Navi's eyes would go wide in reaction to Corum's reaction, then she'd stifle a laugh. "So, do we still want to try investing this tunnel?" She already started backing away a little.
[OOC: Was hoping to use it to potentially clean away/blow away sand to see if there was an indention of a passageway or door or something, but the hole would cancel the need of the spell.]
Ulrich responds, "Hmmm, well if it smells that rancid, could it be the smell of dead bodies rotting? Potentially the lair of our alpha we have been searching for. We are here for adventure, i saw we venture in."
"I'm definitely not against it. I say we go on in!" Georges said with excitement, grinning widely. "But, about that air problem. Do you think there could be something... rotting in there? I'm a bit squeamish when it comes to dead things. Or undead things, for that matter."
Navi would nod with a shrug, unable to argue with the point made that it could be the den they're looking for. "A'ight. But will we be able teh see with a stench so strong it makes ya cry? I ain't got no fancy tricks teh fight blinding fart gas."
Navi would put up a finger as if to say, ‘oh hang on’. She’d reach back to dig through her belongings to pull out one of her torches and light it using her flint and tinder. She’d approach the tunnel cautiously, holding the torch as far away from herself as she could. She’d pause before the torch would touch the acrid airflow, “Aye, I hate teh be the childish one here, but I feel like I’mma ‘bout to light up the biggest fart ye ever did see...” She’d clear her throat and look to her party members. “One of ye can watch it go down and let us know what ye see.” And she’d lob it into the opening.
The torch falls, and falls, to a depth which you would guess to be 60 ft. For a moment, it seems it would go out. As the fire rests against the floor below, it begins to spark in flashes of flame and becomes obscured as a column of smoke begins to rise from the floor below. As you watch, the fire seems to be spreading as it feeds (probably) on sticks and needles which have fallen to the floor far below. As the light and smoke grow, you begin to hear high pitched squeals of indignation emanating from the cavern below.
"Ut oh," as Ulrich backs up and then lays down on the ground, "ummm, that torch might have disturbed the current occupants, not sure if they are able to fly or not, but the torch fell about 60'."
Corum looks around and puts his finger to his nose Uh, in the old tradition of my village, Nose Goes. In all seriousness Ulrich can you use that prestiwhatsit to make a noise of something in the tunnel and try to draw them out even more?
Navi would nod, accepting the fact that they just nonchalantly started a fire in what could be an ancient building. “I bet there are scholars turning over in their graves right now.” She’d place her hands on her hips and watch the smoke climb up into the air. “For future reference. Did any of ye have a light spell?”
Georges quickly nodded in agreement with Corum, quickly backing away from the tunnel. "Good thinking, Corum. Ulrich, you can figure that out yourself, right? I'm just... you know.... gonna help you from over here." He quickly made an excuse and nodded to Ulrich.
"Ah, I do have a light spell, though. I just need something to attach it to." he said, responding to Navi.
Bren nods in agreement. "Yeah, that may have been smarter. In the future, one of the two of us could probably handle that for you. What's done is done, now. Everyone be ready!" The cleric stands at the mouth of hole with Ulrich, readying a Sacred Flame in case the screamers make themselves visible.
Edit: Changing held spell to a spell I actually know. Need to check my sheet more often!
Ulrich has an idea, and crawls over to the lip of the hole and stares inside to see if he can see anything and depending on what he sees will decide on an action.
"Yup. Just makin' a mental note to get one of ye to 'light' the torch instead." She would chuckle. As the others get serious in anticipation for a fight, Navi would get excited. She'd hop up and down, getting herself a little pumped before pulling out her shield and axe. "The smoke and ash could work to our advantage? Maybe help me see the suckers this time!" Navi would finally steady herself front and center, shield at the ready and axe in hand.
OCC: I am assuming you dropped the "light" pen.. now we shall see if it is mightier than the saber... (for future reference, you can always use a stick, or stone, or bone but never a name)
As the pen drops the bright light disturbs the inhabitants even more. Squeals turn to streetches of anger and there is a mighty fluttering of wings. As the pen nears the bottom, you see that the cave's bottom is like an off-center concave. Light reflects here and there from pools of water.
You can determine little else, as the light begins to wink in and out, and the sound of wings booms and echoes in the chamber.
Driven mad from the smoke, flying creatures (about the size of ravens) burst upward and out of the cavern like a cork from a bottle. Their frenzied protest at the light reach new heights in sound.
Through the flapping of wings, they are no creature you have seen before. 3 ft. leathery (bat-like) wings support a lizard's body about the same size as a raven, with a long frilled, and a sharp, carnivorous mouth, and clawed hind legs tucked underneath.
As one the swarm rises and turn back downwards toward you.
Swarm Initiative: 20
For anyone trying to picture this. Think of a 2ft Nightfury from "How to tame a dragon", but it has batlike wings (thus the front appendages are part of the wing, a more alligator like mouth, and the frill it uses for flying is much larger in relation to the body.
PHEW!!! That air is rotten friends! be careful. He steps back waving a hand in front of his face, wiping at his eyes.
Navi's eyes would go wide in reaction to Corum's reaction, then she'd stifle a laugh. "So, do we still want to try investing this tunnel?" She already started backing away a little.
just an unstable unicorn.
[OOC: Was hoping to use it to potentially clean away/blow away sand to see if there was an indention of a passageway or door or something, but the hole would cancel the need of the spell.]
