Yan and Oorgatch still feel the sense of despair.
Where to?
Yan continues down the Southern passage, wary of enemies and sticking together so more people have chances to spot traps. He will stop and peer down the hallways that seems to be there about halfway across.
Scarred One follows Yan "Is this the source of power?" he looks at the shrine
He walks down the corridor keeping his eyes open
Wonder what dark powers the altar holds the party heads down the corridor. There Stone sarcophagi carved with tormented, emaciated figures stand upright in alcoves along its walls. To the east, a fifteen-foot-wide portion of the wall has crumbled away into a series of ledges that drop down into a cavern. Eerie blue lights glow to the south.
Before you have a chance to get very far or investigate the fronts of the closest sarcophagi burst open as red eyed rotting putrid corpses armed with longswords emerge.
Initiative:
Yan
Sendoski
Dashes
Scarred One
Oorgatch
Dots
Yan and Sendoski are up!
Critical Success Your marshal's aura increases to a 20-foot emanation and grants you and allies a +1 status bonus to attack rolls and saves against mental effects.
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's still a bit unnerved by the altar and fails to enter his stance.
He slashes at the nearest creature:
Then strides to try and draw it into a flank for Oorgatch.
Choose:
- The ally is unharmed by the triggering damage.
- The ally gains resistance to all damage against the triggering damage equal to 6. After the damaging effect is applied, the enemy becomes enfeebled 2 until the end of its next turn.
- Yan will make it stupefied 2 for the same duration if it's a caster or looks like one
Yan hits the undead, although doesn't do a whole lot of damage. Making it to the next sarcophagus Yan see's it's stone cover turn translucent, providing a view of the long-dead body within. The corpse is dressed in rags and marked with obviously fatal wounds.
Initiative:
Yan
Sendoski
Dashes
Scarred One
Oorgatch F1
Dots (-6)
Sendoski is still up!
Sendoski moves up for a clear shot, but even that's noe enough to connect with the surprisingly fast moving undead.
The closer undead steps out and swings its sword at Sendoski, twice in rapid succession.
Only hitting once though.
Failure = Drained 1
Initiative:
Yan (53/56)
Sendoski (26/35) Fort 18
Dashes
Scarred One (48/56)
Oorgatch (48/54) F1
Dots (-6)
Scarred One and Oorgatch are up!
Hero Point for Oorgatch and Sendoski before I forget.
Scarred One looks at the undead and tries to understand what they are
He stretches his hand and sends energy to rip them apart
Scarred One recognizes them as Empty Wights. Any hit from them will potentially drain some of your life. If this successfully happens they'll heal and if it happens enough you'll become their thrall.
The Empty-Wight does not resist Scarred One's blast, but is not also vulnerable.
Sendoski doesn't get his life drained!
Oorgatch tumbles by dashes, just 'cause that's what he does. "I've got you, Sendoski!"
He then takes advantage of the flank that he is getting from Sendoski to attack!
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He then sets up his dueling parry.
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Oorgatch gets into a good spot, gets a good hit and is ready to defend himself.
The remaining wight charges out of their alcove, turning the corner and going after Scarred One.
Connecting once with the old orc.
Initiative:
Yan (53/56)
Sendoski (26/35) Fort 18
Dash Wight (9)
Scarred One (38/56) Fort 18
Oorgatch (48/54) F1
5Dot Wight (-6)
Yan and Sendoski are up!
Focus together and we'll prevail!
Critical Success Your marshal's aura increases to a 20-foot emanation and grants you and allies a +1 status bonus to attack rolls and saves against mental effects.
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 waits for Sendoski to move back, then moves into the flank with Oorgatch and strikes!
Sendoski moves while Yan barely hits a flanked wight!
The dashed wight moans the sound of Nhimbalth's Empty Death!
(auditory, divine, emotion, fear, mental, necromancy) Will DC 21 Will
Success The creature is frightened 1.
Failure The creature is frightened 2.
Critical Failure The creature is frightened 2 and takes a –2 status penalty to saving throws against drain life.
Then it swings at Oorgatch.
But gets smacked in the face instead!
Initiative:
Yan (53/56)
Sendoski (26/35) Fort 18
Dash Wight (-29)
Scarred One (38/56) Fort 18
Oorgatch (48/54)
5Dot Wight (-6)
Orcs are up!
(Fort save for Scarred One)
10' aura against fear effects from marshal.
Scarred One withstands the moan and walks next to Oorgatch. He pulls out katar that he uses to strike the undead.
Oorgatch dances around dashes, tumbling through, though this time he fails.
Back in place, he once again stabs, though with less flair.
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Finally, he again takes up his parry.
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Scarred One doesn't get drained but is frightened briefly. Pulling out a weapon he tries to counterattack but can't connect with the wight.
Oorgatch is mildly frightened and can't tumble by but does manage to stab one and parry.
Yan and Sendoski are more frightened.
The dotted wight circles around to flank Yan.
Hitting twice with a pair of deep stabs.
Initiative:
Yan (33/56) F2 (2x Fort DC 18)
Sendoski (26/35) F2
Dash Wight (-37)
Scarred One (38/56)
Oorgatch (48/54)
5Dot Wight (-6)
Yan and Sendoski are up!
Yan feels some of his dusk walker life-force drained away by a hated enemy.
Yan takes advantage of the flank provided by Oorgatch, then moves back where he can get everyone in his aura.
Choose:
- The ally is unharmed by the triggering damage.
