Carrion Crown: The Haunting of Harrowstone [IC]

[Kvard51]

Abrax, feeling safe in his current position, waits to see what Hargrimm and Razvan decide to do. "Be aware, there is a locked gate here that might give us access to the room where I can disable the haunt so we can pass through."

[lostsole31]

R4T9: Abrax, feeling safe in his current position, waits to see what Hargrimm and Razvan decide to do. "Be aware, there is a locked gate here that might give us access to the room where I can disable the haunt so we can pass through."

There is quite a bit of cold, and Abrax does just barely resist it all.

R4T8: Zauberei, what do you do?

Othello on deck, Marius in the hole ...

[Tippnick]

Zauberei waits to see if another positive energy channel will finish off the haunt.

Spoiler: Delay

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Delay

[lostsole31]

R4T8: Zauberei waits to see if another positive energy channel will finish off the haunt.

R4T7: Othello, what do you do?

Marius on deck, Paula in the hole, Zauberei delaying ...

[BuckGodot]

As the others have not cleared the room yet, Othello will wait also, to see the results of another burst of positive energy.

[lostsole31]

R4T7: As the others have not cleared the room yet, Othello will wait also, to see the results of another burst of positive energy. He takes 5 cold for his troubles, though, and barely fights off an insidious enervating effect of that cold.

R4T5: Marius, what do you do? What do you direct Paula to do?

Paula on deck, Hargrimm in the hole, Zauberei/ Othello delaying....

[Ason]

Marius helpfully steps five feet to the south in order to better shine some light into the room where the others continue to get frostbite. Glancing down at Paula, he says, "Sorry, girl. Looks like we've got to wait 'til it's safe to go back in there." He then takes his current frustration at being unable to help the others more and channels it inward, tightly reining in his emotions.

Spoiler: OoC

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Move: 5 ft step south
Standard: concentrate to recover a single maneuver

[lostsole31]

R4T5: Marius helpfully steps five feet to the south in order to better shine some light into the room where the others continue to get frostbite. Glancing down at Paula, he says, "Sorry, girl. Looks like we've got to wait 'til it's safe to go back in there." He then takes his current frustration at being unable to help the others more and channels it inward, tightly reining in his emotions.

End Round 4, Begin Round 5 ....

R5T18: Paul scurries to be with Marius.

R5T15: Hargrimm, what do you do?

Razvan on deck, Abrax in the hole ...

[SwordChucks]

Hargrimm shivers as he releases another wave of energy into the room. "If this doesn't do it, then get out of here. We can try again later." he says before heading toward the door to the west.

Spoiler: Combat

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Standard action: Channel Energy to damage undead.
Move action: Move 20ft west, towards the door.

Channel: (2d6)[4] DC 14 will save for half.

[lostsole31]

R5T15: Hargrimm shivers as he releases another wave of energy into the room (2 PE damage). "If this doesn't do it, then get out of here. We can try again later." he says before heading toward the door to the west. He doesn't get out of the room, though, and the cold spot does more to him than he to it as Hargrimm takes 5 cold.

R5T13: Razvan, do you concentrate on the final round of detect undead? What do you do?

Abrax on deck, Marius in the hole, Othello and Zauberei delaying (but Othello will still take cold damage ... that doesn't pause just because of delay) ...

[Moriar]

As there are still people in the room, Razvan will concentrate on his task at hand. "I hope that this information helps," Razvan says through gritted teeth. "If people want to leave there are other doorways that we can pursue including one that Abrax believes might give us another avenue to get at this haunt I believe he said?"

Spoiler: Target acquired?

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Will finish the final round of concentration and if Razvan can get an actual location target of the haunt, will convey the location to the party.

If anyone is trying to exit the room, Razvan will not block anyone and is ok if someone needs to share a space to get out of the room.

[lostsole31]

R5T13: As there are still people in the room, Razvan will concentrate on his task at hand. "I hope that this information helps," Razvan says through gritted teeth. "If people want to leave there are other doorways that we can pursue including one that Abrax believes might give us another avenue to get at this haunt I believe he said?"

Spoiler: Razvan

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You cannot "pinpoint" anything, but the stronger part of the source exists to the north of where you are looking.

R5T9: Abrax, what do you do?

Zauberei (delaying), Othello delaying), but he will take cold damage if he does nothing but stand there; Marius on deck, Paula in the hole...

[Kvard51]

"Let's get out of here if no one can open this. No need in getting someone hurt when we can come back later if we need to." Abrax moves back across to where most of the group is waiting.

Spoiler: GTHOOD

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40' movement back out of the cold room.

[lostsole31]

R5T9: "Let's get out of here if no one can open this. No need in getting someone hurt when we can come back later if we need to." Abrax moves back across to where most of the group is waiting.

R5T7: Othello, who is delaying, takes 3 cold. Othello, feel free to come out of delay any time ...

R5T5: Marius, what do you do?

Paula on deck, Hargrimm in the hole ...

Zauberei/ Othello delaying ...

[BuckGodot]

Othello exits the room in frustration but realising there are bigger battles to be fought. When he is out, he prays to his Goddess for healing.

Spoiler: Informational stuff

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MA: Move 2 squares to the west so he is out of the room.

Lay on Hands on self: (1d6)[1]

[lostsole31]

R5T6: Othello exits the room in frustration, realizing there are bigger battles to be fought. When he is out, he prays to his Goddess for 1 healing.

