Akkaboo hurries to catch up, then hurls an icicle at the fleeing creature in an attempt to slow it down.
Wan rushes ahead, the gears of Aggro rushing even further ahead.
Falxi slices into the nearest mummy, while Akkaboo critically strikes one in the back with a ray of frost! The cold seems particularly effective against these creatures!
The mummy Falxi hit attacks him back while the other two hop into the shallow water near the dock, flanking the elf and attacking as well. The one Akkaboo hit starts swimming to shore, though the ice clinging to it slows it down.
Akkaboo shrieks with glee and terror and excitement as she runs past Zin and Wan to get a better view of the fleeing gnome. Again ice crackles around her fingers.
Falxi's lungs feel heavy, he fights against the feeling of drowning and holds his breath.
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The elf manages to cough up some water at the end of the round, freeing his breath.
Feeling his lungs fill up Zin begins to panic. He draws in one last breathe and begins to hold it as long as he can. Drawing his shortbow up Zin begins to get worried as his face turns beat red. Hre tries to aim at the mummified creature in the waters below.
AC 25 (26 w/ shield); Curse Stage: None
HP 86/86 | Resistance Physical 5; Harm 5 |
Hero Points 0/3
Focus Points 3/3
Spells (1) 3/3 | (2) 3/3 | (3) 3/3 | (4) 2/3
Wand of Heal (1st) 1/1 | (2nd) 0/1
Curse Benefit: Resistance: All Physical 5
Minor - (Enfeebled 1; -2 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
Moderate- (Enfeebled 2; -3 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
Wan squawks as he feels the moisture-dense air saturate his lungs.
Wan chokes off his squawk and concentrates on the small form on Zin's right . Aggro's already-churning innards speed up as a gear shift occurs.
Wan hacks and coughs after swinging twice.
"Time to sop up this mess!"
Falxi scores a critical hit on his chosen opponent, momentarily stunning the mummy! Zin's shots miss, but Wan delivers a successful blow to one of the mummies in the water. Akkaboo blasts the fleeing mummy with another ray of frost.
The mummies continue to attack Falxi, the one the elf struck shaking off its stun. The elf takes one hit, dodging all the others.
The fourth mummy makes it to shore and begins running towards a nearby door!
Akkaboo shrieks in fury and runs after the fleeing gnome. Instead of ice, she draws squiggling lines in the air that wriggle and explode in puddles of slippery slime.
Falxi continues the dance of death with red.
Inspire Courage, Flurry, Cast shield
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Still unable to breath Zin can do little more than fire off a few panicked shots into the waters.
AC 25 (26 w/ shield); Curse Stage: None
HP 86/86 | Resistance Physical 5; Harm 5 |
Hero Points 0/3
Focus Points 3/3
Spells (1) 3/3 | (2) 3/3 | (3) 3/3 | (4) 2/3
Wand of Heal (1st) 1/1 | (2nd) 0/1
Curse Benefit: Resistance: All Physical 5
Minor - (Enfeebled 1; -2 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
Moderate- (Enfeebled 2; -3 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
"Stupid little minions. Time to go SQUISH!"
Aggro's gears shift into a higher torque temporarily before reverting to its previous rate.
Wan succeeds only in splashing some of the fetid water about the feet of Zin and the strange small creatures.
Falxi delivers another critical strike, leaving his opponent badly damaged. Zin shoots it twice, dealing enough damage to finish it off!
Wan manages to hit the mummy in the water again, further injuring it.
Akkaboo's spell causes the fleeing mummy to slip and fall!
The fallen mummy climbs back to its feet and carefully steps across the grease, trying to get to the door. The mummies in the water attack Falxi again, hitting him twice.
Zin gasps for breath as he is finally able to breath once more. he coughs spatters of liquid up from his lungs. Dropping his bow he draws his blade and pushes past onto the dock, slicing at the mummies in the water as he does so.
AC 25 (26 w/ shield); Curse Stage: None
HP 86/86 | Resistance Physical 5; Harm 5 |
Hero Points 0/3
Focus Points 3/3
Spells (1) 3/3 | (2) 3/3 | (3) 3/3 | (4) 2/3
Wand of Heal (1st) 1/1 | (2nd) 0/1
Curse Benefit: Resistance: All Physical 5
Minor - (Enfeebled 1; -2 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
Moderate- (Enfeebled 2; -3 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
Akkaboo grits her teeth and pulls at her hat as she watches the mummy slog forward through her slippery surprise. Carefully she conjures two handfuls of sparks, then points at the two wounded gnomes and shrieks an arcane word. Lightning crackles through the air, arcing between the two corpses.
