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Naala and Exiel put the hurt on Ralph, with a critical bite followed by a critical stab! He goes down with a whimper.
Leo staggers to his feet into the space between Exiel and Constantin, provoking attacks of opportunity from all of you except Sue. If he somehow survives, he turns on Constantin and attempts to bite him.
And misses.
Unable to see 42, Don shuffles over and tries to blind and trip Constantin instead. [ooc}(Constantin, you get to take up to 3 attacks of opportunity on him if you have any left.)[/ooc]
If he survives the attacks of opportunity, Don will manage to trip Constantin. Mike steps up to flank Constantin with Leo and attempts to bite and claw at Constantin.
+4 if Constantin is prone
+4 if Constantin is prone
+4 if Constantin is prone
Initiative Order - Round 6
Exiel - 22
Leo - 22
Don - 16
Mike - 16
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Constantin - 16
Sue - 13
Alden - 12
42 - 8
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42 can't see what to do next. Some would say his is blinded to the correct path. But no, he knows what he should do, if only he could see the light. He reaches into his handy haversack, fumbling for the right wand. He finds a wand and taps himself with it. He sighs as some of the aches and pain of this battle wash away from him. Then he curses himself under his breath as he realizes that he got the wrong wand. He holds onto the wand as he reaches in to pull out the other one.
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Constantin slashes at Mike, and manages to score a single hit. Sue smashes a fist into Don's face...
It causes him to stagger, but he shrugs off the worst of it.
Alden manages to scratch Don a little more as Naala flips him onto his back. You hear some grumbling from the air behind Don, but as Don turns around to seek out the source of the grumbling, Exiel puts a lance into his back, dropping him.
Seeing that there is finally a female in range, the last misogyny demon steps towards Sue and makes a last ditch effort to claw her eyes out.
Unfortunately for Sue, the demon does manage one last nasty bite on her.
Her wound starts to bleed like it did from the previous bite, but slightly less profusely.
Initiative Order - Round 7
Exiel - 22
Mike - 16
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Constantin - 16
Sue - 13
Alden - 12
42 - 8
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42 can see the light, and that he is holding the wrong wand. Then he notices that all but one of the beasties are down. He swings his sword at him, releasing a second charge of the chill touch that is inside.
1 point of strength DC 15 Fort to negate the strenght.
42 appears behind the turtle. "I can see you now."
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With just one demon left, the whole lot of you dog-pile him and leave him bloodied and battered on the floor.
A quick search of the bodies reveals that only the ettin had anything of real value (your group has more than enough spellcraft so I'll skip the tedious identification):
potion of reduce person
wand of levitate (19 charges)
As you proceed further down the passage, you see that crude stone stairs twist through this winding passage. The temperature drops sharply and a rime of hoarfrost settles upon the walls. About 100ft in, you find a shut wooden door on the right side of the passage, and a short excursion a little further reveals a second door on the right side of the passage another 150ft down, though this second door is open, spilling light into the frosted passageway. Both doors are are carved with the image of a pretty young woman standing in a tangled field of blossoming wildflowers
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You head to the open door and find stone stairs lead into a narrow, rectangular chamber filled with the overwhelming stink of urine. The walls and floor are haphazardly covered with countless lines of jagged runes. Two short flights of stairs climb to small platforms at either end of the chamber.
A wooden chest secured with a heavy chain and a solid lock sits atop the western platform.
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Sue will casually flip into a handstand. After a moment of settling herself she will shift her balace to a single hand and begin healing hereself with a wand.
Sue then speaks softly, "Exiel, can you hang the gong from my foot."
Assuming he is cooperative, Sue will slowly warm the gong by rubbing her mallet over it, before slowly striking it 4 times.
Sue will kip back upright and return her divine favor wand to hand after putting everything else away.
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Viscount Constantin Bladescu-Blakros shrugs.
"The door is securely locked for the moment; why mess with that? If it was open or unlocked, I would agree with you, though."
Wrinkling his nose at the overwhelming reek of urine, he nonetheless thoughtfully considers the chest.
"I *could* hack it open, but do we have any way to open it with more fiensse?"
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The adamantine blade (doesn't matter which one) cuts through the chain easily. Exiel inspects the chest, and finding nothing suspicious, cautiously positions himself behind the chest and flips it open.
The bad news is that he just barely missed noticing that the entire chest had been covered with a dangerous contact poison. The good news is that being a paladin, he has stupidly high saves and will only fail the save on a natural 1.
As he flips the chest open, he feels a slight tingling in his fingers, but nothing more. There is a brief pause as you wait for some demon or aberration to jump out of the chest at you, but after awhile it becomes apparent that nothing of the sort is about to happen. Peering inside, you find:
a potion of non-detection
a potion of gaseous form
a rope of climbin
a wand of air walk (7 charges)
a hammer and a score of iron spikes
two blocks and tackle
four 50-foot ropes
a giant-sized portable ram (far too big to be effectively used in the normal way by you, but you may find a creative way to use it)
There is nothing else of interest in the room. What do you do next?
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Viscount Constantin Vladescu-Blakros nods thoughtfully.
"Agreed. More so since it clearly supports the notion that they are interlopers - I doubt long-term residents would need battering rams," he notes dryly.
He then goes back to the closed door, and checks for traps...
...before attempting to open the door.
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Exiel looks at the assembled team doubtfully.
"Well, apart from you, Constantin, we have a fist-fighter, a cavalier and two warrior-mages. I would be quite surprised if any of us were particular trained in the art of opening locked doors quietly. Besides, if this place is truly under attack, and our ultimate mission is to facilitate the retrieval of Baba Yaga, then we are on the same side as the defenders of this place. If past experiences are anything to go by, if us Pathfinders are here, the proverbial excrement is about the hit the proverbial ceiling-ventilation. We're practically harbingers of trouble."
"So if the defenders are in trouble and we're here to help, I'm sure they won't mind us bringing down a few doors to come to their aid. I say smash away. Though try to aim for the hinges of the door so we can keep the repair-bill to a minimum. If the denizens of this place are at least somewhat-friendly, I should be able to placate them."
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Constantin puts his shoulder to the door, but is unable to get it to budge. After a few quick blows to the hinges with an adamantine blade, however, the hinges are quickly dealt with them, and between Constantin and Exiel, the door itself is freed from its stone frame shortly after. Setting the door aside, you see that the passage continues onwards towards the North-West.
As you travel down this passage, you realise the temperature is rising gradually. Several feet from your position, you see that the passage leads to a large natural cavern. The cavern is warm and humid, and stinks of stagnant water. Wisps of water vapor hover just above the floor, somewhat concealing a swampy morass of fungus. In some areas of the cave, large lumpy piles of fungus rise from the slop like fetid islands, and long, rubbery fungal strands hang from the ceiling and walls.
You are not quite in the cavern yet, and it has been about 5 minutes since you fought the ettin.
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Something has been bugging 42 for a while now. "Did we finish off that ugly thing, or just knock it out?"
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With nothing else to do, you eventually make your way down the passage...and down indeed it goes.... Piles of smooth, pale pebbles that glow with a faint violet light lie scattered along the walls of the passages. The pebbles emanate a warm violet glow, reminiscent of the light at dawn that you left behind you, and illuminate the corridors with a warm, dim light.
You are not quite in the cavern yet, and it has been about 5 minutes since you fought the ettin.