Delving further into the tunnels the party takes the first right where the natural stone tunnels change into worked stone blocks. The original purpose of this chamber is unclear,
but large mounds of rubble lie strewn on its floor. The "entrance" they use used to be a wall that has been torn down into a pile of rubble.

Of the rest of the room there seems to have once been urns of food stored here but the urns have been broken and the food has long since turned to unrecognizable piles of dust.

A closed door to the North is the only other apparent exit from this chamber.

Razyll will eye everyone to ensure they are ready before he readies his shield and slowly rises his hand to check the door to determine if it is locked.

Kaddock, noticing that Tsuto is secured, leaves him in the company of his companions.

"Watch this one.  It looks like the fire is gone, but never trust an enemy is down or done."  He nods at Tsuto as he says this.

"Let's see what we have here." 

He walks up to the door and puts his hands gently on it.  Feeling for any movement or vibrations that the door might pick up.  He then puts his ear up to the door to see if he can hear anything.


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OOC:
Check the other side of the door
14:35, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 15 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 11.  Checking other side of door.
This is actually 17. I just learned that perception isn’t in the skills section. Perception is +6
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Faeli casts light on Talitha's shield.

She growls, and simply looks at Tsuto.

[OOC: Tristen's shield still has Ari's light spell on it too.]

Kaddock doesn't think he hears or senses anything coming from the other side.

Kaddock scrunches his face as he tries to listen on the other side.  He looks back to the group.

"I don't hear anything. Best be on our guard."

He stands, and walks back a few paces and readies his greatsword.

Talitha takes her sword out and gets closer to the door. "Good. Get ready in case something jumps on my face. Someone has to open the door, I guess..."
Talitha tries to open the door with her shield hand, while her sword is raised ready to attack whatever comes out.

The door opens up into a long hallway that leads down and then bends to the right.

"Well, noone stabbed me in the face,so I guess it's safe to continue"
The fighter turns with a wide smile and with a look of relief in her face.

"Do try to not be stabbed in the face." Razyll said with a smile as he gestured Talitha forward.

Faeli peeked beyond the door as well.

"Easy there little one..." Razyll said as Faeli peered into the room. He looked over the others and then hefted his shield. "...I'll take lead this time. You three are at your maximum dosage for those stimulants used in my poultices."

Razyll moves into the corridor travels down the hall and looks up the adjoining passageway.
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Talitha crosses the door and enters the gateway as well with Razyll. "Let me go ahead, if you fall I won't be able to heal you..."

Walking through the hallway the party follows the bend into an open chamber. A red marble statue of a strikingly beautiful but, at the same time, monstrously enraged human woman stands in the middle of this room, her stony expression twisted in fury. The woman wears flowing robes, and her long hair is held back from her face by an intricate headdress of hooks and blades. In her left hand she carries a large book, the face of which is inscribed with a seven-pointed star. Her right hand holds a glittering metal-and-ivory ranseur.

It is clear that the weapons the monsters they fought earlier are somehow related to this statue and the presumed owner/builder of this dungeon but otherwise nobody can make heads or tails of any of it.

The chamber opens back up into the tunnel they had originally entered from so with that loop closed off there are three obvious exits:

(A) - a closed door to the north
(B) - a long staircase leading up to a closed door
(C) - an open hallway that angles around a bend and out of sight of the party.

Kaddock takes a few steps forward. He sheathes his greatsword and readies his bow.

He chuckles. "This must be the only group I've seen where people WANT to get in to the front before opening an ominous door." He smiles.

Kaddock kneels and examines the floors.  His eyes check all three paths.  He stands and says to the group.

"There is a lot of activity here.  Some footprints look like Goblins, others like those monsters we fought earlier.  Some look almost human.  It could be that Tsuto was down here or some other human-like creature.  Best to be on our guard."

His eyes narrow as he takes in the whole room.
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"Let's check this hallway. It looks like it turns to the right. Better to check corridors behind us before we go too far ahead." Tristen waited for the others to respond before he leads the way down corridor C.

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Lead down corridor C if/when we get there

"Let's do it." She said in reply to Tristen before falling in beside him.

"Thanks for the intel Kaddock." Razyll said as he began to move toward area C moving cautiously while scanning the strange terrain.

"How do you think all of this got down here?"

Faeli crept through the catacombs as well. She stood for a moment in front of the statue twisting her face into a crosseyed mockery of the angry twisted face of the lady with the book. With some of her nervous energy expended she proceeds down the corridor following the others as silently as she is able.

Talla agrees on what path to take (C), but before that she says Tsuto. "Is this your girlfriend?" the fighter takes her sword with both hands and with a swift movement beheads the statute.
She smiles at the man again. "Now we can move."

OOC: what do I need to roll to break the statute? :)

Arialis smirked to Talitha as she made her move, then turned back around and walked alongside Tristen.

A stone statue has a Hardness of 7 (I.e. DR 7) and then beyond that 28 HP with a BT of 14. In theory you would need to do about 21 pts of damage in a single strike to cut the head off but it's a cool moment. Grab a hero point while you're at it.

Talitha's sword hits right on the mark and a crack splits the head from the rest of it. The stone tumbles down before the face shatters on the floor with a loud crack that echoes down the hallway. Overall the head is still mostly intact but even if remounted the face would never be the same.

That being said, the statue did not look anything like the winged woman from his journals.

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Walking down the corridor the tunnel widens here into what appears to have once been a small shrine, for to the northeast, steps lead up to a platform of gray stone. Sitting atop the platform is an ancient altar, little more than a jagged block of black marble with a shallow concavity on top of it. This basin is filled with what appears to be filthy water. There is a closed set of double doors to the southeast.

Razyll mutters a prayer and invokes the power of  the Detect Magic cantrip as the group moves along the hall.

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Detect Magic (Cantrip)
Traditions: Arcane, Divine, Occult, Primal
Cast: Two Actions somatic, verbal
Area: 30-foot emanation
You send out a pulse that registers the presence of magic. You receive no information beyond the presence or absence of magic. You can choose to ignore magic you're fully aware of, such as the magic items and ongoing spells of you and your allies.

You detect illusion magic only if that magic's effect has a lower level than the level of your detect magic spell. However, items that have an illusion aura but aren't deceptive in appearance (such as an invisibility potion) typically are detected normally.

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Razyll narrowed his eyes.

"Not to be concerned but I do sense magic in the area." Razyll said as he looked around. He looked at the small shrine, it could be that but he definitely didn't want to experiment with what foul magic might be contained within a place such as this.

Or maybe the basin of filthy water...

Mysteries of another time Razyll thought to himself as he focused his attention on the closed set of double doors.

Tristen stopped inside the room. As Razyll moved to examine the double doors, he stopped next to Faeli. "Um Faeli did you say that you could mend my shield?" Tristen's eyes moved back and forth from the shrine to the double doors.

Talitha stays vigilant while Razyll checks the altar. "Find whatever you are looking for quick. I'll check the door in case anyone wants to pay us a visit here."
She is looking at both the closed doors and the way they came in.

Following his friends into the small room, Kakddock starts to check for any tracks he saw earlier.

"Hold Friends, I see similar tracks.  I would like to investigate further before we walk over the tracks."

He again motions for his companions to stay where they are while he investigates.  You see him walk from the door up to the altar, and stop for a moment. He looks from the door they entered through, to the altar and then from the altar to the room to the southeast.  He walks towards that southeast room and looks around the room again.

He stands straighter and addresses the group.

"It appears that the tracks from the previous area are also in this room.  Goblin, monster and humanoid.  However, none of these tracks go directly to the southeast room.  They all go from the way we entered, to the altar and then to the southeast room.  That makes me think that there may be something of importance with this altar."

Kaddock starts to walk over to the altar as his companions take in what he has found.

Kaddock approaches the alter but other than the bubbling foul liquid there doesn't appear to be anything notable about it. At least no signs of hidden switches or buttons or anything.

"We should keep moving." Razyll said as he pointed the surface of the foul liquid with one of the ransuers he had strapped to his back from the twisted creatures.

In reply to Tristen d'Cordain (msg # 27):

"Oh! yeah! I have that spell.' Faeli grabs plops down her backpack and pulls out her spellbook. She flips through a few pages.

"No, no...nope." Faeli smirks and then points at a section on a page. "Right here! Here it is!" She looks down and considers.

"I mean, I do not have the details worked out at the moment...but, I can burn your shield for you, would that help? Like they do in a forge could you fix it then?"

Talitha listens to Faeli and feels relieved she didn't ask her for help with her shield as well...

"I can trade shields with one of you, my shield hasn't seen much use yet so perhaps it could serve one of you well. The only question is, which one?"

Razyll looked back and forth between the shields to attempt to see which was more damaged and closer to being destroyed.

"Mine still holds. Maybe Tristen's... Let's continue." The fighter heads to the closed doors and tries to open them again

"Makes me glad I do not use a real shield." She said with a small chuckle as she continues alongside Talitha.

Razyll looked over the damage of Tristen's shield.

"I'd prefer if the damage was to the monsters than to your own bodies. However that key goal is accomplished."

Razyll nodded to Talitha and fell in line behind the fighter, ready for her to open the door.

As he observes the bubbling foul liquid, something triggers in the back of his mind.  He takes his backpack off his shoulders, and sets it on the ground.  He then takes out a torch and flint and steel.  He settles his pack back on his back, stuffs the flint and steel into his belt pouch, grabs his bow in his main hand the the torch in his off hand.

He dunks the flamable part of the torch into the liquid for a few seconds and takes it out and looks at the liquid.

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OOC: Kaddock is looking to see if any kind of reaction happens.  He's also thinking of lighting it with another existing torch, but hasn't done that yet.

In reply to Razyll (msg # 37):

Tristen accepted the trade from Razyll. However his old shield still held the power of the Light spell on it. "Thanks. I'll try to keep this from being damaged."

"Ah, comeon. You don't even want to try it?" Faeli moaned as she stuffed her spellbook back into her backpack and slung the heavy sack over her shoulders.

Kaddock puts his torch into the foul liquid. It bubbles and hisses violent and his torch is extinguished just as if it had been put in water but the smell is horrendous, like burning flesh and sulfur.

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Opening the door reveals a huge room that looks like nothing more than an immense underground cathedral. Stone doors stand to either side of the main entrance, but beyond this, the walls are carved with strange, spiky runes. In the center of the room is a large pool, with a ring of polished human skulls balanced on stone spikes arranged in a circle around the deeper midsection. At the far end of the room, a pair of stone stairways leads up to a pulpit on which sits a second pool, this one triangular and filled with churning, bubbling water that looks almost like translucent lava. Yet while wisps of what look like heat and steam rise from the strange orange liquid, the room itself is deathly cold.

