Perception
Andrea's entire attention is focused on the undead creature before her
She swings the Aspergillum desperately.
Damage
Galadan makes his way over to Aldous and forcefully removes the pipe from him.
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I will wait for Wrens action and you will have one more round to get the flute away from Aldous / for Kevin to snap out of the paralysis. If you don't manage in that turn I will just apply 1d3 more rounds of playing the flute and Kevin can do a take 20 to snap out.
Poor fighters - enchantments can be sooooo mean.
"Come now Aldous, put down the flute. Drink this. The little birdie needs his medicine if he's going to fly again!"
Wren will attempt to administer the potion.
CMB vs. CMD
Huffing and puffing, Wren's irritation only increases at Aldous' recalcitrance.
"Aldous Preklikin! You put down that flute right NOW!" Wren shrieks!
Wren will attempt again to administer the potion.
CMB vs. CMD
This old bird is more wiry than he looks!
Wil SV:
Kevin stumbles as he finally breaks free of the spell. Then swings on the skeleton.
Power Attack:
Damage:
... Fail, so damage.
... Fail, so damage.
... Pass, so only 1 damage.
Sadness and fear in his eyes, Aldous continues to play the flute, blood gushing from his eyes, nose, and ears.
When the flute is finally wrestled from him, he is barely able to stand, swaying gently on the spot...
Andrea lays a gentle hand on Aldous shoulder..
Healing hex on Aldous..and that's everyone has had one today if memory serves.
heal
she then intones a spell
Cure Light wounds
Galadan yells at the rattling cages.
"Be still, you cursed creatures! Go to your eternal slumber, and wake no longer here."
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I realised that as well when I saw what Wren had planned - so in the spoiler to her I told her to make a Combat Maneuver check. RAW there isn't such a check to force in a drink but it had the same difficulty as taking away the flute (or grappling you) which would have broken the curse.
All
Please decide if you want to head back to Ravengro or finish the level. Remember your current cult status in town - you have a helpful cleric of Pharasma who could give some help.
The fight with the Piper is over. The first of the Five is defeated. Congratulations.
Wren thanks Andrea for her help in healing Aldous.
"He's such a stubborn ol' raven, ain't he, Andrea? I was just trying to help him, too. He seemed far too attached to that silly flute anyway. What a turkey."
Wren clutches her spellbook ever closer.
This book has precious magics.
"Maybe after we heal up a bit we could finish exploring this level. Then we could head into town, again?"
Will Save to cast Detect Magic
"I hope we dont get attacked again then because I have only my spells to cure you and only two off those."
Andrea drinks down her last potion knowing she will have to find time to brew more soon.
CLW
She then pins her outfit together where the claws penetrated.
Wren chitters about wanting to search, but also realizes that rest would give her more time with her new spellbook and relents to return to town.
I love my spellbook.
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The skeletons in the cell stop moving once the flute stops playing and return into their previous state.
Thoughts that go through your head while deciding what to do next:
You defeated the first of the five - but Vesorianna only has limited powers to keep them at bay. If she fails then all is at vain.
But are you strong enough - what have you lost so far that needs rest?
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While you are still can't decide what to do next you get a strange vision
You float through the prison. Dangers lurk everywhere - there only seems one save place in the prison - now that the Piper has been destroyed - the upper floor.
Nobody will die here as long as you stay - but somehow you have the odd feeling that the act of leaving carries with it some danger that you just can't grasp.
Confused you look around for guidance from other members of the group.
Wren continues to chitter.
"...or we could explore the rest of this level, then rest in chapel. It seemed safe enough there and we were so close to Vesorianna..,"
Wren stoppers back up the potion she was trying to feed to Aldous now that Andrea has healed him.
Wren stops putting it away to ask if anyone else needs it.
"Let us finish this floor, eh? There are no more powerful spirits here or Vesorianna would have mentioned them."
Wren will think about casting detect magic again.
Will save
No, no, I must hold onto my magicks, they are too precious.
Galadan casts detect undead and walks around the room, a bit, pausing at the walls to see if he can determine if there is anything beyond which might be of the undead variety. He also searches the cells for anything useful, as he walks.
He speaks to Aldous as he searches.
"Now that the Piper has been dealt with, I wonder if we can destroy that flute. I don't like the idea of carrying around cursed items any longer than we have to."
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All the Undead seem to feel like a bad dream. Lifeless skeletons lie slumped in the cells. Nothing of value can be detected - as you wouldn't expect to leave anything of value with the prisoners.
All in all you notice 18 cells in the West block that all look pretty similar. All of them simple 10by10 feet cells with a wooden bed - often broken as well as a single chair.
In the South - next to the guard post you notice a door that seems of better quality.
Banded iron ensures that the door can't be opened easily. But it seems unlocked as the door is half an inch open and you notice sunlight on the other side of the door.
No signs of Undead in any of the small cell blocks.
"Well now, that looks promising."
You are guests of honor at the town hall tomorrow morning. Just in case you have forgotten. I know - that is likely a few hundred posts ago.
Re: the cursed spellbook
I'm having a hard time defining the effects.
It's cursed?
I can't put it down?
I have a -2 on all ability checks?
I can't cast any of my spells unless I save first? (This is one that is the hard one. Wren shouldn't even be here if she doesn't want to cast spells and help the party.)
Am I roleplaying it right? Too much, too little?
Thanks.
So we have a vision that if we leave here bad things will happen, but we are also expected in town?
Just to be clear that we need to make a decision about one or the other.
Wren will try to push open the sunlight door.
Can I sense any undead through the outer walls? Into other areas of the same floor that we haven't been to yet? Detect Undead will work through walls.
Andrea is used to having visions..but not when she is awake.
"Oh very well let us continue only we must return to the town tonight. Our presence at the town meeting is required in the morning remember"
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As Wren opens the door - can everyone please make a perception roll.
You do very well how you roleplay it. I can check if you can drop the spellbook. And I underestimated how bad the issue is with having to make will saves.
All items have some powerful ways to help defeating the haunts - as you have seen with the flute - but this comes at a prize.
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The cell
Although this cell is rather spacious, it contains no concessions to comfort. A skeletal body dressed in the rotting remains of a prisoner's robe lies slumped against the eastern wall, wrapped in numerous chains on which are affixed numerous weights emblazoned with several different holy symbols.
A book lies on a chair next to the dead body.
Perception:
Wren perceives.
Perception
"Ah sunlight, I do love to preen my feathers in the glow."
Perception
Andrea looks at the chains .."now why would he have been sealed like this...unless.." she pulls the tangled mass of holy symbols out off her pouch and studies them matching them with the chains.."ahh..could this have been Father Charlatan?"
Aldous observes the search of the room from the doorway, with a somewhat detached level of interest...
"Strange..I would have thought we would have had a manifestation by now..why does that set my teeth on edge?"
"We kil...uh destroyed the Piper but find the priest, The ghost said she only detected 1 of the prisoners up on this level. Something does not ring right. Be on guard all."
Andrea looks around nervously..
"You know I'd feel happier in this place if we had a real priest with us"
"You know I'd feel happier in this place if we had a real priest with us"
Wren looks at Andrea, then at Galadan, then again at Andrea.
She opens her mouth to speak...but then says nothing.
"There is an undead presence here, so be on your guard. Holy water at the ready." Galadan draws out his mace.
Aldous continues to lean patiently against the wall outside the room, the words to another summoning ritual rising unbidden to his lips, as he waits for an enemy to present itself...