07. Chapter Seven

Erich and Pock open up with blasts that stun two zombies and bloody one of them. The zombies remain stunned and dazed, Flynn moves around and uses jumping blade assault on the bloodied zombie. Baltazar moves in and attacks the zombie as well, killing him. Eldaen uses radiant smite to attack another zombie, and his holy outrage destroys the downed zombie.

Pock fires an eldritch blast at a zombie, bloodying him. Erich uses mind thrust on the bloodied zombie. The other zombie attacks Flynn and immobilizes him, the other one remains stunned. Flynn misses the zombie. Baltazar swings and misses. Eldaen hits the stunned zombie with holy strike then moves to mark and engage the other.

Pock fires and misses the stunned zombie. Erich uses mind blast to hit the stunned zombie, knocking him down. He wakes back up and shakes off being stunned. The other one attacks and bloodies Eldaen. Flynn moves away and attacks the risen zombie but misses. Baltazar lets Flynn shift out of harms' way, but misses his target. Eldaen swings and misses the other zombie.

Pock fires and blasts the risen zombie and knocks it down. Erich uses hypnotic pulse on the other zombie, dazing him. The risen zombie gets back up again and misses Baltazar, the dazed zombie hits Eldaen for a lot of damage. Flynn moves in and hits the other zombie with clever strike. Baltazar moves in with his allies and uses defensive rally. Eldaen swings at the unbloodied zombie with holy strike, bloodying him.

Pock blasts the newly bloodied zombie. Erich uses dishearten on bloodied zombie. The bloodied zombie misses Eldaen, the other one moves in to attack Baltazar, bloodying, dazing and immobilizing him. Flynn attacks the bloodied zombie with clever strike, dropping him. Baltazar orders Eldaen to hit the risen zombie. Eldaen critically smites the zombie on the ground, destroying it.

Pock blasts the last zombie standing, and he falls. Erich uses telekinesis to pick up a rock from the cairn and drop it on him. The zombie stands up and attacks Eldaen, who is nearly down. Flynn hits the zombie with clever strike, knocking it down. Baltazar attacks the downed zombie. Eldaen hits the downed zombie with holy strike and critically smites him as well.

We take a brief rest. Pock and Erich begin investigating the arcane runes on the wall, and find a wellspring of energy, but they can't quite figure out what it is. It's channeling eldritch energy into the next room, but they cannot figure out any more. They then ignore cautionary words from Baltazar and Eldaen and go into the next room, finding an intricate contraption of iron rods and wooden shafts crisscrossing one another. Runes are stamped on various places, and the prongs hold a gleaming emerald. It appears to be some kind of arcane engine, and seems to be channeling eldritch energy from the feywild to somewhere else.

Erich pulls out the magic item at the center, causing a blinding flash. A loud shriek of rage is heard from an unfathomable distance, and all the runes stop glowing. The structure starts to fall apart and disintegrate, and Pock blasts a hole in the wall to let us out. Paleus shows up and begins walking towards us, and there are eladrin workers behind him to fix the Garden of Graves. We spend the night resting and talking with Paleus, and are given a feast.

They give us gifts, and the Seer comes out to praise us for clearing the Garden of Graves. The gifts are to defeat the "evil we will face" and "seek the answers that we will find." The gifts include a crystal orb for Erich, a belt of vigor for Eldaen, a newly-forged flail for Baltazar, magic boots for Flynn and a cloak of distortion for Pock. Pock asks the Seer to look into the identity of the being behind the desecration, and she has convulsions, declares him to be a great darkness from the early times, intending to throw down the heavens, and then passes out. She tells us the answers we seek lie in the history of our own world, not that of the feywild, and that she feels sure the answers are somewhere in the Prophecy.

In the lands of the Winter Court, there is a cave of shadow called Kragmorrah, and the creatures that dwell there are of a different plane, and we might be able to make a deal and pass through there. Or there is a human, a worldwalker, called the Greensinger, being held prisoner by a Duke of Winter. We decide to go to the Duke of Winter and try to free the Greensinger. Knights ride us out to the borders of the Winter Court, and we enter the Winter Court lands.

