Choombolat flings an icy blast at the purple kobold. And good hit! The purple kobold falls to the ground. She starts shivering from the cold, then suddenly stops as the life drains out of her.
Bruna points at the yellow kobold attempting to daze it.
And the kobold falls to the ground too, holding it's head in pain.
The last remaining kobold will stab at Borkinhaf.
Both attacks hit the rogue! The kobold then scurries away, starting to run down the stairs.
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[u]Round 5[/u]
Bruna (18/20 hp; seasick)
Red kobold
Yellow kobold
Borkinhaf (7/15 hp)
Slorol (17/17 hp)
Purple kobold
Choombolat (15/16 hp)
"Oh, no, you don't."
Slorol chases the kobold () and tries to knock him out.
Slorol will swing nonlethal if the kobold provokes.
"I surmise that Master Slorol wishes to take the last one alive so that we can learn about this "mission" of theirs." Choombolat rumbles.
He strides forward until he is in view of the enemy and raises his staff high, chanting deep, rolling mystic syllables as if to call down fell power upon the hapless kobold. A freezing ray leaps out from the staff once more, but this time, Choombolat, knowing that his own spell is far from nonlethal, deliberately aims wide, aiming to scare and distract the kobold from defending against Slorol rather than to actually freeze it.
Choomboalat notices that Borkinhaf is frozen in place, perhaps mesmerized by the kobolds. A lot has happened in the last few hours.
The wizard attempts to leap around the snares laying on the ground. He aims but unfortunately, the kobold doesn't seem to care.
Seeing the big scary elf Slorol stand guard, he attempts to hurriedly retreat. But Slorol prepares for the sneak away - by hitting the kobold right across the head. The kobold falls down to the ground, unconscious.
Between the three kobolds, you find each carrying some dried fish, rotten leather armor, and some spears. The larger one also has a shortsword. She also has an eggshell necklace. The eggshell is ivory in color, but has strange green veins running through it. The piece is only about 3 inches across, but the egg must have come from something about 2 feet wide.
"Well struck, Master Slorol!"
Choombolat takes stock of their situation and helps the party gather up what they have found.
"Yes, I agree. Let's return and report to our employer, find a place for our prisoner, and recover our strength. Miss Borkinhaf looks like she could also use a rest."
Choombolat takes charge of the dazed-looking elven lady and makes sure she makes it safely back upstairs.
"Hmmm... that eggshell must have come from a very large egg..." the wizard murmurs to himself as they go. "Impressively large..."
"Perhaps we can find someone who can help us odentofy the egg."
Bruna examines the egg, but is completely unsure what creature it could come from.
The heroes decide to head back upstairs to Tamily, bringing the unconscious kobold back with them. Tamily Tanderveil gasps as they unveil the monster kobold. "That thing was living under my fishery?". She gasps. "I know all about kobolds. Those tricky creatures! They're related to dragons, live in small tribes, and have a fondness for traps. But a small tribe of kobolds couldn't account for the amount of fish we are missing. There might be something far hungrier beneath the city.". She implores the heroes to continue their exploration, but offers a room for the tired adventurers. "It's the least I could do."
Bruna hands Tamily the necklace. "Looks like it comes from a giant turtle or another reptile. But for all I know, it could be from a demon or something much worse.". She shudders at the thought.
"There are another set of stairs heading down, I think we need a little rest, and we can keep exploring."
Spider:
Shortsword with Small Emerald - 5gp
Minor Healing Potion
Skeletons:
Everburning Torch
Lion Steel Shield - 5gp
Kobolds 1:
200sp
Gold Ring - 5gp
+1 Shortsword
leather armor x4
spears x12
dried fish
Abadar Statue:
8gp
lead coin - 0gp
Abadar Chest:
3gp, 22sp, 214cp
Scroll of Magic Missile
Small glass box with emerald - 20gp
Kobolds 2:
Eggshell Necklace - 0gp
Spike Snares x3
spear x9
leather armor x3
shortsword
Slorol would like to keep the lead coin. Nobody's going to buy it, and when he needs to ante up in poker uh I mean he wants it as a souvenir.
Slorol is using the lion shield - he'll sell his old steel shield, which should fetch 1 gp.
And because he doesn't have darkvision, he'd like the group to decide on the everburning torch - we can sell it if Cherem can keep casting light for Slorol, and someone else can hold the torch (so Slorol can have both hands for a shield and sword).
We should probably have someone besides Bruna carry the healing potion, in case Bruna needs to be healed.
It's a shame to sell the snares, but it doesn't seem like we have much time to set them up.
We should keep the scroll of magic missile of course.
Choombolat amiably agrees to continue providing magelight so that the group will not need to carry the everburning torch.
The group decides to head down to the lower level, after resting in Otari and purchasing any essentials they deem necessary. They arrive back at the large hall and head down the spiral staircase. The stairs spiral down deep into the earth before ending in a chamber that looks like it's been prepared specifically to defend against intruders. On one side of the room, a table has been turned on its side to provide cover, while on the other, crates and barrels have been piled up to create a second barrier.
The room seems empty, but eerily quiet. Borkinhaf (i.e. Merisiel) and Bruna sense something is off...
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[u]???[/u]
Merisiel (15/15)
Bruna (20/20)
??
