Chat Log List - 2024 09 13 - Dead Dread Pirates - Formatted - Chat
The group resumes exploring in the passageway.
A heavy iron door engraved with the unsettling image of a ferocious-looking dragon coiled around a pile of coins stands at the end of a short corridor.
Rothuss Carder: hums as he paces back and forth looking at the door without touching it.
Temperance: raises an eyebrow as she watches, closing her notebook.
Rothuss Carder: [TOWER] [SKILL] Identify Item (general 5%/lvl) [PERCENT:Identify Item (general 5%/lvl)] (vs. Target 25) [SUCCESS by 23] [d100 = 2]
Rothuss Carder: This reminds me of the Door in Dragon's Gulch. Probably the dragon image. That was a trap set for the greedy thieves. They opened the door and it fell forward and crushed them.
Rothuss Carder: Dragon's Gulch was a fake door, nothing much but an empty tunnel behind it, just long enough to lure the surviving thieves into it to explore, giving the defenders time to come up behind and trap them inside.
Temperance: It sounds like a bit of a risk to try and open it. Especially if there's nothing behind it.
Temperance: finishes scribbling her notes about the door against Zora's lamplight.
Inv Zora Polasis: It's one big tease of a door
Inv Zora Polasis: smiles
Rothuss Carder: Is there any way to tell if this door is like that? Without setting it off if it is?
Lirtimya: Could we break the hinges?
Inv Zora Polasis: I was able to tell that the door was the trap and that if it was sprung it would crush anyone near and sound an alarm
Temperance: Or.. attach a rope to it and pull it open from afar?
Temperance: shrugs her shoulders.
Inv Zora Polasis: the latch is at the bottom of the door
Rothuss Carder: Do we just walk away?
Inv Zora Polasis: Any playing with the door is liable to spring the trap unless you can deactivate it properly
Temperance: And we're not sure if the chances are high enough to succeed on deactivating the trap.
Inv Zora Polasis: I thought Vee had said if we were going to do something we should do it last so we don't set any alarms off before we're done exploring
Inv Zora Polasis: This door isn't going anywhere
Temperance: nods in agreement.
Temperance: So go elsewhere and come back?
Inv Zora Polasis: We have this lovely pile of debris to climb over or move
Lirtimya: We could mark it and come back later, so we can just escape if it does alarm something
The ceiling here has partially collapsed, creating a narrow chimney that rises 30 feet above the ceiling.
Inv Zora Polasis: points at that black pile
So the Ceiling has collapsed, creating a “path” that means you have to climb up a pile of debris to go up and over
Inv Zora Polasis: I can climb over and throw a rope to help people if you want
Inv Zora Polasis: Not that I'm the strongest person here ...
Temperance: Considering my balance with the bridge that last time...
Inv Zora Polasis: Or Rothuss do you want to climb first?
Zora can tell that it is about 30 foot up to get to a space to squirm around the pile and go down the other side
So you will be up out of sight from this floor
Rothuss Carder: Yeah, I can do that.
Inv Zora Polasis: Rothuss should take a lamp so he can see from the top
Inv Zora Polasis: I can stay here at the bottom with the other one
Temperance: hands her lamp to Rothuss
Rothuss Carder: [SKILL] Climb Walls [PERCENT:Climb Walls] (vs. Target 65) [FAILURE by 10] [d100 = 75]
Rothuss Carder: [SKILL] Tumbling [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 14) [FAILURE by 4] [d20 = 18]
Rothuss makes it up to the top of the pile but get stuck trying to make it around the top and back down
Hold Creeper 1 claws at Rothuss lightly wounding him.
Hold Creeper 1 puts Rothuss Carder in a choke hold and Rothuss starts to suffocate.
Rothuss Carder: [SAVE] vs. Death [d20 = 8]
Save [8] [Target 12] -> [for Rothuss Carder] [vs Hold Creeper 1] [TARGET-FAILED]
Effect ['Suffocating'] -> [to Rothuss Carder] [by Hold Creeper 1]
So Rothuss gets up into the top, he is wedged in, struggling, moving around and discovers there is a small alcove up top where a weird creeper thing
He bumps into it and wakes it up so it lashes out and starts to choke him
Rothuss Carder: *gak*!
