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R4T15: Hargrimm finds that he cannot walk through iron bars, so from where he is he releases a wave of energy in all directions, and something happens to the energy in the room as 10 positive energy blasts about, but the cold spot is still there as Hargrimm finds out when he takes 2 cold.

R4T13: Razvan, you performed one round of detect undead to the east, detecting the presence of undead energy. Do you continue to concentrate on detect undead (a SA)? What do you do?

Abrax on deck, Zauberei in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale saves vs. fear for 24 hours.
Paula: 18.
Hargrimm: 15.
Razvan: 13. Detect undead, round 1 complete.
Abrax: 9. Blindsense til R12T9.
* Mage armor. Barkskin (+2 natural armor enhancement) for 13 min.
Zauberei: 8.
* Mage Armor. Light on quarterstaff.
Othello: 7. Waraxe in hand, shield readied. Silver crane waltz. READIED action to leave when everyone else is out.
Cold Spot: 6. (14:24).
Marius: 5. Polearm in one hand, hooded lantern in other (6 hours oil remain), 30'/30' light.
* Ant haul lasts six hours.

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R4T13: Razvan calls into the room, "Well done, Hargrimm. I believe that action harmed it, but I sense that it is still there. I am narrowing down its location but area of effect seems to be our best bet for this course of action."

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You sense a single, moderate undead aura in your area of effect.

R4T9: Abrax, what do you do?

Zauberei on deck, Othello in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale saves vs. fear for 24 hours.
Paula: 18.
Hargrimm: 15.
Razvan: 13. Detect undead, round 1 complete.
Abrax: 9. Blindsense til R12T9.
* Mage armor. Barkskin (+2 natural armor enhancement) for 13 min.
Zauberei: 8.
* Mage Armor. Light on quarterstaff.
Othello: 7. Waraxe in hand, shield readied. Silver crane waltz. READIED action to leave when everyone else is out.
Cold Spot: 6. (14:24).
Marius: 5. Polearm in one hand, hooded lantern in other (6 hours oil remain), 30'/30' light.
* Ant haul lasts six hours.

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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."

R4T8: Zauberei, what do you do?

Othello on deck, Marius in the hole ...

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HEROES: +2 morale saves vs. fear for 24 hours.
Paula: 18.
Hargrimm: 15.
Razvan: 13. Detect undead, round 1 complete.
Abrax: 9. Blindsense til R12T9.
* Mage armor. Barkskin (+2 natural armor enhancement) for 13 min.
Zauberei: 8.
* Mage Armor. Light on quarterstaff.
Othello: 7. Waraxe in hand, shield readied. Silver crane waltz. READIED action to leave when everyone else is out.
Cold Spot: 6. (14:24).
Marius: 5. Polearm in one hand, hooded lantern in other (6 hours oil remain), 30'/30' light.
* Ant haul lasts six hours.

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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 ...

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HEROES: +2 morale saves vs. fear for 24 hours.
Paula: 18.
Hargrimm: 15.
Razvan: 13. Detect undead, round 1 complete.
Abrax: 9. Blindsense til R12T9.
* Mage armor. Barkskin (+2 natural armor enhancement) for 13 min.
Zauberei: 8. DELAYING!!!
* Mage Armor. Light on quarterstaff.
Othello: 7. Waraxe in hand, shield readied. Silver crane waltz. READIED action to leave when everyone else is out.
Cold Spot: 6. (14:24).
Marius: 5. Polearm in one hand, hooded lantern in other (6 hours oil remain), 30'/30' light.
* Ant haul lasts six hours.

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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....

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HEROES: +2 morale saves vs. fear for 24 hours.
Paula: 18.
Hargrimm: 15.
Razvan: 13. Detect undead, round 1 complete.
Abrax: 9. Blindsense til R12T9.
* Mage armor. Barkskin (+2 natural armor enhancement) for 13 min.
Zauberei: 8. DELAYING!!!
* Mage Armor. Light on quarterstaff.
Othello: 7. Waraxe in hand, shield readied. Silver crane waltz. DELAYING!!!
Cold Spot: 6. (14:24).
Marius: 5. Polearm in one hand, hooded lantern in other (6 hours oil remain), 30'/30' light.
* Ant haul lasts six hours.

