Damnit. Got my eyebrows.
"Thanks for the boost, Adaram."
Kairo, you know that you failed to disable the trap.
Wary of the fire, Taladriel begins casting detect magic.
Sweat beading on his forehead Kairo continued his work, ever wary of the searing consequences should he fail.
The party hears a reassuring click as Kairo disarms the trap. Kairo knows enough to realize that this trap is not likely to reset itself.
Collapsing backwards in to a sitting position Kairo let out the breath he'd unconsciously been holding in. "It's safe now, I wonder who built this it was far too well made for goblins." he mused as he got to his feet and dusted himself off.
Adaram walks back into the room and pats Kairo on the back. "Well done dere lad," he says. "Now dat we have dis room de-trapped, what should we do next?"
That said, he walked toward the corner with the statues, looking to see if there was anything interesting about them.
"Well, we should fully investigate this room, there has to be something important here, nobody would set a trap that difficult for nothing. Then I guess we carry on through the other door. Kairo gestured offhand towards the other door while keeping his eyes fixed on the red gem. Do you know anything about that gem Taladriel?
"That gem. The flames didn't come when we entered the room, just when I was debatin' grabbin' that gem. It's important to somebody."
Glancing back at Taladriel, Valeros walked next to Kairo and admired the red glow.
Quietly to Kairo: "Sorry to make even more work for you, but are you sure you've got the last of them traps? I don't want to make everyone crispy again."
" I could check a hundred times and still not be sure, there are ways of concealing traps far beyond my skill to find, but if it'll put your mind to rest i'll check again." Kairo stepped closer to the alter and set about scanning the room for further traps paying particular attention to the area around the gem.
Trap check :
Khere, nothing new.
To Kairo: "I just wanted to be sure."
Valeros bowed to the altar again and reached for the gem.
"I'm sensing magic from both the gem and the statues, but its nature will require a closer examination. Care to do the honors, dwarf friend? After the flame trap, I think your goddess and constitution may prove useful. If you will all gather round, I'll see that we're as prepared as possible for whatever may happen. Then we can give Adaram some space," Taladriel nods toward the dwarf questioningly at the end of his words.
The elven cleric takes hold of his holy symbol and prepares to heal the group as he waits for them to respond.
"Why de hell not! Everyone get ready. If I die, it;s the elfsie's fault anyway!"
Adaram stands for a moment and casts his Orison, "A Bit of Luck" and then walks forward and grabs the gem.
The gem is very hot when Adaram grasps it, but it cools immediately.
Valeros pulled back his hand when Taladriel volunteered Adaram, at least if we fry it won't be my fault this time.
"To what lies next, then? Or are we giving up on Black Fang?"
"Ouch! Dat stung but it feels ok now. Who wunts ta carry dis fing? Looks like we might get some gud money fer it. Or maybe it's de 'toy' dat stupid gobby be talkin' about?"
Adaram holds out the gem.
"Looks like we need ta check dat door up dere still. Maybe ol' toothy be up in dat room?"
"Hey elfsie? Ye wunts ta send a heal my way?"
Kairo took the gem from Adaram.
"Are you not in the least bit curious about what this is? and why did it stop glowing when touched? It looks to me to be more than just some trinket to be sold."
He held the gem close to his eye peering in to the heart of the gem where the glow once emanated.
To Kairo, the gem seems to be a valuable gem stone.
Shrugging, "Curious about what a vendor will give for it! Or maybe the brat with the dragon toy will trade an' we can get on with it."
Valeros started heading to the next door.
Adaram follows Valeros to the door.
"Let me take a closer look at that stone," Taladriel says as he carefully reaches for the red gem.
He casts detect magic again once his hands rest upon it.
heart. The first time each day that you take acid, cold,
electricity, or fire damage, the gem reduces the
amount by 10 points.
"Well, what did you learn?" Kairo asked Taladriel impatiently.
Taladriel debates withholding what he has learned but decides that honesty is the best policy.
"The gem is enchanted to protect its bearer from the elements. I suppose we should let whoever is leading the way hold on to it for now. We can decide on its ultimate disposition once we've dealt with our task."
Taladriel releases the enchanted stone back to Kairo's possession. He gives the thief a hard look when mentioning the future.
"Hmm, interesting. I guess it's time to press on then" Kairo turned towards the door stashing the gem in his belt pouch as he did so. He passed the others and pushed firmly on the door, opening it slowly.
Adaram follows closely, Holy Symbol at the ready.
Hoping to come across goblins rather than speaking rooms with gems, Valeros tried to peer past the door into the next room.
Glad he's leading. I've always been s~+~ at finding traps. He drew his sword and waited for the next move.
Valeros can't see through the closed door.
Taladriel follows the others towards the door, but he keeps a bit of a distance from the rest. He feels like he is missing something about the statues and keeps glancing towards them.
Taladries finds nothing new.
The door opens slowly as Kairo pushes it. Thick webs hang from the corners and ceiling of this room. Dozens of tiny spiders crawl about on the webs, but they’re far too small to be the source of the large webs.
"Yik. Spiders..." Adaram grumbles. He prepares his holy symbol and his warhammer and steps up and strides into the room.
"These things are suppos'd to be afraid of light? Or was that somethin' else?"
Following Adaram, he slouched down to avoid hitting the webs with the torch. Could these webs catch fire? he thought. He searched for the spider large enough to make the webs, hoping to catch it with this sword before it caught him with its pincers.
Kairo entered after the other two, peering around through the cobwebs. "well, the goblins weren't lying about the cobwebs, not afraid of a few spiders are you Adaram?" he asked mockingly as he wracked his brain for all that he knew of spiders.
His skill at breaking and entering had afforded him access to many a book which he may not have come by through less nefarious channels. Of particular interest to him were the creatures and plants that inhabit this world, often studying long in to the night, pouring over detailed descriptions and meticulously drawn diagrams. He wondered now if he knew anything about the sort of creature that could make these webs.
Knowledge nature:
As Adaram moves into the room, a spider attacks him.
Surprise round:
enemy
Valeros
First round:
Taladriel
enemy
Adaram
Valeros
Kairo
The enemy bites at Adaram
but his bite misses.
Valeros and Taladriel, you may post (either one first).
A black blur moved into Valero's vision, startling him. It snapped its pincers at Adaram while Valero gritted his teeth and swung at it with his sword.