Rothuss Carder: tries to duck and backpedal away...
Hold creepers stand about 3-4 feet tall, with smooth, earth-toned skin stretched taut over beefy frames. They have mad, beady eyes. Thin remnants of beards partially hide mouths filled with jagged teeth. Though bipedal, a creeper spends much of its time hunched over, running on all four stubby limbs.
Rothuss Carder: grabs his main-gauche and tries to hack his way free and back out down the slope towards his friends.
Rothuss misses.
Inv Zora Polasis: hands lamp to Lirt and tries to scramble up the wall to Rothuss
Inv Zora Polasis: [SKILL] Climb Walls [PERCENT:Climb Walls] (vs. Target 60) [SUCCESS by 41] [d100 = 19]
Once on top of the debris pile, Zora Polasis ties to stab Hold Creeper 1 with her Dagger but misses.
Temperance casts Orison at Hold Creeper 1 to try to calm him.
Save [11] [Target 17] [for Hold Creeper 1] [vs Temperance] [TARGET-FAILED]
Ruffus DeOrange: [CHECK] Wisdom (vs. Target 4) [FAILURE by 12] [d20 = 16]
Ruffus RUNS forward, then when he has to decide who to protect he stalls out and waits
Hold Creeper 1: [SAVE] vs. Paralyzation [d20 = 7]
<font color="#FF9A01">Save [7] [Target 14] [for Hold Creeper 1] [FAILURE]
Hold Creeper 1: [CHECK] Strength (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 9] [d20 = 6]
So the Creeper releases Roth and retreats back into its niche to caress its treasure
Rothuss Carder: staggers backwards wheezing
Rothuss takes slight damage as he slips back down the pile on the far side
He is up but on the wrong side of the pile from the rest of the group
Rothuss Carder: coughs and watches up the pile warily in case the dude tries to chase him down.
Temperance: squints up the wall and tries to figure out what's going on.
Temperance: Everything alright up there?
Rothuss Carder: There's somebody up there! Tried to strangle me.
Vee Barlett: moves up to try to figure out what's going on
Zora Polasis ties to stab Hold Creeper 1 with her Rapier but misses.
Temperance: Ruffus de Orange, climb up this wall and stab whatever hostile creature Zora is struggling with.
Temperance: ....Please.
Temperance: adds that as an afterthought.
Ruffus DeOrange: Got it save Zora
Inv Zora Polasis: I don't ...
Ruffus DeOrange: RUNS up the pile
Ruffus DeOrange: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 16) [SUCCESS by 2] [d20 = 14]
Ruffus DeOrange attacks Hold Creeper 1 repeatedly with his Rapier killing it.
Ruffus DeOrange: Hello there Zora
Inv Zora Polasis: My ...
Ruffus DeOrange: I am here to help you
Inv Zora Polasis: Hello Ruffus
Inv Zora Polasis: Thank you for killing that thing
Ruffus DeOrange: Grins and winks
Inv Zora Polasis: Now I think we can help the others get over
Ruffus DeOrange: I heard you needed help, that is what I do
Inv Zora Polasis: That is what you do, huh?
Inv Zora Polasis: Good to know
Ruffus DeOrange: Did you want to check out that treasure while I help them?
Inv Zora Polasis: Yes we do need the treasure too
Zora looks around, there is a small alcove 5 by 5 by 15 that the creeper was living in. There are bones, rotting chunks of meat, etc. Searching the debris Zora uncovers a gold key with a gleaming red stone in the handle, a set of silver cutlery, a pewter tankard and several cheap belt buckles that apparently were shiny at one point
Temperance: looks up at the pile of debris, waiting to see if things are calming down.
Ruffus DeOrange: Rothuss are you ok? do you have rope?
Inv Zora Polasis: I have 50 feet of rope
Ruffus DeOrange: Thank you Zora
Rothuss Carder: checks to see if he still has the other end of the rope he was trailing behind him, or if he dropped it.
Inv Zora Polasis: if Rothuss has some we should be able to take care of both sides
Ruffus DeOrange: Starts uncoiling rope to the group down below
Inv Zora Polasis: Would it be better for me to stay to help or get out of the way?
