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This room contains a pair of bedrolls made of leaves
and vines. A small barrel sits in the southeast corner of
the room. There is a hole in the floor in the southwest
corner from which a wooden ladder protrudes.
As Singol enters the room two more ratfolk jump out and sneer menacingly the halfling.
Combat party is up!
Singol sneers back at the ratfolk. "Not the talking type, huh? Your loss."
He moves to attack the nearest ratfolk, while giving room for Mirianna, and not blocking Duraz.
Singol takes a swing at the ratfolk.
If the sneak attack die applies.
will the crit confirm?
Marianna takes one of the sling and 10 of the sling bullets. [Oo]sorry, busy week here, back now. [/doc]
Duraz looks at the ladder and asks "Should we check the other rooms first? It doesn't seem they're eager to talk."
"That is a good idea. Make sure there aren't others before we head down the rope. Don't want anyone cutting it."
Kathe watches or rather hears of yet another of these ratmen going down despite the efforts of Duraz to try to talk peacefully. She appreciates the effort the cleric made at least. Due diligence ant all, right? She shakes her head, feeling that there hasn't been an opportunity yet to justify why she's even there. Not that she's looking for such an event... no. If the entire day goes by where all she does is stand around and shake and clap and cheer, she can sleep soundly still.
"Perhaps we should announce ourselves and intentions? Not that we haven't more or less made our presence known throughout the whole tomb."
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Singol takes a few minutes and find a razor wire across the doorway.
The stairs leading into this room descend several feet
into a small room. There is a circular hole in the rear of
the chamber from which a wooden ladder extends
about half a foot.
He easily cuts the wire. Otherwise the room is empty.
"I'm not entirely sure... uh, maybe just shout when we're about to enter a room. I don't think our presence here is a secret. Anything here that wants to lie in wait is either already doing so or listening for it. But maybe with enough evidence that we're not easily stopped, we can get attempts at diplomatic resolutions over with before putting ourselves into harm's way."
Otherwise, she offers a shrug, unsure truly how to proceed with such hostilities... however non-threatening they were proving themselves to be. Albeit, they are encroaching on someone's hovel. She doesn't quite know the history behind these ratmen and their relationship with the town and hopes the killing is justifiable...
"Aye, let's take out time and search then."
Singol will also search the room.
[dice=search[ 1d20 + 7[/dice]
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The party finds a trap inside but Singol is quick enough to jam a piece of metal in the side of the swinging block to permanently prevent it's escape.
The room is otherwise empty except for the ladder leading down.
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Peering into this chamber you see a mass of writhing
snakes that appear to have entered the space through a
crack in the stone foundation. There is a circular hole
in the rear of the chamber from which a wooden ladder
extends about half a foot.
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"Let the snakes in peace, I believe we should be descending now. I agree with Kathe, we should try and see if we need to solve this by combat.", Duraz says. He suggests taking the NE room to descend. He announces his descent saying loudly "Coming down!"
After so long searching the rooms, his protective aura dissipates.
Mirianna nods, and prepares to follow Duraz down.
Kathe tags along, all fifth wheel-like and such. She sticks to being at the back of the group as they sate their curiosities with the exploration and hopes that her presence will be justified at some point. Though, if she is honest, not being needed for something like a combat is a good thing.
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The ladder descends into a fifteen by fifteen foot square
room. A stone burial vault sits against the east wall. A
large statue of a Dejy man wearing a feathered
headdress stands against the north wall. Four clay urns
rest along the south wall.
Mirianna follows down the ladder as well.
Singol reaches the floor and steps aside.
[b] Uh, yeah. I don't like grave robbing. Back up then?"
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Duraz replies to Haldyr saying "Well, we're not here to deal with the stones or the dead, but with the living who might be 'terrorizing' the town". He spoke the word 'terrorizing' with air quotes, remembering how dismissive the farmer had been about the ratman's sighting. "The presence of a hiding summoner also worries me. We should just make sure they don't mean anyone harm and leave this place as we found it, as best we can", he said hoping the wizard is just a curious and careless student.
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The party makes their way around.
This room contains a pair of bedrolls made of leaves
and vines. A small barrel sits in the southeast corner of
the room. There is a hole in the floor in the southwest
corner from which a wooden ladder protrudes.