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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 ...

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HEROES: +2 morale saves vs. fear for 24 hours.
Paula: 18.
Hargrimm: 15.
Razvan: 13. Detect undead, round 2 complete.
Abrax: 9. Blindsense til R12T9.
* Mage armor. Barkskin (+2 natural armor enhancement) for 13 min.
Zauberei: 8. DELAYING!!!
* Mage Armor. Light on quarterstaff.
Othello: 7. Waraxe in hand, shield readied. Silver crane waltz. DELAYING!!!
Cold Spot: 6. (14:24).
Marius: 5. Polearm in one hand, hooded lantern in other (6 hours oil remain), 30'/30' light.
* Ant haul lasts six hours.

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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) ...

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HEROES: +2 morale saves vs. fear for 24 hours.
Paula: 18.
Hargrimm: 15.
Razvan: 13. Detect undead, round 2 complete.
Abrax: 9. Blindsense til R12T9.
* Mage armor. Barkskin (+2 natural armor enhancement) for 13 min.
Zauberei: 8. DELAYING!!!
* Mage Armor. Light on quarterstaff.
Othello: 7. Waraxe in hand, shield readied. Silver crane waltz. DELAYING!!!
Cold Spot: 6. (12:24).
Marius: 5. Polearm in one hand, hooded lantern in other (6 hours oil remain), 30'/30' light.
* Ant haul lasts six hours.

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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?"

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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...

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HEROES: +2 morale saves vs. fear for 24 hours.
Paula: 18.
Hargrimm: 15.
Razvan: 13. Detect undead, round 2 complete.
Abrax: 9. Blindsense til R12T9.
* Mage armor. Barkskin (+2 natural armor enhancement) for 13 min.
Zauberei: 8. DELAYING!!!
* Mage Armor. Light on quarterstaff.
Othello: 7. Waraxe in hand, shield readied. Silver crane waltz. DELAYING!!!
Cold Spot: 6. (12:24).
Marius: 5. Polearm in one hand, hooded lantern in other (6 hours oil remain), 30'/30' light.
* Ant haul lasts six hours.

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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?

Paul on deck, Hargrimm in the hole ...

Zauberei/ Othello delaying ...

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HEROES: +2 morale saves vs. fear for 24 hours.
Paula: 18.
Hargrimm: 15.
Razvan: 13. Detect undead, round 2 complete.
Abrax: 9. Blindsense til R12T9.
* Mage armor. Barkskin (+2 natural armor enhancement) for 13 min.
Zauberei: 8. DELAYING!!!
* Mage Armor. Light on quarterstaff.
Othello: 7. Waraxe in hand, shield readied. Silver crane waltz. DELAYING!!!
Cold Spot: 6. (12:24).
Marius: 5. Polearm in one hand, hooded lantern in other (6 hours oil remain), 30'/30' light.
* Ant haul lasts six hours.

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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 ...

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HEROES: +2 morale saves vs. fear for 24 hours.
Paula: 18.
Hargrimm: 15.
Razvan: 13. Detect undead, round 2 complete.
Abrax: 9. Blindsense til R12T9.
* Mage armor. Barkskin (+2 natural armor enhancement) for 13 min.
Zauberei: 8. DELAYING!!!
* Mage Armor. Light on quarterstaff.
Othello: 6. Waraxe in hand, shield readied. Silver crane waltz. DELAYING!!!
Marius: 5. Polearm in one hand, hooded lantern in other (6 hours oil remain), 30'/30' light.
* Ant haul lasts six hours.
Cold Spot: 0. (12:24).

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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 ...

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HEROES: +2 morale saves vs. fear for 24 hours.
Paula: 18.
Hargrimm: 15.
Razvan: 13. Detect undead, round 3 complete.
Abrax: 9. Blindsense til R12T9.
* Mage armor. Barkskin (+2 natural armor enhancement) for 13 min.
Zauberei: 8. DELAYING!!!
* Mage Armor. Light on quarterstaff.
Othello: 6. Waraxe in hand, shield readied. Silver crane waltz. DELAYING!!!
Marius: 5. Polearm dropped. Thieves' tools in hand, hooded lantern in other (6 hours oil remain), 30'/30' light.
* Ant haul lasts six hours.
Cold Spot: 0. (12:24).