Rothuss Carder: I think I dropped it up there. Look to see if you can find it
Levi Reed: Ruffus is acting... weird.
Temperance: raises an eyebrow.
Temperance: Weird?
Levi Reed: Yeah he's being... helpful
Levi Reed: For him, that's weird
Temperance: muffles a laugh.
Levi Reed: Like... if Vee one day was like “ehhh, I don't feel like stabbing anyone today”
Temperance: That's a fair point.
Temperance: I think we should enjoy the fact that he's helping while it lasts.
Lirtimya: True, the help is nice
Levi Reed: Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining
Levi Reed: It's just... odd
Temperance: Indeed.
Inv Zora Polasis: You have the rope to help people up and over Ruffus?
Ruffus plays out the rope helping everyone climb up over the pile of rocks and then down onto the other side where Roth is
He gives Vee a hug when she reaches the top
and then lets everyone down
he comes down last
Rothuss Carder: stands guard at the bottom of the mound.
You have a door there to your south and a hallway that leads to what looks to be a well to the NE
Inv Zora Polasis: That creeper had a very nice key
Inv Zora Polasis: Maybe it will unlock that door
Inv Zora Polasis: [SKILL] Detect Noise [PERCENT:Detect Noise] (vs. Target 15) [FAILURE by 12] [d100 = 27]
Rothuss Carder: [SKILL] Detect Noise [PERCENT:Detect Noise] (vs. Target 20) [FAILURE by 3] [d100 = 23]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Alertness [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 6] [d20 = 9]
Levi Reed: Ummm... I hear... crying
Levi Reed: Oh, wait, someone just screamed
Levi Reed: Um... now they're crying again
Levi Reed: You guys hear that?
Inv Zora Polasis: Another rum ghost?
Inv Zora Polasis: I didn't hear anything
Inv Zora Polasis: Where's it coming from?
Temperance: Sounds very similar from the description.
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Direction Sense [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 8] [d20 = 7]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Distance Sense [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 14) [FAILURE by 2] [d20 = 16]
Levi Reed: Behind that door
Inv Zora Polasis: Let's take a look first
Inv Zora Polasis: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 14) [SUCCESS by 5] [d20 = 9]
Inv Zora Polasis: [TOWER] [SKILL] Find/Remove Traps [PERCENT:Find/Remove Traps] (vs. Target 40) [SUCCESS by 28] [d100 = 12]
Inv Zora Polasis: looks and checks for traps before they walk into the room
Within the room is a gnome suspended above the ground by a short rope attached to a hook set into the stone ceiling. The rope is frayed and it’s only a matter of time, perhaps hours, perhaps only minutes, before it snaps. The gnome is disheveled and has obviously been abused. His arms and legs have been crudely stitched together, and so a steady stream of blood drips from the limbs. Hungrily lapping up each drop as they fall is a roiling mass of phlegmatic bile pooled on the hard stone floor beneath the gnome.
Inv Zora Polasis: We have to save them!
Glimber Silvernose 1 : [Translation] AAAAAHHhhhh
Glimber Silvernose 1 : [Translation] sobbing
Levi Reed: Definitely... Ruffus, go save that... person
Temperance: shuffles around to see what's going on.
Levi Reed: What's that... thing... on the floor?
Levi Reed: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 9) [FAILURE by 10] [d20 = 19]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Botany [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 6] [d20 = 7]
Temperance: Do you want me to hold the lamp in case you have to... you know, stab things again?
Temperance: gestures to Rothuss.
Rothuss Carder: Yes please
Rothuss Carder: hands the lantern to Temperence.
Temperance: smiles lightly, takes the lamp from Rothuss, and approaches Zora and Levi to give them some light.
It looks to be some sort of ooze, or jelly, or blob that is feeding on the dripping blood and sweat of the gnome that is hanging there.... also you have never seen a gnome in the islands before, you have heard of them as weird mountain creatures but have not seen one to this point
Levi Reed: I'm not sure we can stab a puddle
Glimber Silvernose 1 : [Translation] AAAAGGGGG
Temperance: attempts to hold the light up high so they can see.
Temperance: Who's that talking?
Levi Reed: Well... Um...