Kaddock peeks through his companions into the room without stepping in.  He stows his extinguished torch on his belt and readies his bow.

This room looks like something an evil god or worshipper would build, he thinks trying to recall if he's heard of anything like this before.

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OOC: rolling Occultism to see if he remembers or has heard of a place like this before.

15:04, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 7 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 2.  Occultism check.

... probably not :) LOL

Arialis frowns as she walks into the room, looking around. "This place is foul."

[OOC]Doing two things. Detect Magic in here, just incase.

Second, Recall Knowledge, Religion.

00:22, Today: Arialis Moonrider rolled 22 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 18.  Recall Knowledge Religion.]

Talitha looks at the place with disgust "This place gives me the chills..." she takes out he's sword and shield and gets in.
"Let's have a quick look and if noone is here we can choose the doors again and never come back."
The fighter will go around the room looking for other exits.

"Agreed, we should seal this place up forever." Razyll said as he followed closely behind Talitha.

Arialis reaches out to detect magic and the resulting feedback nearly knocks her to her knees. Normally detecting magic is fairly uninformative but in the face of truly powerful magic at artifact or deity like levels even the simple cantrip can convey the power coursing somewhere around her.

Meanwhile as Talitha enters the room they hear a screeching from above. A small winged demon-like creature flies out from a hiding spot.

"Intruders! You dare violate Mother's sanctum!"

The creature pulls out a tiny dagger and cuts its own wrist. Blackish blood drops down into the pool and the water begins to chrun violently.

Pausing here for reactions and I'll get the tracker set up for proper combat tomorrow.

Talitha does not have time to react to the demon in time to avoid him doing anything. She just grabs her sword and shield and gets ready for whatever is to come.

Razyll looked up at the creature and cast a burning beam of light towards the demon. The cleric muttered his prayers as the Divine Lance rocketed toward the demon-creature.


If only a reaction, I will use Divine Lance as Razyll's first action when we drop into iniative.
Razyll rolled 24 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 17.  Divine Lance (ranged spell attack).
Razyll rolled 5 using 1d4+4 with rolls of 1.  Good Damage.

Kaddock sees the demon pull out the dagger.

"What?? You're not big enough to take us on your own?  You have to call your mommy?" snears Kaddock.

He nocks an arrow and let's it fly.

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11:30, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 22 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 16.  Longbow Attack.
11:30, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 8 using 1d8 with rolls of 8.  Longbow Damage.

Apologies if I don't do this right.  I'm still getting familiar with the 2e action mechanics.

Feali watched in anticipation concerned about what would happen next. Her mind raced through the spells that she had available to her, but someone she thought that the small demon was not the only threat, something was happening, but what? A summoning ritual? worst?

Arialis stumbled and staggered just after she let loose the her innate detect magic. What she sensed tossing her for such a loop that she couldn't even speak in her heavily accented common, her words coming out in her native elven instead. [Language unknown: "Tral, houie ni. Inewilareint fimaee, sanoursti t thiencbutwil ourtioons... Rothdiwa, p lial..."] She clenched both of her blades tightly, in order to not drop them, as she tried to regain her composure.

Tristen brought his shield up. "Prepare to die demon." He drew his sword and prepared to strike.

The pool bubbles and broils and suddenly clawed hands reach out from within and out from the pool two more of those monstrosities claw their way out. They quickly scramble to either side of the pool picking up Ranseurs from racks of them set to either side. As they do so the pool's glow seems to fade considerably.

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Razyll blasts the creature with a lance of pure good energy causing it to scream in pain and its skin to blister and boil.

Kaddock's first shot strikes true but as he lines up a second Tsuto bumps into him and the two tumble to the side, although this time Kaddock doesn't fall down.
You get three actions a turn. Attacking is one so you can potentially attack 3 times however each time you attack you get successive penalties. There are other things to spend actions on like powering up abilities, moving, aiding others, recalling knowledge about your foe etc.

Faeli creates an illusion of the ground cracking and splitting open but unfortunately the devil has wings and is flying while one of the monsters ignores her illusion completely. The other seems to believe her but with a mighty leap it crosses over to attack.

Talitha, Arialis, and Tristen react more cautiousuly, readying weapons and shields but still move in to strike.

Take your first turn's actions and then post your second turn's. Note the imp is flying 20' up so cannot be engaged in melee, at least not in the normal sense...




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Talitha looks at the creatures emerging from the pool and the IMO on the air and her eyes narrow.
"More of these creatures again... Kaddock, can you handle the flying bastard?"
Although she aware of how dangerous the creatures are, there is little she can do about it.
She moves to the creature on the north and attacks it.

OOC:
A1: Raise shield.

A2: Move to X26.

I raise shield as first action because the creatures have reach, so I'll get an AoO when I get close to melee combat.

A3: Attack the monster

08:08, Today: Talitha rolled 29,6 using 1d20+10,1d8+4 with rolls of 19,2.  Attack and damage.

Faeli moves to W24 and casts Burning Hands and gouts of flame rush from her hands. "Well, I guess we know now where the uglies came from!"


A1: Move to W24
A2 and A3 Cast Burning Hands spell
Faeli Blackbriar rolled 9 using 2d6 with rolls of 3,6.  Burning Hands

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"Well, this should be as fun as the last time. Those of you that have ranged abilities, take out that flier!" Came her very accented common. Then with her swift agility she moved forward quickly next to Talitha! "SHIELD!" Uttering the word for the spell a glowing shield appears before her as she slashes her sword at the beast!

[OOC: Action 1: Stride to W26.
Action 2: Cast Shield.
Action 3: Slash beast at W27 with Longsword.

01:18, Today: Arialis Moonrider rolled 20,5 using 1d20+8,1d8+2 with rolls of 12,3.  Longsword Attack.
Hit AC: 20
Damage: 5

My AC is 20 right now.]

Razyll targets the flying creature with his Divine Lance and summons forth another burning blast of Sarenrae's light.


A1&A2Today: Razyll rolled 7 using 1d4+4 with rolls of 3.
Today: Razyll rolled 13 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 6.  Target Flying Devil creature with Divine Lance.
A3 Raise Shield

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Kaddock gives a grunt of triumph as his arrow strikes true and then another grunt as he's bumped by Tsuto.  "Do that again and one of these arrows will strike as true in you."

"Yes, Talitha, I will concentrate on the flying creatures."

Kaddock pulls back and launches two arrows at the flying creature.  As he watches his two shots hit true he tries to remember if he knows the vulnerabilities of these monstrosities.

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A1: Fire at Z27
A2: Fire at Z27
A3: Recall Knowledge on monstrosities
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A1
15:54, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 19 using 1d20+6 with rolls of 13.  Longbow Attack.
15:54, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 5 using 1d8 with rolls of 5.  Longbow Damage.

A2
15:56, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 22 using 1d20+3 with rolls of 19.  Longbow Attack.
15:56, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 3 using 1d8 with rolls of 3.  Longbow Damage.
(I adjusted the numbers for the 2nd attack since I didn't have a macro for that.)

A3
15:59, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 6 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 1.  Recall Knowledge Occultism.

Tristen rushed over to block the path of the second Monstrosity (Z24). The creature was ugly. But the paladin wasn't afraid. The sword struck true and sliced the creature deeply in the thigh. "I'll keep this one busy!"

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A1: Move to Y24
A2: Attack Z24, AC 18
rolled 18,8 using 1d20+8,1d8+3 with rolls of 10,5.  ATK/DAM
A3: Raise Shield

Talitha charges forward and she and the creature both swing hard and heavy with little thought of defense. Both of them take a fearsome blow although Talitha is able to catch hers with the shield. The force of the blow is enough to crumple her shield completely.

Two crits. Talitah takes 18 damage, catches 5 on her shield and takes 13 crumpling her shield. In return she deal 12 damage on her crit.

Faeli blasts the other one with a gout of flame. It rolls partially out of the way but still takes some burns.

Arialis steps forward and puts a sword into the spawn.

Razyll lets loose another blast of holy light but the devil soars and loops around it.

Kaddock fires off two shots at the imp but try as he does he can't seem to recall learning about this particular breed. He does know that there are hundreds of different types of demons and devils each with their own look and, quite often, mutations that make them not fit into the standard demonic or devilish modld.

Tristen moves forward and like across the room the creature swings in at him as he swings into it. He connects with his sword but takes a hit from the side. He catches it with is shield but the force is so strong it splits the shield in half!
Tristen hit is and is hit by AoO. He takes 10 damage -> minus 3 from shield = 7 damage and his shield is destroyed.

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Up in the air the creature casts a spell and suddenly there are four of them flapping and circling around.

The creature in front of Talitha hits her with another might swing and the mighty warrior is knocked unconscious by a strike that nearly takes her skull off.
Another crit! 26 damage drops her to 0 - dying 1
Please make Recovery Checks until healed.

The creature turns and strikes at Arialis but she evades its bite and its attempt to rip her sword from her hand.

Tristen takes a hit from the creature and with his shield broken and a hinderance to his defenses the creature scores a critical hit!
Crit! Tristen takes 12 damage

Round 3



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Razyll touches his holy symbol once more as he prayers to Sarenrae to give him the strength to heal the fallen warrior Talitha.


A1&A2 (Two Action) Heal 1d8+8
Razyll rolled 12 using 1d8+8 with rolls of 4.  Heal (Talitha)
+12 HP for Talitha
A3 Raise shield

Talitha feels the healing power coming back to her body thanks to Razyll's spell. She stands up with her newly gained strength ignoring her broken shield. She grabs her bastard sword with both hands and his the creature one again.
Running it's not an option, so if this is going to be her last battle she'll leave it with proud.

OOC:
A1: Stand up
A2&3: power attack both hands.
14:23, Today: Talitha rolled 19,25 using 1d20+10,2d12+4 with rolls of 9,12,9.  power attack & damage, THW.
hits AC 19 for 25 HP of damage.

Faeli curses and pulls from a copper piece from her coin pouch. She brings the coin up to eye level as she pronounced the words of her enchantment before she releases the coin which dips a little before it darts off toward the creature at Z24.

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A1 & A2 Telekinetic Projectile spell
Faeli rolled 24 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 16.  Attack Creature at Z24 (TK Projectile).
Faeli rolled 10 using 1d6+4 with rolls of 6.  TK Projectile damage for creature @Z24.

