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Talikshim comes up behind Fistep, and lights the rocket. Sparks begin to fly out of the back end where the wick is and it begins to shake. Talikshim can tell that it will go off soon.
Ferrous steps back into the hall beside Fistep.
The slime oozes slowly out into the hallway. Another bubble grows in the slime, then pops.
Another glob of slime flies towards Fistep, but misses.
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Round 5 Initiative order:
Block 1: The Party
Block 2: The Slime
Talikshim points the rocket at the open doorway. The rocket streaks away with a screaming sound.
Once in the room the rocket ricochets around the room, until suddenly there is an explosion, and a flask of light and thunderous sound.
The slime is scattered in flaming chunks around the room. When the smoke clears you can see that the slime has been turned to char and ash. There are still a few small bits of living green goo here an there, but none are large enough to be a threat.
Ferrous' mace is intact and usable, though the once glossy finish is pitted and ruined.
The party looks over the room and sees no evidence of any secret doors, magic, or traps. There is no treasure here.
"I am NOT cleaning that up," Ana says stoically.
Damn slimers ruin everything. Guess them wizard sticks got some use after all. Still not for me though. I'll still take my chances with me arms and armor. Ferrous said as he picked up his mace.
I may go back to that first room and recover some of the oil we left there.
"The slime will regrow in time like the harmless green of still waters. But now we can continue safely."
Nods, Yeah we best do that.... perhaps 1 flask a person?
"I will take an empty bottle and place some slime within."
Looks in thought, Yes, we should get the oil.. we've learned a valuable lesson that the things we find can help us survive. He pauses, But then we should return here and see where this door leads to see if leads around the back of the "jail".
He starts to head down the hall back towards the central room, after first closing the eastern door.
Wait up Fistep. No one should venture off alone in this damned place. The dwarf called out as he ran after the fighter.
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The party quietly moves back down the hallway towards the central room.
However, Ferrous stops the group at the corner of the hallway before it turns south. He can hear goblin voices coming from the south! They are too far away to tell what they are saying, but the sound of goblin speech is unmistakable. There may be as many as half a dozen speakers.
It sounds like they are rounding the corner that leads to the stairs to the south. He can also see an occasional flicker of greenish light that will go on for a moment, then off again. They are out of the range of your beetle-gland light.
Zynazyr watches as Fistep starts walking down the hall. He looks into the room with the remains of the slime as if wondering what to do. When Ferrous follows Fistep, he shrugs his shoulders and follows. "I'm not waiting here without our 2 fighters. Let's just make this quick before the slime coalesces, assuming it can. I don't want to have to fight it again."
He almost falls down after running into the dwarf when he stops suddenly. "Why did you stop?" he says, straightening himself back up. Hearing there are goblins coming, he starts considering the group's options.
"Why don't we go back to the slime room. I can put one of the large fireworks on the ground pointing down this hall. Ferrous, you can be looking down this way and tell me when they reach the corner and then I can light it. Hopefully, it will do the same to them as it did to the slime."
"I have another of the big ones if we wish to light it."
Pulls his sword and readies his shield at the dwarf and wizards words. He makes a gesture to retreat while putting his finger to his for all to keep quiet.
Montague is content to stay as far away from the unreliable explosives as possible.
"We had best prepare many, for some of them seem unreliable."
Montague stands well back from the unreliable devices and squints with his fingers in his ears.
Ana, not trusting the fireworks, retreats to the rear of the party.
Tak retreats as well not knowing if pointing them in a direction guaranteed that is where they end up...
"We are ready."
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Talikshim ties the fuses of the three rockets together and then retreats behind the corner. The party waits for a sign that the goblins are close.
The noise from the goblins seems to quieten down for several minutes. Then, after a few minutes of silence, you hear the sound of goblins shouting in the distance.
The shouting dies down again, and then for another while there is silence. Another ten to fifteen minutes go by before you can hear the goblins again. They are now coming up the passageway towards your "target" bend in the corridor. Occasionally you can see flashes of greenish light illuminating the bend up ahead.
When Ferrous tells him to, Zynazyr concentrates to light the fireworks but can't see the end of the wick well enough and fails.
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When Ferrous tells him to, Zynazyr concentrates to light the fireworks but can't see the end of the wick well enough and fails.
Ferrous tries to guess when the Goblins are about to come round the corner. He indicates that they are almost at the "target" spot.
Zynazyr fails to light the wick, so Ana tries her own cantrip.
The wick catches!
One of the fireworks goes out with a puff of smoke. But the other two begin shaking and throwing sparks! In a moment they will launch!
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Round 1 Initiative
Block 1:Everyone except Montague
Block 2:Some Goblins
Block 3:Montague
Block 4:More Goblins
Block 5:Skyrockets
The goblins are not yet around the corner. So any actions the party takes can be in the form of readying actions or passing. You may or may not wish to be visible when the rockets fire - up to you.
Ana, having cast the cantrip, retreats once more.
