The party were cut off in a chamber, with 3 dangerous shadows awaiting outside the door. The door had been barricaded, and the shadows were not able to come through the small cracks in the door, so the party had time to discuss a strategy. Armatzi first cast all of his remove fear spells on Lhoss, Chiki, Gnorcia, and Armatzi himself, to remove the dread that had been building up in each of them. He then prepared a chant spell, bless, and protection from evil.
Chiki planned to use Armatzi's hammer "Melissa" to hold off the area, and fight the shadows. Gnorcia, Arnd, and Ronan (who had mysteriously appeared), would brace the door so that only one shadow could enter at a time. Lhoss planned to throw a vial of burning oil at the shadows.
Armatzi cast protection from evil and bless, and then the door was opened and he began to chant. Unfortunatly, Chiki was just not able to hit the shadow for several rounds. The oil angered the undead, and they were able to hold the door against one. Finally, Chiki defeated one of the shadows with a piercing shatter. The group was able to push the door back, and Armatzi prayed again for his spells, and Chiki was protected again. He was abel to defeat a second shadow before getting faint (having lost some strength from being hit) - the door was again closed and Chiki rested a bit, and "Melissa" was given to Ronan, who wielded it and fought the last shadow, after being protected and blessed. He was able to defeat the shadow after a few minutes of combat. The party had used tactics and intelligence to defeat the nasty foes.
The group rested and healed, and slept through the night, keeping some heat and light going, and had a somewhat restful sleep. They awoke and had some breakfast before searching the burial room that the shadows came from. They were able to search most of the room before a pitiful creature approached them in extreme hunger and fear. Lhoss and Chiki recognized the creature as a horrible breading project called a mongelman. The creature identified itself as Oogle, and after being fed, revealed that he and his fellows are former slaves of the Cult of Set, and that they equally fear the Cult of Orcus. Revealing that Nanor is prominent in the Cult of Set, and that they reside to the east, he fled the group. The party finished examining the room and found a small amount of silver, and also a suit of leather armor and a shield. Armatzi was able to pray for the spell detect magic, and both were revealed to be magical. Ronan took the shield and found that it is emblazoned with a black dragon and that it is a +1 device. Lhoss tried on the leather armor and found it to be like wearing normal clothing and also giving a +1 protection!
The party explored around a bit, returning to the entrance room, and examining a couple of the other rooms. They found a doorway heading north that they had not been through. Lhoss examined the doorway and determined there was something suspicious about the floor area around it. Looking around, she found a loose flagstone that when removed, revealed a lever. The lever would not move, and she theorized that it had something to do with the suspicious floor in front of the door.
The party decided to open the door, and there was indeed a slight depression in front of the door. Ronan attempted to trigger this by throwing his shield on it to no effect. After some discussion and vetoing the idea of Gnorica stealthily stepping on the area (especially after Lhoss looked at the ceiling and saw a rectangular outline), the group jumped over the floor depression and entered the room. They found another door to the north, and after examining, Lhoss determined that the door was rigged to the mechanism, and would likely open the door if it had been triggered.
Chiki volunteered to go back by the lever while the rest of the party opened the door. A force of skeletons burst out of the door, surprising the party and doing some damage. The party fought the skeletons, and due to primarily having blunt weapons, were able to defeat them. Arnd was unable to hit them at all, to his chagrin. Lhoss was knocked out by one near the end of the battle, but Chiki was able to heal her quickly.
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