Gar stands in frozen shock as the flying head flies up and...and... is this thing kissing me?....
"Blahhhhh!"
Gar swings upward with his adze trying to swat the disgusting head but is still too shocked to get a good swing at it. He spits for good measure trying to rid his mouth of the taste of the thing.
Danaris instinctively fires an arrow from his bow, hoping to bring the creature down.
Attack:
Damage:
HP=12/12 points, AC=13 (touch 13, flat-footed 10), no armor, holding lit torch, wearing both gauntlets, speed=30 ft.
Fort=+1, Ref=+3, Will=+4
Spells: inf/4 for 0th/1st; Acid Splash is 1/1; Heavenly Fire is 6/6
Dancing Lights beyond Gar, into the corridor (2/10 rounds, at AN14).
"Aaaahhh!" Dorin yelled in panic. Then he saw the flying creature try, and succeed, in kissing the dwarf. "Yuck!" he said, dropping the torch. "Magic Missile!" Dorin shouted, pointing at the flying head-thing.
points
Recall the Dancing Lights closer, hit the whatever-it-is again with Magic Missile. Quarters are too close for the crossbow. Switch to Heavenly Fire after 2 shots of MM, but HF's only good for one hit.
"What is with all the unwanted kissing? Go kiss Kast. That's his thing."
Gar takes another swing at the floating head.
"What is with all the unwanted kissing? Go kiss Kast. That's his thing."
HP=12/12 points, AC=13 (touch 13, flat-footed 10), no armor, holding lit torch, wearing both gauntlets, speed=30 ft.
Fort=+1, Ref=+3, Will=+4
Spells: inf/3 for 0th/1st; Acid Splash is 1/1; Heavenly Fire is 6/6
Dancing Lights beyond Gar, into the corridor (2/10 rounds, at AN14).
"Quasits, demon-things, goblins the size of town guards, and now a flying head! Magic Missile!" Dorin muttered disgustedly.
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Kast stands...
...like a soldier!
Unsure if Erastil's blessing would be enough to shock Malcolm and Kast out of their stupor, Danaris fires another arrow at the flying head.
Attack:
Damage:
Dorin listened to Kast talking about the flying head. "But the thing kissed Gar, didn't it?" he asked. Dorin looked at the dwarf. "You mean Gar going to turn into a var-ghoul?" the boy said, horrified.
"How are you feeling, Gar? Should we head out and find some sunlight or at least the good father to make sure that you don't turn into one of those beasts?" Danaris asks, a note of concern entering his voice. "Did I kill that thing? Me? Maybe Erastil hasn't completely abandoned us."
"Pwtt!" Gar spits on the head and then kicks it into the wall.
"Tis better that t'was a kiss and my head might fall off, then iffing I spent the night with some demon and something else fall off. Bah..I feel fine expect for a little disgusted. But you guys tell me if you see wings sprout from my ears."
Kast wonders at the evils of creation of a creature that would *want* to kiss Gar. :)
Hideous.
Kast kicks the head around, unhappy for having fallen prey to its chilling scream.
"Well, it was nasty. Maybe there is some indication around here about why it's here? Or treasure?"
Kast will look around.
Perception
* * *
If nothing is found, Kast will lead the party through the door on the opposite wall.
"Looks like that's the end of the road. No way to get down here or in that other spot. Let's go back to town and see if the Father won't come down and consecrate this place. I could use a bath."
Kast looks happy that this area is clear, somewhat forgetting the recent death and departure of Zees. He considers smiling for a moment, but his soldiery professionalism gets the best of him and he swallows the brief feeling of mirth.
"Let's get back. Report to the Sheriff and Mayor."
"But I thought we were going to destroy that pool-thing the demon-monster came out of..." Dorin started to say. Then he looked at Kast and Gar. "Let's get Gar to the temple, I mean, let's go to the temple and have Father Zantus come back with us."
Gar's brow furrows as he plays out all the corridors in his mind. "Doesn't mesh with what the journal said, unless his accomplices are below somewhere else....or they got kissed and flew off."
"Well at least the place is free of beasts, and yeah, lets get the clergy to shut that pool down."
Aye, Gar, let's get back and report and regroup to determine our next course of action based upon the information that we have uncovered.
Kast will return to the surface and seek out the Mayor (I think the Sheriff is still out of town?) and deliver a full report of what happened down below.
Father Abstalar, can you do anything to help Gar?
"Daylight...someone said something about daylight....I am out of here." Gar leaves at a run with his hands pressed over his ears.
He will await the others in the hopefully sunny environs outside the glass factory.
Dorin ran after Gar, shouting about Father Zantus, purification spells, and keeping Gar in the sunlight.
