Action Thread 2

[Knight of Gondor]

Delgath reattaches his belt pouch, picks up the lantern and his staff Unless Phanstern takes his latern back and then looks away from from hole.

[Argennian]

Karraway continues to strain his ears and keep his attention towards the hallway they just came from. Not knowing what's happening up front is making his heart race and the cleric takes a deep breath to steady himself. "Mighty Pelor, grant us your strength and the power of Your Light! Protect my companions and guide us to victory!"


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[rredmond]

Day 1– In the complex - 1:22am


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Hearing her companions cries to be careful, and Delgath's frustrated search for a mirror, Elwita moves forward and sticks her head in the opening she created to get a better look.

Still no evil creatures appear to be out a-wandering and it is quieter than quiet now that the hammer strokes have ended.


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HPs: Elwita - 41/54; Ogre - 20/45; Delgath - 25/25; Karraway - 31/42; Blodgett - 25/25 ; Freda - 40/40; Phanstern - 25/25; Eljayess - 25/25; Kayen - 25/25
WIH: Elwita: war hammer, shield; Ogre: Long sword (20' radius light), shield; Delgath: Staff; Karraway: mace, shield; Blodgett: short sword; Freda: long sword, shield; Phanstern: dagger, lantern; Eljayess: Spear, shield; Kayen: long sword, shield
MO: Blodgett, Elwita, Freda, Ogre, Eljayess, Phanstern, Delgath, Kayen, Karraway
Consumables: Bullseye Lantern (Phanstern) - (2 hours, 4 minutes) 80' radius, 10' wide beam; Torch (none lit, 60 minutes), 40' radius.
--------Spells: Delgath 1-4/4, 2-2/2, 3-1/1: Karraway: 1-5/5, 2-5/5, 3-2/2: Phanstern: 1-4/4, 2-2/2, 3-1/1; Eljayess: 1-3/4, 2-3/3; Kayen: 1-3/3, 2-2/2[/quote]

[Llama]

Kayen lowers his head while Karraway prays to his god. When the prayer finishes, he quietly whispers, "The last room seemed less sinister than this..."

[dmw71]

Hearing her companions cries to be careful, and Delgath's frustrated search for a mirror, Elwita moves forward and sticks her head in the opening she created to get a better look.

Still no evil creatures appear to be out a-wandering and it is quieter than quiet now that the hammer strokes have ended.

Elwita pulls her head back into the room. She turns to speak to the rest of the party:

"There's lots of rubble in there, and I heard some scuffling and moving of rubble sounds in an opening over there." Points in a southerly direction.

"Many of ye seem to be spooked by this new room. What say ye?"

Elwita instinctively begins to loosen and tighten her grip on her battle axe anticipating a battle whichever course of action the party ultimately decides to take -- be it the sounds heard on the other side of the wall or the ghouls the group previously ignored.

[Nuke66]

Eljayess closes and locks the door behind them.

"Lead on"

[Alethan]

Sorry, what door did you close and which side of it are we supposed to be on?

[Nuke66]

the door to the hallway.

[Alethan]

So... you want to close the door and lock those of us who are in the room in? Or is this after everyone leaves the room?

Basically, we have two choices here.

Press forward with the courtyard of statues of people that probably used to be living.

Or go back to the hallway with the meeping ghouls and fight them to get past. Who knows - at this point, they're probably not turned anymore and could be heading towards us since the door that was keeping them from this side of that burned out room is now busted down.

Freda is probably going to vote for developing some strategic way of getting past/through the ghouls vs. fighting something that turns people to stone (this is, of course, an assumption...).

[dmw71]

"I only got but a wee look at 'em and don't recall their exact poses, but the statues appeared lifelike." Elwita tilts her head and casts her eyes skyward in contemplation. "Aye, perhaps some of them were in huddled poses. Can't say out of fear for sure, though. A closer look would be required."

[ToniXX]

Blodgett shifts from side to side nervously as he contemplates what Elwita just said. I say we turn back, as we might have a better chance against ghouls than being turned to stone.

[migellito]

"Is there something around we could toss into the room before us to see if something reacts?"

[rredmond]

The floor is littered with junk, and the hole in the wall is certainly big enough.

