D&D Act One Scene III - Red Moon over Thurmunton

"Challenge excepted."
Edbard removes the Orc corpse from the closest alcove to him.

'Aye, Bandylegs agrees with the young 'un. Unless there's a noble one willing to sacrifice themselves on the way out by removin' the orc and sealing themselves in. And I can tell ye now, it won't be Bandylegs.'

"What statues, Othegre and I pulverized each and every one of them statues to dust. They're way safer in here than being troll bait out there."

Mollyb60

"What if that reactivates the statues though? I'd rather our escape route was left clear."

Ekbard explains to anybody who is interested, "To close the door, we need to empty the alcoves of weight. Then we can prime the switch by putting orcs back into all but one alcove. When all alcoves have weight in them again, the door opens. Simples, ehh?"

"You people should bring your horses into the statue room. When we have all the horses in, we can close that slab of a door. I'd hate to come back and find Menace had become troll food and pieces of my cart are strewn all over that canyon." Ekbard leads Menace and the cart into the statue room. "Settle down there Menace, you'll be safe here"

Tigger wrote: »

Where is the bear !!

Bandylegs looks puzzled.

'Bear? If you're referring to Betty, she'll be at the back of the group looking after our arses.'

OOC:

Soooo

Are we happy with formation?

Bandylegs & Ekbard front row
Xanthea & Othegre 2nd row
Goodie & Elin 3rd row
Saeros 4th (can use his infra to cover our rear)
Moy & Betty rearguard protection.

OldGoat

I too settle 'piph with the other horses and sort out my baggage after having a quick nom on a ration and a swig from a wineskin.

OOC:
Saeros: Lvl 1 Elf
Current exp: 2519

Spells: Magic Missile

Chain mail
Shield
Longbow
1 full quiver
Shortsword
Spear

Backpack containing
2 lge sacks
Crowbar
Grappling hook
Silk rope
Wineskin
Rations 7
Spellbook, ink & quill

Encumbrance - 2(?)

Banjo

While everyone is being very polite at the entrance to the stairwell, Othegre takes a closer look at the painting on the wall of the Statue room, any setting it's in and, if applicable, what's behind it (both on the wall and the back of the painting.

OCC : Might be no harm to take it on the way out to show the village. But if a situation arises somewhere upstairs where hiding behind an unrolled painting of the Dark Lord is the only hope of escape I'll be kicking myself later...

Where is the bear !!

sKeith wrote: »

"i'd like to go up, we can go down afterwards."

'Well, looks like it'll be me and yerself leadin' so why not? Bare in my mind me little legs won't go too fast, especially upstairs.'

sKeith wrote: »

"i'd like to go up, we can go down afterwards."

I agree, up is far better.

Goddie reversers his horse in and throws a feed bag on her face, he sorts his gear
bastard sword of unusual sharpness
bow in left hand
arrows
potion of temporary esp
torch in right hand
he wolfs down a full days rations with the hunger only a 14 year old veteran of three wars can understand and turned to join the group at the stairs.

"i'd like to go up, we can go down afterwards."

Bandylegs reports back.

'It seems the stairs go both ways laddies. Which way do ye wanna try first? Or do we split the party... I'd advise against that mesel'.'

Bandylegs tries to look up and down in both directions as far as his infravision will allow him without actually entering the stairwell.

Mollyb60

Elin also brings Horsey into the Temple foyer with the other horses. She unencumbers herself of everything apart from the dagger up her sleeve, her crossbow and 8 bolts, 3 fresh rations and her backpack. She makes sure that Xestes' larvae is still wriggling uncomfortably up her other sleeve and takes her place in the line entering the staircase.

sKeith wrote: »

"hey youngster, would you like to hold the torch?"

ok Grampa

Banjo

Othegre mutters something about how convenient it is that fair shares only apply to the good stuff, rolls the eye-gems in her pockets around a few times with her fingers and copies what everyone else is doing with the horses. Petting hers on the muzzle she leans in close and whispers

"Clipclop, you listen to me. I know you're armoured and I know you're strong and I know you're brave... but if trouble comes down you run. **** these other horses. You keep yourself alive. For me"
She makes to leave but turns back.
"...and if trouble doesn't come down... don't **** these other horses. You have your whole life ahead of you and so do I, don't go tying us down with foals neither of us want to rear."
She leaves her with some horsey nibbles.

