[Ptolus/AD&D] IC Thread #2 - Underground (part 1)

Drohem · December 12, 2010, 05:52:51 PM

Rissthil moves through the door into the hallway with the red lantern, and surveys the situation.

Quickly making a decision, he goes to hand his torch to Smeads as he says, "here, take this while I ready my bow."

If Smeads takes the offered torch, Rissthil will ready his bow to fire on the monk and others in the main circular room.

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OOC: Round 3 intentions.

Lilaxe · December 12, 2010, 06:22:37 PM

Quote from: Drohem;425472"here, take this while I ready my bow."

"Place it on the floor as I'm about to open this door - there is chanting come from behind it - could be whatever is creating those creatures!"

Imperator · December 13, 2010, 02:48:17 AM

As soon as Smeads opens the door, I'll position myself to be able to see over his shoulders (and also block light coming from outside). I want to identify who the fuck is chanting. I am ready.

Lilaxe · December 13, 2010, 08:57:15 AM

I will open the door as quietly as possible, and take a peak in. If the door starts to squek then I'll push it faster to allow easy access for a charge.

winkingbishop · December 13, 2010, 09:11:07 AM

Quote from: Cole;425250Ulas withdraws into the crate room to get out of the way of a melee line.

"We need to present a narrow defensive face. Othos! Do you think they can be turned as undead?"

"I attempted to do so earlier when I was afraid of something like this happening. The goo isn't properly undead, or at least it wasn't when it was lying about about on the floor and just stroking and assisting the first batch. I think the things are more like puppets of the parasite instead of good, proper undead," Othos grunts.

"However, that was my experience. We could always see if Runch could shine the sight o' Charlathan on them and see if we have different results."

thedungeondelver · December 13, 2010, 10:36:03 AM

Ylarum says: "We need oil, and heaps of trash! These polearms will suffice to push...yes! A burning barrier, pushed at the pools of goo! I've seen engineers do something like this! If we set these crates alight and push them before us with the polearms, we can herd the enemy back!"

Cole · December 13, 2010, 10:44:00 AM

Quote from: thedungeondelver;425645Ylarum says: "We need oil, and heaps of trash! These polearms will suffice to push...yes! A burning barrier, pushed at the pools of goo! I've seen engineers do something like this! If we set these crates alight and push them before us with the polearms, we can herd the enemy back!"

"Right now the enemy are a lot closer than the pools - I think they're going to be on us before we can get enough flammables out in front"

Benoist · December 13, 2010, 12:30:58 PM

Smeads opens the door slowly, as it is not locked. Gareth places himself behind him. Both look into a room very similar to the one the Orcs had barricaded themselves in. There are no crates here, but a few bags of what looks like supplies for the monks, as well as various pieces of equipment for them down here: shovels, poles, ropes, flasks of oil, and so on. Right in the middle of the room, there are two piles of bodies: Orcs and Goblins for the most part, some of which seem to have been severely burned, others with gashing wounds, limbs missing and the like. There does not appear to be anyone else in this room...

As the others talk to each other to try and come up with a plan, Rissthil moves through the door by the red lantern. The elf stands by a strange urn raised on a pedestal. Just above the urn, the red lantern is hanging in such a way as to almost touch the urn's little bronze roof sculpted in the shape of a vigorous flame.

The Lantern

The Urn under the Lantern

Rissthil watches the dead monk stand there for a moment with his vomited buddies behind him. Then, they start moving away from the trap. The monk stays there for a moment, but finally steps backwards, pivoting to move away into the circular room as well.

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Drohem · December 13, 2010, 12:56:13 PM

An uncontrollable shiver runs through Rissthil's body as he and the diseased monk looks eyes for a moment. As the monk turns to move away, Rissthil notices the red lantern and urn next to him. He takes a deep breath to steady himself and shake off the feeling that someone has just walked over his grave, and then he draws his longsword. He kicks over the urn and slashes at the chain holding the red lantern suspended over the urn.

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OOC: Rissthil's Round 4 intentions.

Imperator · December 13, 2010, 01:26:17 PM

Quote from: Drohem;425695An uncontrollable shiver runs through Rissthil's body as he and the diseased monk looks eyes for a moment. As the monk turns to move away, Rissthil notices the red lantern and urn next to him. He takes a deep breath to steady himself and shake off the feeling that someone has just walked over his grave, and then he draws his longsword. He kicks over the urn and slashes at the chain holding the red lantern suspended over the urn.[/I]

Whisper: "What are you doing? We do not understand what is happening here!" With a gesture, Gareth tries to stop Riss. At the same time, he tries to locate the source of the canting. Have they ceased?

OOC: A piece of music for the scene

Lilaxe · December 13, 2010, 01:27:48 PM

"Gareth, go left I'll go right of the pile of bodies towards the other door. Sweep with your sword to check for anyone invisible"

DM: do we hear the chanting coming from the other door, or did it stop when we opened the door?

Benoist · December 13, 2010, 04:23:48 PM

Rissthil kicks the urn. It actually does not budge at all! (Rissthil takes 1 point of damage for that) He suddenly remembers how the oaf tried to smash the urn under the yellow lantern earlier and hurt itself so bad.

The elf then slashes the chains keeping the lantern hanged to the ceiling. The chains break, and the lantern crashes to the floor. It is still shining with its red hue, and does not appear otherwise damaged.

Gareth and Smeads wonder what in the world is going on. They enter the room together and then stop on each side of the pile of bodies. They listen. They can pick up the same chant they heard before. It seems to be close, yet still muffled. Coming from... the South?!

Lilaxe · December 13, 2010, 05:30:41 PM

Dm: does it seem to emanate from this room or beyond it?

Benoist · December 13, 2010, 05:59:08 PM

Quote from: Lilaxe;425750Dm: does it seem to emanate from this room or beyond it?

Beyond...

Lilaxe · December 13, 2010, 09:48:40 PM

"Gareth, close up with me on that southern door."

DM: I'll move up to the door and check again for keyholes/cracks to see if I can have a sneaky peak at what's beyond. If no way to see through, I'll take a quick listen to see if I can tell what direction the chanting is coming from.

(let me know if I need to make a roll)

Once that's done and Gareth is up with me, I'll test the door handle, then open slowly, again ready to act fast if the door squeaks or make a loud noise of some sort.