Session 79

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This session was played on September 3, 2018.

## Synopsis

After returning to the temple, the group loots the altar area and discusses taking down the barricade, then Urrak literally dives head-first into a dark, misty, undead-infested room. Unsurprisingly, she's bitten by a zombie. The group splits and clears the eastern wing of the temple of zombies, Gunnloda destroying a handful of them by turning them into dust while Dawnbringer kills another two. The eastern side cleared and looted, they also find Walkar's... lack of body and the Stonecaller Crystal.

The group then returns to finish looting the main entryway and altar before exploring the libraries. Impatience and Kola's suggestion later and they group heads downstairs where they find cells, torture equipment, Mickal's body, more devils, and, in the final room, a woman in a tattered robe reading a book in front of some sort of ritual slab in a circle. When asked what she's doing, she suggests Ryleigh hop up on the table to find out... and then Ryleigh does just that.

## Transcript

So you were in the temple, Gunnloda's holy symbol provided some extra awesomeness as you murderized some undead and devils, then this death cleric showed up with her cool swords and fancy billowy cloak. She's been looking at Gunnloda a lot. When you took a short rest (use your hit dice if you want, reset short rest counters), she suggested you do so outside. Seir and Ry started talking, joined by Gunnloda, then Ry came back and spoke briefly to Urrak. As everyone was getting ready to go back into the temple, Ryleigh pulled Kola aside for a moment. And now, as they return to the group, you're ready to start in on the temple again.

[4:04 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "Let's head back in," Ryleigh says, walking back into the temple.

[4:04 PM] Urrak: "Oh boy," Urrak mumbles as she follows

[4:05 PM] Seirixori: "Yay," Seir deadpans and follows Ry, keeping in contact with Gunnloda.

[4:09 PM] DM: When you re-enter the temple, the mist remains. The door to the left stands open, towards the library. The mist is slowly seeping through the open door into the room. There's the dais, podium, and altar to the north of the room, and to the right is the hastily built barricade of rotting wood over a doorway.

[4:08 PM] Urrak: Urrak walks into the fog in the main room. She holds out a hand and runs it alone the pews. "Y'know, seems like fire makes this stuff dissipate. Don't think we need t' right now but, just in case."

[4:10 PM] DM: Kola brings up the rear, just watching the rest of you work.

[4:10 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "I think we should check this out," Ryleigh says, pointing the barricaded door, "before we head further down into the temple."

[4:11 PM] Seirixori: "And what's around the altar up there?"

[4:12 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "We can do that first. I just think it'd be better to clear out this section of the temple to make sure nothing cuts off our escape route - if we need to use it."

[4:14 PM] Urrak: "Yer that keen on openin' up that can o' undead worms, eh Ry?" Urrak walks over to the barricaded door. "Well then, let's hope there's nothin' too scary hidin' behind it."

[4:15 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh starts to unbarricade the door.(edited)

[4:16 PM] Seirixori: Seir just kind of nervously uses produce flame on the fog to get some of it to dissipate while Ryleigh does that.

[4:16 PM] DM: Where are you burning?

[4:17 PM] Seirixori: ((near the barricade for now))

[4:18 PM] DM: The fog starts to clear away wherever Seir uses the fire. Ryleigh starts peeling back the wood. As the fog starts leaving the area around the barricade, Seir uncovers a hammer and scattered nails.

[4:19 PM] Seirixori: "Uh, Ryleigh, I think that might have been barricaded for a reason. There's some nails and a hammer right here."

[4:20 PM] DM: You also notice, as the fog clears, that the barricade doesn't go all the way to the floor. The wood is mostly at about chest height.

[4:21 PM] Brimeia: "Are we sure we wanna disturb whatever it is right this second? Maybe we could just reinforce it and take care of it on our way out?" Brimeia figures is Seir is worried, that's a good reason to be worried too.

[4:22 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh looks at the barricade, then back to Seir. "I suppose we can... leave it for now." She stops trying to get into the door, but her expression is hesitant.

[4:23 PM] Urrak: "There'll be plenty o' evil t' get rid of deeper in th' temple, I'm sure."

[4:23 PM] Seirixori: "I mean, we could finish checking out the rooms we've already been into before going into the next... and let me finish getting rid of this fog."

[4:24 PM] Brimeia: "We could shove some more stuff in front of it, if it'll put your mind at ease. All those doors keep flying open. I'd hate to see what's behind that door when they didn't bother boarding up these other ones."

[4:25 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Moving towards the altar, Ryleigh decides to peek into the room with the open door.(edited)

[4:26 PM] Seirixori: Seir's going to keep going with burning up all the fog.

[4:27 PM] DM: There's the rags of a long-dead zombie behind the podium- another victim of Gunnloda's turn undead earlier- and the altar itself has items on top of it, under the giant dragon skull/red teardrop statue and green flame tapestries.

[4:28 PM] DM: The room to the right has a lot of blood on the floor. This is where the ghast and Shelley's zombie came from. There's also small chests placed on a shelf in the back of the room and a small crawlspace that heads to the east.

[4:31 PM] Urrak: Urrak walks to the altar and inspects the items on top of it

[4:31 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh walks into the room with the crawl space. She looks at the chest before reaching for it.

[4:32 PM] Brimeia: "You think that'll keep it away for good?" Brimeia asks Seirixori as she watches the fog fade around her.

[4:32 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: ((19 investigation))

[4:33 PM] DM: There's a bowl-like indentation on the top of the altar and a fancy-looking dagger sitting next to it with a bronze dragon headed hilt. There are also several gold and jeweled bowls, goblets, and loose gems.

