Crossed Paths, Part III
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Manzanita
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Ehldannis' magic crisps the spiderwebs all the way to the bottom. Briefly, in the small inferno, what appears to be the body of a man-sized spider can be seen deep in the webs, before it too, burns and drifts to the floor as ashes.
The stairway descends more than 60 feet, so not even Dhormium can see what's at the bottom yet, but there is no more obstruction to the path.
The stairway descends more than 60 feet, so not even Dhormium can see what's at the bottom yet, but there is no more obstruction to the path.
doghead
thotd
Marcus the Romany.
ooc: As I understand it, Marcus has the lead with Tullius backing him up. Dhormium is back with Grassius. Let me know if I have missed something.
Marcus sets off down the stairs, again moving carefully and checking his way as he goes. In particular, he is curious to see if he can find any trace of the spider he thought that he saw, and wary about meeting another. His short sword is in his hand.
ooc: if we run into any more webs, Marcus will use a torch to burn a path.
ooc: As I understand it, Marcus has the lead with Tullius backing him up. Dhormium is back with Grassius. Let me know if I have missed something.
Marcus sets off down the stairs, again moving carefully and checking his way as he goes. In particular, he is curious to see if he can find any trace of the spider he thought that he saw, and wary about meeting another. His short sword is in his hand.
ooc: if we run into any more webs, Marcus will use a torch to burn a path.
~The look on Dhormiums face is calm as he looks down the steps. “They are just steps, whats wrong with steps? Dhormium pats Brioc on the shoulder~Jarval said:
“Don’t worry Brioc, you’ve probably climbed in trees higher as a youth then this thing will be deep. I’m going to have Grassus follow me down.”
~Dhormium walks over to the man and smiles~
“Grassus, we are going down the steps here, want to follow me down? It’ll be alright. Marcus is going down already as we speak.”
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Manzanita
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Saurial Crypts
The stairs are roughly carved, and have accumulated a fair amount of debris, making the descent a tricky one. Marcus finds no trace of anything that could be said to be spider. It evidently reverted to ash, indistinguishable from the rest.
At the bottom of the stairs, Marcus pauses on the last step. The party sees a a 30 foot square stone room, with a high (35') ceiling. Standing around the blank stone walls are 20 human skeletons, their eyes glowing with the same pale green light as the skulls lining the hallway of the Sphinx, above. They don't seem to be moving, so Marcus continues to examine the room. There is a 10 foot wide iron-bound door on the west wall. Also along the west wall, 20 feet above the ground is a ledge that runs the length of that side of the room. Two stone gargoils sit on this ledge. As Marcus and Tullius look back down to their level, the skeletons seem closer. With a gasp, they realize the skeletons are moving now, raising rusty scimitars and shields
Initiative.
Marcus
Mendicus
Elhdannis
Octar
Tullius
Skeletons
Dhormium
Brioc/wolf
The stairs are roughly carved, and have accumulated a fair amount of debris, making the descent a tricky one. Marcus finds no trace of anything that could be said to be spider. It evidently reverted to ash, indistinguishable from the rest.
At the bottom of the stairs, Marcus pauses on the last step. The party sees a a 30 foot square stone room, with a high (35') ceiling. Standing around the blank stone walls are 20 human skeletons, their eyes glowing with the same pale green light as the skulls lining the hallway of the Sphinx, above. They don't seem to be moving, so Marcus continues to examine the room. There is a 10 foot wide iron-bound door on the west wall. Also along the west wall, 20 feet above the ground is a ledge that runs the length of that side of the room. Two stone gargoils sit on this ledge. As Marcus and Tullius look back down to their level, the skeletons seem closer. With a gasp, they realize the skeletons are moving now, raising rusty scimitars and shields
Initiative.
Marcus
Mendicus
Elhdannis
Octar
Tullius
Skeletons
Dhormium
Brioc/wolf
Attachments
doghead
thotd
Marcus the Romarian
Marcus shudders. Once again we are caught with our pants down. God help us if those Gargoyles are real. Fight or withdraw? An image of Tullius showing off his fancy handling of the battleaxe spings to mind. Can't let all that work go to waste.
Marcus charges forwards and attacks the skeleton directly in front of him, swinging down at the point where the neck meets the shoulder.
"Pair up." Marcus shouts as he swings at the abomination "Cover each others backs."
Marcus shudders. Once again we are caught with our pants down. God help us if those Gargoyles are real. Fight or withdraw? An image of Tullius showing off his fancy handling of the battleaxe spings to mind. Can't let all that work go to waste.
Marcus charges forwards and attacks the skeleton directly in front of him, swinging down at the point where the neck meets the shoulder.
"Pair up." Marcus shouts as he swings at the abomination "Cover each others backs."
~Dhormium gasps as he remembers the lessons he was taught by the elder clerics at home, the Hold, “I wonder how it is, at home. Yes, Marcus is right, pair up is the safest way. But I have a trick up my sleeve”. Dhormium starts a pray which starts in Latin but later turns into his own tongue, while speaking his prayer he makes a clear step forward, almost presenting himself, he holds his battleaxe not as a weapon but more as a relic, holding it higher and higher until he has his stretched arms over his head, the higher the axe rises so does the loudness of his voice~
“The walking dead, those who have lived, died but continued to remain on this plane, souls that have not departed, trapped in their dead bodies and ordered to remain. I offer you freedom, I bring you death, I bring you rest. Clangeddin Silverbeard, God of dwarves, send these lost souls away, let them rest and be gone!”
Ooc: walk into the room as good as I can and start to turn undead
“The walking dead, those who have lived, died but continued to remain on this plane, souls that have not departed, trapped in their dead bodies and ordered to remain. I offer you freedom, I bring you death, I bring you rest. Clangeddin Silverbeard, God of dwarves, send these lost souls away, let them rest and be gone!”
Ooc: walk into the room as good as I can and start to turn undead
Tullius grins and stretches his muscles. "More dead things, and we didn't even have to hit em first. Ah well, we'll just do it afterwards then." Tullius drops the torch at his feet so that it still gives of light and moves next to Marcus whilst drawing his short sword and swinging his battleaxe in a whirling display of sheer battle prowess at a skeleton. "Allright people, try to keep the skeletons in front of the fighters and cover the casters and civilians. Ehldannis, time for more of your pretty fireworks." Tullius smiles at Ehldannis.
OOC: Drop torch, move and quickdraw short sword, attack skeleton.
OOC: Drop torch, move and quickdraw short sword, attack skeleton.
Inez Hull
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The Undead! Gods preserve me from these soulless montrosities!
Ehldannis's voice raises shrilly into the chant of spellcasting as he backs away to the relative safety of Dhormium - in a fix even a Dwarven priest will do. His cracking voice and almost uncontrollably shivering body manage to force out the remainder of his spell, summoning the familiar inky, sulphurous portal and the warning howl of a fiendish wolf.
[casts Summon Monster II]
Ehldannis's voice raises shrilly into the chant of spellcasting as he backs away to the relative safety of Dhormium - in a fix even a Dwarven priest will do. His cracking voice and almost uncontrollably shivering body manage to force out the remainder of his spell, summoning the familiar inky, sulphurous portal and the warning howl of a fiendish wolf.
[casts Summon Monster II]
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