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Temerith watches and waits, confused. "What could make a bunch of rats just go silent?"
Temerith hears the sounds, probably rats? And readies his bow for when he sees them.
"Anyone else?" If Jacq is the only one hurt?:
"I've got one healing spell left. Lanliss can save magic for later." Others hurt?: "Lanliss? Can you channel for healing?"
Temerith looks at the broken bones scattered around and shakes his head. "OK. Anybody hurt bad? Or can we get back to why we came here? Find and free Meepo's dragon and rescue the kids?"
Seeing all but one of the monsters drop, Temerith stops his Bardic music. He didn't know what else they might face and knows his limits for the day....
Temerith considers his weapons and magic but realizes the best he can do is stay out of the way and continue his bardic music.
Hearing the grinding noise as he gets out of the room Temerith spins. The items had been a trap! Figuring that the group would have to destroy the undead monsters now he sings a chant of encouragement....
Seeing the magic items being taken Temerith gets out of the room as fast as he can.
Still concerned about possible dangers and this having nothing to do with their 'quests', Temerith comes to the room. Curiousity? It killed the cat, right? He looks over the images and items. He can't read the word on the whistle....
He casts detect magic.
Temerith moves towards Dorian.
"Can anyone identify what it does?" "I'm afraid I can't identify what it does. Just that it's magic and what the type of magic is. It's a mild alteration magic. Might turn water to wine. Might turn your face green for all I know."
Temerith shrugs. "I'm not sure of anything. I'm just saying that a door carved with skeletal dragons and a sign saying to channel good is strange. And there's transmutation magic on the fountain." "Since the tracks lead north, it doesn't look like it matters much?"
Temerith frowns. "Odd that it would want positive energy channeled with skeletal dragons on the door...." "Could be a magical trap?"
Temerith looks ahead as best as he can, glancing around the taller members of the team. "What does that sign say?"
All ready for tomorrow.
Enjoy! You never look back and say "I wish I hadn't had so much vacation time with my family!"
Temerith nods at Meepo but then speaks up. "Except not all of us can see in the dark. I need at least a little light or I'll stumble over any little loose pebble...."
Temerith bows to the kobold queen. "Our thanks to the Dragon Throne then. Our task ends when we defeat the goblins and return the.... your dragon. And bring our younglings out so they cannot bother you again, if they still breath." "Meepo will lead us to where the goblins are. Thank you!" He waits as the others exit and takes his place at the rear.
"Thank you. That is quite a compliment from one of power such as yourself." Temerith considers his words before replying, then speaks a clearly as he can. "We agree to all of that, but must add one condition as well. As I said, we came here to seek children that shouldn't have entered. They have been missing for a few days and their parents are concerned. We will seek your dragon, to be returned to you. But we must also find out what happened to the children as well. Humans value their young as all races must do to survive. If we do not find them others will invade your halls. If we complete this mission we will inform the humans that they must stay out!"
Temerith walks forward slowly in response. He has his arms spread wide with his empty palms clearly visible. He stops ten feet short of the throne unless he gets direction to either stop sooner or advance farther. "I am Temerith Faurian, a traveler new to this area along with this group of friends. We were hired to find some lost children that came here." "We met Meepo. We prefer not fighting with possible friends. Goblins are enemies. Kobolds are possible friends. Meepo spoke with us. He mentioned a dragon that was taken by goblins? We offered to help if he could tell us about the goblins." "So maybe we could help? We just need information, where to go, where not to go. So we fight the goblins and help our new friends. And maybe we find the children as well? OK?"
Seeing more kobolds surrounding the group Temerith slowly moves to the center of the group. He pulls a tiny bit of sand from his pouch and waits, quietly humming a tune.
Stepping beside Nee Temerith does his best to not cringe at the aggressive attitude. He adds his own voice to Nee's. "We are enemies to goblins, not to dragon-kin. We respect your people. We spoke to Meepo and learned that you seek Calcryx that was stolen from you. We offer to help your people while we seek our own."
Temerith moves between Meepo and Dorian. "Yes Meepo. Safe way is good. We promise. No smash and no yell. Meepo friend. We don't hurt friends." "Can big ones get through the safe way?" He points at Dorian and the humans.
Temerith hears the comment about a dragon and is confused. Goblins steal a dragon? Dragon's are big and powerful! Maybe Meepo would talk about it so they would know what they were getting in to? "Meepo? What was your dragon's name? And what did it look like?"
Temerith steps forward like the others, toward the kobold. "Little Meepo. I'm little Temerith. Little like you. My friends and I aren't here to hurt you. We'd rather be friends. Friends don't hurt friends. Friends help each other. You look hurt. Maybe you have enemies that hurt you? Like I said, friends help friends. Maybe we could hurt your enemies if you tell us about them. What do you say?"
Hearing the whimpering and the others calling out Temerith casts Dancing Lights and send them into the room to light it up.
Temerith looks around the room as well. "Might be a little cramped, but it would serve as a fallback position if we need to recuperate and don't want to climb out of here." "How about that door at the end of this passage?"
Temerith stares at the door, squinting to try and understand the auras. The door blocks the details though and he shakes his head as the magic fades. "There's a magic aura behind this door. Two actually. But I can't tell what it is. It's active magic, not residual. Possibly dangerous...."
Temerith casts Detect Magic again and scans the whole area....
"Check the edges. If it looks sealed tight it might be holding back water.... Be an interesting trap that I never want to know to flood a corridor to drown invaders!"
Temerith grins. "Right. Everyone be quiet."
Temerith thinks about the bard stories about dragons, and the epic heroes that had dealt with such creatures.... or armies. And Ashardalon? The name sends a shiver down his spine. "Ancient history. If this place is that old I understand the shape it's in. The dangers might just be from extreme age." "Doesn't mean we can relax though.:
Temerith looks at the runes to see if he recognizes anything about them.
Temerith follows the group in, watching as Jacq pulls the spear from a goblin that was pinned to the wall by it. He agrees that leaving a functional weapon behind seems strange. "Might be a good idea to scan an area for magic, not just traps?" With that said he sings a short chant and scans the area for any auras indicating magic, first on the spear and goblin body.
Temerith continues across.
Still at the back of the line, Temerith continues forward as fast as the line allows.
Temerith waits as the line comes to a hopefully temporary halt. "Hey. Can we get under cover before that huge bat comes back thinking it has an easy meal!?!
Tense from the close call Temerith goes quiet, and moves forward. That thing was NOT being nice!
Maybe it's the screech. Maybe it's the size of the beasts compared to his size. Temerith wants to duck behind someone bigger than himself.... That would be anyone! But first he calls on his bardic magic and starts a battle chant to warn of the impending attacks.
Enjoy the family!
Temerith watches the skies as the group slowly descends. Was the sound of large wings a trick of something? Or was something out there? Every step he looks down and moves his feet, then looks up again. When Silvash reaches the flat ground he gives good tactical advice. If it isn't cleared by the time he reaches it Temerith will help.
True. Temerith took Dancing Lights, but we don't want the sound of him renewing the lights every minute.
Temerith gets his shortbow out. He isn't really good with it, but it there are any bats he'll take a shot.... "I'm ready. Down we go."
"Good point." He tucks the rod back in the pack.
Temerith digs in his bag and pulls out a sunrod. "I've got a sunrod if you'd like Silvash? Would you want to carry it or should I follow fairly close behind Dorian?"
Sounds good. Thanks!
Temerith reaches the ledge and gathers his small pack. He knew it would feel twice as heavy soon.... "Looks like we continue down from here. Probably should try to be quiet as we go. Is anyone trained to scout for traps? If goblins are ahead there could be things rigged."
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