Tristen discarded the broken shield. He steeled himself for what was about to happen. "Adabar! Aid your champion. This beast threatens your fair town of Sandpoint!!! Tristen brought the blade down three times. The first bit deeply into the side, but the other sword strikes were parried.

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A1: Attack Z24 HIT!
rolled 18,8 using 1d20+8,1d8+3 with rolls of 10,5.  ATK/DAM
A2: Attack Z24 Missed
rolled 14,9 using 1d20+3,1d8+3 with rolls of 11,6.  ATK/DAM
A3: Attack Z24 Missed
rolled 5,5 using 1d20-2,1d8+3 with rolls of 7,2.  ATK/DAM

Kaddock watches as Talitha goes down.  Since his earlier two shots hit true he does the same.

"I'll keep firing at the flying beast, once its down then I'll aim at the others," he shouts.

Then he notices there are now four of them.  He keeps aiming at what he thinks was the same one he hit earlier.  "Hit true," he whispers to himself.  "Hit true."

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OOC:

A1 Shoot at Z27 - MISS
20:25, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 14 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 7.  Longbow Attack.
20:25, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 2 using 1d8 with rolls of 2.  Longbow Damage.

A2 Shoot at Z27 - MISS
20:26, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 14 using 1d20+3 with rolls of 11.  Longbow Attack.
20:26, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 7 using 1d8 with rolls of 7.  Longbow Damage.

A3 Moves to w23

"Shield!" Saying the command word for her shield spell she then lets lose with the full fury of her bladed might!

[OOC: Action 1: Cast Shield.
Action 2 & 3: Double Slice creature @ W27.

23:19, Today: Arialis Moonrider rolled 21,4 using 1d20+8,1d6+2 with rolls of 13,2.  Shortsword Attack.
Hit AC: 21
Damage: 4

23:19, Today: Arialis Moonrider rolled 9,9 using 1d20+8,1d8+2 with rolls of 1,7.  Longsword Attack.
Hit AC: 9
Damage: 7]

Razyll pours healing magic back into Talitha getting her back to the land of the living.

Talitha barely rolls out of the way as the creature tries to strike down at her. As its blade hits stone she launches herself up and into it using her full body weight to punch her sword straight through its chest. It's giant bisected mouth quivers and it coughs up a few gobs of blackish ichor before sliding dead off her blade leaving streaks of tar-like blood behind.

Faeli sends a coin flinging hard into the other creature's head with enough force to draw blood.

Tristen seizes the opportunity as it staggers forward to cut the things throat and it too dies in a pool of blackish blood.

Kaddock trieds to draw a bead on the flying creature but the four images are all dancing and twirling around one another like a swarm of birds and when he finally does release they scatter causing his arrows to miss their marks.

Arialis suddenly finds herself without a viable target as the flying creature is out of her reach.
Let me know if you want to redo

Up overhead the four copies start weaving arcane magic and up from the pool of water comes a watery copy of the flying creature. It flaps wings made of water and begins to take flight as well.

Round 4

"Arrgghh!" grunts Kaddock.  "Stop movin' around."

He notices the watery creature appear.  This is a new threat.  He's not sure if his arrows would do anything.  He resumes firing twice at the flying imp.

Try as he might those images are distracting and both shots miss.

He looks at the water thing again trying to remember if he's seen one of those before.

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OOC

A1 fire arrow at Imp - MISS
12:30, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 15 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 8.  Longbow Attack.

A2 Fire Arrow at Imp - MISS
12:30, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 9 using 1d20+3 with rolls of 6.  Longbow Attack.

A3 Recall Knowledge on watery creaturem - Nope... *sigh* :)
12:33, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 2 using 1d20+1 with rolls of 1.  Recall Knowledge - Arcana.

Razyll moves closer and targets the flying demon with a blast of divine energy. As his Divine Lance erupts Razyll growls, "Stand still, er..fly still? you little rat."


A1&A2 Divine Lance Cantrip
A3 to move closer if needed to get the flying demon within range of the Divine Lance spell 30ft distance
Razyll rolled 22 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 15.  Divine Lance (Flying Demon).
Razyll rolled 6 using 1d4+4 with rolls of 2.

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Faelie moved to V26 behind Arialis Moonrider and gestures to her bronze piece and uses her magic to fling out toward the flying creature.

"Hey, hey-enough of that!" Faeli says as the demon summons a water creature.

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OOC:
A1:   Move to V26
A2&A3 Cast TK Projectile

Faeli Blackbriar rolled 20 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 12.  TK Projectile Flying Demon.
Faeli Blackbriar rolled 7 using 1d6+4 with rolls of 3.  Damage from TK projectile cantrip.

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There is little Talitha can do with her current condition, and the flying creatures are a bad target for her sword oif they don't attack first, so she waits for that to happen.

OOC
A1: 5 foot step to X25
A2&3: ready action, attack

08:01, Today: Talitha rolled 28,8 using 1d20+10,1d12+4 with rolls of 18,4.  Attack and damage.
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Arialis growls, and will stand ready, attacking only if she attacked.

[OOC: Ready an action, to attack one of them if they attack her.]

With the immediate threat of the larger creatures, Tristen focused on those that were flying. He dropped the broken shield as he sheathed his sword. He brought up the crossbow, aimed and fired!

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A1: How many actions is it to drop sword/sheath sword and retrieve the crossbow.
A2: Above
A3: Fire Xbow at Z27
rolled 15,8 using 1d20+3,1d10 with rolls of 12,8.  ATK/DAM

Whatever the watery creature was supposed to be or do is nullified by half the party tearing down the watery creature that had formed.

Overhead copies of the imp start winking out, one by one as Razyll shoots holy fire through one and Faeli flings a rock through another.

The winged-imp points a finger at Razyll and a line of black smoke shoots forward. While everyone else just sees a smoke cloud briefly form, Razyll sees the face of death itself, a mighty dragon's jaws lunging at him through the cloud. It only exists for an instant and the logical side of Razyll realizes it is just an illusion, but the primal side of Razyll deep in his subconscious recognizes the dragon as death incarnate and it becomes a battle of his will to keep his feet planted.
Fear! Razyll must make a DC 18 Will save or become frightened. If he critically fails he will flee the room!

Round 4

Razyll rolled 13 using 1d20+7 ((6))

Razyll flinches from the flying demon and blinks his eyes a few times. "Wha..Dr, dr..DRAGON!" Razyll said instinctively before the logical side of his brain kicked in. Sweat beaded across the half-orc's brown as he clenched his jaw.

Razyll burned with anger; there were few things that he disliked more than cowardice and have being made to feel such fear, no matter how fleeting a murderous rage caused his heart to hammer in his chest. Or that is what Razyll convinced himself of anyway...the sweat which poured from his brow indicated it was more than rage which drove him, but also a hint of fear could be noted from the way his wide eyes panned around the room wildly.


Save vs Fear: FAIL! but not critically. Not sure of the penalty to his spell attack due to the fear effect.
A1 & A2: Divine Lance at Demon

Razyll rolled 13 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 6.  Will Save vs Fear Effect.
Razyll rolled 26 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 19.  Divine Lance at Demon.
Razyll rolled 5 using 1d4+4 with rolls of 1.  Divine Lance (Damage) on Demon.


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Talitha stays between the flying creatures and her colleagues, waiting for them to get closer and attack them."Stay behind me. if they get closer I'll slice them!"

ooc
A1&2: hold action. Power attack

18:41, Today: Talitha rolled 27,18 using 1d20+10,2d12+4 with rolls of 17,5,9.  power attack & damage, THW.

A3: Attack
18:42, Today: Talitha rolled 25,7 using 1d20+10,1d12+4 with rolls of 15,3.  Attack & damage, THW.
It's actually 20,7. I forgot it's +5, not +10.

Faeli gestures to another piece of rumble and flings it at the flying creature.


A1 and A2 TK projectile
Faeli Blackbriar rolled 10 using 1d6+4 with rolls of 6.  TK Projectile damage.
Faeli Blackbriar rolled 26 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 18.  TK Projectile Flying Demon.

"Dragon?" Tristen responded to the call. "There's no dragon! It's in your head!" He brought up his crossbow and fired two shots.

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A1: Fire Xbow - MISSED
rolled 11,8 using 1d20+3,1d10 with rolls of 8,8.  ATK/DAM
A2: Fire Xbow - MISSED
rolled 10,5 using 1d20-2,1d10 with rolls of 12,5.  ATK/DAM
A3: None

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Razyll partially recovers from fear long enough to blast at the demon with divine light...piercing yet another illusionary image of it.

Faeli follows up with a telekinetic pebble and this time she guesses correctly. Pow! Right between the eyes and the demon weaves a few random flaps before falling out of the sky, its last remaining illusion winking out of existance.

With a crunch the demon hits the ground and the party is given a few moments to rest and enjyo the silence that falls upon the room after the battle was done.

Talitha feels relieved once the monster falls dead to the ground. She lowers her sword. "These demons are tough. We need to find a way to fight them more effectively... Next time we might not be so lucky. I thought this was my last fight." she says with a weird smile in her face.

The fighter checks her wounds, some of them quite serious. "Some help with this?"

OOC
I could use some field medicine... :)

Razyll smiled a Talitha's mention of efficiency. "Perhaps a shield kit would help there?"

His friendly jab finished Razyll ensures the demon creatures are all dead (no jump scares from the monsters today!) before he gathers the party. Solemnly he produces his golden holy symbol of Sarenrae and lowers his head in prayer. White and golden ribbons of energy washout from the symbol and out over the group and leaves the room with a faint spicy scent.



OOC: Treat Wounds is only a once per hour action.

Razyll spends one of his two Divine Fonts to channel the warm healing energy of Sarenrae into the area (within 30 ft). Hopefully if everyone rallies together we can get a little group healing here.

Razyll rolled 7 using 1d8 with rolls of 7.  Divine Font (Pos Energy 30ft emanation).

"More ranged weapons would help too." She said matter of factly, with a soft sigh. Then she looked towards Razyll as she began healing everyone.

Razyll nodded sagely, "Indeed ranged weapons will help; and how are you feeling Arialis?"

"I can shoot arrows instead of using the sword if you prefer... but who will hold the fort if someone attacks melee?"

Faeli Blackbriar looked around the room

"I don't think that went so bad." The gnome went over to the pool to examine it and to see if she can determine what type of magic was used to conjure the spear wielding terrors.

