"Hast anyone knowledge of this spirit that was once a child?  I know not a ghost from a specter or a spirit,"

Knowledge religion result 11, no DC higher than 15
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Constantine had considerable expertise in the nature of ghosts and the undead, but the particulars of this specter eluded him. It was Darcon who chimed in, stepping around the safety of the doorway and peering in at the spirit.

"The dark energy...the reports of other ghosts...it appears that this creature is the spawn of some greater undead. The Beast could not have done this, be wary for its dark master. Its touch is deadly, and mortal weapons will not harm it. Use magic, or weapons of enchantment! The only way to free the child from this tormented existence is to destroy this form."

Adrin acted decisively, sending whirling bolts into the whispy thing, but Cain exercised caution and drew protective enchantments about himself.

The malevolent child sprite seemed unconcerned with Adrin's attack, although it did fly farther back into the darkened church.

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Adrin MM's for 13 damage.

Cain hits his AoO and does half damage due to the spirit's incorporeal nature.

Constantine makes a knowledge check but doesn't know anything relevant.

Darcon is NPC'd this round and makes a knowledge check, revealing some info about the creature.

The ghostly child moves back and ducks down behind the crates. Remember, you don't have line of sight or line of effect from the doorway while it's hiding. You'll need to gain vision of it before you can target it with spells.

Shade, Darcon, because you were skipped you get an additional standard action next round.

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BC - Broken Child, AC 15, Touch 15, Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +4, incorporeal, 17 damage

CAI - Cain, invisible, mage armor
CON - Constantine
DAR - Darcon
ADR - Adrin, mage armor
SHA - Shade

F - Waist high furniture. Provides cover, surmountable by a DC10 acrobatics check.
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Feeling more confident with his magical protection, Cain steps forward, inviting the shade to try attacking him again. "Come on, try that again."

Step to l8, ready action to attack the wraith should he come into range. If he gets out his cover the rest of the party can blast him. If not, we will have to go to him I suppose.

Adrin saw the creature disappear and hesitated, but he heard Darcon's words, so he stepped forward to see the creature and released another wave of eldritch card-shaped bolts.

Move: H11 (I think I can see to target there?)
Action: Cast Magic missile
Damage: 9 force damage
02:19, Today: Adrin Prescu rolled 9 using 3d4+3.  mm - rd 2.

Shade crept closer to the door, hands tingling with healing energy.  If someone was injured by the ghost's cold touch, she could at least heal them.  And if the ghost came within reach?  Well, it deserved the same!

OOC: Move to g12, readied action to go in and heal first badly-injured party member. If Broken Child comes within reach, go in and heal them instead!  Using healing hex, heals as cure moderate wounds (2d8+5), +3 touch attack if necessary, DC 15 Will save if needed.

SCG brings his magical sword forward and decides to smite the child’s spirit.

“Come thing that once lived and let you move on from this forlorn place. It is apparent you are held here by dark forces, I will free you!”


oday: Sir Constantine Godalming rolled 10 using 1d8+7.  Smite damage . 11:40, Today: Sir Constantine Godalming rolled 24 using 1d20+10.  Smite evil +1 longsword.
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Our heroes moved into the dark church to deal with the giggling, burning little spirit. Some held in wary readiness, while Constantine and Adrin sent bolts energy and slashes of holy force into the creature.

It weathered their blows and sank two tiny, ghostly hands through Constantine's breastplate and into his flesh. He instantly felt the chill of death, and more. A sucking. A pulling. A draw on his very lifeforce that he resisted with every fiber of his being.

But while our heroes were focused on this spirt, a darker force approached.

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The only warning that Shade had were twenty pinpricks of pain as Nooks claws shot out and latched into her shoulder. His back arched, his fur bristled, and he hissed in hatred and unnerved terror before yowling and darting out the door.

A moment later a dark void drifted ethereally through the chapel wall. The figure was a swirling cloud of glowing red eyes wreathed in dark flame that matched the smaller spirit, which began to prance and clap as this greater geist appeared. The sickly stench of decay filled the church along with the buzzing drone of a swarm of hornets.

It stretched out a desiccated hand, a long thin finger extended, and this clawed appendage it laid on Shade's chest just below the hollow of her throat like a caress. Icy chills shot through her, and mouthless the thing seemed to smile.

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Cain readys up.

Adrin casts magic missile for 9 damage.

Shade moves up and preps to heal.

Constantine steps up to put the smack on the ghost for 10 damage.

Darcon moves into the church and casts disrupt undead, but misses.