[4:33 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Seeing no threat, Ryleigh opens the chest.

[4:34 PM] DM: The small chests contain coin. About 130 gp total between them.

[4:36 PM] Urrak: Urrak scoops the loose gems into a bowl and picks up the dagger and a goblet with her other hand. Casually she attempts to sneak a couple gems into her side pouch befre finding Ryleigh

[4:38 PM] Urrak: ((17 SoH))

[4:39 PM] DM: Perception from Seir?

[4:40 PM] Seirixori: ((15))

[4:41 PM] Seirixori: Seir will ritual detect magic once she's done fog burning and walk around the altar...not at all looking like she's hiding behind Ry or Urrak while doing so.

[4:42 PM] Urrak: "Here, from the altar," Urrak says quitely behind Ryleigh.

[4:42 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh hands Urrak the bag of holding.

[4:43 PM] Urrak: Urrak places the found treasure in the bag of holding. "Anythin' good in here?"

[4:44 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "Some gold," Ryleigh says, before standing back up from where she was looking into a crawl space and taking the bag back from Urrak.

[4:44 PM] Urrak: "Y'know Seir could probably fit in there if ye can't." Urrak stoops to look into the crawlspace, "Though who knows what's lurkin' on th' other side"(edited)

[4:45 PM] DM: The 'crawlspace' is just a hole in the wall, about 2 feet tall and 3 feet across. The other side of the wall is a bedroom, full of mist.

[4:46 PM] Brimeia: Brimeia peers over at the space the others are talking about and shudders.

[4:46 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "I could fit, but I don't want to come out on the other side in a vulnerable position. I bet the door that's blockaded leads to that bedroom," Ryleigh says, before shuffling around the others to get out of the now crowded room.

[4:48 PM] Urrak: Urrak gets on her stomach and starts to shimmy in. "Bri, follow me, will ya? Might need some back up."

[4:48 PM] Seirixori: "Wait, wait, wait."

[4:49 PM] Brimeia: "No way." Brimeia shakes her head resolutely.

[4:49 PM] Urrak: Urrak responds with a muffled "Suit yerself" before continuing in

[4:50 PM] DM: Urrak's head disappears into the hole, her shoulders, her waist...

[4:51 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "Let her go," Ryleigh says with a huff, "she has a death wish, or she's trying to prove something."

[4:51 PM] DM: And Urrak finds that the floor's about two feet below the hole, so she has to crawl forward and down, her head in the mist.

[4:52 PM] Seirixori: "Honestly," Seir mutters and forgets her detect magic and starts casting something else and 8 giant wolf spiders pop up around her, "I'm going to do it anyway because I'd rather know before hand what's behind all these things." She sends four of them after Urrak. "Urrak, just so you know there's spiders coming... and they're mine."

[4:53 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "We should try the barricaded door. I think it'll lead to the room Urrak just went to."

[4:54 PM] Urrak: "Did ye say spiders? Ye couldn't pick somethin' a lil less creepy?" Urrak continues into the fog

[4:54 PM] DM: As Urrak squirms around, her sword's sheath catching on the broken bit of wall, she hears a sound directly in front of her.

[4:55 PM] Urrak: Urrak stops in her tracks and tries to find the source

[4:55 PM] DM: And with a 21 to hit, there's suddenly a piercing pain in the arm she's using to hold herself up and Urrak takes 7 damage as something takes a bite out of her.

[4:56 PM] Urrak: "Gah, fuck!" Urrak holds her arm, "Guys, there's somethin' in here!"

[4:56 PM] Brimeia: Brimeia nods at Ryleigh. "Guess we don't have much choice now that--"

[4:56 PM] DM: And initiative.

[4:56 PM] Brimeia: "Goddammit."

[4:56 PM] Urrak: ((21))

[4:56 PM] Brimeia: ((22))

[4:57 PM] Seirixori: "This is why I said to wait..."

[4:57 PM] Seirixori: ((8))

[4:58 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: ((4))

[4:59 PM] DM: Urrak's feet and calves are still visible on the other side of the hole. @Brimeia you're up.

[5:02 PM] Brimeia: Brimeia heads toward the door Ryleigh mentioned.

[5:03 PM] Brimeia: ((i'll use dash to get to the door))

[5:04 PM] DM: You can get there, but you won't be able to pull the wood down until your next turn.

[5:05 PM] DM: @Urrak You can use your movement to finish entering and stand, but it is dark.

[5:06 PM] Urrak: Urrak will drag herself fully into the room and stand. She draws her sword and holds her action until whatever bit her to show itself again

[5:07 PM] DM: Ok!

[5:09 PM] DM: Gunnloda... can't really do anything where she is, so she'll just wait.

[5:09 PM] DM: @Seirixori

[5:11 PM] Seirixori: "Please go help out our suicidal friend and bite whatever is attacking her, thank you!" Seir says to the spiders and sends them off into the room with Urrak to go bite the hecky heck out of whatever is in there. ((they have 40ft movement/climb and 10ft blindsight))(edited)

[5:12 PM] Seirixori: Seir herself just stays where she is.

[5:18 PM] DM: The spiders swarm through the hole, skittering and chittering around Urrak's legs and with at least two crits and a third hit, the creature inside is slain.

[5:19 PM] DM: And we'll suspend initiative for now.

[5:20 PM] Urrak: Urrak lights a torch and tries not to step on a spider, "Uh, thanks, you...spider guys."(edited)

[5:20 PM] DM: The mist slowly dissipates and reveals a long-dead zombie laying at Urrak's feet.

