Like I mentioned, I'm not going to be able to post anymore. I'm going to stop here. Once Alessandro is cured, he'll retire. You can write him off however you want. Thanks for the great game. I've enjoyed playing with you all.
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"Thank you for the hospitality" says Alessandro. Temples are always more hospitable when you are able to pay. Alessandro rests within the temple. He feels miserable from a terrible fever and rotting flesh but he rests peacefully knowing that the clerics will take care of him and that no more devils or undead are lurking around the next corner.
Alessandro takes two baths. First he washes off all the blood, slime, and dirt from his body until the water is a cesspool of filth. He then, refreshes the water and soaks for a long couple of hours, just relaxing and reflecting on recent events. I'm not cut out for this work. he thinks to himself. The others are real heroes. I'm just a fop acting like one. I should retire before I get myself killed. Heavens know I came very close already. In the morning, Alessandro will seek help curing and removing the two diseases he caught along the way.
Hi guys. I've decided that I'm going to bow out of this game as we wrap up this chapter of the adventure. I just started a new job and my two year old daughter is taking up the majority of my time. It's been a struggle to post every day and I haven't been able to put as much quality into them as I'd like to. You guys have all been great, it's just a time thing and I just don't have enough of it lately. I can still post a few more times to tie up any loose ends to finish the chapter but then I'm going to take a break.
"Oh thank goodness. Yes, I am way too exhausted to figure out this puzzle right now. Let's just pocket it and solve it back at the base. I think I need to sit down."
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Alessandro raises his silver hammer and smashes down on the creature's skull. "Yes, Catina, I will try to be careful. However, sometimes the best defense is a good offense." "I'm already poisoned, diseased, sickened, and bleeding. I'm amazed I'm still standing at all at this point. Let's end this so I can take a bath. A really, really long bath."
Mummy rot. Filth fever. Gotta contract them all. At least I suspect I can rest and recover from these once out of this place.
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"I'm probably going to regret this..." Alessandro dives into the sludge and submerges. Underwater he double moves into a flanking position.
I was out late at a party tonight. I'll get a post in tomorrow. Bot me a round if need be.
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Alessandro is still sickened by the horrible smell however he manages to keep the contents of his stomach down enough to manage an average swing at the lemure.
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Alessandro already weakened, is easily sickened by the foul smell. He walks unsteadily into the room unsure if he is physically or mentally prepared for another fight but doesn't have much choice about it.
He doesn't dare enter the sludge and holds the line on the edge.
Still weakened, Alessandro hangs in the back and takes in the room. "That imp said this was the shortest route. I wonder if the item we seek is within one of those chests. I'll bet you anything the treasure is guarded or trapped. I can check to traps, but let's make sure there are no monsters first."
Alessandro sits up and cradles his head. "Where am I? What happened? I know I'm not dead because I have the worst headache. Thanks friends." Alessandro will help search.
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Alessandro attacks the mummy again.
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Alessandro switches to the earthbreaker and swings but isn't as proficient with it and misses.
Yes I still have the warhammer. I could try it.
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Alessandro does not feel so well after that punch. The disease may not have manifested fully yet but he feels a wrongness in his body.
Lacking other options, he continues to hack at the monster. "I suppose its too late to knock it into the pit. This creature hits like a sledgehammer."
Alessandro steps up and starts attacking the mummy. "I loathe to get near this thing but I see no other choice."
"Torching the mummy is a good idea but the torch likely won't destroy the undead immediately. We should be prepared for it to retaliate." Alessandro stands ready with his kukris drawn.
After two rounds Alessandro shakes off the fear effect. "Why does it not surprise me that the mayor has a mummy. All rich people seem to collect these things but I can't possible imagine why. I say we destroy it. Undead are an abomination and no good can come from using one. I vote to destroy it either by hand or by commanding it off one of these endless pits. However, if you insist we keep it, I won't complain."
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"M-m-m-Mummy!"
"I am so lost. Whoever thought this maze was a good idea." "Thank you for the restoration, Catina." With his Strength restores, Alessandro switches back to his kukris.
Alessandro is horrified by the devil's brutality. "When I said I hoped the runecurse would trigger, I had no idea how truly violent it would be. I'm certainly glad we saved Catina of that fate." "If west is the most direct route, I say we take it. Do we have any charges of levitate left? One of us could float up the tunnel until the doors configure the way we need them to. That's probably what the tiefling was doing. It's too bad we can't question her. I bet she knew some secrets."
