The messengers

[GimliFett]

Ozzgar the Wolf
HP: 16/16 (3 subdual); AC: 17, touch 14, flat 14

The goblin nods solemnly as the details unfold. He hands back the portion of gold he was given. "Ah cannae, in good conshuns, tae th' money. Ransom money is important, an' if disturbed can lead ta fueds, ya ken?" Ozz looks at his companions. "Ah doon' think we shood worry aboot it till we've finished ahr given task, eh lads?"

[obliged_salmon]

Dafydd

Dafydd frowns at that his opinion is not echoed, but shrugs amiably. "Well, I suppose we can get to it later. Our mission must take precedence, after all." He smiles wanly at the group. "Shall we be off, then?" Dafydd sets the trend by picking up his belongings and marching again toward the western path.

[amanodel]

Deciding to continue on your original route, you leave the small town of Ginston behind after thegood meal and brawling. The rest of the day passes peacefully as you head west. You ocassionally meet travellers on the road, mostly tradesmen and working peasants. At the end of the day, you reach a small hill near the road. A ruined, old temple stands atop it. It looks like it's abandoned for centuries, it's hard to guess which god it belonged to in the old times. (Knowledge local, or religion: DC 15.)

It looks like a storm is gathering on the horizont, and the old temple looks to be a good shelter against the upcoming storm.

[Quxelopqr]

Kaz

Kaz looks at the temple, checking to make sure that it is not the same kind as the "demon priest" Dagg was frightened of.

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knowledge local: (d20+3)[6]

"I don't think I know about this place, but it looks like rain. Shall we stay here or press on?"

[obliged_salmon]

Dafydd

"We should stay here, by all means! I know a storm on approach when I see one. Usually. Sometimes I don't pay much attention, but it ill favors us to camp in the rain when a roof presents itself." Dafydd grins confidently at the crew, without the faintest idea whose temple this might have once been.

[mdsoze]

Lorrick

Yes. It's always best to stay dry in a storm. Getting soaked to the bone can mean death if it gets cold.

Lorrick takes out a bullseye lamp from his pack, along with a flask of oil, and lights the oil using flint and steel, before entering the temple.

[amanodel]

You climb up the small hill, and enter the temple. Altough it was ruined generations ago, the thick walls stand still, and at a corner, the roof is still there, and looks to be solid enoughto sleep under.

In the light of Lorrick's lantern, you can take a closer look at the temple. Altough it's still a mistery who it was dedicated to, a number of stylistical features suggest that it was built for one of the pagan gods (the gods aside the official pantheon, see OOC for details).

[Quxelopqr]

Kaz

Kaz walks into the temple, looking around for anyone or anything inside.

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listen: (d20+9)[11] spot: (d20+9)[23]

[GimliFett]

Ozzgar the Wolf
HP: 16/16 (3 subdual); AC: 17, touch 14, flat 14

The goblin hisses sharply and shakes his head at Kaz. "Lemme 'ave a look 'roun', an' see if anythin' waits for oos, nae?" he says as he moves back ahead of Kaz, and quickly scans the area before them; from floor to ceiling and back.

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Listen: (1d20+7)[14]
Search: (1d20+7)[22]
Spot: (1d20+7)[25]

[Dethcom1]

Dagg

Dagg walks in, drops his backpack on the floor, and nods respectfully at any obvious religious symbols lying around.

"Why're you all so interested in searching the place? Not like there's any treasure to be had."

[GimliFett]

Ozzgar the Wolf
HP: 16/16 (3 subdual); AC: 17, touch 14, flat 14

The goblin snorts. "Nae, Dagg. Ah don' ken if there's anythin' of worth, Ah'm more worried aboot someone or somethin' waitin' in tha dark." Despite the conversation, Ozz continues his search, especially looking for tracks of any sort.

[amanodel]

The place is long deserted, and clearly, there are no treasures to be had, as Dagg said. Any valuables that were might left here, were taken away already, and only stones remain.

Ozz looks around, but can't find anything interesting. The temple ruins are decorated with creeping vines as nature starts to take over the place. The rocky ground and the stone floor of the temple doesn't store tracks of any kind, but everything is dead silent. A small graveyard is situated near the temple, but the tombstones are cracked and destroyed by now.

[obliged_salmon]

Dafydd

Dafydd takes an appreciative look around at the temple. "Well, it's not exactly a king's summer retreat, but there's certainly no call for dampened spirits on account of our surroundings, friends. Let us to rest, who may. Dafydd sheds his plate armor and, for lack of a proper bed, uncomfortably settles down into a more typical elf-like meditating posture.

[amanodel]

You quickly create a camping site in the ruins, and prepare to sleep. The rain already begun to slowly fall, the roof above your head is more than satisyfing right now. The rocky terrain is hard to sleep on, but surely better than sleepping in the mud.

Is anyone taking night watch?

[mdsoze]

Lorrick doesn't mind taking a watch.

[Quxelopqr]

Kaz will take second watch.

[obliged_salmon]

As long as those two watches take four hours total, Dafydd can take the rest.

[amanodel]

The night is peaceful in the start, and after Lorrick's watch, even the storm starts to settle.

Kaz follows Lorrick in the nightwatch, and around midnight, the wind brings a most foul stench towards you.

(DC 11 Listen check for Kaz, others may attempt it with -10 penalty.)