[5:21 PM] Urrak: Urrak inspects the body

[5:21 PM] DM: There's nothing on the body but the rags of what was once a set of dark robes.

[5:21 PM] DM: There's a footlocker and a bed in this room, and the door is open to a dark hallway beyond.

[5:21 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "Urrak, I'm coming in after you," Ryleigh's irritated voice echoes through the crawl space.

[5:22 PM] Urrak: Urrak nudges the corpse with her foot and looks behind her, "Come on in, it's dead. Again."

[5:22 PM] Seirixori: "I'd rather not thanks." Seir mutters and then asks four of the spiders to come back with her and the other four to go with her friends.

[5:23 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "Seirixori, you and Gunnloda go with Brimeia. We'll meet you guys, okay?" Her face is set in a scowl as she crawls into the small space.

5:23 PM] Urrak: Urrak digs through the footlocker as she waits for Ryleigh(edited)

[5:23 PM] Seirixori: "Yeah, but... there's another door." She says as Ry leaves.

[5:24 PM] DM: Ryleigh crawls through and finds herself in the bedroom with Urrak and four giant spiders.

[5:24 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "I know, but Urrak shouldn't be alone. We'll be fine, I promise," Ryleigh calls through the crawl space to Seirixori.

[5:25 PM] DM: The footlocker's full of old, decayed trinkets and pocket change. You find about 3 sp inside.

[5:25 PM] Seirixori: Seir sighs and goes to Brimeia helping with the barricade, and asking the spiders to go in first.

[5:26 PM] Brimeia: Brimeia unblocks the door and tries to see if she can join up from there because she really doesn't want to crawl through the tiny space.

[5:27 PM] DM: The spiders skitter underneath the barricade. Gunnloda reaches out and casts Warding Bond on Seir, and Bri starts pulling the wood down.

[5:26 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Once Ryleigh is on the other side, she glares at Urrak. "Do you have a death wish?"(edited)

[5:27 PM] Urrak: "What's got ye all twisted up? I'm fine, it's dead." She pockets the 3sp absentmindedly

[5:28 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh watches Urrak pocket the money, her tone is sharp when she says, "That's the second time I've caught you taking things you've found. Am I going to have to knock you out and search your pockets when we're through here?"

[5:30 PM] Urrak: "Don't fuckin' threaten me, paladin. Ye want these fuckin' scraps? Here." she tosses them at Ryleigh. "Don't spend 'em all in one place."

[5:32 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "You're so selfish. Don't forget that your lodging and food at the guild hall aren't free," Ryleigh says, picking up the change and adding it to the bag of holding before stepping into the hallway. "We need to meet up with the others. Come on."

[5:29 PM] DM: As Bri pulls the wooden planks away from the opening in the door, you see that the fog is present here as well, islands of old wooden tables and countertops peeking over the sea of fog that’s over most of your knees. To the left appears to be a food preparation area with a closed door, and to the right a dining hall. The hall continues forward, with a door to the right before it turns to the left.

[5:31 PM] Seirixori: Seir makes a noise at the back of her throat and produces a flame in her hand and asks the spiders to check out the room before she walks around to try and dissipate the fog((right area first then left ignoring the end of the hall for now)).

[5:31 PM] Brimeia: "Ugh. More creepy fog. Do you see any path to Urrak and Ryleigh, Seirixori? Your eyes are sharper."

[5:32 PM] Seirixori: "Give me a few minutes," she mutters to Brimeia.

[5:32 PM] DM: The spiders skitter through the mist, just little moving blobs under the undulating fog. One of them chitters as whatever it steps over moves. And we are back in initiative as a low moan sounds out from the hall, answered by several others.

[5:34 PM] DM: As Ryleigh brings Dawnbringer's light to the hall, she can see a hulking humanoid form lit up in the mist and as it turns to the light, its rotting face is visible.

[5:35 PM] Brimeia: Brimeia for her part, moves slowly through the fog, looking for anything visible that might be useful, dangerous, or show a path to the others.

[5:35 PM] DM: A zombie stumbles out of the room next to the one Ryleigh's in and will attack her, but Ryleigh easily bats its hand away with her shield.

[5:35 PM] DM: @Ryleigh Alastair

[5:38 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "There's two more Urrak," Ryleigh says as she slams Dawnbringer into the Zombie in front of her ((16h, 11d)) ((23h, 12)) ((+11 for undead)).

[5:39 PM] DM: The zombie's eyes light up from the radiant fire that burns away its insides and it falls to the ground, motionless.

[5:40 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh steps back from the hallway, before telling Urrak, "There's a big zombie, let it come to us so we don't fight it in the hallway."

[5:41 PM] DM: The greater zombie will step forward to attack the shiny too.

[5:42 PM] DM: It slams two hands down towards Ryleigh, but she moves out of the way of one and knocks the other aside with her shield.

[5:44 PM] DM: @Brimeia ! You see a zombie stumble forward from the dark hallway and another stand from the corner of the dining room that starts moving your way as well.

[5:46 PM] Brimeia: Brimeia steps up to one, rages, and swings her greataxe at it.

[5:46 PM] Brimeia: ((reckless, 24a, 9d; 25a, 6d))

[5:47 PM] DM: The axe strikes against its arm and torso, but it is still standing.

[5:47 PM] DM: @Urrak

[5:48 PM] Urrak: Urrak will run up to the greater zombie and attack ((26, 12 and 16, 14))

[5:49 PM] DM: Her sword slashes through flesh, but it doesn't seem to do a lot to deter it.

