"...ghouls, wights, ghasts... oh my, this is not going to be fun. Approach with caution, beware of their touch, and those ghasts smell funnier than the pile of rotting bodies in here. But worry not, for Kelemvor's eye is watchful, and His grace lays upon you. Let us release those damned ones from the burden of undeath. Ssam noitcivnoc!"

With those words, Khayyim released a burst of energy, strengthening his comrade's resolve.

Standard action: Mass conviction, anyone within a 20' burst gains +2 Morale bonus on all saves, duration 50 minutes.

Myarra hears the calls from the corridor and hesitates for just a moment when the announcement is made about the undead.  She hates undead.  Not in the "must kill" definition, but rather in the sense of parts of her body going bone cold in terror.  Zombies and skeletons she can deal with, when necessary, and even some of the ghasts and ghouls, if hard pressed.  But there are far worse things.  particularly ... "Ghosts?  Are there any ghosts?" she asks, finally leaving the body she'd been stripping and heading over to the corridor and peering out at the approaching enemy.  The wight gives her pause, but she plucks up her courage and moves to stand by Byron, though far enough away that they'll be able to use their swords without banging into each other.  "I don't do ghosts.  Can't.  Sorry, just can't.  I'm okay with the others, but ..."

Roenthelm regards the approaching undead with a grim expression but does not back away. He has little idea what these particular creatures were, his recent memories were to swamped with the sights and sounds of the dead for him to care much at this point.

"Stupid to think it would be different..." He muttered to himself as one hand drifted toward the pouch at his waist.

In reply to Myarra (msg # 967):

Myarra, if any ghosts show up I'll move to deal with them. You just keep the others off of my back. 

Giving her a reassuring look as she moves to take up position beside me.

Round 1 Results----------

Lennox's attention is focused on the items on the bodies that Khayyim pointed out that were magical and doesn't realize there is a fight about to start outside the room, as Nolan orders his Golem to move to the front to protect the party, he himself Levitating to the ceiling. Kallyan moves into the hall, with her panther following, and casts a Magic Fang Spell on Raieylan, followed by a Flaming Sphere spell to burn the undead coming down the hall, as Myarra moves to the doorway to peek out at what's coming. Byron moves to the middle of the hallway to give himself some fighting room with his Greatsword as the undead move closer with more coming into view. Twiggy casts a Shield of Faith on Byron, to give him a better chance of defending himself as more Wights appear up the hallway. The Golem is big and moves slowly to Nolan's commands, as Roenthelm stays in the middle of the party to aid anyone who might need help with something. Sister Aliana pulls out her Holy Symbol and waits for the Undead to get within range, so she could use her Deity's power over them, as Khayyim moves towards the party and casts a spell to aid them in the fight. Amara looks on in disbelief as more undead appear out of the mist.

Remember House Rule #6: You as a player can post your action anytime during the round and also change your actions up until I update the round. I think this will speed up the rounds a tad, so we don't have to wait on someone so you can post.

Name        Initiative        Health       Misc.
Lennox          27            37/37
Nolan           24            67/67        Levitated, Mass Conviction!
Kallyan         21            29/29        Mass Conviction! Flaming Sphere^
Panther         21            ??/??        Mass Conviction! Magic Fang
Myarra          21            65/65        Mass Conviction!
Byron           20            53/53        Shield of Faith*, Mass Conviction!
Ghoul  3        19            ??/??
Ghast  4        17            ??/??
Ghoul  2        17            ??/??
Ghast  5        17            ??/??
Wight  B        15            ??/??
Wight  A        15            ??/??
Twiggy          14            24/24        Mass Conviction!
Ghoul  1        14            ??/??
Ghast  6        13            ??/??
Iron Golem      12            129/129
Ghoul  7        12            ??/??
Ghoul  8        12            ??/??
Wight  C        10            ??/??
Wight  D        09            ??/??
Roenthelm       07            44/44        Mass Conviction!
Aliana          05            38/38        Mass Conviction!
Khayyim         04            46/46        Mass Conviction!
Amara           01            37/37        Mass Conviction!

