The ice troll falls before your onslaught, but her wounds heal!
Ali tries fire and finds that the ice troll has a consumed a potion of resist fire! OH NO!
BUT...Ali has acid splash prepared and that does the trick! Victory is indeed yours!
In addition, her +1 battleaxe is Large-sized but would function in your hands as a Medium-sized +1 greataxe.
Davosh asks Ali to avert her eyes while he relieves himself on the troll.
Then he starts poking at his own wounds. "Who's hurt? Save the healer's succor and let me help a bit. I can only do it once per day to each of you, but now's a good time."
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No Davosh I'm fine, it will just take a few minutes of rest and all will be healed.. Life link with everyone in turn and use my boots of the earth to heal myself.
Just as a precaution, Edward will use lay on hands on Vojtek once he's out of his rage. Which will remove his fatigued condition also.
Question: how long have we been here? With returning the children and all has it been 24 hrs? Can I pray for more spells?
Does the unknown key open the cells that had the children?
I'm happy pushing one more floor then retreating...
After the troll is put down permanently, Kappi turns to Ali clearly impressed. Acid, excellent
The rogue turns and helps w/ the looting. While everyone is looking around Kappi does take a few moments to study the polished skulls. Not only does he look for gold/silver teeth. But he looks at them from an anatomical point of view. Specifically looking the weakest points of the skull for the best places to lay a critical strike with sh sword and/or dagger...
After the party is confident we found everything worth taking, Kappi leads to the next door.
Kappi will check for traps and then listen. If he hears nothing, he will open the door.
Davosh gives him some guidance first.
Kappi opens the door, and the rumble and grind of the gears above gets noticeably louder. The door opens onto a landing and stairs leading up.
Kappi and Vojtek lead the way.
Life link on Kappi, bow in hand... lets roll
Kappi motions to the others "to stay" as if he was signalling a dog or something.
Stealth
Then with exaggerated "sneaking" body language the rogue tip toes up the stairs for a quick scout. His sh sword is in hand.
Kappi finds that the stairs come to a landing with a door, then continue further up.
Kappi finds that the stairs come to a landing with a door, then continue further up.
Kappi brings the others up to the first landing. Then checks the door. If not trapped and doesnt hear anything important behind it. He opens it.
Several boxes and barrels are stacked about waist high at the far end of this broad hallway. Double doors are visible opposite each other leading east and west.
IMPORTANT SOMETHING
I just looked back over the thread, and there was a line that I certainly missed--and the fact that no one else caught it makes me think everyone else missed it too.
One of the kids said quite clearly that there are TWO DRAGONS. GMTS, may I retcon a question for that kid? (there's also a pretty lady who sings when she's not crying...)
What?
IMPORTANT SOMETHING
I just looked back over the thread, and there was a line that I certainly missed--and the fact that no one else caught it makes me think everyone else missed it too.
One of the kids said quite clearly that there are TWO DRAGONS. GMTS, may I retcon a question for that kid? (there's also a pretty lady who sings when she's not crying...)
What?
Oh, yes. One is white and roars and shouts all the time; the other is black and belches fire and eats children!
IMPORTANT SOMETHING
I just looked back over the thread, and there was a line that I certainly missed--and the fact that no one else caught it makes me think everyone else missed it too.
One of the kids said quite clearly that there are TWO DRAGONS. GMTS, may I retcon a question for that kid? (there's also a pretty lady who sings when she's not crying...)
What?
Holy crap! Good catch Mike. That does sound like something we would like to know.
What?Oh, yes. One is white and roars and shouts all the time; the other is black and belches fire and eats children!
Really?! Can you guys describe both of these dragons really well for us?
try to piece together what they're saying...blacks don't usually "belch fire" for example...and determine what we're actually aimin' to face?
The children don't give much concrete detail and Ali is unable to make out much more, but she is certain that black dragons don't breathe fire.
"There are BLACK ONES TOO?!?!" The barbarian's brain boggles.
Davosh looks at Vojtek with a face of deadly seriousness.
"There are rainbow colored ones too, dear Northman. They come in all colors...."
The Speaker-To-Ancients forgets to tell the lad it's a joke, and instead gets back to the mission....
Several boxes and barrels are stacked about waist high at the far end of this broad hallway. Double doors are visible opposite each other leading east and west.
The rogue gives a very quick listen at each door. Then if nothing sounds like its immediately coming through the doors, he will spend a round or two checking the boxes and barrels. He will open one of each if thinks he can do it quietly.
Kappi listens but can't make out anything on the other side of the doors with the din of the gearworks all about him.
A quick check of the crates reveals surplus food supplies: sacks of bone meal, barrels of pickled fish, a fer sacks of potatoes and onions. There is also a single, small crate of broken dolls and bits of fur.
