TOPIC: Meet at the Inn

"My ears aside, I am fairly certain I am not a cat. Nor are any of the rest of you, that I can tell. So we should be safe."

"I will take the lead. Will one of you with a light be at my back?"
Cram steps boldly into the darkness.
"I will see this creature bleed." he mutters as he clears a cobweb from his face.

Through the door there lies a small dark room. As you enter your light sources are reflected by floor to ceiling mirrors. At the rooms center stands a small platform. This is likely the room from which Strahd projected his illusions a fact investigation confirms as when one of you stands on the platform their image is projected out into the room with the organ. Beyond this curiosity though there is very little of note in the room. The north and west walls are marked by old archers' slits though they have long since been bricked up. To the south a single arched corridor leads into darkness.

Following the corridor you discover another turret Post. This time in the form of a high domed ceiling caps the 30-foot-diameter room before you. Frescos, faded with age adorn the ceiling, but are impossible to make out. Tall, thin arrow slits look out over the courtyard.

From here a long narrow corridor runs east and west. Cobwebs fill the
hall and obstruct sight beyond a few feet.

As we leave the mirror room, I use my short bow to shoot common arrows into each mirror to break them.

"I don't think we need illusions to deceive or confuse us."

We need a marching order. I will be toward the rear. For now my mithral dancing sword is in hand, and I sheathe my other mithral sword. I will be last if that lot falls t me. I do wear an ear cuff of the wind.

"But don't mirrors reveal a vampire? Or not reveal a vampire, I guess. Well we are all carrying, so I suppose it doesn't matter."

Widseth wrote: As we leave the mirror room, I use my short bow to shoot common arrows into each mirror to break them.

I let out a small cry when Widseth shatters the mirrors. (Rather fascinated with this device, I had been running back and forth studying the workings of the room.)

"I suppose that was wise, Widseth," I admit. "I shouldn't be wasting time on contraptions when there are innocents to save." I join the party existing the mirror room, keeping to the relative safety in middle of the group.

"Sorry, Adeya. I felt this to be his sending device that he could use at any time to deceive us. Maybe I moved too hastily, but if he can't send his image from here to other areas, we will have less confusion and distraction. If we are successful, you will have plenty of time to investigate the platform and the mirrors."

"Should we go east or west?, Anyone have any guesses?"

*I will take the point for marching order*

"How about the direction of the rising sun? I say we move east."

Like Adeya, Breon moves to the middle of the group.

"As good a plan as any. East it is." Kryndal moves to right behind Cram, second in marching order.

As your group starts down the corridor you hear a rattling shuffle from the darkness ahead. Advancing slowly towards the noise your group comes across a pile of bones at the base of a set of stairs. As if responding to your living presence the bone pile stirs, rising into a half dozen skeletal forms.

Catching your group off guard the skeletons snatch up rusty blades from the bone pike and lunge towards Cram slashing wildly with a voiceless battle cry (first attack 6, 2dmg). Responding quickly Cram effortlessly sidesteps the second blow (roll 1) and strikes the skeleton a wicked blow sending it clattering into the darkness before the next undead horror capitalizes on the cramped tunnel delivering a quick stab (roll 18, 4dmg).

OOC there are 6 skeletons but due to the limitation of the passages width both they and you will only be able to attack 3 wide. The fog of war in the first post has been updated.

Barkley raises his Greater Holy Symbol of Pelor and shouts "return to your rest, minions of evil!"

(ooc because that's how clerics roll...)