He/she/it seems to be petrified or frozen like that.
The rest of the room smells bad, and it seems to serve as some way of storage...
Although that wouldn't explain the smell, like a toilet.
Meanwhile, outside, you notice the three dwarves that where standing topside when the avalance started, getting ready to walk into the "inn".
Terry cautiously moves into the room, hugging the wall furthest away from the giant's face. He casts Detect Magic, as quietly as possible, and studies the room he's in to learn all he can; including making a Spellcraft roll, to understand the magic he's seeing.
Anja looks at Shan-yu and shrugs. "Unless you can get all three before they get to the door or call for help, we need to stay here in case Terry needs us. Burning the place to the ground sounds more fun now, though, don't it?" she says with a wink.
After a thoughtful pause, "Think you're quiet enough to follow him in? Figure if he saw anything dangerous, he'd have backed out by now."
The three dwarfs walk into the inn, where they are greeted by the bartender.
Terry sneaks closer to the head, trying to get a look at its body below. He feels the spell of invisibility beginning to wear off.
Terry feels his invisibility wear off. He stands before the giant's face, visible. Looking down at himself, he smiles.
This should be interesting...let's see if I can wake this big boy up.
Terry puts two fingers between his lips and lets loose a sharp, loud whistle, loud enough to wake the dead - or any sleeping giants.
But you do hear some commotion from the public area of the inn.
I climb up on top of the giant's head.
Anything else?
Does the commotion sound like they are coming toward me? If so, I'd like to crouch down low on the giant's head to hide myself.
I'm kind of hunkered down on top of the giant's head, hoping whomever it is that is coming doesn't see me.
Terry will creep to the hallway and open the door as quietly as possible, seeking to get a glimpse at the giant walking by.
Good, nobody's noticed me. Anything else in this room besides big giant face?
As they continue to wait for Terry, Anja instinctively reaches for her hip flask before she remembers it's empty. She shakes it demonstrably. "Crap. I should have told him to refill it if he finds the barkeep's stocks."
Alright, enough creeping around. I'm tired of this bar and I'm tired of these sons of b*#%#es blocking us. It's time to light some fires.
Terry casts Gozreh's Trident, and after a moment a bolt of lightning springs forth from his palm and rests lightly like a spear.
He moves over the crates, rubbish, etc. and begins moving the electricity of the spear over them, igniting them wherever he can. Once the fire's lit, he'll boogie to a safe place and wait out the fire!
Smokes begins rise, and it doesnt take long for it to grow dense.
Even outside, the rest sees it.
Seeing the smoke begin to rise Valeeran asks, "Ummm...do you think that's part of the plan?"
"It was part of my plan." Anja jokes. She digs into her pack and pulls out her potion of resist fire and downs it.
With the smoke coming out, it doesn't take long for half the inn to come outside and look for buckets, waterskins, etc to aid those inside in fighting the fire.
The front door is open, and the barkeep seems occupied enough.
In the commotion, Anja heads in and then moves through the door on the right.
Terry tries to sneak out and rejoin his friends during the chaos and confusion of the firefighting efforts.
You all succeed in finding eachother.
Seeming unperturbed by the flames Valeeran quickly follows Anja as she heads into the confusion.
Terry is too busy admiring the fire to pay attention to his surroundings. If something were to happen, it'd catch him off guard.
You find yourself leaning against a wall, when you hear the sounds of cogs and wheels turning behind it. It doesn't take long for the four of you to figure out how to turn the door.
When you walk throug, you notice a mammoth-szed chamber that houses man-sized gears, pendulums, and screws amid puffs of steam. The noise rattles through the room, occasionally shaking free bits of the stone walls.
You notice a man floating around in there, going left and right and up and down, trying to literally kickstart gears before pulling on levers.
Anja watches the man for a while before attracting his attention. "Something the matter?"
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The man seems either too busy or distracted to notice you.
"First thing's first, see if y'all can sense where the token is."
Anja starts looking around herself, for either the token or the ant baby.
Valeeran nods and chants a few mystic syllables. His eyes flash briefly with light before he begins scanning about.
Valeeran gasps a bit as he scans the machines workings.
"This entire machine is as magical as it is mechanical. I can see it flowing between the various parts. I can not see the token we seek though."