Whirtlestaff's Wizards' Academy Revisited, IC01

[Leif]

The wizards next move to the barracks, ignite the webs there, and once again exterminate all of the trapped hobgoblins. Xavier looks a bit green about the gills, but he is holding up admirably in spite of all the carnage.

OOC: Ok! That should take care of all of the old business, shouldn't it? Ready for a new challenge now?

 

[KerlanRayne]

OOC: Ok! That should take care of all of the old business, shouldn't it? Ready for a new challenge now?

OOC: YES!

IC: "Now that we have eliminated all the known threats, let's go down the stairs to investigate there." Kerlan moves on to the stairs with everyone else. When everyone has their weapons ready Kerlan begins down the stairs, cautiously opening any doors they might come across. He is prepared to cast another Web spell if needed.

 

[Lou]

Xavier

"Now that we have eliminated all the known threats, let's go down the stairs to investigate there." Kerlan moves on to the stairs with everyone else. When everyone has their weapons ready Kerlan begins down the stairs, cautiously opening any doors they might come across. He is prepared to cast another Web spell if needed.

"Shouldn't we check out Thugler's room first for goodies?"

 

[KerlanRayne]

"Shouldn't we check out Thugler's room first for goodies?"

Xavier says this while walking behind Kerlan. Kerlan stops, bows his shaking head and sighs. Turning around he speaks to Xavier.
"There might be people held prisoner down in that dungeon. Do you want to tell them that 'goodies' are more important than their freedom? Besides, the Kobolds said the hobgoblins brought them in through a door to the Underdark in the dungeon. I would rather have that door blocked if possible before I relax around here."

"Tell you what, we can search the bodies of Thugler and the priest for any useful items like scrolls, potions, etc. Anything we can use now they most likely took with them into battle. We can take those items and move on downstairs."

"Trust me, there will be plenty of time to get anything valuable after the keep is secure. OK?"

 

[Leif]

Search of Thugler and the Priest

Searching the bodies of these two yields:

Thugler: A very nice falchion, easily a masterwork weapon and it is engraved with arcane-looking runes along its blade, a normal chain shirt and heavy wooden shield, a potion that is easily determined to be a potion of Cure Moderate Wounds (CL3 [heals 2d8+3], 1 dose), an iron key, and a map.

The Priest: A halfspear, splint mail, a heavy wooden shield, a holy symbol of Gruumsh, 2 potions, a sack with one week's rations, and 22 gp. The potions are determined to be Bull's Strength, CL3, 1 dose, and Cure Light Wounds, CL3 [heals 1d8+3], 1 dose.

OOC: Excellent call to search more, Lou/Xavier! See, this is just the sort of thing that would NOT have happened if Xavier was still being npced. (100 bonus X.P.!)

OOC: It also occurs to you both that, if, in fact, there are any prisoners below, they have already been there for who knows how long, and this operation has so far lasted just a few hours at most. A bit more time, or even another hour, is not likely to make much difference as far as they are concerned.

 

[KerlanRayne]

Searching the bodies of these two yields:

Thugler: A very nice falchion, easily a masterwork weapon and it is engraved with arcane-looking runes along its blade, a normal chain shirt and heavy wooden shield, a potion that is easily determined to be a potion of Cure Moderate Wounds (CL3 [heals 2d8+3], 1 dose), an iron key, and a map.

The Priest: A halfspear, splint mail, a heavy wooden shield, a holy symbol of Gruumsh, 2 potions, a sack with one week's rations, and 22 gp. The potions are determined to be Bull's Strength, CL3, 1 dose, and Cure Light Wounds, CL3 [heals 1d8+3], 1 dose.

Kerlan hands the Cure Light Wounds potion to Manny, the Cure Moderate Wounds potion to Xavier, and the Bull's Strength potion to Tylara, who seems to be one of the more melee capable people among them.
"If we don't use these potions today then we can figure out who gets what another day. For now, let's take a look at this map."

OOC: So, what's on the map?

 

[Leif]

OOC: ROLE-PLAYING XP, while I'm thinking about it

Scotley/Tylara: 100 xp

Mowgli/Manny: 100 xp

(That cuts Kerlan's lead to 50 xp, if memory serves. Kerlan previously received a 150xp role-play bonus wayyy back.) It was a good run, Kerlan, but you had to know that it wouldn't last forever, right?)

And, yes, this and Lou's bonus (100xp) in my last post is done just to equalize xp among the party. I can live with Kerlan having 50 more than the rest of you, can't you also? From now on, I'll try to still award good role-play with bonus xp, but it will be added to the group's total, not individual awards. Therefore, the bonuses may be a bit larger so that you'll be able to notice the impact of the bonus that's been diluted among the whole party, and you'll still have plenty of incentive to WOW me with your awesome role-playing. Everyone is doing a fantastic job so far!

Copying this post to OOC thread, since that's where the xp info belongs. Ooops, shouldn't have been here in the first place.

 

[Scotley]

Tylara

The elf pockets the profered potion. "This slaying of slaying helpless victims disgusts me. Let us make our way down and see if there are any prisoners in need of our help."

 

[Leif]

For now, let's take a look at this map." OOC: So, what's on the map?

The map consists of lines connecting vaious points. Landmarks, such as the River Wren, the Quail River, and the keep you are in, are shown. Interestingly, the lines on the map do not appear to have any relation to the roads that you know exist.

OOC: I'll get the map posted as soon as I'm able?

 

[Lou]

Xavier

"This slaying of slaying helpless victims disgusts me. Let us make our way down and see if there are any prisoners in need of our help."

"So let's just do it not talk about it, okay? Better them than us. Prisoners. My short term memory seems to be..... Yes, lead on, Kerlan."

Xavier looks at the potion and then over to the charred corpses before carefully placing the potion of CSW into an inner pocket for safekeeping. Xavier again readies his light crossbow and moves with the group.