Tarvinda continues to distract the living statue, hoping to slow it down a bit. She looks carefully to see if her flail has inflicted any damage on the large animated thing.
Round 3:
Xeros drops his bow and slides down the side wall and when he lands he bolts towards the creature to help assist Andwell. [b]"Hold on little friend I'm coming to help, the rest of you keep it distracted."[/dice]
Xeros. Stay back I can do this by myse*
No time for pride Andwell. Trust these new friends.
Xeros. Wait. Take this. Andewll holds up the key. The statues girth is too great or my Halfling limbs to gain purchase. Place the key in his back. Feel for the second "click", and turn to your left.
Round 4:
Tarvinda seeing the statue smashing Xeros, shouts loudly at the statue, "Hey you...come on give me satisfaction...fight me you statue of death." swinging her flail once more.
Xeros catches his breath after that big smash then grabs the key from Andwell, "As I said your the boss, heh." With that Xeros leaps on the back of the constructs back and grabs on.
She attack the Bugger (not sure, if flanking)
Andwell takes his dagger and thrusts it into a sensitive joint or crevasse.
Attack (11 if flanking)
Damage (plus if flanked)
Halflings have no experience with stone. Where's a frick'n Dwarf when you need one!? How ya do'n Xeros?
"Think I got it boss, this thing bucks around like a drunken oxen......not that I know wha.." His sentence is cut off by the creature swinging him around, the Tiefling holds on or at least I hope he does and tries to place the key in the hole.
she gives a slight smile
"Well done, Xeros."
Andwell slumps to the floor, laying splayed out like a snow angle.
Who makes these things! Go get the everflame they say. It's a big honor they say. Sure sure. Fight big stoney statues. No no no. No one say that.
Xeros slides off the statue landing on his back, taking deep breathes he looks to Etna and gives her a smile back, "Thank you, but lets avoid statues for awhile." He lays there giveing a chuckle.
Neculai stops singing, breathing a sigh of relief.
Sorry I wasn't more help. My talents don't exactly help much in this situation.
Tarvinda looks on, sweat dripping from her forehead, matting her hair after the short exertion and concentration of the fight. Breathing heavily she congratulates Xeros and brave Andwell for taking the statue on and disabling it. "Next time a statue starts to move, lets just move quicker. But why do these guardians attack us, who have been given a just and honest task to do. We're no tomb robbers or thieves?"
"The answer is simple it's either
A) they see us as Tomb raiders since we our not familiar with them or
B) it does not care who activates it, which happens to be a cheap and easy solution to tomb raiders."
"Or C) It's part of the trial of this quest to prove our resolve and strength."
Well, whatever the case, we still haven't finished our task. Let's take a short break, a few minutes at the most, regroup, and get back on track.
"If we take I break, I would like it, if Xeros cleaned the pool.
As I think a bath for some of us would be good for our health."
"Well, then let's just get on with it, we should move on. Stairs to the west or try the door to the south? " she looks at her friends expectantly. As she looks around the walls of the chamber, for frescoes and tapestries.
Andwell steps next to his friend Tarvinda.
Yes yes. Onward we must go. The less time spent here, the better.
Eenie meenie miney more. The last stairs fell down, so let try the door.
I scuttle up to the door, and give it a good check-a-roo.
Check for traps
"Lets go for the door."
"OK then, the door it is, open it up Andwell, lets see what awaits."
ooh ooh. Seems this lock matches, um, that key we, um, turned the statue off with. My oh my.
I'm not going back for the other unless we smuch the monstrosity first. I'll try to pickety pick the lock. Cover me!
disable device
"Why not let me try"
"Or we can kick in the door."
Tarvinda is seen taking her flail up once more. "I could try to bash it down, but it might be a bit noisy. Shall I?"
Smashing doors are good exercise. Oooooooooor. We could smash the Halfling eating statue while it's off, then get the key. I'm just saying is all. My oh my.
I don't think Tarvinda will sanction smashing the image of her deity, but it's worth a shot.
That's what I was thinking, myself, Andwell. I guess great minds think alike. Neculai says with a foolish grin.
Tarvinda stands over Andwell and wags her finger at him, just like he was back at kindergarten "Tut, Tut, Tut!! Now don't be so disrespectful Andwell, there maybe another way to stop the statue coming back to life. I don't want to upset the gods by such an action. So the door or the easy way out down the stairs?" She maintains her school teacher's stance as she awaits a reasonable reply from Andwell.
Hearing Neculai, her face shows her annoyance as her lips clinch together and eyes widen, as she turns her head momentarily towards him, before turning back to Andwell.
Oh. She's talking down to me. But somehow she's still showing respect. I've only know people who say they are my friend. Tarvinda is diffferent. She never says it. She just is.
Andwell steps back. Standing equally between his companions.
Yes yes. There's always another way. Always. Hmmmm.
Prehaps you apply you skills to the door Tarvinda.
While you do that, I have another idea. All locks I've worked on allow the key to be removed after locking and unlocking. Mabyee, just maybee I can get the key out safley.
Wanna help Neculai?
Andwell skitters off back to the statue. Climbs up and exmines the key and keyhole to see if it has a mechanical lock, or if the key just sits in there, indicating it might re-activate if removed.
I'm not sure what help I'll be, but sure.
I hope it will just be the pleasure of your company. But if the sculpted Halfling smasher hulks back to life, you could prehaps save mine.
I'm note entirely sure how much help I'll be if that happens, either.
Not wanting to go through fighting that construct again, Xeros believes he should offer some helpful tips. "Well Andwell if you want to lock it you need to set up the spring and...."
She says with a smile
"I'll give you a hand."
Tarvinda picks up her note and reads it, she starts to break into a smile but then stops. "Strange" is all she says, as her brow furrows in consternation. She picks up the longsword and feels it's weight and balance in her hand. "Strange, but how did this get here?" She stops to look at her companions, questioningly.
Neculai starts smiling as he reads his note, grabbing the rapier and twirling it about a few times, away from the others so they don't get hit.
I dunno. That is kind of strange that these got past here. Maybe it's as the notes said, and that was a test for us?
As the tiefling reads the note for him, he smiles and whispers, "So it is option C after all." Xeros picks up the bow and tests the string, looking in awe at the craftsmanship of the fine weapon.
"This will do, I hope we get more rooms like this." The tiefling says in a cheerful tone hoping to bring up his friends spirits even more.
"So the question is how did those get in here?
as they look a little personalised"
Well, they're definitely personalized, but I think it's probably just as the notes, or at least my note, says. The top floor was just a test.
Tarvinda smiles at Necuali, "Then it is time we did our duty, do the real thing and not just the test. Time to go down the stairs, yes?"
"I say we finish up this section, and then procede to the other side. Was any one else injured from the statue besides myself?" Xeros holds his longbow proudly as he speaks.