Last Stand of the Dorinthians (Chapter 2 - Illusions)

[Deuce Traveler]

Dartis opens the door, concentrates, and fires his bow. A smile of triumph spreads across his face, which is soon replaced with a look of worry. In a hurry, he closes the door.

Dartis
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At first you are unsure which of the fleeing six kobolds is the controller, but you take your best guess by aiming at the one that looks more animated. You fire your arrow and your aim is true, slamming into the back of the kobold and bringing him down. You smile as you realize you took down the right one, since the other five either collapse or stand now unmoving. The smile disappears, however, when you see a crowd of a dozen or more kobolds streaming from down the long corridor towards you, their masters hiding behind the bodies of their slaves.
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OOC: My apologies for the weekend post.

 

[Ferrix]

"Bar the door," Rix snaps, "we go out the way we came."

Crouching quickly next to the robed kobold he ruffles through his robes for any items, hidden or otherwise.

[Search +15]

 

[Land Outcast]

Alexander obeys the kobold and immediately closes the door... following movement, he blocks it with a pair of crates from the room they came from.

He moves to the previous room and motions for the others to make haste back to the passage.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Dartis and Rix hold the door closed with their shoulders as Alexander and Kel grab some crates and attempt to block the door. From the sounds of things, a large group of kobolds are scratching and pushing against the barriers.

Things aren't looking so good in here, either. A bolt of energy arcs like green electricity, nearly striking Silas who is busily stuffing away the crafting tools for his own use.

OOC: I'm having to write in actions for D20Dazza and GlassEye as they will be absent this week.

 

[GlassEye]

Silas will attempt to grab the most valuable of the items first. As the bolt sizzles past Silas he will turn and make for the door back to the storeroom and through the trapdoor not wishing to tempt the fates with a longer stay.

OOC: Just returned today. Thanks for covering for me.

 

[Ferrix]

Rix ducks away from the arcing chair and darts into the storage room, taking a second to rifle through the corpse of the kobold shaman on the floor.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

With a quick search of the robed kobold, Rix has just enough time to find a well-crafted dagger, a smooth amber stone, and another clear crystal. He also finds a bracelet similar to the one found on some other kobold controllers.

The party begins to squeeze into the storage room as a number of mindless kobolds are able to open the door inch by inch.

 

[Land Outcast]

Seeing Rix scavenging the bodies, already loaded with what he took from the crates, he can't but -somehow exasperated- exclaim "Haste!"
What he is taking could prove useful tough...

After they are all through the trapdoor of the storage room Alexander takes the rearguard until they arrive to the room with the door giving access to the troll's corridor.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

As the party begins to go down the hatch, the kobolds outside come through the door. Alexander takes the rear, but has no chance to act as arcs of energy move from the damaged chair and strike the creatures, killing those in the lead. With a grimace, Alexander closes the secret hatch as he descends.

The party travels down the stairs, through the crypts, and to the metal rungs leading to the room with the door that is barring the troll. Silas drops his second torch onto the ground, by the bottom rung as he climbs. Dartis leads the party upwards. After a long while you reach the top rung, and the fighter opens the secret hatch. He is shocked to find five kobolds struggling to remove the bar to the troll's room, guided by the nervous commands of a sixth.

 

[GlassEye]

"Capture the controller!" barks Silas as he steps forward, fingers of his right hand splayed before him. Intoning words of arcane power he gestures and points towards the kobolds struggling with the bar.

OOC: Casting Burning Hands and trying to catch the kobold-drones. If this isn't possible due to his placement in the room then he will try to move where he can do so before they release the troll.