Four eladrin knights on Winter Wolves approach us, with a Cyclops walking beside them. They escort us into the Duke of Winter's court, and tell us to keep our weapons sheathed and we will remain unharmed. We are escorted into guest quarters, adorned with the skins of various hunted animals, including a dire polar bear, a white dragon and a Remorhaz. We are in a large dining hall, and there are chimes, and when everyone turns, Flynn and Eldaen sneak out to look around for the Greensinger.

The Duke and his lady come in and food is being served. After a brief excursion, Flynn and Eldaen think they see the Greensinger going into the great hall, so they go back. The Duke says "Bring in the singer!" He is about 5'2", fat, bald with a red beard, and dressed all in green. It becomes clear that they have the Greensinger's harp, and that's how they're keeping him prisoner. The Greensinger tells a story ridiculing the Duke and his retinue, then goes back to his room after pissing off the Duke.

The Duke calls upon Pock, asking what brings the "servant of his cousin Khalid" to the Winter Court. Pock asks about Kragmorrah, and is asked what he brings in return. Baltazar stands and explains that we recently ended a threat to the Feywild, which closed the passage to take us home. Erich offers to trade his music for information. The Duke tells us there is an entity outside Kragmorrah that can be contacted through the cavern using a pool at the base, the "Pool of Three Darknesses." Dwelling within the cavern is an old mistress of the entity who will have to let us pass, or we will have to defeat her and her minions.

While Erich plays Sarlonan music, Flynn goes to talk to the Greensinger. The Greensinger tells Flynn that he made a deal to sing a certain number of songs for the Duke, and then the Duke took his harp and traded it to someone else so he couldn't fulfill his end of the bargain. As we discuss what to do in our quarters, a servant brings Erich a scroll saying "Meet me in the tower garden." The rest of us are similarly accosted by feminine company.

After an evening with the Duchess, Erich finds out that the harp belongs to a dragon named Carynnthurax, who has made the arrangement to keep the Greensinger here. She then makes every effort to convince Erich to stay in the Feywild after we've gotten the harp back from Carynnthurax.

When we're leaving, we ask which way to the Summer Court, and manage to get general notions of where Carynnthurax is, and that he is a mirage dragon. It has a fight with another dragon, named Blizzard or "The Old Man" which is an older, more powerful dragon.

We begin making our way out toward Carynnthurax's lair. We make our way across the Feywild, using skills of Arcana and Nature, but our Endurance fails us and we lose a healing surge, and on the second night, we lose another. Flynn takes us into a thicket of woods following tracks, and something is rattling around in the trees.

Flynn moves toward the source of the sound, and it is revealed to be a huge polar owlbear. The owlbear crits Eldaen and hits Flynn, slowing them both with cold. Baltazar gives Flynn orders that let him flank and attack the owlbear, but he misses, as does Baltazar. Erich uses augmented dishearten on the owlbear. Pock curses the owlbear, teleports to an advantageous position and uses a blast of fire on the owlbear. Eldaen swings and misses badly.

Flynn swings and misses. Owlbear swings and misses due to the effects of Erich and Pock. Baltazar uses bastion of defense. Erich uses augmented dishearten again. Pock fires a psychic blast at the owlbear, making us all invisible to him. Eldaen hits him with his light of the living.

Flynn hits with Fox's Gambit. The owlbear, unable to see any targets, waits until something appears. Baltazar attacks with guarding attack, protecting Eldaen and wounding the owlbear. Erich uses augmented dishearten on the owlbear. Pock uses shared agony on the owlbear. Eldaen becomes visible, the owlbear attacks him and misses twice. Eldaen hits him with radiant smite and bloodies him.

Flynn uses Rogue's Luck and misses the owlbear. Baltazar orders hiim to attack again and he hits. Erich blasts the owlbear again with dishearten. Pock tries to intimidate the owlbear into surrendering. The owlbear attacks Eldaen and misses. Eldaen swings and hits with resurgent smite.