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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 ...

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HEROES: +2 morale saves vs. fear for 24 hours.
Paula: 18.
Hargrimm: 15.
Razvan: 13. Detect undead, round 3 complete.
Abrax: 9. Blindsense til R12T9.
* Mage armor. Barkskin (+2 natural armor enhancement) for 13 min.
Zauberei: 8. DELAYING!!!
* Mage Armor. Light on quarterstaff.
Othello: 6. Waraxe in hand, shield readied. Silver crane waltz.
Marius: 5. Polearm dropped. Thieves' tools in hand, hooded lantern in other (6 hours oil remain), 30'/30' light.
* Ant haul lasts six hours.
Cold Spot: 0. (12:24).

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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 ...

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HEROES: +2 morale saves vs. fear for 24 hours.
Paula: 18.
Hargrimm: 15.
Razvan: 13. READIED to cover as much distance as he can as soon as the door to the east is opened.
Abrax: 9. Blindsense til R12T9.
* Mage armor. Barkskin (+2 natural armor enhancement) for 13 min.
Zauberei: 8. DELAYING!!!
* Mage Armor. Light on quarterstaff.
Othello: 6. Waraxe in hand, shield readied. Silver crane waltz.
Marius: 5. Polearm dropped. Thieves' tools in hand, hooded lantern in other (6 hours oil remain), 30'/30' light.
* Ant haul lasts six hours.
Cold Spot: 0. (12:24).

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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 ...

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HEROES: +2 morale saves vs. fear for 24 hours.
Paula: 18.
Hargrimm: 15.
Razvan: 13. READIED to cover as much distance as he can as soon as the door to the east is opened.
Abrax: 9. Blindsense til R12T9.
* Mage armor. Barkskin (+2 natural armor enhancement) for 13 min.
Zauberei: 8. DELAYING!!!
* Mage Armor. Light on quarterstaff.
Othello: 6. Waraxe in hand, shield readied. Silver crane waltz.
Marius: 5. Polearm dropped. Thieves' tools in hand, hooded lantern in other (6 hours oil remain), 30'/30' light.
* Ant haul lasts six hours.
Cold Spot: 0. (12:24).

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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 ...

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R6T6: Now that Othello is clear of the entity and no longer taking damage, he speaks (and does note delay, because 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 ...

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HEROES: +2 morale saves vs. fear for 24 hours.
Paula: 18.
Hargrimm: 15.
Razvan: 13. READIED to cover as much distance as he can as soon as the door to the east is opened.
Abrax: 9. Blindsense til R12T9.
* Mage armor. Barkskin (+2 natural armor enhancement) for 13 min.
Zauberei: 8. DELAYING!!!
* Mage Armor. Light on quarterstaff.
Othello: 6. Waraxe in hand, shield readied. Silver crane waltz.
Marius: 5. Polearm dropped. Thieves' tools in hand, hooded lantern in other (6 hours oil remain), 30'/30' light.
* Ant haul lasts six hours.
Cold Spot: 0. (12:24).

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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 ...

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HEROES: +2 morale saves vs. fear for 24 hours.
Paula: 18.
Hargrimm: 15.
Razvan: 13. READIED to cover as much distance as he can as soon as the door to the east is opened.
Abrax: 9. Blindsense til R12T9.
* Mage armor. Barkskin (+2 natural armor enhancement) for 13 min.
Zauberei: 8. DELAYING!!!
* Mage Armor. Light on quarterstaff.
Othello: 6. Waraxe in hand, shield readied. Silver crane waltz.
Marius: 5. Polearm dropped. Thieves' tools in hand, hooded lantern in other (6 hours oil remain), 30'/30' light.
* Ant haul lasts six hours.
Cold Spot: 0. (12:24).

