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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 2820508" data-attributes="member: 9255">EBERRON: THE CREATION SCHEMA01/07/06SEGMENT 178“More Unexpected Things Happen”Cedious takes out a skeleton once two of his adventuring teammates climb over the edge.  Even as he attacks Black sands bellows out.  He was hoping for a challenge.  30 skeletons are NOT a challenge.  Vale finds that the skeletons are spread out enough that his turning powers will not be very effective at this point so he goes to the side with the least amount of resistance.  Several skeletons begin to stomp and thump the deck with their spears.  Not caring, the PCs continue to board.Black sands is ordered to break a hole into the back of the captain’s quarters by Taskerdoo.  There has to be a reason they guard it so intently.  Cedious hates the idea of HIS ship being damaged like this but such is life.  He has seen the boards on the deck are damaged and / or rough.  This was the ship Taskerdoo set on fire last month.  So where is the necromancers?  “Black sands….!”   SMASH!He peers in and sees a pale humanoid buried under blankets, tapestries, rugs and even large paper maps.  A few things were burned in the center of the room.  Meanwhile- the skeletons swarm.Taskerdoo holds back near the rope ladder.  He is ready to give support at any moment. Vale holds his own against a few skeletons.  The others mow through the skeletons as they work their way around to the front of the cabin.  Black sands climbs onto the roof of the cabin to go across that way.  Archers at the bow try to hit him but can not.  However, he sees something that disturbs him.  HUGE skeletons are climbing out of the storage area!   His eyes flare red for a moment.Three Cloud Giant Skeletons total walk to them to engage in battle.  Sharshek looks up and swears.  Cedious smirks.  He is too fast for them he figures.  Vale knows they are in trouble.  Taskerdoo stays where he is for a moment then decides to enter the hole Black sands made to explore and if need be surprise the skeletons.The first of the Huge Skeletons reach Sharshek and strike him soundly.  Their halberd nearly cleans him in two.  He staggers and drops!  Cedious, now the only one before this giant begins to wonder about his ability to avoid this creature.  Then the second one arrives.  The ship is narrow enough to keep it back but with its long reach strikes Black sands with attitude.  He staggers and goes down!Two series of attacks and two adventurers down.  Not good.Vale uses Searing Light and staggers one giant.  Cedious continues his attacks and finally the one skeleton topples and falls over the side.  He is happy but the third is coming.  It raises its weapon then suddenly stops in mid motion.  The other continues his attacks.  He hits Cedious once but that was enough.  “VALE!”Taskerdoo opens the cabin’s door and fires a fireball out to stop the skeletons.  A second Searing Light spell further damages the second attacking skeleton.  Taskerdoo moves over to Sharshek and gives him the HEAL potion.  Sharshek opens his eyes and curses in general.  “This was supposed to be easy!”Cedious is given some strength from Vale and some healing and they try to drop the second skeleton.  They do.  Meanwhile, the other “normal” skeletons are coming up to attack.  The huge skeleton that was just standing there lowers his halberd into a scooping position as if to shovel the group off the ship’s deck.  Cedious notes there are red lights of energy within the skeleton’s eye sockets.  “uh-oh.” “I AM ORCUS -  BOW BEFORE ME OR DIE!”</blockquote>

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