Following Zokons lead, Alia retrieves her own bow, empowering it with magic, then fires a blunt arrow at the creature, trying to knock it out.
Haha! Still freeeee!! Illthir grins and thinks as she manages to avoid the grabby tentacles.
Alia's blunt arrow connects with the rust monster's head with a thud. The bug crumples to the floor.
The tentacled thing reaches out to Durgan.
Round 2! (Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
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__ Serena
__ Alia 1 nonlethal
__ Zokon -4 hp
__ Illthir -17 hp, pinned
__ Durgan
__ Rust monster -24 hp, 8 nonlethal, KO'd
__ Purple -7 hp, grappled
Zokon moves about 15ft forward so he has them all in his circle of light... can he see the thingie?
If so he fires an arrow at it
If not
"What is it? I can't see it.."
Zokon moves about 15ft forward so he has them all in his circle of light... can he see the thingie?
The arrow pierces the things thick hide through the center, pinning it to to the opposite door frame.
Party Status
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__ Serena
__ Alia 1 nonlethal
__ Zokon -4 hp
__ Illthir -17 hp
__ Durgan
Serena will move to Illthir and channel positive energy, to affect her, Alia, and Zokon.
"Is it down? Great!" Illthir slowly lowers her hammer and waits for the darkness to dissipate and or her eyes to adjust.
"That was worse then the chickens I tell you. Bleh!"
Durgan casts Stabilize on the strange grappling creature.
"Part of the inventory. Let's secure these ones before we do any more exploration."
He looks around for a cage that seems big enough for the grappling thing, and a wooden crate for the Rust Monster. Durgan looks very leery of even going near that thing.
"Most of the cages seems to be in there. And broken." Illthir points at the curtain she was checking out as the vicious creature assaulted. Not very nice. And now that she wasn't actively being strangled by some odd thing she had the time to get a little annoyed. "I wonder what *else* is loose in here? I'll think I'll have some words with those men outside."
With a huff the Skald strides towards the door and drags it open juuuust enough so she can glare at Elgeen and Javers. "So. We found two rock-chickens. And a Rust Monster and strangling attack rug. Is there anything else living in the backrooms?"
He puts his bow away
Zokon will walk around the whole shop, looking for monsters hiding or cages to put them in.
Durgan casts Stabilize on the strange grappling creature.
"Part of the inventory. Let's secure these ones before we do any more exploration."He looks around for a cage that seems big enough for the grappling thing, and a wooden crate for the Rust Monster. Durgan looks very leery of even going near that thing.
"Most of the cages seems to be in there. And broken." Illthir points at the curtain she was checking out as the vicious creature assaulted. Not very nice. And now that she wasn't actively being strangled by some odd thing she had the time to get a little annoyed. "I wonder what *else* is loose in here? I'll think I'll have some words with those men outside."
Zokon finds a number of snakes, ferrets, birds of all types, the previously mentioned turtle, and an energetic monkey scattered around the back room (often in places that are not easily accessible).
Illthir heads up front.
Durgan reaches for the wooden travel cage when another cage gate creaks menacingly, and snaps shut behind him.
"This was no coincidence," Serena says, noting the open cages.
Zokon comes back and reports the cages and starts moving the captive creatures ito them... ie wooden cockatrice.
"The rust monster goes in the wooden crate, I think. As to what let them all out, there is a monkey... and maybe something else."
Durgan casts Invisibility Purge.
"Most of the cages seems to be in there. And broken." Illthir points at the curtain she was checking out as the vicious creature assaulted. Not very nice. And now that she wasn't actively being strangled by some odd thing she had the time to get a little annoyed. "I wonder what *else* is loose in here? I'll think I'll have some words with those men outside."
With a huff the Skald strides towards the door and drags it open juuuust enough so she can glare at Elgeen and Javers. "So. We found two rock-chickens. And a Rust Monster and strangling attack rug. Is there anything else living in the backrooms?"
The group at the door spins around with a startled jump. They had been facing a tall, lean, severe-looking man in dark, expensive wizard's robes.
"A rust monster you say?" says Elgeen recovering first but still looking nervous. "Well that's good. There wasn't one the last time I was here. Is it-?"
"And I brought a big o' alligator-snake thing over earlier. That's why I was here."
"Uhum. 'Shocker Lizards' you say?" Illthir sighs internally and leans back inside to shout to her comrades. "Hey! There's electric lizards around somewhere too! And an 'big o' aligator-snake thing'"
Then she turns back to give the pair and sweetly says goodbye for now while closing the door. "Another minute or five then."
Once the door is closed she sinks down against it. "Being a helpful hero is a lot more stressful then I hoped. Give me a quick moment to strap on my armour and then we can find all the other circus animals!"
"And who are you?"
Illthir delays closing the door a little so she can glance at the most friendly looking man. With a quick skeptic glance at Elgeen she replied to the new speaker. "I am Illthir Winlowe, skald and currently one of the plucky heroes doing heroics. That is slapping the escaped critters in cages again. Does that satisfy your curiosity mister ..?"
"That's M'Lord Baron to you, 'hero.'" the man says with a sneer.
