D&D II Act One Scene II - The world beneath

OldGoat · 27-04-2018 10:29am

OOC: There is a door and then a passage beside it?

He heads through the door.

Fourier · 27-04-2018 10:36am

OldGoat wrote: »

OOC: There is a door and then a passage beside it?

OOC: Yeah exactly, down the stairs directly is a door, then a passage leading West. Behind the doors is a set of stairs.

OldGoat wrote: »

He heads through the door.

The door opens onto another set of stairs, from the top he can see Therai coming out of a room and bolting it shut, saying something to the dwarves.

Fourier · 27-04-2018 11:23am

Banjo wrote: »

"Well, you're totally free to go. How the hell did they get you in there in the first place though?

I'm Retula. I'd shake your hand but you look like you'd tear my arm off and like, beat me into street pizza with it. I'm delicate.

But these here dwarves, they're gonna tear this place down. They could probably use your help? You in?"

She stands aside to let it leave .

"I will rend those who have trapped me here. For this purpose alone I will accompany you."

Banjo · 27-04-2018 11:38am

"oooooooooh-kaay. Well, if you don't have a name, I guess we'll keep calling you Dustdevil till it gets annoying? We're just gonna check there's nothing in here that might sneak up behind us then we'll go - what did you call it? - rend those trappers, huh?

Hey Therai - tell this dude what's in the bolted room! It might be one of his trappers, he might wanna go rend it while we're spring cleaning - he seems pretty stoked! About the rending!

So, soldiers of the RLF, leave the bolted door alone, start opening the other 4 doors 1 at a time, starting with the one that's not off it's hinges and not bolted, then move on to the other 3. Don't open a door till we check there's nothing too grody behind the last one, kay? Holler if you see anything interesting, murder if you see anything slaver-looking."

Retula checks out the the elemental's passage (fnaaaaar!) to see if he was locked in with anything interesting, then rejoins the others to see what's behind doors #1-4

Evade · 27-04-2018 11:51am

Therai turns to Dusty "It's got eight eyes, speaks infernal, and eats Dwarves. Sound familiar?"

OldGoat · 27-04-2018 11:54am

Fourier wrote: »

OOC: Yeah exactly, down the stairs directly is a door, then a passage leading West. Behind the doors is a set of stairs.

The door opens onto another set of stairs, from the top he can see Therai coming out of a room and bolting it shut, saying something to the dwarves.

Mags marches triumphantly down the stairs to the others.
"AHA! I have successfully rescued you. You can thank me later. Shall we go kill the slavers now or loot and pillage first?"

Fourier · 27-04-2018 12:12pm

Banjo wrote: »

Retula checks out the the elemental's passage (fnaaaaar!)

to see if he was locked in with anything interesting, then rejoins the others to see what's behind doors #1-4

The room itself has little, but another passage continues on from it, terminating in a similar secret door as the one she entered from. It seems the mechanism to open it isn't on this side.

The dwarves search the rooms and aside from the skeletons of previous slaves, they find 240GP.

Fourier · 27-04-2018 12:20pm

Evade wrote: »

Therai turns to Dusty "It's got eight eyes, speaks infernal, and eats Dwarves. Sound familiar?"

"Yes, but I have no quarrel with him. The dwarves should avoid him however, their meat is exquisite."

It licks its own lips as it says this. The dwarves glance nervously at on another, but keep calm.

Banjo · 27-04-2018 12:25pm

Retula returns
"Hey, Dusty - you ever leave your chamber by the other door? Do you know what's on the other side of it? And no eating the Dwarves! No matter how delicious they are!"

she pauses

"....how delicious are they? No, never mind.

Oh, hi Mags. There's nothing to pillage, nothing to rape unless you fancy your chances with an infernal so I guess we're gonna go.. maybe... kill the slavers? Yeah? Everyone on board? OK drummer boy, lead on."

OOC : By the way, any exotic skeletons from which we might want to collect bones or horns? I'm starting a dead zoo

Evade · 27-04-2018 12:34pm

As the others head out Therai falls in at the rear.

