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<blockquote data-quote="Selm" data-source="post: 77838" data-attributes="member: 1592"><p><strong>Episode 5-1</strong></p><p></p><p>Episode FIVE - Strike at the Moathouse - Part 1</p><p>("This time will be the last."</p><p>"Yeah, take food, we will not flee until it is completely cleaned."</p><p>"Yeah !")</p><p>- Godsday 18th Planting -</p><p></p><p>A new morning in the quiet little town of Hommlet. Our heroes are</p><p>going up, early or not but decided to fight evil, as everyday since</p><p>their arrival.</p><p></p><p>After a breakfast at the Inn, Alahija decides to go buy healing</p><p>potions. After a short inquiry, she is sent to the Church of St</p><p>Cuthbert. Entering the church, Alahija encounters Terjon, one of the</p><p>resident clerics of Hommlet. She asks him for potions but she is</p><p>discouraged when Terjon harshly says her that they only provide this</p><p>service to members of the cult. Alahija quit the curch, quite angry</p><p>against the cleric !</p><p>Lywen is him going to Spugnoir's shop, where he sells alchemical and</p><p>magical potions. The man is here (Renne is allowed to rest at last)</p><p>and they chat a bit about magic. They promise each other to exchange</p><p>spells later and Spugnoir even offers Lywen a magical scroll when he</p><p>goes out. This is a powerfull incantation allowing to disperse magical</p><p>energies, this could perhaps help them with the magical stone wall</p><p>Lywen's friends encountered yesterday. The wizard goes afterwards to</p><p>the scrollmaker's schop, an elf called Zerosh Nubric (yes, you red it</p><p>well, this is strange name, even for an elf). They chat a bit also,</p><p>but Zerosh is less friendly and more a business type of person.</p><p></p><p>After this early business, they are all at the Inn for 10 o'clock. All</p><p>but the gnome, who is not long to appear.</p><p>Gandigoot is coming back, with red eyes from the night and lack of</p><p>sleep. He is smelling bad, a mix of alcohol and tobacco and directly</p><p>go to his bedroom with only a grunt for his friends who are all</p><p>laughting at him.</p><p>They start a discussion about the schedule of the present day. They</p><p>all agree to return to the moathouse, and they are decided to finish</p><p>all the exploration today. As Xaod is nowhere to be seen, they decide</p><p>to go fight without him (bad decision? future will tell).They check</p><p>their travel food and all their equipment for a long stay there, as</p><p>they expect that it could take several days.</p><p>Keep the spirit up conrageous adventurers !</p><p></p><p>Alahija goes to the stairs to wake up Gandigoot as soon as they are</p><p>ready, it is already near midday and the gnome is still sleeping. But</p><p>the young half-elf doesn't find him in his room and he doesn't respond</p><p>when she softly calls him: "GANDIGOOOOT...". She starts to search, as</p><p>curious as always and finds the gnome's backpack. This is a real</p><p>treasure, there is everything in this pack for sure ... if you could</p><p>guess what is the use for all those strange items.</p><p>But you could not check trough the backpack of a gnome wihtout him</p><p>earing it, this a special gnomic sense linked to their cherished items</p><p><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> And Gandigoot is no exception, even within his sleep (already</p><p>disturbed by the calls of Alahija) he could hear that something in his</p><p>pack was touched, it was his precious spring for a clockwork of his</p><p>invention. The gnome grunted still half-asleep. Alahija hears the</p><p>sound and finally finds the gnome under his bed with his blanket</p><p>covering him. She manages to convince him of going downstairs.</p><p></p><p>This is how the gnome crossed the Inn of the Welcome Wench still</p><p>dressed from the evening, still huming alcohol and tobacco, and</p><p>rolled into his blanket, going to the stable to care for his</p><p>pony. Quite a frightening sight for sure <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>It is time for lunch when they are ready at last. Alahija decides for</p><p>the group to eat at the Inn, nobody protest <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>And so it is finally near one in the afternoon when they take the road</p><p>towards the moathouse. As early as each time before ...