Shenvallei: [1d20<!- Official Roll ->] => [1] = (1)
Arothir: The remainder of the lid crashes to the ground in a shower of stone fragments

• Alusair mumbles, eyes rolled to the ceiling. “Goddess, was I a dog in a past life? Did I try to eat one of your favorite pets? I certainly must’ve done something.” *
  Alusair: “What was that about?!”
  Arothir: Listen check
  Shenvallei: “Oops sorry about the noise.”
  Alusair: [1d20+5<!- Official Roll ->] => [17,5] = (22)
  Shenvallei: [1d20+2<!- Official Roll ->] => [12,2] = (14)
  Shenvallei: “Did you hear something?”
  Arothir: You both hear a flurry of beating wings coming towards you
  Arothir: Van and Jess don’t seem to have noticed
  Alusair: “Oh.. gods..”
  Alusair: “Why me?”
  Shenvallei: “Oh no…”
  Arothir: Looking down the hallway shows three more Vargouilles flapping their way down
  Shenvallei: “YYyyeeeeaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhh!!!!” Fire my shortbow at one of them [1d20+5<!- Official Roll ->] => [17,5] = (22)
  Arothir: YOU HIT!
  Arothir: Damage
  Shenvallei: [1d6<!- Official Roll ->] => [3] = (3)
  Arothir: It spins around
  Arothir: But keeps coming
  Arothir: INITIATIVES
  Alusair: [1d20+2<!- Official Roll ->] => [3,2] = (5)
  Alusair: yeah, anyway
  Shenvallei: [1d20+4<!- Official Roll ->] => [1,4] = (5)
  Arothir: lawl
  Arothir: Right.
  Arothir: Collectively, the three Vargouilles inhale and, their jaws freakishly distending, let out a horrifying shriek
  Arothir: Fort saves all!
  Shenvallei: 3 saves or just 1?
  Alusair: [1d20<!- Official Roll ->] => [11] = (11)
  Alusair: Two things..
  Alusair: if this is Fear
  Alusair: I’m immune (paladin)
  Alusair: Two.. anyone within ten feet of me has a +4 to their save against it (Paladin)
  Arothir: just one save
  Shenvallei: [1d20+3<!- Official Roll ->] => [7,3] = (10)
  Arothir: And yes, +4 to your fort save, Shen
  Arothir: Jess Screams and cowers
  Shenvallei: 14 total then
  Arothir: Yes
  Arothir: Shen, you are unaffected, as is Alusair and Van
  Arothir: Van grimaces at Jess’s scream, but he leaps off of one of the pillars and hurls himself at one of the Vargouilles.
  Arothir: His halberd lops one of its wings off and the creature tumbles to the floor
  Arothir: Shen/Alusair
  Arothir: COMBINED ACTION GO!
  Shenvallei: Good.
  Shenvallei: Fire another arrow at the same one I hit before. [1d20+5<!- Official Roll ->] => [20,5] = (25)
  Alusair: [1d20+6<!- Official Roll ->] => [18,6] = (24)
  Arothir: Crit confirm, Shen?
  Shenvallei: nice
  Arothir: Roll again
  Shenvallei: [1d20<!- Official Roll ->] => [17] = (17)
  Arothir: You both hit
  Arothir: Damage?
  Shenvallei: [1d6<!- Official Roll ->] => [1] = (1)
  Alusair: [1d10+6+3+6<!- Official Roll ->] => [1,6,3,6] = (16)
  Alusair: ugh
  Arothir: The arrow Shen Fired, despite hitting an inopportune area, pierces straight through the head, and it drops to the ground
  Arothir: Alusair likewise cleaves her head in two pieces, each clattering to the floor
  Arothir: The hallway is once more silent
  Shenvallei: “Jesebel are you alright?”
  Arothir: Aside from Jess’s quivvering
  Arothir: She doesn’t answer…merely holds her head in one hand and clutches her other arm with her other hand
  Shenvallei: “Let us wait for the condition to pass. Unless you have a way of removing fear.”
  
• Alusair darts back to Jess, sliding to her knees next to her. Her sword clatters to the ground as she wraps her in an embrace. “Wish I did.. I’m a paladin, not a miracle worker.” *
  Arothir: Jess eventually calms down
  Arothir: Van: This is certainly…an interesting place…
  Alusair: “Aren’t they always?”
