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Lukas sees a doorway to the right in the fork and slowly opens it while peering into the darkness. The corpses of three dead dire rats litters the room. A search of the room shows that these might have been pets or they might have been corralled here until one of the stronger kobolds could deal with the infestation.
As the group loops around to the left passage in the fork. The group's torches light the way and they see a long room. The ceiling of this chamber rises to a lofty twelve feet. The cave floor drops away into a pair of long, ten-foot-deep pits. Between them, a ridge of stone forms a dubious walkway to a landing on the opposite side, where a five-foot-wide shaft with a knotted rope hanging down into it awaits.
Lukas says, "I think I can get across this room with no trouble, and I'll string a rope along behind me, so anyone else crossing can hold into it." He pulls his trusty rope from his pack, hands one end to Celes and ties the other end around his own waist.
He then walks easily along the stone ridge to the far side, turning to call out, "Who's next?" To Nighttail, he says, "What are these pits about, anyway?"
That looks dangerous. ... Jebediah stutters as he tries to climb up with the help of Lukas' rope.
As Lukas and Jebidiah stride forward boldly, three rocks fly out of small holes in the wall to their right.
Lukas takes two stones to the shoulder while the third clatters against the ground at Jeb's feet.
Initiative:
It looks like you have to cross the rock bridge to reach the other side which leads behind the wall with the sniper holes.
Initiative:
1st: Celes; Lukas; Jalthan; Jeb; Falzeal
2nd: Kobolds (Red; Orange; Yellow; Green; Blue; Purple)
Everyone, get the hell across so I can smash sme kobold skulls in!
Lukas darts along the narrow stone bridge, reaching the first of the kobolds hiding behind the wall. He lashes out with a foot, trying to bring the kobold down!
Jebediah moves around the corner to where the Kobolds are lurking and calls forth dazzling lights reminding the Kobolds of their place in the heavens.
Jalthan waits to see if Jebediah's spell works. If two or more kobolds are standing, he will start narrating a story of high adventure.
Fazeal moves onto the bridge and conjures another rainbow of color to wash over the kobolds.
Jebidiah sprays the group of tightly packed kobolds with colors as three of them slump to the ground.
Falzeal's similar action is not as effective, but these two kobolds already resisted Jeb's stronger version. And then there were two...
Celes double moves as Lukas trips one of the remaining kobolds and Jalthan inspires. The final kobold drops his weapon and raises his hands. "Don't kill me!"
"We should secure them instead of killing them. I can't have my own warren without people to populate it." Nighttail advises.
Even though it is highly against who she is, Celes will tie up the scaly bastards.
Lukas helps Celes tie up the kobolds, using strips of their own clothing. "We've used my rope so much in this place, I don't want to leave it with these little guys," he explains.
When this is done, he goes and peers down the shaft at the far end of the room, asking Nighttail, "What's down there?"
Jebediah leaves the task of tying up the kobolds to his friends. Afterall with his scorched hands he is of little use. Once they have them secured the halfling is ready to move on.
Falzeal helps to tie up the kobolds, then peers down the hole.
Nighttail shrugs. "They wouldn't let me down there. Let's just say me and the idiot in charge didn't see eye to eye."
Falzeal looks down the hole and only sees an empty cave, lit by a few torches.
Falzeal motions. "I don't see anything. Ready to go down?"
Celebs will look at the kobold ally, So, what's down there?
Jebediah nods solemnly to Felzeal.
Lukas waits for Celes to lead the way, then follows her down the rope.
Celes will head down the hole.
Jebediah makes his way down behind his brave companions holding his torch up as high as he can.
You climb down and find an empty cave in the warren, though you hear chanting in the next room and flickering light comes from the 'hallway' leading to the next area.
Knowing all the trouble they've run into with the various surprises the kobolds have laid for them, Lukas studies the room very cautiously before moving away from the rope.
There doesn't seem to be anything in this room.
Phyton peers around the empty room. "Well, that was anticlimatic. Shall we investigate the chanting?" He asks, as he gets out a scroll and casts it on himself.
"Yep, seems like the next thing to do," Lukas agrees, following Celes into the next room.
