Ptolus: The Legend of Longcoat

[Wrahn]

Jossen curses under his breath as he realizes he has left someone alone. "We need to find Garnet. Stay together."

Jossen will usher everyone out, taking up the rear, making sure no one (alive) is left behind.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The blind man cries out as the half-orc yanks him to his feet, and begins weeping again.

In the room below, the bats flutter their wings and eye Garnet. A ripple moves through them, although they have not taken flight. Yet.

 

[Trollbabe]

In the room below, the bats flutter their wings and eye Garnet. A ripple moves through them, although they have not taken flight. Yet.

Garnet continues his slow retreat out of the room his hands remain at the ready. Arcane power creeping down from his neck, through his shoulders and arms.

Hearing Vanden he whispers under his breath, (barely audible) as he approaches the hall. "I am here... no sudden movements please... Let's not disturb our friends."

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

As Garnet backs away, suddenly a vision of a woman, her body covered in gaping, bloody wounds, appears before him, her face contorted with rage.

"GET OUT!" she screams.

Startled, the bats erupt from their perches, and the room fills with flapping wings, teeth and claws, even as the sound of their high-pitched screeching fills the air.

 

[Voadam]

"Down and shut up!" Garn flings the blind man down to the floor as the bats erupt out of the room. Taking a two-handed grip on his morningstar Garn swings it around to clip the first of the bats that fly towards him, attempting to swat them out of the air and force them to avoid him.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Vanden shields his face as the bats erupt into the hallway, slowly edging his way towards Garnet.

 

[Erekose13]

Maugra is the last through the trap door. Her lantern illuminates the hallway just as the others disturb the bats. Shielding herself as best she can with her lantern, Maugra tries to drop the last couple of feet to the floor.

 

[Trollbabe]

Concentrating as best he can Garnet cast his sleep spell into the fluttering bats and then recoils from the angry spirit.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The screeching mass of bats pours out, half out a hole in a boarded-up window in the room Garnet opened the door to, while the other half pour into the hallway, as Maugra leaps down through them to the floor below.

Standing fast, Garnet thrusts his hand out, his words of power lost in the sound of the screeching animals.

After a moment, the others uncover their eyes, and the ringing in their ears fades. Bats cling to the ceiling and walls, asleep, twitching as they dream, a black carpet over nearly every surface.

Of Coraithe, there is no sign.

[sblock=XP!]It would be possible for the bats to have rolled worse on their saving throw, but it would have been hard.

100 experience points for everyone.[/sblock]

 

[Trollbabe]

Standing fast, Garnet thrusts his hand out, his words of power lost in the sound of the screeching animals.

After a moment, the others uncover their eyes, and the ringing in their ears fades. Bats cling to the ceiling and walls, asleep, twitching as they dream, a black carpet over nearly every surface.

Garnet stands somewhat astounded near the doorway... "It worked!" Looking back over his shoulder the teenager's enthusiasm grows as he spots his allies. "It worked!"