The Forge of Fury

[HolyMan]

OOC: Up it is...

As Hinderpick leads the way up everyone notices the glow of torchlight at the top of the steps, coming from whatever room lies beyond. Everyone also can now hear the tapping of hammer on anvil. Like some tireless force is at a forge.

When Hinderpick gets to the middle of the steps the rock on the left wall starts to move. It swirls and bubbles out till the form of a dwarven mouth (mustache, beard and all) forms. In a deep voice it booms out in dwarven...

"Exotan! Exotan! Exotan!"

[sblock=dwarven]
Intruder! Intruder! Intruder! [/sblock]

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Gerlari trades his Great Axe for his bow, moving along with the others with an arrow knocked.

 

[sunshadow21]

Hinderpick will take his axe in hand, and move quietly up the stairs, watching for whatever the alarm was intended to alert.

 

[IronWolf]

Sabern brings his shield up just a little higher and readjusts his grip on his mace allowing Hunderpick to move more quietly up the steps while waiting to rush to his aid if need be.

 

[Walking Dad]

Auris

Auris reluctantly moves with the others, ready to dodge possible incoming attacks.

[sblock=OOC]
Move: move
standard: Defense

active spell: Mage Armor

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Auris D'Leroy
AC 18 (T17, FF13), HP 48/48, F +5,R+7,W+6

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

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

Wand: 49/50

Effects: -

XP: 10,296


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[HolyMan]

As the party tops the steps and enters the dimly lit room...

You find a mighty dwarven hall, fully 100 feet in length and 50 feet wide, lined with ten great pillars carved into fantastic images - giants and dragons straining to support the massive vaulted ceiling, thirty feet above. Guttering orange torches set in scones 10 feet above the floor illuminate the room, and a mighty throne sits on a dais at the opposite end. The walls were once covered with tiled frescoes, but these are long gone, smashed into tiny fragments and replaced by Orcish graffiti. You can see five doors, not counting the one you are standing in.

A small fire smolders on the floor in front of the dais, and a half dozen sleeping pallets lay empty there, surrounded by packs and supplies. Hammers ring on iron somewhere beyond the doors to the south.

Suddenly a harsh voice calls from the shadows of the pillars: "Go back the way you came! This is the only warning you'll get!"

The voice speaks common but has a diffident dwarven roughness about it.

[sblock=OOC] Post actions and roll INIT in case things go poorly.[/sblock]

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Gerlari rubs a thumb absently over the string of his bow but holds his peace, content to let his friends - who are far more subtle than he - do the talking here while he holds himself ready to back them up.

 

[Walking Dad]

Auris

"The voice cannot be able to do much, or there would be much less Orcish graffiti around here." Auris notes as he sends out his electric motes to lighten the room..

[sblock=OOC]

standard: Casting Dancing lights

active spell: Mage Armor

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Auris D'Leroy
AC 18 (T17, FF13), HP 48/48, F +5,R+7,W+6

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

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

Wand: 49/50

Effects: -

XP: 10,296


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[IronWolf]

Sabern moves cautiously up the steps, but keeps quiet as he determines if there really are dwarves here Hinderpick may be the best to speak to them unless things begin going poorly.

[sblock=OOC]
init: 11

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[sunshadow21]

"I come to see that ancient tools and wisdom are once more able to shape this world." HInderpick replies in Dwarven while holding his axe in a defensive posture.