Flynn misses. Baltazar hits with Wolf Pack tactics and kills it.

Uneventful travel through the Feywild into the mountain.

We bargain with the dragon for three services. One is for Erich to play for a day, another is for Palleus to do something that will not cause a war, and the third is Pock making a new pact with the dragon.

He gives us the harp, and we determine to go back to give it to the Greensinger.

Flynn sneaks in to give him the harp, surprises the Greensinger, alerts the guards. Pock screams bloody murder and distracts one guard, Eldaen fights and distracts the other. Eldaen drops and replaces one guard, Pock sends the other running using ghost sound and concealment. We gather up Erich and Baltazar, ask the Greensinger to return us to the Wandering Inn. We learn that we've only been gone a day.

Game Schedule January - March

January 7th - Against the Giants (Dan, Ben, Joe & Jamie, Randy)
January 14th - Against the Giants (Dan, Ben, Joe & Jamie, Randy)
January 21st - Against the Giants (Dan, Ben, Joe & Jamie, Randy)
January 28th - Gamma World (Randy, Chris, Jason, Ben, Dan, James)

February 4th - Gamma World (Randy, Chris, Jason, Ben, Dan, James)
February 11th - Gamma World (Randy, Chris, Jason, Ben, Dan, James)
February 18th - Against the Giants (Dan, Ben, Joe & Jamie, Randy)
February 25th - Against the Giants (Dan, Ben, Joe & Jamie, Randy)

March 4th - Gaming Off (STAPLE!)
March 11th - Tomb of Horrors (Randy, Chris, Jason, Ben, Dan, James)
March 18th - Tomb of Horrors (Randy, Chris, Jason, Ben, Dan, James)
March 25th - Tomb of Horrors (Randy, Chris, Jason, Ben, Dan, James)

06. Chapter Six

Erich picks up corpse with living missile and throws him at the other one down the hall, putting them both next to Pock. Flynn moves up and misses with a strike. Pock curses downed undead and shifts back, then becomes hidden and fires off his forceful assault. Eldaen moves up and misses badly, then is told to attack by Baltazar and misses almost as badly. Both undead miss.

Flynn uses riposte strike on downed undead. Erich flings the living missile into the downed undead, then back down the hall. Pock steps to the end of the hall away from the undead and fires an eldritch blast that misses. Eldaen swings and misses. Baltazar gives Eldaen an inspiring word, orders Flynn to strike the downed undead. Slowed living missile stands and moves closer, other undead stands up and attacks Eldaen and misses.

Flynn misses. Erich flings the living missile at the other undead again. Pock fires and misses with Eldritch blast. Eldaen hits with holy strike. Baltazar orders Flynn to strike and he misses, then he moves back to the door. Living missile stands and moves closer again, the other one stands and attacks Eldaen.

Flynn attacks the undead and hits. Erich steps out the door and finds himself on a rickety bridge. Pock follows him out, and the two of them are heading around to flank the undead. Eldaen slashes undead with holy strike, holy outrage hits the other one, then Baltazar orders him to strike again for the same effect. Baltazar runs out the door to follow the others. The undead both attack Eldaen, one misses the other uses impaling burst against Eldaen and Flynn.

Flynn misses the undead. Erich moves toward the door. Pock follows him and they settle in for a five minute rest. Eldaen swings and misses, lays hands on himself. Baltazar moves to join Erich and Pock. Undead hits Eldaen, then the other one unleashes impaling burst against Eldaen and Flynn.

Flynn retreats out the door. Erich and Pock begin chatting about what is spawning the undead. Eldaen draws an attack of opportunity against undead, then runs out the door.

We take a short rest and determine our course of action. Eldaen, while thinking through how the corpses kept appearing, gets the impression it has something to do with the desecrated graves in the tomb. We return using another door to get back to the pile of discarded holy symbols.

The zombie meets up with Baltazar, who is holding them off. Flynn finds a piece that he recognizes from the other room. Pock sorts out the good from the bad in the pile. Eldaen recognizes one that will be easy to spot the sarcophagi for. Erich tries to use history to think of burial customs and find important pieces. Baltazar attacks the zombie with blood designation.

