Garrik readies his staff, waiting for the gore covered skeletons to approach.
"Thorn, attack anything that comes up here."
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"What did the creature look like" Garrik asks, assuming that the group would have to face Roldare's fear before leaving.
"The shadow? Or is there something else?"
"What was too strong? Garrik asks. "The rest of it really doesn't matter much, as we were sent and we are already here."
Talking the individual(s) behind the door, Garrik says, "Look, friend, we have no intentions of hurting you unless you try to hurt us first. If that were the case don't you think we would have let the big guy keep busting the door down. We're here for the Everflame, if we can free some poor soul who has been trapped in here in process all the better." Thinking about the situation a bit longer, Garrik asks, "You wouldn't happen to be Roldare, would you?"
Still dumbfounded by lack of effectiveness of his arrow, Garrik stares in disbelief.
Garrik moves into the room, readying his bow as he moves. Taking a position in the room's corner, he fires an arrow but is dismayed as the arrow passes harmlessly through the creature
"Campfire...Everflame...who knows?" Garrik says following along.
Garrik moves to inspect the stairwell to the north. "Where to now? I suppose the obvious choice is the passageway next to Hoga."
"Traps, traps, and more traps." Garrik grumbles. "You'd think as many groups have been through here, there wouldn't be any left to find...or trigger."
"Alright, so we need a key. There were other keys in the pool. Think any of those are worth a try?" Garrik asks. "Failing that, there was another exit off of the main entryway."
"I agree with Tamora. Beyond that, Kakrish, like you said before many others have been through here before. I wouldn't be surprised if those arrows magically replenish."
"Not good." Garrik says as he dives to get out the way of the door.
Garrik shrugs. "Can't hurt to give it a try I suppose. Hoga, you want to come with me to gather a few bodies?" the Hunter says heading back toward the entrance hall.
"Sounds like a plan to me, although if something has been locked in, we should likely be ready for a fight."
Garrik and Thorn follow along with the rest of the group.
"Well, it seems we have a choice to make. Let Hoga break down the door, or try out the door in the next room." Garrik says, gesturing toward the entry hall.
Sounds reasonable to me.
"If either of you would like the scale mail or the shield, please take it. The shield doesn't work particularly well with a great axe or a bow, and honestly I would prefer to keep the maneuverability that my current armor provides. Though I do have to admit, the armor and shield are rather eye-catching."
"We could always go back toward the entrance, there were a number of paths that we could have taken that we did not." Garrik offers while waiting for Hoga to smash down the door.
"Sounds like a reasonable approach." Garrik says while looking around the room for any sort of mechanism that would open the door.
Noticing the statue beginning to move out of the corner of his eye, Garrik calls out, "Kakrish! The statue!" Thorn, attack!" the hunter demands as he rushes over while pulling his greataxe. Once in position, Garrik hacks at the wooden automaton.
(flank vs flat-footed)
While Karkrish and company check out the door, Garrik and Thorn move over toward the stairwell to listen for anything that might be coming from or lurking in that direction.
"Ok...the traps in here reset. Duly noted." Garrik says following along after whistling for Thorn.
Garrik walks over to give Hoga a hand with hurling the body toward the pressure plate and comments, "This place has been explored semi-regularly for years, it could simply be a trap that was sprung long ago too."
"Agreed. We should split those up among us. Never know when it will come in handy." As Hoga ties the rope around himself, Garrik looks around the area for a good place to anchor himself with the rope should Hoga be in need of retrieval.
While Tamora works with Hoga, Garrik casts a pair of curative spells on himself.
Garrik takes one last swing at the skeleton before stepping away.
"Thorn! To me, now!"
Garrik calls out to Thorn. "Attack!" he says pointing to the skeleton to the south.
After calling to Thorn, Garrik steps toward the next skeleton and swings away.
[ooc]On mobile and can't edit the map. Can someone please move me to 2 squares to the right of Kakrish?"[/b] Garrik moves into the room, readying his staff as he enters and sees the skeletons forming. Ending up to the right of Kakrish, the hunter takes a swing at the skeleton in front of him.
"Thank you for helping my friend." Garrik says while doing his best to aid Tamora's work.
Garrik slowly and carefully makes his way down the side of the gorge. "Come on Thorn...you can do this." he says encouragingly to his companion.
Garrik heal Thorn before turning in for the night.
Garrik shrugs. "Looks as if their gear is pretty much useless at this point." Taking a closer look at the bodies, Garrik says, "These orcs and wolves have a number of recent injuries that weren't caused by us. I wonder what else they were fighting."
(bless)
Garrik steps to the side of the wolf, slowly moving toward a flanking position, but not quite able to get to a position in which Thorn could safely complete the maneuver. The hunter none-the-less takes another hack at the wolf. (bless)
Garrik drops his bow, and draws his greataxe as he moves in to defend his companion, Thorn. "Thorn, get out of there and regroup!" He yells as he moves in.
Garrik pulls his bow and draws back, waiting for the approaching wolves to be within the dim light.
(point blank) -
Garrik nods. "Father Prasst has a good point, Tamora. Traditions are the things that keep communities together, even if they are only for show. Let's be on our way. With any luck we will find Roldare still alive and return with the Everflame."
"That will work for me." Garrik says. "Shall we be on our way?"
"No questions from me." Garrik says. Turning his attention back to his fellow volunteers, he asks, "Do any of the rest of you have mounts, or should I make stable arrangements for Briar?"
"Doesn't sound all that reasonable." Garrik admits. "It seems to me we have little alternative but to carry out the mission for which we volunteered. We just know that we have to be even more careful and have more than just the Everflame to search for."
Tamora & Captain Wisslo: "No questions for me." Garrik calmly states. "I simply don't understand the need for the deception. Obviously the dangers have increased and those volunteering should have been told as such. That being said, I don't believe it would have changed my stance on volunteering." the hunter says, shrugging and waiting for the Captain's answer to Tamora's question.
Tamora & Captain Wisslo: Garrik shrugs in response to Tamora's question. "Hoga did mention where you were, as to the others, I can't say."
Tamora & Captain Wisslo: Garrik knocks on the door before entering. "Is everything alright?" the hunter asks, more directed at Tamora than Captain Wisslo.
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