Remos looks around and shrugs. "Looks OK."
'Why don't we just look up here where your were, just for completeness sake?'
All pretenses of stealth now seeming futile, Makin jogs up to the stairs into the chapel.
Faysal follows Makin, maintaining a wary eye and a whirling sling....
A short set of wide ceremonial steps leads down to a cavernous chapel in which the congregants would gather for sermons in happier times. The vibrant orange and red starburst of Sarenrae still stands behind a film of rusted rainwater and dirt along the north wall overlooking the collapsed altar. Between the stairs and the altar stand dozens of old marble benches, many overturned and even more broken into two or more pieces. A wide walkway bisects the pews, leading directly to the raised altar. Here and there a few clumps of the original red carpet along this thoroughfare hang on against rot and neglect.
Above the center of the chapel, dangling about ten feet from the floor, hangs a cluster of gnoll skulls in various stages of decay. Strung together like a ghoulish candelabra of twine and bone, the boulder-sized ornament hangs from the wooden rafters which are about twenty feet above the ground.
As you survey the chapel you hear a several squeals and grunts from above. The knotted rope suspending the gnoll-skull candelabra jerks and jumps as a runty little creature dressed in crude furs scrambles from far above to gain a foothold on the swaying skulls. With a
squeaky laugh, this gremlin casts a rude gesture at the party. From the rafters above comes a chorus of glee and a volley of small arrows fired Makin and Haldo. 3 of the arrows find the mark striking Makin as one flies by lodging in the column between Faysal and Haldo. The last arrow strikes Haldo with precision as it slips past his armor hitting him in vulnerable spot.
Numair hisses to Remos, "I thought you said this place was 'OK'?!"
He takes a move action to get to the stairs, then casts grease, targeting the rafters above .
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the boulder-sized ornament hangs from the wooden rafters which are about twenty feet above the ground.
"Looked OK," Remos mutters, quickly turning and moving into the chapel. When he gets close enough, he focuses on one of the gremlins and lets out a bloodcurdling yell.
Intimidate:
Faysal's readied shot leaps out at teh first visible pugwampi...
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Numair hisses to Remos, "I thought you said this place was 'OK'?!" as he moves to the stairs, then mutters a few arcane words and a greasy film appears on a rafter, one of the pugwampi slips bounces off of hte beam then screams on his way down to hit the marble bench on the floor of the chapel. As it hits his body makes a crunch as he is moratlly broken.
Haldo drops his sword and moves to the bottom of the stairs while drawing his crossbow. He lets loose a bolt at the grimlin on the ball. The bolt sails past the grimlin impacting the back wall of the chapel harmlessly.
Makin drops his rapier then runs down the stairs drawing his crossbow also, he stops at the corner of the marble bench and fires his crossbow at the same swaying gremlin who seems to be unable to be hit as the bolt sails past him again.
From the rafters comes the sounds of a spell as the crossbow in Makin's hand shatters into a several pieces. The gremlin atop the skulls fires his bow but the arrow impacts the marble bench which Makin is hiding behind. Three more arrows sail out of the rafters streaking into Numair's soft flesh.
Faysal's readied shot leaps out at the same taunting pugwampi the stone bullet flying very close to the pugwampi but ultimately falling to the ground harmlessly.
"Looked OK," Remos mutters, quickly turning and moving into the chapel as he enrages. As he nears the skull chandelier, he focuses on the gremlin the ball and lets out a bloodcurdling yell. The pugwampi looks noticeably shaken.
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Makin curses loudly in shock, and runs back uo the steps to retreive his rapier, still cursing all the way.
Cursing loudly as the tiny arrows make a pin cushion of him, Numair steps back a bit and casts shield on himself.
Faysal moves forward 5 feet and releases a healing burst of energy
Points of healing to all in a 30' radius
With both hands, Remos brings his falchion behind his head, and then flings it at the pug hanging onto the chandelier.
Attack: , (includes -4 for throwing object)
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Cursing loudly as the tiny arrows make a pin cushion of him, Numair steps back a bit and casts shield on himself.