*Shield of Faith = +2 to AC for 10 rounds
!Mass Conviction = +2 Morale bonus on all saves for 500 rounds
^Flaming Sphere = Red Circle FS on Battle Map
Magic Fang = +1 Enchantment bonus to Hit and Damage for 40 Rounds

Battle Map #1 has been updated
#2 and #3 are pictures of what the undead look like.

"Let us not rush things, shall we? Keep close, do not let them flank you. Fighters outside, casters inside, and call if you need healing. Now don't just move yet... there we go. Highness, your might descends upon your humble servants! The Wall of Souls shelters us!"

There was a faint moaning as a pale shroud surrounded Khayyim and his allies. Faceless, ethereal warriors wearing armors from all ages of Faerun's history circled the adventurers, ready to shield them from harm. Without further ado, the cleric clutched his holy symbol and advanced towards the undead.

Swift: Protection Devotion feat, all allies within 30' burst gain +3 Sacred bonus to AC for 10 rounds.
Move: T30
Standard: Ready action to turn undead who would come in range, waiting for as many targets as possible.

Lets hold our position here and let them come to us.  It will be much harder for them to flank us this way.

If any come into range of my sword I will attack the most dangerous one first with it.

Twiggy looks into the room at some of the others "Byron, I will be on your back left side making sure nothing flanks you. " he then reaches and grabs three sling stones and says a blessing over them allowing them to be much more damaging.



Move to 28 Z
Cast magic stone on 3 sling bullets

Nolan couldn't tell one ghoul from a ghast, let alone a wight. They all looked the same to him, so Nolan just cast a magic missile spell at the closest enemy.

Magic missile on Undead 2: 16

Byron moves laterally and carefully to X-24 to give both myself and Myarra room to swing our swords. (That should be enough room.)

"I really hate the undead," Myarra tells Byron casually, her sword held in a two-handed grip.  Despite its weight, the tip remains motionless in the air before her.

"There's no glory in killing them; they're already dead.  And really, they don't actually die, they just stop moving.  Most of them aren't even really evil, they're just puppets that can kill you set in motion by some other evil bastard that doesn't dare face you.  And the ones that can think for themselves aren't even really there most of the time.  They're always insubstantial or ethereal or astral or whatever.  Give me a dragon any day.  Sure, they're pure death on four legs, but they're honest foes that you can respect.  Undead are just another abomination some priests came up with one day when they couldn't think of any other way of screwing up the world."

With the others forming up around her ... all behind the golem, if they're smart, all she can do is wait for something to come into the reach of her sword.

The sword and mace are quickly shoved into the looped straps of leather on the outside of Lennox's haversack, complimenting his crowbar in a readily visible and utilitarian manner. The other trinkets are scooped up and shoved into a pocket for now. If the impending fight went sideways, it would be best to ensure no loot was left behind if running became the order of the day. That done he double times it out into the hallway with his greatsword in hand... Ready to take up a ready position alongside the others.

In reply to Myarra (msg # 976):

I can easily see your point of view regarding them Myarra.  However, we will need to make short work of those that get behind the Golem.  It is my guess that will ignore it and come after the living.  So it should be able to attack with relative impunity, while we defend those of our party who are behind us and helping us.

Byron smiles at the memory of just how tough Myarra is with that sword in hand from their previous sparring.

"Listen to your friend, Myarra. We are coming after you...." one of the undead said "We're going to slice your soul..."

Twiggy looked up confused at the undead "Wait a minute, are the undead supposed to speak? I would of thought all of that rotted out. Say "braaiinns, braaiinns." You can talk, so do it."

Kali looks at the others, her hand outstretched and concentrating on the flaming sphere in front of her.  Concentrating, she sends the sphere towards them and to the left of the group, avoiding the golem.