[Nuke66]

So... you want to close the door and lock those of us who are in the room in? Or is this after everyone leaves the room?

Basically, we have two choices here.

Press forward with the courtyard of statues of people that probably used to be living.

Or go back to the hallway with the meeping ghouls and fight them to get past. Who knows - at this point, they're probably not turned anymore and could be heading towards us since the door that was keeping them from this side of that burned out room is now busted down.

Freda is probably going to vote for developing some strategic way of getting past/through the ghouls vs. fighting something that turns people to stone (this is, of course, an assumption...).

Assuming that we are going to brave the courtyard, I was going to lock the door behind us to reduce any chance of being come upon from the rear by a group of ghouls.

[rredmond]

Day 1– In the complex - 1:24am

Considering Eljayess' statements, the door is definitely still open.
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While the party talks, everyone hears the shuffling movement and everyone can tell it's getting closer to the hole. Hard to tell how close without looking in, or getting closer to that hole, though.


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HPs: Elwita - 41/54; Ogre - 20/45; Delgath - 25/25; Karraway - 31/42; Blodgett - 25/25 ; Freda - 40/40; Phanstern - 25/25; Eljayess - 25/25; Kayen - 25/25
WIH: Elwita: war hammer, shield; Ogre: Long sword (20' radius light), shield; Delgath: Staff; Karraway: mace, shield; Blodgett: short sword; Freda: long sword, shield; Phanstern: dagger, lantern; Eljayess: Spear, shield; Kayen: long sword, shield
MO: Blodgett, Elwita, Freda, Ogre, Eljayess, Phanstern, Delgath, Kayen, Karraway
Consumables: Bullseye Lantern (Phanstern) - (2 hours, 2 minutes) 80' radius, 10' wide beam; Torch (none lit, 60 minutes), 40' radius.
--------Spells: Delgath 1-4/4, 2-2/2, 3-1/1: Karraway: 1-5/5, 2-5/5, 3-2/2: Phanstern: 1-4/4, 2-2/2, 3-1/1; Eljayess: 1-3/4, 2-3/3; Kayen: 1-3/3, 2-2/2

[Alethan]

"Everyone clear away from the opening," Freda whispers. "We'll try to take it out with ranged attacks. It might be safer that way. Don't look at it, though..."

Freda shoulders her shield and sheathes her sword. She will draw some of her magical arrows and prepare for combat. She'll line up her sight on the opening while there is nothing there, then pick an object on the ground that is near the opening and stare at it, and, if the need arises, will try to shoot at the target without looking at it.

(Preparing her ranged weapon ahead of time will allow her to use her surprise bonus to help determine her initiative.)

[dmw71]

While the party talks, everyone hears the shuffling movement and everyone can tell it's getting closer to the hole. Hard to tell how close without looking in, or getting closer to that hole, though.

"Blast!" Elwita voices her frustration with her lack of decisiveness and the situation in general.

She turns to the party.

"These legs of mine can only carry me so fast. It might already be too late for me, but if we're going to run, we need to run now." Pause. "And if we're gonna fight... best we be prepared."

Freda's whisper is somehow able to penetrate her concentration.

"Everyone clear away from the opening," Freda whispers. "We'll try to take it out with ranged attacks. It might be safer that way.

"A mighty fine idea." Elwita agrees aloud in the event anyone is listening.

While never turning her back on the opening, Elwita begins to carefully take steps backwards in a slow withdraw. She instinctively begins to switch weapons; securing her trusty war hammer and loading a quarrel into her heavy crossbow.

Don't look at it, though..."

Then she wonders aloud.

"Do we just fire without looking? We don't know what is even making this sound. What if it's a slave?"

[Alethan]

"Err..." Freda stumbles, having not thought that part out.

"We'll just tell them to call out 'Mercy!' or die!"

[dmw71]

"Err..." Freda stumbles, having not thought that part out.

"We'll just tell them to call out 'Mercy!' or die!"

"Identify yourself!" Elwita calls out in common, dwarven and gnome towards the direction of the sound. (ooc: She doesn't use goblin, kobold or orcish as... well... she hates them and, despite her alignment, really wouldn't mind one of those being peppered by arrows, bolts or other ranged weapons).

[Computer +1]

A brave lot of fools we are.

Ogre awaits whatever is coming with a grimace