Do the old light on rock, toss ahead of us ...
You leave the pillared hallway and pass through another arch, which again is carved with images of kneeling creatures. You are now in a small room with an alcove set into the middle of its western wall. In the alcove is a statue of an elderly blind man, stooped and crippled.
Elatriel mutters a cantrip and Detects Magic in this chamber ...
Layjiani carefully checks the room, taking extra time around the interesting statue, peering up at it curiously. As she does so she waits to see if anything about it recalls any of her memories
(Perception +9, Disable +10, K, Local, Dungeon or Geography all+7)
Assuming nothing mysterious happens from either Etariel's arcane sweep or Layjiani's examination, Gashelle will, slowly, walk up to the statue, kneel, and offer a tribute of 10 gp.
As Layjiani moves towards the statue she sees an irregularity in the floor..stopping to investigate she kneels and begins a more detailed investigation.
The area of floor immediately in front of the statue is' it would appear' a pressure plate of some sort.
Layjiani sets herself to bypassing the trap which takes some time but is eventually accomplished.As she finishes her task there is a click and a rumble as the statue sinks into the floor
"What on Earth ...?"
The statue has vanished completely a slab of stone sliding to cover the hole it descended into. Behind it the wall is blank
Gashelle smiles as she replaces her coins. "Excellent work, Layjiani."
Being careful to avoid the pressure plate, Gashelle moves to look at the blank wall. "Did that make sense to anyone?"
Gashelle smiles as she replaces her coins. "Excellent work, Layjiani."
Being careful to avoid the pressure plate, Gashelle moves to look at the blank wall. "Did that make sense to anyone?"
"Not to me."
"Now was that a defense mechanism, or something else? Has something been revealed to us, or taken away?"
The party's scout and trap-finder nods at Gashelle's thanks but the expression on her face makes it clear she is not sure if what she did was good or not.
Joining the Duskblade at the wall, Layjiani again carefully searches for anything out of the ordinary.
Layjianis searching brings fruit..there is a stone in the back wall of the alcove which doesnt match the others
Calling the stone to the attention of the others, Layjiani waits to see what the general consensus is before doing anything with it.
" Layjiani , would this stone have been accessible if the statue was still here ? "
" Layjiani , would this stone have been accessible if the statue was still here ? "
The stone would have not been seen if the statue had not sunk into the floor..it stands slightly prud of the stones surrounding it.
"So, press or pull?" Eltariel asks wonderingly, looking around to see if there is any concealed door that may open.
Even the keen sight of the elves in the party cannot detect a secret or concealed door.
"I can't see any sign of a concealed entrance ... so pull first?"
preparations anyone?..who is activating the stone?..what are the rest of you doing?
Might I suggest exploring the rest of the place before trying unknown mechanisms ?
"I thought trying unknown mechanisms was exploring?" Eltariel points out. "Let's find out what we have here, then we can take a rest in this section - which seems fairly safe and isolated - before doubling back and exploring the rest of it. Unless, of course, this opens some entrance to deeper levels, or further tunnels ... but we won't know that until we try."
Layjiani prepares to activate the button in the way she figures to make the most sense. She stands lightly on the balls of her feet prepared for anything. She looks to Eltariel and when she gets the nod from the party's leader will (Press the shiny red button!!! =D )
Gashelle's old mentor, Armsman Drolan, tried to teach the difference between throwing a rock into a likely ambush spot, and stepping into a trap. She moves back to the previous room, about where the red line is on the map.
She looks at the blade of her glaive, the gift of Athena, and mutters "Satisfied?"
Aude follows Gashelle
Anyone else following Gashelles lead? Avinar will as always stick close to Eltariel.
I'll post the action tomorrow(about 6am GMT)
Eltariel will reluctantly fall back as well, but is ready to move in to assist Layjiani at an instant's notice.
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So, the only person actually in the room with Layjiani is Holgur? Gashelle grins ruefully. Drolan also taught us not to leave our scouts hanging. Caution for one person is prudence, but prudent armsmen never see battle.
"Avinar, you stay back here, to keep our spellcasters safe.
"Both of them."
Gashelle moves back west, into the room with Layjiani and Holgur. She turns to Holgur and suggests, "You stay to the north side, and I'll take the south. And, by the way, want to use a hammer of frost?"
Once her allies are in place, Layjiani, giving a final look to her companions, activates the (SHINY RED!) button.
Gashelle moves back west, into the room with Layjiani and Holgur. She turns to Holgur and suggests, "You stay to the north side, and I'll take the south. And, by the way, want to use a hammer of frost?"
"Thank you, very much. Now I must hope for an enemy who needs to be crushed and frozen", Holgur says with a grin as he takes the hammer and moves north.
Avinar indeed stays close to the spellcasters, "We only live once, I say we see if this button leads anywhere1"
Layjiani pushes the rock.it slieds easily into alignment with its neighbours and..the alcove's back wall vanishes sliding rapidly apart into the neighbouring walls.
Layjiani barely has time to react to this when a cadaverous figure slashes at her with its claw like nails.
NOT a surprise round but your opponent had a readied action and goes first out of initiative order
Initiatives
Layjiani 20+
Holgur 20
Aude 13
Gashelle 9
Eltariel 7
Avinar 4
Layjiani twists to avoid the slashing nails but one catches her across the hand..she gasps as a deep cold runs through her body
5 damage and 1 negative level on Layjiani.Layjiani is down 5 hp in addition to her damage and has a -1 penalty to all dice rolls until she can make a save vs the negative level.
Eltariel speaks a command word and levels a wand ...
"Layjiani, you've done your job. Now retreat, and let us do ours."
If the creature is still active after Holgur's axe attack, Gashelle advances to polearm range and, as a swift action, casts Blade of Blood one final time today.
She hits AC 18 (AC 20 if her target is chaotic) for 21 points of damage (28 if it's chaotic).
Aude move 30 ft and turn undead
damage 2(gah!!) DC15 for half damage and negates the fleeing condition
This also heals Layjiani
Knowledge religion 8 I assume nonetheless it looks like a undead
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Layjiani slashes at the thing with her new shortsword gashing it slightly, Holgurs axe bites deep into its leathery flesh..Aude steps froward the bright cleansing light of her Goddess slamming into the thing(incidentally healing Layjiani of 2 damage). It turns and flees.Holgur aims a blow as it goes which misses wildly then Gashelle closes with it and chops it down
Eltariel advances to look at the undead creature speculatively.
"Layjiani, how do you feel?" Eltariel asks, concerned.
Eltariel
Gashelle looks down the opening in the alcove where the undead was lurking.
Aude will inspect Layjiani wounds and tries to see if her suspicions are right
Heal 19
Eltariel wracks her brains for what she can recall of Undead.
"I think this thing is a Wight, and that's dangerous - Aude, do you know any of the spells to restore drained energy? Layjiani will need one, as soon as you can cast it, if so."
Once the brief surge of battle adrenaline has subsided, Layjiani slumps wearily against one wall. She feels as if the very life force has been sucked out of her and she feels weaker as her will to carry on seeps out of her. Seemingly of their own accord, her eyes slowly begin to close.
"A wight you say ? This should be all right then . Energy draining attack are of two types
The lesser one can be easliy cured but the greater one is much more difficult to cure . In either case , there is a chance the person recover on his own after a good night of sleep . The stouter the person , the better but the chance are hindered by the effect itself
Since Layjiany has only been touched once , she should be allright .
If not , I'll try to cure her tomorrow .
Eltariel watches Layjiani sag with concern.
"Given our scout's condition, perhaps we should complete our investigation of where this undead thing came from, and then take our rest here," she suggests.