Round 2 results----------

Lennox scoops up treasure that Khayyim pointed out that was magical, not wanting to leave it behind, and hustles over to the doorway with his Greatsword readied. Nolan casts a Magic Missile on Ghoul 2 and rocks the undead, but it keeps coming. Kallyan directs her Flaming Sphere, hoping to run over the undead with it, as her Panther stays by her side as her protector. Myarra and Byron work together to set themselves apart, so they don't accidentally clash weapons as they wait for the undead to arrive in melee. The undead hustle in. Twiggy had his plans to help out Byron, so Byron wouldn't get flanked, but plans changed when Byron moved away with Myarra. Twiggy shrugs his shoulders and casts a spell on some of his sling stones.

The rest of the undead hustle in as the Iron Golem takes a step forward, swinging it's mighty iron fists on the approaching undead that got too close. Ghoul 2 gets smashed into goo and Ghast 4 gets rocked off the wall, but is still in the fight. Roenthelm is startled that the undead moved in so fast as Aliana waited for the undead to move into range, so she could use her Deity's power to Turn them. She called upon Oghma, but her Holy Symbol didn't glow as brightly as it should have done. The mist in the area seems to be "attacking" it, but Aliana does manage to Turn a few of the undead, who are now going to flee the area. Khayyim prays to his Deity and Faceless, ethereal warriors wearing armors from all ages of Faerun's history circled the adventurers, ready to shield them from harm. Khayyim then moves forward with his Holy Symbol out. Amara Levitates into the air, upon seeing the undead approach so quickly.


Remember House Rule #6: You as a player can post your action anytime during the round and also change your actions up until I update the round. I think this will speed up the rounds a tad, so we don't have to wait on someone so you can post.

Name        Initiative        Health       Misc.
Lennox          27            37/37        ^Protection Devotion feat
Nolan           24            67/67        Levitated, Mass Conviction! ^Protection Devotion feat
Kallyan         21            29/29        Mass Conviction! Flaming Sphere^ ^Protection Devotion feat
Panther         21            ??/??        Mass Conviction! Magic Fang ^Protection Devotion feat
Byron           20            53/53        Shield of Faith*, Mass Conviction! ^Protection Devotion feat
Myarra          20            65/65        Mass Conviction! ^Protection Devotion feat
Ghoul  3        19            ??/??
Ghast  4        17            ??/21        Rebuked-Fleeing
Ghast  5        17            ??/??        Rebuked-Fleeing
Wight  B        15            ??/??
Wight  A        15            ??/??
Twiggy          14            24/24        Mass Conviction! ^Protection Devotion feat
Ghoul  1        14            ??/??        Rebuked-Fleeing
Ghast  6        13            ??/??
Iron Golem      12            129/129
Ghoul  7        12            ??/??        Rebuked-Fleeing
Ghoul  8        12            ??/??
Wight  C        10            ??/??
Wight  D        09            ??/??
Roenthelm       07            44/44        Mass Conviction! ^Protection Devotion feat
Aliana          05            38/38        Mass Conviction! ^Protection Devotion feat
Khayyim         04            46/46        Mass Conviction! ^Protection Devotion feat
Amara           01            37/37        Mass Conviction! ^Protection Devotion feat, Levitated

Undead destroyed: 1 Ghoul

*Shield of Faith = +2 to AC for 9 rounds
!Mass Conviction = +2 Morale bonus on all saves for 499 rounds
^Flaming Sphere = Red Circle FS on Battle Map
Magic Fang = +1 Enchantment bonus to Hit and Damage for 39 Rounds
^Protection Devotion feat, all allies within 30' burst gain +3 Sacred bonus to AC for 10 rounds.

Battle Map #1 has been updated
#2 and #3 are pictures of what the undead look like.

Should one of the undead come into range of my great sword I attack.

06:41, Today: Byron Rockhead rolled 23 using 1d20+4.  Attack Roll w/ Great Sword.
06:43, Today: Byron Rockhead rolled 6 using 1d10+4.  Damage w/ Great Sword.

