Hagrym keeps cutting away at the snake.
Attack
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This is the largest chamber in the crayfish tunnels. A four-foot tall turtle shell serving as an altar sits near the far wall. The shell is coated with fatty wax and gooey chum. Oily smoke rises from several viscous candles placed atop the altar. Oils, liquid, juices and other indescribable fluids sit in bowls on the floor and around the altar. An iron box glowing with a soft red radiance sits in the center of the altar among the candles.
well that was closer than I like Looking about the room and then back a the unconscious druid Naomi as "Well boys what are we going to do with her? I can't tell if she is dead, What do you think Hagrym? Is she just one more beast to let go? What do you think Turvijagal should we take a careful look at the trunk?" She then walks over to the turtle table and carefully looks at the trunk. wonder if we can turn the turtle shell into another canoe.
"We could always take back the druid to the Dwarven hall we came from. I'm sure they would like to have a chat with her. But lets have a look at this trunk first."
Turvijagal will have a look over that trunk and then try to open it (safely).
take the orc back, the swamp with a shapeshifter, I would just as soon pass on that after Turvijagal gets done playing with the trunk Naomi uses the wand on him humming a little as she casts. "Stand still Turvijagal, this shouldn't take long."
Moving carefully to the altar and taking his time, Ulfgard reverently takes the box. "Is it, what I think it is?"
"The druid's been defeated. I think we need to keep her alive, as there are many unanswered questions....where is the fire? Why did she steal the fire? What sort of enmity does she have with the dwarves? I'd be in favor of taking her back to stand trial for her crimes. An old dwarves trick is to put a suit of metal armor on a Druid. It messes with their powers something fierce."
"I'm feeling much better now! Thanks for that Naomi!
I'd be in favor of taking her back to stand trial for her crimes. An old dwarves trick is to put a suit of metal armor on a Druid. It messes with their powers something fierce."
"That is indeed a clever trick, Hagrym. And if we take the more usual precautions of binding hands and gagging mouth, we should be successful in transporting a captive. But we must act quick to or she will surely succumb to her wounds."
Taking a look at the fallen druidess and the items around, Galerio will cast detect magic.
"Now, what do we have here...
The box is extremely hot. She has 3 vials, a ring, a scroll and a cloak that detect magic. Also on her are lard-caked mink stole (20gp), dwarf-ear necklace, burlap robes, unholy symbol, Vingmport’s baby shoes.
Turvijagal touches the box. But not for long! Instinctively blowing on his fingers to cool them off, he remarks:
"I guess I shouldn't try to openbox! I am guessing it's best open in a Dwarven forge!"
Take damage Turv!
Looking at the necklace Ulfgard walks slowly over turns his neck and with a hefty hack cuts off the head.
"Aye, much better. Now, just a pike and we have a nice decoration for the temple. Well, how to transport the box? Maybe put it in wet clay, to keep it safe in travels."
Did you just cut her dead off Ulfgard?
Cyric looks a bit sick at the sight of the head being chopped off, averting his gaze. "Is anyone injured? I can tend wounds if needed."
"Great job, Ulfguard. Now maybe you can tell us how we can safely transport the flame back to the temple. I bet the Druid could have, since you know, it was here. And assuming she had a boss who plotted the heist, it would have been nice to have known that as well," Hagrym grumbles as he shakes his head.
Looking at Hagrym Ulfgard shrugs. "She was dead. She transformed back to her true form! And to transport it, well we are dwarves! If we can´t transport something hot back, I will shave my head and start dancing around a tree, hugging it! As I said, we are surrounded by mud. Put the mud around it, like if you make arrowheads. The wet mud will take care of the heat. And as we are travelling along a river, we have loads of water for cooling!"
The box is extremely hot. She has 3 vials, a ring, a scroll and a cloak that detect magic. Also on her are lard-caked mink stole (20gp), dwarf-ear necklace, burlap robes, unholy symbol, Vingmport’s baby shoes.
"Can someone with magic carefully open the box?"
"It could be pretty painful to everyone around, even if we can open it! It scorched my fingers!"
The potion you identified is resist elements (fire) and the cloak is elvnkind. That would be a yes.
Shandar casts detect magic
resist elements (fire)
As Naomi is healing Turvijagal she flinches when she sees Ulfgard kill the druid, returning her attention to Turv, she smiles and says "your welcome" when he says 'thank you'. His ones so polite, what happened to the rest of them?.
