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Pipluk motions for Veneman and Argun to be quiet before either of them pipes up with more complaints. He lowers his bow, but keeps an arrow nocked. With Ren, Javier and Nissa investigating the door on the other side of the room with the runes, there are fewer crowding around him now. Zanword...

The chest is locked, but a quick study shows that it is not otherwise trapped, and Mhairi is able to pick the lock easily enough. Inside, it's empty.

Wandering over to where the gnome priestess is standing, Javier notes that she seems to be listening intently to something, so he does so too. Over the ever-present sound of the whispering wind, it does sound like there are tiny scuffs and rustles from behind the door. Like something trying to...

Using the blade of Deathwail, Mhairi is able to scrape away enough of some dark resinous substance so that she can manipulate the locking mechanism and open the chest without touching whatever it is.

The only way back the way you came in is by boat, unless you want a long swim. It would be possible to skirt the shores of the Korm Basin by land once you were out of the cavern, but the sides are steep, it's not an easy route. However, these guys got here somehow, and the only other boat in...

The four men exchange looks. Finally Pipluk shrugs "Alright," he says. "How much you offering?"

"Sadly," says Pipluk, "we are not as fortunate as you in having so many friends. I don't know who this Dark Oddo is, unless perhaps you mean the small wizard." The elf's shoulders sag slightly as he sighs, and turns to his companions. "It seems we have made a mistake in coming here, my...

Vencarlo glances at Edmond and squints as if concentrating. "Of course. Neolandus; he's why I came here in the first place. I haven't seen him down here, but then I can't say I've been everywhere in this maze." He moves over and looks over Mhairi's shoulder. The chests are all identical...

"A denizen of the Lichway," says Pipluk. "We met him in the room out there," he points to the room you have just come from. "We thought he might have useful information, but Veneman can be... less than subtle." Veneman grunts and shrugs. "Unless, as I said, he belongs to you. Are you missing a...

Argh! Accidentally edited the old post!

"Is this wise?" says Vencarlo upon entering the room with the chests. "In my, admittedly limited, experience, almost everything in here is certain to be a trap. Would it not be more prudent to simply find a way out?" The room looks exactly as it did before - three small chests lined along one...

"I shan't be sorry if our Bloodhawk friends didn't make it through the storm," says Ying. "But they were supposed to be our safe passage through the Tuuma Strait." "Kkk. I can go and see if I can find them," says Kop. Ying gives a nod and, strapping a knife into his utility belt, the gloppy...

"Never 'eard of ya," says Veneman. "My name's Veneman, and I break things. 'Eard o' me?" "Peace my friend," says the elf, his bow still drawn. "One warns us to escape a curse of undeath, another offers to immortalise us in song if we join him. You really ought to get your stories straight." He...

Javier doesn't recognise the men, but they remind him a little of himself; they look like they came from the same kind of start in life. You recall the rumours about a group of "disreputable adventurer types" who set off a few days ago, some time after Dark Odo's crew.

There is no equivalent to Knowledge (Local) or Streetwise skill in 5e, which is what I'd normally use to identify these men. Instead, use an Intelligence check if your background suggests a connection. That counts for anyone, not just Zanword.

"I don't want to turn into no undead, Veneman," says the man with the torch in a whiny voice. "Shut it you," says the man with the mace, evidently Veneman. He looks at Zanword. "Ent never 'eard of no Grimmward." "No, neither have I," says a smooth voice. From the corner behind the double...

That might be easier to use than the in-house roller; if people prefer that, I'm happy with whichever you choose.

Blackpearl steps into the room. The men are so intent on the door that they don't notice him until he moves into the circle of his torchlight, at which point the one with the torch cries out and the other two turn around and ready their weapons. Blackpearl isn't quite in sword range of the...

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Javier hears nothing through the opposite doors.