Against the cult: the Forest Ruin (1.5)

While we're waiting for any other players to declare their turn three moves, would @CancerMan tell me which body Aanbo's prodding down the stairs? The two that aren't moving and are on the landing (so they're close to the stairs) are the headless Figure 2, and the Figure 3, that just fell motionless again last turn.
@Len, may I also get another Perception check from Kragga?

I expect to post the outcomes of turn three in about four hours.

ROUND THREE

Simultaneously, Theran attacks and hits dead priest number five (for 11 bludgeoning damage) as Joseph rushes out the dormitory door to swiftly stab it (for 16 piercing damage), and Kragga sears the body (for 8 fire damage). Then, a split-second later, as the body is collapsing, Ogbar arrives and swings his axe up and through its neck, lopping off its head. Spinning, the head arcs backwards toward Aanbo, who instinctively bats it away. The medallion dead priest 5 was wearing hits the stone of the landing with a clink while the pale, dead head bounces down the stairs. The head of the dead priest is still bouncing as the monk grabs dead priest 3's body and heaves it up and over the railing, dropping it down below. The body hits the ground in front of the glowing doorway downstairs with a huge puff of dust, then slides feet first into the invisible pit, disappearing as if it was some spilled ale that a barmaid was wiping up with a rag.

As the echo of that impact dies, a beam of glorious light emits out of the unbroken ceiling into the body of the fourth dead priest, laying in gentle repose on one of the wooden pallets. Its eyes light, and it silently jerks into motion. Albertus, still waiting in the dormitory, chops it with his sword until the light in its eyes extinguishes (7 slashing damage from his declared action). The body slumps back onto the pallet.



- Albertus has the light source.
- There are no dead priests up and moving at the end of this turn.
- Priests 2 and 5 were decapitated; their heads are downstairs, their bodies are on the 2nd floor landing with the PCs.
- Joseph has Priest 2's medallion
- Priest 5's medallion is on the floor of the landing.
- Priests 1 and 4 are lying inert on pallets in the dormitory, each wearing medallions.
- Priest 3's body has disappeared into the invisible pit.
- Kragga has noticed an open door at the southwest end of the corridor to the west.

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On 23: Xana (8/9) IN:23
On 16: Theran (4/8)
On 16: Joseph (6/8)
On 15: Kragga (7/8)
On 15: Ogbar (11/14)
On 11: Albertus (13/13)
On 10: Undead priests
On 4: Aanbo (1/11)

ROUND FOUR
Theran grabs the headless body of the fifth priest, drags it over to the railing, hauls the body up so that its waist is at the rail, and releases it. The body sags and begins to slip down, but the druid shoves the torso and it hangs over the side. Theran lifts its legs and the weight shifts, flopping over the top of the railing. Theran lets go and the legs whip after the body as it cartwheels through the air, landing with a thud and puff of dust downstairs. It comes to rest there, one foot vanished in the illusory floor that covers the pit. Ogbar waits for some new threat to materialize, and by the light of Albertus' torch considers the stairway leading upward again.

Considering the different doors in the hallway again, Kragga hears a slow, soft rhythmic scrape of leather on stone coming from the space beyond the open southwest door, repeated every three seconds.

Albertus strides over and talks with Aanbo about the nature of his vows while kicking the headless body of the second priest repeatedly against the railing. When it becomes clear that he's never going to be able to kick the body a pace and a half vertically, the paladin shifts direction and kicks the body toward the stairs. Xana watches all this, perhaps with some dark amusement.

The golden light appears again, shining at such a shallow angle that it is like a glowing line pulled across the ceiling, from the same point and heading north to the wall above Xana. There's that scaping sound of wood on stone from inside the dormitory again. "This is getting ridiculous!" Joseph complains, rushing into the dormitory to plunge his weapons into the body of the first priest walking toward Xana in the doorway. The body takes 11 piercing damage, the eyes dim before the corpse can take a swing at him, and the body collapses limply onto the floor.

What do each of you do next?

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On 23: Xana (8/9) IN:23
On 16: Theran (4/8)
On 16: Joseph (6/8)
On 15: Kragga (7/8)
On 15: Ogbar (11/14)
On 11: Albertus (13/13)
On 10: Undead priests
On 4: Aanbo (1/11)