Chapter 5: Blingdenstone

Each square is ~30 feet x 30 feet

As Bildaweer steps up to the menhir, he finds a socket within his reach that looks to be cut for this type of stone. Taking the ruby in both hands, he places it into the socket and pushes softly until a soft click is heard. As the ruby begins to glow against the menhir, the walls begin to rumble. Part of one wall, to Heartboiler's left, shifts and detaches along the vaguely humanoid lines you observed earlier. Seeing figures, it charges towards the nearest creature, Heartboiler. Stopping ten feet from her, the large animated rock creature raises two arms up. Each bouldery arm swing down, attempting to smash the goliath. The strikes are resoundingly well placed, slamming into the large lass. A pair of 26s to hit, dealing 12 and 21 damage each (total of 33 bludgeoning damage to HB).

Bildaweer, Dustin, and Georges are about 30 feet from the creature, Heartboiler is about 10 feet from the creature, Cemos is about 60 feet from the creature.

Combat! PCs are up.

Bildaweer's acid misses the creature, but some extraneous liquid splashes on the creature, sending up little curls of steam as it burns into the stony being.

Heartboiler's rage rushes out, and her first swing finds solid purchase, sending peals of thunder through the cavern, causing dust to fly about.

Cemos, you don't get the sense that it is innately evil or anything like that.

Dustin loads his crossbow and fires off a shot towards the big stone creature. The bolt nicks the creature, sending another spray of stone dust into the air, but it doesn't seem nearly as effective as any of you are used to.

Georges runs forward, slashing out twice with his scimitar, dealing another little bit of damage to it.

The creature seethes and goes to slam Heartboiler again! However, as the creature swings down, a swirl of magic interrupts his targeting and he misses the first one. As he swings back for the second time, Heartboiler lazily steps out of the way!

PCs are up!

Cemos slams the creature with his first strike, a green flash as the fire flicks along the creature. His second strike manages to go just wide, however.

Bildaweer's missiles, however, don't have that issue. One after the other, they slam into the creature, causing it to take a single step back as dust goes flying everywhere as cracks start to radiate out from the center of the creature.

Heartboiler calls forth a trio of spirits, two goliaths and Eldreth's spirit. They swarm the rock creature, while Heartboiler takes her swings. The first swing glances off the creature, not quite biting into it, while the second sails wide of the rock.

Dustin, after having seen his bolt bounce off with little effect, draws the magical sword he found and dashes forward, thrusting out. However, his foot catches on a crack in the floor and his footing fails him slightly and the thrust goes wide. (Natural one on the attack! :()

Georges takes a pair of swings. The first misses while the second manages to catch the animated rock's leg, sending sparks into the air as it appears to have struck a bit of granite!

The creature howls and wheels on Cemos, taking a pair of swings at him, trying to find the dwarf in the midst of the ghostly distractions. The spirits seem to have done their jobs, swarming the beast while Cemos moves easily away from the slow slamming hands, leaving the dwarf untouched.

PCs are up!