Experience II

[Paxus Asclepius]

Rana steps in, her touch managing to avoid Granite and discharge against the creature. As the positive energy pours into it, black flesh swells and splits, pouring forth a cloud of smoke and flame, which pours towards the coffin. Nothing is left behind save dwindling pieces of ash.

 

[Thanee]

Silvermoon

Silvermoon nods to Rana while hurrying towards the smoking wood to suffocate the fire with a thick blanket, she pulls from her backpack, before it is too late, ordering Skreg to follow the smoke cloud and to see how it enters the case.

“Thank you, Rana! Now we need to open that adamantine case somehow. I do not know what kind of creature this really was, but it resembles a vampire way too much to leave it like that. I'm sure it will recover if we do not find a way to permanently destroy it. Granite? Are you ok? I can end the spell at any time, but maybe your current strength might be of benefit still. Hurry, friends, we have no time to lose.”

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Shaking himself free of the shock of the creature exploding in front of him, Granite goes to the case, and sets himself to open it.*

"Good work Rana lass," he says softly.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Skreg observes the cloud flow into the slit which had been previously discovered; tiny flakes of foul-smelling ash are all that remain of the plug.

Silvermoon alone has limited success in quelling the multitude of fires, started by scorching rays and the spark cloud's passage; she is, however, swiftly assisted by several of the crew, who rush into the hold upon noticing the smoke. Jonath Tarkson is not far behind, and he immediately demands "What have you done to my ship?!" He then notices the green hag looming in a corner, and begins to gibber, clutching at his rapier.

 

[Thanee]

Silvermoon

“SILENCE!” Silvermoon demands. “What we are doing here is rescuing your ship and your crew as much as ourselves from a danger far more graven than this fire. Just help keep it down! And don't worry about the hag, that's just the effect of my spell you see there.”

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Tarkson backs down, but seems barely mollified; he storms up the ladder, leaving his crewmen to finish smothering the flames.

 

[Thanee]

Silvermoon

Once the fire is under control, Silvermoon heads to the others into the hold.

“It looks like the sealing of the slit was not sufficient; but now it's time to break the case open and to finish what we started. There are necromantic and abjuration spells woven into it, which seem to keep it shut. I can try another spell to open it, but it will take a while to memorize it. In the meantime, maybe you can try other ways to break in. Or maybe you know any spells that could help here, Rana?”

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

"I'll just do it the old-fashioned way," Granite-as-hag says, and attempts to wrench it open by main force.

OOC - Str check, taking 20 if I can.

 

[Paxus Asclepius]

Granite finds that, even with the hag's great strength, adamantine is a decidedly unyielding material. The coffin shows no effects whatsoever from the attempt.

 

[Thanee]

Silvermoon

In the meantime, Silvermoon will sit down with her spellbook once more.


OOC: Memorizing Knock into her free 5th level slot.