The Wayfarer's Inn

Yes, fireball and chain lightning would harm the rest of the group. Lightning bolt would probably harm the rest of the group and rebound back towards Gaderon. Sounds like a TPK to me, honestly.

Please, Sir C, Gaderon would know these things. Is it possible to cast the bolt safely?

Do you have anything else, Greg? :/

There's no danger involved when it's a standard lightning bolt. The area is large enough to not make it rebound on Gaderon, and there's also no risk to accidentally hit Kherim or Ahi as the monster is so huge that he can aim the bolt at some part of the monster that isn't close to the two of them.

Ok, then sorry for my interruption, Greg, and go ahead. It sounds like a good plan.

So, Kherim and Ahi will both take an Extra-Healing potion.

Round 4

Party initiative: 3
Monster initiative: 2

OOC: I was somewhat worried that you guys might be losing initiative because that would have surely been the end of Ahi and perhaps also Kherim. The dice were lucky for you though. I also needed to re-roll Sol's damage, because you used a d8 for it, whereas a longsword does 1-12 damage vs large opponents.

IC: If the serpent-snake is vulnerable to electrical attacks, or Gaderon breached its magic resistance for the first time, the mage doesn't know. After a slight change of his position to get a better angle to hit the monster, the lightning bolt from his staff hits it directly in its huge belly. With only 13 points, The damage is disappointingly small though.

Serpent-snake's saving throw: 20
Lightning bolt damage: 13 (halved because of the ST)

Standing in the flames of the fire ring, Sol' attempt to finish off the monster before it kills his two comrades are somewhat hampered by the dizziness in the wake of the unholy word. Only his first swing is a hit, the second one missing the thing by far.

Tizona damage: 9
Fumble chance, second attack: 81

Kherim and Ahi both gulp down one of their extra-healing potions and are healed some of their damage immediately,

Kherim's potion: 14
Ahi's potion: 13

And then, with a roar that is full of pain, the huge serpent-snake shivers and collapses, releasing both Ahi and Kherim of its grasp as it drops down dead, while the flames surrounding it die down and the effect of the unholy word immediately wears off as well. What happened? Puzzled, you look around and see Eilkhan sitting on the back of the dead monster, burned by fire but smiling at you. Gaderon can see her hands holding firmly the hilt of her short sword which is buried deeply in the creature's neck.

Backstabbing damage (x5): 40

OOC: Battle over. That was a pretty close one.....

Too, too close. I suggest we withdraw if the other statue is still not fully active. At least to the next room, where Ahi can set a ward up. If that is not advisable, they can all return to Theben with another of Ahi's spells.

Sol and Gaderon both agree to withdraw to the other room where we can try to heal. If Rahotep comes alive, Gaderon will call everyone to him and teleport us all back to Theben with his second teleport spell.

Eilkhan pulls her sword out of the dead monster and jumps down to the floor. As she moves towards you, she suddenly stops and lets out a whistle.

"Now look what we got here..." Reaching out to the monsters long neck, she grabs something and moves it back and forth. You see light being reflected by faceted surfaces. "That beast wears a collar, studded with the biggest emeralds I have ever seen!" With a quick cut of her sword, the thief removes the huge collar. As she carries it over to you, you all can see that it's a huge band of crocodile leather in which are set seven emeralds of incredible size and beauty.

"About time that we found some treasure again", smiles Eilkhan as she moves the collar to admire the play of light in the many facets of the beautiful stones.

The huge Rahotep statue has become inert again, by the way. Its head has stopped moving, and the crystal eyes stopped glowing. All is quiet for now.

Right, we should rest, but I still distrust that Rahotep statue. After we rest, we should try to bring it down and maybe smash it.

Kherim nods at Eilkhan's find, and though he is not tempted by riches, he thinks those could be brought to good use. Maybe on buying some equipment, or paying back to everyone who helped them if they manage to finish this gruesome task.