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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greyhawk" data-source="post: 3138996" data-attributes="member: 40355">Ofter the Temple Battle"My name is Rodger," says the man in the cell, "I was you know, seeing if any opportunities were to be had.  C'mon, get me outta here will ya"Beltain moves along and looks South "In a moment" Beltain tells the man in the cell, "I need to check that the coast is clear.""HELP>>>HELP>>>DONT LEAVE ME HERE!" Roger calls after him."So Roger" asks Beltain, "Just what is your calling?  And tell the truth if you want to get out of here!  Right now we could do with some expertise on opening locks"Rodger replies to Beltain "Well, I was thinking about becoming a..um..rogue I think you call them...don't think I'll bother now - to bloody dangerous"Fen takes out a dagger and slits open a cocoon to see what is inside "C'mon people. We got bodies to loot and armour and weapons to salvage. Alright, it's poncy Drow <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=":)" /><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=":)" /><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=":)" /><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=":)" /> with wouldn't draw blood from a bloated leech, but someone will buy it.""Beltain, can you make some o' these dead walk long enough to carry the loot out  o' here? They're only dark elves, so I don't suppose it will trouble your conscience?"Beltain blushes "I am not yet strong enough to raise the dead, Feng and even if I was, that is an unworthy use of my deity's spell.  All I can offer is the assistance of this would-be thief.  Don't trust him an inch!" Belatin answers.Feng slits open a couple of the cocoons.  One of the corpses is indeed Drow..infact Feng recognises it as Amandrukil, the drow wizard.  The other corpse is human, a poor peasant by the looks of it.After he has examined the cocoon he moves back to Destra, "Take alook at these.  So we heading back towards the duegar then" he produces the Draegolth's head and claws.Rizzit grins "You ready to kick some stumpy ass bud?" he says to FengFeng is not distracted "What the <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=":)" /><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=":)" /><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=":)" /><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=":)" /> was this and are there any more o' these around?" he asks the priestess. I'm always ready for a fight. Dark Elves, Dark Dwarves, anything. Mighty Feng can kill even the stones of the earth."Rizzit sighs "Bag up the treasure, secure those prisoners and lets go, there's some hero'in to be done"Feng and Rizzit begin to strip the fallen drow of valuables.  Meanwhile, Limara continues to question Destra..."The chest is not trapped...its not even locked" shrugs Destra.Limara asks: "What do you know of the disappearance of Tilverton ? "Destra looks puzzled "Nothing, what is Tilverton?"Limara continues "What is the inspiration behind the attacks on Cormyr's towns by Orcs and their allies? Who is backing them and do you know which town will be next?"Destra shrugs, "The Drow empire has nothing to do with the orc attacks on Cormyr, although we did view it favourably""Is it true that lolth is Still silent?" Limara persists "Do you know why?  How many Lolth followers are left and are there any plans to attack the Kairanselee traitors at the Underdark city of the spider queen, which incidentally has been attacked since they left."Destra looks annoyed "Yes, my lady is still silent...but there must be a reason.  SHE HAS NOT FORSAKEN US!!!"  Destra calms herself "I'm sure there are many followers of the queen...scattered through the underdark, but the worshippers of Kiaransalee are massing, who knows what their dark plans entail." She looks at Limara "Where did you say was attacked?  Which city?  Who attacked?"Limara continues with the questions "You say that there is a path from the mithril mines to the Underdark that also leads to the duergar settlement,  What information can you give us about the duergars numbers and strengths. Is this the route you will take ?""The Duergar settlement is about a days travel through the Underdark," destra relies "There are many tunnels, I will not go anywhere near them.  There are many dangerous creatures in the underdark, and the dwarves have allies, strange creatures made of stone.  I would suggest you do not entertain going near their settlement... if you value your lives.  Besides, unless you know where you are going, you will surely get lost""It is strange that you keep a human prisoner" Limara says indicating the cell to the South "What value is he to you?""Mere pleasure" says Destra with an evil smile "He was to be tortured and fed to the spiders.  The other creatures the barbarian mentioned, the Draegloth, They are created by the unholy union between an ascending high priestess of the drow goddess Lolth and a glabrezu.  