Ghoul Grave: Round 6 (Complate)
Pushing back with her shield,
Ashlyn's silver blade glows as she cuts into the dead flesh.
[Smite hits, other misses; 14hp; moderately wounded] Next to her,
the weakened half-orc grips his greatsword tight and easily decapitates it.
[Hits; 17 hp; dead] Hearing the words of Jarrith, Ladreth staggers forward, preventing the other creature's charge.
And then, things got interesting.
A screech that drills into the mind suddenly reverberates through the cavern. For most, the noise in painful, and their minds reflexively shut it away. But for Jarrith, Tessa, and Ladreth, the screech changes---it becomes a song of hope, of triumph, of longing. The pain is forgotten, the battle forgotten. Only one things matters---the song.
[Jarrith, Tessa, and Ladreth fail save vs. captivation] As Stalker and the priestess feel the irresistible urge to find the song---coming somewhere behind Marot---something suppresses the urge in Ladreth. The song beckons, but his stays his ground.
[Warded by protection from evil]
The heavenly chorus calling him,
the Stalker blithely walks forward. Around the earthen wall Marrot is against, he finds the source. One part of his brain sees a hideous hag with decaying flesh and a lizard-like underbelly. But the song washes that way.
This is the source of rapture!
A grin on its dead face, the remaining undead lashes at Ladreth with its fetid teeth. The distracted half-orc cannot stop it from sinking its teeth in. The wound tingles, but he fights off the sensation.
[5hp; Fort saves succeed] It then nimbly vaults over the coffins as it moves back, thwarting any attempt by Ladreth to counter-attack.
[Tumble]
Putting away her thoughts of roasted orc,
the Stormhand lives up to her name. Striding forward, a blue-white arc fills the space between her and the iron-clad creature. But the creature amazingly ducks the shock!
[Reflex save; Evasion]
The sickness prevents
Marot from identifying the undead creature, but it does not affect his aim. The holy bolt slams into the creature!
[Hits; 15hp] Meanwhile,
Tessa stumbles forward towards the song. Pushing past Jarrith, she is unfazed as the singer rakes her across the face with its filthy claws. Her flesh stiffens!
[AoO hits; 3hp; Fort save fails; paralyzed]
Ghoul Grave: Round 7
G: 20 [-32hp, destroyed]
A: 19 [49/49, protection from evil 24 rounds]
L: 15 [42/47, sickened 94 rounds, protection from evil 24 rounds, captivated]
H: 14
J: 14 [cat's grace 24 rounds, shield of faith 4 rounds, captivated]
I: 10 [-16hp, severely wounded]
J: 8
M: 5 [sickened 19 rounds]
T: 5 [32/35, paralyzed 3 rounds, captivated]
Map Key:
A: Ashlyn, I: Iron-bound Corpse, G: Hungry Corpse (Ghast), H: Hideous Corpse,
J: Jarrith,
J: Janis,
L: Ladreth,
M: Marot,
T: Tessa.
Conditions:
Dark Red Border: Dying,
Lime Border:
Sickened,
Yellow: Captivated,
White Border: Paralyzed.
[Round 7 actions]
