As you realize the revine is a fine thing and pass uneventfully you find the home of the tengu on the mountain pass above everything else. Many old frescos appear to indicate the tengu have been working on the mysteries of the monsterous objects and the iron man for possibly generations, one of them indicates that an part of the land sank into the oceans long ago......
Searching the tunnels you find the cubbys of the tengu to be surprisingly warm as well as perfectly comfortable, likely a good place to weather the evening....
Yucale
How about a short dungeon crawl?
** spoiler omitted **
Indeed I did like the idea of the corpse recovery was so smooth it went without incident......
In that case......
You found the fallen yeti frozen in the snow, not knowing what to do you wait. Karg grabs the body and leads you to the top of the tengu mountain.
The moon rose shining in blue light, as the moon came overhead the yeti's body collapsed in on itself and then blew out as tiny flakes of snow. Then the wind blew and the snaw started to fall.....
Not much was left over from the tengu departure yet the age of the frescoes and the pictures within them shows a great civilization yet it was not the tengu, the tengu art represents them as humanoid figures very tall, lanky with green skin, almost like a goblin, if goblins were 6 feet tall!
It seems this other race and the tengu lived together for some time, then the machines mostly fell into the ocean (as one fresco shows...)
You are surprised to find another cave nearby, but this one is natural and twists and turns suddenly becoming wider and narrower as well as higher and lower.
Just as you are about to decide this is nothing but a cave it opens into a grand room big enough to fit any catherdral....
The far wall has a broad entrance has been carved out of the stone. Marble steps cracked with age and veined with green moss lead up to a strong double-door of carved stone, 8 feet wide and almost 10 feet tall. Two arrow slits high on the north and south walls command this area.
Caydee tries to find and inspect any frescoes that might be in this room, sort of hesitant to try and open the door. "Anyone know of a race of six-foot-tall goblins?" she comments in relation to the pictures they'd already found.
"Do not sound any stranger than bird-men...."
Caydee finds a couple of frescoes the tall lanky figures seem to wear simple robes and sandals, with a sash and occassionally a pack of some sort. The weather was likely much warmer in this region long ages ago.
"Weird... now if only the area would warm up again. Does anyone feel up to checking the door for traps?"
"Wha if someone is home?"
Gives a puzzled look at Azh then remembers he always likes any excuse to throw things.........
Broad, shallow steps lead 200 feet across a steep fissure direclty ahead in the cavern. Here a broad entrance has been carved out of the stone. Marble steps cracked with age and veined with green moss lead up to a strong double-door of carved stone, 8 feet wide and almost 10 feet tall. Two arrow slits high on the north and south walls command this area.
As you approach it becomes apparent the door is ajar and faint flickering light comes from within.....
Though the arrow slits sit high on the walls, no arrows greet your approach.....
Caydee, of course, nocks an arrow, follows, and resist commenting on the flickering light.
"Forward."
The great door opens into a large hall. You are standing on a narrow ledge overlooking a deep dark crevasse that cuts the room in two, completely obstructing passage to the opposite side. A dangerous looking rope bridge, frayed and thin, spans the gap. Water gurgles and ruches somewhere far below. Two copper braziers burn brightly on either side of the door, illuminating this half of the room. You can just barely make out the opposite platform on the other side of the chasm….
Darkvision
In the shadows of the natural rock of the chamber’s far side, at least two porcine humanoids stand watch before another stone door. They snarl a challenge, revealing yellowed tusks and raise their bows to fire on you!
Initiative
Roll for initative!
"Archers in tha darkness beyond tha bridge."
Initiative
"Hold we mean no harm."
Archers?
Initiative
Caydee?
Caydee tries to pick out the forms on the opposite side of the chasm.
The bowstrings of the humanoids across the way thrum as two arrows streak towards their marks......
DM notes
Krill Caydee Fubar Azh
Arrow 1 streaks by Azh
Arrow 2 bonces off his armor!
You are up
You make out a shape in the darkness as you get to the edge of the rope bridge.
The bridge is very unsteady formed from a single rope you step upon and two ropes that are held in each hand to navigate across.
This bridge is dangerous to cross!
You are fairly satisfied when the hammer hits the first opponent. That quickly fades as Fubar calls out...
"Four archers!"
as two more step from behind the columns on the dark side of the room beyond the area.
"Get some lights over there!"
Fubar readies his shield...
@Caydee
"Get yerself behind me an get some arrows goin at them!"
Caydee quickly follows Fubar's suggestion.
"Ahz, you probably shouldn't cross that rope!"
Krill flurries a pair of shuriken at the closest shape he could see.
attack:
damage:
The parties responses miss the mark except for the spiritual hammer....
The bowstrings of the humanoids across the way thrum as four arrows streak towards their marks......
DM notes
Krill Caydee Fubar Azh
Arrow 1 streaks bu Fubar
The other three arrow head for Krill!
Arrow 2
Arrow 3
Arrow 4
Two of the arrow Krill!
Damage
You are up!
Azh continues to dent the top of one of the attackers heads though he is still standing......
"You are up!"
"Hammer em Azh!"
Caydee hammers an arrow into the humanoid Azh has hit with his hammer, dropping the creature to the ground!
DM note
Only 3 archers left...
Krill is up!
It stings!
Reply with another shuriken flurry.
attack
damage
Krill launches two shuriken one goes wide the other finds a meaty target on the otherside of the chasm....
The bowstrings of the humanoids across the way thrum as now threer arrows streak towards their marks......
DM notes
Krill Caydee Fubar Azh
Arrows 1
Two arrows fly wide of Caydee (apparently they tried to shot around fubar.....
A third arrow clangs against Azh's armor....
All of you are up!
Azh fires a fire bolt into one of the humanoids.....
Fubar continues full defense to draw the archers fire, throwing in comments about how ugly they are and how bad their archery is...
Krill is up!
Krill continues hurling insults and shurikens.
attack flurry
damage
