Chapter 10: The Crypt of Everlasting Life

[Urson]

Zahra

Zahra snarls, taking a mighty swing with her mace.

att [1d20+2] = 10+2 = 12
mace [1d6+3] = 3+3 = 6

Need to close that door!

[Monsieur Rose]

Soruk

As Soruk rounds the corner he recognizes the sounds and smells of the undead. He quickly reaches for his holy symbol and asks for guidance in banishing these creatures.

Turn Undead: [1d20] = 12

"Begone! Go backeth to thy rest and bother us nay more!"

[DadsAngry]

Mako:

Mako swings his quarterstaff at the animated skeleton as they pass by.

S7 Staff, Quarter THAC0 20 [1d20] = 5 S/M/L [1d6] = 2
S8 Staff, Quarter THAC0 20 [1d20] = 13 S/M/L [1d6] = 4
S9 Staff, Quarter THAC0 20 [1d20] = 7 S/M/L [1d6] = 4

This round he closes the door to the room.

[ravenn4544]

Amethu watches the battle and decides he'd best serve as watch against the southern hallway.

[wordoftheoracle]

Loche strikes a second time! This time, S4!

Dagger, melee (THACO:20): [1d20] = 12 Dmg [1d4] = 1

[Inferno]

Tombs of the Ancients, Fourth Tier of the Great Pyramid
Lost City of Khemsa, Forgotten Kingdom of Verulia, Great Eastern Desert, the World of Hyboria
Day Four. Mid-Morning, 16th day of the month of Yuluk, 1279th year of the Age of Aquilonia







Within a crypt sealed aeons before Hyborian history began, the explorers of the Great Pyramid battle its living dead.

Mako's quarterstaff strikes one of the three skeletons emerging from the mass grave and it comes apart before hitting the floor. (S8)

Then ancient swords held by dead hands murderously rip and cut! Most of the sabers are beaten back but Loche and Zahra feel rusted blades sink deep! (-6hp, -5hp respectively) The unrelenting tide of undeath does not abate. Four more corpses of slaves enter the hallway from their mass grave! (S10-13)



Mako reaches in and pulls its door shut!

On the eastern front, hawk-masked Xorzen falls back, parrying with his javelin as his sect-brother takes his place on the line. Soruk strides forward, holy symbol aloft, and drives back the living dead to their eternal rest! The undead slaves within sight of him (S1, S3, S4, S5) fall back before the power of Osorus, the ancient Verulian god of the sun, the moon and the stars!

The corpses flee headlong into the blades of Garrin and Loche! The Atlantean knight decapitates one (S1) and the little Pict wounds another (S4)! The three survivors retreat back into the mass grave of slaves, bursting open the door Mako had just shut.

Arthfael's barbaric spear is parried as Zahra the amazon wheels and shatters a skeleton with her iron bludgeon! (S7)

And on the western front, as Amethu watches the shadowed corridor to the south, Kiri Khutan smashes apart another unliving cadaver with a flash of his trident! (S9)


Actions?! (Mako, if you wish, you have free opportunity attacks against S10 and S13 in addition to next round's action.)


Map Detail:

One square = 10 feet. x = Dead.
Lighter areas are visible. All else is from memory.


Non-required Reading (rolls and rulings):

Initiative: Party: [1d6] = 4, Monsters: [1d6] = 5 Monsters win.
S1, S5 attack Garrin, Xorzen: [1d20] = 4, [1d20] = 1, damage: [1d6] = 5, [1d6] = 4 Both miss.
S3, S4 attack Zahra, Loche: [1d20] = 18, [1d20] = 15, damage: [1d6] = 5, [1d6] = 6 Both hit for -5hp and -6hp.
S7, S9 attack Arthfael, Kiri: [1d20] = 12, [1d20] = 10, damage: [1d6] = 5, [1d6] = 5 Both miss.
Soruk turns undead: [1d12] = 10 Up to 10 are turned.

