Wrath of the Righteous IC [3.5, Group B]

[Ieagleroar]

Throughout the wait, Ashken had been thinking about their travels undrground, and especially about Mr. Floppy Nose. While do so, he remembered so really important. Elephants have big ears! Maybe Mr. Floppy Nose wasn't an talking elephant, but rather something else. The only problem was he couldn't remember if Mr. Floppy Nose had big ears, and he hadn't seen him since he had escorted Ashken and the others to Chief Sull's tent. Ashken had been sad when he realized they were going to have to leave camp with him being able to ask Mr. Floppy Nose what he was. However Ashken had shrewdly deduced that, If Chief Sull come to surface to fight, maybe he bring Mr. Floppy Nose!!! Thus when Rung had prompted the group to accept the offer, Ashken met him with an excited Yes Chief Sull! Come to fight bad-guy demons with us!

[CWater]

"So... We can get to the surface now? Maybe without fighting?", unlike Asken Alamryn is clearly hoping for this to be the case.

[Kish]

"I'm asking you to kill all the cultists and traitors who hold the way to the surface--not just the ones between you and the surface," Chief Sull rumbles. "But either way, I'm sure they won't stand aside and let you pass. Even less if they killed--or captured--your companions."

[Ieagleroar]

Ashken stands around. He had started to grow tired of the chit-chat, and wanted to see this promised action soon. When we go? he poses to Chief Sull, hoping that he replied with now.

[Thokk_Smash]

"Our primary objective, in my opinion, is to clear the way to Kenabres in order to assess the situation there. The sooner we see the city, the more comfortable I'll be. I'm certain that Kenabres' commanders will see the benefit and righteousness in allying with you and your tribe, Chief Sull."

"Unless there is more information, I suggest we leave posthaste. The lives of those captured may hang in the balance as well, and too many have gone to their final rest too soon today."

Though Jedediah says this with self-confidence, he looks at the others for their reactions and opinions.

[flat_footed]

"We can't abandon those of us that are lost as long as they might yet live. If we have to, I'll carve a bloody path through their ranks. We were chosen," Kel's gesture includes their new companions, "to survive. I'm not ready to give up on any who were saved. If that means carving a path through their entire operation here, then so be it."

[GreyStormcrow]

Rung frowns. "It seems to me that we should deal with these heathens while we have the chance. If they worship demons, then they might be a part of our problems above - the source, even. Combined with the aid that the good Chief has offered us..."

[Kish]

"I'm eager to get back to our loved ones on the surface, but, if we're to have any hope of defending the city, killing the cultists down here is probably worthwhile," Anevia says uncertainly.

"This is RIDICULOUS! Your wife is already dead, thief! We should be focused on getting to safety, not embroiling ourselves in these creatures' conflicts down here!" Horgus bursts out.

"There's also value in not agreeing with Lord Gwerm," Anevia deadpans.

"I...ah...perhaps we should get back to the surface as quickly as we can. We can assess what we should do next when we know what's left there." Aravashnial puts in.

[Novabomb]

Tellos

This is not something that should be decided here. We can only determine what can be done once we have a have better information. Let us waste no more time.

[CWater]

Alamryn nods in agreement. "Yes, let's go. Thank you for your hospitality, Chief Sull."

[Kish]

Chief Sull seems disappointed, but he instructs Lann, the elf with the half-reptilian face, "Bring them to the traitors' caverns to the east. My other guards will gather the other tribes to Neathholm. Once it is confirmed that we are welcome above, we will be ready to rise and help you take back Kenabres."

Lann leads you back to the dock and poles a large raft across the underground lake, leading you through the cavern to a passage that twists and descends. After an hour's travel across rough terrain, he stops and gestures ahead of him. "The traitors' caves are right ahead of us. Good luck, upworlders."

Everyone should now have 1000 XP.

[Novabomb]

Tellos

Thanks Lann. Alright, anyone need to do anything before we go?

[CWater]

Tellos

Thanks Lann. Alright, anyone need to do anything before we go?

Alamryn speaks after the silence has lasted a few minutes, "I assume not, then? Shall we go?" She takes a step towards the path directed to them. She turns her head around to give a nod and a few parting words to Lann. "Thank you for guiding us, I pray we'll meet after we've made our way up and sent word"

Oh please, Desna. Allow me to see the stars again.

[Kish]

Proceeding to the east and slightly to the north, you emerge in a cavern bisected by barricades made of heaped loose rocks and wooden boards. Beyond the barricades, a wooden screen covers the lower half of a tunnel mouth. Two mutants stand on the far side of the barricade, each armed with clubs and javelins.


I would roll initiative for everyone and keep posting based on who goes first, but two character sheets are blank so I can't. Everyone please roll initiative and say where, in the N3 to T4 range, your character is.

Initiative for the first mutant: [roll0]
Initiative for the second mutant: [roll1]
Anevia’s Initiative: [roll2]
Aravashnial’s Initiative: [roll3]
Horgus’ Initiative: [roll4]

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing)

[Novabomb]

Tellos
Charges down the hallway, greatsword edged curiously perpendicular to the enemies. The reason becomes apparant as he reaches the end of his charge, putting his shoulder against the side of it, he adds his weight to the blow, attempting to knock the barrade over onto his foe.

[Kish]

Anevia draws her bow and fires two quick arrows into the guard on the right, who falls with an expression of shock half-formed on his mutated face. Anevia says crisply, "Two guards, Aravashnial. Hostile." The surviving guard starts up a disconcerting howling, wailing noise, grabbing a javelin and throwing it at Tellos. Tellos lunges forward and smashes into the barricade, creating an opening in it.


Attack on G2: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3]
Attack on G2 (or G1, if G2 is dead): [roll4] Critical threat check: [roll5] Damage: [roll6] Critical damage: [roll7]
Attack on Tellos: [roll8] Critical threat check: [roll9] Damage: [roll10] Critical damage: [roll11]

>> Rung [14]
Aravashnial [14]
Kel [6]
Guard 2 [3]
Jedediah [3]
Horgus [2]
Alamryn [1]
Anevia [27]
Guard 1 [21]
Tellos [20]

Rung is up. And GreyStormcrow hasn't posted recently, so I've sent him a PM; if he doesn't reply within a couple days I'll move on without him. Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated.

[GreyStormcrow]

Rung narrows his eyes at their screaming foe. His training reminds him that screaming guards are a bad thing, and he draws and throws one of his weapons. He then swiftly presses himself back against the wall.
I apologize for the delay. I managed to catch the flu last week, repeatedly failing my Fortitude saves.
I'm fairly certain the guard is within 20 feet, which is Rung's range. If not, he'll move.
Attack: .
Damage: [roll1d4+2.
Rung is then taking a 5-foot step back up against the wall if possible, so that others can fire/charge past him safely,

[Kish]

Rung's thrown weapon narrowly misses the surviving guard, who continues to bellow. Aravashnial begins to cast a spell.


Glad you're still here, and I hope you feel better soon, GreyStormcrow.

>> Kel [6]
>> Jedediah [3]
>> Horgus [2]
>> Alamryn [1]
Anevia [27]
Guard 1 [21]
Tellos [20]
Rung [14]
Aravashnial [14]

Kel, Jedediah, and Alamryn are up. Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is current.

[CWater]

Alamryn takes a few steps forward to see better and draws her longbow. With slightly shaking hands she takes aim and shoots an arrow at the enemy.

Move action: Move to T3 and draw longbow.
Standard action: Attack remaining guard: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]

[flat_footed]

Kel swiftly draws his bow and darts forward, a look of grim determination on his face. As the screaming guard narrowly dodges Rung's attack, Kel looses his arrow.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[Kish]

Anevia shoots the remaining guard, who falls to the floor and stops yelling.

XP delayed until I know how many ways it's being split, but not forgotten. You can all act now.

If you saw a different post here, I'd love to be able to say you're imagining things, but the truth is that I started to skip Anevia. Posting before the sun is up before work, yay.

[Novabomb]

Tellos
Moves to the side of the door, ready to swing at anything that comes through. He waits for the rest of our contingent to move up.

[flat_footed]

Kel shoulders his bow and cautiously approaches the two fallen mutants. Picking his way carefully past the barrier, he begins to inspect the bodies. There was no telling what was past the next Corredor and the group had already suffered enough loss. If there was anything to be learned from these downed foes, Kel was going to find it. As he did, he kept an ear out for any responses to the screams.

Take 20 on searching the mutant that fell first.

[GreyStormcrow]

Rung approaches the door, testing it to see if it is locked.

[Kish]

Both the mutants have clubs, two javelins each, and nothing else of apparent value. The door is not locked.

[GreyStormcrow]

Rung edges the door open, skipping back a few steps as the area behind is revealed.

[CWater]

Alamryn follows right behind Rung, longbow ready.

[Kish]

The lingering smells of cooked meat and rank bodies hang in the air. Ten bedrolls, each piled with coarse blankets and animal furs, surround a fire pit filled with glowing coals. Tanned hides hang stretched on the walls, each crudely painted with scenes of deformed humanoids hunting giant vermin in caves. Two mutants who apparently just woke up and hastily picked up their gear ready javelins.

All four of you can act before either of them act, and before any of the NPCs with you act. The map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated. You get 300 XP each for the just-finished fight.

[CWater]

More due to being startled than thanks to great reflexes, Alamryn let's aims and let's loose an arrow.

Does anything hamper shooting at G1 from X8? If not, 5 ft. step there. If yes, moving to Y7.

Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]

[Novabomb]

Tellos moves into the room, sparing a glance for potential non-combantants before striking at his foe.


Move action to AB6, Initiate Leading the Attack.

Attack [roll0], Damage [roll1]
Conf: Attack [roll2], Damage [roll3]

If it hits, all allies get + 4 morale bonus to hit the same guy.

[GreyStormcrow]

Rung moves to back Tellos up. He decides not to attack Tellos's opponent, wary of hitting his ally, and decides to keep the other mutant out of the fight.

Moving to AA7. No Precise Shot, so he's not going to throw into melee.
Attack: [roll0].
Damage: [roll1].

[flat_footed]

As Kel rises from the fallen pair, the sound of movement catches his ear from the next room as Rung gently opens the portal. Moving swiftly with the other three, he takes a position just inside the next room and sights an arrow at one of the two enemies.

Kel moves to Y8. Attacking G1.

[Kish]

Tellos and Rung both hit their targets; Alamryn and Kel miss. "More of these creatures!" Horgus shouts. The mutant Tellos slashes drops her javelin and grabs a club, swinging it at him ferociously; the one Rung hit similarly switches to a club and moves to attack Rung. Anevia limps forward. Aravashnial finishes his spell, and a badger appears, but seems uncertain what to do.

Club attack on Tellos: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3]
Club attack on Rung: [roll4] Critical threat check: [roll5] Damage: [roll6] Critical damage: [roll7]

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated. You can see three doors now, all closed. Rung's enemy was flat-footed, so he can roll Sneak Attack for that hit. Kel, Tellos, Alamryn, and Rung are up again.

>>Kel: 22
>>Tellos: 20
>>Alamryn: 19
>>Horgus: 19
>>Rung: 18
G1: 17
G2: 11
Anevia: 10
Aravashnial (and badger): 4

[CWater]

Alamryn drops her bow and draws her sword while circling around the fight to get behind the closer enemy, then swings her blade.

Free action: Drop bow.
Move action: Circle around to avoid AaOs to AA5, also drawing the scimitar.
Standard action: Attack G1, flanking with Rung
Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]

[GreyStormcrow]

Damage: [roll0].
Rung attacks the mutant a second time, palming another knife as he swipes at its arm.

Attack: [roll1].
Damage : [roll2].

[flat_footed]

Kel winces as his foot stumbles over the ground, sending his arrow far wide of its intended target. Cursing, he hears Horgus screaming about other enemies and risks a look back the way they came, fearful of a possible flanking maneuver. As he looks back the way they came, he is mildly surprised to see no enemies the way they came. Kel flashes Horgus an exasperated look, as though he were telling a child 'No!' from across a crowded room. Kel then spies the summoned badger, and Aravashnial's uncertainty.

"Have your creature attack any in the next room wielding clubs!"

Turning back towards the fight, Alamryn bursts past him and strikes at one of the mutants. No longer having a clear shot, Kel trains his eyes on the doorways and prepares for more enemies to enter.

Move to Y6. Readied action to shoot at anyone coming in through either of the doorways at AB9 or AA4.

[Novabomb]

Tellos
Damn you Demon Worshippers
He swings to cut his opponent at the hip.

Initiate Crusader's Strike (At G2)
Attack [roll0] Damage [roll1]

Conf Attack [roll2]Conf Damage [roll3]

If it hits, heal Rung for [roll4] (2 of that is from Martial Spirit Stance)

Stay with us Rung.

[Kish]

You cut down the two guards and the yelling stops.

"They're dead, Aravashnial. We're safe for the moment," Anevia tells the blind wizard.

150 XP each Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing); there are three doors out of the room you're in. Note that while you don't have your active abilities for level 2 yet, you do have more hit points and your character level is 2, which I believe means one more point of healing for that Crusader's Strike.

[Novabomb]

Tellos

Is stunned for a moment. He had not really thought, he just acted. This is the first person that HE had killed. He had been holding in his fear and anger since the attack above, and it came out here. They were thinking beings. Shouldn't we have given them the opportunity to surrender?

(He is not speaking)

[CWater]

Alamryn lowers her staff, her hands starting to shake even worse. Fighting was actually quite similar to hunting, shoot, run, smash. Except that these weren't animals, and they hadn't been killed because they needed their meat or skins. Should they still pray for their spirits though?

