Tiff jogs back into the hallway, "Hey, uh Sammy, maybe those scrolls you took? One of us could take a look around without having the poltergeist noticing."
The Pharasman laughs.
It will still likely see you if it has some semblance of a brain, my dear Sister.
Marill mutters to himself
Well, if everybody else is leaving, I guess I should too"
He then goes and joins the others out away from the haunt.
The poltergeist cackles maniacally and starts rattling more scalpels to throw.
Ismene is up, and Theodore, Tiff, and Marill can still take standard actions if they wish.
Theodore calmly takes out the Scrolls of Hide from Undead. Smiling he holds them out.
Probably better than 50% chance it sees you, but it could work.
Ismene hesitates to return, "Problem is, the bloody thing is incorporeal. I don't think my bombs can do anything against it. Maybe the Holy Water, but we'd still need to see it!"
The spirit throws another scalpel at the party in the hallway, this time aiming for Marill.
Its continues to be uncannily accurate, hitting him.
Party up!
Theodore calmly walks to the door in which the annoying poltergeist is happily tossing random furniture at them, closes it and turns to Marill.
Probably should have that looked at. Might get infected.
The Roaming Exorcist then shrugs.
Shall we explore other non poltergeist involved areas?
Tiff speaks the word, "Invenios" while circling one hand in a fist and then releasing the fist palm down. The back of her eyes then glow green like the back of a cat's eyes reflecting light in the night. She looks down the hallway.
She then calls out to her brother, "Hide me!" She then opens the door near her.
Theodore calmly casts Hide from Undead from the scroll onto his sister.
I shall begin working on your service speeches.
Quinn wrangles his feat but stays back where he is. "No sense fightin' this thing if we can barely hurt it and it'll just come back. Let's work on calming the other spirits first."
The door to this room has fallen from its hinges. The rectangular chamber beyond seems to have once been a chapel, but now thick sheets of what appear to be cobwebs drape everything within in gossamer threads.
Marill notices the spiderwebs moving as three of the vermin skitter forth to attack. He isn't quick enough to act before they do, but all they can do is move in the (not so surprising) surprise round.
One of them bites at Quinn, but can't get through his armor.
Another bites at Marill.
The last starts climbing the wall to try to get at some prey, and bites at Quinn (purple is on the underside of the door jamb).
Again, his armor protects him!
Round 1
Spiders
Marill
Quinn
Theodore
Tiff
Ismene
"Yah! Arachnid menace!"
Quinn swings away hard at the purplish spider that got nearer to biting him.
Marill bursts into song
"Bugs. Bugs. Kill kill the nasty bugs!!"
Theodore calmly pats his sister's hand.
See if you can make friends.
The Cleric casts Vigor on Tiff.
He then side steps further away.
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Ismene steps back and lobs a bomb at the central spider, using her discovery to spare Marill, Quinn and Tiff from the blast and splash.
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Tiff yells out, "I got you Quinn!" She rapidly grows a set of curved antlers and tries to spear one of the spidews!
"I am got!"
Quinn lands a solid blow on a spider, but it still moves.
That spider is killed by the splash from Ismene's bomb, and the two others are wounded.
Tiff gores the one hanging from the doorway above Marill, finishing it.
The remaining spider (on the ground in front of Marill) bites at the bard, but is unable to get past his shield.
The party is able to finish it off in short order.
This room appears to have been a chapel dedicated to Pharasma. A cabinet covered with webs in the northwest wall still contains a few religious supplies, including five vials of holy water and a scroll of lesser restoration.
Theodore peruses the Pharasman chapel with an arched eyebrow. The Cleric handles the Holy Water vials, offering them up to the others.
We have further testing of Haunts so ...
Theodore calmly places the scroll down his...jacket pocket.
Tiff proudly proclaims, "These doors won't open themselves!" She pivots behind her and tries for the door nearby.
The chamber to the west is in a shambles. Old wooden benches lie in ruins along the walls, while rusty chains and bits of rotten rope lie scattered on the floor.
"Another presence... I hear weeping and feel the oppression of it's aura. A prisoner, perhaps, I feel the cold weight of manacles." She shares, rubbing warmth back into her wrists.
Theodore calmly picks lint from his jacket. Nodding expertly during Ismene's findings, the Roaming Exorcist walks into the Chamber of Woe....
Be at peace. Pharasma has heard your pleas. Allow us to soothe your passage....