He turns back to Elgeen, startling the clerk. "And my rust monster better be in fine fettle, or it will go badly for you, and your employer."
Wow your parents really wasn't very creative were they? Illthir thinks but do not speak. Instead she goes for a gracious bow and another attempt at closing the door. While of course trying to remember if she knows of any Barons in Restov - hopefully with some rumored dirt she can snicker at.
"Electric lizards? Okay."
Durgan casts Communal Resist Energy (Electricity) on Alia, Illthir, Zokon, Serena, and himself.
Everybody gets Resist Electricity 10 for 10 minutes.
Did his Invisibility Purge reveal anything?
Wow your parents really wasn't very creative were they? Illthir thinks but do not speak. Instead she goes for a gracious bow and another attempt at closing the door. While of course trying to remember if she knows of any Barons in Restov - hopefully with some rumored dirt she can snicker at.
Did his Invisibility Purge reveal anything?
"T-this is Alak- Lord Alak Dool, a very respectable wizard from the south who has some business with Lady Gwendolyn. I think he might be in a bit of a hurry, so if you and your friends could wrap up your work-." Elgeen urges. "We don't want to detain Baron Dool any longer than necessary."
"I don't know where the things are.. " He says looking around
"Elgeen, where might the shocker lizards be hiding?"
Durgan casts Fly, rather than trying to climb up the stairs.
He probably can't even reach the spiral stairs if the bottom 7 feet have been rusted away.
"Hiding? They should be in their crates in the back hall."
"Well i've looked back there and there's no shocker lizards in crates."
Hmph. Not a local then... On one hand that meant she wouldn't get much value out of concocting some tall and hilarious tale about him. On the other hand - it also meant that the good Baron wouldn't be around to cause any repercussions!
"The critters aren't in their boxes at the moment, which is certainly the cause for this little pickle. *Why* they aren't in their boxes though is a very interesting question. It's almost like someone wanted to sabotage something... But who would care that much about the fate of this store?" The skald wonders out loud, hoping that maybe one of the three people outside the store could provide a clue - willing or not. Because intrigue was more interesting then simply bad luck!
"Well i've looked back there and there's no shocker lizards in crates."
Elgeen considers. "Maybe they were picked up."
"The critters aren't in their boxes at the moment, which is certainly the cause for this little pickle. *Why* they aren't in their boxes though is a very interesting question. It's almost like someone wanted to sabotage something... But who would care that much about the fate of this store?" The skald wonders out loud, hoping that maybe one of the three people outside the store could provide a clue - willing or not. Because intrigue was more interesting then simply bad luck!
*brings finger to chin and furrows her brow*
*Looks more and more like an impatient, imperious wizard would right before he turns someone into a newt*
*Looks nervously about while sweating profusely*
Durgan flies up to the second floor and looks around.
Zokon will try grab and then climb up the ladder to give Durgan some backup
Durgan flies up the partially-destroyed, spiral stair while Zokon does it the old-fashion way and pulls himself up and then climbs the remaining steps up.
They find themselves in a short hallway with two doors. The walls are decorated with with large paintings that seem more like windows looking in onto other places or people .
The door to the southwest is closed, but the one to the northwest, while mostly closed, creeks back and forth on its hinges. Both men are instantly aware of the wild ruckus going on behind it--the sound of breaking glass, furniture scraping the ground. The air is full of ozone.
No takers then... Illthir smiled at the trio outside and once more tried to close the door on them. "We'll be done in a few moments then."
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"Hmh. Should we get some more up there? Let me try!" Illthir felt a lot better about doing heroics now that some others were already ahead of her - and after being healed a little.
Having helped to secure the creatures they already knocked out, Alia get up to the second floor, as well.
"Now this will be interesting. With the staircase rotted away, I doubt electric lizards or big gators could have made their way up here-...at least without help-"
She draws her Estoc and readies to open the door Zokon indicates on his notice.
Zokon takes out his sap... "
Ozone smell.. goes with lightning doesn't it.. seems the shocker lizards are probably in there... let's test this magic protection Durgan put on us."
Zokon steps into the room, ready to brain any lizards nearby
Durgan moves up with Zokon, axe in hand.
After a few false, and noisy starts, Serena manages to haul her plate-mailed self up the stair.
Zokon opens the door on the bizarre melee beyond. Abruptly, the door swings shut upon him driving Zokon back into the hall.
Round 1! (Theme ♬)
The Bold May Act!
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__ Zokon -9 hp
__ Illthir -9 hp
__ Serena
__ ???
__ Durgan
__ Serena
__ Alia
__ Slamming door
"Uh...that door is animated. And made of hardened wood.", Alia explains to Zokon and Durgan.
Then she turns to address the Construct - possibly a moot point, but certainly worth a try.
"Door, we are operating under directive of Mister Elgeen to save Lady Gwendolin. Grant us access so that we may make sure your owner is safely extracted from her predicament. In other words: That makes us employees of Lady Gwendolin on a mission that requires us to pass through."
She waits a moment to see if the door reacts, suggesting trying the other door if not.
"Owwwwwwwwww. Bad door.. Bad door." he says rubbing the parts that hurt