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These are the tracks of morlocks
Aquila starts following the tracks, but also keeps an eye on the surroundings, expecting an ambush or a trap while trying to be
stealthy. He motions the rest of the party to be as silent as possible and follow.
Aquila
Survival
Perception
Stealth
Garra
Perception
Stealth
The group carefully moves along the northeastern corridor, which quickly makes 90 degree turn to the south. The natural caverns suddenly give way to worked stone and metal fixtures. Dangling glass balls flicker and cast a weak, greenish glow across the chamber. Ahead, a series of green, tiled, wide, terraced stairs slope up to an imposing bronze door, partly torn from its hinges. The stairs bear hundreds of symbols that seem to warp and flicker.
The room itself is oblong in shape, about 50 feet across at its widest point, but narrowing down to less than 30 feet near you. From where you are standing at the room's entrance to the far, bronze doors is about 55 feet.
The reek of decay, along with a pungent, acidic smell fills the chamber. Heaps of bones and garbage are scattered about the room. On both sides of the bronze doors, numerous small idols sit in niches and nooks. Their clumsy design clearly contrasts the delicate swoops and strokes of the walls and door. Otherwise, the room seems to be empty.
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The reek of decay, along with a pungent, acidic smell fills the chamber. Heaps of bones and garbage are scattered about the room. On both sides of the bronze doors, numerous small idols sit in niches and nooks. Their clumsy design clearly contrasts the delicate swoops and strokes of the walls and door. Otherwise, the room seems to be empty.
Search for tracks of the minotaur kidnappers.
survivalExamine the bones: What kind of creatures are these and how did they die?
heal
Examine the stairs for traps.
perception
Examine symbols, any known language?
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Farouq stands there for a moment taking it all in. Strange chamber underground, more to the sewers then we know, what else could be found down here?
He then takes some time to look around, if he can find anything of particular interest.
Perception, general view of the area:
Perception, searching for something of interest:
Before you have the chance to closely examine any part of this stranger chamber, a shadow separates itself from the ceiling and drops quickly toward you. It resolves itself into a naked, scrawny, humanoid creature with bulbous, red eyes, wielding a large club. It takes a wild swing at Aquila, but fails to connect with the halfling, landing 15 feet away. There it crouches down into a defensive stance, holding the club to its side and hisses at you in an unknown language.
Initiative
Farouq 18 + 4 = 22
Reginald 18 + 1 = 19
Creature = 13
Markus 10 + 2 = 12
Takuma 10 + 0 = 10
Aquila 8 + 1 = 9
Daxter 5 + 3 = 8
I attempt a knowledge check about the creature.
1d20 + 9 if applicable.
Farouq flies into a rage, charges forward and attacks the creature. The morlock barely pulls its head out of the way, avoiding the warrior's mighty earthbreaker.
"It is a Morlock, my comrades," Montesquieu states. "The foul cretin thrives in this soulless darkness. See if you can blind him." Montesguiue moves to within 15 feet of the Morlock and attacks it with his scorpion whip.
The morlock takes a swing at Farouq with its knobby stone club. The warrior blocks it with the handle of his hammer and steps back as the creature attempts to bite his leg. The morlock then jumps back, backing four feet up one of the pillars that is supporting the ceiling. It seems to be able to climb the circular column as easily as a fly.
Markus watches stupidly as the creature falls from the ceiling and takes a swing at the tiny druid. "I take it that's a morlock", he muses as he closes on the creature.
After a moment of defensive stance, Takuma resolves to attack that thing. "A morlock you say? A new type enemy to face! Hurriiiiaaaaaahhhh!" Stepping between "Earthquake" and Farouq, the half-orc swings his Minkai blade at the scrawny humanoid, but the morlock simply skitters away up the column, and sparks fly as the katana hits the stone.
Aquila orders Garra to circle around the column and attack the morlock from behind. The eagle is able to catch the creature unawares, and he tears a nasty strip out of its hide. The druid bides his time in case someone is hurt.
Daxter grabs his woolen cloak as he mutters words of arcane power, concentrating on the morlock. Upon completion of the cantrip, the tension flows out of its face and it momentarily loses track of what is going on around it.
Initiative for Round 2
Farouq 18 + 4 = 22
Reginald 18 + 1 = 19
Creature = 13
Markus 10 + 2 = 12
Takuma 10 + 0 = 10
Aquila 8 + 1 = 9
Daxter 5 + 3 = 8
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Takuma slash again against the creature. He seems to be enjoying the battle and a glimpse of smile could be seen in his face for a moment.
Takuma charges against the creature. He seems to be enjoying the battle and a glimpse of smile could be seen in his face for a moment.
Takuma follows the creature up the column. He seems to be enjoying the battle and a glimpse of smile could be seen in his face for a moment.
Montesquieu is furious that his first hit with the whip did not connect. His eyes glow red as he snaps the whip in the air with a great thunderous clap.
Initiative for Round 2
Farouq 18 + 4 = 22
Reginald 18 + 1 = 19
Creature = 13
Markus 10 + 2 = 12
Takuma 10 + 0 = 10
Aquila 8 + 1 = 9
Daxter 5 + 3 = 8
Farouq moves around into a position to attack and swings again. The nimble morlock once again dances out of the way, despite the far-away look in his eyes.
Montesquieu is furious that his first hit with the whip did not connect. His eyes glow red as he snaps the whip in the air with a great thunderous clap. The noise and motion catches the creature's attention again fully, and it seems riveted by the half-orc's disply.
