After Gloradir fires off his acid dart the snake once again tries to bite Nau.
But the snake is too scared of the acid that just went over its head to follow through with its strike.
Halara waits for the right moment and then looses a bolt at the creature.
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Looks like the first one hit for 3 acid damage..
Nau will step, so as not to be in the way.
Halara waits for the right moment and then looses a bolt at the creature.
[dice=Light Crossbow]1d20+3-4! [dice=Damage]1d8
After Golradir missed the snake with an acid dart the creature lunged out at Nau, but missed him due to recoiling from the acid. Seeing an opening Halara hit the creature with a crossbow bolt. Valkyrie continuing to attack it hit the creature with a small orb of acid, and Nau stepped away from the creature.
AC 14, Touch 11, Flat-Footed 13
Nau will take another 5' step to be behind the snake and thus provide flanking for someone directly in front of it.
Again his foot flashes down at the snake whose fangs had already stung his heel.
Halara seizes the opportunity of not having anyone in front of her, reloads her crossbow and shoots again:
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Thorst stops when the commotion ahead mentions a snake. Not knowing how big the snake was he drew his falchion and moved towards it.
Golradir curses under his breath and looks back at the wizard behind him, "Just a miscalculation that is all, nothing to worry yet. May your mind be at ease." He follows his statement by clasping his hand together and chanting again. His motions fluid and the incantations precise. He let loose another acidic dart.
He cursed under his breath.
Thorst swings at the head of the snake.
The snake lunges out at Nau for a final strike.
The snake misses Nau due to his superior training, and reflexes.
Assuming we vanquished our venomous foe, Nau will once again lead our carvan onwards.
After Nau's strike the snake curls up and dies.
As Nau goes even further into the passageway he can see that it is going to be a very long trip of walking.
Thorst sheaths his sword and walks back to Anevia, carrying her once again, explaining all the fuss was over a measly snake. "No one has been hurt."
"Very good. The less we suffer the higher the chances of leaving this place." She stores her crossbow and draws a weird-looking, long spear.
"I have your back covered, Nau."
"Thank you, Halara."
Golradir grasps the hand resting on his shoulder and leads the man trailing him through the small craggy passage up to where the pious Nau resided. His robe caught onto the rocks jutting out from the side of the wall. Initially he worried profusely about the state of his robes, but soon after he quickly came to realize that the predicament that they were in was hardly the time to worry about such things.
He looked to Nau on his left. "Do you suppose that these caverns were here from before? Old underwater lakes. Do you think that they could also be tunnels either newly created or forgotten by time?"
"I know little of geology or stone-cutting, but I would hazard that it might be a little of both. Cities are built on the bones of previous instantiations of that or former cities. The closer to the surface we get the more man-made construction we are like to see. But these seems like uncut earth. I believe that we are here for a purpose. How great are the chances that such tunnels would be below us when disaster struck? In this, I hear the footsteps of the gods."
"Hmmph. Gods are not so all powerful. They leave our own choices to us. Perhaps the Dragon knew of these caves and tunnels, and hoped we would be able to escape." Thorst speaks from behind. Though he is a devoted worshipper, he has his own opinions about some things.
"It's their knowledge that is one of the things that create power in a god. Being omniscient has it's benefits. There is also a good chance that the Lady knew of the tunnels as well and the gods are yet only spectating?"
He tugs at a stray thread frayed from his cloak.
"Only speculation at all, and it's not as though I speak from experience. My knowledge has come mainly from studies."
Having dealt with the unruly silk thread he raised his gaze back to the corridor in front of them. Politly layed his hand out in a low bow.
"After you sir's"
"I agree, sir Thorst: the gods leave us our choices. Yet, it is also my belief that they prepare the ground upon which we walk. They provide opportunities for us to make choices, " Nau observes in is oddly accented voice.
The young priest continues to walk deeper into the tunnels lighting their way.
Halara shakes her head. She realizes that at the moment there is only one thing they have to worry about.
"The only think I'm sure is that we need to get out of here. Gods, demons, spirits or just fate. A lot of forces could be involved in such a devastating attack into Kenabres. I think the Demon, the Balor, opened the pit for us to fall in and get killed, but as much as I could see the Dragon saved us from the fall. Most of us came unharmed, at least." She looks at Anevia, wondering for a moment. "Weren't you affected by that spell?"
Anevia nods.
"I was affected same as all of you. I think only those of us who got caught up in the spell survived."
Halara gets suspicious about this woman. An idea is taking roots in her mind.
"Wait, you mean there were others falling into the darkness? There were no bodies back there, right?"
Anevia shrugs.
"I don't know if any other fell near us or not. I just remember falling for a long time. Maybe they hit something before they reached the bottom. I know I nicked myself before finally reaching the bottom. Before my leg got crushed that is."
She seems to believe what she's saying.
Nau continues to lead our brave party into the darkness. He makes sure to have the party stop and sip water every two hours or so, which he judges by how often he needs to renew his light.
Val stays silent as the talk of gods and what not goes around..
As Nau leads the party she will stop him.. "Perhaps its wise to let me scout ahead.. I can see in darkness and am decently quite.." Without waiting for a response she stalks off..
It takes about 25 minutes of travel before anything changes. The walk is long and quiet with almost no sound whatsoever. Then you can see that the path diverges. One path leads to the right, and the other goes to the left.
Halara looks confused. She takes a quick look at both ways before addressing the ones leading.
"I would say we need to go up, but none of them seem to be doing that, and who knows if there is really a way out of here... You can choose anyone, I believe."
Val will stalk down the right path..
Rage burns bright within her.
Nau leads the rest of the party down the right path following the seemingly angry magus.
After traveling for another 10 minutes you can see a single sizable 20 foot-tall building in the center of this 30-foot-high cave, a bunkerlike structure with no windows and walls of worked stone blocks. A 10-foot-long carving of a hammer decorates the building’s facade. The ruins of collapsed outbuildings stand to either side.
"This looks like it could be a defensible place to rest a bit and take stock of our stores and injuries."
Nau approaches the building looking for an entrance.
"It may be inhabited, careful." Thorst moves to the cave wall and helps Anevia rest on her good leg, "Rest here, I'm going to search for tracks." Thorst looks around to see if there are any recent tracks leading to the building.
Golradir leads his blind friend to the wall next to Anevia, to rest for a second. "Take a rest for a second next to Anevia. We have found a curious building of sorts."
Looking back up at the remainder of the group, "Interesting, could this be the remainder of a forgotten time? Possibly a forgotten temple of sorts? So many questions and only one solution, to look inside"
He mind raced with possibilities of what could be inside this structure.
"Best to be careful for sure, but also make sure not to disturb anything unless necessary."
As Nau approaches the building he can see that there is a door to the side of the building. It is a thick stone door that has seen better days. It appears set into the doorway, and would require some strength to move out of its original place.
Halara looks for any windows in the building, hoping to see what's inside. She also detects magic on the building.
Nau tries to open the door.
As Halara walks around the building she cannot see much in the way of windows.
The building gives off a residual amount of magic, but now it just seems to be fading away.