They're cultist. They worship demons, Alamryn reminds herself, They don't deserve it. Still, she felt ill.

"Wha- what now?", she asks in a weak voice.

[Kish]

Anevia limps into the room. "Something wrong?" she asks Alamryn, then looks at Tellos and says, "...Ah. We didn't really have a choice, but I know that doesn't help much. Do you need a minute?"

"We're not stopping here, are we?" Horgus booms. "The conspiracy theorist's badger won't last long."

[GreyStormcrow]

Rung feels a bit queasy himself (why hadn't his teachers mentioned that blood smelled?) but forces himself to remain calm. The cultists are down, the wicked have been punished, and that's all that matters.
(Maybe if he repeats the truth enough times, he can force his stomach to believe it.)
He moves up next to Alamryn. "We do the right thing, just as we have been up to now." He turns to watch the doors leading onward. "Though I doubt that noise will have gone unnoticed."

[Novabomb]

Tellos
Let us not linger, perhaps even now our comrades may be here. Let us save who we can.

[CWater]

Anevia limps into the room. "Something wrong?" she asks Alamryn, then looks at Tellos and says, "...Ah. We didn't really have a choice, but I know that doesn't help much. Do you need a minute?"

"We're not stopping here, are we?" Horgus booms. "The conspiracy theorist's badger won't last long."


Rung feels a bit queasy himself (why hadn't his teachers mentioned that blood smelled?) but forces himself to remain calm. The cultists are down, the wicked have been punished, and that's all that matters.
(Maybe if he repeats the truth enough times, he can force his stomach to believe it.)
He moves up next to Alamryn. "We do the right thing, just as we have been up to now." He turns to watch the doors leading onward. "Though I doubt that noise will have gone unnoticed."

"N-no, I'm fine", Alamryn forces her hands to be still, "You're right, let's continue." She about to turn forward, when she remembers something. "Oh! My bow!" She goes to retrieve it.

[Kish]

"Someone open one of these doors," Horgus demands.

"Why don't you lead the way, Lord Gwerm?" Anevia suggests dryly. "Show us all how it's done."

Your current situation isn't linear enough for me to move you forward without one of you doing something--most likely, opening one of the three doors. Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) again for reference.

[GreyStormcrow]

"Horgus is right," Rung says. "We can't stay here."
He attempts to open the leftmost door.

[Kish]

Rung opens the door to the north. The worked stone walls of this large room hold a number of shelves, each of which displays the preserved bodies of dire rats, bats, rock vipers, cave lizards, or other creatures that pose in eerie stillness. Directly opposite the door, a ladder leads up through a hole in the ceiling. A pair of bedrolls have been laid out to the southeast. Who uses those bedrolls is immediately apparent, as two human women in chain shirts stand to either side of the ladder, one holding a glaive ready, the other one a scythe. Any doubt of their hostility is immediately resolved as the one with the glaive lunges at Rung.

Charging flat-footed Rung: [roll0] Damage: [roll1]

>> Rung [16]
Anevia [16]
Kel [15]
Alamryn [15]
Aravashnial and badger [13]
Woman with scythe [7]
Tellos [2]
Horgus [2]

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated and Rung is up.

[GreyStormcrow]

Rung winces and stumbles back as the enemy's weapon strikes home, scurrying to put himself behind his allies.
Rung is Withdrawing to AA14.

[Kish]

With a grim look, Anevia fires two arrows at the strange woman who hasn't acted yet, but neither strikes home.
Attack: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Attack: [roll2] Critical threat check: [roll3]
Damage: [roll4] Critical damage: [roll5] Damage: [roll6] Critical damage: [roll7]

>> Kel [15]
>> Alamryn [15]
Aravashnial and badger [13]
Woman with scythe [7]
Tellos [2]
Horgus [2]
Woman with glaive [17]
Rung [16]
Anevia [16]

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated. Kel and Alamryn's turn.

[flat_footed]

Kel steps forward and concentrates his anger and fury on the arrow. As soon as Rung clears his line of sight, he looses the arrow with a shout.

5' step to AA12. Attack C1.
[roll0]
[roll1]

[CWater]

"You're hurt! Wait, I'll try to fix that", Alamryn touches Rung's shoulder and casts a healing spell.

CLW: [roll0]

[Kish]

The woman who slashed Rung yelps as Kel's arrow strikes her leg, and sneers at Alamryn. "A pious intruder, how nice. Why aren't you dying aboveground with the rest of the fools? If you're looking for the other intruders, we sent them to the mongrels' kitchen. Disgusting creatures that they are, at least they found a use for Iomedae's puppets."

"Kill the woman who just spoke!" Aravashnial instructs his badger, who runs over to the glaive-wielding woman and claws her leg just under where Kel's arrow struck. Aravashnial begins to cast another spell. The scythe-wielder steps forward and frowns at being unable to reach anyone but a badger, but slashes at it anyway, missing it.


Badger Smite Evil: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3]
Scythe attack: [roll4] Critical threat check: [roll5] Damage: [roll6] Critical damage: [roll7]

>> Tellos [2]
Horgus [2]
Woman with glaive [17]
Rung [16]
Anevia [16]
Kel [15]
Alamryn [15]
Aravashnial and badger [13]
Woman with scythe [7]

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated. Tellos' turn.

[Novabomb]

Tellos
Does not hesitate here. Traitor to Humanity he moves in to strike her, blade sweeping over the badger.

Not sure how you are handling attacking through doorways in melee.
Assuming he can, he will move to AB9 and initiate crusaders strike.
If he cannot, he will drop his sword, draw his crossbow and shoot.
Sword
Attack [roll0] Dmg [roll1]
Conf Attack [roll2] Dmg [roll3]


If Rung was within 10 feet when that happened he heals for 8, otherwise he heals for 2.
(Deleted the Conditional roll for the action that did not occur)

[Kish]

Tellos moves to the doorway and slices the woman who spoke. She takes a step back and casts a spell on herself, and the worst of her wounds close.

It's Cure Light Wounds.


[roll0]

>> Rung [16]
Anevia [16]
Kel [15]
Alamryn [15]
Aravashnial and badger [13]
Woman with scythe [7]
Tellos [2]
Horgus [2]
Woman with glaive [17]

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated. Rung's turn.

[GreyStormcrow]

"My thanks, friend." Rung says.
He moves to flank the door, blade ready to strike.
Moving to Z9, readying an action to attack a cultist if they make it past the badger.

[Kish]

Anevia fires two more arrows at the woman with the scythe, but neither makes contact.

Attack: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Attack: [roll2] Critical threat check: [roll3]
Damage: [roll4] Critical damage: [roll5] Damage: [roll6] Critical damage: [roll7]

>> Kel [15]
>> Alamryn [15]
Aravashnial and badger [13]
Woman with scythe [7]
Tellos [2]
Horgus [2]
Woman with glaive [17]
Rung [16]
Anevia [16]

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated. Kel and Alamryn's turn.

[CWater]

"My thanks, friend." Rung says.
He moves to flank the door, blade ready to strike.
Moving to Z9, readying an action to attack a cultist if they make it past the badger.

"Don't mention it!"


The woman who slashed Rung yelps as Kel's arrow strikes her leg, and sneers at Alamryn. "A pious intruder, how nice. Why aren't you dying aboveground with the rest of the fools? If you're looking for the other intruders, we sent them to the mongrels' kitchen. Disgusting creatures that they are, at least they found a use for Iomedae's puppets."


"So you are with those monsters!", Alamryn shouts and runs forward drawing her bow and releases an arrow at one of the women.

Drawing bow and moving to AB11 (or to AB10 if can't shoot from the other).
Attacking C1: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]

[flat_footed]

"I'll make sure you won't live to hurt anyone ever again!" Kel sidesteps to get a better shot at the woman through the open doorway. It was fortunate that the badger was in the doorway and not anyone else, otherwise a shot past them would be too risky.

Move to AB9. Attack C1.
[roll0]
[roll1]

[Kish]

Alamryn's arrow strikes home, Kel's arrow misses. Aravashnial finishes his spell and another badger appears. "Attack the one the other badger is attacking! How many of them are there?" Aravashnial says. The first badger moves to attack the woman with the glaive, and the new arrival does as well, but the woman with the scythe strikes at it as it moves past her, then steps out of the room. The scythe attack misses, and each badger hits the woman with one claw; she now looks as badly injured as she did before she cast the most recent spell on herself.

Kel is at AB10, since AB9 was already occupied by Tellos.
Badger claw: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3]
Badger claw: [roll4] Critical threat check: [roll5] Damage: [roll6] Critical damage: [roll7]
Badger claw: [roll8] Critical threat check: [roll9] Damage: [roll10] Critical damage: [roll11]
Scythe attack of opportunity: [roll12] Critical threat check: [roll13] Damage: [roll14] Critical damage: [roll15]
Badger Smite Evil: [roll16] Critical threat check: [roll17] Damage: [roll18] Critical damage: [roll19]

>> Rung [7]
Woman with scythe [7]
Tellos [2]
Horgus [2]
Woman with glaive [17]
Anevia [16]
Kel [15]
Alamryn [15]
Aravashnial and badgers [13]

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) updated. C2 has moved to AA8, triggering Rung's readied action, so Rung's turn.

[GreyStormcrow]

Rung drives a blade into the side of the second cultist.

Attack: [roll0].
Damage: [roll1].
Sneak Attack (the cultist is flanked): [roll2].

[GreyStormcrow]

Sneak Attack Reroll: [roll0].

[Kish]

Rung misses the woman with the scythe, who attempts to mow him with a fierce slash.

Attack: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3]

>> Tellos [2]
Horgus [2]
Woman with glaive [17]
Anevia [16]
Kel [15]
Alamryn [15]
Aravashnial and badgers [13]
Rung [7]
Woman with scythe [7]

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) updated; Tellos is up.

[Novabomb]

Tellos
Do not turn your back on me witch.

Initiate Vanguard Strike (On hit allies get +4 to hit the same target)
C2 is flanked
Attack [roll0] Dmg [roll1]
ConfAttack [roll2] ConfDmg [roll3]

[Kish]

Tellos' slash strikes home, badly wounding the woman with the scythe. The woman with the glaive returns it to her back as she moves to climb up the ladder at the back of the room. Anevia fires two arrows at her as she retreats, one of which grazes her but does not slow her down.

Attack: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Attack: [roll2] Critical threat check: [roll3]
Damage: [roll4] Critical damage: [roll5] Damage: [roll6] Critical damage: [roll7]

>> Kel [15]
>> Alamryn [15]
Aravashnial and badgers [13]
Rung [7]
Woman with scythe [7]
Tellos [2]
Horgus [2]
Woman with glaive [17]
Anevia [16]

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated. The digits C1 are all but invisible behind the ladder, but I'd rather not create confusion on the ladder's location by moving its icon; suffice to say that you can see glaive-woman, and shoot at her, but it doesn't look like either will be the case from this floor if she gets another action. Kel and Alamryn's turn. Anyone who attacks scythe-woman has +4 to hit from Tellos' Vanguard Strike.

[CWater]

"Stop!", Alamryn takes a step to the left and shoots another arrow at the woman climbing the ladder.

5 ft. step to AA12.

Attack C1: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]

[flat_footed]

((Posting on my phone. Will edit once I get back to a computer.))

Kel winces at Alamryn's shout so close to his ears, and he sees her arrow soar at the woman trying to get away. "You cannot avoid the fate this cursed life style has given to you!"

5' step to A11. Attack enemy climbing the ladder. Activate scale for shot.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[Kish]

This time Kel's arrow strikes and Alamryn's misses. One of Aravashnial's badgers disappears; the other hesitates at the bottom of the ladder.

>> Rung [7]
Woman with scythe [7]
Tellos [2]
Horgus [2]
Woman with glaive [17]
Anevia [16]
Kel [15]
Alamryn [15]
Aravashnial and badger [13]

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated. Rung's turn. Vanguard Strike is still effective on scythe-woman.

[GreyStormcrow]

Rung strikes again at his previous target, hoping to finish her off.


Attack: [roll0].
Damage: [roll1].
Sneak Attack (the cultist is still flanked): [roll2].

[Kish]

Rung wounds the woman with the scythe.

>> Tellos [2]
Horgus [2]
Woman with glaive [17]
Anevia [16]
Kel [15]
Alamryn [15]
Aravashnial and badger [13]
Rung [7]
Woman with scythe [7]

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing). Tellos's turn.

[Novabomb]

Tellos
Swipes at the Scythe Wielder, and moves to the ladder.

Initiate Stone Bones
Attack [roll0] Dmg [roll1]
CAttack [roll2] CDmg [roll3]

Rung heals another 2 hp.
Tellos has DR 5/adaminatine for a turn.

[Kish]

Tellos cuts the woman with the scythe down. The woman with the glaive climbs out of sight. Anevia shakes her head, "I have no real chance of catching her." She grimaces at the ladder.


>> Kel [15]
>> Alamryn [15]
Aravashnial and badger [13]
>> Rung [7]
>> Tellos [2]
Horgus [2]
Woman with glaive [17]
Anevia [16]

Kel, Alamryn, Rung, and Tellos's turn. As Anevia just hinted, the NPCs are effectively out of the fight; climbing a ladder at pursuit speed is impossible for Anevia or Aravashnial and Horgus could if he would but won't.

[CWater]

Alamryn runs to the ladder, looking up. "Should we follow?", she asks.

If Alamryn can see the woman, she'll try to shoot. Otherwise, she'll put her bow away.

