[DFRPG] Crawl! IC

[ajardoor]

The hobgoblin breaks and admits why the door was barricaded; their old lair was raided by necromancers and their undead minions. They slaughtered most of the hobgoblins and took their home for themselves.

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The Riddle of Steel has already claimed the best real estate in land of death, and all of them will get a share, rest easy. We shall take it from here.

Bain tell his friends to leave the hobgoblin alone.

Originally Posted by ericthered

Telrith: "It smells like the southern tunnel is in more need of our cleaning. Shall we go there next?"

I agree, can you check it out? Being with the stone-friend, expert of hazardous materials, will give us an edge.

[ajardoor]

(OC: Marching order please. The passageway ahead (behind the previously barricaded door) is ONE yard wide.)

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Bain asks Telrith if he's capable of seeing trough the path of dirt and stone. Otherwise, he suggests sending an elemental ahead, to make sure the road is safe, considering it is 1 yard wide. He also asks Gathika to have her sunlight spell ready, should they need more light.

OOC: I suggest the following marching order:

Small sized elemental 1 with torch, 8 yards ahead of us.
Small sized elemental 2 with torch 4 yards ahead of us.

That should give us the right amount of light to see, and then:

Telrith, he could use his shield as passive cover.
Vicious, he might attack with his long sword over Telrith.
Bain, he provides additional support.
Mihrimah, she helps the rest of the party see.
Kinclad, he might buff the party.
Gathika, she heals the party.
Elemental with cart, keeps the loot safe.

[vicious Violence]

Vic agrees with the plan and disposes of the goblin, fast and painless (as being killed with a sword can be). Marching plan seems good.

Through the maws of the unknown we march, onward!

[ajardoor]

The party goes forth with determination. They cautiously march through the corridor beyond, and find themselves at a junction. One way goes north, the other south. The signs of violence and the corresponding offal have gotten heavier in this area. The south corridor has a gruesome stench of death mixed with a sharp chemical brew wafting from it. The north corridor is less offensive, but shreds of rotten flesh and dried blood lightly cake the passage.

Which way should they go?

[PumpkinLorica]

Gathika thinks it's a good plan, “the southern path seems fine to me, but the northern one has a strange and prominent smell” (it calls her attention because it’s rotten corpses).

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Well,let’s follow Bain („ಡωಡ„)

[ericthered]

Telrith directs the foreward elemental (Ruby) to go south, but asks Sullyfur to go just a little north and watch their back while they go south.

[ajardoor]

The adventurers and their entourage heads south.
The corridor takes a few sharp corners, but no obstacles or doors stop them until they come to a room.

The room is clearly an unwholesome place. Manacles hang from the ceiling, several hold the bodies of humanoids that been flayed down to the bone, stripped of flesh and skin by acid or whips. The bones were splintered and then structural damage form the flensing was repaired as much as possible. The remains have then been coated in some brownish slime, probably from a bubbling vat in the far corner. A nasty odor rises from the thick boiling liquid.

The room looks like a torture room that has been converted into some gruesome necromantic experimental laboratory. Five intact skeletons are chained to a wall.

[ericthered]

Sullyfur will follow about 5 yards behind the party, with orders to make a loud fuss if anything goes wrong.



Telrith quickly looks over the room.

• Any potential combatants other than the five skeletons?
• Are the skeletons animated?
• Can the skeletons possibly slip free of their chains?
• Any potential magical hazards in the room?
• What is the brown slime?
• What are the dimensions of the room?
• How many doors are there, and what are the positions of the doors?

Telrith's relevant skills are:

Thaumatology -14
Hazardous Materials (magical) -12
Occultism -13
Hidden Lore (Magical Items) -12