Spidre casts his blank wooden stare towards the door, then back down the hall. He carries his scimitar openly, sometimes passing it between hands in an idle flourish. He points the way forward, showing no apparent interest in the door or what may lie behind it.
Thyra will also be carrying her battleaxe openly, hidden forgotten cities are no place to joke about.
"I don't know 'bout this door, mayhaps we'll find the key for it in another part of town,"
Halsere's experiment, though worth trying, yields no fruit. Continuing down the corridor, the second recess (this one on the left) holds a more ordinary-looking (if a bit decrepit) door, behind which lies what appears to be the remains of an armory. Rotten-shafted weapons and rusted armor lies scattered about on warped and cracking shelves and counters.
There's one set of armor that doesn't seem rusty or worn, a very fine-looking set of half-plate.
Mirrel will also have his longsword drawn, having cast a spell causing it to shed bright light for the party's explorations.
"Looks like a bunch of garbage ta me"
Thyra rubs her eyes and wipes the sweat from her brow, "Do my eyes deceive me? That looks like some Half-Plate there." Pointing toward the half-plate, Thyra'll walk over and dust it off.
"Does anyone need this? It'd be a nice upgrade for meself but I'm plenty armored at the moment,"
Spidre waves his hand dismissively.
Halsere says Its yours.. I prefer stealth over armourment
He looks around the alcoves for the key.
One wonders who and how the ebay the dragon door. There must be a key down here.
"Well, I'll put it on for now then, can we wait a couple minutes." Turning to Spidre,"Spidre, can ya help me outta this Breastplate?"
Thyra, with Spidre's help, will don her dusty old Half-Plate.
"Two down, one to go..."
Once Thyra has replaced her armor, you move on to the third recess in the corridor. This one looks like it used to have a door, but said door has long since rotted away or been destroyed. Looking inside, it appears to be a shop much like the armory next door, but this one was more about books and scrolls and such, with tattered bindings sitting on shelves with their pages rotted out, and scraps of moldering parchment scattered everywhere.
As you look around, you notice that some of the dirt and debris is piled in a corner behind a cracked, decrepit counter. Just as it starts to dawn on you that it looks like some kind of nest, vermin pour out! Several rats the size of small dogs come around the end of the counter, and something like a man-sized caterpillar climbs up on top of it!
The green worm thing is called a carrion crawler. It often subsists on what's already dead, but also eats live prey sometimes. It has tongue-like tendrils that can paralyze a creature for several minutes, during which time the carrion crawler starts eating, without necessarily bothering to kill first.
Pietro is the first to react!
Pietro roars a challenge, then attacks the big green slug thing.
Pietro gives the big green thing a solid wallop, and it hisses in anger, waving weird red mouth tentacle thingies in what's probably a threatening fashion!
Then, the rats come swarming over the party!
One of the rats bites at Mirrel!
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Mirrel yanks his leg up out of the way!
Two more scurry forward and attack Spidre!
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Both sets of teeth find flesh!
The other three attack Thyra!
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Thyra's being eaten alive!
Spidre creates a shield of force that blocks one of the rats, but the other still finds the mark. He draws his short sword and retaliates.
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Mirrel attacks the rat which tried to bite him.
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Spidre and Mirrel each dispatch a rat, and Mirrel takes the opportunity to move to the back with Halsere!
Thyra suffers the vicious onslaught of the rats, she'll try and retaliate against the rats.
"blasted rats, chop 'em ta bits, Boys!"
Thyra fells another rat!
Halsere casts firebolt at the green thing.
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Halsere scorches the bug!
The bug then flings a group of reddish tendrils from its mouth, swiping at Pietro!
Pietro's body goes rigid, paralyzed in place!
The three remaining rats attack!
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Spidre and Thyra each take a hit!
"Hang in there Spydre, let's dispatch these rats quickly and save Peitro!"
In the midst of combat, Thyra ponders the strange bug lifeform assailing our cleric.
. . .And comes to the realization that whatever it is, killing it will probably help Pietro!
Not recognizing the giant bug, but not particularly upset about the paralyzation of Pietro, Spidre swings his swords in quick strokes towards the rat in front of him.
