Dwarghar stands firm, beside the grate and let’s the water drain past and he says to Brother Brodd. You who went in with the snake and got these treasures- did you not promise to kill the basilisks and the gargoyle? He just wants to make sure their consciences are clear it is of no matter that they are leaving much silver and possibly more treasures behind by going peacefully.

"Strange. There is sunlight in the water..." Manaku voices the obvious, thralled by beautiful sight. "And skeletons. There is hoping they are not animated undead, for we have no means to warn them, I think?"

[Amalrik is treading water and would have certainly heard that comment.]

Brodd hung on to Dwarghar to keep from being sucked into the grate. He listened and heard everything everyone was saying. At 'skeletons', he began to look around.

You turn away from the grate and make out their outlines, floating eerily towards the three of you.

Brodd takes on hand off of Dwarghar and reaches inside his cassock and pulls out and presents his holy symbol, He attempts a turn if they appear animated.

11:32, Today: Brother Brodd rolled 5 using 1d6.  spot.

[At Cleric Level 2 you can turn Skeletons automatically (T), you just need to roll 2d6 for number of Hit Dice turned in this encounter.]

13:31, Today: Brother Brodd rolled 8 using 2d6.  turn check.

The skeletons begin to twitch and flail as if they were drowning, trying to swim(?) away from the cleric and towards the landlubbers of the party.

Their bony hands find outcroppings of unrecognizable, crusted over architecture that was just beginning to jut from the ebbing surface of the black waters. They switch from floating to crawling away from the long-forgotten sunlight and up the ramp.

[Players gain initiative]

"Damn it all!  We won't tolerate such skull-duggery!"

Alietra unsheathed her sword, angling it to strike with the blade's flat.  She knew these things couldn't be sliced, or stabbed --

Once in range --  Alietra rolled 3 using 1d20.  sword attack.  Not much of one, though...

In reply to Alietra (msg # 38):


Alietra's slice is as awful as her puns.

Einhard drew the sword that the Unificant Entity had given him and charged toward the crawling skeletons. "Now this I can handle!" he proclaimed. He slashed at the first skeleton he was able to reach.

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15:27, Today: Einhard rolled 13 using 1d20+1.  Sword Attack vs Skeleton. - [roll=1576614465.77231.315277]
15:31, Today: Einhard rolled 6 using 1d8+1.  Sword Damage. - [roll=1576614688.42571.315277]

~Unsure if this sword has any other properties since this is first opportunity I've had to use it.
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To quote the God of Valor, "Praise no blade until it's blooded."

Perhaps no blood in this case, but as you run waist-deep into the muck you slash at the undead, and are rewarded by the clean snapping of bones.

While you can't decipher the runes on the blade, you can tell the pattern-welded steel is exceptionally balanced and unnaturally sharp. (A +1 magical bonus.)

[One skeleton is destroyed, there are 7 left.]
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Dwarghar picks up what he finds and uses the water current and his hands to clean off some of the muck. He notices the skeletons when  a Brod does his thing. He draws his  sword and will look at the nearest Skeleton.

He’s a little clumsy in the water and swishes the sword well behind the retreating bones.
15:50, Today: Dwarghar Stoneblood rolled 5 using 1d20+1.  Attack
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Amalrik strives to swim behind the skeletons approaching the water's edge.

Regdoc grunted at the flailing and floundering, raising a congratulatory eyebrow at Brodd's devotion. With a bit of amusement twitching the scraggly beard of his long face, he presented his own holy symbol, the cardinal points of a wayfinder. "Keep swimming rotters, in the Name of He Who Wanders!"

OOC: Attempting to turn the skellies back at Brodd, swimming in circles as they avoid us both! Heh. Regdoc rolled 4 - Skellies turned.

The four skeletons closest to Regdoc swiftly turn away from the Wanderer's holy symbol, then quickly seize up when they find themselves facing Brodd's solar wheel again.

With nowhere to to turn, the bones rattle like they're in the back of a runaway donkey cart down a cliff and finally P O P , skull, femurs, tibulas etc. flying everywhere!

[There are now three skeletons left]

Suspecting arrows are little use against the undead, Manaku unsheathes his longsword and makes a hasty slash at the nearest skeleton. Way too soon, it isn't even within his reach yet...

Manaku rolled 10 using 1d20.  Longsword.

As the skeleton crumbled to the ground, Einhard took a moment to admire his new sword. "Very well-balanced!" he exclaimed. Then charged toward the next closest skeleton and took another graceful swing with his weapon, smiling at the satisfying sound of steel on bone.

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19:48, Today: Einhard rolled 20 using 1d20+2.  Attack (Sword +1). - [roll=1576716534.6163.315277]
19:49, Today: Einhard rolled 6 using 1d8+2.  Damage (Sword +1). - [roll=1576716561.62916.315277]

...and indeed, Valor smiles again upon Sir Einhard as the blade slices through a bare ribcage, sending the skeleton's upper body splashing into the receding muck. The pelvis wobbles a few moments like a drunken sailor trying to jig to one of Harald's songs before it keels over and likewise sinks into the mud.

[two skellies left]

Seeing that his arrows would make no difference, Creston relaxes his bow. He scans in other directions, just in case more formidable enemies approach.

Dwarghar swings again in the water cursing his slowness and the current.

14:52, Wed 18 Dec: Dwarghar Stoneblood rolled 8 using 1d20+1.  Sword . 
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Regdoc seemed to be willing to try a bit of sport and so he loaded his old leather sling and began whirling it over his head. Unfortunately the cave stone he'd chose was a bit too large. Losing control of it, he watched helplessly as it zinged far from the intended skeletal target.

Sling Attack: Regdoc rolled 2 - pfffft!

[By my count, Harald, Leohart, and Pock have yet to move, I'll give them half a day to catch up before the skellies move. Dwarghar and Regdoc's second moves were misses, so we'll just count them towards the next turn.]

Squeezed into a small area by the turning clerics on opposite sides, the skeletons attack the one living foe not behind either holy symbol. They fall upon Amalrik, who is still off balance as he tries to wade forward. Their sharp finger bones shred rough curves through the Barbarian's hide armor and across his flesh beneath, causing crimson blooms in the glowing water around him.

14:21, Today: DM rolled 17,17 using d20,d20.  skeletons attacking Amalrik.
14:21, Today: DM rolled 2,1 using d6,d6.  skeletal damage.