"Conjuring? necromancy...hmmm, I wonder."

While the rest of the party rests and recovers Faeli studies the glowing pool. She discovers that even though the light from it is quite dim it is radiating strong necromancy, far stronger than the reanimated bodies she had seen before. In fact it might just be the strongest magical aura she has ever read first hand before.

"I am well Razyll. Unhurt." She said with a gentle nod.

Then she looked towards Talitha. "You are not the only fighter here you know."

"Talitha you can step back and nurse your wounds. You shouldn't over extend yourself." Tristen smiled at Arialis, "There are others that can stand in the front. Did someone get the chance to check up on the dais?"

Talitha changes her bastard sword by a short bow. "I'll stay back for a while and shoot from afar. But don't worry, I can still go to the front and give the bad guys a surprise or two " she gives a big smile to Tristen.

The fighter looks around the room looking for valuables "Let's see if there is anything we can keep from here and let's move back. Unless there is a secret door I can't locate, this seems to be a dead end. Maybe we're luckier with another corridor."

"This is necromancy-strong necromancy. I haven't seen anything like it." Faeli said as she studied the well, water, and the remains of the demon imp.

"There are magics, scrolls (if I can find them) that might help sense these abominations in the future and perhaps even protect us a bit." Faeli turned to the group with her characteristic glee.

"Maybe I can teach you guys to do this" she said while conjuring a shield of arcane energy.

"I've never had to repair this shield."

Faeli explores the altar poking around with her dagger before encouraging the group to continue their exploration.
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Razyll smirked at the little gnome.

"I do not think that their fingers are as dexterous as yours." Razyll said as he resettled the weight of his pack across his back. "Shall we move on to other areas? I think this one is pretty silent for now."

"This may be a good place to recuperate for a short while." Tristen surveyed the area. "Unless that necromancy magic is a threat to our being should we stay for a longer period of time. Do we have the means to repair any equipment?"

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Is everyone back up to full HP?
Tristen has Lay on Hands if necessary.
How do I regain this feature after I use it?

In reply to Tristen d'Cordain (msg # 93):

10 minutes using the Refocus activity to pray to your deity or do service toward their causes

Tristen provided some healing to Talitha. "Give me 10 minutes. Then we can go."

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Lay on Hands +6 HP to Talitha
You should be at 25 HP?

Rest 10 mins to regain

Exploring the dais the party finds some kind of holy symbol made of obsidian with the same markings that are found throughout this dungeon.

On the body of the fallen demon was a wicked looking dagger made out of some unusual black iron none of the party had ever seen before.

In addition the demon was wearing a jeweled tiara that looks to be quite valuable.

Large map uploaded.

Talitha feels reinvigorated. "I'm feeling much better now. Ready to kick some unholy ass?"
The fighter smiles to the group, waiting for the rest to move.
"If no-one else has any complain, I'll keep those things until we're out of here. Then we can split the bounty."

OOC:
I'll keep a note of the bounty until we can identify/split the items, if you're ok.

Faeli proceeds exploring the catacombs directing the group down area (A).

This large chamber was obviously once a prison, as testified by the cells that line the room’s perimeter. The group walks out onto a raised platform with stair that lead down to the jail cells. Through the bars the group can see that most of the cells have skeletons, long since decomposed leaving only bones behind.

It looks like the corridor continues to the right down another hallway. There isn't a door but one has to walk into the prison to see what lies beyond.

Razyll moves into the jail area and says a prayer for each of the forms still in their cells hoping that each has found their final resting place.

Arialis follows behind Razyll looks at the dead for a moment and frowns gently. "This just gets more and more ominous the further we go. Let us press forward after we thoroughly explore this chamber. I want to know why this prison was here."

"Do you suppose that the Kaijitsu family knows what's below their building? They'd have to know... I mean that this tunnels, this prison, that temple... how could they not know?" Tristen seemed quick to judge this family. He moved down the stairs and checked the tunnel at the far left of the chamber. "I think this corridor would connect to one of those that we saw before." Then he proceeded to check each cell in turn.

Faeli looks around the room, "Of course not, this isn't the type of thing you can keep secret in a small town like this." Faeli said defensively before she really gave the question much thought.

The party enters the prison area and just as they are about to look around two more of those monsters drop down from the ceiling rafters on either side to ambush the party.

Luckily the keen eyes of Faeli and Razyll notice the descending forms giving the party a chance to react and strike even as the monsters are dropping down.
Perception check passed!

Round 1

"Look out!" Faeli yelled after noticing the ambush. She targeted a piece of debris from the prison area and hurled it through the air at creatures.

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OOC
Posting a spell action if Faeli can get that off; xD

A1&A2 TK Projectile!
Faeli rolled 17 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 9.  TK Projectile at Descending Creature. (MISSED!)
Faeli rolled 21 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 13.  Re-Roll (Hero Point) TK projectile at Descending Creature. (HITs AC 18)
Faeli rolled 8 using 1d6+4 with rolls of 4.  TK Projectile damage for descending creature.



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Razyll was pulled from his reverie and thoughts about the dead by the sudden motion from above. Faeli's spell was already in motion.

Wow, she is quick!

Razyll thought as he attempted to quickly finish his own spell and unleash a gout of divine energy (GOOD) upon the same foe which had been targeted by the gnome.

"More stalkers, careful!"

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A1 & A2: Razyll rolled 27 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 20.  Divine Lance spell cast at spear monsters. (CRIT!)
07:27, Today: Razyll rolled 6 using 1d4+4 with rolls of 2.  Divine Lance Damage at spear monster. 6X2 (CRIT)=12 Damage in addition to Faeli's damage to the spear monster that is ambushing the group.
A3: Moves forward to interpose himself between the monsters and Faeli if possible.

Once alerted Arialis move quickly into action without any hesitation whatsoever. She'll step over a bit and slash at the beast next to Tristen!

[OOC: Action 1: 5' step to F8.
Action 2 and 3: Double Slice creature at E9.

20:05, Today: Arialis Moonrider rolled 17,4 using 1d20+8,1d8+2 with rolls of 9,2.  Longsword Attack.
Hit AC: 17
Damage: 4

20:05, Today: Arialis Moonrider rolled 23,7 using 1d20+8,1d6+2 with rolls of 15,5.  Shortsword Attack.
Hit AC: 23
Damage: 7

If both attacks hit, combine their damage, and then add any other applicable effects from both weapons. You add any precision damage only once, to the attack of your choice. Combine the damage from both Strikes and apply resistances and weaknesses only once.]

Faeli pegs one of the creatures with a pebble out of instinct and quick reflexes, just barely getting the spell off before it lands in front of her.

At the same time Razyll pierces the monster with holy light and while the creature is staggering from that Arialis sinks both blades into it and rends it apart.

Tristen and Talitha square off against the other monster but the monster is able to fend off both of them. Meanwhile in the back it seems Kaddock is once again struggling with Tsuto and is unable to bring his bow to bear.

The creature stabs Talitha, bites at Tristen who is able to use his sword to force the monster back but then the monster twists its ranseur and knocks Tristen's blade across the room!
11 damage to Talitha and Tristen is weaponless!

Round 2

Tristen drew his dagger. "Talitha. Get it high, I'll go low." Tristen darted down and stabbed the creature in the thigh. "Got him!"

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A1: Draw dagger
A2: Attack creature
rolled 25 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 18.  ATK
rolled 5 using 1d4+4 with rolls of 1.  DAM

A3: Attack creature
rolled 15 using 1d20+3 with rolls of 12.  ATK

Razyll holds his holy symbol and concentrates on the faith that links him with the boundless power of Sarenrae as he summons forth her warm, glowing healing energy.

"Hang in there gang."

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A1&A2 Divine Font: 2 Action (Ranged)
Razyll rolled >>15<< using 1d8+8 with rolls of 7.  2 Action Heal (Talitha)

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Faeli steps back while she gestures toward another piece of debris. Enchanting the stone Faeli then gestures toward the creature at I6!

"Look out!"

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A1&A2 TK Projectile.
A3. Shout a warning.
Faeli rolled 23 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 15.  TK projective at I6 (Creature)
Faeli rolled 7 using 1d6+4 with rolls of 3.  TK Projectile damage on I6 (creature).

Since Arialis cannot get to the other monster she will move to Tsuto and place a sword at his back. "Stop being an ass, or I may have to forget I am...good."

[OOC: Action 1: Move to I9.
Actions 2 and 3: Ready and Action. Tsuto keeps trying to be a hassle, stab him.]

Tristen quickly pulls out a dagger and buries it into the monster.

Razyll quickly pours healing energy into Talitha causing her wounds to start to seal up.

Faeli fires off a telekinetic pebble that connects solidly with the creature's side.

Arialis goes over and helps Kaddock secure Tsuto who once again was causing the group troubles.

Talitha stabs her sword into the creature but it refuses to go down easy. These things are proving to be quite resilient and as it shoves its halbred up and into Talitha while snarling and snapping its jaws at her it shows no signs of giving up or remorse.
Crit! Talitha takes 24 damage!

Round 2

Razyll winces has if he was in pain himself as he witnessed the creature land its horrible blow upon Talitha. He grabbed his holy symbol and prayer once more. "Hang in there Talitha, we got to take this b@stard down."

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A1&A2 Two action heal
Razyll rolled 14 using 1d8+8 with rolls of 6.  2 Action Heal
A3 move to I5

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Talitha spits blood and at the same time does her bow. She wields again her sword, but now with no shield she uses both hands. "So much for trying to stay behind this time..."
Her sword revolves in the air using her last bit of strength and tries to hit the creature.

OOC:
A1: Take bastard sword
A2&3: power attack, two handed
19:21, Today: Talitha rolled 19,20 using 1d20+10,2d12+4 with rolls of 9,6,10.  Two hands Bastard sword, power attack.
AC:19 Damage:20 HP

Faeli gestures at Tristen's fallen sword and intones a few arcane words to summon her Mage Hand to fetch the weapon and return it to the Champion!

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A1 and A2: Mage Hand


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Tristen felt the small dagger in his hand before he glanced at his sword on the ground. He was about to strike the creature again, but then he spotted his sword hovering in the space next to his hand. He moved his dagger to his off-hand and grabbed his sword. "Thanks!" The sword slashed at the monster twice, but he was unable to penetrate the skin.

