Dave and Stephen want to chase Balgron, but John convinces them to explore the corridors first in search of phat lewt.

Coltaine steps on another rune, triggering the throat-tearing scream that damages the Drogans and overwhelms them with terror.

Once they regroup, the Drogans investigate the passage that leads south out of the zombie room, which leads into a crypt filled with sarcophagi. The coffins possess relief images of warriors in plate armor. To the east, the crypt opens into a higher, wider area from which a starry glow emanates.

Everyone but Coltaine notices indecipherable draconic script adorning each sarcophagus. Zook and Autumn hear muffled clicks and scratching noises coming from inside the sarcophagi.

The Drogans take a short rest in the crypt, surrounded by the creepy coffins.

As Autumn moves to investigate the sarcophagi, concussive bangs sound throughout the crypt as each coffin lid slams open, and 10 skeletons emerge, armed with longswords, 6 of which surround Autumn.

As battle commences, more and more skeletons continue to be disgorged by the coffins, eventually doubling the initial number of undead. The skeletons seem to employ the tactics of soldiers or trained guards.

Autumn uses her Fey Step to teleport out from the skeleton surround, but she's already too far wounded. On round 4, she is cut down by the skeletons and fails her first death save.

On round 8, Zook stabilizes Autumn, and after 10 rounds of combat, the battle is over. The final kill count is:

Autumn with 2 kills; Coltaine with 2 kills; Rekoj with 6 kills; and Zook with... 9 kills, the clear King of the Kill. less