"Good idea with the rope, Malthu, though unless it reaches the bottom or someone else has more rope, I'm not sure if I want to go down the hole, since I'd prefer to not waste Tyari's gift to me and get stuck in a pit and die on the same day she saved me. As well, half of the group here probably won't be able to see a thing down there unless we have a torch or someone can make some light."
"We could also try throwing something down there to see how far down the bottom is, based on the sound." Rurik throws a stone down the pit.
The splunk sounds like very shallow water. There is also a door entrance 3 right by you guys.
Malthu you see tracks around of a variety of creatures most medium or small. despite being "abandoned" there seems to be some traffic here. also the only things you can find to tie the rope off to is pieces of the building itself, which with a bit of thought put in do not seem like a good idea. Ya know being the few remaining pieces of a collapsing building. and yes you cannot see the bottom.
"You know, this is sounding more and more like a bad idea going down the pit. I'm going to vote we take the collapsed wall entrance , since it looks like it will at least give us some area to move around in. Also, should we have someone try to sneak a bit ahead to scout?"
You are correct I switch numbers. That's what I get for making the image 3 weeks ago.
"That entrance sounds good to me, Rormar. Seems a bit safer than going down into a very deep hole. I also think scouting ahead couldn't hurt, although whoever goes shouldn't go to far ahead so as to split the group up. Strength in numbers!"
"Definitely. I'd prefer nobody get ambushed by a troll."
I'm going to take that as 3/5 people voting for the collapsed wall.
Most of this room is in shambles, and the western wall has collapsed in a heap of rubble. A staircase to the northeast leads to a wooden loft upstairs; the area beneath the loft is filled with fallen beams, jumbled bricks, and other debris.
need to know who is entering. All or just Rormar stealthy-like.
nope
Rurik stands by the debris and looks around it, not touching anything, but looking for a covered entrance/loot/etc...
Roosevelt and Toorg enter gingerly. "Rurik, you okay there? You're just kind of looking at a rock really, really intensely."
Roosevelt tries to listen for anything around, but gets caught up on the same rock that Rurik was looking at. Maybe he had a point. It's a very pretty rock. Is that a fleck of quartz in it?
Rormar tries to enter all stealthy-like
Shhhhhhhhh, there might be something dangerous here, assuming Rodrik was right
That really pretty rock Rurik was looking at turns out to be 1 of 2 giant centipedes. The "rock" suddenly uncoils itself and bites at Rurik. SURPRISE ROUNDDDDDDDDD.
Turn Order
Roosevelt -21
Rormar - 18
Malthu - 17(won tie tie breaker)
Centipede2- 17(You guys 1, bugs-1)
Rurik - 12
Centipede1 -7
Fenn - 5
Fenn and Malthu roll perception checks to see if you noticed the centipedes(DC 17).(this combat can remain in Theater of Mind, i think, if you guys want a map with the players let me know.)
But surprise round. If you guys beat teh DC 17 you get to act too.
Centipede2 bites at Rurik
which hits your flat-footed AC.
It sinks its mandibles into your arm roll a DC 13 fort save.
Centipede1 if not killed(by Malthu detecting them and turning him to jam.) will 5 ft step and attack Roosevelt
also scoring a hit
this one gets Roosevelt in the haunch of his shoulder. Also roll a fort save.
"Oh, s~%@!" Roosevelt yells in pain.
"YOUCH" Rurik yelps in pain. "How could a stone deceive me!?!"
When Rormar regains his composure he looks toward Fenn and says "Fenn! You look like you know some stuff; do you know if arrows are effective toward these guys?"
you both save from the poison that was pumped into your bodies.
kn. checks are not an action. All you know Fenn is that the look like big centipedes, and are venomous.
If malthu does not get to act it will be Roosevelt's turn. So feel free to post guys in turn order, preferably, but I can untangle the web of actions later and if you target something that is already dead I'll just change targets.
Centipede1 rears up and is just an inch away from biting Roosevelt when it is suddenly struck HARD and goes flying backwards through the wall holding up the wall. Narrowly missing a support beam. The loft above you groans as the wood readjusts to even less supporting it. Investigation later will reveal that the exoskeleton was shattered by the hammer blow and the meaty inside turned to goo as it struck another wall.
Now it is truly Roosevelt's turn.
Waiting to see what Roosevelt wants to do, but if the turn order makes it back to you they will be dead. So if people want we can just say combat over.
Roosevelt casts Daze on the remaining centipede. "Holy crap, Malthu-saved my butt there!"
what if Rormar kills him first? O_O
Can't let you get in all the hits! Rormar says toward Malthu as he sees him readying an attack on the second centipede.
Rormar then draws his bow and looses off one arrow:
the arrow glances off the hard shell of the centipede.
Malthu's round 1 action takes place and he smashes the centipede into goo. Combat done.
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I assume you guys will check out the loft.
Most of this wooden loft is still standing—this is the only remnant of the building’s destroyed second floor. The roofless chamber is completely exposed to the elements and filled with soot-covered debris, fire-damaged furnishings, and charred wooden beams. A large, soot-covered brass statue of a goddess with a longsword in one hand and a kite shield in the other stands precariously on the northern edge of the platform above a rickety flight of stairs.
Any actions?
"Well, I don't think there's much reason to continue being sneaky at this point. Anything with ears would have been able to hear that ruckus" Rormar says as he heads toward and gingerly up the stairs, making sure to test the steps to see if they can support him. He pauses at the top to look for any signs of any large creatures, both on the loft and anywhere where he might be able to see to the first floor.
No creatures or baddies nothing of note besides the soot covered statue you and most other can easily identify as Iomedae. Also nothing of interest that you can take with you.
"Okay, guys, I can't see anything up here. Feel free to check out for yourselves, but it doesn't even look like there's a good vantage point from here." As Rormar descends the stairs.
"I'm with you", Rurik says as he follows Rormar down. "You guys want to try another entrance? How about the front door?"
Okay you guys go through that door. To your right is the front door, between you and the front door is another set of double doors to your right is a large open hall. So double doors or hall?
Still trying to be quiet, Fenn motions toward to open hall to express his opinion.
Rormar nods his head in indifferent assent after he realizes Fenn's cautious motions.
Into the main hall, as in dining hall not hallway.
The support walls and pillars that once connected the Plague House to the huge boulder behind it have burnt and crumbled in this ruined chamber, revealing nearly the entire face of the monolithic stone as well as much of the sky above. Jagged red runes have been painted onto the rock in long, broad strokes that reach from top to bottom. A cabinet on the southeast wall and a tall bookcase against the northeastern wall are all that remain of the room’s furnishings.
Anyone that can read Orc can immediately read the runes and know it reads the name Skreed.
Rormar and Malthu notice "R + B" inside of a heart carved into a support beam near the bookcase.
"Huh, would you look at that," Rormar motioning toward the support beam, "R & B, I wonder if Rodrik and Brinya were one of the young couples that came here, though it would have had to have been a while ago, I can't imagine someone his age carving initials into a wooden beam.
"Ahhhh young love, in the Plague House. There is nothing more romantic than that." Fenn says sarcastically. " The red paint on the rocks. It's Orcish. It reads "Skreed" and looks to be written in war paint. That name tickle anyone's nosehairs?"
"Achoo! Something's tickling my nosehairs, but I don't think it's the name."
I'd like an idea of where you all are in the room.