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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 7312591" data-attributes="member: 9255">THE HIDDEN: BEYOND NEW WATER08  EXPLORE THE HIDDENSEGMENT 158“MAP 27    A-P & MAP 13  11 ”11/27/17BARRAKAS   5, 1000“What do you see Feldrix?” asks Tyson.“A… Bridge… over… caves,”“Also a door to the right.” Adds Zig as he steps up.“Lets try the door.” Offers Ayur.  She is tired.   They need to locate a place to rest soon.The door is locked but Ayur easily opens it.  Behind this door is a second door.  Ayur goes directly to it without checking for traps this time.  Electrical energy goes thru her and several others as a trap is triggered.Beyond the trapped door is a large room with an abandoned camp.  The camp sleeping rolls suggest two small and three medium sized sleepers.They look around without disturbing the camp.   Ayur believes the fact the camp was made but not used is a bad sign.  Kyr believes it was made for them (by dad).Ignoring a stature beyond the room, they look that way and find a flooded hallway.“Lets sleep at the camp.” BARRAKAS   6, 1000As normal, Feldrix watches over the group as they sleep.The thought of walking in water with no idea how deep it is or if there are things dangerous within it deter the group from going that way.  Instead they go to the bridge.  They are cautious as they pass through the doors again.  The electrical trap has not been reset.As usual, Feldrix takes the lead with Ayur.  Kyr and Zig in the middle and Tyson following the four.  They begin onto the bridge and find it stands over two deep holes.  They cannot see much within the holes as they cross.  Zig, still looking to prove himself, wants to go into the holes to explore.  Before he gets far with his case, something drops from the dark ceiling above them.  A Cloaker!A terrible moaning sound erupts and several members of the team feel ill.  Feldrix, undaunted by this affect, charges the aberration and strikes at it.  As the creature attempts to grapple him, Ayur and Kyr attack it.During this conflict Zig pulls out his rope and begins to search for an anchor point.  This is most likely why Ayur is knocked over the edge as she saw the Changeling’s actions.  The cloaker is killed and now the team looks to retrieve the half-elf defender.  Zig has found an anchor and begins to go down.  Unlike her, Zig has a light source and begins to see there are things down here within the hole.Zig spots a mass of brightly colored shiny beetles.  Going to the mass he spots a skeletal form under them.  The skull has a snout with sharp teeth.  ( ½ Dragon)  Knocking the beetles aside, he also finds a magical long sword.  Swinging it about him, it lights up with flames.   He takes it as an improvement over his current sword.  He then collects several colors of beetles.Not wanting to be left out of the fun, Kyr climbs down the rope also.  He collects beetles also.  His added activity alerts some other creatures within the hole of new visitors.  A swarm of Dire Rats come out of holes in the wall near Ayur.  They go after Zig and Kyr mainly.  Kyr is bitten by a rat and unknown to him, he is infected with Filth Fever.Once these creatures are defeated, Kyr looks about once more and finds a small chest.  Kyr tries to break the lock and doesn’t (crit 1).  Ayur tries to unlock it but Kyr’s attempt has damaged it.  Zig melts it with acid.Within it is many coins and a ten inch sculpture of a fiendish frog like creature.  Kyr can sense magic coming from it and wants it.  Ayur will not allow him to have it.  She keeps it.As they leave, they cross over a section of running water.  There is a “man-made” water system here that rises then falls back into the ground.“Lets go” declares Tyson.</blockquote>

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