The Broken Child's readied action triggers and it makes a touch attack against Constantine, and then with its regular action it makes a touch attack against Constantine. Constantine is hit twice and takes 7 negative energy damage. He also makes two fortitude saves, passes both, and suffers no other ill effects.

Brother Swarm emerges from the wall of the church and makes an attack against Shade. He hits and shade takes 2 negative energy damage. She makes a fortitude save, passes, suffers no other damage.

Shade and Cain, your readied actions are still ready and can be taken on your turn if you deem the triggers to be met.

Darcon, because you were skipped you get an additional standard action on your next turn.

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BC - Broken Child, AC 15, Touch 15, Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +4, incorporeal, 36 damage
BS - Brother Swarm, AC 20, Touch 20, Fort +8, Ref +6, Will +8, incorporeal

CAI - Cain, invisible, mage armor
CON - Constantine, 7 damage
DAR - Darcon
ADR - Adrin, mage armor
SHA - Shade, 2 damage

F - Waist high furniture. Provides cover, surmountable by a DC10 acrobatics check.
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Shade gasps as the undead floats through the wall at her, and tries to swipe back at it with hands charged with healing energy.  But the appearance had thrown her badly off-balance!  She quickly regrouped and moved the hell away from it, going next to Adrin and shaking a little with the surprise.

OOC: Rolled a 1 on the touch attack. >:-(
Move to i11.

Adrin screamed quickly when the creature made of floating eyes and cloak appeared and slashed into Shade. He flung his hand out and again, three darts of glowing energy arced out, this time though they struck the new threat and each slammed home unerringly.

Action: Magic Missile
Damage: 11 pts force damage
16:06, Today: Adrin Prescu rolled 11 using 3d4+3.  Magic missile rd 3.

Move: L12

"More of the bastards!" Cain yells a warning before casting another spell and running to intercept the new threat.

I think my readied action is wasted in this situation. I'm moving to protect our squishy backline. Shield up, move to g10, the square Shade was in just now.

Constantine stayed locked in combat with the ghost child while the remainder of our heroes pivoted to face this new threat.

Shade scrambled out of the way, still holding the healing magic that she had been unable to discharge. In her flight the dark being managed to grasp at her ankle. Where it a corporeal being it surely would have meant doom for the young witch, snared and dragged back towards the monster, but instead she felt its icy talons raking through her flesh like ice. Her leg went numb and leaden, and a feeling as if her very life force were being drawn out of her filled her with dread.

Cain leapt to her defense, laying down another barrier and striding fearlessly up to the spirit. Every red-flecked eye focused on him in an instant but the creature's attack bounced harmlessly off of his warding magics. There the buzzing increased until it sounded like an annoyed hiss, and the thing wafted backwards out through the wall just as Adrin and Darcon sent splashing arcs of energy after it.

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Shade wiffs and moves away.

Brother Swarm AoOs Shade as she moves away and hits. She fails a Fort save, takes 5 negative energy damage, and 5 CON drain.

Adrin casts magic missile for 11 damage.

Cain casts Shield and moves in to melee.

Darcon casts disrupt undead, but misses.


The Broken Child tries to touch Constantine but misses.

Brother Swarm tries to touch Cain but misses. It moves away, prompting an AoO from Cain.


Cain, you have an AoO against Brother Swarm

Constantine and Darcon, because you were skipped you get an additional standard action on your next turn.

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BC - Broken Child, AC 15, Touch 15, Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +4, incorporeal, 36 damage
BS - Brother Swarm, AC 20, Touch 20, Fort +8, Ref +6, Will +8, 11 damage, 5 temp HP, incorporeal

CAI - Cain, mage armor, shield
CON - Constantine, 7 damage
DAR - Darcon
ADR - Adrin, mage armor
SHA - Shade, 7 damage, 5 Con drain

F - Waist high furniture. Provides cover, surmountable by a DC10 acrobatics check.

“Get over here so we are not divided!”


Sir Constantine Godalming rolled 14 using 1d20+10.  Smite evil +1 longsword 

SCG returns his attacks on destroying the childlike spirit
Sir Constantine Godalming rolled 9 using 1d8+7.  Smite damage . 17:02, Today: Sir Constantine Godalming rolled 26 using 1d20+10.  Smite evil +1 longsword .
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Cain again misses his strike as the wraith disappears. "Dammit all!"

22:56, Today: Cain rolled 10,9 using 1d20+8,1d8+7.  AoO (Attack, Damage).

