City of Ezerin (IC)

[Athaleon]

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If a coup de grace is a full round action, I doubt he'd have had enough time to kill more than two.

[TheGuitar]

As you depart the battleground, another of the goblins stands woozily. He looks questioningly at his brother, but neither of them follow.

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Hey, sorry about the lapse, work's been killing me. I've also kind of been holding out hope for Celestin... but it's not lookin' like it. If you wanna RP a bit more feel free, I should be good for a post tomorrow afternoon, actually getting to the crypt.
Again, sorry for the delay.

[shugyosha]

Herlan

As the group continues on their way, the young detective apologizes to the group but his eyes linger on Red Eye, "I'm sorry I panicked out there. I'm just not used to fighting like that."

After a few steps he asks, "Is everyone alright?"

[Jack DeCoeur]

Isaac Hawking

Isaac's pace faltered slightly at Herlan's words. "Actually. I got shot, didn't I?" He smirked. "Suppose I should probably bandage that at some point." He looked down, the bleeding seemed to have stopped for the most part. Merely a minor flesh wound, to his trained eyes. "So, yes, I guess I am. And don't worry, you get used to it, the fighting I mean, after a while." He threw a crooked smile in the Detective's direction.

[TheGuitar]

You walk for a couple more hours, the sun has begun to set. The forest is ever alive with found of wildlife. The path soon approaches a small clearing the woods. In that clearing, a small stone structure juts out of the ground, two wooden doors laid into it. Above the doors, is the emblem of the house Skrym.

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You all get 225xp from the goblins. Sorry about the weird posting, like I said, work's been kicking my ass. but I've got a couple days off now.

[Jack DeCoeur]

Isaac Hawking

"Simpler than I expected." He glanced around the area. "We going straight in?"

[Athaleon]

Nirallus

"Unless we want to camp out here overnight. Obviously it'll be dark down there no matter when we go in, so we might as well go now. Any objections?"

[shugyosha]

Herlan
"We go in now it will be dark when we finish. And we'll have to camp anyway. Best to rest and recoup spells since we have the option," chimes Herlan.

[Jack DeCoeur]

Isaac Hawking

The seer shrugged. "I'm good to go." He paused for a second "I'm more of a night person anyway really."

[Murillio]

Soren Kirkegaard

"I don't have any camping gear so I'm opting to go down right now. But if any one must we could always rest. From what I see we are going in with a slight disadvantage and having more 'vantages on our side will help us go a long way. Plus we won't die as quickly."

[Athaleon]

Nirallus

"I don't have any camping supplies either. I suppose I could use someone's tent when they take over for me on watch?"

[shugyosha]

Herlan

The detective nods that adds, "My only other concern is ff these shadows escape here we would have a better chance following them in the day than night."

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OOC: personally I don't think it matters if we go in now or later but I think Herlan is just a very very cautious person.

[Chained Birds]

Red Eyes

"I could always scout inside seeing as I can see in the dark without a light source. I'm also very good at hiding, especially when it comes to buildings."

[Murillio]

Soren Kirkegaard

"That is something to consider. We'll just have to take them down before they do escape"

Soren grins widely as if he shared a divine revelation upon the group. He walks over to the wooden doors to inspect them.

"Seems normal enough."

He bends down to open a door.

[TheGuitar]

The hinges are rusty, but the door pulls open easily enough. light floods a staircase leading down into the tomb. the stairs themselves are made of stone, and carved with runes, probably blessing the entryway.

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Didn't know Soren had a feminine alter-ego.

[Athaleon]

Nirallus

Concentrating a bit, Nirallus opens his senses to the arcane and peers down into the gloom.

"I wonder if those blessings have any power to them?"

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Casting Detect Magic, then using either Kn: Arcana or Spellcraft if the runes actually are magical in nature. Both skills are +11, not sure if he gets his racial bonus to Spellcraft to identify these.

[roll]1d20+11[/roll]

Can't edit a roll into a post, rolled OOC.

[TheGuitar]

Athaleon

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As you study the runes, they glow with a magical power. However, upon reaching the end of the stairs, they stop. Though their magical shine give hint that the runes continue into the room, anything past the stairs seems inert.

As far as you can remember from your studies, they are a simple divine blessing, meant to protect the crypt.

[shugyosha]

Herlan

The hawkish man begins to wave his hand over his bow causing it to glow brightly, like a torch. He select one of his special arrows and guides to his bow string.

He takes two breaths to steady himself and then enters behind the others.

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Cast light on his bow, readies a ghost touch arrow.

[Chained Birds]

Red Eyes

Red Eyes will keep to the shadows (not the creatures) as she follows along with the group. She wonders why Herlan had to go shining a light to lure a bunch of creatures literally called "Shadows."
Following along, she'll try to perceive any enemies or strange sounds in the darkness.

