There is a hole in the wall above the beds just slightly above Jaden's head in height that looks big enough for a gnome or halfling to fit through but a really tight squeeze for a human which leads outside.
The hole leads out to the south, not into the courtyard, so Catharine hasn't seen anything.
Faldor gives the room a quick scan and doesn't see anything either....until a small green hand whips out from beneath the bed holding a shortsword in hand and tries to poke him in the leg, missing horribly. 1d20 3=5, 1d4=1In Draconic:
Updated map, the gray area in the south wall is where the hole is.
The whole room is difficult terrain so double the cost for movement in the room and no charging.
Jaden steps into the room to sees Faldor get attack from under the bed, so Jaden flips the bed next to the attacker.
"Faldor move!"
With a slight yelp Faldor finally has something his size that he can take out his fears and frustrations on. He jabs in with his rapier.
My bad.
At the sound of a raspy Draconic voice and the crashing bed, Effan readies his wand, but he can't see past the big man and flying bedding. "Faldor! Jaden! What's going on in there?"
"Aahhh!!... not another anvil is it?" "Faldor? Are you hurt?"
initiative (1d20 2=7)
A few attacks by the party are thwarted by the creature's cover. The creature seems to be trying to scramble out from under the bed away from the party but the other bed is tossed, almost as an afterthought by Jaden, and slams down, blocking that route. The party hears a series of rasps and clicks intermingled with harsh vowels and consonants from beneath the bed.
In Draconic-
Faldor moves as far away from the creature as the room allows weaving his rapier in front of himself in hopes of detering the creature from attacking him. "We apologize my scaly um... Gurtlekep. My minions where not aware that this room was occupied. We will leave you alone if perhaps you can help us with an errand?"
Hozs stands over the vanquished anvil peering into the other room. "Faldor I did not know you could speak with lizards too! uhmm..." Hozs imitates the squawking, clucking, chirping sounds coming from the other room.
Faldor and 'the monster under the bed' seem to be clicking and growling back and forth...
In draconic
"Everyone please back out of the room. Maybe we can do this without any more blood shed. He may know where to get mushrooms."
"You can keep your shiny if you can show us ironbloom mushrooms." Faldor will describe the look of the mushrooms to the creature.
1d20+6=20
"Everyone please back out of the room. Maybe we can do this without any more blood shed. He may know where to get mushrooms."
"You can keep your shiny if you can show us ironbloom mushrooms." Faldor will describe the look of the mushrooms to the creature.
"Bugger me sideways. Bloodsheds? O I does loves the red krovvy, I does. Pleez, mister gnomer? I wants me a kobold-skin belt, I does."
Keegan licks his knife.
Looks at Keegan with a slight evil smile.
"I think we should leave Keegan and our new toy.... to talk. Keegan did you eat all your crow?"
Looks to the lizard waiting for movement
Looks at Keegan with a slight evil smile.
"I think we should leave Keegan and our new toy.... to talk. Keegan did you eat all your crow?"
"Yessirah, why? You be wanting some? Heh heh..."
From under the bed in Draconic-
Faldor lets out an audible sigh before continuing
Slightly looking over his small shoulder, "Let us use your idea as a second choice Keegan."
Faldor lets out an audible sigh before continuing ** spoiler omitted **
Once more in Draconic-
Faldor keeps his eyes on the kobold still not trusting it fully. "It says that there is a room in the north with a large wolf that has lots of mushrooms!"
Then with a thought he looks again to the Kobold.
During the clicks, growls, and chirps Faldor gesturing to Keegan. After finishing his dialogue with the creature, "Keegan would you mind scaring him from where you are? And please do not actually attack him yet."
1d20+5=24
Faldor keeps his eyes on the kobold still not trusting it fully. "It says that there is a room in the north with a large wolf that has lots of mushrooms!"
Then with a thought he looks again to the Kobold. ** spoiler omitted **
During the clicks, growls, and chirps Faldor gesturing to Keegan. After finishing his dialogue with the creature, "Keegan would you mind scaring him from where you are? And please do not actually attack him yet."
