He's real dead.
Oops. However in our defense he was trying to kill us.
"Okay. Now what? Anybody see Ameiko? And is anyone else as confused as I am?" Sari gives her head a little shake to try to clear the cobwebs.
I'll move down to 5,5 and peak around the corner
Move Silently roll 11+8=19
Spot check roll 14+4=18
The passage proceeds to the right until it apparently joins the main passage you entered when you first came down the steps. There is a new door along the left wall, about halfway down. At the end of the hall, the same torch light flickers that lit your way down the steps.
That makes a total of four doors, all of them shut. The tunnels are dark except where the torchlight is noted, and utterly silent save the sounds made by your group.
If I can squeeze by Sari, I'll take the straight ahead path to the intersection and stand armed and ready. Ishah and I will wait there for Eberk and Yod to start inspecting the doors.
"If the doors are locked, maybe the elf has the keys."
Cha, as you start down the stairs the second produce flame spell you cast runs out of arcane energy and the little ball of flame dies in your palm. No matter, you turn the little bend in the tunnel and the torch is right there on your right, burning in a sconce about head high.
In the gloom beyond the next intersection, you can see all manner of crates and barrels. Two wheelbarrows and a couple shovels are there as well.
Yod, the debris in (6,5) you had to pick through to get to your present position was the remains of a second temporary wall that has since been dismantled. As you stand there, Cha and Ishah emerge from the tunnel to stand at the intersection at (5,11).
I'm gonna listen at the 2 doors on the left wall. Listen check 14+0=14
I'll search them for traps or anything while I'm at it search 11+1=12
There are no sounds from either door. Both are wooden doors with identical latching mechanisms that show no obvious signs of a lock.
Ok i'll also check the other 2 doors then.
Same deal, though close inspection of the door closest to the half-elf's corpse shows a very faint light flickering occasionally on the floor at the foot of the door.
I cast Produce Flame and move towards 1,11. Before we open any doors, I'd like to verify this hallway ends at the shovels.
I move to 9,5 and wait for Yod to do his thing.
Ok I'm at 8,5 I open the door
I move to stand behind Eberk in square (10,5)
I move to stand behind Eberk in square (10,5)
[ooc]She got flustered when she thought she looked fat and missed her concentration roll.
Yod lifts the latch and pulls the door open. Beyond is a small room with a tunnel in its left wall. In the corner to Yod's right a bullseye lantern hangs on a peg, lit but shuttered. Beneath it is a corked half bottle of wine, a leather satchel, and a silver flute.
Sari steps gingerly over the dead elf, catching a glimpse of his slack, startled face. The resemblance to Ameiko is very strong. Definitely accentuated by the braid of dark hair and the silver earrings. He's dressed well - leather vest and boots - and a thick gold ring on his finger glints in the light of your staff. He's also wearing a black leather collar.
Now children....
Well there is no one here now, should we check the other rooms before we head down the tunnel??
I think we should check this out first. We need to find Ameiko. Any clues in the satchel? And who's the musician?
Ok someone search the elf and take a look at the items, I'll head a few feet into the tunnel
Spot check 14+4=18
Search check 13+1=14
Cha grows pensive, and strangely quiet at the sight of the flute. The others wonder if he knew someone from his past that played. That, or something from breakfast did not agree with him. He stands rear-watch in the hall while the others explore the chamber. Sari's rear ducks around the corner and into the room.
Yod pads across the small chamber, senses tuned on the dark and quiet sand-floor tunnel beyond. The walls here aren't masonry, but hard-packed stone, dirt and sand. You sniff ocean-scent in the tunnel, but some way off. The tunnel stays to a fairly true width and curve.
Sari slips into the chamber and picks up the leather satchel. There's a leather-bound book of maybe 30 pages and some light rations wrapped in cheesecloth. There's also some quills and ink, and a fine collection of thieves tools (masterwork). At the bottom are several small cloth bags tied off tightly. The flute peeks out of it's wrappings. It looks like a very fine instrument.
From the elf I take- his silver earrings and gold ring. Also the black leather collar.
Ameiko may want these items. Do you think she would want his vest and boots too?
He also has a composite short bow, a quiver with some arrows, and a money purse with 10 platinum pieces in it. The vest is pretty gruesome.
Sari says, "I am disturbed that we have seen nothing of Ameiko. I get the sense that we should be hurrying after her, where ever that might me. I am worried for her safety."
I shake off the thought of a margarita, and head down the tunnel
survival check 14+0=14
spoiler for Yod
It looks like it must be a rather long tunnel. You have lost all sense of direction down here, so you're not really sure where it's leading you, other than gradually down. You advance maybe a hundred feet into the tunnel and it keeps on going to the limit of your 60' reach.
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FOR DM
Hey I didn't see anything for about 150 plus feet down the tunnel but it keeps going, should we head on further? Do you want me to check it out?
I'm following the big stinky orc, at a safe smelling distance.
Ok back in we go
Sorry I'll just stop and freshen up a bit first before splatering any more bad guys.
Breath deep the gathering gloom.
The group plunges into the dark tunnel in search of further clues to Ameiko's whereabouts. After about 400 ft of twisting tunnels you come to a fork with one tunnel continuing north-east and the other going nearly due-east.
"I get the feeling this road leads to the ocean. Obviously, the island goblins have found a way into the city from the water. Ishah and I'll hold the position at the fork while Yod and anyone else who wants to go ventures on."
Ok East or North-East, flip a coin or does someone have a preferance?
I'm good to keep going either way, I'll try to minamize any oders I might be emitting.
Ok East or North-East, flip a coin or does someone have a preferance?
I'm good to keep going either way, I'll try to minamize any oders I might be emitting.
Has anybody spotted any tracks?
Survival check 13+0=13
If so we should follow them, if not then NE straight on till morning.
The floor of the tunnel is sandy, so there's lots of marks that might be tracks but they are confused and hard to make any sense out of (especially without a single person in the group with the Track feat). The east branch is almost devoid of any such marks.
spoiler for all but Cha, who stayed at the first fork in the tunnel
The group continues along the dark main tunnel for maybe another 200 yards before coming to another branch, this one to the left (west). The floor of this tunnel looks more used, though still not as disturbed as the main tunnel you're following.
for Cha
The sounds, and light of the party fades into the distance. It is quiet and utterly dark here without them. Occasionally you hear a sound from the party moving on ahead.
For DM
FOR ABC
Since we have some idea of what direction and how far we've gone
can I do a knowledge local check to see if that seams likely?
d20 roll 19+5=24
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