Maddgoths Castle (Chapter 2)

Konrad nods his head and once again strides up to haul open the gate through a massive physical exertion.

Konrad forces the gate with a mighty heave. It scrapes loadly and groans in protest. The cavern behind it is long and wide, you travel along it in your accustomed marching order, until you reach a rockfall.

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Moving over a partially-obstructing rockfall, you find a cavern beyond that is nearly half-filled with skeletal remains and broken, shattered weaponry that cover the entire floor. The air is still, like nothing has disturbed this place for centuries, and your feet stir small clouds of dust in the air. As you move a little closer into the room, a formerly immobile Breastplate with a horrible rend across its center rises from the pile of the dead!

A ghostly male form fills out the rest of its body, and it rushes toward you, hands outstretched, and it wails,
“You must help me! You have to give me aid! On the holy right hand of Tyr, YOU MUST HELP ME!.

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Erik [Sblock] I missed your ring of feather falling give me a nudge next time.[/sblock]

Theobold Dwarven Cleric

Theobold raises his holy symbol and calls upon the might of his deity to repel this undead wretch.

Konrad's face snarls in distaste at the sight of a dead soul unnaturally trapped and bound to this world. "What do you want spirit?"

Melkolf returns from where he had run off to, albeit somewhat slower then he departed. Noting the ghost, he readies for combat, his Dorje of Mind Thrust in his right hand, and his Mirror of Suggestion in the left. He holds out the mirror towards the ghost like a warding charm, such that the ghost, if it advances within 30 feet, will see it's reflection, and thus be affected by a suggestion. The suggestion therin is "I suggest that you remain calm, and not attack myself or my companions."

That being said, he speaks out to the ghost.

"Back, spirit! I will aid if I can, but I shall not risk myself until I am certain of your intentions."

“Praise be, a cleric of Moridan, you must help me.” He approaches to within 20 feet and stops, completely ignoring the mirrors command. After one look at Konrad’s sneering face he focuses on the others.
“My name is Tringol the Hearty, servant of Tyr. My skeleton is lost somewhere in these bones. It must be recovered and reassembled, without burial in the hall of heroes I will be trapped here forever. Surely such valiant heroes as yourselves would not leave me here in need.”

[sblock] Konrad’s diplomacy (8-2); Melkof 11+0 ; Theos Turn 4+ 4 =8 (7hd)
Mental effects have no effect on undead.
I was going to penalize K’s diplomacy by 2, then checked his stats – oh that’s just good RP.
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Theobold

"I for one would help you find rest Tringol servant of Tyr." Theobold keeps his holy symbol in hand, but adopts a less threating in posture.

Post Crash Recap:

After helping the lost paladin the Meadthicket irregulars continued through a cavern filled with heat draining mold and undead. The group then found the Maddgoths castle - a small floating castle within an emerald field.

There were other passages and the group decieded to explore before approaching the castle directly. To the north the group found a weakness in Mystra's weave where magic failed. A tribe of trolls was found in a protected cavern and overcome, the last troll slain as it tried to climb from the pit. The Cavern extends south once past the pits at the entrance it contains large idol and a huge nest of sticks, big enough for several trolls to have come out of.

Asher and Melkof were attacked by a gelatinous cube and Erik was paralized when came to help. The paralysis lasts less than a minute and the wounded group takes stock. Do treasures or more dangers await within the trolls lair?

the Meadthicket Irregulars regroup standing in a small cave at the edge of the magic dead area.

OOC: damage taken

OOC Treasure:
Theo? Bag of Holding: 3,787 gp, 6 gems,
3 darts (10” long with weighted heads)

The flask Melkof picked up seems to contain some sort of milky fluid containing small black flecks.

The necklace Konrad picks up has 2 small and 2 large beads attached to it, with several others missing.
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Theobold

OOC: Nice recovery EH, I was expecting it to take a lot longer for games to get back on track.

Theobold turns to his companions. "I think we should consider a rest before venturing back into the troll's lair. Several of us are wounded and I'm not sure I can restore you all even with all my remaining spells."

Erik

Erik nods at Theo's words. "I could certainly use a bit of rest," he says. "A rest and a brew are the traditional way to celebrate the death of trolls, at least in Nesme. Erik gives his companions a grim smile.