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(YBA) Drax in Wicht's Lair

Drax fells the man, who with a look of surprise on his face, collapses to the ground.

Drax gains 1.5 experience points

There are also two daggers, two normal swords and one master-work blade (+2 to sword attacks) all told.
 

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Drax loots the bodies and closes the young mans eyes. He then moves to shake the thug he first downed.
"Where are you coming from? Where was this sword stolen?"
 

As Drax tries to pry information from the man, he realizes he is dead. The hilt of his sword, on the last blow, must have smashed something important in the man's face. the other man is also dead.

If you want to leave them alive you have to say so during the attack itself. Otherwise the default assumption is you are striking to kill ;)
 

Hmm... I'll have to remember that. I just thought they wouldn't die 'cause they didn't take multihit hits, just like chars. I'll just have to remember that they're just NPCs.
"Bah! I'll have to pull my punches next time."
Drax makes sure his new belongings are in place and will stay that way.
"I think I've been pushing it for long enough..."
He heads for the entrance to the Tomb of Wicht.
 

Are you heading for the tomb of Wicht or the northern exit from the cemetery?

I assumed the northern exit, but then, re-reading your post, I couldn't make up my mind.
 


Ah ok. I wasn't sure if you meant tomb as in TOMB or tomb as in LAIR. ;) But once I think about it, you guys never did hit either yet so.... forget I said anything :D

Drax remembers faintly seeing a huge tomb on the very western end of the cemetery. Figuring the largest tomb must be Wicht's he heads off that way...

As he walks, however he recalls the words of the Ancient Masters who gave him the key to get in the cemetery. They said that in order to enter the lair, one had to pass through the cemetery...

The cemetery seems very quiet as Drax walks westward, passing other tombs and, of course, the multitude of gravestones. At last he reaches a huge tree, from which, silently, bodies are swinging, hung by their necks. Going west from here he sees a well ahead of him. Reaching the well he observes that north of him, is a road heading north, passing by an ornately decorated crypt. west of him there is no path, but nevertheless there is a huge tomb here. It is the size of a palace. There is a columned porch and two massive double doors behind the columns. Above the columns, Are engraved the words, The Tomb of Wicht, May He Rest in peace Forever.
 

The entrance I've used to enter the cemetary was in the south, right?
Now this is problematic... to heed what the Ancient Masters said and head north, or to go to such an obvious place like that....
Wait a second! The actual Tomb was to be underground, that one is pretty much over it. Maybe I'll check what's in the north before going in.

Drax goes to examine the northern parts of the cemetary to see if this tomb he sees is actually the Tomb of Wicht.
 

Correct, you entered from the south. You know from prior experience that the main path runs from a gate on the south side of the cemetery to a gate on the north side.

The cemetery is a very large place on the inside. Drax heads north and after passing the ornate tomb he saw (decorated with roses and wolves), he hits an east west path that he recognizes and sees north of him the tomb in which he fought the vampire. Heading around this, Drax sees the cemetery fence, running east and curving away to the southwest. Following the fence for a while, Drax goes down hill and up and then downhill again until he is eventually back at the place close to where he fought the werewolf. A little bit further along the fence brings him to the northern gate.

The gate is in a dip between two hills and east of him he sees a steep hill rising south, (the fence running straight east at the base of the incline) atop of which are the back of tombs. There seem to be holes dug into the side of the hill, like giant rat or snake holes, just below the tombs.

On the other side of the gate, the ground is cemented, but it is hard for some reason to make out details.
 


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