"Arena, what? How do ye know that? Seems to me we are all that's betwixt this thing and the innocents up in the city..."
The Cleric gives a quick nod to Kilthan, "Either we get out of here or we fight this thing, there is no revealing this to the others, as we are not supposed to even be here."
"Quick guess, speculation as it were," Rohara says, "Would it not have been great to release this thing on an arena full of people. Say just as a match is done."
"Well, we have time to prepare our magic defenses to their fullest and heal ourselves to fight this."
Justin will continue to heal and use his wands.
Justin uses another wand and his speed increases.
He scratches his head and continues to think: "Wasn't the evil plan to send it to the arena to consume the champion. The arena isn't off limits. Getting aid to the arena and handling any disaster there with more gladiators seems more prudent than possible dying in a fight and letting something horrible overcome gladiators one by one before organized resistance is able to form. But we are ready to go, let us go defeat this while we are ready."
Justin will bless everyone if they have the time.
"Maybe we can use magic and pop in and surprise it!!"
Kilthan nods, "I don't know how we can get at it to fight it where it stands -- but I do prefer that to letting it get out to the crowd.... or our fellow gladiators, especially since they're not prepared for thins and may have already weakened each other."
"Ok, we can go get it."
Justin will cast Bless and hope Rohara has that really good spell that made them better in combat.
Still hasn't broken through. Waking it up early must have disorientated it.
Justin mentions:
"Ok, let's go get it!! If you can get me right next to it, I can put a bunch of hurt on this thing."
Aarakess nods as she continues to cackle. As she does so, she reaches out and touches Kilthan, imbuing him with luck as well.
Use Fortune Hex on Kilthan
I can move a few of you a short distance, but I need to be able to see where I am moving people.
"If we fight now, I can help us prepare..."
Skorhald casts Good Hope, Haste, and will start a Rallying Cry song just as people begin to move in case of fear effect. He should be in the first group to keep the cry going.
"I can move the others... Just give the word." Rohara states after Aarakess
Lets recap actions
Round 1 Creature pounds on ceiling, Aarakess casts detect magic, Justin Remove Wand, cast shield+LoH, Skorhlad good hope, Rohara Cure critical on Justin
Round 2 Creature pounds on ceiling,Aarakess Touch of Fortune (Justin), Justin stows wand of shield, removes wand of exp retreat, stow wand/LoH, skorhald haste
Round 3 Creature pounds on ceiling,Aarakess Fortune Hex (Kilthan), Justin Casts shield, stows wand, Skorhald Rally Cry
So I would say we are going into round 4 with the creature starting to pound on the ceiling again, then you teleport to appropriate location
Round 4 Justin bless, Aarakess and Rohara dim door
The creature fails once again so Aarakess and Rohara dimsension doors into the next room to fight the creature. There is just enough room on opposite sides to fight it.
- Rohara, Justin, Skorhald, Kilthan, Aarakess, Ulgurstasta
AC 23 T 15 FF 20 CMD 44
As they appear into the room, there is a sudden damage from small tentacles waving about. She bears the pain, "Lady Luck, I ask for your blessing..." She is able to cast the spell despite the constant damage.
Longstrider (9 hour duration)
• +10 foot enhancement bonus to your base speed
Bless (5 minute duration)
• +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.
Haste (8 round duration)
• +1 bonus on attack rolls and a +1 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves
• When making a full attack action, a hasted creature may make one extra attack.
• Movement increased by 30 ft.
Blessing of Fervor (9 round duration)
• Gain a +2 bonus on attack rolls and a +2 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves
Rallying Cry: Use the result of 24 for saves vs fear effects.
Justin sees the undead massive creature, and smites it with three nasty swings and a bite.
Knowing her spells and hexes are unlikely to be effective against this creature, the dwelvish witch points across toward Skorhald, giving the reverse dwarf a bit of luck.
Fortune Hex on Kilthan
Move: Cackle - continues fortune on
Kilthan snarls and swings his axe and shield.
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With no apparent fear effect in place, Skorhald switches his battle hymn to that to inspire courage, then channels arcane energy into Pappy's Ole Door Knocker and swings away at the huge creature.
Unfortunately, the chain links kink causing the ball to hit the ground in a resounding thud.
[ooc]Justin, blessings of fervor and haste don't stack so you lose +1 there. Flank and good hope weren't factored in so you gain +3 from that. So total would be 9BAB+6str+1Weapon+1Undead+2blessings of fervor+2inspire+2good hope+2flank+3smite-2aura=+26 first attack, +18 second attack, +23 haste attack, and +21 bite. So all your attacks hit, and the first smite attack the smite damage is doubled since it is undead. Your AC will improve by +9 to 33 as you have indicated since you do not have any other resistance bonus from like a cloak
As you pop in for battle Rohara continues to bolster your abilties with magic. Justin takes full advantage and hit the creature three times with his axe, one attack leaving a horrible gash, falling to the floor. Still alive Just bits down on the closest thing resembling a throat, ripping it out....killing the undead worm like monstrosity.
Combat Over
"That was easier than I thought it would be. Thanks for all the magic backup. We can still check this last room."
Aarakess stands with her mouth agape.
Remind me to never annoy the Palizard.
"Lad that was some work! I've seen giants who would be jealous of that might! Songs will be sung!"
With a broad smile Skorhold joins the group to search the remaining chambers.