Inv Zora Polasis: We can't just cut him loose or he'll fall into that ...
Levi Reed: There's a... person? Hanging up there
Inv Zora Polasis: And we probably shouldn't walk into that blood drinking ooze
Levi Reed: And some kind of... puddle thing down there
Temperance: A person... blood drinking ooze... puddle thing?
Rothuss Carder: Okay, that's gross. What do we stab first?
Temperance: I'm assuming the blood drinking ooze?
Levi Reed shoots the Gray Ooze with his Shortbow lightly wounding it.
Levi Reed: Huh. Maybe you can stab a puddle
Inv Zora Polasis: Hmmm
Levi, Zora, and Temperance try to get a grasp on the situation but all fail to quite understand what is happening.
Levi Reed: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 9) [FAILURE by 5] [d20 = 14]
Inv Zora Polasis: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 14) [FAILURE by 5] [d20 = 19]
Temperance: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 3] [d20 = 16]
Ruffus DeOrange is waiting with Vee to make sure she gets down from the pile of rocks cleanly
Rothuss Carder: keeps an eye on the left passageway, but glances behind him often to see what's going on over there.
Levi Reed stabs the Gray Ooze with his Machete moderately wounding it.
and Levi's machete dissolves
Levi Reed: What! That was one of my good machetes!
Levi Reed: This thing ate my machete!
Temperance: Acid?
Temperance: It's hard to dissolve a whole machete....
Glimber Silvernose 1 : [Translation] Ahhhh ASEYREKIRHUEKRURH
Actually the arrow head from before dissolved but not the wood shaft of the arrow but the group in the room failed to notice it.
Inv Zora Polasis: takes the dagger she took from the map room and tries to stab ooze
Zora Polasis tries to stab the Gray Ooze with her dagger but misses.
Gray Ooze hits Levi Reed with its acid. Levi is now moderately wounded.
Levi has a pseudopod reach out and SLAP him
Vee Barlett: rounds to corner to see what's going on
Temperance tries to shoot the Gray Ooze with her Shortbow but misses.
Rothuss Carder: continues to rear-guard and spectate the fun in the other room.
Levi Reed stabs the Gray Ooze with his Dagger heavily wounding it.
Zora Polasis tries to stab the Gray Ooze with her dagger but misses.
Gray Ooze hits Levi Reed with its acid. Levi is now heavily wounded.
Temperance repeatedly shoots the Gray Ooze with her Shortbow killing it.
Temperance: May you rest in pieces, you godforsaken creature.
Lirtimya: Good going Temp
Glimber Silvernose 1 : [Translation] Noooa
Glimber Silvernose 1 : [Translation] awhhhssdss
Inv Zora Polasis: someone cut him down and someone catch him?
Levi Reed: Sorry man, I don't speak whatever that is, but we're trying to get you down and not killed
Rothuss Carder: Did I hear my name?
Levi Reed: And yes, can you get that... person... down?
Temperance: I'm glad the arrows worked. I have Zora and Levi to thank for doing most of the work.
Levi Reed: Don't be so humble
Inv Zora Polasis: You were wonderful
Levi Reed: And yes, can you get that... person... down?
Rothuss Carder: I can try.. Ruffus, watch this hallway, wouldya?
Levi Reed: And yes, can you get that... person... down?
Temperance: shifts out of the way so Rothuss can walk through.
Levi Reed: And yes, can you get that... person... down?
The gnome has a rope around him and it is attached to the hook in the ceiling
The rope is fraying with the movements of the gnome
slowly getting weaker and weaker
Ooze is under it and dead
Rothuss Carder: Ruffus! Can I borrow your cloak for a bit?
Levi Reed: sighs
Levi Reed: Hands Rothuss his brand new fancy red cloak
Glimber Silvernose 1 : [Translation] whimpers as he sways,
Glimber Silvernose 1 : [Translation] Terrified that this is the end
Levi Reed: Can we... stand around the ooze and hold this to catch him?
Levi Reed: her? it?
Levi Reed: them?