[Kish]

Looking directly up the ladder, all Alamryn can see is the ceiling; the woman with the glaive has already climbed off of it at the upper floor.

[Novabomb]

Tellos
No, we will not be able to catch her in time. Lets see if we can find our comrades down here. At least there is no doubt about who we are dealing with.

[CWater]

Tellos
No, we will not be able to catch her in time. Lets see if we can find our comrades down here. At least there is no doubt about who we are dealing with.

"Alright", Alamryn puts away the bow and holds the quarterstaff ready. "Let's go." She avoids looking at the scythe-woman's body on the floor.

[Kish]

"We're delaying down here?! What she said was clear enough. The others are dead!" Horgus snaps. "Look there!" He points at a patch on the floor near the fallen scythe-wielder.

Looking where he points, you quickly realize he's pointing to a silver dragon's scale.

[CWater]

"We're delaying down here?! What she said was clear enough. The others are dead!" Horgus snaps. "Look there!" He points at a patch on the floor near the fallen scythe-wielder.

Looking where he points, you quickly realize he's pointing to a silver dragon's scale.

"What's this?", Alamryn kneels down to see the scale better, while also trying not to look at the body too closely, "Is that a lizard scale? Or... a dragon's?" The thought of ending up against a dragon is not comforting, but wait... wasn't the town above protected by a silver dragon?

[GreyStormcrow]

"A scale? We found some of those earlier; they-" Rung pauses, and finishes quietly. "They belonged to Terendelev."

[Novabomb]

Tellos positions himself next to the next door preparing to open.

[CWater]

"A scale? We found some of those earlier; they-" Rung pauses, and finishes quietly. "They belonged to Terendelev."

"Really? How come they are here?", Alamryn wonders and reaches to take the scale to her hand.

[Kish]

"Obviously, they looted it from one of the dead people who were with us!" Horgus snaps. "Don't be stu--" He grabs the scale as Alamryn starts to reach for it, and he abruptly stops talking.

After a few seconds, he turns and holds the scale out to Alamryn. "You should take it. I am no warrior," he says in the quietest voice he's used since any of you met him. There are tears in his eyes.

[CWater]

"Obviously, they looted it from one of the dead people who were with us!" Horgus snaps. "Don't be stu--" He grabs the scale as Alamryn starts to reach for it, and he abruptly stops talking.

After a few seconds, he turns and holds the scale out to Alamryn. "You should take it. I am no warrior," he says in the quietest voice he's used since any of you met him. There are tears in his eyes.

"I- uh, thank you?", Alamryn takes the scale when Horgus offers it. "And I meant... I mean I wondered how they ended up in the tunnels in the first place, for you to find. Though I suppose a lot of things fell down in the chaos." She shudders.

[Kish]

You feel a sudden, overpowering sense of sadness mixed with a fierce determination. You realize that as long as you only have one of the scales in your possession, the scale will let you cast levitate three times per day.

[CWater]

You feel a sudden, overpowering sense of sadness mixed with a fierce determination. You realize that as long as you only have one of the scales in your possession, the scale will let you cast levitate three times per day.

Alamryn's eyes widen. "I... I think this could let me levitate", she looks to the others, "They're magical?! Did you know about this? Or, well, they are dragonscales." She blushes. "Uh, should we go?"

[Novabomb]

Tellos Yes. (Indicating which door he wants to use)

[flat_footed]

Kel strides forward towards Horgus and with his right hand, grabs him roughly by the shoulder and spins him around so that the two face each other. "What do you think a warrior is?" Kel motions to the bow in his left hand. "Does using this make me a warrior? Does cutting someone down make me a warrior? Cause it doesn't!" Kel lowers his right hand and places it over his own heart. "Being a warrior means finding something; a cause, a person, a ideal, and being willing to sacrifice for it. To put yourself in harms way in defense of it: just like Terendelev did for all of us. Do you think so little of her choice to save you, to save us?"

"You've only cared about yourself the whole time down here and now you're losing even that? Here." Kel thrusts his own scale into Horgus's arms. "I want you to keep this scale close to you. I want you to focus on the monumental sacrifice she made for Kenabres. And I want you to prove yourself worthy of such a loss. We lived, she died. Make that mean something!"

Kel nods to Tellos and prepares himself for what might be on the other side of the door.

[Kish]

Tellos opens the door. A muted roar echoes down the walls of this hallway. Near the eastern end, the worked stone gives way to natural cave walls, just before the hall ends at an open shaft. Hanging over the edge of the shaft is a knotted rope, the top end tied to an iron spike driven into the ground.

Before you can decide what to do about this, Horgus catches his breath and expostulates, "You know nothing about me or what I have done for the crusade, fool! None of you do--though some make more assumptions than others!" he glares primarily at Aravashnial at this point. "And considering I don't even have a weapon, this is a truly ridiculous piece of grandstanding!"

"Lord Gwerm speaks the truth," Aravashnial says quickly. "We should not blame him for--"

"ENOUGH, conspiracy theorist! None of your words now can erase your accusing me of funding the cultists! Let's just get back to the surface, as soon as you're all done wandering around and mapping every inch of the lovely underground, and then we never have to see each other again!"

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated.

[Novabomb]

Tellos

To Gwerm
Not all of us need to be warriors, but while we are down here you should be armed, take this. (Presents his crossbow and quiver of bolts)

To the rest.
This hall looks like it goes Down, lets check the other door.

[GreyStormcrow]

Rung walks up behind Horgus, speaks softly to him. "You must forgive him. His words are rough, but he speaks the truth as he sees it; it is not his fault that his vision is limited. He fails to understand that there are many kinds of heroes, and not all of them wield a blade."
Patting his shoulder encouragingly, Rung moves past and approaches the pit, peering carefully over the edge.

[Kish]

Horgus takes the crossbow. "I know how to use a rapier," he grumbles. "I just didn't think I needed to bring it to the festival."

Rung sees the rope descend 40 feet into an underground river.

"The one who ran away is obviously going to the surface, unless she wants us to catch her in a dead end," Horgus says with some of his former bluster. "Also, she went up."

[GreyStormcrow]

"And up is the direction we want to go." Rung notes. He gestures to the pit in front of him. "This is almost certainly not the way we wish to go."
Then his thoughts catch up to Horgus's words. "You know how to use a rapier? If you want, I can loan you mine - there is no reason that someone should have to use a weapon they are unfamiliar with, not if they don't have to." He draws it and offers Horgus the hilt. "It is not the finest blade, I will admit, but it has always served me well enough."

[Novabomb]

Tellos moves to the other door and opens it.

[CWater]

Alamryn looks away from the shouting people. The situation is bad and she hopes she knew what to say to calm them or lift their spirits, but she fails to come up with anything. So she just walks to stand close behind Tellos, as ready as she can be for anything that might jump out when he opens the door.

[Kish]

Horgus accepts the rapier, looking surprised and, at least for the moment, uncertain of what to say. As Tellos moves to open another door in the room south of the ladder, Anevia limps over to Alamryn. "Hey," she says in a low voice. "You doing okay?"

Before Alamryn or Horgus can respond, Tellos opens a door and a lizard the size of a pony hisses at him. Behind it appears to be a pantry; rack of hooks hangs from the ceiling, cured slabs of meat dangling from them and filling the room with a smoky aroma. A group of barrels appears to hold other preserved foodstuffs. Anevia grabs her bow and fires two arrows past Tellos' leg, one of which strikes the lizard and badly wounds it.


Attack: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Attack: [roll2] Critical threat check: [roll3]
Damage: [roll4] Critical damage: [roll5] Damage: [roll6] Critical damage: [roll7]

The lizard thoroughly loses initiative; Alamryn, Tellos, Rung, and Kel are up.

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated. Let me know if you have trouble seeing the doors.

[CWater]

Startled, Alamryn steps forward and swings her quarterstaff at the lizard.

5 ft. step to AB10.
Attack: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]

Question, what is B2?

[Kish]

Alamryn hits the lizard, who looks close to dead.

B2 is Aravashnial's second summoned badger. The "2" is likely confusing rather than clarifying now that the first one has unsummoned.

[CWater]

Alamryn lets out a deep sigh. It was just a lizard. Well, a big lizard, but still just a lizard. She's become way too jumpy. "What now?", she asks, trying to keep her voice steady.

[Novabomb]

Tellos
What?
Whatever he was expecting, it was not this. He attempts to hit the lizard on the head with the flat of his blade.

Tellos attempts a non-lethal attack:
Attack [roll0] Dmg [roll1]
CAttack [roll2] CDmg [roll3]

[flat_footed]

Kel takes a step back in surprise as a monstrous lizard thrusts its head out of the pantry door. Seeing the two arrows from Anevia cut so close to Tellos, Kel casts an unsure look at his own bow and drops it, favoring the scimitar on his hip. Lunging forward, he seeks to end the lizards' threat.

5' Step to AB12. Attack Lizard.
[roll0]
[roll1]

[Kish]

Tellos misses the lizard cleanly; Kel stabs it, and it falls to the pantry floor.

120 XP each.

[GreyStormcrow]

Seeing the lizard fall, Rung sheathes his knives. The fight was over so quickly he didn't even have time to use them.
He steps up to the doorway and glances inside. Then he frowns. "What was that doing in here? I won't presume to understand the mind of a cultist, but it doesn't make sense to keep a dangerous beast in with your stores..."

[Novabomb]

Tellos

I assume it was a pet. Im sorry little guy.

He will briefly check the room.

[Kish]

The meat looks stringy and unappetizing.

You think some of the meat is human.

Other than that, the pantry seems ordinary enough, and shows no sign of a way on.

For the battle with the cultists: 240 XP each. The cultist who didn't flee is wearing a masterwork (or magic; anything that's visibly masterwork could potentially be magic) chain shirt and has a masterwork scythe, two flasks of liquid, two scrolls, an ordinary dagger, 10 gold pieces, a spell component pouch, and an unholy symbol of Deskari, Demon Lord of the Locust Swarm and primary sponsor of the Worldwound forces.

"More likely a watchdog," Anevia says. "I sympathize with your not wanting to kill animals if we can avoid it, Tellos, but look at those teeth; the way it hissed, it would have had your arm off in a minute if it had had the chance. So...which way now? Gwerm is right that the ladder is more likely to lead to the way up, but it might be worthwhile to check what's behind the south door--plus anything she passes on the way is likely to be on high alert if we come through right after her. I confess I wouldn't mind postponing having to climb that ladder, too." She grimaces.

Aravashnial's second badger disappears.

[Novabomb]

Tellos

South Door it is.

[flat_footed]

Kel wipes the blood from his sword and sheathes it, nodding to Tellos. "I'll cover you this time around, should there be any other surprises." He stoops and grabs his bow, stringing an arrow as he walks to a position opposite the southern door.

Move to Z14. Ready an action to attack if there is a hostile target on the other side.

[Kish]

In the southwestern part of this room, stout stone chairs surround a block of larger stone that serves as a table. The table's top is strewn with bone dice and cracked clay jugs. Stained canvas pillows rest on the chairs. A copper bowl filled with coals hangs from the ceiling, filling the room with warmth and an orange glow. A closed door is at the northeast end of the room, and a hole in the ground in the southeast corner of the room drops down into another area. A rope ladder hangs down the shaft.

Anevia comments to Rung, "So Aravashnial accused Lord Gwerm of funding the cultists--that explains the 'conspiracy theorist' thing. Still don't know why he keeps calling me a thief though." She eyes Horgus, who snorts unhelpfully.

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated.

[CWater]

Nothing jumped at them this time. Good. Alamryn moves to take a peek of the room past Tellos. "Should we check the second door too? I'll follow if you do, though..." She shifts her feet. "I kind of want to climb away and leave."

[Novabomb]

Tellos
Yes, we have comrades down here, who might still be alive.

[CWater]

Tellos
Yes, we have comrades down here, who might still be alive.

"Ah- Of course", Alamryn replies embarrassed. How could she have forgotten that? "Yes, we'll look for them." She crosses the room to the other door.

[Kish]

Behind the door you find a small room with a midden heap, with no sign of anything else behind it.

You feel an odd sensation. Something seems to be drawing you to the area down the rope ladder.

[Novabomb]

Tellos heads down the rope

I must check this. If I do not give word in 3 minutes, assume I have perished.

[CWater]

Tellos heads down the rope

I must check this. If I do not give word in 3 minutes, assume I have perished.

"Wait, what?! Are you going alone?", Alamryn is clearly surprised, "No, no don't go alone. We should stay together."

[Kish]

"Yes, don't. We're in hostile territory here," Anevia says. "If any of us go that way we all should."

The floor of the lower room is about thirty feet down.

[GreyStormcrow]

"Agreed," Rung says. "We must stick together - separating is how we lost companions in the first place."

[Novabomb]

Tellos
This is not the way out, but my gut tells me I need to do this. He begins climbing down

[CWater]

"Your gut? But- wait! We should still stick together, or at least you shouldn't go alone." Alamryn follows Tellos down, unless he objects.

[Kish]

Tellos, followed by Alamryn, lands on the floor in a cavern that smells of damp and mold. Water glistens on the walls, and collects in a stagnant pool along one wall.

Behind a closed door at the eastern end of the cavern, you hear movement.

Anevia sighs and starts climbing laboriously down after Alamryn.

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated.

[Novabomb]

Tellos
Blade ready, he crosses to the door and opens it.

[CWater]

Tellos
Blade ready, he crosses to the door and opens it.

Alamryn follows him.

[flat_footed]

Kel sighs loudly and paces after the swiftly descending figures. Shouldering his weapons, he follows the others down.

