Chapter 2: The Skinsaw Murders

Viktor swings his flail again, but misses his foe.

Hetris casts a spell of healing on Urthask, closing up some of the warrior's wounds.

Skriz' spell grants his companions unnatural speed, making them harder to hit and to avoid.

Shadow takes a shot at Aldern and strikes him in the side. He grunts at the impact but shows little other reaction.

Urthask swings his blade twice. His first attack misses, but his second takes a large chunk out of the ghoul-ified Aldern.

Arktos lands a bite and a claw, wounding Aldern badly.

Gongar steps up and strikes Aldern in the side of the head with his hammer, crushing his skull. He falls down motionless and the room is silent aside from your heavy breathing.

Iesha: 8 damage taken
Aldern: DEAD

Ongoing Effects: Bardic Performance (Hetris) - Allies that can hear me get +2 morale on saving throws against fear and charm, and a +2 competence bonus on attack and damage rolls.

Iesha looks stunned for a moment as Aldern falls and then a true smile appears and she turns to you, "He's dead? He's finally paid for his sins?" she says in shock.

Her expression turns sad, "When we first got married, he was a kind and gentle man. As time went on however, he seemed to grow more agitated and sometimes became violent. One day... he took it too far and ended my life before locking my body in that room and fleeing our home."

Skriz moves closer to the fungus and realizes that the humanoid shape within somehow matches himself exactly...Iesha shakes her head, suddenly looking weak, "I don't know what drove him to it, but this house is... wrong somehow. I wish I knew how to destroy it..." Lost in thought, she seems to have missed your question about the fungus.

As you peer around the room, you find a letter on the table.