"Do we continue along the natural passage there?" Elena proposes to the group.
"Shall we see if the spiral staircase goes up to someplace we know?"
The back of the mushroom grotto leads to a long, winding passageway. You find that it gently slopes upward, and can feel a fresh breeze coming from this direction. You emerge from a small cave in a ravine outside of Otari. Remnants of a camp around the cave’s entrance indicate that the kobolds had stayed here for some time before heading down.
"Well, this might be a quick way to get in and out of those vaults. Let's head back in and see where that other passage goes. Bibi, please be checking for traps as you are so good at."
Well, THAT'S good to know! I'm fine to continue exploring...if someone can spare some healing, please thank you!
"Bibi, please speak up sooner. That was so rude of me to go on exploring while you are experiencing pain."
Carrufikus casts a three action Heal II as an emanation.
He then casts a two action Heal I on Bibi
Carrufikus hp: 46/52
Bibi hp: 42/42
"Alright, my friend, lead us onward."
"Bibi, please speak up sooner. That was so rude of me to go on exploring while you are experiencing pain."
It's okay, shorty. I like making you think you need to apologize. Besides, that chlorine gas was BRACING!!!
"Bracing?! You liked that part?!! That made my insides burn! I rather be in a field smelling flowers than facing a wyrmling head on!"
With the party mostly healed up, they head to the spiral staircase. It wends a handful of rotations upwards.
Bibi stops as she gets to the top.
you can't see around the bend, but now you know what kobolds talking sounds like...
nitiative assumes Talborel is Scouting
Avoid Notice (T)
Detect Magic (A: +1 (U), N: +8 (T), O: +1 (U) , R: +8 (T))
Investigate (A: +8 (T), C: +8 (T) M: +1 (U) N: +5 (T), O: +7 (T) , R: +5 (T), S: +8 (T))
Search (E)
Avoid Notice (E)
Scout
more kobolds up there
"Okay, let's draw weapons and handle this with care.. Carrufikus whispers as he prepares to follow the others.
I'll sneak in, you guys start the part when you're ready!!
Tal breaks in and shoots the nearest Kobold in the face.
Tal breaks in and shoots the nearest Kobold in the face.
after giving Bibi a 20-count to find a place to hide...RIGHT???
The party takes the final turn, revealing a massive chamber that looks like an audience hall. On the far side, a broad set of stairs leads up to where a throne might once have been. Pillars support the high ceiling, and the ruined tatters of once decorative banners still hang from them. A decorative tile pattern centered in the middle of the room shows through the grim coating the floor.
Bibi immediately spies a pair of kobolds guarding the stairwell, but not closely. A third kobold stands between them, clearly in charge. She sees her moment when they're all looking the other way. It appears they're more concerned with intruders going down than coming up.
When Tal comes tearing in, they give a yelp of surprise, but settle in for a fight.
A bright-green dragon leaps into view, and although the beast isn’t much larger than you, large leathery wings and snapping jaws make the hatchling look like an ancient wyrm. The creature gazes at you with cunning eyes and snorts a cloud of yellow vapor. With a fierce roar, the dragon charges forward to attack!
ROUND 1:
Bibi: Go
Noroc: Go
Peldur: Go
Elena: Go
Carrufikus: Go
Purple Kobold: TBD
Warriors: TBD
Tal: TBD
Initiative assumes Talborel is Scouting
Avoid Notice (T)
Detect Magic (A: +1 (U), N: +8 (T), O: +1 (U) , R: +8 (T))
Investigate (A: +8 (T), C: +8 (T) M: +1 (U) N: +5 (T), O: +7 (T) , R: +5 (T), S: +8 (T))
Search (E)
Avoid Notice (E)
Scout
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Location: ???
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Initiative assumes Talborel is Scouting
Bibi: 29
Detect Magic (A: +1 (U), N: +8 (T), O: +1 (U) , R: +8 (T))
Investigate (A: +8 (T), C: +8 (T) M: +1 (U) N: +5 (T), O: +7 (T) , R: +5 (T), S: +8 (T))
Search (E)
Avoid Notice (E)
Scout
Carrufikus steps into the room, clinging closely to the right hand wall and casts electric arc on both the dragon and number kobold 1.
"Zapplearkum!" He cries as an arc of lightning dances from his fingertips and strikes at the two creatures!
PASS
FAIL
Carrufikus casts a quick cantrip that kills one of the kobolds, and lightly wounds the other.
ROUND 1:
Bibi: Go
Noroc: Go
Peldur: Go
Elena: Go
Carrufikus: Zap!
Purple Kobold: TBD
Warriors: TBD
Tal: TBD
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Location: ???
TM: 5
#1: 10
Bibi had found a spot behind the left pillar to skulk behind, weapons already drawn, waiting for The Opportune Moment. As Tal jumps up the stairs and Carrufikus zaps one kobold, she figures now's a good a time as any.
she then stabs at the kobold with rapier and dagger.
<--hero point please
<--muthapussbucket
Noroc moves in and only has time for one swing.
Noroc's blade cuts the kobold deeply, and it spins around, not seeing Bibi. The halfling's blade sinks all the way in, killing the oddly colored kobold!
ROUND 1:
Bibi: Hit
Noroc: Kill
Peldur: Go
Elena: Go
Carrufikus: Zap!
Warriors: TBD
Tal: TBD
Initiative assumes Talborel is Scouting
Avoid Notice (T)
Detect Magic (A: +1 (U), N: +8 (T), O: +1 (U) , R: +8 (T))
Investigate (A: +8 (T), C: +8 (T) M: +1 (U) N: +5 (T), O: +7 (T) , R: +5 (T), S: +8 (T))
Search (E)
Avoid Notice (E)
Scout
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Location: ???
