The animated warrior on the shield pulls its arm back and throws again to deadly effect. The energy pulses into the dwarf as he does as much as he can to fend off so many attackers all at once. Orvex and Allister watch in shock and horror as the energy turns a sizeable piece of Lemon to ash. The dwarf's face pales and he falters in his steps. The skeletons pound away with their bones and Lemon's form puffs away into ashen clouds as they move on towards living targets.
The shield warrior retrieves another spear aimed at Orvex.
Most of Lemon's things dissolve into nothingness. His shield and newly aquired amulet hit the floor. Allister spots the shadow of an iblis diving back into the amulet.
All but two skeletons are reduced to nothing as Nenne becomes a conduit for her deity. The energy pulses through the room wiping most of them out without a trace that they were even there. Aoda's teeth sink into the cauldron breaking it, but not destroying it.
Allister focusses on the cauldron instead of the skeleton. His rapier shatters it with a loud crack. He turns on his heel and runs to the next cauldron on the right side of the room. This time he doesn’t smash it with his first blow, and to his utter disbelief the cutlass glances off the surface. Screaming in frustration he kicks the cauldron, nearly breaking his toe and screaming even louder.
More skeletons pour from the working cauldrons. Uncaring and unmoved by the party's distress, they attack whoever is closest. Boosey kicks the skeleton swinging at Allister, sending it scrambling to keep its balance. Orvex moves out of the way of one skeleton, but he can't break himself to look away from the ash pile that was Lemon. His cries of terror are very real and he seems to be acting solely on impulse right now. He never sees the skeleton that s him from behind until it has already happened. Aoda takes three more hits (8, 4, and 3 bludgeoning damage) from the skeletons pouring out on that side of the room. Orvex yells out to the party desperately,, "What do we do!?"
Boosey ignores the skeleton attacking him and Allister moving to the edge of the cauldron. He shouts to Orvex, "Run towards the entrance of the chamber!" then tries to climb it and jump in, dropping onto the bones inside and crouching so he is below the lip of the cauldron. Once there, he releases another thunderclap almost deafening himself as the sound of it rebounds off the inside of the large glass container.
The skeleton gives Boosey a glancing blow in his hasty retreat. The cauldron explodes across the room! Shards of glass pepper Allister. The fighter has to pull his arm up to block his face from any harm, but when he looks back to see the bones and a very happy Boosey tumbling out of a vauldron that no longer exists, all is forgiven.
Seeing all the cauldrons on the one side of the room destroyed, Glimbul steps forward to see the next closest cauldron. He hits it with an arrow but not enough to destroy it. Seeing this he attempts to hide behind the huge serpent.
Orvex weaves and dodges the skeleton's attacks running for the door. He gets there and shouts, "I'll help open it!"
The spear wielder in the shield watches Orvex go, and settles on Nenne instead. The spear lances forward and thuds into the cleric (21 force damage). The sheer pain from the attack is tremendous, leaving Nenne breathless for a moment.
Nenne rocks backward from the hit she took and casts a worried glance at the shield. The statues stick out to her oddly, and she remembers the warning on the placard outside. Desperate that the shield not take another of her friend's lives, she shouts to Aoda, "Protect my friends at all costs!"
Grasping her holy symbol, she casts Sanctuary on herself as she darts forward to the statue of the faceless warrior and bows.
With the cauldrons on his side of the room destroyed Allister dashes across the room. He swings his rapier but is still to far away, and the blade misses the cauldron by an inch. His next attacks hit, but even the flames of the rapier are not enough to destroy the cauldron, even though multiple cracks are prove of the damage it has suffered.
Three more skeletons emerge from the remaining cauldrons. Aoda weaves and dodges three attacks, but the serpent's mass is just too big to avoid them all - it gets hit twice.
Boosey tries to block, but the skeleton's bone comes down on his raised forearm (3 bludgeoning damage).
Allister has precious little room between the cauldrons and can't quite get his weapons in place quick enough to avoid the hit from his attacker (5 bludgeoning damage).
Peering out behind the snake Glimbul fires another shot at the cauldron. This time it hits at the weak point causing it to crumble apart. After this he continues to hide behind the presence of the huge snake.
Orvex sees that no one is going to help him with the door immediately and takes assurance in the large serpent's protection. He manages to get a sling bullet into the side of the middle cauldron, shattering it. One cauldron remains in the corner and he shouts for joy. The spear weilder in the shield throws another deadly projectile, this time aimed at Aoda. The snake hisses in pain as it connects (22 force damage).