The zombie attacks Baltazar, the other one with reach attacks as well and he is down. Flynn uses his thievery skill to try and find something useful. Pock moves up to see unconscious Baltazar and calls upon his feywild patron to command them to go away and hit each other. Eldaen moves up to heal Baltazar and stand in front of the zombies. Erich uses sky hook to fly up and grabs pieces from everyone else, he takes a threatening reach from one of the zombies. Baltazar stands up and uses inspiring word on himself, then orders Pock to use eyebite on one of them.

Zombie attacks Eldaen, the other one attacks Erich and misses. Flynn moves up and throws a dagger at the cursed zombie and misses. Pock blasts and bloodies the cursed zombie, and a wave of necrotic damage hits all of us. Eldaen misses with radiant smite and marks the bloodied zombie. Erich telekinetically blasts the other zombie away from him, uses mind blast on both zombies, then flies down to the coffin and tries to find the right piece to restore it. Baltazar orders Flynn to throw a dagger again, and he hits the bloodied zombie.

Zombie in front saves against Baltazar, they both remain stunned. Flynn throws dagger at the bloodied zombie again and misses. Pock uses shared agony on bloodied zombie. Eldaen hits with heedless fury. Erich flies into the other sarcophagus room. Baltazar orders Pock to blast the bloodied zombie and uses inspiring word to heal himself.

Zombie in front still stunned, zombie in back is not. Flynn throws dagger at bloodied zombie and misses. Pock uses mire the mind on the bloodied zombie, then steps back and hides. Eldaen throws a trident at the zombie in the back and moves divine challenge onto him. Erich tries and fails to put the pieces back onto the right sarcophagi. Baltazar orders Flynn to throw his dagger at the bloodied zombie and kills it.

Zombie attacks Eldaen and misses, the newly arrived one moves toward Erich, then spends his action point to attack Erich with impaling burst. Flynn tries to acrobatically leap past the zombie, but lands prone in Eldaen's space and uses bat aside from prone. Pock moves invisibly out into the corridor and past the zombie. Eldaen moves up and misses with holy strike. Erich heals himself with bardic song, attempts again to re-consecrate and manages to do it, destroying the zombies.

We take an extended rest and then head back to the axe-head shaped room to fight the zombies again. After some debate, Pock blasts the Firbolg Cairn to kick off the fight.

Firbolg attacks Eldaen and misses. Erich blasts the Firbolg with mindbreak, making him vulnerable to psychic damage. Pock uses shared agony on the Firbolg. The eladrin zombies appear amidst our group and attack, one attacks Pock and he turns invisible, another one hits Erich and suffers his infernal wrath, the other attacks Baltazar. Flynn shifts and uses aerial assault on the Firbolg, missing but doing half damage. Baltazar shifts forward and attacks the Firbolg with blood designation. Eldaen hits him with blood of the mighty and uses his action point to hit with heedless fury.

Firbolg attacks Eldaen and misses, uses his action point and grabs Eldaen, draining his lifeforce, then shifts back. The plant creature emerges to fight as well and sends out a vine at Flynn, grabbing him, and sends another one at Baltazar, grabbing him and bloodying him. Pock moves invisibly out and uses Decree of Kharad on all enemies, the Firbolg and zombie attack each other, another zombie attacks the plant. Erich uses mindbreak on the Firbolg and misses, then shifts and uses his action point to turn the plant into a living missile, bouncing him off the Firbolg. Eladrin zombies move to surround Erich and attack him, missing due to his Intellect Fortress. Flynn uses handspring assault on Firbolg, killing him. Baltazar moves toward the plant and uses inspiring word on Erich. Eldaen moves over, hits the plant with his righteous Holy Outrage.