At 2nd level, upon interacting with a rejuvenating spirit or haunt for the first time (such as by attacking the spirit or channeling energy to damage the haunt), a roaming exorcist can attempt a Sense Motive check as a free action to determine the specific course of action required to permanently neutralize the spirit or haunt (DC = 10 + the undead creature’s Hit Dice or the haunt’s CR).
As Theodore addresses the spirits, he realizes this is not quite a haunt, but something similar.
This room, used to process new prisoners, has a simmering evil that manifests in the form of animated manacles. They rise to attack!
Party is up!
These manacles are an animated object, and as they are made of iron they will likely be as hard as iron (Hardness 10, I'll just give that to you as it's pretty evident). Anything else, make a Knowledge (Arcana) check.
Tiff puts on a cap with the word "thinking" stiched on the front.
Tiff deduces that these manacles appear brittle, and could be vulnerable to cold damage. She also concludes that they can grab and shackle a target.
She suggests, "We could come back?" She steps out.
Theodore calmly proceeds to follow his much Smarter sister at of the Alice in Chains concert.
This place is in need of a thorough cleaning. Perhaps, we should inquire in town as to anyone with cold type implementations?
Quinn frowns at the manacles. "It's just a bit of chain, we can handle this!"
He stows his shield, steps up to the animated object, and attempts to give it a good thrashing!
And he swings incredibly wide.
"Squirrely little fella! Come back here!"
Ismene reaches into her belt pouch and retrieves a vial of glowing blue liquid, which she quickly downs in one gulp, swaying slightly as it takes effect.
Quinn fails to hit the elusive manacles.
The others debate and prepare.
Marill is up!
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Theodore calmly places a hand on Quinn's shoulder.
Vigor
Try again, my boy.
The animated manacles try to clamp on Quinn!
The manacles evade his blade again, but do not hit him either.
Party is up!
Ismene takes a step back from Quinn and catches his eye as she combines the reagents for a bomb and calls, "Get clear of it!"
Once Quinn steps away from the shackles, she throws her bomb.
[ooc]Splash is 7 fire damage, Reflex DC 17 for half.
"Not much that I can do against these, but I'll try"
After the bomb goes off Marill will try hitting the chain
for
Tiff exclaims, "Don't worry I'll protect you Quinn!" She tries to wrestle the manacles to the ground.
Ismene's bomb hits, but fails to damage the manacles.
Marill's starknife proves likewise ineffective.
Tiff, however, manages to grab the manacles!
Quinn and Theodore are up!
Theodore calmly casts Vigor again on Quinn. The Cleric's blue eyes never leaving his impetuous sisters.
Try not to Accidentally knock some sense into her.
"Careful there dear girl, hold them tight and...!"
Quinn takes another mighty swing at the manacles firmly in Tiff's grasp.
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Quinn destroys the haunted manacles.
There are a few other sets of old manacles in this room, but none of the others rise to attack.
There is nothing of value in this room.
A small privy is to the north of the hallway. Aside from that, three doors remain in this wing.
Theodore calmly looks at the privy, looks at his sister and huffs.
Tiff looks at Sammy, looks at what he's looking at, then looks back at him. She suggest cluelessly, "We can head back to Kendra's if you need to go? Evacuation is important for good health functions."
Walking down the hallway and hanging a left she peers inside one of the doors, assuming the door cooperates.
Theodore frowns at his sister's insistence concerning his bowel movements. The elder brother hasn't had those problems in since that over indulgence at the all one can eat mystery taco fair.
That was only that one occasion. No need to keep bringing that up.
Theodore follows her.
"My thanks for the assist on that one, Madam. Much obliged."
He sidles up to Theodore and lowers his voice. "Now, Teddy, if you need to clear out, best to go now rather'n let a spooky ghost scare it out ya. Spare the embarrassment 'n all."
He straightens up, pulls his shield back out, and prepares to head further in. "Next door."
Tiff looks in the door.
Several rusty iron tubs sit in this room, along with washboards, metal buckets, and heaps of moldy clothing.
Ismene and Marill notice a cleverly concealed door in one wall of the room.
They also notice a shape struggling within a mound of moldy clothing in the northeast corner of the room, as if something were buried within.
Investigate the secret door or the pile of clothing?
Quinn stows his shield and gingerly pushes aside the rags with his hand, keeping his sword low but in-hand.
Theodore calmly ignores the quip from Quinn. He does follow him though to further investigate the struggling pile of clothing....
You there, clothing! Show yourself!