Chapter 17 - Delve Deux into the Orcless Orc Stronghold

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"Ain't much to do now about the screaming announcement of our presence," drawls Angus. "All what we can do is press on. Same plan as before: throw torches in to draw some of the stony buggers off the ceiling, then hurry through with our shields—or the table—over our heads. And maybe hack the damn things to bit if we get us a mind to."


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Hyde stows his bow, fires up a pair of torches and heaves them the length of the room, getting as close to the ceiling as he dares without actually striking anything.

2 torches marked off.

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Dandelion follows in her place in line.
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Hyde lights two torches. The familiar smell of sulfur fills his nose as he aims for the two unexplored doors and throws them in those directions. The light arcs through the room, and both are close to their target (see t on map below). A spike falls from the ceiling, just missing the torch burning in front of the door in the center of the northern wall. No other movement is detected.

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Date: 29 Culling, Year 44
Time: 6:15
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#28 Post by Zhym »

Is there a map in that post?

"Y'all get the table. Here we go," says Angus. He leads the charge through the room, shield held above his head, making for the far door.

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#29 Post by AleBelly »

Zhym wrote:Is there a map in that post?

"Y'all get the table. Here we go," says Angus. He leads the charge through the room, shield held above his head, making for the far door.
Oops, forgot to post the link. Basically it's the same as the previous map...I just marked where the torches are, which is outside the doors that you haven't explored yet. I'll just assume you are going for the far door unless I hear otherwise. Will update later tonight.

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Dandelion will follow wherever...
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The party assembles under the table and makes for the far door. Kablamicus studies the ceiling but is no more enlightened as to which are true stalactites and which are malevolent spikes. As they make their way to their destination, three spikes fall from the ceiling. One clangs off Angus' shield. Another chips off the side of the table. And with a crack, another gets lodged in the table again, the business end of the spike inches from Dandelion's face! Gross little hairs stick out of the spike and flail around, looking in futile for purchase. It is stuck and should be easy to dispatch.

The far end of the room is reached, and Angus pushes on it. It opens into a dark room. Yenny's light shines in a bit, not yet illuminating the full room. Bedding, very old, looks to be scattered about. No movement is heard or seen.

The torch Hyde threw lies at their feet.

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#32 Post by Zhym »

"Someone killify that stuck stabby stone," says Angus. He lights his bullseye lantern and shines it around the room.

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#33 Post by Bluehorse »

Kablambicus

"wait... if it's stuck, lets have a look." The wizard carefully comes out from under the table and looks around for danger before examining the one stuck in the table.

wasn't there another that dislodged and went for the other torch?

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Hyde pulls his dirk and dispatches the spike creature quickly, then stares at those that also fell. He looks at the ceiling and decides they're just not worth going after. Sheathing his blade and again employing the bow, he rushes to the fore, ready to draw first blood. I'ma drop my bow after I loose one arrow, yeahh, maybe two arrows, so youz guys be careful not to trip on it, hah? He awaits direction.

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#35 Post by Tamerlaine »

I'm so embarrassed. I've been waiting for the game to continue and I didn't even see the new thread. Doh!

Figgis has been following quietly, waiting until his skills are needed.

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Hyde, with one expert stab of his short sword, ends the 'life' of the spike, bumming Kablamicus out. The mage wanted to study the creature, of course. He wonders about the others that fell, and sees one scurry back up the wall like a large, menacing cockroach.

Angus dumps a pint of oil in his lantern and lights it, illuminating the contents of the room beyond as Hyde rushes forward to face any danger. But there is none.

A thick layer of dust blankets the contents of this room - almost all very old bedding, moldy and musty from long exposure to damp air. The room is 30' wide, and extends 50' west where it ends in a weak wall that shows signs of slowly collapsing. Rocks and stone with varying levels of dust coating them are strewn about the western floor.

Whoever inhabited this room did not live a charmed existence. The bedding is lumpy with straw, stained, and cramped closely together. But it doesn't look as if it's seen action in months.

No other exits are visible from this room.

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Date: 29 Culling, Year 44
Time: 6:20
Conditions: 44F, damp
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Light bearers: Yenny's bracelet, Angus' bullseye lantern through 10:15
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"Well. Don't that just look chock full of hiding spots for all kids of things," observes Angus. "Might could be some shinies, but I ain't keen on digging through moldy junk what could be full of grubs just to get to 'em. 'Less we're fixing on checking for secret doors, I reckon we might as well go elsewhere."

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Dandelion agrees to move on,.
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#39 Post by enn.in.me »

I'm so embarrassed. I've been waiting for the game to continue and I didn't even see the new thread. Doh!
Yo tambien!

Yenny is along for the fray and I am now subscribed to the thread!

"Seems like we might as well move on. We're not here to muck about."

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#40 Post by Zhym »

Middle door in the north wall, then?

AleBelly, I'm assuming Angus would notice tracks in a moldy, dusty room like this without an explicit check if there were any?

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