</p><p>As decided, Diane is staying in Hommlet, she said that she wanted to</p><p>look about the artifacts into Brune's grimoires but in fact she will</p><p>look for the spy affair. And she also wants to spy the group's</p><p>departure, as she strongly belive that they are spied in Hommlet and</p><p>she so hopes to see the spy.</p><p></p><p>-- On the road to the moathouse again --</p><p></p><p>Once again they are leaving Hommlet going north, hoping to confuse</p><p>anyone spying them. As they already used this trick yesterday it will</p><p>be surprising that any spy doesn't understand that they are once again</p><p>going to the moathouse. Especially as they are speaking loud of it</p><p>when they were at the Inn. But these adventurers are not of the</p><p>suspicious type. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>This time they can reach the moathouse without problem. Even if</p><p>Gandigoot still seems to suffer from his night, Alahija took the place</p><p>of the guide's second and corrected him when he was ... lost?</p><p>The shadow of the old fortress is once again profiling trough the fog</p><p>which seems to stick to this swamp everyday. The party is approaching</p><p>with care.</p><p></p><p>They enter the courtyard, after a good look. The ground floor seems to</p><p>be deserted, but the numerous corpses, testimony of the fight, have</p><p>disappeared. And the staircase going down is now blocked by a huge</p><p>number of rocks from the collapsed walls of the moathouse. There is</p><p>numerous blood traces on the floor going from the room to the staircase,</p><p>indicating that the corpses where pulled downstairs. How will they go</p><p>down now ?</p><p>Then Killasha remembers that there was a secret passage in the</p><p>backroom, this passage was opened yesterday, but is nowhere to be seen</p><p>today. This is a clear proof that there is still opponents to</p><p>await. (DM note : And even that they are awaited I would have said.)</p><p></p><p>Gandigoot and Alahija start to search for the opening, the half-elf is</p><p>able to find it after a few minutes. There is a stone carved with an</p><p>old symbol that they all know very well, the Obex, the inverted</p><p>triangle with an Y into it, the symbol of the Elder Elemental Eye. </p><p>Alahija pushes the stone and a part of the stone wall moved to reveal</p><p>a secret passage, and a small flight of stairs going down into the</p><p>darkness. "I'll try a head." said Alahija's player at this very</p><p>instant. No sooner said than done, the half-elf puts her head into the</p><p>entry and a big flash with a huge BOOM happens, you know what, the</p><p>entry was trapped, how astonishing no ? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p><p>Killasha tried to protect the young daughter of the viscount of</p><p>Verbobonc (who really seems to have suicidal tendances) and the two</p><p>where shocked by the Electric glyph of protection. Alahija sneaked</p><p>under the paladin and was safe (Evasion is really strong) but Killasha</p><p>was the first to suffer this day.</p><p></p><p>After this small incident, they decided to go down, but it was</p><p>Gandigoot who was going first and he slowly descended the staircase,</p><p>searching for a trap on every step. This time they reached the ground</p><p>of the staircase without more traps.</p><p>They are now in front of a stone wall, obviously there must be a</p><p>secret passage somewhere. As the staircase is quite small, and they</p><p>can only advance one after the other into it, they pass the word</p><p>through the group that Gandigoot and Alahija are searching for an</p><p>opening and it will take a few minutes ... at least.</p><p>Once again, the half-elf is able to find the secret stone carved with</p><p>the Obex symbol. And this time she searches for traps before pushing</p><p>it. Being convinced that it wasn't trapped (these magic traps are so</p><p>hard to find at low levels <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ) Alahija pushes the stone, and</p><p>activates the magic trap linked to it. Gandigoot just behind Alahija</p><p>falls to the floor, and the door reveals a dark chamber only lit by</p><p>the light of the party (not a lot as they are still in the secret</p><p>stairs) wich is enough for Alahija to see two hideous skeletons in</p><p>front of her ready to strike the poor half-elf who as always in just</p><p>in front line of unexpected danger ...</p><p></p><p>While Alahija is dodging the blows of the undeads, she cries for</p><p>help. Ezekiel, just behind the gnome, is taking him and passing him</p><p>behind to Killasha who in turn puts him behind her. The two front line</p><p>fighters of the party are advancing towards the entry after that, which</p><p>is not easy with their full-plate armors.