Return of the Slavelords, Part 2 - "Bright City, Dark Hearts"

[Slippshade]

Braggi Grundersson (Dwarf Fighter)

"What that?" says Norbac aloud. "There something in this house really big" continues as he goes out of the room and moves downstairs.

"Well, this was a large wizard, so I guess everything around here is going to be big," mutters Braggi as he follows Norbac downstairs.

 

[Karl Green]

the Gnarely Forest, late-afternoon

The party slowly starts down the stairwell and comes into a large living like area. Smash and destroyed furniture litters the area. There are two hallways and two large doorways visible. Looking through them, the party sees that the first hallway leads into what might once had been another study, also destroyed. The other hallway leads to two closed doors. The first doorway leads into a kitchen like room, fifthly and somewhat trashed as the rest of the building, there is one closed door visible there… larger then any of the other doors you have seen so far! The other doorway leads into somekind of storage room, which is piled high with trash and destroyed items. Spider webs are especially thick in that room…

Checking the closed doors quickly, the one in the kitchen leads into a wide dark stairwell down into the earth. A powerful stench assaults the group as they look down - moldy earth and rotting flesh overpower any other smells that might be mixed it.

The stairwell is wide enough for two people to walk without problems and the ceiling is at least 10ft high. It curves to the left about 15 ft down so that they cannot see the bottom

 

[Scotley]

Verrick Human Rogue/Wizard

"I'm guessing that whatever made that noise is in the basement." He takes out a sunrod, lights it then puts away his sword and uses with a brief incantation uses "Mage Hand" it carry it down and around the corner at the bottom of the stairs as he readies his bow. "Shall we see what sort of pet lurks in the wizard's basement?"

 

[Someone]

"A look, yes. I don´t want to kill things we don´t have to." says Norbac. "Or they can escape and do mayhem."

 

[Argent Silvermage]

Garynn: Gnome Druid 4/Bard 2

Ey Killing should alys be a last resort. Garynn says checking to see Bramble is OK in the building.

 

[Karl Green]

old wizards home, the Gnarely Forest, late-afternoon

Brambles growls deep in his throat and does not look like he wants to go down the stairs at all!

With Braggi and Norbac in the leads the party down the stairs and around the bend in the stairwell. Beyond they can make out what looks a large lab of some kind... old tables with beakers, jars, jugs, etc on them, choked by spider webs. There are also two large tables, at least 10ft long, and 5ft wide with a number of heavy thick straps and 'arm & leg' irons. Much of the room is cloaked in darkness and a couple of wide hallways leading north and south. There are also what looks like two very large iron cages hanging from the ceiling. A heavy wide stairwell on the western wall leads up to a large door; it must be the root-cellar door that Garynn's saw earlier.

As the party slowly makes their way out into the lab a strange moaning can be hear… at first no one can tell where it is coming from, and the a large hulking freakish like humanoid that must be around 8 feet tall. His arms and legs look like they were stitched or sewn on, and it right arm is HUGE… it must have been for a hill giant!

(it looks something like the creature in the front of the two, but its Right Arm is almost as big as the creatures in the back…
HERE)

 

[Scotley]

Verrick Human Rogue/Wizard

Verrick keeps an arrow nocked, but does not fire until he sees what this creature might do.

 

[Someone]

Norbac grunts in disgust. "This horrible" says. He readies to strike, too, unsure of what the creature could do or if it´s mad because of what the wizard did with him.

[Ready an action to strike if the thing attacks]

 

[Argent Silvermage]

Garynn: Gnome Druid 4/Bard 2

Garynn gasps. Lady of the woodlands what are those?

He will cast barkskin on himself and Bramble.

 

[Karl Green]

old wizards home, the Gnarely Forest, late-afternoon

The creature growls loudly and slams it's huge arm into one of the tables shattering it! (occ you figure around 25+ damage at the very least /occ) and steps forward, raising its huge arms and readying to slam it into Braggi or Norbac

(occ The creatures arm is considered a Reach wewapon, Initiative actions? Or Sense Motives if anyone wants to be defensive this round but no attack then. I will roll its initiative in a bit /occ)