Frowning deeply that her gamble didn't pay off, the cleric glances back at Aoda and blanches when she sees how injured he is. "Return!" she commands him. He obeys at once, becoming nothing more than a carved staff on the ground.
To the group she shouts, "We are nearly there! Keep attacking the cauldrons and avoid line of fire from the shield!" She stands her ground, shield up, and readies herself for attack.
Allister raises his rapier to strike at the cauldron, but the skeleton that appeared next to him clubs him with a bone. He has to redirect the strike to parry the blow to the head. Just when he wants to strike at the cauldron again, the skeleton grabs his arm. Even though it can hold on to it, it weakens the blow considerably, and it glances off the surface. With a push Allister frees his arm and manages to hit the hilt of the cutlass into the cauldron. Small cracks appear but the cauldron is still intact
Furious with the skeleton, Allister shuts down any attempts the thing makes to harm him. A single skeleton crawls out of the damaged cauldron, but it doesn't have room to get at the warrior.
Aoda's collapse sends the five skeletons attacking it towards Orvex and Glimbul. Glimbul tries to hook a bone and disarm the first skeleton with his bow, but it slides free before that plan can come to fruition. The skeleton gives the rogue a side swipe across the temple for his efforts (8 bludgeoning damage). The blow sends him out of reach of the second attack, but the third comes down on Glimbul's shoulder (7 bludgeoning damage) .
Orvex wasn't ever built for battle and his bravery to make a stand at the door combined with Aoda's collapse defined that even further. Three of the six skeletons near the doorway go at the scribe. He raises a hand in defense, but the femur bone crunches against his fingers and follows through to his bald head. He collapses to the ground receiving a second blow to the chest and a third to his unprotected neck. Broken and bloody, Orvex lays very still as the skeletons swarm Glimbul.
The two skeletons facing off against Nenne raise their weapons again, only to falter again as a faintly shimmering red, translucent hand guides their weapons back down to their sides.
Seeing the predicament he is in, calls out to the rest of the party “We need some help over here, I think Orvex may be dead and I may soon follow.” He then carefully avoids the skeletons to move into the corner before waving his hands a hit and a stone box appears over him.
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The animated warrior on the shield pulls its arm back and throws again to deadly effect. The energy pulses into the dwarf as he does as much as he can to fend off so many attackers all at once. Orvex and Allister watch in shock and horror as the energy turns a sizeable piece of Lemon to ash. The dwarf's face pales and he falters in his steps. The skeletons pound away with their bones and Lemon's form puffs away into ashen clouds as they move on towards living targets.
The shield warrior retrieves another spear aimed at Orvex.
Most of Lemon's things dissolve into nothingness. His shield and newly aquired amulet hit the floor. Allister spots the shadow of an iblis diving back into the amulet.
Nenne runs forward (to G6) as Lemon disintegrates and screams.
Ruby light explodes from her holy symbol (Destroy Undead - Wis 16).
Aoda strikes against the cauldron. (16 to hit, 11 damage)
All but two skeletons are reduced to nothing as Nenne becomes a conduit for her deity. The energy pulses through the room wiping most of them out without a trace that they were even there. Aoda's teeth sink into the cauldron breaking it, but not destroying it.
Allister focusses on the cauldron instead of the skeleton. His rapier shatters it with a loud crack. He turns on his heel and runs to the next cauldron on the right side of the room. This time he doesn’t smash it with his first blow, and to his utter disbelief the cutlass glances off the surface. Screaming in frustration he kicks the cauldron, nearly breaking his toe and screaming even louder.
More skeletons pour from the working cauldrons. Uncaring and unmoved by the party's distress, they attack whoever is closest. Boosey kicks the skeleton swinging at Allister, sending it scrambling to keep its balance. Orvex moves out of the way of one skeleton, but he can't break himself to look away from the ash pile that was Lemon. His cries of terror are very real and he seems to be acting solely on impulse right now. He never sees the skeleton that s him from behind until it has already happened. Aoda takes three more hits (8, 4, and 3 bludgeoning damage) from the skeletons pouring out on that side of the room. Orvex yells out to the party desperately,, "What do we do!?"
Boosey ignores the skeleton attacking him and Allister moving to the edge of the cauldron. He shouts to Orvex, "Run towards the entrance of the chamber!" then tries to climb it and jump in, dropping onto the bones inside and crouching so he is below the lip of the cauldron. Once there, he releases another thunderclap almost deafening himself as the sound of it rebounds off the inside of the large glass container.
The skeleton gives Boosey a glancing blow in his hasty retreat. The cauldron explodes across the room! Shards of glass pepper Allister. The fighter has to pull his arm up to block his face from any harm, but when he looks back to see the bones and a very happy Boosey tumbling out of a vauldron that no longer exists, all is forgiven.
