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This is a room unlike anything else seen. Down here is a huge room, with lighted torches, a bunch of bunks and cots for tons of people, chairs, a large table, and comfortable fireplace. There are two doors out in the back. There are even shelves and casks of foodstuff all nice and neat. This room shows none of the wear of the rest of the house. Doors, or search?
They search. As they do, they find a secret door in the wall to the north wing of the house.
Just as Estaish is pointing out the secret door he found, suddenly the groups feels a spell wash over. Alzar and Estaish are slowed and move at half speed, Aleigha is fine. Bursting out of the two doors in the back come 12 soldiers and behind them, a mage with 7 images around him. Arrows fly and Alzar is crit’ed for 4 and takes another 5 for 9 damage total.
19/51
Alzar orders the normal speed animal skeletons to the battle front lines and Dryshik to maneuver and breathe on the tall male mage. The balls hits an illusion and one of the images disappears. Estaish and Alzar will take the last action this round, Aleigha draws her sword. The mage casts a spell that ignites all of the 10 arrows now flying towards them, and Alzar is down to 7/51, Aleigha to 19/28, and Estaish to 22/32. Alzar casts Sleep and 5 fall asleep. Estaish draws his sword and moves, slowly, forward. Their archers have now been based by the animal skeletons and Aleigha.
Aleigha slays an archer for 12 damage off a crit. 6 left. One animal skeleton pecks for 2 damage on one. Their mage casts Paralyzation, a powerful 4th level version of Hold Person. Aleigha is paralyzed, and Alzar is immune and Estaish makes his save. Dryshik kills another image. 5 left. Two animal skeletons are killed. Estaish swings and hits a soldier for 4 damage. Alzar casts Vampiric Touch and drains 11 from a warrior, killing her.
18/51
They win init and focus on Estaish and Alzar for 10 on Estaish and 5 on Alzar.
13/51
12/32
Their mage casts a spell and Alzar is now Blinded as per the Blindness spell. Happens a lot recently. Megala flies in and hits an image. 4 left. Estaish swings his sword right at a warrior and drops his staff. An animal skeleton pecks the wounded soldier for 3 and kills him. 5 soldiers left. Alzar casts Hypnotism, and it works on two soldiers, who are ordered to drop their weapons and sit down. 3 left.
The three soldiers swing and miss everyone. The mage, noticing that Alzar can cast spells while blinded and get up in front and take a lot of hits, is worried about him still, so he casts Phantasmal Killer at him, one of his most powerful spell. Luckily for Alzar, his +1 amulet to those sorts of effects just allows him to make his save. Estaish misses. Dryshik Mist Balls another image – 3 left. The skeletons miss. Alzar casts Charm on a warrior and he makes his save.
The animal skeletons crit a warrior for 2 damage. The soldiers hit Alzar for 7 damage. The mage casts Chromatic Orb, summons a blue orb to his hand, and throws it at Alzar. It misses and disappears. Alzar summons a searing serpent. Megala and Dryshik miss the mage. Estaish kills a wounded soldier.
6/51
The two soldiers left are told to focus on and kill both remaining animal skeletons. The mage tries a Sleep spell, none of Alzar’s team fall, and nods his head like he expected that. Megala hits the mage and not an image, but instead of dealing him any damage, a skin from a Stoneskin peels off. Alzar nails a guard for 7 damage. The Searing Serpent crits an image and kills it. 2 images left.
With just one guard left, and facing two imp-type creatures, a summoned creature, and two combatants still on their feet, and out of real spells, the mage casts a spell and disappears. Alzar orders Megala and Dryshik to the two exits in the back to cover them, but the mage secretly heads up the stairs and leaves.
The final guard is easily captured and tied up.
XP – 300 each
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