Levi Reed: You guys are taking too long
Levi Reed: covers the ooze with the cloak
Rothuss Carder: helps
Levi Reed: Cut that guy down, I'll try to catch him
Levi Reed: [CHECK] Strength (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 1] [d20 = 14]
Rothuss Carder: reaches out and cuts the rope with his Sabre
Rothuss Carder: once Levi is ready
Roth gets the ropes cut, the gnome falls into Levi's arms and they pull him off to the side
Levi Reed: Tempe, see if you can heal this person so they know we're not here to hurt them
Rothuss Carder: carefully pulls the cloak up off the ooze and over to the side to see if it's salvageable.
Temperance: hears her name and approaches again.
Temperance: Who needs healing?
Levi Reed: points to gnome
Temperance: attempts to carefully move around.
So the gnome is breathing heavily, is very weak. You see that he has had some battle damage in his past
His nose is actually a silver prothesis
Levi Reed: offers gnome some water
He is wearing chain mail, it might be magical? he has a footman's pick strapped to his back that he could not reach because his arms were sewn together
and he has a backpack on
The time is 4:57 PM
The date is Mid____de, 7th Sin (Late Summer), 587 SGR
Young Moon's phase is Waning Gibbous
Old Moon's phase is Last Quarter
Temperance casts an Orison spell to give the gnome and Levi Reed some healing.
Gnome is not bleeding anymore.
He is not sobbing anymore but is withdrawn
Trying to come to grips with not dying
Looking at the other hallway that Rothuss was previously observing …
Ruffus DeOrange: Hey Vee you see this?
Temperance: shifts towards the other hallway to be a second set of eyes.
Vee Barlett: See what?
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [FAILURE by 1] [d20 = 13]
Ruffus DeOrange: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 10) [FAILURE by 5] [d20 = 15]
Vee Barlett: Wanna go look?
Vee Barlett: has no light to go farther
Levi Reed: Are you sure, Vee? I feel like garbage and I'm one machete short of a set
Vee Barlett: I've been feelin' like garbage. Only another room.
Levi Reed: That's what I thought two rooms ago
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Ranger Tracking [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 14] [d20 = 1]
The room is circular and largely empty save for a well located in the center. Bones and unidentifiable scraps of meat litter the floor. The air here is heavy with death and the stench of rotting flesh.
Temperance: Oh dear... that's an awful stench.
Vee Barlett: See anything, Tempe?
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 10] [d20 = 2]
Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 2] [d20 = 15]
Vee Barlett : [Translation] Anyone hidin' in that well?
Temperance: Not from where I'm standing, I'm afraid.
Temperance: holds the light up high for Vee to see better.
As the ungodly stench wafts over the group, some are more affected than others.
Vee Barlett: [SAVE] vs. Petrification [d20 = 13]
<font color="#00CC00">Save [13] [Target 12] -> [for Vee Barlett] [SUCCESS]
Levi Reed: [SAVE] vs. Paralyzation [d20 = 12]
<font color="#00CC00">Save [12] [Target 11] -> [for Levi Reed] [SUCCESS]
Temperance: [SAVE] vs. Paralyzation [d20 = 3]
<font color="#FF9A01">Save [3] [Target 9] -> [for Temperance] [FAILURE]
Lirtimya: [SAVE] vs. Paralyzation [d20 = 13]
<font color="#FF9A01">Save [13] [Target 14] -> [for Lirtimya] [FAILURE]
Inv Zora Polasis: [SAVE] vs. Petrification [d20 = 16]
<font color="#00CC00">Save [16] [Target 12] -> [for Inv Zora Polasis] [SUCCESS]
Glimber Silvernose 1: [SAVE] vs. Paralyzation [d20 = 6]
<font color="#FF9A01">Save [6] [Target 13] -> [for Glimber Silvernose 1] [FAILURE]
Rothuss Carder: [SAVE] vs. Paralyzation [d20 = 15]
<font color="#00CC00">Save [15] [Target 12] -> [for Rothuss Carder] [SUCCESS]
A severed finger, lying on the stone floor and greening with mold, still sports a ring set with a gleaming agate gem.
That is what Vee finds in the scraps and detries
Levi Reed: Not it!
Vee Barlett: Guess everybody wearin' rings.
Levi Reed: Well, they WERE
Vee Barlett: But where the rest of the hand?