Plant creature attacks Eldaen and Baltazar and bloodies him. Pock teleports closer to the plant and away from the zombies and curses the plant and misses, uses his action point and misses with Ring of Pain. Erich uses sky hook to take flight and fly up, drawing an attack of opportunity, then he flings the plant into one of the eladrin zombies. Eladrin zombie misses Flynn, another misses Baltazar, the dazed one moves toward the plant and is no longer dazed. Flynn tumbles away from the zombies, uses sly flourish with thrown dagger on the plant. Baltazar uses stand tough to heal the group, then moves in to attack the plant with bastion of defense. Eldaen hits plant with Martyr's Retribution, heals Baltazar.

Plant creature uses twin vine attack on Baltazar and Eldaen. Pock fires at the plant and misses, moves into the plant's aura and becomes concealed. Erich uses mindbreak on the plant and misses. Eladrin zombies close in on us, hit Pock and miss Eldaen and Flynn. Flynn shifts back and throws his dagger at the plant with Rogue's Luck and misses. Baltazar takes poison damage and inspires himself, then attacks the plant and heals the group. Eldaen swings and misses the plant with valiant strike, marks one of the zombies.

Plant uses twin vine and misses Eldaen, hits Baltazar. Pock teleports next to Erich and blasts the plant, bloodying him. Erich uses mindbreak on the plant, making him vulnerable to psychic, then uses Majestic Word to heal Baltazar, who is still slightly bloodied. Eladrin zombies attack Eldaen and bloody him. Flynn throws dagger at the plant. Baltazar takes his second wind and gives us all temporary hit points, spends his action point to hit the plant with war of attrition. Eldaen hits the plant with Resurgent Smite, healing Baltazar and doing Holy Outrage to the zombies, then lays hands on himself.

Plant grabs Erich, who telekinetically shifts out of the grab, then slashes at Eldaen. Pock misses the plant. Erich fires mindbreak at the plant and crits him, keeping him vulnerable to psychic damage. Eladrin zombies attack Eldaen and one hits. Flynn moves past eladrin zombie, taking damage from attack of opportunity which radiant damages the eladrin, then spends his action point to bat aside the plant. Baltazar uses Warlord's Strike on plant and misses. Eldaen uses Valiant Strike and hits the plant, doing Holy Outrage to the eladrin.

The plant brings out the gem, leading to attacks of opportunity from Baltazar, Eldaen and Flynn, only Flynn hits and he kills it.

Game Schedule December - February

December 10th - Tomb of Horrors (Randy, Chris, Jason, Ben, Dan, James)
December 17th - Tomb of Horrors (Randy, Chris, Jason, Ben, Dan, James)
December 24th - No Gaming (Christmas)
December 31st - No Gaming (New Year's)

January 7th - Against the Giants (Dan, Ben, Joe & Jamie, Randy)
January 14th - Against the Giants (Dan, Ben, Joe & Jamie, Randy)
January 21st - Against the Giants (Dan, Ben, Joe & Jamie, Randy)
January 28th - Gamma World (Randy, Chris, Jason, Ben, Dan, James)

February 4th - Gamma World (Randy, Chris, Jason, Ben, Dan, James)
February 11th - Gamma World (Randy, Chris, Jason, Ben, Dan, James)
February 18th - Against the Giants (Dan, Ben, Joe & Jamie, Randy)
February 25th - Against the Giants (Dan, Ben, Joe & Jamie, Randy)

Tomb of Horrors Chapter Five

The lever is pulled, and there is an audible click. After a brief rest, we descend back into the tunnels and begin exploring again. Eldaen peers out of an exit in a cliff-face, and sees the first entrance where we came in. We go back and look for more trouble instead. We come to a dead-end, cannot find a secret door that Pock is *sure* is there, so he blasts it. Eldaen climbs up, and a sudden dizziness comes over him, as if he had been partially teleported. The stone and brick walls around him are pitted, there is a faint chill emitting from the walls.

Eldaen checks in with Baltazar, and then goes back in and is in a different place with broken stones surrounding a filthy pool of water. He drops a rope down to Pock and the others. Erich recognizes it as the room he ran from when we were fighting gray angels. Flynn and Eldaen scout ahead and find an open door. Outside, we do not see the Garden of Graves, and it appears we aren't in Thelanis anymore, but there is a smoky wasteland. It looks like the Demon Wastes, which makes all of us very nervous.

