Elsdyn has been to a couple of them; they are on his map; perhaps he would comment.
you only find one in all the trash and garbage; others could help you though....remember also; there are still rats and giant centipedes in this trash heap as well as lots of the giant chains and lots of dead goblins.
"Well might as well search the fallen for anything of use."
"If we all search the area it will take less time and then we can retreat to safety before anything else attacks. Plus, I'm probably not the best person in our group to search for things, my mind tends to wander too much."
I'll do a quick search for anything of use.
Search:
I guess I am still somewhat blinded by the goblin bits that came my way.
you only find one in all the trash and garbage; others could help you though....remember also; there are still rats and giant centipedes in this trash heap as well as lots of the giant chains and lots of dead goblins.
For each of your missiles; roll a d20; anything less than a 10 and the bolt is useless; though you could save the tips; and some feathers of the broken ones; being frugal; cost you less for replacements or a person with the skill to make such things could pound out the tips and replace shafts and like that.
"Amazing, in all this garbage I managed to find one of my bolts, and it still looks usable to boot."
Everyone gains 400 exps from this battle.
anyone know how much exp we have got in total so far?
I havent kept track; can anyone answer; minimally you should have recieved exps at the hill you met the Kirin; after the attempt at entrance in the front and the withdrawl; then after the battle by the sand where you met Elsdyn; and then here; I am guessing your all pretty much very close or made 2nd level.
How about this; if know one knows; lets move everyone character to second level at +100 points into level; and start from there; I didnt see any exps on anyone character sheets.
so; everyone update their character sheets, max hps again for second level.
also, I need some specific direction that the party is going to move; you can continue past the chains dow this main hall or you can go back and take either the left or right smaller passages.
does anyone else have search or investigative rolls to make?
Mogue seems to be looking at the goblins; giving each a quick once over; he seems to be looking for something specific; he is not checking their bags or anything; more looking at their brands; scars; mutilations; tatooes and the like.
Mogue; post some rolls if you like; otherwise will have you take a 10.
Well I'm heading off to find a room down one of the other passages that I can rest and clean my wounds in. Anyone want to come along, we could scout it out and then come back and report to everyone else if you'd like? Bob? Sure could use an extra pair of eyes and ears to keep a look out.
Gloisil starts back down the main passageway towards the side passages. He will check the rooms right below the sand filled room first, and then check the ones on the other side of the main passage. In particular he's looking for a room that has a door that can be blocked and would provide a resting place if needed.
Gloisel; Mogue finished with the goblin bodies and joins you.
Looking at the Knights map; one of the short halls is a dead end; the other goes to various types of machinery and keeps going; he has not explored far.
Which way do you go?
you can hear a buzz coming your way; and see a cloud of sparkly light moving from your last battle to the Battle at the Chains; as can anyone with a spot over 15; +3 if you dont have a light nearby as the sparkly lights glow faintly.
for Hoot; with his much better listen; if you concentrate; you can get more information; let me know if you do Gloisel.
oh; and thanks for taking the reigns; I think everyone was waiting for everyone else hehe.
You guys still have the map picture right?
Gloisil was going to check the four rooms in the dead end passage first to see if they can be secured as a place to clean up our wounds and rest. If they would not serve that purpose, then I will start making my way down the other passage.
Sensing the lights coming towards us and also realizing that Hoot can see and hear the same thing, Gloisil concentrates harder on what he is seeing.
"Quiet everyone! There is a light and a sound coming down the hallway from where we were before. I think we better be prepared in case it is another foe."
you hear the flapping of a hundred wings; like that of a swarm of bees.
Gloisil was going to check the four rooms in the dead end passage first to see if they can be secured as a place to clean up our wounds and rest. If they would not serve that purpose, then I will start making my way down the other passage.
Sensing the lights coming towards us and also realizing that Hoot can see and hear the same thing, Gloisil concentrates harder on what he is seeing.
"Quiet everyone! There is a light and a sound coming down the hallway from where we were before. I think we better be prepared in case it is another foe."
ok; the Knight can fill you in on the four rooms at the dead end hallway; as that is where he has been staying the night he spent here before he met you all. Most things are buried there but there is space for the party to regroup.
Also, will be easy Mogue to removed everyones track in the sand; scent might be a little bit harder.
"Thank you for the healing Desidera, I'm feeling fit now. Although either I'm getting used to this life of battle, or I am getting more resilient, I don't know which."
"Prepare my friends, it sounds as if a swarm of bees is coming this way!"
Gloisil stops and pulls out his wand, and waits for the lights and sound to come closer.
Gloisel; I am certain your character knows that this is the fae; but it might be other characters; the cloud of them that decended upon the last group you left for dead.
It is probably appropriate for whomever knows and watched the fae; forget who to mention it as you probably dont want to stay around.
any celt or ranger would know about the dangers of their illusions and vicious tricks and mischiveous ways. They are chaotic and unpredicable like the wind or flowing lava.
