Juror's Guilt

[Throndir]

You struck out again at Malgrim, scoring a hit. You see your companions making further distance. Both Sir Rekkart and Patrissa had moved further north, and it seemed as if Sir Rekkart had seen something, and the two disappeared into a new room to the north east corner of the central hall.

But the zombie didn't relent, and as soon as you marked Rekkart and Patrissa moving on, the undead zombie lashed out, but as before, you had been prepared, and using your shield, blocked his attack. The creature was looking more haggard, and you knew it wouldn't be long until Malgrim would experience his second death.

Log
Round 1
Malgrim attacks and misses.
Ebin steps back, trips, and is prone.
Aetius 5 ft. steps to be in between Malgrim and Ebin. Attacks and misses.
Patrissa casts Acid Splash, crits, dealing 6 damage to Malgrim.
Round 2
Malgrim attacks hits and deals 9 damage.
Ebin picks himself up from Prone position, moves 30 ft. north.
Aetius attacks and deals 6 damage.
Patrissa casts Acid Splash, crits, dealing 5 damage to Malgrim.
Round 3.
Malgrim attacks and misses.
Ebin moves 30 ft. north again, no longer visible.
Aetius attacks and misses.
Patrissa casts Acid Splash and misses.
Round 4.
Malgrim attacks and misses.
Aetius activates Total Defense
Patrissa casts Acid Splash and misses.
Everyone else moves up north looking for Ebin.
Round 5
Malgrim attacks and misses.
Aetius attacks and deals 8 damage.
Everyone else moves up north again looking for Ebin and disappearing from view.
Round 6
Malgrim attacks and misses.

Initiative Order
Malgrim
Aetius
Everyone else

Damage Taken (not including PCs)
Malgrim: 25

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Rough Time Estimate: 9:15 PM

Resources:
Madge's Healing kit: 3 uses left
Aetius' healing kit: 8 uses left
Madge's Torch: 15 min left
Rekkart's Torch: 15 min left

Relevant Inventory
Malgrim's Spiked Chain "Grindle-Slash", currently in Aetius' inventory
Unlit Torches: 4, currently in Rekkart's inventory
Potion of Cure Light Wounds: 5, in Aetius' inventory
Sack containing Carrionbird, in Aetius' inventory

NPC Inventory
Halgrak: leather tool belt, mwk hammer, tongs.
Ebin: mwk sap, patched motley (his jester outfit), coxcomb (his hat).
Patrissa: feather token (whip), mwk dagger concealed in garter sheath, necklace of 12 fire opals, ruby ring of protection +1, sequined red evening gown, two of pentacles from a deck of illusion (illusion of herself).
Killian: potion of cat's grace other gear +1 dagger (concealed in belt buckle), padded costume (and armor), rapier disguised as a silver (lead-weighted) cane, 4 throwing darts fashioned into quill-pens (coated with blue whinnis), two identical flasks (one filled with brandy, the other with his potion of cat's grace).
Sir Rekkart: +1 banded mail, +1 longsword, silver snuff box (30 gp), ten pinches of Tullen snuff (10 gp).
Madge: 4 mwk daggers, mwk padded armor, mwk thieves' tools, small backpack, 50 ft. of silk rope, healer's kit
Tablark: leather jerkin and pants (counts as leather armor), mwk carpenter's tools.

Current Status/Damage Taken:
Aetius: 14, already used treat deadly wounds
Madge: 0
Sir Rekkart: 5, already used treat deadly wounds
Patrissa: 0, -1 Will
Tablark: 0, -1 Will, already used treat deadly wounds, unconscious
Killian: 2,  already used treat deadly wounds
Halgrak: 0, -3 Will,  already used treat deadly wounds
Ebin: 3, already used treat deadly wounds)

[Throndir]

Aetius

"What do you see Rekkart?" I yell as I strike again at Malgrim

Hit 27 damage 6

[Throndir]

You struck hard, Using your spear, you drove the weapon right into what remained of Malgrim's neck. The force was enough to dislodge his head from the rest of the body, and the zombie fell down into a crumpled mess, falling down right on top of his old weapon which further pierced his body and freezing as well.

"Halgrak? By Valtean!" Sir Rekkart cried out. "Aetius!"

You heard what sounded like Sir Rekkart drawing out his weapon. Both eh and Patrissa disappeared off into a door to the northeast.

