Ezro moves up into the entryway, moving past a tiefling who swings at him but misses. He holds his attack if one of the tieflings comes his way. Aladir moves into the room past the same tiefling who does not swing this time, and with his longbow damages the closest one to him.
The tiefling at the door goes thru it and you hear him shout something
Hyram returns the favor of being hit and damages the tiefling in front of him, while Alikia moves into position to cast a spell, but decides with one of them already further into the garrison, and one badly damage by Aladir she saves the spell. Quinn moves up, swings at the tiefling still in the room and it falls dead to the floor.
Ezro UP
Hyram, steely-eyed, tries to hit the tiefling again, but his wounds made it hard to concentrate and he misses.
Aladir spins on his heels, drawing another arrow as he does so. In an instant he gets a bead on one of the wounded tieflings surrounding Hyram and lets fly an arrow at the enemy.
Before stepping into the fray, Ezro makes a short prayer to Iomedea, changing his offensively focused prayer into a prayer of divine healing. Holding the charge of positive energy in his hand, he steps up to Hyram, touching his shoulder, "Stay strong Hyram! Iomedea will see us through this! Fight with faith!"
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"Thank you for summoning your friends to us," Quinn steps into his thrust as he dispatches the tiefling that had called out. "It's so much easier when they line up and come through the door one at a time."
On feeling Iomedae's healing power flowing through Ezro, Hyram will say, Thank you brother! Iomedae will help us destroy these vile cultists!
Feeling her eyebrow twitch at the tieflings disappear deeper into the building, Alikia turns her attention towards the remaining teiflings. Raising her crossbow, she lets loose a bolt to the tiefling nearest to her. Much to her surprise, the bolt manages to strike the rouge in the shoulder.
Ezro casts a curing spell, holds the charge, then steps next to Hyram and delivers Iomedae healing to him. Aladir steps back into the room so as to get a clear shot at one of the tieflings and wounds it.
The three tieflings next to Hyram continue there assault on the man, and two of them get by his armor and hit him hard.
Alikia, shoots her crossbow at the closest tiefling, the one Aladir hit and wounds it further, while Quinn moves back into the entry way and kills it.
Ezro UP
Ezro moves through Quinn, leaving a space for him as he advances onto one of the two remaining Tieflings, bringing his blade to bear he swings into the enemy, "For the Inheritor!"
"Hyram! My friend! Learn to use your shield! Trust me when I say, your body is not the best thing to stop swords with!"
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Aye, but I try to give as best as I get! Hyram shouts as he again stabs the tiefling causing it to keel over dead.
Looking around nervously, Alikia reloads her crossbow, but decides to not take a shot. "I'll ensure that we do not get flanked." Aiming her crossbow into the currently empty room, Alikia waits to see if something comes bursting through either door in the next room.
When the tieflings run from the room it clearly fills Aladir with a great deal of frustration. Another cold iron arrow drawn, he tries to focus on the remaining targets in the room.
Unfortunately, his frustration also breeds lack of focus and his arrow soars high, embedding itself into the wall behind the tiefling he'd tried to shoot.
Quinn sidesteps one of the fallen tieflings, swinging easily through the defenses of another.
"Leave the last one to me," Quinn kicks aside another tiefling after easily cutting him down. "Ready yourselves for his friends. I'll join you momentarily," he smiles his hideous black-toothed smile. "This won't take long."
Ezro moves thru Quinn area, and next to the tiefling, swings and misses. Aladir shoots at the closest enemy but his frustration spoils his aim.
The two tieflings, trying to take down Hyram swing and one connects solidly.
Hyram returns the favor to the one next to him and kills it. Alikia reloads her crossbow and trains it on the open door in the next room, just waiting for something to emerge. Quinn steps up and smashes the remaining tiefling and it goes down.
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Let's see where that one ran off to. Hyram says as he wipes his sword on the dead tiefling.
"They'll be ready and waiting for us," Quinn looks towards the stairs. "We could try to outflank them. There is a window above the door. But, it's a tight fit..."
"Worth a try, you think?"
"If not to squeeze through, at least to get a peek and see what's waiting for us."
Quinn pulls a pair of invisibility potions from his pack. "I don't like the thought of going unarmored any more than you do." He looks at the nimble elf, and then to Alikia and her shimmering magical protections. "Maybe quite a bit less, actually. But, I would trade much for the chance to catch them unawares."
"In any case, let's have a look."
Frowning heavily, Alikia moves to the room where the tieflings had been when they first entered. Taking in what appeared to be a conference room at some point, Alikia shakes her head at Quinn's suggestion. "We are already here and have a footing. I say we press on and try to clear the remainder of this floor. We've lost the element of surprise, and trying to scale this building will only allow our foes to better prepare against our next skirmish." Moving her bag to a place where she can easily grab it, in case of a retreat, Alikia grabs a second set of bolts out of her bag, refilling her quiver.
"I see little reason to climb up the side of the building, when we have access already.Further its best to press the momentum now while we have it." Ezro says, somewhat perplexed at the idea of climbing up a building they are already in.
Pulling out his symbol he holds it aloft when the others are around, "Iomedea heal those who fight to defend your people."
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Quinn pulls Terendelev's scale from his pouch, activating its bolstering magic.
He draws a vial of holy water and another of alchemist's fire, shoving them through his belt and wrapping his seldom seen tail around them for easy retrieval later. After that, he heads to the door to follow the tiefling that escaped.
