House Millithor in the City of the Spider Queen

[Endur]

Dariel and Krecil sneak into the crevices and approach the sentries.

So well do their Piwafwis blend with the rough environment that even their fellow House members have difficulty following their movements.

The crevice that Dariel enters is a 5 foot diameter hole in the wall of the main cavern. The goblin is lurking behind an outcropping of rock, with a view towards being able to watch anyone entering the tunnel, but not being able to see outside into the main cavern. The goblin is wearing dingy clothing, has a dagger at his waist, and has readied a light crossbow to shoot down the tunnel. Dariel silently sneaks up to and behind the goblin. Once behind the goblin, Dariel notices a large gong that was concealed by the outcropping of rock. Dariel also notices a goblin sized secret door in the tunnel right next to the Goblin's gong.

Krecil silently sneaks twenty feet into the crevice that is 8' tall and 3' wide. However, he is unable to find the goblin sentry. Then Krecil hears a voice whisper in goblin, "Someday I'll be the Great Goblin."

Listening carefully, Krecil follows the sound of the Goblin's breathing and he locates the goblin lurking in a hole in the floor that is half covered by a rotting mushroom. The goblin has a dagger and a hammer lying on the ground next to him. A gong is at the back of his hole. The goblin does not seem to have noticed Krecil and is instead spending all of his time staring at a silver coin in the goblin's left hand. Every so often he mumbles something else in goblin about what he is going to do when he becomes the Great Goblin.

 

[Prince Atom]

Marckarius spots the spider just before it pauses and starts to ascend again.

He finds that he's shaking. "Larethian's left lug! That thing was huge! Dammit, I thought we were safe here. At least Matron seems to have Lolth's protection for now. That thing was twice as large as I was! The only possible reason it stopped is that Lolth is still with us. She must have her own reason to keep silent."

He moves to keep watch over his stepfather and Dariel, even though he can hardly see them, and stays in the shadows as much as he can (Hide/Move Silent +15). He readies his sling in case they need cover fire. He doesn't expect that the lowly goblins will see his relatives easily, but he doesn't wish them dead because of laggardness on his part. He's down to his last bag of bullets, and he doesn't know how many he'll need before he can get more. "I reckon I'll have to start looking for good stones out here... after we've got some goblins to help me."


OOC: I'm sorry I haven't posted much, but I will try to post at least once a day, and let you know if I can't. Meanwhile, assume I'm in the rear keeping watch over the party and our line of passage as much as possible. If we're attacked, by default I'll use my sling until they've engaged us in melee, then move up and aid {whatsisname, the rogue} by flanking anyone he's fighting so he gets his sneak attack damage.

 

[Raurth Snowfang]

Krecil chuckles to himself silently as he notices the clever placing of the sentry, he can't believe he almost missed it!

(OOC: Can Krecil lead the goblin out of the hole by calling to it in goblinoid? If so, I'd like to draw it away from the whole, then when its away from the gong, cast daze on it and take it to Ki'Willis)

 

[Endur]

Grivak hears a voice saying something in goblin. The voice is faint and he can't tell quite where it is coming from, but it is nearby.

Grivak quickly hides his treasure inside of his left boot and grasps his dagger in his right hand. Then, almost as an afterthought, he picks up his hammer in his left hand.

Grivak then cautiously raises his head to look out of the hole, keeping the rest of his body down, almost as if he is afraid of an ambush.

Grivak starts looking around and listening carefully, but he doesn't climb out of his hole.

OOC: Krecil saw the goblin (Grivak) move, but can only see the Goblin's head from the position that the goblin moved to. Nobody else can see Grivak in his current position.

 

[Prince Atom]

Marckarius eyes the two Millithors creeping down the corridor. He trusts the powers and skills of his family, but he hopes they know what they're doing. He gets set to try and pick off any goblin he sees who is attacking either of them.

OOC: Can I see Krecil's goblin raising his head?

TWK

 

[Raurth Snowfang]

Krecil curses silenty when he realises the goblin isn't going to leave its hole. He realises that hes going to do more than just distract him with the voice. He decides to try and move him again.. by saying:


"I can help you be Greatest Goblin ever! Just follow my voice!"

 

[Endur]

Grivak drops his hammer, puts his dagger in his teeth, and climbs out of the hole. Once out of the hole, he crawls and sneaks his way across the ground until he is right in front of Krecil. Grivak is so stealthy that Krecil would never have seen him if he hadn't heard him climbing out of the hole.

Grivak puts his dagger in his right hand and whispers in the goblin tongue, "Yes! I am ready to be Great Goblin! Me! Me!"

 

[Thels]

A gong, ehh? That would mean reinforcements would be beyond calling range. Just seperate the goblin from the gong and things should be all right. A smile settles on Dariel's face.

Dariel draws his shortswords and jumps past the rock, flipping and hopping around the goblin until he positions himself between the goblin and the gong. "Drop you weapons, now!", he orders the goblin in harsh undercommon, resisting an urge to outright kill the pathetic creature.

 

[Endur]

The goblin lets go of his crossbow and falls to the ground, groveling before Dariel.

"Please don't kill Snarka. Snarka be good goblin. Great Goblin forced Snarka to carry weapons."

 

[Thels]

So far so good...

Dariel orders the goblin in harsh words: "Shut up and get up! Walk slowly towards the canyon."