Levi Reed: Maybe that puddle ate them
Temperance reads the inscription on the ring Vee found
There is writing along the ring, in an old bureaucratic language of the church
Temperance: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 4] [d20 = 9]
Temperance: It reads “to shoot straight and true, one must first believe he can.”
Temperance: Ugh, the smell is making my stomach turn...
Vee Barlett: Huh. So we take the ring and hope it improves yer aim.
Temperance: “To shoot straight and true, one must believe he can.” That is what is written on the ring.
Temperance: winces at the smell.
Rothuss Carder: sounds like one of those cookies at that one restaurant on the east end that has little sayings inside them.
Vee Barlett: Well you can hold on to that ring, Tempe
Temperance: winces again and takes the ring.
Levi Reed: I look forward to when we can figure out what all this stuff does
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Artistic Ability [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 14) [SUCCESS by 7] [d20 = 7]
Levi Reed: That definitely seems like a magic ring
Temperance: ponders on the message on the ring.
Vee Barlett: What's in the well?
Vee Barlett : [Translation] Anyone?
Vee Barlett: steps closer to look
No sounds from the well
20 foot down to the water line, then cannot tell how deep the water is
Vee Barlett: grabs her trident and pokes down
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Alertness [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 9] [d20 = 6]
Vee Barlett: Well yeah that that sayin'
The well has some loose bricks it looks like, a bit slippery slimy
Vee Barlett: Temptin' to jump in there but... ain't very fresh.
Rothuss Carder: Why would you want to?
Vee Barlett: 'Cause water nice.
Rothuss Carder: Are you missing the water that much?
Levi Reed: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 9) [SUCCESS by 3] [d20 = 6]
Levi Reed: Hmm... there's a bunch of loose rocks on this well... everything else in here has been so pristine it's kind of weird
Vee Barlett: Wonder where all these body parts came from?
Levi Reed: Piranha?
Levi Reed: More blood puddles in there?
Vee Barlett: But on land?
Vee Barlett: Looks like the tunnel goes past this well. We can keep lookin' for now.
Levi Reed: I mean, that blood-eating puddle could have climbed out from here
Rothuss Carder: looks around for madmen swinging swords.
Levi Reed: Alright, let's keep going. I have a bad feeling about this well though
Levi is deeply troubled
Vee Barlett: Same but what ya wanna do? Only thing is to jump in.
Rothuss Carder: Well..well..well... this is unexpected.
Temperance: stumbles over to the two with a lamp.
Temperance: holds it up high so people can see.
Levi Reed: Oh what a surprise. Another room.
Temperance: So many twists and turns...
Levi Reed: And a bridge (?)
Levi Reed: And probably more rooms
Levi Reed: And some caved in rooms
Vee Barlett: Be nice if Firebeard or the Admiral were in one of them. Gettin' tired of this cave.
There is a door, and then to the east a wooden bridge over a chasm
Levi Reed: I was fine until that puddle ate my machete
Rothuss Carder: This has been a very weird cave alright
Levi Reed: Now I want to go have a drink and sulk
Temperance: So... bridge to the right, and a door towards the left.
Vee Barlett: Well you ain't gonna soon so let's just get this over with then we can do that.
Vee Barlett: Check the door, Rothuss. You by it.
Levi Reed: sighs
Rothuss Carder: looks at the door
Temperance: We'll get you healed up with a drink, Levi. Hold on for just a bit.
Looks to be a normal unlocked door
There is the pile of rubble to your west
Rothuss Carder: puts his ear to the door.
Rothuss Carder: [TOWER] [SKILL] Detect Noise [PERCENT:Detect Noise] (vs. Target 20) [FAILURE by 27] [d100 = 47]
Roth does not hear anything from inside the room
Inv Zora Polasis: Let me know if you want me to check any doors
Rothuss Carder: It's a door. I don't hear anything. The handle is right here. *reaches for it*
The mangled form of an unidentifiable humanoid lies in the center of this cave, its body torn apart and gnawed down to the bone. Fresh blood, just now becoming tacky, pools beneath it. Much of the remainder of the chamber is filled with large piles of discarded stone.
Rothuss Carder: closes the door.
Vee Barlett: What?
Rothuss Carder: Yeah.. it's another mutilated body.