Ok, got a question. Are furniture squares valid to end up standing in? If they are not, it's going to be tricky to reach the Broken Child with just a move action, at least without risking an AoO.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" He answers Constantine as he rushes to his side, jumping on a pew and slashing down at the wraith.

Moving to l6, then attacking.
Acrobatics to jump on furniture in l6 (using Daredevils Boots), not sure what DC is for that.
23:52, Today: Cain rolled 27 using 1d20+11.  Acrobatics.
23:52, Today: Cain rolled 16,8 using 1d20+8,1d8+7.  Attack, Damage.

Cain and Constantine stood shoulder to shoulder, facing off against the dark spirit. With twin cries they lunged forward, two blades piercing its ethereal form, and there was a tremor in the air as the power of their swords slashed downward. The thing held its form for another instant and then dissipated with a sigh, its spirit freed.

With the lesser spirit banished our heroes drew into a defensive posture, waiting for the greater darkness to hoover in through the walls of the chapel. Long minutes passed, and when it became evident that the greater wraith would not reappear they set about a search of the chapel.

The building was empty and dusty, most of the furniture carted off and the rest shrouded in sagging gray sheets that had once been white. Apart from the party's movements it didn't appear that any creatures of the physical plane had moved through the room for years. The pulpit was cracked, the altar had been removed, but there was a font at the head of the room that still held holy water after all this time. Apart from that the chapel was empty.

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Cain and Constantine, you strike true and banish the Broken Child. If you wait around it doesn't appear that the other ghost is planning to trouble you further...yet.

In the font you find enough holy water to fill five vials.

"It seems likely that the hill contains more of these children spirits and perhaps whatever that many-eyed ghost was as well. Hence the Harrow's word of warning to me." he walked in after time seemed to indicate the bigger spirit wasn't coming back.

"Does anyone have any empty vials? I'm sure some blessed water wouldn't go amiss in our current situation."

Shade sways and abruptly crumpled from the touch of the undead, out in a dead faint.

OOC: With the 5 Con drain, I lose 3 hit points per level, losing 15 of my max of 17, then with the 5 negative energy damage brings me to a -3 and I'm unconscious.

"One down, five to go. Plus whatever that thing with all the eyes was. Oh, bloody hell." Cain exclaims as he notices Shade lying on the ground. He rushes over to her side, digs out a potion out of his pouch and trickles the liquid down her mouth. "Now is really not a good time for a nap."

Bah, was hoping to get her back up on her feet. Or is she only disabled now?
13:09, Today: Cain rolled 3 using 1d8+1.  Potion of CLW.

"Will she live?" Adrin asked with some concern over Shade.

"I would help, but I have no skill with healing myself, or potions to do so either." he added while keeping an eye out for the many eyed spirit.

"Perhaps we should pull her out in the sunlight? I have heard some spirits can't abide the light of day."

Banishing the child SCG goes to quickly lay on hands to Shade

: Sir Constantine Godalming rolled 5 using 2d6.  Lay on hands


“Does anyone know what the master wraith is?”

Shade's eyes flutter open as the potions and healing magic bring her back from her dead faint, but her skin is pale and she looks drawn and consumptive.  "He... stole something from me," she says in a raspy whisper, thumping her checks with a trembling hand.

Adrin shook his head even as he stepped out into the sunlight himself.

"My knowledge of spirits and such is limited to the Harrow, unfortunately."

When Shade spoke of something being stolen from her, he felt a chill pass over him, and he started to get out his cards for another reading.

"Regardless... if we don't have intentions or ability to kill the many-eyed spirit we should we well away from here before the sunsets."

“Fear not lady of Lonwood you will be restored.  It seems we had better gather the holy water, leave this place of the dead and go talk to the three witnesses.  We can cleanse the village and come prepared for the threats within.  We can ask the priests about the spirit we encountered here.”

SCG is ready to leave at least for now

They quickly gathered the remaining holy water and Constantine led the way back out into the sunlight. The several hundred paces through the abandoned village were a tense journey as our heroes moved back to the carriage. They fanned out with Shade in the center, keeping their eyes peeled of the drifting spirit, but although they could not shake the unmistakable feeling of being watched they saw no hostile creatures.

Soon the cracked steeple of the abandoned village disappeared into the distance behind them.

The hour's journey back to Lepidstadt gave the team some time to discuss their findings, and at length they made their way through the commercial districts on the outskirts of the city to a trim windmill just where town was giving way to farming country. Adrin checked the address on the brief that he had been given, and confirmed on the small painted sign that this was the home of the Orzniov sisters.

“Best we question the witnesses and find out what other things we might learn.”

SCG heads towards the windmill the others in tow