[5:50 PM] DM: Another zombie stands from where it was laying under the mist in the kitchens and makes its way toward the living.

[5:50 PM] DM: Gunnloda will step forward and raise her holy symbol again.

[5:52 PM] DM: As she shouts at the undead to return to death, the five zombies in the southern part of the temple all explode into radiant confetti and dust.

[5:53 PM] DM: @Seirixori

[5:55 PM] Seirixori: Seir steps hesitantly around the corner, "You're my favorite person and I love you." She then tells the spiders to go and bite anything else that's living-undead if they find it down the hall and moves behind Gunnloda. ((end))

[5:57 PM] DM: @Ryleigh Alastair

[5:59 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh slashes Dawnbringer at the Zombie with a yell. ((25H, 20D / 20H, 23D))

[6:00 PM] DM: Dawnbringer's blade pulses white hot as it slashes through undead flesh, but it is still standing.

[6:01 PM] DM: And it will attack Ry again.  The first hit slams down on her for 5 (reduced to 2) bludgeoning damage and 9 necrotic damage. The second misses.

6:01 PM] DM: @Brimeia

[6:01 PM] DM: You see a dark hallway ahead, a room to the right, the hall turns to the left, and there's a door just inside the kitchen, shut.

[6:04 PM] Brimeia: ((do i hear any spidery fighty noises?))

[6:04 PM] DM: No, they're just moving through the fog.

[6:05 PM] Brimeia: Brimeia walks cautiously up the hall behind the spiders, ready to stop and attack if she senses any danger.

[6:07 PM] Brimeia: ((end))

[6:07 PM] DM: @Urrak

[6:08 PM] Urrak: Urrak will continue attacking the zombie ((25, 14 and 14, 16))

[6:09 PM] DM: The first swing slashes into its arm. The second misses.

[6:09 PM] DM: Gunnloda will follow Brimeia.

[6:09 PM] DM: @Seirixori

[6:10 PM] Seirixori: Seir also follows because of course she does and asks the spiders to please keep going. ((end))

[6:11 PM] DM: @Ryleigh Alastair

[6:14 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh thrusts Dawnbringer's blade into the zombie's stomach, it sizzles in the zombie's innards, burning it from the inside out. The zombie falls to the floor and moves no more. ((21H, 20D / 25H, 17D))

[6:15 PM] DM: End initiative.

[6:16 PM] Urrak: "Good gods that thing was huge..." Urrak kicks at the zombie's body, "Fuckin' hells."

[6:16 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "Aren't you glad you didn't have to fight it alone," Ryleigh says, stepping over it's body and walking further down the hallway.

[6:17 PM] DM: After a few more seconds, Bri comes around the corner and can see Ry and Dawnbringer. Seir and Gunnloda can see her light shining on the wall.

[6:18 PM] Seirixori: Seir keeps up her flame now and sticks behind Gunnloda as they go around the corner to their other friends.

[6:19 PM] Urrak: Urrak follows behind Ryleigh, grumbling in orcish. She sees the others and moves closer "Thanks fer th' eight legged assistants, Seirixori. They really came in handy," she rubs at the back of her neck, "So, where to next?"

[6:20 PM] DM: The doors are all open in here. The rooms have two beds and a footlocker and still have mist.

[6:20 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh moves into the room and opens the footlocker.

[6:21 PM] DM: Old decayed clothes, trinkets, and 5 sp, but as you move some of the tatters aside, there's a spell scroll tucked into the corner.

[6:21 PM] Seirixori: Seir peeks in the other room with her flame, hoping to help lessen at least some of the fog if not all of it.

[6:21 PM] Brimeia: "Did we clear them all out from around here? We passed a few smashed up doors and there's one back in that big room that was behind the barricade."

[6:22 PM] Brimeia: "That new thing you got there is pretty handy, by the way, Gunnloda."

[6:23 PM] DM: Gunnloda smiles. "It is."

[6:24 PM] Brimeia: "Glad to have you with us," Bri answers Gunnloda.

[6:23 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh takes the silver and the spell scroll, tucking them away in the bag of holding, before moving to the next room. "Did you lot run into any trouble? We had a nasty zombie attack us."

[6:22 PM] DM: The other room also has two beds and a footlocker.

[6:24 PM] Seirixori: Seir looks around to make sure there aren't any creepy things and checks the footlocker.

[6:24 PM] Brimeia: "There were a few zombies in that big room back there, but Gunnloda blew them up," she tells Ryleigh.

[6:25 PM] DM: You find another 2 sp and 8 cp.

[6:25 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh holds the bag of holding out to Seirixori, so she can drop the stuff into it.

[6:26 PM] Seirixori: Seir does and walks back to the room where Urrak had originally crawled into to move the fog away as well. "This fog is really annoying." She pats one of the spiders with her other hand in thanks as she goes.

[6:26 PM] Urrak: "We came across a big fucker back there. Twice the size o' those other dried up corpses. Took a bit of elbow grease t' take down." Urrak sheathes her sword

[6:26 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "It fell thanks to Dawnbringer," Ryleigh comments with a roll of her eyes.

[6:29 PM] Urrak: "Yeah, yeah, all hail the light sword" Urrak mumbles

[6:30 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "She can hear you, Urrak," Ryleigh bites out. "You should be thanking her."

[6:27 PM] Brimeia: "This is why I don't go crawling in small dark spaces. Especially in haunted temples."

[6:28 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "It's why I told Urrak not to go crawling into there either."

