Snowball, easily dodging between hoarfrost spirit claws, ducks back and lends Ameiko Cat's Luck, even though it's a bit late for the cones of cold.
Unk feels the cold in his bones.
"I foresee the fire overcoming you, foul frost spirits!"
He directs his flaming sphere onto one of the spirits and begins summoning something warm to fight back with.
Spell-like Abilities
. 8/8 Diviner's Fortune
. 1/1 Stabilize
Spells Prepared
. 4th 2+1/day {S} See Invisibility, Dimension Door, Summon Monster IV
. 3rd 3+1/day {S} Tongues, Haste, Phantom Steed, Summon Monster III
. 2nd 4+1/day {S} See Invisibility, Flaming Sphere (DC 17), Glitterdust (DC 18), Levitate, Summon Monster II
. 1st 6+1/day {S} True Strike, Celestial Healing, Endure Elements, Enlarge Person, Fastidiousness, Grease (DC 17), Magic Missile
. 0 (at will) Acid Splash, Light, Message, Open/Close
Round 3
Reflex
Mukluk tries again to use his wand correctly, wishing Moose was around to do the shooting for him. For a mule, he's a good bulls-eye. He shoots at the out of combat blue.
touch to hit;
fire damage
[ dice=Trepanator]1d20+3[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d6[/dice] cold iron piercing damage
[ dice=MuleBite]1d20+5[/dice] touch to hit;
[ dice=Divine]1d4+2[/dice] damage
[ dice=MuleKicks]1d20+5[/dice] touch to hit;
[ dice=Force]1d4[/dice] damage
[ dice=Divine Mule Piss]1d20+5[/dice] touch to hit;
[ dice]1d4+2[/dice] divine fire
touch to hit;
acid
With a spell, Mukluk offers the party 7 rounds of Moose-Zoomies.
touch to hit;
fire damage
AC: 12/12/10 + 1 w/shield
Fort/Ref/Will: +3/+4/+11 +2 vs spells, poison
HP: 37/37
Resist 5 cold/acid
Focus: 0/3
Hero Points: 0/3
Speed: 20'
Luck? 0/1 used
MuleFire: 0/9 used
Rod Extend Lsr: 1/3 used (endure elements MM/Moose alt days)
Helgarval
Aid once a day.
Daylight as needed (though only once a day).
Detect evil and know direction at will.
“A cassisian has a lesser form of the protective aura possessed by more powerful angels. This protective aura grants the cassisian a +2 deflection bonus to its AC against evil foes, and a +2 resistance bonus on all saving throws made against evil effects or spells cast by evil creatures. This aura extends to a radius of 5 feet, but can only benefit one additional creature other than the cassisian at any one time”
Aid. temp hp. (The morale +1 won't stack with Ameiko's song.) While Hergarval is nearby, Storm gets "+2 deflection bonus to its AC against evil foes, and a +2 resistance bonus on all saving throws made against evil effects or spells cast by evil creatures."
Durgan resists the cold this time.
He activates his Bane Baldric and attacks the nearest foe.
Kisaiya is once again fully protected from the cold blast by her reflexes and Mukluk’s spell.
She focuses all of her strikes on the undead flanking her before stepping back to close ranks with her allies.
HP: 66/66
AC: 24/14/20
Saves: F10/R5/W/8
Hero Points: 3
Smite Evil Used: 0/2
Lay on Hands Used: 0/5
Divine Bond Used: 0/1
Resolve Used: 0/1
Challenge: 0/1
Second Chance
Spells/Effects Active: guidance, resist cold, haste, inspire
[ dice]1d20+14[/dice] to hit;
[ dice]1d8+7+1d6[/dice] damage.
vs DC 17 for 15hp cold damage
vs DC 17 for 24hp fire damage
Durgan manages to hit - twice - and finishes off the wounded red with his solid blows! Unk flames another spirit as Amekio is granted further blessings. Mukluk finally scores a hit, and scorches blue, almost taking him out! However, it lingers on… Kisaiya takes out purple with her crit, and then taps orange also taking it out (thanks to Unk's fire!). Ameiko moves around to blue, and attacks, hoping to finish what Mukluk started, but setting up flank if not.
(heroism, inspire)
(inspire)
(cold) and DC 14 Fort save or paralyzed
(cold)
vs DC 14
Ameiko takes the hit, but does not crystalize with frost!
Blue, alone and with 1 hit point, cannot survive the onslaught that the party can levy in the next round - and collapses into the snow.
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Durgan will channel the power of Abadar to heal.
He heals Unk a bit more.
Then he heals Ameiko.
Everybody is back to full, except Durgan who is down 7. He can live with that for now.
"Do you think there is a connection between the monolith and the undead? It created them, or it draws them? Was it a site important to them in life? Did they die here?"
Snowball flies over the site to see if anything look suspicious, then she lands and examines the area closer to the monolith.
"Thanks Durgan."
Unk examines the monolith for invisible symbols and ponders possible origins.
He also casts Open just in case it's actually a portal.
Mukluk bathes in the holy radiance offered by Durgan, thanking the man dwarf with an official secret dwarven signal of thanks.
He will cast Detect Magic and look around, trying to figure why the monolith, and the undead, are present.
Perception
Snowball flies overhead and spots five graves arrayed behind the monolith. Mukluk discovers magic within each grave. Though the graves are very shallow (less than 3’ for the detect magic to have worked) they’re still frozen solid. It’ll cost you a day, chipping away at the icy soil to unearth the bodies.
The monolith is ice cold to the touch and not something you think you want to stick your tongue onto. It too thrums with transmutation magic, but you’re unable to identify its purpose. It does not seem to have any religious significance.
"Just as I had foreseen. It isn't a door. Transmutation magic makes me think it must be for making things cold rather than undead, but perhaps it is best to dig up the graves and purify them somehow. Maybe we can destroy this monolith too." Unk muses, unhappy about the undead-guarded monolith in the middle of the road.
"Normally I would be against disturbing graves, but I suppose they've already been disturbed." Snowball says.
"I'll ask my boss about this, I doubt I can get his boss or Shelyn on the line, but this definitely seems like the sort of thing to ask about." Snowball explains before finding a safe looking perch to Commune.
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"Transmutation magic makes me think it must be for making things cold rather than undead, but perhaps it is best to dig up the graves and purify them somehow. Maybe we can destroy this monolith too."
Mukluk is tempted to agree with Snowball's sidekick, and waits to see what the big fur has to say about it before he gets his shovel.
"Normally I would be against disturbing graves, but I suppose they've already been disturbed." Snowball says.
"Yeah, you do that. I'll get my diggin' supplies and let Moose know what the plan is. Unless there is a tiller attached, Moose ain't one for diggin' too much," Mukluk will go get his shovel.
As far as commune goes, I'd prefer if you asked all the questions more or less at once. There is a clear indication that the spell falters and fails if you think about your responses, and of course waiting out a handful questions in play by post one at a time is painfully slow.
However, the answer to your first question (though it's really two questions) is "Yes."
Snowball is the third creature who can cast commune in this caravan! Crazy!
I'll get to the digging when you're done with the commune.
Looking at it now, it's an SLA. Must be one standard action instead of 10 minutes to cast
"I don't have any spells prepared to consecrate this site. I can say a simple blessing."
Snowball meditates for 10 whole minutes on the mystery of the monolith.