Cliste opens the door, causing fine dust and wispy fragments of cloth to swirl into the air from a short (10') hall. There's another stone door at the end of the hall on the west wall.
There's very little left in this room to indicate its former usage, but rusted iron pins on the walls and shredded fragments of old cloth indicate that some manner of flags or banners were once hung along the walls.
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PBP "Beregost Blues" - Dungeon Master of Gnome Slaying +5
Back in the large chamber, the rumbling turns to groaning then to squeaking and whining, then the door is struck by a falling stone from the other side and comes crumbling into the chamber. The rumbling stops soon after.
Lerikyn stops at the doorway as Kjørynreis tries to push him through, "Hold on a moment! It's just a lil boulder is all. Lets see what's on the other side." He gestures for Kjørynreis to go first and holds his shield up ready for anything. As they approach the opening and the newly loosed boulder, Lerikyn looks in.
"That was anticlimactic." Kjørynreis complained. "Where are all of the evil denizens?!" he shouted. "I came here for a challenge, not to walk through these decrepit halls!" He makes off towards the room Cliste had passed through, almost hoping for a monster to pop out and attack him.
Lerikyn lets out a sigh of disappointment. "Well... not every door is meant to house a treasure," he says, "Let's carry on." Lerikyn hangs his shield low and watches as Cliste searches the door on the other side of the little hallway. Eventually curiosity overcomes him and he wonders over to one of the statues in the corner of the room, inspecting its design and pondering its purpose.
Cliste checks out the door at the end of the short hall, but the weird sounds from the other room were a bit distracting. (Total rolled is a 7). This door looked the same as the one she had opened up and there was no listening through a stone door. She opens the door as she hears the gents of the party finding the other side blocked rather anticlimactic.
Well, she had said it would probably cave in. At least, it did not cause any issues. The last thing she wanted to do was die in the very beginning of a dungeon due to a gnome that was supposed to have some wisdom and intelligence. Yup, she was going to have tales to tell his daddy when this was over.
Her eyes adjust faster to the dark this time though the torch was not that far behind. She sees....
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PbP - Beregost Blues - Portia Starflower, Half Elf, Cleric, Life Domain PbP - Tome of Annhilation - Vistani Mocanu, Human, Bard
The door opens to a medium sized stone chamber full of long, multi-tiered shelves. At one time, this must have been a storage room, but when it was converted to a mausoleum, clearly it became a crypt, because you see 6 rotted bodies on the shelves. Your eyes trick you into thinking you saw movement because you could have sworn you saw... Wait... No, that's no trick. The dry, skeletal remains of 6 dwarves are climbing from their shelves into the room!
Taking note of the remainder of the room as you draw your weapons, you see rusted iron doors in the center of the west and south walls.
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PBP "Beregost Blues" - Dungeon Master of Gnome Slaying +5
Silthy snaps to attention after inspecting some interesting statuette, and brings her staff to the ready, but is facing the wrong way when the action begins. She finally turns to face the danger after realizing that everyone is facing the opposite direction.
The skeletal creatures surge forward, clattering and clacking. They block the doorway, jamming up against one another and clawing at Cliste. One claw catches her in the throat.
(META: Cliste takes 3 points slashing damage.)
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PBP "Beregost Blues" - Dungeon Master of Gnome Slaying +5
The dancing comment flew over Lerikyn's head as he was inspecting the banners on the ground. But when he heard a loud clatter and the sound of Cliste screaming in pain, he rushed over to the doorway for a better view of what was going on. He could see nothing but a hallway full of his companions.
"Everyone get outta that lil hallway! Your getting bottlenecked!" He wasn't sure what would follow them out, but as he prepared for the onslaught his eyes began glowing blue with Mystra's fire and he raised his shield high. (Holding Sacred Flame for the first enemy I see)
Cliste managed to only be hit once, but this wasn't good. Still something she thought she could get out of with the others. She heard Lerikyn talking about a bottleneck and started laughing because she was pretty much doing the bottlenecking though he could not see that. She was quite sure he had a spell ready, but no target. She stepped back in the hallway after striking at the one who had the audacity to hit her. The hit lands with a satisfying sound of bone cracking.
"Have at them, Lerikyn. I have a confession for you if I live."
The skeletons in the front step into what space she gives them in the hall, but making sure only two can really get at her. All she needed was the casters to be able to see them down the short hallway as she backed up defensively and slowly. This way the six were bottlenecked. She was not about to let them all loose on the party at once.
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PbP - Beregost Blues - Portia Starflower, Half Elf, Cleric, Life Domain PbP - Tome of Annhilation - Vistani Mocanu, Human, Bard
Rea's thoughts had been wandering for much of the dungeon crawl. What use was a monk with no way of seeing in the dark? Why had Ilmater placed her here, with these people? Her absentminded humming continued to fade in and out.