Just in case, Davosh scans the room with the BIG eye (detect magic.)
Before the lad opens the door, Davosh grants him Guidance.
crates and such checked, the rogue moves up to the doors and opens them.
Davosh notes nothing of interest, so Kappi opens the doors.
This room appears to be a sitting room — interestingly, all the furniture here is Medium-sized. Along the north wall is a table holding an attractive glass oil lamp atop a doily; in the southwest corner is a rocking chair next to which sits a basket containing blue and white colored yarn, a set of knitting needles, and a half-completed, oversized mitten.
None of the items detect as magical.
Unless one of the party thinks something needs more checking/searching/whatever, the rogue moves on to the next door.
Opens the door he is standing in front of.
The door is locked, but Kappi's nimble fingers have done this countless times before, and he makes quick work of the lock .
Toys and dolls are strewn about the floor of this room, and small tables and chairs sit in the northeast and northwest corners. Books, papers, quills, and ink vials sit atop the tables; the windows are barred, but the shutters are open to let in the natural light.
A cot stands to the southeast, on which sits a little girl perhaps 8 years old. She starts at your arrival, then looks wonderingly at you for a split second before putting her finger to her lips. Have you met Granny Nan yet?
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I think this one might REALLY be a devil child.
Davosh reaches for the morningstar of devil child bashing. He awaits words from Edward while he scans the room for magic, not trusting dolls, little girls, little girl's dolls, or dolls of little girls.
Kappi flip his sh sword to an under hand grip to look a less menacing. He gives the little girl a friendly wave with his left hand. He moves into the room and waves the Oradin up.
Edward detects no evil.
The girl looks at the party expectantly, and at Davosh warily.
At Edward's nod that the girl shows no signs of evil, the lad sheathes his sh sword. He does however pull out three apples. He begins to juggle.
sleight of hand
Right away Kappi misses an apple and it drops on his toes causing him to exclaim Ouch! Clearly messing up a simple trick Kappi decides to go full into messing up as if the whole thing was planned. Still juggling the remaining two apples he purposefully misses both apples and has them both strike him in the head. Partially in real pain and partially in comic prat fall. The rogue swoons from the head wounds and falls to the ground as if dead.
After a pause, the rogue lifts his head up with a big smile to see if the girl is laughing.
The young girl giggles, then claps her hand over her mouth as she recalls where she is. Her eyes retain a certain amount of mirth as she tentatively approaches the party, hopeful that perhaps she will be rescued.
Davosh puts the weapon back. He then closes the Big Eye. When he steps forward he drops to a knee. He whispers,
"We will get you out of here young one. My friends and I have hearts of kindness. This is a scary place, and I think you know that. The more you tell us, the better we will do at helping you. Don't be shy. My friends also have weapons of power and boons of faith to help. Now, let us start with your name. I am Davosh the Wanderer."
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The girl's name is Inga, and she is happy to share what she knows. Granny Nan, an old woman, has kept her here for several days trying to get her to eat. She's told Inga many times that she has nothing to fear and that she should write more letters to Queen Elvanna to ask forgiveness for her sins. But I can see through that old woman, Inga says with some defiance. She has something else in mind, though I don't know what.
She mentions that Granny Nan has a little ghost who follows her around, kind of a swirl of junk and dust bunnies and a broken toy or two. It's weird.
"Do you have family Inga? If you weren't here would you have a home to go to?"
Kappi offers Inga an apple after he shines it up off of his sleeve.
Then asks Do you ever leave this room? Do you know what else is on this floor? Don't worry we will help you Inga.
cpuld this be an "attic whisperer?"
How does one kill an attic whisperer?
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How does one kill an attic whisperer?
"With a basement shouter."
Davosh crackles at his own joke.
"Good question."
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How does one kill an attic whisperer?"With a basement shouter."
Davosh crackles at his own joke.
"Good question."
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The youth looks at Davosh confused for a few moments before he noticed Ali rolling her eyes and smiling. Then Kappi realized it was a joke and laughed.
Inga is an orphan who was scooped up by Granny Nan from one of the teeming orphanages in Whitethrone, and she has little knowledge of this level beyond this room.
She looks at Edward with wide eyes. What's an atticis purrer?
Do you know why she has you child? What does she do with you?
I still think it's worth it to clear this floor, and then escape to recover. We bring Inga with us.
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Prayers to Apsu to help him remember what was described.
Yes Ali, they are evil and undead. We should slay it on sight. Now come miss Inga lets get you out of here. Don't you worry about what Granny Nan is going to do to you, we'll keep you safe or get you to safety. Promise me that you will stay quiet and do as we ask.
Now that he knows evil is near, he will use his area detect evil to help discern the threat.