Stigly continues to run down the hallway.
Bugs yes it will definitely be bugs.....or fire. Watch out friends I have more fire run from the bugs and good Stigly will burn them with fire.
As he runs Stigly searches through his water skins and pulls out one that contains oil. Along his path he pours out the oil Stopping briefly to make sure the oils is spread across the entire hallway.
Torphrex waits behind, unable to damage the insects.
As the troupe retreats down the hallways past the rooms which messed with the sensibilities of half the group, the bugs come chattering away down the hall through the oil that Stigly has poured on the ground. Thousands of cockroaches are running straight towards the group as the awful sound of buzzing wings and feet chitin on stone floor fill the hallways.
Stigly conjures up a ball of flame and hurls it at the oil soaked bugs, cackling maniacally as he does so. hehehe burn you little devils. You can't have the shiny it's mine now.
oh they must be so impressed by my incredible bravery. They will all surely respect and look up to me now.
he then withdraws another 30 feet whilst pulling out another flask of oil
The swarm continues head on through the fire with only a quarter of the bugs remaining. Still on fire they continue through and swarm over Stigly again as he cannot quite get out of range of the bugs.
Either way, yeah, Laknir continues to book it.
"These insects are relentless! " Yulantegoni cries out as she continues to run back with her Eidolon in tow.
Stigly will study the bugs to determine if they are perhaps a divine instrument of Sarenraes will.
He will then drop his second flask of oil as he runs as fast as he can shrieking in both panic and excitement. All hail Stigly lord of the flame. writhe in terror as my divine flame cleanses your filth from this land. You mortals shall look upon me with awe for I am both your savior and the harbinger of your doom.
As the oil surrounds the cockroaches, they burst into flame again, this time scattering any that are remaining after the mini-inferno. Stigly's scales are still on fire and he is still currently burning.
Torphrex checks the room where the armor was taken from.
"That armor grabbing stunt sure was risky..."
Laknir barks.
*ahem* Sorry everyone else, are we alright to continue? He breathes heavily.
Stigly giggles in glee as his skin burns. He start rolling around on the floor, hugging the shiny. HAHA Stigly the divine lord of fire feels no pain in is triumphant jubilations yeeeeeeeeehehehehe.
as Laknir yells at him
hmm maybe possible heart condition too.
Come friends come gather around divine Stigly and watch in aw as he soothes you or your mortals troubles
He will wait for the party to be in range and then channel positive energy.
after channeling he will excitedly put on his new shiny, then shriek in terror. NOOOOOOO! bad shiny bad. The shiny is too heavy for poor Stigly awwwwwwww. He will then throw the armor against the wall and collapse in a heap, sobbing. no shiny, no stabby stick.*sniff* Stigly has nothing....*sniff*
Torphrex smiles, even while he knows he shouldn't, at Stigly antics.
"Well, maybe not for you, but I am sure someone can make good use of it. Thanks for the blessing, I feel completely recovered now."
He then checks the room where the armor was taken from .
Nothing upstairs maybe. Stop crying. Would you just...Laknir rolls his eyes trying to get back-up from the other Kobolds present.
Ugh. Uhh, there, there. We still need your help you know.
Making your way back into the room where the armor was first picked up you see what Stigly saw, Silver chains lie where they used to be attached to the armor's neck and chest run across the floor of the room, their ends clutched in the bony hand of a skeleton sprawled on the floor ten feet away. A finely crafted bastard sword lies nearby and two curved daggers lie underneath the skeleton.
A hallway off to the west leads south. Looking down that hallway it runs for quite a distance. About halfway down the hallway stairs go down to a landing and then back up to continue on down the hallway. At the landing a separate set of stairs lead further down towards the east.
Yulantegoni is relieved to be healed as she was near death. Unsure how she feels about being healed by the same one that incited the deadly swarm she says nothing as she unravels her conflicting thoughts in her head.This one is odd, but may be divinely blessed.
Yulantegoni will search the room for signs of the eggs
Torphrex grabs the daggers.
"These I can use!"
He moves down the corridor and checks for traps at the bottom of the stairs.
If there are no traps he will advance as stealthy as possible towards the passages at the end.
This perhaps may be the most open dungeon ever, as Torphrex still cannot find any traps. He and Yulantegoni however notice small prints that has disturbed the dust on the ground. While you can't quite make out what they are they are slightly larger than what a kobold would leave. The footprints continue south. At the end of that hallway, a massive cavein covers what might be a tunnel. Two picks, and a shovel lie on the floor in front of the pile of rocks. Down the hallway to the east opposite the cave-in, there is another hallway that runs north, and a wooden door on the southern side.
If anyone is astute at keeping direction in these tunnels, it looks like you might also see the other side of one of the original doors from the first room you entered. A small alcove with a statue lies between you and the door, but without going up to it, it is hard to see.
