Searok will follow Shaeda and if they catch up to the derro, he will hit her with his warhammer.
Searok will follow Shaeda and if they catch up to the derro, he will hit her with his warhammer.
Wincing at the draining feeling but smiling at Searok, "Thanks."
Rubbing her free hand against the puncture wound before running off to catch up with the derro.
Searok catches up to the derro, but misses with his warhammer.
The derro barely winces at the magic.
Shaeda moves and attempts to trip the little bugger...
Taking a step forward and jabbing with her rapier.
Emma deftly skewers the derro, and Shaeda trips her up before she can get to the others.
Searok will hit the derro.
That thrill of battle that people had spoken about. The blood rushing in her ears and the all consuming need to make sure the only blood to hit the ground is not her sings in her veins. That feeling is real and has sunk it's claws into Emma. Spurned on by landing a solid blow she aims the rapier at the same spot.
Emma again stabs the derro rather deeply. She retaliates, swinging at Emma's shins with her hooked club.
But she can't get a good grip on it and misses.
Her day gets even worse, as Searok then clobbers her with his hammer. She looks to be nearly spent, but seems to have no interest in surrendering like her compatriots.
Searok will attack again hoping to take the fight out of the miscreant.
Searok brings down the hammer between the derro's eyes and knocks her into unconsciousness.
Shaeda looks around, ”any more maggots need a whooping?”
The two tied up derro may not speak common, but Shaeda's tone is clear enough and they vehemently shake their heads.
You two stay here and cause no problems! Searok says to the two bound derro. He then waves his hammer menacingly to make his point clear.
Returning to the room with the stirges, you find that the four have finished their work of draining the body of blood, and are now too heavy with the weight of their meal to fly. You can make quick work of them if you so choose.
The body on the table is not the one you're looking for, and no one any of you recognize. A fresh garotte wound on his neck suggests that Rolth Lamm has even less savory methods of acquiring bodies for his work than stealing them.
There is a hallway to the east, but what you can see of it isn't very pleasant; the walls appear lined with skulls.
Any loot to speak of?
Searok will stomp on the bloated stirges totally ignoring the blood splattering on everything as he does. After the last one he mutters Pests! as he runs the sole of his boot along the ground in an effort to clean it of the blood and stirge parts. The wall of skulls doesn't faze him and he mutters This way! and continues on.
detect magic on those items.
The derro's gear has no magical auras.
Searok enters the hallway and discovers that the walls and ceiling are completely covered in skulls, their mouths opening into dark holes.
Searok notices that several of the skulls are not all they seem. Their open mouths conceal tubes, seemingly ready to fire something at anyone passing them.
Makall detects magic on the skulls to determine if the traps are magical by nature
Searok is about to boldly go through the hallway when he notices tubes in the skulls.
Hmmm...I think this hallway might be trapped. He then glances at the two tied derro a wicked smile spreading over his face.
Makall notices a weak aura of evocation on the skulls with the tubes in their mouths.
Shaeda shakes her head at Searok, and if Makall can point out a rigged skull, she will attempt to “activate” it from 15’ away with her whip.
Quietly trailing behind the others mostly lost in thought. Violence is not supposed to be good but loss seems to have stripped pacifism from her. Cause killing Lamm felt good, really good. And continuing that string of violence doesn't feel completely wrong.
Tilting her head and watching Sheada, "Be careful."
Still think we should let the derro trip da traps. Searok grumbles.
Shaeda's whip cracks between the skulls, and the tip is retracted just in time, as the skulls begin firing little bursts of liquid at the space where it was. With nothing to hit, this substance winds up on the floor of the hall where it sizzles and hisses.
However, that is not the only hazard this chamber contains. In response to the trap firing, two of the skulls at the end of the hall begin to move. They slither out of alcoves in the wall on snakelike bodies that look to have been made of ribs and vertebrae, giving them the appearance of skeletal cobras.
Wasting no time, the creatures begin undulating down the hall toward you.