Looking over at the dwarf. "Oh yes. I speak common! I would not be a good leader if I could not speak a few tongues. That mound?" She looks over to the mound. "That is a mound of trash. Obviously! Well, the put all my gear in there too. So trash and my stuff. It's a complicated pile"
"Well I know where they put some of the traps. I can help you... if you help me kill Roaghaz. If you do! I will take over the Blood Vow tribe. I will order everyone to never bother the humans again!"
"Help me out of this, get me my stuff. OH! And we need to rescue my companion" She nods down the hall with the door Vors was looking at. "What say you!? Help?" She looks up at all of you expectantly.
Brynn keeps quiet, letting the others decide the fate of the runty little kobold.
Bethany looks to her companions and shrugs.
"If you try and betray us.. well you see this big hammer so."
She clearly thinks that helping them is the right thing to do.
”I believe you. Just make sure to not bother the non-human residents of Belhaim either. Or any friendly visitors for that matter.”
Grilnik finishes cutting the kobold’s bonds and then puts his dagger away in his bandolier.
Turning to the pile of filth, Grilnik holds back his beard with one hand and his Longhammer with the other.
Avoiding the filth, he tries to retrieve the leather bag.
Ugh, maybe someone taller...
Having some trouble getting at the bag while avoiding the filth, Grilnik turns to Vors while he switches to a normal grip on his weapon.
"Um, Vors? Would you... give me a hand with this bag?"
Vors quietly leaves the door behind to catch up with Srilnik.
Drawing his rapier, slowly not to make too much noise or spook the kobold, the half-orc attempts to retrieve the leather bag.
Rubbing her arms and joints. She stands up and stretches out her body. "Ah, thank you dwarf. Yes I will be kind to all the non-humans. I mean, maybe not Gnomes.. Those things are horrible. Seriously though, I will take the tribe elsewhere, if you help me kill Roagaz"
Looking over at you with the pile of stuff. "Just walk up it. So afraid of getting dirty..". She walks forward right onto the pile of gross trash and grabs her back. Her feet sqish on fruit and get covered with dirt as she walks back.
Holding up her shack "There! Give me a sec to get it all ready"
She starts to pull out and put on some very nice armor and a spear. Putting the rest of the sack on her belt.
"Alright, wanna take point into the next room, Vors? Or maybe Verik? I think he mentioned something about being able to knock everyone out."
Grilnik pokes around the room before getting closer to the door.
Brynn keeps an eye out for trouble, and follows the others as they move into the next room.
She wrinkles her nose at the piles of garbage and stays WELL AWAY from it.
Bethany falls into the line after the lead person with her muscles tense.
If we are going to push much further today I will have to watch my temper. Don't want to leave myself too weak.
The kobold finishes up getting ready, "Hey. By the way, may name is Nighttail. Nice to meet you all. Very happy to see there are no Gnomes in your little party"
As you open the door and look down the hall you see a long thin corridor. Another door is at the end of the hall.
Nighttail walks forward, "Let me go in first. Hak will be happier to see me first. You will fighten my friend if he sees your friend first."
She wriggles foward and opens the door down the hall.
You can see a large cave that has a twelve foot high ceiling. Dozens of well-chewed deer bones lie scattered around the cave. In the center of the cave, chained to a spike, is a medium sized dinosaur! Nighttail runs foward to the dinosaur, "HAK! Its great to see you again. Looks like they have been feeding you well. Well, lets get you out of here." Nighttail grabs the pin and is able to undo the collar.
She jumps on the back of the dinosaur, "Onward friends"
She looks at you expectantly..
Wow, worse than my cousins back home. Well as long as they go far away from here I guess they won't encounter any gnomes anyway…
As they leave the room behind, Grilnik addresses Nighttail.
"I think I like Hak. Ah, where are my manners. I'm Grilnik. That's Vors, that one is Brynn, here's Bethany, and the furry fellow around the corner is Verik. Also I can't help but notice that you keep mentioning gnomes. They're generally odd chaps, but what do you have against 'em?”
Bethany smiles when her name is said and is about to ask about Gnomes when the questions is said by Grilnik. Instead she closes her mouth and waits, very interested.
Gnomes never seem so bad when I dealt with them back home.
Brynn eyes the kobold very suspiciously. When he hops atop some kind of strange monstrous lizard, she trains her bow on it, worried the beast is going to attack and devour her colleagues.
After a few moments, Brynn lowers her bow. She smiles when introduced, and gives a polite curtsy, but soon thereafter goes back to staring warily at the dinosaur...
"Lead the way, then..."
Looking to the dwarf, "Yes. Gnomes, those little heartless murderers. Stupid colored hair"
"I would rather stay near the back. I will warn you when I know you are coming up on a trap or something. Down that tunnel right here, it goes down long ways. Ends in a hole leading down below. We... they have a second layer of tunnels a bit deeper down. I believe there is some sort of trap right before the hole though. Just keep heading down and you should be fine."