  Shenvallei: “It is. But we arent finding any answers.”
  Alusair: “We’re finding plenty of answers.. just not to our old questions.”
  Shenvallei: Im going to search the rest of the coffins.
  Arothir: You go to search the other coffin?
  Arothir: There are only two in between this set of pillars
  Shenvallei: Yes first for traps then to open.
  Arothir: No visible traps…
  Arothir: You open the coffin…STR CHECK!
  Shenvallei: [1d20<!- Official Roll ->] => [20] = (20)
  Shenvallei: “YYYYeeeeaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhh!”
  Arothir: Shen shoves the lid off, gently lowering it to the ground
  Arothir: Reflex save, Shen!
  
• Alusair looks over, “Wow.. he did it.” *
  Shenvallei: [1d20+5<!- Official Roll ->] => [2,5] = (7)
  Arothir: A claw snakes out of the coffin, swinging mere inches from your face. Luckily, you backed up just enough.
  Shenvallei: “What in the name of…”
  Arothir: A wierd, twisted human with claws, patches of hair and a look of desperation hauls itself out of the coffin
  Arothir: What is has for clothes are…well..tattered.
  Shenvallei: “Undead!” I turn and run.
  Arothir: You turn and run…which way?
  
• Alusair sighs, “Never a dull moment.. as much as I enjoy this…” *
  Arothir: Towards the rope, or down the hall?
  
• Alusair pulls away and stands up, scooping her sword back up in the same motion *
  Shenvallei: 1-10 back to the rope.
  Shenvallei: [1d20<!- Official Roll ->] => [4] = (4)
  Shenvallei: back to the rope.
  Arothir: You head back to the rope
  Arothir: Initiatives!
  Alusair: [1d20+2<!- Official Roll ->] => [16,2] = (18)
  Shenvallei: [1d20+4<!- Official Roll ->] => [15,4] = (19)
  Alusair: wow.
  Alusair: double digits AND not too shabby
  Arothir: Truth
  Arothir: Shen, go
  Shenvallei: Ill run back towards the group behind Alusair and then draw my bow and fire an arrow at the undead. [1d20+5<!- Official Roll ->] => [14,5] = (19)
  Shenvallei: [1d6<!- Official Roll ->] => [4] = (4)
  Shenvallei: if it hits
  Arothir: It does hiot
  Arothir: Alright…
  Arothir: The wight brings back a claw and delivers a hearty blow to Van, which slices his arm deeply, causing him to whimper in pain.
  Shenvallei: I knew it was a wight.
  Shenvallei: do undead in 3rd still energy drain?
  Arothir: Yep.
  Arothir: Alusair!
  Alusair: [1d20+6<!- Official Roll ->] => [4,6] = (10)
  Alusair: ugh
  Shenvallei: Wights still immune to normal weapons?
  Arothir: immunte?
  Alusair: nah..
  Alusair: if you hit them hard enough, you can get through damage resistance
  Shenvallei: used to be silver or better to hit them.
  Arothir: yeah
  Arothir: You can still get through DR
  Shenvallei: so basically my bow is useless here.
  Arothir: I can’t say that
  Arothir: that would be cheating
  Arothir: :P
  Shenvallei: Im not asking you hehe just talking to myself.
  Arothir: Yeah, unfortunately, Al, that doesn’t hit
  Arothir: Van is…well…gasping and clutching at his arm in pain
  Arothir: He manages to stab the Wight
  Arothir: but his heart doesn’t seem as in it as before
  Arothir: Shen?
  Shenvallei: Dig into my pack for my flask of oil.
  Arothir: you find it!
  Shenvallei: can I throw it this round or do I have to wait?
  Arothir: You can throw it, sure.
  Shenvallei: Ok Ill throw it at the wight. Its a standard flask that breaks on impact.
  Shenvallei: [1d20+5<!- Official Roll ->] => [7,5] = (12)
  Shenvallei: I have no idea if armor applies to an attack like that.
  Arothir: I think it’s…touch?
  Arothir: Morgan?
  Arothir: I can’t remember thrown weapons
  Alusair: should be a touch attack
  Arothir: It breaks all over the Wight
  Shenvallei: excellent.
  Arothir: The wight turns on Morgan
  Arothir: Who dances out of the way easily.
