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<blockquote data-quote="jkason" data-source="post: 5877986" data-attributes="member: 2710"><p>[sblock=ooc]Did my best to place you all based on narrative description. Kalgor / Gragnor explicitly placed themselves, Tyrien in Gragnor's wake (behind him, then) and using columns as cover, Ausk 'to the back.' Kanli and Anaerion didn't initiate any movement that I recall, so they're nearest the stairs.</p><p></p><p>For the record, Tyrien's Ioun torch doesn't affect any of what follows; Kalgor and Gragnor's stealth checks would have failed in any event, so I didn't bother worrying about it.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Kalgor and Gragnor inch forward, Tyrien in their wake, the trio of casters holding back slightly. </p><p></p><p>An immense cavern sprawls ahead of them, its floor an uneven jumble of loose stone and fungus, its ceiling rising like a church cathedral to a height of nearly a hundred feet above. Glowing fungus grows thick on the walls, bathing the cavern in ugly hues of purple and pale blue. Toppled pillars and mounds of rubble dot the western half of the cave, while to the east a mound of fungus, bones, and rubble rises. At the mound’s apex squats a flat-topped altar stone, with towering barren trees rising on three sides, their leafless branches twisted and groping toward the ceiling above as if in search for a sun’s warmth they shall never feel. </p><p></p><p>At the base of the mound stands a decrepit creature. He drops an arm he's been chewing on to scowl in the direction of the party.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: olive">"You ain't hiding from me, thieves,"</span> comes the rattling voice of the creature. <span style="color: olive">"I found the grove and the book and all this nice food, an' that makes it mine."</span></p><p></p><p>[sblock=Kalgor and Anaerion]Your experience tells you that these trees could not grow here by natural means; they show the taint of necromantic energies[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Ausk and Anaerion]The creature speaking is a ghoul. An undead that feeds on corpses, they can see in the dark, have the common immunities of most undead, and resist normal clerical channelling.</p><p></p><p>All of their natural attacks can paralyze (though those with elvish blood are immune to this effect), and their bite specifically can infect a victim with their own ghoulish taint; people killed by this 'ghoul fever' rise as ghouls themselves.</p><p></p><p>While they are known to wander alone, ghouls just as often travel in small or large groups.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>[sblock=ooc]The fungus provides dim illumination, which I believe covers all the light needs for the party (non-human as you all are). The sblocks above cover Know rolls I made for you. I rolled initiatives just to cover the bases, too:</p><p></p><p>Creature init: 20</p><p></p><p>Party Init: 19</p><p></p><p>Tyrien and Anaerion rolled high enough to act before the creature if they choose to initiate combat, but I'm not going to assume that's happening.[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jkason, post: 5877986, member: 2710"] [sblock=ooc]Did my best to place you all based on narrative description. Kalgor / Gragnor explicitly placed themselves, Tyrien in Gragnor's wake (behind him, then) and using columns as cover, Ausk 'to the back.' Kanli and Anaerion didn't initiate any movement that I recall, so they're nearest the stairs. For the record, Tyrien's Ioun torch doesn't affect any of what follows; Kalgor and Gragnor's stealth checks would have failed in any event, so I didn't bother worrying about it.[/sblock] Kalgor and Gragnor inch forward, Tyrien in their wake, the trio of casters holding back slightly. An immense cavern sprawls ahead of them, its floor an uneven jumble of loose stone and fungus, its ceiling rising like a church cathedral to a height of nearly a hundred feet above. Glowing fungus grows thick on the walls, bathing the cavern in ugly hues of purple and pale blue. Toppled pillars and mounds of rubble dot the western half of the cave, while to the east a mound of fungus, bones, and rubble rises. At the mound’s apex squats a flat-topped altar stone, with towering barren trees rising on three sides, their leafless branches twisted and groping toward the ceiling above as if in search for a sun’s warmth they shall never feel. At the base of the mound stands a decrepit creature. He drops an arm he's been chewing on to scowl in the direction of the party. [color=olive]"You ain't hiding from me, thieves,"[/color] comes the rattling voice of the creature. [color=olive]"I found the grove and the book and all this nice food, an' that makes it mine."[/color] [sblock=Kalgor and Anaerion]Your experience tells you that these trees could not grow here by natural means; they show the taint of necromantic energies[/sblock] [sblock=Ausk and Anaerion]The creature speaking is a ghoul. An undead that feeds on corpses, they can see in the dark, have the common immunities of most undead, and resist normal clerical channelling. All of their natural attacks can paralyze (though those with elvish blood are immune to this effect), and their bite specifically can infect a victim with their own ghoulish taint; people killed by this 'ghoul fever' rise as ghouls themselves. While they are known to wander alone, ghouls just as often travel in small or large groups.[/sblock] [sblock=ooc]The fungus provides dim illumination, which I believe covers all the light needs for the party (non-human as you all are). The sblocks above cover Know rolls I made for you. I rolled initiatives just to cover the bases, too: Creature init: 20 Party Init: 19 Tyrien and Anaerion rolled high enough to act before the creature if they choose to initiate combat, but I'm not going to assume that's happening.[/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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