Lisbeth:
You hear nothing on the other side of the door.
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The door is still secure and you do not see any tracks other than your own.
With everything seeming okay for the night the group rests. They are undisturbed through out the night. Morning comes and the group starts to wake up. Barlow the first to rise. Feeling better than ever, all his wounds have been healed as if by magic.
Acidios: You see no rats, and the door looks like it can be secured well enough. There is also the door with the dragon on it.
Barlow: You find a rat head and a chopped off dogs tail both still fresh.
The acid hits the goblin causing it to scream in pain before collapsing. Falling over the side and straight for Acidios. But landing beside him in a heap of goblin crush.
The goblin fires another arrow at Acidios planting it in his left leg.
An arrow bounces off the floor next to Acidios' foot. Splitting the small skull of a rat.
Barlow looks up and see a Goblin nocking another arrow ready to shoot at him again. Initiative:
While Barlow watches over his sleeping companions. An arrow gets planted in his shoulder. Coming from up above.
Stealth:
Lisbeth Perception:
Lisbeth: You don't see much to make a fire this ledge has just animal bones and rocks.
Barlow: Both rooms look clear of anything hostile.
As Barlow puts the necklace on Acidios there is a noticeably harder feel to his skin. After pouring the potion down his throat Acidios slowly comes to.
Lisbeth: You see no one and nothing around you.
The last remaining rat runs the way it came in a hurry to escape the onslaught, ready to try again another day.
The rat stops gnawing on Acidios and turns his attention to Lisbeth. while a second rat comes running in also wanting a take at the easy quick and grab. Running to the foot of Acidios it attempts to bite off a toe.
Lisbeth easly kicks the rats mouth away as it tries to bite her. The second rat begins jerking wildly trying to get the toe.
Acidios Fort Save:
The second that Barlow lets his guard down the last skeleton standing begins clawing into Barlow's chest.
While Lisbeth and Barlow focus on the skeletons a Dire rat comes running out of the other room ready to claim Acidios as an easy meal.
Acidios Fort Save:
The rat reaches Acidios and begins to gnaw on his arm. Eating tiny bits at a time.
The skeletons continue relentlessly and try to destroy Barlow.
The skeleton on the left manages to land a blow to Barlow's face giving him a deep scratch.
Barlow Steps up and crushes the first skeleton into dust leaving nothing but the head rolling around on the floor. The other two skeletons step up to him and attack.
Barlow begins knocking the skeletons claws away and neither of them land a hit on him.
The skeletons all claw at Acidios as he reaches for the amulet. Skeleton Attacks:
As Acidios enters the room the skeletons begin to rattle. They rise up and attack. Initiative::
Acidios Fort Save:
The poison has ran its course and you no longer feel the drain. Acidios Detect Magic: The auras are coming from the skeletons one of the skeletons has a small necklace that is producing the second aura.
Acidios opens the door and hears a click.
Instantly an tiny dart shoots into his shoulder.
Acidios Fort Save:
You instantly feel poison entering your system.
This pocket chamber is damp and cold. The skeletons of three long-dead archers slump against rubble-filled arrow slits along the east and south wall.
Acidios: upon inspecting the wall you notice there is a secret door here disguised to look just like the wall.
Acidios:
You sense two magical auras coming from the wall to the south. There are two magical auras that you sense, both of them faint. The masonry walls of this 20 foot wide hall are in poor repair. The far end is especially bad, as it has completely collapsed, filling the southern section with rubble. The western wall is in much better shape than the other walls, and it holds a stone door with a rearing dragon carved in relief upon it. The door contains a dingle keyhole, which is situated in the rearing dragons open mouth. Barlow: You also see a dire rat hiding in the rubble near the door.
It appears these goblins have all been stripped of anything valuable.
This circular area is cobbled with cracked granite, upon which sprawl four goblins, all apparently slain in combat. One stands with its back against the western wall, the killing spear still skewering it and holding it upright. three wooden doors lead off from this area. Above, a hollow tower of loose masonry reaches 30 feet, but the intervening floors and stairs are gone, except for a couple of crumbled ledges.
Barlow finishes off the rat as quick as it started. Picking up the body and hurling it at Acidios. hitting him square in the chest.
Barlow Ref Save:
Barlow walks up to the door and a trap opens beneath him. Falling 15 feet down into a pit. Disappearing from sight. Barlow: You fall into a pit trap landing on the bones of dead goblins. One corpse is fresh and has teeth marks all over it. A dire rat lunges at you and takes a bite into your face.
The rat tries to bite your face but you mange to dodge it using the dead goblins body as a shield.
