The Church of Merikka (21)
Village of Briarsgate, Gran March, Greyhawk
Day Eight. After midnight. Sunday, October 23nd, 576 CY
Cloudy, damp, cold, misty
"They're here! THEY'RE HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE!!!"
The Widow Hochstedt shrieks and the tendons in her scrawny neck stand out like cords.
"I found a map!..." exclaims Telkis as everyone speaks of escape at once. Mouser's last cursory glance notes nothing worth stealing except the silver candlesticks in the occult devotionals to the unspeakable god.
"We'll meet you at the mill," says Avril. The heroes divide their number even as they admit that to do so means certain death. They part without knowing if they will ever see each other again.
Without the map, Avril, Bo, Hoom, Ingrid, Mouser, Pelias and Verity escape the church of horrors through the jagged maw of the shattered stained glass window and jump down into the overgrown moonlit courtyard near the tall stone wall.
In the shadow of the now silent steeple, Bo and Pelias help Verity down as the old crone suddenly, unexpectedly rushes forward. "Verity Clayborne! Alive?! You presumptuous whore! You dare cleave to strangers over family?!" the withered harridan spits as she pulls a kitchen knife from her apron and plunges it into the young girl's breast with the strength of a maniac.
The old hag viciously buries the carving knife to the hilt in the pale girl's flesh.
Verity Clayborne screams her dying breath in Pelias' arms. Her lifeless hand drops her candle and it is extinguished.
Actions?!
Map:
Lighter areas represent visibility. All else is from memory. WH=Widow Hochstedt.
Rolls and Rulings (non-required reading):
PC Status:
- Avril Hollysword, Half-Elf Fighter/Cleric 1/2: Move: 9", AC: 7, HP: 7/10, Spells: 0/4 1st lvl
Grey Mouser, Half-Elf Magic-User/Thief 1/2: Move: 9", AC 5, HP 8/10, Spells: 0/1 1st lvl
Hoom Feethos, Elven Magic-User/Thief 1/2: Move: 9", AC 3, HP 3/8, Spells: 0/1 1st lvl
Ingrid Esthof, Human Cleric 3: Move: 6", AC: 3(1), HP: 4/16, Spells: 0/4 1st lvl and 0/3 2nd lvl
Long Bo, Human Druid 3: Move: 9", AC: 6, HP: 3/22, Spells: 0/5 1st lvl, 0/3 2nd lvl and 0/1 3rd lvl
Pelias Blanchflower, Human Paladin 2: Move: 9", AC: 2(0), HP: 4/19, Laying Hands: 0/1
- Widow's lantern
- Protection from Evil (Pelias): -2 to AC and +2 to saving throws against evil, in a 10 foot radius around Pelias.