injury: Bewildered -2/-4

The dwarf misses.

Round 3 The Vestibule
Current Effects
Ranok has 1 con damage - Welcome back
Bless Round 4/6 +1 to attack and fear
Divine Favor +2 attack and damage round 8/10
Protection from evil +2 AC +2 save 6/6minutes
Rhen 65/65, Ziera 47/72, Ranok 83/85, Niu 42/42

Niu, Ziera ✔
Mummy
Rhen Ranok

I guess I forgot Ranok was paralyzed... Anyways, wash rinse repeat

Disrupt Undead, Melee, Cover: 1d20 + 6 - 4 - 4 ⇒ (2) + 6 - 4 - 4 = 0
Damage?: 1d6 ⇒ 2

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UB Sword,Flank,Bless: 1d20 + 11 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 11 + 2 + 1 = 25
Damage?: 2d6 + 7 + 2d6 ⇒ (1, 5) + 7 + (5, 3) = 21

UB Sword,Flank,Bless: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 6 + 2 + 1 = 17
Damage?: 2d6 + 7 + 2d6 ⇒ (4, 2) + 7 + (1, 1) = 15

Ziera connects her sword with the undead warrior. It returns the favor
Longsword v AC 20-2: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (4) + 12 = 16
damage: 1d8 + 11 ⇒ (5) + 11 = 16

Niu, Ziera
Mummy
Rhen Ranok ✔

Ranok will pass through Ziera's enlarged square and attack from the creature's right side.

+1 undead bane great sword: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 154d6 + 7 ⇒ (3, 3, 3, 4) + 7 = 20

Ranok misses the armored undead. Rhen tries to poke it again.

+1 undead-bane cold iron short sword: 1d20 + 10 + 3 ⇒ (20) + 10 + 3 = 33
damage: 1d6 + 2d6 + 3d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + (6, 3) + (4, 2, 2) + 2 = 25 (+ Debilitating Injury: Bewildered -2/-4)

+confirm: 1d20 + 10 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 10 + 3 = 14

Rhen drops the enemy. End initiative.

I think Ziera is down 41. That will take 8 zaps from the wand.

"Excellent work, everyone. That was a tough warrior. We should see if anything he is carrying could be useful."

Niu casts Detect Magic and examines the mummy and his possessions.

Rhen says "That be how ye kill dee enemies, Ranok." He searches the remains and finds a fine looking chain mail, a well constructed longsword, and a well crafted cloak. "Any of yes can ID this stuff? Looks well made."

Niu detects magic on the cloak, longsword, and chainmail.

Ranok helps collect the gear in a rush and says "Yeah, We can identify it later. My spells and potions only have a few minutes to them. Let's not waste it. Here, I'll get this you go check the door."

Rhen says "I got dis door." He checks it for traps. No traps, he opens it. Beyond the doors stretches a 25-foot-long hallway. On either
side, iron sconces line the walls set five feet apart. The candles in
the sconces are unlit, though wax droplets beneath them seem to
indicate they were recently extinguished. Centered on the far wall
rests a five-foot-circumference stone plug, slightly recessed into the
masonry. A pair of crossed iron bars mounted onto the western
wall near the plug’s face form a handle. Spiraling runes carved into
the plug read “DEATH” in at least a dozen different languages.

Niu shrugs, grabbing the cloak and concentrating on it as he follows behind Rhen.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (13) + 15 = 28

Bumping into Rhen's back, Niu brings his concentration up to the door.

"Death. Seems like a pretty obvious warning, but is it more?"

After completing the examination of the cloak, Niu focuses his Detect Magic on the door to see if the runes are magical.

Niu identifies the items as +1 chain mail, +1 longsword, and cloak of resistance +2. The runes are not magical.

Rhen studies the door and the screw. He determines that the plug screws into place and can be turned using the handle. "I reckon this be opening the door. Nowhere's else to go. Who be openin'?"

DC 20 Strength check to get it in motion. 10 keeps it moving.

"Stand back and let the witch give it a try" Niu giggles.

Activating his hair, he takes a grip and tries to turn the plug.

Can Big Ziera assist?

Ziera Strength AA: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21

Strength: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (12) + 6 = 18 -- passes with Ziera's assistance (which naturally would have passed by itself)

"This seems like a bad idea, this plug is probably important, but the necromancer must be somewhere past here."