Slorol (17/17)
Choombolat (16/16)
Success! You know there is an enemy there.
Fail. Does not see anything.
Bruna notices a kobold hiding out behind the table and calls out!
The green kobold pokes his head out, realizing he's been seen. He shoots his crossbow at Slorol, reloading, and shooting again.
Behind the barrels, another kobold peeks out! It too shoots a crossbow at Slorol.
Two bolts slam into Slorol! Direct hit! The fighter starts bleeding heavily.
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[u]Round 1[/u]
Bruna (20/20)
Green kobold
Yellow kobold
Slorol (5/17)
Merisiel (15/15)
Choombolat (16/16)
Choombolat considers the relative merits of advancing into a possibly kobold-trapped room or of waiting idle on the stairs, unable to see the enemy to work his spells while they turn Slorol into a pincushion.
The latter seems a bigger risk than the former, and the wizard darts down the stairs and then breaks left, loosing a mystic bolt at the green kobold. Uncomfortably aware that he is exposing himself to both crossbows and traps, he also works a charm to protect himself.
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Slorol nods at Bruna appreciatively, and raises his shield, moving along the wall. He Strikes at Green with his longsword.
Bruna nearly swears, but heals up Slorol. The elf feels better as his wounds stitch close.
Choombolat unleashes a bolt of force towards the greenish kobold. Direct hit! The kobold curses at the wizard. "You'll pay for that!"
Slorol moves in, attempting to strike at the kobold. But these creatures are unusually agile and dodge out of the way!
Merisiel sees her chance. She runs in and slashes at the green kobold.
And Merisiel downs the green kobold! The yellow kobold looks on in horror. "What did you do to my friend! You'll pay for that, you monster!". He drops his crossbow, moves up, and slashes at Merisiel.
And it slices up the rogue! She starts bleeding heavily.
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[u]Round 2/3[/u]
Bruna (20/20)
Green kobold
Yellow kobold
Slorol (5/17)
Merisiel (10/15)
Choombolat (16/16)
Slorol dashes across the room (if path matters, NE-E-E-NE), to the other side of Yellow, and knocks yellow with the flat of his sword.
Bah! He will raise his shield.
The kobold goes down thanks to Merisiel's repeated stabs. Searching the bodies of both kobolds, you find each has a crossbow with 20 19 bolts, both have an eggshell necklace, leather armor, and a shortsword.
Bruna (20/20)
Slorol (17/17)
Merisiel (10/15)
Choombolat (16/16)
There are two exits here: one to the north, beyond the barrels, and one to the west. It is pitch black in both directions. If you want to head north, you will have to tear down the barricade or carefully disassemble it with a Thievery check.
"Ugh ... what's that smell? It's coming from the north."
Slorol will not advocate trying to carefully dismantle the barricade, but will stand by and protect anyone with his shield if they want to try. He'll advocate going the easy way - west, and second choice would just be to kick the whole thing over (loudly).
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Slorol comes up with a catchy jingle. Elves love catchy jingles.
When a brute-a makes a wound-a
Sing a tune-a and go to Bruna!
"Something does smell past that barricade. But I also think we should check out the left-hand path first." Choombolat agrees. "That barricade should work both ways and protect our backs."
Choombolat smiles at Slorol's tune and prepares to head westwards.
The group decides to head west, lead by Borkinhaf. Her elven eyes see something in front of her: a mermaid fountain. While much of the rectangular chamber is in ruins, the center contains a fountain of pristine water with something glittering at the bottom. In the middle of the fountain is a marble statue of a mermaid, her lips pursed as if she were about to blow a kiss, or maybe whistle. Each corner of the pool has some sort of mechanism embedded in the stone, but the one in the southwest corner appears to be smashed.
Slorol will move into the room but stay 5' away.
Mary believes that disabling all three remaining mechanisms on the (each corner of the fountain, but the southwest one is already destroyed). Disabling requires two actions. It's also possible to damage them to destroy them (through weapons or such).
"I don't know if you can get close enough to disable it, Merisiel - if you can't, I can try and shoot the mechanism from here," Slorol says as he pats his shortbow.
Choombolat purses his lips.
"Well spotted, Miss Bruna. In fact I may be able to bypass this trap without the risk of attempting to disarm it. At least if whatever is glittering at the bottom is our object."
The wizard gives the fountain a studious look.
"But I recommend that you stand well clear in case the retrieval also triggers the trap."
He spreads his arms wide in a gesture of welcome and invocation and begins a deep, sonorous chant to summon the item or items to himself.
Choombolat focuses his attention. A magical hand snags something! It hovers up... 1 copper piece. There's several shinning objects down there... it'll take half a day to get everything out!
Slorol has seen enough action movies to know how this works. He aims his gun bow and shoots the lock trap.
Choombolat contemplates his results.
"Well, it appears continuing that way would take a while. And I suppose the choice between a long half-day's work and a quick risk to life and limb is hardly a choice at all, is it?"
He stands back and lets his martially and/or mechanically inclined companions take their shot at breaking and/or disabling the mechanisms.
Slorol lines up his shortbow. An arrow flies right at the mechanism (
Either way, Slorol's arrow bounces right off the trap fountain.