Vee Barlett: Human?
Rothuss Carder: It wasn't a goat is all I can tell you without looking again.
Vee Barlett: Not the admiral is it?
Rothuss Carder: Could be. Best we know, he isn't a goat.
Vee Barlett: Get out of the way if ya got a weak stomach then.
Rothuss Carder: From the looks on your faces, you want me to go check again.
Rothuss Carder: sighs and opens the door.
Rothuss Carder: mutters, “buncha ghouls...”
Rothuss Carder: [SKILL] Animal Rending [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 16) [SUCCESS by 8] [d20 = 8]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 8] [d20 = 4]
Roth determines that these are the remains of what looks to be one of those creepers that attacked him near the chimney
Vee Barlett: Somethin' killed these.
Subterranean Lizard 2 tries to bite Vee Barlett but misses.
Vee Barlett: We got lizards, y'all. Come help.
Temperance: Lizards...?
Vee Barlett: Maybe can be befriended...
Lirtimya: On my way, I'll do what I can
Roth and Vee in the room with all the rubble and dead body parts
Temperance: Lizards that mauled a now-dead carcass...?
Levi Reed: sighs again, because he is going to be a moody baby until he gets another machete
Temperance: carefully walks through the door with a lantern held high.
Temperance tries to shoot Subterranean Lizard 1 with her Shortbow but misses.
Levi Reed tries to attack Subterranean Lizard 1 with his Machete but misses.
Subterranean Lizard 2 tries to bite Vee Barlett but misses.
Ruffus DeOrange: [CHECK] Wisdom (vs. Target 4) [FAILURE by 9] [d20 = 13]
Rothuss Carder: draws his weapons and leaps forward to try and drive the point of his Sabre into the joint of the lizards rear leg where it joins the body. He lightly wounds Subterranean Lizard 1.
Subterranean Lizard 1 bites Rothuss Carder.
Vee Barlett attacks Subterranean Lizard 2 with her Trident lightly wounding it.
Inv Zora Polasis: motions to the gnome to stay there and then heads into the room
Zora Polasis tries to stab Subterranean Lizard 1 with her Rapier but misses.
Glimber Silvernose puts his back to the rubble and stands guard
Temperance: absentmindedly puts the ring on and raises her Quarterstaff to attack Subterranean Lizard 1.
Temperance’s Journey inside the ring The ring says on the outside of it :It reads: “to shoot straight and true, one must first believe he can”
Temp slips the ring on her finger as she is getting things ready, reaching tugging, pulling, etc.
Then Temp's vision blurs, there is a thunder in her ear and once it all clears she finds her self in a mountain meadow
The rest of the group sees Temp reaching up with her quarterstaff to smash down
A noble lord reclines serenely on a silk blanket stretched out on the grass. A flock of snow-white doves linger on the grass a short distance away. In their midst is a single black raven.
Temp has lost all of her gear except her normal clothes and her bow with three arrows
“Good Lady, I have need of your skill. An evil witch in the guise of a raven pollutes my doves, spreading disease through their ranks. If she is not killed, I fear my flock will perish and the good they represent will disappear from these lands”
“I would have you kill the witch, and my blessing will be yours in return. But please do not harm my doves”
Temperance: From my last awareness, my lord, I was fighting lizards with other adventurers, my comrades. May I return once I finish assisting with that battle?
Maiden/Lord: “I would have you kill the witch, and my blessing will be yours in return. But please do not harm my doves”
Temperance: I don't wish to make promises I can't keep.
Temperance: I do not have capabilities right now to kill anyone, much less a witch.
Temperance: exhales softly.
Temperance: Yes, I will do it, as long as I can return to my comrades afterwards.
Maiden/Lord: “Quickly”
The raven suddenly CAWS and startles the doves
they all take flight
Maiden/Lord: “Bring down the witch before she escapes!“
Temperance: looks down at her 3 arrows and prepares to shoot.
