The Wayfarer's Inn

Kherim comes to a halt perhaps ten feet from those near the door. As he watches Ahi begin to walk towards him, he gives a deep and sinister laugh. Then raising his blade again, "Be held, priest..."

OOC: cast Hold Person again at Ahi.

OOC: I know I'm ahead of the game, but in case you resolve a bunch of actions at once, my save for the second Hold Person:



With +4 from my various protective devices is 19.

Round 3

Initiative rolls: 3 for Gaderon and Kherim, 1 for the others. Gaderon and Kherim go first.

Undisturbed, Gaderon casts his spell, and as a result a searing wall of fire roars up, blocking the exit and trapping Eilkhan and Elmo between it and the invisible barrier. Ivid, standing unfortunately right inside the flames, gets badly burned (23 points of damage), and the heat on the other side of the wall is intense as well. (6 points of damage to both Eilkhan and Elmo).

Kherim casts another spell to freeze Ahi in place, but the high priest resists again and successfully casts a spell himself, followed by a quick advance upon Kherim.

"We have to get out of here!" Banging at the invisible barrier with his axe, Elmo seems to be very frustrated - and helpless.

Eilkhan does her best to find any weak spots or gaps within the barrier - but doesn't find any.

Ivid jumps out of the flames. He looks as if he's clearly fed up with this, and watches Gaderon closely, obviously waiting for the magic user to do something...

Sol runs around the corner and hides, watching how the things unfold from the safety of his elven cloak.


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Sol realizes that nothing happened as he had expected. He had assumed that he would be alone in the room with the two demon possessed comrades as the others fled into the hall and shut the doors. He moves around behind the shrine to get behind Kherim. He is wearing elven boots so he should not make any noise. Once he is right behind Kherim, Sol will strike Kherim on the back of the head with the hilt of his sword hoping to knock him out without hurting him too badly.

OOC: Adjusted attack roll: 15/6 (only applied normal attack bonuses, nothing special for being behind him, I am not sure what such adjustments might be...)

Seeing his spells ineffectual upon the approaching priest, the possessed paladin opts for a more direct route to bring about the demise of his former comrade. Springing forward to meet the cleric, Kherim delivers a pair of vicious slashes with his scimitar!

"Die, priest!"

OOC: Ouch! link http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1964721/ and http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1964737/

1d20+5 → [13,5] = (18)
1d20+5 → [20,5] = (25)
To-hit Ahi. Including bonuses for +3 sword and double specialization

1d8+8 → [6,8] = (14)
1d8+8 → [4,8] = (12)
Damage to Ahi with Scimitar. Includes bonus for str, sword plus and double specialization

As the fire leaps up Gaderons gaze follows the somewhat scorched figure of Ivid with only intesity of his eyes shown past the flaming reflection on the golden mask...

"We have to get out of here!" The metalic banging resounds from behind the flaming wall, as Elmo seems to be very frustrated - and helpless.

As Ivid jumps out of the flames. He looks as if he's clearly fed up with this, and watches Gaderon closely...

Gaderon meanwhile seems shaking somewhat, as the next words stumble some from his mouth behind the golden cage... "I-I s-see the ra-rat...Grrrrrrrr.... Hrm hrm, well not back with the others into your little hole!!! Lets see if we can perhaps get them out here to play shall we?" Gaderon phrases the more stable end as if a question, and begins to start casting though somewhat more hesitently then before, as if tired from some exertion...

OOC: Although we have no posting for Eilkhan yet, I've decided to continue with the next round because there's not much that Eilkhan can do in this particular situation - unless she wants to run through the wall of fire - which is not advisable, I think.


Round 4

Initiative rolls: 4 for Gaderon and Kherim, 2 for the rest of the party. Gaderon and Kherim go first.

Kherim's blade cuts through Ahi's defense easily. Both attacks hit the priest and leave terrible wounds behind (26 points of damage to Ahi).

Confident to cast another spell from his high up position without being disturbed, Gaderon gets cought by surprise because as soon as he starts casting the spell, Ivid raises his left arm, and the wizard feels an unseen force tugging at his left hand - not strong enough for Gaderon to immediately get free of it again, but strong enough to utterly disrupt his casting attempt this round. "Who's laughing now, wizard?" shouts Ivid, sneering at Gaderon.

Moaning because of the pain of the wounds, Ahi lunges forward and manages to touch Kherim at his sword arm. Unfortunately, his attempt to remove the curse this way seems to have no effect.

Since Kherim wears no helm, Sol's attack is successful. Hitting harder than he probably intended, Sol batters the sword hilt at the back of Kherim's head. Reeling, the paladin drops his scimitar OOC: Nice attack! I rolled an unmodified 86 on the pummeling table in the DMG, which means that Kherim is not unconscious but stunned and unable to attack for the following round. The hit also caused 3 points of real damage.

Eilkhan and Elmo, still traped behind the wall of fire, take another 8 points of damage each from the heat.

Gaderon stares down as he is somewhat jerked off balance...

"Insolent creature! Very well... Ugh... You have my full attention!!!"

Beads of sweat have fallen and covered the robes around Gaderon's neck. Little ticks and jerks of fatigued movement mark the movements as he appears to begin casting once more, drifting toward Ivid trying to get almost directly above.

Sol will put a knee in Kherim's back putting all his weight on it and pin his arms to the ground with his hands so Kherim can't move, saying "Ahi, can you get that mask off of him? Or somehow remove the curse that is upon him?"

Bleeding freely on the Paladin, Ahi will use his rod of smiting to prise the mask off and crush it with his feet. If that isn't working then he'll hit it with the rod on his face; all concentration on breaking the mask, hopefully not Kherim's face.