Upon reaching the top of the stairs, you hear a repetition of the strange cry. You turn towards the doors and thanks to the pale moonlight you can see a horrific vision: the forest is alive with rotting corpses. Some are the bandits outside, slowly pulling themselves to their feet. Some are much older, little more than skeletons. Some are animals, wolves and deer mostly, although there might be a bear or two. There are hundreds, maybe thousands. And they are shambling towards your position. Not particularly quickly, mind you, but they are coming.
[sblock=Skill Challenge: The Siege Begins]You need to "zombie-proof" the temple as quickly as possible. So far the undead are sluggish and slow to react, an opportunity you should take as much advantage of as you can.
The DC is 15, and you need 8 successes to pass. On any turn none of you attempt a primary skill check, you will receive one automatic failure.
Primary Skills: Athletics, Dungeoneering, Religion, Thievery.
Secondary Skills: Perception, anything else you can justify (but you better have a good reason for how Streetwise is going to help).
You need to be adjacent to an entrance to fortify it. So if Zhen wants to use a box to barricade a door, he has to be next to the door, but he can assume that there is a willing box nearby.
The rocks are difficult terrain. The bookcases block movement and line of sight, but you can move between them. The braziers can be lit.
To represent you showing some hustle, on the first round you get an additional move action.[/sblock]