[IC] Return of the Runelords

[Deuce Traveler]

"I'm just glad that the suckers never closed on us. These things can be quite nasty," Michael acknowledges. "Well, with that excitement out of the way, let's head forth."

 

[Kaodi]

Shendra cautiously advances on the house with spear at the ready, expecting the others will follow.

 

[Shayuri]

Mei Ying does follow, her crossbow reloaded and ready.

"If there is a good thing about the stirges," she says, "it is that other things are not likely to be nearby." After pause, Mei amends, "Other living things at least."

 

[Scotley]

Teodor advances with the others. He remains resolute despite the veiled references to ghosts.

 

[Guest 11456]

Roderic’s Wreck

Approaching the house, it is immediately apparent that Roderic’s Wreck is indeed a wreck. The house slumps visibly toward the water, one corner edging dangerously into the river. Boards in the house’s walls have warped and popped free from their nails, peeling back like bark from an old tree. The front door hangs slightly ajar. The sound of buzzing insects, creaking tree branches, and the river flowing by hangs in the moist air. What do you wish to do?

OOC: Map

 

[Kaodi]

Shendra makes a circular motion in the air with her hand, the gesture directed at the house, and comments, "I think whatever this is is probably beyond whatever help we could have administered even if we had brought some construction materials." The seer proceeds to lower her spear towards her person and passes that hand over it will muttering a few words. It does not make much of a difference to the exterior surrounding, but the blade appears to be glowing with its own light now.

Her weapon prepared, she cautiously acends the stairs, mindful of creaking wood, then moves to open the doors and get a look inside with the business end of her new 'torch' .

 

[Guest 11456]

Please make a reflex save for Shendra.

 

[Kaodi]

OOC: Putting that 11 Wisdom to appropriate use, I guess... [roll0]

 

[Guest 11456]

The sagging porch boards creak ominously with each step Shendra takes across them, squeaking as the wood pulls on the nails that struggle to hold them down. Unfortunately as she gets partway across the porch she break through one of the rotten boards. The plank breaks at an awkward angle, and as it breaks, Shendra finds her foot and ankle painfully twisted as she drops through the 2-foot-high porch to the ground beneath. She takes [roll0] nonlethal damage and her speed is reduced by 5 feet.

 

[Scotley]

Teodor scrambles to help Shendra. He drops prone to spread his weight. "I suggest you stay down like me until find firmer footing." Once he helps her out of the hole he slithers on to the door. "Hold your 'torch' through the door and I'll see what the inside looks like."