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Message: <blockquote data-quote="diaglo" data-source="post: 501010" data-attributes="member: 2885">Alley Oop!It was Alrissian's turn to swig a potion. The party examined the area. The foyer was a 20' x 20' room with a stairs leading up. The stairs although now charred were still serviceable. No one went up. On the main level, a door lead off to the right of the platform. Another opening was under the stairs. And yet another archway lead off to the left. The archway opened into a chapel. A series of pews, 2 statues, a large tapestry, and an altar were inside the chapel. Alrissian, Thane, and Bartol checked the floor for footprints. A heavy layer of undisturbed dust was all they found. Going under the stairs and thru that portal lead into a 50 ft hallway. Here too was a layer of dust. Underneath the dust Timmay found a trail of dried blood and a larger area where a struggle took place. The hallway lead to the chapel and had yet another doorway.Bernedette cleared off an area of the tapestry. It was a scene from elven folklore. An elven god defeating an orc. She began to pray.Night had fallen. So the party established watch shifts and bedded down. Bartol scattered caltrops in the hallway. He also spiked the doors. That left only the one archway to watch. Bernedette and Alrissian took first watch. They woke Timmay and Bartol for the second. Thane and K'shar had last watch.Bartol woke to Thane kicking him. He slept on his side and his ears were numb. He quickly started donning his armor. Alrissian and Timmay were staring blankly into space. Bernedette was mumbling something. Thane and K'shar were fully alert."What's going on," Bartol asked."We've got company," Thane replied. He cast a spell. A layer of magic covered his skin."It's an allip," Bernedette bellowed. "They are undead."Bernedette followed Thane's example and a suit of magic armor soon protected her as well. Bartol could see and hear something now. A 3' tall grayish figure sank thru the ceiling to land near the altar. It was babbling something. Bartol scooped up Timmay and raced outside the temple. Alrissian was already ahead of him. Bernedette and Thane remained behind. Bartol pulled the bandoleer of holy water from Timmay and dropped the gnome. Timmay and Alrissian fled at full speed. Neither of them were of their right mind. Thane struck the creature with his cudgel. The creature's babbling increased. Bernedette summoned magic. Her beam of magic missed the creature. The creature reached for Thane. But the druid was too quick.Thane swung again. And this time Bernedette connected with a ray of her magic. Bartol returned and hurled a vial of holy water. It passed thru the creature and shattered on the back wall. The creature touched Thane. Some of the light left the druid's eyes. Thane swung again. And again Bernedette tried some magic. Bartol uncorked a vial and sprinkled the area. He coated the altar only. The creature once again touched Thane. The allip sunk into the floor.All reasoning seemed to leave the druid. He grabbed his sickle and cut a large section out of the tapestry as he ran from the room. Bernedette tried to think of something. Bartol turned and threw Bernedette over his shoulder. He sped after Thane."Put me down," the caller yelled. "We have to cleanse the temple of that thing."Bartol slowed down only after he ran into Alrissian and Timmay. Both were back to normal. Thane was long gone. Bartol told them what had happened."We better get the horses," Timmay said. "It is the only way we will catch Thane."When the remaining party members made it back to the mounts, Bartol finally put Bernedette down. She glared at him and then went back inside the temple. Alrissian followed her."Foolish girl," Bartol said as he prepared his and Thane's mounts.Bernedette and Alrissian came out and also prepared to leave. Timmay watched the whole circus with a smile. Bartol hurriedly went back and gathered his caltrops. They then set off after Thane.</blockquote>

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