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A1: Grab sword
A2: Attack, Missed
rolled 17,9 using 1d20+8,1d8+3 with rolls of 9,6.  ATK/DAM.
A3: Attack, Missed
rolled 17,4 using 1d20+3,1d8+3 with rolls of 14,1.  ATK/DAM.

She continues to keep Tsuto at bay.

[OOC: Holding, keeping Tsuto at bay.]

Razyll pumps healing magic into Talitha even as the fighter cuts down the monster. The group pauses, eyeing around to see if there are any other dangers ready to charge in but the coast appears to be clear.

Combat is over

Talitha picks her bow and checks her wounds... "I think I'm not destined to stay away from where the action lies, these ugly creatures can't help attacking me... but if this is going to be the case, I will need to have my shield repaired and my wounds treated."
The fighter looks around the room looking for anything out of the ordinary while the rest decide what to do.

23:28, Today: Talitha rolled 24 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 16.  Perception.

In reply to Talitha (msg # 120):

Razyll nodded at Talitha's words. "Indeed those buggers seem to be attracted to you." the Sarenrite looked over her wounds and bandaged the worst of them.

"I have exhausted my ability to heal, I am afraid but please, allow me to share the strength of my sword arm with you and Tristen. By the goddess's light, I will not allow such foul evil to fester."

Razyll said as he moves to tend to Tristen's wounds as well.


[OOC: Razyll rolled 27 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 19.  Battle Medicine Feat:Tristen (to avoid taking 10 minutes). Looks like a critical success vs DC: 15

Tristen may recover 4d8 hitpts]

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Fae helped look around the old prison area as well. She was careful to check the ceilings for any more threats before she poked and prodded various bits of rumble with her Mage Hand cantrip.


Faeli Blackbriar rolled 22 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 18.  Perception.

"Yes, they seem to like biting into you more then me despite us both being front line combatants." She said to Talitha with a curious brow lift. She then looked at the others a moment, considering options, assessing how well everyone was considering healing options were now at a minimum.

The group looks around the prison but except for a few bones from prisoners left behind long ago, there is nothing of note in this room.

Where to next?

"Thanks Razyll." Tristen looked up from his crouched position. He gathered his second wind. "Let's press on. There's a corridor and a room beyond." Tristen laid his hand on Talitha, "May Abadar's strength aid you and provide healing." Tristen held up his hand, "Let's take a water break. Just a few minutes."

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rolled 10 using 4d8 with rolls of 1,4,3,2.  Heal
So that should bring Tristen back up to 32/34 HP

Lay on Hands to Talitha
Use Resolve to regain Lay on Hands.

Check Door C folks?

OOC: C sounds great!

Talitha puts her sword in her back and readies her bow. "This is a very narrow corridor. If there is any danger aherad, only the first one will be able to attack melee. Tristen, will you do the honors?"

The fighter takes an arrow and heads towards the corridor, but waits at the entrance for someone else to take the front this time.

OOC:
Sounds goot to me as well.
How does Lay of hands work? do I need to roll anything?

Razyll proceeds down the corridor first drawing his scimitar as he trends quickly down the pathway.

Moving down the corridor the group pauses in the next chamber to inspect it. This room contains several ancient relics of what appear to be torture implements, although their function and style seem strange and archaic. In one corner sits a spherical cage with spikes
protruding inward from its iron bars. In another stands what appears to be a star-shaped wooden frame, its surface studded with hooks. And in the center of the room is a long table covered with leather straps and a number of cranks that seem designed to rotate and swivel.

All of the torture devices appear to have been used heavily but time has taken its toll and now they are far too decayed and rusted to serve their vile function any longer.

Opening the door to the south the party finds the crumbling remnants of several chairs and a
long table clutter the floor of this room. To the south stand three stone doors, each bearing a strange symbol that resembles a seven-pointed star.

A search of the rubble uncovers the fragments of countless books and scrolls with bits of spiky writing in a strange language all over them. Time has not been kind as the bits are far too ruined or incomplete to even attempt at deciphering.

The group cautiously inspects the area for traps but everything appears to be normal and so the doors are quietly opened up, one by one. It becomes clear these rooms were once prison cells. Within each is a single skeleton of a badly deformed humanoid; one has three brittle arms, another has an enormous misshapen skull, and the third has a rib cage that goes all the way down to its pelvis—a pelvis with stunted leg bones strewn below its strangely flat girth.

Razyll takes a look at the fragments and notices one piece is a whole sheet, not just bits and pieces. He picks up and realizes it is a magical scroll of some sort.

He gestures at the seven pointed stars. "Look familiar to anybody?" He asks dryly.

Talitha enters the room with the bow ready to shoot. "It seems everything here is already dead... And thanks for that."

She looks in disgust the tools and the human remainings. She then points forward with the bow and urges three group to continue. "There is not much we can use here. let's move on."

Razyll examines the magical scroll before the group proceeds.

"Interesting.'

"What did you find Razyll?" She asked as an ear perked towards the cleric.

When the group proceeds, she will take point, both of her blades drawn.

Razyll looks at the scroll that lays in the palm of his hand showing it off to Arialis and Faeli.

"A scroll of some type. Faeli, can you read it?"

Talitha looks over the shoulder at the scroll. It doesn't look that interesting from where she's standing. Lots of letters and no pictures...

Faeli looks over the scroll and identifies it as a scroll of Flaming Sphere, a powerful arcane or primal spell.

Where to next?

Faeli communicates with the group what she has discovered with hushed tones before proceeding after Arialis.

With a gesture and a spark of arcane power she summons a Mage Hand to open the door? before them.

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Mage Hand to open door D

OOC: Faeli Blackbriar rolled 17 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 9.  Recall Knowledge action (arcana)

Keeping his eyes on the door, Kaddock draws an arrow part way. Making sure that he is ready to let loose if there is anything threatening on the other side.

Razyll backs-up up Arialis as she proceeds with her thin deadly dual-swords drawn. The half-orc nods to Faeli in appreciation as she opens the door with a flash of arcane power and he tracks the line of Kaddock's arrow to ensure he doesn't move into the path of the Ranger.

Talitha readies her bow. "Let's go."

Faeli grabs a stray rock from the rumble of the ruined prison and proceeds whistling a tune until she stops, remembers where she is, and continue with a bit more caution. Her eyes searching the shadows of the catacombs.

"Stay alert everyone."

The door opens easily enough revealing a 25' long flight of stone stairs going down. The party cautiously goes down the stairs one by one to reveal a large oval room. The floor is mostly stone but there are eleven wooden lids strewn haphazardly around. From underneath these lids echo up strange shuffling sounds and, every so often, a low moan.

The ceiling of this strangely cold chamber arches to a vaulted height of twenty feet and there is another corridor leading from the south of the room.

"Did you heard that?" Tristen said as he approached the first lid on the left. "Someone else may be trapped here. First Ameiko, how many others have you kidnapped?"

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Start by examining holes on the left side one by one

Razyll was more suspicious than Tristen and readied his weapon. It would be strange for a kidnapped person to have been secreted away to this dark, newer place that was apart from the building that they had known to be the Glassworks.

He had had enough of the surprises of this place and narrowed his eyes attempting to pierce the deception inherent in this situation, further he saught to illuminate his mind with the wisdom of ages taught to the war priests of the Dawnflower.

---

Razyll rolled 21 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 14.  Knowledge: Religion (Moaning Monsters)?

Talitha readies her bow, aiming at one of  the lids. "Let's open one and see if anything comes out of it. If it does we can shoot it dead."

"Unless its a normal person, please don't shoot a normal person, as if it is a normal person-but, still. Just saying." Fae said before suddenly ending her very "stream of consciousness" verbal diatribe.


OOC: Attempts to lift one of the wooden lids (the one nearest to our current position) with Mage Hand.

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The group starts to descend the stairs...

Razyll whispered, unease more than fear hanging from his whispered words.

"Sounds like undead, zombies maybe. It would make sense-they would have cursed strength enough to last so long down here." Razyll said as he looked around at the hall.

How old is this place? The half-orc thought to himself.

"Undead or demon, open one lid and let's take care of them."

Talitha tenses her bow, confident on putting an arrow between the eyes of whatever comes out once opening the lid.

Faeli rose one of the wooden lid into the air as Talitha leveled her arrow and the group got close enough.

"Careful..." the gnome warned.

Sure enough at the bottom of a pit is a zombie. It doesn't seem to notice any change as it wanders around in its little circle of a pit, emitting a faint moan every now and then. The pits are 20' deep and there is no chance a zombie would be able to escape without considerable outside assistance.

Razyll angled his head to see what was in the bottom of the pit and signed heavily. "I think that they have been denied their final reward for long enough what about you all?" Razyll said as he touched his holy symbol.

While he didn't have the energy to manage anything larger he could summon the divine energy of the Dawnflower and provided enough time he would use that energy to destroy the zombies in their pits.

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OOC: Divine Lance cantrip.
Razyll rolled 23 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 16.  Divine Lance spell cast at Zombie in pit.
Razyll rolled 6 using 1d4+4 with rolls of 2.  Divine Lance (Damage) on Zombie.


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"Keep it up, Razyll." Tristen said as he moved to another covered hole. "Let's check this one too."

"Go ahead and give it it's final peace. Even this, is a torture." The violet haired elf said with a frown.

Faeli nodded and coordinating with Razyll help to dispatch the undead creatures that lay within the pits.
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Talitha Sims with her bow and shots at the zombie as well.
"Better to kill it now than finding we should have later on...."

OOC
21:50, Today: Talitha rolled 21,5 using 1d20+8,1d6 with rolls of 13,5. short bow. Attack & damage

Taking in the layout of the room and the way that the zombies are contained, he speaks up. "Does this seem like a storage space for test subjects to anyone else?"

"Hmm?" Razyll said before he turned back to fire another bolt of light at a Zombie.

---

13:37, Today: Razyll rolled 6 using 1d4+4 with rolls of 2.  Damage (if hit).

13:37, Today: Razyll rolled 10 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 3.  Divine Lance at Zombie.

"By the gods Razyll! Pay attention to what you are doing or we are going to be down here forever." Faeli sniped.

Faeli reengaged her Mage Hand cantrip to keep the covering aloft while the other took shots as the zombie within.

This was not like spearing fish in a barrel Faeli thought.

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OOC: Mage Head to keep lid aloof while the other make ranged attacks on the zombie down below.

Razyll redoubled his efforts and attempted to fire another bolt of divine light at the zombie.
"Faeli you are getting hangry you should eat something."