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Rough Time Estimate: 9:15 PM

Resources:
Madge's Healing kit: 3 uses left
Aetius' healing kit: 8 uses left
Madge's Torch: 15 min left
Rekkart's Torch: 15 min left

Relevant Inventory
Malgrim's Spiked Chain "Grindle-Slash", currently in Aetius' inventory
Unlit Torches: 4, currently in Rekkart's inventory
Potion of Cure Light Wounds: 5, in Aetius' inventory
Sack containing Carrionbird, in Aetius' inventory

NPC Inventory
Halgrak: leather tool belt, mwk hammer, tongs.
Ebin: mwk sap, patched motley (his jester outfit), coxcomb (his hat).
Patrissa: feather token (whip), mwk dagger concealed in garter sheath, necklace of 12 fire opals, ruby ring of protection +1, sequined red evening gown, two of pentacles from a deck of illusion (illusion of herself).
Killian: potion of cat's grace other gear +1 dagger (concealed in belt buckle), padded costume (and armor), rapier disguised as a silver (lead-weighted) cane, 4 throwing darts fashioned into quill-pens (coated with blue whinnis), two identical flasks (one filled with brandy, the other with his potion of cat's grace).
Sir Rekkart: +1 banded mail, +1 longsword, silver snuff box (30 gp), ten pinches of Tullen snuff (10 gp).
Madge: 4 mwk daggers, mwk padded armor, mwk thieves' tools, small backpack, 50 ft. of silk rope, healer's kit
Tablark: leather jerkin and pants (counts as leather armor), mwk carpenter's tools.

Current Status/Damage Taken:
Aetius: 14, already used treat deadly wounds
Madge: 0
Sir Rekkart: 5, already used treat deadly wounds
Patrissa: 0, -1 Will
Tablark: 0, -1 Will, already used treat deadly wounds, unconscious
Killian: 2,  already used treat deadly wounds
Halgrak: 0, -3 Will,  already used treat deadly wounds
Ebin: 3, already used treat deadly wounds)

[Throndir]

Aetius

I'd like to reach down into the ice, grab the flail and slam it down into Malgrim's head smashing his skull. Then I'll rush over to the doorway and peak in.

[Throndir]

Grabbing his weapon, the spiked chain, you used it to further smash Malgrim's skull. Gore stained the ground, as bits of his brain had splattered. The grim work complete, putting away the spiked chain, you made your way towards where Sir Rekkart and Patrissa had disappeared off to. As you neared, you heard the songs of fighting, as if sword was being swung at something like wood, along with sounds of stone hitting stone. It was a confusing amount of sounds. You only increased your speed, and as you finally reached the door and peered in, you saw what was happening.

This open-air chamber resembles a large cage. On the other side of the bars lies a dug-up potter's field where the bodies of criminals rest in unmarked graves. Beyond that was a clear view of the dilapidated part of the city where the courthouse was located at. Cracked buildings slump against each other in the distance, many already collapsed into piles of rubble. Shadows move between the old stores and dance in the broken maws of their cracked front windows. For a second, a few pairs of red eyes peek out from the inky black, only to be swallowed up again. The cage here is empty save a stocks, where painfully hobbled criminals wallowed to the joy of onlookers, who spent their own frustrations by hurling rotting fruit at the accused.

Sir Rekkart looked like he was placed into that same set of wooden stockades. His head and arms locked in, the paladin was trying valiantly to struggle against it, attempting to get away and push the stockades off of him. But it was no use. There were chains hovering about him, wrapped around him tight. Every time he seemed to make some distance and progress, the stockades would clamp at him, and the chains help drag him further away. The paladin struggled, and when he saw you he called out.

"The stockades are cursed! They move by their own will!" The sound of sword hitting wood earlier was Sir Rekkart undoubtedly trying to destroy the stockade that had a life of its own.

Patrissa on the other hand, had her arms out in an 'X' in front of her. It was then that the second sound you heard, of stone hitting stone finally made sense. There were 6 zombies on the other side of the bars. Each one wearing nooses drooped around their neck. Behind them you see 6 of disturbed soil, presumably where the zombies had risen from. The undead creatures were throwing rocks towards both Sir Rekkart and Patrissa, and as you peered out as well, a rock was thrown right at you. You brought up your shield just in time however, and the reverberating sound of stone against metal rung out. Patrissa kept her hands up in the 'X', trying to prevent any of the stones from hitting her face.

It was then that you saw what looked to be Halgrak at the furthest corner from you, near the bars. Something seemed wrong however. He seemed to be hunched down, completely oblivious to what was happening around him. He had an open jar before him along with his shoe to the side. His foot was completely bare, and you realized that Halgrak was missing his toes. He seemed busy however, and looked like he was stitching something to his bare right foot with a needle and thread. It was then to your horror that you realized he was stitching on what looked to be toes.

Roll initiative!

