Kagyu's hand tingled with the beginning of a luck spell as he managed to break free of the web.
He rounded the corner of the building just in time to see the Spider-Man dodge Gortrek's blade.
As he approached ready to bless one of his allies, Kagyu scanned over Durian and Gortrek. As a result of this deep seated battle-medic habit, the luck spell fizzled on his fingertips replaced by divine healing force which he pushed into Gortrek's after a hastily shouted warning, "...healing!"
Tahata makes some progress while Maitoh manages to finally free himself. On the offensive Gortrek swings but misses while Burian manages to land another solid punch to the creature.
Kagyu [b] bolsters [b] Gortrek with a little healing and is even nice enough to let him know before he does it while poor Losjien still struggles with the web.
The spider man, seeing a bad trend in this battle, does a full withdraw heading for the doors at the north end of the room.
Bold May Act
[u] Round 3 [/u]
Spider Guy
Losjien, Gortrek, Durian, Tahata & Mailoh, Kagyu
Otherwise, Durian sees the creature running, and moves after if quickly, readying his spear to try to stop the creature as it runs
Tahata continues to strain against the webs, the sticky coating and the strength of the fibres proving a significant challenge. As he tries to pull himself free he sees the spider-man turn and flee. He points towards the creature and shouts "Maitoh, hücum!" Maitoh leaps to obey, chasing down the creature at great speed before trying to sink his teeth into it.
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Seeing the man-bug flea Losjien screams to the group "HMM IMMMMHEEMM!HMM IMMMMHEEMM!". Only mumbles can come out of Losjien's mouth as he struggles forward.
Finally he is free of the web and runs further up the corridor He holds up his crossbow but cannot get a good shot with so many packed into such a small space.
Gortrek yells at the fleeing creature and it can be seen to cringe {shaken} at his words. Durian and Mailoh meet the creature at the door as it tries to unbar it to leave. Poor Tahata and Losjien are still struggling with the bar though Losjien does free himself.
Bold May Act
Round 3
Spider Guy
Losjien, Gortrek, Durian, Tahata & Mailoh, Kagyu
Seeing his allies crowd in close to the Spider-Man, Kagyu opts for distance and switches to his crossbow as he moves closer.
The creature struggles for a moment lifting the latch but manages to get the door open but in doing so turns his back on those closest.
Durian and Mailoh have one last chance to stop him leaving.
Durian sees the creature trying to flee and tries one more time to bring it down
Maitoh leaps forward, trying to sink his teeth into the creature's leg.
The combined attacks of Durian and Tahata end the creatures life just after it throws the doors open.
A quick search of the room truns up nothing of value. What little is there has been there so long it is aged beyond repair. One of you investigates the door (T2) to the tower and again finds nothing of value. A simple, and very old, ladder leads to a hatch in the top. Anchient blood stains are barley visable along with quivers of spilt arrow and a longbow that is long since rotted and broken.
The is clearly the site of a battle that did not go well for the occupants of the keep. A guess would put the items you find as being from a time corresponding to the letter you found in the swamp.
The doors the creature threw open on the north end open to another alcove in the main courtyard. There is a door to another tower and one leading into a a bigger structure to the NE. The courtyard remains silent and you are far enough you can no longer hear the sounds you could hear in the initial (T1) room. You can also see a set of double doors into the bigger structure across from the initial room you were in.
Durian tips his hat to the wolf "Well done Maitoh" (though he probably mispronounces it badly)
He stops and chuckles to himself Talking to a wolf now are we Durian? Well I guess after deciding to work with a random bunch of elves and half-orcs it's not the strangest thing you've done today...
to the group he calls back and says "Looks like that creepy man was trying to run across to another door across the way. probably more of them and their spiders up ahead, but I don't think he got the chance to alert them."
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Durian speaks to animals, I wonder if it is only wolves. I knew I liked him
Losjien climbs the ladder to get a better look at the blood.
His eyes are still blurry from the web and realizes being on a ladder may not be very safe. He climbs down and travels further down the hall this time more cautiously.
Tahata finally frees himself from the web as Maitoh and Durian bring down the fleeing creature. He rubs Maitoh's head, a sign to the wolf that he has worked well. Hearing Durian's warning he asks "Does anyone know what that spider-thing was? I've heard tales of giant spiders, but not of men like that."
Durian moves through the door and readies to breach the next door, waiting for the others to get set
As you move towards the door Kagyu catches movement from across the courtyard. On the wall two Corbies are standing guard but it is clear neither has seen the group.
9. West Barracks (Pg 28)
From outside the door all of you can hear something large moving about. The door, unlike the other rooms, is in good repair so you cannot see in. What ever is moving inside sounds like it would have four legs but that is all you can tell.
Kagyu slowly pivots, his eyes raised to the parapets. "It seems we were not very thorough with the sentries. I think we should backtrack and ambush them so that we are not caught unaware later by unexpected reinforcements. I'd say we could just push them from the towers, but with those wings, they'd probably just float." This last part was punctuated with a wry grin.
Tahata considers Kagyu's plan for a moment. "But these corbies are not quiet creatures. Exposed out there on the parapet, with the noise they make, we could bring every defender in the castle down on us. Unless we can eliminate them quickly I fear we would do more harm than good."
