Ommerra pauses outside the chapel with Aleece, panting and trying to catch her breath. She listens carefully to see if they are being followed and what is happening to the others.
As Petre moves toward Renshaw, the shaman notes that a human male was the stabbing victim in the altar, but he has been dead for at least several days. At that point, the most unimaginable horror you have ever seen appears above the altar. Some of you may have studied undead or even seen a skeleton, but this... nothing could prepare you for this. A flying, intangible, ghostly skeleton appears for an instant and screams so loudly and inhumanly that you forget to breathe, your legs can barely support you, and you bite your own tongue.
The three still in the chapel, Ma'oa, Renshaw, and Petre, please make a (fear, mind-affecting) Will save DC14.
Aleece you haven't started the next set of hexes yet.
"Ah, hells! Stand your ground!"
Nope, but feel free to cringe.
Still affected by the nausea Aleece hears the yelling from inside. She wants to go back within to help, but can't, not yet....
Ommerra shoots Aleece a sympathetic look. She does her best to remain watchful, checking around her to see if the seemingly-abandoned colony reacts in any way to the sounds. She is confident that the rest of the party will follow them outside, since she does not think there is anything they can do to fight what she believes to be a ghost.
We need rolls from Ma'oa, then take a turn if you beat a 17 initiative, such as what Renshaw did.
After this round Aleece's stomach returns to normal.
Ma’oa feels the abject terror chill her to the bone, but she holds on to her purpose, to protect the others, and ensure that this place was safe for those that would be settling here. Steeling herself, she leans on instinct, her features at once becoming sleeker and sharper as her jaw lengthens, filling her mouth with razor sharp teeth, her physical condition seeming to approach its peak as her body floods with adrenaline.
A bench flies past Renshaw, impacts the wall, and bursts into splinters that rain down on Renshaw and Petre. "Gaaah!" says the invisible thing.
Round 3: Everyone may go.
Outside, Ommerra waits nervously for the rest of the team to escape the chapel and what she believes to be a ghost, based on what they have said. She tries to be brave for Aleece. "I'm sure they are right behind us," she whispers, her voice trembling.
Aleece stands and moves toward the door. "No. I think they're trying to fight it."
Making it to the doorway she calls out, "We can't fight a ghost. Come out. Hopefully it won't follow into the daylight."
Heeding Aleece's advice, Petre raises his hands to guard against any flying objects and makes a run for the door.
Ma'oa tries to spot something she can actually fight.
There's a something floating in the air above the altar, as if you were squeezing an invisible sponge and water was falling off.
Petre makes it outside. A bench misses Ma'oa. Everyone may go.
Ommerra breathes a sigh of relief as Petre stumbles out of the chapel. She calls out to the others. "Ma'oa? Renshaw? Are you all right?" She looks at Petre and Aleece. "I hope we don't have to go back in to rescue them," she murmurs, her voice trembling.
You think the entity is still there over the altar. I don't know that an incorporeal creature can be wetted, but the area you targeted is visible to Ma'oa and yourself.
Ommerra shouts, "Let us regroup outside and consider our options?"
Ma'oa exits with limited options on how to deal with the entity. "is it some kind of ghost? Maybe the body that was in there?"
"Come out. We certainly don't have the power to fight a ghost!"
Petre breathes heavily as he turns to the others. "Was there anything else important in there? Should one of us take another look?"
Ommerra remains in hiding, peering out at the entrance to the chapel. "If it does not follow you out, we should report our findings to the rest of the colonists on the ship. Once we have made sure there are no other enemies that lie in ambush!" She points with her chin in the other direction from the beach. "Shall we continue searching?"
The entity fires a final shot at Renshaw on his way out. A shard of bench impales the ground at his feet.
Clues or items of interest:
Magic bow, burned books, signs of a struggle, dead body, and trail of blood leading out. Also, "Rayland!" and the undead must have had cursed dice.
Anyone have thoughts? I know about refreshing the protective luck, but do you plan to go into another building? Something else?
Click Campaign Info and then Map of Talmandor's Bounty.
Yes you can go to any building.
"We should check the other buildings in the triangle first, maybe starting from the top " Ma'oa suggests.
"Before we do," Peter adds, "did anyone grab that bow? It would be a waste to leave it to be taken by someone else."
At Petre's mention of the bow, Ma'oa quickly dashes back into the chapel, making a beeline to the bow and trying to dodge any hurled objects.
Ma'oa makes it to the bow, but the creature's luck seems to change as it launches a bench into Ma'oa's back almost bringing her to her knees.
5 hp damage. Ma'oa and the bow can make it outside next round without being attacked again if she doesn't linger, dillydally, or lollygag.
The next closest building is the:
A4. TOOL HOUSE
This mud wall building has a door facing east and one shuttered window. Above the door is a plain wooden sign that reads, “Tool House.”
"Relatively. That bench hit hard!" Ma'oa replies quite bruised, "But I'm alive."
Aleece renew the Protective Luck on everyone before any other doors are opened.
Anyone entering?
Aleece will stay outside. She has Mage Armor on, but she's the only one that can't be covered with Protective Luck.
Ommerra will follow Ma'oa through the door. (If Ma'oa doesn't go through, she will follow Renshaw.)