[6:29 PM] Brimeia: Bri points her thumb back towards Ry as she nods in agreement as if to say I told you so.

[6:29 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "Let's go back out the way you all came from. I assume you didn't have time to check the bodies?"

[6:29 PM] Brimeia: "Nope. Wanted to find you two first."

[6:28 PM] Brimeia: Bri peers at the skittering spiders curiously. "Where do all your little spider friends come from anyway? Do you poof them from somewhere else or like... did you make them?"

[6:30 PM] Seirixori: "They're fey technically." Seir tells Bri as she walks back to the kitchen-y area to disperse the fog there too like she'd originally intended.

[6:30 PM] DM: The spiders start following Seir, walking along the walls and ceiling as necessary to stay out from under everyone's feet.

[6:32 PM] DM: There are piles of rags where each of the zombies was exploded by Gunnloda, but one pile is of newer items- a set of plain leather armor, a rapier, a small drum, and a blue crystal.

[6:32 PM] Brimeia: Bri makes a confused face, not really sure what Seir means. "So... they're fairies? Fairy spiders?"

[6:38 PM] Seirixori: Seir shrugs at Bri, "They're from the feywild."

6:39 PM] Brimeia: "I'm... not totally sure what that means, but pretty nifty anyway," she tells Seir.

[6:40 PM] Brimeia: Bri eyes the spiders around them and tells one quietly, "Thanks spider friends."

[6:34 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh moves to take the blue crystal, putting it into the bag of holding.(edited)

[6:34 PM] Urrak: Urrak walks over to the pile and picks up the rapier and the drum. "Fuck..."

[6:34 PM] Urrak: "Walkar. Gods, th' whole party's gone..."

[6:36 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "It's a shame," Ryleigh says softly, shaking her head.

[6:39 PM] DM: As you walk back towards the main room, there is another door off the kitchen, likely a pantry, and Kola's standing to the side, nonchalantly spinning her sword in her hand.

[6:40 PM] Urrak: "Well, thanks fer all that help, ye offered." Urrak says as she spots Kola

[6:40 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "We should keep going." Ryleigh walks back towards the main hall, stopping when Urrak says something to Kola.

[6:40 PM] DM: She quirks an eyebrow. "Your friend had it covered."

[6:40 PM] Seirixori: Seir nods, "She really did."

[6:41 PM] Brimeia: "There's still another door in this big room if you wanted to check that one out too."

[6:41 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "How would you what Kola did or didn't do, Urrak. You stubbornly went through a crawlspace and I had to come help you before you died on my watch." Ryleigh's irritation peaking again.

[6:42 PM] Urrak: "Ye think I'm that helpless? I told ye, I was fine."

[6:42 PM] Seirixori: Seir rolls her eyes and heads past them to the main room again.

[6:43 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "Better clean up that blood dripping down your arm," Ryleigh says, pointing to Urrak's injury before following Seir out of the room.

[6:44 PM] Urrak: Urrak slaps a hand on the bite and pulls it away, looking at the blood a moment before following the others

[6:46 PM] Seirixori: Seir heads for the door they haven't opened yet, "Ryleigh, you should get a cloak like Kola's," She grins at Ry and stops in front of the door and tries to push it open carefully.

[6:47 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh playfully shoves Seir. "What are you trying to say?"

[6:47 PM] Seirixori: "*Dramatic*."

[6:48 PM] DM: It's just a small room with a space to hang robes which have long since rotted away. There are two small chests in here though.

[6:48 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh rolls her eyes, but smiles. "It is really neat." She unwillingly admits.

[6:49 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh checks the chests in the room before opening them.

[6:50 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: ((1 investigation))

[6:50 PM] DM: They're full of gems.

[6:50 PM] DM: As one of the spiders crawls over a tapestry on the north wall, the tapestry crumbles and falls to the ground. The spider scurries out from under the fabric.

[6:54 PM] Seirixori: Seir pats the spider that knocked over the tapestry asking if it's okay.

[6:51 PM] Seirixori: "Lotta shiny things in here for a bunch of dead people."

[6:51 PM] Brimeia: "Well, at least this means we'll get some coin even though we're not getting paid this time."

[6:52 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "It once was a holy temple. People give precious things to earn the favor of the gods."

[6:52 PM] Urrak: "Sounds like a waste t' me."

[6:52 PM] Brimeia: "I think there was another door back in that kitchen looking place that we haven't checked yet."

[6:54 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh shrugs. "I do things to earn Asten's favor, it's not so different."

[6:54 PM] DM: Kola scoffs when Ryleigh refers to the temple as being holy.

[6:55 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Hearing a scoff come from Kola, Ryleigh turns. "Was it not?"

[6:56 PM] DM: Kola: "Hmm? Oh, sure. Plenty holy."

[6:57 PM] Urrak: Urrak chuckles at Kola's sarcasm and crosses her arms.

[6:55 PM] Brimeia: Brimeia heads back toward the kitchen area. "I'm gonna go check this way."

[6:56 PM] Seirixori: Seir follows Bri with her spiders and says in infernal, *"Don't go by yourself."*(edited)

[6:57 PM] Brimeia: Bri shrugs. "I tried waiting already. Thanks for coming with."

[6:58 PM] Brimeia: "Do your fairy spider friends understand the rest of us or just you?" She carefully tries to open that one closed door in the kitchen.

[6:58 PM] Seirixori: "Just me, I think."

[6:59 PM] Brimeia: "Well, tell 'em thanks for us."

