After discovering the proper flight path, based on distance, wind resistance, and air-speed velocity, he hurls his hammer, twice in succession.
The doctor cannot currently discern more about the weaknesses of the huge zombies, though when his hammer strikes twice, he notes that the positive energy from his disrupting weapon is quite effective as it knocks away large chunks of the creature.
The zombie tries to avoid the fiery sphere.
It burns.
The leshy then brings the creature down with his second swing.
DELUGE OF THE DRY BONES IN THE DRY CISTERN - Round Five Begins!
Murph -55 HP
Doctor Bloodshanks -42 HP
Huge zombie (green) -177 HP
Huge zombie (purple)
Dr. Lazarus -15 HP
Squash -17 HP
Phillipton
Brekovi
Alchemical fire continues to infuse this second bolt as it launches from the crossbow.
Unfortunately, the fiery bolt misses its target.
The remaining zombie sloshes through the muddy ground and swings its mighty fist!
The fist smashes the gem around the leshy!
Shards of crystal slash through the zombie's decaying flesh, even as the fist slams into the half-orc, smashing the Pathfinder against the wall and causing him to drop!
DELUGE OF THE DRY BONES IN THE DRY CISTERN - Round Five Con'd/Round Six Begins!
Dr. Lazarus -15 HP
Squash -61 HP
Phillipton
Brekovi
Murph -55 HP
Doctor Bloodshanks -86 HP
Huge zombie (purple) -19 HP
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Dr. Lazarus stares in disbelief at the massive destruction the huge zombie is causing. Relieved to see Murph made it safely to his side, he says, "Ahh excellent. Now, hold still." He quickly provides some in-battle healing to the little gnome.
Dr. Lazarus is about to encourage Murph to get back in the fray, when he watches Doc Bloodshanks take a huge blow. He rushes to the alchemist's side and tries to keep the Doc on his feet.
"Ahh excellent. Now, hold still." He quickly provides some in-battle healing to the little gnome.
He rushes to the alchemist's side and tries to keep the Doc on his feet.
Dr. Lazarus heals his allies.
Thanks Doc Lazarus. I'll give it my best shot.
Seeing the blow Doc Bloodshanks took, Murph realizes we need to get this creature down ASAP.
Murph's strike proves quite effective, carving out large swaths of dead flesh.
DELUGE OF THE DRY BONES IN THE DRY CISTERN - Round Five Con'd/Round Six Cont'd!
Dr. Lazarus -15 HP
Squash -51 HP
Phillipton
Brekovi
Murph -25 HP
Doctor Bloodshanks -50 HP
Huge zombie (purple) -51 HP
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Brekovi moves closer to the huge creature — directly behind squash — so he can direct his ball of flame. He then directs it under the huge zombie.
His last action is to get out the lesser elixir of life he had been given. Even if he doesn’t need it yet, there are plenty of other people that do.
DC 21 basic reflex, success negates damage
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Doc is smashed again by yet another massive attack from this horrible hulk of a zombie. His body, battered as it has been in this fight, remains erect and ready to combat him.
The medical treatment from Lazarus is incredibly effective on Doc, whose body is well suited to receive medical treatment.
As the healing power flows out of Horatio, Doc's jaw clenches and he resists the flow of the divine over him. As effective as Lazarus' efforts proved, the celestial healing seems to have no impact on him. "I'll gladly take your deity's gift of wine, my friend, but not her gift of healing ..."
Once the divine healing is over, he gulps. A shimmer moves across his body, as his wounds continue to heal.
Having largely recovered from that massive assault mere moments ago, Doc grabs and hurls a green glass bomb at the zombie.
Doc pulls another lesser elixir of life, this one of the less-nutmeg-ey ones that are of his own creation.
Brekovi moves closer to the huge creature — directly behind squash — so he can direct his ball of flame. He then directs it under the huge zombie.
Phillipton calls upon Halcamora's grace to touch everyone in the area.
The surge of positive energy sears the zombie's foul flesh.
Stepping around the muck he continues to attack the zombie.
With a swing, more foul flesh is flayed.
Having largely recovered from that massive assault mere moments ago, Doc grabs and hurls a green glass bomb at the zombie.
The contents of the glass bomb burns fetid skins and sinews.
With an abundance of targets, the zombie brings about another powerful swing.
The blow knocks the halfling into the mud and nearly fells the leshy!
Its other fist then comes down.
Still smarting from the first, the leshy avoids the second swing.
DELUGE OF THE DRY BONES IN THE DRY CISTERN - Round Six Cont'd/Round Seven Begins!
Dr. Lazarus -15 HP
Squash -73 HP
Phillipton
Brekovi
Murph -66 HP
Doctor Bloodshanks -40 HP
Huge zombie (purple) -123 HP
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Dr. Lazarus compliments Philipton on the group healing, "Well done, my boy. That was inspired." Just then, he sees his colleagues reel from more tremendous blows from the beast. Feeling lucky to have escaped its wrath, the Doctor studies his foe.