PC Status:

• Amethu: Verulian Grand Magus Cleric/Magic-User 2/1: Move: 9", AC: 4, HP: 7/10, Spells: 5/6 1st lvl
  Arthfael Griogarach: Cimmerian Northman Druid 3: Move: 12", AC: 6, HP: 17/17, Spells: 5/5 1st lvl, 4/4 2nd lvl and 2/2 3rd lvl, Lantern
  Garrin Locke: Argosian Atlantean Paladin 2: Move: 12", AC: 4(2), HP: 18/18, Laying Hands: 1/1
  Kiri Khutan: Kambujan Easterner Fighter/Magic-User 1/1: Move: 9", AC: 4, HP: 12/12, Spells: 2/2 1st lvl
  Loche: Pict Savage Thief 3: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 12/18
  Mako: Khitan Easterner Illusionist 3: Move: 12", AC: 7(5), HP: 10/10, Spells: 2/2 1st lvl, 1/1 2nd lvl
  Soruk: Verulian Osoran Cleric/Fighter 1/1: Move: 12", AC: 6(5), HP: 9/9, Spells: 3/3 1st lvl
  Xorzen: Verulian Osoran Monk 2: Move: 16", AC: 8, HP: 4/12, Candle
  Zahra: Verulian Amazon Fighter 2: Move: 12", AC: 3, HP: 10/16, Torch

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 (All except Amethu and Zahra): 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."
  Enlarge (Amethu): Target: floor. Duration: 6 rounds.

Player Resources:

• The Struggle To Survive (the story so far)
  Mysteries Strange and Deadly (player clues and notes)
  Hieroglyphs (the story so far, in images)
  An Age Undreamed Of (maps and realms of the World of Hyboria)

[ravenn4544]

Amethu eager to explore the potential benefit of his amulet, attempts to summon the power of the gods to turn back the undeath approaching.

Turn Undead - [1d20] = 4

[ChubbyPixie]

Kiri risks being attacked by the nearest skeleton in an effort to come to the aid of his fellow easterner, Maako, who looks as if he may be overwhelmed by the seemingly endless supply of undead exiting the room. He charges S11 to bash it down:

Attack with Trident (THAC0:19): To Hit: [1d20+3] = 7+3 = 10 Damage vs. s/m: [1d6+7] = 6+7 = 13, vs. Lg: [3d4+6] = 8+6 = 14 Is there a bonus to hit for charging? I don't think I've ever charged before...

[DadsAngry]

Mako:

Mako swings at more skeletons that exit the room before he once again closes the door.

S10 Staff, Quarter THAC0 20 [1d20] = 20 S/M/L [1d6] = 6
S13 Staff, Quarter THAC0 20 [1d20] = 15 S/M/L [1d6] = 2

[Zhym]

Arthfael draws his scimitar and attacks the skeleton next to him.

Scimitar (THAC0 20): [1d20+1] = 17+1 = 18 [1d8] = 2

[SocraticLawyer]

Garrin rushes towards the melee ,attacking the nearest undead thing if he can this round.

If he can:
To Hit with +1 Long Sword: [1d20+1] = 15+1 = 16; Damage: sm - [1d8+1] = 4+1 = 5; lg - [1d12+1] = 8+1 = 9

[OGRE MAGE]

Xorzen rushes back into the fight to help out with mopping up the combat if necessary.

Javalin Attack [1d20+1] = 4+1 = 5 Damage [1d6+2] = 1+2 = 3 or not

[Urson]

Zahra

Zahra moves forward to assist, but can't get in an effective swing.

att [1d20+2] = 3+2 = 5

[Monsieur Rose]

Soruk

Slow to reach the front line yet again, Soruk tries some combat healing. "Do not worry, mine own brother, I am just trying to ease thy pain."

Soruk casts cure light wounds on Xorzen. Cure Light Wounds: [1d8] = 7

[wordoftheoracle]

Loche heads west, cutting any undead along the way!

Dagger, melee (THACO:20): [1d20] = 9 Dmg [1d4] = 2

[Inferno]

Tombs of the Ancients, Fourth Tier of the Great Pyramid
Lost City of Khemsa, Forgotten Kingdom of Verulia, Great Eastern Desert, the World of Hyboria
Day Four. Mid-Morning, 16th day of the month of Yuluk, 1279th year of the Age of Aquilonia







The eternal silence of the ageless crypt is shattered by a cacophony of clashing steel and splintering bones!

Lying in wait near the door to the mass grave, Mako shatters another walking skeleton (S10) that instantly plunges to the floor in 206 pieces. The little Easterner's quarterstaff then fractures the left shoulder of a second undead cadaver that does not fall (S13).

The bones of the slaves of the great pharaoh Xuthlahotep still labor in his service thousands of years after his passing. Their rusted swords hunger for the explorers' deaths but Mako ducks beneath two whistling cuts; hacking blades nicking chips from the ancient walls around his ears. And Arthfael the tattooed, barbaric shaman parries a third cut with implacable Cimmerian steel!