"Wait a moment, it is just the fae. We should probably stay clear of them, they are a bit unpredictable. Let's just continue to look for a place to rest.
I remember back a month or two I sent out the picture; check your email; should be called like machine room; have a big long hall and off room and you should see the cave in and the room you ate in and found the food supplies.
Galen heals himself 6hp
other than that he keeps a silent vigil, looking out for trouble
Gloisil after realizing that it is just the Fae that he is seeing, will continue towards the venting rooms to see if one of those will serve the party's needs for the moment.
Pads along on bare feet in the middle of the party, x-bow resting casually in the crook of an arm.
ok; there are four venting rooms; These room had heavy doors; but they are all now in dissrepair; The center of the floors of each of these room have a giant valve in the center. Each of the rooms are about 40x30 foot and the hole in the center with the valve to control air flow is about 15x20; The valves are in various states of open now and hot dry air is flowing up from the floor to the ceiling in two rooms and cold, wet air is flowing in from the ceiling of the other two; the air is roaring at such speed as to make normal conversation impossible; any loose items on your person or held in hand will be drawn toward the flow of air.
The Squire-Knight states he slept in the far end of one of the rooms one night; one goblin found him but got sucked into the airflow. he is not sure how often the goblins come here; but as machines can be heard; this probably goes into some vast dwarven machine.
The end of the hallways is where the Squire states he fell through from the surface; the tunnel is blocked.
The main hallways to the vent rooms is 20ft wide. There is a blood trail going between the steps down to the Great Hall and the first vent room.
Mogue says that something dragged a couple goblins up the stairs and into that room and apparently into the vents.
After briefly surveying the air venting rooms, Gloisil says, "Well looks as if those rooms would not be suitable. Although if attacked while in one as our friend Elsdyn was it might be an asset with the proper strategy. Lets see if the rooms on the other side of the main hallway would be more suitable."
Seeing Desidera become thoughtful upon sight of the trail of blood, Gloisil says, "Desidera, if I read your thoughts properly at the moment, then I agree and fear that we will encounter more fearsome creatures then the goblins down here."
Gloisil then moves across the main hall and down the other side passageway. Checking first the two rooms on the right and then the larger room on the left.
Tracking is a special skill that is class or animal related; hmm; you could take a 20 if you wanted to study them a while; Mogue would see you doing it and just tell you; "about a day and a half; so 18 hours; if I had to guess; I would say these found our Squire and he killed them; the thing dragged them off perhaps while he was sleeping"
The squire says <this is pre playing background so gm will anwer>:
Sir Ranger, I dragged them up these stairs into that room; question is; why aren't they in that room anymore..."
Her person was not full of loose things, but Desidera was thankful that her hair was secured by a leather thong. Any of her other less... "adventuresome" ornaments would have been sucked free and lost, much to her would-be dismay at losing them. The air-sucking rooms are a curiosity to her, wondering if they would find a forge once they ventured higher or lower.
The trail of blood on the stairs was what gave her pause. If something was large enough to drag a goblin, then that same something was large enough to give them a reason to be concerned. She paused for a few seconds to try to determine how old the trail was.
Sunset listens to the banter of the group. All this talk about bodies being dragged away int ther people sleep has her shifting her stance from foot to foot.
"I do hope them other rooms is safer." She whispers, "But I have the feelin' 'Safer' be a relative thing, down here..." She shifts to stand closer to some one in the small adventuring group.
Sunset; looking around and listening; you can see the walls are cracked; the end of the hall has a big cave in where a sinkhole collapsed, standing here is not safe; not at all. Millions of tons of dirt and sand above your head; these cracked walls holding it back; and the wind and machinery shaking the floor....
Gloisil crosses the main hall, taking the stairs cautiously. Stopping at the first door on the right. Listening at the door before trying to open it.
Speaking to his owl that is perched on his shoulder, "Hoot, can you hear anything?"
"Um, Gloisil? Moguey? M'be we should be lookin' fer some where what don't look ike it's gon'a fall down and squish us?" She says as she eyes the walls critically, shifting closer to Desidera her bare feet scuffing pebbles and grit.
Gloisil crosses the main hall, taking the stairs cautiously. Stopping at the first door on the right. Listening at the door before trying to open it.
Speaking to his owl that is perched on his shoulder, "Hoot, can you hear anything?"
I, too would like a chance to listen at this door.
I guess my ears must be a little out of it for now. Sorry
<hoot focus with you; and your hearing improves though his; you hear the turning of great wheels; pounding of great pistons; rythmic vibrations at several frequencies; hearbeats of the party; and some sqeaks are rats down the hall; the buzz of the fae and sounds of their grisly feast; the rush of colums of air from steam vents.>
Gloisil crosses the main hall, taking the stairs cautiously. Stopping at the first door on the right. Listening at the door before trying to open it.
Speaking to his owl that is perched on his shoulder, "Hoot, can you hear anything?"
No one notices any sound at the door other than the various noises I already described.