Ulrich responds, "Hmmm, well if it smells that rancid, could it be the smell of dead bodies rotting? Potentially the lair of our alpha we have been searching for. We are here for adventure, i saw we venture in."
"I'm definitely not against it. I say we go on in!" Georges said with excitement, grinning widely. "But, about that air problem. Do you think there could be something... rotting in there? I'm a bit squeamish when it comes to dead things. Or undead things, for that matter."
Navi would nod with a shrug, unable to argue with the point made that it could be the den they're looking for. "A'ight. But will we be able teh see with a stench so strong it makes ya cry? I ain't got no fancy tricks teh fight blinding fart gas."
just an unstable unicorn.
So you are going down? How?
"ALWAYS GIVE A MONSTER AN EVEN BREAK!"
1st Edition DMG
Corum looks down the tunnel, Do we have any torches or anything we can throw down it with light so we know how far of a drop it is?
Navi would put up a finger as if to say, ‘oh hang on’. She’d reach back to dig through her belongings to pull out one of her torches and light it using her flint and tinder. She’d approach the tunnel cautiously, holding the torch as far away from herself as she could. She’d pause before the torch would touch the acrid airflow, “Aye, I hate teh be the childish one here, but I feel like I’mma ‘bout to light up the biggest fart ye ever did see...” She’d clear her throat and look to her party members. “One of ye can watch it go down and let us know what ye see.” And she’d lob it into the opening.
just an unstable unicorn.
Hopefully this does not turn out to be too interesting, Ulrich thinks as he watches the torch fall into the hole.
The torch falls, and falls, to a depth which you would guess to be 60 ft. For a moment, it seems it would go out. As the fire rests against the floor below, it begins to spark in flashes of flame and becomes obscured as a column of smoke begins to rise from the floor below. As you watch, the fire seems to be spreading as it feeds (probably) on sticks and needles which have fallen to the floor far below. As the light and smoke grow, you begin to hear high pitched squeals of indignation emanating from the cavern below.
"ALWAYS GIVE A MONSTER AN EVEN BREAK!"
1st Edition DMG
"Ut oh," as Ulrich backs up and then lays down on the ground, "ummm, that torch might have disturbed the current occupants, not sure if they are able to fly or not, but the torch fell about 60'."
Corum looks around and puts his finger to his nose Uh, in the old tradition of my village, Nose Goes. In all seriousness Ulrich can you use that prestiwhatsit to make a noise of something in the tunnel and try to draw them out even more?
Navi would nod, accepting the fact that they just nonchalantly started a fire in what could be an ancient building. “I bet there are scholars turning over in their graves right now.” She’d place her hands on her hips and watch the smoke climb up into the air. “For future reference. Did any of ye have a light spell?”
just an unstable unicorn.
Georges quickly nodded in agreement with Corum, quickly backing away from the tunnel. "Good thinking, Corum. Ulrich, you can figure that out yourself, right? I'm just... you know.... gonna help you from over here." He quickly made an excuse and nodded to Ulrich.
"Ah, I do have a light spell, though. I just need something to attach it to." he said, responding to Navi.
Bren nods in agreement. "Yeah, that may have been smarter. In the future, one of the two of us could probably handle that for you. What's done is done, now. Everyone be ready!" The cleric stands at the mouth of hole with Ulrich, readying a Sacred Flame in case the screamers make themselves visible.
Edit: Changing held spell to a spell I actually know. Need to check my sheet more often!
Officially Joined the Expanded Signature Club
Will be on Hiatus: Currently Clear
Ulrich has an idea, and crawls over to the lip of the hole and stares inside to see if he can see anything and depending on what he sees will decide on an action.
Perception: 8
[OOC: Argh!]
"Yup. Just makin' a mental note to get one of ye to 'light' the torch instead." She would chuckle. As the others get serious in anticipation for a fight, Navi would get excited. She'd hop up and down, getting herself a little pumped before pulling out her shield and axe. "The smoke and ash could work to our advantage? Maybe help me see the suckers this time!" Navi would finally steady herself front and center, shield at the ready and axe in hand.
Perception: 15
just an unstable unicorn.
Corum pulls up his hood, grabs his daggers and tries to fond a spot close to the tunnel so he can hide
Stealth 18
OCC: I am assuming you dropped the "light" pen.. now we shall see if it is mightier than the saber... (for future reference, you can always use a stick, or stone, or bone but never a name)
As the pen drops the bright light disturbs the inhabitants even more. Squeals turn to streetches of anger and there is a mighty fluttering of wings. As the pen nears the bottom, you see that the cave's bottom is like an off-center concave. Light reflects here and there from pools of water.
You can determine little else, as the light begins to wink in and out, and the sound of wings booms and echoes in the chamber.
Driven mad from the smoke, flying creatures (about the size of ravens) burst upward and out of the cavern like a cork from a bottle. Their frenzied protest at the light reach new heights in sound.
Through the flapping of wings, they are no creature you have seen before. 3 ft. leathery (bat-like) wings support a lizard's body about the same size as a raven, with a long frilled, and a sharp, carnivorous mouth, and clawed hind legs tucked underneath.
As one the swarm rises and turn back downwards toward you.
Swarm Initiative: 20
For anyone trying to picture this. Think of a 2ft Nightfury from "How to tame a dragon", but it has batlike wings (thus the front appendages are part of the wing, a more alligator like mouth, and the frill it uses for flying is much larger in relation to the body.
"ALWAYS GIVE A MONSTER AN EVEN BREAK!"
1st Edition DMG
Initiative 17