"OOF!" The elf grunts as the hardened hands of the dried out deep gnomes pummel him. He slips to the side in graceful form, then slices at both green and yellow
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Wan bashes the shrivelled gnome in the water again, but out of the corner of his eye, he spies Akkaboo sending electricity somewhere away from the fracas at hand.
"What are you....?" The tengu cocks his head at the ruffle of energy on the far side of the chamber. He puts the mental math together and realises what's going on. "OH NO, YOU DON'T!! Aggro, get me there!"
An explosion of energy ignites beneath Wan, sending the tengu soaring in the direction of the fleeing gnome.
The armoured tengu flies through the cavern, landing at a run in a cloud of smoke and sparks. He circles around the far side of the cage and brings his khakkara down on the minion that he assumes his trying to alert Belcorra.
Akkaboo electrocutes two of the mummies. Wan launches across the cave and lands behind the fleeing mummy, taking it down with a mighty smash of his khakkara!
Zin finishes off the damaged mummy that has been attacking Falxi, who badly damages the final mummy and stuns it briefly.
The mummy swings on Falxi, but the elf dodges the attack. With only one foe left, you concentrate your efforts and quickly destroy the final mummy!
"That went a little better than expected." Zin looks over the group for any injuries. "Anyone get wet mummy bandages in their mouth?"
"Not in my mouth, thankfully, but my ribs got worked over pretty well."
Falxi pokes lifts the bodies with the end of sword, checking if they were carrying anything interesting.
”That was a fun welcome wagon,” Wan chuckles, shaking a piece of desiccated scalp loose from his khakkara. ”Should we look in this door that this chucklehead was trying to escape through? Or would that be what we SHOULDN’T do?”
"May as well take a peek Wan." Zin moves to the door and opens it to see what is inside.
Four small reclining couches circle a small table toward the corner of this L-shaped room. On the table is an elongated game board split into rows of squares. Various pieces sit in place on the board, and pyramid-shaped dice are scattered about the surface..
Three more of the deep gnome bog mummies are here, one of which appears tougher and more hale than the other two. All three rise up in anger at the interruption of their game!
Moving into the room Zin releases his hand and sprays a wave of tiny shooting stars from his palm, filling the room.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature takes half damage and is dazzled for 1 round.
Failure The creature takes full damage and is dazzled for 3 rounds.
Critical Failure The creature takes double damage and is dazzled for 1 minute.
AC 25 (26 w/ shield); Curse Stage: None
HP 86/86 | Resistance Physical 5; Harm 5 |
Hero Points 0/3
Focus Points 3/3
Spells (1) 3/3 | (2) 3/3 | (3) 3/3 | (4) 2/3
Wand of Heal (1st) 1/1 | (2nd) 0/1
Curse Benefit: Resistance: All Physical 5
Minor - (Enfeebled 1; -2 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
Moderate- (Enfeebled 2; -3 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
Prior to opening the door to the room where the small mummy was trying to escape, Wan takes a moment to tinker within Aggro's innards, tightening up the gears that juttered loose during the last combat.
"Ready as an eddy," he chirps.
Upon sighting the board game, Wan expresses an interest.
"OOOOH! Shells? Conches and Starlings? Knights and Knaves? What's the game----oh, you want to kill us, too? *SIGH* I swear...."
Wan rushes into the room and leaps onto the table.
"OW! Those stupid little four-sided dice hurt - even in this armoured thing."
A few gaseous pops emanate from Aggro before the tengu's armour erupts in a brilliant sheathe of flame.
Zin's spray of stars proves less than effective. Though it slightly scorches the elder mummy, the fire-resistant creature is not very badly hurt. Wan's explosion proves more effective, badly burning the foes despite their resistance. It completely destroys the board and pieces of the game they were playing, which drives all three undead into a murderous rage! They focus their anger on Wan, swinging on him with their fists! Luckily, Aggro keeps him safe from most of their blows, though the elder mummy lands one good hit.
Falxi rushes into the room after his compatriots, and joins the melee, swinging at the orange mummy.
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Akkaboo starts to cackle and summon ice once more, but pauses as Falxi moves between her and the nearest gnome. Reluctantly she crushes the crystals into a rough powder and rubs them back and forth in her hands to build up a static charge. “Eek…” she shrieks half-heartedly. “What are those…”
"Ow! Don't hit me just because you're a sore loser! Maybe you should learn to play your game a bit better."
