[IC] The Trouble at Durbenford

[Vigwyn the Unruly]

Padraig, Male Human Fighter

"I've got a bad feeling about this," Padraig whispers to Jasper. "Do you have the magic to find out if these people are truly still amongst the living?"

 

[michael_noah]

[sblock=ooc]While it certainly seems they're telling the truth, something seems... off.[/sblock]

 

[Lazlow]

Gil snaps out of a frightened stupor and whispers to Konstantine, "I'd rather not venture further in there, leader or no."

 

[Bloodcookie]

Ruathen eyes the humanoids uneasily. To the others, he whispers "I'm as suspicious as the next person, but on the other hand, they do appear to be enemies of the bugbears. You know what they say about the enemy of one's enemy..." he says with a shrug.

 

[Dichotomy]

Konstantine nods at Padraig's suggestion and looks to Jasper.

While waiting for the cleric's response, he turns to Gil. "While I don't like the feel of this either, we have no other direction to take. Unless you propose some way to get past the champion of blind order back in the entry." The bard snickers, uneasily, trying to shake the fear that still grips him. "Regardless, there IS something wrong here, but we must go forward, yes?" Konstantine almost looks eager for someone to contradict him, but the bard is also resigned.

 

[Lazlow]

"Yeah... I guess." Gil takes a firm stance and keeps his bow half-pulled and half-aimed in the general vicinity of the strangers, but not directly at them.

"Uh, go ahead. I gotcha covered."

 

[TiCaudata]

Jasper looks around at the group. "Something is certainly off here, I can try to turn them, but we won't know the difference if they aren't undead or if they are more powerful than I. Konstantine is right though, we have little choice." With that the cleric turns and walks towards the huddled creatures with his symbol aloft.[sblock=oc]Try to turn them.[/sblock]

 

[Vigwyn the Unruly]

Padraig, Male Human Fighter

Padraig swallows his fear and follows close on the cleric's heals. He draws his sword from its scabbard for light and protection.

 

[michael_noah]

The strangers react more to the oncoming light than the holy symbol. Quickly scuttling away, they lead you down the tunnel stating, "Yes, come this way. Maybe we can help each other get out of here."

[sblock=ooc]I'll have some more info for you in a few hours - in the mean time, feel free to act as you see fit.[/sblock]

 

[michael_noah]

The party nears the pair as the move down the tunnel, and just as one of them gestures to a cavern opening in front of them, missiles of force strike out from the area. From the cavern, Jasper is hit, and Gil is hit from the tunnel to the left. As the missiles strike, Gil sees two mishappen, spider-like beings become visible. The others see similar creatures, barely at the edge of the light in the far room, but only for a moment. After Jasper is struck, a mist appears at the tunnel mouth, obscuring the view into the room.

The two humanoids scream unintelligibly.

[sblock=ooc]The green on the map marks the beginning of the mist. The first humanoid has concealment, the second total concealment. you can no longer see beyond that, but did glimpse the creatures before the mist appeared... I take it back. There is no map because imageshack is not responding to anything. The tunnel continues down about 40' from Jasper, and he is about where the humanoids are in the above map. You glimpse 4 spider-like things in what looks like a cavern at the end of that tunnel, and gil sees two more in the tunnel that split off (also shown in the map above).

Those of you with spellcraft - these were spells being cast, obscuring mist and magic missile.

Surprise:
Gil struck for 8 damage and 9 damage (4 total missiles)
Jasper struck for 6, 6, 8 (6 total missiles)

Init and Status (got the bad rolls out of the way here I hope):
R: 20, 25hp; Shaken
Humanoids: 12 1(), 2()
Monsters!: 11
P: 11; Shaken, Barkskin+3(25m)
G: 9, 17hp; Shaken
J: 8, 22hp; Magic Vestment(+1 AC), Magic Weapon(+1)entangled, FOM(1r used)
Z: 7;
K: 5; Shaken

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