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<blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 2272467" data-attributes="member: 9255"><p>EBERRON</p><p>05/21/05</p><p>SEGMENT 077</p><p>“THE CAVES” </p><p></p><p>Gnarl and Taskerdoo take the lead with Cedious close behind. At about thirty feet behind is Shelshek holding a lantern. Black sands follows close to him.</p><p></p><p>The cave is filled with trails. Warforged have come in and out of these caves. Some walking, some running. Occasionally other tracks are seen but they are old or disturbed. About 125 feet into the cave they discover the caves is a series of branching caves. Tunnels crisscross within with tracks of warforged coming in and out. It is impossible to follow a single trail.</p><p></p><p>Following the trail Gnarl stops. The druid tries to pick up what is wrong. “Slow pain. Dragon. Slow”</p><p>Is all he can pick up. Understanding his companion quickly, Taskerdoo warns the group of a possible Ambush Drake being ahead.</p><p></p><p>They move up and indeed a drake attacks with its breath weapon. Prepared for it, the group force their way through it then attacks the drake. It attempts to defend itself but with all five attackers attacking at once it can only stay so long. Cedious lands the final blow.</p><p></p><p>Looking around, the group finds some gems and coins in the corner. They collect these and sort through the rest of the drake’s lair before moving forward. </p><p></p><p>Then Gnarl becomes excited. “Human”</p><p></p><p>“Gnarl has found the scent of a human. Its old but fits the time of the missing spy.” They thus begin to follow the trail.</p><p></p><p>Moving slowly now, the group find a halfling burial chamber. There are several spots cut into the walls to lay bodies and there are several stone boxes also. All of the boxes have been opened and thus disturbed. The keen eye of Cedious spots the body of a warforged. Slowly they enter and split up to explore the 50x75 foot room. Shelshek goes to the warforged body and is attacked by an undead creature.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">This creature looks like a gaunt, nearly skeletal corpse, its rib cage filled with horrid, writhing viscera. The creature’s tongue is its most noteworthy feature –long, cartilaginous, and clawed.</span></p><p></p><p>The human fighter is forced to hold the creature back as the others rush to his aid. It was hiding within the burial boxes. The druid attacks at first from the distance with the wand of Magic Missiles then has his wolf bring him in. The others surround the creature and attack. Cedious discovers the tongue is as dangerous as gross as it strikes him. The wolf leaps onto the jarred cover and bites at the undead (ugh!). For the effort, the undead backhands Taskerdoo hard and nearly knocks him free from the wolf. They drive the creature into the stone box and begin to stab at it within. Cedious empties holy water onto it which makes it shriek in pain. Trapped, it succumbs to the batterment given to it.</p><p></p><p>Feeling it is safe once more, the group goes back to checking out the burial chamber. Taskerdoo is uneasy doing this but feels the spirits are gone. The remains are not what makes a halfling a halfling.</p><p></p><p>Hidden within the stone coffins are more warforged, parts of warforged and their equipment. “At least the undead thing (Mohrg) was tidy.” Quips Cedious.</p><p></p><p>Continuing to follow the trail left by the human, they discover a few strips of cloth with blood on it. Gnarl confirms this is human blood. The human looks to be badly injured but moved on.</p><p></p><p>They travel about 500 feet and find themselves in a large open cave. A few feet within it is the mortal remains of a female human that fit the description of the spy. She hugs a cloth wrapped book and in hand holds a glowing dagger (Bane vs Human). Looking into the book, it is the very journal they were searching for. She has little else on her. Rather than follow the trail out, Cedious leads the group through the far end to exit. (oops!)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Cedious, not being very cautious, hurries through the tunnels to leave. He trips a Fusillade of Spears and takes many hits. Cursing he takes more curative potions and leads on. “Should we slow down?” asks the human of the group. Cedious is already moving onward.</p><p></p><p>He finds another trap but doesn’t trip it. However he goes to disable it and trips it then. A falling block clips him doing minor damage. Cedious sighs and begins to take his time leaving.</p><p></p><p>DM NOTE [ Somehow they weaved in and out of cavern tunnels full of traps and undead and ran into little of it. Leaving they only got a small taste of it.]</p><p></p><p>Cedious finds another trap and wedges the tripping stone so that it can not go off. Thankfully, they arrive onto a trail they know. A large human, a human, a small human and a dog with heavy weight on it.