Aggro's gears speed up with a familiar whine as Wan winds up, his armoured arm crank-crank-cranking into a practiced backswing position.
Wan connects with palpable force.
Zin sweeps his blade across the undead in front of him. "There you go Wan, this one first."
AC 25 (26 w/ shield); Curse Stage: Minor
HP 86/86 | Resistance Physical 5; Harm 5 |
Hero Points 0/3
Focus Points 2/3
Spells (1) 3/3 | (2) 3/3 | (3) 3/3 | (4) 2/3
Wand of Heal (1st) 1/1 | (2nd) 0/1
Curse Benefit: Resistance: All Physical 5
Minor - (Enfeebled 1; -2 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
Moderate- (Enfeebled 2; -3 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
Falxi inspires courage as he moves in and attacks, scoring a critical hit on the most wounded mummy. Akkaboo takes it out with a burst of electricity, but the elder mummy dodges the lightning. Akkaboo realizes these are more bog mummies like the ones you faced on the docks, though the elder mummy is more powerful and has some magical abilities as well. They are weak to cold and resistant to fire.
Zin steps up and attacks the elder mummy, landing a light blow. Wan then whacks it with a megaton strike, hurling it against the wall and knocking it prone!
The mummy angrily gets back to its feet and attacks Wan, as does its lesser cousin. The tengu takes several heavy blows!
“Do the cold space spell Zin!” Akkaboo yells as she pulls the heat from the air in a line between her and the young gnome. “And you! Leave him alone!” A familiar pink-and-blue bubble surrounds Wan.
Zin tosses a quick magical shield in front of himself as he heals Wan's serious injuries. "Have to keep Wan in one- piece first!"
AC 25 (26 w/ shield); Curse Stage: Minor
HP 86/86 | Resistance Physical 5; Harm 5 |
Hero Points 0/3
Focus Points 2/3
Spells (1) 3/3 | (2) 3/3 | (3) 2/3 | (4) 2/3
Wand of Heal (1st) 1/1 | (2nd) 0/1
Curse Benefit: Resistance: All Physical 5
Minor - (Enfeebled 1; -2 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
Moderate- (Enfeebled 2; -3 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
Falxi gracefully steps into the room, sliding from sword form to form. He takes a slice at the red mummy, hoping to take some pressure off Wan.
[oocFlurry, Inspire, Forceful[/ooc]
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Wan takes a pummelling from the bog mummies. As Zin graces the tengu with some healing, the bird whistles. A high-pitched whining sounds out from the dented and bent chassis of Aggro-Wan as Falxi stabs through the obvious leader. Wan cranks his arm above his head once again, the khakkara vibrating with stored momentum.
"Your game is.....OVER!"
Wan's attempt at intimidating the creatures falls flat, but the khakkara falls down even faster.
Falxi and Wan land several powerful hits on the elder mummy, and it collapses to the floor! Akkaboo ices the last remaining mummy, chilling it and slowing it significantly.
It swings feebly at Wan, but his armor keeps him safe. You make quick work of the badly damaged mummy, and it quickly falls as well.
The board game turns out to be a deep gnome game caled "The Dark Chase." The set is missing several pieces, but game board is inlaid with semiprecious stones. Even incomplete, the set is worth 80 gp. The wagers around the board are all colored pebbles that are pretty but not particularly valuable. A simple iron key is among the pebbles.
Zin picks up the iron key, "Suppose we will find out what this goes to." He backtracks down the hallways looking for a locked door.
The locked door turns out to be very close by. The iron key fits in the lock, allowing you access. This chamber is dusty and dry. At its west end sits a stone slab three feet high. Atop it lies a small body covered in funeral wrappings.
As you enter, the body sits up, revealing another bog mummy. This one, though, has gemstones set in its eye sockets. Its teeth have been replaced with smaller gemstones, and a crown of crystals is lodged in its skull.
"Ah! At last, a challenge comes for me," the mummy intones in a raspy cough. "I must defeat you to advance my evolution! Demilichdom awaits!" He raises his hands and cackles!
"Oh s!&@," Zin curses to himself. "I am not your challenge." he quickly begins to withdraw from the room and as he does he rises his blade and quickly begins dropping the temperature in the room to freezing levels. "Hopefully this trick works on this mummy as well."
He quickly backpedals back into the room. "Incoming."
