*studies the holy items and then hands them over to Aerie, thinking she will get the most benefit from their use due to alignment...she will follow the strange little man and the bard with the rest of the party, defensive spells at the ready as she peers dubiously up the stairs* up, up and away we go, i guess!
You, sword wench *Tiax giggles* With your burly figure and large manly hands Tiax feels it would be wisest for you to head up this motley crew. You shall be Tiax's much needed shield whilst the pretty thief shall look for traps. *Shar-teel growls angrily* Or... or.. Tiax will allow you to choose what you do *he backs away*
You have been nominated brave Sir Garrick by the most important of your peers.. namely Tiax, the great and all powerful who one day shall rise up and join his god and slay all those who have wronged him in his early days and called him names like shorty, and midget McBeardface.
Shar-Teel, of a mind to shave a couple inches off of Tiax's tongue, starts walking towards him. Something in her manner has him scurrying away however and she stops after a couple steps. Muttering about cowardice as its own reward she returns to glowering menacingly at the men.
You two er... wonderful ladies. Together your trap finding and defensive natures suits Tiax and he feels you should move us forward. All these steps are beginning to give Tiax a complex
Garrick sigh. "Very well then, take a breather in the chapel while I take a peak. Oh, and if anyone want to become invisible, stand close." Garrick removes his armor and casts Invisibility 10'. He then puts the armor back on, (which takes a while since he has to feel his way forward). Once that it is done he moves up the stairs (the one where we just tried to go down). His scale armor isn't very quiet, but he tries to compensate by moving slowly.
Skie moves as far off to the side of Garrick as possible inside the circle of invisibility, in case some monster hears Garrick's clunking and attacks blindly.
Okay, you make it to the top of the stairs without finding or running in to any traps. The stairs go up 240' to emerge into a round room with torches lighting it. Another, smaller set of stairs continue up. This 40' round room is occupied by a made bed and a set of manacles on the wall. There are no windows here, but you can hear the sound of the wind moaning about the walls, and a small breeze floats down the stairs from above. (fresh breeze).
Aerie willingly accepts the necklace and the statue. She holds the statue in her left hand and lets the pendant on the necklace rest openly on her chest. The talismans of law and good make her feel better, but so do the protection from evil spells and Garrick's invisibility spell. She will linger towards the back of the group, letting the sneaky and the bold go first. Her spells are:
Cleric: 1. Sanctuary, Cure Light Wounds x 4 2. Chant x 2, Slow Poison x 2, Aid 3. Cure Medium Wounds x 2, Holy Smite x 2 4. Protection from Evil 10 ft. radius, Lesser Restoration
Mage: 1. Identify, Magic Missile x 3 2. Melf's Acid Arrow x 2, Mirror Image 3. Flame Arrow x 2, Remove Magic 4. Stoneskin, Improved Invisibility
Garrick walks down again and tells the others what he found. He then tries the last stairs. Those of you that got invisible by the spell should state so.
OOC: Sorry for missing out the previous week. I was busy with school.
"Since most of our righteous warriors perished in the previous encounters, Valygar shall lead the group. I pray for luck to be on our side this time...An abandon manacle...hmmm...who was the previous user? Perhaps there may be markings on it."
Valygar will also check the room for loots...I mean useful items that appear beneficial to the party. It's nice if one of the thieves can detect traps before one of my limbs decides to detach from my body and gets blown to pieces from a trap.
No, there is nothing in the room other than the bed and the manacles. And no traps that the roguish persons can find. Um, oops... I read the map wrong. The end of the staircase comes out into a north-south corridor. To the south is a Parapet that looks out over the bulk of the castle. The wind whips and moans around the stones and arrow-slits, and the fog that shrouds the land. The stones here are wet with condensation and slippery. To the north is a bridge leading across to another tower. The iron railings that might have stopped you from falling have rusted and fallen away long ago. Still, you can see an opening into the second tower from where you stand.
Ha, those manacles would look great around your "not so" winged elf ankles *Tiax chuckles*. It seems Tiax has stumbled across a much nicer place to rest his head. That bed belongs to Tiax, ruler of the bedroom.
*Tiax pokes the bed with his weapon and squeamishly turns and runs from it* (if nothing happens he then repeats this act a few more times... just in case)
sry to interrupt. but while I playing this week I had Kivan join me, and I was so very disappointed i how boring he seemed, he didn't hit on anyone in my group at all You guys have spoiled me.
"A bed and manacles... Apparently Strahd knows how to have a good time."
Funny that, when Garrick saw them he thought of Skie.
Garrick is thoroughly confused by the invisibility. The bed-and-manacle area seemed safe enough, so he went to check the last stair. He is uncertain if anyone followed him before or if they still are in the chapel.
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*Shar-teel growls angrily*
Or... or.. Tiax will allow you to choose what you do *he backs away*
*With that thought in mind, Skie starts giggling for no apparent reason.*
Cleric:
1. Sanctuary, Cure Light Wounds x 4
2. Chant x 2, Slow Poison x 2, Aid
3. Cure Medium Wounds x 2, Holy Smite x 2
4. Protection from Evil 10 ft. radius, Lesser Restoration
Mage:
1. Identify, Magic Missile x 3
2. Melf's Acid Arrow x 2, Mirror Image
3. Flame Arrow x 2, Remove Magic
4. Stoneskin, Improved Invisibility
"Since most of our righteous warriors perished in the previous encounters, Valygar shall lead the group. I pray for luck to be on our side this time...An abandon manacle...hmmm...who was the previous user? Perhaps there may be markings on it."
Valygar will also check the room for loots...I mean useful items that appear beneficial to the party. It's nice if one of the thieves can detect traps before one of my limbs decides to detach from my body and gets blown to pieces from a trap.
Skie will search around the bed for traps. After the bed is confirmed safe, she will search it for hidden items and such.
Garrick is thoroughly confused by the invisibility. The bed-and-manacle area seemed safe enough, so he went to check the last stair. He is uncertain if anyone followed him before or if they still are in the chapel.