Warriors Of The Coast

[Brogarn]

Quiet! Skarg hisses at the others. Someone's coming...

He then aims his hand crossbow at the hole and waits.

 

[Velmont]

Jango falls silent and quietly move behind Skrag, sheating his sword, prefer having the wand in one hand and his other hand ready to cast a spell if needed.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Khalia and Ari stand over the pirate making final decisons on whether to heal him or not heal him, tie him up or leave him untied... when Taviss hears from within the tent Skarghash's barely-audible voice say...

"Quiet! Someone's coming..."

 

[James Heard]

[sblock=Nelson: ]You spend a few minutes examining the rod and the symbols and runes on the door. The rod has written on the side in draconic the phrase "Open all that are touched", and the shard on the end of it you believe is an Eberron dragonshard. The door's symbol are mainly all warnings about going through the portal, and you suspect that the symbol in the center of the door with the chalk circle around it is an arcane lock of some kind. You would guess that the pirates have already tried using this rod on this door, as the map you found previously seemed to indicate that another door down here had been able to be breached using the rod.

You continue your inspection for a few more minutes when suddenly something catches your eye. [Spot check: TN 20 / 16+5=21 *success*] The design of the symbol outlined in chalk also seems to appear three more times... but these are at the midpoints of the door on THE WALL rather than on the door. These three designs are not as prominent as the center symbol, and they are kind of hidden amongst other carvings that outline the wall around the door. But as you get closer, you definitely can trace out the same center symbol in the midst of the carvings on the three sides around the door. If these symbols weren't found by the pirates (and the chalk outline only on the center leads you to believe they weren't), then perhaps there was more than one lock in place on this door and they didn't disarm all of them?[/sblock]

[sblock=DM: ]Nelson shakes his head in disgust. Apparently Captain Gimpy can't find any better help than he. Urging himself back to his task, the young bard tried to use the handy rod to unlock the locks.

Sometimes I just wish I had half the talent for larceny that I'm given credit for...[/sblock]

 

[DEFCON 1]

[sblock=Nelson: ]You take the rod and touch the dragonshard to the three outer symbols... each of which begins to glow a light blue. You then bring the shard to bear on the center symbol and when you press the rod to it, you hear the loud sliding and grinding of rock against rock from behind the portal, then as the portal itself begins to glow white, it slides straight down into the tunnel floor, making a HUGE racket. When it finally finishes grinding and sliding out of sight, you see a dark tunnel continue off into the blackness.

It doesn't take a scientist knowledgeable in sound travel to know that if ANYONE was down in the tunnels... there's no way in hell anyone missed hearing all of this. You expect at least one person will be coming back to this room in a matter of moments. The question is... wait for them to arrive and then continue the bluff, or take off down the tunnel and deal with whatever might be down there that someone tried so hard to lock in?[/sblock]

 

[DEFCON 1]

[sblock=Skarghash & Jango: ]As you wait, the sounds of the footsteps get nearer, then you hear what you suspect is the sounds of feet on the ladder climbing up. A quick glance of the top of the ladder out of the hole confirms your suspicions as you can see it move and jiggle with each step up.

You then begin to hear a voice coming up from the hole. "Of all the stupid... ugh!" The sounds of heavy, strained breathing break up each line. "Pointless... nggh... so pointless... we're through the door... hurrr... we don't need the stupid fire... ugh... anymore... mmm... dumb, dumb, dumb... nnmnn..."

You both can tell that this is the voice of the same pirate that checked the fire tower. It must be an hour since he checked it last and is going back to check it again. It is a matter of seconds before his head will pop out of the hole.[/sblock]

 

[drothgery]

Khalia and Ari stand over the pirate making final decisons on whether to heal him or not heal him, tie him up or leave him untied... when Taviss hears from within the tent Skarghash's barely-audible voice say...

Khalia puts another bolt in her crossbow, and turns back to face the tent.

 

[stonegod]

Ari, still vexed at the lack of traction on the prisoner, almost curses loudly when Taviss whispers the warning. Drawing his sword quietly, he prepares to be ready to burst in if called.

 

[James Heard]

[sblock=Nelson: ]You take the rod and touch the dragonshard to the three outer symbols... each of which begins to glow a light blue. You then bring the shard to bear on the center symbol and when you press the rod to it, you hear the loud sliding and grinding of rock against rock from behind the portal, then as the portal itself begins to glow white, it slides straight down into the tunnel floor, making a HUGE racket. When it finally finishes grinding and sliding out of sight, you see a dark tunnel continue off into the blackness.

It doesn't take a scientist knowledgeable in sound travel to know that if ANYONE was down in the tunnels... there's no way in hell anyone missed hearing all of this. You expect at least one person will be coming back to this room in a matter of moments. The question is... wait for them to arrive and then continue the bluff, or take off down the tunnel and deal with whatever might be down there that someone tried so hard to lock in?[/sblock]

[sblock=DM: ]
Well, that was a little more climactic than I was planning, Nelson thought to himself as he quickly gathered up food and a lantern, and began to wander down into the tunnel.

Dead or useless, I suppose I better get to the bottom of this one way or another.

Ouch, a pun!

Nelson chuckled to himself, nervously sliding into the darkness of the newly opened tunnel.[/sblock]

 

[Velmont]

[SBLOCK=Inside the tent]Jango whispers to Skrag ears, with teh lowest voice he can. "Alive for questioning?"[/SBLOCK]