Barlow: You do not see any specific tracks you do see that alot of traffic happens here, judging by how the dust settles.
The narrow stairs empty into a small courtyard, apparently the top of what was once a crenellated battlement. The buried citadel has sunk so far into the earth that the battlement is now level with the surrounding cavern floor. The floor stretches away to the north and south, and it is apparently composed of a layer of treacherous, crumbled masonry, which reaches to an unknown depth. To the west looms the surviving structure of what must be the Sunless Citadel. A tower stands on the wets side of the courtyard. A door leads into the tower.
Acidios with all of his might slashes down and chops the head of the rat off. The body goes rolling over the cliff and the head rests at Acidos' feet. Barlow tries to smash the rat running from him only to hit the ground destroying the bones resting on the ledge. with the rats gone the silent depths of the switch back stairs lay before you. At the edge of sight, a fortress top emerges from the darkness. The subterranean citadel, though impressive, seems long forgotten, if the lightless windows, cracked crenallations, and leaning towers are any indication. All is quiet, though a cold breeze blows up from below, bringing with it the scent of dust and a faint trace of rot.
The rats each attempt to take a bite out of their attackers.
The first rat tries to bite barlow only to be stopped by a boot. The second rat latches onto the calf of Acidios and tears a big chunk out.
The rats turn and flee climbing down the side of the ledge.
Acidios Fort Save:
Acidios gets up and makes it to the wall only to be pelted by another rock from up above. Barlow brings her earth shaker down and smashes the closest rat into a pile of rat goo. The two furthest rats step up and all three of the rats attack Barlow.
One of the rats manages to latch onto Barlows ankle begins to gnaw.
Barlow Fort Save:
The rats pay no attention to the new foe on the landing. They focus their attention on Acidios to attempt and get a quick meal.
Acidios continues to roll and dodge the rats. He is about to make a quick jerk left when a large rock lands on his shoulder allowing a rat to get a chuck out or his leg.
Acidios Fortitude Save:
The rats start a frenzy and try to bite onto Acidios. The gnome is too quick for them and doges out of the way rolling around on the floor.
Acidios starts to climb down the rope at a very quick pace. He makes it half way with out fail and then his hands slip free from the rope.
Acidios begins to fall straight to the landing below. He lands on his back and hears a crunch sound. The numerous animal bones breaking his fall.
Acidios:
on landing you can see yellow eyes looking at you. and you can hear chattering teeth. 4 rats the size of dogs come out of the rubble and surround Acidios. They all get ready to devour the small gnome. Initiative:
Acidios:
As your stone drops down you see a ledge that is wide but rough. Sand, rocky debris and the bones of small animals cover it. A roughly hewn stairwell zigs and zags down the side of the ledge descending into darkness. The only way to the ledge is to climb down the rope. Barlow and Lisbeth: You notice that the area around the pillars have hosted a few small campfires. It looks as if someone went out of their way to try and hide the evidence of the camp.
Here is a link to the picture of the ravine. http://imgur.com/GMtar
After a long day of travel you come up to the location that is indicated on your map. The old road passes to the east of a narrow ravine. At the rod'es closet approach to the cleft, several broken pillars just from the earth where the ravine widens and opens into something more akin to a deep, but narrow, canyon. Two of the pillars stand straight, but most of them lean against the sloped earth. Others are broken, and several have apparently fallen into the darkness-shrouded depths. A few similar pillars are visible on the opposite side of the ravine. The pillars themselves have writing in what appears to be goblin. Also there is a knotted rope tied to one of the leaning pillars. The rope goes down into the ravine. Goblin: Come down here, lose an ear and we eat you.
Barlow: You see a ditch just off the road with lots of brush.
Acidios:
Aside from their weapons you find 90 gold pieces, a potion of cure light wounds and all three of them have the same tattoo on their right forearm. The tattoo is a dragon skull, the left eye has what appears to be a gem. the right eye is blank on all but the leaders his has a serpent. When you look at the serpent it begins to coil out of the skull and leaps off the skin. It flies off and disappears in the distance. Lisbeth: It looks as if you were just far enough out of town that no one saw the exchange.
The thug like the rest of them falls limp to the ground.
Thug: It wasn't my deal, nor his deal to be makin' we were just messengers. You have made a terrible mistake. If I stop now i'm dead anyways. The thug pulls his weapon up and gets ready for the onslaught.
Murix sees the earth breaker coming for him, but is unable to react. The last thing he sees in Barlow's angry face, and then his head becomes apart of his shoulders as he falls limp to the ground.
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