The Wayfarer's Inn

Sol says "Agreed!"

On you go, staying near the center of the great hall this time. After a few steps, the lids of the sarcophagi on both sides of the hall open up with creaking noises, and out come the mummies. With glowing, malevolent eyes, noticeable where the linen wrappings have fallen away, the try to reach you. Yet they growl and groan hollowly and beat the air, held by some invisible barrier to the sides of the great palace that makes it impossible for them to reach you.

Unfortunately, the mummies' presence makes it impossible for you to look down the side corridor as they block your line of sight.

Ok, so how many mumies? You mean from both sides to the south of the corridor or do you mean all 12 sarcophagi?

"Drat", Ahi says as the mummies begin to move. He looks at the others and understanding their resolve, he winks at them and prepares to the offensive. Staying in the middle of the room, he faces the left side and invokes Neith's power to try and turn the mummies deep into the tunnel.

Kherim nods at Ahi's actions, and faces the right side, preparing a barrier to the cleric in case the invisible wall falls. He thinks of Eilkhan, hoping she can stay safely out of the way, but does not look in her direction. Maybe the mummies will forget about her.

Raising the symbol of Neith, Ahi boldly walks towards the remaining three mummies on your left side who moan and scratch at the invisible barrier. But his attempt to turn them back into the corridor fails miserably, and they don't give way.

Ahi's turning attempt:

Luckily, the barrier seems to remain intact in spite of this, which means that it still looks safe to continue onward in the hall's center.

Gaderon says "Well that didn't go so well. Do you want me to use my boots of levitation and go over on the left side and drop fire balls on them? Or should we push on toward the center of the chamber?"

Ahi looks at the result of his miserable attempt, then says

"I think we are as well equipped to fight these monsters as we can ever be. We could give it a try, but we have to convince Eilkhan to come with us. If things go awry, we can not port her away if she's far from the group."


"Otherwise..." Kherim interrupts, "I feel we may be near the end of our task here. And if that is the case, we should proceed and get done with it. But these barriers may just be a trap, to convince us to go on in security until they can be lowered to place us between hammer and anvil. We should take our chances with the mummies first."

Sol faces the three mummies on the left with his sword, Tizona, in his hand ready for action.

Gaderon prepares a Fireball Spell to cast at the three mummies. He will use his boots of levitation to move around to find a position to cast from where he can hit all three. He says "Are we ready?"

Kherim and Ahi nod. I stress again that Ahi has previously cast Negative Plane Protection. He also casts Bless before they start. Kherim takes front row and Ahi stays behind him.

Sol will move beside Kherim.

When the others are ready, Gaderon will cast his opening fireball on the three mummies. We will see if that releases just the three or all nine...