Act II: Ill Fortunes (the fourth day)

Mark is up next.

Ian slashes furiously at the creature, however, it's incorporeal nature leaves it very much resistant to damage, and the attack did not have as much success as it would have had against a regular, solid opponent... Ian feels that unless the situation soon changes, he might find himself on the loosing end of this exchange of blows.

The other undead then act. 3 of them will attempt to get rid of this strange dire bat which suddenly appeared out of nowhere while teh third one will make a double move to get near Hilde.

The element of surprise must still have been too fresh on these corpses' mind as they somehow manage to all mist the dire bat, flailing in frustration at it more than any form of coordinated attack...

Hilde is up next.

Hilde, calling on the power of her faith, strikes at the incorporeal apparition before her. Despite missing with her second attack, she had more luck hurting the creature.Ireena will draw her crossbow while covering as much of the distance in the undergrowth as possible (double move for a total of 40-ft. reduced to 20-ft. because of the undergrowth).

Heather is up next!

Third round of combat

Initiative
27 Shandra
26 Veroth
22 Roland
17 See-through creature
17 Darren
14 Mark
10 Ian
10 Malevolent corpses
7 Hilde
7 Ireena
6 Heather

Combat Map

Conditions/Terrain features
Light Undergrowth: The light green vegetation is light undergrowth. It costs 2 move squares, provides concealment, and +2 to DC of Acrobatics and Stealth.
Heavy Undergrowth: The dark green vegetation is heavy undergrowth. It costs 4 move squares, provides concealment (30%), +5 DC of Acrobatics, and +2 circumstance bonus to Stealth.
Trees: Standing in same square as tree gains partial cover (+2 AC, +1 Ref), Climb DC 15.
Massive Trees: Grants cover if staying behind it (+4 AC, +2 Ref), Climb DC 15).
Mist: Mist is ever present in the valley and limits vision. Beyond 30 feet, creatures have concealment (20% miss chance).

Shandra will approach another 20-ft. (actually full 40-ft. move halved in undergrowth) while trying to hide. In the mean time, her summoned dire bat will move to avoid being surrounded and attack a different undead. What comes around goes around and this time it is Shandra's dire bat which misses...

Veroth is up next!

Veroth swoops down, taking the wight by surprise, his rapier piercing it straight through and poking on the other side. This was not enough to destroy it, but it is in a really bad shape.

From Ian's and Hilde's point of view, what looks for all intent and purpose like a winged drow suddenly swooped down and impaled one of the undeads attacking you...

Roland is up next!

Small retcon of last turn: Ian feels a chill in his soul as the incoporeal creature strikes him, but summoning his strength, he manages to fight off this unnatural, supernatural cold... It is now obvious that this creature's touch does more than damaging living beings.

And now back to regular initiative order where it is Roland's turn.

It is now the wraith's turn. It will have a choice of 2 new potential targets to hopefully drain Con from, but since Hilde is already right here in front of it, and since she inflicted a decent amount of damage to it, it will go ahead and attack Hilde. Althought, it turns it's head and watches Veroth, smiling as if it recognized someone...

Hilde is hit for 3 points of damage and must succeed at a Fort save to avoid taking Con drain.

LOL