[ We find Our Heroes just exiting the weird Chapel of the He- Drow. They're headed south along a hallway that's twenty feet wide and forty high! ] [ Who knows what they'll find next? Not me! I didn't plan this far. Session Start! ] * Tia sings merrily in Draconic. Hush, Tia. * Alcinoe clanks along. One half of the clanking clerics! * Tia falls silent. "...Sorry." * Patrick walks along. It's okay... just try to be quiet. * Max floats along. * Patrick grins. * Istvan lumbers alongside Tia, new war pick resting on his shoulder. * Will clanks behind Alcinoe. Go Team Cleric! * Seylin scouts ahead of the group, checking for traps and whatnot. * Tia nods and keeps walking. She wasn't -that- much louder than the clerics. ...I wonder... nah, that spell's over. * Istvan doesn't have anything useful to contribute at the moment, and is this just walking along as quietly as he can, keeping an eye out for anything nasty. * Tia is about to say something, but she remembers to stay quiet and instead watches Seylin pick her way through traps that Tia can't see. * Patrick keeps a steady eye and ear out for noises of things sneaking around. * Tia sniffs the air experimentally. [ The hallway continues... for a while. It winds south, then east, then north, past three caved-in hallways, back to east, down some stairs, then south, and then you find a door! There's sounds coming from behind it. People-sounds. ] * HKenji is padding along in the rear of the group, examining this strange hand-sized spear they found. * Seylin stops. * Max decides to take advantage of the high ceiling and ascends to a good 15 feet above the floor, looking around with seemingly-huge eyes behind his bottle-bottom glasses. * Tia wiggles her draconine ears and looks toward the door. * Istvan stops when Sey stops, and motions for Tia to stop'n be quietish. * Max returns to the normal level when the door becomes obvious. i.e. when he stops watching the ceiling. [ The hallway continues past the door. But the door is there. ] Seylin... the door, please? * Patrick stops and turns on the sneak, silently drawing his bow and setting an arrow. * Tia notices Istvan's gesture, and she mimes zipping her lips shut. She grins. * Alcinoe draws her sword. Quietly, since it doesn't clank. * Seylin checks the door for traps and checks to see if it's locked. She also tries to listen and see if she can figure out what's behind it, and how many. * Tia adjusts her grip on Mr. Axe and wags her tail in anticipation. * Max hovers curiously and out of the way of the bigger people. * HKenji watches the electricity crackle over the length of that hand- spear. * Will draws his sword too and stands next to Kenji. * Patrick idly rubs the fletching on his arrow. [ Seylin finds no traps. It seems to be unlocked. Behind it, she can hear people conversing in Undercommon. ] * Tia whispers, "So what now?" * Patrick hushes Tia. * Tia shuts her mouth. "Sorry." * Istvan shifts his weight from foot to foot as he waits for Sey to report on what's being said. * Patrick tries to listen too. Come on, it can't be that hard to hear. * Max just doodles on a corner of a page in his book. * HKenji sighs a little. Seylin, open the door for Tia. Tia, you're first through the door. Istvan and Alcinoe, follow her in. * Tia nods. "Okay!" * Tia brandishes her axe, her tail and wings quivering. * Alcinoe nods once. * Max looks up, blinks, and closes his book, preparing to enter when he's told. * Istvan steps back a coupla steps, to give Tia a clear path. * Tia looks wound up and ready to charge. Max... keep your destruction small and targeted. * Patrick steps behind Tia and draws his bow, ready to transmute stuff into pincushions. * Seylin says, quietly, "Some elves and some deep gravelly voices, though I can't quite tell what they're saying. And okay." Gotcha, Kenji. *whispered* * Seylin opens the door. * Tia breaks into a charge toward the room as soon as the door is open wide enough. * Istvan charges in after Tia, making sure not to comically get stuck in the door with Alci. Chaaaaaaarge! [ Through the door is a very large room that seems to have once been a ballroom. There are various people in it - drow males and orogs of both sexes. They're all armed and armored, they all look pale and just a bit fangy, and they all turn to look at Tia as she comes through the door - all fourteen of them. ] * Tia belts out a meaty roar. * Alcinoe runs in after Istvan! Because, yes, getting stuck is bad. * Patrick steps in after the Dynamic Tanks. [ One of the Drow shouts "Intruders!" While the Orogs all seem to chorus "FINALLY!" as one and draw their swords. Big swords, covered in intricate and elaborate shapes and images. The drow just bear their claws. ] [ Kenji, go! ] * HKenji dashes straight to the door as he catches a flash of fang, glowing golden as a ghostly suit of armor materializes around him. He vaults off Tia's back, over her head, all the way over the croud of vampires, coming down in a beautiful iaijutsu strike on a vampire in the rear. [ Kenji brings his katana down on a Drow and cuts him in half. Superb. ] [ One of the Orogs shouts "Yes! And they're competent, too!" ] * HKenji skids to