Epsiode 2.10

Greg, Kathy, Brad, Ernie, Tony

After seeing the ghost, Tony ran back to the party. The ghost went through the wall and appeared right in front of the group, but came up short before attacking them. Instead, it looked at them, then went back into the wall. The group went to follow it, but it did not reappear so they started exploring the tomb.

Ernie opened a door, revealing a room full of stone coffins, a large number of skeletons and three mummies. Everyone backed up and a protracted melee began. Ernie tried to turn them, which destroyed all the skeletons, but did not affect the mummies. Two of the mummies came out the door that Ernie had opened, the other came out a different door and into a side hallway. Brad went to intercepted that one. Kathy cast several magic missiles and used her wand several times. Greg stepped straight into melee and get hit numerous times. Tony started out paralyzed with fear, but fought with his swords once he regained control of himself. Ernie tried turning them again, failed, then cast spiritual weapon before healing people as fast as he could. The fight lasted many rounds, and when it was over, the mummies were destroyed, but Greg, Tony and Brad were all dying of mummy rot.

They did what healing they could, then ran back to the troglodyte lair to rest and recuperate. Everyone was back to full strength after several days rest, several remove curse spells and several restoration spells, though Greg cane very near death. They went back to the tomb, bringing Ceodoc along to, hopefully, talk to the ghost. Not finding the ghost right away, they searched the room Ernie entered several day earlier. The room was devoid of treasure but they did find a small silver key.

They continued to explore. The next room they entered was empty, but had several other doors. The door opposite them had three keyholes, one of which the small silver key fit into. They opened one of the side doors and found two more mummies. Another furious melee ensued and the mummies seemed to be more powerful than the three they encountered earlier, but the party was better prepared this time so the outcome was less devastating. Kathy cast cat’s grace on Brad, then shot a few magic missiles before unleashing a fireball. Ernie tried turning, then healing and finally cast searing light at one of the mummies. Brad and Tony fought one mummy in the doorway while Greg took on the other, who had entered the room from a different route. A few people were afflicted with mummy rot, but Ernie and Kathy had the spells prepared to counter it this time.