Keep it moving?: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

As you turn the screw it moves out of its lodge and allows passageway.

Rhen moves through the passageway.
stealth: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (19) + 18 = 37
"No enemies, but sometin ain't right 'bout dis place. Come-on now."

When inside, you see the doorway bisects a huge curved passage. Its carved cylindrical walls bear thousands of Hallit runes and sigils.

There is no gravity within the ring, though a slow moving force current pulls all objects around the ring in a counter-clockwise motion.

Moving clockwise is considered difficult terrain, Moving counter clockwise has no penalty or bonus. Loose objects under 30 lbs. slowly slide counter-clockwise at the rate of 5 feet per round.

Ranok feels a sense of impending doom overcome him.

Ranok seems bewildered by the arrangement beyond the door. He feels that going clockwise must lead them into a trap, but does not want to take the time to go counterclockwise.

"Let's finish this."

before these spells wear off. Wish I had any rage left in me. Feel so empty.

Ranok moves 20' clockwise. If nothing happens, he will double move 40'

You decide to move with the flow and come to another door due south.The opening leads into a rotunda formed from tremendous lime-
stone blocks. A ten-foot-tall dais rises from the center of the room,
supporting a concentric mini-ziggurat of layered, rune-covered
gear—even those with no magic can feel the supernatural energy
pulsing from the thing.
On either side of the dais, a half-flight of stairs ascends from
the floor to the largest gear. Colored chalk streaks the walls, floor,
and ceiling with arcane symbols and patterns, and sickly-scented
oils burn from careful placed braziers made from human skulls.
Scattered throughout the room flop the decaying parts of dozens of
battered undead corpses, all bearing bloodless gashes and sundered
limbs. These flop and undulate unnaturally, scattered beneath him
like fish in a net.
Above the strange seal hovers a horrifically decomposed hu-
manoid. The lower half of his body is gone, leaving only guts and
his dangling spine encased in a weird, glass-like receptacle filled
with sickly-colored fluids bolted into his chest. Tubes made from
intestines and other compounds rise from the fluids attaching to
his face, neck, and arms. He preaches loudly, bellowing obscene
liturgies from a strange book to a worshipful audience of rotting
corpses. Dark energies seep from the ziggurat, caressing the sur-
rounding undead.

As the party marches down the hallway, Niu casts Enlarge Person on Ranok.

Once they reach the seal and he sees what is arrayed in front of them, he considers his options.

"No point conversing with these things, is there? We should just attack swiftly and get this over with. I have a couple of spells left, so give me some room, if you can."

Anything I can tell about the abilities of the necromancer?
Knowledge: 1d20 ⇒ 13 (+16=29 Religion, +19=32 Arcana/Planes, +17=30 Nature. If you want me to pick one, it would be Religion first)

Or the minion undead?
Knowledge(Religion): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (16) + 16 = 32

Niu recognizes an entropic shield surrounding Drazmorg. He was aware of your presense and is prepared. He is undead himself. The minions you know to be run of the mill ghouls. Anything else before we proceed?

I believe this is accurate:
Rhen 65/65, Ziera 47/72, Ranok 83/85, Niu 42/42

Let's redo Ziera large as that has timed out by now. Ranok has a potion. Niu, do you have any spells left? This has been one long day. We can assume a rest if need be.

would my spells from last battle still be active? They each had a duration of four minutes. I have one second level spell left, so I could do another bless. I could also top Ziera and myself off with clw wand.

I healed Ziera after the battle with the warrior mummy. I do have a couple of offensive spells in reserve, the enlarge person I cast on Ranok was one of them.

I assume it took 5-10 minutes to get from the last battle to here. Noting Ziera is full HP now. This guy is not as tough as I thought he was at first glance, but I do have murder in mind :-)

Would still like to see you ready for him. Do what you wish and let me know when you are ready.

Niu does not have buffs... My scrolls are mostly useless. If allowed, I will activate Flight, Hair, and zap Bless before the battle. That is all.

I do not think Ziera has used her Divine Bond yet. If so, she will use that to add Keen to her UB Longsword

If allowed, I will activate Flight, Hair, and zap Bless before the battle. That is all.

