Ch 3: Part 4.1: Graveyard: Session 43

[16:05] <Kilarra> *****Second Darkness*****
[16:05] <Kilarra> ~~~Chapter 3: The Armageddon Echo~~~
[16:05] <Kilarra> -Session 43-
[16:11] <Kilarra> The party had a fairly easy time clearing up a loose smattering of zombies left to wander the first floor of the Fluted Goblet tavern, wherein a drow Necromancer has made herself at home, as evidenced by a trail of grave dirt followed from the nearby graveyard.
[16:12] * Kilarra slips her whip away and pulls out her mace. Granted, she could channel positive energy through the whip at a safe distance, but she felt like getting up close and personal.
[16:14] <Kilarra> Kjell draws his noqual sword; "There might be more upstairs, with or without their creator."
[16:16] * Aluthyra nods, following the trail. She keeps her bow ready, quite adept at fighting with it in close quarters.
[16:16] <Aluthyra> Tognik sticks to the back. He doesn't want to be caught by any zombie, so he follows quietly, sticking to the shadows of the worn building.
[16:17] <Kilarra> Tognik is kinda sneaky
[16:19] <Kilarra> There's a stairwell that leads to the upper floor behind the bar counter, leading to the private dining area upstairs, and presumably the necromancer's lab.
[16:19] * Kilarra attempts to inch ahead of Kjell as they move, itching to be the first to get a shot at the necromancer. She grips the hilt of her mace tightly with one hand.
[16:22] * Aluthyra makes sure to be ahead of Kilarra. While she is adept at killing them, her defenses aren't as great.
[16:25] * Kilarra glowers a little at Aluthyra from behind. Granted, she hadn't actually explained her whole story to the woman, but she felt irked that she was getting in her way nonetheless. She had always wanted a chance to take down a necromancer directly, and now there was one right in front of her.
[16:29] * Aluthyra continues regardless, as she doesn't notice the glowering coming from behind her.
[16:29] <Kilarra> Kjell takes the lead anyways and heads up the stairs. He glances back, whispering from the upper landing, "Shall we just bust in, or do we want to try something else?"
[16:30] * Kilarra frowns, "We don't need to give them any more warning than our skirmish with the mooks downstairs."
[16:38] <Aluthyra> Tognik smiles. "Let me scout ahead first." He gestures for everyone to back down. "Just give me a moment..."
[16:39] * Aluthyra frowns, but moves back for Tognik.
[16:41] * Kilarra looks impatient, "We don't exactly have time for this Tognik. Every second we waste, whoever is in there has more opportunity to prepare welcoming gifts for us."
[16:44] <Kilarra> Kjell nods, "She's right little friend, although..." He takes the opportunity to give himself a little buff in return.
[16:52] <Aluthyra> Tognik points to the door, casting ghost sound to silence any creaking the door might cause. Next, he casts invisibility on himself. Finally, when everyone is back, he casts silent image on the door; creating an illusion of a closed door. With that, he proceeds, opening the door (protected by the illusion) and looks inside.
[16:56] <Kilarra> INside the room, Tognik can see a pair of drow. They seem to be watching the door carefully. The male drow is closer to the door, while the female seems keen on having him be the first in the line of fire. Within the room are a number of tables, most of which are damaged or overturned. However, a couple have fresher looking elf corpses, both pale and dark, as well as what looks like a host of laboratory equipment
[17:03] <Aluthyra> Tognik smiles, nodding once he has a brief look over the room. He turns, making his way back to his companions-- assuming he isn't detecte.
[17:08] * Tognik returns to his companions. Nodding, he details the room, "Two drow inside. Male close by, female further. She's probably the necromancer. There are corpses inside... so, they might raise some of the dead, elves, when we enter."
[17:09] * Kilarra shakes her head, "Animated corpses takes longer; Kjell, bust it in. Now, before they have a chance."
[17:10] * Aluthyra follows behind Kjell, ready to fire as soon as he busts through.
[17:10] <Kilarra> Kjell kicks in the door...
[17:11] <Kilarra> *BOOM*
[17:17] <Kilarra> As soon as the door is flung open, the exterior hallway explodes. Aluthyra, in spite of her normally adept reflexes, takes the worst of it, although none of the other three are spared the blast of searing flames.
[17:18] <Kilarra> From within the room, a woman's voice calls out something in undercommon.
[17:21] * Aluthyra screams in pain as her body is seared in the flames.
[17:22] * Kilarra sneers, then calls into the room in abyssal; "Shiketh T'kal gorat kaldek!"
[17:22] * Kilarra is spared the brunt of the fire by her normally begrudged heritage.