</p><p>During this time, Alahija has the bad surprise to be striked by two</p><p>small sparkling magic bolts, much more frightened by the magic than by</p><p>the skeletons, the half-elf courageously retreats behind her two</p><p>protectors.</p><p></p><p>And now the fight will start ... soon ...</p><p></p><p></p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Episode FIVE - Strike at the Moathouse - Part 2</p><p>(You will not say to me to didn't expected an ambush !)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Selm, post: 77838, member: 1592"] [b]Episode 5-1[/b] Episode FIVE - Strike at the Moathouse - Part 1 ("This time will be the last." "Yeah, take food, we will not flee until it is completely cleaned." "Yeah !") - Godsday 18th Planting - A new morning in the quiet little town of Hommlet. Our heroes are going up, early or not but decided to fight evil, as everyday since their arrival. After a breakfast at the Inn, Alahija decides to go buy healing potions. After a short inquiry, she is sent to the Church of St Cuthbert. Entering the church, Alahija encounters Terjon, one of the resident clerics of Hommlet. She asks him for potions but she is discouraged when Terjon harshly says her that they only provide this service to members of the cult. Alahija quit the curch, quite angry against the cleric ! Lywen is him going to Spugnoir's shop, where he sells alchemical and magical potions. The man is here (Renne is allowed to rest at last) and they chat a bit about magic. They promise each other to exchange spells later and Spugnoir even offers Lywen a magical scroll when he goes out. This is a powerfull incantation allowing to disperse magical energies, this could perhaps help them with the magical stone wall Lywen's friends encountered yesterday. The wizard goes afterwards to the scrollmaker's schop, an elf called Zerosh Nubric (yes, you red it well, this is strange name, even for an elf). They chat a bit also, but Zerosh is less friendly and more a business type of person. After this early business, they are all at the Inn for 10 o'clock. All but the gnome, who is not long to appear. Gandigoot is coming back, with red eyes from the night and lack of sleep. He is smelling bad, a mix of alcohol and tobacco and directly go to his bedroom with only a grunt for his friends who are all laughting at him. They start a discussion about the schedule of the present day. They all agree to return to the moathouse, and they are decided to finish all the exploration today. As Xaod is nowhere to be seen, they decide to go fight without him (bad decision? future will tell).They check their travel food and all their equipment for a long stay there, as they expect that it could take several days. Keep the spirit up conrageous adventurers ! Alahija goes to the stairs to wake up Gandigoot as soon as they are ready, it is already near midday and the gnome is still sleeping. But the young half-elf doesn't find him in his room and he doesn't respond when she softly calls him: "GANDIGOOOOT...". She starts to search, as curious as always and finds the gnome's backpack. This is a real treasure, there is everything in this pack for sure ... if you could guess what is the use for all those strange items. But you could not check trough the backpack of a gnome wihtout him earing it, this a special gnomic sense linked to their cherished items :) And Gandigoot is no exception, even within his sleep (already disturbed by the calls of Alahija) he could hear that something in his pack was touched, it was his precious spring for a clockwork of his invention. The gnome grunted still half-asleep. Alahija hears the sound and finally finds the gnome under his bed with his blanket covering him. She manages to convince him of going downstairs. This is how the gnome crossed the Inn of the Welcome Wench still dressed from the evening, still huming alcohol and tobacco, and rolled into his blanket, going to the stable to care for his pony. Quite a frightening sight for sure :D It is time for lunch when they are ready at last. Alahija decides for the group to eat at the Inn, nobody protest :) And so it is finally near one in the afternoon when they take the road towards the moathouse. As early as each time before ... As decided, Diane is staying in Hommlet, she said that she wanted to look about the artifacts into Brune's grimoires but in fact she will look for the spy