a stop and turns around, fury of the ages glowing in his eyes. [ A few Drow suggest the Orog could benefit from shutting his trap. ] [ Istvan, go! ] * Istvan charges at the closest Orog, muttering softly in dwarven. His new war pick sets aflame, and he tries to whack said Orog with it. [ Istvan cuts through the Orogs's chainmail and digs into his chest! "WELL STRUCK!" thunders the Orog. "A worthy foe to end this miserale existence!" ] Y'know, we could end it faster if you'd all just drop your weapons and lay down... [ Patrick, go! ] Bah, that wouldn't be any fun, Istvan! [ The impaled Orog shrugs helplessly. "Sorry, can't. Mind controll, and all." ] Oh! Who's controlling? ^_^ [ "Besides," he goes on, "There's the matter of honor, and blah blah blah. Nevermind that I'm pretty much sunk already, having been killed by a bunch of fucking bugs." ] * Istvan frowns. "Damn. Worth a shot." [ "Some ugly thing. Has a name I don't know how to--" here the Drow all shout "SHUT UP!" And the Orog stops talking. ] * Patrick draws his bow, aims at the mooks 30 ft away and closer, and lets lose a full complement of arrows at them. [ Patrick's arrows hit home, knocking one of the Drow dead! Er. ] [ Alci, go! ] * Alcinoe runs in for the largest cluster, letting out a shout with her sword out and shield ready. The runes glow, and a blinding light reflects off her shield, filling the room. [ Two of the orogs go running off, gibbering to themselves! Evidently being undead turns you into a wuss. ] (It sure does!) [ But there are four more orogs left! Three of them charge Tia, since she's a big obvious opponent. The other hacks at Istvan, the pick still lodged in his chest. ] [ Two Orogs score hits on Tia, while a third hits her on a particularly solid scale and looses his balance. Meanwhile, the one Istvan's locked in combat with takes two shots at him, one of which squeezes in between the plates of his armor! ] [ Tia, go! ] * Istvan grunts as he gets slashed in the shoulder. * Tia , having just recovered from the surprise of having a small man jump onto and vault off her back, fails to repel the attack of the orogs. She grunts and takes it. * Tia growls at the orogs and retaliates by lashing out with her axe and claws! [ Tia tears the former Orog apart in a spectacular display of might. There'd be gore all over the place, ecept for the no blood thing. ] [ Max, go! ] [ Current ranks; 5 Orogs (two of them cowering), 6 drow. ] * Max glares at the drow who told the friendly Orogs to be quiet. "That's enough out of you." He mutters something, than shakes an angry finger at each of them. "Firebrand." [ Max nukes the remaining participants in the room! They all manage to survive it, tho. Even IStvan's opponent. They look considerably worse for the wear, however. ] Now go to the corner and be quiet, or you'll have to repeat the lesson. *TEACHER-GLARE* ... yeesh. * Patrick grins. [ The drow go next! Four attack Kenji, two others go for Alci! ] [ Two score hits on Kenji, while the other two fumbles. One of the ones attacking Alci smacks her across the face, which is unarmored. ] [ Seylin, go! ] * Seylin chants something, and her halberd begins glowing with a powerful light. [ The vampire spawn all curse or cringe or both! ] [ Will, go! ] * Will charges forward and slashes at the closest Vampire. For Great Justice! [ Will cuts one of the drow that attacked Alci! It looks like it hurts. A little. ] [ Kenji, go! ] * HKenji draws his wakizashi and turns into a tornado of steel, lashing out over and over and over again. [ Kenji drops three of the vampire rogues! The last one near him looks kind of worried. ] [ Istvan, go! ] * Istvan pulls his pick out of the orog's chest, laying into him with a series of pick shots from various angles, and moving on to the next Orog if he finishes this one off. * HKenji slides to a halt from his spinning, both blades leveled at the last drow on him, face set in a mask of hatred. [ Istvan kills him dead! The Orog looks like he couldn't be happier about this state of affairs. ] [ What's left: Four Orogs, two of them cowering, two attacking Tia. Three Drow, one near Kenji, two near Alci. ] [ Patrick, go! ] * Patrick takes one step forward and levels his bow at the ones around Kenji and Alci, firing arrows at them and hopefully downing them. Hooray! Get 'em! Let 'em rest! Ra ra ra sis boom ba and stuff! *jumps up and down on his spellbook* * Istvan EYES Max. [ Patrick nails the one near Kenji, but spends the rest of his turn decorating the far wall with arrows. ] [ Max! Go! Go now! While you still can! ] * Patrick is distracted by Sey, then shakes his head. "Dangit Sey, when you're going to do that tell me first!" * Seylin giggles. "Sorry!" * Patrick smiles back at her. *sigh* It's nap time, kids. Shut up and go to sleep! *flings little spheres of force at the still-standing ones. Five spheres total* I didn't know you'd get distracted by it! I get distracted by anything you do, you know that! ~_^ Uh, shouldn't we be fighting undead now? Nah. [ Max fazes the remaining targets! ] [ Alcinoe, go! ] [ The last two Drow each take a globe of force in the mouth, and they begin coughing, of all