Gurrr whispers "It smell wet in here... almost like swamp... me like it! but no like pugthings" Gurrr waits for the first half of the tribe to make headway into the temple before sneaking in behind them, ready to support, but from hiding.
"It should be fine." say Kona as he comes in "Greetings to the protector of the temple. We mean you no harm and wish to speak to you openly. Please show yourself so we can do that."
"It should be fine." say Kona as he comes in "Greetings to the protector of the temple. We mean you no harm and wish to speak to you openly. Please show yourself so we can do that."
Gnasher having joined Poresh in the building, 'What the blazes?' turns as Kona blurts out a greeting, Then quickly turning back trying to peer into the darkness to see if anyone responds.
"Where is the moisture coming from, allowing this moss to grow? That seems very odd." Poresh looks around for the source.
"Yes, I can make light as needed." and he holds out his hand, a small glowing orb appearing above it as he murmurs under his breath.
Abdalrahman joins Poresh and Gnasher, and whispers, "WHen you want light, let me know. I would not give away our presence unnecessarily."
Yrdex peers into the dark interior from just outside the temple where he and Gurrr are waiting.
'Well no one answered, that's either a very good thing, or a very bad thing.' Gnasher looks at Kona and shrugs his shoulders. Then tapping Poresh on the shoulder he points to the chapel where they heard the footsteps and the whispering. "Poresh, shine light into chapel. Tribe look there." Then Gnasher heads to the chapel to have a look around.
It appears to be abandoned. There are three doors to the South, and the chapel is clearly visible to the east.it is about 50 ft away, and past the edges of the light. There are alcoves to either side of the chapel entrance, you can't see into them from here. One of the doors to the South opens to a hall, the closest is closed and the farthest is too far to see whether it's open or not... The building is strangely cool. At least it's a reprieve from the heat of the sun.
Abdalrahman follows Gnasher, ready to call for more light as needed, one hand on the hilt of his scimitar.
Gurrr will sneak in and poke around the alcoves in succession, checking them out, since the lack of light there won't be a problem for him.
Kona will observe the proceedings, chagrined that his attempts at diplomacy went without response.
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North: This debris-laden chamber once held a shrine and wooden altar, but all of that was smashed decades ago by vandals. The ceiling here has remained intact over the
years, helping to preserve a huge bas-relief statue of a muscular humanoid man with a pointy beard gesturing toward a huge mountain in the background, his face a picture of mortal concern.
South:A similar statue adorns the eastern wall of this chamber, in this case with the bearded figure appearing on a hilltop to a group of robed pilgrims. The being holds up his hands, palms out, in a sign of peace. Though many of the faces and limbs on the bas-relief have been worn down or cut away, the expressions of those range from beatific to horrified
Ghurr notices a hidden door between the man's legs in the southern alcoves
As light shines in the chapel, the whispers die down, and a wave of unnatural luck flows over you
A short set of wide ceremonial steps leads down to a cavernous chapel in which the congregants would gather for sermons in
happier times. The vibrant orange and red starburst of Sarenrae still stands behind a film of rusted rainwater and dirt along the north wall overlooking the collapsed altar. Between the stairs and the altar stand dozens of old marble benches, many overturned and even more broken into two or more pieces. A wide walkway bisects the pews, leading directly to the raised altar. Here and there a few clumps of the original red carpet along this thoroughfare hang on against rot and neglect. Above the center of the chapel, dangling about ten feet from the floor, hangs a cluster of gnoll skulls in various stages of decay. Strung together like a ghoulish candelabra of twine and bone, the boulder-sized ornament hangs from the wooden rafters about twenty feet above the ground.
The Chapel seems haunted in the light bow shining apon it. The strange Candelabra jerks and jingles as you see a Pugwampi slide down the rope from the rafters. It curses at you in gnoll, before turning about and flashing you. Suddenly a myriad if cries from several other Pugwampi fill the room, and tiny arrows rain down
->Gnasher
->Gnasher
->Abdalrahman
->Abdalrahman
->Abdalrahman
The arrows are far too tiny to Peirce the armor if the two unaware men...
Init order: Poresh, Yrdex, Pugwampi, Ghurr, Gnasher, Abdalrahman, Kona
Yrdex will cast bless and take a step into the temple after Poresh's action.
Poresh addresses the pugwampi on the rope.
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It seems they do not care for your words, for they continue to attack, infact the one on the Chandelier curses at you and tosses something foul smelling
-Poresh
-Gnasher
-Yrdex
-Abdalrahman
-Gnasher
-Poresh
The one on the Chandelier tosses the rot and it flies a little... Wide, instead hitting a statue and covering it with a smell of rot.
-Poresh
-Abdalrahman
The arrows that hit sting, like sharp needles.(continue)
Kona goes over to the statue and unties the rope.
Seeing Kona go to the rope, Gnasher follows, drawing a chakram. "Kona has good idea, if pugwampis not come to tribe, tribe go to pugwampis." He then throws the chakram at the nearest pugwami.
Abdalrahman draws his scimitar and moves to where Gnasher and Kona are, ready to fight.
Gurrr continues to remain stealthy, but approaches as close as he can to the combat, hoping to get in a position to attack one of the little buggers..
Kona begins unknotting the rope. "Fight them if you can!" he says.
Poresh harnesses his inner strength, sending a magical bolt at the pugwampi on the chandelier.
Then he attempts to move back out of sight of the archers.
Seeing the Pugwampi on the chandelier drop Gnasher looks from the chandelier to the rope he and Kona are near, to rafters where the Pugwampi are hiding. "Tribe need to find way into rafters."
Kona struggled with the rope for a bit then snarled something in draconic
"I will deal with the rope." he said to no one in particular.
Yrdex retrieves his sling and spins it over his head. He locates a pugwampi in the rafters and takes aim.
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Gurrr considers his options and decides to toss a grappling hook into the rafters to get up to the critter...
sigh... Gurrr does his best to dodge the grappling hook when it comes thudding down again...
'A ladder, no reason not to go to their level' Gnasher nods toward the ladder and tells Kona. "Kona keep working on rope, Gnasher go to ladder." Moving to the ladder, Gnasher begins to climb it.
Kona nods but does not turn his attention from his natural prey, the cunning rope. Since finesse did not work, he would try brutality.
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The rope snaps and the Chandelier falls apon the dead Pugwampi, crushing it as the rope holding it is cut.
The ladder may be old, but it is easy enough to climb, Gnasher makes it up into the rafters, where he notices that he is now in the choir balcony. Six Pugwampi are here with their bows . Apon seeing the Gnoll they screech and scream, afraid if the larger threat.
Abdalrahman follows Gnasher up, ready to fight the pugwampi.
Gurrr sees the others climbing the ladder and leaves his fallen grappling hook and rope to be collected later. He runs over to the ladder.
'Running, why do they always run.' Lulling his tongue in a Gnoll smile, Gnasher follows the pugwampi's.