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Razyll rolled 16 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 9.  Divine Lance (Attack) on Zombie.
Razyll rolled 6 using 1d4+4 with rolls of 2.  Divine Lance Damage.

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Faeli lazily gestured to maintain her Mage Hand cantrip while she reached into her sack to retrieve a bit of spiced honey-cake.

Talitha joins Razyll and shoots another arrow to the zombie.

09:13, Today: Talitha rolled 21,5 using 1d20+8,1d6 with rolls of 13,5.  Short Bow attack& damage.

"I believe that these undead were once man. Please help pass these souls on their journey." Tristen examined the next hole in the ground. "I'm going to believe that all of these holes have another such creature."

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Tristen will check the next hole after this one is dispatched.

"Yep, we are passing their souls onto their journey as quickly as possible." Faeli said. "A little assistance might help to pass their souls on a bit quicker." the gnome sniped.

"Okay Fae, you alright? Do you need a little break?" Razyll said as he leveled another beam at the pit-zombie.

"I am concerned about you."

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Razyll rolled 5 using 1d4+4 with rolls of 1.  Divine Lance (damage) on Pit Zombie.
Razyll rolled 25 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 18.  Divine Lance at Pit Zombie.

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As Razyll begins invoking his castings there is a cry from the southern hallway and the party turns to see a crazy sight before them. A goblin comes charging at them wielding a glowing longsword, a silvery dagger...and a crude handaxe. The goblin has three arms!

It charges to the middle of the pit room nimbly hoping between the openings, turns to the party and vomits forth a stream of acid at Talitha, Razyll, and Faeli!

Razyll, Faeli, Talitha make DC 17 Reflex save or suffer 6 acid damage (save for half).

Faeli and turn and looked at the goblin her eyes narrowing as if she had just awaken from a dream.

One, two-three arms?

Not believing what she saw the gnome stood godsmacked with her spicy-honey cake as the goblin coated her in goo.

"Eeeew GROSS! Ep, it burns ow, ow, ow!"

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Faeli Blackbriar rolled 14 using 1d20+5 with rolls of 9.  Reflex save

Razyll dodged to the side but still caught the trailing edge of the projectile as it rocketed past him.

"What in the nine hells?" Razyll said as he drew his scimitar.

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 Razyll rolled 18 using 1d20+3 ((15)).Reflex Save (PASSED) 1/2 Damage

"Watch out!" Tristen shouted but it was too late to warn anybody. He drew his sword and hustled around the holes in the floor. He circled around and slashed at the goblin.

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A1: Move 6 squares (S, E, E, E, E, N)
A2: Attack goblin
rolled 25,10 using 1d20+8,1d8+3 with rolls of 17,7.  ATK/DAM
A3: Attack goblin
rolled 22,5 using 1d20+3,1d8+3 with rolls of 19,2.  ATK/DAM

Razyll rose his hand to his Holy Symbol and focused on delivering a concentrated bolt of divine force to the mutated goblin.

"Begone you foul beast."

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A1 and A1 Divine Lance.

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Faeli dropped her spicy cake and looked at the three armed goblin. She yelled and ran toward the creature, all that she could think of what the image of the little girl that she had seen being cut down at the Sandpoint Swallowtail festival.

"AAAaaaah!"

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A1: Move to D29
A2 and A3 Cast Burning Hands
Faeli rolled 6 using 2d6 with rolls of 2,4.  Burning Hands (Three-armed Goblin)

Tristen scoots around to threaten the flank and rear while the creature is spitting acid and scores two solid hits drawing a brackish blackish blood that sizzles a bit as it hits the ground.

Razyll unleashes a bolt of holy energy to burn the creature and Faeli moves up to blast it with burning flames. Talitha moves forward and looses two quick strikes but with three arms wielding weapons the goblin mutant is able to throw up a solid defense and deflect the strikes.

Kaddock shoots three times in rapid succession but only the first shot lands.

Flanked on either side the creature doesn't seem to be nearly as impaired as it should be. It strikes with two arms at Talitha while the third threatens Tristen. All three attacks land home as the goblin draws blood upon the heroes. The goblin with its three arms and surprising strength and agility proves to be a formidable opponent in melee.

12 damage to Talitha, 6 to Tristen



Round 2

Talitha as the acid strikes her takes one step to the side and shoots twice with her short bow.
"This must be a joke! a goblin with three arms?! What's going to be next... A monkey with three heads?"

OOC
23:39, Today: Talitha rolled 24 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 16.  Reflex save.
Should be half damage I think.
A1: move 15 feet to the south of the room.

A2: bow attack 1
23:46, Today: Talitha rolled 20,5 using 1d20+8,1d6 with rolls of 12,5.  Bow attack & damage.

A3: bow attack 2
23:47, Today: Talitha rolled 7,4 using 1d20+3,1d6 with rolls of 4,4.

Razyll cursed as his beam of divine energy went off target again. A deep growl erupted from the Half-Orc's chest as he moved to close the distance between himself and the creature.

"Fae, you can't be there."

A1 and A2: Divine Lance (MISS)
A3: Move to E31

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"Do not say such thing's Talitha or they may come true." Arialis said as she began to move quickly to take action against the Goblin! Lashing out at him with her blades in her usual manner, as she command's her magical shield to come forth!

[OOC: Action 1: Shield Spell for +1 AC.
Action 2: Stride to E30.
Action 3: Strike with Longsword.

21:31, Today: Arialis Moonrider rolled 12,3 using 1d20+8,1d8+2 with rolls of 4,1.  Longsword Attack.
Hit AC: 12
Damage: 3

Why do I bother?]

Faeli casts Color Spray hoping to blind the creature before she retreats from her current forward position.

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A1 and A2: Color Spray.
A3 Move to F26

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"Urgh!" Tristen cried out when one of the arms scratched him. The three arms of the goblin disgusted him. "How did this thing get three arms?!?" Tristen swung his sword several times, striking the goblin.

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A1 Attack Goblin Hits
rolled 24,7 using 1d20+8,1d8+3 with rolls of 16,4.  ATK/DAM
A2 Attack Goblin Miss
rolled 15,4 using 1d20+3,1d8+3 with rolls of 12,1.  ATK/DAM

Kaddock begins to fall into something of a meditative state as he fires off shot after shot.
Three arms... how does the musculature of that work... did they need to alter his skeleton?

OOC:
11:46, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 6 using 1d8 with rolls of 6.  Damage 3.

11:46, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 4 using 1d8 with rolls of 4.  Damage 2.

11:46, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 8 using 1d8 with rolls of 8.  Damage 1.

11:45, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 12 using 1d20-3 with rolls of 15. Attack 3.

11:45, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 18 using 1d20+2 with rolls of 16.  Attack 2.

11:42, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 16 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 9.  Attack 1.

Talitha switches to her bow firing and hitting the goblin with an arrow. A mangled sound comes out of the monster as if it was simultaneously trying to roar in defiance and scream in pain.

Razyll lets forth another holy lance but the three armed goblin ducks out of the way once again.

Arialis moves to position herself on top of one of the boards in order to flank the goblin but just as she swings the rotting board begins to buckle and break. It seems the flimsy covers cannot support even an elven woman's weight but Arialis jumps to the side avoiding a deadly fall into the pit. From inside the pit is a moaning cry as the zombie inside starts shuffling around and reaching in vain towards the living souls dancing around the edge.
Everyone gets one. Don't stand on the pit covers...

Faeli finds her original position isn't goo enough to cast her spell with Arialis in the way but a quick shift to the side lines her up and she blasts the goblin mutant thing with a spray of dazzling color. The creature slams its eyes shut and seems to avoid any ill effect from the light show.

Tristen continues his attack scoring another hit on the goblin.

The goblin continues to be a whirlwind of destruction landing blow after blow now against Arialis and Tristen. Despite the numerous wounds on its body and the brackish blood splashing the ground it stabs and chops with unerring accuracy. Arialis barely deflects one strike and takes another in its stead. Meanwhile Tisten takes a brutal  stab with a dagger right to the chest.

6 damage to Arialis and Tristen takes a crit for 8 damage


Round 2

Talitha stays away from the hole in front of her, as the zombie seems to be looking for his lunch. She keeps shooting arrows at him but as she is distracted, the three times she shoots she misses her target.

OOC
A1: bow attack 1
14:09, Today: Talitha rolled 15,5 using 1d20+8,1d6 with rolls of 7,5.  Bow attack & damage 1.

A2: bow attack 2
14:10, Today: Talitha rolled 13,1 using 1d20+3,1d6 with rolls of 10,1.  Bow attack & damage 2.

A3: bow attack 3
14:10, Today: Talitha rolled 8,6 using 1d20-2,1d6 with rolls of 10,6.  Bow attack & damage 3.

Not my best rolls, I must admit.

Faeli stumbles back away from the creature and after a few seconds regains her composure. Seeing that her previous spell did not work she grabs a stone and using arcane words rockets the piece of rumble toward the goblin.

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A1&A2 Miss: Faeli Blackbriar rolled 9 using 1d20+7 ((2)).

Razyll attempted to focus another blast of divine energy at the goblin before he moved up to confront the creature.

"Begone monster or you shall taste my blade!"

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A1 and A2 Divine Lance.
A3 Move to G29
Razyll rolled 27 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 20.  Divine Lance (attack) mutant goblin.
Razyll rolled 8 using 2d4+4 with rolls of 3,1.  CRIT Damage on Mutant Goblin.

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Arialis will cast her Shield spell and slash out at the mutant Goblin once more with her twin blades!

[OOC: Action 1: Cast Shield.
Action 2 and 3: Double Slice Mutant Goblin.

23:16, Today: Arialis Moonrider rolled 9,8 using 1d20+8,1d6+2 with rolls of 1,6.  Shortsword Attack.
Hit AC: 9
Damage: 8

23:16, Today: Arialis Moonrider rolled 13,6 using 1d20+8,1d8+2 with rolls of 5,4.  Longsword Attack.
Hit AC: 13
Damage: 6

Yup, that figures.]

Tristen held his ground. He swung his sword two times. The three-armed goblin was able to dodge each attack.

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A1 Attack
rolled 17,4 using 1d20+8,1d8+3 with rolls of 9,1.  ATK/DAM.
A2 Attack
rolled 7,8 using 1d20+3,1d8+3 with rolls of 4,5.  ATK/DAM.
A3 NA

He examined the Goblin for a second before loosing two more arrows that go wide of the mark.

OOC:
1 action to mark him as my Prey
16:03, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 10 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 6.
16:02, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 10 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 3.  Attack.
I realized that I had the wrong modifiers before because I forgot about Flurry.

