The rest of the night and part of the next day pass uneventfully, although in the morning a steady stream of townspeople stop by to wish you well, several of them will want to speak with Mero, But you know he needs uninteruppted sleep.
One young human is particuly insistant " Who is going to run the Feast Hall if you git 'im killed? Who will make da Lightsticks, and thunderstones? His emmergancy smoke has saved my ass out on partrols. Look if you hafta take him, make sure he drinks this before the fight - a traveling Barbarian shaman gave it to me, he said it is slow healing. It kept him alive in more fights than he could count. " He will press a foul smelling potion on whoever is at the cavern doorway. "Oh hay is dat fire snake? The Shaman said they were good eaten. We found a nest of them last week, a bit away from town, but no one wanted to go in, just to see how they taste like."
The next day Velsouvious comes to the cavern, he is carrying a white ash staff, bound in copper. " I am sorry my friends, but I had a vision that my god has another task for me, I will not be able to fight the dragon with you, I must instead immediatly return this staff to my God's Temple in Cebu. I wish you the best of luck and wish that I could be here to see you through to the end of the quest. "
Lareth has still not returned.
OOC:
1:Grim what spells do you select at the time you feel is dawn? (you are only missing 2, 1st lvl spell slots, as you jumped in and cast a second before Gerryt had used more than 2 charges from his wand. )
2: Hond was getting the protection from energy [acid] from father Lux right?
3: What are you doing with the bodies?
4: Are you approaching the Food Cavern/Dragon from the remaining open tunnel, trying to unblock the closed passage or head to the surface to look for the dragons enterance?
5: Mero [sblock] as a copper - it breathes and is immune to acid, all other dragons have fire reistance, but you don't think coppers do. Normally I roll the dice, just list your skill modifiers [/sblock]