  Arothir: Your go, bossman
  Alusair: [1d20+6<!- Official Roll ->] => [8,6] = (14)
  Alusair: sod
  Arothir: yeah, not quite
  Arothir: Van thrusts at the Wight, still seeming quite weak
  Arothir: But his thrust falls short.
  Arothir: SHEN
  Shenvallei: Whats your ruleing on prestidigitation, could I create a spark with it?
  Arothir: I would wager not..
  Shenvallei: Ok. Will try to light my torch then.
  Arothir: It can…uh…flavor the oil
  Arothir: or warm it…
  Arothir: But I don’t think warm and light are the same thing
  Arothir: :P
  Arothir: you can light your torch
  Shenvallei: Ill do that.
  Arothir: Morgan?
  Arothir: Er…wait
  Arothir: Wight
  Arothir: sorry
  Arothir: :P
  Arothir: ...
  Alusair: lol
  Arothir: Hm
  Arothir: Kay
  Arothir: Morgan, +1 Negative Level, 4 Damage
  Shenvallei: What happened?
  Arothir: Wight hit.
  Shenvallei: Is energy drain permanent or does it wear off?
  Arothir: ...it can be permanent
  Arothir: If a fort save is failed
  Alusair: true
  Arothir: after 24 hours
  Arothir: Morgan, your go
  Alusair: fortunately, I avoided that last time.
  Alusair: [1d20+8<!- Official Roll ->] => [19,8] = (27)
  Alusair: smite evil
  Arothir: THEREs your hit
  Alusair: yeah.. shame its a wight
  Arothir: lol
  Alusair: [1d10+6+3+6+2<!- Official Roll ->] => [7,6,3,6,2] = (24)
  Arothir: The wight crumbles to dust, leaving a gasping of air behind it…although that could just be Van
  Shenvallei: I move to Van and Alusair looking at each of them to see how badly hurt they are.
  Arothir: Van: ...what…why do I feel so weak…?
  Arothir: Van seems…well, not all that bad off, but he doesn’t look good.
  
• Alusair slumps down against the wall. *
  Shenvallei: “Your lifeforce was drained by the undead.”
  Shenvallei: Does Alusair look the same?
  Arothir: indeed
  Alusair: “Second time.. you never get used to it…”
  Arothir: Van gasps “I never want to…”
  Arothir: Jess: Yes…It is rather unpleasant…
  Shenvallei: “I think its time we go.” I wander over to the coffin that the wight came out of and do a quick search.
  Alusair: “Leave if you want.. I’m not going farther than the tower above us.”
  Arothir: There’s a pouch of 50 gold coins in there
  Shenvallei: “Dont you want to get to safety? You mean you want to press on?”
  Arothir: Jess goes and comforts both Van and Alusair
  Alusair: “I’ll fall back to the tower to try and recover from this.. but I’m not leaving until we’ve searched this place.”
  Arothir: Van nods. “I’m…angry…but…too weak to be angry about it right now..”
  Alusair: “Either way.. with Van and I weakened like this.. its too dangerous to keep going.”
  Shenvallei: “A rest then.”
  Alusair: “Aye. Back topside, we replace the hatch – weight it down if necessary.”
  Alusair: “The tower’s ruins will provide cover.”
  Shenvallei: New spell list incomming on whisper.
  Arothir: You head up?
  Alusair: Yeah.. head up
  Arothir: You climb up
  Arothir: The hatch is weighed down
  Arothir: You set up camp?
  Alusair: yeaaaaaaahhh…
  Alusair: set up a fire.. not much of one.. just enough to keep things lit
  Arothir: yep
  Arothir: You do
  Arothir: You wait out a day?
  Alusair: si
  Arothir: ALRIGHT
  Arothir: FORT SAVE
  Shenvallei: I wait as long as Alusair and Van need. I take main watch and let them get as much rest as possible.
  Alusair: [1d20<!- Official Roll ->] => [16] = (16)
  Alusair: Plus a ridiculous amount
  Arothir: You’re good.
  Arothir: A day passes…and Alusair and Van look at peak form, although Van almost didn’t make it.
  Alusair: celebrate by sleeping in an extra hour while Shen stands around on watch
  Arothir: lawl
  Arothir: You are all rested!
  Shenvallei: “Back into this pit of hell then?”
  Arothir: Van looks unsure, but consents anyway
  Alusair: Baaaaaaack down
  Shenvallei: Yup and move to where we were.
