chapter 5 - In Search of Sausages

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#221 Post by Starbeard »

Manred lowers his spear and lunges at the orc in front of him.

(do we make our own combat rolls? If so:)

Manred spear attack: [1d20+1] = 19+1 = 20, damage [1d6+1] = 4+1 = 5

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I'll give Graela and Salt Peter a chance to act before we proceed. Next post: Saturday morning.

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Graela steps into the room, angling to her left, glancing up the hall and back at the charmed orc. "Don't let him leave, Salty!" she says. Assuming nothing else comes down the hall, she runs toward the stairs on the left to flank the orc, giving him two separate targets.
Once she is in range (again, assuming there are no others), Graela drives her spear at him. Unfortunately, she slips on the gore-covered floor and nearly falls on her ass!

Spear attack: [1d20+1] = 1+1 = 2, [1d6+1] = 6+1 = 7
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Manred thrusts with the spear toward the charging orc. The weapon's greater reach hits its mark long before the orc is able to close the distance. Its point punches through the butcher's midsection and out the other side. He gapes in shock as the cleaver clatters to the floor, his body already slumping to the floor and pulling the elf's spearpoint downward.

Graela was rushing to flank the orc from the opposite stairs but had not covered the distance when the melee up there was finished. She stands at the base of the left-hand stairs looking up.

I'll give 20% chance the charm holds with this newest development. -->[1d100] = 36

At the death of his colleague, the charmed orc turns back and sputters in anger and confusion. He pulls a filet knife from a hip sheath and jabs at Salt Peter who he had been walking by in his daze but the blade is easily side-stepped by the little pirate.
to hit [1d20] = 10

Three orcs rush through the cave exit into the room and immediately see the Graela, Manred, dead orc tableau before them.

Travix may act and then we roll initiative.

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Travix lets the magic from his sleeping spell fly towards the new trio of orcs as they rush at his friends. He tries to get all three of them if he can.

I don't remember.....Do I need to make any type of roll for that?

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There is a 6.25% chance this won't take care of all of them, I think. Math! :roll: For < 4+1 HD critters, you affect 2d8. I'm conflicted about allowing the range to be used as an omnidirectional radius instead of a unidirectional line but I'll allow it as the distances are slight.
[2d8] = 7

The three orcs slump to the floor in sleep before they even spot the sneak hugging the wall to their right. The orc beside Salt Peter falls to the floor asleep as well and the group finds themselves alone in the room with one dead and four slumbering orcs. No other sounds emerge from the cave exit. Daylight can be seen filtering through this passage but the tunnel must curve as you only see rock wall looking through it. There is the open door from which you all came and a closed door to the left of the "stage".


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Travix ignores the sleeping beauties for now and creeps forward towards the cave exit.

He carefully peeks out to see if there are any others about to join his slumber party. He tries to get an understanding of his surroundings and how the cave is positioned geographically from the parts of town that the group has seen so far.

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Graela cuts the throats of the three sleeping Orcs, leaving the "charmed one" alone...for now. She then heads up the corridor as quietly as she can, spear in hand. She wishes to make sure there are no others that can surprise them.
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Travix peeks through the large cave opening. While he can see that daylight is coming from ahead of him, all he sees is the stone wall that curves to the left. The exit must not be too far around the curve. It is quiet in the tunnel- he hears no sounds to suggest anyone is ahead.

Graela: I am assuming you mean the corridor heading north.
The dwarf goes about her task grimly, intent on making sure none of the sleeping will wake to trouble them again. With that finished, she turns the corner to proceed up the north corridor. In 20 feet it ends in a heavy wooden door like the one you came through to enter this large chamber. Nothing is heard on the other side.

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Manred drags the dead orcs out of the entryway (can they be hidden under the platform or behind any of those tables/boxes?), then moves up to support Graela.

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Travix lends aid to Manred, hiding the dead orcs in with the bloody mess that already exists. He searches every pocket and any other place that an orc might try to hide a scrap of parchment. :?

Once done, he follows his friends up the north passage at a safe distance, whispering.

"Now that we are in the middle of this mess, we better not dawdle too long. Hopefully this door leads back around to where we came in. I don't want to get trapped in here. We have no idea how many adversaries we might be up against."

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#232 Post by coil23 »

Bodies could be put under the tables but would still be visible (unless the tables were placed on their side for the tabletop to shield view from whatever angle you wish). Bodies could be placed in the barrels but would still stick up out of them unless one was willing to chop them into more manageable pieces. Or bodies could be dragged into the room with the firepit and ladder to the tunnel.

The two dead butchers had only a filet knife each on them. The three who had rushed into the room were more normally armed. Two had a short sword each and one carried a mace. Nothing else of interest is found on the bodies, even with Travix being willing to really dig into the search effort.

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#233 Post by OGRE MAGE »

I say drag them into the fire pit room.

Or....

Can we see what's in this next room first? It might give us another option.

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#234 Post by hedgeknight »

Graela gives her companions a nod and then tries to open the door...
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Manred waits tensely behind Graela, giving her support from the second rank with his spear.

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The north door is unlocked and it swings open. The illumination is the same here as before: lit torches in sconces along the wall, though there are fewer here so the light is dimmer. You stand at the top of stone steps that descend 20 feet. At the bottom of the steps, a hallway goes to the right. From the flickering light, it looks as if the torches continue down the hall you cannot see from up here.

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#237 Post by OGRE MAGE »

Travix grows even more concerned seeing the lower level before them.

"If we are going to continue investigating in here, lets be smart about this. I say we need to go back to the tunnel room and check out those doors we left behind us in there before we descend any deeper into this lair. If we get into trouble down there, we need to know that we can still make it out of here with the least amount of opposition."

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"Agreed," whispers Manred. He begins to drag the corpses back into the first room and drop them down the trap door, figuring they will hide better there than in the fire pit.

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#239 Post by OGRE MAGE »

Travix reluctantly helps with the heavy work, though dragging around corpses isn't really his specialty.

Once the dead are dropped below, he takes a listen at the 2 closed doors in the fire pit room. He whispers to the elf as he does so.

"Maybe I was worried over nothing, but its better to be safe than sorry, right?"

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#240 Post by coil23 »

The dead orcs are dumped in the tunnel. Travix then listens at the north door and east door of that room where your group first emerged. Nothing can be heard at either door.

The charmed orc that is asleep was the only one that wasn't killed. What do you want to do with him?

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