OldGoat · 27-04-2018 12:42pm

Banjo wrote: »

...
Oh, hi Mags. There's nothing to pillage, nothing to rape unless you fancy your chances with an infernal so I guess we're gonna go.. maybe... kill the slavers? Yeah? Everyone on board? OK drummer boy, lead on."

OOC : By the way, any exotic skeletons from which we might want to collect bones or horns? I'm starting a dead zoo

"OK, top of the stairs and to the right leads back to the kitchens and then back to the main meeting room with a HUGH big hole in it. That is where I last saw Varkrash.
There is a passage going the other way that I've not been down yet. It would be rude of us not to go explore the rest of the place before we kill everybody except the orc in the kitchen. I like him."

Banjo · 27-04-2018 12:47pm

"Passageway! Boom!"
Retula closes off Dusty's secret door from this side to make sneaking up behind them a little harder/noisier.

"Ok - ready. Lets go take that passageway less travelled."

Raven to go ahead as lookout.

OldGoat · 27-04-2018 1:15pm

The halforc beats a rhythm, a dyazz 7/4 beat, on his armored thighs with his hammers, set's his face to 'intimidation' mode and stomps back up the stairs to the unexplored passage following the bird.

Fourier · 28-04-2018 7:26pm

The Underdark:
Varkrash awakens, in a tunnel. Outside he can see smoke and flames. Columbo floats above him.

"I found you unconscious and dragged you to safety. How are you feeling?"

OOC: As mentioned 11HP

Necro · 28-04-2018 7:27pm

He staggers to his feet and looks around at his surroundings.

'Been better, old buddy. What has happened? How long have I been out?'

Fourier · 28-04-2018 7:47pm

Necrominus wrote: »

He staggers to his feet and looks around at his surroundings.

'Been better, old buddy. What has happened? How long have I been out?'

"Only an hour, the nest is coming apart with the fire you started. They've protection against fire, but dragon fire is magically....special, not as many wards against it."

Necro · 28-04-2018 7:55pm

Fourier wrote: »

"Only an hour, the nest is coming apart with the fire you started. They've protection against fire, but dragon fire is magically....special, not as many wards against it."

Vrakrash smiles.

'I hope that b1tch they call 'Mother' burns. I'd love to personally land the killing blow.... but..'

Vrakrash holds his throat.

'I barely survived last time. How do we get outta here?'

Fourier · 28-04-2018 7:57pm

"I was hoping you had something in mind for that!" Columbo says laughing.

Necro · 28-04-2018 8:00pm

Fourier wrote:

"I was hoping you had something in mind for that!" Columbo says laughing.

'Dammit Columbo, I'm a fighter - not a doctor... or a tracker, truth be told.'

He surveys the tunnel carefully.

Fourier · 28-04-2018 8:19pm

There is one obvious way out of the tunnel, upward into the nest. However an ancient looking drawing lies at the back of the tunnel, carved by the same civilization that made the complex above.

Necro · 28-04-2018 8:23pm

Fourier wrote: »

There is one obvious way out of the tunnel, upward into the nest. However an ancient looking drawing lies at the back of the tunnel, carved by the same civilization that made the complex above.

Vrakrash carefully makes his way to the drawing to examine it.

Fourier · 28-04-2018 8:45pm

Necrominus wrote: »

Vrakrash carefully makes his way to the drawing to examine it.

The symbology of the drawing is lost on Vrakrash, stylised eyes and a sun with an eagle. Though he sees a gem that looks as though it can be pressed into the wall.

Necro · 28-04-2018 8:57pm

Fourier wrote:

The symbology of the drawing is lost on Vrakrash, stylised eyes and a sun with an eagle. Though he sees a gem that looks as though it can be pressed into the wall.

He checks the gem closely for any danger and then presses it

Fourier · 28-04-2018 9:00pm

Slaver Complex:

Banjo wrote: »

"Passageway! Boom!"
Retula closes off Dusty's secret door from this side to make sneaking up behind them a little harder/noisier.

"Ok - ready. Lets go take that passageway less travelled."

Raven to go ahead as lookout.

