Sunday 1 August 1280, Late Afternoon (Light and Darkness)

"I am Rottblood," says the figure. "Who are you who invade my home and harm my family?"

Gaven answers in a stern tone, "We are the ones who will stop your defilement of this temple."

Hearing this reply, the skeletons charge forward. Rottblood speaks a word in an evil-sounding tongue, and a shadow flies from his hand, striking Almo in the face.

"I'm blind!" cries the halfing. "I can't see!" Almo falls to the floor, and tries to crawl away from the undead he knows are coming for him in his own private darkness.

Gaven lifts his holy symbol and commands, "Children of Rottblood, flee from the holy power of the Light!"

The skeletons who were rushing forward stop dead in their tracks. They look from Rottblood to Gaven and back again. Trembling between the wrath of their master and that of the light, they slowly begin to step backward.

Their withdrawal however, is not the mad flight you witnessed before, and you can't help wondering if Rottblood's will or magic might bring them back into the fight.

Meanwhile, Oloc finds a line of sight to the shrouded figure and points his finger. Recalling the spell stored in his ring, he sends the magical missile streaking towards the evil one. The missile strikes the dark adversary, in a burst of red energy, yet seems to do but little harm.

As soon as Oloc fires his magic missile at the shrouded figure Duran lets loose an arrow at the same, followed quickly by a second. Both arrows strike Rottblood. The first seems only to nick him, but the second sinks solidly into the fiend's torso.

Duran then steps to the side to let the others move into the room, motioning for Karnak to attack.

Karnak swoops down on one of the withdrawing skeletons and rips out two of its vertebrae with his talons. The skeleton falls to the floor in a pile of bones.

Gweneth and Jack each let out a primal battle cry and rush the adversaries on either flank.

Jack's reckless run bears no fruit. But the female elf hacks with her sword into another skeleton's ribs, sending a burst of bone fragments into the air.

Filbert rushes to his cousin's aid. "It's alright Almo, I've got you!" he cries, as he begins to drag Almo backward to a safer position.

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OOC:  Actions?

Combat Details:

Round 1

Initiative: Rottblood and Friends 4 – Party 1

Spellcasting and Turning

Rottblood:  Casts darkness at Almo's eyes (distance allows save = 5, fail); Almo blinded (morale roll 2d6 = 8, fail)

Gaven: Turn Undead. 2d6 = 8 (success).

Oloc: Casts Magic Missile – automatically strikes Rottblood; d6 +1 = 2 (ouch, sorry for the poor die-rolling there...).

Duran: Shoots at Rottblood
d20 = 12 + 1 (hit bonus) + 2 (close range) = 15 (hit); d6 = 1
d20 = 18 + 1 (hit bonus) + 2 (close range) = 21 (hit); d6 = 5

Karnak: Attacks skeleton
d20 = 12 +2 (hit bonus) = 14 (hit); d6 = 3 (skeleton killed)

Gweneth: Attacks skeleton
d20 = 16 (hit); d6 = 1

Jack: Attacks skeleton
d20 = 3 (miss)

Filbert runs forward to Almo's aid.