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Stealth Check: Taking 10 = [32]
Perception Check: (1d20+9)[26]

[Athaleon]

Nirallus

Nirallus follows the others down, unable to suppress his pounding heart or fluttering gut. Sword in hand, he nervously works a Prestidigitation effect between the fingers of his other hand.

[TheGuitar]

Nirallus, Red Eyes, Herlan and Ellfain all begin to head down into the crypt. Issac and Soren stay outside. Is it very dimly lit, only four lone torches in the corner, barely able to light more than 15ft around them. The room his large and looks like it once was ornate, although much of it has decayed with time. As the four of you get down there, Red Eyes slips into the shadows, completely unnoticed.

Red Eyes

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For a moment, a flicker of the one of the torches at the back of the room reveals a shadowy figure. But it gone as soon as it was there.

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Added the map. The location of the shadow is where Red Eyes believes he saw it.

[Chained Birds]

Red Eyes

To alert the group but remain hidden, she'll use her Hand of the Mage and grab the torch nearest to her and fly it 15ft towards the direction of the Shadow.

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Standard Action: Activate Hand of the Mage
- Grab torch in [I-11]
Move Action: Move Torch 15ft to [I-8]

[TheGuitar]

Out of nowhere, a torch moves from the corner of the room. It seems to be signalling towards a certain direction.

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Shuyosha and Athaleon, Perception checks. I'm going to roll Ellifian's.

(1d20+4)[16]

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[Jack DeCoeur]

Isaac Hawking

Isaac watched as the others descended into the crypt. He was pausing at the entrance to consider his battle tactics. He know most of his magic would be useless, bar one spell of blessing and was trying to formulate a plan. He drummed his fingers on his breastplate, thinking.

The first thing he did was cast Detect Magic on the entranceway runes, as his companion had done before. Could be that these were the things keeping the Shadows in.

Recalling what Herlan had said about these creatures being ethereal he stowed his shield on his back so as to have use of both his hands, assuming it would be useless against the fiends. Moving his Oil of Magic Weapon to a convenient pocket he began to descend into the tunnel whilst drawing his weapon.

Once in the main chamber the Seer moved to one side of the entrance and prepared to cast Bless upon his allies whilst peering into the darkness, retrieving the vial, ready for use.

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Detect Magic
Spellcraft (d20+5)[20]
Know (Arc) (d20+5)[19]

Stow Shield, draw Morning Star, head down.

Once down into the main chamber (F13), draw the Oil of Magic Weapon in free hand and ready an action to cast Bless on everyone as soon as a) Soren moves within range (50ft) or combat starts (someone, friend or foe makes an attack that Isaac perceives).

Bless:
Bless fills your allies with courage. Each ally gains a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.

[Murillio]

Soren Kirkegaard

Following in after Isaac Soren does as Isaac does with his magic weapon oil. Going down the stairs Soren uses his average perception skills to survey the crypt. He will push past the group so the wall of three bodies are in front of Herlan.

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(1d20+8)[13] Perception

Moving into F 12
I was surprised Soren had a female alter ego as well.

[shugyosha]

Herlan

There was only one, that was good... or was there only one that they could see. They hawkish man stood his ground not wanting to put anymore light on Red Eyes. He hoped the other bodies would give her enough cover.

It was 75 feet away, a little outside his comfort range for his bow. He held himself ready if it got any closer.

[Chained Birds]

Red Eyes

Red Eyes will continue moving the flame closer. If the Shadow doesn't respond, then she'll continue moving it even closer.
By this point, the Shadow should be completely illuminated by the torch.

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Move Action: Move Torch to [H-5].
Move Action: Move Torch to [H-2].

[TheGuitar]

As the torch moves closer, the shadow shifts, and is enveloped into the dim area around, completely lost from sight.

The crypt is eerily silent. All of a sudden, a shadow reveals itself in front of Nirallus and reaches out it's hand. Luckily, Nirallus is able to dodge it, just in time. Issac immediately reacts and casts a blessing on the party.

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Shadow missed his attack. Issac uses his readied action to bless everyone... and that's all we've got for the surprise round. Roll Init either here or OOC. Everyone gets +1 to attack and to saves against fear, which will be noted on the battle map.

Ellifian's Init: (1d20+2)[14]

[Murillio]

Soren Kirkegaard

Feeling his reflexes surge him forth Soren takes a step towards the shadow unsheathing his morningstar. He shouts a battle cry and attempts to attack the shadow.

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(1d20+9)[26] attack roll
(1d8+7)[10] damage

[TheGuitar]

Soren's swing is right on the money, however, the morningstar passes right through the shadow, doing it no harm. Ellifian steps forward as wel, and swings her longsword at the shadow.

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(1d20+7)[16]
DMG (1d8+3)[5]

Ellifian's sword is also on target, but fails to do any damage.

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Athaleon's Turn!