Saul hits the otyugh, but the creature slithers close and goes for a full assault. But Saul only gets a scratch.
Cassius sends more magic missiles to the monster, amazed at his own new ability.
Fhingle looks at Jarithe then back at the remaining creature. Picking himself up Fhingle makes his way forward mace in hand.
Jarithe ends the last otyugh in this room.
"I am ok yes, Jarithe when did you learn Celestial? I can also speak Infernal and understand it now while in a battle trance, don't ask me how but I just can." Fhingle says
Zea breathes hard. "Phew, yeah that was scary."
The room ha one doors that leads further in.
Fhingle nods to Saul to go first.
Zea casts detect magic and takes a look around.
Teh bead detects as magical.
Zea concentrates thoughtfully. "Hmmm... I don't think I can do this without some help."
When Saul points out that, whatever this bead is, it evokes some sort of force, Zea slaps herself on the forehead. "Of course! It's a bead of force! We could use it to try to trap an enemy and stall them for a while. It's probably more reliable to use as an instant wall, however."
Fhingle moves to the door heading down, pulling out a Torch and lighting it, his mace in the other hand.
"WHo is leading?"
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"Who else? Jackdaw is the leader. Jackdaw will lead. Out of the way, shorty."
With his fist lit up from Fhingle's earlier light spell, Jackdaw proceeds down the stairs, rapidly and almost carelessly. Though it is not evident, his eyes quickly glance over every nook and cranny, watching for traps and crumbling masonry.
Yeah, ... no. The mechanism is not that simple. Saul has to work harder to fix the problem as announced.
"Can you use set it off whatever it is with yoru spear and we can move on?>" Fhingle asks as "Jackdaw" fumbles around.
Fhingle holds himself back from whacking Saul with his mace, turn away to look around else where.
Saul disables the trap and opens the door. The stairs lead down into a large room. Twin rows of stone pillars support a shallow vaulted ceiling ten feet above the floor of this wide room. A number of wooden doors hang half open on rusty hinges to the north and south, and fragments of tables and chairs lie in various states of ruin throughout the room. To the west, a stone stage stands empty, while empty torch sconces line the walls between the doors. Images of a one-eyed insectile face, smeared on the walls in what appears to be blood, decorate the spaces between sconces.
"Maybe best we didn't let the HellKnights come down here, if they saw what their order was doing or continuing they might have not wanted to continue." Fhingle says looking at the scene in front of them.
Fhingle walks up a torch sconce and puts his torch in one, pulling out 2 more Fhingle lights them from the already lit one and moves about the room putting them in the corners to light the room.
"well we have a way to retreat. We start on the right and search every room?" Fhingle says moving to the first door.
Fhingle also looks for Fiendish presence's in each room.
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Before following Fhingle to the next room, Jackdaw glances about at the wide rooms broken furniture, and he examines the insectoid blood drawing.
"First job for our painting halfing... Paint a nice mural of Jackdaw and his crew killing the Thrune. Heh-heh, yeah, that would be great. Foreshadowing, I would say."
Jackdaw looks for valuables before moving on.
"Umm hello?!" Fhingle says very shocked.
Zea follows along with the others and chuckles nervously at Saul's idea. She looks suprised by Fhingle and responds "Uhh.. Hi!"
We ...may have broken Saul. Cassius thinks to himself.
The woman in front of Fhingle waves the wand again at him.
"Yes..." Fhingle says in common, [spoiler=Celestial]"This woman is no friend!" Fhingle shouts.
Zea looks around in confusion. "What are you talking about!?"
Hearing Ba shouting, Zea moves up to stand in front of him. She shouts at the woman "Who are you and what do you want!"
The woman pulls away from Saul and waves the wand at him.
Fhingle seeing the woman continue to try to wand everyone swings his small mace out