Keegan grins. His hand moves imperceptibly as his hunting knife thuds into the bedpost. Reaching around, he pulls a second knife from his belt.
In Draconic-
While chattering away in Draconic, a yellow-green scaled kobold scrambles from between the tossed bed and the back wall, grabs a-hold of the ledge of the hole in the wall, and starts hoisting himself through.
Jaden snaps an axe in hand and throws it with a twist, turning the blunt end of the axe toward the fleeing lizard.
(try not to kill it)
1d20+3=17
damage1d6+2=3
quick draw crossbow
i am guessing it is not ready for the throw, and is faceing away if that means anything, but Jaden is not aiming to kill it... yet
Jaden snaps an axe in hand and throws it with a twist, turning the blunt end of the axe toward the fleeing lizard.
Jaden's weapon bounces off of the flagstone to the left of the creature prompting a whimpering cry from the scalykind and renewing his scrambling to get through the hole and the critter finally disappears through the opening.
"Keegan I think you are too intimidating for your own good." Faldor walks more into the room keeping an eye on the hole in the wall and begins to inspect the room and bag. While looking around the room, "The creature said that mushrooms may be in that north door, but he said something about a large wolf. I'm guessing that wolf was the cause of death to the body near the well. So we should be very careful."
Perception
1d20+7=27"Keegan I think you are too intimidating for your own good."
"Intimidating is as intimidating does, see?"
"The creature said that mushrooms may be in that north door, but he said something about a large wolf. I'm guessing that wolf was the cause of death to the body near the well. So we should be very careful."
"Intimidating is as intimidating does, see?"
"A large wolf? Wouldn't it be strange if he's related to the one's we fought last night? Lead on Faldor."
Faldor lets out an audible sigh before continuing ** spoiler omitted **
"Uhmmm?...
In Draconic- ** spoiler omitted **
"Uhmmm?..."
"Intimidating is as intimidating does, see?"
"Uhmmm..."
...As Hozs is too far away to do anything useful with a standard act ...
"Uhmmmm... OK!" :) "Lets go talk to the wolf for his mushrooms then." as an aside he adds to Miss Stick, "Wolves do not eat mushrooms."
A quick search produces a small sack on the bed, a full set of Stonemasonry tools that look to have been crafted by a master(masterwork artisans tools, worth 150gp), and a beautiful (to a goblin) necklace of leather with various teeth, claws and finger bones strung along it's length(some of the bones and teeth look to be humanoid, worthless except maybe to a goblin). A look in the sack reveals 3pp, 15gp, 23sp, 11cp, and a ruby gemstone worth 300gp. A quick scan for magical emanations reveals that while stone is not magical itself it does radiate a faint conjuration magic. It's size and shape makes it look to be a perfect fit into the indentations on the anvil altar in the other room.
There appears to be no mushrooms in the rooms.
Faldor shows the objects he found in the bag leaving the trophy necklace inside so Keegan doesn't get any ideas. "I'm not sure what we actually need from here but I do wish to leave the creature something. We did in fact come to it's home." Faldor pulls out the gem and looks at it. "Though this was offered up. I may hold onto it." If no objections arise Faldor puts it in his beltpouch.
"Uhmmmm... OK!" :) "Lets go talk to the wolf for his mushrooms then." as an aside he adds to Miss Stick, "Wolves do not eat mushrooms."
"How does yes ken the wolf be talkin'? And, me droogy, how ye be sure 'e innit intre eatin' mushrooms, eh?"
"Uhmmmm... OK!" :) "Lets go talk to the wolf for his mushrooms then." as an aside he adds to Miss Stick, "Wolves do not eat mushrooms.""How does yes ken the wolf be talkin'? And, me droogy, how ye be sure 'e innit intre eatin' mushrooms, eh?"
Hozs looks sideways to Miss Stick and to Miss Squeeker, nods towards Keegan and rolls his eyes in the 'he's-denser-than-wood' look Hozs is so used to receiving. "Well... just like I do with the other nature people. And everyone knows that wolves are meatavores... uhmmm... Carnival-eaters..." He pauses. "Uhmmmm.... Mushrooms are not meat!" he finally finishes wagging his eyebrows and gesticulating his hand in the air to confirm the fact.
