Eric moves to a better spot and hurls another chakram. for
Seeing that he does not have a clear shot, Bryce readies his action, waiting for the target to present itself. He shoots another bolt the moment one of the zombies steps out of cover.
**Posting Early in case I can't post at work on time.**
Seeing the battle well in hand and nothing useful to do, my fidgety nature gets the best of me. I creep over to the nearest door.
As I crack open the door.
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Eric maneuvers until he can see creature #11, and hurls another chakram...it flies true and strikes with incredible force, removing the creature's head from its shoulders! It collapses instantly into a pile of dust and rags!
Elmo pulls out his short bow and releases an arrow at the remaining creature and the shaft buries itself causing terminal damage! The creature expires and falls silent to the floor!
End of Encounter
Velcore marches over to the zombie rags and begins to praying holding his holy symbol out over the piles of dust. "Iomedae receive these wandering souls so they may be judged and sent to rest."
Bryce watch with interest Velcore's prayer for whole two seconds, before sneaking after Garm. In a hush tone, not to anger the priest he addresses the gnome: "A locked door you say. Here, let me try..."
"Great job Velcore. The light of heaven just ripped them apart!!"
Trane looks for valuables. The dead did not them.
Velcore nods at Trane and continues his prayers.
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Members of the group search the remains of the creatures blasted in great part by the holy powers of Iomedae, but they possess no items other than the filthy rags in which they were dressed.
Bryce fiddles with the door lock for a few seconds, inserts a small bit of bent metal, and manages to unlock the door. The door opens easily, and appears to be a store room for armaments. Inside are 12 suits of leather armor (worth 10 gp each)and 30 light wooden shields (worth 3 gp each).
I move to G-10 and slowly turn in a complete circle while casting Detect Evil.
Companions! I have detected an evil aura in the northeast direction behind the door at I-8. Be alert and proceed with caution!
"These doors are obviously well taken care of, and have seen recent usage. New latch and lock, all in pristine condition, unlike a lots of other things in here. Hmmmm, would it make sense to have a secret compartment or another door in here?!" - lost in his own thoughts (voiced out loud), Bryce enters the armoury amd continues to examine it more closely, not paying much attention to what is happening outside.
I dispel the grease.
After his prayers Velcore prepares to deal with the evil that Kalizama detects in the next room.
Trane will open the last door if Bryce cannot to open it. If he cannot, he will finish exploring the cells he moved toward first with Chaandra.
Trane's way of opening doors is less subtle, kicking at the center.
Eric retrieves his chakrams and moves to help Trane open the door.
I reload my light crossbow to prepare myself for what lies behind the door...
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Bryce manages to get the other door (C-9) unlocked, and it opens easily on freshly oiled hinges. The room appears to be another storeroom for armaments. As you look around, you find:
50 spears
10 glaives
6 guisarmes
3 battle axes
A crate with 120 arrows
A crate with 200 crossbow bolts
70 black capes, each with a yellow eye of fire sewn on the center
Trane quickly makes a huge gasp as the doors are open.
"We have a stash of considerable weapons. And bad guy black capes too! Enough arrows and bolts to keep us from running out for quite a while."
Trane points to the glaives.
"These are great to keep things from getting too crowded and jabbing at reach. Elmo, Eric, and Cananthir, you probably each want one of these pole arms."
He thinks: "Let us leave the rest here for now."
No, we sell them (minus the bolts). But let's keep a cape each, I have a feeling that we'll need them.
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Trane and Eric try the door at I-8 and discover that it is not only unlocked, but that swings open easily and silently on well-oiled hinges. The door opens into a small room which is empty except for the presence of filth and broken junk littering the floor. Another door is present along the northeast wall of the room.
After savouring the thought that they were able to finally discover something worth their efforts (keg of brendy), Bryce leads the companions towards the next door which he promptly unlocks. Seeing that it is (again) filled with weapons and alike, he simply shrugs and follows Canathir's suite. He takes one of the strange looking black capes and engages thier gnomish bard in a whipered conversation" "Hey Garm, does this symbol look familiar to you?"
Hmmm....
Maybe something, Bryce. Well there was this one guy...Sourman? Soaron? something and his symbol was a fiery eye. Not quite the same thing as this one though. It does seem somewhat familiar though. It's just on the tip of my tongue...
Chaanra lead her human and they follow directly behind Bryce, stepping where he steps.
If he leads, we will follow
Velcore will move cautiously into the room.
I take 20 bolts and a black cape from the room behind the C-9 door and stuff them in my backpack for future use. Following the others out, I return to G-10 and wait.
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Motioning everyone for silence, Carp invites Bryce, Elmo and Eric into the room.
Attempting to communicate with hand signals Carp points at the door, taps his ear then points to his feet.
Slowly drawing his blade Carp points at Bryce and signals for him to quietly check the door for traps and pick the lock.
Bryce proceeds as instructed, first checking for traps and then, if no traps are found to try and unlock the door as quietly as possible.
In a hushed voice, Bryce whispers in Canathir's ear: "No traps, unlocked. Also a new, well oiled door. Want me to open them, or eavesdrop a bit?"
I have it! It's the symbol for the Temple of Elemental Evil. I knew I had seen it before.
Trane makes the universal 'Listen' symbol mimicking putting his ear up to his hand.