Dungeon of the Fire Opal, Part VI

[Murhid]

Seeing the last immediate opponent begin to be crowded by swords and what not, Murhid adjusts his coat slightly and takes a few steps down the corridor, to the last unopened door. Then with a composed face on, he kicks the door in. (Presuming it is wooden, if it is not he'll just open it.)

 

[Taz]

OOC: Shield should be up for another 3 rounds (Taz cast it during surprise round IIRC).

Seeing her blows slightly damaging the skeleton, Taz just continues her attacks (flanking, if possible), lacking any better options.

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

Sollir continues to step back, tapping Taz with his wand as he attempts to keep his distance from the skeleton...

(5 ft. step to N8)

 

[HeavyG]

As Sollir heals Taz while dancing around Ivellios to avoid the skeleton, and Jalon heals Ubaar, Murhid kicks in the last closed door. Inside is a 10'x10' cell, empty but for a bas-relief carving into the opposite wall. It depcist a monk kneeling before a naked woman with short horns and bat wings. She holds a dagger in one hand and a kind of whip in the other. Under the carving, something is written in strange runes. No skeleton here.

At the same time, Ubaar charges down the corridor to guard against threats from the south. He reaches the entrance to a kind of storeroom, which has shelves carved into its walls. The shelves are occupied with bottles, knicknacks, pouches, and so on, all covered with much dust. Near his feet, a glass bottle lies broken. Just then, he cannot sustain his battle rage any longer and a great weakness envelops him.

Back north, the last skeleton fights for its unlife, surrounded by enemies. Ivellios, Kytess and the two halflings, with help from Jalon, quickly dispatches the creature, but not before it stabs Ivellios in the shoulder with its stinger.

Finally, the thing collapses in pieces and a great silence falls on this part of the dungeon, in contrast with the previous noisy battle. All is quiet ... for now.

Technicalities:
Sollir heals Taz : +6 hps
Jalon heals Ubaar : +8 hps
Skeleton stings Ivellios : -14 hps




And the status of the party :

(S) Sollir Furryfoot : Hp(21/21) Bless (4 rounds)
(M) Murhid : Hp (11/21) Bless (4 rounds), 4 points of dexterity damage.
(T) Taz : Hp (19/19), Bless (4 rounds), Shield spell (god knows how many rounds)
Sheela : Hp (9/9), Bless (4 rounds)
(I) Ivellios Nailo : Hp (21/35) Bless (4 rounds)
(U) Ubaar : Hp (10/28), Bless (4 rounds), Winded, Endure fire (12 hours), Magic Weapon (13 rounds), 2 points of dexterity damage
(K) Kytess : Hp (18/28) Bless (4 rounds), Endure fire (12 hours)
(J) Jalon Odessa : Hp (20/24) Bless (4 rounds), Endure fire (12 hours)

 

[reapersaurus]

Ubaar breathlessly vents from the end of the corridor back to the others:
"Whew! *breathing heavily*
Things all clear down here -
Good thing, too - Ubaar's gotta catch a breather.

These guys were awful tough - a bag of bones shouldn't be THAT strong, and we really don't got the best weapons 'gainst 'em.

Anyone see that strange writing on the skelly-imps?
What's with that?

And that's pretty nasty to be animating Large imps - at least they didn't have the poison or protections dat the smaller, fleshy imps had.

But Ubaar's sure had enough of those tails of theirs stinging him!"
*rubbing his wounds and checking himself over while surveying the room he's in closer.*

"Jalon - thanks for the healing in the battle - Ubaar woulda dropped if not :
these things sure like the taste of Ubaar's blood -
maybe Ubaar is sweet and tastes good?

*looking over a t Kytess and seeing if she's OK at the same time*
"Care for a taste, Kyte?
You haven't really experienced battle 'till you dress another warrior's wounds all personal-like..."

 

[Taz]

“Thanks Jalon and Sollir for the healing!”

Taz throws her boney club to the ground.

“Now where is this darn gem hidden?”

She then begins to search the whole corridor and the small rooms.

 

[HeavyG]

She then begins to search the whole corridor and the small rooms.

All the side rooms are identical to the one Murhid entered, down to the wall carving, i.e. 10' square, no enemies, no treasure.

The corridor is covered by much debris but it's mostly bones, old weapons, etc...

Looks like there's been a big battle here between those creatures and some opponents. Taz finds a skull that must have belonged to one of those creatures. It's shaped like a large canine, yet it clearly belonged to a humanoid.

Searching the whole corridor carefully is going to take a good 10 minutes.

 

[Murhid]

Murhid takes position against the wall just outside of the cell, checks his wounds and waits for orders.

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

Sollir smiles at Taz's comment, "No problem at all! Back here is better than up in the front lines anyways." Sollir sighs and puts his wand back as he watches the others search around with immense curiosity and child-like eyes.

 

[Taz]

“Well then, there's still one unexplored corridor a bit south of the entrance, right? Let's head there...”