Adonnenniel takes a deep breath before plunging once again into the darkness, sword lighting the way. How deep did this tower go? She had expected to run into something other than dead Koblods by this point. It was beginning to unnerve her.
And thinking about the Kobolds only reminded her of how they died. They must have set something off. She steps cautiously as she moves forward, taking a moment to look at each step before making it.
Did the trap reset automatically? Or did the Kobolds unwittingly disable it for us?
Is it just me, or did it just get really quiet?
Adonnenniel takes a second to look back over her should to make sure she hasn't been abandoned. Left alone. In this big dark tower. With traps. And monsters.
She takes another deep breath to calm herself. You're an adventurer now, she thinks to herself in a cheerful tone. Big and brave. What will the others think if they see you acting afraid? Assuming they are still back there...
Klodd shoulders past the elf. "Step aside, and let an expert lead the way".
Perception - with darkvision
Irathes follows them into the lower trap door, staying close to Adonnenniel's lit sword.
"Certainly, Mr. Rockhopper. After all, a door headimg down is really just a lid on a large jar below you."
Erynion follows along, keeping a watchful eye out as well. Heading out of the natural light, his eyes adjust quickly to the darkness and he packs away his parasol.
Telthes immediately notches an arrow into his bow and fires at the closer Centipede.
Attack for Dmg
Irathes quickly says two words in Necril, which the party later learns translate loosely to Rage, Rubble!. Irathes' eyes turn black as night, and those of his poppet (normally sewn shut) burst open to show they're equally dark.
The debris on the floor in front of the party begins to leap and whirl, thrown about by an unseen force.
Erynion draws his rapier and attempts to identify the centipedes:
"Watch the mandibles! They're vulnerable, but venomous!"
"Ouch"! "Confound it"! "The bugger bit me"!
Fort Save
"It burns"! "It Burns"
Adonnenniel moves up toward the Centipedes. This isn't scary. Everyone is counting on her. She takes a defensive stance as she attacks the nearest target.
Dodging aside at the last second, Klodd tries to position himself so that he can flank one of the vermin. {Flank?}
Acrobatics
Dagger #1 (+2 more if flank achieved)
Dagger #2
Dagger #1 Damage
Dagger #2 Damage
Precision Damage if flanking achieved.
Klodd performs a very undwarf like flip in twist in the air slashing at the beast with both knives.
Telthes moves closer then shoots at the nearest centipede.
(+4 +1 point blank -4 shooting into melee) for dmg
"Quite well eviscerated, Mr. Rockhopper! Let's do the same to the next!"
He moves up to the centipede and stabs with his rapier.
"Oh, that WAS exciting! Excuse me, I must take some notes on their enlarged anatomies..."
"Indeed. Most exhilarating!"
Adonnenniel takes a moment to recover from her recent adrenaline rush, before remembering Klodd.
She walks over to him.
"Master Rockhopper, how fair you?"
Adonnenniel see the wound and begins treating him for the poison.
Irathes' cackling fades. He closes his eyes briefly and when he opens them, the bright yellow of his irises and the milk white of his sclera had returned as if there had never been a change.
"What a rush!" Irathes said half whispering, in a rare display of emotion. He clasped his hands with a clap and looked toward Klodd as Ady went to tend to his wound.
"that went fairly well, those things look quite dangerous, we were lucky only 2 attacked us. Keep an eye out for more."
Perception check
"Mr. Rockhopper, that was a masterful display. Where did you learn such wonderful knifework? Perchance were you once a chef, considering your proficiency with both knives and jars?"
"Indeed. Most exhilarating!"
Adonnenniel takes a moment to recover from her recent adrenaline rush, before remembering Klodd.
She walks over to him.
"Master Rockhopper, how fair you?"
Adonnenniel see the wound and begins treating him for the poison.
[dice=Heal to Treat Poison]1d20 + 7
Klodd, just looks at the two elves, then cleans his two favorite melee knives off on the flesh of the beast, resheathes them, and begins to look around, headed towards the door at the end of the chamber.
Perception
Adonnenniel also looks about the room before mentally preparing herself for the next room.
"Ah good, at least the housekeeper has been through recently. I suppose that makes us the exterminators?"
Finding nothing of interest in the room, Adonnenniel spends a few minutes examining the door, telling Klodd her determination on whether or not it is trapped, before moving aside to allow him to disarm any traps and open the door, according to his official office.
"Odd that this room is clean in spite of the falling of the tower..." Irathes casts Detect Magic as he did before, before entering the room.
"Could it perhaps be easier to simply break down the door?"
Adonnenniel's eyes grow wide as she turns to look at Telthes. She turns her head to glance at Klodd. Then she suddenly jerks as she realizes she is in front of the door, as if she had not come over to look at it, but it had instead snuck up behind her.
Once she realized she where she was, she wasted no time. She looked around for something, anything. She finally settled on Erynion and the bodies of the centipedes as a suitable distraction.
She feigns interest in the centipedes as she rather quickly walks away from the door.
"What did you discover about them, Erynion?" she asks, as she kneels beside on of the bodies. She absentmindedly studies it, recognizing the wound the party caused that finally spelt its death. But she can't take in much of what she is seeing.
Telthes didn't seem like an elf of Mordant Spire, although she couldn't be sure. He did seem like a strong warrior, although to her he seemed quiet. It could simply be his nature, but perhaps it was from living alone, apart from his own kind. Although, in this group, the elves seem to outnumber the non-elves.
Adonnenniel poked the centipede in an attempt to hide her concern over the fight that she was sure to break out.
What can Telthes be thinking? Especially after the outburst earlier? Why would he try and tell Jar-Master Rockhopper how to open a jar!?
Klodd looks at the lock and scratches his head. "I have heard of such a lock, but never seen one". "Let me see if I can figure it our".
DD
Somewhat relieved by Klodd's non-reaction, although still a little nervous, Adonnenniel comes up behind him and casts Guidance on him, with a little prayer that he might better understand the lock's structure.
"Well let's see where this leads".
Perception (Darkvision)
Erynion shoulders his way to the doorway, leans over, and puts his face right down next to Klodd's.
Let's indeed.
Adonnenniel give Erynion and Klodd a dozen seconds inside, before drawing her sword, casting light on it once again, and going in after them.
Telthes stays at the back of the group, his bow still out.