Za'afiel climbs down the rope, into the subterranean chamber. The room is 30ft / 30ft. The western wall has collapsed, spilling rubble across the floor. An open doorway in the south-east corner of the room leads to a long, dark passage leading east.
After 10ft, another passage branches off to the north. A further 10ft beyond that branch is another passage, also leading north. You can see two wooden doors along the southern wall of the long passage, and a third door on the northern wall, just beyond the second branch. The light from your holy symbol does not extend beyond this point.
While the others look downward, Talindra looks around for any fresh tracks in the area. She was curious to know if there were other explorers down in the catacombs.
Fresh muck tracked in by you and the rest of the party has muddied any previous prints in the vicinity of the hole.
I can see this is a group that has no use for stealth or scouting. Fine they'll learn the hard way. I'll just stay back here and let them find any traps the hard way.
Brene shrugs and follows behind the group.
Seeing Talindra looking for footprints, Mark has a quick look over the explorer's shoulders.
Commenting what he's found, if anything, he follows the rest, only leaving Brene behind.
Seeing Talindra looking for footprints, Mark has a quick look over the explorer's shoulders.
Commenting what he's found, if anything, he follows the rest, only leaving Brene behind.
You are able to identify booted footprints that do not match those belonging to any of your fellows, It seems you are not the only group of fortune seekers descending into the Barrowmaze on this day.
Current time: 10:30am
He will maintain his dancing lights spell so that people without darkvision can see.
She looks around for an appropriate anchor for a backup rope.
The four stone pillars around the room would act as serviceable anchor points for a second rope.
He will maintain his dancing lights spell so that people without darkvision can see.
The east-bound tunnel extends 120ft, ending in a wooden door. Large rats scurry away from the dim glow cast by the floating orbs.
On the left-hand side of the tunnel;
20ft away: passage north
40ft away: passage north
50ft: wooden door (closed)
80ft: broken down door
110ft: wooden door (closed)
On the right-hand side;
30ft: wooden door (closed)
50ft: wooden door (closed)
"So many possibilities..." Mark thinks out loud. "I think we should check the shortest corridor first - thus we will have a checked area of which not to worry while we explore the left aisle."
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"Methodical and logical. I like it. Who wants to lead the way? It does not really matter to me, although we should have a strong warrior at the end of our order to act as a rear guard as we proceed." Za'afiel says.
Za'afiel nods. "Alright, there's our rear guard. Who wants to lead the way? I am comfortable doing so, but if someone else feels strongly one way or another, I am flexible."
"I don't mind going first, but I will need light as I cannot see in this darkness!"
Kurt hefts his maul and moves forward. He waits until everyone is ready and then moves forward down the right-hand side to the first door 30 feet down.
"Do we have someone here who can open locks and perhaps check for potential traps?" the warrior asks as they mill about the door.
Za'afiel points to the lighted holy symbol around his neck. "As long as you don't get too far from me, you should be able to see as well as you going to be able to down here."
The party moves 30ft east, stopping at the first door on the right-hand side of the long passage.
As you pass the north-bound branch at the 20ft mark, you can see than another passage leads north for 20ft, before ending in a wooden door (closed).
"I might have spent some time as an information gatherer and infiltrator... and might have some knowledge of traps and locks. Maybe I'll go up front and you right behind me to help me out if things get too hairy... or you can take the lead and I'll be right behind you. We've worked together before, though not without a squad to back us up so I trust you".
Perception
Investigate (Find Traps).
"Well, it's quite in there and doesn't appear to be trapped... but you never know for sure".
Mark nods as he takes mental notes. Brene is a good infiltrator - that's always nice to have.
For now he's not good at almost anything, but he's young and he's working hard. Soon, he expects to be a valuable asset in s party and a helpful hand for the follow of the Duchy.
Some time passes, as the party stand idily before the first door, of a dungeon with many hundreds of doors. It occurs to you that, at some point, someone should probably open it.
Following Brene's investigation of the door, Za'afiel opens the door to the chamber.
The door open into a square room, 20ft/20ft. The light from Za'afiel's holy symbol reveals the floor is littered with debris, but the room is otherwise empty. There is another wooden door directly ahead of you, in the southern wall.