[6:59 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Wanting to comment further, but seeing Seirixori leave the main room, Ryleigh follows her instead.

[6:59 PM] Urrak: Urrak follows lazily behind

[6:59 PM] DM: The walls of the area are full of shelves with boxes, crates, jars, and other items.

[7:00 PM] Seirixori: Seir lets her new friends know the big red one says thanks and starts poking around the shelves for anything interesting.

[7:01 PM] Brimeia: Bri helps Seir look around in the newly opened room too.

[7:02 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh stays put, not following them into the pantry.

[7:03 PM] DM: As Seir enters to start poking around the shelves, a shadow shifts and coalesces into a pudding-like form that attempts to wrap around Seir's legs, but it brushes against her tail, causing her to yelp and jump away and it misses.

[7:03 PM] DM: Initiative again please.

[7:03 PM] Urrak: ((19))

[7:04 PM] Seirixori: ((0))

[7:04 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: ((2))

[7:05 PM] DM: @Brimeia

[7:05 PM] Brimeia: ((3))

[7:07 PM] Brimeia: ((9))

[7:07 PM] DM: @Urrak

[7:09 PM] Urrak: Urrak rushes into the room after hearing Seir squeak. Once inside she shoots at the pudding ((10,6 and 10,4))

[7:10 PM] Urrak: "I really gotta get better with this thing..."

[7:10 PM] DM: The arrows hit and disintegrate once they're covered by the ooze.

[7:13 PM] DM: Gunnloda will also rush in and cast Toll the Dead, but the pudding saves.

[7:14 PM] DM: The pudding oozes its way up the wall, up across the ceiling, and then drops down on top of Seir for 4 bludgeoning and 22 acid damage, 26 total, 13 of which is taken by Seir, the other 13 by Gunnloda.

[7:15 PM] DM: Gunnloda cringes from the feeling of phantom acid and whispers, "Seirixori..."

[7:15 PM] DM: @Brimeia

[7:17 PM] Seirixori: ((20 con for concentration on spell))

[7:17 PM] Brimeia: Bri sees the way Urrak's arrows get eaten up and remembers what happened last time with her greataxe. Not fun.  She tries smacking it with a Eldritch Blast instead.

[7:18 PM] Brimeia: ((6a, 9d))

[7:18 PM] DM: That misses.

[7:18 PM] DM: @Ryleigh Alastair

[7:20 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh moves next to Seirixori, seeing some burns on her clothing, she slams Dawnbringer into the sludge. ((26H, 16D / 17H, 15D))

[7:22 PM] DM: Some of the pudding splashes back on Ryleigh for 4 acid damage, but Dawnbringer appears to be unharmed by the attack.

[7:23 PM] DM: @Seirixori

[7:26 PM] Seirixori: "Oh ow, sorry, sorry," Seir shifts into a cave bear and shakes her head, taking a swipe and a bite at the pudding. ((21a 12d, 23a 12d magic magic))

[7:27 PM] DM: The attacks work, but Seir takes 3 acid to her mouth and 1 to her chest from the splashback and Seirbear won't be able to taste anything until she shifts back.

[7:27 PM] DM: Spiders?

[7:29 PM] Seirixori: ((Attack if they can))

[7:29 PM] DM: Two of the spiders take damage biting the pudding, but it dies shortly after and just kind of melts away.

[7:29 PM] DM: End initiative.

[7:31 PM] Brimeia: Bri eyes the dark spot on the floor where the pudding was warily to make sure it's really gone before sighing. "Phew. Thank goodness for your fairy spider friends."

[7:32 PM] Urrak: "Gross." Urrak walks out of the pantry

[7:35 PM] DM: Gunnloda pushes through to Seir and looks at her bear form. "You okay, *sor'odko*?"

[7:36 PM] Seirixori: Seir sits and nods, although she can't feel her mouth and is probably drooling. She gives Gunnloda a little affectionate headbutt in apology for the shared hit.

[7:37 PM] DM: She scratches Seir behind her ears with a smile.

[7:40 PM] Urrak: Urrak walks over to Kola, away from the others. "Gettin' some good research in? Standin' here?"

[7:40 PM] DM: Kola just smiles.

[7:40 PM] Brimeia: "I can't believe you bit that thing. Glad your teeth didn't fall out or anything."

[7:40 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "Come on, let's head back to the other side of the temple," Ryleigh says to Seirbear walking out of the pantry and back towards the main entrance.(edited)

[7:40 PM] Brimeia: "Ryleigh you get hit with that nasty stuff too?"

[7:41 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "I did, but I'll be alright."(edited)

[7:41 PM] Seirixori: Seirbear just shrugs and sniffs around the room, continuing what she was doing before getting eaten but quickly follows the rest as they go.

[7:42 PM] DM: It's just old remains of a pantry

[7:44 PM] Urrak: "Glad yer proud o' yerself," she looks over at the rest of the group coming out of the pantry. "There were  a set o' stairs t' th' north. Seems we need t' head that way if we're clearin' this place out."

[7:44 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh enters the room where the imps were and searches around for anything relevant.

[7:44 PM] DM: There are books, items, jars of things, etc. What are you looking at/for in particular?

[7:45 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: ((I want to look at what the imps were looking at? To see if I can tell WHY they were here or what they were searching for))

[7:45 PM] DM: Investigation.

