Azi feels the full affect of the blast and growls in pain as his skin blackens, boils, and pops.
"Not sure how much longer I can keep going without proper healing," he states through clenched teeth and barely grown tusks.
Upon each alter sits a silver alter service and a silver holy symbol of Nethys. On the black alter is divine scroll of Shatter and on the white alter is a divine scroll of Shield Other
As you look around the room Sergeant Hulka walks in followed by the lizard creature you saw below. When he stops it sits next to him and looks up. The sergeant tosses it a small bit of dried meat that it quickly devours and then waits for another.
"I was wondering what is taking you lot so long. I found this little fellow trapped in a room below. Isn't he cute?"
Seeing the sergeant, Garren salutes in a very surprised manner. Seeing his antics with the shocker lizard, the ranger says,
"If you say so, sir." As for our delay, we were mostly just being cautious, sir."
Matias walks to the white alter, glancing at the scroll and kneeling to examine the holy symbol. "This is...worryin', fellows. I've been followin' Nethys fer many years. Thar's a lot o' aspects to 'im--mostly things ya don' 'ave ta worry 'bout, but then thar's a side my order shied away from. Fer good reason. The All-Seeing Eye looks to all sides. The guard an' the bandit, the divine an' the devil. Peace...and Destruction."
He points to the colored altars and the scrolls they carry. "Them skeletons dinnit make this room. I think somethun else is waiting fer us, watchin' us."
Shane says "Oh, the shocker lizard..amazing really, I mean..err he's cute, sarge."
Sgt Hulka looks over Azi and says, "You look like you took a beating in here. Let's get up fixed up so you can carry on without me having to carry you out."
With that he pulls out a wand and taps Azi until he if fully healed. He also taps anyone else that needs healing.
He then hands the wand to Shane. "This will heal minor wounds with each use. I think there are about 5 uses left before it needs to be recharged so use them sparingly."
The then walks back to the door and the waiting spark lizard. He tosses another treat to the beast and heads out the door. "Hurry up in here. I want to be back in town before nightfall."
Azi flexes and moves his arm. His green flesh is scarred and has a mottled look to it, but otherwise he has full range of motion and the pain is gone. He nods to Sgt. Hulka as he leaves the room.
With no enemies to smash, the Barabarian searches the room and inspects the markings on the burnt troglodytes. Not familiar with this deitiy, he wonders what it all means. The altars, the sacrifice, the undead. "What have we gotten ourselves into?" he asks suspiciously. "The Sgt. seemed completely relaxed. Didn't say much about all of this."
Azi lets the thought go as he thinks back to his lessons. Then he uses his hammer to start tapping on the walls.
"Maybe he's really impressed with all our good work? " Shane says hopefully
Wondering at the Sergeant's lack of interest in the altars, Matias scoops up the scrolls and symbols. Maybe more could be gleaned from them later.
"Ho, Seamus. Ya know much about these rituals an' such dealin' with the undead? I've heard tell about things like this, but ne'er been interested meself. All I e'er learned was ta hurt 'em."
"I doubt he'd show it, even if he was." Garren says to Shane.
As the scholars in the group work on the symbols, Garrens stands near Seamus, bow in hand to deal with any more "pleasant surprises".
Seamus does find a hidden door but it seems to be locked.
"I can give it a try if no one is trained in the thief's art." Garren says, spitting on the floor next to him.
"Who would train in the theif's art?" Shocked at the very notion, "I mean... well, I suppose some might want to reform."
"Fine," Garren grumbles as he stows his bow and tries the door.
After fumbling at the lock for a moment, he curses under his breath, then says, "Need a key or a stout knock for this."
"There is one thing I can help with" Shane ponders and gestures looking over the door as well
Matias starts for the stairs, but holds near the back of the group waiting for Shane to catch up. Never leave a man alone.
When Shane finishes examining the door, Matias trudges up the stairs and looks for any disturbance of the dust on the next floor.
It seems that the secrets behind the secret door will remain a secret.
Matias sees that there has been a lot of traffic on the stairs.
As you start to open the door you are hit by a stench that lets you know there are troglodytes in room.
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Several bunks are scattered around this room. The troglodytes have turned them to build crude barricades. The shout at you and ready javelins.
Matias reaches out and touches Garren's bow infusing it with a magical glow before he jogs up to the side of the door.
Garren raises his bow to shoot past Seamus into the whatever-monsters-they-are.
Seamus misses with his spear thrust but Garren's arrow hits the troglodyte high in the chest.
With battle engaged, Azi charges forth with his warhammer.
Shane moves so he can see through the door, and noting Azi has found a target, once more unleashes a battering bolt of arcane power, at the same target to help him or if that trog is already down, the one at the end of the room. He hopes to hang back far enough to avoid that stench.
Azi and Shane both manage to damage the creature but fail to bring it down. It swings a club at Azi as the one in the back moves into help its brethren.
The last one moves forward to attack Seamus.
The creatures swing their clubs but our brave heroes find off the blows.
Hesitating a moment, the ranger looses an arrow at the nearest creature, hoping to clear the way for his companions.
Seamus and Garren fail to hit the beast as it continues to advance.
Azi growls through his barely-formed tusks, "Die stinky lizard" as he swings his warhammer.
"These things do not want to go down" Another bolt, either at the one Azi fights or next to that depending on which goes.
Matias moves into the room and lashes out with his longspear.
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Azi and Shane manage to damage one of the beast but fail to bring it down.
Two continue to attack Azi while the one moves up to Seamus.
The party is just too tough for them to hit.