"Agreed, one does not move a mountain in a day"
Ye will be able to get back to town with no problem. Selling any of the gear wont be an issue, for any of the goblin gear like the dogslicers or horsechoppers they'll even but them as there are some goblins in town.
Feel free to prepare new spells for the next day. Let me know if there any items ye wish to acquire any gear or ask around town about anything.
Tik'Klik's hand whirs, and lock picks extend from his finger tips, but nobody notices so he just retracts the lock picks.
He silently falllows along, his body still damaged from the arrow stickign out of it.
Amadeen will spend some time making enquiries in town, seeing if there has been any news coming in from afar.
Amadeen hear's about a recent unexpected return, Loskar Redcape, the half elven 'scavenger of the road' has return to town after an absence of several years. He's been seen in taverns recruiting thugs for his next big heist.
"Tik'Klik."
Tik, while everyone is selling things, picks up a flask off the shelf that has a black label and sets it on the counter. Leaning forward, his mouth slit opens and gold coins begin to spew out until 20 of them are on the counter in a little pile. Then the golem's chest plate opens and the flask is whisked into it with a dull thunk.
Jorin beams as he adds some new weapons to his collection. He's also going to approach the innkeep about storing some of his gear while he's gone. He's willing to pay two copper a day for the equipment to be kept for him.
The dull thunk from Tik'klik's chest sounds odd and as the little construct looks down he can see the chest plate hasn't completely closed, the pinch of the crowbar is wedged in there and he's dragged towards the counter firmly. A deft hand pulls out the vial "Unholy Water is twenty five gold pieces, I'll hold onto these as a deposit til you get the other five."
A large half orc gets up and moves over picking Tik'Klik up without further comment from his boss and tosses the diminutive construct outside. A human woman in scale mail looks down at him before stepping over Tik'Klik.
"Tik'Klik!"
The small golem seems upset. "Tik tik ick klik ik ik tik tik klik ick tlick!"
Amadeen passes on word of Loskar Redcape to the others as she runs into them.
She is busy working up the courage to ask about someone else. Because the answer might be grim.
She enquires about whether Haleen has been seen in the area.
There is no word of Haleen being seen in this area for about two years, there is a trapper who says he met her about five months back on the banks of the Skunk River in the Greenbelt.
When ye return to the Emerald Spire do ye want to open that last set of double doors or go down the stairs?
Two years? It's not much to go on.
"Those double doors look enticing!
"Agreed, lets finish the search of the first floor before moving on to the next"
Opening the double doors you can see a stairs ascending, as with the stairs descending you can see an older spire beneath the Azlanti structure.
Assuming ye choose to ascend is there any preparations ye would like to make?
"Myself and Tik should go in the middle. Say with Barek and Darya in front and Jorin taking the rear?"
"Same as before, that suits. Bigger question, do we go up?"
"Tik'Klik?"
From what ye've heard no one knows how deep the tower goes but ye were able to see the tops of the tower from outside in it's crumbling ruins, there shouldn't be too large of an area to explore up there, far less than what lies below.
"Let's clear to the top!"
"Good thinking." Barek agrees, "Don't want to be coming back from below battered and tired to find something unpleasant waiting for us."
"Lead on, lets go see the view from the top."
At the top of the stairs is a locked door... thankfully you can see beams of light around the edges of the door, the are on the far side seems to be free from the cloying darkness found in the rest of the spire so far.
[occ]Rolling Perception on the door just in case[/ooc]
Jorin observes nothing out of the normal.
"Can anyone open this? It looks clear if that helps matters"
Amadeen is busying herself looking for something...ethereal.
If I can smash and tangle strands of fates...perhaps I can instead unsnarl them? Give good luck instead of bad? Hmmm....
With Darya's help Tik'klik can get the door unlocked. Moving back into position Barek pushes the door open. This strange chamber pulses with the green glow of the column of glass-like crystal that forms the core of the tower. The walls of the room are damaged, and the roof is cracked. The spire in the center juts up, just peaking above the crude ceiling. A bed and a side table sit in the northern half of the room, and archery targets line the southern section of wall.
