OOC II

[Rusty Tincanne]

I refrained posting anything from Horatio because it would just get him kicked by AdaRue.

Vernon is fine with Rothal from leading them out. AdaRue won't stop the women from choosing to blindly follow him. She just hope he can actually manage the task. And if he goes, it frees the group up.

[dmw71]

[She just hope he can actually manage the task. And if he goes, it frees the group up.

His escaping with the women isn't really important to your task, or the story, so if he leaves with them, he'll do so successfully.

[dmw71]

I assume none of the PCs would have knowledge of what this creature is, correct?

I suppose it's possible,
but probably unlikely.

If you want to make an Intelligence (Nature) check for me --- kidding!

I'll let anyone interested make an Intelligence check. I'll modify it and let you know if anyone knows anything.

[Zhym]

"These Brighton guys really suck at fighting" says Canun to nobody in particular. He wonders if the dead kobolds are the cause of the fetid water.

He pulls two flasks of oil from his pack and spreads the contents at the T-junction so that the party members are on one side and the approaching enemy is on the other. He will light the oil if they sound like they are getting close enough to strike (he will err on the side of caution).

2 pints oil deducted

So, um...did we just open a door into a new threat while we knew one threat was approaching? Then seal ourselves in with threat #2?

We so deserve the TPK that's coming.

[dmw71]

We so deserve the TPK that's coming.

I would never do such a thing.

Seriously, though, this is shaping up to be an interesting situation.

[AleBelly]

"These Brighton guys really suck at fighting" says Canun to nobody in particular. He wonders if the dead kobolds are the cause of the fetid water.

He pulls two flasks of oil from his pack and spreads the contents at the T-junction so that the party members are on one side and the approaching enemy is on the other. He will light the oil if they sound like they are getting close enough to strike (he will err on the side of caution).

2 pints oil deducted

So, um...did we just open a door into a new threat while we knew one threat was approaching? Then seal ourselves in with threat #2?

We so deserve the TPK that's coming.

There's no way Canun was going to be in the front line against wolves with no spells. It would have been best to all run into the room with the maggot, but the doors open the wrong way for us to bar them. So Canun's just buying himself some time.

From a tactical perspective, I don't see the party outrunning wolves. I suppose we could run away from the maggot, but...

[Zhym]

It might have been better to have had all our enemies on one side of us. This round may have been too late to arrange that, but just ask the Germans about what happens when you try to fight wars on two fronts.

Also, I read the latest update on my phone in the middle of a conference, and what caught my attention was "face full of tentacles." I'm not sure whether it says something about Dave or me or both of us that I had little doubt he'd be willing to throw a mind flayer at a bunch of low-level PCs.

[onlyme]

Any thoughts or strategies? I wish that 2nd had fallen asleep too. Would have made for a bit easier decisions.

We could still leave and run to exit, leave toward the barking and get killed another way, move in and negotiate/fight.(Maybe if he has the kobalds to eat, he wont care about us?)
Or ???

[Zhym]

Having all our enemies in the same direction isn't a bad idea, especially if the goblins and Big Dam Poisonous Grub end up having to fight each other in the process. The big question is whether we think we can get out of where we are before the goblins arrive.

[Rusty Tincanne]

I'm surprised neither Canun, not Horatio have lamented letting the women go. They would have been a nice speed bump for the PCs.

We could flee.the way we came, using a couple flasks of oil to drive the grub towards the advancing goblins. That will allow down both enemies. AdaRue has more oil to dedicate to the cause.

[dmw71]

So, what's the plan, guys? Let's make something official.

[Zhym]

I'm in favor of Rusty's plan. Mondays are often hectic for me, so please consider Keebler and Horatio to be doing something that works with whatever we decide on.

[onlyme]

We have these options...
1) go back into the warden eating creature room
2) go east toward the barking
3) GO back to the locked door across from where we killed the sleeping guards and keep working the lock till gone
4) go back room by room until we find a secret door.

I am assuming 1 and 2 are out, or else we wouldnt have just done what we did.
So, shall we do 3 or 4?

[AleBelly]

Someone earlier had floated the idea of picking the freshest kobold corpse and seeing if it would interest the maggot thing.

We could also try to clog the hallway connecting us to the goblin voices and barking by stacking the kobold corpses to enable us to explore the room to the north without worrying too much about our backs.

[Zhym]

With Junius, and everyone else, now standing outside the large room with the giant maggot-like creature, the group finds themselves seemingly surrounded by threats... but, somehow, in a somewhat "safe" spot.

Does that mean we also have a threat to the west?

[dmw71]

Does that mean we also have a threat to the west?

That's the direction from which you came, which seemed relatively safe, but you never know.

[Zhym]

Okay. That what I thought, but "all sides" threw me.

[dmw71]

Okay. That what I thought, but "all sides" threw me.

Those ("all sides") are your words, not mine... but I can see how my phrasing ("the group finds themselves seemingly surrounded by threats") could be confusing. My bad.

• There's a maggot-creature thing through the double-doors to the north;
  The area beyond the kobold closet is unexplored, and is where the barking sounds came from, but have since retreated;
  Behind you is where you came from, which was safe when you traveled it to arrive where you are.

[dmw71]

"Oh, hell no," he says when the grub heads for the ceiling.

I totally heard Will Smith when I read that.

[dmw71]

I thought that would put the fire further left, not that it makes much difference in mechanics, I guess.

By "left," do you mean closer to where the group is now (e.g. entry side), or more towards the unexplored area? My understanding was that the unexplored area was to be more the area of focus, which we can still do (I can shift it over), but the creature could have more easily avoided the flame all together if I didn't shift it left (on the map; towards the party) a bit... and I'm pretty sure that was the plan -- to fry the beast.

As for the fire, it won't last too long, so access into the room will be possible soonish.