Allowed. The height in the corridor is 10 feet, the height in the room is thirty feet. Drazmorg in his flying life support machine is effortlessly hovering at 25 feet.

Ranok will use his last second level spell slot to cast bull's strength on himself. If Niu also enlarged me, I will factor that as I wade in.

"Church service is cancelled you pickled freak". Is the best that ranok can come up with as he cuts his way to the floating figure, wishing he had cleave.

Round 1 The Inner Seal
Current Effects
Bless +1 attack and fear
Ranok has 1 con damage
Ranok has DR/2 undead and +2AC -2 attack undead.
Rhen 65/65, Ziera 72/72, Ranok 83/85, Niu 42/42

Drazmorg, Orange, Yellow ✔
Niu, Rhen
Greeen, Blue
Ziera, Ranok
Red, ghoul

Ranok had to think much too hard for something witty to say.everybody is already in the middle of the action before he realizes it.

Yellow moves up and tries to bite Ranok.
bite v FFAC 14: 1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (16) + 3 - 4 = 15
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 (plus disease and paralysis DC13)

Orange does the same
bite v FFAC 14: 1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (8) + 3 - 4 = 7
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6(plus disease and paralysis DC13)

Drazmorg notices the holy symbol Ziera is wearing. "Cleric! I was a once a cleric before I became a mystic theurge before I dabbled in necromancy and before I became the god I am now. Tar Baphon! I am released!" He casts a spell and a magical staff appears beside Ziera and strikes at her.
spiritual staff v FFAC 18: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21
damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

I need two fort checks from Ranok. Ranok takes 5 hps of damage and Ziera takes 8.

Niu, Rhen ✔
Green, Blue
Ziera, Ranok
Red, ghoul

Rhen grumbles "Outa me way ye bloody undead thing!" before poking at it with his UB shortsword.
+1 undead-bane cold iron short sword: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13
damage: 1d6 + 6 + 2d6 ⇒ (5) + 6 + (1, 5) = 17 /19-20
And he misses it.

Launching into the air, Niu climbs to a height of 20ft before launching a Ligntning Bolt at Drazmorg.

"Being dead isn't so bad. You should give it a try. Here let me help you."

Lightning: 6d6 ⇒ (6, 5, 3, 1, 2, 2) = 19 Reflex DC 19 for half

reflex v DC 19: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

Green and blue move up and try to bite Rhen.

bite v AC 21: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7 (plus disease and paralysis DC13)

bite v AC 21: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (18) + 3 = 21
damage: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5 (plus disease and paralysis DC13

Rhen takes 12 hps of damage.

fort v DC 13 disease: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11
fort v DC 13 paralysis: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (8) + 6 = 14
fort v DC 13 disease: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
fort v DC 13 paralysis: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (17) + 6 = 23

Niu, Rhen
Green, Blue
Ziera, Ranok-two fort saves ✔
Red, ghoul

Ziera steps in and takes two slashes at Green.

UB Longsword: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28
Damage?: 1d8 + 6 + 2d6 ⇒ (6) + 6 + (2, 3) = 17

Confirm?: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15 (Keen applied via Sacred Bond)
Damage?: 1d8 + 6 + 2d6 ⇒ (8) + 6 + (1, 5) = 20

UB Longsword: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Damage?: 1d8 + 6 + 2d6 ⇒ (7) + 6 + (5, 5) = 23

Green is destroyed.

I owe you a flight check DC10 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12 to maintain altitude.
He has a flight speed with perfect but no ranks in fly.

fort: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (6) + 8 = 14
fort: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Continuing with turn shortly. Busy here.

Shaking off the ickyness from the ghouls, Ranok swipes his Large greatsword at orange, while keeping his eyes trained on the lich wanna-be in a jar.

+1 undeadbane greatsword: 1d20 + 11 + 3 - 1 ⇒ (18) + 11 + 3 - 1 = 313d6 + 2d6 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (2, 1, 2) + (6, 1) + 7 + 3 = 22

He then follows orange up with a bite, or yellow, if he manages to kill orange with one swipe.

bite: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 211d6 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

After his mighty swipe and bite, he points at the pickled priest. "Phhew. How do we bring him down? Or us up?"