A bright light suddenly fills the room that Adis is in, and Karan runs forward, seeing it. Adis' staff landing on the runes causes them to flare, and he receives a small shock for the action.
The runes appear to be oddly familiar to him, and he peers at them intently. He is able to ascertain that they spell out "Von Jallach" in a phonetic alphabet that some Wizards use in writing scrolls. There's something faintly odd about the script used, though, but he can't quite decipher it.
Encounter: Von Jallach CryptA faint rustling, besides the sound of Karan coming up behind him, disturbs his thoughts. A small needle of blackness detaches itself from an alcove and darts along the floor. A tiny sound, almost like a bark comes from the creature, and suddenly masses of these small creatures pour from the alcoves, swarming together into two distinct groups. They move constantly, and appear to be all mouths.
The first group darts over towards Adis, knocks him flat and rips tiny little pieces from his flesh until he stops moving. Seeing no more fight in Adis, the second group knocks Karan over, and tears at her flesh until blood is running freely from her wounds.
Rah (moved after the party on his turn)
Needlefang Drake Swarm (2) (moved)
Norian
Karan
Graven
Adis
Adis takes 4 damage from the runes, and 17 from the drakes, which means he's dying. Also, he's prone.
Karan is knocked down as well, and happens to take 17 damage as well, leaving her bloodied.
The door takes a minor action to open.
Fwoop's turn was spent with 2 moves to get him on the battlemap.
EDIT: No moves will be required.
The stairs in the battlemap are difficult terrain.
Entering the alcoves will provoke opportunity attacks.