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Alessandro backtracks to catch back up to Petals. He can just spot the tiefling from the end of the hall and takes a pot shot at her with his longbow.
Standing next to Faustinia, he whispers. "That runecurse was in the bag, wasn't it? I don't recall the particulars, but wasn't it supposed to activate? Unless she isn't the originator. Did we determine that or just guess? I'm just saying, because it sure would be nice if she'd just die already."
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"I'll take the left route then!" says Alessandro and runs down the corridor not yet taken (green). Double move 60 feet.
"Um, yes, I'm fine Petals. Thank you. I'm just waiting for the chance to dish out some more payback. As long as we can figure out these doors. Maybe we can find another way around."
I agree. I think we can move out of initiative until the enemy reappears. Also happy anniversary
Alessandro continues to hold the rope until Faustinia catches it or gets out safely.
Alessandro's eyes go wide as Faustinia jumps into the abyss. He follows Catina's direction and holds one end of a rope. "Varius, take the other end."
Alessandro leaps backwards towards the party as the doorway his sis standing in vanishes. "What just happened? Is it the tiefling's doing?" "Alessandro, you have to stop her. I know you can!" "Your faith in me is equal t my bravado. Let's just hope it's enough." Alessandro double moves and runs around in a circle up the stairs to see if the enemy reappears or the doors change.
"After her!...I think...But let's stick together, I don't understand these doorways well but I don't want to get separated behind a vanishing door." Alessandro chases after 30 ft. and keeps his bow ready just in case.
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"Uh oh. I don't like that we are getting separated. I can't even see where most of you are. Which way should I go?"
Alessandro finally fights off the poison but the damage has been done. Unsure of where to go he holds his ground to shoot the tiefling if she becomes visible.
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"A retreat? Wise since I can't see in the dark. Only a temporary reprieve for the enemy." Alessandro scoops up his dropped kukris and into his pack so he can keep his bow ready.
"Thank you for your concern, Catina, Petals. I could be better, but I'll survive." To the enemy, "I guess talking is out of the question then. You do realize it is four against one, don't you?"
With the poison draining his strength, his kukris are no longer viable, so he drops them and draws his bow. He fires one shot at the floating assassin once he can see her.
"Ouch! That is no way to say hello! Who are you? This needn't come to violence. But if you insist, I will cut you down."
Alessandro climbs the stairs to the tiefling as well and cuts deeply into something vital.
I'm going to be away this weekend. I'm taking my daughter to Sesame Place in Pennsylvania.
Alessandro has no ability to heal and stands around nervously while the others tend to Varius. "Um...is there anything I can do?"
He does what he does best and keeps watch just in case...
Alessandro breaths a sigh of relief once the rest is complete without disturbance. "Well that worked out. I'm ready to continue. Now that we're "cured" the exit door sounds like a good enough way to continue as any."
That's fine if I can't restore the damage. I'll just heal it later then.
"I don't know if it is the runecurse, but perhaps something about one of the other items we picked up. If this Dargentu Vheed was a wizard, he could be magically living on somehow. Hopefully, not as a lich, but this place seems to have strange properties. It is very possible he lingers here in some form."
While the others rest, Alessandro keeps watch over the cell entrance just in case something comes by...Hopefully not.
That's fine with me. I can keep watch.
Rest works for me. We need to climb back up that slippery tube though, don't we?
I thought the singing was the imp but let's see what it says. Alessandro thinks to himself.
2 and 7 sounds like a good start to me too. We can see what answers we get before spending all our questions at once.
"The one good thing about devils is that they are as lawful as they are evil. I'm sure the gets something out of the deal, but it is likely that we can trust it to be true to its word. I say we utilize this creature if it can help us get through the Knot." "Yes or no questions only?...Hmmm." Alessandro consults with the group before asking any questions.
Alessandro attacks the stirge attached to Varius first then the one on himself. He then takes a 5-ft. step back. "Blast them Faustinia!"
Alessandro rubs his eyes until the black spots fade and he can see again. Slightly ashamed that the fight is over before he can even participate, he fidgets in the background. "Well, there's only one test left. So far, they honestly haven't been too bad but I share the same apprehensions you do about this blood room. On the other hand, maybe this really well get us over our fear after that awful play. The same strategy works for me.
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Alessandro is blinded by the flash of light. Afraid that he might hit Catina in front of him, he remains back and defends until his vision returns.
"I'm fine. I did get bit but I didn't really get hurt. Fire next is as good as any. So far so good. We got these trials in the bag."
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