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HEROES: +2 morale saves vs. fear for 24 hours.
Paula: 18.
Hargrimm: 15.
Razvan: 13.
Abrax: 9.
* Mage armor. Barkskin (+2 natural armor enhancement) for 4 min.
Zauberei: 8. DELAYING!!!
* Mage Armor. Light on quarterstaff.
Othello: 6. Waraxe in hand, shield readied. Silver crane waltz.
Marius: 5. Polearm dropped. Thieves' tools in hand, hooded lantern in other (6 hours oil remain), 30'/30' light.
* Ant haul lasts six hours.

Cold Spot: 0. (12:24).

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Lorrimor Place....

Razvan, Marius, and Abrax are both doing a general read of the materials procured from Harrowstone's records. Not being a comfortably couched narrative, however, means very dry clerical things ... which in turn mean Marius and Abrax discuss the supernatural threats they faced. As knowledge alone isn't enough (Marius' forte), Abrax is able to give Marius and Razvan some pointers on certain things to concentrate or meditate on when facing such horrors, particular in the resistance of necromancy and other phenomena that attack the spirit.

Wren, reading something else, listens in on the ability of the mind to overcome or endure in the face of horrors, but tries not to look interested in the conversation.

There is a loud, singular knock of the door. It is bad form for guests to open the door, so after 30 seconds the loud knock occurs again, but this time in slow triplicate. KNOCK ... KNOCK ... KNOCK.

The maid, in full night-gown, comes to answer the door, passing by the menfolk in the sitting room (for some reason, that was a more relaxing place to be than the study), and opens the door. Almost immediately, there is a scream of terror!

Marius (only), what do you do?

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The Laughing Demon ...

The dwarves are drinking their Liquid Ghost when the sibling group from elsewhere in the Palatinates introduce themselves as the "Penny Pipe Paupers."

Only seconds after they begin their woodwind ensemble act, there is a fluttering from above straight down for the two dwarves below!

A strange hybrid of bat and insect flaps down and lands on Hargrimm's right shoulder, attaching itself with its many little legs. A little proboscis of some sort lances into Hargrimm's neck and sucks out blood, doing 1 CON!

Othello, what do you do? There is one of these things flying and flapping 10' above the ground, and one of them attached to Hargrimm.

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Marius: 22.
Professor Lorrimor: 20. (22:22).
Abrax: 18.
Wren: 17.
Zauberei: 15.
Razvan: 13.
Kendra: 8.
Paula: 4.

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Stirge: 18. (10:10). ATTACHED to Hargrimm.
Othello: 17.
Hargrimm: 15. Stirge #1 ATTACHED!
Stirge #2: 9. (10:10).

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The Laughing Demon ...

Othello jumps to his feet and he realizes that since he was on a simple errand, he didn't bring his waraxe with him. Seeing the creature is attacking his compatriot, he attempts to dislodge said creature with a swipe of his hand, but even attached to Hargrimm its wings are fluttering and it is just large enough and still in a bit of surprise that it jukes out of the way, causing Hargrimm to likewise roll his shoulder away as well.

Hargrimm, what do you do?

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Stirge: 18. (10:10). ATTACHED to Hargrimm.
Othello: 17. Doesn't recognize the rhythmic nature of the stirges.
Hargrimm: 15. Stirge #1 ATTACHED!
Stirge #2: 9. (10:10).

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The Laughing Demon ...

Hargrimm shouts in surprise and pain as his neck is pierced. His hand lights up as he brings it to bear against the bat-bug. Of course, Let's not call it "fear" of hitting himself (because remember, the party is protected from fear for the remainder of the day, n'est-pas?) ... Let's call it proper caution. So, the banelight goes very wide and hits the floor. Meanwhile, Hargrimm is moving about so frenetically that he ends up getting his belt and gear tangled with the chair he's in, entangling him!

As an aside, while Hargrimm focused on sermon-making, he still had a well-rounded clerical upbringing, which included some musical instruction at least for the purposes of explosure, so he has the most rudimentary understanding of rhythm. Well, in the few seconds that these creatures have been about, it seems that their movements aren't entirely random or frenetic, but are in time with, or at least influenced by, the musicians piping!

