As Layjiani moves..Aude swings her attention to the southern passage and hisses "Undead..foul abominations approach."
As she speaks a horde of skeletons move into the room
Skeletons 24
Avinar 18
Layjiani 15
Eltariel 14
Gashelle 13
Holgur 12
Coffins 4
Aude 1
Free Action - Speak:
"Pull back! keep me a clear shot!"
As Eltariel has the Wand of Burning Hands in her hand at the time, her intentions should be fairly obvious.
I wish I had taken that mace when it was offered Holgur thinks to himself as he readies to attack.
Avinar gets out of Eltairel's way
At Aude's warning, Layjiani, fast to react, steps out of Eltariel's way and whips out a blunt arrow and lets fly (1d20+7=26, 1d8+2=8) against one of the undead approaching.
"Ward me!" Eltariel calls as she moves to H-8 and unleashes a burning hands spell.
Gashelle apologizes to the statue and moves to J9. She swings her glaive at the nearest, smoldering skeleton, hitting AC 26 for (14 / 2 = 7) hit points.
Updated Map..I had forgotten to put two skeletons on last time..sorry
Layjiani and Gashelle both fell their targets...Eltariel barely scorches the undead in her wands arc
Avinar readies an action to hit anything that comes too close to eltariel....
Sorry but since I was after the coffins , I was waiting for them to act ...
I'll just move to E5 this round
Holgur too fells a skeleton.
The undead move quickly to engage you, three attacking Holgur their longswords rattling off his armour and shield..three more making an end run around him to begin closing on Aude and Layjiani.A further 3 go for Gashelle two stepping side ways blocking an attack on the third as it moves in their weapons biting into the half elf's flesh(15 damage)
Two move in on Eltariel who takes a grievous wound (10 points from a confirmed crit) and the last engages Avinar who evades the rusty blade.
Layjiani takes a bead on the closest skeleton and fires (1d20+7=17, 1d8+2=8) off another blunt iron arrow. Then backpedals to G4.
Gasping in pain Eltariel falls back to G-7 (5-ft step) and uses the Wand to blast the three facing her and Avinar in G-9, H-9, I-9 (can't quite get I-10).
ooc: Burning Hands damage: 2d4 -> [2,4] = (6) DC11 Ref save for half damage.
A further 3 go for Gashelle two stepping side ways blocking an attack on the third as it moves in their weapons biting into the half elf's flesh(15 damage)
Uhn! Moving in should provoke an AoO from Gashelle. AC 25, 9 points of damage. Does that, by any chance, kill one of them? Perhaps one that would have delivered damage? What kind of weapons do they wield?
After Eltartiel's fire subsides Avinar strikes and moves to the one at I-10
To hit 15 to dam 10.
Avinar's opponent goes down as it reaches him as an expert slash from Gashelles glaive takes its legs off.
Layjianiknocks the skull from one skeleton causing instant collapse
Eltariels fire(now only directed at the ones which were attacking her from G9 and H9) reduces both to a heap of charred bones
Avinar advances on the skeleton in I10 Mothers Kiss flicking out and severing it's spinal column(the skeletons are very old and a bit decrepit looking)
Holgur and Aude please
Gashelle..you could direct an AoO at the skeleton that attacked Avinar though which I will allow ...btw you halved damage on your first attack rather than applying DR5 in fact you did 9 to that skeleton you laid low.
Got it. Thanks.
Holgur and Aude please.
And Gashelle, too, yes?
She sees that Holgur is in serious trouble, tackling what looks like six skeletons by himself. She turns to Avinar and Etariel, saying in Elvish
She tumbles (Acrobatics roll of 24) through Avinar's square, to H7, F7, E8 (that's as far as she can get, because the statue occupies F8 and G8, yes?) She attacks the skeleton in C9, hitting AC 15 for 13 - 4 = 8 points of damage..
to Gashelle in elvish:
Aude will move to F10 and unleash the power of Pharasme
30 foot burst for 7 hp Will save 15
This also heal her friends ...