Nighttail points "There. A small dart trap is in the thin area right there. Just past that ridge is a tunnel leading down. Come on, roguy, disable it!
Brynn smiles at the kobold.
"I'll take the back, thanks. But, you can go second last along with your pet. Yeah, right... there. Perfect."
"Hmm.. I guess, you do use that bow. Makes sense. I do want those stronger folks up front though, just saying"
Brynn nods. "Of course."
She's sure to keep a close watch on the kobold as the continue onward, worried about betrayal...
Shooting the kobold a snarling glance about the 'roguy' comment, Vors works carefully to disable the pressure plate on the dart trap.
Vors deftly takes the trap and cuts the line, releasing the tension behind the dart.
You are able to grab the dark. Looks like its covered in some oil of some kind.
"Ha! See, you can trust me. There is a hole up there. It leads down to some pools. They often guard it, so be careful."
Well so far so good.
"Lets keep moving then shall we."
"I wonder if Verik or Vors can sneak up on any guards that might be there."
Grilnik readies his hammer and moves near the shaft.
Vors quietly steps closer to the pool, senses active.
Vors lowers himself down the hole and looks around the lower chamber. You can see 2 small pools, each one with a few thing swimming around inside. You also see a kobold sitting against the wall. He looks distracted.
Vors you pull yourself back up the hole. What is the plan.
Vors explains to the others what he saw and puts forth his plan.
"So. My thought was that I would go down alone, since their seems to be just one kobold. I tactically end it's life, and when I give the all clear, you guys come down."
Brynn nods, clearly agreeing this is a great plan.
While Vors lowers himself down, Brynn keeps an eye on the kobold nearby her, wary for signs of betrayal.
"Sounds reasonable. If things go pear shaped, give a shout and we'll drop down."
"Oh! I'm sure I will.", chagrined Vors.
Once down, the half-orc uses the shadows and blind spots to get closer to the kobold, drawing his rapier ever so quietly.
As Vors drops to the second level a few stones clatter, the Kobold looks up. But Vors is able to get the jump on it, runs forward and jams the rapier right into the kobold.
It didn't had any time to make a sound.
This room is now empty, it seems to extend a tunnel forward.
Vors calls up to give the all clear. While he waits, the half orc loots the body.
Grilnik comes down before the others.
"Good job, Vors."
Then Grilnik watches the way forward while the others come down.
"Very impressive. Shall we push on."
Brynn follows the others down into the next tunnel, only after their kobold 'friend' has done the same.
The Kobold riding the dinosaur drops down. Quietly speaking, "Up ahead there is a steep ramp of rubble. They like to trip people into the snapers down below in the water. Big turtles. They probabbly don't know we are here, yet..."
The half orc tries to see there is anything the holy rogue can tie a rope to in hopes of making the climb easier.
Vors peaks into the room farther down the tunnel and sees this rubble pile. It does not look like he will need to climb down, it just looks like something you don't want to trip while standing on. You can also see, from your angle, 3 large turtles in the water, and the shoulder of a Kobold leaning against the wall.
Bethany falls into place behind Vors read for whatever comes next.
"Going to be sure I can see, should I not go second? Seems best to have Big Brother in the front."
Vors curses silently.
"The more I see, the less I like. I don't see any other way than to slide down the rubble, try not to go into the water and attack the kobold."
The half-orc explains what he sees to the others.
"Anybody got any better ideas?"
"Maybe you can heal us before we start attacking, and maybe I can reach the kobold with my Longhammer?"
Grilnik practices taking a swing in the dark and enclosed space.
The half-orc shrugs. "Okay.'
Ushering the group about a dozen feet back. Vors lets loose a wave of healing energy.
Before heading into the next room, Brynn casts a spell on herself.
"After you," Brynn tells the kobold, urging him to follow behind Grilnik and Bethany. Brynn follows him across the rubble and looks around the room with her bow in hand, ready to fire...
"This could get rough. Here I go."
Grilnik rounds the corner and swings his hammer.
Miscalculating the room he has to swing, Grilnik hits the ceiling, resulting in a dull thud.
Surprise Round
Grilnik, Bethany, Brynn, Vors < - Move or standard
Round 1
K1, K2, T1, T2, T3
Grilnik, Bethany, Brynn, Vors, NIghttail
Bethany simply makes sure Big Brother is ready and awaits the action to start.
With rapier in hand, Vors is examing the walls leading down.
Grilnik's swing misses the kobold as it grinds against the wall, the Kobolds swing around and suddenly see the group charging toward them.
Nighttail moves a bit closer, filling this room while ridding the dino.
The Kobolds seem to step back out of sight. The Turtles in the water shift and look toward the group, not moving.
Round 1
K1, K2, T1, T2, T3
Grilnik, Bethany, Brynn, Vors, Nighttail <-Full Normal Round for everyone!
Grilnik steps forward and swings his hammer at the turtle this time.
Moving in and towards the kobold Bethany breaths deep and lets out a loud cackle as Big Brother cuts the air in a downswing.