Rohara looks to her friends, "As good as time as any to see what else is here. Along with that." she motions to the dead teifling.
She nods agreement with the others, "Justin is a force in his own right, properly blessed and enchanted, a terror to behold." She chuckles, "The good kind of terror of course."
Kilthan chuckles, "I don't think you need to worry about it, unless you become undead, in which case you probably want him to kill you.... Wait, are you secretly an evil outsider? "
Heading back to the scroll room where you fought the tiefling you open the door to the north
A central pillar of green marble carved in the likeness of a segmented worm supports the ceiling of this square room. The room is dimly lit by a single incense burner that sheds a sweet, fruity aroma. The room is lined with woolen tapestries depicting coiling green worms, and contains a bed, an armchair, and a cupboard. Near the bed is a small nightstand and an ornate, elongated darkwood trunk with a steel plaque on it of a skull infested with worms..
Sitting in the armchair with a glass of wine is a zombie. The silent figure does not rise to attack but instead lifts the glass to its mouth in a semblance of drinking. The description matches that of Ekyam's sister. An angry red indentation around her neck is visible even from here.
Perception:
Wisdom:
That is likely Lahaka. She was strangled as I recall and the red marks on her neck strongly infer strangulation.
"Hmm. Ekyam won't be best pleased, but perhaps we can at least put her to rest proper like." With that the dwarf begins a thorough search of the room.
The cupboard contains personal effects and clothing of a traveling cleric, including an ebony walking stick, a dark traveling outfit, and a rucksack. On the bedside table are a hooded lantern, a jug of red wine, and a pair of smoked goggles.
With a scan of detect magic, the trunk emanates an aura of abjuration and necromancy.
The trunk is an art object both disgusting and fascinating. Made of darkwood and bound with steel, the trunk measures 36×18×18 inches. A steel plaque representing the unholy symbol of Kyuss, is nailed to the lid. The side panels are painted in tones of black and green with a cycle of apocalyptic images that runs around the trunk like a frieze. The images are divided into two horizontal strips, underground and above ground, by a cutaway of the earth’s crust. Underground, the horrible figure of a man made of worms lies imprisoned in a huge stone monolith. The figure has been represented in perspective on all the trunk’s four sides. Huge green worms writhe in the surrounding caverns and break through the cavern’s crust to invade the above ground part of the paintings, where a sickly green light illuminates a blasted landscape. There, the writhing worms tower over a population of monstrous undead and naked, terrified victims.
Kilthan shudders, "That.... is... disturbing. I'd really really hate to think that's what happened at the Clanhome..."
He sighs, then says, "My first urge is to smash the thing, as much as it's evil, but I'd be worried that we let something out... Aara? Rohara?"
"We can take it back with us. It is proof of evil here. And we can lay these remains to rest."
"So who gets to make the remains stop moving? My way would likely make them a little squishy." the dwarf says as he gestures to the huge ball and chain he uses as a weapon.
Kilthan says, "Given the damage that's been done, I would rather not further profane the corpse. Maybe Rohara has a way to kill it without appreciable harm."
While the party is working, Skorhald carefully examines the door to the west and if he finds nothing amiss opens it.
Skorhald checks the door then peers beyond it showing a short hallway leading to another room.
Justin uses his dagger to end the zombie.
The group still investigates the last door west. The evil here had to be stopped and uncovered completely.
Kilthan nods, "A clean strike... though I'm not sure quite how we'll return the body just yet."
He takes a breath, "Let's finish this... Hopefully we can get back in time to rest before our own battle."
Aarakess looks to Kilthan:
We can teleport back. I imagine that Rohara can preserve the corpse. I doubt we can raise it, although perhaps some day we will find the way.
Heading west there is a short hallway before opening into another room. A brazier in the northwest corner lights this rectangular room. A green and black checkered curtain hanging from a steel bar fixed near the ceiling conceals the south wall.
Surprise Round
As you enter the room and trap goes off at the same time the curtain pulls back revealing a shape of a shivering mess of phosphorescent green corruption surrounded by cracked, leathery coatings, always oozing, secreting, thickening, and breaking open, with dark eye-globes covering its body. It casts a spell a cold, cloying miasma of greasy darkness.
Round 1
It then casts and a green cloud that surrounds this room and through the hallway covering everything of obscuring your sight past 5'.
- Creature, Kilthan, Rohara, Aarakess, Justin, Skorhald
AC 25 T 19 FF 18 CMD 33
For Id'ing the creature:
Alkiliths are highly intelligent and surprisingly quick. An alkilith attacks foes by lashing them with its acidic pseudopods. Alkiliths are completely immune to acid, and they are immune to sleep, paralysis, stunning, and polymorphing. An alkilith’s oozing body simply ignores most attacks, but good-aligned weapons can pierce its defenses. Even then, only bludgeoning weapons can produce maximum effect.
At will, an alkilith can dissipate itself into a noxious cloud of vapor as toxic as a cloudkill spell. An alkilith is highly resistant to magic and is immune to the effects of toxic gases. Alkiliths can command nearby oozes, directing them like puppets.
An alkilith can attempt to summon a hezrou in battle, but it usually prefers to rely on its spell-like abilities: cone of cold, contagion, desecrate, detect magic, dispel magic, enervation, hold monster, magic circle against good, stinking cloud, unholy blight, and wall of ice. If a battle turns against the alkilith, it can use greater teleport to escape.