Lamentation of Lolth - Chapter VII

[Velmont]

"Nothing. Most likely the same in the south, but let's check." suggests Sielwoodan, leaving the lead to Dunstand again.

 

[hippocrachus]

Calenthang turns around, and again, waits for the others to pass; taking rear-guard.

 

[Dhes]

Dunstand turns around and starts drudging through the muddy water, back to the main chamber. “Why can’t we just for once walk through a meadow on a sunny day, no it always has to be under the bloody ground with bugs and water and dirt.”

 

[kirinke]

"Not to mention ghosts, ghasts, fiends and assorted nasties." Teleri chimes in, happy to know she isn't alone in her dislike of underground places, taking her own accustomed place second to last.

 

[Velmont]

Sielwoodan stay silent and continue to listen to the noise of the tunnels, of the water slidings on the rocks, and try to hear anything that seems unusual to him.

Will they shut up? Complaining will bring nothing but unwanted company. May Broddy not add his thought...

 

[hippocrachus]

Calenthang can only remember one time when he was in a meadow (one of few in Cormanthor) on a sunny day: he was running from the band of drow that had just slaughtered his kin. Somehow, he prefers being underground with the bugs, water, dirt, ghosts, ghasts, fiends, and other assorted nasties.

 

[Majin]

After following the southern tunnels for a ways, Sielwoodan detects a gradual but constant directional change to the east. Eventually, the tubular, half-flooded, 3-foot-wide tunnel widens into a roughly circular, 10-foot-wide alcove with a dry ledge 1 foot above the water level. Slumped in one corner of this niche is a small humanoid skeleton covered in a layer of glistening, yellowish-brown slime. Still clutched in the skeleton's hand is a shiny dagger that seems to have weathered the passage of time and the dampness.

 

[Dhes]

Spotting the slime covered skeleton, “Next thing you know, we will be meeting this poore guy's last dinner host.
Dunstand crouches next to the skeleton, inspecting it for any kind of anomalies indicating a trap.”

OOC:+10 Search

 

[Mimic]

humming a gnomish traveling song Broddy almost seems oblivious as to where he is until they discover the humanoid body.

"Oh, now there is something you don't see every day." He remarks as he moves in for a closer look. "It's quite remarkable that it is still all in one piece, considering the creatures we encountered earlier. Unless of course there is a reason they didn't go near, take this slime for instance it could be some form of highly aggresive organism. I have heard about a mold that would literally absorb all the warmth from your body, given enough time of course. As well as various slimes that are excedingly corrosive but if that were the case then the dagger would have been destroyed, unless it is special in some way." He pauses for a minute to study the skeleton, the slime and the dagger closer.

"Did I ever tell you about the time my uncle Taz encountered the biggest gelatinus cube you have ever seen?..."

ooc: Trying to determine what race the humaniod is, what could have killed it (ie smashed in head, rib cages crushed) as well as trying to identify the slime and study the dagger more.

I don't know what I would need for those but here are my knowledge checks
[sblock]
Knowledge (arcana) +10
Knowledge (arch & eng)+6
Knowledge (dungeoneering) +7
Knowledge (geography) +4
Knowledge (history) +4
Knowledge (local) +4
Knowledge (nature) +4
Knowledge (nobilty) +4
Knowledge (religion) +8
Knowledge (the planes)+9
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[kirinke]

Teleri winces as Broddy natters on, but she knows the talkative gnome well enough to listen when he chatters. Especially when he talks about 'Uncle Taz'. "Um, Dunstand, don't touch that thing untill Brody gives the go ahead," she tells the thief seriously.