D&D Beginner's Game: Act 1, Scene 3: The Hunted

The Dungeon Master

The portal from the cell room cracks open and Webby and Aesc tumble out first. Both are agile enough to right themselves before they tumble down the stairs in front of them.

Stu Pendous however crashes into them and all three roll down the stairs and land in a heap.

Stufur steps gracefully from the portal and smirks at the trio... but the smirk is short-lived when 9Lives appears and sends both himself and Stufur crashing down the stairs.

Echtrae is next, and tries to avoid the oncoming dwarf - but Fector is as graceful as he is large and both tumble down the stairs together.

Brutha is last, and he surveys the carnage below him.

The portal snaps shut after his arrival.


The others all lie in a heap at the bottom of the stairs as the portal slams shut.

There are two directions they can take, the dungeon here is fairly brightly lit.




A passage swings east, or they can push on further south.

Guffy

Echtrae inspect the bags he picked up before jumping into the portal

duffman13

Fector looks around at the rabble of bodies that lay around him. He stands up and sighs, looking around the cavern to take in the environment. "9lives, Ech, we have a few new comrades to replace the ones we just lost. Be there a fighter and a cleric among you? Then we will be back to were we where"

conor222

9 Lives hops up and brushes himself off,
"that did not go as swimmingly as we could have hoped. We can mourn the dead once were out of this place"
he notices the new people here,
"Ah, so we meet again. How have ye fared since the cell upstairs?"

The Dungeon Master

Malik's contains a potion of health and a waterskin.

Lucillus's pack contains just the waterskin. His holy symbol is missing.

Kolido

Stu gets to his feet and dusts himself down before thanking Webby and Aesc for the soft landing.

Fourier

Stufur looks around at his surroundings.

"East?"

jasonb

"Indeed Brothers, you have a Cleric here, and it seems you have met and lost another one on your travels. It is good to see some familiar faces."

Kolido

Stu turns to Stufur "coming from the west, east sounds good to me"

Stu looks around a bit more while waiting fir the others to get their berrings

Fourier

Stufur begins checking the passageway East for traps.

duffman13

Fector is at the point of realising no matter which way they go they are probably screwed. He follows the others East looking out for traps himself on the way.

The Dungeon Master

Fourier wrote: »

Stufur begins checking the passageway East for traps.

duffman13 wrote: »

Fector is at the point of realising no matter which way they go they are probably screwed. He follows the others East looking out for traps himself on the way.

Neither find anything of note. The north wall of the east corridor is of smooth marble, save for an alcove in the centre, lined with ornate pillars. The south wall of the corridor is completely smooth. At the end of the passageway, a torch burns brightly, before turning south.

Guffy

Echtrae catches up with the party, placing the pssessions into his backpack as he goes.

He glances to the south to see what it contains before it is lost from viee

The Dungeon Master

Guffy wrote: »

He glances to the south to see what it contains before it is lost from viee

He cannot see much, the south passage is much darker than the east one.

The walls are of a similar texture, as far as Echtrae can see at least.

Guffy

Echtrae pauses, lights a torch and throws it into the sourthern passage to see if it will illuminate anything of note

duffman13

Fector notices Echtrae looking over at the other passage and see him spark a torch in that direction.

"You have a feeling about something down there?"

Guffy

"The best lit path is not always the best path" replies Ech

The Dungeon Master

Guffy wrote: »

Echtrae pauses, lights a torch and throws it into the sourthern passage to see if it will illuminate anything of note

The south passage lights up from Echtrae's torch and Echtrae can make out a door on the east wall at the bottom of the south passage.

duffman13

Guffy wrote: »

"The best lit path is not always the best path" replies Ech

"If you want to go and have a look in happy to go with you, should you need protection" laughs Fector

Guffy

"Just a door", Ech tells Fector as he catches up.

Fourier

The Dungeon Master wrote: »

Neither find anything of note. The north wall of the east corridor is of smooth marble, save for an alcove in the centre, lined with ornate pillars. The south wall of the corridor is completely smooth. At the end of the passageway, a torch burns brightly, before turning south.

Stufur attempts to take the torch from its bracket.

OldGoat

Aesc is a bit disappointed that he never tried pick-pocketing anyone in the pileup through the portal. "Damn, I really should do with the practice."
He recognises the movements of another thief, 9Lives, among the newcomers and flicks a small handsignal of the Guild in acknowledgment.

He wanders over to Ech and Fector. "Of the two choices I like the darker passage, easier for me to hide in. Lets check it first and if nothing comes of it we can return here."

Guffy

"I'm easy", replies Echtrae, "you still game Fectore? Wouldn't mind bringing this new cleric along lest we have need of him. Party of four could suffice, no?"

"The effort of it all though, the effort"

Guffy

Echtrae motions the cleric over,

"Well met cleric, Echtrae is my name"

Nebelwerfer

Webby, still on the floor looks to see whether the gem he threw in earlier is still around. While the others are in conversation, his face is mostly locked on the stairs and the floor at the bottom.

Webby pushes his hand in his side, sore from the tumble down... suddenly struck by a sense of nervousness, Webby checks his bag, pockets and quiver to make sure all his items are still accounted for.

"Dont forget about the halfling!" he yelps at the group.

Kolido

Stu hasnt a good feeling about this, but has no other option but to tag along. He cries, "I dont like the dark, keep that torch lit"

Nebelwerfer

Webby looks on as the group parts itself, with no hesitation or reason. Quickly he realises he might be left behind, "Larger numbers are safer after all. This goes double for halflings" he thinks to himself.

