Haldan pulls out a scroll and casts Personal Raincloud to douse the flames in the brazier.
"Let's see if this dampens his day..."
Charlie sinks ever closer to death.
Haldan's spell fails to put out the magical flames, but he fills the brazier enough to make it slightly less deadly.
Tiny also fails to do any damage, and then fails to heal his own wounds. Þóðᛞrekkr fares no better.
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Round 2:
Chark 53/53: Arc
Statue: ATK
Haldan (51/51): Raincloud
Tiny (24/88): Miss
- Þóðᛞrekkr (51/51): Miss[b]
Dendillion (58/58: Go
Charlie (0/68, Dying 2): Fail
-Goliath (48/48): Go[/b]
Action 1-2: Soothe
Action 3: Inspire Courage
Knowing that Charlie is in dire straits, Dendillion weaves magic into music to soothe the poor man's wounds.
He continues to let the music flow, hoping the sound inspires the courage needed to see through the day.
Dendillion quickly soothes his dying friend as the situation still looks quite dour.
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Chark 53/53: Go
Charlie (29/68, Wounded 3): Go
-Goliath (48/48): Go
Statue: TBD
Haldan (51/51): TBD
Tiny (24/88): TBD
- Þóðᛞrekkr (51/51): TBD
Dendillion (58/58: TBD
Get out of there, all of you! Chark calls, stepping forward and giving Tiny a small shard of protection from Sarenrae.
Charlie quickly stands up, grabbing his bow as he quickly scuttles out of the room. He looks back to see if the others are going to follow as he tries to catch his breath and put himself out.
HP 22/68 (Wounded 1)
AC 22 (24 w/ shield)
Wooden Shield 12/12; [AC Bonus +2: [Hardness 3] [HP/BT 12(6)]
Snarecraft Snares Used: Biting Snare x3
Focus 0/1
Hero Points 1/3
Goliath
HP 46/48 (Wounded 1)
AC 20
Chark gets out scot free, hoping to give Tiny some hope with a sanctuary spell. Charlie isn't far behind.
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It turns on Þóðᛞrekkr
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Chark 53/53: Sanctuary
Charlie (22/68, Wounded 1): Flee
-Goliath (48/48): stay out
Statue: ATK
Haldan (51/51): Go
Tiny (0/88, Dying 1): Go
- Þóðᛞrekkr (27/51): Go
Dendillion (58/58): Go
Haldan sees his friends in trouble and summons a slab of meat to see if it can serve as a big enough distraction.
Animate Dead, zombie brute.
"Quickly, heal Tiny and get him out before the zombie that eerily resembles him right now is crushed!"
Tiny summons forth a zombie brute. It's attacks do nothing on the statue, but hopefully it buys time.
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Chark 53/53: Sanctuary
Charlie (22/68, Wounded 1): Flee
-Goliath (48/48): stay out
Statue: ATK
Haldan (51/51): Summon
Tiny (0/88, Dying 1): Go
- Þóðᛞrekkr (27/51): Go
Dendillion (58/58): Go
Action 1-2: Soothe
Action 3: Stride
Dendillion once more puts magic to music to soothe the wounds of one of his friends.
"Up and out, my friend," he says, following his own advice.
Tiny gets up and out while puppy dog does the same.
Tiny and his companion flee as Dendillion provides some relief.
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Chark 53/53: Go
Charlie (22/68, Wounded 1): Go
-Goliath (48/48):
Tiny (17/88, Wounded 1): Flee
- Þóðᛞrekkr (27/51): Flee
Statue: ATK
Haldan (51/51): TBD
Dendillion (58/58): TBD
Charlie and Goliath quickly begin to retreat further and further back into the ccomplex. "L..let's go!"
HP 22/68 (Wounded 1)
AC 22 (24 w/ shield)
Wooden Shield 12/12; [AC Bonus +2: [Hardness 3] [HP/BT 12(6)]
Snarecraft Snares Used: Biting Snare x3
Focus 0/1
Hero Points 1/3
Goliath
HP 46/48 (Wounded 1)
AC 20
Chark moves over and ingraciously plucks the halfling up as she moves out of the chamber. We are not debating this. GO!
The party backs out of the room. The instant she steps out, before Chark can even close the door, the statue stops moving.
Chark slams the door shut and exhales deeply. Not in a hurry to go back in there, she says, as she sets about patching the party up.
"Thanks Chark, that got p...p.ppretty grim quick." he stammers nervously as the bandage gets wrapped tighter and tightera round his head.
Tiny rubs his head and his arm and his torso, he hurts all over.
"Maybe we should just go back to the circus."
"Maybe you're r..r..right." He stammers nervously as his own body hurts. "Get a bit of rest and come back."
Haldan adjusts his clothing after being picked up by Chark.
"Who was debating? I was simply distracting it some everyone could escape. No need to be half-man handling me. If I got any of my face paint on you, it's oil based and you'll have a hell of a time trying to get that out..."
Haldan grumbles as he walks away.
"If we still have a little energy left, let's check out this last room to the n..n..north." Charlie points towards it as he and Goliath approach the door.
The party, badly beaten heads back to check the north. Before Charlie even approaches the door, he hears the sound of xulgaths. Their tone is frantic, like they're possibly preparing to flee this place before they're found...
Chark looks pointedly at the rest of the group. Should we let them run?
Tiny nods and looks around for good places for the whole party to hide.
"Charlie grabs Goliath as the pair round the corner. [b]"Let them r..r..run."
Whispering...
"We could hide in corridor to the north. And, if they can hear or smell us from there, then we'd have a nice funnel to fight in."
Haldan moves into position.
Tiny nods.