[Throndir]

Aetius

Initiative: 22

[Throndir]

Log
Round 1

Initiative Order
Aetius
Zombies
Cage
Rekkart
Patrissa

Damage Taken (not including PCs)

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Rough Time Estimate: 9:16 PM

Resources:
Madge's Healing kit: 3 uses left
Aetius' healing kit: 8 uses left
Madge's Torch: 14 min left
Rekkart's Torch: 14 min left

Relevant Inventory
Malgrim's Spiked Chain "Grindle-Slash", currently in Aetius' inventory
Unlit Torches: 4, currently in Rekkart's inventory
Potion of Cure Light Wounds: 5, in Aetius' inventory
Sack containing Carrionbird, in Aetius' inventory

NPC Inventory
Halgrak: leather tool belt, mwk hammer, tongs.
Ebin: mwk sap, patched motley (his jester outfit), coxcomb (his hat).
Patrissa: feather token (whip), mwk dagger concealed in garter sheath, necklace of 12 fire opals, ruby ring of protection +1, sequined red evening gown, two of pentacles from a deck of illusion (illusion of herself).
Killian: potion of cat's grace other gear +1 dagger (concealed in belt buckle), padded costume (and armor), rapier disguised as a silver (lead-weighted) cane, 4 throwing darts fashioned into quill-pens (coated with blue whinnis), two identical flasks (one filled with brandy, the other with his potion of cat's grace).
Sir Rekkart: +1 banded mail, +1 longsword, silver snuff box (30 gp), ten pinches of Tullen snuff (10 gp).
Madge: 4 mwk daggers, mwk padded armor, mwk thieves' tools, small backpack, 50 ft. of silk rope, healer's kit
Tablark: leather jerkin and pants (counts as leather armor), mwk carpenter's tools.

Current Status/Damage Taken:
Aetius: 14, already used treat deadly wounds
Madge: 0
Sir Rekkart: 5, already used treat deadly wounds
Patrissa: 0, -1 Will
Tablark: 0, -1 Will, already used treat deadly wounds, unconscious
Killian: 2,  already used treat deadly wounds
Halgrak: 0, -3 Will,  already used treat deadly wounds
Ebin: 3, already used treat deadly wounds)

[Throndir]

Aetius
I rush to Patrissa and use my shield to protect her and I from the rocks then I assess the situation. Has patrissa been hit in critical places or is she very injured? Then I look over at Rekkart, is his armor protecting him at all and is Halgrak under some spell or something that is making him act this way.

I yell to Patrissa to stay down, we're going to make our way to Rekkart. I need her to use her magic to melt the trap that binds him. I yell to Rekkart to yank on the trap and try to turn his body so the maximum amount of his armor is protecting him.

[Throndir]

Examining both Patrissa and Rekkart, the two hadn't taken too much damage yet. You do notice that a bruise was starting to form on Patrissa's forehead, likely one of the stones managed to hit her. As for the paladin, the stones had mainly just clinked off his armor. Looking towards Halgrak, you get the same impression from him as from Tablark when the dwarf was first assaulted by the hunched undead figure from earlier that night.

You made your way in front of Patrissa, holding your shield in front of you. At that moment another barrage of stones came, hitting your shield but doing no damage.

At that moment, Patrissa too, aimed towards the stockade that held Sir Rekkart fast and launched a spell. However, her orb of acid missed.

"Stand still!" Patrissa shouted out.

"If.... only... I could!" Sir Rekkart responded back, and as he did so, the stockade pulled down on him again, causing the paladin to fall flat on the ground. The chains continued to hold his arms taught. The knight and the animated stockade continued to 'wrestle', as both went down in a heap, rolling with neither side getting the advantage.

In the meantime, Halgrak continued stitching the toes one by one...

Log
Round 1
Aetius uses Total Defense
Zombies attack and miss.
Patrissa attacks animated stockade but misses.

Initiative Order
Aetius
Zombies
Cage
Rekkart
Patrissa

Damage Taken (not including PCs)

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Rough Time Estimate: 9:16 PM

Resources:
Madge's Healing kit: 3 uses left
Aetius' healing kit: 8 uses left
Madge's Torch: 14 min left
Rekkart's Torch: 14 min left

Relevant Inventory
Malgrim's Spiked Chain "Grindle-Slash", currently in Aetius' inventory
Unlit Torches: 4, currently in Rekkart's inventory
Potion of Cure Light Wounds: 5, in Aetius' inventory
Sack containing Carrionbird, in Aetius' inventory

