Inspired by his companions' prowess, Henric dives in between the two remaining Roadkeepers to get into a flanking position, doing his best to protect himself from harm.
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Cam gets distracted listening to Esmaralda's song and manages only a probing swing.
Inspired by his companions' prowess, Henric dives in between the two remaining Roadkeepers to get into a flanking position, doing his best to protect himself from harm. His tumble is passable, but no one would confuse him for a proper acrobat.
Tellanya steps up slightly, and thrusts out with her spear. But Tellanya manages merely to strike the ground in front of her. She smiles, and nods, "yes, that is true."
Kiley swings her greatsword at the next one.
She cuts down another one before stepping into a flank with Stryn.
Stryn stabs the remaining bandit.
The last Roadkeeper falls.
"Is that all of them?" Henric asks, looking around the room. "Let's make sure that they didn't leave any surprises for us."
Esmaralda checks on Rodrigo to see if he's still alive. If he is, she attempts to stabilize him.
Tellanya looks around, "were there any treasures or secret doors?" She cocks her head and looks around.
Camellia takes her time searching around the room.
One of these days we'll get something really worth our time, Cam. Not these small fries.
Esmaralda looks in the room as well.
The room doesn't contain anything apart from the now deceased Roadkeepers.
potion of cure light wounds x5
acid x10
smokestick x5
tanglefoot bag x5
masterwork studded leather x5
daggers x25
short sword x5
thieves’ tools x5
125 gp
A listen at the door does pick up the sound of voices - it sounds like more Roadkeepers on the other side of the door.
Esmaralda grabs 4 acid flasks and 3 tanglefoot bags, saying "Ah! things to throw at people! that's great, since I'm not so good with weapons..."
"Shall we move along?" Henric asks, motioning to the door at the end of the room. "These bandits won't get rid of themselves, and I'm thinking that the town will be better for it."
”Don’t suppose any of y’all have some magic stuff to throw the door open” Kiley asks the spellcasters after hearing the bandits on the other side.
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Tellanya shakes her head, "I do not have anything other than what I've already used." But she will re-cast bless before they open the door again.
Henric smacks his forehead, "Force! Of course! That would be perfect for taking down barriers! Why didn't I think of that before?" He shakes his head at his own lack of planning. "Sorry Kiley. Mostly just a whole lot of fire, right now."
"What about that spell that witch used on me," she asks. Her tone is a bit cool, and her eyes glitter dangerously for just a moment as she remembers the effects the spell that Mother Nightthrush used on her had. "Maybe one of us could throw open the doors and then take them down that way?"
Cam steps forward to the front. "Sure thing, Miss Kiley. I could take of that for ya."
”You know how to use magic?” Kiley’s eyebrows rise before a smile turns the corners of her mouth up. ”You are a truly formidable woman, Miss Camellia. I know I wouldn’t want to face you. You’re probably the most dangerous one out of all of us.”
Stryn doesn't find any traps or anything on the doors, so Cam goes forward and opens them, and the group moves into the hall.
A stone double door stands on the western end of this wide hallway.
Halls leave this area to the north, east, and south. Before the double doors are five Road Keepers.
Stryn waits for Cam to strike.
"I know a bit, Miss Kiley, but not that much, tell the truth. I wouldn't be much of anything without Ira here."
Damn right. I'm going to quote you on that one.
Cam strides past the first roadkeeper and into the throng. She waves towards herself with her sword in a "come and get it" gesture before slashing at the second roadkeeper in line.
Cam strides past the first roadkeeper and into the throng, who is so surprised by her maneuver he can't . She waves towards herself with her sword in a "come and get it" gesture before slashing at the second roadkeeper in line, who falls under her sword stroke.
Stryn darts forward to strike at the one in front.
He also manages to fell a Roadkeeper.
One of the remaining Roadkeepers moves to the door and bangs on it, hard. The other two step up and attack Cam with their short swords.
Both prove to be underwhelming examples of swordsmanship.
Red - dead
Yellow - dead
Henric points his staff at the most available target and looses one of his beams of fire at the pour sod.
Esmaralda moves forward and casts guidance on Kiley.
Camellia keeps up the pressure on the closest roadkeeper. She happily leaves the other frontliner to get blasted by Henric and the others.
Tellanya, distracted a little by the spirits, can only stand at the back of the group. She gestures, and the same helpful spirits return, improving everyone's skill with weapons.
Kiley shakes her head and chuckles at Cam's self-deprecation.
"Now, now. Let's be fair, and no offense to Ira, but I doubt she'd be doing much without you to help her, too. Am I right?"
Kiley sweeps forward, her feet moving as gracefully as if she were dancing. She feints to the left before spinning around behind the bandit that Henric had just scorched. Her feet, light as a fairy's before, set solid against the floor and she delivers a viciously powerful cut across the man's back with a snap of her sword.