[Kish]

Tellos opens the door. Three copper bowls filled with glowing coals hang from the ceiling of this long, natural cavern. The braziers fill the chamber with warmth and soft orange light. In the center of the chamber stands a block of stone that serves as a table, lined with wooden chairs. An enormous bloodstain, maybe a week old, darkens the stone's surface. Other doors lead out of the cavern to the north and south. Three mutants turn at the door opening. "I told you," one of them, who has substantially better gear than the guards you've fought so far as she wears a high-quality chain shirt and carries an equally ornate bow, hisses. "Lurk, warn Hosilla while we hold them off!"

Anevia limps toward the cavern. Horgus begins to climb down the rope, muttering constantly as he does. One of the guards turns to the north door and pulls it open. The other guard runs forward to swing a club at Tellos.


Club attack on Tellos: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3]

>> Kel 16
>> Tellos 15
>> Aravashnial 15
>> Alamryn 10
Wendaug 9
Anevia 21
G1 19
G2 19
Horgus 19

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated and Kel, Tellos, and Alamryn are up.

[Novabomb]

Tellos

He brings his blade down on the one who attacked him.

Initiate Stones Bones
Attack: [roll0] (+1 from furious counterstroke)
Dmg: [roll1]
ConfA: [roll2]
ConfD: [roll3]

On hit, heal himself 2 hp from martial spirit, gain DR 5/Admantine from manuver for a round.
If he drops his opponent he will move action into the room.


To the mutant he is fighting.
Foresake these Demon worshipers, and return to your people, and we will spare you.

[CWater]

Alamryn jerks back instinctively as the mutant charges at them. She drops her staff and draws her bow to shoot an arrow.

Free action: Drop weapon
Move action: Draw bow (and move forward if needed)
Standard action: Ranged attack
Attack: [roll0] (shooting into melee not included)
Damage: [roll1]

[flat_footed]

"Tellos, get back!"

Kel swiftly steps forward and raises his bow, trying to find an opening to strike out at the mutant fighting Tellos. Long seconds tick by and Kel holds his shot for fear of hitting Tellos. With a harsh cry, he searches for a new target in the other room, loosing the arrow past the pair fighting in the doorway.

Move to AJ20, attack W.
[roll0]
[roll1]

[Kish]

Tellos and Alamryn both miss the figure at the door, who bellows incoherently in a deep male voice. Kel shoots the one who seems to be giving orders; the arrow sinks into her but she doesn't fall, instead returning fire. Anevia grabs her own bow and shoots at the mutant at the door twice, hitting the second time. The mutant tries to hit Tellos again; the other mutant turns and runs over to the door to take a swing at Tellos as well. Horgus, still muttering, reaches the floor, draws Rung's rapier, and moves up to the door; you catch the words "disgusting creatures" from him.


Bow attack on Kel: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3]
Bow attacks on G2: [roll4] Critical threat check: [roll5] Attack: [roll6] Critical threat check: [roll7]
Damage: [roll8] Critical damage: [roll9] Damage: [roll10] Critical damage: [roll11]
Club attack on Tellos: [roll12] Critical threat check: [roll13] Damage: [roll14] Critical damage: [roll15]
Club attack on Tellos: [roll16] Critical threat check: [roll17] Damage: [roll18] Critical damage: [roll19]

[roll20]
[roll21]

>> Kel 16
>> Tellos 15
>> Aravashnial 15
>> Alamryn 10
Wendaug 9
Anevia 21
G1 19
G2 19
Horgus 19

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated and Kel, Tellos, and Alamryn are up.

[flat_footed]

A cry of pain escapes Kel's lips as he's struck heavily for the first time since falling from the surface. The arrow tore through his armor before glancing off a rib and falling to the ground. "You won't live to strike me again!" He sends another arrow tearing through the air towards the tall figure, before maneuvering closer to a recess in the wall. He leans against it heavily, a pained expression on his face, eyes almost closing.

"Aravashnial! Can you conjure a creature for us down here? Direct it to attack the three in the room after ours!"

Attack W, then move to AJ17.
[roll0]
[roll1]

[CWater]

The leader in the back, right. Alamryn aims her bow at the same target as Kel.

Attacking W: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]

If she's not in sight, change position so that Alamryn can shoot.

[Kish]

Kel's arrow fells the mutant who shot him. Aravashnial finishes a spell he had already started and a spider the size of a large dog appears on the floor next to Alamryn. "Attack the three in the next room at the time I say this! Do you need another?" Aravashnial shouts from above, starting to cast again without waiting for an answer. The spider hurries forward to attempt to bite the guard in the doorway.

I'm guessing that Alamryn's arrow will go at G1 instead.

Spider attack: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3] Fortitude save: [roll4]

[Novabomb]

Tellos sways from the hit to the head. He chops high and backs up a step, to allow for someone else to have an opening on this opponent.


Initiate Vanguard Strike (Allies get +4 to hit if it lands)
Att [roll0] Dmg [roll]2d6+5[roll]
CAtt [roll1] CDmg [roll]2d6+5[roll]
On hit, heal himself 2 hp

Regardless of result, 5 ft step back.

[Kish]

Alamryn's arrow strikes the mutant guard, and the spider bites him, but Tellos' sword fails to penetrate his target's defenses. Anevia fires at the spider-bitten guard twice, hitting both times. A man with small horns, who looks significantly less mutated than all the mutants you've seen down here so far, runs out of the room to the north and comes toward you; you recognize him as a tiefling. One of the guards steps forward to press the assault on Tellos, while the guard who was bitten by the spider attempts to squash it, but misses. Horgus stabs at the nearest guard with Rung's rapier and misses.


Bow attacks on G2: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Attack: [roll2] Critical threat check: [roll3]
Damage: [roll4] Critical damage: [roll5] Damage: [roll6] Critical damage: [roll7]
Club attack on Tellos: [roll8] Critical threat check: [roll9] Damage: [roll10] Critical damage: [roll11]
Club attack on spider: [roll12] Critical threat check: [roll13] Damage: [roll14] Critical damage: [roll15]
Rapier attack on G1: [roll16] Critical threat check: [roll17] Damage: [roll18] Critical damage: [roll19]

>> Kel 16
>> Tellos 15
>> Aravashnial 15
>> Alamryn 10
Tiefling 4
Anevia 21
G1 19
G2 19
Horgus 19

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated and Kel, Tellos, and Alamryn are up.

[CWater]

"A demonspawn!", Alamryn shouts when she sees the thiefling and sends an arrow flying towards him, then bends down to pick up her quarterstaff.

Attack thiefling: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]
If Thieflings count as Outsider(evil), add +2 Favored Enemy bonus to damage.

Pick up quarterstaff with one hand, while holding the bow in the other for now.

[flat_footed]

Tellos!

Kel moves to the fallen form and begins to drag him away from the doorway.

On mobile, map is not loading. Kel moves to the square to the left of Tellos and begins to drag him as far as he is able this round.

[Kish]

Alamryn misses. Tellos falls, and Kel drags him away. Aravashnial summons another spider and begins casting yet again. Anevia steps back and fires two more arrows at the closest guard, one of which hits. "Attack the spider, not the fop," the tiefling says sharply, moving out of sight behind the door. Both guards take swings at the first spider; Horgus stabs the nearest guard, who falls, and then Horgus steps to the west.

Bow attacks on G1: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Attack: [roll2] Critical threat check: [roll3]
Damage: [roll4] Critical damage: [roll5] Damage: [roll6] Critical damage: [roll7]
Club attack on spider: [roll8] Critical threat check: [roll9] Damage: [roll10] Critical damage: [roll11]
Club attack on spider: [roll12] Critical threat check: [roll13] Damage: [roll14] Critical damage: [roll15]
Rapier attack on G1: [roll16] Critical threat check: [roll17] Damage: [roll18] Critical damage: [roll19]

>> Kel 16
>> Tellos 15
>> Aravashnial 15
>> Alamryn 10
Tiefling 4
Anevia 21
G1 19
G2 19
Horgus 19

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated and Kel and Alamryn are up; Tellos needs to make a stabilization roll.

[flat_footed]

Kel looks at the wounds cross crossing Tellos's body with a panicked expression. He tries to put pressure on some of the worst gashes, but cannot seem to stem the flow of blood.

[CWater]

When Kel tries to prevent Tellos from bleeding out the severity of the situation finally sinks in to Alamryn. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!", she puts the bow out of the way and kneels down extending her hand. A drop of healing energy falls from her palm to Tellos. It's just enough to stop the bleeding, but does little else to his wounds. "That's all I can do right now, please don't die!"

Casting Cure Minor Wounds on Tellos. He heals 1 HP and stabilises.

Also, if I understood the map correctly, then Tellos is already next to Alamryn? If not, then moving to get to him, otherwise using the move action to put away the bow.

[Kish]

Aravashnial finishes his spell, and a wolf appears, trotting forward. The tiefling comes into the room and stabs a spider; Anevia fires at him but misses both times. The surviving guard comes into the room and crushes the spider with a mighty blow; the spider disappears. Horgus moves back in front of Tellos, raising his rapier.


Bow attacks on tiefling: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Attack: [roll2] Critical threat check: [roll3]
Damage: [roll4] Critical damage: [roll5] Damage: [roll6] Critical damage: [roll7]
Club attack on spider: [roll8] Critical threat check: [roll9] Damage: [roll10] Critical damage: [roll11]
Rapier attack on spider: [roll12] Critical threat check: [roll13] Damage: [roll14] Critical damage: [roll15]
Spider bite attack on tiefling: [roll16] Critical threat check: [roll17] Damage: [roll18] Critical damage: [roll19] Fortitude save: [roll20]
Spider bite attack on tiefling: [roll21] Critical threat check: [roll22] Damage: [roll23] Critical damage: [roll24] Fortitude save: [roll25]

>> Kel 16
>> Tellos 15
>> Aravashnial 15
>> Alamryn 10
Tiefling 4
Anevia 21
G1 19
G2 19
Horgus 19

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated and Kel and Alamryn are up; Tellos is at -7 and stabilized. Sorry again for the delay.

[CWater]

This looked really bad. She didn't want to die like this. Not here, far below the surface and away from the stars. Focusing on the little bit of nature magic she had stored, Alamryn summons it forward and channels it to her quarterstaff, which begins to emit a green glow. Then she takes a few steps forward.

Cast Shillelagh on quarterstaff.
Step to AI18.

[flat_footed]

As Kel reaches to tear a scrap of cloth to fashion a crude bandage, he's relieved to see Tellos's bleeding stop as a soft light from Alamryn suffuses his body and eases Tellos's ragged breaths. That crisis averted, Kel is freed to focus on the final two threats. He draws his bow and focuses on the final two enemies.

"Have the wolf target the Tiefling!"

Spinning to the last standing mutant, Kel lets fly with his bow.

Move to AH18. Attack G2.
[roll0]
[roll1]

[Kish]

You come back to yourselves slowly. The stale air lets you know that you're underground; the freakish scaled humanoid glaring at you out of three azure eyes makes you wonder if you're still unconscious and dreaming, but your body feels entirely too uncomfortable to be asleep. You realize that your armor has been removed, your equipment is nowhere to be seen, and you've been tied up.

"Conscious, eh? Oh, good," a female voice from behind you says. A human woman dressed in a chain shirt steps into your line of sight. She smirks at you and asks, "Should I bother to ask you to answer questions first, or can we get right to the torture?"

While you're considering your response to this, you hear yelling from somewhere off behind you and to the left. "What? Now?" The woman sighs. "Uziel, go deal with that!" she snaps. A figure you hadn't seen, a male tiefling, runs past her. "Don't worry, I'll be back to torture you momentarily," she tells you. She moves out of your sight and casts a spell, then another spell, as a battle apparently rages in the room next door.


"Attack the tiefling!" Aravashnial repeats. The wolf tries to savage the tiefling, as does the surviving spider, but both miss. The tiefling takes a step west and tries to stab the wolf but misses; a woman in a chain shirt, holding a masterwork glaive and prominently displaying an unholy symbol of Baphomet, comes through the door behind him and looks around briefly, her eyes settling on Alamryn. She pulls out a wand and waves it; a glowing red glaive appears next to Alamryn and slashes at her ferociously. Anevia fires two arrows at the new arrival, one of which strikes her in her side. The surviving guard runs forward to try to club Anevia, but Anevia ducks out of the way easily. Muttering in irritation, Horgus steps forward to try to stab the guard, but also fails.


Spider bite attack on tiefling: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3] Fortitude save: [roll4]
Wolf bite attack on tiefling: [roll5] Critical threat check: [roll6] Damage: [roll7] Critical damage: [roll8] Trip attempt: [roll9] Resisted by: [roll10]
Rapier attack on wolf: [roll11] Critical threat check: [roll12] Damage: [roll13] Critical damage: [roll14]
Glaive attack on Alamryn: [roll15] Critical threat check: [roll16] Damage: [roll17] Critical damage: [roll18]
Bow attacks on new arrival: [roll19] Critical threat check: [roll20] Attack: [roll21] Critical threat check: [roll22] Damage: [roll23] Critical damage: [roll24] Damage: [roll25] Critical damage: [roll26]
Club attack on Anevia: [roll27] Critical threat check: [roll28] Damage: [roll29] Critical damage: [roll30]
Rapier attack on guard: [roll31] Critical threat check: [roll32] Damage: [roll33] Critical damage: [roll34]

Gu is the surviving guard, Hos is the apparent leader (her name's Hosilla), Gl is the glaive floating next to Alamryn, S is Aravashnial's spider, and W is Aravashnial's wolf.

