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Shortsword in hand, Gregolyn moves into a flanking position. Aiming for a vital spot, he then trusts hard into the creature's softer tissue...
Seeing no other option, Gregolyn fires another arrow at the lizard-like humanoid...
Gregolyn Curses; "Desna laughs at me once again this day!" He then drops his bow and draws his shortsword...
Gregolyn moves into the room, he too circles around the foe in order to get into a position of flanking, but trying to keep some distance from the reptilian humanoid... All the while, keeping his bow ready...
Gregolyn curses as his arrow misses! He steadies himself, and fires another arrow at one of the reptilian humanoids...
Gregolyn stops at the door, then quietly readies his bow by nocking an arrow and says in a whisper; "Strange sounding voices behind the door! Perhaps more of those reptile-people, but I don't know... Be ready! After waiting for his companions to ready themselves, Gregolyn opens the door...
Gregolyn walks over to the northern altar, then to the southern altar as he attempts to assess the values of the settings atop each of them...
Gregolyn laughs; "As I've said before, gems and jewels are not my strong point!" He then moves over to the door to the stairwell, and checks to see if it is locked or perhaps trapped...
"Anyone care to wager that black altar over there holds no end of trouble for us?" "Anyone??" Gregolyn just laughs and waits for Anadyr to finish his magical scan of the room...
Gregolyn, who is certainly no student of religion, does have some minor interest in history however... He ponders for a moment; "Just who was the last known inhabitant of this tower?"
With the skeleton's back to him, Gregolyn sees his opportunity! He strikes at the skeleton with his shortsword...
Safe for the moment, Gregolyn uses the opportunity to steady his nerves by taking a couple of deep breaths... Once a bit calmer, he puts his tools away, and then draws his shortsword...
As the door swings open, Gregolyn exclaims; "Desna weeps blood!" Gregolyn, shaking with fear at the sight of these unholy abominations, scrambles backwards towards the other side of the stairwell...
Gregolyn says; "Yes, well, at least they haven't felt the need to place many traps to enforce that 'sense of privacy'. At least not yet..." With that, he pulls his tools out and begins to work on the locking mechanism...
Gregolyn cautiously moves up the stairs to the next landing. Kneeling down in front of the door, he checks it for traps...
Gregolyn puts his tools away, and stands up. As he does this, he starts to dust himself off, and then stops; chuckling to himself... "What's the use!? I'm already quite dirty..." Still smiling to himself, he reaches for the door and says to his companions; "Everybody ready?" Gregolyn then opens the door...
Gregolyn turns and says to the group; "Well, all seems quite." He then focuses upon the door again and checks it for any traps he may have missed earlier...
Gregolyn sighs... "Indeed!" He moves over to the door and listens...
Gregolyn, once his tools have been secured, wipes the sweat that had accumulated upon his brow... He stands and looks to his companions to make sure they are ready, and with a hand upon the hilt of his sword, he carefully opens the door...
Gregolyn having heard no sound coming from the other side of the door; frowns... With a sigh, he says aloud; "Well, I don't hear anything coming from in there... I'm going to try to disable what I believe to be a trap that has been placed upon the door." With that, Gregolyn pulls out his set of "special tools", takes a moment to concentrate upon his breathing, and begins disarming the trap...
"Interesting!" Gregolyn mutters softly... He walks over and kneels down in front of the southern door; "Yes, very interesting... Gregolyn looks to his companions and say in a low voice; "It would seem, that someone wants to keep us out of the room beyond this here door... Gregolyn focuses his attention back upon the door again and carefully leans forward and presses his ear against it, listening...
Gregolyn gestures to the dagger and shield, and says to the group; "These two items appear to be of quality. I have no use for the shield myself, but I'll but in a bid for the dagger." After saying this, Gregolyn takes the opportunity to get a better look around the room...
Gregolyn moves into the room, and walks over to the dagger and shield to take a closer look... He picks up the dagger, then the shield; trying to ascertain their value and significance, if any...
Gregolyn then turns his eyes towards the banner that sits in the corner collecting dust...
Gregolyn winces slightly when Marius hits the lizard-creature; unconsciously rubbing his own head... He then looks to the now unconscious creature and says; "Yup, you're going to have one killer of a headache when you wake up..." adding; "I should know, I've been there..." under his breath... Gregolyn stows his shortbow, moves over to the doorway (making sure not to disturb the bard) and looks to the room beyond...
"We may not have the luxury of time upon our side, but we need to know the location of this tunnel the beast spoke of! As for what to do with it, I say, once we have the information we need: Tie it up and leave it here... May not be the most 'humane' thing to do, but we can't drag it around with us!"
Gregolyn looks to Jali and says; "Ask him were this tunnel of theirs is, and where any other of his kind are hiding." Gregolyn then looks back to the reptilian humanoid, still keeping his bow trained upon it...
Gregolyn listens to Jali's translation and ponders its meaning... Then snaps to attention at the sound of her raised voice; pulling his bow, nocking an arrow, and pointing it at the pathetic reptilian creature ready at the slightest hint from Jali to put it out of its (and the party's) misery!
