The Dark Mountains, Gran March, Greyhawk
Day Twenty. Long after midnight. Thursday, December 1st, 576 CY
Telkis' morningstar, Cranach beats back the cold dead hands that claw and scratch for the gnome's eternal soul!
DOOOOOM! And then Mouser is struck by a dreadful realization.
Nearby, Rudolf slices open the spider's abdomen in search of treasure. He accidentally cuts into the gigantic horror's venom sack, splashing vile toxins onto his bare skin! (Save vs Poison, at +2 to your die roll, to act)
Unseen by eyes mortal and immortal, Urdur races to the innocent child atop the sacrificial altar! Walls of skulls loom above them!
Meanwhile, Ingrid crashes her mystical hammer into one of the living carrion! (X3) Long Bo joins the attack and loses his balance, leaving himself wide open for a deadly counterattack! Cold bone hands clamp onto his face and drain away the druid's life energy! (7hp damage and -7 to Strength!) Before the heinous terror can kill him, Brevos lunges in and hacks its ribcage asunder! It crashes to the floor in a shatter of bones!
Swordless, Jerome of the Mighty Oak strikes his cudgel in a glancing blow off an eerie fleshless skull (X1)!
Suddenly, young Amity Mantle rises up off the altar! She hovers just above the ground, flying through the lichway! Urdur's disembodied voice cries, "I've got her, let's get outta here!!"
DOOOOOM! Urdur passes Mouser who has made a terrible discovery. The ominous thundering is emanating from the stone slabs that line the vast towering walls of the lichway, each etched with occult designs of profane geometry.
DOOOOOM! Mouser realizes the booming is coming from behind the slabs. All of them.
DOOOOOM! There might be hundreds of slabs. Thousands.
DOOOOOM! And a few of them are starting to crack.
Actions?!
Map Detail:
One square = 5 feet. Lighter areas are visible. All else is from memory. Asterisks and black dots by the room numbers don't represent anything.
Map:
Non-required Reading (rolls and rulings):
PC Status:
- Brevos, Half-Elf Ranger 3: Move: 9", AC: 2(1), HP: 18/31
Grey Mouser, Half-Elf Magic-User/Thief 3/4: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 19/19, Spells: 2/2 1st lvl, 0/1 2nd lvl
Ingrid Esthof, Human Cleric 4: Move: 6", AC: 3(1), HP: 22/22, Spells: 3/5 1st lvl and 2/4 2nd lvl
Jerome, Human Paladin 3: Move: 9", AC: 3(1), HP: 7/20, Laying Hands: 0/1, Deafened, -2 to Strength
Long Bo, Human Druid 4: Move: 9", AC: 2(1), HP: 23/30, Spells: 3/6 1st lvl, 3/3 2nd lvl and 2/2 3rd lvl, Torch at feet, -7 to Strength
Rudolf Rassendyll, Halfling Thief 4: Move: 9", AC: 3, HP: 14/16
Telkis Brassfang, Gnome Fighter 4: Move: 9", AC: 0, HP: 22/34, Torch at feet, Deafened
Urdur Shimmerstone, Gnome Illusionist 4: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 2/11, Spells: 2/3 1st lvl and 0/2 2nd lvl, Torch at feet
- Detect Magic: (Bo): Duration: 5 rounds.
Entangle (Bo): Target: Center of skull chamber. Duration: 4 rounds. Vine-web creature is unaffected.
Silence, 15' Radius (Ingrid): Duration: 3 rounds.
Invisibility (Urdur): Target: self
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