>> Kel 16
>> Tellos 15
>> Aravashnial 15
>> Alamryn 10
Tiefling 4
Hosilla 3
Anevia 21
Gu 19
Horgus 19

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated; Kel and Alamryn are up.

[CWater]

Alamryn lets out a yell when the glaive slashes her. She runs away from it to the other side of the room and swings her enchanted staff at the remaining guard.

Move action: To AI17.
Standard action:
Attack Guard: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]

[Kish]

Alamryn's staff strikes home solidly and the guard falls.

[flat_footed]

Kel feels a surge of hope as the second guard falls and eyes the lone remaining opponent. "You die today, just like the others. Your evil ends here!"

Move to AI17, shoot Ti. [roll0]
[roll1]

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn Fellwine

Blinking his eyes slowly at first, then rapidly trying to clear the dirt and dust, Trawyn quickly becomes cognizant of what's going on around him.

Where in the world am I? The city! The ground had opened and swallowed him before everything had gone dark. Who's this now? Torture?!!!

Before he can think of a quip or brash retort the woman dashes off to what sounds like a confrontation in the adjacent room. Rolling over onto his side he spots the others bound in the same predicament as himself.

"PSST! HEY! Are either of you awake? We need to get the hell out of here before that crazy lady comes back!" Struggling against his bindings Trawyn tries to free himself as quickly as possible.

Escape Artist Check: [roll0]

[Cavir]

Semult Suntoz

The young looking human male stirred from unconsciousness. He stared at the woman with her threats. She left and the human next to him spoke. Semult looked around. "Yes, I am. Know what's happening besides a fight out there?" He struggled with his bindings as was only instinctive.

Escape Artist [roll0]

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn Fellwine

"I have no idea what's happening....but, if someone is fighting the crazy woman that wants to torture us, that can only be a good thing!"

Rolling toward the person who had just spoken, "Name's Trawyn by the way. Stay there, I'm coming to you."

Once he's uncomfortable close to the other figure, "Roll over, so we're back to back, and I'll see if I can get my hands on your bindings and help you out."

After a minute of repositioning Trawyn grabs onto the other man's bindings and tries to help free him.

against a DC 10 I believe to grant a +2 on Semult's next Escape Artist check: [roll0]

[Kish]

Your efforts to free yourselves from your bonds prove ineffective, for the moment. The apparent battle continues in the next room. You see a stone chamber, with a stone pedestal holding a copper brazier aloft in the center. Against the western wall, an enormous pile of animal furs and thick quilts serves as a bed. Sheathed weapons and stone carvings adorn the walls. You three seem to have been left alone in the room for the moment; the door to the south through which your captors exited stands open, but you can see little through it, except a stone floor.
Kel's arrow strikes the tiefling, who looks wounded but remains defiant. The wolf and spider both continue to attack the tiefling; the spider bites him and he flinches, but the wolf misses. The tiefling stabs the wolf and steps further into the room. The red glaive sails after Alamryn and slashes at her again. Hosilla steps forward into the room, ignoring the wolf, spider, and Horgus's attacks on her, none of which penetrate her defenses, and she slashes Anevia brutally with her physical glaive, snarling, "Lie down and die, cripple." Though badly wounded, Anevia limps backward away from her; Horgus, muttering, steps into Hosilla's way and stabs her. She glares at him.
Spider bite attack on tiefling: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3] Fortitude save: [roll4]
Wolf bite attack on tiefling: [roll5] Critical threat check: [roll6] Damage: [roll7] Critical damage: [roll8] Trip attempt: [roll9] Resisted by: [roll10]
Rapier attack on wolf: [roll11] Critical threat check: [roll12] Damage: [roll13] Critical damage: [roll14]
Spectral glaive attack on Alamryn: [roll15] Critical threat check: [roll16] Damage: [roll17] Critical damage: [roll18]
Spider bite attack on Hosilla (attack of opportunity): [roll19] Critical threat check: [roll20] Damage: [roll21] Critical damage: [roll22] Fortitude save: [roll23]
Wolf bite attack on Hosilla (attack of opportunity): [roll24] Critical threat check: [roll25] Damage: [roll26] Critical damage: [roll27] Trip attempt: [roll28] Resisted by: [roll29]
Rapier attack on Hosilla (attack of opportunity): [roll30] Critical threat check: [roll31] Damage: [roll32] Critical damage: [roll33]
Physical glaive attack on Anevia: [roll34] Critical threat check: [roll35] Damage: [roll36] Critical damage: [roll37]
Rapier attack on Hosilla: [roll38] Critical threat check: [roll39] Damage: [roll40] Critical damage: [roll41]

>> Kel 16
>> Tellos 15
>> Aravashnial 15
>> Alamryn 10
Tiefling 4
Hosilla 3
Anevia 21
Horgus 19

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated; Kel and Alamryn are up. As both of you indicated movement to AI17 last round, I've placed Kel at AH17.

[Cavir]

"I'm Semult. Push back and up with me so we can both stand. We can use the fight as a distraction. If we can get a weapon from the wall we can cut these ropes."

How are we bound? Are our legs free or tied at the ankles too?

[CWater]

Alamryn winces in pain as she's hit again, though this one didn't feel as bad as the last. She takes a step forward to flank the tiefling with the wolf, then strikes with her quarterstaff again.

5 ft. step south.
Attack: [roll0] (flank included)
Damage: [roll1]

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn

"Sure thing."

Sitting up, Trawyn leans heavily into Semult as the two push themselves to their feet.

[flat_footed]

Kel's eyes widen as the woman strides through the ranks, seemingly immune to the attacks directed her way. He can't help but shake his head as Horgus, of all people, seems to be the only one capable of striking her. I suppose there's some fight under the fop after all. His eyes back on the battlefield, he directs his arrow towards the woman, spurred on by the knowledge that she'll bleed and fall just like the others.

"It's wounded! Keep up the pressure on the Tiefling."

Shoot at Hos. 5' step to AG18.
[roll0]
[roll1]

[Kish]

Your ankles are tied.
You struggle to your feet and lurch over to a battleaxe hanging on the wall.

Alamryn's swing misses; Kel's arrow strikes home, but does little damage. The wolf and spider continue attacking the tiefling, but both miss. "Focus on the druid!" Hosilla snaps, and the tiefling turns to attack Alamryn, as do both Hosilla herself and the spectral glaive. Out of danger for now, Anevia fires two more arrows at Hosilla, one of which hits; Horgus stabs Hosilla again.

Spider bite attack on tiefling: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3] Fortitude save: [roll4]
Wolf bite attack on tiefling: [roll5] Critical threat check: [roll6] Damage: [roll7] Critical damage: [roll8] Trip attempt: [roll9] Resisted by: [roll10]
Rapier attack on Alamryn: [roll11] Critical threat check: [roll12] Damage: [roll13] Critical damage: [roll14]
Spectral glaive attack on Alamryn: [roll15] Critical threat check: [roll16] Damage: [roll17] Critical damage: [roll18]
Bow attacks on Hosilla: [roll19] Critical threat check: [roll20] Attack: [roll21] Critical threat check: [roll22] Damage: [roll23] Critical damage: [roll24] Damage: [roll25] Critical damage: [roll26]
Physical glaive attack on Alamryn: [roll27] Critical threat check: [roll28] Damage: [roll29] Critical damage: [roll30]
Rapier attack on Hosilla: [roll31] Critical threat check: [roll32] Damage: [roll33] Critical damage: [roll34]

>> Kel 16
>> Tellos 15
>> Aravashnial 15
>> Alamryn 10
Tiefling 4
Hosilla 3
Anevia 21
Horgus 19

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated; Kel and Alamryn are up.

[flat_footed]

Kel's focus wavers as Alamryn is struck harshly again, but his grip on the bow hardens as he sees the blood flowing from Hosilla's wounds. Horgus, again, manages to drive the rapier in deeply, drawing another grateful thought through Kel. Perhaps he's even doing better than I could at close range.

"Are there any other spells you have that can help? There are only two of them left but Alamryn and Tellos are bleeding heavily!"

Reaching back, Kel quickly grabs another arrow and sends it spinning towards Hosilla, hoping to strike well enough to draw her attention.

Attack Hos. 5' Step to AF18.
[roll0]
[roll1]

[CWater]

Alamryn whimpers as she is hit again, the hit from a physical glaive felt much worse. Its wielder seemed like the greater threat, but the tiefling looked worse. Deciding to focus on him, Alamryn takes a step away from the glaive-wielder to flank the tiefling with Horgus (who had proven quite a lot more useful than she had expected) and swings her staff at him again.

5 ft. step to AJ19.

Attack tiefling: [roll0]
Damage: [roll]2d6+4/roll]

[Kish]

Alamryn strikes the tiefling, who falls.

Whatever the result of the messed-up damage roll, he definitely falls; he had 1 hit point left.

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn Fellwine

Struggling to remain standing, Trawyn hops and wobbles over to the weapon hanging on the wall, turns his back to the battleaxe and tries to bring his bindings against the blades.

Let me know if there are any skills/ability checks I need to make.

[Cavir]

Semult

Semult follows Trawyn and hops over to the weapon rack. While Trawyn tried to make use of the battleaxe, Semult takes a quick peak out the door to see what is going on then whispers back to his co-captive. "If you can't free yourself that way, see if you can hold the axe to cut my ropes. Once my hands are free I'll be able to use some of my magic." The thought of spells made him look around to see where his gear, especially his spell pouch, was put.

[Kish]

Outside the room, the woman who threatened to torture you is facing off with another woman armed with a quarterstaff. A human woman with a splinted leg and an elven man both aim bows at her; a human man dressed in what looks like it was expensive clothing before it got torn and stained holds up a rapier. A floating red glaive attacks the woman with the quarterstaff from behind. Meanwhile, another man, who looks badly hurt but is breathing, lies on the floor behind them. A wolf and a spider nearly as big as the wolf both menace the woman who threatened to torture you.

Looking around the room you're in, you see no immediate sign of your equipment, though it might be in the large chest next to the pile of hides.
Make an Escape Artist check.

Kel's arrow strikes Hosilla; Alamryn smashes the tiefling to the floor. "There's something up here!" Aravashnial shouts, followed by casting a spell which has no effect you can see. The spider, the wolf, and Anevia all attack Hosilla. and Anevia hits once; Hosilla attacks Alamryn with both her physical and magical glaives, but looks uncertain for the first time.

Spider bite attack on Hosilla: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3] Fortitude save: [roll4]
Wolf bite attack on Hosilla: [roll5] Critical threat check: [roll6] Damage: [roll7] Critical damage: [roll8] Trip attempt: [roll9] Resisted by: [roll10]
Bow attacks on Hosilla: [roll11] Critical threat check: [roll12] Attack: [roll13] Critical threat check: [roll14] Damage: [roll15] Critical damage: [roll16] Damage: [roll17] Critical damage: [roll18]
Spectral glaive attack on Alamryn: [roll19] Critical threat check: [roll20] Damage: [roll21] Critical damage: [roll22]
Physical glaive attack on Alamryn: [roll23] Critical threat check: [roll24] Damage: [roll25] Critical damage: [roll26]

>> Kel 16
>> Tellos 15
>> Aravashnial 15
>> Alamryn 10
Hosilla 3
Anevia 21
Horgus 19

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated; Kel and Alamryn are up.

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn

Feeling the blade of the ax with his fingers, Trawyn slowly moves his hands so that the blade is rubbing against his bindings and begins to slowly saw up and down.

Check: [roll0]

[CWater]

Alamryn has doesn't even have time to breath a sigh of relief when the tiefling finally falls when she has to jump away to dodge the spectral glaive. But this leaves her vulnerable to the physical glaive that the woman swings at her. The world suddenly turns upside down and Alamryn has a few seconds to stare at the roof before the darkness claims her. I wanted to see the stars again...

[flat_footed]

Kel's eyes widen as Alamryn hits the floor, hard. Rage fills his mind as his gaze falls upon the figure responsible for all of his companion's pain. There was no time to drag the fallen Alamryn to safety like he had with Tellos. Aravashnial's panicked gasps were audible as their shared language cut through the cacophony of the battle.

"Try to make your way down the ladder! Alamryn and Tellos are both unable to fight and I cannot make my way up to you!"

Kel's eyes meet Hosilla's and a sneer breaks across his face. "There's more coming, but please, let me be the one to remove your filth from the mortal plane. I'd much prefer my arrows be the ones lodged in your breast."

Reaching back, Kel takes two shafts between his fingers and nocks one while clenching the other between his teeth. With blinding speed, he looses one at Hosilla and grabs the other, second the second projectile after the first.

[razorback]

The sounds of movement slowly brings Jemus to realize something is wrong. The woman is speaking and someone runs past but it doesn't register. Some one else is speaking and he slowly looks as he can make out two bodies struggling as they roll around.
Huh... are they tied up? Sure looks like it. I can help out with that...> he thinks to himself as he struggles to stand, only to realize he is bound, too.
"Hey, what in the nine hells is going on around here?" having complete missed the conversation between Semult and Trawyn. Slowly, their predicament becomes a realization as he struggles to free himself.


Escape Artist
[roll1d20+3[/roll]

[Kish]

Trawyn's bonds part and his arms are free. Jemus' bonds hold fast.
One of Kel's arrows strikes and wounds the woman severely. The wolf and spider try to bite her as well, but fail. Her spectral glaive turns to swipe at Kel. She steps away from the wolf and spider, toward Kel and Horgus, and pulls out a flask; before she can drink it, her inattention gives Horgus a chance to stab her in the chest and she falls, dropping the flask; the spectral glaive disappears, closely followed by the spider. Anevia moves forward, grabs the flask, and tips its contents down Alamryn's throat.