The other insect-bat flies in to attack Othello, but he puts his arms up defensively, and low and behold, the thing cuts itself on a joint of Othello's armor (1 bleed).

The musicians stop playing immediately as they see the ruckus and there are screams and shouts about the bar.

The insect-bat attached to Hargrimm continues to suck his blood up (1 CON).

Othello, what do you do?

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Stirge: 18. (10:10). ATTACHED to Hargrimm (2 CON drained).
Othello: 17.
Hargrimm: 15. Stirge #1 ATTACHED!
* ENTANGLED!!! It will take a SA and a DC 20 Escape Artist check to free him.
Sheriff Caeller: 14.
Stirge #2: 9. (10:10). 1 BLEED!!!

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Lorrimor Place ...

Marius jumps up from his reading spot and rushes to the door. "Ma'am, is everything all right?" he asks as he approaches the terrified maid and attempts to get a view of their nighttime guest himself. The maid has fainted from fright.

It has been some time since Marius has seen Professor Lorrimor in the University of Lepidstadt. When Marius came for a funeral, it was a closed casket. Now Marius sees why. His whole lower jaw was crushed in and ripped away. And at this point, the gentle repose that was likely placed on him by Father Grimburrow when the body was first discovered has since expired, leaving about two weeks of decomposition.

The other side of it all is that Professor Lorrimor ... is quite animate! He steps forward and backhands Marius in the upper left arm with a blow likely more powerful than Lorrimor had in life, as Marius takes 5.

Abrax, you hear the sound of someone hitting someone else. What do you do?

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Marius: 22.
Professor Lorrimor: 20. (22:22).
Abrax: 18.
Wren: 17.
Zauberei: 15.
Razvan: 13.
Kendra: 8.
Paula: 4.

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The Laughing Demon ...

"Master Zokar, you need to hire exterminators!" Othello yells. He then rears back with his hand and punches at the second flying creature, connecting powerfully for 7 and getting its attention.

Hargrimm, insect-bat attached and draining you of your blood. What do you do?

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Stirge: 18. (10:10). ATTACHED to Hargrimm (2 CON drained).
Othello: 17.
Hargrimm: 15. Stirge #1 ATTACHED!
* ENTANGLED!!! It will take a SA and a DC 20 Escape Artist check to free him.
Sheriff Caeller: 14.
Stirge #2: 9. (3:10). 1 BLEED!!!

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The Laughing Demon ...

Hargrimm steps back from the table so he doesn't spill his drink, and throws another vortex at the bat thing, hitting the thing hard and causing it to drop off onto the ground.

"Hey 'thello, tha music mighta set em off." he slurs from the blood loss.

The other bat-bug takes 1 bleed and closes on Othello, landing on the top of his head and putting a proboscis right into his nugget while attaching with its legs. It sucks up some of Othello's blood (1 CON).

The bat-bug that Hargrimm hit, flaps weakly on the ground.

Othello, what do you do?

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Stirge: 18. (-3:10). PRONE. DYING!!!
Othello: 17.
Hargrimm: 15.
* ENTANGLED!!! It will take a SA and a DC 20 Escape Artist check to free him.
Stirge #2: 9. (2:10). 1 BLEED!!!

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Lorrimor Place ...

Abrax, hearing the sound of flesh on flesh, runs out to see what has happened. Upon seeing the Professor's animate corpse, he skids to a stop, calling up his mystical armor around himself. "Why have you come here, foul creature. there is nothing in this place for the dead!"

In the sitting room, Wren - without casting a spell or any warning - disappears from Zauberei's view!

Zauberei, what do you do? You heard Abrax' bit. "There is a foul creature ... the dead" that is there.

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Marius: 22.
Professor Lorrimor: 20. (22:22).
Abrax: 18. Mage armor.
Wren: 17. Invisible.
Zauberei: 15.
Razvan: 13.
Kendra: 8.
Paula: 4.

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Lorrimor Place ...

Zauberei stands up from a writing desk and moves toward the commotion, where he sees the partially face-ripped, animated corpse of Professor Lorrimor!