The morlock has been mentally thrown off-balance by Daxter's spell. Even though it is still aware of its surroundings, it seems to not have the fortitude of mind to do anything about its current condition.
"Don't let it get back on the ceiling", the Shaonti barks. Being careful to avoid the wiry creature's club, Markus steps in and delivers a pair of clubbing blows. Both blows connect soundly with the morlock's midsection, causing it to cry out in pain.
Takuma slashes again at the creature. He seems to be enjoying the battle and a glimpse of a smile can be seen in his face for a moment. The half-orc misjudges his position, however, and his blow goes wide.
Aquila's eagle Garra attacks the morlock mercilessly, but to little avail.
The druid, his healing wand drawn, waits for someone to be hurt.
"Well, that worked the first time, so logically, I should do it again."
Daxter repeats the arcane words he spoke seconds ago and casts daze on the Morlock. The creature seems to not be very strong of mind, and once again falls victim to the enchater's spell.
Farouq takes a another swing with his earthbreaker, but just can't seem to catch any luck at all. His hammer catches the edge of the column, spraying chunks of mortar over everyone around him.
Remaining Initiative for Round 3
Reginald 19
Morlock 13
Markus 12
Takuma 10
Garra 9
Aquila (DELAYING AND CAN THUS ACT ANY TIME) 9
Daxter 8
Montesquieu smiles devilishly. "I'm thinking this creature's head might look more at place on a nobleman's mantle. Don't let it get away!" He drops the whip and moves to within 10 feet of the Morlock and throws his net.
Montesquieu easily catches the creature within the net. Pulling his trailing rope taut, he has now severely limited the morlock's movement.
Realizing it is trapped, the morlock thrashes wildly within the net, dropping into a crouch on the ground to try and get better leverage. Despite much wriggling and moans of protestation, however, it cannot free itself.
Remaining initiative for Round 3
Markus 12
Takuma 10
Garra 9
Aquila (DELAYING AND CAN THUS ACT ANY TIME) 9
Daxter 8
Markus grabs the struggling creature and drives a pair of knees into its gut. The morlock's reflexes are severely impeded in the net and both of the fighter's blows find their target. After the final kick, it crumples unconscious to the ground.
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Montesquieu untangles the creature from his net and hovers over the Morlock. "We need to make sure that this spawn of evil is dead. Could someone loan me a knife or sword?" Montesquieu finishes off the Morlock and then cuts off its head and stuffs it in his bag.
After the grisly task he attempts to return to his air of civility while re-folding his net and gathering up his whip. "Where to now gents?"
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Montesquieu untangles the creature from his net and hovers over the Morlock. "We need to make sure that this spawn of evil is dead. Could someone loan me a knife or sword?" Montesquieu finishes off the Morlock and then cuts off its head and stuffs it in his bag.
After the grisly task he attempts to return to his air of civility while re-folding his net and gathering up his whip. "Where to now gents?"
"As we have no idea if we are going to encounter more Morlock and as they might have the minotaur, I think keeping it alive as a hostage might be a better idea."
Aquila sights...
"I can understand that your orcish nature is hard to control, but cutting off a sentient being's head and taking it as a trophy isn't done in civilized cultures."
Investigate the room.
The natural caverns suddenly give way to worked stone and metal fixtures. Dangling glass balls flicker and cast a weak, greenish glow across the chamber. Ahead, a series of green, tiled, wide, terraced stairs slope up to an imposing bronze door, partly torn from its hinges. The stairs bear hundreds of symbols that seem to warp and flicker.
The room itself is oblong in shape, about 50 feet across at its widest point, but narrowing down to less than 30 feet near you. From where you are standing at the room's entrance to the far, bronze doors is about 55 feet.
The reek of decay, along with a pungent, acidic smell fills the chamber. Heaps of bones and garbage are scattered about the room. On both sides of the bronze doors, numerous small idols sit in niches and nooks. Their clumsy design clearly contrasts the delicate swoops and strokes of the walls and door. Otherwise, the room seems to be empty.
Aquila can verify that most of the bones are collected around the bronze doors, in the vicinity of the small idols in the niches. Farouq can identify them as belonging mostly to small creatures that live underground, but does see a few humanoid bones amongst them as well. Aquila guesses that the humanoids (there seem to be the remains of multiple here) have been killed in the last month, as flesh and other tissue is still attached in places.
The idols look like they might be of some worth to a collector of religious oddities. There are twenty in all.
What at first looks like a branch, at closer examination is revealed to be a wand of some kind.
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Aquila sights..."I can understand that your orcish nature is hard to control, but cutting off a sentient being's head and taking it as a trophy isn't done in civilized cultures."
Montesquieu bows, "My friend, I agree that you sentiments are admirable, but I believe they may be somewhat misguided." He turns to the group. "I will of course do whatever the group decides, but I humbly suggest that our position will be better with a dead monster behind us than with a living one among us."
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"While I frankly don't care what you ultimately do with it, it can wait until I get a sample for my personal research."
Daxter takes his dagger and makes a small incision to let some blood pour into a vial he gets out of his pack. Afterwards he will attempt to appraise the value of the religious oddities.
Appraise
Afterwards he will attempt to appraise the value of the religious oddities. Appraise 1d20 + 5
Although Daxter does not have extensive influence in the religious relics market, he guesses that they would be worth about 45 gp each to the right buyer.