affair. And she also wants to spy the group's departure, as she strongly belive that they are spied in Hommlet and she so hopes to see the spy. -- On the road to the moathouse again -- Once again they are leaving Hommlet going north, hoping to confuse anyone spying them. As they already used this trick yesterday it will be surprising that any spy doesn't understand that they are once again going to the moathouse. Especially as they are speaking loud of it when they were at the Inn. But these adventurers are not of the suspicious type. ;) This time they can reach the moathouse without problem. Even if Gandigoot still seems to suffer from his night, Alahija took the place of the guide's second and corrected him when he was ... lost? The shadow of the old fortress is once again profiling trough the fog which seems to stick to this swamp everyday. The party is approaching with care. They enter the courtyard, after a good look. The ground floor seems to be deserted, but the numerous corpses, testimony of the fight, have disappeared. And the staircase going down is now blocked by a huge number of rocks from the collapsed walls of the moathouse. There is numerous blood traces on the floor going from the room to the staircase, indicating that the corpses where pulled downstairs. How will they go down now ? Then Killasha remembers that there was a secret passage in the backroom, this passage was opened yesterday, but is nowhere to be seen today. This is a clear proof that there is still opponents to await. (DM note : And even that they are awaited I would have said.) Gandigoot and Alahija start to search for the opening, the half-elf is able to find it after a few minutes. There is a stone carved with an old symbol that they all know very well, the Obex, the inverted triangle with an Y into it, the symbol of the Elder Elemental Eye. Alahija pushes the stone and a part of the stone wall moved to reveal a secret passage, and a small flight of stairs going down into the darkness. "I'll try a head." said Alahija's player at this very instant. No sooner said than done, the half-elf puts her head into the entry and a big flash with a huge BOOM happens, you know what, the entry was trapped, how astonishing no ? :D Killasha tried to protect the young daughter of the viscount of Verbobonc (who really seems to have suicidal tendances) and the two where shocked by the Electric glyph of protection. Alahija sneaked under the paladin and was safe (Evasion is really strong) but Killasha was the first to suffer this day. After this small incident, they decided to go down, but it was Gandigoot who was going first and he slowly descended the staircase, searching for a trap on every step. This time they reached the ground of the staircase without more traps. They are now in front of a stone wall, obviously there must be a secret passage somewhere. As the staircase is quite small, and they can only advance one after the other into it, they pass the word through the group that Gandigoot and Alahija are searching for an opening and it will take a few minutes ... at least. Once again, the half-elf is able to find the secret stone carved with the Obex symbol. And this time she searches for traps before pushing it. Being convinced that it wasn't trapped (these magic traps are so hard to find at low levels :) ) Alahija pushes the stone, and activates the magic trap linked to it. Gandigoot just behind Alahija falls to the floor, and the door reveals a dark chamber only lit by the light of the party (not a lot as they are still in the secret stairs) wich is enough for Alahija to see two hideous skeletons in front of her ready to strike the poor half-elf who as always in just in front line of unexpected danger ... While Alahija is dodging the blows of the undeads, she cries for help. Ezekiel, just behind the gnome, is taking him and passing him behind to Killasha who in turn puts him behind her. The two front line fighters of the party are advancing towards the entry after that, which is not easy with their full-plate armors. During this time, Alahija has the bad surprise to be striked by two small sparkling magic bolts, much more frightened by the magic than by the skeletons, the half-elf courageously retreats behind her two protectors. And now the fight will start ... soon ... ----------------------------------------------------------- Episode FIVE - Strike at the Moathouse - Part 2 (You will not say to me to didn't expected an ambush !) [/QUOTE]
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