  Arothir: you do
  Arothir: At the second pillar!
  Shenvallei: Take the pouch of 50 gold.
  Arothir: There is a used sleeping mat with an old campfire
  Shenvallei: 2 more coffins or no?
  Arothir: And two cracked open coffins
  Alusair: “Eh…”
  Arothir: piles of bones abound
  Shenvallei: Search for traps and move ahead.
  Arothir: No traps visible…
  Arothir: You have come to the end of the hallway!
  Arothir: In the midle of which is an brazier
  Alusair: “Doesn’t make sense. Vargouilles had to come from somewhere.”
  Arothir: There is a broken statue forward to your left, of a woman holding a finger to her lips
  Arothir: Straight ahead is a set of iron double doors
  Arothir: Likewise to the left and the right
  Arothir: To the left, there’s another bed mat covered in blood and a headless skeleton
  Arothir: also, in front of the right door
  Arothir: another headless skeleton
  Arothir: and directly to your left, another empty bedroll
  Shenvallei: examine the statue.
  Alusair: “Right.. two headless skeletons.. Thats two.. plus the original.. thats three..”
  Alusair: “We’ve killed four.”
  Shenvallei: do I recognize the woman?
  Arothir: Nossir
  Arothir: Very unfamiliar
  Shenvallei: Hmm. Ok examine the doors and listen at them.
  Arothir: you examine and listen at them
  Arothir: To the left…you hear…wings.
  Arothir: Many many wings.
  Arothir: To the right, nothing.
  Shenvallei: “What say you? Right or left?”
  Alusair: ”. . . how about.. right.”
  Shenvallei: Ill try ot open the right door.
  Arothir: YOU OPEN THE RIGHT DOOR
  Arothir: A series of pillars, with a hallway which eventuallyturns to your right.
  Arothir: There’s a large pile of bones after the first set of pillars.
  Arothir: It probably reaches to the top of Jess’s head
  Arothir: It’s mostly arm and leg bones, topped by a few skulls…not many ribcages…
  Shenvallei: “By the gods, is this a crypt or a body pit?”
  Alusair: “Can’t it be both?”
  Shenvallei: “I suppose it can.”
  Shenvallei: Continue forward and turn right.
  
• Alusair hangs back with Jess, given her past fondness for bodies, bones, and other forms of dismemberment **
  Arothir: When you turn right, there’s still a bit more which continues to the left
  Arothir: (You get the feeling that’s from personal experience)
  Arothir: You see a few vases there.
  Arothir: Down the hall you’re looking, Shen
  Arothir: Is a long hall
  Arothir: With a closed, heavy stone coffin at the end of it
  Arothir: but before that, there are two branches which turn to the left and right
  Shenvallei: Search for traps and continue down.
  Arothir: Roll?
  Shenvallei: [1d20<!- Official Roll ->] => [4] = (4)
  Shenvallei: +6
  Arothir: Oh, just to give you dimensions, the coffin looks roughly 10 feet long
  Alusair: Sigh…
  Alusair: Detect evil..
  Alusair: I realize EVERYTHING has been glowing
  Alusair: but given a few rounds focusing on it, I should be able to detect if theres an additional aura inside
  Arothir: Oh, there is
  Arothir: There’s…quite a powerful evil aura inside that coffin.
  Arothir: You see no traps Shen
  Shenvallei: Search the room the coffin is in.
  Arothir: You head straight down towards the coffin… listen check
  Alusair: “I hate to state the obvious, but theres something in that coffin.”
  Shenvallei: [1d20+2<!- Official Roll ->] => [4,2] = (6)
  Shenvallei: “Of course there is.”
  Arothir: Morgan?
  Arothir: Listen check/
  Alusair: [1d20<!- Official Roll ->] => [18] = (18)
  Alusair: +5
  Arothir: Morgan, you hear a large grinding sound from your left and your right.
  Alusair: Look.
  Arothir: To the left…
  Arothir: A skeletal Owlbear is approaching you
  Arothir: To the right, six skeletons
  Arothir: The skeletons all have heavy steel shields
  Arothir: and longswords
  Alusair: “Van.. get the bear.”
  Alusair: Charge.
  Arothir: Inits!
  Shenvallei: [1d20<!- Official Roll ->] => [8] = (8)
  Shenvallei: +4
  Alusair: [1d20+2<!- Official Roll ->] => [20,2] = (22)
  Arothir: Nice.