[Quxelopqr]

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listen (d20+9)[16]

Kaz gets up and draws his kukri, eyes open and preparing for whatever the smell brings his way. He looks at his companions, but doesn't rouse them yet. Should I...no, there's no need to wake the others yet. I'll let them rest until I see if it's trouble.

Kaz looks toward the smell, and if it comes from the direction of the graveyard then he will start waking people up, beginning with whoever's closest to the smell.

[amanodel]

The foul stench of rotting death indeed comes from the direction Kaz expected it.

Just as Kaz starts to wake up his companions, a vaguely humanoid figure crawls from behind a wall. It looks like a human, but it's flesh if rotten, even missing at places. The stink of decay and corruption is overwhelming, and the stench itself wakes up those who were sleeping until then.

The creature closes on you, sometimes using it's hands to help his movement, it's left leg is visibly broken at several places.



Kaz and the undead gets to act in the surprise round. DC 14 knowledge check (religion, planes, or arcane) to identify the kind of undead.
The undead's initiative is: Initiative - (1d20+3)[13].
You also need to make a charisma-based fortitude save vs poison DC 15 or become sickened from the stench.

[Dethcom1]

Dagg

Dagg starts suddenly at the smell. "Gramma?" As soon as he notices the undead creature shambling towards us, he'll pick up his axes and stand. "You afraid of your ancestors, eh? Let me give you a leg up on meeting them."

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AC: 16 HP: 18
Fort save - (1d20+3)[11]
Initiative - (1d20+2)[5]

[GimliFett]

Ozzgar the Wolf
HP: 16/16; AC: 17, touch 14, flat 14

The goblin wakes with a start, the stench causing him to wrinkle his nose forcibly. As his eyes adjust and he assesses the situation, he snorts loudly. "Och! Whot'n incredible smell ye've discuverd, Kaz! Didja fine a new frien'?" Ozz grins as he readies his bow. Not knowing which weapon would work best, he decides to start with what he does best.

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Initiative: (1d20+3)[9]
Fortitude: (1d20+4)[7]

[obliged_salmon]

Dafydd

Dafydd wakes and shouts "to arms, brothers, to arms!" before really realizing what's going on, and jumps to his feet as soon as possible...tiredly

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initiative - (1d20)[19]
fortitude - (1d20+7)[14]

[Quxelopqr]

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initiative (d20+7)[27] fortitude (d20+1)[7]

Laughing, Kaz replies "A friend? He's a tad too old for my tastes." Keeping his kukri handy, he moves in and slashes at the beast.

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attack: (d20+2)[12] damage: (d6+1)[2] both rolls are minus 2 if I failed my fortitude save.

[mdsoze]

Lorrick

(my apologies)

Lorrick is woken, and takes in the smell, and scrambles to his feet.

1st round: Lorrick stands, and draws his sword.

Initiative: (1d20+2)[7]
Fort Save: (1d20+5)[21]

[amanodel]

Kaz moves in, and strikes with his kukri, but the undead is quicker and more agile than it's rotten flesh would indicate, and Kaz misses it.

The undead attacks Kaz with it's rotting teeth, and sharp claws. One of it's claw attacks succeed (3 damage), and Kaz feels the overhelming negative energy assaulting him, trying to freeze him in place (CHA-based Fort save DC15 or became paralysed for (1d4+1)[3] rounds).


Surprise round:
Kaz (27) attacks the undead, -3HP, sickened
Undead (13)

First round will go like:
Kaz (27) -3HP, sickened
Dafydd (14) sickened
Undead (13)
Ozzgar (9) sickened
Lorrick (7)
Dagg (5) sickened

[obliged_salmon]

Dafydd
AC: 12 HP: 20

Dafydd stands and gropes around in the dark for his shield.

[Quxelopqr]

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fort save: (d20+1)[10]

HP: 9 AC: 16
Kaz freezes up, the negative energy holding his limbs in place. Crap.

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* post roll count doesn't match database

[Dethcom1]

Dagg

Dagg approaches the creature warily, trying to flank it. He strikes as soon as he is in reach.

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AC:16 HP:18

If he can't get opposite Kaz, he'll go as far as possible before closing in and attacking.

Main Hand Attack Roll - (1d20+2)[16]
Main Hand Damage Roll - (1d10+1)[5]
Off Hand Attack Roll - (1d20+1)[10]
Off Hand Damage Roll - (1d10+1)[2]

[amanodel]

Kaz is held by the unholy force, and he is unable to move.

Dafydd sees the strenght of the undead, and takes his shield for extra protection.

After freezing Kaz in place, the ghast jumps over to Lorrick, and bites the human with it's rotten teeth, but Lorrick shrugs off the unholy force trying to bind him. (succeeded in both saves) Altough the attack was painful itself, tearing deep into the human's flesh Damage - (1d8+3)[11].

Ozzgar arms himself with his bow, and attacks the ghast, but he misses the quickly moving undead.

Lorrick swings his sword at the undead, hitting it with a solid blow.

Dagg moves in to attack the creature, and he manages to flank it with Lorrick (Kaz is paralysed). He delivers a good-measured hit with his axe at the creature's back.

First round over:
Kaz (27) -3HP, sickened, paralysed
Dafydd (14) sickened
Ghast (13) -13HP/29HP
Ozzgar (9) sickened
Lorrick (7)
Dagg (5) sickened