Talitha fires off a trio of arrows and misses as does Faeli's TK stone.

Razyll's holy blast burns the creature further cause boils to bubble on its skin, popping to release sizzling black ooze and pus onto the stone floor.

Arialis comes in with her dual blades while Tristen tries to pin him from the other side but the three-armed goblin parries perfectly.

Kaddock meanwhile fires off a pair of arrows and while parrying both fighters the goblin dodges both arrows.

The goblins takes a swing at Arialis and then suddenly lurches backward. It knocks Tristen with enough force to cause the warrior to take a step back...right onto the rickety rotten wooden lid over a zombie pit. The goblin giggles a wicked high pitched laugh as the boards begin to crack giving Tristen just a split second to try and jump to safety....

Make a DC 20 reflex save and then a DC 15 Reflex check to avoid the pit! Arialis can also move up to aid another at the expense of a move and action on her turn.

The first reflex save lets you jump to the side without any other penalties. If you fail that then The second reflex check is the "grab the edge" action which stops your fall but will then require Athletics (climb) checks to pull yourself up.


Round 3

Talitha groans some words hardly understandable and shoots another round of arrows at the goblin, hitting only in one of them.

OOC
A1: 22:53, Today: Talitha rolled 24,2 using 1d20+8,1d6 with rolls of 16,2.  Bow attack & damage 1.
A2: 22:53, Today: Talitha rolled 2,6 using 1d20-2,1d6 with rolls of 4,6.  Bow attack & damage 3.
A3: 22:53, Today: Talitha rolled 15,6 using 1d20+3,1d6 with rolls of 12,6.  Bow attack & damage 2.

Tristen fell back when the goblin smashed into him. His sword flew from his grasp as he scrambled and found a finger's grip. He kicked off with his feet as a zombie grabbed at his heels. He pulled himself up as quickly as possible. He stood up and drew his dagger.

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rolled 8 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 1.  Reflex DC 20
rolled 15 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 8.  Reflex DC 15

A1: I'm guessing that the REFLEX saves takes an action?
A2: Climb out, rolled 1 using 1d2 with rolls of 1.  1, dropped sword into hole. Well because I would give it 50% chance :)
A3: Draw dagger. Don't know my new position, please place me wherever it makes sense :)

"Tristian careful!"
Razyll moved up to engage the goblin, attempting to press the group's numbers advantage.

OOC: Razyll moves to H31 to attack the goblin with his scimitar.
A1: Move to H31
A2: Attack #1 ***HIT*** Razyll rolled 20 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 13.  Attack #1 Mutant Goblin
Razyll rolled 6 using 1d6+3 with rolls of 3.  Scimitar (Slash) damage
A3: Attack #2 ***MISS*** Razyll rolled 18 using 1d20+2 with rolls of 16.  Attack #2 Mutant Goblin.

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Faeli used Mage Hand to retrieved Tristen's weapon and float it over to his side.


A1 and A2 Mage Hand
A3 Shield Spell

Arialis moves behind the weird goblin to slash at it once more with her twin blades!

[OOC: Action 1: Stride to F30
Actions 2 & 3: Dual Slice on Goblin.

15:20, Today: Arialis Moonrider rolled 18,9 using 1d20+8,1d8+2 with rolls of 10,7.  Longsword Attack.
Hit AC: 18
Damage: 9

15:20, Today: Arialis Moonrider rolled 9,5 using 1d20+8,1d6+2 with rolls of 1,3.  Shortsword Attack.
Hit AC: 9
Damage: 5

If both attacks hit, combine their damage, and then add any other applicable effects from both weapons. You add any precision damage only once, to the attack of your choice. Combine the damage from both Strikes and apply resistances and weaknesses only once.]

Even as Tristan scrambles for safety Razyll and  Talitha manage to break through the goblin's incredible defense and hut it badly. The goblin is barely holding on but somehow is still trying to drive the party back and fulfill its mission, whatever that is. It stabs out at Razyll and one of its blades catches Razyll in a chop across the skull. Thankfully the orc'ss skull is thicker than anyone else's in the room and the blade just bounces off his thick bone. It does leave a big gash across his forehead.
Razyll takes 10 damage


Round 3

Faeli sent another arcane propelled stone past the mutant goblin.
"Hold still stupid-head!"




A1-A2 TK Projectile.

Tristen sheathed his dagger before pulling out his crossbow. He lined up his shot, but Tsuto and Kaddock behind the goblin it was too risky a shot. He moved around the zombie pit and prepared his shot behind Arialis. "Arialis, move to your right. Give me a shot."

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A1 Sheath/Draw weapons
A2 Move round the pit, position 2 squares north of current position
A3 Fire Lt Crossbow at Goblin
rolled 11,5 using 1d20+3,1d10 with rolls of 8,5.  ATK/DAM

Razyll growled and looked down at his wound as he swiped wildly with his scimitar.


A1: Attack #1 Goblin
A2: Attack #2 Goblin
A3: Battle Medicine (Self): Heals 6 of 10 points of damage.

Razyll rolled 9 **MISS** using 1d20+2 with rolls of 7.  Scimitar (Slash) Attack on mutant goblin.
Razyll rolled 11 **MISS** using 1d20+7 with rolls of 4.  Scimitar (Slash) Attack on mutant goblin.

Razyll HP: 19/26

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Kaddock snaps off three quick shots. Only the first one scores home as the mutant abomination manages to spin out of the way of the other missiles.

OOC: A1-A3: all attacking
14:57, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 5 using 1d8 with rolls of 5.  Damage.
14:55, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 7 using 1d20+1 with rolls of 6.  Attack 3.
14:55, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 18 using 1d20+4 with rolls of 14.  Attack 2.
14:55, Today: Kaddock Ingir rolled 21 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 14.  Attack 1.

"Alright!" Arialis moves around the pit to her right so that she can flank the goblin with Razyll. Then once more slashes at the thing with her twin blades!

[OOC: Action 1: Stride to the 29 column in the same row I'm in. (2 blocks to the left, so I'm on the opposite side of the goblin from Razyll)
Actions 2 and 3: Double Slice the Goblin.

23:41, Today: Arialis Moonrider rolled 25,8 using 1d20+8,1d8+2 with rolls of 17,6.  Longsword Attack.
Hit AC: 25
Damage: 8

23:40, Today: Arialis Moonrider rolled 19,8 using 1d20+8,1d6+2 with rolls of 11,6.  Shortsword Attack.
Hit AC: 19
Damage: 8

If both attacks hit, combine their damage, and then add any other applicable effects from both weapons. You add any precision damage only once, to the attack of your choice. Combine the damage from both Strikes and apply resistances and weaknesses only once.]

Talitha shhots another three arros at the weird goblin. "Can you please die now?!"

OOC

A1: 20:23, Today: Talitha rolled 25,1 using 1d20+8,1d6 with rolls of 17,1.  Bow attack & damage 1
A2: 20:23, Today: Talitha rolled 7,4 using 1d20+3,1d6 with rolls of 4,4.  Bow attack & damage 2.
A3: 20:24, Today: Talitha rolled 11,2 using 1d20-2,1d6 with rolls of 13,2.  Bow attack & damage 3.

While the heroes are recovering and positioning themselves for another attempt at the goblin, Kaddock fires off a dead eye shot piercing the goblin through its neck. Already badly injured, the goblin collapses and first one weapon falls from its grasp...then another....and then another.

The zombies continue to mill around at the bottom of their pits. The smell of blood and the noise has made them agitated and the soft moaning from mouths that should have decayed and rotted away long ago rise up in an unholy chorus of noise.

"I am spent guys." Faeli complains as she goes to examine the southern door carefully taking a route which ensures she is far, far away from the zombie pits.

"Careful Faeli." Razyll said as he tightened his bandage and then with his kit and medicines still in hand when to see to Faeli. "Uurgh, I am sorry Faeli. It looks like this is going to take more time and tools than what I have on hand." Razyll said while bandaging the wounds as best as he could.


Razyll rolled 14 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 6.  Battle Medicine Feat (Faeli) DC 15. Just missed the healing benchmark. Sorry no healing for Faeli =(

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Tristen lowered his crossbow. "Good job Kaddock!" He moved closer to get a better look at the dead goblin. "My sword fell into one of these pits. I'm going to need help to get it back." He picked up several weapons that fell from the goblin's body. "Interesting. By what foul magic did these... anyone have a clue?" He asked the others.

Talitha looks emacieted after the last battle. She is bleeding from several wounds and hardly standing up. "I need some proper healing if we need to continue this path. I will not be of any help in my current conditions. What shall we do? I suggest Tristen is sword back and we try to find a safe spot and get some healing.... maybe rest for a while?"

OOC
Anyway I can get healing without retrieving to the surface?

In reply to Tristen d'Cordain (msg # 204):

Razyll looked over the weapons.

"Interesting..."


Razyll looks over the weapons.

Razyll looks over the weapons and while the dagger is a fine item of silver, both the handaxe and the longsword the creature were using have runes etched into their blades. Spending more time to discern the nature of the runes reveals them to be truly magical.

Treasure:
x1 Low-Grade Silver Dagger
x1 +1 Handaxe (+1 to attack)
x1 +1 Striking Longsword (+1 to attack and damage die)

He slings his bow over his shoulder. "I know some rudimentary medicine. I can take a look at your wounds if you'd like." He splits his attention between Talitha and the pit that Tristen lost his sword down.

"I can heal you. Talitha, stand in presence of Abadar's grace." Tristen reached out with his hand and touched Talitha on her forehead. Seconds later, he turned and loaded his crossbow to destroy of each of the zombies.

---

6hp healed via Lay on Hands.

Will take however much time to destroy each zombie.
Then go down and retrieve his longsword.

"How do we stand on healing magics and implements?" She asked, looking everyone over a moment.

"Also, what items did it have?" She would ask Razyll.

"Give me time. I will seek another boon from Abadar." Tristen moved to a clear area and knelt in prayer.

---

Refocus for 10 min to regain Lay on Hands.

Faeli and Razyll get to work destroying the undead. While it takes a decent amount of time to destroy each one, there is never any real danger so by the time Tristen has done praying and drawing his inner magic back, the zombies have been destroyed.

Retrieving the sword is a bit more complicated. It is a sheer 20ft drop and there isn't anything nearby to secure a rope to. The sword itself proves too heavy to lift with a simple cantrip. Perhaps when Faeli was a stronger wizard she could perform the feat but for now the sword remains at the bottom of the well.