As Retula, Therai and Mags head up the stairs, they can see the passage he spoke of to their West. Hetyaro flies up the stairs in front of them.

He then returns to Retula.

"Many crawling things and men of arms above""

Fourier · 28-04-2018 9:01pm

Underdark:

Necrominus wrote: »

He checks the gem closely for any danger and then presses it

The door retracts and a stairway upward lies behind it.

Banjo · 28-04-2018 9:03pm

Fourier wrote: »

Slaver Complex:

As Retula, Therai and Mags head up the stairs, they can see the passage he spoke of to their West. Hetyaro flies up the stairs in front of them.

He then returns to Retula.

"Many crawling things and men of arms above""

If he saw it I saw it (within 100 feet).if applicable Do I know what the crawling things are?

Necro · 28-04-2018 9:06pm

Fourier wrote:

The door retracts and a stairway upward lies behind it.

Vrakrash checks the stairs and proceeds upwards

Fourier · 28-04-2018 9:15pm

Banjo wrote: »

If he saw it I saw it (within 100 feet).if applicable Do I know what the crawling things are?

Retula sees through Hetyaro's eyes that tens of soldier ants roam the area above.

Banjo · 28-04-2018 9:19pm

"well dusty, if ever you were going to do some rending, now's the time. Bunch of ants up these stairs. They may might not have locked you up personally but they seem to be the muscle at least round these parts.

After you, dwarves"
She waves her more meleetastic companions past

Fourier · 28-04-2018 9:33pm

Dusty barrels ahead, enraged and Hetyaro flies forward with him. The dwarves begin a cautious ascent of the stairs.

However, Hetyaro returns in short order to inform Retula that Dusty has been eviscerated.

Banjo · 28-04-2018 9:36pm

"well the good news is that not learning Dusty's real name is already paying off because I'm moving through the stages of grief like totally quickly. But we're boned.

Mags, was there a really big sugar cube in that kitchen you went to?"

Fourier · 28-04-2018 9:38pm

Old Meeting Place:

Necrominus wrote: »

Vrakrash checks the stairs and proceeds upwards

Vrakrash arrives into a chamber, repleat with a mosaic recounting the origin myth of these people. It describes humans arriving on this continent after some sort of cataclysm, working magics to make homes in the ocean, before settling down here.

Four passageways lead out, North, South, East and West.

Evade · 28-04-2018 9:39pm

"Boned!?" Therai says in a confused way. "Is that good or bad? With you I can't tell."

Fourier · 28-04-2018 9:40pm

Slaver Complex:

Banjo wrote: »

"well the good news is that not learning Dusty's real name is already paying off because I'm moving through the stages of grief like totally quickly. But we're boned.

Mags, was there a really big sugar cube in that kitchen you went to?"

the leading dwarf pipes up.

"What about taking the passageway to the West?"

Groans and screams are heard from the passageway at that moment.

"Well it's better than the giant ants...probably?"

Banjo · 28-04-2018 9:44pm

Ooc : I thought the passage way was up the stairs? Is that not where we were headed? Dusty, you tool!

"Why are you asking me? Like, we're following drummer boy."

But yeah, sometimes it's better the evisceration you don't know.west it is

Necro · 28-04-2018 9:44pm

Fourier wrote:

Four passageways lead out, North, South, East and West.

OOC: Presumably the South seperate to the stairs?

Vrakrash looks to Columbo.

'Any preference? East first.'

He proceeds East cautiously, checking for traps.

Fourier · 28-04-2018 9:48pm

Old Meeting Place:

Necrominus wrote: »

OOC: Presumably the South seperate to the stairs?

Vrakrash looks to Columbo.

'Any preference? East first.'

He proceeds East cautiously, checking for traps.

OOC: Sorry, good point, the stairs emerge in the center of the room.

Varkrash encounters a door with a sentence on it that shifts to Common as he approaches.

"Larger though colder, a worthless crystal"

The door has a slot in its center. At the door there is a perpendicular passageway, running North-South. Sothward there are a set of stairs.