  Arothir: Alusair?
  Alusair: How tightly packed are the skeletons?
  Arothir: Tight formation…just slightly looser than shoulder to shoulder
  Alusair: K…
  Alusair: Not swinging..
  Alusair: Charging straight into them to try and break them up
  Shenvallei: wont that provoke attacks of opprotunity on you?
  Alusair: Yep
  Arothir: lawl
  Arothir: Right.
  Alusair: Probably from every one of them
  Arothir: I hate you for making so many rolls
  Arothir: :P
  Alusair: They’ve also got a 25% chance to hit the one I’m charging
  Alusair: :P
  Alusair: Although the one I’m charging doesn’t have that chance
  Alusair: just the others
  Shenvallei: (Im going to try to hold out thru this battle but I have to go asap. Eyelids getting heavy.)
  Arothir: Unfortunately for you, all of their attacks miss not just them
  Alusair: yep yep
  Arothir: Ahh, Sorry, Shen.
  Alusair: Thats fine.
  Alusair: Can I get two, or just one?
  Arothir: You can get two
  Alusair: strength checks, plz
  Alusair: [1d20<!- Official Roll ->] => [11] = (11)
  Alusair: Plus…
  Arothir: You manage to shove through the two of them
  Arothir: They recollect themselves
  Arothir: You hear a wicked slice, and Van’s arm sprays blood onto the Owlbear
  Arothir: Shen!
  Shenvallei: scorching ray owlbear
  Shenvallei: [1d20<!- Official Roll ->] => [20] = (20)
  Shenvallei: +65
  Arothir: ...65?
  Arothir: That’s a bit high
  Arothir: :P
  Shenvallei: 5
  Shenvallei: sorry
  Arothir: Roll damage there skippy
  Shenvallei: seeing double
  Shenvallei: [1d6<!- Official Roll ->] => [1] = (1)
  Shenvallei: [1d6<!- Official Roll ->] => [5] = (5)
  Shenvallei: [1d6<!- Official Roll ->] => [2] = (2)
  Shenvallei: [1d6<!- Official Roll ->] => [6] = (6)
  Arothir: 14
  Arothir: Right.
  Shenvallei: can spells crit? I forgot
  Alusair: nope
  Alusair: they did in 2nd, under some rules.. I miss it
  Shenvallei: k
  Arothir: There’s some definate scorching.
  Arothir: Van leaps up and tries to go for the Owlbear’s spine
  Arothir: [1d10+4+1d6<!- Official Roll ->] => [7,4,1] = (12)
  Arothir: 12 damage!
  Arothir: HUZZAH!
  Arothir: Alusair!
  Alusair: [1d20+6<!- Official Roll ->] => [3,6] = (9)
  Alusair: hahaha
  Alusair: moving on
  Arothir: lol
  Arothir: Indeed
  Arothir: Two skeletons slice through Alusair’s defenses…
  Arothir: [1d6+1<!- Official Roll ->] => [3,1] = (4)
  Arothir: [1d6<!- Official Roll ->] => [1] = (1)
  Arothir: x2+1
  Arothir: 7 Damage
  Arothir: Another vicious strike hits van
  Arothir: Shen!
  Shenvallei: scorching ray owlbear
  Shenvallei: [1d20<!- Official Roll ->] => [11] = (11)
  Shenvallei: +5
  Arothir: That’ll hit
  Shenvallei: [1d6<!- Official Roll ->] => [6] = (6)
  Shenvallei: [1d6<!- Official Roll ->] => [6] = (6)
  Shenvallei: [1d6<!- Official Roll ->] => [2] = (2)
  Shenvallei: [1d6<!- Official Roll ->] => [5] = (5)
  Arothir: Okay.
  Arothir: Another attack for Van!
  Arothir: The owlbear collapses into dust
  Shenvallei: woot
  Shenvallei: (ugh. Ok Im sorry guys I cant hold out. Just had a wave of sleepiness hit me. If you want to npc me feel free. I was just going to magic missile the skeletons to help Al. Get them down.)
  Shenvallei: (nite)
  Arothir: (Alright.)
  Arothir: (Sorry, night.)
  Arothir: Al, your go.
  Shenvallei: (great game again Alex. We can pick it up again whenever.)
  Shenvallei: Disconnecting from server…
  

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