Dendillion nods to Chark. "You've got the right of that, Chark. I prefer scattered ashes approach, to be honest. Tends to lead to fewer bodies that foul necromancers can animate. There are soo many tales of crypts full of the risen dead.
With Tiny and Chark both keeping an eye out for things, Dendillion opts to occasionally hum a note that helps him to find magical auras. He also strums a couple notes on his lute and places a hand on Goliath's collar. Immediately it glows with light.
While Chark heals people, Haldan will practice his card aim and refocus.
Charlie follows behind. "Let's check out the left passage."
It looks like a partial collapse. Hard to tell how severe without getting close enough to examine.
Anyone approaching should lead with a Perception check.
Dendillion moves in a bit closer, intent on peering at the collapse to understand more...
He combs through the bits of lore he's collected over time, specifically recalling a time when he had a week long affair with a beautiful half-elven architect in Absalom. By the end he'd wished to never hear about post and lintel again.
Dendillion gets close enough to peek around the corner, but not so close that he starts to crawl into the cave in.
It looks like the cave in is recent. The bard looks at the ceiling and sees the spider cra-----
The ceiling was unstable! The area around him caves in as Dendillion tries to dive backwards to safety!
The bard dives away, but is still clipped by some of the tumbling rock!
"The roof is unstable, if that wasn't obvious. Which is incredible. Who lets their temple get to this level of disrepair?"
Smarting from some bruises, Dendillion concludes that the remaining ceiling is stable, and that you're all safe (from that hazard at least)
Ego and busy slightly bruised, Dendillion takes some time to look around. He's not looking to do any grave robbing, but he is curious if there's something worth learning.
Charlie helps clear the rubble off of Dendillion. "Probably why they had the room b..b..boarded off." He tosses another stone off. "You alright?" Charlie asks, helping him to his feet and brushing the dust off.
After Dendillion gets bandaged if he wants it Charlie pushes Goliath forward so he can peek around the corners to the left and right.
Charlie and Goliath venture forth. The work here is decidedly newer, and apparently more stable. It appears that there are a few paths and branches to be explored.
Chark helps Den to his feet, dusting him off slightly as she tsks over the scrapes and bruises. We'll see to those in a bit, she says. Try to stay out of danger in the interim, hmm?
She is reverent to the fact they're in a tomb, careful not to touch anything and keeping an eye to make sure no one else does either.
Tony keeps his center of balance low as he nods to Charlie as he passes and moves up to the corner to the right.
The catacombs here widen into a chamber housing a marble statue of the Personification of Fury, one of Gozreh’s chief servants. The Personification is an elemental, but they are a hybrid of air and water, rising up on a curling wave that transforms into a muscular upper body made of cloud. An iron brazier built into the stone in front of the statue is enchanted to give off flickering light like that of a campfire.
Dendillion thanks Charlie and nods to Chark. "Fair enough, I'll leave you guys to the brave exploring. It's just a few—" He stops abruptly to swear. "There's a tear on my tunic! This is my good tunic!"
Haldan is spinning his hat up his arm and walking past Dendillion.
”I can mend it later, buddy. It’ll be good as new.”
"Let's have a look at that statue. I'm curious is there's magic around it," Dendillion says, moving to the front but keeping himself (and the group) outside of the room. He strums his lute, letting the magic within the sound infuse him and allow him to sense if there's any magic beyond that of his companions.
As Dendellion approaches the statue, he realizes that there's something wrong. You're not alone in here!
Round 1:
Dendillion: Go
Tiny: TBD
Chark: TBD
Charlie: TBD
Haldan:TBD
Charlie is Scouting, DC
(Scout)
(Search)
(Avoid Notice)
(Search)
Action 1: Seek
Action 2: Point Out OR Seek
Action 3: Inspire Courage OR Point Out
"We're not alone, it seems," Dendillion warns the group, then begins scanning around for danger.
Dendillion gets an uneasy feeling in the room. His eyes go gimlet as he looks about. He sees nothing, but knows that the party isn't alone. Snapping everyone from their silence, he begins a song to list everyone's hearts.
The notes bring out the enemy! A quartet of undead creatures, too thin for life and with tongues far too long, jump out and swarm the bard!
MISS
for
PASS
The creature then backs away from the bard, giving another an opening!
MISS
MISS
MISS
The bard does all he can to keep the undead horrors at bay!
MISS
for
FAIL!
Dendillion's body betrays him as he becomes paralyzed within a split second! The undead creature drags him out of the hallway, allowing the final creature space!
Tiny can feel the foetid breath on him as this creature tries to drag him into the room too.
MISS
for
PASS
MISS
Round 1:
Dendillion: Inspire Courage
Undead: ATK
Tiny: Go
Chark: Go
Charlie: Go
Haldan: Go
Wights! Chark says, alarmed. They've drained Dendillion's very essence, and he will rise tomorrow as another of their kind on the morrow!
She touches Charlie's bow and bestows magic weapon on it.
"Goliath, P..p..push through!" The bear hears the command and immediately begins to lurch and shove it's way through the mass.
