Ptolus: The Prison of the Sahuagin Queen

[Erekose13]

Maugra remains ready. She'll not expend her minor healing yet, saving them to rescue a fallen comrade should (when?) that happen in the future.

 

[Trench]

"See me? Standing here uncooked?"

"Yeah, I thought so."

Ada sighs and advances slowly to peer into the dark. "What do we have?"

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

A staircase rises up out of the water, ending at a landing five feet above everyone's heads.

 

[Erekose13]

Maugra advances with the others, her pistol at the ready.

 

[Trollbabe]

Maugra advances with the others, her pistol at the ready.

Garnet follows close behind Maugra. He carries his spear in one hand and his lantern in the other, trying to give his companions as much light as possible.

 

[Trench]

"Are we really healthy enough to keep going further?"

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The stairs end at a 15 x 15 room with another door on the far side of the chamber.

This room is sparse. The walls are rough-hewn and bear absolutely no ornamentation whatsoever. The stone floor is smooth, with a few spidery cracks crisscrossing its surface. Fine grainy sand seems to spill from these cracks, and in the sand the group sees several large beetles, black as obsidian and fierce-looking. There's an unpleasant odor to the place, different from the musty scent filling the rest of this level and the one above.

 

[Voadam]

Garn looks at the beetles then glares at Garnet. "Yeah, !@#$ing brilliant use of the gem. Worth every !@#$ing copper I could've gotten for it. Much better than hawking it for !@#$ing healing for Ada. Any bright ideas wizard boy?" If any beetle comes towards him Garn brutally squashes it flat with his beat stick.

 

[Erekose13]

"Just calm down Garn! You wanna leave? Might be best for all of us to. Come back down when we are ready." says Maugra keeping a wary eye on the beetles.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Garn crushes a beetle, which a satisfying squelch.