[17:27] <Aluthyra> Tognik points ahead, mumbling in gnomish. Pulling out three nutshells with his free hand from his components pouch, he casts a spell of confusion on both drow.
[17:34] * Kilarra rushes in, heedless of hurther attacks. They were necromancers, and they hurt the pussy she was chasing (although emotionally there was a bit more to it than that, but Kilarra herself hasn't quite figured that out yet). She reachs the male first and takes a firm grasp of his arm, pumping him full of negative energy
[17:35] <Kilarra> The spell fizzles
[17:37] * Aluthyra decides to pay back the one she assumes threw the spell. Lining up her shot, she fires a volley of four arrows at the female drow.
[17:39] <Kilarra> The drow woman is pincushioned before she gets a chance to sling any more spells.
[17:40] <Kilarra> The drow male, her associate, grabs Kilarra right back, lightning crackling around his hand
[17:42] * Kilarra frowns at him, "Shalg'ta."
[17:43] <Kilarra> Kjell steps up. He doesn't want to risk hitting KIlarra with anything big, so falls back on his staple magic projectiles
[17:43] <Kilarra> The Drow wizard is pelted with magic projectiles, losing his grasp on Kilarra.
[17:46] <Aluthyra> Tognik follows up his previous spell with grease! Casting it below the drow.
[17:46] <Kilarra> Whether a result of the blows or Tognik's spell, the drow male begins to babble nonsensically.
[17:46] <Kilarra> He then slips on the grease and falls over
[17:50] * Kilarra raises her mace, eyes full of fury, and brings it down on the babbling drow's head with both hands.
[17:51] <Kilarra> The drow's head is quite effectively caved in
[17:53] * Kilarra drops her mace, spitting on the drow's corpse, then runs back to Aluthyra, embracing her. At the same time, using the contact to cast Cure Serious Wounds
[17:55] * Aluthyra sighs in relief, her wounds healing at Kilarra's touch. She smiles, returning the embrace.
[17:55] * Kilarra looks around the party; "You -never- hesitate to attack a wizard. They -always- come prepared."
[17:55] <Aluthyra> Tognik walks over to Kjell, touching his curing wand to the man, then to himself.
[17:56] <Aluthyra> Tognik also touches his wand to Kilarra as he passes by.
[17:58] * Kilarra lets go of ALuthyra, then pulls her into a kiss. She breaks it after a moment; "Necromancers need to be put down as quickly as possible. Period."
[18:03] * Aluthyra blushes, nodding. "Of course..." She sighs as Kilarra breaks the kiss. It was... pleasant, and she's getting used to the intimacy. She notes to herself to talk to Kilarra later of the hatred for necromancy later.
[18:04] * Kilarra picks up her gore covered mace and slips it back into a loop at her waist. "ANyways, it's done."
[18:05] * Aluthyra nods, scanning around the area for anything of note or value.
[18:08] <Kilarra> Both Necromancers have spellbooks on them that might be of use to Kjell, and the drow woman has a wand, and three scrolls. Most of the rest of the equipment in the room is designed for magical and biological experimentation, and a lot of it is somewhat gruesome to look at.
[18:15] * Aluthyra points Kjell to the scrolls and spellbooks. "Would those be of use to you, or would you prefer to sell them?"
[18:17] <Kilarra> Kjell takes the books and slips them away, "Perhaps when I have some free time to study them." He then attempts to identify the wand and scrolls
[18:18] <Kilarra> Kjell smiles, "Well, the wand is of the potent 'Fireball' spell, and the first scroll is a valuable 'Sending' Spell. The others I can't quite make out, but they wreak of necromancy."
[18:18] * Aluthyra frowns. "Then perhaps it would be best to dispose of them-- or turn them over to the elves."
[18:19] * Kilarra frowns, "I say burn them. They were probably going to go towards animating these corpses or something."
[18:20] <Aluthyra> Tognik offers his alchemical fire vials.
[18:21] * Kilarra takes one and the scrolls, throwing them on the floor together. She then leaves the room, not caring if the place burned down or not.
[18:23] * Aluthyra hurries out behind Kilarra as the fire starts. She shakes her head. A warning would have been nice.
[18:23] <Aluthyra> Tognik blinks, quickly putting away the other vials of alchemical fire, and follows out.
[18:25] * Kilarra doesn't have time for warnings, only fire. Nice, cleansing fire. She fumes silently, not really feeling as much satisfaction as she thought she would. Sure it was nice to get rid of Necromancers, but it lacked anything personal.
[18:26] <Kilarra> -End Session-
[18:27] <Kilarra> Rewards: 1 CR 5, 1 CR 8; 1600 Experience each