Spectral glaive attack on Kel: [roll0] Critical threat check: [roll1] Damage: [roll2] Critical damage: [roll3]
Alamryn needs to make a stabilization check, but just to see whether she's at -2 or -3 hit points when this healing is applied: [roll4]

Map (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DlZpE5XhmBPYGTrs0bnRsU2tHWJamH36KZXMjf4Ccpo/edit?usp=sharing) is updated and Jemus, Semult, and Trawyn have been added to it. Everyone gets 400 XP each, including the new arrivals; they didn't really participate in the fight, but 1) they probably would have had it not ended exactly when it did and 2) more importantly, it wasn't my intention to bring them in at less XP than the already-present. Sorry about Anevia healing Alamryn and not you, Tellos; exact hit point totals below zero are a little more abstracted than she knows about, but "actively bleeding to death" isn't, so she went for the non-stabilized person.

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn Fellwine

The moment his bindings frayed and snapped, Trawyn became a whirlwind of action. Pulling the blade from the wall he cut through Semult's bindings in a flash then bent over to cut through the ropes around his ankles.

Turning to the newly awakened figure that shared in their predicament, he hissed, "Hold on a moment, I'll get you free as quickly as possible."

Once Semult is freed, Trawyn kneels over the other man to cut him free, "My name's Trawyn, and that's Semult....I don't suppose you know what happened do you? One second the city was under attack, then the ground opened, and I woke up here."

No sooner were the three untied when the sounds of pitched battle from the adjacent room abruptly end...

[flat_footed]

"Aravashnial! Are you alright up there?"

[Kish]

"I think I've killed it, whatever it was. Some kind of ooze," Aravashnial shouts back. "Rung's not responding, though. Rung?"

[Cavir]

"Thanks! Don't know who is coming back after that fight so we better get ready." Semult hurries over to the large chest next to the pile of hides. He opens up and looks in, mostly focused on finding a spell pouch, then a weapon to defend himself with.

[flat_footed]

"Rung didn't come down this way, are you sure he isn't up there? We need to stay together. Can you make it down the ladder to us?"

"Rung may be missing or hurt. Aravashnial doesn't seem to think he's up by the top of the ladder anymore. Horgus, I need you to check up the ladder to see what may have happened there. You and I are the best two to check the rooms connecting here for any imminent threats." Kel nods to him and Anevia. "You both fought well, but we're in poor shape. We need to get everyone back on their feet, at the very least. That was quick thinking with that potion, Anevia. Can you search the bodies to see if there's any other healing to be had?"

Kel intends to search the next room should Horgus not put up too strong if a fight. He'll keep his bow up and sneak along.

[CWater]

Alamryn comes to her senses, coughing a little after having liquid poured down her throat. She jerks up and looks around. "I'm alive. You're all alive", she states the obvious, then pulls herself up. The gashes left by the glaives still hurt, and she has to clench her teeth to hold down a whimper. She's still a bit spaced out, trying to focus on what Kel is saying. Rung missing. Tellos still down. Search the enemies for potions. She moved towards Hosilla who had almost killed her, and began searching her body.

[Kish]

Semult quickly finds his spell component pouch in the chest, mixed in with the rest of his, Jemus', and Trawyn's equipment.

Horgus scowls and says, loudly enough to be heard by all of you, "Fine, I'll go check on the conspiracy theorist." He climbs back up the rope.

Alamryn finds, on Hosilla's body, five more flasks, but it's hard to tell if any of them are healing potion; two of the five are unmistakably alchemist's fire and would be a bad idea to drink. She also finds the wand Hosilla used to summon a spectral glaive, the (masterwork or magic) glaive Hosilla nearly killed her with, a chain shirt, 32 gold pieces, a jeweled book of prayers to Baphomet, a key, and a http://i67.tinypic.com/23h24hf.png.

Anevia turns to search the other bodies. "We should probably head back to our friends' island and rest for the night when we're done here, whether we find another healing potion or not," she says, "but first, I heard voices from the next room."

The room from while Hosilla emerged is a long, natural cavern lit by three copper bowls of glowing coals that hang from the ceiling. In the center of the chamber stands a block of stone that serves as a table, lined with wooden chairs. An enormous bloodstain, maybe a week old, darkens the stone's surface. At the north end of the cavern is an open door, behind which you see what looks like a bedroom, with Jemus, Semult, and Trawyn in it.

[CWater]

Alamryn finds, on Hosilla's body, five more flasks, but it's hard to tell if any of them are healing potion; two of the five are unmistakably alchemist's fire and would be a bad idea to drink. She also finds the wand Hosilla used to summon a spectral glaive, the (masterwork or magic) glaive Hosilla nearly killed her with, a chain shirt, 32 gold pieces, a jeweled book of prayers to Baphomet, a key, and a http://i67.tinypic.com/23h24hf.png.

Alamryn lists her findings and reads the letter outloud to the others. Too stressed to think about it's implications further, she focuses on the potions. "Does any of you have a clue of what these could be? I'm afraid I only recognise these two as alchemist fire."



Anevia turns to search the other bodies. "We should probably head back to our friends' island and rest for the night when we're done here, whether we find another healing potion or not," she says, "but first, I heard voices from the next room."

The room from while Hosilla emerged is a long, natural cavern lit by three copper bowls of glowing coals that hang from the ceiling. In the center of the chamber stands a block of stone that serves as a table, lined with wooden chairs. An enormous bloodstain, maybe a week old, darkens the stone's surface. At the north end of the cavern is an open door, behind which you see what looks like a bedroom, with Jemus, Semult, and Trawyn in it.

Alamryn let's out a little scream when she catches the first glimpse of the trio. "Who are you??!!"

[razorback]

" Trawyn... Semult... my thanks." Jemus says as he helps removes his bonds once the cutting starts. Standing, like a newborn colt unsure of its legs, he steadies himself as the pins and needles bring him fully awake. Stamping his feet as quietly as he can, he turns to look for a weapon of any sort along with any of his gear.
"I don't recognize either of you. Are you new to Kenabres?" he asks, keeping suspicion out of his voice.

[Cavir]

Semult responds to the third former captive while grabbing his gear from the chest. "New to Kenabres? No. Been at the academy for a while. You are from Kenabres too then? Didn't catch your name." He hears the voices coming closer and refocuses on the danger at hand.

Seeing a female half-elf appear instead of the human woman that was threatening them before, he relaxes a bit but is still on guard. "Hello there." He glances past her and sees the would-be torturer on the ground. "Not with her right?"

[razorback]

"Jemus... Jemus Amalis. Courier." he say, trying not to give away too much information until he could assert who these people are and making sure it's not a ruse.

[CWater]

Semult responds to the third former captive while grabbing his gear from the chest. "New to Kenabres? No. Been at the academy for a while. You are from Kenabres too then? Didn't catch your name." He hears the voices coming closer and refocuses on the danger at hand.

Seeing a female half-elf appear instead of the human woman that was threatening them before, he relaxes a bit but is still on guard. "Hello there." He glances past her and sees the would-be torturer on the ground. "Not with her right?"
Alamryn relaxes visibly when the new folk don't appear hostile. "Oh. No, not at all! She almost killed me."


"Jemus... Jemus Amalis. Courier." he say, trying not to give away too much information until he could assert who these people are and making sure it's not a ruse.

"Alamryn Kven. We're trying to find a way out of here, did you also fall down?"

[Cavir]

Semult lowers his guard. "Fall? I don't know. The Kite was falling and debris hit me. Next thing I know I'm over there tied up and about to be tortured by that woman. Thank you. I am Semult. Where are we? What's going on? Who was she?"

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn

With everyone freed from their bindings, Trawyn hustles over to the chest and begins searching through it contents for his possessions. Questions and tentative introductions fill the brief space of time before the arrival of Alamryn and the news of the death of their would be tormentor. Heaving a sigh of relief as he reclaims the last of his items, "Alamryn, my name is Trawyn. I am part of a company of travelling minstrels come to Kenabres for Armasse. We were performing on the outskirts of Clydwell Plaza when the...the attack came. I had the briefest of glimpses down when the ground opened beneath the plaza, and have no earthly idea how I or anyone else survived that fall, yet here we are. The three of us have just met....awakening here as captives to that woman. We are indebted to you for freeing us. You said 'we', are there others? I can only presume that we are somewhere beneath the city...or what remains of it. Are you gathering survivors? Is anyone injured?"

[CWater]

Semult lowers his guard. "Fall? I don't know. The Kite was falling and debris hit me. Next thing I know I'm over there tied up and about to be tortured by that woman. Thank you. I am Semult. Where are we? What's going on? Who was she?"
"Somewhere under Kenabres, looks like a lot of people are living here. We met some more of these 'mutant' folk", she points at one of the fallen guards, "But they were nice, not like these. They told us that we could get out this way, but that demon worshipers had made camp right on the route to the exit. Looks like that was true. That horrible woman... I don't know, but this letter names her Hosilla and it sounds like she was important somehow. To someone anyway. Who is probably even more terrible than she, I bet." She shows the letter to the newly found.


Trawyn

With everyone freed from their bindings, Trawyn hustles over to the chest and begins searching through it contents for his possessions. Questions and tentative introductions fill the brief space of time before the arrival of Alamryn and the news of the death of their would be tormentor. Heaving a sigh of relief as he reclaims the last of his items, "Alamryn, my name is Trawyn. I am part of a company of travelling minstrels come to Kenabres for Armasse. We were performing on the outskirts of Clydwell Plaza when the...the attack came. I had the briefest of glimpses down when the ground opened beneath the plaza, and have no earthly idea how I or anyone else survived that fall, yet here we are. The three of us have just met....awakening here as captives to that woman. We are indebted to you for freeing us. You said 'we', are there others? I can only presume that we are somewhere beneath the city...or what remains of it. Are you gathering survivors? Is anyone injured?"

"Yes, there's six others. And Tellos is in very bad shape, I've done all I can for now, do you know any healing?"

[Kish]

The chest contains all of Jemus, Semult, and Trawyn's possessions, as well as two slightly-bloodstained silver scales that might be from a dragon.

[Cavir]

"Under Kenabres?" Semult glances around. "Interesting. Healing? The best I could do is maybe identify a healing potion. If Hosilla was important then maybe she has a stash somewhere around here?" He takes the letter and reads it thoroughly, pondering the names and places on it.

All my knowledges (including Local) are +5 except for Arcane at +9. Since there is no rush I want to Take 10 on each. If that isn't doable with knowledge checks, here are the rolls.

Drezen [roll0]
Vorlesh [roll1]
Yaniel's Sword [roll2]
Nyserian Manor [roll3]
Topaz Solutions [roll4]
Tower of Estrod [roll5]
Deskari [roll6]
Baphomet [roll7]

[Kish]

Drezen was a city-fortress founded within the Worldwound during the First Mendevian Crusade. It was conquered in 4638 AR, and has been held by the demons ever since.
Drezen was betrayed from within by the dwarven paladin Staunton Vhane. It is ruled by a marilith named Zuhra Aponavicius, one of the more feared demonic generals.
Areelu Vorlesh is the name of a wizard you've heard referred to as "the architect of the Worldwound."Over two hundred years old, she is an enigmatic figure. She regularly consults with the generals of the Worldwound, but she doesn't appear on the front lines of battles very often, considering her might. Some call her the Champion of Deskari. She is rumored to be both brilliant and utterly insane. No one that you know of has penetrated the Worldwound deeply enough to find where she resides. Encounters with her have always ended in death for crusaders.
Yaniel was a hero of the Fourth Crusade, a human paladin who worshiped Iomedae. She was assassinated by the sadistic lilutu demon Minagho, and her sword reportedly lost its power.After her death, the crusaders put her sword on display in the Grey Garrison.
Kandro Nyserian is a minor nobleman of Kenabres and a merchant.
Topaz Solutions is a shop that sells alchemical supplies.
Two decades ago, a historian and researcher named Niuna Estrod came to Kenabres to write a history of the crusades. Estrod constructed a tower of pale gray stone to hold the volumes of history he wrote, as well as other tomes and scrolls acquired from traders and returning crusaders.

Ever since Estrod’s death from food poisoning 2 years ago, researchers and wizards have occupied the Tower of Estrod for short periods of time, using it as a temporary library or laboratory after city officials declared possession of tower. These temporary residents pay a small fee to the city of Kenabres in order to make use of the space.

The demonic invasion of the Prime Material Plane is sponsored by two demon lords, Deskari and Baphomet. Deskari, the insectoid Lord of the Locust Host, is the senior partner in the arrangement. Baphomet, the Lord of Minotaurs, may be the weakest of all the demon lords in sheer power, though he's known for being surprisingly devious.

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn

Gathering the last of his gear and indicating the strange silver scales to Semult, Trawyn looks at Alamryn, "Take me to Tellos, and I'll see what I can do."

[razorback]

Jemus lets the others speak as he gathers himself.
"I can't remember much before we were awakened, bound as we were. I think I was taking a dispatch... but what of my horse?" he shook his head a bit before continuing, as he starts to gather his items.
"How did everyone end up under the city?"

[CWater]

Jemus lets the others speak as he gathers himself.
"I can't remember much before we were awakened, bound as we were. I think I was taking a dispatch... but what of my horse?" he shook his head a bit before continuing, as he starts to gather his items.
"How did everyone end up under the city?"
"I don't know. I remember falling... It's a miracle we didn't break our necks or other bones, well except for Anevia, whose leg is hurt."


