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Kord scans the room for anything of interest. He finds a chest filled with construction supplies—nails, rope, pulleys, hammers, saws, and chains, all of excellent quality. The crate is worth 150 gp and weighs 50 pounds.
He also finds a scaly, green hand in one corner, severed by a bladed weapon of some sort.
I don't know.
Dwynnweer follows with a leap of faith.
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After the group of you take the unconventional approach and leap across the gap, Kord opens the door to a room on the second floor of the southeastern tower.
A bookshelf lies face down in the northwestern corner of this wooden room, partially concealing a trap door beneath. In the opposite corner is a large bed with a noticeable bump under its rumpled sheets. A small table with two chairs sits in the southwest corner. Doors exit to the north and west (where you came from).
There are things on the bed in this room. Thousands of eyes swivel to you as a giant spider and a veritable swarm of smaller eight-legged creatures stop feasting on a body to... start feasting on you!
Round 1
Dwynnweer: Go
Hazel: Go
Spiders: TBD
Kord: TBD
Jareth: TBD
Hazel reaches into her brassiere and pulls out an alchemist's fire, lobbing it at the spiders.
Dwynnweer quickly realizes that he has no splash weapons of his own, and less than no desire to go fishing among Hazel's naughty bits to find one. Instead he focuses on the oversized arachnid.
He send Shwyurr under the table toward it as well!
Hazel draws her trusty dagger, 'Boil Lancer' and moves into the room.
Dwnyweer five foots behind the giant spider, not feeling so good. He shakily swings his axe on the foul thing!
Shwyurr follows suit!
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Dwynweer steps forward, and goes to raise his weapon.. but a wave of nausea momentarily overcomes him! Shwyurr manages to overcome the same duress, and bites the spider!
Hazel steps into the room with a less than sanitary dagger. Who knows what she'll do next with it.
With the badger still harassing it, the giant spider attempts to bite Shwyurr but doesn't even come close.
Round 2
Dwynnweer: Nausea + Bite
Hazel: Move + Gross
Spider: Miss
Kord: Go
Jareth: Go
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"Leave him alone you overgrown pest! For battle come to me!"
Kord drops an axe kick on the spider: for to death
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With to concerted efforts of Dwynnweer, Shwyurr, Hazel, and Kord the group is able to put a swift end to the giant spider. Kord executes a perfect axe kick.
You take some time to search the room, starting with the bookshelf. The books here are primarily poetry and tales of adventure. They’re already moldering from the humidity and are of no particular value.
The lumpy mass on the bed appears to be the commander of the fort. Atop his body lies a crude note written in Common. It says, "We no longer let humans ruin river! Leave Song'o lands, or we kill again! -Cahshil Tribe"
You can also see a trapdoor that is partially covered, which leads down.
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Kord springs into action, clearing away the trapdoor and levering it open. He glances down.
Boxes and barrels line the sides of this dark, wooden room. A
ladder ascends to a trap door, fifteen feet above. A halfling stands warily, dagger drawn. He waves the weapon about before he speaks in Polyglot.
The halfling is obviously in rough shape, and has probably not eaten recently.
Hazel will finish searching the room while the polyglots glot poly.
Hazel grabs the dagger and keys, leaving the monies and armor for the rest.
She shouts up to the halfling in Polyglot
"We're here to check on the fort. What happened? Who did this? I am considered beautiful by human standards."
Dwynweer looks back and forth between the aasimar and the halfling, both speaking confusing words he does not understand. He reads Jareth's conciliatory tone as a gesture of goodwill, so he lowers his weapons and fumbles about in his pack for some rations, dropping them through the trap door below while Shwyurr looks on.
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The halfling nods, putting the dagger away. He climbs up the ladder. Continuing in Halfling, he says,
He and six other hunters encountered a raiding party of Lizardfolk 9 days ago and fled toward the coast, only to discover the human fort. Setting aside their traditional isolationism, the Song’o halflings asked the strangers for shelter from the lizardfolk. Sadly, none of the resident soldiers could understand the halflings, and their warnings went unheard until the Lizardfolk attacked that night.
"I would like to return to my village, Cahshil, to the north, but there is no way I will travel alone. Could I stay with you? Are you going somewhere safe?"
So we can take him north to his village or return back to the settlement to report in, right? Could take him back with us, but not sure he'd want to go.
Hazel would also be happy to have a halfling companion, provided he's willing to wear a monkey mask and fake wings.