Tamat moves over Giggles after striking him down. The dwarven cleric rushed past him on the railing, but was unable to close with the enemies.
Sliding past the dwarf, the shadow strikes at the gnome, Matam shot at.
Ellie edges past Matam until she is within easy striking distance, neatly dropping her dagger into her off hand and again pulling a vial from her bandolier. As she steps forward, the vial seems to shimmer. Hope you survive this, but no one will miss you if you don't! she says before lobbing the vial upwards, towards the part of the catwalk on which the man is standing.
"You got a problem, Dwarf?" Wilthorn shouts, as his eyes narrow at the entrance of two more enemies. He moves up the rest of the stairs, before launching another arrow, this one at the well-dressed human.
Matam fires at the gnome and quite literally parts his hair for him, but doing no obvious damage as a result. Gwernach moves to close the gap to the new arrivals whilst Eltanin throws a bomb at them. Both seem to feel the effect of the attack, especially the gnome that looks ready to run.
Galen also moves up the stairs whilst the human calls out, ”Bloo, come here boy” and moves towards Gwernach and Galen. You hear barking in the distance. The gnome darts back out of the door he came in from before Tamat can strike.
Wilthorn pegs the human with a well aimed arrow and the man falls to the ground, clearly dead.
So order for round one is: Matam, Gwernach, Eltanin, Giggles, Wilthorn, Tamat
With the human fallen dead on the catwalk and the gnome disappearing into the room, Gwernach moves towards the door. Bloo?! He does a quick pat down of himself, his mind racing to remember if there was anything he could use to distract the dog. Blasted! No time! Gonna hav'ta cut'em. The dwarf readies his axe to silence 'Bloo' when it appears.
Galen moves forward on the narrow catwalk, longsword out-raised. He struggles to find a way around the dwarf and the shadow, so he stays behind for now.
Can Tamat follow the gnome? Or is the shadow out of movement?
Can Tamat follow the gnome? Or is the shadow out of movement?
Follow the gnome!
Eltanin hastily moves to a position on the catwalk itself - she still feels more secure toward the rear despite the mutagens effects, but if anything comes through that door in her range, she will peg a dart at it.
"Room is cleared, move to the next!" Wilthorn shouts at his allies, before turning to the door next to him. He quickly opens it.
If Galenn, or anyone else who appears hostile is in the room, he fires at them, else he moves into the room.
Attack, if needed.
Frustrated by not getting to put any righteous anger to use, Galen will try to open the door into A6, looking to find new enemies or circle around the fleeing gnome.
[oocTo recap[/ooc]
You are in the first room you've managed to enter in the building. It is the height of a two-storey room, with the children on the ground floor. The staircase takes you to the height of a second floor - with a doorway that the gnome has just run through. You are deliberating following the gnome or waiting for the arrival of Bloo.
Gwernach and Eltanin appear to be set to wait for Bloo.
Tamat, Galen and Wilthorn have gone through the door.
Two things happen simultaneously.
The door opens to let your fellow adventurers leave and at the same time a barking, snarling flea-bitten brown dog comes in the opposite direction.
As you go through the door, you are aware of two things. Firstly a ball of brown fur come barking past you and into the room you’ve just vacated. Then you see the gnome leave the small corridor you’re currently in and go through a door at the end of the passageway.
There are no other exits in this unremarkable corridor.
"Oh, f~+~ me," Matam whispers as the dog bursts into the room.
He releases a bolt at it, and makes for the stairs.
Quickly, before the dog can select an entree, Eltanin throws her dart with all her might, ,muttering "Now Lamm owes me for making me be cruel to animals!"
Matam fires a crossbow bolt at the dog but misses widly. Gwernach on the other hand swings his axe and the dog's head parts company with its body.
Seeing that he can't stopped the dog that exploded around him, Galen resolves to catch the escaping gnome instead. He rushes to the door and pounds it open, shield ready in case half of Korvosa is in there to attack.
A glint of finely forged steel flashes as it finds its mark. An instant later, the dog's decapitated body slumps onto the catwalk with a dull thud. Gwernach shakes his head at the sight, Nahh! Tha should'ave been tha ork!
The dwarf twitches his wrists, liberating his axe blade of its sanguine gore. Stepping over the bodies, he then makes his way down the hallway to the next room.
Seeing nothing of note, and hearing a commotion from the other side of the wall, Wilthorn moves up and open the door across the room.
You descend on the room that the gnome entered only to see him exit it through the double front doors - out into the night.
"He's getting away! I'm going after him, sweep the building or follow me!" Wilthorn shouts, before he dashes out the door. Longbow still in hand, he nocks an arrow, hunting for the gnome.
Tamat goes deeper into the building. The shadow is searching for Lamm.
Eltanin, bemused at her inability to so much as stab as fast as Gwernach can slash, hears Wilthorn's directions and moves forward. She stops in the doorway, frowning as she looks back at the children.
To Gwernach and Tamat:"Perhaps we should continue to sweep the building. I don't like the idea of leaving the 'little Lamms' to chase down one of their enslavers when there are nooks and crannies still unsearched."
Angry that the gnome is escaping, Galen drops his longsword (for now), and rushes through the door after Wilthorn, readying his bow while he moves.
If the gnome is in sight at all, he fires. But Iomedae's blessing isn't with him and the last-chance arrow flies wide of the mark.
"Verily, I am sorry we let that foul cur escape justice." Galen says, going back into the building, and regaining his dropped blade, sheathing it and shouldering his bow. "But we have perhaps freed all the Little Lamms here and that is for the greater good. Now we must search this place and find where Lamm hm self is hiding."
