Seeing that the enemy are skeletons, Eddred puts away his bow, draws a light mace and steps up into combat.
"Skeletons, what a time to swap that rune over..." Henry muttered to himself. He pulled his morningstar and nodded to Hilde over the skeleton's shoulder and swung.
Hilde's rapier barely scratches the bones of the skeleton, but Henry brings it down. Unfortunately there is a lot more of them emerging from the soil.
Tindertwig and Dirtbag are next, then the undead.
Tindertwig watches as the skeletons begin to gather form an union meeting, prior to closing on them.
Did youses tinks dat day woulds bees ups fer sum negotiates?
Tindertwig Strides 25' to Flank with Henry.
The Goblin then swings his dogslicer for the fences!
Dirtbag watches from afar.....
Tindertwig positions himself and by sheer bloodymindedness manages to shatter the skeleton. But more and more of the ancient mouldering corpses rise from their graves and move to attack. Some of them are mere skeletons, while others retain a measure of desiccated flesh. You easily avoid their feeble grasping claws... for now.
The skeletons and zombies all miss their attacks. You are all up.
Henry first aims towards the skeleton to his right, trying to strike fast and hard against the undead's bones.
He'll strike again at the skeleton if it's up, or switch to the fleshy one next as he tries a backswing.
After swinging, he takes the chance to hide behind his shield.
Tindertwig whistles for Dirtbag to come have some Flanking fun with the Green Skeleton.
The goblin then Strides to complete said Flank, waving at Henry as he does.
They both Strike!
Tindertwig sticks his tongue out at Dirtbag!
Hilde retreats from the skeletons facing her, sheathing her rapier as she moves.
Tindertwig destroys another skeleton while Henry punches a zombie.
The undead move in for the kill, but you manage to evade their ponderous swings.
You are all up.
Hilde draws her shortsword and slashes twice at the purple one.
Henry will drop his morning star seeing as there were only zombies next to him and pull his bastard sword from it's sheath. Focusing on the Very Agile (?) purple zombie, Henry started striking.
And then a second time.
Tindertwing commands Dirtbag to Stride and Flank Purple. The goblin then Strides into the Flank.
They both Strike Purple!
Henry and Tindertwig cut down the purple zombie before it even has time to strike. Eddred is up, then the undead.
Seeing the wall of undead come towards him, Eddred tries to maintain a cool demeanor, but swiftly casts a spell and shoots!
Eddred puts an arrow in the throat of the zombie, but it still fights on even though its head barely hangs on to its body. The undead shamble towards you. Henry blocks a skeleton's claw with his shield. A zombie grabs Tindertwig, doing 8 points of damage. It tries to take a bite out of him, but the wily goblin escapes.
You are all up.
Tindertwig commands Dirtbag to go Flank with Henry on Teal. The goblin Steps into another Flank with Henry on Blue.
They both Strike!
If the teal zombie remains active after Dirtbag's bite, Hilde strikes at it repeatedly, then sidesteps. There is nothing of rage or anger in her expression, just a dogged determination to keep on fighting despite a terrible run of luck.
Eddred takes down the teal zombie with another well-placed arrow. Dirtbag looks a little confused but moves to bite the orange skeleton in the legm sending it collapsing into an inert heap. Tindertwig and Hilde cut down the blue zombie.
Henry to go, then the remaining skeleton.
Seeing that only a single skeleton was left, Henry dropped his bastard sword and retrieves his as of yet unused flail. Swinging the head in a circle a few times, he brought it towards the skeleton's skull.
And again
The skeleton desperately claws at Henry, but the only attack that even comes close to hurting him is promptly blocked by his shield.
You are all up again. Let's see if you can finish it.
Eddred hangs his light mace back on his belt and fires two poorly-aimed arrows.
Tindertwig decides to Hunt Prey. The Ranger then commands Dirtbag to attack, as so does the goblin!
They both Strike!
[ooc]bludgeoning
Henry goes all in on swinging his Flail.
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Under your combined assault the skeleton collapses into a pile of shards.
Tindertwig and Dirtbag immediately begin arranging bones into words.
Henry looked down at the smashed skeleton. "Yippee ki yay, mother- oh dear, what's got a hold of me?" Henry muttered to himself.
After dispatching of the undead uprising, I guess you'll want to take a moment to heal up. There are a few undead still stuck in the ground that are easily dispatched and apart from that all is calm for now.
Henry sighed in relief as he stored his flail and picked up his bastard sword, cleaning the dirt off of it before returning it to its scabbard. His eye turned to the lighthouse as the gears turned in his head.
I... think the lighthouse isn't just a fun little adventure anymore," he said to everyone. "I mean, this is just insane! What kind of lighthouse raises the dead?"
Tindertwig and Dirtbag are seen running around the field, striking, biting, kicking, tail battering any undead left moving and grooving about!
Dis bees un news games! Mess callings its golf!
Dirtbag seems to be the world's first caddy.
"Now I understand that urge I felt to travel to this place," says Eddred. "It was the will of Kerkamoth, who hates those who refuse the call to an orderly termination. To all things there is a time and the undead have outstayed theirs. I was sent to see this mystery to its end."
Hilde shakes her head slowly. "Hmph. That's quite the mystery Wrin has dropped us into. There is definitely a crime to solve, though."
Only a few minutes later the eerie blue light again sweeps over the cemetary, basking it and you in its glow. Then suddenly it goes dark again but a horrible glistening scaly spider-like monster has appeared from nowhere in your midst.
The monster goes on 28, so if you beat that you can act.
Tindertwig just finishes another golf swing at a creeping hand, when the darkness descends quite suddenly.
Dirtbag! Youses bees un cheaters! No fairs turns outs da lights on mees backswing!
Dirtbag growls back.
Oh! Youses bees da rights! Mees cans sees in da dark!
Tindertwig then makes a funny noise once he sees a horrible glistening scaly spider-like monster has appeared from nowhere in [their] midst!
The creature croaks something in Undercommon as it attacks:
It flicks a leg and unleashes a quill at Dirtbag for 8 points of damage, then turns and spews a spray of toxic bile at Henry and Hilde.
You are all up.
Dirtbag squeals at the quill and its intrusion! Tindertwig shouts at the stupid frog.
The Ranger Commands Dirtbag to Flank with him, as he they Stride. Both decide to repay the frog with violence!
Eddred talks back in its weird language, filled with clicks and grunts.
Simultaneously he thrusts his holy symbol forward, trying to sap decrease the Entropy around the beast.
He follows this with a quick shot from his bow.
Doing his best to ignore the vile bile that was sprayed in his way (and only slightly failing at it), Henry pulled his sword. He approached the... whatever it was and swung at the monster.
Henry and Tilde each take 2 points of damage from the bile.
The creature clicks in a menacing way.
Eddred's ray strikes and seems to weaken it, and Tindertwig takes a chunk out of it with his dogslicer but the monster fights on. Its jaws close on Tindertwig's arm for 20 points of damage (and a Fort 21 save). Henry misses and Hilde is still reeling from the shock.
You are up again.
Her shortsword still in hand after the undead fight, Hilde circles around the creature and moves up, putting it between herself and Henry before stabbing it.
Tindertwig yells as he is biten by the barghest!
Ouch!
The Ranger decides to Hunt Prey before Commanding Dirtbag to take a bite out of the criminal!
They both Strike!
Dirtbag tries twice!
They both look at each other and shrug.
"Mighty Kerkamoth, we beseech you to restore order in Tindertwig's body."
Henry swings twice at the creature, giving Hilda a nod in recognition of the flank.
Cringing as he doesn't seem to be as well balanced as he usually is, Henry raises his shield up.
Tindertwig shrugs off the poison, but the monster seems to evade all your attacks.
Annoyed at Tindertwig's resilience, it tries to bite him again and again. Once it connects for 14 points of damage and a new save.
Your turn.
Tindertwig yells as he is biten by the "glistening scaly spider-like monster." again!
Ouchier!
The Ranger decides to wave at Eddred in gratitude before Commanding Dirtbag to take a bite out of the criminal!
They both Strike twice!
Dirtbag tries twice too!
They both look at each other and smile.