A Grave Matter for the Party of Seven Strangers

[reapersaurus]

OOC: Melvos has healing, also, and I realized I played him wrong before - I'll go back and change them shortly - he would have been WAY more humble, not really expecting his actions to do as much damage, and would have said "Sorry" after obliterating the gargoyle with the Shield Charge. He also would have immediately trieds to help others to make them feel more comfortable. He has a few Heal spells and his Lay on Hands for fine-tuned, 1 hp-at-a-time healing.

"Not that it matters, but shouldn't we press on?

If we leave and come back, we will have given whatever's in there time to prepare for us."

 

[garyh]

"Bruk ready. Stonewings fun. Maybe more below. Bruk like fight."

 

[GruTheWanderer]

Alistaire agrees with Melvos and Bruk, "Let us continue while we have the advantage. But first, allow me to use clairvoyance/clairaudience to peer into the well, as was suggest by someone before we were so rudely interupted.

 

[buzzard]

Alistaire agrees with Melvos and Bruk, "Let us continue while we have the advantage. But first, allow me to use clairvoyance/clairaudience to peer into the well, as was suggest by someone before we were so rudely interupted.

Alistaire casts his spell and focuses on the bottom of the blocked well. He sees a fair sized cavern. The floor is somewhere under a layer of stagnant water. There are claw marks on the walls, and two exits lead from the room above the waterline. They are both rather small, and you suspect Bruk would not be able to fit through them. You see no sign of a living creature any larger than the bats clinging to the ceiling.

buzzard

 

[Jeph]

"Bruk, could you move the boulder now? I can jump down there, maybe spend a little more time looking around."

Feather fall at will, and a nice sized Jump bonus anyway.

 

[GruTheWanderer]

"Hmm. If there is a compelling reason to explore one of those routes, I could cast reduce on Bruk. It would only last about six minutes, but surely enough to get into larger chambers, particularly if we scout the way. However, this would make it hard for him to escape in an emergency. Another option in gaseous form, up to twelve minutes.

It looks like the water-covered floor may be a bigger obstacle, however."

 

[reapersaurus]

"Bruk, could you move the boulder now? I can jump down there, maybe spend a little more time looking around."

Feather fall at will, and a nice sized Jump bonus anyway.

"How are you going to get back up again? "

 

[Jeph]

"Get back up? I could climb, it's not hard in a shaft like this. Besides, I don't have to worry about getting hurt if I fall."

Zig turns to Alistaire. "I don't think Gaseous Form would be a good idea; I'm willing to bet something important is under the water. Bruk's the kind of guy I like to have when facing something 'important,' and he wouldn't be able to do very much if he was a whisp of smoke. I say reduce, bit wait until Bruk actually needs to be a bit smaller to cast it."

He pauses in thought a moment, and then quarries, "Should I go down?"

 

[reapersaurus]

"He pauses in thought a moment, and then quarries, "Should I go down?"

"Knock yourself out."

 

[GruTheWanderer]

While Zig contemplates the drop into the well, Valjean will use his wand of protection from evil on himself, then begin carefully inspecting the outside of the mausoleums for traps and locks (Search 11, taking a 20), reporting what he finds to the group before disarming them (Disable Device 13, also taking a 20).

He'll start with the largest mausoleum and then move on to the other two.