The door open into a square room, 20ft/20ft. The light from Za'afiel's holy symbol reveals the floor is littered with debris, but the room is otherwise empty. There is another wooden door directly ahead of you, in the southern wall.
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"More debris and another door. Brene, want to give that one a look over, or are we just going back to hallway for now?"
Kurt moves over to the next door and awaits Brene's arrival.
"Good work so far...now let's just keep it up!", the warrior says in encouragement to the half-orc.
Current time: 11:00am
Sumak checks the room, kicking aside some of the bigger chunks of masonry, but finding nothing of particular interest or value.
The southern door opens into a 30/30ft room. This room also appears to be empty, although there are multiple exits leading further into the labyrinthine catacombs.
The door (in north wall) you are entering through.
Passage extending 70ft east, into another open area;
two doors in the north wall; 10ft and 40ft along passage,
one door in south wall; 50ft along.
Wooden door in south wall.
Wooden door in east wall, muted groans from other side.
"I say we see what is moaning in the other room behind this door! Face danger head-on is my motto!"
Listening at the door, Za'afiel says, "Whatever lies beyond making that noise, there's more than one of them. I suspect we should be ready for a fight, given what we discovered earlier."
Za'afiel waits ready with sword and shield in hand for the door to be opened.
Mark nods and stands with hands ready to wield staff and spells as needed - at least to the small degree he's capable of.
Perception (Listining at the door)
Investigation (Detect Traps)
Brene watches the others kick about, then approaches the next door taking a moment to concentrate.
"Yeah. I hear that cacophany from beyond the door as well. As far as traps go... if there is one there I don't see it".
She then steps aside for the more burley combatants in the party, and pulls forth her bow.
"Kurt... be my guest".
Kurt nods and steps forward, his hand on the handle.
"We all ready now? Tell me if'n yer, not cuz I am going to open this door in...Three...Two...ONE!"
With the final number he yanks the door open and stands to the side, ready to bash whatever comes through the space.
The door in the eastern wall is pulled open, revealing a small antechamber (10/5ft). There is another door in the eastern wall of the antechamber. As soon as you open the door, four rotting corpse turn towards the dim light of Za'afiel's holy symbol, blind eyes unblinking beneath a milky grey film.
The zombies shamble forward hungrily, through the open door into the larger chamber where you are all gathered. The first two clear the threshold, but the other two attempt to get through at the same time and become wedged in the doorway, neither one possessing the common sense to give way to the other.
The other two zombies, now hopelessly stuck, reach out to claw at anyone approaching the doorway, but are otherwise unable to threaten you.
Swinging his maul, Kurt slams the weapon into the zombie that attempted to attack him.
Attack:
Damage: re-roll 1's total=15 hp damage
When you take the Attack action and attack with only a glaive, halberd, quarterstaff, or spear, you can use a bonus action to make a melee attack with the opposite end of the weapon. This attack uses the same ability modifier as the primary attack. The weapon's damage die for this attack is a d4, and it deals bludgeoning damage.
Brene attempts to shoot one of the distracted Zombies with her bow, careful not to hit one of her friends.
Shortbow
Shortbow (Disadvantage for firing into melee)
Arrow into zombie in melee with ally.
Brene's arrow hits the zombie fighting Sumak, piercing its cadaverous skull and dropping it to zero HP. The zombie totters for a moment, then falls to the ground.
Za'afiel slashes at the remaining free zombie
The drow begins to concentrate and lets loose magical words as a ghostal spectral skeletal hands manifests next to the undead and he attempts to use it to touch it
necrotic
ntil then, the hand clings to the target. If you hit an undead target, it also has disadvantage on attack rolls against you until the end of your next turn.
Nil'murr'shass' ghostly hand attaches itself to the zombie fighting Kurt and inflicts necrotic damage to its new undead host. Bizzarely, this seems to heal the zombie, as the sudden surge of necro-energy re-charges its zombattery!!
Talindra throws a dagger at one of the zombies wedged in the door.
The dagger strikes the zombie in the chest and remains embedded in the putrid flesh between its ribs. Unfortunately, the force of your throw jostles the two zombies free of the doorframe, and they follow their fellows out into the larger room.