If we could buy the mushrooms we would not be out here looking for them, he thinks. No objections.
"What are we waiting for. Let's check out the north door." Effan looks both ways and steps out into the hallway, then turns north.
..... Hey, if this wolf is so bad, how does the koblad know whats in the north room?[/ooc]
From a spoiler in draconic above.....Me sneak in lair once when Graypelt hunt, me see lots mushrooms! Maybe mushrooms you need-need.
From a spoiler in draconic above.....Me sneak in lair once when Graypelt hunt, me see lots mushrooms! Maybe mushrooms you need-need.
"Can one of you longsha.. I mean stonger guys take the lead? We gnomes don't exactly have the strength you do." Looking over the group as they get back in the hallway. "Does anyone need healing? I feel we should face this wolf at top strength. It had the kobold more scared then us it seems. And that corpse looks to have been killed by it in the past."
He does, that's why I thought he would read the spoilers also...
Gonna need a marching order and stuff.
Hozs rubs his cranium. "Stupid anvils. I'm pretty hurt. Any one else? I can call the hare."
He does, that's why I thought he would read the spoilers also...
Gonna need a marching order and stuff.
In answer to Hozs, Effan removes his gnawed through hat to reveal his gnawed upon scalp. "I for one would welcome some hair."
"Hoz how many can you help? I can help too if needed."
"Hoz how many can you help? I can help too if needed."
... And are you NPCing Raph Fakey? He seems to dropped off the board entirely.[/ooc]
I have decided that if you guys wanna keep going after this adventure I will cobble together a 'Path' of sorts to keep it going, using some other Paizo modules and stuff. You will also be able to retire these PCs after this adventure if you want to and try something else. If interested in continuing, let me know in the discussion thread.
Jaden, Keegan, Effan, Hoz, Faldor, and Raph.
Is this your final answer?
Hozs looks sideways to Miss Stick and to Miss Squeeker, nods towards Keegan and rolls his eyes in the 'he's-denser-than-wood' look Hozs is so used to receiving. "Well... just like I do with the other nature people. And everyone knows that wolves are meatavores... uhmmm... Carnival-eaters..." He pauses. "Uhmmmm.... Mushrooms are not meat!" he finally finishes wagging his eyebrows and gesticulating his hand in the air to confirm the fact."Uhmmmm... OK!" :) "Lets go talk to the wolf for his mushrooms then." as an aside he adds to Miss Stick, "Wolves do not eat mushrooms.""How does yes ken the wolf be talkin'? And, me droogy, how ye be sure 'e innit intre eatin' mushrooms, eh?"
"Maybe's they's meat-mushrooms, eh, droogy?"
He waggles his fingers like a magician.
"Or maybe's couldst be magic wolvesies that be eating yon toadstools, see?"
Keegan seems to enjoy playing with Hozs' mind.
Jaden, Keegan, Effan, Hoz, Faldor, and Raph.
Is this your final answer?
"Ohh? Meat mushrooms?" Hozs ponders for a lingering while. "I did not think of those."
Wow he IS smarter than I thought!
"Maybe's they's meat-mushrooms, eh, droogy?"
He waggles his fingers like a magician.
"Or maybe's couldst be magic wolvesies that be eating yon toadstools, see?"
Keegan seems to enjoy playing with Hozs' mind.
"Keegan, let the lad alone. Don't you mind him, Hozs. He's a joker."
"Keegan, let the lad alone. Don't you mind him, Hozs. He's a joker.""Maybe's they's meat-mushrooms, eh, droogy?"
He waggles his fingers like a magician.
"Or maybe's couldst be magic wolvesies that be eating yon toadstools, see?"
Keegan seems to enjoy playing with Hozs' mind.
"Why so serious, chum?"
"Why so serious, chum?"
Effan snaps back. "I'm just tired of you taking advantage of Hozs' ... trusting nature." Then he thinks a little more and continues in a moreconcilliatory tone. "And maybe I'm a little touchy right now. We've been gone along time. We need to find the mushrooms and get home."