Flynn and Eldaen go forward to explore the rest of the building. It looks like it's been abandoned for years. After exhaustive analysis of what turns out to be ordinary double doors, it turns out that the *stairs* exit back into the Garden of Graves. We find skeletal adventurers, search them for their gold. Then we head back in to find whatever the lever opened, by way of a clearing with some obelisks. Erich finds a round stone with some runes on it, and believes it is a beacon of sorts to teleport to the Garden of Graves. When we get back in, we find the door that opened when we clicked the lever.

When Eldaen and Erich try to unbury a cairn, an undead firbolg emerges and attacks Eldaen, grabbing him. Flynn moves in with an aerial assault and lands on the Firbolg, then moves into its space. The other cairns spawn undead fey knight zombies, and they attack Pock and Baltazar. Erich uses living missile on one of the knights to fling him into the firbolg and then away. An ivy creature emerges from where the knight has been flung, and then it attacks Baltazar and grabs him, bloodying him and then swings again and misses Flynn. Baltazar attacks the vine creature with blood designation. Eldaen uses radiant smite on the firbolg, then lays hands to heal Baltazar. Pock moves invisibly next to Flynn, curses the Firbolg and takes his second wind.

Firbolg slaps Eldaen, bloodying him. Flynn uses Rogue's Luck on the firbolg. The fey knight attacks Baltazar and misses, the other one moves to attack Flynn and misses. Erich uses living missile to fling the knight into the vine creature, then force pushes Baltazar out of harm's way and mind blasts the firbolg with a crit, bloodying him and uses an action point to use mind thrust on the firbolg. The ivy creature reveals a gem where its head should be and blasts Erich, dazing and restraining him and suffering infernal wrath damage. Baltazar uses war of attrition on the firbolg and misses. Eldaen breaks free of grab, lays hands on himself and hits the Firbolg with martyr's retribution. Pock drops a curse on a fey knight, then uses ethereal stride to get out of the corner he was in, then blasts the Firbolg with shared agony, destroying him.

Flynn uses jumping blade assault on fey knight and misses. The fey knight swings back and hits Flynn, immobilizing him, the other one moves in to Eldaen and crits him, immobilizing him, and the other one saves against being a living missile. Erich uses mind break on the fey knight next to Eldaen, and is now stunned. Ivy creature fires at Pock, damaging, dazing and grabbing him, then swings another vine at him. Baltazar fires off defensive rally, then shifts up to the fey knight and hit him with a guarding attack and hits him. Eldaen negates Erich's stun with divine mettle, hits the fey knight with resurgent smite, healing Pock back to full, then uses shield of discipline to resist damage. Pock uses mire the mind on the fey knight and crits him, bloodying him, then shakes off the poison.

Flynn hits the other fey knight with his sword. The fey knight attacks Flynn and misses. Erich uses dishearten on two of the fey knights and the ivy creature, hitting the knights. Ivyheart shoots more vines out at Erich, grabbing and dazing him and poisoning him. Baltazar swings warlord's strike at bloodied fey knight and misses. Eldaen moves and swings at the fey knight with holy strike, killing him and allowing Pock to misty step away. He uses witchfire and misses the Ivyheart.

Flynn tumbles behind the Ivyheart to flank with Eldaen and misses. The fey knights move to attack Eldaen and Flynn and miss them. Erich uses dishearten on the ivyheart and fey knight, hitting the knight. Ivyheart grabs Eldaen and fucks him up, leaving him at 9 hp and no healing surges. Eldaen falls and begins dying from poison. Pock moves next to Erich and bull rushes him free of the vine.

Flynn swings and misses the fey knight. The fey knight misses Flynn, the other one moves to attack Erich and misses. Erich uses dishearten on ivyheart and fey knight. Ivyheart strikes Baltazar with a vine, and he activates his recoil shield. Eldaen briefly regains consciousness. Pock tries to blast the vine holding Baltazar.