Temperance shoots an arrow with her Shortbow but hits a dove instead of the raven.
and Temp is back in the room
Temperance’s Journey Inside the Ring Ends and is Returned to Reality
Temperance: flinches a bit.
with the Quarterstaff Smashing into the Lizard
SO the rest of the group sees Temp put the ring on (on purpose? mistake?) and then SHUDDERS, shakes her head and then the quarterstaff comes down onto the Lizard making Subterranean Lizard 1 moderately wounded
And so now Temp has a nice fancy ring on her finger
Temperance: is not quite sure the others will believe whatever she saw.
Levi Reed attacks Subterranean Lizard 1 with his Machete heavily wounding it.
Subterranean Lizard 2 tries to bite Vee Barlett but misses.
Ruffus DeOrange: [CHECK] Wisdom (vs. Target 4) [FAILURE by 8] [d20 = 12]
Vee Barlett: Ruffus! Attack the dang lizard until it dead.
Rothuss Carder: turns and tries to stab his Sabre into the side of the lizard's neck but misses.
Subterranean Lizard 1 tries to bite Rothuss Carder but misses.
Ruffus DeOrange tries to stab Subterranean Lizard 2 with his Rapier but misses.
Vee Barlett: Alright good, now try to hit it next time, yeah?
Vee Barlett attacks Subterranean Lizard 2 with her Trident moderately wounding it.
Zora Polasis stabs Subterranean Lizard 1 with her Rapier further wounding it.
Temperance tries to attack Subterranean Lizard 1 with her Quarterstaff but misses.
Levi Reed tries to attack Subterranean Lizard 1 with his Machete but misses.
Subterranean Lizard 2 tries to bite Vee Barlett but misses.
Ruffus DeOrange stabs Subterranean Lizard 2 with his Rapier further wounding it.
Rothuss Carder: switches to slashing and attempts to bring his blade down across the lizard’s head. The blade connects and Subterranean Lizard 1 is now critically wounded.
Subterranean Lizard 1 tries to bite Rothuss Carder but misses.
Vee Barlett attacks Subterranean Lizard 2 with her Trident further wounding it.
Zora Polasis stabs Subterranean Lizard 1 with her Rapier further wounding it.
Temperance tries to attack Subterranean Lizard 1 with her Quarterstaff but misses.
Levi Reed attacks Subterranean Lizard 1 with his Machete killing it.
Subterranean Lizard 2 bites Vee Barlett wounding her.
Lirtimya: Continues to watch the fight, looking for an opening
Vee Barlett: Give it a good killin' stab!
Ruffus DeOrange tries to stab Subterranean Lizard 2 with his Rapier but misses.
Vee Barlett: Or... whatever that is, I guess.
Rothuss Carder: withdraws from the body of the dead lizard and moves over to help with the other one, aiming a thrust at its flank. He hits and Subterranean Lizard 2 is now heavily wounded.
Vee Barlett attacks Subterranean Lizard 2 with her Trident further wounding it.
Zora Polasis stabs Subterranean Lizard 2 with her Rapier further wounding it.
Levi Reed attacks Subterranean Lizard 2 with his Machete critically wounding it.
Subterranean Lizard 2 tries to bite Vee Barlett but misses.
Ruffus DeOrange stabs Subterranean Lizard 2 with his Rapier further wounding it.
Vee Barlett: Hmm, so close.
Rothuss Carder: aims a slicing cut at the lizard's neck but misses.
Vee Barlett attacks Subterranean Lizard 2 with her Trident killing it.
Vee sees a Longsword in the room and gold pieces.
Vee Barlett: Huh. Want a longsword, Lev? Not quite a machete but works for now.
Levi Reed: Sure, might as well
Vee Barlett: hands Levi the longsword
Rothuss Carder: [SKILL] Animal Rending [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 16) [SUCCESS by 10] [d20 = 6]
Rothuss Carder: *checking the bodies for anything interesting*
Vee Barlett: Hey get some of them teeth.
Vee Barlett: They'll make a good somethin'
Rothuss knows he could use the teeth to make magical daggers
Potential other things, depending on how many slices it has through it
Temperance: takes the weird ring off her hand and puts it in her bag.
Levi Reed: Pretty sure I could turn those teeth into good daggers or knives
Vee Barlett: Daggers be nice.
Levi Reed: Something stabby
Rothuss Carder: Sure, I'll grab some of those.
The teeth are not magical automatically, they need to be crafted, but these can be enchanted