Of course, then she heard the magic words "let's dance." The young woman was slow to jump into action, but there were very few choices for her. She desperately wanted to hit something, but found everyone was clogging up the doorway. Rather than contribute to the pile up, Rea dashed behind Reis, offering support from behind.
Hearing Cliste cry out, Kjørynreis rushed towards her. Seeing her in retreat, and hearing the sounds good bones coming from the dooryway on the opposite side of the hallway, he called out, "Cliste! Get behind me, and we can hold them off here!" With that said, he readied his shield [Dodge action].
Still in disarray, Silthy reaches out and instinctually causes a beam of fire to shoot from her palm. Unfortunately, her nerves are still unsettled, and the beam sizzles ineffectually against the stone wall behind the skeleton.
The skeletons mindlessly trudge after Cliste, their claws pawing at her flesh. As the first of them moves forward, Lerikyn unleashes a Sacred Flame, but the skeleton has the presence of mind to pause long enough for it to miss and strike the wall behind him before taking his last step into the hall.
One of the skeletons in the room scratches fruitlessly around the corner, but the one in front of Cliste catches her neck again, ripping away large chunks of flesh.
(META: Cliste takes 4 points slashing damage)
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PBP "Beregost Blues" - Dungeon Master of Gnome Slaying +5
Lerikyn moves next to the raging Paladin and shouts out, "Get outta there, girl! What in the hells are you thinking??" He raises his hand once again and calls upon Mystra's might, his eyes blazing in blue fire as a bolt of radiant energy descends upon the skeleton directly behind her. The skeleton looks like its taken a beating but continues clawing at Cliste as she backpedals. (6 Radiant Damage)
Cliste stays defensive, but foregoes another attack now that she definitely knows the things won't overrun her friends unawares. She backpedals the last five feet of the short hallway managing not to yelp when hit in the neck again. She is bleeding heavily as she slips between the two closest to the door.
"You were not overrun unawares, now kill them." Her voice is a bit raspy sounding.
She pulls her ripped mask down in order to hold it to her neck. Her dancing is done for the moment as she makes sure she is fully out of the way of the others.
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PbP - Beregost Blues - Portia Starflower, Half Elf, Cleric, Life Domain PbP - Tome of Annhilation - Vistani Mocanu, Human, Bard
Cliste opens the door, causing fine dust and wispy fragments of cloth to swirl into the air from a short (10') hall. There's another stone door at the end of the hall on the west wall.
There's very little left in this room to indicate its former usage, but rusted iron pins on the walls and shredded fragments of old cloth indicate that some manner of flags or banners were once hung along the walls.
Back in the large chamber, the rumbling turns to groaning then to squeaking and whining, then the door is struck by a falling stone from the other side and comes crumbling into the chamber. The rumbling stops soon after.
Lerikyn stops at the doorway as Kjørynreis tries to push him through, "Hold on a moment! It's just a lil boulder is all. Lets see what's on the other side." He gestures for Kjørynreis to go first and holds his shield up ready for anything. As they approach the opening and the newly loosed boulder, Lerikyn looks in.
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You see piles of stone and debris, some of it glistening with moisture. That passage only goes about 5' before it is entirely blocked.
"That was anticlimactic." Kjørynreis complained. "Where are all of the evil denizens?!" he shouted. "I came here for a challenge, not to walk through these decrepit halls!" He makes off towards the room Cliste had passed through, almost hoping for a monster to pop out and attack him.
Lerikyn lets out a sigh of disappointment. "Well... not every door is meant to house a treasure," he says, "Let's carry on." Lerikyn hangs his shield low and watches as Cliste searches the door on the other side of the little hallway. Eventually curiosity overcomes him and he wonders over to one of the statues in the corner of the room, inspecting its design and pondering its purpose.
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Cliste checks out the door at the end of the short hall, but the weird sounds from the other room were a bit distracting. (Total rolled is a 7). This door looked the same as the one she had opened up and there was no listening through a stone door. She opens the door as she hears the gents of the party finding the other side blocked rather anticlimactic.
Well, she had said it would probably cave in. At least, it did not cause any issues. The last thing she wanted to do was die in the very beginning of a dungeon due to a gnome that was supposed to have some wisdom and intelligence. Yup, she was going to have tales to tell his daddy when this was over.
Her eyes adjust faster to the dark this time though the torch was not that far behind. She sees....
PbP - Beregost Blues - Portia Starflower, Half Elf, Cleric, Life Domain
PbP - Tome of Annhilation - Vistani Mocanu, Human, Bard
The door opens to a medium sized stone chamber full of long, multi-tiered shelves. At one time, this must have been a storage room, but when it was converted to a mausoleum, clearly it became a crypt, because you see 6 rotted bodies on the shelves. Your eyes trick you into thinking you saw movement because you could have sworn you saw... Wait... No, that's no trick. The dry, skeletal remains of 6 dwarves are climbing from their shelves into the room!