"I agree with Tahata. Fighting those creatures exposed in a tower would likely do more o alert the fort than anything we have done so far. let's try to get into the next building quickly and hope they don't spot us
As the door opens you see a large number of ruined books have been heaped into a nest shape mound in the center of the room. The door was quiet but not so quiet that the large (technically medium) lizard that was moving towards the next did not hear it. He turns, forked tongue flicking and bearing its teeth.
Bold may act
[u] Round 1 [/u]
Durian, Losjien, Kagyu, Tahata
Lizard
Gortrek
The lizard is a giant monitor lizard. It will try and bite, poison and grab attackers.
The stink of rot wafts out as Durian opens the door to a reveal an angry looking oversized lizard, staring at the door and clearly hungry for flesh.
"Monitor lizard. Nasty poisoned bite, and they like to grab onto prey with their claws," Tahata says, gripping his spear. He points it at the lizard and calls "Maitoh, hücum!" Wolf and man leap forward together, spear and teeth flashing towards the lizard.
Durian spots the large lizard and moves in to attack, not knowing anything about the lizard but assuming it is a dangerous beast.
He holds his spear out and stabs at the lizard, trying to keep it at arm's length for now.
Tahata and Maitoh both more to attack but only Tahata's spear strikes true opening a nasty cut. Durian attempts to repeat the same with his spear but misses, probably a little off balance from the books scattered on the floor.
Bold may act
Round 1
Durian, Losjien, Kagyu, Tahata
Lizard
Gortrek
Kagyu moves in closes and stabs at the lizard with his spear
Losjien find nothing but moldy books. The pages are damp and rotten and while there is some ligiable writing form here to here none of it makes sense. All in all probably not something to be doing during combat.
Kagyu moves in and stabs but like Durian he cannot find the make.
The lizard hisses as the group stabs at it and hardly seems to notice its wound. He lashes out and bites at the cleric but misses as well.
Bold may act
[u] Round 1 [/u]
Durian, Losjien, Kagyu, Tahata
Lizard
Gortrek
Kagyu dodges out way of the lizard flashing fangs and uses his momentum to carry him past Tahata. His fingers graze Tahata's arm imparting a mental effervescence as Kagyu slides into the small space next to him.
Hearing Gortrek's cry, Tahata shouts out to Maitoh. "Maitoh, cinah!" The wolf moves around behind the lizard and Tahata follows, but not before he feels a touch along his arm. He feels more positive, more optimistic about things as he raises his spear and drives it down at the lizard.
The group surges to retaliates and Maitoh manages to bring the lizard down. Losjien is sure he would have connected if the creature were not in melee.
As the creature falls the group feels more confident and somewhat tougher.
Level Up Folks
Tahata allows Maitoh a few seconds to eat some of the lizard's flesh before stepping over and stroking the wolf's head. Had anyone else attempted to disturb him while eating, they would have received an angry growl and maybe lost a finger, but Maitoh knows that Tahata is merely rewarding him for a job well done and not trying to steal his kill.
A search of the room will also determine nothing of interest or value. The books are damaged beyond usefulness and even if whole were not of any note.
After the group takes a moment to catch their breath, Durian is anxious to continue.
We have moved through this fort quickly so far, let's keep moving before an alarm gets raised. Eventually they will realize that we killed their sentries
Durian puts his ear to the door leading further in to the fort
Putting his head to the door Durian can hear movement and hissing. More lizards? Something else?
Kagyu lowers his voice, "Before we go through the door, I want to ask Shelyn to tips the scales in our favor."
He prays silently and begins touching each person in turn, bestowing of guidance
"I can hear something on the other side of this door. something hissing... might be more lizards.
As soon as everyone is blessed by Kagyu, Durian adds in a quick prayer to Agram and then opens the next door
[u] Please update your stat blocks if you have not done so. Both here and on the tables in tactical maps. [/u]
Durian upends the door and quickly steps though along with Gortrek at his side.
T7. Briefing Room (Pg 27)
A large table lies in shambles in the middle of this room, while crumbled suits of armor bearing decorations of dragons twisting around castle towers lie in heaps along the walls. A flight of stairs winds up along a curved wall to the north. The air in this room feels stuffy and carries an eye-watering reptilian stink.
Three reptilian heads pivot in your direction and hiss. These are not like the large lizard of the last room indeed they are much different. Standing on two legs and each quickly grabbing wooden clubs with skulls attached to the end.
Troglodytes
Bold may act
[u] Round 1 [/u]
Kagyu, Losjien, Tahata, Durian, Gortrek
Creatures
The stink in this room is even worse than the previous ones and it slaps Tahata across the face like a physical force. Upright lizardmen turn towards the group bearing clubs, but Tahata doesn't recognise them.
Seeing one of the creature advancing from across the room Tahata and Maitoh surge forward simultaneously, acting on an instinct born from many years spent hunting together. They leap over the ruined table to attack.
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As the door was opened and the creatures were revealed, Gortrek layed his hand upon the hilt of his blade. As Tahata and Maitoh struck towards on, he turned his attention towards the other. Rather than move straight towards it, he took advantage of the creature's surprise at their arrival, he moved around to its back to give his allies room to attack. Then, in one swift move, he struck.