Seeing all the cauldrons on the one side of the room destroyed, Glimbul steps forward to see the next closest cauldron. He hits it with an arrow but not enough to destroy it. Seeing this he attempts to hide behind the huge serpent.
Orvex weaves and dodges the skeleton's attacks running for the door. He gets there and shouts, "I'll help open it!"
The spear wielder in the shield watches Orvex go, and settles on Nenne instead. The spear lances forward and thuds into the cleric (21 force damage). The sheer pain from the attack is tremendous, leaving Nenne breathless for a moment.
Nenne rocks backward from the hit she took and casts a worried glance at the shield. The statues stick out to her oddly, and she remembers the warning on the placard outside. Desperate that the shield not take another of her friend's lives, she shouts to Aoda, "Protect my friends at all costs!"
Grasping her holy symbol, she casts Sanctuary on herself as she darts forward to the statue of the faceless warrior and bows.
With the cauldrons on his side of the room destroyed Allister dashes across the room. He swings his rapier but is still to far away, and the blade misses the cauldron by an inch. His next attacks hit, but even the flames of the rapier are not enough to destroy the cauldron, even though multiple cracks are prove of the damage it has suffered.
Three more skeletons emerge from the remaining cauldrons. Aoda weaves and dodges three attacks, but the serpent's mass is just too big to avoid them all - it gets hit twice.
Boosey tries to block, but the skeleton's bone comes down on his raised forearm (3 bludgeoning damage).
Allister has precious little room between the cauldrons and can't quite get his weapons in place quick enough to avoid the hit from his attacker (5 bludgeoning damage).
Having taken a blow on his arm Boosey suddenly vanished, leaving a slightly perplexed skeleton attacking thin air.
Peering out behind the snake Glimbul fires another shot at the cauldron. This time it hits at the weak point causing it to crumble apart. After this he continues to hide behind the presence of the huge snake.
Orvex sees that no one is going to help him with the door immediately and takes assurance in the large serpent's protection. He manages to get a sling bullet into the side of the middle cauldron, shattering it. One cauldron remains in the corner and he shouts for joy. The spear weilder in the shield throws another deadly projectile, this time aimed at Aoda. The snake hisses in pain as it connects (22 force damage).
Frowning deeply that her gamble didn't pay off, the cleric glances back at Aoda and blanches when she sees how injured he is. "Return!" she commands him. He obeys at once, becoming nothing more than a carved staff on the ground.
To the group she shouts, "We are nearly there! Keep attacking the cauldrons and avoid line of fire from the shield!" She stands her ground, shield up, and readies herself for attack.
Allister raises his rapier to strike at the cauldron, but the skeleton that appeared next to him clubs him with a bone. He has to redirect the strike to parry the blow to the head. Just when he wants to strike at the cauldron again, the skeleton grabs his arm. Even though it can hold on to it, it weakens the blow considerably, and it glances off the surface. With a push Allister frees his arm and manages to hit the hilt of the cutlass into the cauldron. Small cracks appear but the cauldron is still intact
Furious with the skeleton, Allister shuts down any attempts the thing makes to harm him. A single skeleton crawls out of the damaged cauldron, but it doesn't have room to get at the warrior.
Aoda's collapse sends the five skeletons attacking it towards Orvex and Glimbul. Glimbul tries to hook a bone and disarm the first skeleton with his bow, but it slides free before that plan can come to fruition. The skeleton gives the rogue a side swipe across the temple for his efforts (8 bludgeoning damage). The blow sends him out of reach of the second attack, but the third comes down on Glimbul's shoulder (7 bludgeoning damage) .
Orvex wasn't ever built for battle and his bravery to make a stand at the door combined with Aoda's collapse defined that even further. Three of the six skeletons near the doorway go at the scribe. He raises a hand in defense, but the femur bone crunches against his fingers and follows through to his bald head. He collapses to the ground receiving a second blow to the chest and a third to his unprotected neck. Broken and bloody, Orvex lays very still as the skeletons swarm Glimbul.
The two skeletons facing off against Nenne raise their weapons again, only to falter again as a faintly shimmering red, translucent hand guides their weapons back down to their sides.
The shield on the wall wobbles madly on its leather straps. One side comes loose and the shield spins around to face the wall.
Seeing the predicament he is in, calls out to the rest of the party “We need some help over here, I think Orvex may be dead and I may soon follow.” He then carefully avoids the skeletons to move into the corner before waving his hands a hit and a stone box appears over him.