The party moves around the corner. After a few moments the sound of a squeeking door breaks the silence. Everyone can hear a quartet of xulgath voices urging each other to get out as quickly as possible...
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The xulgaths hurry out, never looking back.
Once they're gone, the party checks out their abandoned room. This abandoned chapel is shrouded in gloom. To the east, a broken slab surrounded by marble debris is all that remains of a large statue. Atop the broken slab stands a crude altar of wood and stone bearing a human corpse. A gash splits the dead man’s throat, his decaying face frozen in a final mask of terror. A strange symbol carved into the man’s abdomen undulates with foul energy.
It's the symbol of Zevgavizeb, the demon lord of the xulgaths.
Dendillion detects a magical aura about the corpse. It's coming from a folded lace handkerchief in a pocket. his diaphanous item is marked with the “CM” logo of the Celestial Menagerie...
Chark spits at the site of the dead man's engraving. Zevgavizeb, she says with obvious disdain. Demon lord of the xulgaths. She notes the handkerchief Dendillion finds and shakes her head. No soul deserves to depart this way, even a willing member of the Celestial Menagerie.
Tiny grumbles "What unholy plan did those fools come up with now?"
"Was he captured or offered up for this sacrifice you th..th..think?" Charlie stammers out nervously. "He seemed s..s..scared."
The party stands over the body, looking, but no one recognizes the poor sod. His face is intact enough for you each to memorize his looks, in case you do investigate later.
Once Den identifies the dweomer on the handkerchief, Chark moves the group on.
Not feeling pressed by an enemy, the party takes 10 minutes to let Chark identify the item. She's heard of such things! This is an Invisible Net.
"A neat little bit of magic in that," Dendillion says, impressed by Chark's discovery. "Hang on to that. It could be useful during an upcoming show."
He then watches and waits for Tiny to open the door.
Tiny rolls his shoulders to help keep them loose before he looks back to his allies and then opens the door.
Tiny opens the door to a xulgath in the process of preparing an ambush. She lets out a curse that you've arrived before she was ready!
Round 1:
Chark: Go
Haldan: Go
Tiny: Go
Quasit: TBD
Charlie: TBD
Xulgath: TBD
Dendillion: TBD
Charlie is Scouting
(Scout)
(Search)
(Detect Magic)
(Seek, Keen Eyes)
(Search)
Tiny dives deep into the room, dropping down into his feline stance as Tiny tries to land a pair of claws.
Tiny whistles as Þóðᛞrekkr follows behind to cover his flank.
Chark steps to the doorway and takes stock, unleashing a ray of bluish flame at the xulgath.
The party immediately seizes the opportunity. Tiny's opening attack opens a massive, bleeding wound. He follows up with another hit.
Unfortunately Chark's spell just barely misses.
Though the tide of battle seems to be solidly on your side, a warcry from down the hall means that reinforcements are coming.
Round 1:
Chark: Miss
Haldan: Go
Tiny: Crit + Hit
Quasit: TBD
Charlie: TBD
Xulgath: TBD
Dendillion: TBD
Mage: 36 (1d4 Persistent Bleed)
Haldan strides into the room, finishing his last step with a bit of a cartwheel for flourish.
"The difference Chark? Showmanship..."
Haldan's cartwheel ends with a spell that strikes the xulgath! It's wounds are clear, but it still looks pretty hale.
The quasit flies forth and starts in on Þóðᛞrekkr:
but misses!
Round 1:
Chark: Miss
Haldan: Hit
Tiny: Crit + Hit
Quasit: ATK
Charlie: Go
Xulgath: TBD
Dendillion: TBD
Mage: 50 (1d4 Persistent Bleed)
Charlie gets ito the room, taking stock of his prey as he whistles for Goliath to get ito the room to help Tiny out.
HP 68/68
AC 22 (24 w/ shield)
Wooden Shield 12/12; [AC Bonus +2: [Hardness 3] [HP/BT 12(6)]
Snarecraft Snares Used: Biting Snare x3
Focus 0/1
Hero Points 1/3
Goliath
HP 48/48
AC 20
Charlie takes a moment to proverbially sharpen his axe before felling the tree.
The xulgath snarls and grabs a glass rod off his belt and levels at Tiny and Þóðᛞrekkr. A bolt of lightning erupts and drives right through the pair: It then raises an arcane shield as it bleeds:
Chark then hears and sees a LARGE xulgath barreling down the hall towards her!
Round 1:
Chark: Miss
Haldan: Hit
Tiny: Crit + Hit
Quasit: ATK
Charlie: Hunt
Xulgaths: ATK and Close
Dendillion: Go
Mage: 53 (1d4 Persistent Bleed), Shield spell
"We got company!" Dendillion calls out to the group, playing a tune that calls forth a grimple.
The grimple resembles a humanoid, mange-ridden opossum with boar-like tusks. It looks around with surprise and then fear as the large xulgath comes charging forward. In reaction, it spews vomit towards them!
Not satisfied, it pulls out a rock from a satchel and hurls it at the xulgath.
But the rock flies wide.
Dendillion brings forth a little help. The help immediately turns towards a rather disgusting tactic. The xulgath's iron stomach isn't going to be affected by such a minor thing!
Round 2:
Chark: Go
Haldan: Go
Tiny: Go
Quasit: TBD
Charlie: TBD
Xulgaths: TBD
Dendillion: TBD
Mage: 53 (1d4 Persistent Bleed), Shield spell
Into the room! NOW! Chark shouts, hoping the Large size of the foe will be slowed somewhat by the Medium size of the doorway.
Turning, she hurls a jolt of fire-red electricity at the caster xulgath, though it has nowhere to arc to.