He used to thgink Duke was merely evil. Now he thinks he is evil and mad. He tris to communicate with the beast.

( Well he is described as the Mad Duke of Ereworn. ;) )

Whatever words Lann says to the creature seem to possible be understood but it is too crazed with pain from being vivisected and its physiology does not allow communication.

Lann asks him to nod in response to his questions. He asks if he needs help

Lann awaits the creature to respond.

In reply to Toirneach Lann (msg # 836):

Lann is fairly certain that with all of its internal organs splayed around it on the table and the utter agony it appears to be in that he will not be getting a coherent response.

Lann puts the creature out of its misery and examines the potions to see if he can identify any of them.
He searches for manuals as well.

He is not an expert but most of the preparations and substances appear to be preservation agents of a sort...perhaps some would serve as ingredients for potions?

Other than a few pieces of parchment with anatomical scribbles on them he finds no documents.

Finding no use for these items, Lann trashes up the place and explores another area. He moves to the next unexplored
Area
He knows

Only one door in the area remains unexplored ( apart from the one with the noises behind it that he intentionally left alone) and as Lann approaches he can hear growls and the sound of claws on stone beyond this one.

Lann listens at the door trying to ascertain the noise that is behind the door.

Listening he determines that there are indeed several things growling and moving about in a rather large room.

Ooc can I open the door and stand at the doorway to engage them one by one?

OOC:

Why would you not be able to?

Lann stands st the door and casts enhancement if it is off and opens the door standing at the doorway.

Lann opens the door and peers into the room with his lantern, huge shapes move lethargically around the large space, hard to make out in the semi-darkness.

The nearest one seems to take note of the light and begins to move towards him.  As it comes into the circle of his lantern light he sees that it is almost of a size with the dead giant he had fought earlier though this horrific apparition is rather composed of many different individuals.

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It lopes towards Lann silently but with obvious intent....

Lann stands at the door way and strikes with his dagger

Lann attacks the monster with his magic dagger. If enhancement isn’t running, he will cast it first

Lann strikes at the horrific form with the dagger over and over again trying to find weak points on its unliving bodies, winnowing away at its bulk he lands some telling blows but is badly struck on a number of occasions, though his armour prevents serious injury.

As the combat continues the other forms within the room begin to slowly congregate drawn by the noise; one is a terrible centipede like form composed of dozens of human ribcages and spines joined together...the arms jutting from each ' segment' acting as legs to propel the serpentine horror, its 'head' is dozens of skulls wired together with frenzied clacking jaws.

Another malformed terror consists of a titanic ball of wicker and sinew containing pulsating and writhing organs intermingled with thrusting bone shards.

But none of these can reach Lann past his current opponent.

Lann drives in again and again....tiring but unwounded, but his foe is seemingly indomitable for the moment.

Lann is stumped by the fact that despite his magic weapon and skill, he is unable to damage the beast. He curses, and....

OOC:Am I able to clsoe the door GM?

OOC: Sure. None of these things can fit through.....well maybe the centipede one...you were doing damage, it was just very big...and dead...so no bleeding or vital organs.

OOC: MEans if i want i can continue attacking it since nothong else can slip past it?

OOC: Thats currently the case anyway, you were attacking from outside the doorway last I knew.

Lann curses and strikes reeatedly> He resolves to strike until he has no choicebut to close the door and retreat. He will do this when the beast is dead agan or when he is wounded to half strength or another creature is facing him. .

OOC:YUp Yup! Too cowardly to enter... I rememebr i haf to be careful.

Lann continues to strike at the creature for another 3 rounds or until he is wounded.

He continues to stand at the doorway. As he attacks, he wonders what sort of beast is this.

The undead monstrosities batter at each other s they try to reach the living thing within the doorway...from what he can see of the huge room there is no other way out and he wonders if some of the wreckage within are the remains of the tales and hoists upon which these horrors were built from the corpses of Ereworns people....if so and they were abandoned within he wonders if these terrors are unwanted failures and what else could be being giving such a travesty of life elsewhere in these terrible place.

He is struck heavily in the chest again but his armour holds, though there is some bruising....the centipedal thing begins snaking closer, it will soon be able to strike at him as well from beneath the tripod horror.