As Naomi inspects the druids decapitated remain she picks up the lard-caked mink stole and using prestidigitation she cleans it off thoroughly and smiling wraps it around her neck, smiling she says "What do you think boys," Then turning to Ulfgard she says, "And no Ulfgard, this doesn't mean I want MY head chopped off also! giving him a slight look of consternation. I would have liked to have questioned her, even if we had to turn her over to the dwarves at the temple, funny I though Hagrym would have been the hot headed one.
Naomi takes a quick look around the room. .
Satisfied that they have not missed anything she smiles and asks, "How do you think she got it out of the temple and into the trunk? Why don't we attach a chain to it and drag it back to the temple?"
"Hmm, let me take a look at those I may know what they are."
[dice=Spellcraft potion]1d20+9
[dice=Spellcraft ring]1d20+9
"Hmm, let me take a look at those I may know what they are."
The potion is the same as the other two, the ring is a ring of swimming. There is also a scroll you three.
Cyric nods to Ulfgard. "Stand back, its a trick an old man taught me,but I don't know if the contents might affect you."
Once everyone is clear he will use mage hand to lift the lid open a crack. If it doesn't go well will drop the lid shut again.
The box holds the Flame of Dargath.
sweet we got it
most excellent Naomi moves a little closer to the trunk, smiling"Good job boys! Neat trick Cyric can you use that to carry the trunk? Frankly, that's not a bad Idea, if any of you have some sort of spell that will carry stuff we could rest here tonight and go tomorrow." she looks around the group hopefully, then she adds "When we leave do we want to exit out the way we came, or do we want to finish clearing this nest out?"
"Oh and that scroll it is a scroll of..."
Looking to Naomi,
"I'd say finish this den of nasty off and perhaps find something of use on the way out, what do the rest of you think?" Finishing by looking to the rest of the others.
Looking at Naomi Ulfgard chuckles... "You sure? Might be an improvement.
AH no worry laddy, I am just kidding. Really. And we have all the answers we need. And for who is the bad guy behind it. Honestly look at her necklace!"
"Maybe that turtle shell can be used as to carry that box? Flip it upside down and some of us can carry the shell with the box resting on it. That could be why she had that shell there in the first place."
[dice=Spellcraft Scroll]1d20+9
"Oh and that scroll it is a scroll of..."
Looking to Naomi,
"I'd say finish this den of nasty off and perhaps find something of use on the way out, what do the rest of you think?" Finishing by looking to the rest of the others.
divine scroll (DR8: control water)
"Maybe that turtle shell can be used as to carry that box? Flip it upside down and some of us can carry the shell with the box resting on it. That could be why she had that shell there in the first place."
That should work.
"So do we finish this place off or do we go out the way we came and head back as quickly as possible?"
smart and polite, who'd of believed it. Naomi listened a minute to what Turvijal said, after picturing it in her head she answers "I think that could work, then the turtle shell could be a raft for the torch, good thinking Truvijal. Why don't a couple of you boys turn the shell over and get it ready to leave." I like the idea of clearing this place out. Turning to Jarvis she says "I like the idea of clearing this place out before we leave, I will check the other exit. Who will need the ring of swimming?" Naomi goes to the other side of the large cave and looks around.
"I swim well even in armor, perhaps one of the dwarves will benefit, they can wear heavier armor with it on and be more protected?"
Agreeing more and more with her, eww
It was surprisingly peaceful in the caverns resting, to bad we had to swim back through the tunnels to get out After the group got up, ate a quick bite and carried or towed the turtle shell carrying the flame back to the entrance, climbing the slippery slope and reappearing back in the daylight outside the giant mud tower, Naomi asks the Boys. "Shall we climb aboard our rafts and canoe and float this turtle shell behind us and head beak or do you boys want to explore the swamps more, maybe get more snake and alligator hides?
lets clear it out my thinking don't leave anything behind us to attack us
Muddy and stinking, the normally fastidious Galerio chimes in, "The sooner we can leave this swamp the better. I am getting tired of having to risk death for our supper. Though I must admit it has been tasty."
If you want to just head straight back, it is a three day trip on the rafts. Shandar, the mire is 1200 square miles. Kinda impossible to clear out. You might want to discuss stoppering that decanter of endless water with the dwarves when you get back though!
will do
"Aye...lets get this Flame back home, and finally get our socks dry for a day or two. Getting out of the swamp will do all of us a bit of good I think."
"Sounds great! Head straight back, probably ten more things will try and kill us given our track record so far, then get our reward!"