Gregolyn shakes his head in disagreement with Jali... "I however, would have no problem with ending this pathetic creature's miserable existence!" he says more out of bravado than any real sense of malice... "But... Perhaps you could persuade our guest to tell us something of this tower and its current residents?" he continues as he looks to Jali with a twinkling in his eyes...
Gregolyn, seeing that his attempt at stealth failed, grumbles; "Desna has certainly been having a good laugh at my expense this day!"
Gregolyn, not letting his bitterness get the best of him, spots an opportunity to attack. He quickly nocks an arrow and shoots at the reptilian figure in front of him. Gregolyn then takes a single step backwards...
Gregolyn, who was just about to join Marius in his search of the room, quickly changes modes and silently moves to the door. "Here we go again! he mutters to himself as he does so... Once there, he inspects the door, then puts his ear up to it and listens intently...
Concerned for his companion, Gregolyn calls to Jali; "Are you alright?" Gregolyn steps into the doorway. "I've had about enough of this walking pair of boots!" Gregolyn says before sending another shaft speeding towards the electrified lizard...
Concerned for his companion, Gregolyn calls to Jali; "Are you alright?" "I've had about enough of this walking pair of boots!" Gregolyn says before sending another shaft speeding towards the electrified lizard...
If you have a base attack bonus of +1 or higher, you can combine one of these actions with a regular move.
The sight of the lizard shocking Anadyr was something Gregolyn had never seen before, and he was quite frankly, un-nerved by the event... Upon hearing Marius's words however, Gregolyn snaps out of his stupor and nods to him, saying; "I'm on it!" Gregolyn then moves to the spot where Marius had pointed in order to flank the creature...
Gregolyn upon seeing the lizard, mutter; "This tower is just full of surprises!" He raises his bow, at shoots the lizard...
Gregolyn, puts away the deck of cards, and stands. As he does so, he says; [b]"Perhaps I should check the door for traps?"[b] He then moves cautiously over to the door and examines it...
Cursing to himself, Gregolyn stands back and readies his shortbow...
Once Gregolyn is on the second floor, he moves to a spot in-between the two doors and sits down, his back upon the wall... Sighing heavily, he says (though more to himself than anyone in particular); "Small wonder this entire tower did not come crumbling down upon my head when I first entered. Desna laughs indeed!" He pulls a deck of cards from a belt pouch and begins to mindlessly shuffle them as he watches his companions in silence...
Gregolyn watches as Jali climbs the rope, looking for any sign of it giving way... Satisfied, he moves over to the rope and begins to climb... "May Desna smile upon me!"
Gregolyn, more than a little embarrassed, tries to regain his composure and dusts himself off... "Well, THAT could have gone better!" He turns to Anadyr; "You care to give it a shot?" he says as he offers the bard Jali's knotted rope...
Gregolyn takes the rope from Jali and thanks her with a nod of his head... He then adjusts the coils, and secures the rope around his shoulder and head... Gregolyn moves to the foot of the wall under an opening in the tower's second floor and looks straight up. He swallows his trepidation and focuses while he locates a suitable holds for his hands and feet... In silence, Gregolyn begins to climb...
Gregolyn shows the copper penny to his companion to assure him that it is not some trick double-sided coin, and then flicks it into the air. He catches the coin as it falls, and quickly slaps it onto his left forearm and removes his hand to reveal it...
Seeing that the coin's reverse side is facing up, Gregolyn says; "Desna laughs! Lucky me..." Gregolyn waits for Jali to finish knotting her length of rope...
With his attention upon Anadyr, Gregolyn says; "You are correct. That overgrown arachnid did put a slight damper upon my style! Still, I do not think it should adversely affect a climb such as this too much..." Gregolyn pauses to think for a moment, and then pulls a single copper coin from his pouch and says; "Tell you what, I'll toss this coin, and you call it. Whoever wins makes the climb! Fair?"
Gregolyn too surveys the wall, to better assess how climbable it is... Gregolyn figures that the wall is indeed an easy climb. He then turns to the group and speaks; "This is no mere fence Anadyr! I have fractured a law or two in my time. I may not be proud of it, but I know how to play the part of the second-story man. I think it would be best if I attempted the climb."
"But it is not my wish to step on any toes, so if you really want to..." Gregolyn says to Anadyr with a smile...
Gregolyn, a bit disappointed that the stairs were blocked, says; "Perhaps we missed something! Or perhaps, there is something of note in that area to the south..." He moves over to the southern archway and looks into the rubble-strewn room beyond...
Gregolyn too is noticeably relieved to find the door untrapped... "This door probably leads to a set of stairs. I'd be willing to bet a few gold that it leads both up AND down... Ready yourselves!"
Gregolyn, nervously unsheathes his shortsword, and pulls the door open...
Gregolyn, confident that the new chamber holds no threat, calls to his companions to enter... "It is safe, though watch your step. That area over yonder does not look stable..."] He says while pointing to the caved in area to the south. Gregolyn looks closely at the door to the east...
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