After sniffing at the blood, the small dragon clambers back down Tatsuo's arm and disappears into his robe once more. Tatsuo then adjusts his hat and follows behind Tenebral.
Mrimmy follows the group as Aurura flies cautiously around the party, never too far.
@ Tatsuo: the light source is to far away for the range of your detect magic.
The corridor to the left goes about 10 feet and ends in a wooden door. the corridor to the right goes straight for about 20 feet, also ending in a wooden door
the original corridor continues on straight ahead as well about 20 feet ahead there are stairs going down.
the staircase must be short becuase it seems odvious that the corridor continues on and there is still the faint light in the distance.
LREASY
Mickey hangs back, passively allowing other people to make the decisions.
Sam steps into whatever shadows are near, and nods to Letha.
Mrimmy shrugs, her eyes and her bird glow in this dark, its best she doesnt go anywhere someone or something could detect her.
Mickey will follow Letha and Sam to the room they will open.
Tatsuo walks in next to Mickey, fists clenched as if prepared for a fight. Which seems odd since he doesn't really look like he's much of a fighter, especially given his current company. In the dim light, the storm clouds on his forearms look even darker than they did earlier.
Mrimmy takes up the rear, a bit shakily but not showing it. She stays close behind.
Letha opens the door revealing a 40 foot by 40 foot (approx) chamber it appears to have once served as a bunkhouse of some sort. Ten beds are in various states of disrepair, and two small chests have been smashed on the floor, spilling the meager contents of linens and ruined silk.
Three great barrels have been broken open, and a pungent vinegar smell plagues the air.
Shelves along the west wall have been toppled, their contents strewn across the floor.
there is slight movement from the area of the collapsed shelves. you think you can make out some kind of large insect
Tatsuo quickly scans the room, looking for any visible threats. Seeing none, he stands just inside the room next to the door, watching to make sure nothing sneaks up on them from behind.
over by the broken shelves you can make out smashed crystal goblets, ceramic dishes and four stone vials each sealed with a cork.
One of the vials radiates a faint aura, but you will need to concentrate a bit longer to try and identify it.
Without moving from his position, Tatsuo addresses the others. "There are four stone vials by the broken shelves. One of them is magical, but I can't identify what it is. Someone might want to have a closer look at them and see if they have a better idea."
Perception + lowlight if that helps.
1d20+6 Perception + lowlight if that helps.
You see the same thing Tatsuo sees plus you can make out what appears to be a torn journal book. among the mess from the chests.
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When everybody is in the room, Letha will walk over to the broken shelves, taking care to look under the broken beds. She now has a normal arrow nocked.
"Sigh. It's useful being a specialist, but I really should pick up more skills. Shadow Man, I'm going to check out the shelves. Please cover me."
(Unless stopped...always applies. This is the last time I will explicitly mention it.)
Mickey goes and picks up the book, hoping it's in well enough repair to read.
Mickey picks up the book and finds much of the pages ruined due to age. there is a single page toward the back that you can salvage and read.
Mickey sighs.
"Can you read this? I can't read curvy script..."
"I can give it a try."
Mrimmy's voice is almost a whisper. "There's something in there..." She hangs back by the door, nervously biting her thumb.
Tatsuo freezes at Mrimmy's words, eyes darting about. Trying his best not to move, he whispers "Where? Is it alive?"
"Its moving, so unless its enchanted, yes it is alive. It looks like a huge insect... I cant determine what it is." She looks for the thing, trying to figure out what it is.
Mickey looks where Mrimmy is looking.
Once Mrimmy points it out those looking can make out movement under the broken shelves near the stone vials that Tatsuo pointed out.
from what you can tell it appears to be some sort of centipede but larger than you probably have ever seen before.
as you look there are signs that there are definitely more than one.
"Huh? What insect?"
Tatsuo readies a spell. He waits for a bit to see if the insects attack. If they don't, he says "Do we want to attack them or just leave? If we do attack, if I can get to the far side of them, I have something that could hit all of them."
"They've done nothing to us..."
Mickey states, not sure why they are to be killed...
as of right now it seems that the bugs are attempting to stay hidden under the broken shelves. There appears to be no aggressive motions from them at this point.
"If we do get in a fight, I'd like to start off in a better position."
Tatsuo walks up to Mrimmy and places his bag against the wall next to her. He smiles at her slightly, "If you wouldn't mind, could you keep an eye on this for me? Although there's nothing in it that's worth your life if it comes to it."
He then carefully tries to make his way around to a better position. While he refrains from attacking for now, he prepares himself to strike if the party decides he should or if the bugs try to attack Letha or himself.
ok vermin paste will only work on swarms and normal sized vermin. if you want to not use it then that is fine.
Tatsuo circle around the broken shelves. as he does so one of the centipedes moves as well but it does not attack.
It seems to be close to the stone vials that were identified earlier.
Mrimmy smiles at Tatsuo. "I can manage. Be safe, though. I have your back.
"Are they dangerous?" Mickey stands near-ish to the bugs, but not too close.
"Anything with that many legs has got to be dangerous," Sam opines, and slips over towards the shelves.
Tatsuo looks at his companions, making eye contact with all of them and making sure they're ready for his next move. He slowly mouths a countdown. As he begins making arcane gestures, the storm clouds on his arms start to swirl menacingly. The air goes still for an instant before white bolts of lightning shoot down his arms and out through his finger tips, blasting all the creatures at once. He then steps away from the creatures.