"Alright, if that's our path, let's get to it." He cinches a strap down tighter on his armor, and braces himself for the onslaught ready-and-waiting for them. "This is going to hurt..." When the others are ready, he throws open the door and moves in.
Going back into the room, you see a bracket shows where a longsword once hung over a stylized gold sunburst affixed to the south wall. Lines of strange runes are carved into the walls on both sides of the sunburst. Dried blood and excrement have been smeared across the sunburst and a short bench for kneeling that sits on the floor.
Opening the northern door in the room you see a hallway with two more doors, one on the left and one straight ahead.
Aladir will pause at each door, listening at each in turn to see if he makes out any sounds of occupation within either.
Hyram, the blood still flowing from his wounds, will follow Quinn and Aladir through the door looking for the next foe.
Let us find those that defaced this shrine to Iomedae where guards used to pray and make them pay!
Quinn stops short facing the two doors. "Your guess is as good as mine," he grumbles to Hyram behind him. "Probably a nasty surprise or two behind each of them."
"Aladir...?" he gestures to the elf. "Feel like taking a look before we barge headfirst?"
"Hyram, please hold one moment as I attend to your wounds." Ezro says as he takes account of the members of his party. Calling in divine energy, he reaches out to release the positive energy into Hyrams wounds.
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Quinn stops short facing the two doors. "Your guess is as good as mine," he grumbles to Hyram behind him. "Probably a nasty surprise or two behind each of them."
I agree and with the Inheritor's help, we will eradicate whatever it is!
"Hyram, please hold one moment as I attend to your wounds."
As his wounds start to heal, Hyram will say, Thank you Brother, I am now better prepared to do the Inheritor's will!
Door P16 - You hear speaking in a language that you do not understand. There are at least two creatures.
Door K15 - You hear nothing.
Door L14 - (yea, it is hard to see, sorry) You hear breathing of one creature.
As Aladir checks the three visible doors Ezro cures most of Hyram wounds.
So, Aladir, What is your opinion? Which door should we go through first? Hyram says griping his sword tightly.
As Aladir listens at the doors, Alikia wrinkles her nose at the refuse smeared on the walls. "Mm, glad to see that the new inhabitants are irrefutably evil and not just in that fun gray area of evil." Covering her nose with her sleeve, she turns back to the group, waiting to see which door everyone will choose.
Ezro looks at the shrine and defilement in a mix of horror and anger.
"I do not know why I should be surprised, but I still am!We must see to the restoration of the shrine upon eradication of the loathsome creatures in this building."
Looking back to the others, Aladir gestures P16 and holds up two fingers, then wavers his hand back and forth in a gesture of uncertainty before gesturing in an upward motion with one finger. Moving back to P14, he holds up just one finger and gives a firm nod along with it.
Quinn moves quickly to the southern door , where Aladir indicates he is uncertain of what's within. He nods to Hyram, raises one hand, and counts down from five.
Ezro UP
Have you no respect? Hyram asks as he raises his sword and moves to the closest abrikandilu.
Snearing at the two small demons, Alikia rummages her mind for what these demons are best known for. "Careful, They're Abrikandilu demons. They have standard demon resistances and immunities." Pulling out her wand of magic missile, Alikia flicks two missiles at the closet demon, watching with some satisfaction at they collide with its face.
"Filthy vermin..." Quinn growls. He moves in and attacks the nearest rat-demon.
He slips in beside Hyram to viciously slash the wounded creature.
Not wishing to eat through more of his spells so early into the assault, Ezro draws his cold iron blade as he moves in to attack the nearest demon. Wracking his brain for any information on the demons.
"For the Inheritor!"
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@Ezro
@Hyram
Seeing the hideousness of what the demons have done, Ezro draws his sword and runs up to the nearest demon and hits it. Hyram runs up to the same demon and hits it also. Aladir takes a step so he can clearly see the demon, and shoots it, damaging it some more.
The demon in front of Ezro and Hyram grins at them, and says something in a language that only Alikia and Quinn understand, than attacks Ezro, missing with its bite, but one of the claws hits him. The other steps up and swings at Hyram and bites him in the face as well as one claw hits. The wound on Hyram face looks very ugly.
Alikia uses her wand of missiles and damages the one that has taken the melee damage so far. Quinn takes a step, and hurts the one that attacked Hyram, while that one says the same thing to him that the other said to Ezro.
Ezro UP
Bah! You will not use MY head in your grisly game!
Hyram says as he swings his sword at the demon but blood from his facial wound gets in his eyes and he misses.
"Quid non ego sum pulchellus satis vobis?"
Quinn smiles broadly as he slashes the creature a second time.
Aladir fires again at whichever of the rat-like demons is most hurt, assuming more than one still stands.
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@Ezro
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@Quinn - crit claw - confirmed
Ezro and Hyram swing at the demon in front of them and miss. Aladir also shoots at that demon and hits.
The demon in front of Ezro swings at him and a claw clips the cleric, while the other demon swings at Quinn, hitting him with his bite which leaves a wicked looking wound, and both claws, one critically, and laughs at the Paladin and grins as it says "Non ego feci vobiscum cum!"
Alikia uses her wand on the demon in front of Ezro, and kills it with her spell. Quinn returns the favor of a hit on the demon.
Ezro UP