He looks east then south... before turning east again, following Stu, Stufur and Brutha... "We got this far together" he says as he prepares to join his fellowship.

The Dungeon Master

Fourier wrote: »

Stufur attempts to take the torch from its bracket.

The torch comes off easy enough.

The Dungeon Master

Nebelwerfer wrote: »

Webby, still on the floor looks to see whether the gem he threw in earlier is still around. While the others are in conversation, his face is mostly locked on the stairs and the floor at the bottom.

The gem is nowhere to be seen. Looking up, Webby can see that at the top of the stairs is a solid rock wall. No portal in sight.

Guffy

"Lead the way Aesc, grab that torch i threw to help you scout the way", Echtrae points at the very obvious flaming torch laying in the middle of the floor.

He takes a watersking from his bag and takes a sip, "tis dusty down here! Water anyone?"

Fourier

The Dungeon Master wrote: »

The torch comes off easy enough.

"Alright fellows, I'm heading down this Southern Passage."

Stufur walks southward with the tourch.

The Dungeon Master

The Southern passage past the torch is quite short, before it swings east again. Several alcoves have been cut out of the wall here in similar fashion to what Stufur has previously seen.

Fourier

Stufur brings the torch close the nearest alcove and has a look.

The Dungeon Master

At the Stairs:

As Webby examines the stairs, an elf comes flying through what appeared to be sheer rock. She rolls down the stairs and lands gracefully beside him.

The Dungeon Master

Fourier wrote: »

Stufur brings the torch close the nearest alcove and has a look.

3 Ornate pillars within, carved from sheer marble.

Fourier

The Dungeon Master wrote: »

3 Ornate pillars within, carved from sheer marble.

Stufur examines the pillars closely, for writing, or marks on the floor indicating they can be moved.

The Dungeon Master

Fourier wrote: »

Stufur examines the pillars closely, for writing, or marks on the floor indicating they can be moved.

No markings save for a crude arrow pointing north, back the way he had travelled.

Fourier

Stufur had heard how Uncle Saeros died in a place like this. Any path could be lethal. He is ensure if the arrow is a warning or an old piece of graffiti without meaning anymore.

He decides to continue past the turn and go East.

The Dungeon Master

With the light of the torch, he can see the passage again winds South up ahead.

Fourier

Stufur begins to get nervous, far separated now from the others, but his curiosity gets the better of him. He pushes South.

The Dungeon Master

This time the corridor is a little longer - about twice as long as the previous turns, but again, Stufur can see it winding east yet again by the light of his torch.

Fourier

Stufur stands full of fear.

"Okay....breath Stufur...."

He swallows and pushes East again.

Mollyb60

The Dungeon Master wrote: »

At the Stairs:

As Webby examines the stairs, an elf comes flying through what appeared to be sheer rock. She rolls down the stairs and lands gracefully beside him.

Meera rises to her feet and looks around to get her bearings. She stares intently at the halfling and draws the dagger.

The Dungeon Master

Fourier wrote: »

Stufur stands full of fear.

"Okay....breath Stufur...."

He swallows and pushes East again.

OOC: Roll Dex

Nebelwerfer

Webby, distracted by the elf dropping down the stairs forgets about his party for a moment. He turns to the elf "I suppose you are another among those accused of murdering the king... Welcome elf we..uh..."

Webby hastily looks around, as he now realises, with the comotion he may have lost sight of the rest of his party.

Webby feels dispair at the though of losing his companions and hastily states "Friend or Foe elf...? I am running and would prefer not to have blade in my back... luck is not on my side already"...

Hesitantly he turns away from the elf looking onto the east direction, where remembered seeing his party walk to earlier.

The Dungeon Master

Stufur hears a click and feels a whoosh of air.

He attempts to sidestep the trap but stumbles, trips and falls directly in it's path.

The scythe catches him around the midriff, slicing his stomach open.

He falls to the floor, just avoiding the second swing as he collapses.

He will bleed out and die in 5 minutes.

Mollyb60

Nebelwerfer wrote: »

Webby, distracted by the elf dropping down the stairs forgets about his party for a moment. He turns to the elf "I suppose you are another among those accused of murdering the king... Welcome elf we..uh..."

Webby hastily looks around, as he now realises, with the comotion he may have lost sight of the rest of his party.

Webby feels dispair at the though of losing his companions and hastily states "Friend or Foe elf...? I am running and would prefer not to have blade in my back... luck is not on my side already"...

Hesitantly he turns away from the elf looking onto the east direction, where remembered seeing his party walk to earlier.

Meera relaxes slightly when she sees the halfling turn his back on her. An enemy would never do that. 'Apologies halfling, it seems we are in the same boat. I did come through the arena but didn't listen to what the annoying human was saying as it didn't interest me. Are you alone here? My name is Meera.' She slips the dagger up her sleeve.

Nebelwerfer

"No time elf, I will fill you in on the way"... he says as he starts trotting away. Webby waves the elf over and points in the east direction. "My party went over this way, there are a few of us... accused of killing the king and now plaything in this hellish labyrinth".

Webby picks up the pace but turns his head to the elf and says "Larger numbers are safer after all. This goes double for halflings" as he waves the elf over another time.

Mollyb60

Meera walks beside the trotting halfling. She doesn't need to run to keep up.

Nebelwerfer

Webby inspects the way to the east, careful in his aproach and on the lookout for his party.

Mollyb60

Meera inspects the way forward for traps.