"I got the money. I was saving it for something special....this seems to meet that criteria."
"Gar, you look awful. Just awful." Kast looks concerned, but tries to lighten the mood. "Maybe you should still to kissing local daughters instead of thinks found in the old town dungeon."
Kast begins to count out coins, the few that he has.
"You took that kiss for me, Gar, and I appreciate it." Kast pulls some gold. "How much will it be? How much can I contribute?"
* * *
Once Gar is taken care or, the place sanctified, & the Mayor informed, Kast will again begin regular patrols in and around Sandpoint. He will include the dungeon in his patrols, keeping mind on the entrance at the cliffs.
In the mornings and evenings, he will spend time sparring and practicing with both QuasitBane and his new longsword.
"Whew. Good thing the Father succeeded."
Malcolm will spend most of his days patrolling and training with Kast. He will always be sure to spend at least an hour a day in strict meditation to Abadar at the Cathedral. On days off, he will travel to his parent's outside of town. He will make certain that his patrols take him past the docks to visit with Gar.
In the intervening time, Danaris joins his scheduled patrols while also seeing to his duties as a servant of Erastil. He also manages to make the rounds with his family, visiting his sister's home and trying to encourage his wayward brothers to find productive jobs.
Gar throws himself back into his work. Taking out his frustrations on oak planks and spars.
When it is time for his patrols, he wears his cloak hood up, hiding his head, preferring others not see the signs of his recent affliction.
Kast will continue to regularly patrol Sandpoint.
In the mornings and evenings, he will spend time sparring and practicing with both QuasitBane and his new longsword.
"What do you think is next, Malc?" Kast asks during a break from their sparring session. "The Sheriff will be back soon and we might be done."
Kast practices a rather clumsy reverse cut with his practice sword.
Gah! I don't think I'm ever going to get that move right.
"I might move on to Lastwall if we are done here. Go protect the realm from the orc hordes. Want to come with me? I'm sure they could use your sword."
During times of shared patrols Gar relates his plan to bring down the tunnel under the glass works. In fact first the tunnel to the prison and blood pool, and then the tunnel under the factory. There should be no access to that ancient complex, and then limit further chance of goblin infiltration under the town.
Kast, if anything, we should get a promotion for all that we have done. I am pretty sure that our work here is not done, but, if so, I would enjoy spreading the word of Abadar with my sword wherever you decide to go.
"W-e-e-l-l-l" Dorin said slowly, "it has been quite a lot going on."
1.) Goblins attacked the town during the Swallowtail Festival.
2.) Somebody dug up the body of the old priest in the graveyard.
3.) The Kaijitsu Glassworks was taken over by the son, Tsuto, who also kidnapped his sister, Ameiko. Tsuto killed Lonjiku Kaijitsu, his father, and led his sister down into the tunnels under the Glassworks.
4.) The tunnels under the Glassworks led to ancient chambers which included a quasit, demon-spawn, a changed goblin, and undead from the ancient times. Oh, and a flying vampire-head called a vargouille. The tunnels also go down further, I think, as well as a passageway that leads to the beach from the Glassworks.
5.) The quasit killed Ameiko and Tsuto.
6.) We pretty much killed everything we came across, but couldn't save Ameiko.
7.) Tsuto had some drawings and writings that indicated someone else was involved with the goblin attacks too.
"The pictures were of Nualia," Danaris adds. "And it appears that she is part of the goblins that are massing at Thistletop. I fear she holds some sort of grudge against the town."
9(?):"Didn't we also kill one of the goblin leaders, Korvusus? I think I have his sword. There are a bunch more goblin leaders, right?" Kast waives his sword around. "It might be important too."
"So this Nualia didn't die, holds a grudge against Sandpoint, and uses goblins to do her dirty work. She's gathering all the goblin tribes and leaders into Thistletop." Dorin summarized for the Sheriff. The dark-haired youth looked around them in the Mayor's office. "So who's going after this Nualia and her gobin henchmen?" Dorin asked with a young man's naivety.
Sheriff Belor
Any idea of when they will attack ?
"How would we know that?" Kast return asks the Sheriff. "Who would know that?"
Danaris flips through the Tsuto's journal for a bit. "This journal details a number of plans for attacking Sandpoint. I'm afraid it doesn't indicate a particular time for the attack, but I worry it may be soon. Tsuto and Nualia seemed to have been negotiating for assistance with the demon below Sandpoint. Now that the demon–and Tsuto–are gone, that may speed up Nualia's plans. Also, the journal indicates that they were looking for someone or something called Malfeshnekor. Any idea what that means?"
While Danaris waits for other folks to respond, he wracks his brain, trying to recall any bit of information about Malfeshnekor.