Trawyn

Gathering the last of his gear and indicating the strange silver scales to Semult, Trawyn looks at Alamryn, "Take me to Tellos, and I'll see what I can do."

A hopeful expression rises to Alamryn's face. "He's this way." She leads Trawyn to Tellos's unconscious form.

[Cavir]

Semult is left behind as he is studying the letter with a shocked look on his face. He finishes gathering his gear, with a bit of comfort when he checks for and finds a rainbow colored feather hidden where he had it.

"Jemus, let's see what we can find around here that can be of use." Semult starts searching the room.

Quick look around (Take 10 = 14) then closer looks (Take 20=24) at any spots that might be hiding something (furniture, things on the wall, carpets that might hide something below).

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn

Following dutifully behind Alamryn, the bard comes to the fallen warrior, bends down and examines his wounds. When he ascertains that the man is still alive by his pulse he turns to the others, "If any of you have any abilities to heal you can help me." Reaching down to his belt he pulls out what looks to be a small, ivory horn and blows a long, soothing note before placing his hands over the mans wounds slowly chanting a song of healing.

Cure Light Wounds [roll0] CL 2 + 5 Ranks in Perform from Healing Hymn

[Novabomb]

Tellos
Who are you? Where am I?

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn

"My name is Trawyn. Myself and a couple of others were being held captive by that woman over there...Hosilla I believe was her name. You and your friends help free us from our captors. Tellos...right? Alamryn told me you were badly wounded and brought me here to see what I could do."

Helping the man to his feet, the bard turns to Alamryn, "You say the friendly mutant folk helped you and set you on this path back to the surface? Should we pull back the way you came? It seems that many here are wounded after what looks to have been a tremendous fight."

[Kish]

Semult begins searching; he hasn't found anything hidden yet. Aravashnial's wolf disappears.

"Rung is dead. He's been eaten by the kitchen midden," Horgus announces in his characteristic loud, abrasive voice, climbing back down the rope. He pauses, then adds grudgingly, "The conspiracy theorist killed it." He eyes Jemus, Semult, and Trawyn.

The man who just climbed down the rope and is eyeing you is dressed in tattered clothing which was formerly quite expensive. The sheathed rapier at his belt is incongruous.

[Cavir]

Still disturbed by the immediate situation as well as the news of Kenabres above, Semult takes the two bloodstained silver scales from the chest and looks them over. He turns towards the others and see the rapier bearer looking his way. "Hello. Thanks for dealing with them." He points to the bodies on the ground which he himself hasn't looked much at. "Who killed what up there?"

[Novabomb]

Tellos
Thank you. I am glad we got to you in time. Did you see any other survivors?, we think some of our allies may have been captured. I'm in rough shape, but if we do not find them soon, they may perish. Also, every hour we spend down here, is another hour late we are in the fight above...not that we are in any shape for that battle. Let us check the room yonder and decide.

I'm sorry Rung, I failed you. I should have convinced you to come. At least these 3 were saved by coming down here.

[Kish]

When Semult picks up the first scale, he feels a sudden, overpowering sense of sadness mixed with a fierce determination. He realizes that as long as he only has one of the scales in him possession, the scale will let him cast enlarge person three times per day.

Picking up the second scale, Semult has the same feeling of sadness mixed with determination. He realizes that this scale will let him cast gust of wind three times per day--but neither scale will work as long as he has both of them.

[CWater]

Trawyn

"My name is Trawyn. Myself and a couple of others were being held captive by that woman over there...Hosilla I believe was her name. You and your friends help free us from our captors. Tellos...right? Alamryn told me you were badly wounded and brought me here to see what I could do."

Helping the man to his feet, the bard turns to Alamryn, "You say the friendly mutant folk helped you and set you on this path back to the surface? Should we pull back the way you came? It seems that many here are wounded after what looks to have been a tremendous fight."
"I... I don't know. What if the remaining barricade the corridor if we go?"


Semult begins searching; he hasn't found anything hidden yet. Aravashnial's wolf disappears.

"Rung is dead. He's been eaten by the kitchen midden," Horgus announces in his characteristic loud, abrasive voice, climbing back down the rope. He pauses, then adds grudgingly, "The conspiracy theorist killed it." He eyes Jemus, Semult, and Trawyn.

The man who just climbed down the rope and is eyeing you is dressed in tattered clothing which was formerly quite expensive. The sheathed rapier at his belt is incongruous.

"Wha...? Why? Why does everyone keep dying!" Alamryn's hands close to fists and she brings them up to cover her face.

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn

The bard pats the young druid on the shoulder, "The time for mourning the fallen is not at hand my new friend. Tellos here, likely still lives because you fought on after he fell." Looking at the rest of the group, "Because of your actions, Semult, Jemus, and myself have been freed from our villainous captor. Tellos, we've not seen any others, and know not what befell your allies. Are there others still above? Let us take stock before we decide whether or not to move forward. Perhaps I can be of assistance in identifying those. "

Trawyn examines the potions claimed off of Hosilla.

Chances aren't good, but Spellcraft to Identify the potions against DC 25:
[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]

[Kish]

"Let's see. Probably everyone is dying because a horde of demons overran the city. Remember an exploding cathedral?" Horgus says sarcastically.

"Ever sympathetic, Lord Gwerm," Anevia sighs.

You recognize the name Lord Gwerm. Horgus Gwerm is a very minor nobleman, but perhaps the richest man in Kenabres, through trade; what he does with his money is unclear.

The second potion you inspect is a potion of invisibility, you're pretty sure. You don't think the third one's magic at all, though it's some kind of liquid someone could drink and likely wouldn't want to drink for pleasure.

[Cavir]

Semult finally comes out over to where the battle was and the bodies lay. He was an academic, an athletic one, knowledgeable and trained but not experienced with real fights to the death. He took in the sights of the dead woman and ... tiefling? He took to one knee for a better look at the tiefling while Trawyn studied the potions. "If you didn't figure out that one potion, let me try. Oh, I found these dragon scales back there too. This one casts Enlarge and the other Gust of Wind. I'd like the Wind one. Here's the Enlarge one." Semult takes the potion if given and studies it. "Were all the bodies searched?"

Spellcraft on potion [roll0]

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn

Accepting the silver scale from Semult, Trawyn passes over the last potion, after laying the other vials out on the floor, "Appears to be two alchemists fires, one potion of Invisibility, one nonmagical and rather foul concoction, and I can't figure this one out."

Looking over his shoulder, "I had been hoping for some curatives, but these will be useful too."

[CWater]

Trawyn

The bard pats the young druid on the shoulder, "The time for mourning the fallen is not at hand my new friend. Tellos here, likely still lives because you fought on after he fell." Looking at the rest of the group, "Because of your actions, Semult, Jemus, and myself have been freed from our villainous captor. Tellos, we've not seen any others, and know not what befell your allies. Are there others still above? Let us take stock before we decide whether or not to move forward. Perhaps I can be of assistance in identifying those. "

Trawyn examines the potions claimed off of Hosilla.

Chances aren't good, but Spellcraft to Identify the potions against DC 25:
[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]




"Let's see. Probably everyone is dying because a horde of demons overran the city. Remember an exploding cathedral?" Horgus says sarcastically.

"Ever sympathetic, Lord Gwerm," Anevia sighs.

"Right... Right!", Alamryn lowers her hands and grips her quarterstaff. "Alright, we search. Then scout forward. Maybe? But run back if we meet much more resistance?"


Semult finally comes out over to where the battle was and the bodies lay. He was an academic, an athletic one, knowledgeable and trained but not experienced with real fights to the death. He took in the sights of the dead woman and ... tiefling? He took to one knee for a better look at the tiefling while Trawyn studied the potions. "If you didn't figure out that one potion, let me try. Oh, I found these dragon scales back there too. This one casts Enlarge and the other Gust of Wind. I'd like the Wind one. Here's the Enlarge one." Semult takes the potion if given and studies it. "Were all the bodies searched?"

Spellcraft on potion [roll0]

"More scales? I also have one." She takes out the scale. "It will allow the one who carries it to levitate for a while. I think, maybe Anevia should carry it? In case we come across difficult terrain she can't cross?"

[razorback]

"Agreed, now is the not the time to morn. But our appreciation is sincere." Jemus says as he keeps the name of 'Lord Gwerm' in the back of his mind. "Exploding cathedral?!?! When did this happen? he says as he eyes the scales cautiously."How much fighting has there been here?"

[Kish]

"From what I've seen, its usefulness for traveling is limited. It only let...Runa...go up and down," Anevia says.

Each of the guards has a club and two javelins. The mutant with the bow has two more potions flasks, a wand, a masterwork or magic chain shirt, a masterwork or magic longbow, 38 arrows, an obsidian unholy symbol of Baphomet, and 33 gold pieces. The tiefling has a rapier, a light crossbow, 20 bolts, and a suit of medium studded leather armor.

Now that he's awake, Tellos feels drawn to the pile of furs that appears to serve as a bed in the room Hosilla came from.

[Novabomb]

Tellos
His gut has saved 3 and lost one, and nearly killed him, but he will put his faith in his instincts once more.
He searches the pile of furs.

[Kish]

Under the furs, Tellos finds a long, thin iron lockbox. It's locked.

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn

Moving over to the plundered items from the battle, the bard studies the two potions, then passes them to Semult. He then chants softly to himself before intently studying the items.

Spellcraft checks to identify potions vs DC 25:
[roll0]
[roll1]

Cast Detect Magic on the items gathered from the guards, the mutant, and the tiefling.

[Novabomb]

Tellos
Have any of you seen a key? (Presents the box)

[Cavir]

Semult was pretty disappointed with himself not having found the lockbox. All those years of pranks in school, as pranker and prankee, failed him when everything suddenly became a life or death matter. He chided himself, hoping his spellcasting wouldn't show the same results. "No, no key yet. Check the woman for it? I'll recheck the furs." He takes the furs one by one and shakes them off on the side, so that anything falling out would bounce on the stone floor.

Accepting the latest potions from Trawyn, he asks for his observations on the potions. The wizard compares these to the other potions, then continues on with the potion identifying procedure he had studied much in school.

Go through the furs thoroughly for the key or anything else that may fall out.

Spellcraft for the potions. Can we take Trawyn's rolls as an Aid Other to me?
Potion 1: [roll0]
Potion 2: [roll1]

[CWater]

"From what I've seen, its usefulness for traveling is limited. It only let...Runa...go up and down," Anevia says.


"Oh, alright. I guess I'll keep it then." Alamryn looks sad again.


Semult was pretty disappointed with himself not having found the lockbox. All those years of pranks in school, as pranker and prankee, failed him when everything suddenly became a life or death matter. He chided himself, hoping his spellcasting wouldn't show the same results. "No, no key yet. Check the woman for it? I'll recheck the furs." He takes the furs one by one and shakes them off on the side, so that anything falling out would bounce on the stone floor.

Accepting the latest potions from Trawyn, he asks for his observations on the potions. The wizard compares these to the other potions, then continues on with the potion identifying procedure he had studied much in school.

Go through the furs thoroughly for the key or anything else that may fall out.

Spellcraft for the potions. Can we take Trawyn's rolls as an Aid Other to me?
Potion 1: [roll0]
Potion 2: [roll1]


"We already searched her once, but I can check again." Alamryn kneels next to Hosilla's body and begins searching. "Oh, I think you should know, that there was this other woman earlier, that got away. Climbed up a ladder one floor up from here. Whatever we do, it might be best to be on our way soon, just in case she plans to come back with allies or something..."

[Kish]

"She had a key," Anevia says, handing the key from Hosilla to Tellos.

The two potion flasks from Wenduag radiate faint conjuration, as does one of the potions from Hosilla; the potion Trawyn identified as invisibility indeed radiates illusion, and the liquid Trawyn identified as not a potion indeed doesn't radiate magic. Hosilla's wand radiates evocation, and Wenduag's radiates transmutation. The lockbox radiates a powerful aura of evocation. None of the rest of the gear radiates magic.

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn

His gaze falls on the lockbox, "Careful with that! It has a powerful enchantment placed upon it. We need to make certain it's not trapped before we open it..."

[Kish]

"Let me see it," Anevia says. She inspects the box.

[roll0]

"I can't find any traps. Is the enchantment on the box itself or inside the box, can you tell?"

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn

Studying the box, and only the box, for a few seconds, Trawyn attempts to ascertain if the powerful evocation is radiating from the box or what it contains.

[Cavir]

Semult finishes studying the potions but one of the three still eludes him. "Good news... Tellos was it? Two of these potions are healing. One is for light wounds, the other is for moderate wounds. I'm not sure about the third. Tellos should take the stronger one and we can save the other for emergencies? My aunt kept telling me to buy a blessed bandage but I never got around to it."

"Does the key radiate magic? If someone is going to try the key, be good to do it in a separate room and use a doorway for some cover."

Would Prestidigitation be strong enough to turn the key from a distance?

[Novabomb]

Tellos

Let us save the greater one for an emergency.


How many times can you use the healing hymn/ how long does it last?

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn

Handing Tellos the lesser of the curative potions, "Here, it is your choice, of course, but no one will begrudge you for taking the stronger of the two. Please take one now, though, we've no idea what lurks around the next corner." Looking around at the assembled group, "If no one objects, perhaps I should hold onto whichever one we don't use immediately. I'm likely to be of less use to you in direct combat, and can boost its healing effects with my music, thus I could potentially revive someone if they fall while we're fighting our way to the surface."

