Arloric gives an aggravated grunt as the wave of dark energy courses through him, but doesn't let the song stop as he continues to fight.
Alexa strikes out with her gladius and pierces the ghoul's flesh. It's seriously wounded now, barely clinging to unlife.
Arloric slices again with his scimitar, and again fails to connect.
The acid arrow stays one more round and does acid damage
Just managing to steel herself against the worst of the dark energy channeled by the ghoul, Darya presses the attack.
Telerin will move with 30 fr of the undead priest and will cast another glob of acid
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I think I get a reroll from one of the aasimars
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acid if it hits
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Uriel continues attacking the nearby ghoul.
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The combined assaults are too much for the remaining ghoul and it crumples to the ground in a smoldering heap, acid from Telerin's arrow still melting its decayed flesh.
Alexa grimaces. "...right. There's that taken care of."
She will take a look at the holy symbol.
"Well done everybody." Darya says, cleaning the gore from her blade. Looking around at the chapel she sighs. "This will definitely need cleaning and re-consecrating once we’ve taken the area, but not something we have time for now. Everybody good to move on?”
"Mostly. Took a few hits, but I'm still fine."
Glancing at Alexa, Darya brings a hand up, resting it on the other aasimar's shoulder with a surprisingly gentle touch, as the warmth of laying beside a fire, washes over the emberkin.
"Hope that helps." she says with a smile.
Alexa's hair twitches as Darya's healing power immaculately heals the emberkin's injuries, leaving no trace of them behind.
"...it did. Thank you." Alexa nods.
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A hint of a smile slips across the fiery paladin's lips for a brief moment, an effect reminiscent of the sun coming out on a cloudy day.
After a few moments, the paladin rests a hand on Kelly's back, channeling her healing power into the ferocious little warrior, healing much of her wounds, though unable to relive the tiredness.
Know religion to identify the symbol
Taking a look at the holy symbol, the elven wizardress gives a look of disgust as she recgonizes it/ Kabriri, demon lord of graves and ghouls granted this abomoniation its power
Alexa stares at Darya for a moment longer before Telerin's voice snaps her out of it.
"...hmm. How many more demon lords are in on this, I wonder?" She muses aloud before shaking her head.
"Alright, where haven't we searched yet? There's bound to be more hiding in this place."
The wickedness of the Abyss is beyond our ken she says Evil can tend to turn upon itself though she adds.
"I wouldn't be surprised if like, ALL of them are in on it." Kelly replies, sitting down on the steps of the dias to catch her breath. "Hopefully, if they all try to come through the worldwound at once, they'll get stuck."
Arloric gives a triumphant cry as the last ghoul falls, and sounds his horn to herald their victory!
"These lands shall be liberated, one turf at a time!"
He begins cleaning his sword and then sheathes it.
Alexa moves to investigate the double doors to the east.
Uriel goes with Alexa, jut in case.
And Arloric follows.
The ghoul who ran through them left the doors open. You can see three stone tables inside surrounded by broken and half-rotted wooden benches. Each table, curiously, has three sets of leather straps on them that look vaguely like restraints.
THere's a door on the other side of the room which is closed. Near the wall to the south is a knotted rope that descends into the room through a tiny hole in the ceiling.
Leading the others after the all-clear is given, Darya takes in the room. "Hmm...looks like a torture chamber" she says with a frown. "So question is, did the runner go for the door, or climb the rope?"
Alexa starts to search the room for any signs of a trap or otherwise anything else out of the ordinary.
"...if I had to guess, this rope's for ringing the chapel's bell." Alexa pokes the bell-rope.
She then moves to investigate the far door.
She casts detect magic in the ghoul room and the torture chamber as well.
"Shall we ring it to herald our victory, Dorne?" Arloric asks with a smirk.
Also, the whole chapel area is radiating magic. There's a faint evocation aura.
She will relate what she knows.
"Shall we ring it to herald our victory, Dorne?" Arloric asks with a smirk.
"And ensure that we're either swarmed by enemies in short order or provide fair warning of our presence? I don't think so." Darya replies sardonically.
Nodding as Telerin relates the revelation of the magical auras, she looks around. "We should probably take the armor. Once we get back to camp and have it properly and thoroughly cleansed, it can be useful. Any advantage helps."
"Any idea what the chapel's magic might relate to?"
It may be consecrated to the demon lord. the elf responds.
"Door's clear. Moving forward."
Alexa starts to open the door...
It may be consecrated to the demon lord. the elf responds.
"Then we shall reconsecrate it for one of our gods," Arloric quips.
When Alexa moves forward, Arloric follows close.
"It was a temple to Ragathiel before, and it should be one again." Uriel says, walking alongside Arloric.
The first thing that hits you when you open the door is the thick stench of rotting meat. Two bodies--soldiers from Mendev long since perished--hang from the rafters of what was likely the kitchen but is now quite obviously a larder.
Cabinets and a small table surround a fireplace in the south wall. Closed doors lead north and east.
Alexa coughs before checking the eastern door.
"It was a temple to Ragathiel before, and it should be one again." Uriel says, walking alongside Arloric.
"And he surely smiled on your valor cleansing this place! I can't imagine him being more proud," he replies, giving Uriel a jocular punch in the arm.
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Darya loads her crossbow and moves forward to cover Alexa's entrance.