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Doing a double take and realizng Scarred One has already agreed a 3rd eye opens up on the Devil's forehead and a vertical plane of red light passes over Scarred One, first slow then faster and faster.
Desperetly looking for cover he zig zags his way, trying to lose pursuit of the devils. The vision of a thousand eyes peering as though a fly continues doggedly after the escaping hero. Other devils give up or lose pursuit. The man changes direction after spotting a large horrific spider like creature behind a pair of double doors before doubling back via a side passage.
There is no one else in pursuit now but the thousand eyed memory is getting closer. Finally the fleeing man opens a door, and seeing no other escape dives into the tub. The eyes catch a glimpse of the room to the side though and there's a feeling of resistance but the eye turns away from the man and heads in through one door, into a small hallway into another room. There an elongated disgusting tongue sticks into view and begins cleaning the walls...
Yan stares at the beam of light, mouth in a wide O.
What happened? Are you okay, Scarred One?
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"One of my ending conditions is being mortally wounded defending the Vaults from surface dwellers, and based on the the historical case of House Asgavan vs Jiraviddain, Duke of Fissures setting the "Mortal Wounds" threshold at 90% of the force necessary to slay... Good bye."
The devil poofs away, the scent of Brimstone left in its wake.
”What did it show you, old one?” asks Oorgatch. ”This is a fine result. As good as dealing with ghouls and mites. ”
Scarred One blinks couple of times and shakes his head
"It was the battle, the one when Belcorra was slayed. Althou I havan't seen that part, it focused more on a rogue escaping through the battle ground. Let me try to explain from the beginning..."
The description does indeed match Otari Ilvashti. It confirms that the Roseguard did indeed slay Belcorra but it does contradict reports that Otari perished in the battle although given the powerful spell that dropped him from the air and the lack of public history regarding any levels below surface it's easy to see how he'd be assumed dead.
Sendoski is quite familiar with The Roseguard.
Aesephna Menhemes:
Aesephna was the party’s healer. She was a cleric of Erastil who was always more comfortable in smaller towns than big cities.
Otari Ilvashti:
Otari, the group’s rogue, was an optimist who kept the others hopeful with his charm and humor, even during their darkest hours.
Vol Rajani:
Vol was the party’s fighter, a capable and no-nonsense swordswoman who claimed to be exiled royalty from Nidal.
Zarmavdian:
The group’s wizard was a welleducated diviner who pursued outlandish conspiracy theories and occult lore.
The room with the tub is on your map, but has not been searched.
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We must learn the truth! Yan rushes off the tub room.
Oorgatch sighs as he follows Yan, silver cane sword now at his side.
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This ten-foot-square washroom features an iron bathing tub to the north and a commode to the southwest. As you enter it the northern wall glows and shimmers with ribbons of eerie green light that spell out “I was Otari... save me from below!”
A moment later, the words slide off the wall and form a green ribbon of light that slithers across the floor like a serpent to the west.
Scarred One looks at the room and at the letters "If this truly is Otari, how long is he in captivity?" wonders the old one
A quick search of the washroom reveals nothing of value although if you wanted to take the plumbing apart that would be a longer process.
Following the letter ribbon you find a new room with a ruined table and several destroyed chairs that lie in a heap in the middle of this room, along with several large bones.
"Ok, I guess we follow?" sighs the young one, as he starts following. He takes a moment to look over the ruins before following the letters.
It may be OTARI! Is it even.a question!? Yan rushes off!
Oorgatch hurries after Yan. 'They thought me impetuous back home.'
Following the words into the room the bones begin to swirl around and start to form something.
Follow the words? Wait and see what happens with the bones? Something else?
”Um, guys?” asks Oorgatch as the bones start to swirl. He wonders if he’ll need to draw a different weapon!
But Vol was so dark and tormented by her past. Stern on the outside, sure, but she was also a royal in exile, pining for everyone she loved while trying to do the right thing. He flashes his scarf, patterned with black clouds and moonlight. She had style too.
Yan notices the bones. Oh.
"He was always my favorite," Sendoski says as he hurries after Yan. "Aesephna was too introverted, Vol was too stern, and Zarmavdian was too much of an oddball. I always wanted to be Otari. How about you?"
Scarred One listened trying to not show his surprise
"Sometimes I forget that you are humans. This question is so much foreign to me that I have a hard time explaining it." He keeps on walking at times leaning on the wall to let his leg to rest
"As an orc, you are thought to look at successful beings as someone to inspire you, but also like someone to outgrow. When I first learned of Aroden, I wanted to find him and throw him a challenge. Only then the cleric told me that he was long dead ... "
Scarred one stops and looks at the bones moving
"From the four I would challenge Vol ... " he raises his shield
It takes a few moments but bones form into a skeletal giant that attacks! The green ribbon letters dance around as though they once fought an ancient battle here.
Initiative:
Yan
Skeleton
Oorgatch
Scarred One
Sendoski
Yan is up!
Fight like Otari did!
Yan's voice quavers; he's a little too surprised to inspire his friends this time.
He decides to trip the skeleton, then press an attack.
Yan trips the giant, sending it back to the ground but his follow up swing is about is effective as his encouragement.
The giant stands back up and retaliates with a broadswipe against Yan and Sendoski.
Yan takes it on the shin while Sendoski's dodging lessons finally pay off as he manages to avoid the skeletal polearm.
Initiative:
Yan (48/56)
Skeleton
Oorgatch
Scarred One
Sendoski
Everybody is up!
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Sendoski crits the skeleton with a spare rock!
Scarred One calls for the magic of nature, vines begin to grow on top of his club, always moving and shifting in place
"We would never know that Ruindelver..."
He raises his shield
Vol WOULD!
Success As critical success, but your aura's size doesn't increase.
Failure You fail to enter the stance.
Critical Failure You fail to enter the stance and can't take this action again for 1 minute.
Yan heals himself for 12 and tries to trip the thing again.
Oorgatch dives through the legs of the creature, to come out on the other side of Scarred One.
Having gotten past the skeletoon, Oorgatch tries to finish it off!
He then parries.
Yan inspires his allies and trips the giant skeleton.
With all that help Oorgatch barely manages to connect but has some trouble with those bones.
The skeleton stands up and swipes at Oorgatch and Scarred One.
The skeleton cuts into two heroes with a massive swing from it's glaive!Hopefully the party can take it down this round before it gets another swing in from its massive glaive.
Initiative:
Yan (48/56)
Skeleton -23
Oorgatch (33/54)
Scarred One (*44/55) *shield block?
Sendoski
"ow!"
Oorgatch starts his dance again.
He then stabs it, again, trying to finish it.
Oorgatch almost puts his blade right through the gaps in the skeleton, before redirecting it through the spinal column!
He then, again, parries.
Between Oorgatch and Sendoski they crumble the skeleton back into a pile of bones.
There is just enough time to see the green letter letters slipping through a crack in the wall in the next corridor.
Yan rushes off too!
Oorgatch follows Yan.
Sendoski easily finds a secret door and opens it revealing stairs down.
The green letters make their way down the stairs before fading away as the stairs open up into a familiar corridor.
We're back to where we were before. I think we know where to go.
Scarred One reads the scroll healing everyone around him "It is funny, how body can heal faster than items..."
"The letters are gone. We can go where we saw them before, or go finish upstairs." says Oorgatch. "And Otari has waited this long."
Let's finish upstairs. Yan starts heading back up.