Gashelle destroys another of the undead...Holgur smashes yet another apart with his axe and the power of Phrasma channeled through her servant takes down all but one of the remainder...whilst healing Eltariel and Gashelle
The one Skeleton remaining slashes at Avinar missing as once again the lithe elf twists away from the blow and then delivers a quick riposte that finally dismantles the thing into a number of component parts.
375XP each for defeating the undead
"Nice job. Thank you, Aude. Thank you, Pharasma. The corpse by the statue is lying on a shield that responds to a detect magic ping. Is this a good time to disturb it?"
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The coffins still block the exits to the North and West.
The skeletons no longer radiate any magic. However you can now detect the animating spells on the coffins...they could be hundreds of years old
Taking the breath she just now realizes she was holding, Layjiani once again moves to check the area around the skeleton of the adventurer for any kind of traps or dangers.
After that, she moves on to each of the coffins, trying to determine if they are safe to open.
Latjiani checks the flooor around the corpse and finds nothing untoward. However when she moves to check the coffin the one she moves to tries to slam into her barely missing her as she starts back
"Holgur, help me with this body, please. I'm curious as to the heraldry that might be on its shield."
"A moment, friends - we need to deal with some firewood first, be ready to defend me should they attack." Eltarial smiles grimly and takes a clear aim at a pair of coffins and lets loose with her Wand at maximum range.
The fire licks out engulfing the two coffins which slide away down the corridor to avoid the flames...one looks more scorched than the other though.
Turning to Eltariel Layjiani says "These coffins do be still 'alive'. What do you sense from them and do there be anything you can do?"
Avinar stand ready to assist Eltariel, "Now the furniture attacks us too!"
Now the furniture attacks us too!
"It's an old, comfortable feeling, isn't it, Hero-heart?"
"It's just an old animating spell, but it must be effectively permanent. We'll have to smash them," Eltariel sighs. Drawing her scimitar she sends it to attack t range using her Hand of the Apprentice.
Now the furniture attacks us too!"It's an old, comfortable feeling, isn't it, Hero-heart?"
Eltariels strike scores the coffin she aims at(which I will assume is the more badly damaged one)which is now looking distinctly damaged. Experience tells her however that just chopping at the things will be a long and laborious process whilst the fire seems to have done significant damage
"Ah well," Eltariel snaps her fingers and the sword returns to her scabbard. Then she sights with the wand again ...
"Holgur, help me with this body, please. I'm curious as to the heraldry that might be on its shield."
"Of course, my lady. I wonder if the coffins serve only to force us to fight the skeletons or if they are a trick to lure us down the paths they block."
One coffin burns up brightly and falls apart into a flaming heap of dry wood the other is smouldering nicely.
Holgur and Gshelle move the corpse by the statue and recover the shield. The body also has a sheathed short sword and a backpack.The shield bears no heraldic markings whatsoever.
Examine the backpack.
The pack contains very little..some smashed potion bottles.. half a dozen rusty spikes..and a mildewed sheet of leather which turns out to be the wrapping for a scroll
"Can somebody finish this one off?" I ask, "I'll blast out the other two."
Moving to blast the other two coffins:
"Can somebody finish this one off?" I ask, "I'll blast out the other two."
Holgur Smash!
Not willing to waste her limited supply of arrows on attacking...coffins, Layjiani leaves them to her more capable companions. The rogue then moves to peer over Gashelle's shoulder at her findings...
"Take a look , Layjiani.
Gashelle unsheathes the short sword on the corpse. Does it match the blade in the picture?
Holgurs axe reduces the coffin to kindling...the other two coffins try and slide away from the flames but the tinder dry wood catches easily and they are burning merrily.
The shortsword is a well made piece but not the item on the scroll.
"There, that should deal with them," Eltariel leaves the last two coffins to burn out and turns back to the centre of the room. "Thank you Holgur," She adds to the Skandik.
"Have you found anything of interest?" She asks Gashelle curiously.