The cleric takes a look around the room as he tugs his prisoner behind him. "Stay close." he grumbles.
Alex will detect magic as well. (Forgot to do that earlier...)
Who's hurt, and how bad? (Sorry for all the questions)
"Gather round, nice 'n close let Iomedae's favor warm yer bones."
Technically you also just healed each of the bandits 5hp as well.
In the future, let me do it in this scenario as I have selective channel.
"No need t'let 'em bleed. Gotta git 'em back to the town fer their hangin'."
"A public hanging would be nice..." Alex muses. "...however, we have more important matters to attend to at the moment. Life figuring out where the leader is... and where the leader's gold is located."
Before we move on Nic will spend some time trying to identify the wand, 2 scrolls, and red gem."Probably best if we spend a bit of time lookin' at this stuff...it could help us in a pinch." he rubs his holy symbol and speaks a few magical prayers to detect magic.
No clue on wand and the scroll
But the gemmisnClearlt not a magical item...it's alchemical
The other scroll is a scroll of shield
Galen, there is another path that you bypassed, and there is another exit out of this room, and this room remains-more or less-unsearched.
There is also the path that was labeled as being full of traps
Nic will join Galen in searching the room. Unless we are pushed along quickly due to time then he will take 20 if permitted.
Sure you can take 20
Back in the shadows Nic finds a series of levers, and pipes that extend up through the ceiling and into the walls.
"'xandra you see these? Any idea how they work." the dwarf proudly points the cleric towards the levers. He puffs his chest out a bit and chews his cigar. Clearly a job well done and worth a cigar.
Alex looks at the pipes. "No, but I did see some in the last room we were in." To Galen, "I agree, let's go through this room."
"Care fer a smoke?" He tugs on the rope a bit. He offers his chewed stub to prisoner who fed him slop. [b]"Now, lets chat 'bout those levers and pipes. He's actually playing the good cop role with the prisoner for the time being.
Boss used to work them. We were never allowed to touch them. Maybe move some levers?
"See 'xandra you jus 'ave to move them. This man would not lie to me, not before his possible hangin'. I mean he's probably going to helpful, so we put in a good word or two." He offers. "Pull a couple."
The bandit slowly nods, unsure if he is being mocked.
As the levers move there is a deep thunking sound, and the ghostly sounds shift in tone and frequency
Alex motions for Galen to stop. "Some sort of communication device?" She wonders, out loud.
"Maybe they used that contraption to generate the eerie sounds, and drive people away" - Reknar ponders.
Nic nods at the comments. "It does sound a little bit like those sounds. Course, it never had an affect on me...given my faith." he proudly beams. Nic will continue to case out the place looking for anything else they may missed.
Assuming he doesn't find anything else, he is ready to continue down the unexplored passageway.
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It all clicks into place. The pipes the machine thensoubds thenlegends.
Those who are shaken are no longer. It's all been a sham. There are no ghosts, just a strange device.
The bandit replies to Thorin, It's just a job. The boss says don't ask questions, we don't as questions. Up until today it was a great job. Easy work, great pay. Even good health insurance. Thanks for messing that up. Another small business destroyed by the establishment.
Nic nods at the comments. "It does sound a little bit like those sounds. Course, it never had an affect on me...given my faith." he proudly beams.
"Of course my friend" - Reknar chuckles.
It all clicks into place. The pipes the machine thensoubds thenlegends.
Those who are shaken are no longer. It's all been a sham. There are no ghosts, just a strange device.
The bandit replies to Thorin, It's just a job. The boss says don't ask questions, we don't as questions. Up until today it was a great job. Easy work, great pay. Even good health insurance. Thanks for messing that up. Another small business destroyed by the establishment.
"I still don't get it" - Reknar shrugs - "You steal, then pretend the place is haunted so no one comes here snooping around - is that it?" - he shakes his head.
"Not bad if that is the case, and good thing we 'messed it up' - he's not smiling anymore - "What about those you steal from? Think they find your 'great job' also great for them?"
Man that's a question above our paygrade. I do what I'm told. The one that you put a spear through knew the why's. There is no work for us. Not like there is a war on here. I'm not traveling halfway across the world for either. I know how to use a crossbow that's it.
"Let's get moving." Nic slips into the middle of the pack, "Candyman you leading?"
Our heroes make their way through the door into the storage room, this is obviously where all the treasure and loot lives. There is very little in the way of coin, mostly it is trade goods. Cloth, iron work etc, most of it clearly labeled still where it was going.
There is, at the back of the room an iron gate, heavily padlocked, leading down into a dark tunnel with a cold breeze coming from it.
Nic casts detect magic and slowly begins to scan the room, looking for any magical auras. he does his best to not get in Thorin's way, letting the candymaker do his thing.
Nic fails to find any more magic
The men you have start shuffling uncomfortably when th elock glangs to the ground.
Can you just knock us out and leave us here?
"Nah, we may need a shield wall." the dwarf chuckles. "Git it...shield wall." He slaps one on the back. "Besides who's gonna pack mule the loot back to town fer us? Can't quite do th't if yer sleepin'"
"I gotta agree with you Galen - they are afraid of something" - Reknar adds, turning to them - "You heard the man. Talk!"
We were told never to go down there, the only people ever to go down never came back, but we heard their screams. Sometimes boss sent those that challenged her rule down there...
"Well, looks like we're going down there." the dwarf puffs on his cigar. "Should we bring 'em along or leave 'em here? The cleric showing a bit of mercy admits, "they could be taxin' keepin' alive if we are in battle. Not really fair to them either, not havin' a way to defend themselves. We could come back and git 'em."
"Yeah... I say leave them here" - Reknar agrees - "Tied and secure. Then down the hole it is"
The bandits look more grateful than you could have imagined possible. As everyonestarts down the hole they say
Try not to die..we don't want to starve up here.
Our heroes head down into the tunnel, with each step it seems to get colder, after a good minute of slow decline it is now very cold. Your limbs and joints feel slow and sluggish
"A bit O'chill in th' air." The dwarf clenches his morning star in one hand and his holy symbol in the other.