things. ] * Alcinoe turns angrily, attacking the same drow Will did. [ Alci cuts it down! And the other one near her! The field is now clear of Drow. ] [ All that's left now are the four Orogs, two of whom are still cowering. ] * Will cheers as Alci cuts down the two drows in front of them. "Go Alci!" [ Two of the Orogs continue to cower, but the other two attack Tia, shouting something in Orcish as they go! ] [ Neither of them manages to get a hit in, tho. ] [ Tia, go! ] * Tia roars back at the orogs in Draconic and swings away! [ Tia takes down the two Orogs near her! ] [ End init. The other two aren't doing anything. ] * Patrick walks over to the last two orogs and glances back at his companions. "Down them now or try and question them?" * Seylin keeps the light on. * Tia wipes off Mr. Axe, leans him carefully against a wall, and sits down to lick her wounds. Kill them. * Max ducks into the room. "Yes, do let them rest. THey seem so tired." * Patrick draws his bow back, and fires a manyshot of three arrows at max strength into each one. [ They die, the poor schlubs. ] ... I forget exactly how this works, but we gotta find coffins for these guys, right? * Seylin nods. Vampire spawn, yeah. * Tia walks in an awkward circle, trying to reach the cuts on her side. Tia, do you need help? * Istvan mutters in dwarven, and the flames on his pick die away. * Patrick takes out a bundle of arrows. "Hey, think we should put some wood in their hearts? * Alcinoe checks her sword, then sheathes it. She's looking a little pale. * Tia looks up and wags her tail. "Maybe a little," she says sheepishly. "The cuts kinda sting." * HKenji flicks his blades clean and sheathes them in one smooth motion. Find their coffins. Alcinoe, Will, see to wounds. And... whatever it is that vampires do. You know. * HKenji doesn't look so hot. If I just had that cool pitcher with the endless water... * Tia glances over at Kenji and wags her tail. * Will looks at Alci worriedly. "What's wrong?" Energy Drain is the term, I think. Right-o! *starts searching for any secret doors, leaving others (read: Seylin) to examine any obvious doors for trap-like things* Sucks living force out of the victim. * Patrick starts looking around himself for coffins. Um, Kenji, are you okay? You look kinda sick. [ There is another exit on the south side of the room. ] * Tia pads over to Kenji and looks worried. * Istvan heads to that south exit, and motions for Seylin to come along. "Gotta be through there..." * Seylin nods to Istvan and checks the exit. I was only hit twice. * HKenji pushes away from the wall and looks around. "Where are the coffins?" * Istvan rubs at his shoulder wound. "We're checking through here, Kenji." * Alcinoe rubs at her forehead and takes her time to answer Will, "Ah think one of them vampires did somethin' ta me." * Patrick idly checks over any lewt the monsters dropped, too. (* Patrick idly checks over Seylin too. o/`) [ The vampire spawn were wearing masterwork armor and carrying masterwork weapons. Other than that, nada. ] * Max hms. "I think I remember reading about 'em somewhere...not supposed to let 'em touch you, Alcinoe." Either...you'll be fine in a day...or you need to do something to heal yourself. Cleric spell...can't remember what. Not sure it's needed, the source was unclear and I read it years ago. Duh. * Tia adjusts Wuffiekins' position on her back. "You okay back there, Mr. Teddy? Good. How 'bout you, Mr. Axe?" * Istvan calls back. "Have one of the clerics look at you, Kenji, in case those things did that Energy Drain thing Patrick was talking about on you." Will. * Will frowns. "I don't think I can help against this energy drain thing right now..." Gotta pray for the appropriate spell? * Tia giggles at Mr. Axe. "I'm glad you like hitting bad people too!" Just heal the surface wounds, Will. ...maybe we should fortify this room and get some rest? No. Once we find the coffins. Don't want the spawn rising and eating us. * Patrick nods. I'll help find the coffins! Quickly, people. Spawn have a nasty habit of not staying dead. * Tia mobilizes. Tia, find the coffins and smash them. Okay! * Istvan is heading for the south exit... * Will nods. "Okay. Let me take a look at your wounds first then, Kenji." * HKenji gestures vaguely. * Tia sprints off after Istvan. * Alcinoe clanks along, taking a look for the coffins. She doesn't look very hurt, just... out of it. * Max sighs, but stays here. If those things get back up, there aren't enough people left to fight 'em here and Kenji needs protection. * Patrick keeps looking for coffins too! * Patrick 's searching lands him closely to Seylin. He whispers to her. * Seylin has been checking the south exit. There may be traps! There may not be! [ Istvan reaches the south exit! But he really shouldn't open that door until everyone's ready. ] * Tia waits next to Istvan. * Istvan isn't. He presumed Seylin was ahead of him. * Seylin is, actually, and is still checking. [ Seylin finds no traps! ] * Patrick looks around Seylin, and looks around for traps himself. * Seylin blushes for a moment, then turns to the group. "No traps!" * Istvan opens the door! Or tries to. [ Session End! ]