Bumbo nods at the sage words and looks closely at the stone, getting so near to it that his nose brushes it. He shrugs, not seeing it, and moves on.
Toot moves to the fore to stand at Mizzug's side as they move along.
"Pain... In the stone? To be able to sense something like that, how interesting."
Loth sticks with Bumbo in the back, hoping that the cavern structure opens up into wider areas soon.
The group moves down the hallway at its turn to quickly find another turn. And more. Another passage splits off to the east only a few feet ahead, as well as the passage you're in opening up into a wider room beyond the split. A statue of a woman made of red stone sits at the edge of Toot's vision. She appears to be holding a staff, a book, and is facing to the east. The dust on the floor remains undisturbed except for where you have all done so. No lights emanate, but the scraping sound has seemingly moved to once again be coming from ahead of you (the north).
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"Not even every dwarf has a connection with the stone, but I and some others I have known hear music from the stone, especially worked stone. It talks, though it is more like a reverberation of the purpose the structure has been put to, and perhaps its artistry." Shrugging, he passes on, "It's hard to explain if you haven't experienced it"
When the people in front mention the statue, Dol pushes through to look at it from a distance.
Toot seems unconcerned with the statue, but moves forward down the hall to look into the eastern corridor. He's hoping for another good enemy to engage.
@Dol: No religious significance to this statue. When you (or anyone) can get a good look at it (entering the room), it would be a K(History) check.
@Bumbo: Toot looks down the hallway and sees it continue on until it disappears beyond the limit of his vision.
"Lot of cramped hallways... can't say I'm a fan."
Razkiv moves down the hall and wile he spares the statue a look he is mot interested in the stone work. "What is this doing here, the town has not been here very long."
Toot moves into the larger room to check it out, Bumbo hurrying down the hall behind his eidolon and Razkiv.
Much to Loth's evident delight, Toot discovers.... MORE HALLWAYS! The one to the north of the statue room ending quickly at a closed wooden door. Another stretching east with stairs going up at a low grade (not difficult terrain). The scraping sounds seem to be coming from behind the door to the north.....
Without a check, anyone just looking at the statue can see ancient writing on the base and a symbol of a sharp edged, 7 pointed star inscribed on the base as well.
Toot appears furious at the lack of opposition. He immediately appears ready to charge down the hall to the right, before Bumbo speaks up.
Hold on Toot...there may be a more powerful foe behind that door.
Toot looks down at his hooves and curses, once again, the lack of thumbs. He stumps over to the door and waits for someone to open it.
Bumbo looks around after seeing the writing. Anyone have an idea what this may be?
Moving in front of Toot to get a better look, Mizzug tries to sound it out. "Brrmmmkzym---rrrmmvwizzk"
Shaking her head, she smiles. "Seems 'ike one o dim dead ones...or chelaxian mayhaps."
Moving around the room, she peers down the exits.
@Mizzug: Guess what you see..... ANOTHER DOOR! Congratulations!
So far, you have 4 directions.
1) North: Closed door with a scratching sound coming from it.
2) East: Closed door at the edge of vision, no other details. The stairs in this hall go up at a shallow incline (not enough to count as difficult terrain).
3) South: The way you came.
4) West: Appears to loop back around to the natural cave you were in to start.
Also: Now that you are in the room and looking at it closely, anyone who is/has looked at the statue notices that the ranseur that it is holding seems to be removable (not a part of the actual statue, just holding the weapon).
Danger awaits around most corners. 3 new directions are available. Which will you choose?
Bumbo enters into the room, following the anxious Toot. He takes a look at the statue, and cocks his head to the side curiously. He focuses on it with his arcane senses.
Razkiv moves closer to the door as he passes past the statue he stops to examine the pole-arm.
Loth attempts to open and peer through the northern door.
@Bumbo: You detect no magic from the statue or the ranseur, or from anywhere in the cone (other than what your party may be carrying).
@Razkiv: You notice that the ranseur was put in after the statue was carved, and see that it could easily be slid up and out with you desire. No otherwise see nothing of particular interest about it.
@Loth: You creak open the door and light begins to spill into an otherwise dark room. The ancient wooden door opens without a sound and directly in front of you is a wooden platform suspended over the stone floor. This is noticeable as the platform ends a short distance ahead. You notice no creatures, but the scratching sound immediately stops when the light hits the room.
What do you do?
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Dol watches with wonder as Razvik examines the statue. "Odd that someone would use an actual polearm. Maybe the artist didn't think they could do justice to the weapon?
Odder still that the goblins didn't take it on their way through."
Peering in three different directions, Dol wonders at what could be lurking down any of these corridors.
"Go ahead Loth, see whatever is waiting for us. I'll wait here a minute and make sure nothing sneaks up on our rear."
Slowly walking around the statue, Mizzug stares at it in awe. "Mayhaps dim dat build dis was warriors too." she muses. "Know anytin else bout statue?"
"Anyone got a light I can bring in?"
If given a lightsource, Loth will slowly move in and explore the room further.
Aventail passes by the statue, a faint echo of memory tugging at her consciousness. She leaves the odd statue and its weapon and moves to assist Loth, casting light on a stone for the halfling.
Toot moves into the room in his normal boisterous manner, snorting and sniffing for prey. He immediately heads towards the sounds. Come out, whatever you are!
Bumbo follows behind more cautiously, staying close to Loth but keeping Toot in sight should the eidolon need some spiritual assistance.
@Mizzug: Medium sized
@Loth: Feel free to move your token up to one move action equivalent due to your stated action.
As Toot and/or Loth enter the room, they see the following:
This large chamber was obviously once a prison, as testified by the twenty cells that line the room's perimeter. A rickety wooden platform overlooks the room, with two flights of stairs descending to the prison floor ten feet below. A five-foot-wide wooden walkway runs from the northern edge of the platform to a passageway to the east.
