Seeing the Fey creature cast the spell Alurad instantly recognizes this magic. “Grease!!! That thing has just cast grease on you. If you must move through that be cautious or you’ll fall. Two can play with spells!
Alurad flings and orb of acid towards the Fey but it goes wide. “I’ve got something else next for you...”
Alurad begins channeling a new kind of energy and summons forth a Celestial Dog next to the Fey creature. It appears next to the fey creature and lets out a bite attack.
“Blast! Where did that creature go. Attack the rats!!” Alurad barks off at the dog. The dog moves up and attacks. It gets a maw full of rats just as it dissipates before out eyes.
Singol curses at the rat bites. He stabs and kicks at the tiny vermin ineffectively.
"Rats again!?"
With the rats gone (they are all gone?), he moves though the doorway into the room, short sword out. He is looking for the fey and any other enemies.
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Jon looks in the room, though the likelihood of him finding anything is lower than most of the party. He takes a few moments to wipe his blade but doesn't sheath it, keeping it ready at his side.
"You said cold iron would be better on the fey? Anyone got something i can use instead? Or..." he looks to Alurad "Don't suppose you could do something? Seeing as you can do magic."
Alurad is frustrated that he can no longer see the Fey. From where he is, Alurad tries to see if there are any tracks or markings on the floor from where it was or where it has moved to.
“I wonder why a Fey would call this place its home... we should be even more cautious as we move forward. We should check the door down here before moving upstairs....” Alurad looks to Jon and gives him a silent after you hand gesture.
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His longsword was ill suited for close quarters and underground combat, as such he put his sword away for now and looked over the trapdoor for anything that might stand out as suspicious.
Regardless Jon wasn't about to attempt to open it until everyone was ready to proceed, and seeing Duraz checking the barrel out, he waits.
Singol trades his short sword for a dagger. He walks over to the door and pokes around with the dagger.
Giving Jon a nod; “I think we are good to go...”
Thilla will ask her companion close to her and slowly follows Duraz!
Nodding to the others she grips her spear tighter, ready to fight ... or flee.
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Jon seeing they are ready to go again redraws his sword, then opens the trap door with shield up to block anything that might immediately spring out.
Should nothing happen, he will slowly take the lead on the way down, checking to see if some of the steps feel weak or broken (and certainly hoping he doesn't tumble down)
Singol will move to the door if it is locked. Otherwise he will take up position near Alurad. He has swapped the dagger for his short sword.
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A set of rickety wooden stairs leads down to a square dirt
cellar. A group of four dirty barrels stands in one corner. A narrow crack in the northeast corner of the
room extends into a rough dark passageway.
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Jon doesn't notice anything off hand looking around, seemingly more concerned with keeping his shield up and ready to block an attack likely from a rat from what he'd seen so far.
"After two hundred years... think they have anything of substance?" Jon asks. Assuming it was sealed it might contained something pickled... though it probably wouldn't taste very good (but probably wouldn't kill you), that or it seemed more likely it would have gone bad.
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Looking around the room, Duraz notices something behind the barrels. He stretches his arm and pulls out a sack. Looking into it, he coughs from the dust and pulls out a weapon from the sack. It's a very well crafted light mace. He drops his shortspear and swings the mace with a satisfied smile.
I think this will do, he says, and without consulting the group, considers it as his.
There's some money in there too, he says expecting someone to count the 20 gold pieces inside and distributing it accordingly.
Should we procede into this hole on the wall? It seems like it could be dangerous, but exactly the kind of place the vermin that swarm this place would live in, he comments expecting Jon to lead them into the hole, half forgetting about the fey roaming freely about.
Alurad looks over the mace that Duraz finds; “That is a great find! It must be exquisitely crafted to last in here all these years...” looking around as he humms’ “unless this place is also used as a bandit hideout.... Regardless, it seems the mace suits you well. Lets continue on.”
"through the home it is then- do you humans need torch light to proceed?"
Singol will check the opening in the wall for traps.
"We'll need light if we go into this passage."
Alurad lights a Hooded Lantern and stands in the middle of the group to help provide light for everyone. “Let’s continue on. We should check the towers before going through the tunnel, no telling where those lead to.”
"At least we should get a good view of the surrounding area."
Singol peers into the hole in the cellar wall, trying to spot something in the darkness.
"Down or up? I am undecided. Will we be spending the night here? "
Alurad opens the tower door and shines a light within. “Come on, lets go this way first. These are sure shots, a cavern can go on forever. Let’s examine these towers first.”