No, there are no more here"She stops and looks at Limara "I have answered your questions...no?"Beltain unlocks the door and takes Roger North, to Limara.  Then he turns to Destra "Priestess, I have a further question" he says in a tight voice "You seem to have answered Limara's questions fairly and I will not stand in the way of freeing you.  It seems that, for the moment at least, we have a common cause against your fellows, most of whom have recanted from the worship of the spider queen.  We will never be friends or even trust each other enough to be considered allies but perhaps we might be able to work to a common purpose?  If you could feed us information out of the underdark, perhaps we could work together to confound their plans.  If you agree," he adds with a laugh "And persuade us that you would deal truthfully with us, then, if my fellows agree, we would allow you to select from the common weapons and armour" he indicates the items on the male drow "Which would give you a better chance of returning quickly and safely to your fellows"Beltain turns to Limara and leaves the priestess time to consider the proposal.  "Princess" he asks her "Have you determined where if anywhere the valuables from this area are held.  So far we have found no gold coin or gem and not a scrap of mitheral though these mines appear to be well worked.  I do not understand the tongue of the underdark so it may be that these questions have been already asked" he raises a quizzical eyebrow.While waiting for the answer he turns to Roger "Go and help Feng with his task.  Obey him in every way and do not attempt to steal from us.  Feng has a short way with thieves and you might find yourself with less body parts if you try anything""Let's go guys," complains Rizzit "I think we are done with this mess, lets go and explore further.  Also there is that very small tunnel we passed on the way here, we never found what was down that".  In the distance Coleridge snores gently in his sleep zzzz *whistle* zzzzz *whistle* zzzzzBeltain goes into the drow priestess's room and to test her truthfulness opens the chest, which he assumes isn't locked."No Beltain I have not asked about their valuables ..." Limara responds coldly "But as we have two comrades to raise, I shall ask.."Shwe turns and addresses Destra..."Indeed you have.. Where are the kiaranselee scum massing ? can you show me on these maps ? " she shows Destra the maps of the underdark.."Feng, bind her mouth... don't cut her tongue out or the Purple knights wont be able to question her... and you won't get as big a reward then. If we keep her in a coma, she is harmless." She pauses and then continues, "... Think on this my muscle-bound killing machine, if you take a fully functioning Drow priestess back to the purple knights your reputation will shoot sky high, The Order of the Initiative will be a force to be noticed. I have no doubt that the better our reputation is the better our reception will be at Suzail"After looking in the chest Beltain will scan the room and take any paperwork that may be around, he then pauses and scans the priestess room for magic emanations.  If there are none he moves outside and scans the altar and Stone Spider areas.Limara then picks up the two potions and puts them in one of the side pockets of her backpack, all the time carefully watching Destra."Hmm, there may be something in what you say. But I don't want her in a coma. She is more use to me alive and, ahem able. And not only will she be fully functioning, she'll be broken in, too.  Just a quick question - how have you squared letting this crazy sadistic bitch go free with your sense of honour?  I'm not really bothered, but doubtless she will kill again.  Still, it certainly won't be me - She faces me with a naked blade and she is a very dead and messy drow, indeed." Feng smiles at Destra "But I'm sure the bitch knows this."Destra replies "These maps will mean nothing to an up-worlder..the underdark is immense.  But, i can point you in the right direction to the worshippers of Kiaransalee.  There is a crypt, The dordrien crypts i believe it is known to up-worlders.  It is situated near a up-worlder city, Dagger Falls.  Below the crypt is a drow settlement Sith Morcane"Beltain opens the chest in Destra's room.  It is not locked or trapped.  Inside is: 1000gp, 2 Vials of Drow poison, Amandrukils Spellbook (Wizard).  Beltain then casts detect magic in the room, but it finds nothing.  He moves out and scans the alter and the statue areas..again, nothing is detected.Feng loots the unconscious body of Kaellara, she wears MW plate mail.  She has no other items of interest although the barbarian's search does linger over certain parts of the body.Feng turns away "Roger - lets take a look upstairs."The fight in the temple is enough to raise Feng and Coleridge to the next level of experience.</blockquote>

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