◆ STRIDE
◆◆ Telekinetic Projectile:
Bombs Away (A stone or loose brick).
Bludgeoning
"Heads up! walking bones".
Sebastian shakes and shimmies to better see, Raises his Shield and gives Courageous Anthem!
The Bard seems serious....
Ustemir runs in and grabs a skeleton , restraining it so that Kolek can crush it in his jaws! The skeleton crumbles to dust.
Waedin channels a wave of vital energy that at once heals her companions while damaging the undead.
Stepnik flings a stone at the worst off of the skeletons, and it crumbles to dust.
Sebastien praises his companions and encourages them to keep up the assault!
Ascaede ◆strides up to the nearest standing skeleton and studies it for weaknesses.
Ascaede attunes her blade with pinch of bone powder and it glows with positive energy.
Her blade errs.
The scimitar wielding skeleton ◆moves towards Waedin and swings!
The other two converge on Ascaede and scratch out with boney claws!
Ascaede is raked with vicious skeletal claws that rip into her flesh. She succombs to the pain and blood loss and falls to the floor, bleeding out.
The last skeleton continues to ◆proceed to the next living creature, Kolek
Ustemir sees Ascaede collapse and runs over into the hallway. "Come on, Furball!" He shouts at the bear leaps at the skeleton in the hall to tackle the thing.
"CHOP, BOY!" he shouts
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Waedin repeats her previous action.
Ustemir and Kolek hurry to Ascaede's defense. Ustemir wraps his arms around the skeleton, fully restraining it.
Kolek follows with snap of his jaws, crunching down on a femur.
Waedin follows with a second healing burst. The bones are shaken. Ascaede's eyes flutter back open into consciousness.
Sebastien further soothes Ascaede's pain.
Stepnik grabs up the same skull and tosses it at Skeleton 5.
◆◆ CAST: Telekinetic Projectile
Skull toss
cranium crush (Bludgeoning).
◆ Raise Shield
Stepnik mentally flings a skull at the closest standing skeleton, but it smashes against the far wall.
The scimitar wielding skeleton ◆moves between Waedin and Sebastien, where it can swing at both in a wide arc!
The curved blade misses Waedin but connects with Sebastien!
The restrained skeleton tries to claw its way out of Ustemir's grip.
It tears itself free but fails to hurt the ranger.
Stepnik mentally flings a skull at the closest standing skeleton, but it smashes against the far wall.
The scimitar wielding skeleton ◆moves between Waedin and Sebastien, where it can swing at both in a wide arc!
[dice=◆Strike: Scimitar vs Waedin]1d20+8
[dice=◆Strike: Scimitar+Sweep vs Sebastien+Shield]1d20+3+1
[dice=S dmg+Forceful]1d6+4+1
The curved blade misses Waedin but connects with Sebastien!The restrained skeleton tries to claw its way out of Ustemir's grip.
[dice=◆Strike: Claw vs Athletics DC 20]1d20+8
[dice=◆Strike: Claw vs Ustemir]1d20+4
[dice=◆Strike: Claw vs Ustemir]1d20
It tears itself free but fails to hurt the ranger.
◆ Stand ◆ Strike ◆ Raise Shield
Shaking her head groggily, the beleaguered acolyte struggles to her feet, restored by Waedin and Sebastien’s magical ministrations, and empowered by the halfling’s support. She cuts back at the skeleton, hoping to end the threat standing before her…
Ascaede grabs her sword, stands, and swings. Even with the skeleton off guard, her swing is wide.
The fifths skeleton scratches angrily at Waedin!
Waedin lashes out at Skelly 1 and then if it drops Skelly 5.
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Strike on 1
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Second Strike
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Then she picks up her shield
Edit: I got the skeletons mixed up, Waedin would want to hit the skelly threatening Seb before the one that hit her. So I edited to hit 1 first and then 5.
Sebastian doesn't seem comfortable being right next to a swinging skeleton! The Bard Raises his Shield, Strides 25' away from said skinny swinging skeleton and then Uplifting Overture to Stepnik!
"Hey!" Ustemir shouts at the skeleton. "Pick on someone your own size. Like Kolek. Kolek, CHOMP!" and as Kolek chomps, Ustemir smashes the undead in the face with his bare fist.
Kolek: ◆ Strike, ◆ Support
Ustemir:◆ Hunt Prey, ◆ Command Animal, ◆ Strike
Piercing
Damage: +
Waedin smashes into the scimitar wielding skeleton and it crumbles to the ground.
But her back swing isn't as good as the skeleton's.
Sebastien bravely backs away, but not before boosting Stepnik's self confidence!
Ustemir and Kolek give the fourth skeleton a 1-2 punch combo, and it too crumbles to the ground.
◆◆ Old battered skull sling (Telekinetic Projectile) @ S5
Throw face
Forehead bash
◆Raise Shield
"Finally got it turned right".
Stepnik adds just the right amount of spin and shatters the skull of the last remaining skeleton, who joins its brethren as another pile of bones on the ground.
As the last of the bones clatter to the floor, the prostrated figure in the rear of the room ceases his utterances and lifts his head. "My prayers have been answered..." he gasps as he struggles to his feet, peering through the darkness to those who have come to his rescue. Edgrin pushes forth and embraces the figure, "Barlus! I was afraid I'd never see you again!"
"Yes, well met Edgrin. Who are these folk with you? Are you here to end the kobold menace?"
Waedin winces as she tries to shake off the various wounds she's received. Nah, we're kinda here to rescue you I think... tell me have any of you seen a wizard around here?