R5T5: Marius, still your turn ...

Paula on deck, Hargrimm in the hole, Zauberei delaying ...

[Ason]

Having missed Abrax's first comment on the locked gate during to his active retreat, Marius pipes up on Abrax's second mention of it, "I can try my luck on that gate: sorry for not hearing you sooner, Abrax. Everyone else should fall back to save your health, since this will take time and I may still fail." To his familiar, Marius asks, "Paula, please wait here."

Marius then drops his polearm, grabs his thieves tools set from his belt, and hurries over to the gate Abrax mentioned. Once there, he sets down his lantern, grits his teeth against the cold, and prepares to work on the gate.

Spoiler: OoC

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Move: retrieve item from belt
Standard: move up to 40 ft to gate
Immediate: Inner Sense counter maneuver (+2 to one saving throw) if forced to make saving throw within the next turn
Free: Drop polearm, set down lantern with enough care to not break it

It's a full round action at minimum to attempt to unlock the gate. This longer duration and the chance that he might fail at this task anyways are why he's encouraging all others to fall back: no sense getting themselves hurt over multiple rounds for a gamble that might not pay off.

[lostsole31]

R5T5: Having missed Abrax's first comment on the locked gate during to his active retreat, Marius pipes up on Abrax's second mention of it, "I can try my luck on that gate: sorry for not hearing you sooner, Abrax. Everyone else should fall back to save your health, since this will take time and I may still fail." To his familiar, Marius asks, "Paula, please wait here."

Marius then drops his polearm, grabs his thieves tools set from his belt, and hurries into the middle of the southern end of the auditorium, looking furiously for this "gate," and finding none. Marius then takes 5 cold, and focuses on his combat luck to keep him from further harm or effect (beyond raw damage). The line of bars going from east to west are just that ... a line of iron bars. There is no gate that was designed to let the "VIPs" on this side of the auditorium go to the north side from within this room, or vice-versa.

End Round 5, Begin Round 6...

R6T18: Marius senses no argument for being left out of the cold room, but some sense of concern when Marius transmits the pain of cold.

R6T15: Hargrimm, what do you do?

Razvan on deck, Abrax in the hole ...

[SwordChucks]

Hargrimm leaves the room and leaves space for those still inside to exit in a hurry. "Don't take too long. I can't perform a resurrection." he says, mentally appending a "yet" to the end.

Spoiler: Combat

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Move actions: Double move through the doorway and into the furthest available space 40ft of movement can get me to.

[lostsole31]

R6T15: Hargrimm leaves the room and leaves space for those still inside to exit in a hurry, getting out to the facade. "Don't take too long. I can't perform a resurrection." he says, mentally appending a "yet" to the end.

R6T13: Razvan, what do you do?

Abrax on deck, Othello in the hole, Zauberei delaying ...

[Moriar]

Razvan mentions, "The haunt itself seems to be past the bars to the north. I am ready to cross the room when you are able to get that door open. Unfortunately I am not much use until then."

Spoiler: Wait for it....

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Delaying for the door across the cold room to be opened and then will go for a double move across the cold room into the next room if possible.

[lostsole31]

R6T13: Razvan mentions as he ceases concentration on his spirit sense, "The haunt itself seems to be past the bars to the north. I am ready to cross the room when you are able to get that door open. Unfortunately I am not much use until then."

He readies to cover as much distance as he can as soon as the door to the east is opened.

R6T9: Abrax, what do you do?

Othello on deck, Marius in the hole, Zauberei delaying ...

[Kvard51]

Abrax continues to wait. "While I hate to leave enemies behind me, I think we can afford to ignore this one. It's not like it's going anywhere."

[lostsole31]

R6T9: Abrax continues to wait. "While I hate to leave enemies behind me, I think we can afford to ignore this one. It's not like it's going anywhere."

R6T6: Othello, what do you do?

Marius on deck, Paula in the hole, Zauberei delaying ...

[BuckGodot]

Now that Othello is clear of the entity and no longer taking damage, he delays his action.

"Grrrr... This is so FRUSTRATING... But let's leave it be and come back when we can be certain we can destroy it..."

[lostsole31]

R6T6: Now that Othello is clear of the entity and no longer taking damage, he speaks, "Grrrr... This is so FRUSTRATING... But let's leave it be and come back when we can be certain we can destroy it..."

R6T5: Marius, there is a door to the east, but there is no gate ... at least not in the connotation that people use that term. That is, not egress through the iron bars. What do you do?

Paula on deck, Hargrimm in the hole, Zauberei in the hole ...

[Ason]

Marius winces as the cold bites into him, as he shivers out a confession, "I'm sorry: I can't get past these bars. The door? Maybe. But a mystery door isn't worth frostbite." At that, he retreats once more back to the central room, away from the chill.

[lostsole31]

R6T5: Marius winces as the cold bites into him, as he shivers out a confession, "I'm sorry: I can't get past these bars. The door? Maybe. But a mystery door isn't worth frostbite." At that, he retreats once more back to the central room, away from the chill.

Combat Ends ...

Okay, everyone is outside the auditorium, and the cold energy doesn't appear to "chase" the party.

What now?

[Moriar]

"Perhaps the path to the west will be a bit of a warmer welcome?" Razvan puts the possibility to the group.

[BuckGodot]

"I hope so... That was more taxing on me than it should have been. Of course... I suppose I shouldn't have stayed there..."

He shivers...