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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vigwyn the Unruly" data-source="post: 1729507" data-attributes="member: 20345">"Hardin, can you bring the light closer over here?" asks Slyfen. "I want to check out these rocks that the gnolls seemed intent on."“I’d be glad to, if Belisha will give it to me,” replies the cleric. Belisha complies, and Hardin gives the torch to Slyfen. Hardin then goes to kill off the rest of the monsters, and search their bodies for anything useful. Belisha waits for Eolan to get back, and considers how she will interrogate the orc once he has been tied up and brought back to consciousness.Slyfen searches the area with the rocks, taking his time. He sees that this large pile of rocks has been placed here purposefully, piled right up against the wall. Since they do not appear to be trapped or otherwise dangerous, Slyfen begins to clear them away. He sees an opening behind them. After another minute or two of clearing rocks, Slyfen has revealed it to be an opening to another passage, about the same height and width as the one that led to this chamber. He can see it traveling for about 25’ before it turns abruptly to the right.Meanwhile, Eolan is walking back to the pack mule. The red-haired fighter cleans his blade while thinking to himself, "I wonder if that ogre was in league with the gnolls and orcs, or merely 'passing' through?"Sheathing his bastard sword, the fighter continues this line of thought, "If so, a strange alliance this Relgore has welded." Shaking his head, a baffled look crosses his face. Realizing that he is out of his depth on such matters, the warrior shrugs to adjust his chainshirt across his shoulders.As Eolan reaches the mouth of the cave he pauses for a moment and scans the forest before him. Listening carefully, he watches to see if the animals seem frightened or ill at ease.Nothing seems wrong, so Eolan grabs the rope and healing potions and heads back to the party.When Eolan returns to the chamber, he and Belisha carefully tie up the stable but unconscious orc. About the time they finish, Slyfen and Hardin rejoin them, having finished their own respective efforts. Slyfen relates what he has learned about the rock pile and the tunnel it was hiding.By this point, Hardin’s spells have all worn off except for the protective ward. “Well, I finished killing the rest of this louse-ridden bunch. Aside from some coins I found in pouches carried by the gnolls, there was nothing useful to us.” Hardin shares the coins with the rest of the party—a total of 36 platinum pieces and 8 gold pieces.Hardin looks at the orc, then looks back at his companions and continues, “I know that I am the healer of the party, but I unfortunately spent a considerable amount of my granted powers preparing for this battle, and I have little left to convert to healing. Judging by what Slyfen found behind the rock pile and the fact that we have yet to find Relgore, it seems we may have more battle ahead of us. My remaining powers might best be reserved for that possibility. Of course, with a night’s rest and an hour of prayer, I believe Moradin would recharge my powers. But I doubt that what remains of Relgore’s band will fail to hunt us tonight when they see what has happened here.“Therefore, I would suggest that we give enough of Eolan’s healing potions to the orc to bring him back to consciousness, so we can proceed with an interrogation. Afterward, if more combat seems likely, I would suggest that Eolan and I use enough of the remaining potions to bring ourselves back to full health. Eolan, they are your potions, so what do you think?”OOC Notes:SlyfenSearches rock pile (it’s just one large pile), taking 20 + 10 = 30Spot check (looking down the tunnel) result 2 + 8 = 10EolanSpot check result 14 + 0 = 14Listen check result 12 + 0 = 12I awarded 338 XP to each PC for the encounter (EL 4).I added the XP, 9 pp and 2 gp to each character sheet.</blockquote>

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