[7:45 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: ((3 -\_-))

[7:46 PM] DM: Your eyes fall on a shriveled creature of some sort, slowly dissolving in what used to be some sort of oil in a jar and you get so distracted, that's all you notice.(edited)

[7:50 PM] Seirixori: Seir drops the bear form and releases the spiders with a thanks. "Ugh that was so gross and it burned."  She wipes at her arms still feeling it, "I can do the ritual again to try and find magical things if we want." Except she doesn't even wait for an answer and starts doing the ritual anyway.

[7:51 PM] DM: Kola: "I doubt there is anything of interest here. What are you looking for?"

[7:52 PM] Urrak: "A crystal. Somethin' that lets ye talk t' animals. And th' rest o' th' poor explorin' team what had it."

[7:52 PM] DM: Kola: "And you expect to find them in these books?"

[7:52 PM] Urrak: "Apparently Ryleigh does." Urrak says with a smirk

[7:53 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "At least I'm aware that we already obtained the crystal," Ryleigh says to Urrak pointedly.

7:55 PM] DM: Kola: "Yes, well, as entertaining as this is, might I suggest moving on?"

[7:56 PM] Brimeia: "Do we really need to argue about that? Let's get done and get out of-- What she said."

[7:58 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh walks into the next room, looking around it too.

[7:59 PM] Seirixori: Whenever Seir finishes her ritual for detect magic she starts to look around in each room for anything magical.

[7:59 PM] DM: The next room has two long, short shelves that run side to side and tall shelves along the walls, all covered in other books, journals, items, and jars.

[7:59 PM] Urrak: "We haven't found everyone I don't think. We've got Marleigh, Walkar an' Shelly but. I dunno if we've stumbled across Mickal. he had a fancy sword."

[8:00 PM] DM: There's nothing magical that you guys aren't carrying.

[8:01 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh moves into the next room, since everyone seems impatient.

[8:01 PM] DM: This one is dominated by a long table surrounded by chairs, as well as the floor to ceiling shelves.

[8:03 PM] Urrak: Urrak starts to follow Ryleigh through the rooms. "Come on, we've one more Bull t' find." she motions to the others to follow

[8:05 PM] Seirixori: Seir follows along sticking close to Gunnloda.(edited)

[8:05 PM] DM: The last room is surrounded by shelves but has a stairway down with a banister for safety. Kola follows along from the rear.

[8:06 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh walks down the stairs, Dawnbringer lighting her path.

[8:08 PM] DM: The stairs go down a ways, more than what you think would normally be for a basement directly under the ground floor, but soon opens to a hallway about ten feet across. The first thing you notice are holding cells on either side, cages with barred doors. Some have remains within them.

[8:08 PM] DM: The second are the open doors on either side of the hall deeper in, and just at the edge of Dawnbringer's light, a body at the end of the hall, unmoving.

[8:09 PM] Brimeia: "Looks.. kinda grim down here." Brimeia shifts uncomfortably, her tail curling closer to her own body.

[8:09 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh cautiously moves down the hallway, towards the body.

[8:09 PM] Seirixori: "I love this place." Seir whispers.

[8:10 PM] DM: Gunnloda just squeezes Seir's hand and moves a little closer to her, trying to focus on Ryleigh in front of them.

[8:12 PM] DM: As Ryleigh approaches the open doors, she hears movement ahead, but unfortunately, something else heard her clanky ass walking down the hall. A growl sounds to the left and a hell hound appears in the doorway before leaping at Ry. Roll initiative.

[8:12 PM] Urrak: ((6))

[8:12 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: ((9))

[8:13 PM] Seirixori: ((12))

[8:14 PM] Brimeia: ((19))

[8:14 PM] DM: @Brimeia You see a hell hound coming out of the room ahead to attack Ryleigh.

[8:16 PM] Brimeia: "More of them?" Bri grumbles as she runs forward with her greataxe raised.

[8:16 PM] Brimeia: ((rage, reckless, 26a, 13d; 12a, 8d))

[8:18 PM] DM: The first attack hits, smacking the hell hound in the back, but the second misses.

[8:18 PM] DM: An imp is going to fly out of the room to the right and attack Ryleigh, ignoring Brimeia.

[8:18 PM] DM: It misses.

[8:19 PM] DM: @Seirixori

[8:20 PM] Seirixori: Seir casts moonbeam on top of the hellhound ((12 for full))

[8:20 PM] DM: It saves with a 17 and takes 6 damage.

[8:20 PM] Seirixori: ((end))

[8:21 PM] DM: It also saves on Gunnloda's Toll the Dead.

[8:22 PM] DM: It will now attack Ryleigh, but thanks to Bri's ancestors, it doesn't hit.(edited)

[8:24 PM] DM: From the room to the right, a buzzing sound precedes a huge creature of folded flesh and fat. If gluttony was a physical thing, it is what you would see coming out of the room. A huge cloud of buzzing insect like creatures flies around it, filling the hallway with their stings.

[8:25 PM] DM: @Ryleigh Alastair

[8:27 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh slashes Dawnbringer at the hellhound that tried to bite her. ((27H, 12D / 26H, 10D))

[8:27 PM] DM: Dawnbringer hits hard, but the hound is still clinging to life.

[8:27 PM] DM: @Urrak

[8:30 PM] DM: You can't reach any of them in melee.

[8:33 PM] Urrak: Urrak fires a couple arrows at the imp ((24,4 and 18,5))(edited)

[8:36 PM] DM: The arrows tear through its wings and it falls to the ground, now flightless, but still alive.

[8:38 PM] DM: @Brimeia

[8:39 PM] DM: First, make a CON save.

[8:39 PM] DM: At disadvantage.