Seeing a possible opening play out in his mind, the investigator flings his hammer end-over-end, twice in a row, at the huge monstrosity.
+1 Striking Returning Grabthar's Hammer (w/ Stratagem): 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (6) + 16 = 22
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Assuming I am still up. . .
◆First Strike with +1 Shortsword and Disrupting Weapon
◆Second Strike with +1 Shortsword and Disrupting Weapon
◆ Run away before I get smacked again. I think I could get back where the Mummy went down in 25ft of movement
If I am down, all I can do is a flat check to stabilize
The blow knocks the halfling into the mud and nearly fells the leshy!
The gnome, however, was still up, having been previously healed by Phillipton.
The Pathfinders assault the remaining zombie, huge as it is. The successful strike of any one of them would have been near enough to bring down the undead horror. Combined, their attacks leave little remaining of the corpse.
With the last of the undead destroyed, the chamber falls silent. The silence is quickly broken by the words and cheers of other Pathfinder agents as they appear, armed and battered, at the western and northwestern entrances to the cistern.
Looking around the chamber and seeing the remains of the undead, Po'ogaat declares, "The area is secured!" He then turns his head toward the bursts of red lightning still flash beyond the shadowy veil before adding in a more ominous tone, "At least, for now."
Those with proper training in the arcane or occult arts realize that the shadowy veil, still flickering with red lightning, is a threshold to an extradimensional space.
Until the Pathfinder Society can study the veil and earn how to use it—a task likely requiring many days of study and experimentation—it can’t be used as a portal. Attempting to enter the portal would likely inflict a substantial amount of electrical damage.
The flow of undead into the Vaults now staunched, Venture-Captain Balentiir arrives on the scene, explaining that--thanks to your actions--the local Pathfinder agents can easily clear the Sothis Lodge of any undead that may possibly remain.
Balentiir orders the portal to remain heavily guarded for the time being. "But such guard duties do not require your expertise," he informs the party. "I believe my forces can now keep the lodge secure—thanks to your valiant efforts!"
"For now, I must insist that my belabored agents get some rest before tending to their duties above or below ground," he continues with a grateful tone. [b]"And, I must insist the same for you as well. Rest and and recuperate, at least for the time being. Should you have fallen prey to any illness or curse from the undead, please allow me to contribute to the costs of your recovery out of my gratitude for your heroism in one of the Hall’s darkest hours."
"But, I assure you," he says, even as the flashes of the mysterious lightning illuminate his face, "That shadowy portal will not be left unexplored. I am already making plans to assemble a group of experts to discretely study the portal and learn how it works. Then, if all goes as expected, I plan to send an elite team of Pathfinder agents—perhaps including yourselves—to investigate what lies beyond, learn how the portal came to exist, and permanently end the tide of undead."
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Watching his colleagues take down the dangerous beast, Dr. Lazarus is quite satisfied. He claps Murph on the back, "You have spunk, my boy. I think his big toe might be taller than you, but you kept at it, even near death. Several times." He turns to the group. "Well done! All of you. And thanks again for the timely healing, Philipton." Since no one needs immediate medical attention, the Doctor moves closer to the flickering veil to study it.
He nods and says, "This is most certainly a portal, but we'll need to study it further to figure out how to get past the electricity." He takes out his writing pad and jots some notes.
The Doctor rejoins the group, and while Balantiir is confirming his suspicions about the rift, Lazarus fills his brandy snifter and takes a sip. He looks around, "Anyone interested in sophisticated libation?" The stodgy forensics professor offers mugs with shots of brandy to everyone, and holds up his glass as a toast for a job well done.
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Brekovi spends a little more item inspecting the portal but doesn’t learn anything more than he did earlier. He just nods agreement when Dr. Lazarus makes his pronouncement about it.
He then checks the undead bodies, notifying the local agents when any of them seem recent enough that they could have been former agents. The burns complicate this somewhat.
When he inspects the mummy body, he tells them team “Looks like there are some valuables here.” He quickly checks for magic before handling any of them, then holds them up for the others to see.
“Overall I think that went quite well. Seems I might need some study before I face threats like these again. Sorry, it just hasn’t been an issue before.”
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That is definitely a strange portal, and that electricity will not be trivial to deal with.
Then he will examine the remains of the Mummy Guardian.
Kind of expensively outfitted for an Undead, more shinnies than I would have expected.
Perhaps you will have me back for the next expedition.
Doc Lazarus, I do appreciate the healing, and I second the congratulations to Phillipton. I feel that without Phillipton's last heal, I would have been a dead gnome for sure.
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Doc Bloodshanks chugs his healing potion, then says to Murph, "Yes, the mummies are known to carry their wealth with them into the afterlife, certainly moreso than skeletons or zombies typically care to." He eyes the portal. "There are certainly intriguing enough mysteries here to keep us occupied for a time ..."