Sunset stands close to Desidera. X-bow held at the ready. Watching both the towards the door as well as back, covering the way the party has come.
"I got's ye covered Bob." She whispers encouragingly to her doughy halfling freind. (^_^)
Gloisil carefully opens the door that he was listening at and takes a look inside.
"Well, let's see if this if this room will offer us a place to rest for a time."
Ok; this door looks like a typical door made of heavy bound wood; long ago it was smashed open; but only the locking mechnism was broken; not the door; there must have been a fight here long ago as there are dried red and green bloodstains all over in front of this door.
The door opens into a 80x40 foot room; the noise gets much much louder; inside the room offset but centered; are two giant piston shafts that move up and down in sequence; one goes up while the other goes down. There are many barrels of mostly empty very thick oily jelly of some kind; probably a lubricant; there are a few old moss covered bones in this room as well.
The pistons have a lot of scratches and marks; but are massive and still moving though probably not as quietly as they once did; they are also dried out and are in need of grease.
At this time; no one has entered; this can all be seen from the doorway.
Sunset walks carefully and quietly into the room. She pokes her nose at the barrels, then looks to the great pistons.
"Ah well, nufin' to it I s'pos." She sighs, slings her x-bow, rolls up her sleeves. (Just a glance towards the party when she started opening buttons and seeing their faces convince her that just rolling up sleeves is enough)
Sunset begins to rub hand fulls of grease upon the pistons. Pretty much just taking handfuls of the stuff, reaching out and sort of letting the pistons move up and down.
"Well this room might be suitable, if it were not for the lock being broken. It might serve for a moment for us to clean up our wounds. I fear though that the noise would be too much to allow us to rest much."
"Maybe we should check the other two rooms first before settling into this one."
Gloisil curiously watches Sunset for a moment, and then moves down the hall to the next door on the right. Hoot and himself giving a listen at the door before opening it.
Lol; your hired; hehe; how long are you going to do this and will you be doing both pistons?
Sunset walks carefully and quietly into the room. She pokes her nose at the barrels, then looks to the great pistons.
"Ah well, nufin' to it I s'pos." She sighs, slings her x-bow, rolls up her sleeves. (Just a glance towards the party when she started opening buttons and seeing their faces convince her that just rolling up sleeves is enough)
Sunset begins to rub hand fulls of grease upon the pistons. Pretty much just taking handfuls of the stuff, reaching out and sort of letting the pistons move up and down.
You hear the same noises as last time; but there is a louder sounding grinding noise; this door is also broken and also has bloodstains and splatters on the floor; there are also two doors in like shape on the other side of the hall.
"Well this room might be suitable, if it were not for the lock being broken. It might serve for a moment for us to clean up our wounds. I fear though that the noise would be too much to allow us to rest much."
"Maybe we should check the other two rooms first before settling into this one."
Gloisil curiously watches Sunset for a moment, and then moves down the hall to the next door on the right. Hoot and himself giving a listen at the door before opening it.
Gloisil returns to the first room where Sunset is busily applying grease to the pistons.
"Well it looks as if we aren't going to be able to secure any of these doors so we may as well pick a room and make the best of it."
It may be that Sunset's greasing of the machinery will make it a little more quite so we could get some rest perhaps, we could at least clean our wounds and then move on."
"Sunset, do you still have that small cask of beer that I gave to you during our first foray into the goblins lair?"
Galen just watches out for trouble
Gloisil returns to the first room where Sunset is busily applying grease to the pistons.
"Well it looks as if we aren't going to be able to secure any of these doors so we may as well pick a room and make the best of it."
It may be that Sunset's greasing of the machinery will make it a little more quite so we could get some rest perhaps, we could at least clean our wounds and then move on."
"Sunset, do you still have that small cask of beer that I gave to you during our first foray into the goblins lair?"
Sunset nods. "Aye, t'is in me pack with th' rest o' me clobber." She nods and grins, still hapily smearing the greaseonto the pistons, though following Desideras' lead and using a torn piece of rag as the aplicator.
Elsdyn waits for all members to enter then closes the door behind them. He sits down and lays the weight of his back against the closed door. He adjusts his sword to ensure easy access in his position and relaxes his grip on his shield though he does not take it off.
He looks around the room at the various group members. In a voice loud enough to carry through the room across the sound of machinery.
"I apologies for my recent lack of responsiveness. It seems the last fight did have an unusual affect on me, but it seems everything is well now."
"That we have a bit of time now and by battle and chance have we become comrads, I shall endevor to answer any questions thee might have about me. Please speak thee freely, I shall answer as best I can and take offense at none."
"Elsdyn, we have all been summoned on this quest, and I am under the assumption that our meeting is not by chance. While we clean up our wounds and rest, I for one would like to hear whatever you would like to tell of yourself."
"I do note that your unusual quite demeanor after the battle is not the only change that has been made manifest. Your change in eye color is quite interesting. I would also like to hear about that as well, if you are willing tell us about it."