[8:40 PM] Brimeia: ((10))

[8:40 PM] DM: Bri takes 3 damage, reduced to 1 from the vermin.

[8:42 PM] Brimeia: Bri takes another couple of swings, this time at the imp while her ancestors keep the fire-breathing doggy occupied.

[8:43 PM] Brimeia: ((14, 7; 27, 24 - crit))

[8:43 PM] DM: The imp gets splattered.

[8:44 PM] DM: And the hell hound too, since the first hit killed the imp and Bri can shift targets.

8:44 PM] DM: @Seirixori

[8:46 PM] Seirixori: Seir moves the moonbeam on top of the gross giant thing. ((10))(edited)

[8:47 PM] DM: It fails with a nat 1 and takes full damage.

[8:47 PM] DM: ...and dies in holy flame.

[8:48 PM] DM: Gunnloda will stay with Seir.

[8:48 PM] DM: @Ryleigh Alastair

[8:49 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: ((9))

[8:49 PM] DM: You take 1 piercing damage, reduced to 0.

[8:53 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh moves into the room and swings Dawnbringer. ((27H, 16D / 19H, 13D))

[8:54 PM] DM: With a slice and a chop, Dawnbringer's blade slashes open the grotesque bellies of the fiends and they scream, releasing more vermin as they dissipate into nothingness, to reform in the Hells.

[8:54 PM] DM: End initiative.

[8:55 PM] Seirixori: "....... I need to use that more often."

[8:56 PM] Urrak: "I'll say..." Urrak walks past Seir and towards the end of the room

[8:58 PM] DM: There's a body lying at the door, his throat slashed open and jagged.

[8:59 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh moves to get a closer look at the body.

[8:59 PM] Urrak: Urrak kneels down at the body's feet. "Bloody hells..."

[9:00 PM] DM: This one is not reanimated, but he's in scale mail and has a nice longsword strapped to his hip and a horn on a strap over his shoulder.

[9:00 PM] Brimeia: "...What happened to this guy?" Bri crinkles her nose.

[9:01 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "He died, from a neck wound," Ryleigh answers.

[9:01 PM] Urrak: Urrak undoes the swordbelt and slides it off of him. She takes the horn from it's holster as well. "Did himself in before he could be turned I bet."(edited)

[9:02 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh holds the bag of holding out, "In the bag, Urrak."

[9:03 PM] Urrak: She stands and places the items in the bag, "This kinda stuff we're bringin back for Cerina. Ain't stealin' it." She looks away a moment and wipes her face. "Well then, that's th' last of 'em."

[9:03 PM] Brimeia: "Saves us the trouble of having to kill him again. It's certainly appreciated."

[9:03 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "You can't rip your own throat out," Ryleigh grumbles as Brimeia agrees with Urrak's comment.

[9:04 PM] Brimeia: "Then, what? Some kinda sacrifice? Piss someone off?"

[9:05 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh doesn't bother to answer, she just steps through the door ahead of them.

[9:05 PM] Brimeia: "Just talking to myself, I guess," Brimeia mumbles to herself in Infernal.

[9:06 PM] Urrak: Urrak follows after looking a bit closer at the wound, "Either way, what a way t' go. C'mon Bri."

[9:07 PM] Brimeia: Bri sighs and follows in.

[9:07 PM] DM: When you open the doors, you see a large slab of specially engraved stone in the center of a large circle carved into the floor with runic designs around the side. To either side are racks for torture. A woman in a tattered black robe stands behind it with a book in her hand. She snaps the book shut as she looks up at you.

[9:07 PM] DM: "Ah, and here I was wishing that we'd kept one of them alive."

[9:08 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "Keep one of them alive for what exactly?"(edited)

[9:09 PM] Seirixori: "That doesn't look bad or anything." Seir whispers.(edited)

[9:09 PM] Brimeia: "Not even a little ominous," Bri whispers back.

[9:09 PM] DM: Woman: "Care to hop up on my table and find out?"

[9:09 PM] Urrak: Urrak readies her sword, pointing it towards the woman "Think we'll pass, thanks."(edited)

[9:10 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh's lip curls in disgust. "You've infested this place with your magic long enough."

[9:10 PM] DM: She laughs. "My magic? Oh, dear, it was like this already. You think I had time to install these?"

[9:11 PM] Urrak: "So much fer yer 'holy' temple, Ry." Urrak mumbles

[9:11 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "Then what are you doing here?"

[9:12 PM] DM: Woman: "Research."

[9:14 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: "Who are you?" Ryleigh demands.

[9:14 PM] DM: Kola speaks from the back of the group. "Ignore her. Cleanse the evil from this place."

[9:15 PM] Urrak: "Sounds good t' me." Urrak steps forward, "We can do this th' easy way or th' hard way, woman. Take yer pick."

[9:15 PM] DM: Woman: "Who I am is unimportant."

[9:15 PM] Brimeia: Bri glances backwards with a confused look. "Is she... not the evil?"

[9:15 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh hums a soft tune, using her divine sense.

[9:19 PM] Ryleigh Alastair: Ryleigh jogs forward and hops up onto the stone table in front of this 'woman', she points Dawnbringer at her and says, "Asten gave me his power because he knows you don't fight evil with tolerance and understanding."

[9:20 PM] Seirixori: "Okay why would you actually get on the table!?" Seir hisses.

[9:20 PM] Urrak: "So dramatic," Urrak walks into the room as well, backing up Ryleigh

[9:20 PM] Brimeia: "Seriously." Brimeia shakes her head.

[9:20 PM] DM: And that's where we'll end for the night.

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