Rall waits for the poison to take effect. He closes his eyes and utters a small prayer to Desna but then changes his mind and makes it to Cayden Cailean instead. When he realizes he isn't going to die he feels slightly stupid.
"What?" he says to the others defensively.
Chloe stifles a laugh. "Well...you've got some of your color back," she adds. "Is everyone else okay to continue?"
Bowen smiles at Rall and checks what the Kobold's had equipment wise.
Bowen smiles at Rall and checks what the Kobold's had equipment wise.
The kobold had a masterwork handaxe, studded leather armor, and a light crossbow with 8 bolts left.
All of it is of course sized for a small creature.
Arla nods her head as she steps carefully back away from the dead creatures, trying not to slip on the slime. "I'm alright to go on if everyone else is.
I hope we can find the child soon.." the druid glances back over at the kobolds and then to Bowen and Rall, a worried expression crossing her face as she speaks.
"You and me both..." Chloe mutters as she passes the young druid so she can help Rall back to his feet. "Let's press on," she suggests, "Maybe to the north?"
"You and me both..." Chloe mutters as she passes the young druid so she can help Rall back to his feet. "Let's press on," she suggests, "Maybe to the north?"
"North," mutters Rall.
Bowen leaves all the kobolds equipment alone and readies his weapons as he heads north.
Rall snags the masterwork handaxe and heads north.
The northern tunnel contains roughly carved shallow steps that descend down about ten feet. At the bottom of the steps there is a four way crossroads, with tunnels going north east and west. Each of these tunnels is about four or five feet wide.
"Curse this maze of tunnels," Chloe snaps as they encounter the intersection, "I wish I could remember the way we took when we escaped their holding pens. Which way now? Bowen? Can you tell if any route is more well-traveled than the others?"
Bowen looks at all the paths to see where the main traffic goes through.
Rall listens carefully for a clue.
Bowen easily determines that most of the traffic here runs north and west, with north being the clear path of choice.
Rall hears noise to the north. It sounds suspiciously like a large number of kobolds preparing themselves for battle.
Bowen easily determines that most of the traffic here runs north and west, with north being the clear path of choice.
Rall hears noise to the north. It sounds suspiciously like a large number of kobolds preparing themselves for battle.
"Oh ... yay."
"Yay...what?" Chloe asks, "Yay, as in you know which way we should go. Or, yay, as in you know which way we shouldn't go?"
"Yay...what?" Chloe asks, "Yay, as in you know which way we should go. Or, yay, as in you know which way we shouldn't go?"
"'Yay' as in 'All of this should be over soon'. Sounds like our doom lies this way. The kobolds prepare for war."
Bowen points north, "If the foot traffic shows anything then the preperations lay North."
Bowen sighs as he looks around the group, "Though it is a plan does anyone have a different plan then Rall we could use?"
"Well we should certainly avoid the north passage," Chloe remarks, "But it's an intersection, so we've got two more ways we could go. If you've found signs of kobolds to the west, it would seem it's best to follow that and see if it leads us to a back way into their warrens. I fear if we head east, it'll just take us into some other danger or slow us down."
"We can check West but should watch our backs. I doubt the welcoming party will wait for us to come back."
"You're still looking for a way to avoid walking into a room full of armed kobolds? I don't think that's going to happen but, fine, west."
Arla nods her head at the suggestion to go west. "It's probably best to avoid walking headlong into a big group of those creatures if we can. Better to try picking them off in small groups if we have to fight them."
"Agreed," Chloe nods at Arla's wisdom, "We need to cull them one group at a time, not all at once. And more importantly, we need to find out where those damn holding pens are. There's no telling what they've done with that last child and our other companion."
The western passage twists and winds a for maybe forty or fifty feet before coming to a "T" with one cavernous tunnel heading south and a wider tunnel heading north. The tunnel northward can be seen to have various large fungi growing in it.
"Hmmm...could that way lead to one of their food sources, maybe?" Chloe whispers, "If so, it could put us closer to their settlement...and hopefully the holding pens for slaves and captives and such. I think we should try that way."
Rall nods his head in pitifully resigned agreement with Chloe.
AS the group turns and takes the right tunnel northwardly, they pass by the tall fungus.
Suddenly to the right and to the left comes a keening wail. Two of the tall mushrooms are emitting a horrible shrieking noise. A noise that must surely be audible to every kobold in the tunnels.
Bowen groans and turns to the others, "Fall back. I think we are about to be overwhelmed."
Bowen groans and turns to the others, "Fall back. I think we are about to be overwhelmed."
"Go forward!" shouts Rall. "Let's find the children and then run."
The screaming fungi continue their wailing as the party hesitates in indecision.
Bowen wills the axe to it's brightest and heads North.
Chloe draws her scimitar and readies one of the kobold javelins before grimly following.
Rall winces. 'They actually listened to me? This can't be good.'
He draws his sword and heads North, sticking as close behind Bowen as he can.
The tunnel continues another fifteen feet before opening up into a wide cavern. It is filled with kobolds. All of them on the alert, ready to attack. Fortunately, the party is not surprised to see a welcoming committee and with both sides prepared for battle, there is no surprise round.
There are fourteen kobolds in here. Two of them, towards the back of the group, are better armed and as soon as the party is in sight, they begin yelling, their high voices making loud yipping noises. One gets the feeling they are calling for reinforcments.
Kobold's initiative: (1d20+1=4)
The tunnel continues another fifteen feet before opening up into a wide cavern. It is filled with kobolds. All of them on the alert, ready to attack. Fortunately, the party is not surprised to see a welcoming committee and with both sides prepared for battle, there is no surprise round.
There are fourteen kobolds in here. Two of them, towards the back of the group, are better armed and as soon as the party is in sight, they begin yelling, their high voices making loud yipping noises. One gets the feeling they are calling for reinforcments.
Kobold's initiative: (1d20+1=4)
Do we see any sign of the last child?
The child you are looking for is not in here that you can see. There is another entrance into the room, just out of sight to the east, and one to the party's left going north-west. There are no kobolds between the group and the north-west exit.
A Battle Map for you to use if needed.
The kobold leaders are at J13 and K13.
The other kobolds are at I10, I11, J9, J10, J11, J12, K10, K14, L12, L12, L14, and M11.
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