Charlie drops his whip and draws his longbow as Chark fills it with magical energy.
HP 36/41
AC 20 (22 w/ shield)
Wooden Shield 12/12; [AC Bonus +2: [Hardness 3] [HP/BT 12(6)]
Focus 0/1
Hero Points 0/3
Goliath
HP 31/32)
AC 17
Tiny drops into his cat like position and claws at the wight in front of him.
Tiny's opening claw strike tears undead flesh from the body. His second digs deep into its chest. The creature drops as quickly as it approached.
Chark shouts his knowledge while bestowing Charlie's weapon with a dweomer of power.
Round 1:
Dendillion: Inspire Courage
Undead: ATK
Tiny: Crit kill
Chark: MW
Charlie: Go
Haldan: Go
Charlie moves further down the hallway. "We have to get Dendillion out of here!"
Charlie and Goliath move to try and make headway, but the bear's jaw clamp down on only air.
Round 1:
Dendillion: Inspire Courage
Undead: ATK
Tiny: Crit kill 1 Action
Chark: MW
Charlie: Miss
Haldan: Go
Tiny presses deep into the room cutting off red's escape.
Drain Familiar, Stride, Sudden Bolt on White.
Basic Reflex DC19.
Tiny presses in, just before Haldan's bolt strikes the closest undead foe! It twists away, avoiding the worst of it. Still it's a serious blow.
Round 2:
Dendillion: Go
Undead: TBD
Tiny: TBD
Chark: TBD
Charlie: TBD
Haldan: TBD
White: 9
Dendillion fights to move even the slightest muscle...
Dendillion manages to fight back against the undead's power!
The three remaining each go after targets of their own!
MISS
MISS
MISS
for
for
Round 2:
Dendillion: Free!
Undead: ATK
Tiny: Go
Chark: Go
Charlie: Go
Haldan: Go
White: 9
Tiny pounces to the rear of Dendillion's foe and claws viciously.
Tiny then fends off any further attacks with his dagger.
Dendillion avoids a repeat fate as Tiny fights his way through the undead. He scores a light hit, and the undead reels from the blow! Tiny's waza seems to work on these fiends.
Round 2:
Dendillion: Free!
Undead: ATK
Tiny: Stun
Chark: Go
Charlie: Go
Haldan: Go
White: 9
Red: 4 (Stunned 1)
Charlie drops his whip and draws his magically enhanced bow. "G...goliath, clear the hall." The bear thunders at the undead, attempting to tear it out of the way.
HP 36/41
AC 20 (22 w/ shield)
Wooden Shield 12/12; [AC Bonus +2: [Hardness 3] [HP/BT 12(6)]
Focus 0/1
Hero Points 0/3
Goliath
HP 31/32)
AC 17
Goliath obeys with lethal efficiency. The undead falls to the ground, bitten cleanly in half!
Round 2:
Dendillion: Free!
Undead: ATK
Tiny: Stun
Chark: Go
Charlie: Kill
Haldan: Go
Red: 4 (Stunned 1)
Chark follows Goliath into the room and into the corner of the chamber, its icy gloom cloying at her. She then bestows Sarenrae's guidance on the dancing bear.
Haldan reaches out with the joy buzzer.
Haldan manipulates his spell to strike at range. It practically cooks the target, but the undead feel no pain.
Chark keeps up the support roll, helping out the deadly bear!
Round 3:
Dendillion: Go
Undead: TBD
Tiny: TBD
Chark: TBD
Charlie: TBD
Haldan: TBD
Red: 4 (Stunned 1)
Black: 12
Action 1: Inspire Courage
Action 2: Interact
Action 3: Strike
Dendillion strums his lute, inspirational music filling the chamber. He hits the final note with a flourish, looking to make the music ring out.
He then draws his rapier for the first time in front of the others. "I feel no shame in stabbing you lot!"
Dendillion's inspiration is more potent than his thrust, but it still wounds the undead creature before him!
the undead fight back for all they're worth, though one is slightly stunned.
for The jaws sink in!
But Tiny tears himself away. The monster tries to redouble
but this time the dwarf is ready.
The other opts to pile it on, striding over to bite and claw at the man.
to no avail!
Round 3:
Dendillion: Bard and hit
Undead: ATK
Tiny: Go
Chark: Go
Charlie: Go
Haldan: Go
Red: 2 (Stunned 1)
Black: 12
With his target down Charlie lowers his bow and runs into the rom. "Goliath, over there!" He urges the bear into the corner to help Tiny out.
HP 36/41
AC 20 (22 w/ shield)
Wooden Shield 12/12; [AC Bonus +2: [Hardness 3] [HP/BT 12(6)]
Focus 0/1
Hero Points 0/3
Goliath
HP 31/32)
AC 17
Goliath's jaws prove deadly yet again as the third undead monster falls!
Round 3:
Dendillion: Bard and hit
Undead: ATK
Tiny: Go
Chark: Go
Charlie: Kill
Haldan: Go
Red: 2
Chark conjures a ball of white-yellow flame, which she flings at Red before moving to block the open corridor to her left.