Boris manages to scoot along the narrow ledge until it turns south. Peering around the corner, he sees that the ledge terminates after five feet. Looking up, he notices a similar stone ridge, that had the chain in it, coming through the wall on east, turn south over the sludge-filled hall and terminate in the wall. At the point where the ridge terminates, the corridor becomes solid again.
Shozole follows right behind, taking his time, though sadder than before. "No. I wanted to be Captain..."
Emraeal stows his weapon and shield away to make climbing a bit easier.
Everyone follows Boris out onto the ledge, but Garen loses his balance and falls into the sludge. Suddenly he begins to feel a burning sensation on his lower legs.
Boris proceeds to bust another hole in the ridge, revealing a chain once again. He pulls on the chain, but it barely budges, apparently secured at both ends.
Garen grimaces as he feels the burning sensation. But he powers through it and follows Boris. "This is disconcerning. Well, time to move back through the sludge." He says with less enthusiasm.
"Yes! Just walk across the ledge! Ledge doesn't burn!" The Kobolds begins back down the other side of the hallways.
"I would if I could."
Emraeal will work his back if there is no way to go further (other than trudging through acid). Emraeal will help Garen out if he needs it.
"I believe we can find a better way around. Let's go back to that hungry man and see if he will let us pass safely."
Emraeal keeps pace with the bearman.
The party turns back and heads toward the hungry man room. Entering the torture room, the party finds themselves attacked as a winged little humanoid comes out of invisibility and tries to sting Boris, but misses!
The ursine man swats at the little creature, but his massive blow seems not to have the impact it should.
Garen calls upon Iomadae's blessing. "Please inheritor, protect him from this winged menace."
Emraeal pulls out a dagger and moves forward to slash at the creature.
Shozole tries to scurry behind the Iron Maiden for cover, going Unnoticed last round!
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Garen calls upon his deity, granting power to Boris.
Emraeal tries to identify the creature, but has no idea. He then stabs at it with his dagger, but the creature easily evades the stab.
Shozole attempts to blend into the shadows.
The creature once again tries to stab Boris with its stinger tipped tail, but Boris is able to bat it away.
Garen takes a step forward and takes a swing at the creature.
Emraeal takes a defensive stance as he swipes. He then steps back and pulls out his shield.
Shozole hopes the creature did not see him run off, and takes a potshot!
He then tries to hide again!
Garen strikes at the creature, but misses!
Emraeal thrusts his dagger at the creature, but misses as well.
Boris swats at the winged creature, batting it with his paw-like hand, but not doing as much damage as would be expected.
Shozole fires a bolt and strikes the creature, once again, the bolt not doing as much damage as it should. The kobold then tries to melt back in the shadows, but the creature appears to see him.
The creature's wounds appear to knit themselves back together as it tries to sting Boris again.
Once again, the creature misses as Boris bats it's stinger away.
Emraeal begins once again to chant some verse to his allies.
"This is my quest, to follow that star,
no matter how hopeless, no matter how far,
to fight for the right, without question or pause. . ."
Garen keeps trying to slay this creature.
Shozole accepts the enraging words and moves forward, drawing his dagger. "Yes, YES! STARS! RRAGH!"
Emraeal begins a rousing song for his allies!
Garen attacks the creature, but misses.
Shozole attacks as well, but he too misses.
The creature cackles as the party fails to hit him.
Boris swats the creature hard, knocking it to the ground. It squeals at the party. Please! Please, don't kill Harzogopas! I will tell you many secrets!
"Yes! Best be secrets worth many coins!" Shozole notes, still enjoying the benefits of angry words.
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Ok, ok, I'll tell you. The little winged humanoid sits up. "Your exploring this tower, yes? 'Good Baron Sarvo wills it' is a pass phrase for a room deeper in the tower. I don't know which room, just that it is. Also, that plaque over there is used somewhere in the tower as a key or something. Lastly, I know you went through the corridor, where the acid is. There is a mechanism, in the middle of the cells that will lift up a section of flooring, that's all I know. Spare me, please!
"Yes! Baron coins! Baron held out on Shozole, but we find them! Yes!"
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"You are a vile little creature. How can we trust you?"
"No! Don't worry! Shozole will share! Yes!"
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"I didn't mean you. I meant that vile little creature." Garen points to the imp.
At that, the imp makes to disappear!
Boris lifts the two and a half foot diameter plate as if it is nothing, but in truth it weighs fifty pounds.
The party travels back to the room where the hungry man was, but upon entering, no one is in sight. In fact, the party only finds a bare room, devoid of anything. After a bit of searching though, Shozole finds a secret door in the north wall. Opening the door reveals a room at the end of a narrow corridor containing a strange metallic contraption of gears and chains. A large lever extends out at a forty-five-degree angle from the front of it. Hovering above the contraption is a small, roiling cloud of energy that periodically sends out sparks of electricity into the air or along the chains.