Galen looks carefully through A4, before heading to the door to A5.
Having made his way into the room, Gwernach sees the two warriors returning. The disappointment worn on their faces is enough to tell him that the gnome got away. Their words only confirms his suspicion. There's no chance'n find'n tha one tonight...
With the possibility of Lamm still lurking in the building, the dwarf has no intention of leaving the building just yet. As Galen moves to check the door on the east side of the room, Gwernach moves to open the remaining door , I'll check this one, and step in side.
Eltanin instinctively goes with Galen, her mind still sluggish from the mutagen but her senses still sharp.
As you all suspect, the darkness has swallowed the gnome.
Gwernach checks the remaining room and finds a wooden desk sitting in one corner, its side preventing the door from opening all the way. The table is heaped with dozens of slate boards covered with chalk scrawls, while to the east a cabinet slouches against the wall. To the south, a few moldy boards have been nailed over a door.
This is clearly the fishery’s office. The slates on the table are covered with transaction records, addresses of customers, and other accounting notes.
A cursory glance of the information suggests there’s nothing more sinister going on here than slurry production.
Looking for other rooms where Lamm could be.
Galen looks carefully through A4, before heading to the door to A5. Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 18
Gwernach takes a mental note of the room's contents. Although tempting, he reminds himself it is Lamm that the party is seeking tonight, not the fisheries book keeping and all its dirty secrets. Although he promises himself to make a point of coming back to this room before the night is through.
Surmising that the door to the south leads back to the room where the children and Matam now wait, and remembering Galen's run in with the shark just outside the door to the east, Gwernach doesn't bother to investigate the room any further.
Satisfied that no one lurks in this room, the dwarf returns to report his findings to the party.
Thars no'much in 'ere ta bother with jus'now. Jus'abunch a'papers. What 'as Galen an Eltanin turned up?
Common sense says the building is over two floors yet you have exhausted every room on this level and see no way to access the lower floor.
Going back to the original room, you check the holes in the floor and see that, without any real difficulty, you can jump down onto a walkway just above the water level. It looks as though it leads to both the boat moored near the building and back under the building - possibly to an access door?
Galen looks carefully through A4, before heading to the door to A5. Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 18
Galen looks carefully through A4, before heading to the door to A5. Perception: 1d20 ⇒ 18
Galen examines the first room. A single desk sits in the middle of this room, a mouldy chair pushed up against the far side. A small pile of ratty furs and straw is heaped under the table. You surmise this is where the dog used to sleep.
The second room he investigates contains a pair of bunk beds against the far wall of the room to either side of a boarded-over window.
He'll flip through the desk quickly looking for any sign of/information about Lamm. He looks under desk and beds for trap doors that might lead to the undercroft.
Growing frustrated, Galen growls "If that rat has escaped us...He must still be here somewhere. The Inheritor's justice will find him. It must." He sets his jaw and continues the search.
Not a detailed search, but a quick tossing of the place. If anything of value appears, Galen will note it, but not necessarily take it unless it can be used to further the search.
Once done, he'll return downstairs with the others.
Eltanin is looking over the bunk beds, still with a dagger in her hand, prodding at the cushioning to see if it's just that when she hears Gwernach's question. She replies just loudly enough for him to hear, "Nothing but bunks in here so far. Master Wilthorn, how about you?"
Tamat heads to that walk way and Matam follows behind him like a fleshy shadow.
Shaking out distracting thoughts with grim look on his his face, Wilthorn bluntly remarks "I-I'm fine. Let's check the bottom floor. C'mon." He silently drops down, and moves to the door, quietly opening it and peeking inside.
Well, no sense'n lurk'n bout 'ere. Gwernach shifts his weight to the hall he'd come down moments earlier. Pointing with his thumb, I'll go'an check on Matam an 'is friend. The dwarf takes two steps out of the room before turning, Hawl'r if ya need me! Smiling he marches back down the hall to the catwalk. Stepping over the bodies of the human and Bloo, Gwernach looks over the railing to the floor below.
Found anything Matam? Listening for anything Matam may have to report, Gwernach kneels to carefully search the deceased.
There is a boat and another floor. The young man says as he drops cat-like onto the walkway below.
He'll flip through the desk quickly looking for any sign of/information about Lamm. He looks under desk and beds for trap doors that might lead to the undercroft.
Once done, he'll return downstairs with the others.
Galen uncovers nothing of note or value. It may be deliberate that this more public area of the building holds nothing of interest.
Eltanin is looking over the bunk beds, still with a dagger in her hand, prodding at the cushioning to see if it's just that when she hears Gwernach's question. She replies just loudly enough for him to hear, "Nothing but bunks in here so far. Master Wilthorn, how about you?"
Shaking out distracting thoughts with grim look on his his face, Wilthorn bluntly remarks "I-I'm fine. Let's check the bottom floor. C'mon." He silently drops down, and moves to the door, quietly opening it and peeking inside.
[dice=Perception]1d20+6
Two things strike Wilthorn immediately. Firstly there are two options - to take the walkway to the boat or alternatively to the door. The second is how close to the water-line this walkway is.
Gwernach kneels to carefully search the deceased.
The dog has nothing except fleas. The gnome is wearing leather armour and has about his body a kukri, a disguise kit and a key to what is likely a wardrobe, desk or cabinet.
Giglgles is wearning studded leather armor and is carrying a flail.
Between them they carry 10sp and 20cp.
Gwernach takes a few steps back down the hall to tell the others, as quietly as he dares, of Matam's find. Oi! Matam's found a way down ta 'nother room!