S1: The Strange Case of Aif Jenkins' Farm (E13 judge) - Concluded

The party marches forward in the silent stone complex. The open doors in front of you are carved to look like a leering orc face, with a confident smile on its fanged face. This room is about 40' by 50'. It contains some broken wooden furniture and has a closed door on the north wall. An open door is directly in front of the party to the West.
 

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If everything is still quiet, we continue in searching as we go. While none are skilled at looking for traps, we don't want to miss anything otherwise obvious by not looking. Everyone can help search, since no one is good at it.
 

Beamer puts his wand in his haversack, loads his crossbow, and keeps a wary eye out. He perches Louie on his shoulder to warn against anything invisible.
 


The party advances, entering a large stone room. It's most prominant feature is a 20' tall statue of Taurusk. Despite the diety's bull-head, he appears somewhat orc-like. The quality is good. As with the rest of the complex, it seems unlikely to have actually been carved by orcs.

A battering ram, probably the same one as was used to smash the front doors, likes outside the broken double doors to this room. Inside, old tattered furniture lies about. The remains of tapestries and paintings still hang from the walls.

The most notably wall hanging, though, is the body of a man. At this point, though, its hard to even tell it is a man. His body has been terribly tortured. Scarcely an inch of his flesh remains untouched. That he is still alive is a testiment to the skill of the torturer.

There is also an open door on the opposite side of the room. It was once a secret door, but is now and dirt and mud are evident around it.
 


"Check for an ambush," Eusebius hisses as he gestures to the open doorway. Waiting to receive the all clear, he makes his way carefully, checking for booby traps, to the side of the man hanging like an obscene decoration on the wall. Peering up into the man's face, he tries first to identify him, then examines his wounds. He will offer some basic healing to stabilize the man's condition, then see about getting him down off the wall.

[sblock=OOC]First question is, who is this guy? Second is, how badly hurt? Can he talk? I have to check to see if E has any CMWs left - it'll probably be a combination of those and the wand.[/sblock]
 

Banion looks around, paying special attention to the spots he would himself prefer to use for an ambush. If he doesn't see any, he will hide and wait for the appearance of a hostile force.
 

Juliana takes a position by the door looking for enemies. "I think that what happened here is over, but where are the others? And the farm owner we met earlier?"
 

There are no amushes or traps detected or sprung.

Eusebius is able to get the man down from the wall. He is stable at -9 hps. He was once a tall, fit, muscular man with dark hair. Beyond that, it is hard to tell.

The open door leads outside. The air is fresh and cool above, and chirping crickets can be heard.
 

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