AC 25 (26 w/ shield); Curse Stage: Minor
HP 86/86 | Resistance Physical 5; Harm 5 |
Hero Points 0/3
Focus Points 2/3
Spells (1) 3/3 | (2) 3/3 | (3) 2/3 | (4) 2/3
Wand of Heal (1st) 1/1 | (2nd) 0/1
Curse Benefit: Resistance: All Physical 5
Minor - (Enfeebled 1; -2 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
Moderate- (Enfeebled 2; -3 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
"Argh!" the mummy cries out in pain as the icy void causes his sunken flesh to crack. "You'll regret that, mortal!" he promises, casting a spell to harden his withered skin and make it tough as bark!
Falxi moves next to Zin and swings his sword through a few forms before throwing up a magical barrier.
Akkaboo finishes putting Mister Legs back inside her hat and hurries after her taller companions. "Way to go Zin!" she cheers. "Now fly, my pretties!" With impossible speed, the goblin traces a multitude of stick figures the hoot and holler and bound through the air towards the sparkly mummy.
As the deep gnomes crumble, Aggro's gears slow down. Wan clucks to himself and peruses the scattered pieces of the game. "The Dark Chase, eh? That could be some fun for Wrin and I by the fire..." The tengu sweeps the board and its remaining pieces (minus the key) into a sack. He then asks for a moment.
Wan pops Aggro's helm then delves deep inside the stand-alone suit of armour, rustling around for a bit before a muffled "Ah-HAH!" comes from inside. The tengu then reappears, turned around but standing up, and quaffs a potion. He then wriggles around down inside Aggro once more, clucking and cooing to himself as he picks through his feather. Finally, he stands up again, gives himself a shake, and lowers Aggro's helm once more.
"RIGHT! Lead on."
Following near Akkaboo in the rear of the party as the team advances, the tengu doesn't see the mummy rise to life, though he hears it.
"What's that? Another gamer gnome chucklehead come to throw a tantrum?" Wan glugs another potion under his armoured chassis.
Wan's voice comes out deeper and lower after he finishes the potion.
"Time to play."
Not seeing the mummy following him Zin steps back out inot the doorway, maintaining the frigid temperatures in the room.
AC 25 (26 w/ shield); Curse Stage: Minor
HP 86/86 | Resistance Physical 5; Harm 5 |
Hero Points 0/3
Focus Points 2/3
Spells (1) 3/3 | (2) 3/3 | (3) 2/3 | (4) 2/3
Wand of Heal (1st) 1/1 | (2nd) 0/1
Curse Benefit: Resistance: All Physical 5
Minor - (Enfeebled 1; -2 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
Moderate- (Enfeebled 2; -3 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
The gnome mummy shouts angrily as he swats at the monkey spirits that Akkaboo summons! Zin's void continues to sap the mummy's strength as Falxi and Wan take up positions near the doorway.
The mummy moves into the hallway and attacks Zin! The elf takes a hit, but nimbly dodges the second attack.
Zin weathers the blow as he concentrates long enough to shift the cold around the mummy. He redirects a moonbeam into the mummy's chest. "I can hold out for a short bit."
AC 25 (26 w/ shield); Curse Stage: Minor
HP 65/86 | Resistance Physical 5; Harm 5 |
Hero Points 0/3
Focus Points 2/3
Spells (1) 3/3 | (2) 3/3 | (3) 2/3 | (4) 2/3
Wand of Heal (1st) 1/1 | (2nd) 0/1
Curse Benefit: Resistance: All Physical 5
Minor - (Enfeebled 1; -2 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
Moderate- (Enfeebled 2; -3 to saves, Grapple, Shoved and Forced Movement)
Falxi continues performing, then use his elf magic to toss a shard of debris at the mummy.
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Akkaboo shrieks and whoops with the monkeys as they follow the gnome through the wall and into the hallway. Frost shimmers around her fingertips, leaping out towards into the heart of the swarm!
Wan waits for the mummy patiently, savouring the sweet flanking opportunity...and then he sees Zin step back and out of position.
"Wait, Zin...are you......?"
A disappointing silence falls over Wan as he considers tactics. The moment get interrupted as Aggro's gears wind into action.
"I thought that flanks were a GOOD thing," he mutters to himself as he walks up to the strange gnome mummy and takes an attack completely unassisted by a flanking opportunity.
The tengu swings at the mummy, then swiftly follows it up with a leg sweep.
"If you can't get the flank to come to you, bring the flank to your colleagues, right?"