Splashing down in the sewer, Artival looks around at the aftermath of the battle. "You guys don't waste any time do you??"
"Interesting.", Lyria nods at the general direction of one of the corpses. "He looks like a beggar, but still carries this signet ring. Maybe someone back up in town will know more about it. Of course, he could have just stolen it".
"May I look at the ring?"
Appraise
"Nope, sorry. I don't recognize the symbolism. Do you wish to carry it?" She offers it back to Lyria.
So where do you want to go next? Following the crawler or going the other way (to the right)?
Lyria takes the ring back and puts it in her pouch. Turning to the others, she says: "Let's move on. There's no use to wait here until the crawler comes back".
Ka'kara pulls her spear free of its victim and gets in front of Lyria quickly while giving her a friendly scowl, "We don't need you paralyzed again."
The passage is wide enough for two of you to advance side by side, although not comfortably. With Roylenna's lights leading the way, you proceed cautiously through the muck. After about 50 feet the left wall of the passage opens into a small cave with a raised floor, mostly free of water. Bones litter the floor and near the wall to the left there is also a pile of broken pottery and glass.
There are no visible exits except for two deep cracks in the far wall, probably wide enough for a man to pass through.
Perception 18:
Will you want to explore the room or continue ahead along the passage?
Ka'kara pulls her spear free of its victim and gets in front of Lyria quickly while giving her a friendly scowl, "We don't need you paralyzed again."
Lyria smiles, "By all means then, you lead the way", and happily moves aside for Ka'kara to lead.
Moving along the narrow tunnel, Lyria looks into the cave opening, trying to discern anything in the dark. "Maybe we should examine this cave, she points in the general direction of the cave".
After a moment of deliberation, she adds: "Be careful. I can see something watching us from those cracks. Probably some R.O.U.S'es". As eyebrows are raised towards her, she explains, "I mean rodents of unusual size".
Ka'kara smiles and advances into the cave at Lyria's suggestion ready for the rodents to leap out.
Ka'kara smiles and advances into the cave at Lyria's suggestion ready for the rodents to leap out.
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1d20+6
1d20
Roll for initiative then, all of you. I'll assume that you keep the same marching order, with Gregori and Ka'kara in front.
Initiative
Initiative
Initiative
As the group head along Tika makes a face and the occasional "Eeww" sound at the squelching noise.
Knowledge Nobility
Perception
Initiative
The rats go on 5, beating Roylenna with a hair's breadth. The rest of you can act. The rats come swarming out of the cracks as you enter the room, and there are eight of them.
In the cramped quarters, Artival uses one of his unerring missles of force at the closest rat.
Magic Missle Damage
Lyria loads a bolt in her crossbow, aims and fires at one of the rats.
Round 1
16 Tika
12 Lyria
Artival 10
Rats 5+
Roylenna
Gregori
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Round 1
16 Tika
12 Lyria
10 Artival 10
05+Rats
05 Roylenna
03 Ka'kara
01 Gregori
Tika will just look at the others wondering why they are attacking random rats.
Lyria and Artival pick off two of the rats. The remaining six swarm Ka'kara and Gregori. Ka'kara is bitten for 3 points of damage.
You're up. All of you.
Tika will just look at the others wondering why they are attacking random rats.
Tika will just look at the others wondering why they are attacking random rats.
Dropping her spear as the rats swarm around her Ka'kara once again pulls out her greatsword and cleaves through the mass.
Judging by the rats largely ineffectual first attack Roylenna lines up a furry body and lobs a bolt of acid at it conserving her power for bigger and better things.
Tika will just look at the others wondering why they are attacking random rats.Tika will just look at the others wondering why they are attacking random rats.
Lyria loads another bolt, firing it at another rat.
Ka'kara drops her spear and pastes one rat with her greatsword but the second proves too quick. Lyria and Roylenna manage to kill another rat.
Five rats remaining and Gregori, Artival and Tika still to go.
Ka'kara drops her spear and pastes one rat with her greatsword but the second proves too quick. Lyria and Roylenna manage to kill another rat.
Five rats remaining and Gregori, Artival and Tika still to go.
Gregori drops his sword, point down, the razor sharp blade plunging into the ground as he reaches into his pack and draws a flask of reddish liquid. Shaking it briefly he tosses it into the midst of the swarming rats.
Seeing a couple of the rats still standing, Artival tries his best to remedy that situation by firing another bolt of energy.
Magic Missle Damage
Gregori drops his sword, point down, the razor sharp blade plunging into the ground as he reaches into his pack and draws a flask of reddish liquid. Shaking it briefly he tosses it into the midst of the swarming rats.
1d20+3
1d6
On their turn, the remaining rats turn tail and run squealing into the cracks.
Attack
Damage
Tika takes a quick pot shot at the rats.
Just two surviving rats then. Or possibly one if Gregori wants to reconsider.
The only visible exits are the two cracks in the back wall. On closer inspection the pottery shards show a sticky residue, like honey or jam. A bit of each to be specific.
Do you want to examine the room closer or will you press on?
Just two surviving rats then. Or possibly one if Gregori wants to reconsider.
The only visible exits are the two cracks in the back wall. On closer inspection the pottery shards show a sticky residue, like honey or jam. A bit of each to be specific.
Do you want to examine the room closer or will you press on?
Picking her spear back up, Ka'kara immediately follows Gregori for support.
Gregori hits one of the fleeing rats with his fiery missile, and you have no trouble in dispatching the last rat. Do you want to explore the cracks then?
The only visible exits are the two cracks in the back wall. On closer inspection the pottery shards show a sticky residue, like honey or jam. A bit of each to be specific.
Do you want to examine the room closer or will you press on?
"Honey? Jam? I doubt someone is storing their sweets down here. Do you think someone baited this room to attract the rodents? Maybe there is something beyond we are not supposed to see..."
Perception
The jam and honey are relatively fresh, hardly moldy at all, so Roylenna's theory might be correct.
"That could be right, but I'm not sure honey and jam attract these rats, or that the rats are an efficient guardian. But anyway, we should explore those cracks".
Lyria will approach the cracks, casting a light spell inside, to see what's in there.
Roylenna will assist, pushing her lights into the fissures.
One of the cracks appears to contain a litter of ratlings. The other goes deeper, and looks like it could be a passage to somewhere.
"Do we have anyone with an eye for tracks? Can you make any out here?"
Ka'kara follows Gregori into the crack obviously curious about where it could lead.
Just inside the tunnel you find a chewed satchel containing the following: a chewed roll of blank parchment, a pouch with 28 gp, a thunderstone and an unopened jar of what looks like strawberry jam.
The crack opens into a long tunnel that ends with a trapdoor in the ceiling. The trapdoor is blocked by something heavy, however.
Knowledge (dungeoneering) or just an Int check DC 20:
"Well this is certainly..weird" Gregori mutters moving forward as the others investigate the items.
Picking up the jar of strawberry jam, Lyria says "Seems that somebody here really likes jam. We should take this to whoever sells or makes this up in town, maybe we'll get a hint about whoever's skulking in these sewers".
Int check
No, the parchment is indeed blank.
There is really only one way to go unless you want to go back to the first cavern and try the other passage. So will you proceed?