The ceiling at the center of this cave is twelve feet high. A crude idol stands in the middle of the cave, decorated with grisly strips of dried viscera.
Two skeletons stand next to a kneeling, red kobold in divine garments. As you rush around the corner, the kobold shrieks and yells in Draconic.
Initiative:
Initiative:
1st: Jebidiah; Lukas
2nd: Churgri; Skeletons (#1; #2)
3rd: Falzeal; Celes
Lukas darts forward and sweeps a foot low, attempting to bring down one of the skeletons!
Jebediah steps into the chamber and waves his finger.
No, no! Kill the little skaled one! The halfling bids the undead.
Lukas moves forward and sweeps the leg out from under the bloodied skeleton as Jebediah tries to convince the skeleton in blue rags to attack its master. Jeb's spell seems to have no effect on the mindless creature.
The skeleton stands up and lashes out at the human.
Churgri weaves some dark magic as it seems to coat her body before commanding her other skeleton to stand ready to attack.
Initiative:
1st: Jebidiah; Lukas
2nd: Churgri; Skeletons (#1; #2)
3rd: Falzeal; Celes
Lukas kicks at the skeleton as it tries to get to its feet, then punches it once it’s standing. He then moves quickly to one side.
Lukas shatters the skeleton with a single punch, before moving forward and smacking Churgri in the face.
Initiative:
1st: Jebidiah; Lukas
2nd: Churgri @ 6 damage; Skeletons (#1)
3rd: Falzeal; Celes
Hey Falzeal, see if you can take out the damned skeleton, I want at the scaly bastard behind him.
Seeing that his last spell was of little use Jebediah prays for his companions aim.
Falzeal casts a quick spell, firing a black ray at the skeleton.
Falzeal blasts the skeleton as Celes cuts a deep gash across the kobold's chest, dropping the cleric on to the ground with a single swing.
A quick appraisal of her items lets the group find: potions of cure light wounds (3), chainmail, mwk quarterstaff, cloak of resistance +1, spell component pouch, gold unholy symbol of Vapula (worth 100 gp).
A quick peek around the corner shows another cavern. The northern half of the chamber consists of a two-foot-deep, bowl-shaped section of smoothed stone covered with leaves and downy bird feathers. Carefully nested in this place are doznes of scaly, green-tinged kobold eggs, each about the size of an orange.
Two kobolds and a large lizard seem to be on guard, but aren't paying much attention. Apparently, the cleric makes a lot of noise.
Lukas pockets a healing potion and gestures to his companions to join him in sneaking around the corner. Moving very quietly indeed, he steps into the room and attempts to sweep the feet out from under the nearest guard.
Jebediah attempts to bewitch the big lizard to eat the still standing Kobold.
The slurk yawns deeply as Jebidiah causes it to become enraged. As it turns, the group sees that it is more of a cross between a walrus and a toad. The creature leaps on the nearest goblin and...
... bites off his head in one clean motion. The other goblin squeals and tries to poke the beast with his spear. He savages the slurk with his spear. "That was Stubtail, you stupid beast! NOT STUBTAIL!"
Initiative:
Initiative:
1st: Falzeal; Lukas
2nd: Slurk
3rd: Jeb
4th: Goblin
5th: Celes
Lukas sees that the walrus-toad creature is injured, and hopes to finish it off, or at least injure it further. He tumbles past Jeb and up to the slurk’s side, where he kicks it as hard as he can.
Falzeal delays, seeing the tight quarters. "What's going on in there?"
Lukas knocks out the slurk with a quick strike between the eyes. The remaining kobold stays enraged. "YOU IS RESPONSIBLE!"
The tip of the spear glances off Lukas arm as he deflects the blow.
Initiative:
1st: Falzeal; Lukas; Jeb
2nd: Kobold
3rd: Celes
"I've been accused of worse things than being responsible for taking out a monster like that," Lukas says as he crosses the room.
as he gets close to the kobold, does a quick jab as if he's going to punch the little dragon-kin, but at the last second he sweeps a foot out instead, tripping the thing to the floor.