RJK'S Cairn of the Skeleton King

[Le Noir Faineant]

Pointing to the materializing spectre, Titus casts an eye to the door and the creature occupying the hall behind it. "This evil undead force that just appeared before me up here. But it looks like the strength of my magics are cloaking us from it's eyes and ears, unless it is just more flashing light and chain rattling."
[sblock=OOC]Attempt to disbelieve the spectre: Will +8[/sblock]

The spectre vanishes before Titus' eyes...

Just to be on the safe side, Anton casts detect undead and looks up, searching for any spirit.

Something opens before Anton's inner eye...

[sblock] Please make a madness check (Will Save). If you fail it, name a number between 1 and 10.[/sblock]

"Who are you?" growls Moja to the Giant. [ooc: Giant is a natural language for Winter Wolves]

The giant turns his dull face towards the Winter Wolf...

"Slave" is all he says, before he lets his head fall against the stone wall.

"Miserable" is the only thing he says afterwards...

 

[kinem]

[sblock=Ivid]Anton's Will save = 21.
You didn't give a DC, so if that fails, # from 1 to 10 = 1[/sblock]

 

[Nephtys]

Maigreth smiles gently at the monstrous giant, "It's terrible that you must suffer so, but we may be able to help you. If you help us. Can you tell us anything of this place and the ones who keep you enslaved here?"

 

[Vertexx69]

Titus flies back down to the rear of the party to see what the commotion was about, while still keeping an eye on the room. "Pft - these parlor tricks seem a most desperate ploy to scare us away from this place. The cause of the sudden darkness may indeed dwell amongst these tombs."

 

[zoons]

"Slave" says Moja in common tounge to the party.

"Unshackle this poor soul." says Zanax. "I would deny this occursed place of his service even if he cannot aid us."

"Freedom" says Moja in Giant to the Giant.

 

[ethandrew]

Looking around the room, at the nine sarcophagi and the other doorways, Rupert asks loud enough for all to hear, "Should we head down the stairs in which this giant was apparently guarding? Or should we explore the rest of this area and see what else is up here?"

Musing to himself, he kicks at an imaginary rock on the ground, There has got to be untold valuables in those tombs right there.

 

[Le Noir Faineant]

[sblock=Ivid]Anton's Will save = 21.
You didn't give a DC, so if that fails, # from 1 to 10 = 1[/sblock]

[sblock]No, you did it well. Assume DC 20 whenever you do a roll unless I explicitely say something else.[/sblock]

Maigreth smiles gently at the monstrous giant, "It's terrible that you must suffer so, but we may be able to help you. If you help us. Can you tell us anything of this place and the ones who keep you enslaved here?"

The giant looks at her, and his white eyes fill with tears.

"Living" he says to Moja in hin own language... You are not sure if he has understood Maigreth...

"Freedom" says Moja in Giant to the Giant.

The giant eyes the wolf again, obviously puzzled what to do...

"Unliving here. Not real."

[Just to give you an idea how the corridor down the stairway might look...]

 

[Kafkonia]

"Curioussser and curioussser," Timrek remarks. "Let usss free the giant, but keep an eye in hisss direction. Thingsss may not be as they ssseem."

 

[zoons]

"False Dead" Growls Moja to the group in common.

"Tell him we are here to help. To set him free if he desires" says Zanax. "What else does he know of this place and it's denizens? Where are these illusions of dead?"

Moja turns back to the hulking giant. He sighs, looking around for someone else to speak to the giant in it's tongue. He wonders if perhaps he should have remained silent, now more involved than he had hoped. Many eyes now look at him differently, waiting, expecting. Moja paces slightly left and right, dreadfully uncomfortable in the spotlight.

"Living help living. Slavery ends" Moja finally says in the giant's tongue. Then he looks at the powerful members of the party. "Free him. Please." he says in clear common tongue, backing away slightly and allowing Adam, Rupert or Timerek to move in towards the shackled behemoth.

 

[Le Noir Faineant]

So, does the party decide to free the giant?