The Weasel's Trail (16+) Gameplay room.

[BulletSponge95]

Amirrah, Ulver, and Benny both see one huge silhouette, low to the ground, with eight pricks of light grouped in the center.

Harrima and Thiida both see one huge creature, black in color, yet somehow almost translucent. Two large claws dominate the front of the creature, the leftmost one of which appears to have a much smaller creature perched on it, and rising above, the unmistakable stinger of a scorpion.

Everyone in the party hears the high pitched screech it emits in response to Harrima's voice.

[Skautch]

Thiidda gulps and puts a hand to her crossbow. "Ulver, that-that's a really, really big scorpion in front of us..."

Ulver draws his crossbow. "Yeah, definitely not what I was hoping to hear." He looks to either side of the road and then back to what sounds like an army behind them. "...Well, all we can hope is that it either doesn't care about us, or at the very least wants to kill those undead more than us, otherwise we may be in trouble. Take up a defensive position, Thiidda, and stick close to me."

Thiidda looks around. "...Wait, Benny! He's human, he can't see in this light"

Ulver clenches his eyes and groans almost regretfully. "And he's heading the twins-- OLD MAN, STAY BACK!!" He ushers Thiidda forward and hurries toward the other three.

[BulletSponge95]

Benny grinds to halt and begins backpedaling, just in time to avoid being smashed by a claw as it made contact with the road.

"Holy shit. You folks got any ideas?"

[zucabr]

Amirrah and Harrima discuss this new information between their mind, and formulate a quick plan. The pair charges at the the scorpion in unison as if they will attack it, then sharply turn as they are just about to enter its reach, running off in opposite directions toward the trees, with Harrima moving slightly slower in hopes that the scorpion will follow her.
"Don't worry about us," Amirrah shouts, "I promise we won't die, and you shouldn't either, you still owe me. Just keep running, and we'll find you at town."

[Skautch]

Ulver grabs Benny by the arm and pulls him backward from the scorpion, ushering Thiidda with him. He whispers, "I sincerely hope those two thought of a back-up plan in the event that it doesn't follow either of them. Either way, be ready to move when it moves."

[BulletSponge95]

The scorpion takes about 5 seconds to determine whether or not to go after Harrima or Amirrah, and decides to chase after Harrima. It starts off a tad slow, but works up to an impressive speed and catches Harrima in half the time it took her to run as fast as she did.

Though she's barely in reach the scorpion attempts to sting her in the back. Rolling a sL8bbPeb1-20+14

It connects, dealing 14 piercing damage and injecting a foul venom into Harrima's wound. (Roll a fortitude save. It was a 26. Well done.)1-20

[Skautch]

As soon as the scorpion begins turning, Ulver begins to lead Thiidda and Benny behind it, slowly at first but quickening their pace as they get farther around. Granted they make it past the scorpion without any trouble, Ulver would hurry them into a sprint.

[BulletSponge95]

The sound of footfalls and hoofbeats grows louder, and the calls and yells of the dead army can be heard.

[zucabr]

Harrima will climb as high up into the tree as she can for one move, taunting the scorpion as she does so (Climb check rolls 15+15=30). Should she succeed in this, and still have time before the scorpion can react, she will attempt to begin making her way from treebranch to treebranch, in an arc back toward the road, keeping within range of Amirrah and making her way toward the road behind the skeletons who were chasing them, as silently as possible (Acrobatics check roll 19+11=30 and Stealth check roll 2+19=21).
Amirrah, meanwhile, will lie still in the forest among the bushes as quietly as possible, trying to hide her breath and using her disguise-self spell-like ability to appear as a a hollow, fleshless corpse, left to rot in the woods (Stealth check rolls 7+9=16).

[BulletSponge95]

The scorpion begins chasing after Harrima, easily keeping up. When she manages to lose its sight, it looks a tad harder, 0t_zyo1d1-20+10.

Upon losing sight, the scoprion runs back to the road, as prey tends to travel there. Sure enough. Upon reaching the road, it turns to see the undead horde approaching. It screeches loudly and intercepts the rider, knocking him free from his horse. An epic fight ensues. The horde is distracted. (End Combat)

A robed figure approaches the area near where Amirrah lay. It peers into its left hand, into an orb surrounded by a dark purple aura. It looks around the area, stopping dead in its tracks when it spots Amirrah. A raspy voice, half whispering, says "Death overtakes the vessel? Matter it does not. Easily, we can manage." He steps closer, and reaches down to pick Amirrah up.1-20

[BulletSponge95]

Benny begins to slow his pace.

He says to Thiidda and Ulver, nearly out of breath, "Should we wait for the twins?"

[zucabr]

Seeing this, Amirrah tries very hard to not panic. But just then she receives mental communication from Harrima, and knows exactly what to do. Harrima, along with all her items, transform into a shadow, sinking into the ground. The shadow then stretches before shooting forward, returning to Amirrah in a matter of seconds. From the man's perspective, the corpse on the ground suddenly gains a shadow, which then rises up from the ground, slowly taking Harrima's form. When Harrima arises, she crosses her arms and glares at the man.
"This one is mine, back off if you want no trouble. " (intimidate check rolls 10+11=21)
For now, Amirrah keeps her disguise, hoping that the man will assume that Harrima is a shade that protects its "corpse"

[BulletSponge95]

The robed figure takes a step back, putting the orb in its pocket. The hood darkens to face so that none is visible.

"I intend to harm no one, but I do intend to take the vessel. She's important."

[zucabr]

"Oh, and to what purpose?" Even as Harrima asks, she examines this man thoroughly, looking for any identifying feature. (Perception check rolls 16+13=29)

[BulletSponge95]

This man is thin, wearing a dark, dark blue robe that appears to be embroidered with the same purple that his orb's aura gave off. The dappled moonlight allows you to faintly see the telltale blackness of eyesockets and lack of a nose. The orb lay in his left pocket, making a lump, and on the right, a smaller lump.

"Oh wouldn't you like to know. I can't just give that information out to anyone."