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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Taboo" data-source="post: 680530" data-attributes="member: 5912">After a very short rest, they got into their familiar marching order, and started down the hallway. Thorin could see a doors on both sides of the hallway, and they were marked on the map. The map didn’t indicate what was on the other side of the doors, however, and they had already discovered that the map was incomplete, at best. The map indicated which way the goblins were, but they didn't trust it. Turk pointed out that they should check behind the door on the left just to be sure. They didn’t want an ambush coming up behind them.Geirmund checked the door, telling them with absolute certainty that it wasn’t locked, and he was pretty sure it wasn’t trapped. Thorin listened at the door, and didn’t hear anything, so he opened the door. The room was desolate, full of rat filth, stank, and nearly made them sick. They went ahead and crossed the room to the door on the far side. When they opened the door, it knocked over a pile of cans that went scattering across the floor making quite a bit of noise. They realized that was a mistake, they’d obviously just announced their presence. The floor was covered in caltrops and a roughly mortared wall about three feet tall was farther down at the other end. They quickly backed up and closed the door behind them. Geirmund figured out a way to lock that door behind them and they went back to the main hallway.They could see six doors in this section of the hallway, three on each side. The first one they came to was slightly open, just enough to let something small in or out. They couldn’t see inside, it was too small and dark to see into. Thorin could hear some kind of noise coming from behind one of the doors. Turk and Thorin tried to move quietly up to one of the doors, ready to blast into one to surprise whatever was in there. Unfortunately Turk’s armor was too noisy to move quietly, so they ran into three large rats  that were ready for them when they rushed into the room. Turk sliced the first rat in half from the right to the left spraying blood across the walls with one stroke of his greatsword, praising Pelor for guiding his hand as he struck it down.Thorin swung straight down with his war axe at the second rat, killing it with a single blow. Its guts spilling out onto the floor at his feet.One rat remained in the room, and Snap cast magic missile at it. It tried to go for Turk while he was busy dissecting its former buddy, but it didn’t get through his armored boot.Kierwin saw the rat head for Turk, and stepped into the melee, she slashed at it with her longsword and finished it off.The next room was abandoned, but the room beyond that was full of rats that were waiting for them. One pounced on Thorin and another went straight for Turk, both missed, fortunately. Kierwin prayed to Ehlonna for her blessing on the party. Thorin killed the rat that had attempted to bite him with one hit. Turk swung at the stomach of the rat that had pounced on him, spilling its guts across the room, killing it instantly. There was one rat left in the room, it attacked Thorin, and missed. Thorin paid it back for trying to bite him, and split it nearly in half. They entered the bloody room to search the rats’ nest, and found a few gems and gold the rats had packed away.They got back together and were off to the next room, which was also full of rats. Snap had his crossbow loaded, and shot at one of the rats, killing it. Thorin hit the rat in front of him with his war axe, cutting its ugly head off, its beady red eyes going dim. Then, Turk struck the last one straight down with his greatsword, striking it straight through the heart.</blockquote>

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