Since the arrows seemed to damage this thing, Ushnab will start firing arrows into it. OOC: I Rolled six shots for use by DM, as you see fit: One: To Hit With Short Bow: [1d20] = 6, damage: [1d6] = 2 Two: To Hit With Short Bow: [1d20] = 15, damage: [1d6] = 2 Three: To Hit With Short Bow: [1d20] = 10...

Ushnab mutters; 'Never seen one of these things before. Heard about 'em, but never run into one.' Since wolf is pouring out oil, and seems to have a plan, Ushnab will offer-up a flask of oil to the effort. ...But he's not keen on sticking around. Plan or no plan. To Wolf: "I hope you know what ...

Wow, Congratulations to you both! Our daughter will be coming home from her first year away at college in a few weeks...time can really go by quite fast.

"Let's do this." Ushnab looks at the door a little more closely, wondering if they might spike it open, or jam it from closing behind them somehow...

Ushnab will follow along, wherever seems like the best place to be the most use to the party.
For now, the hirelings can watch our, uh, mules and gear at the camp. George, the dog will stay behind as well, as a sort of early-warning alarm.

"Welcome and well met Jinx. You bring us the one thing we could not easily acquire back in town. Finding a reliable person with your sort of skills is not the easiest task. The rangers did us a great service in sending you to us. If they sent you, then you're doubly welcome among us. I'm Ushna...

"I like Logan's idea. Working with the sun, as it were. Once camp is set-up, maybe we can go take a better look at these doors. We have a nice supply of spikes, ropes, poles and such to help us dismantled anything we can't force or simply break...and reinforce it after us, if deemed prudent......

That might be a good thing. I'm fine with it, if you and the others are okay with it. FWIW.

After maybe all of 10-15 minutes (probably less) Ushnab returns from below. "These stairs go down about forty feet. I didn't spot any trip-wires or obvious traps, but then I'm not exactly an expert on that sort of thing, so if someone else has more expertise in that area, you might want to take...

I just tried it and everything worked fine. Thanks for fixing things. It's much appreciated!

Ushnab examines the 'Mouth' and the stairs leading down it's unwholesome gullet. He looks for obvious traps, trip-wires or the like. Tracks from animals or previous disturbers of the peace. If it looks clear, then he retrieves a 50' coil of rope. Ties one end to his belt. Hands the other to whicheve...

The Die Roller doesn't want to accept my login. I had it reassign me a new password, just in case, and it doesn't accept that either now. I am seeing this snippet of code above the text box telling me that I supplied a wrong id or password: SELECT users.class, users.id, users.username, users.regconf...

As Logan cuts the gnoll's throat, Ushnab attempts to stab the other one with his scimitar. First attempt: To Hit with Scimitar: [1d20] = 8, damage: [1d8] = 2 Second: To Hit with Scimitar: [1d20] = 3, damage: [1d8] = 5 Third: To Hit with Scimitar: [1d20] = 13, damage: [1d8] = 1 Ushnab strikes before ...

Ushnab tries the trade language: "Where is your camp? Who is your leader?"

If it becomes obvious that they either can't or won't talk, Ushnab addresses the group: "So much for that bright idea. I say we hang them as thieves and raiders. Unless someone has a better suggestion."

Ushnab: "I'll ask them a few questions in whatever languages I know. If they can communicate, we can see where that leads. If we can't get anything out of them, I say we kill them now, as opposed to having them track us down later, or lead their friends to us. I just hate wasting an opportunity...

Welcome Todd!

Ushnab puts away his mostly clean scimitar in disgust. He had so wanted to hit one these beasts. He takes a length of rope from Bessemer the mule and goes over to the sleeping archers; "I'm of a mind to truss these two up and to question them a bit, unless there are any objections." Ushnab...

If any gnolls are still moving/attacking, Ushnab wades in with the scimitar once more... To Hit with Scimitar: [1d20] = 8, damage: [1d8] = 7 Twice more if needed... Input: To Hit with Scimitar: [1d20], damage: [1d8] Output: To Hit with Scimitar: [1d20] = 15, damage: [1d8] = 4 A third time if possib...

Okay! Ushnab will attack any of the gnolls that he can reach with his scimitar. To Hit with Scimitar: [1d20] = 2, damage: [1d8] = 3 If I need to roll for a second attack: To Hit with Scimitar: [1d20] = 12, damage: [1d8] = 6 Or a third attack: To Hit with Scimitar: [1d20] = 12, damage: [1d8] = 1 I ex...