OOC :
After redistributing some gear between saddlebags and backpack she's got :
Backpack : 2xSack(L) + Torches + Flint + Rations + Waterskin + Spade + cursed mace (7)
Shield + Flail + Sling with bullets (3) - 10 items -> Enc + 1
Chainmail -> Enc +1

Total Encumbrance 2.
(Did I do that right? I'm wearing my holy symbol, I'm not sure if the shield counts as being worn, I'm not counting the pencil as it's a small item.)

Bandylegs turns around for a moment, a thought in his mind.

'Ekbard, can those there necklaces of yers close the tomb? If so, we should bring the horses in like Xanthea there did and leave em in the front room. Just a thought mind. I dinnae want to leave Shadowflame and me gear outside where anyone could steal 'im.'

Bandylegs goes back outside the tomb and leads Shadowflame inside to the first room. He leads the horse down to where Xanthea has her own steed. He pulls some of the horse feed from the saddlebag and gives it to the horse. Looking through his gear, he adds 4 rations to his backpack for the journey into the tomb.

OOC: Encumbrance of 1. Banded mail. On my person are 4 rations, the backpack, the bastard sword, my shield and my axe.

Bandylegs nods.

'Aye, little miss Elin o'er there hasnae the capabilities to fight on the front lines, Othegre. She can stay in t'middle of us with Goodie where we can keep 'em safe.'

Bandylegs, noticing Elin has disabled the trap, peers into the corridor to see what lies ahead.

'I'll be able to see fer 60 feet in front of me, mayhap I should go in the front and Betty and Moy cover our arses.'

Mollyb60

Banjo wrote: »

"Shouldn't we let little miss Hawkeye go first, keep an eye out for trouble and traps? She's small enough that you can throw her over your head to the back if something comes up? Hey - gimme one of those necklaces. I don't want to get caught out by another statue..."

OOC : speaking of statues, any XP for Ekbard and I for not getting killed and snarfing those gems? Also, if we ring Harry out like a wet rag can we get some of that speed potion back from him?

"Are you referring to me? I came here for adventure, not suicide. I'll stay behind the fighters. I can check for traps perfectly fine from there."

[OOC: Right?]

robyntmorton

Xanthea leads Shapsberg in to the front chamber of the tomb and settles her with food in a quiet out of the way corner, while she starts sorting through her gear for the upcoming task.

OOC: Loadout and encumbrance to follow.

OOC2: Four, can you confirm I now have Exp for Level 2 (644 + 1400ish for everyone last night?)

Ekbard hands the halfling the lit torch and the 3 spare torches. "Expensive torches them, extra long burn time."
Ekbard wields his shield again and readys himself. He looks to see if there is anything on the benches beneath the murals.

sKeith wrote: »

"Does anybody want to be the torch bearer? somebody from our middle group perhaps, as I'm up front, I could really benefit from being able to use my shield"

'Perhaps, Ekbard... I should join ye up front, let Betty take the rear and I'll be able to see more than most. Saeros can check the rear then. Let the thief or the halfling take the torch.'

Banjo wrote: »

"Shouldn't we let little miss Hawkeye go first, keep an eye out for trouble and traps? She's small enough that you can throw her over your head to the back if something comes up? Hey - gimme one of those necklaces. I don't want to get caught out by another statue..."

OOC : speaking of statues, any XP for Ekbard and I for not getting killed and snarfing those gems? Also, if we ring Harry out like a wet rag can we get some of that speed potion back from him?

OOC: How many necklaces do I have?

Banjo

"Shouldn't we let little miss Hawkeye go first, keep an eye out for trouble and traps? She's small enough that you can throw her over your head to the back if something comes up? Hey - gimme one of those necklaces. I don't want to get caught out by another statue..."

OOC : speaking of statues, any XP for Ekbard and I for not getting killed and snarfing those gems? Also, if we ring Harry out like a wet rag can we get some of that speed potion back from him?

"hey youngster, would you like to hold the torch?"