Zynazyr smiles at Ana when he sees she lit the fireworks. He stays hidden around the corner and gets out the shuriken they found earlier.
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Ferrous stays at the corner, keeping an eye down the hallway to watch for the arrival of the goblins.
A couple of goblins come around the corner. One goes to the door of the old supply room and looks in. The other looks up the hallway.
"Hej, eno ga tamo vatru."
Before either of them can react the two lit rockets screech away down the corridor.
One of the rockets actually strikes the lead goblin, and then explodes in a shower of sparks. The second runs along the south wall and strikes the wall at the end of the corridor.
Both goblins scream as they are engulfed in flame, and they both fall dead. More screams can be heard from around the corner of the corridor.
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Round 2 Initiative!
Block 1:Some Goblins
Block 2:The party
Block 3:More Goblins
There is a moment of silence as the smoke clears.
Then a gabble of goblin voices can be heard shouting from around the corner.
"WTF was that?"
"Some kind of trap!"
"Sogg is dead!"
"Was it wizards?"
"Agh! Wizards! Run!"
You can hear the sound of several sets of feet retreating back down the corridor.
Taklishim yells in his best goblin voice in Goblin......
"Dragon!!!!"
"They are in full retreat, Let us not be here when they return."
Chuckles with amusement at the antics of the goblins with the fireworks. At this time I don't think its worth pursuing them. . With that he steps over into the room recently occupied by the ooze and surveys the room, slowly moving closer to the door. Montague, is this door locked?
Taklishim finds an area of thick dirt, in it he creates a fake dragon footprint.....
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The sound of retreating goblins echoes down the corridor, until eventually all is silent.
There are two dead goblins in sight. Looking around the corner you can see one more dead goblin just south of the corner.
Searching the bodies you discover 29 silver pieces, 6 gold pieces, and two of them have preserved food amounting to one and a half meals. There is no water though one of the goblins has an empty waterskin. Their weapons and armor are of low quality.
Fistep feels a little flushed, and one of the rat bites he received seems a little sore, but is otherwise all right.
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The party investigates the door but finds no traps. The door is unlocked.
Opening the door reveals a north-south corridor. The south end is beyond the limits of your beetle-light but the north end is only a few feet away. There is a door across the hall and another door 10' south of that.
At the north end of the corridor there is a headless statue. The statue seems to represent the same woman represented by the large female statue on the roof; aside from the missing head the statue is in good condition. A stylized mouse mask made of copper with gold inlay "whiskers" rests on the top of the stump of the statue's neck.
Fistep steps up to the closest door and listens to see if he can hear any activity from the other side. Then he looks further down the corridor, his sword and shield at the ready.
Ferrous follows Fistep to the doorway and pressed his ear against the door listening for any sounds within.
He then looked up at the fighter with a slight smile.
The world of tunnels is strange in the sight of Taklishim.... But the others seem more familiar with it....
"What do you hear?". He whispers...
Zynazyr looks at the statue quizzically. "Why would someone cut off the head, yet leave the mask?" "You should check out the statue when we are done with these rooms," he whispers to Montague. He then waits for the door to be opened.
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Zynazyr looks at the statue quizzically. "Why would someone cut off the head, yet leave the mask?" "You should check out the statue when we are done with these rooms," he whispers to Montague. He then waits for the door to be opened.
The mask does not appear to be part of the statue. It is similar in make to the one Orocrinos wore.
Fistep steps up to the closest door and listens to see if he can hear any activity from the other side. Then he looks further down the corridor, his sword and shield at the ready.
Ferrous can hear a strange, bestial wheezing and screeching coming from within. The sound is audible but not especially loud. Possibly a creature of some sort, though it doesn't sound very healthy.
The door does not seem to be trapped or locked.
Shrugs and says quietly, away from the door, Sounds like there is something in there, not very healthy... . He pauses looking over at the wizard, Perhaps its another one of our friends with the masks? I say we open and find out.
Aye. I heard it too. But it sounds more like a beastie than a human. Based on the other creatures we've run into I expect it to be a buggie of some kind.
Putting his ear against the door briefly before he continued Ferrous looked back at the group.
Everyone ready? he asked as he placed a hand on the door.
Ana takes up a position behind the warriors, readying a sleep spell should it prove necessary.
"Yes but the last human being we encounters likewise acted and sounded as a beast."
Reluctant to be exposed to the second door and hallway to the south, Zynazyr moves near the statue and waits for the door to open.
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The party opens the door.
This room has two double bunk beds along the east wall along with a table, some chairs, and a small brazier. The room is in some disarray but most of the furniture is relatively intact. A single candle burns on the table. Sitting on one of the bunk beds is a scrawny man wearing a frog mask. His clothing has been torn into long strips which hang from around his neck like a ponsho, and he is rather filthy. He is playing an old, battered and out-of-tune concertina - this is the source of the noise.
The man in the frog mask looks up in surprise.