- The ally gains resistance to all damage against the triggering damage equal to 6. After the damaging effect is applied, the enemy becomes enfeebled 2 until the end of its next turn.
- Yan will make it stupefied 2 for the same duration if it's a caster or looks like one
Yan gets drained and fails his counter attacks.
Sendoski also has bad luck in striking the wights.
Their frightened both does decrease to 1 at least.
The dashed wight goes all out assaulting Oorgatch
But can't make it past the swashbuckler's impressive defenses.
Yan (29/52) Drained 1 | F1
Sendoski (26/35) F1
Dash Wight (-37)
Scarred One (38/56)
Oorgatch (48/54)
5Dot Wight (-6)
Scarred One and Oorgatch are up!
Oorgatch dances around again. and still is not impressive.
He then stabs at Dash.
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And then parries, again, since it was working.
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Old orc strikes
Then he raises shield
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Scarred One takes a swing with the katar. An odd weapon, he liked punching like any other orc, but the weapon lacked some weight. He took a swing aiming to pierce through the skin and rip the wound. The punch caused a flash of pain in his hand,
when you are young nothing hurt you
He raises his shield and hides behind it
Oorgatch gets a solid blow in and keeps his defenses up.
Scarred One gets a solid blow in too, shaking the wight but not enough to stop its assault.
The dotted wight scrambles towards Scarred One, swinging with its longsword.
and managing to connect with its second swing although Yan enfeebles the wight and protects Scarred One from the worst of it.
Initiative:
Yan (29/52) Drained 1 | F1
Sendoski (26/35) F1
Dash Wight (-57) F1
Scarred One (34/56) (Fort DC 18)
Oorgatch (48/54)
5Dot Wight (-6) Enfeebled
Non-Orcs are up!
Yan moves around to flank with Oorgatch and strikes at the dashed one Dashes.
Yan misses twice while Sendoski hits the other one, although it seems to have grown in power and he blow isn't fully effective.
The surviving wight circles around Scarred One and stabs him from behind
but misses twice.
Initiative:
Yan (29/52) Drained 1
Sendoski (26/35)
Dash Wight (-57) F1
Scarred One (34/56) (Fort DC 18)
Oorgatch (48/54)
Dot Wight (-11) Enfeebled 2
Orcs are up!
Scarred One strikes dashed with his katar
As he strikes he touches the creature with his hand and speaks a few words, magical energy begins to glow through it and he tries to tear the creature's body apart.
It takes both attacks but Scarred One finishes off a wight!
With only one left, Oorgatch calls out, "YOLO!" as he dives between the legs of the final wight.
This move is less than successful, so he tries again.
"HA ha!" he yells, and then stabs with all his might!
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Oorgatch's second attempt gets him into place and it takes some heroic effort but he does stab it.
Unconcerned for its own safety the remaining wight chants a funeral dirge!
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature is frightened 1.
Failure The creature is frightened 2.
Critical Failure The creature is frightened 2 and takes a –2 status penalty to saving throws against drain life.
Then it swings at Scarred One.
Initiative:
Yan (29/52) Drained 1 (Will 21)
Sendoski (26/35) (Will 21)
Scarred One (27/56) (Fort DC 18)
Oorgatch (48/54) (Will 21)
Dot Wight (-28)
Everybody is up!
Not the time.
Yan slashes at the creature twice:
Then tries to trip it:
Choose:
- The ally is unharmed by the triggering damage.
- The ally gains resistance to all damage against the triggering damage equal to 6. After the damaging effect is applied, the enemy becomes enfeebled 2 until the end of its next turn.
- Yan will make it stupefied 2 for the same duration if it's a caster or looks like one
Scarred One withstands the drain and punches the creature with his katar
Then he gets hold of the creature "The nature will destroy you!"
It takes all of that but the wight goes down!
Nimbaloth's power is string here. We should be careful. Yan looks around for clues, and wonders where the party might safely rest.
This long hall does at least not contain the overwhelming dread that the altar room did.
Standing in front of various other sarcophagi causes the lid to become transparent, providing a view of a long-dead body within. Each corpse is dressed in rags and marked with obviously fatal wounds.
The south end of the hall is blocked by a shimmering wall of blue ectoplasm. Now and then, silently shrieking ghosts flit through the swirling mist of this wall. The large stairwell down beyond remains visible yet tauntingly inaccessible.
It is clearly magical.
On the west wall, an empty alcove contains a catch that seemingly opens a secret door.
The stairs down to the east seem to head down to the close side of the mushroom wall.
There is sill a sense of unrest and unholiness in these halls, but surely there's at least enough time to catch your breath before venturing further.
Yan refocuses.
The spirits within it clearly appear to be in agony and the wall seems to be acting as some sort of heightened wall of force and is somehow tied to the sarcophagi here.
It could easily take weeks if not months or years of study to figure out exactly what's going on here.
"Let's heal up, and then maybe check the secret door?
"We should be careful, but it doesn't look like time is of the essence."
Oorgatch cringes as he says, "Old one, is it time for you to make some more scars on us?"
Yan (29/52) Drained 1
Sendoski (26/35)
Scarred One (27/56)
Oorgatch (48/54)
Scarred One pulls out his tool "Worddancer you are first, let me check your wounds."
He works on him than himself, leaving Oorgatch to the last. He patched everyone to be in a fighting shape.
"So what now?"
Oorgatch takes over for the Scarred One, and tries to patch up Sendoski, while he is getting patched up himself! He starts the work, and just barely makes things better.