Taking note of the remainder of the room as you draw your weapons, you see rusted iron doors in the center of the west and south walls.
"TIme to dance!" Cliste pulls her rapier.
(Meta: Init roll of a whopping 9 total for any further actions.)
PbP - Beregost Blues - Portia Starflower, Half Elf, Cleric, Life Domain
PbP - Tome of Annhilation - Vistani Mocanu, Human, Bard
Silthy snaps to attention after inspecting some interesting statuette, and brings her staff to the ready, but is facing the wrong way when the action begins. She finally turns to face the danger after realizing that everyone is facing the opposite direction.
(initiative roll: 5)
The skeletal creatures surge forward, clattering and clacking. They block the doorway, jamming up against one another and clawing at Cliste. One claw catches her in the throat.
(META: Cliste takes 3 points slashing damage.)
The dancing comment flew over Lerikyn's head as he was inspecting the banners on the ground. But when he heard a loud clatter and the sound of Cliste screaming in pain, he rushed over to the doorway for a better view of what was going on. He could see nothing but a hallway full of his companions.
"Everyone get outta that lil hallway! Your getting bottlenecked!" He wasn't sure what would follow them out, but as he prepared for the onslaught his eyes began glowing blue with Mystra's fire and he raised his shield high. (Holding Sacred Flame for the first enemy I see)
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Cliste managed to only be hit once, but this wasn't good. Still something she thought she could get out of with the others. She heard Lerikyn talking about a bottleneck and started laughing because she was pretty much doing the bottlenecking though he could not see that. She was quite sure he had a spell ready, but no target. She stepped back in the hallway after striking at the one who had the audacity to hit her. The hit lands with a satisfying sound of bone cracking.
"Have at them, Lerikyn. I have a confession for you if I live."
The skeletons in the front step into what space she gives them in the hall, but making sure only two can really get at her. All she needed was the casters to be able to see them down the short hallway as she backed up defensively and slowly. This way the six were bottlenecked. She was not about to let them all loose on the party at once.
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Rea's thoughts had been wandering for much of the dungeon crawl. What use was a monk with no way of seeing in the dark? Why had Ilmater placed her here, with these people? Her absentminded humming continued to fade in and out.
Of course, then she heard the magic words "let's dance." The young woman was slow to jump into action, but there were very few choices for her. She desperately wanted to hit something, but found everyone was clogging up the doorway. Rather than contribute to the pile up, Rea dashed behind Reis, offering support from behind.
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Hearing Cliste cry out, Kjørynreis rushed towards her. Seeing her in retreat, and hearing the sounds good bones coming from the dooryway on the opposite side of the hallway, he called out, "Cliste! Get behind me, and we can hold them off here!" With that said, he readied his shield [Dodge action].
Still in disarray, Silthy reaches out and instinctually causes a beam of fire to shoot from her palm. Unfortunately, her nerves are still unsettled, and the beam sizzles ineffectually against the stone wall behind the skeleton.
(Meta: Rolled an 8 to attack)
The skeletons mindlessly trudge after Cliste, their claws pawing at her flesh. As the first of them moves forward, Lerikyn unleashes a Sacred Flame, but the skeleton has the presence of mind to pause long enough for it to miss and strike the wall behind him before taking his last step into the hall.
One of the skeletons in the room scratches fruitlessly around the corner, but the one in front of Cliste catches her neck again, ripping away large chunks of flesh.
(META: Cliste takes 4 points slashing damage)
Lerikyn moves next to the raging Paladin and shouts out, "Get outta there, girl! What in the hells are you thinking??" He raises his hand once again and calls upon Mystra's might, his eyes blazing in blue fire as a bolt of radiant energy descends upon the skeleton directly behind her. The skeleton looks like its taken a beating but continues clawing at Cliste as she backpedals. (6 Radiant Damage)
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Cliste stays defensive, but foregoes another attack now that she definitely knows the things won't overrun her friends unawares. She backpedals the last five feet of the short hallway managing not to yelp when hit in the neck again. She is bleeding heavily as she slips between the two closest to the door.
"You were not overrun unawares, now kill them." Her voice is a bit raspy sounding.
She pulls her ripped mask down in order to hold it to her neck. Her dancing is done for the moment as she makes sure she is fully out of the way of the others.
PbP - Beregost Blues - Portia Starflower, Half Elf, Cleric, Life Domain
PbP - Tome of Annhilation - Vistani Mocanu, Human, Bard
Kjørynreis let the inner dragon take over, and summoned a green-flame to his axe, holding it in preparation for the oncoming assault.