Trunt stands at the junction in the hall and listens to see if he can still hear any screaming.
Camil quietly crosses to the doorway and investigates it visually inspecting.
The ranger continues to burn the creature until it stops moving. "There, hopefully that takes care of it for good," he says looking closely at the creature. He then glances at the torch. "Since I already have this lit, does anyone have a free hand to carry it. The downside of using a two-handed sword," he says with a chuckle. He then glances over at Camil with his ioun stone. "I need to get one of those, Camil. That would solve my problem." he adds with a smile.
Lavanor gets back into marching order to continue down the tunnel. He pauses at the start of the finished room, trying to determine if there was once a wall separating the room from the tunnel. "This is unexpected. I wonder if we are in the basement of a building," he says as he waits for Camil to inspect the door, his sword at the ready.
Camil finds nothing untoward about the door other than it is old. Trying the handle he finds it stiff but workable, possibly due to magic. It does appear that someone tunneled into the room some time ago, when is impossible to determine.
"I can carry it if I stay back and don't fight," says Isabella.
Zandril moves down the tunnel a bit, but stays halfway between the two groups in case one needs immediate help. He takes a cursory glance into the room.
Camil gathers a deep breath, looking to Trunt and Rnut nearby Time to roll the dice...
he quietly opens the door, his breath held for what may occur when that happens....
Although quiet is the name of the game the rusty door turns out to have other ideas. Eventually, Camil must use a foot braced on the wall to pull the thing open. Then it gives a high pitched groan as the swollen wood slides along the stone. On the other side is a short empty hall that turns left. Camil creeps forward and looks around the corner to reveal a modestly long hall that turns north.
Hanging his head as the door loudly announces their presence, Camil turns to Zandril and the others there, Care to accompany me down this dark and mysterious hallway? I'm certain this cannot be any good.
Camil proceeds down the newly revealed hallway attempting, once again, to be quiet. He will peer around the next corner when he arrives there.
Lavanor cringes at the sound of the squeeking door. He listens for any response from either direction.
He nods in agreement to Camil's questions but then quizzically watches him try to move quietly. "If anything is down there, I think it heard us already," he whispers, followed by a chuckle. Lavanor then follows him down the hallway still smiling.
Trunt waits for the others to follow Camil and watches their backs, wary of the unexplored passage.
Looking around the corner, Camil sees a long hall with a cross corridor on the right just five feet away. Further down the hall seems to open into some sort of room with a hole in the wall to the left. On the far wall of the small room Camil can just make out a door.
Trunt and Isabella can see some light leaking out into the tunnel to the north from what appears to be a hole in the wall.
Moving through the cooridor, Zandril will follow quietly behind Camil keeping an eye and ear out.
Runt just tags along, keeping thing lit and saying nothing.
Lavanor continues to follow Camil, stoping at the first corridor to watch for anything coming from the room while Camil investigates the first hallway to the right. "What is this place?" he whispers.
The next hall continues to extend into darkness. A red marble statue of a strikingly beautiful but, at the same time, monstrously enraged human woman stands in the middle of the small room to the north, her stony expression twisted in fury. The woman wears flowing robes, and her long hair is held back from her face by an intricate headdress of hooks and blades. In her left hand she carries a large book, the face of which is inscribed with a seven-pointed star. Her right hand holds a glittering metal and ivory ranseur.
"Not sure," says Isabella in response to Lavanor's query. "I wonder who this was. The ranseur that the statue is holding is made of metal, but it's still intact, so either this is recent, or someone maintains it, or it's magical and has lasted for... however many years."
Cautiously approaching the statue Camil observes it, decidedly without touching it. I have little idea why the goblins would have this down here, or what it means. Trunt, do you think its trapped? Peering closer Camil tries to gain insight to the statue.
Last into the room, Trunt takes a moment to take in the statue, its materials and imagery. When Camil requests he take a look, Trunt nods and moves up and takes a closer look.
Lavanor looks concerned by the statue. "It is troubling that this statue and these tunnels are here as I assume we are still withing the city. I wonder how many in town are helping whomever is leading the goblins."
While he waits for Trunt to check the statue and door for traps and Isabella to use her darkvision to peer down the hallway and tunnel, the ranger tries to determine about where they are in the city and what would be above them.
DC 30 Knowledge arcana or history will garner additional information about the statue.
The hole in the wall is indeed large enough to walk through and enter the other hall. Lavanor places them somewhere just north of the Sandpoint Garrison. As for Trunt, he finds nothing on the statue trap or otherwise. Camil does not find any traps either. Everyone does notice that the ranseur is a separate piece and looks as if it could be lifted from her hand. The statue is not defaced, it appears to have been carved with the furious look.
