World's Largest Dungeon

[InVinoVeritas]

Thorg, bringing up the rear of the group, rushes as best he can over to the orc, ready to give assistance.

 

[wmasters]

"Hmm... oh dear." mutters Aswan as he sees the orc.

"Is he dead?" he asks Carolina as she goes over to the body.

Aswan looks over the rest of the room as Carolina and Thorg go to the orc, curious to find anything that might have caused any injury.

 

[Kafkonia]

Sadly, the orc appears quite dead. Carolina can see that there are several puncture marks, each about the size of a fingernail, on his neck, arms, and legs, with each such mark surrounded by several smaller ones. Judging by the position of his body between the doors and the fact that one arm is stretched out in the direction of the room the party just came from, it looks like he may have been trying to crawl through this room when he passed on.

Looking about the room, Aswan notices a broken spear lying amongst the mess, just a few feet from the deceased orc. The shaft has shattered, leaving it more or less useless.

[SBLOCK=OOC]Carolina Spot check 8+5=13, Aswan Search check 18+3=21[/SBLOCK]

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

"Well, I suppose this means we will be meeting the 'scaly ones' shortly. This should be interesting!"

 

[Boddynock]

"What are these scaly ones, anyway?" asks the swordsman with some frustration. He looks around the room carefully, holding up his dagger to search the ceiling as well as the floor and walls.

 

[wmasters]

Aswan disgards the broken spear shaft, "I guess it won't be long before we find out. Hopefully we'll have a more civilised relationship than it looks like these orcs managed."

 

[Boddynock]

[sblock=OOC]Now, if there are a lot of doors - a lot of doors - then it would be a good idea to define a protocol for door-opening. It'll save us a huge amount of time if we don't have to wait for everybody to post in a mundane, repetitive task like opening a door with due caution.

Based on this door:

• Carolina listens at the door.
• Carolina searches for traps.
• If necessary, Carolina disables any traps.
• If necessary, Carolina opens any locks.
• Carolina steps back, bringing her crossbow to bear.
• Jerolan pushes the door open, makes an initial assessment of risk, steps through and to the left and makes a more complete risk assessment.
• If necessary, Jerolan takes action to deal with any risk.
• Aswan steps through and to the right.
• Thorg stands ready to come to Jerolan's aid if necessary.
• Baeril has a spell readied in case of attack.

What do you think?

'Nock[/sblock]

 

[wmasters]

What would be Aswan's action?

OOC: Sounds like a good idea to me. Aswan would probably not be far behind Jerolan.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

OOC: Sounds perfect to me.

 

[industrygothica]

ooc: works for me. I reckon that nimble fingers feat is looking appropriate.