Razvan, what do you do?

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Marius: 22.
Professor Lorrimor: 20. (22:22).
Abrax: 18. Mage armor.
Wren: 17. Invisible.
Zauberei: 15.
Razvan: 13.
Kendra: 8.
Paula: 4.

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Lorrimor Place ...

Upon hearing the commotion, Razvan stands upright and prepares for battle against the foul creatures of undeath. "Lady of the Grave, please grant your servant guidance in this time of conflict against such abominations."

He then casts a spell upon himself, for that very guidance.

Kendra comes down the stairs to see what the commotion, and screams in dread when she sees her dead, disfigured, decaying dear old dad.

Paula, sitting on a pillow, looks up and squeaks in concern at the goings-on in the other room.

Marius, what do you do?

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Marius: 22.
Professor Lorrimor: 20. (22:22).
Abrax: 18. Mage armor.
Wren: 17. Invisible.
Zauberei: 15.
Razvan: 13. Divine favor.
Kendra: 8.
Paula: 4.

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Shock and anguish fill Marius' face as he sees the rotting visage of his old patron as he cries out, "Please stop, professor! I don't want to fight you."

Stepping back, the young man glances about for any weapons checked at the entryway or any nearby objects he could use as improvised weapons, in hopes of wielding something in his defense against the dead thing at the doorway. He picks up a candlestick whose attendant candle is currently unlit.

The dead Professor Lorrimor lurches forward and swings wildly at Marius.

Abrax, what do you do?

Zauberei in the hole ...

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Marius: 22. Candlestick in hand.
Professor Lorrimor: 20. (22:22).
Abrax: 18. Mage armor.
Wren: 17. Invisible.
Zauberei: 15.
Razvan: 13. Divine favor.
Kendra: 8.
Paula: 4.

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Zauberei asseses the situation. Calling on Nethys he gestures dramatically, and a translucent quarterstaff appears in front of the professor in a direct line from it and Zauberei, and smacks against the professor. The dead man's skin is too thick to feel the strike.

Razvan silently stares at the former Professor for what seems a long sad moment. "My dear friend, I am sorry that your place in line to await the Lady of the Graves judgement has been put on hold. Please allow us to put you back to rest so that you may rest comfortably once again. If you try to run or return to those that did this to you, know that I will be able to track you down and place judgement upon those that have done this to you."

Razvan calls forth positive energy with which to strike the professor, but the energy misses. Kendra recovers from her shock and casts a spell that is not dissimilar from the effect Razvan created, but her shot goes even wider.

Marius, you have a candlestick in hand as a one-handed improvised weapon (like a club). You are adjacent to the undead. What do you do?

Professor Lorrimor on deck, Abrax in the hole ...

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Marius: 22. Candlestick in hand.
Professor Lorrimor: 20. (19:22).
Abrax: 18. Mage armor.
Wren: 17. Invisible.
Zauberei: 15.
Razvan: 13. Divine favor.
Kendra: 8.
Paula: 4.

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Zauberei yells, "A slashing weapon!"

Marius calls back at Zauberei, "I know, but no time now!" At that, the young doctor shifts into an offensive stance, sidesteps around the creature so that he is now offset, but no flanking can yet be set up at this time. Marius swings his makeshift weapon, channeling into the blow his desire to return the undead to its destined rest.

"I'm sorry, professor," he says quietly to himself as he attacks his old mentor, the candlestick hitting deep into its stomach and tearing at intestines for 14.

The professor lets out a groan of pain ... but it is unknown if it is physical or existential ... but its bowels are slowly unspooling onto the floor, releasing a truly fetid reek. The professor raises a hand up and slams into Marius' left lower arm for a crushing 10!

Abrax, you can get to a spot in front of the professor that could allow Marius to flank on his next turn. What do you do?

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Marius: 22. Candlestick in hand.
Professor Lorrimor: 20. (5:22).
Abrax: 18. Mage armor.
Wren: 17. Invisible.
Zauberei: 15.
Razvan: 13. Divine favor.
Kendra: 8.
Paula: 4.