A combination of daylight and the green glow pours through the doorway into the staircase. As your eyes momentarily adjust you hear a gruff. "So you are the pink skins who've been causing my little friends so much trouble. The sun at it's back you can see two goblins silhouetted and behind them a larger figure, a little bigger than a human male.
The mysterious figure speaks out in
This muscular humanoid is a bugbear, the biggest and strongest of the common goblinoids. Bugbears speak Goblin and Common.
As well as being considerably stronger, healthier and more light footed than the average human, bugbears have an affinity for moving quietly despite their bulk. Combined with their natural darkvision, these qualities add up to a creature very well suited for raids on camp sites in the dead of night.
Bugbears tend to live in small tribal units, with the biggest and meanest of them the tribal leader by default. They tend to have but two goals in life: food and treasure, and a group of adventures would be considered a great source of both.
Jorin
Darya
Amadeen
Grulk
Goblins
Barek
Tik'klik
Enough thinking, time to act!
Amadeen looks the big guy in the eye and glares. Then starts cackling wildly.
Jorin hears the words being spoken but is too far back to see anything or act.
'Dammit', he thinks, 'I'll have to wait till I'm clear to move up.
"We need to push out! I can't help stuck back here!"
"Tik'Klik?"
The golem looks at it's brown wooden arm, trying to figure out how it's pink skinned...
Darya moves up, attacking the nearest goblin.
Darya pushes forward and lunges at the closest goblin but the blow is deflected by it's crude, but effective, leather armour.
Grulk is unable to resist Amadeen's Eldritch abilities.
Grulk unleashes an arrow at Darya and laugh's "Your meat will keep us fed for days human!"
The two goblins move up seeking to keep the pressure on Darya and take her down in her weakened state but their exuberance doesn't come close to Grulk's skill.
Barek
Tik'klik
Jorin-Delayed Action
End of Round 1
Darya
Amadeen
Grulk: Evil Eye (-2 attack rolls) for 8 rounds
Goblins
Barek moves forward with Darya and swings at a Goblin with his axe.
Jorin runs forward to the doorway, passing Tik and Amadeen as quickly as possible. Seeing the goblins bunching near the door any idea of going for a throwing attack fades from his mind. Seeing Darya badly hurt he shouts.
"Pull back Darya, move past me to Amadeen."
Launching himself at the goblin he aims a kick to his chest
Flicking open his fan and holding it outward he prepares for the goblins response.
"Tik'Klik!"
The golem trundles up to the wall, and reaches around to touch Amadeen on the shoulder.
Barek's axe swing goes wide as Jorin catches one of the goblins in the midsection making the little runt cry out in pain. Tik'klik says "Tik'klik"...
Darya
Amadeen
Grulk: Evil Eye (-2 attack rolls) for 8 rounds
Goblins
Barek
Tik'klik
Jorin-Delayed Action
Darya sizes up the slippery goblin in front of her and strikes again.
Seeing the brutal melee up front, Amadeen wonders how long before she'll need to draw the wand again.
"Clear the way!"
But for now, she tugs at the strands of fate around Grulk. And laughs.
Darya steps thrusts her spear straight through a goblins head before collapsing onto the ground.
Amadeen tries to lay another hex on Grulk while cackling.
Grulk grunts in frustration as his arrow flies off on a bizarre course missing Barek. Taking a step back he draws another arrow from his quiver.
The goblin makes a half hearted attempt at attacking Barek but despite Darya collapsing is beginning to look nervous, but there's only a perilous jump or down the stairs covered with enemies to use as a means of escape.
Barek
Tik'klik
Jorin
Darya -1 Needs to roll to stabilize.
Amadeen
Grulk: Evil Eye (-2 attack rolls) for 3/9 rounds. Misfortune 1/2
Goblin
Seeing Darya drop, Amadeen steps up, a wand sliding into her hand. Her goal: get Darya back on her feet. And keeps cackling at intervals throughout.
Seeing his chance with the space opening up Jorin pulls out one of his nets. Muttering under his breath it seems like he is uttering an incantation.
Barely waiting for the net to finish falling he steps to the side of the goblin, clearing the way for Amadeen to move up.
Barek swings at eh Goblin again.
Cursing as he again misses with a clumsy strike.