It should be Saul's second room, Bojask.
Natalya doesn't know him much, but he fills the picture.
Two thoughts occur to Cameron, "If this is his room, where is Bojask then? Is he hiding? Secondly what if Saul sleeps down in one of these rooms?"
Precious few personal effects wouldn't you say?
Natalya shrugs as she glances around, then turns to Cameron
I've no doubt Saul keeps a spare room here in case he needs to kip down for any reason, I know I'd keep a bolthole with a few stashed essentials if I was a cautious girl...
She winks
In any case, no clues about what's going on in here, we should move on ans see what else is down here.
Nessa considered the question of whether Saul would have a room down here to sleep in and finally decided to speak up on the matter, "No, I don't think he does. Saul has a very nice bedroom attached to his office. He's not the type to spend his nights down among his minions, he'd rather sleep above them all as befits his station as their boss. He might have an escape tunnel down here, but not a bedroom."
With a shrug, Cameron says, "I guess Natalya is right, lets try the door to the left down the corridor."
He walks to the door and listens for a moment, hearing nothing he tries to open the door.
This last door is open, and the room is full of wine barrels and racks of bottles.
The odor is viscious and nearly intoxicating.
Near this last door, there is another set of stairs, probably climbing back inside the Gold Goblin.
You saw some descending stairs before Bojask's room.
"Let's see what's down there."
And hope that we'll find something...
Therric takes point once again.
So, how am I going to tell Saul that I'm quitting? I suspect it's going to involve coming to blows at this point...
Cameron prays once more to Desna to guide the way, and the fading radiance on his spear redoubles. He then places a hand on Therric's arm and whispers, 'Luck be with you." before following them down.
Alayna stays close to Therric as the party makes their way down the stairs.
Natalya follows down the stairs, her eyes roaming over the darkness in the hope of spotting anything amiss before bad things happen.
The stairs descend some 10 feet under the previous level, maybe.
At the end of the steps, there is an old straight corridor, all dark.
Alayna, Therric and Natalya hear animal whimpering, at teh end of the corridor.
"Sounds like some sorta animal is in pain over there." Therric points to the end of the corridor.
"I somewhat doubt its anything domesticated down here, be on your guard." says Cameron as he advances longspear in hand.
He checks to see if the nearest door is locked.
Tilting her head to the side, Natalya turns her attention to Cameron
So, can you ull that light trick with your spear on anything?
she offers up one of her coins
If you can cast it on this I'll float it down the corridor so we can see exactly what's making the noise...
Cameron easily opens the first door, which seems empty.
Cameron nods, "Pretty much yes, although only on one thing at a time. I wouldn't be surprised if Nessa could summon a light too."
Cameron quickly investigates the seemingly empty room.
Cameron finds with a quick check a few rags, some bloodied, some as "clean" as could be expected in the Gold Goblin.
There are rudimentary wood splints tossed on a table, and a few cheap alchemical remedies.
The room is probably a kind of small emergency room, but whoever acts as a doctor here should be ashamed.
Or doesn't care that much.
"Shoddy." remarked Cameron, his voice full of contempt, "But the Saul always was a cheapskate. Anyway lets try the net door."
Cameron walks over to the next door, and listens. If nothing seems amiss, he tries to open it.
Following the group Nessa heard Cameron's thought when he spoke it and said, "Nope! Why would I need light?" She thought a moment and continued, "Maybe I can figure it out sometime, but it'll probably take a while."
Cameron, as everyone else, hears distinctly dogs growling, and something squealing angrily.
In alarm, Cameron mutters, "Hsst!" Looking at his companions he brings his right forefinger to his lips for silence, taps his ears and whispers, "We're being followed."
Therric turns on his heel and keeps his sword at the ready.
" A scoundrel in tha bilges? Let fix 'em"
Cameron chews his lip for a moment before muttering, "Scratch that, it's defiantly coming from inside. Best be ready for a fight."
He then whispers a fervent prayer, "Great dreamer, I'm about to open the door and roll the dice... If it please you, bless my fellow gamblers and may their luck hold true!"
Once that's done Cameron tries to push the door open with his spear!
Just when Cameron would have needed some luck...
The door doesn't open when he pushes it.
it seems that it needs to be pulled.
Therric steps forward and pulls the door open.
"Holy--" Therric starts to say, barely managing to bring his shield to bear in time!
There is a loud BONNNG! when something heavy smashes into the paladin's shield, then an outraged squeal
You see a wild boar trying to destroy Therric shield with its blood-encrusted tusks
Before anyone else can react, the enraged beast once again tries to maim Therric, but its tusks only manage to hit the shield
Cameron spots Bojask and quips, "You bet on the wrong horse Bojask. Luck is with us, I can feel it! Somehow this puts a spring into your step, everyone knew this was coming after Old Scratch died, somehow the waiting was worse than the actual fight.
Therric grunts with the effort of withstanding two separate boar attacks and brings his scimitar to bear!
Unfortunately, the doorframe decides to interfere with his swing. His scimitar bounces off the frame with a *THUNK!*
Since he wasn't mastering the art of triple somersaults, and wouldn't try to risk it against a wild boar, Zahel drank one of his vials.
Unable to see what's happening from where she is, Natalya squeezes past her friends and moves past Cameron to try and catch a glimpse of whatever Therric is fighting.
Therric misses the big burly beast, while Zahel drinks something, and Natalya comes closer, to see that the paladin is fighting against a ..pig?
Alayna strikes at the beast, hoping to make it duck into Therric's scimitar.
Inside the room, Bojask moves, readies an handaxe and throws it at the paladin, aiming his head.. and missing it widely.
Damnit... I should have hit that! Are you messing with me,Cameron, you and your goddess?
Nessa heard a familiar voice curse at Cameron and knew that they were really burning their last bridges with Saul now. Oh well, she didn't like the bastard anyway. Sadly she found herself unable to get into position to help with whatever they were fighting against so for now she bided her time and watched for trouble from behind them. It wouldn't be pleasant to get get boxed in down here.
"But of course I am." replied Cameron mildly. He reached for his butterfly pendant and whispered, "May my hand become the embodiment of the living dream!"
I just need to kill a few of you, and then I'll run away. You have to be lucky all the time, while I just have to be lucky once! My axe is thirsty...and you first have to beat that warpig! It's a champion..
The boar tusks pierce Therric flesh, but the wound could have been more severe, and Bojask grins wildly
Therric grunts in pain and swings his scimitar yet again!
Therric's scimitar miss, probably because the pain from the wound was intense, and that he frantically tried to avoid being injured worse.
Let's hope his friends can do something for him!
"Nessa! Get up 'ere an' splash come colors on these droogs!"