Village of Briarsgate, Beneath the Golden Grain Inn (6)
Between 10 and 11pm, Thursday, October 20th, 576 CY.
Full moon, partly cloudy, damp, cold, misty.
Loathsome horrors from darkest nightmare beset the heroes in the catacomb-like labyrinth.
Ingrid and Pelias both swing at the abhorrent, living carcass within their reach (X1) and miss!
The disgusting thing, thwarted by Pelias' holy mantle of virtue, barks with hate and then flees south, down the long channel into the darkness!
Grothnak and Moogeye push closer to their nearest fronts but cannot reach them due to this constricting warren. Neither can enter the fray!
Suddenly the wind from the south blows stronger! It carries the sickening stench of rot and decay through the battle and to the east!
Avril, nearing unconsciousness, bravely refuses to retreat! But her trembling hand cannot land a blow on the depraved, corpse-like terror that wounded her so gravely (X3). The heinous thing smiles evilly, licks its blood-soaked lips, and prepares to finish devouring Avril alive!
The valiant half-elf's blurring vision 'sees' the ghastly horror transform before her failing eyes, becoming Death itself.
Suddenly a spearhead bursts out of its shoulder! Long Bo had heard the sounds of battle and charged down the tunnel and impaled the monster's upper back with his spear!
The cemetery demon roars with bewildered anger, wheels around, and lunges at Bo like a rabid animal, tearing into him ferociously with savage claws and fangs! (Critical hit: -10 hp!)
The noble druid feels an icy, supernatural chill threatening to overtake his very soul! (Please Save once vs. Paralyzation)
Actions?
Northwest of the pitched battle, in a shadow-filled cave (22), Telkis searches in vain for some sign of Beswill's purpose there. The wet, dank hole, far from the center of the tunnel network, is empty and isolated.
Telkis finally approaches the ruin of Bertram Beswill himself. He sees something glimmering in his fist. The gnome opens the death grip to reveal what was held tightly within:
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Hoom and Mouser escape the stone dungeon and climb up into the bedroom of the late Bertram Beswill.
Hoom douses the bedroom door with a flask of oil! He readies his flint and steel.
Mouser opens the back window and suddenly a strong wind, rich with the stink of death, blows from the trapdoor, out the window. This fell breeze must have fed the fire in the dungeon below because a small geyser of flames erupts from the open trap door! VROOSH!
The oil-soaked door doesn't ignite... yet.
Mouser jumps out the back window, and Hoom hears footsteps beyond the oil-soaked door. Someone or something is standing on the other side! (at '?')
Actions, Hoom and Mouser?
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- Avril Hollysword, Half-Elf Fighter/Cleric 1/1: AC 7, HP 1/9, Spells: 2/3 1st lvl
Grey Mouser, Half-Elf Magic-User/Thief 1/2: AC 4, HP 10/10, Spells: 1/1 1st lvl
Grothnak Uthglukh, Half-Orc Fighter 2: AC 4, HP 16/17
Hoom Feethos, Elven Magic-User/Thief 1/2: AC 3, HP 7/8, Spells: 0/1 1st lvl
Ingrid Esthof, Human Cleric 3: AC 3(1), HP 14/16, Spells: 2/4 1st lvl and 2/3 2nd lvl. Lantern
Long Bo, Human Druid 2: AC 6, HP 2/15, Spells: 2/4 1st lvl and 2/2 2nd lvl. Lantern
Moogeye Comcra, Human Monk 2: AC 8, HP 11/11
Pelias Blanchflower, Human Paladin 2: AC 2(0), HP 16/19, Laying Hands: 0/1
Telkis Brassfang, Gnome Fighter 2: AC 0, HP 18/19
- Protection from Evil (Pelias): -2 to AC and +2 to saving throws against evil, in a 10 foot radius around Pelias.
