Emergence Game Thread

The party leave the woman bound and gagged and move down the dark tunnel, a silent Harp followed by a much less silent Rhiv, then To'ot and Sam, with Therrien bringing up the rear. At one point, the group comes to a junction, but Harper's keen hearing picks up some slight gurgles over the clatter of Rhiv's tile armor and leads on toward the cavernous room where the cultists were performing their ritual.

Harper slows the group's movement as he rounds a bend in the tunnel and sees a soft glowing light reflecting around the corner. His best guess puts them at a lower entrance to the cavern, but the glow of the light seems too dim to be coming from the campfire he witnessed from above just 20 minutes earlier. He hears the shuffle of movement coming from somewhere beyond the turn.

Harp peeks around the corner and see that there's still another 15 feet of hallway before the structure begins to gradually open into the much larger room.

However, he does catch a glimpse of two of the robbed figures carrying the limp body of a third before he has to slip back behind the corner when one glances in his direction.

Rhiv shudders as his spirit is overwhelmed by the stench of several undead creatures nearby, like a supernatural inhalation of the scent of rotten eggs and mold.

Harp follows the wall around to the right towards the embers of the dying fire, slithering from shadow to shadow. In addition to the three undead creatures, now identifiable as zombies, Harp sees the cult leader on top of a small raised platform, and two live cultists dumping the corpse of a third into the bubbling black goop.

As soon as he gets close enough to the nearest zombie to feel comfortable throwing a dagger, he lets one fly on the unsuspecting undead. Without even waiting to see if it strikes its target, he turns and sprints over the remains of the campfire, slashing at a second zombie as he makes his way toward the cult leader on the 10-foot-high raised platform.

Initiatives.

The zombie who just received a vicious slash across its chest responds by trying to protect its master. It reaches out and grasps at Harper's arms as he tries to run by, but the half-elf is too nimble.

The third zombie moves more quickly than expected and cuts Harper off, swinging a large decaying fist.

One cultist responds by rushing to the base of the pillar and unsheathing a gnarly scimitar. She puts her hand behind her back and prepares for the approaching attackers. The second arms himself with a short bow and unleashes an arrow at Harper who seems to be leading the charge. The bolt goes whizzing between Harp and the zombie nearest him and clatters on the ground across the cavern. He curses, and nocks another arrow.

The cult leader's face is darkened by their cowl, but you see their eyes begin to glow. They quickly snatch a dagger from their belt and fling it at Harper. Then, they make a grotesque motion and five small 3-inch-long ethereal blades appear floating directly in Harp's path making blindingly fast jabbing motions.