Endur's Expedition to Castle Ravenloft

[Rhun]

Skorl shakes his head as he hears the mad priest scream from below. "That not sound good to me," he mutters as he approaches the hole in the floor, greatsword in hand.

 

[Endur]

Looking down through the hole in the floor, the party sees a tangle of broken boards twenty feet below.

To the northwest is what appears to be a collection of alchemical equipment including a partially smashed labortary bench and a large iron slab with ominous attachments.

The madman is talking to an abomination, a horror more terrible than the zombies you have previously fought. This creature appears like a corpse that was surgically modified by a lunatic. Skeletally thin, its arms are too long, while its head is wide and wedge-shaped, with a mouth split so that is able to open wider than a normal humanoid. Its teeth glittter like shards of black, steaming ice.

 

[Pyrex]

~Round 2~
Having now gotten a closer look at Danovich, and seeing he's no longer among the living, Nikolai realizes why his previous spell failed, and fires a round of Magic Missiles at Danovich.

~Round 3~
Looking down, and seeing the mad Danovich and his twisted creation on the floor below, Nikolai starts to feel a little short on options. Not knowing if the mad priest has any spells at his command aside from those granted by the book, he decides to hold his last batch of Magic Missiles at ready, prepared to blast Danovich should he attempt to cast any further spells.

 

[Rhun]

Skorl stands with his blade ready at the edge of the hole in the floor, ready to attack the abomination should it attempt to leap into the chapel.


OOC: Ready action to attack

 

[Goddess FallenAngel]

Seeing the abomination and all too aware of the exhausted state of the party, and her own reserves of spells, Alessandra grimly chants a prayer to Pelor and holds out her hand. A bright beam of incandesent sunlight streams from her hand to hit the abomination.

(OOC: Searing Light.)

 

[Le Noir Faineant]

"You will suffer for this!"

Dareios, slowed down, but not yet not beaten, fixes his concentration on the maddened priest.
...And shouting for Pelor and for vengeance, will try to cut the necromant down...

 

[hafrogman]

Cedric steps over the fallen body of the Deathlock and follows Skorl to the edge of the hole. Gasping in amazement at the creature below he holds his sword tightly in his hand ready to attack if it draws near.

"What is that thing?"

 

[industrygothica]

Willow looks down at the thing in disgust. "Can it even get up here?" she asks. "It's got to be at least twenty feet down there. Would it not be easier to trap the thing down there than to deal with it up here?"

ooc: Can the party see any way for the creature to come up to our level? Does Danovich appear to be injured at all from the 20 foot drop?

 

[Voadam]

Jack steps up to bring his bow to bear on the priest down below. "We have the advantage of range over that abomination. Use it."

 

[Endur]

ooc: Can the party see any way for the creature to come up to our level? Does Danovich appear to be injured at all from the 20 foot drop?

There is probably a staircase that leads to the basement, but you can't see where it is. Danovich appears to have hurt himself with the fall, but not significantly.