Barlus and Edgrin exchange a look and a shrug. "No wizards here, ma'am," answers Barlus, "Unless you're speaking of the Kobold King himself. He's been sacrificing people to empower his crown with their blood! But I don't think they've got the ritual down just yet, it seems to me all the people they've killed so far has been just a warm up, practice till they get it right. All that was left was me, Edgrin here, and the butcher from town, Colbrin. We escaped, but I'm afraid they captured Colbrin again."
"Don't worry Barlus," reassures Edgrin, "These folks are true heroes! They took out Ygrik and his goons, and a whole squad of kobolds guarding the elevator! And you see what they did to these skeletons!"
"Well, I'd sure like to get the heck outta here," implores Barlus, "If you folk can get us back to town safely, I promise I'll repay you, I'll even throw in my father's heirloom longbow. It should help you take down this mad tyrant if that's what you're after, or else more and more people are bound to go missing."
Absently poking at his fresh bloodied wound, Sebastian says
Shouldn't we hurry to rescue Colbrin? After someone kindly stops this wound from being such a pain?
Yeah and maybe we can find out about Vazenko Penchev too
Ustemir massages his knuckles a bit. Striking bare bones can be painful like that. "I need to wrap these." he mumbles to himself as he looks at the praying man.
"Balrus, you old dog. Your dear old mother is worried sick." he cracks a smile. "Next time, at least tell her where you're off to."
He looks around the room once more. "How many people were here with you again? Any other prisoners we should look for? If there's nobody else, we should head back to civilisation and make sure they're safe." Ustemir pauses and looks at the party curiously. "And then come back?"
"Ah, Ustemir! Well met again old friend! I should have guessed you'd be among my saviors."
"I don't recall the name Vazenko. The only other prisoner left that I know of is Colbrin, and if you want to find him, you'll have to go down into their tunnels below."
Both Barlus and Edgrin start to look uneasy, "Is there someplace safe we can wait?"
Sebastian gives Waedin a surreptitious thumbs up....
Taking one elixir of life
Ascaede attempts to provide first aid to herself and then her injured companions…she can’t seem to get her own tourniquet right and mostly shifts blood around on Waedin. But perhaps Sebastien’s supportive nature rubs off on the hopeful medic, and Ascaede does a pretty good job healing the halfling…
Unfortunately, Ascaede loses another pint of blood.
Fortunately, in the meantime, Stepnik can whip up 6 Elixirs of Life!
I think the safest place is trailin' behind us honestly. Waedin says to Barlus and Edgrin. I think we try and clear our this level, and then head back to town.
"It's a good plan. Maybe we'll find more survivors before leaving for town." Ustemir nods and stands near the entrance to the room, just in case some uninvited guests decide to show up.
Thankful for an Alchemist being in the group, the Bard prepares to follow along. He recast Light on his shield, as his blue eyes roam the way forward....
Waedin leads the way through the secret passage, which leads into a hallway that immediately turns toward the south. Following it you come to an intersection with a set of double doors leading west. The hall continues south.
The doors to the west seem to be locked from the inside.
Somebody good with locks better look at that...
From the dust and dirt accumulated on the floors, it appears this hallway has not been used in a very long time.
Sebastian shines his Light onto the double doors.
That would be a tough nut to crack for me, although I do have some Training. I could Aid someone better at it though?
The Halfling does agree with Waedin and prepares to continue...
"Alright..." Ustemir walks over and pulls out his tools. "I mean I know -a little-."
He knees down to the door and starts fidgeting. Tongue out and everything.
"If you want to wait around another 10 minutes before going on I've got enough reagents to whip up another batch of elixirs before we go on".
Yeah sure, 10 minutes to fix up the last little bit might be wise.
Ustemir sets to picking the locks while Stepnik brews up a couple more healing droughts.
Ustemir takes his time, and feels he is making good progress when his lockpick gets caught in a tumbler and snaps.
However, perhaps he borrows Sebastien's set of Thieve's Tools and with a couple more tries, manages to get the door open.
Inside is what appears to be the living quarters of an important dwarf, though now covered in dust and cobwebs. In the far corner is a large stone bed. In the northeastern corner sits a broad desk covered in various objects. In the southeastern corner, an anvil looks out of place with a massive maul attached to it by a crude mechanical arm in the image of a dwarven warrior.
Sprawled out atop the anvil is a dwarven skeleton, it's skull crushed to pieces.
As you take in the room, one of the objects sitting on the desk begins to stir. It looks like a tiny clay figurine with wings, but it slowly opens its single blue eye and a mouth full of sharp teeth. With a little roar it springs off the desk to attack!
This tiny clay figurine appears to be a homonculus, a basic construct given life through its master's own blood. However, if a homonculus' master dies, the construct becomes mindless and feral. They have no known weakness and have a long list of immunities.
Sebastian looks back at the door shananagins being provided by the others.
So, we're opening it now then?
Prepared for whatever may present itself inside the thriced locked door, the Halfling begins doing jumping jacks....
At the moment the Clay Figurine fulfilled his prophecy, the Bard begins doing stretches....
Waedin stomps up to the figurine, smacks it and raises shield.
In any case
Ustemir takes a good look at the creature, taking in its movements and patterns. He whistles at Kolek to charge into the room, and follows the bear.
Kolek barges in, and attempts to take a bite.
Ustemir: ◆ Hunt Prey, ◆ Command Animal, ◆ Stride
Kolek: ◆ Stride, ◆ Strike