Chapter 3.5: The Temple of Merikka

Round Seven
(this is preceded by round six)



Chase breathes a bit easier now that he's no longer bleeding to death.

Morton draws upon the dark pact with the demon lord to launch another concussive blast at the final animated corpse. But either his hellish patron is bored with his antics or his aim is just off; the blast chips at the wall next to the skeleton instead.

Skeleton 8 drops its bow with a clatter and draws its short sword, silently attacking Myrtha!

Eugenios' withering hand caresses the same spot on the wall that Morton just blasted!

Myrtha blocks the skeleton's sword with her shield, but is finding it difficult to shorten the grip on the spear enough to effectively attack with the corpse this close to her.

Exasperated, Ember walks into the room, taking careful aim, and looses an arrow at the final skeleton. The arrow punches into the skull so hard that the skull shatters.
Skeleton 8 takes 13 piercing damage and is destroyed!

Each of the 7 PCs gains 58 XP for surviving the battle with the undead guardians!



Of the eight PC that were in the party, one is dead, one is stable at 0 HP, most of the others are pretty hurt, and four would be able to train to advance a level back in Hochoch. All of the eight skeletons are broken into pieces, but in the mess of each is a short sword, a short bow, and a moldering quiver containing some arrows. There are two other obvious exits from this room, both closed doors in the south wall.

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Aanbo (18/27)
Chase (0/17) Stable
Ember (7/12)
Eugenios (4/8) Mage armor, Cursed
Ferranzo (8/8)
Morton (1/15, 5 temp HP)
Myrtha (9/30)

Round seven, continued...

Chase breathes a bit easier now that he's no longer bleeding to death.

Morton draws upon the dark pact with the demon lord to launch another concussive blast at the final animated corpse. But either his hellish patron is bored with his antics or his aim is just off; the blast chips at the wall next to the skeleton instead.

Skeleton 8 drops its bow with a clatter and draws its short sword, silently attacking Myrtha!

Eugenios' withering hand caresses the same spot on the wall that Morton just blasted!

Myrtha blocks the skeleton's sword with her shield, but is finding it difficult to shorten the grip on the spear enough to effectively attack with the corpse this close to her.

Exasperated, Ember walks into the room, taking careful aim, and looses an arrow at the final skeleton. The arrow punches into the skull so hard that the skull shatters.
Skeleton 8 takes 13 piercing damage and is destroyed!

Each of the 7 PCs gains 58 XP for surviving the battle with the undead guardians!



Of the eight PC that were in the party, one is dead, one is stable at 0 HP, most of the others are pretty hurt, and four would be able to train to advance a level back in Hochoch. All of the eight skeletons are broken into pieces, but in the mess of each is a short sword, a short bow, and a moldering quiver containing some arrows. There are two other obvious exits from this room, both closed doors in the south wall.

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Aanbo (18/27)
Chase (0/17) Stable
Ember (7/12)
Eugenios (4/8) Mage armor, Cursed
Ferranzo (8/8)
Morton (1/15, 5 temp HP)
Myrtha (9/30)

As Aanbo applies his acupressure, Chase comes awake with a gasp.
Chase regains 6 HP.

As the party considers splitting up again, the adventurers take stock of their ammunition. Any arrows that were used in the battle (from skeletons or PCs) are all broken from smashing into the granite walls (with the exception of Ember's one skull-impaling arrow that is stuck so far into the doorframe that it is impossible to extract).

The skeletons' quivers are very dusty - the dust doubtless coming from the decay of the corpses themselves - but the hardened leather of each is still in serviceable condition. There are eight quivers, and gathering them all together yields 44 usable arrows in total. Each quiver can hold up to 20 arrows.