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.