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Dragon: 0
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Bibi gives Noroc an exaulted fist-pump
Peldur crouches low and rushes in to flank with Bibi, delivering a series of precise strikes at their foe.
Peldur opens with amiss, but then strikes with enough for to snap the kobold's neck!
ROUND 1:
Bibi: Hit
Noroc: Kill
Peldur: Crit kill
Elena: Go
Carrufikus: Zap!
Warriors: TBD
Tal: TBD
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Location: ???
Elena moves closer, attempting to hurl magic similar to Carrufikus.
The spell takes effect, electrical energy lashing out at the kobold!
Elena's spell zaps the kobold to death! Clearly, these aren't exactly deadly foes. At least one of these kobolds has something of value. It leaves behind a trio of Spike snares
"Those kobolds may not exactly be deadly, but they sure are vile to look at."
Carrufikus casts Detect Magic, to see if any of their foes left anything magical around.
Carrufikus checks for magic on the lower level, and finds none. The room is quite large however, and from here you can't really see into the alcoves to the north and south
Carrufikus moves around the room looking for treasures, traps, and anything interesting.
for
As Carrufikus moves about the room he accidentally triggers a trap! A spear comes launching out of the all and strikes the gnome on the top of the head! For the moment, no other spears launch, but now the party is on high alert....
"I think maybe I will let you look for traps, Bibi. My curiosity got the best of me! Good thing I'm not a cat."
Carrufikus retreats to the corner where he spends some time treating his wounds.
"Let me rest for ten minutes. I will be ready shortly."
The gnome begins applying bandages as he treats his own wounds.
for A minute later, another spear comes streaking forth. This one misses. Carrufikus moves to a known safe spot before tending to his wounds...
"Bibi, we need you! I can't work in this type of environment. Please clear it of traps. How am I going to keep you all alive if spears keep flying out at us?"
Boy, those spears sure are aimed low to hit YOU, shorty!!
Bibi makes a careful pass through the area, seeking out traps & disarming any that she finds.
Bibi easily disarms the trap. It's child's play really
Boy, those spears sure are aimed low to hit YOU, shorty!!
"Shorty?!! Isn't that something like the black pot calling the black cauldron black?"
After bandaging up his wounds, the gnome checks on the others.
"Do any of you have any wounds that need tending to? With a little of Desna's luck I can make them feel a lot better."
"Shorty?!! Isn't that something like the black pot calling the black cauldron black?"
Why, yes. Yes it is. I missed Uncle Bofus' lessons on avoiding hypocrisy....Shorty. ;-)
Whenever you two are done, Noroc says, his arms crossed, the rest of us might like to, you know, get out of here...?
He moves into the room along the north wall to check out the alcove there.
Noroc checks the alcoves, for now skipping the door to the south. The only thing he finds is a piece of eggshell. It likely belonged to an egg at least 2 feet across!
"Sorry, Noroc. No doubt you are correct. We need to get out of here and find some grassy field with butterflies to dance in! Lead us onward, my friend. Did you say that you found a piece of eggshell? Is this a piece of dragon egg? Do you think it belonged to that wyrmling or are we dealing with more dragons?"
Bibi gives the clear on the door, and as always steps aside for Peldur to open it.
The door to this chamber silently glides open to reveal a long room. Two stone statues of priests stand in the corners along one side of the room, facing a towering statue of a man holding out both of his hands, palms up. In front of this statue is a stone altar holding nine golden coins. A voice booms out from the statue.
“In my hands I judge the value of all wealth, raising up whichever is greater. One of these coins is a deception. Find it using only two judgments and receive my blessing.”
Initiative assumes Talborel is Scouting
Avoid Notice (T)
Detect Magic (A: +1 (U), N: +8 (T), O: +1 (U) , R: +8 (T))
Investigate (A: +8 (T), C: +8 (T) M: +1 (U) N: +5 (T), O: +7 (T) , R: +5 (T), S: +8 (T))
Search (E)
Avoid Notice (E)
Scout
Peldur stares at the coins.
Bibi scrunches up her nose for a bit, then starts talking.
OK, I think I've figured this out. We set aside three coins, and then put the remaining six on the scales, three each. If one of those three piles contains the fake, it'll drop (because the greater wealth will rise up). If NEITHER drop, then the fake is in the three we set aside. Then we take the set of three we know contains the fake, lay one coin aside, and put the remaining two on teh scales, the same way. If one of the two is the fake, the scales will be imablanced; if they're not, the fake is the one we set aside.
I'm excited about this plan!! LET'S DO IT!!!
she begins bouncing on her toes, and separates the coins out into three piles of three...but waits for confirmation from the others before committing.
"Makes perfect sense, Bibi. Go for it."
Bibi gets the nod from Elena, and she gleefully Does The Thing.
She sets aside three coins, keeping them on the altar on one corner. Three coins go in the statue's right hand, three in the other. Then she waits for the results.
"Correct. Thou shalt be rewarded." Suddenly a click from the north alerts the party to the door being opened... The coins then drop to the ground. The fake coin turns to lead.
YESSSSSS!!
Bibi's body weight shifts as if to take a step, then she curses out loud.
Yes, I do learn eventually...
and she checks the path to the north (the source of the noise) for traps!
Bibi creeps north to find only that the door is ajar. She can't resist, and looks inside. This small chamber contains an old wooden chest emblazoned with the symbol of a key. Behind the chest is a massive contraption of gears and pulleys that looks like the inner workings of some unseen device.
The little thief checks the chest for traps.
she pauses. Hey--anyone know what this key symbol represents?