"Great...dead rats and some stuff. This place is the best!" she exclaims sarcastically. "Well, something is better than nothing."
The gnome moves into the room to retrieve the objects.
As the gnome reaches her hand out, three dire rats, still very much alive, scurry out from under the beds.
Initiative:
Round 1: Nicatha, Ylrhea, Drago, Mortimus, Dire Rats
"Roho za usiku, kuongoza wajinga hawa na wabaya."
With the Oracle's blessing, Ylrhea swipes quickly in front of her with her dagger.
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Ylrhea cleanly cuts the rat's head off, while Mortimus' ghoul remains ineffective.
Round 1: Nicatha, Ylrhea, Drago, Mortimus, Dire Rats
Drago reached forth with his hand and spoke, "Arcaniss Nil'gnos." Two bright bolts of energy flew at each dire rat.
Drago slays another rat with the first magic missile, while the other looks close to death.
Round 2: Nicatha, Ylrhea, Drago, Mortimus, Dire Rats
Nicatha delays. She isn't going to expend her energies now that everything seems well in hand.
Ylrhea attacks again.
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The last rat falls dead. The gnome finds in their nest 15 copper pieces, 12 silver pieces and a soft, black velvet pouch in need of a good wash. The pouch looks to be worth something.
"The paucity of our foes does not diminish your skill at arms, Ylrhea," Nicatha says offering her admiration to the gnome.
Returning to your routine of opening doors, you move to the next one. This area was obviously once a kitchen. A large soot‐stained fireplace dominates one wall. Toppled tables surrounded by shattered crockery and rusting utensils lie about the room. Two other doors are in this room.
There is nothing of interest/worth in the kitchen though you do realize that you could use the chimney to access the roof.
Nicatha waits cautiously for the gnome to open the back doors. [
Ylrhea starts with the lower door.
Smashed and broken barrels lie about the floor. Amid the shattered wood lie the skeletal remains of at least one humanoid.
The gnome scans the room and the skeleton.
Nicatha will scan the newly open room for magic.
"Do keep in mind, we're looking for a map. It's worth a fair bit of gold."
Ylrhea finds a hidden pocket sewn on the skeleton's rotting leather armor, within is 5 silver pieces and 18 copper pieces. She also spies a loose stone which hides a small cache of three dusty brandy bottles.
"I'm guessing this Ironwolf fellow didn't pay his men much," Ylrhea remarks before taking the bottles and coin. She goes to the next door.
"na hatima"
Sagging shelves starting at waist height and reaching almost to the ceiling line this chamber’s walls. Dust, cobwebs and rotting food cover the shelves. Patches of green and brown mold as well as small clusters of mushrooms cover the floor.
"Sure, but do you know where to start looking? No, I don't think you do, so we'll just keep going around opening random doors and picking up whatever the looters left behind," Ylrhea snaps as she looks in the pantry.
The gnome finds nothing, but determines the mold is harmless. Nicatha finds nothing magical in this area.
Keeping her own council, Nicatha watches the gnome lead the tense band onwards to a new room.
The iron-banded double doors are chained shut, but the chain is easily removed.
Dust and cobwebs fill this large chamber. Long feasting tables fill the main part of the chamber and at the far end stands a dais with another table atop. Shadows wreath the high, web-shrouded ceiling. Bones and rusting equipment cover the floor.
Ylrhea scans the ceilings first, unsettled by the webs.
"I don't see anything...But that doesn't mean there isn't something lurking in here..." the gnome whispers.
Nicatha sees the spiders lurking in the ceiling above, along with some vague humanoid shapes trapped within the webs.
"Those tricksome spiders have entangled many prey."
Nicatha points to the danger.
Among the humanoid shapes trapped above, Nicatha sees a faint aura. Among the bones that litter the floor below, there is also another aura.
Ylrhea pulls and loads her crossbow. "Alrighty then. Let's play."
Initiative:
Roll-off:
Round 1: Drago, Nicatha, Spiders, Ylrhea, Mortimus
With the spiders pointed out, Drago once again launches two bolts of energy that sail unerringly towards their targets.