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Thyra and Spidre finish off the rats!
Wishing he'd paid more attention to stories about giant bugs, Mirrel takes out his sling and attempts to drive the thing off.
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Mirrel finishes it off!
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"Orl crn! Orrrl crrrn!"
Spidre looks over the frozen cleric and pokes him a few times.
He shrugs and searches the room for valuables.
Mirrel examines Pietro closely, trying to determine if there's anything he can do to speed up the cleric's recovery.
Mirrel's best guess is that the creature's toxin simply causes muscles to seize for a while, and will wear off in a few minutes. His muscles will feel a bit tired and sore, but he'll be fine.
Meanwhile, Spidre happens across a scroll that hasn't disintegrated yet. It appears to be a scroll of web.
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You reach the end of the corridor, where it splits into a four-way intersection. The right (east) path goes about 30-40 feet before turning north again, and at that corner there is a door, which appears to be locked.
let me take a crack at this...
Halsere takes out his picks and tries to work his skills at the door
Almost there... he grunts as he moves the picks.
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In the process of (successfully) picking the lock, Halsere also notices that the door is rigged with some kind of trap as well. Seems like something that would go off when the door is opened.
Halsere tries to disarm the trap
Halsere manages to find and reach the place where a wire behind the door is connected to the latch, and disconnects it. Confident he's disabled the trap, he pulls open the door.
Behind the door is a blank wall, with several holes that look big enough for a dart to be loaded somewhere inside. There is no path behind it.
Continuing on, you find another door, this one unlocked. On the other side, you are surprised to discover an ornate living room. The furniture is immaculate, and there does not seem to be any dust or cobwebs. On the opposite side of the room is another door.
The next room is a similarly clean and luxurious bedroom. Fine furniture lines the walls, and at the far end is a bed, currently occupied by a skeleton.
The skeleton sits up in bed and says, "Ah! Come t'see me treasure, have ye? Well, it's right here under me bed. Come have a look!"
You can indeed see a slight glittering from under the bed, even from across the room. The skeleton seems to be awaiting a response.
Facing the skeleton, axe at the ready, just in case, Thyra will adress the clearly non-hostile Skeleton. Not all monsters are bad after all!
"And who are ya supposed ta be? Ya know yer missing all ya gooey bits, yeah?"
I don't trust this
Mirrel remains in the doorway, surveying the room as Thyra speaks with the skeleton.
"Eins áreiðanleg og faðma frá Orc," he mutters to Thyra.
Seeing your caution, the skeleton says, "Well then, if you won't come to me, I'll come to you!" It stands from the bed, carrying a shield and scimitar that had previously been hidden beneath the blankets. At the same time that the skeleton stands, every piece of furniture in both the bedroom and living room more or less explodes, revealing skeletons hidden inside, all of them armed!
Mirrel is the first to react!
The order:
Mirrel
Bedroom skellies
Thyra/Spidre/Halsere
Living room skellies
Pietro
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Mirrel turns towards the skeletons in the living room and sings a single pure, sustained, high pitched note.
He then moves up beside Thyra, sword drawn to face the skeletons as they advance.
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The skeletons in the living room basically explode, as do a few scattered fragments of the already-broken furniture.
The skeletons in the bedroom advance and attack!
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Thyra shields Spidre from harm, but she and Pietro are each injured!
Pietro takes a swing at one of the skeletons.
"I knew I couldn't trust it! Nice job Mirrel, ya popped 'em like a holiday cracker"
Thyra will lash out with her battleaxe.
Spidre slices and stabs at the skeletons with his usual swift elven manner.
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Mirrel focusses on the nearest skeleton, slashing at it grimly.
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Pietro misses!
Thyra hits her target, but the dry bones seem resistant to being slashed! Spidre encounters the same issue, barely finishing off the skeleton that Thyra started on before missing his next target!
Mirrel swings hard, but the skeleton deflects the blow with its shield!
Halsere seeks to flame the rear most one.
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Halsere blasts one of the skeletons, and its bones crack apart from the sudden heat, killing the skeleton!
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The remaining skeletons attack, and Thyra takes a hit!