Two more living corpses emerge from the chamber of the mass grave (S14, S15) and Mako pulls the door shut again!

Behind him, Amethu the pale sorcerer-priest of Uthoth tries to drive back the living dead, but finds he has no power here! While on the opposite end, hawk-masked Soruk wields magic of his own to heal his fellow brother of Osorus, Xorzen. (+7hp)

On the front line, Garrin and Xorzen cannot reach the battle, while other adventurers find no mortal flesh to cleave or smash! Instinctively, Loche the thief sheathes his dagger between two ribs to impale a beating heart, but the blade finds only an empty cavity. Zahra's mace ferociously seeks her enemy's vitals but bludgeons only empty air, finding no bowels to crush.

But Arthfael's razor-sharp scimitar slants off a skull that keeps leering (S13), and Kiri charges in and shears apart a bare spine with his terrible trident, causing another skeleton to suddenly disassemble and clatter to the tiles! (S11)


Actions?! (Mako, if you wish, you have free opportunity attacks against S14 and S15 in addition to next round's action.)


Map Detail:

One square = 10 feet. x = Dead.
Lighter areas are visible. All else is from memory.


Map:



Non-required Reading (rolls and rulings):

Initiative: Party: [1d6] = 3, Monsters: [1d6] = 4 Monsters win.
S11, S12 attack Mako: [1d20] = 6, [1d20] = 3, damage: [1d6] = 3, [1d6] = 2 Both miss.
S13 attacks Arthfael: [1d20] = 12, damage: [1d6] = 6 Just misses.

PC Status:

• Amethu: Verulian Grand Magus Cleric/Magic-User 2/1: Move: 9", AC: 4, HP: 7/10, Spells: 5/6 1st lvl
  Arthfael Griogarach: Cimmerian Northman Druid 3: Move: 12", AC: 6, HP: 17/17, Spells: 5/5 1st lvl, 4/4 2nd lvl and 2/2 3rd lvl, Lantern
  Garrin Locke: Argosian Atlantean Paladin 2: Move: 12", AC: 4(2), HP: 18/18, Laying Hands: 1/1
  Kiri Khutan: Kambujan Easterner Fighter/Magic-User 1/1: Move: 9", AC: 4, HP: 12/12, Spells: 2/2 1st lvl
  Loche: Pict Savage Thief 3: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 12/18
  Mako: Khitan Easterner Illusionist 3: Move: 12", AC: 7(5), HP: 10/10, Spells: 2/2 1st lvl, 1/1 2nd lvl
  Soruk: Verulian Osoran Cleric/Fighter 1/1: Move: 12", AC: 6(5), HP: 9/9, Spells: 2/3 1st lvl
  Xorzen: Verulian Osoran Monk 2: Move: 16", AC: 8, HP: 11/12, Candle
  Zahra: Verulian Amazon Fighter 2: Move: 12", AC: 3, HP: 10/16, Torch

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 (All except Amethu and Zahra): 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."
  Enlarge (Amethu): Target: floor. Duration: 5 rounds.

Player Resources:

• The Struggle To Survive (the story so far)
  Mysteries Strange and Deadly (player clues and notes)
  Hieroglyphs (the story so far, in images)
  An Age Undreamed Of (maps and realms of the World of Hyboria)

[DadsAngry]

Mako:

Mako continues to swing his quarter staff wildly in the corridor. So far this tactic has produced promising results. Perhaps he should do it more often.

S14 - Staff, Quarter THAC0 20 [1d20] = 19 S/M/L [1d6] = 6
S15 - Staff, Quarter THAC0 20 [1d20] = 7 S/M/L [1d6] = 6
S12 - Staff, Quarter THAC0 20 [1d20] = 17 S/M/L [1d6] = 2

[OGRE MAGE]

Xorzen feels much better after the healing touch of his large masked kinsman.

"I thank thee, brethren!"

He nods behind his own mask and continues attacking if anything comes into his range.

Javalin Attack [1d20+1] = 5+1 = 6 Damage [1d6+2] = 4+2 = 6

[ravenn4544]

Amethu continues to stand watch.

[ChubbyPixie]

"Look at you, Mako, melee warrior! Leave some for the rest of us!" laughs Kiri, bounding forward to attack before the illusionist can send them all back to their graves single-handedly:

Attack with Trident (THAC0:19): To Hit: [1d20+3] = 3+3 = 6 Damage vs. s/m: [1d6+7] = 2+7 = 9, vs. Lg: [3d4+6] = 8+6 = 14

In his mirth, he jabs wide...