Tyler heals Airak with CLW.
"I hope that feels a bit better."
He then turned his attention to the hole, taking a torch and looking through it.
"A key? No, there was no mention or sign of one... Perhaps if we backtrack, we shall find something."
The torch lights a path through the hole, at the very end the path curls to the right and opens up into a cavern.
"Maybe..." Tyler gave a halfhearted reply. In general his curiosity rarely got the better of him, but Tyler had wanted to get out of this tower before it collapsed on him.
"It looks like this hole was made recently. Perhaps it connects to one of the other sections of the building we haven't explored yet." He shrugged and readied himself. "It looks like it only goes in for a little. I'm going to check it out. Anyone who would like to, can come with me." Tyler goes through the tunnel, taking care to look for threats, and potential collapses.
The elf raised an eyebrow at Tyler's insistience at jumping down the hole. With such a blatant lack of regard for one's safety, Inwismë almost thought this lot was trying to get killed. She sighed, peering down the hole herself. "Do you see anything?"
A pair of low barricades made of timbers and rocks partially block the passageway, which opens into a larger cave beyond.
This large cave appears to have been recently scratched from the hard-packed earth, and its ceiling is only five feet high. Several tons of debris fill the western portion of the cave.
Tyler moves in to explore the room while shouting back to Inwisme, "Well, theirs a lot of debris from the collapse but it looks like there is a room up here. Come on, I could use some extra hands to clear these beams."
Tyler spots on the northern end of the rubble the body of an old man laying half buried amongst the debris.
Airak feels a bit nervous as he notices that the collapse was engineered, but looks to be unstable at best.
Loman, goes forward to aide Tyler
"Thanks Loman." As he and Loman lifted the beam, Tyler spotted a body of an old man in the rubble ahead. "There's someone up here." Tyler said to the company in tow. "Sir! Sir, are you ok!" Tyler shouted, less than stealthily.
Tyler screams "Aroden! Heal this man!"
A wave of light rushes throughout the hall, healing all within .
Red moves forward and removes the rubble on top of Hunclay, then waits for Tyler with a look of high expectations.
"Hunclay!"
Without any concern for her safety, Inwismë hurries down to the old man's side. Kneeling down next to him, the elf places a hand on his shoulder as Tyler heals him.
Airak procedes down the tunnel eyeing the walls and roof. "Try not to touch the walls. I know several women who would lament should i not return."
Upon seeing the body Airak helps uncover it then stares in shock, never having seen someone he knew in this condition.
Kavin moves cautiously into the room, behind the rest of his companions. While they may wish to rush headlong into the unknown for the sake of the Old Wizard, Kavin pretends to be more concerned about possible threats. Longbow ready, arrow partially bent on the string, Kavin peers about the room to see what awaits.
Hunclay's body faintly reacts to the divine power rushing through him. It is appears that his body is tightly grasping the final threads of life.
The group has a sigh of relief that Hunclay might yet live. Loman and Inwisme hear some shuffling down the cavern, before they can react kobolds charge out of the darkness. One swings wildly at Inwisme cutting into the cavern wall beside her. The other strikes Red in the shoulder!
Kavin, caught unaware, is struck my an arrow.
Another kobold, cackling widly, moves into line of sight in his hands is a strange device.
Rage flares in Loman's eye at the sight of the lizard creatures. He quickly grabs the large sword off his back and runs head long into the frey with a screeching battle cry.
The rage of the druid frightens the kobolds as they swing way too early and miss him.
Inwisme surprised by the intial assault, takes a defensive position.
Inwisme manages to knock the spear thrust away from her, but Red wasn't able to recover from the last attack and is struck again on on her thign.
Raging, Loman has very little concern for anything short of kobold blood is caught in the chest with an arrow.
The cackling kobold throws the strange object between Kavin and Tyler, upon hitting the ground it explodes in a fiery mess.
Airak aproaches with his mace ready but is unable to get within range of the kobalds. He starts singing a rousing tavern song:
"Long ago, when the world was young
And gods did walk as common men
in Midgard's forests, hills and dales
In every grove, in every glen
When songs of joy was sung by all
by bird and fish and man and beast
when no man was another's thrall
and every day was full of feast
The first of kobolds, blue in skin
emerged from halls beneath the earth
from there he walked with all his kin
embraced the land in all it's mirth..."
Loman ignores the arrow now stuck in his flesh and the pushes back the pain on his searing skin. He swings his sword with all the effort in his arms, his knuckles white from the grip on the blade.
The kobold screams in terror and holds its spear up to hopelessly parry the swing, only to have the spear break and to be cut from shoulder to abdomen.
Pinned, Inwismë has no choice but to cast a spell defensively.
With her great success, she attempts to put the kobold in front of her to sleep.
The kobold slumps to the ground to a peaceful sleep.
Red seemingly unconcerned about her own wounds or the fate of the kobald that attacked her, goes to check on inwismë.
Being exhausted from channeling the energies of Aroden, and Caught off guard by the attack, it takes a moment for Tyler to react. Tyler rushes past his friends to meet the next Kobold further up the tunnel.
Borin charges towards the kobald with great power, slashing at its chest with his battle axe. "Out of the way, wee ones!"
The blow connects on the kobolds shoulder, causing it to yelp in pain.
The kobold with the bow wavers for a moment between the two charging townfolk, but settles on the bigger target.
The arrow strikes Tyler in the upper thigh, cutting deep into his flesh.
The kobold with the strange device throws another one at the one singing that hideous song.
It explodes on impact on Airaks flesh, burning it badly. The explosion carries over catching Inwisme's robes on fire briefly.
The ground begins to shift under the impact of the strange device.
As the floor begins to rumble, Tyler looks around for signs of falling rock.
Tyler summons his strength and swings at the kobold.
Letting out a primal scream as his drive to live takes over, he pulls his sword through the Kobold.
A little bit of rage washes off of Loman, and he realizes there are still people about. Looking up he selects his next target.
With a bit more confidence Loman moves in and swings at the foul creature.
Loman's arms just seem so heavy, he could not muster an accurate swing. He grits his teeth in frustration.
Airak Continues to sing as he pats out the fire. He advances cautiously and pays close attention to the walls.
"The tunnel back to the tower is going to collapse!
The kobold cackles as it falls to Tyler's strike. The strange device still lit, falls out of the kobolds hands and rolls past Tyler to the feet of Red.
Red picks up the strange device...
looks at it then at the last kobold...
Then throws said device at the kobold
Red watches as it sails over the kobold's head landing behind it.
The bomb explodes on impact singeing the kobold.
Borin charges towards the smoldering kobold. Raising his axe high above his head then swinging it towards the head of the kobold.
Borin's axe plows through the kobold, opening a large wound on its chest.
"That'll teach ya!"
The kobold steps back and fires off a desperate shot at the dwarf, it pierces his armor.
The cavern begins to shake behind the group, dust and dirt begins to fall making it difficult to return the way they came.
Airak's song ends as the last Kobald stands alone, but it's power lingers in the air.
Airak slowly moves his had in Hunclay's direction and his clothes ruffle slightly as he does.
Loman closes his eyes for a moment, as if trying to remember something, then steps in close and swings with all his might.
Again the creature seems to just move out of the way. Loman swears he can see the creature smiling at him, mocking him, infuriating him futher.
Tyler runs past the creature, trying to cut off its escape, and swings.
Borin moves towards the kobold and swings his axe.
The axes narrowly misses the kobald's face, shaving off a few hairs.
Inwismë remains hunkered down where she is, keeping a protective grip on Hunclay's shoulder.