Clutches of Evil - IC: Chapter One

[jkason]

Byntrou, sorcerous barbarian

Keryth's spell does help Bahruul heal his wounds. All his visible wounds stop bleeding, although there are still bruises, scars, and obviously sensitive spots of damage still visible.

Destiny approaches Bahruul, Pwent, Keryth and says, "You all fought mighty valiantly. I was impressed to have you all up front. I'm sorry my own attacks seemed to be of little use."

Byntrou's search of the rest of the room reveals a simple square room with no other doors, nooks, or crannies. As he looks for spent ammunition, Byntrou discovers that his first arrow is reusable while his second arrow splintered the shaft as it deflected of the creature's armor.

Keryth, Bahruul:
[Sblock]Bahruul regains 15 damage.[/Sblock]

Byntrou:
[Sblock]OOC: I have that bringing Byntrou to 11 arrows. Sound about right?[/Sblock]

Byntrou replaces the whole arrow, then turns to the others.

"I know how you feel, Destiny. I finally recover my bow, and it seems to prove generally unuseful."

Returning to the scorpion's carcass, the shorter Bous cocks his head.

"This room, too, seems to be closed off, but I'm thinking ... There wasn't much response, but there was ... something when you threw the halfling's body on the center circle."

Here he looks up and arches an eyebrow. "Do you suppose we'd have more response if we threw something much heavier in the space?"

[sblock=OOC]11 arrows is how I've got it counted, too. I updated the character sheet to reflect it. Thanks.[/sblock]

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

“No offence taken Byntrou...I hope we don’t need any more healing either, especially in the near future, as I have little more aid I can call on from Bahamut today.”

Picking up his morningstar, Keryth cleans scorpion bits from the head as he watches Byntrou search the room, “I wouldn’t worry too much Destiny, Byntrou...perhaps your attacks didn’t do much this time, but in future they may just swing the battle.”

“Hmm, yes the centre circle could open something up or perhaps it is some sort of magical door that only functions for living beings. If we we put enough weight on it though or stood on it, then it may do something more...”

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Destiny nods to Byntrou as he tries to console her. "I guess I just need to spend more time focusing on aiming into combat where my friends have already charged into. I'm just so nervous about hitting someone I don't want to..."

Her mind begins to think on other matters and she adds, "Well, the other room does seem to be more interesting than this one. At least it did have those weird holes in the wall to keep Keryth nervous!"

She lets the big cleric see a broad grin as she makes a joke at his expense.

[Sblock]Regarding the other room, remember that the circle in the center had a much smaller radius that the size of the monstrous scorpion.[/Sblock]

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

“Well next time Destiny, you can search the room while I watch,” Keryth chuckles.

“Let’s go back to the other room then and see if we can do something there. Hmm, maybe it’s as simple as stepping onto and then off the area to activate it properly,” he says as he heads for the other room, intent on moving the body off the depressed area to see if his idea works.

OOC
[SBLOCK]I was thinking more that we stand someone on the pressure plate...I hadn’t even considered trying to drag the monstrosity through the corridor, far too awkward. [/SBLOCK]

 

[jkason]

Byntrou, sorcerous barbarian

"Sounds as good a plan as any, Keryth," Byntrou concedes, following the cleric back to the other room.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

As Pwent (NPCed) retrieves the spiked breastplate armor, a few gems roll out of a pouch that became disturbed as Pwent took the armor off of the hobgoblin. Knowing the tradition, Pwent scooped up the 8 onyx gems and handed them to Destiny, who accepted them and stowed them with the other gems.

Back inside the other room, as Keryth removes the body of the dead halfling, the same click that was heard when the body was placed onto the circle can be heard to echo through the empty room. This time, though, the click has a sound as if something was disengaged rather than engaged.

[Sblock]I wasn't sure if Keryth wanted to step on it or not, so I stopped here.[/Sblock]

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

Having removed the body of the dead halfling, Keryth stands on the pressure plate himself, “I hope this does something useful and doesn’t just set off a trap...”

 

[Nonlethal Force]

As Keryth steps on the circle, the floor inside the circle settles downward about twice as far as when the dead halfling was laid upon it. Again, the same click can be heard as when the halfling was placed upon the circle. Besides the click, however, there appears to be no other side-effects, either for the good or for the bad.

As Keryth leaves the dead halfling's body, Destiny says to Byntrou, "I've been thinking about your suggestion of taking the leather armor. I do believe that is a wise suggestion. Would you be willing to help me put it on? I've never worn armor before."

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

“So far so good...” Keryth remarks as he steps out of the circle.

 

[jkason]

Byntrou, sorcerous barbarian

As Keryth leaves the dead halfling's body, Destiny says to Byntrou, "I've been thinking about your suggestion of taking the leather armor. I do believe that is a wise suggestion. Would you be willing to help me put it on? I've never worn armor before."

Byntrou smiles. "Certainly. I find armor impedes my magical gifts, but I'm still familiar with it from the time before those emerged." Byntrou moves to undo the halfling's armor with an easy familiarity, then--with a wary eye to the results of Keryth's experiment--helps Destiny to don it.