//it's just a mini boss, hit it until its dead usually works. all i did was up his AC a smidge, increased his HP, and make him hit a little harder. land some hits and he will go down, this is literally round 2 and the only one to land a hit was you lol//

//Ok, I shall attack !//

Attack 23

DMG 8

with an angry growl Skal swings his ax again! Once more his blade bites into his foes flesh! The zombie is wounded but not grave-ly yet.

//it's now Dora the abandon-your-friends-in-the-middle-of-a-fight-splorer's turn//

//I feel a song coming on! // 

//Which makes me a-Dora-ble. 😁 A’ight, um... //

*Althaea pops out around the corner (10 ft)*

”Hey, troupe! Did you miss me?” *Lets loose a Ray of Frost at the zombie, sculpting the spell (cuz I’m 2nd level now, yo!) around Sassy*

Hit: (1D20+5) 15+5= 20  

Damage: (1D8) 8

//I think I did that right?//

//spell sculpting is mostly for spells that affect multiple targets. and you don't add anything to spell damage unless expressly stated//

Althea artfully arcs the frost ray around Sass-wolf and into the zombies chest, coating it's torso in a thin layer of ice!

“Would you just die (again) already? I don’t have time for this. I have research to do.”

"Where'd you skulk off to elf?" Skal asked, baring teeth in some semblance of a smile. "The fight was just getting interesting."

The zombie looks at Skal with an annoyed zombie "bleurrgh" and slams his shovel into the half-orcs chest with a resounding "peh" as it dinks ineffectively off (he did 3 rounded down for rage to 1 damage) Sass-wolf leaps in at the opening in the zoms defenses and claps down hard on it's arm trying to drag it to the ground, as she shakes her head a chunk and a bone rips off of the rotting limb! As the zombie stumbles Oriel delivers a fatal uppercut to it's face! a sickening crunch emanates from it's neck as the head lolls limply backwards. At last the foe is defeated! your elation lasts for only a second as the neck snaps back into place, its head twisting back into place as his eyes glow with the silvery light of undeath. Part of the skull is missing and brain matter is exposed, the fancy hat falls to the ground with a thud. It's barely standing, however it's undead fortitude has kept it 'alive'

//Skal you're up!//

Skal raises his ax and cheers, but it's short lived as the zombie is writhing on the ground. "Give up!" Skal gets ready to punch him to pieces: 

Strength Check= 21

As the zombie lurches upright Skal punches it's face in, literally. the only thing keeping it standing is the half-orcs fist in it's oozing rotten brain matter.

A still silence permeates the area, a large stone door all that stands between you and the cause of this tragedy. what do you do?

"A'right." Skal says, wiping brain matter off his mouth with his arm. "Who's next?" 

//Who's turn? // 

free range, just tell me what you do and i'll say what happens next

Skal lifts up his ax, and steps to the door: "Whoever you are, come out and face your doom!"

your outburst yields only a dead silence 

"Fine." Skal grumbles, and sits down. "I can wait all day."

//Darn.//

“Well... I don’t know what else to do, so...” *pulls out the ring from her pocket and casts Identify as a ritual spell*

//guys, you could check to see if the door is locked at least! maybe look for the key if it is?//

As you both sit and wait, the dire wolf scratches at the door to see if it will budge. The doors appear to be immovable, but after a moment of sniffing around Sass-wolf starts nosing the top hat and whining.