"You really should give up," she says to the bandits still standing. "You might hurt us, but you can't beat us."
Tellanya, distracted a little by the spirits, can only stand at the back of the group. She gestures, and the same helpful spirits return, improving everyone's skill with weapons.
Esmaralda moves forward and casts guidance on Kiley.
Henric points his staff at the most available target and looses one of his beams of fire at the poor sod.
Kiley sweeps forward, her feet moving as gracefully as if she were dancing. She feints to the left before spinning around behind the bandit that Henric had just scorched. Her feet, light as a fairy's before, set solid against the floor and she delivers a viciously powerful cut across the man's back with a snap of her sword, felling him. "You really should give up," she says to the bandits still standing. "You might hurt us, but you can't beat us."
Camellia keeps up the pressure on the closest roadkeeper. She happily leaves the other frontliner to get blasted by Henric and the others. He takes a whack from her longsword.
Stryn moves forward to stab Cam's target.
He misses.
The final two Roadkeepers appear to be under orders to defend this room at all costs, as one attacks Kiley and the other Cam.
The one in front of Cam puts on a much more effective attack than before, but it still isn't enough to get past Cam's guard. The one attacking Kiley isn't particularly good, either.
Tellanya nods, "I agree, we aren't supposed to kill you. You're supposed to give up. The signs are there." She gestures vaguely.
She moves up and holds up her hands in supplication.
But her statement seems more confusing than anything else.
Kiley sighs as she parries the ineffectual swipe at her from the one in front of the door. There's no pity in her eyes as she evaluates the the bandit's movements between one heartbeat and the next, an instinctual awareness guiding her study.
Her stance sets once more and there's a flash of steel. Perhaps this bandit's skill of arms is better than his fellows as he manages to dodge aside from the killing blow.
Cam rests the flat of her sword on her shoulder. "Not sure what Miss Tellanya is talking about, folks, but I do think the implication is that she would like y'all to put a stop to fighting. I do hope y'all'd take that advice to heart."
Eh, these guys are a snoozefest anyways. Not worth my time.
"Alright, let's all put our weapons down and live to tell the tale another day..."
Henric almost complies with Esmaralda's sensible request, but then remembers himself. Instead, he just holds his staff in a defensive manner, on the off chance that they don't comply.
The remaining Roadkeepers look at each other, then say, "We get to leave here, and you won't follow us?"
Kiley looks to the others and waits for them to make the call.
Henric pipes in, "You guys are free to go where ever you like, as long as it far from here, and you never come back."
Cam rests the flat of her longsword on her shoulder. "Sure thing. See, there just ain't any sport in killing you and there's even less in you dyin'. Just stay skedaddled and we won't have any problems. It's the best you're getting."
Tellanya holds her tongue, knowing how she can sometimes get mixed up about things.
The two bandits exchange a look, then, cautiously, move past you, clearly expecting betrayal. Once they get to the doors leading out, they move through them, and you can hear them turn and bolt for the stairs.
You stand in a hallway. There is a pair of doors before you, that a Roadkeeper pounded on, and the hallway goes back beyond the doors you came in and turns left and right.
"Shall we head that way?" Henric asks, pointing towards the double door, "Or look around first?"
”I think looking around would be good. I would hate to miss someone and have them come at our backs.”
Tellanya nods, "yes, we will not wish to be ambushed." She gestures east towards the hallway, "though perhaps someone should cover the rear guard?" She hefts her spear, "I can stay in the back." She smiles at the others and waits for a decision.
Kiley nods to the others and begins to search the unexplored parts of the current floor.
Henric helps out with searching the area, hoping to find something to study.
Looking around the area outside of the double doors, you find that going the other direction down the hallway is another T-shaped intersection. To the right is an area with some bedrolls and a fire pit - it appears that some of the Roadkeepers used it as a sleeping area. The room's walls appear to be partially caved in, although not recently. To the left is a door.
Looking down either side of the T-intersection outside the double doors results in finding a couple more doors to the right, and to the left are two more rooms, both without doors.
In the first one, a marble table stands in the middle of this room, its surface strewn with alchemical equipment, sheets of paper, a few potions, and an ancient-looking suit of splint mail armor. A bedroll lies in the eastern alcove.
In the second one, a marble table also rises from the floor, and a small crate sits in the southeastern corner of this rectangular chamber. Cobwebs stretch across parts of the room, and debris and dust litters the floor. Kiley finds a pressure plate right at the entrance to the room - apparently someone set a trap here.
Henric touches the suit of armor, seeing if it 'speaks' to him.
"I wonder what Mother Nightthrush was up to down here," Kiley asks when they find the alchemical equipment and notes.
Henric reaches out and touches the armor, after a moment, he gets the impression that this set of splint mail is enchanted to provide slightly more protection than normal.
Meanwhile, Kiley looks over all the alchemical equipment, potions and notes.