The Island of Death, The Underground City, Beneath the Great Pyramid of Xuthalhotep
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
Deep in the burial vaults of the Island of Death, the adventurers awaken gigantic charnel-house rats, and dead that rise from their graves!
"There are too many. We must flee!" Mako's ethereal voice cries as he drops the mushrooms of the underground city at his feet. The feral rats greedily swarm upon the offering, and feast!
Unseen, Mako flees to Xorzen who opens the northern door. Through another strangely unlocked portal stands revealed an antechamber of the same blasphemous geometry that permeates the ageless stones of the unholy temple. It holds only stagnant pools of water, the fungal infestation that casts an eerie pall, and another door.
Behind them, in the unhallowed ground of the profane crypt, shrouded dead emerge from sarcophagi inscribed with the Eye of Zargoth!
The occultic symbol stirs a memory within Xorzen.
(Please roll an Ability Check vs Int on 1d20)
Zahra drives her glowing javelin into the opening tomb behind her, impaling a veiled cadaver that does not die
(W5)!
Alarmed by the unquiet dead, the swords of Cruloc and Loche betray them! But their attacks cause the burial veil of the vast horror
(W1) to fall away. Revealed is a bloated, living corpse whose dead flesh is infested with eyes!
The stench of death overpowering, Garrin holds forth his holy symbol and shouts,
"Back! The power of Mitra commands you!"
Amethu cries,
"Behold! A priest of Uthoth has returned! Begone! Return to your graves forever more!"
Only three of the heinous things shrink back to their tombs!
(W7-9. And PCs may attempt to turn again)
Six former high priests and priestesses of Zargoth slowly descend upon the adventurers! Loche narrowly evades a deadly attack
(from W1). But Zahra is gripped by another cold dead hand infested with eyes
(W5)! The supernatural strength of the dead crushes her arm
(3hp damage) and where she was touched, her skin tingles 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: 31/45
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: 133 rounds.
Light (Mako): Target: Zahra's javelin. Duration: 29 rounds.
Player Resources: