(5.24 PBP) Vault of the Dracolich (IC) Redux

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Team Caves

The kobolds ushered Urgan and Merrick forward, until they came to a large cavern where the largest of the tent-huts was found. This one was large, circular, and had a fence made of sharpened animal bones surrounding it, like a miniature parapet. Two guards stood at the parapet's gate, and they were the most well-fed, well-armed kobolds that Imani's adventurers had seen. They held swords and shields that they'd either looted or traded for - certainly not made by kobolds.

The kobold who had taken the lead told Merrick, "You must shout-ask to talk. Urbone will not speak if you do not... impress."

Spoiler: Map of Kobold Caves, with Notes

Notes: 1) Kobold Village. To the south, where you came from, there are many tents like this one, with many "hordes" of kobolds. 2) Fighting Pit (surrounded by spikes); 3) Strange Object (teleporter?); 4) Chief Urbone's Hut; 5) A pool of slime, unmentioned before now.

 

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Team Lake

The kayaks were beached on the muddy bank and their occupants disembarked. Loklafd tipped the kayaks up on each other, making a little wall that would cover them against threats from the water, while Shade-9 scanned the water's surface. Aywin made his way up the muddy bank, with Svetlana landing on his shoulder. They took a look at the strange stone object. Aside from that it looked to be some kind of magical chamber, they could make nothing of it. Svetlana called it "boring".

Underwater, Bjorn settled on the lake's bottom, wiggling until he was covered in muck on the bottom, his bulbous eyes sticking out. He watched as the lizardfolk (a small, scrawny male) swam deep. It seemed that the lizardfolk was simply trying to hide from the light above, but this deep part of the lake was full of fish, and to Bjorn's surprise, many of them grouped into a predatory school and began to chase the lizardfolk, biting at his feet as he swam. It would not be long before he was forced back out of the water to avoid them.