1.3 - In Search of Sanity - Never-Ending Nightmare

Razhel loads up her crossbow and keeps tight against the northern side of their entrance until she slides around the column, then moves keeping five foot distance from the larger bed until she can see around the corner to the west. Once she reaches the top northwest column, she aims for the yellow mist producer closest to her.

Grim follows Razhel path with his own crossbow held at the ready. He stops at the first column along that route and prepares to fire upon the mist-spewers.

Name	Init	Status
Elias		23/23hp
Axon		16/18hp, Mage Armor (+4 AC, 3hrs)
Razhel		18/21hp
Grim		20/22hp
Iosef		23/23hp

Grim gestures to the others that he is going to take on the cultist on the big bed (Z8). He waits until everyone is in place and gestures for everyone to attack their chosen adversary at the same time.

Iosef in clearly nervous at taking on multiple at once but lowers his cross bow at one that seems not to be the target of his companions intent.

Axon readies himself to daze one of the untargeted creatures (AF6)

Everyone prepared to interrupt the other-worldly events taking place, you catch the creatures by surprise with a coordinated attack.

Name	Init	Status
Oneirogen	A
Razhel	B	18/21hp
Axon	B	16/18hp, Mage Armor (+4 AC, 1hr)
Elias	B	23/23hp
Grim	B	20/22hp
Iosef	B	23/23hp

Axon's hands lift into the air as he chants "ደማቅ ጨለማ!", sending a flash of light into the face of his chosen enemy.

The enemy (AF6) shrugs off the blinding light willfully.

Ioesef lets loose his crossbow

Grim fires on his chosen target.

Razhel shoots at the mist-emitting cultist of her choice.

Seeing the others using more violent force, Elias takes his sword and decides to hit the mist-spewing person with the hilt instead.

At once your weapons fall upon the creatures before you - what once were men and women, now only a shadow of their former selves as they serve Zandalus as seemingly living portals to another plane: one of nightmares and monstrosities.

Bolts fly from the crossbows readied by Razhel, Iosef, and Grim, striking their intended targets in vital areas of their bodies (AA5: -6hp)(AG8: -8hp)(Z8: -6hp), just as Elias hammers down upon his chosen foe with the hilt of his sword (AD12: 9NLD - nonlethal damage).All at once, the creatures become alerted to your presence - they stop spewing the yellow mist in the same way as they did before. While the mist doesn't direct itself outside, it instead starts to fill the room in a great billowing cloud until you can longer see beyond the area immediately around you, and even then you find it difficult to see clearly.

Almost in unison, as if connected mentally on some level, each stands from their kneeling position, their heads continuously angled up as they choke out yellow mist. The enemies drone forward as if driven by an invisible impetus to destroy the interrupters of their existence. (Z8 -> AA9)(AA5 -> AA6)(AF6 -> AC7)(AG8 -> AB9)

The enemy near Elias returns an attack of its own, slamming its fists against the man in a futile attempt to hurt him (miss).

As the mist circles and builds up around you, Elias, Grim, and Razhel feel a sudden uneasy pull on their eyelids, begging them to fall into a slumber. Each one of them realizes this is a magical effect, recalling a similar feeling when they confronted Administrator Losandro previously and they muster the willpower to shrug off the effects. (All three save successfully)

Name	Init	Status
Oneirogen	A	AC 12 (AA6: 19/25hp)(AB9: 17/25hp)(AA9: 19/25hp)(AD12: 25/25hp, 9NLD)
Razhel	B	18/21hp
Axon	B	16/18hp, Mage Armor (+4 AC, 1hr)
Elias	B	23/23hp
Grim	B	20/22hp
Iosef	B	23/23hp

Her empty crossbow in one hand, Razhel strikes out at her target with a lethal fist.

Using the crossbow as a makeshift shield in front of himself, Grim draws the magical shortsword and stabs at the cultist again.

Razhel's fist smashes into the same enemy with her crossbow bolt still jutting from its chest, sending the creature reeling (AA6: -4hp) as Grim slices into his foe with Red Destiny (AA9: -9hp).

Iosef loads another bolt in his crossbow and keeps focusing on the same target (AB9).