Haldo steps forward to the protection of the benches and fires on pugwampis in the rafters, missing them.
Makin curses loudly in shock, and runs back uo the steps to retrieve his rapier, still cursing all the way.
More gleeful laughs echo from the rafters in response to Makin's bow shattering and his running away. He is rewarded with a volley of arrows as he runs up the stairs, three of which strike him in back .
The pug atop the skulls turns his attention on the frightful man below him and fires an arrow at him striking him in the chest .
Faysal moves forward and releases a healing burst of energy. .
With both hands, Remos brings his falchion behind his head, and then flings it at the pug hanging onto the chandelier. The falchion slices through the pugwampi as well as the rope holding the skulls. The ball falls to the floor and shatters into many slivers, the pugwampi's split body laying atop the pile.
Numair shouts to the others, as he draws his light crossbow and fires at one of the pugwampis, "Try and get them down out of the rafters! My other spells cannot reach them from the ground!"
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Makin turns with his retreived rapier.
'Thanks Faysal!'
He scans around for a way up to the rafters now that the skull ball is destroyed.
Faysal whips another sling stone into the rafters
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"Why don't we fall back into that room to our right and draw them down?"
Remos runs after his falchion and picks it up.
Numair shouts to the others, as he draws his light crossbow and fires at one of the pugwampis, missing completely. "Try and get them down out of the rafters! My other spells cannot reach them from the ground!"
Haldo fires crossbow on the closest pugwampi again missing the gremlin.
Makin takes a moment to scan the room, his eyes falling on a ladder that goes up into the choir loft and rafters that the pugwampis are assaulting you from. As quick as he sees the ladder he moves that way.
At this point the pugs are fully enjoying themselves, they are laughing so hard that #3 falls off his feet but catches himself before falling to the floor. He pulls himself back up tot he rafter as 3 more arrows fly toward Remos finding thier mark in his side, one striking home in a vulnerable spot.
Faysal whips another sling stone into the rafters missing his target and says, "Why don't we fall back into that room to our right and draw them down?"
Remos steps through the pile of partially decaying skulls to retrieve his falchion.
For Makin:
The Uwagan screams out in pain. Now single-minded in his actions, Remos ignores Faysal and continues his assault. Holding his larger sword in his off-hand, he draws his scimitar while moving under the nearest living gremlin, then flings the scimitar upward.
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Haldo tries to keep his growing anger at the pugwampi in check as he tries to get a better shot at the closest attacker.
The majority of the pugwampis still in the rafters, Numair will take another shot with his crossbow.
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Haldo tries to keep his growing anger at the pugwampi in check as he tries to get a better shot at the closest attacker.
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Faysal scurries up to teh fallen Pugwampi, and places his hands on it's unclean head to learn of it.
Numair fires his crossbow again at the pugwampi in the center of the room, striking it in the chest and sending the lifeless body down to the floor below.
Haldo moves to better position and shoots and arrow into pugwampi #4.
Makin continues to the ladder and climbs it to the top.
The pugwampi with Haldo's arrow sticking from it's chest casts a spell as Haldo's crossbow shatters in his hands. It then steps back on the balcony ans cannot be seen anymore.
Faysal runs to the center of the room and touches the pugwampi that was split in two.
The two other remaining pugs upon seeing Faysal run into the center of the room squeal gleefully as the let two arrows fly his direction, one of which strikes him . #3 then runs along the rafter toward the center of the room and disappears into what looks like a nest above the south east quarter of the room.
Remos, seeing #6 fall to the ground dead, moves under #5 and throws his scimitar at it. The scimitar flies closely by the pug but misses and lands with a clatter atop the balcony.
Makin charges pugawampi in fron of him, no.5.
With only one pugwampi left visible, Numair decides using more magic would just be a waste. He fires on this one with another crossbow bolt ...
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Calmness takes the place of his rage. Breathing heavily, he comments to Numair. "We find gremlins. You happy?" He heads over to the ladder and makes his way to the balcony.
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The explosion of his crossbow makes Haldo flinch away. Temper finally flaring, he roars a very bad name at the pugwampi caster. He runs to the ladder and climbs, intending to do terrible things to the pugwampi.
