Lost City of Khemsa, Forgotten Kingdom of Verulia, Great Eastern Desert, the World of Hyboria
Day Ten. Afternoon?, 23rd day of the month of Yuluk, 1279th year of the Age of Aquilonia
Betrayed even in death by hideous necromancy, Zargoth's most faithful servitors are thralls to His cruel will for all eternity.
Beneath their pale and luminous burial shrouds, all the dead pontiffs of the cult of Zargoth - whether their flesh is grey and rotten, or dried and mummified, or entirely gone from their ghastly living skeletons - all are infested with a heinous plague of eyes.
The adventurers beat back their ferocious assault, except Cruloc. Cold dead hands hammer the barbarian with a glancing blow (2hp damage). But at the point of impact, Cruloc's skin burns like fire!
In desperation, the adventurers lunge forward in a fierce counterattack!
Loche the Pict twists to aid Zahra, slashing a dead, leathery hand that reaches for the amazon! His jeweled dagger, enchanted against the undead, severs the eye-infested appendage at the wrist! And Zahra finishes the ghastly, mummified curate with a second merciless thrust of her glowing javelin! (W5)
Garrin strikes a fell-handed blow that would have killed two men, but his bloodless assailant does not fall! (W4)
Suddenly Xorzen remembers the unholy symbol he recovered from the dead priest of Zargoth aboard the Ship of the Damned. Finding it among his gear, he holds forth the profane icon!
"Return to your graves!" the disciple of Osorus commands in Verulian!
Miraculously, the dead high priests of Zargoth turn their countless eyes toward Xorzen and shriek balefully as they are driven back to their unhallowed tombs!
The battle is ended. But where Cruloc and Zahra were touched, their skin tingles and itches and burns!
Actions?!
Map Detail:
One square = 10 feet.
Map:
Behind the DM Screen:
PC Status:
Amethu: Verulian Grand Magus Cleric/Magic-User 3/2: Move: 9", AC: 4, HP: 14/14, Spells: 2/7 1st lvl, 1/3 2nd lvl, Lantern on ground
Cruloc: Cimmerian Northman Barbarian 3: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 29/45
Garrin: Argosian Atlantean Paladin 3: Move: 12", AC: 3(1), HP: 14/26, Laying Hands: 1/1
Loche: Pict Savage Thief 4: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 24/25
Mako: Khitan Easterner Illusionist 4: Move: 12", AC: 7(5), HP: 12/12, Spells: 2/3 1st lvl, 2/2 2nd lvl
Xorzen: Verulian Osoran Monk 3: Move: 17", AC: 6(4), HP: 10/16
Zahra: Verulian Amazon Fighter 4: Move: 12", AC: 3, HP: 16/29, Light spell on javelin
Cruloc: Cimmerian Northman Barbarian 3: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 29/45
Garrin: Argosian Atlantean Paladin 3: Move: 12", AC: 3(1), HP: 14/26, Laying Hands: 1/1
Loche: Pict Savage Thief 4: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 24/25
Mako: Khitan Easterner Illusionist 4: Move: 12", AC: 7(5), HP: 12/12, Spells: 2/3 1st lvl, 2/2 2nd lvl
Xorzen: Verulian Osoran Monk 3: Move: 17", AC: 6(4), HP: 10/16
Zahra: Verulian Amazon Fighter 4: Move: 12", AC: 3, HP: 16/29, Light spell on javelin
PC Magic:
Protection from Evil (Garrin): -2 to AC and +2 to saving throws against evil, in a 10 foot radius around Garrin.
Healing Mists of Osorus (Garrin, Kiri, Loche, Mako and Xorzen have breathed of the mists): All lost HP recovered with 8 hours of sleep. Wakeful rest, or sleeping less than 8 hours, enables recovery of 1 HP per hour. Duration: "months."
Invisibility (Mako): Target: self.
Slow Poison (Amethu): Target: none yet. Duration: 132 rounds.
Light (Mako): Target: Zahra's javelin. Duration: 28 rounds.
Healing Mists of Osorus (Garrin, Kiri, Loche, Mako and Xorzen have breathed of the mists): All lost HP recovered with 8 hours of sleep. Wakeful rest, or sleeping less than 8 hours, enables recovery of 1 HP per hour. Duration: "months."
Invisibility (Mako): Target: self.
Slow Poison (Amethu): Target: none yet. Duration: 132 rounds.
Light (Mako): Target: Zahra's javelin. Duration: 28 rounds.
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