Expedition: White Plume Mountain

"C'mere, you," says Boide to his fellow dwarven priest. "Clangeddin finds favor with the brave." A soft glow encompasses Boide's hand as he casts Cure Wounds on Ohica.

Moments earlier, Ohica called out wordlessly to Ulaa for grace against the barrage of the moon. Her skin darkened perceptibly, offering some resistance to the piercing ray. She staggers and looks in revulsion at the smoking vampire corpse.

Eithne trots up to Ohica with a puzzled look on her face. Why didn't the she-dwarf get out if the way? Tassarion, her elven mentor, had always said dwarves tended to be a little deaf. Eithne's fusses over Ohica's moonburns, and is glad when they are healed by the other dwarven priest. Euthne waits to see what the pack decides to do next. In the meantime she paws through the vampire's ashes.

"Who else?" asks Boide, looking to the rest of the party. "You're looking beat, drow. Let me smack some life back into you!" Despite the choice of words, Boide simply lays a hand on Tolvaj and casts Cure Wounds.

"Who do you think you're going to sma......" Tolvaj starts to protest until he realizes what Boide is up to. Normally the proud Drow would decline such help from others, but with wounds this severe he sees no other choice.

He struggles to mutter out a thanks as the Dwarf completes the spell. "Thanks..."

Ohica thanks Boide gratefully for the healing; with Clangeddin's power, her painful burns and gouges have faded to just a faint itching sensation. She pats Eithne on the shoulder: "Good work, wild one." Then the dwarf brightens and addresses the larger group. "Do you think we can see in that darkened room now?"

Ohica returns to the dark room to investigate.

"So...do we wait for the light to expire, or do I crawl in and feel my way around?"

"We might have to," says Boide, out of ideas for dispelling the darkness. "While you do that, I need to spend some time in prayer." He begins to set up to cast a 10-minute ritual.

Taris takes a deep breath, "Wish me luck," he says as he cautiously enters the darkness, listening for any signs of danger.

Ohica inspects the doorjamb. Does it seem as if there is a threshold for the door? She puts her hands into the darkness and feels for a floor. The candle that Boide threw didn't splash, so she expects to find no water in the room, even though the hallway is submerged in a few inches. But she wants to know before she starts into the darkness.

Edit: She's startled in this as Taris steps over her. "Good luck!"

Ohica hears splashing and then a thump and a huff of breath. "Are you well, Taris?"

(Edit to correct the character name. Oops!)

Taris feels around in the coffin to see if he can find what's creating the darkness, "Yeah, so far so good. Found his coffin, maybe the darkness is coming from here."

"Nothing in the coffin," he shouts back to keep his companions apprised of his findings, then pushes the coffin to see if there is anything under it. If he finds nothing then he will keep moving through the room.