OOC: FYI just trying to climb the vertical rock wall would be a DC 30 Athletics (climb) check.

Razyll looked over the pit and the length of rope that was available. He gaze then fell on Faeli, who was perhaps the lightest member of the group.

"Faeli, my sweet-how would you feel about us lowering you into a pit that might potentially be trapped?"

He gives Razyll a raised eyebrow look. "Pretty sure the trap was the Zombie at the bottom." He comments dryly.

"Or the trap led to the zombie being, well a Zombie. Chicken or the egg really." Razyll said with a shrug and a smirk.

"Good point. Hey Faeli, don't become zombie Faeli. Okay? If you feel an abnormal desire to eat Razyll's brain, let us know. Alright?" He gives a lopsided grin.

Talitha, getting much better after the last of hands approaches the pit where the weapons are.
"Maybe we could use some rope to help whoever is going down climb back up... Tie it around them and the other end on us so they can be pulled out easily."
She takes out from her backpack 50ft of rope.
"I can go down, if you guys can help lifting me afterwards. Or Faeli can go down and I can help pulling her up by wrapping it around myself. I think that's better... I'm heavier and stronger."

She smiles as she says so.

OOC.
It's been crazy for me and I didn't have time to log in here in a few days. Apologies!
Btw, I have good athletics, but I can't beat DC 30

Faeli smirked and stuck her tongue out at Razyll.

"Might starve looking for a brain in Razie's head."

Arialis chuckles at the banter between them before finally speaking up. "Other the Faeli I am the lightest of everyone. I'll go down." She said with a gentle nod, then took a hold of the end of the rope tying it around herself. It was obvious that she was not willing to risk her 'small' friend. "Plus, it'd take you longer to lift her out because she's so much shorter. Anyway, let's do this."
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Talitha wraps the other end around her waist and gives the loose end to Razyll. "Two better than one. You pull behind me."
He holds the rope with both hands while Arialis descends to the pit.

"You.." Razyll points to Tristen

"Get in here to help (aid other) it's your sword that the Violet Knight of Kyonin is risking her precious hide to retrieve." Razyll said as he grips the rope and prepares to lower Arialis into the hole.

"Kaddock, be at the ready with your bow. I don't want any more surprises from this place while we are engaged in this little rescue mission."
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Tristen got off his knees. He had just completed his prayers asking for Abadar's boon. "I just finished." Tristen moved closer to the others and saw their efforts. "I'll lend a hand with the rope. Thank you for retrieving my sword."

"It is better to have all our arms, than to have you losing an arm in a fight if you have no arm to defend yourself." She said in heavily accented common as she climbed down the shaft, or rather was lowered down.

"Careful, just say the word if you notice anything strange and need us to stop lowering you." Razyll said as they began to lower Arialis. His eyebrows furrowed at the weight of the warrior and he wondered, absently, if perhaps her bones were hollow.

The party ties Arialis to the rope and begin lowering her down into the zombie pit. The air is even mustier and the smell of ancient death is much stronger but at least it is long past rot and foul gasses. It feels more like a descent into an ancient crypt which, perhaps, was a better analogy. The body of the zombie lies crumpled at the bottom of the pit and it had been thoroughly blasted apart by the spells of her companions and yet it seemed like her mind continued to scream caution at her. The shadows from the flickering torch lights above made the body seemed to twitch and move in her peripheral vision and if something bad did happen perhaps this pit would become her tomb as well.

Finally her feet touch the ground at the bottom and wasting no time she kicks the body off the corpse and grabs Tristan's fallen sword. Now came the hardest part: lifting her back up again. Going down was easy, going up was far harder than anyone could imagine lifting a slight elven warrior like Arialis could be but without any pulley or outcropping for leverage the party required nothing but raw brute strength without any mechanical advantages. Still she didn't weigh that much and the party had enough people and enough muscle to lift Arialis back up over the ledge.

With the fallen sword retrieved the only thing that remained was the decision of whether to keep exploring the dungeon, and if so, which way to go next...

Razylled help onto the rope until the elven warrior had found her footing. "You okay?" Razyll said as he looked over Arialis as he twisted the rope around his hand and elbow preparing it to be stored once again on the side of his backpack.
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Talitha helps lifting Arialis climb back. Once she's with them, the fighter puts her type back in her backpack and tells Tristan with a funny tone. "Next time be more careful where you throw your weapons That pit smelled like shit from up here, so I can't imagine how it was for poor Arialis..."
She smiles and gets ready to continue. "Which way next? Any suggestion?"
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"Hang on, let's discuss this before we go wandering around further. As I said, the Dawnflower's light is no longer with me-how is everyone?" Razyll looked over the others to assess their overall well-being visually.

"I'm pretty beaten, and my shield needs to be repaired... But I'm not sure if retreating is an option once reached this point."
The fighter smiles trying to gather some confidence.

Razyll nodded in agreement. "But we could rest to recover some of our strength" Razyll said in return to Talitha somewhat more comforted by her increasing confidence.

"Although I would be loath to rest in a place such as this." Razyll said as his eyes scanned the room.

"Wow, that was so awesome!" Faeli said as she bounced up and down as Arialis emerged from below.

Talitha nods. "We could rest somewhere here for a while I guess. I could get some additional healing and you could recover some of your magical power."
She looks around, considering the tactical position of this very same room to rest or going back to the big room the went through earlier.

"Thank you." Tristen accepted his sword. "If Sandpoint has a bathhouse. I cover the entrance fee for everyone."

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Group 0 map still has doors A and B to check.
Anyone have a preference for a room for us to use when we rest?

"Anytime."
She smiles at Tristen. "And I'll take the bathhouse. Thank you!"

Razyll smiled and nodded his head in that slow way that implied that he would take Tristen up on the bathhouse idea as well.

OOC: Although distasteful, would our characters think that they could secure the doors of our current room and make it 'safe' enough for a rest DM?

For resting there were quite a few options. The chapel they fought the demon in over the swirling magical pool had a single entrance secured by a double door. One could spike it easily enough if they didn't mind resting in the chapel to an ancient dark god and a swirling magical pool next to them.

The torture room likewise had only a single entrance that could be secured however it also had a chilling atmosphere due to the deadly instruments contained.

The current room was a poor choice as it was wide open and to the south was a long hallway, not a door.

Another option was to go all the way back to Sandpoint, either resting in the glassworks or from there just going to an inn. The upside to this would be they can finally rid themselves of Tsuto as well. The downside is that journey would likely take a considerable amount of time, at least an hour there and back again so if anything was still lurking around in the dungeon who knows what they could get up to while they were gone.

In reply to Dungeon Master (msg # 237):


OOC: Thanks, Dungeon Master! Hey fam, I am thinking of resting in the chapel of the dark god. What is the worst that could happen? xD

Just kidding, just kidding (about the, "What is the worst that could happen" bit).

Talitha will suggest using the torture room to rest. It is a creepy place to rest, but defensievly seems to be the best place in the last few rooms. And if they use some of the old stuff in the room they can even make a small barricade at the entrance with these items.

While it seemed a macabre idea there weren't any objections from the rest of the party. The group barricades themselves in the room, a watch is set to not only guard the door but also keep watch over the prisoner. Thankfully the one perk of camping in a torture chamber was there were plenty of wall chains that could be used to tie up Tsuto. Tsuto of course protested loudly but there wasn't much he could do to stop them and soon he was chained to the wall grumbling to himself.

The night (day? morning? deep underground it was impossible to tell anymore) passes without event. There are no sounds from the hallway, no creatures coming to investigate the fighting or brutal slaying of several guards and whatever the hell that mutated goblin monstrosity was.

<orange>Long rest.

- Recover HP equal to CON mod (min 1) multiplied by Level.
- Losing the fatigued condition
- Reduce severity of doomed conditions by 1
- Spellcasters recover spells


Updated combat tracker:

"Before we move on we should get your wounds look at fully." She said looking at Talitha more critically now.

[OOC: If we were going to rest, would Tristen of used his lay of hands on her to of healed her up some?]

"Abadar's blessings are a boon that I share willingly." Tristen touched Talitha's shoulder.

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Could Tristen have used the Lay on Hands feature multiple times to heal everybody?
Lay on Hands > Refocus > REPEAT several times.

This doesn't seem right. But I'm just learning PF2

OOCFor a long rest like this, yes you can and I'll adjust everyone to max hitpoints. The idea is twofold:

1) It takes 10 minutes to refocus so even in an 8 hour reset there is a limit to how many times it can be performed and if you were to refocus for a significante amount of your resting as per rules you would end up being fatigued.

2) Your generally have a larger focus pool but you can only recover 1 focus so you will be less able to quickly heal during/after an encounter if you burn through your focus this way.

It's not much of a downside but its enough to think that this is working as intended.
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Talitha felt better after the rest, but her wounds still needed treatment and as Tristen did she actually felt much better, with increased strength and confidence to continue through this forsaken dungeon. She takes her sword again and makes sure everybody is ready before moving out of the room.

OOC:
This is not clear to me. what HP do I have now? 3/30, full health or something in between?

Razyll awoke and began to repack his backpack and sleeping roll while he chewed at dried meat and bread. He bared down on the dusty roll so that it would be as flat as possible in his backpack.

"Okay, that was a little more horrible than I expected, but-at least that is behind us."

"Alright, lets continue." Arialis said with a nod after she gathered her things.

Faeli nodded and began to gather her things as well.

The group walks down the hallway past the (now cleansed) zombie pits to find yet another split. To their left the hallway leads to what was once a set of spiral stairs leading deeper into the complex but some kind of collapse has completely blocked it with debris. While it might be possible to eventually excavate such a process would takes weeks if not months depending on how deep the staircase goes.

The main hallway continues South to a pair of closed doors. Opening them up reveals an odd scene. The strange room is circular, about 15' in diameter. Several objects float in the room lazily in space: a ragged book, a scroll, a bottle of wine, a dead raven with a floating halo of maggots around it, and a twisted iron wand with a forked tip. Yet perhaps the most unnerving aspect of the room is the walls, for they are plated in sheets of strange red metal that ripple every once in a while with silent black electricity that seems to coalesce into strange runes or even words far too often for the effect to be chance. It appears to occasionally form similar patterns to other runes they have seen all around this dungeon but what they specifically mean or what their purpose is escapes everyone's grasp.

Razyll attempts to examine further the odd room, avoiding the raven, maggots, and iron rod.