Trawyn has 6 uses of Bardic Music per day, and Healing Hymn counts as one use. It adds his ranks in Perform(+5) to the healing effects. It lasts as long as he plays/sings +5 rounds.
Kish said that he would allow it to boost the Crusader healing as well as magic.

[Novabomb]

Tellos consumes the lesser potion and moves to AQ22 to prepare to open that door.

[razorback]

"Right. I'll give it a try." he says as he takes the box and key and wanders into the next room. "Stand back behind cover and I'll give it a try." Waiting a couple of moments, he then sets the box down before giving a prayer to Desna, then tries the key.

[Kish]

Tellos is healed for [roll0].

Jemus opens the box. Inside it is a magnificent longsword that seems to be made of gold. With the box open, it's apparent to Trawyn that the aura comes from the sword.

[Cavir]

After a brief delay and the lack of an explosion, Semult joins Jemus in the next room and admires the sword. He thinks of the letter he was studying earlier.

"This must be Yaniel's sword! It was mentioned in the letter. That's a very famous sword. I'm surprised it was stolen and word didn't get out. We need to return it, or at least prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. Whichever of you are skilled with swords could use it against those that are trying to corrupt it."

Semult takes the Transmutation Wand and studies it, hoping for some inscribed clue of what it was.

"You said there was a fight up above? We should check up there. See if we can find anything useful. Did the woman that escaped seem to be in charge or was she part of this one's group?" He points to the dead woman on the ground.

Have I heard any more about the sword's (at least former) powers?
Know(Arcana) Take 10=19
Know(Local) Take 10=15

Wand: Not sure if there is anything to roll to help.

Tellos' healing gets an extra +5 from Trawyn, 8 total. Yup, CMW would have been better.

[Novabomb]

Tellos
She did not appear to be in command. Before we go up, we should check this room to see if any of our other allies are down here.

[CWater]

After a brief delay and the lack of an explosion, Semult joins Jemus in the next room and admires the sword. He thinks of the letter he was studying earlier.

"This must be Yaniel's sword! It was mentioned in the letter. That's a very famous sword. I'm surprised it was stolen and word didn't get out. We need to return it, or at least prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. Whichever of you are skilled with swords could use it against those that are trying to corrupt it."

Alamryn admires the sword, but hesitates to take it. "I know how to use a sword, but I'm not sure I'd consider myself skilled. I'm more comfortable with the quarterstaff, perhaps Tellos...?"




Semult takes the Transmutation Wand and studies it, hoping for some inscribed clue of what it was.

"You said there was a fight up above? We should check up there. See if we can find anything useful. Did the woman that escaped seem to be in charge or was she part of this one's group?" He points to the dead woman on the ground.

Have I heard any more about the sword's (at least former) powers?
Know(Arcana) Take 10=19
Know(Local) Take 10=15

Wand: Not sure if there is anything to roll to help.

Tellos' healing gets an extra +5 from Trawyn, 8 total. Yup, CMW would have been better.



Tellos
She did not appear to be in command. Before we go up, we should check this room to see if any of our other allies are down here.

Alamryn nods. "I agree, but let's be quick."

[razorback]

Jemus, once the box is open, holds the sword, feeling the weight as the others speak. "I have some skill,
but this is best used in the hands of a warrior for now, at least until it can be returned." he says as he sets the sword back in the box. Looking at Tellos and his massive sword, he points to his own twin swords. "I prefer the twin swords. You could swing this one a bit easier than that chunk of steel you have now." he says rather dryly but a grin curls up at the edges of his lips.

[Kish]

"Are those scales...the ones our companions had?" Anevia asks. "I don't like the look of the blood on them. But we're all hurt or low on magic or both, and we don't know what awaits us on the surface even if there's no more fighting down here, which there probably will be. We can press on if you insist, but I think we should go back to Chief Sull's people and recuperate."

"We were lucky to survive their hospitality the first time, thief!" Horgus bursts out. "Now you want to go back to them? This is insanity!"

Note for the newcomers: "thief" here is not a class name. It means the same thing calling someone "thief" would in the real world.

[Novabomb]

Tellos
Lord Gwerm, your words are unfair. No harm came us and they have aided our cause.

To Jemus
Nay. This "Chunk" of steel has served me well, and suits my style. I would touch the blade though when next we camp, I have never held a weapon of magic.

Once the others are in position, he will open the door.

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn

Watching the banter back and forth between the group, the bard comes to the conclusion that chastising Horgus only seems to encourage his recalcitrance and sense of entitlement...so he would not go there. There were, however, some questions that needed resolved before the group pushed forward.

"We're in a fight for our lives, and to not utilize the greatest weapon at our disposal is the height of folly. I know not who is possessed of the greatest skill with such a weapon, but by god somebody will wield it. If they don't, I'll use it myself simply out of the desire to survive."

Tellos prefers a two-hander, Jemus prefers to dual-wield, and Alamryn prefers to use a quarterstaff - all of these preferences are perfectly understandable. Trawyn is proficient with a longsword. In my humble opinion, if you were in a fight for your very survival I believe preferences would be secondary to figuring out who is the most proficient with such a weapon, but maybe that's just me.

Turning to Anevia, "It's been mentioned that you're searching for your 'allies' or 'companions', and you say they were carrying scales such as these?" Motioning to the dragon scale he's carrying and the one in Semult's possession, "This one is capable of making a person grow to twice their normal size, and that one can summon the winds....were the ones your companions held, thus?"

"I'm reassured to hear we've allies behind us, and a place to withdraw to relative safety. For better or worse, I'm in this with you. Our cause is the same, and as such I'll accompany you forward," nodding to the door near Tellos, "or back. Be it known, that I can only assist what healing you may individually have, as I've expended the only curative spell I have for today."

Moving over the pile of equipment and gear looted from the fallen, Trawyn will help disperse them to all of the party members as needed.

Working on the assumption that the gear/loot will be divvied as listed in the OC

[Novabomb]

Tellos

As you will.

He will wait for a few seconds for the rest of the party to prepare, then he will open the door.

[Kish]

"I--think so. I'm not sure I caught what their scales did, but we found six scales from Terendelev earlier."

Tellos opens the door. Old blood stains the floor of this small cavern. Barrels filled with fat sit against one wall, emitting a foul stench. The two long stone slab tables are covered with skinning tools and piles of freshly butchered meat. Two wooden racks are apparently designed to hold drying animal skins, though they're empty at the moment. The only visible entrance to this cavern is the door Tellos just opened.

Looking at the meat, you have a horrible feeling you've found the previous group members.

[Novabomb]

Tellos will look around first searching for enemies, then checking for restraints and such.

[CWater]

Alamryn steps in after Tellos, looking around for anything threatening, but relaxes a bit when nothing jumps at them. Suddenly the half-elf stops in her tracks, staring at the stone slabs. Then she turns and rushes out of the room holding her hand to her mouth, nearly colliding with anyone walking behind her. And in a corner of the other room she ungraciously throws up.

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn

After the others claim items from the loot, Trawyn will shrug out of his leather armor and don the artfully crafted chainshirt, picks up the wand, potions, and crossbow bolts that were unclaimed. With a subtle shake of his head, "Can't carry the javelins, clubs, nor the glaive. T'would slow me down, and I can't use the glaive anyway. Shame, it's a finely made weapon." Nodding appreciatively as Alamryn takes up the storied sword, he loads his crossbow and readies it.

The bard follows the others into the adjacent room and pales at the sight of the gore left behind. When the young druid flees the room, he walks over and does his best to comfort her distress.

"Back the way you came in I suppose."

Taking the stuff as assigned in the OC(thanks Cavir), as well as the MW chainshirt, crossbow bolts, and wand that Tellos didn't want. Updated character sheet to reflect the change. He'll leave his studded leather armor on the ground with the other stuff, as carrying anything else would encumber him.

[Novabomb]

Tellos
(Sigh) I was really hoping...when we found you down here, I had hoped to find more prisoners in the adjacent room. Perhaps on the other side? ...

Even so, we have pressed our luck. I agree we should retreat and recover. I will bundle up the the excess weapons, if nothing else the ... underfolk should be able to make good use of them.


He ties the extra weapons into a bundle with his rope and slings it over his shoulder.

[CWater]

"I don't think... we are going to find...", Alamryn stands straight, holding her mouth, "Going to find the others... alive." She takes a deep breath. "Oh gods, Desna have mercy on this dark place."

[Novabomb]

Tellos

We found these 3, there is yet hope. (Climbs ladder)

[CWater]

Tellos

We found these 3, there is yet hope. (Climbs ladder)

"No, you don't understand. They... are there, I think", Alamryn winces and nudges towards the meat room.

[Novabomb]

Tellos
(climbs down)
Your right, I don't understand.

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn

Looking back and forth as the two speak, "What do you mean you think they are there?"

[Cavir]

"How many more prisoners do you know of?" Semult asks as he follows Tellos back to the meat room, trying to figure out Alamryn's meaning since Tellos had already checked the room.

[CWater]

"T-there... on the table. That... flesh... is from humanoids." Alamryn's voice shakes and her eyes are closed and she concentrates on keeping her breathing steady.

[Novabomb]

Tellos
(Deep Breath)
Fine. This might be the fate that has befallen them. I will no longer put my hopes of finding them in before the goal of our own escape. Let us retreat for now.

[Cavir]

Semult is at the doorway to the meat room. His forearm leans against the frame as he comes to understand Alamryn's point finally. Half-choking, he turns to Jemus and Trawyn. "That would have been us in a few hours."

Turning to their saviors he adds "Yes, let's get out of here."

[CWater]

"Yeah, let's go", Alamryn heads towards the ladder.

[Novabomb]

Tellos makes sure to bring Rung's body with them.

[Cavir]

Semult is grimly quiet, lost in thought about what these people just did for him. His only words were to insist on carrying as much of Rung's and Tellos' stuff to make the load more bearable for Tellos. The weight was overbearing, but worth every bit of struggle for what he was just saved from, at the cost of Rung's life.

[Kish]

Up on the higher level, Aravashnial is waiting for your return. He's an unarmored elf whose bandaged face quickly gives away that he can't see, even before he speaks.

"What's this? More mole people?" He sounds oddly eager.

Rung's body is in poor shape; most of his skin seems to have been eaten by a green ooze, before Aravashnial killed it. His equipment seems similarly decayed, except for a silver dragon's scale, which remains intact and seemingly indestructible.

[Novabomb]

Tellos
No, more survivors from above. Also they do not like being called that; we are returning to their city, let us refer to them as underfolk. Regardless of the shape, he will bring back what he can of Rung.

[Cavir]

Remembering what he overheard earlier Semult respectfully addresses the blind elf in elven once he catches his breath from carrying so much up the ladder. <elven> "Hello. I am Semult Suntoz, from the wizard academy up above if it is still even there. You killed whatever killed Rung? You are a wizard too I presume?"

Semult will hold Rung's scale to see what it does.

[razorback]

Looking nauseous at the idea of that being him... them after some time, Jemus turns and follows the others in silence.
As he does, he sheaths his swords and pulls out the out of the box. As the others look at him he shrugs before replying. "I think it is best if we carry it, after all. Yeah." as he scrunches he lips, looking a bit indecisive even after his decision.
As they come upon Aravashnial he marks his comment about 'mole people' in the back of his mind for later reference.

[Kish]

"Yes, I am Aravashnial, scholar and master of conjuration," the blind elf says, drawing himself up proudly. Before he can say more, Horgus breaks in, "Oh, great, another one to flatter the conspiracy theorist." Aravashnial deflates.

I realized I'm not sure which scale Rung was carrying. There is: a Levitate scale, an Align Weapon scale, a Gust of Wind scale, an Enlarge Person scale, a Resist Elements scale, and an Alter Self scale. My guess is that it's the Resist Elements scale, which will cast resist elements three times per day, but only to resist cold or electricity. Like all the others, it will only work if the person carrying it doesn't have another scale.

[Cavir]

Aravashnial's answer brightened Semult some and he responds in formal language, out of respect and the chance to practice his skills. <elven> "The same paths I am on. I have a long way to go." Semult glanced toward Horgus then back to Aravashnial. <elven> "What is his displeasure? Here, I am carrying a lot but can help guide you.""

Semult will follow Tellos and the others, in the middle of the group, while guiding the blind elf if the help is accepted.

[Kish]

"Oh, I...committed a grave error of judgment where Lord Gwerm is concerned. But I was right about there being mole people below Kenabres, anyway." Aravashnial gratefully accepts Semult's help.

Just to make sure it wasn't missed, Alamryn, Kel, and Tellos know what Horgus said about Aravashnial here (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showsinglepost.php?p=21897400&postcount=587).

[Kish]

Alamryn, Kel, and Tellos lead the others out of the traitors' caverns and back to the underground lake. Aravashnial and Anevia slow the group' movement to half what it would normally be and Horgus grumbles constantly about how stupid going backward is, but the raft is where you left it; you ride across the water to the isle and are greeted by two mutant guards.

"These...aren't your lost companions, are they?" one of them, a woman who resembles an anthropormorphic fox with horns, asks. "They look different...I think?"

[Novabomb]

Tellos

Unfortunately not. They are other survivors from the world above. I will vouch for them.

[RolandDeschain]

Trawyn

The bard falls in quietly with the rest of the group, and spots the tell-tale signs of battle on their way out of the traitor's caverns...thank goodness they arrived when they did or I would have been carved up like a side of beef!

When the group arrives at the lake, he is taken aback by the appearance of what appears to be a mutant of some sort...so the rumors are true.

"We were rescued from certain death by these heroes who name you as friend and ally. We come seeking rest and safety as several are wounded."