The door you've entered from lets out onto the aforementioned wooden platform. Off to the west, Toot can immediately see two figures that were crouched down in anticipation near another door that leads south. When he fully enters the room, they both spring up and move quickly towards him, their wide mouths full of sharp teeth and long claws scraping against the stone walls. These creatures look the same as the one you fought earlier on.
bite +3 (1d6+1 plus sinful bite), 2 claws +3 (1d4+1)
They both move up to strike at Toot, spreading out as they go, their disgusting faces split into slathering grins and guttural words of anger spill from them.
plus sinful bite.
As this aberrant creature bites into Toot, the boar is overcome with such indignant rage at this affront that he is
SUMMARY:
Toot moves into the room and creatures move towards him. Combat starts, the creatures move and attack.
Toot takes 10 total damage and is sickened for 6 minutes.
Everyone is now up.
Bumbo, seeing Toot under assault, yelps in surprise. He recovers quickly and calls upon their strange arcane bond to open a link between them. Toot, get back, like Dol said! He then grits his teeth and holds back his tears as the arcane energies rip the very vitality from his body and send it towards Toot.
Toot snorts in fury and looks back at his allies. Seeing Loth behind him though, he delays his action until the line moves back.
Razkiv calls out to Toots, "We need to push forward, or pull back. We can't fight here." He steps back to open a lane for the heavy hitters and to get a clear line to one of the Creatures.
Too many bodies, to much movement, the bolt goes wide.
Aventail moves in, swinging her halberd at the creature on Toot’s right...once again catching stone...
[+3 Str, +1 BAB; +6 THF]
Hearing suggestions to fall back, yet seeing Aventail rush in, Loth decides to move behind the creature to catch it in a flank, and attacks!
"Sorry Dol, I see an opening!"
@Aventail: Two AoO's against you:
Two bite attacks, two sets of teeth scraping off your metal filegree.
@Loth: Diagonal movement is 5 feet for the first diagonal, 10 for the second, (5 for the third, so on and so forth) so you're fine. Also, no 5 foot steps around hard corners. And congrats. I think that may be the most damage Loth has done so far.
@Bumbo: Feel free to have Toot come out of hold effective before the creature's turns since others have declared their movements.
Wielding her oversized weapon, Mizzug charges into the fray with her newest attempt to prove herself to ...... herself?
And she misses her swing, big time.
Blue would, of course, attack Loth for the damage done to its back.
plus Sinful Bite
So Loth takes 6 points of damage, but manages to stave off the sickening feelings creeping over him. The creature then slides over to stand next to his "friend"
Red continues on course against Toot as it is the most damaged.
But an unsuccessful series of swings may negate that concept for next round.
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The war of attrition continues. What will happen next? Everyone take your turns and emerge triumphant!
Toot has little to celebrate, as he's forcing back the strange ectoplasmic vomit that threatens to forcefully expel itself from his throat. Seeing that the others are entering the room around him, he instead turns his attention to the creature that hurt him, and looses his own fury upon it!
Toot rips into the creature again, the effect of Dol's blessings spurring him on.
Bumbo begins to tear up as he once again rips away some of his life force to heal Toot.
He then closes his eyes and summons arcane energies to force some of that life back.
Raz smiles at Dol's comment, "Into the breach."
The druid hefts his shield and moves into the room.
Once in Position he chops into the blue beast.
The off balance blow fails to even make contact.
Loth grits his teeth as he sets out to repay the punishment delivered by the beast (blue), this time using Razkiv's attack as a chance to lay into him on his own.
Swinging for the fences with her hammer, Mizzug goes wide. With a grunt, she drops the blunt weapon and pulls out the oversized, pointy one. "Mus be ancestas sayin need diff'rent tools."
for
Aventail swings again at the eastern foe...
[+3 Str, +1 BAB, +1 bless; +6 THF]
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With a coordinated effort, the group turns on creatures and shreds them like an infomercial showing off a new kitchen utensil. They go from standing and vicious to bloody tatters in approximately 6 seconds. Dol loads up his crossbow, and by the time his eyes are back on the fight, the creatures are dead.
The ruined chambers are quiet once again, except for the slow drip of blood from these abominations as it seeps through cracks in the wood to splash onto the stone floor beneath. And your own heavy breathing as the blood pounds through your ears.
What now, victorious heroes?
Toot snorts and looks about, mighty round body heaving with angry breaths.
Bumbo stumbles into the room and falls to a knee, wiping sweat off of his brow as his healing incantation continues its work.
Everyone alright?
"I think we're getting better at this sort of thing. Not bad at all!"
Smiling sheepishly as she stows her hammer, keeping the pick out.
"Aye...twas much betta."
Quickly checking the downed foes for anything useful, Mizzug glances back around the room. "Shud we go on dat way?"
@Bumbo: No, everyone's not alright. Stephen and Stephanie are both dead. You guys killed them. That is very insensitive.
@Mizzug: Which way is "dat way"?
Bumbo heaves a great breath, thinking of how the dreams of this apparent monster-sibling duo would now go unrealized. Then, he snaps out of it and furrows his brow as he mutters under his breath. Guess they shouldn't have struck first. He shrugs. Right, Toot?
He turns when he hears nothing, and realizes that Toot is already gone - having charged after Mizzug. W...wait! Bumbo hurries to where he can keep Toot and Mizzug in his vision, but he still holds back, awaiting the others.
Raz calls back over his shoulder, "Дол, имамо велику собу, крећемо у чистину.
He then moves forward and down the stairs to give the floor a better look.
Aventail follows Mizzug, but is easily overtaken by Toot.