Runt has momentary bout of envy as she compares her tiny Falchion to the statues large (to her) Ranseur and joins the group in the inspection.
"No clue who she is. I just know that it's odd to see any work of art not defaced by goblins when and if they get a chance. That says to me that either someone is keeping them in line, or they have a great deal of respect for this particular statue."
Runt casts detect magic and give the area a scan.
There is a faint aura of preservation on the entire structure but nothing beyond that.
There is a faint aura of preservation on the entire structure but nothing beyond that.
Well, then. Check it out. The statue is magical. The aura looks faint and it has something to do with preservation, but that would explain why it is in such good shape."
Zandril moves up to the opening of the room and stops, eyeing the statue with combination of awe, confusion, and a little bit of horror, "How long has this been hiding under the town? Does anyone else know this is down here?"
"I wonder why the weapon can be removed. A trigger of some sort maybe? Isabella, can you tell me what you see down the tunnel? I can't see very far in the dark. I think we should finish exploring the halls down here before going up those stairs to see what building we are in.
Might as well start with this door here," Lavanor says pointing to the door.
Isabella squints down into the darkness to see what she can see.
Isabella looks down the tunnel and sees yet another opening into what she believes to be a room of worked stone.
Trunt eyes the Ranseur. He approaches it and gazes at it longingly and begins to reach for it. He puts his hand on the haft and begins to lift it up.
Camil cocks an eyebrow at Trunt and takes a large step backwards from the statute.
Well I don't know anything about this other than its old, and she looks angry...
Trunt lifts it down and nothing happens.
"Another room further down... this whole thing is making me suspicious," she says. "This has obviously been here for a while, but nobody in town knows about it? And suddenly the goblins are using it? And there are old statues with magic weapons in their hands that have just been here for who knows how long?"
Runt just watches as Trunt takes the weapon. After he has it in hand she asks, "How does it feel? Well made or just your average weapon?" The furthest thing from her thoughts is that it might be cursed. Trapped, that occurred to her. Traps she's dealt with. But when nothing happens, she figures there are no traps either.
Responding to Isagella, she says "Well, we haven't seen what the place looks like from the outside. It could be well hidden. Best to keep moving, I guess, and find out. Next room?"
It is extremely well balanced. You may make an Appraise check DC 15 or a BAB check DC 15 (representing your familiarity with weapons) to judge its true quality. Two doors and a hole, which way do you go?
Trunt looks the Ranseur over, feels the weight, and craftsmanship.
"I think we should finish exploring the halls down here before going up those stairs to see what building we are in.
Might as well start with this door here," Lavanor says pointing to the door.
"This way, guys!"
Lavanor is standing in the gap between the cave and worked stone. There is a door about 15' from him. Runt, for her part, has begun wandering down a hall alone assuming others will follow. Note, this complex was obviously manned by people at some point in the past. There are torch sconces every 20' though they do not have torches in them any longer.
Looking from Trunt to Runt, Camil will follow Runt down the hallway and see what happens.
Runt, Camil and anyone who follows reach a point where the hall widens into what appears to be a small shrine, for to the northeast steps lead up to a platform of gray stone. Sitting atop the platform is an ancient altar, little more than a jagged block of black marble with a shallow concavity on top of it. This basin is filled with what appears to be filthy water.
Trunt follows Runt’s lead farther in, while still staying at the back of the group to watch their rear.
Zandril follows behind Camil ready for anything at this point. He whispers under his breath to himself and anyone who might be listening, "Don't forget, we still haven't found the source of the scream."
@Trunt: Masterwork Ranseur so it is +1 to hit +2 dmg, due to materials used it is worth +100 more than a standard masterwork Ranseur (860gp).
@Zandril: the beast you fought earlier opened up with a scream that seemed very similar to what was heard previously.
@Trunt: Masterwork Ranseur so it is +1 to hit +2 dmg, due to materials used it is worth +100 more than a standard masterwork Ranseur (860gp).
@Zandril: the beast you fought earlier opened up with a scream that seemed very similar to what was heard previously.
Three levels of equipment: standard, expert, master
Expert weapon (+250gp): +1 damage
Expert armor (+100): -1 AC penalty
Masterwork weapon (+500): +1 to hit, +1 damage (stacks with expert level)
Masterwork armor (+300): +1 Max Dexterity, 10% weight reduction (stacks with expert level)
@Lavanor: yes, there is a door to the north but you were not standing next to it so I was not sure which way you wanted to go and no one else jumped on it.