Flynn misses. The fey knight hits and immobilizes Flynn. Erich activates sky hook and flies away, using a blast to sever the vine. Ivyheart stands, fires a vine to grab Erich, Baltazar and Flynn, dropping Baltazar.

Flynn uses his drowmesh to become invisible, takes his second wind. Erich is also knocked out. Flynn flees, leaving Pock hiding and Erich, Baltazar and Eldaen dying. Eldaen shakes off the poison and wakes up, just barely, and feigns unconsciousness. The fey knights return to its cairn, Pock and Eldaen watch the Ivyheart beginning to move away. Flynn hides outside. Eldaen stealthily wakes Baltazar and tells him not to move.

The Ivyheart, having seen Eldaen, charges him and knocks him out. Baltazar stands and wakes up Erich, who grabs Eldaen and flees. The Ivyheart blasts Baltazar and drops him. Flynn gives Eldaen a healing potion to wake him up. Flynn passes another healing potion to Erich, who wakes up Baltazar, and they all flee down the hallway as the enraged Ivyheart comes at them again.

Pock hides and rests until he's sure he can get out, then sneaks back out of the room. We go to the map room and take an extended rest, then decide to explore the room that kept changing. We explore the room, which is tinged with Dolurrh. A walking corpse comes into the room.

Flynn, out of sight of the undead, takes a moment to become hidden. Undead moves in and fires bone shards at Eldaen, Baltazar and Erich, hitting Baltazar. Pock curses the undead, fires witchfire, but the creature dodges, then Erich force pushes it into the rubble. Eldaen swings his radiant smite and hits, then swings with heedless fury and misses. Baltazar grants us all bonus damage.

Flynn swings and misses. Erich fires mind break at the undead. The undead hits Eldaen, who is vulnerable due to his heedless fury. Pock takes an attack of opportunity from the undead, which takes radiant damage, then fires ring of pain at the creature. Eldaen misses with resurgent smite. Baltazar uses inspiring word on Pock, then attacks with guarding attack.

Flynn attacks and bloodies the undead, and a necrotic wave comes out and we take damage and he heals. Erich uses mind break on him again, and bloodies him. The undead takes ongoing psychic, hits Flynn and takes radiant damage. Pock uses shared agony on the undead and misses, doing damage only to himself. Eldaen misses with a holy strike. Baltazar directs Flynn to backstab the undead.

Flynn attacks with jumping blade assault. Erich blasts the undead with psychic damage, continuing the psychic vulnerability. Undead fires spines out again, hitting Flynn and Eldaen, then spends an action point to hit them again and hit Erich as well, dropping Flynn. Pock destroys him with a blast. Eldaen stabilizes Flynn. We try to take a brief rest, but are interrupted by a shadow humanoid.

The shadow attacks and misses Pock, who teleports away and becomes concealed. Flynn leaps over the head of the undead and attacks him. Erich steps back and misses. Pock misses. Eldaen moves up and misses with blood of the mighty. Baltazar uses bastion of defense, hitting the shadow and granting defenses to all allies.

Shadow uses vision of darkness, then slashes at Eldaen, who cancels most of the damage with divine counter. Flynn attacks and misses. Erich uses mind break on the shadow, making him vulnerable to psychic. Pock blasts him with eyebite, then uses his action point to blast him again. Eldaen hits him with blood of mighty. Baltazar orders Flynn to attack, and he misses.

Shadow attacks Eldaen. Flynn swings and misses. Erich uses mind break on the shadow. Pock uses eyebite. Eldaen misses with holy strike. Baltazar orders Erich to mind thrust, and he misses.

Shadow misses Eldaen. Flynn attacks and crits the shadow. Erich and Pock finish him off with psychic damage. We move out to explore and are attacked by another corpse.

The corpse attacks, Flynn returns. Erich mind breaks him, Pock teleports to the end of the hallway to continue investigation. Eldaen marks and misses. Another one comes down the hallway to join him.