As the group continues down the hallway, Stigly will pick up a handful of bugs and cram them in his mouth chewing them vigorously. hmm just like chicken, very buggy chicken. he will then periodically cram handfuls of bugs into his backpack.
Torphrex puts a couple traps in the south part of the corridor , and then skulks out the east one, quietly.
(+1 if traps)
"large footprints head south. Should we continue that direction? I want to get the eggs and be done with this place" Yulantegoni says as she examines the ground.
That's as good a direction as any. Exploring this place has lost it's luster. Laknir moves on, behind Torphrex, but ahead of Yulantegoni.
So, was anyone actually told ahead of time I'd be here, or do I just look intrusive? I do apologize if it's the latter. He asks.
"The Chief was quiet about a lot of the details, which is good he probably did not want to panic the clan. I am glad for your assistance." Yulantegoni says as she falls into her rear guard position.
hmm yes eggs, it could be eggs.....salmonella perhaps?
Eggs of course!!! eggs do sound rather good, probably best if we cook them first though. Oo and radishes, those go well with eggs.
he then turns to Laknir and proclaims, exuding all of the smugness and arrogance he can muster: The lord of fire, diviner of divinations need not be told of things to come by mere mortals.
Laknir looks over the kobold who was moments ago literally eating grubs.
I'll need to remember that when we report back to Chief Jol. Laknir states plainly while moving to follow Torphrex.
Ooh, Torphrex. What about "Rex?" It means king.
Torphrex smiles noncommittally, showing his fangs.
"Does it?"
As the rest of the gang catches up with Torphrex, he hears coming from behind the southern doors a muffled voice,
"Glaubst du, es wieder die verrückte Kobold ist ? .................. Na dann ........ Ich glaube, so ..... verrückt Hure"
"Do you think it's the crazy kobold again? .................. Well then........ I believe so..... crazy whore thing"
The voice seems to be stopping and waiting for answers, but you don't hear a second speaker. While the tongue is foreign, it does have a lot of squawks and sounds made from a creature that does not have malleable lips.
Torphrex quickly jumps into alert, and after a couple seconds waiting for somebody getting out, he quickly starts setting up a Wounding Trap just outside the door.
Laknir notices Torphrex setting a trap at the door they were moving to, indicating for Stigly and Yulantegoni to try to be silent.
Whilst also stumbling over his feet momentarily.
To... Rex. What are you doing? We need to go that way.
Torphrex signals that there is somebody there...
Stigly munches on a handful of crisp radishes and roasted bugs rather loudly.
The voices stop completely as Laknir scrapes his talons along the stone floor with a loud grating sound. At least five minutes go buy with no sound whatsoever.
"Make noise."
Torphrex gets his shortbow out, moves 30' away from the door, and readies an attack against getting out the door.
Wincing in the stillness he ended up bringing about, Laknir pauses, hoping the voices on the other side of the door would resume. But he hears nothing, instead going with Torphrex's direction. Laknir puts on his best Andoran accent, and speaks clearly in common.
Ah don't suppose thaya's a way we can be civil hea? Shrugging slightly.
Stigly will knock on the door and make the very most friendliest bird like squaks he can
squak squak squakity squaking squak, kaw kaw, um chirp chirp squak kaw?
he then opens the door and throws in some radishes and bits of chicken. Waiting a few seconds, If nothing happens he will take a total defense action and shift through the door
Before Stigly can open the door:
A voice chimes out in while not perfect common it is pretty good. The words stutter a bit as if he's afraid"Come back to finish the deed have you. My bird-brother and I will never surrender to you filthy kobolds. We want nothing to do with the experiments you're running. Leave us in peace!"
You hear a few more squawks as they revert to whispered Tengu.
Torphrex answers in common.
"We are chasing some thieves. We haven't met before, and If you surrender we will spare you."
Again the voice from beyond the door squawks a reply.
"You tried to kill us a few hours ago! We almost defeated you then we can do it again. We know you guard the exit with your infernal creations. This whole place is cursed and we want nothing to do with it."
Laknir looks at the others inquisitively for a moment. What? He asks in draconic under his breath before continuing in Common.
Look, we had a hell of a time getting down hea ahselves. Can you at least tell us if you've seen some guys come by with eggs? We'll be on ah way aftah.
"If you surrender, we will let you live, and exit this place. Last chance!"
Stigly tries to do more intimidating squaking sounds SKREEEEE QUAK SQUAK SREEEE
"We won't fall for your tricks again. We saw you performing your tests on them. Last warning from us, leave us alone. Me and my five brothers in here will rip you to shreds if you come in after us."
His voice patterns definitely seems off during the course of his last two sentences, as if he's struggling to figure out what to say.