</p><p></p><p>“Finally” thinks Cedious.</p><p></p><p>They begin to leave.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megamania, post: 2272467, member: 9255"] EBERRON 05/21/05 SEGMENT 077 “THE CAVES” Gnarl and Taskerdoo take the lead with Cedious close behind. At about thirty feet behind is Shelshek holding a lantern. Black sands follows close to him. The cave is filled with trails. Warforged have come in and out of these caves. Some walking, some running. Occasionally other tracks are seen but they are old or disturbed. About 125 feet into the cave they discover the caves is a series of branching caves. Tunnels crisscross within with tracks of warforged coming in and out. It is impossible to follow a single trail. Following the trail Gnarl stops. The druid tries to pick up what is wrong. “Slow pain. Dragon. Slow” Is all he can pick up. Understanding his companion quickly, Taskerdoo warns the group of a possible Ambush Drake being ahead. They move up and indeed a drake attacks with its breath weapon. Prepared for it, the group force their way through it then attacks the drake. It attempts to defend itself but with all five attackers attacking at once it can only stay so long. Cedious lands the final blow. Looking around, the group finds some gems and coins in the corner. They collect these and sort through the rest of the drake’s lair before moving forward. Then Gnarl becomes excited. “Human” “Gnarl has found the scent of a human. Its old but fits the time of the missing spy.” They thus begin to follow the trail. Moving slowly now, the group find a halfling burial chamber. There are several spots cut into the walls to lay bodies and there are several stone boxes also. All of the boxes have been opened and thus disturbed. The keen eye of Cedious spots the body of a warforged. Slowly they enter and split up to explore the 50x75 foot room. Shelshek goes to the warforged body and is attacked by an undead creature. [COLOR=Sienna]This creature looks like a gaunt, nearly skeletal corpse, its rib cage filled with horrid, writhing viscera. The creature’s tongue is its most noteworthy feature –long, cartilaginous, and clawed.[/COLOR] The human fighter is forced to hold the creature back as the others rush to his aid. It was hiding within the burial boxes. The druid attacks at first from the distance with the wand of Magic Missiles then has his wolf bring him in. The others surround the creature and attack. Cedious discovers the tongue is as dangerous as gross as it strikes him. The wolf leaps onto the jarred cover and bites at the undead (ugh!). For the effort, the undead backhands Taskerdoo hard and nearly knocks him free from the wolf. They drive the creature into the stone box and begin to stab at it within. Cedious empties holy water onto it which makes it shriek in pain. Trapped, it succumbs to the batterment given to it. Feeling it is safe once more, the group goes back to checking out the burial chamber. Taskerdoo is uneasy doing this but feels the spirits are gone. The remains are not what makes a halfling a halfling. Hidden within the stone coffins are more warforged, parts of warforged and their equipment. “At least the undead thing (Mohrg) was tidy.” Quips Cedious. Continuing to follow the trail left by the human, they discover a few strips of cloth with blood on it. Gnarl confirms this is human blood. The human looks to be badly injured but moved on. They travel about 500 feet and find themselves in a large open cave. A few feet within it is the mortal remains of a female human that fit the description of the spy. She hugs a cloth wrapped book and in hand holds a glowing dagger (Bane vs Human). Looking into the book, it is the very journal they were searching for. She has little else on her. Rather than follow the trail out, Cedious leads the group through the far end to exit. (oops!) Cedious, not being very cautious, hurries through the tunnels to leave. He trips a Fusillade of Spears and takes many hits. Cursing he takes more curative potions and leads on. “Should we slow down?” asks the human of the group. Cedious is already moving onward. He finds another trap but doesn’t trip it. However he goes to disable it and trips it then. A falling block clips him doing minor damage. Cedious sighs and begins to take his time leaving. DM NOTE [ Somehow they weaved in and out of cavern tunnels full of traps and undead and ran into little of it. Leaving they only got a small taste of it.] Cedious finds another trap and wedges the tripping stone so that it can not go off. Thankfully, they arrive onto a trail they know. A large human, a human, a small human and a dog with heavy weight on it. “Finally” thinks Cedious. They begin to leave. [/QUOTE]
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