The Forge of Fury

[IronWolf]

Sabern digs in his pack for a couple of bundles of trail rations that he has carefully wrapped in cheesecloth as he listens to the others grumble about the prisoners. "Hard to be heroes if we leave the ones we rescue behind." Sabern adds to the conversation. "But this place is likely to be well defended if we leave it for the time it would take to hand deliver them back to town."

Pulling the wrapped trail rations from his pack Sabern approaches the makeshift cage and opens the door, the bottom points of the cage dragging across the natural floor of the cavern. Sabern steps in and hands the rations to the prisoners. "Take these and make them last. It will help rebuild your nourishment." Sabern offers. "My friends and I need to keep pushing these orcs back while we have them on the run if there is to be any safety in this region. These leaves us in a predicament."

"I figure you have two options. You can head back out the way we came in and try to make it back to town on your own. Problem is, some of them nasty orcs made it out of here and likely went that way too and you might run into them out there." Sabern says. "Or, you can stay here in this cage and look as if you are still prisoners. The orcs will likely be too busy coming after us to pay you much mind as long as they think you are still their prisoners. Of course this means you have to sit here in this cage awhile longer while we rout these orcs from this place. But you have my word that as long as I still breath I will come back for you and get you back to town."

"I wish the situation was different, but those are the best choices we have to offer you." Sabern finishes.

 

[Walking Dad]

Auris

"Nice you found some new friends, Sabern, but we have to move on, or we will end like them." Auris says impatient.

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Yes, non-good character.

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Auris D'Leroy
AC 18 (T17, FF13), HP 40/40, F +5,R+7,W+6

Spells: 5/7 , 3/4
Electric Ray: 5/6 (+6, 1d6+2)

Sorcerer Spells Known:
DC = 10 + spell level + 3
Cantrips- 6, 1st- 3, 2nd- 1, + 1 bloodline spell
0: Acid Splash, Detect Magic, Read Magic, Dancing Lights, Disrupt Undead, Mage Hand
1: Mage Armor, Magic Missle, Sleep - Burning Hands (electric)
2: Glitterdust

Wand: 50/50

Effects: -

XP: 6,000


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[seandwulf]

Ears looks shocked and then ashamed to hear his friends speaking so callously to the prisoners. With a disapproving tone he says, “We’re being foolish. These two deserve all the aid we can spare! And we’re being foolish by pushing further into the dungeon and NOT clearing behind us. Who knows how many orcs fled, what they’re doing and what we’ve left behind us. We rushed in here, blinded by our desire for orc blood and we continue to be blinded.” With an unhappy sigh, Ears falls silent.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

"Not sure why you rushed in, but I was blinded by my desire not to become a pincushion. That said, I'm fine goin' either direction so long as we keep the drekkin' orcs running every which way."

 

[IronWolf]

"They are innocents, just making sure we do what we can before we chase down the vermin that did this to them." Sabern replies to Auris. "No harm in making sure they have some food whether they decide to venture out on their own or play the ruse of still being their prisoners."

"Them orcs are running for their holes Ears. They had the opportunity to close on us from either side and they ran." Sabern replies. "We have the ones ahead of us on the run as well, but if we give them enough time they will ready themselves for us. Let us move forward and exact justice upon them." Sabern continues as he shoulders his pack again, crossbow in hand with bolt still radiating light.

"Let's head through that north tunnel."

 

[Walking Dad]

Auris

"Give them what you want. And securing our back sounds good in theory, but we can't check every inch for secret doors anyway." Auris says with a a bit disturbing happy voice.

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Auris D'Leroy
AC 18 (T17, FF13), HP 40/40, F +5,R+7,W+6

Spells: 5/7 , 3/4
Electric Ray: 5/6 (+6, 1d6+2)

Sorcerer Spells Known:
DC = 10 + spell level + 3
Cantrips- 6, 1st- 3, 2nd- 1, + 1 bloodline spell
0: Acid Splash, Detect Magic, Read Magic, Dancing Lights, Disrupt Undead, Mage Hand
1: Mage Armor, Magic Missle, Sleep - Burning Hands (electric)
2: Glitterdust

Wand: 50/50

Effects: -

XP: 6,000


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[seandwulf]

Muttering something about doom, Ears prepares to head to the northern tunnel.

 

[HolyMan]

Hapazard stacks of crates, barrels, sacks, and bundles litter this long, narrow cavern. The orcs apperaed to have had some success in their raids of the small settlements and mountain roads in the area. To the north, two finished stone passageways lead east and west; to the south an old well is full of murky water.

A small tunnel in the south wall looks to be the start of another hallway but is unfinished, it goes back further than your light and darkvision can penetrate.

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l l = mountain
l l = shadowy path
l l = path
lWl = Well
... = wooden gate
lxl = crates and barrels
ldl = difficult terrian
lxl = coals burning

L = Lusk
G = Gerlari
S = Sabern
A = Auris
E = Ears
p = prisoners

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[U]Character         HP    AC    In hand/Condition[/U]
Ears              [COLOR=#00ff00]35[/COLOR]    18    s.bow/none
Auris             [COLOR=lime]38    [/COLOR][COLOR=royalblue]20[/COLOR]    wand/mage armor
Gerlari           [COLOR=lime]55[/COLOR]    [COLOR=white]18[/COLOR]    l.bow/none
Lusk              [COLOR=lime]56    [/COLOR][COLOR=white]21[/COLOR]    axe&shield/none
Sabern            40    [COLOR=orange]18 [/COLOR]  c.bow/none

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Gerlari -
Auris -
Ears -
Sabern -
Lusk -
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[Walking Dad]

Auris

"This light conditions are unacceptable. Sabern, can you conjure some magic light to come with us, so I can send my motes down into the darkness?" Auris asks the sun cleric.

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Auris D'Leroy
AC 18 (T17, FF13), HP 40/40, F +5,R+7,W+6

Spells: 5/7 , 3/4
Electric Ray: 5/6 (+6, 1d6+2)

Sorcerer Spells Known:
DC = 10 + spell level + 3
Cantrips- 6, 1st- 3, 2nd- 1, + 1 bloodline spell
0: Acid Splash, Detect Magic, Read Magic, Dancing Lights, Disrupt Undead, Mage Hand
1: Mage Armor, Magic Missle, Sleep - Burning Hands (electric)
2: Glitterdust

Wand: 50/50

Effects: -

XP: 6,000


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[IronWolf]

Sabern ceases to shield the bolt that radiates light from earlier helping shed some additional in the caverns. "I can shoot this bolt to that south passageway and possibly help?"

[sblock=OOC]

Sabern can shoot the bolt he has cast light on, but wanted to give folks a chance to stop him if they would rather remain a bit more stealthy. I am fine with either way.

HM, if no one objects to shooting the bolt to the area that needs more light by the time you are ready to make a GM post, then you can assume I did so.

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