"Now, everybody inside. We'll cut them down. Marco, can you turn them? Dara, when the others are through, on the count of three. One, two ..."
Otto rushes through, rapier in hand, but is hesitant to close with any of the foul undead.
"We're all completely insane, locking ourselves in with undead!" Verdis rushes into the room with the others, unwilling to abandon his companions, but feeling that they are making a foolish move. He tosses another Eldritch Blast, rocking the targeted ghoul back a step. The blasted ghoul in turns leaps at the warlock, its yellowed fangs bared. The beast stumbles as it comes on, though, and its attack comes nowhere close to Verdis' skin.
The other ghoul to the north leaps upon the paralyzed dwarf, bearing him to the ground as it rends at his flesh with tooth and nail.
Scowling slightly as the two axemen both fall to the ghouls' paralyzing claws, Marco mutters to himself that he was sure he warned them of that. Weren't they paying attention. Discarding his crossbow, he hurries forward through the portcullis, drawing his dagger as he goes. His place is wherever healing is needed. As he hurries past the paladin, he gives him a disparaging look. "Dammit Cor, I'm a doctor, not a preacher!"
The last ghoul moves past the paralyzed Two Axe, to attack Otto. The halfling attempts to stab the ghoul, but his blade misses. The ghouls dirty claws tear into the halfling's flesh, and a cold paralysis sweeps through Otto's body.
Dara nods then waits for everyone else to move through, then steps into the room herself together with Coraine. Once inside, she draws her sword and looks for an opportunity to use it. Seeing both warriors in the room fallen prey to the undead's nasty poisonous claws, Dara improves her own defenses by casting a spell of protection, instead of immediately rushing into the fray.
Hoisting his shield into position, Coraine grunts and says, "Fine, Doc, whatever you say. We'll get it sorted when we've ... ugh," - he grunts as he swings the axe in a high, overhead sweep - "... dealt with these foul things." The paladin's battleaxe tears through corrupt flesh, and the ghoul falls apart as it collapses to the ground.
The bars of the portcullis clang shut behind you.
Initiative Count
Otto 23, move, ready action attack vrs G5 10 (failure), fort save vrs paralysis 20 (success), fort save vrs paraysis 7 (failure)
Verdis 23, move, eldritch blast vrs G3 19 (success), damage 8
Ghoul 1
Ghoul 2 21, claw vrs Ragnok 19 (success), damage 2; claw vrs Ragnok 11 (failure); bite vrs Ragnok 20 (success), damage 7
Ghoul 3 21, bite vrs Verdis "1" (failure)
Two Axe 18 - paralyzed
Marco 7 - move
Ragnok 7 - paralyzed, fort save vrs paralysis 8 (failure), fort save vrs ghoul fever 19 (success)
Ghoul 4 6
Ghoul 5 6, claw vrs Otto 19 (success), damage 2; claw vrs Otto 19 (success), damage 2; bite vrs Otto 14 (failure)
Ghoul 6 6
Dara 4, cast shield
Coraine 4, attack vrs G2 15 (success), damage 7
PC Status
Ragnok 20/32, paralyzed 6 rounds
Two Axe 25/28, paralyzed 4 rounds
Otto 13/17, paralyzed 5 rounds
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Ghoul 1 dead
Ghoul 2 dead
Ghoul 3 5/13
Ghoul 4 dead
Ghoul 5 9/13
Ghoul 6 dead
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