Petronicus delays. (And I apologize for my delay- travelling).
As Bardos and Petronicus adopt what they believe are martial poses, Thorthal steps in and punches the big man. A bright light explodes in front of your opponent's face, and he blinks rapidly as his eyes water.
"Sub-doo?" Morgrom looks at his sword then back at Haer Kul, "Swords don't sub-doo."
"Hey, ugly! Therez a hole in yer pants!" Morgrom continues to distract so Thorthal can punch away.
"Not ugly! You're ugly!"
With that witty retort, the woodsman swings his battleaxe at Morgrom's armour
Morgrom's banded mail is damaged, but not enough to hinder him, and the foe maintains his grip on his slippery axe.
Thorthal strikes are ineffective.
As the big man concentrates on Morgrom, one of Thorthal's attacks sneaks through as a rabbit punch.
20 points non-lethal done.
Haer Kul will delay for now. He has no way of dealing non lethal damage.
"Oh, youz ugly all right, an' stinky too!"
If any of my allies are hurt, Petronicus will cast infernal healing and move in to touch them.
"Not stinky! You're stinky!"
The woodsman chops down at Morgrom in an effort to return him to his natural state of unconsciousness.
Although, it's only a glancing blow, Morgrom can't help but notice the power behind it.
Thorthal is only able to strike glancing blows against the foe's armour.
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Petronicus will cast Mage Armour on Scuttles and order him to attack (drawing an AOO as he moves in)
DC10 save or dazed.
"Ew! Bug!"
The large man's attack misses Scuttles, but the centipede's pincers cannot draw blood.
Haer Kul will try to ascertain the Silam's state of mind. .
"Silam, put down your axe, or we will hurt your momma."
,
"Tried ta play nice fer tha gnome, but youz going down!" Surging with strength, Morgrom strikes.
"Tried ta play nice fer tha gnome, but youz going down!"
"I appreciate that, Mr. Hellblade. It's the thought that counts."
Bardos continues to observe, pondering what magic to use.
Morgrom's greatsword caroms off of the big man's head, opening a scalp wound and sending Silam tumbling unconscious to the ground.
"If youz still want ta save im, bind im up, an we can help im."
Haer Kul ties up Oddle, tightly and using a lot of rope.
Once that's done, Haer Kul would like to search the room.
I was originally thinking of Momma's room, but we should search both. Oddle's room first, then Momma's room.
Searching momma's room:
The first room contains a bed, dresser, small table, chair, and a large trunk. The trunk contains clothing obviously sized for Silam. The pillow on the bed has a strange, grey-green stain on it. Underneath the bed are a pile of woodcutting tools. In the pile of tools is a black granite key, with a carving of a raven on it. None of the other furniture is interesting, and there are no sources of magic in the room.
"Momma's" room contains a large canopy bed, a fireplace, a desk and chair, and a large dusty rug. A desiccated corpse lies in the bed, surrounded by dried herbs and flowers. The corpse is still wearing a nightdress and a necklace. Nothing else is interesting in the room, and there are no sources of magic. Haer Kul finds the dust in the room quite irritating in his nose and eyes.
Haer Kul will look at the green stain and see if he can identify it the way he identifies potions.
Then search the furniture (dresser, bed, and trunk) for hidden compartments, although he doubts that Silam is that sophisticated.
Dresser
Bed
Trunk
"Interesting." He examines the key closely. Have we seen a raven symbol anywhere else in the town? He will take the key.
In Momma's room, Haer Kul blinks and sniffs, but tries to focus on the search. If the necklace looks valuable, he will take it.
He searches the desk and the fireplace for any hidden compartments. He looks quickly at the flowers to identify them and to see if they were likely gathered locally:
Fireplace
Desk
When he's done, he leaves the room, and blows his nose with a great honk. Blinking, he bemoans Silam's housekeeping skills.
Haer Kul removes the necklace from Mother Oddle's corpse. The flowers and herbs are of common, fragrant types native to the area.
He also believes that the raven was an emblem of the Arvarenhode family.
His other examinations turn up nothing of interest.
Morgrom takes a moment to heal himself and then goes over to the unconscious body and begins looking him over.
"Humph, seems good."
"I suggest we leave Mr. Oddle bound while we search the rest of the orphanage. We can come back to question him later. If he is uncooperative, we can knock him out again, before untying him."
Haer Kul searches Silam Oddle for any interesting possessions.
"We should search the rest of this floor, no?"
Searching Silam:
Remaining room on this floor:
Silam was wielding a battleaxe, and also has a handaxe and dagger. He is clad in a well-made chain shirt.
While examining the woodsman, Haer Kul finds a large, splotchy, black tumor growing on the back of Silam's neck - the cause of the big man's hunchbacked appearance.
Petronicus casts detect magic and attempts to identify anything that radiates magic (Spellcraft +9).
Petronicus sees no magical emanations, apart from those already carried by the adventurers.
"Mr. Hellblade, have you ever seen anything like this before?" He indicates the tumor, but is careful not to touch it. "It looks unnatural. I wonder if any of the others that had gone mad had something like this growing?"
Nobody saw anything like the tumor on the madmen, and it's outside the experience of anybody in the group.
The only interesting thing in the outer room is the blackboard that Haer Kul noticed earlier. It appears that somebody has been drawing birds and wildlife on the board, but that they erased the middle for three new drawings: the raven key from under Silam's bed, a ruined manor, and something that looks like a cloak. The last item has an upright hood or cowl in the center, a main section that radiates from it, with three hooked protrusions at the ends.
"Mes Dieux, this is interesting, no?
This crude drawing of a cowl, perhaps it represents the Hooded Lord? Does this look like some sort of religious symbol to anyone?"
The manor I cannot tell whether it is meant to look like the one in the town, or another one."
"At least we have the key. That part is clear."
"Shall we finish searching downstairs while Mr. Oddle is tied up?" We will gag him too. "We can come back and question him when he has had time to consider things."
Haer Kul will close the door to Momma's room. "Maybe he will be less angry if his Momma doesn't appear to be threatened. Also, dusty."
The manor in the drawing is not the one in town.
"I fear questioning him will not warrant us much," says Bardos flatly.