Necro · 28-04-2018 9:51pm

Fourier wrote: »

Old Meeting Place:

OOC: Sorry, good point, the stairs emerge in the center of the room.

Varkrash encounters a door with a sentence on it that shifts to Common as he approaches.

"Larger though colder, a worthless crystal"

The door has a slot in its center. At the door there is a perpendicular passageway, running North-South. Sothward there are a set of stairs.

Vrakrash backtracks to the original room for a few moments and heads back down the stairs to the tunnel. He attempts to prise the gem from the button.

'This might work, it might not, either way, I wanna see what's behind the door.' - he murmurs to Columbo.

Fourier · 28-04-2018 9:55pm

The gem comes free.

Columbo looks surprised.

"I really thought that would summon a tomb guardian or something"

Evade · 28-04-2018 9:55pm

Therai follows the others going west.

Necro · 28-04-2018 10:00pm

Fourier wrote: »

The gem comes free.

Columbo looks surprised.

"I really thought that would summon a tomb guardian or something"

Vrakrash smirks.

'Yeah, thought crossed my mind, but no harm done yet.'

He proceeds back up the stairs, checking again for danger, and East again doing the same.

He approaches the door spotted before and attempts to slot the gem into it, carefully.

'I may be foolhardy and reckless, Columbo - but careful with gems is old Vrakrash!'

Fourier · 28-04-2018 10:00pm

Evade wrote: »

Therai follows the others going west.

The passage way is lined with dead bodies. Some torn in half. It curves gently as the group walks down it. It ends in a room with a pit taking up most of the floor, at the bottom lies several impaled slaves. They enter the room through the North, another exit lies to the East.

Fourier · 28-04-2018 10:01pm

Necrominus wrote: »

'I may be foolhardy and reckless, Columbo - but careful with gems is old Vrakrash!'

Nothing happens.

Necro · 28-04-2018 10:03pm

Fourier wrote: »

Nothing happens.

Vrakrash sighs and takes the gem, slipping it into his pack.

'More gems are never a bad thing.'

He takes the passage nearby, heading South and checking for danger. He stops at the top of the stairs to see what he can see. If nothing, he checks the stairs and heads down.

Evade · 28-04-2018 10:04pm

Fourier wrote: »

The passage way is lined with dead bodies. Some torn in half. It curves gently as the group walks down it. It ends in a room with a pit taking up most of the floor, at the bottom lies several impaled slaves. They enter the room through the North, another exit lies to the East.

"It seems there's sharp mandibles whichever way we go"

Therai turns to the Dwarves, "Skirt along the side and head through the passage to the left, I'll be right behind you"

Fourier · 28-04-2018 10:06pm

The dwarves makes it across safely. Too eager for danger to protest about going first.

"Another passageway lads, to me left and right it runs."

Fourier · 28-04-2018 10:07pm

Necrominus wrote: »

Vrakrash sighs and takes the gem, slipping it into his pack.

'More gems are never a bad thing.'

He takes the passage nearby, heading South and checking for danger. He stops at the top of the stairs to see what he can see. If nothing, he checks the stairs and heads down.

He can clearly see four skeleton guardians with sharp looking swords in their hands, unaffected by rust. The guardians are currently inactive.

Banjo · 28-04-2018 10:10pm

Retula checks any bodies that looks like it might have anything on it, looks into the pit and if anyone looks still alive asks if anyone needs putting out of their misery

Necro · 28-04-2018 10:11pm

Fourier wrote: »

He can clearly see four skeleton guardians with sharp looking swords in their hands, unaffected by rust. The guardians are currently inactive.

Vrakrash looks for any way they might be activated. He proceeds cautiously to the first one and looks to see if the sword can be taken from the skeletons hands.

Evade · 28-04-2018 10:11pm

Fourier wrote: »

The dwarves makes it across safely. Too eager for danger to protest about going first.

"Another passageway lads, to me left and right it runs."

Therai pulls a coin from his pocket and flips it "heads left, tails right." The coin lands. "Heads. Left it is" He shouts to the lead Dwarf, "Go left"

D&D II Act One Scene II - The world beneath

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