NPC Inventory
Halgrak: leather tool belt, mwk hammer, tongs.
Ebin: mwk sap, patched motley (his jester outfit), coxcomb (his hat).
Patrissa: feather token (whip), mwk dagger concealed in garter sheath, necklace of 12 fire opals, ruby ring of protection +1, sequined red evening gown, two of pentacles from a deck of illusion (illusion of herself).
Killian: potion of cat's grace other gear +1 dagger (concealed in belt buckle), padded costume (and armor), rapier disguised as a silver (lead-weighted) cane, 4 throwing darts fashioned into quill-pens (coated with blue whinnis), two identical flasks (one filled with brandy, the other with his potion of cat's grace).
Sir Rekkart: +1 banded mail, +1 longsword, silver snuff box (30 gp), ten pinches of Tullen snuff (10 gp).
Madge: 4 mwk daggers, mwk padded armor, mwk thieves' tools, small backpack, 50 ft. of silk rope, healer's kit
Tablark: leather jerkin and pants (counts as leather armor), mwk carpenter's tools.

Current Status/Damage Taken:
Aetius: 14, already used treat deadly wounds
Madge: 0
Sir Rekkart: 5, already used treat deadly wounds
Patrissa: 0, -1 Will
Tablark: 0, -1 Will, already used treat deadly wounds, unconscious
Killian: 2,  already used treat deadly wounds
Halgrak: 0, -3 Will,  already used treat deadly wounds
Ebin: 3, already used treat deadly wounds)

[Throndir]

Aetius

I'm going to creep closer to Rekkart with patrissa behind me so that she can take a better shot at the trap Rekkart is fighting with. I also want to call out to Halgrak, see if he responds to me.

[Throndir]

Calling out to Halgrak, he didn't seem to respond. The half-orc seemed to continue ignoring what was happening around him as he continued piercing his skin, trying to stitch back on the green and pickled toes. You continued to have your shield up, acting as a shield for Patrissa, as the magic-user blasted off another spell. This time, the spell hit, however, the acid only lightly grazed the animated stocks. The chains than began wrapping around Sir Rekkart's neck, tightening and tightening. The knight attempted to resist, but the stockades had him held tight. He was completely pinned by the stockades, and the knight wasn't able to move at all.

"Aetius, help me destroy that thing!" Patrissa called, after realizing that even when her spell hit, it didn't do very much to the object.

Log
Round 1
Aetius uses Total Defense
Zombies attack and miss.
Stockade grapples Sir Rekkart, succeeds.
Sir Rekkart attempts to free himself, fails.
Patrissa attacks animated stockade but misses.
Aetius moves forward.
Stockade attempts to pin Sir Rekkart, succeeds.
Sir Rekkart attempts to free himself, fails.
Patrissa attacks animated stock and deals 1 damage.

Initiative Order
Aetius
Zombies
Cage
Rekkart
Patrissa

Damage Taken (not including PCs)

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Rough Time Estimate: 9:16 PM

Resources:
Madge's Healing kit: 3 uses left
Aetius' healing kit: 8 uses left
Madge's Torch: 14 min left
Rekkart's Torch: 14 min left

Relevant Inventory
Malgrim's Spiked Chain "Grindle-Slash", currently in Aetius' inventory
Unlit Torches: 4, currently in Rekkart's inventory
Potion of Cure Light Wounds: 5, in Aetius' inventory
Sack containing Carrionbird, in Aetius' inventory

NPC Inventory
Halgrak: leather tool belt, mwk hammer, tongs.
Ebin: mwk sap, patched motley (his jester outfit), coxcomb (his hat).
Patrissa: feather token (whip), mwk dagger concealed in garter sheath, necklace of 12 fire opals, ruby ring of protection +1, sequined red evening gown, two of pentacles from a deck of illusion (illusion of herself).
Killian: potion of cat's grace other gear +1 dagger (concealed in belt buckle), padded costume (and armor), rapier disguised as a silver (lead-weighted) cane, 4 throwing darts fashioned into quill-pens (coated with blue whinnis), two identical flasks (one filled with brandy, the other with his potion of cat's grace).
Sir Rekkart: +1 banded mail, +1 longsword, silver snuff box (30 gp), ten pinches of Tullen snuff (10 gp).
Madge: 4 mwk daggers, mwk padded armor, mwk thieves' tools, small backpack, 50 ft. of silk rope, healer's kit
Tablark: leather jerkin and pants (counts as leather armor), mwk carpenter's tools.

Current Status/Damage Taken:
Aetius: 14, already used treat deadly wounds
Madge: 0
Sir Rekkart: 5, already used treat deadly wounds
Patrissa: 0, -1 Will
Tablark: 0, -1 Will, already used treat deadly wounds, unconscious
Killian: 2,  already used treat deadly wounds
Halgrak: 0, -3 Will,  already used treat deadly wounds
Ebin: 3, already used treat deadly wounds)
Animated Stocks: 1