CanadienneBacon
Explorer
[roll0] and [roll1]
Relic Hunters in Tekumel (IC)
- Thread starter Deuce Traveler
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KirayaTiDrekan
Adventurer
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CanadienneBacon
Explorer
Zephia shortbow: [roll0] and [roll1]
CanadienneBacon
Explorer
Yeah. Sorry.
Deuce Traveler
Adventurer
OOC: If I don't hear from Queenie by tomorrow, I will roll for her.
Deuce Traveler
Adventurer
The party continues to battle against two more waves of wild dogs, though it becomes quickly obvious that sticking around to battle is whittling down their strength and resources and the best choice is to flee. Still, the heroines wage a strong, fleeing battle in which their mules are all lost in the chaos. Briony and Elsbeth are also lost in the battle, though they are still thought to be alive as they were last seen taking a flanking action in a deeper part of the swamp, and were relatively unharmed at the point you lost sight of them.
By the time you reach the safety of the base of the distant ziggurat, most of the pursuing dogs have been slain or badly injured. Still, some of the predators pursue and just as they seem to be about to gain on you as you reach the first of the steps, they back off and begin to whine pathetically. Something about this place seems to frighten the hounds off their pursuit. From the shouts behind them, you can tell that the men who set them loose have almost arrived, though you are nearly too exhausted to care, instead enjoying your momentary respite.
By the time you reach the safety of the base of the distant ziggurat, most of the pursuing dogs have been slain or badly injured. Still, some of the predators pursue and just as they seem to be about to gain on you as you reach the first of the steps, they back off and begin to whine pathetically. Something about this place seems to frighten the hounds off their pursuit. From the shouts behind them, you can tell that the men who set them loose have almost arrived, though you are nearly too exhausted to care, instead enjoying your momentary respite.
KirayaTiDrekan
Adventurer
Zephia slumps to the ground, in grief as well as exhaustion. Briony was her best friend among the crew.
"Maybe we're all thinking it, maybe its only me, but it seems this job has cost us far too much."
"Maybe we're all thinking it, maybe its only me, but it seems this job has cost us far too much."
Rubberneck
First Post
Bella stumbles in shortly after, wheezing and trying to catch her breath, pulling at the breastplate to catch some air,
"Damn dogs, haven't fought that hard in quite some time!"
She takes a knee and crawls over to the doorway of the giant stone building and props up against it.
"Damn dogs, haven't fought that hard in quite some time!"
She takes a knee and crawls over to the doorway of the giant stone building and props up against it.
Queenie
Queen of Everything
Angelina gave a long look around the area, looking for their comrades. Finally she dusted herself off. "Let's get going inside before the next wave arrives." There was a long pause. "My sister can take care of herself, she'll be alright. Hopefully they show up here soon."
She gathered what provisions and equipment they salvaged, took one last look outside before she put her attention to the doorway. Does it look like it could be trapped?
She gathered what provisions and equipment they salvaged, took one last look outside before she put her attention to the doorway. Does it look like it could be trapped?
Deuce Traveler
Adventurer
The temple can be seen on top of the ziggurat, with foreboding stone doors and carvings of skulls, people being dropped into pits of flames, long-toothed humanoid faces and indescribable creatures. As the party climbs up to reach the doors, the trackers finally catch up to the hunting dogs below you at the base of the structure. Though they are armed with bows and spears, you are now too high up the ziggurat for them to take a shot. Like the dogs, the men seem quite nervous to be here and are not willing to climb the tall block steps towards the temple. One shouts up at you, "Ladies, you are in a dangerous place right now. Why don't you come on down? I promise that we only seek to take you prisoner, and that we promise to get you out of here with you still alive. You won't get a better offer from the creatures that rule here."
OOC: The doors do not seem to be trapped, but you'll have to test them to be sure, or take some time to search.
OOC: The doors do not seem to be trapped, but you'll have to test them to be sure, or take some time to search.
KirayaTiDrekan
Adventurer
Zephia points her shortbow at them and nocks an arrow while the others check out the door.
"I don't seek to take you prisoner. I seek your deaths. Don't be here when we come out."
"I don't seek to take you prisoner. I seek your deaths. Don't be here when we come out."
Queenie
Queen of Everything
OOC: Using the trap class ability, definitely
Angelina briefly glances over her shoulder to get an idea of the size of the group below. "Thanks for the offer boys but no thanks. Can't exactly take the word of pirates as honest, you know?"
She turns back to the doors and keeps looking for traps as quickly as she can. "Girls, keep an eye out for those ba%$@#ds. I don't want to take a chance getting in here if we don't have to."
Angelina briefly glances over her shoulder to get an idea of the size of the group below. "Thanks for the offer boys but no thanks. Can't exactly take the word of pirates as honest, you know?"
She turns back to the doors and keeps looking for traps as quickly as she can. "Girls, keep an eye out for those ba%$@#ds. I don't want to take a chance getting in here if we don't have to."
Rubberneck
First Post
Bella glances back towards the men at the bottom and simply scoffs at their offer. She then turns to give her full attention to the task at hand.
Deuce Traveler
Adventurer
The women above and the men below trade insults and jeers while Angelina gets to work on the vine and moss-covered stone door. She instinctively knows that there is a trigger mechanism somewhere in the branches, if only she can find it before the men become more angry at the Relic Hunters and less frightened of the ziggurat.
OOC: Angelina needs to roll a d20, add her Dex bonus and her character level for the total result. If she beats a 12 she finds the mechanism.
OOC: Angelina needs to roll a d20, add her Dex bonus and her character level for the total result. If she beats a 12 she finds the mechanism.
Queenie
Queen of Everything
"I knew there was something here!" Angelina says as they hear a click. "Let's go ladies."
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Deuce Traveler
Adventurer
Angelina puts her hands through a clump of vines in order to wrap her fist around a moss-covered stone lever, which she pulls. The front, stone doors of the ziggurat open with a shake and groan as untold years of silt, roots, and grime are torn loose. The party rushes in, much to the anguished and helpless rage of the men at the base of the structure, as the doors slowly shut back behind you.
The inside looks much larger than what you would have guessed from where you had just stood. Two lanes of black, dust-coated water run along the center of the room. At the end of the room a raised platform of steps leads upwards to a throne where sits a statue of a woman, though the details at this distance escape you. In front of the throne is an granite table with darkened splotches.
Above you daylight still trickles in through large openings at the top of the tall walls, where vines jut out in chaotic patterns of growth. The ground is covered in grime. The air stale and oppressive.
The inside looks much larger than what you would have guessed from where you had just stood. Two lanes of black, dust-coated water run along the center of the room. At the end of the room a raised platform of steps leads upwards to a throne where sits a statue of a woman, though the details at this distance escape you. In front of the throne is an granite table with darkened splotches.
Above you daylight still trickles in through large openings at the top of the tall walls, where vines jut out in chaotic patterns of growth. The ground is covered in grime. The air stale and oppressive.
KirayaTiDrekan
Adventurer
Zephia keeps her bow ready, just in case.
"Something tells me whoever built this place probably set up a few surprises for intruders."
"Something tells me whoever built this place probably set up a few surprises for intruders."
Deuce Traveler
Adventurer
Yolkana nods at Zephia, "At last we have made it here, but surely not out of danger. There are the creatures that worship this place, and also the slavers to contend with outside if they are able to rediscover their courage."
KirayaTiDrekan
Adventurer
"I say we kill every last one of them. The slavers I mean. Stalk them, find their base or camp and slit their throats in their sleep."
There's a glint in Zephia's eye as she says this, as if she's a little eager.
There's a glint in Zephia's eye as she says this, as if she's a little eager.