Faysal flinches as the arrow grazes his flesh and snaps him out of the contemplative trance he appeared to be in
"Anyone have cold iron? or a charm to overcome bad luck? because we're gonna need both to have any hope in this scrum. Let's just set it on fire, and hope there are no gnolls about!!"
Numair fires on the last visible pugwampi, the bolt slicing clean through the little beast tossing it back out of sight.
The explosion of his crossbow makes Haldo flinch away. Temper finally flaring, he roars a very bad name at the pugwampi caster. He runs to the ladder and climbs, intending to do terrible things to the pugwampi.
Forgot the description of what Makin sees at the top of the ladder:
A thin balcony overlooks the chapel floor some twenty feet below. Two rows of tall-backed wooden choir chairs dominate the southern reach of the balcony, which hugs the chapel’s concave walls. The balcony falls away—collapsed for a span of perhaps fifteen feet—just on the other side of the choir area. To the east, rickety time-worn wooden rafters stretch across the whole chapel. Two huge sections of these rafters have been engulfed in a sort of nest comprised of a patchwork of random bits of cloth.
Makin sees pug #5 get thrown back from the edge and moves to him and ends it's life with his rapier. From below the party sees Makin's head moving to where the pug was and a fatal squeal.
Pugwampi 4 runs by Makin straight across and the center of the room past where the skulls where hanging and into the nest above the south east quarter of the chapel.
After pug 4 enters the nest pug 3 leans out and fires an arrow at Makin hitting him in his side
Faysal flinches as the arrow grazes his flesh and snaps him out of the contemplative trance he appeared to be in
"Anyone have cold iron? or a charm to overcome bad luck? because we're gonna need both to have any hope in this scrum. Let's just set it on fire, and hope there are no gnolls about!!"
Calmness takes the place of Remos' rage. Breathing heavily, he comments to Numair. "We find gremlins. You happy?" He heads over to the ladder and begins to climb but is limited by having Haldo on the ladder above him.
'Hey, Faysal! If I fall, save me!' Makin yells as he steps onto the rafters and begins to make his way across, rapier held in his right hand with his arms wide apart.
"Happy?" Numair responds to Remos. "No, I expect I would have been happier had this place been 'OK'!" He scans the room, trying to find more of the pesky little vermin ...
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Haldo tries to gets of the way of Remos, then unsheathes a dagger.
Remos ascends the ladder and walks over to his scimitar.
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Faysal moves quickly back to where Numair is standing.
"You have anything to seal them in the nest?"
Faysal moves quickly back to where Numair is standing.
"You have anything to seal them in the nest?"
"No. I have a spell to burn them, or knock them unconscious, but that is all. And each is better used on a large group and at relatively close range."
"Happy?" Numair responds to Remos. "No, I expect I would have been happier had this place been 'OK'!" He scans the room, trying to find more of the pesky little vermin but finds none.
Haldo climbs to the top of the ladder and unsheathes his dagger.
Makin steps out onto the rafters crossing the chapel, he had taken a few steps when the rafter cracks and falls out from under him. He attempts to save himself by leaping back to the seeming safety of the balcony but is able to make the jump.
The Pugs in the nest, hearing Makin fall roar with glee but do not come out to see.
Faysal moves quickly back to where Numair is standing, and asks him, "You have anything to seal them in the nest?"
Numair responds, "No. I have a spell to burn them, or knock them unconscious, but that is all. And each is better used on a large group and at relatively close range."
Remos ascends the ladder now clear of Haldo and moves over to retrieve his scimitar.
Makin tumbles oungracefully and lands hard among the pews below, scratched, brusied and almost unconcious.
He manages to crawl to the northern wall and get cover behind the end of a pew, breathing heavily and clearly quite hurt and out-of-breath.
Makin tumbles oungracefully and lands hard among the pews below, scratched, brusied and almost unconcious.
He manages to crawl to the northern wall and get cover behind the end of a pew, breathing heavily and clearly quite hurt and out-of-breath.