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VIIIB - Alone Within the Tombs.

Posted by Labyrinth LordFor group 0
Labyrinth Lord
GM, 330 posts
Sun 13 Nov 2022
at 21:30
  • msg #1

VIIIB - Alone Within the Tombs

Still standing outside of the opening into the recently discovered crypt, Dax and Caine can see the robed skeleton clearly. Although it has stood, it makes no move to approach the adventurers, though the steady gaze of its vacant eye sockets suggests that it is aware of their presence.

OOC: You now have the initiative and may act as you see fit. The crypt thing possesses an armor class of 5.
Dax Moonblade
Half Elven Ranger, 276 posts
Half-Elf Ranger 3
AC: 0 | HP: 29 \ 26
Mon 14 Nov 2022
at 00:16
  • msg #2

VIIIB - Alone Within the Tombs

The smile on Dax's face disappears instantly with the appearance of the green glow. He cannot believe his eyes when Malivoire, Dilemma, and Lampert disappear. At the same moment he realises that Barnabus' magic silence has also disappeared.

Turning to look into the tomb, he sees the robed skeleton standing as the green glow fades. He is thankful to see that Caine is still there.

"Destroy it!" he shouts as he draws his sword and moves to engage the skeletal creature.

Dax Moonblade rolled 7 missing with his Longsword.

Hopefully, Caine gets a shot with his crossbow, first.

Caine
Half Elf Fighter-MU, 22 posts
Tue 15 Nov 2022
at 21:43
  • msg #3

VIIIB - Alone Within the Tombs

Caine's eyes widened as their companions vanished, leaving only him and Dax. He heard Dax speak and realized like the ranger that Barnabus's conjured dome of silence had vanished with the priest.

"With pleasure," he murmured to the ranger, squeezing the trigger to his crossbow and watching with satisfaction as it smashed into the sinister robed figure.

Dropping his crossbow he drew his bastard-blade in a smooth, well practiced motion, though kept his distance yet.

"What have you done with our friends? Return them creature, and we shall leave thee to thy accursed slumber!" Caine yelled at the undead.
Attack w. Crossbow: 20; Damage: 07
02:38, Today: Caine rolled 7 using 1d8.  Damage.
02:37, Today: Caine rolled 20 using 1d20+1.  Crossbow Attack

Labyrinth Lord
GM, 340 posts
Wed 16 Nov 2022
at 16:07
  • msg #4

VIIIB - Alone Within the Tombs

As Dax charges the the skeletal figure, both he and Caine become aware of a faint luminescence within the forgotten crypt. The unsettling statue of the demon, the dusty chamber’s centerpiece, exudes an amber colored glow that enables both adventurers to see the room’s essential features, along with the movements and position of its undead guardian.

Moving with surprising quickness, the robed skeleton sidesteps Dax’s initial attack, but is not agile enough to dodge Caine’s crossbow bolt, which spears the guardian’s chest with a brittle crack.

The creature is quick to retaliate against Dax, slashing at the ranger with its skeletal claws, which appear to be honed to razor points.

10:00, Today: Labyrinth Lord rolled 18 using 1d20.  Attack - Crypt Thing.

10:00, Today: Labyrinth Lord rolled 4 using 1d6.  Damage - Crypt Thing.

10:00, Today: Labyrinth Lord rolled 11 using 1d20.  Attack - Crypt Thing.


Dax is able to block one of the creature’s attacks with his shield, but its claws manage to find his left arm, opening a gash on his bicep. The undead monster seems to throw itself at the ranger, as if trying to force him to retreat back to the crypt’s entrance.

OOC: Dax and Caine, you may each take your next actions.
Dax Moonblade
Half Elven Ranger, 279 posts
Half-Elf Ranger 3
AC: 0 | HP: 29 \ 22
Wed 16 Nov 2022
at 19:24
  • msg #5

VIIIB - Alone Within the Tombs

"Damned hellspawn!" Dax shouted as the skeleton's claw scrape him.

Pushing the creature back with his shield, the ranger follows-up with swing of his sword.

"I think it is trying to push me out!"

Dax Moonblade rolled 21, hitting AC -8, for Damage.

It might stop attacking if we leave the crypt...but I'm not sure I want to let up to confirm!

Caine
Half Elf Fighter-MU, 24 posts
Wed 16 Nov 2022
at 20:20
  • msg #6

VIIIB - Alone Within the Tombs

Moving to the opposite side of Dax, Caine sought to flank the undead creature before slashing at it with his sword.

The creature was unerringly fast though, and the warrior-mage cut through only air as the undead dodged his blow.

"Keep it between us!" Caine yelled back to Dax, maneuvering to do just that.
04 on attack! :(
Labyrinth Lord
GM, 344 posts
Thu 17 Nov 2022
at 14:48
  • msg #7

VIIIB - Alone Within the Tombs

The crypt guardian shifts its stance, lashing out in wide swipes at both of the adventurers who are attacking it. Its claws whip through the air finding both Caine…

08:35, Today: Labyrinth Lord rolled 17 using 1d20.  Attack - Crypt Thing.

08:36, Today: Labyrinth Lord rolled 5 using 1d6.  Damage.


…and Dax.

08:38, Today: Labyrinth Lord rolled 20 using 1d20.  Attack - Crypt Thing.

08:39, Today: Labyrinth Lord rolled 2 using 1d6.  Damage.

OOC: New round. Your turn, gentlemen.

Dax Moonblade
Half Elven Ranger, 280 posts
Half-Elf Ranger 3
AC: 0 | HP: 29 \ 20
Fri 18 Nov 2022
at 01:22
  • msg #8

VIIIB - Alone Within the Tombs

"Die damn you!" Dax shouts at the skeleton, as he swings his blade, once again making solid contact with bone.

Dax Moonblade rolled 21, hitting AC -8 for 6 Damage.
Caine
Half Elf Fighter-MU, 25 posts
Fri 18 Nov 2022
at 20:39
  • msg #9

VIIIB - Alone Within the Tombs

Caine hissed in pain as the claws entered his guard and raked across his chest; there was a flash of sparks for the briefest of moments as the unholy armaments struck the steel of his mail. The armor held but Caine felt as if he had been struck in the chest with a sledgehammer.

Primed for a fight to the death though, his mind ignored the pain, there would be time to deal with that later, if he survived. A part of his trained mind berated him for not calling upon his magic, but there was no longer time for that.

Moving forward before the creature could withdraw its arm, Caine slashed upward at it, using his knees and arms to power the swing and aiming to take the unholy thing's arm off the shoulder.

Then without pausing he twirled, using the momentum of his strike to slash at the creatures head with his heavy blade in a brutal sideways stroke.
ooc: Attack: 16; Damage: 06
Labyrinth Lord
GM, 347 posts
Sat 19 Nov 2022
at 14:21
  • msg #10

VIIIB - Alone Within the Tombs

The two warriors’ blades strike almost simultaneously, crushing the undead sentry’s chest with a chorus of snapping bones. The creature collapses under the weight of the strikes, its bones blackening as they fall to the floor, where many lay shrouded within the guardian’s tattered robe. Whatever force once animated the corpse departs the crypt with a rush of cold wind, leaving the tomb suddenly still in its wake.

OOC: Combat over.
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