Don't listen to them Myarra.  We will be fine and prevail.

Should one of the undead come into range of my great sword I attack.

06:41, Today: Byron Rockhead rolled 23 using 1d20+4.  Attack Roll w/ Great Sword.
06:43, Today: Byron Rockhead rolled 6 using 1d10+4.  Damage w/ Great Sword.

Don't listen to them Myarra.  We will be fine and prevail.

Twiggy moved in behind Byron and Myarra before placing a magic stone in his sling and firing it. The halfling cussed under his breath as the string slipped making the stone go towards the floor and he called out " Brandobaris may you give me luck." and the stone skipped off the floor heading directly for the wight ready to discharge its magic that greatly harms undead.



Move to Y-25 , Att 25 and 9 possible damage to Wight C

06:53, Today: Twiggy Flinch rolled 9 using 2d6+2.  damage wight C.

06:50, Today: Twiggy Flinch rolled 25 using 1d20+7.  Attack Wight C, -2 att due to distance, reroll luck domain feature.

06:49, Today: Twiggy Flinch rolled 9 using 1d20+7.  Attack Wight C, -2 att due to distance.

Terrified by Alana's words of divine power, several of the undead were running away. The ghast closest to Khayyim dropped all caution as it tried to flee from the priestess' wrath, giving him an opportunity to strike.

"Leaving already? And I was just getting used to the smell..." he mocked, slicing at the creature, the last few inches of the blade chopping a chunk of greyish flesh off. As the ghoul in front of him ran away as well, he took a few steps forward, letting go of the holy symbol which dangled from his wrist again, and brushed his finger against the neck of the water canteen at his belt. In a swift motion, he flicked a few droplets of water upwards, then blew towards the bulk of his opponents. A fine, silvery snow blew from his mouth, engulfing an area as broad as half the floor.

14:42, Today: Khayyim Vedim rolled 25,8 using d20+7,d10+3.  AOO Attk + dmg vs. Ghast 4.

Move more or less to R30, whatever allows me to catch as many enemy targets as possible in the 30' cone while not risking AoO.
Cast Frost breath, save DC 15 for half damage, all who fail their save are Dazed (which is fortunately one of the very few things undead aren't immune against...).
14:51, Today: Khayyim Vedim rolled 7 using 2d4.  Frost Breath cold damage.

"Don't worry Byron," Myarra growls ... quite literally.  There's a fair bit of vibrato going on in her throat. "They're just pissing me off."  She really wants to head into the pack and start chopping them down, and it would be untrue to say that she's not a little put off by the voices in this place, but charging would be stupid.  And she only had to do something that dumb a half dozen time before she learned her lesson.  In all truth, she's far more rattled by the insubstantial warriors Khayyim's conjured up.  She knows they're not ghosts, but they sure as hell look like them.  "If I ever find that time rip thing Hanns was talking about, I'm going to go back and make sure this place never gets built."

Nolan was surprised when the undead hurried to get to the group, not caring about the golem. He knew that ghoul touch could paralyze people, so Nolan pulled out a small ball and threw it at the back of the group of undead after he finished his incantation.

Fireball centered at M/N 26, M/N 27: 37 damage DC 17 Reflex save

It wasn't so much that Amara was dumbfounded by the approaching undead, but rather that her stomach was still turning. She levitated into the air, looking at the creatures as they approached.

She pulled a small figurine of a swordfighter from her spell component pouch. "Vigiliae ad arma conclamant umbra Legio!" She called.

16 shadowy swordfighters appeared, one each in squares O-R, 27-30, ready to attack any who might move through their ranks.


Standard Action: Cast Legion of Sentinels - one ghostly (shadow) incorporeal swordfighter appears in each square, threatening the squares adjacent to it, able to make one attack of opportunity per round. They do not hinder movement, block terrain, or block line of effect. They can flank an opponent with each other or allies.

Nox strides forward and sets position shoulder to shoulder with Khayyim, blade held defensively and prepared to defend the priest as he works.
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