The man in front of Joren hesitates, and then snarls, "You think you can call my bluff? I would be a joy for me to send the lot of us to Razmus right here and right now. But duty calls, so I suggest you let me walk awa-" he flinches as a ghostly image flashes past him. "Wha-" Before he has a chance to do or say anything more, the flat of a broadsword smashes across the back of his head and he falls forward limply.
Ashley sighs heavily as she is again faced with choices. She likes making a choice and run with it, consequences be damned, but now there are others involved and she is hating this! As she sees one of the cultists run from the left tunnel to the right and realizes Joren is most likely down the left tunnel and she knows she can’t just leave him to face whatever it is he is facing.
She turns toward the one she can see and raises her arm to waist high, spreading her fingers and leaning towards the man, casts Maximilian’s Earthen Grasp
(DC STR save 12, going to wait to see if this works before making her movements)
Joren immediately wants to chase the rat messenger. But first he unclasps the necklace of ears from the fallen cultist and takes his dagger, crossbow and any other weapons he has. He suddenly realizes his plan to light the little rat ears on fire with a torch so he can hear the squeaking of a fleeing rat in agony is missing a key ingredient - a damned torch! He had lost his entire pack other than his water skin in that first explosion! He needs Ashley to light the ears on fire (again)!
He shouts back "Ashley, being careful please! Knocking out the final man I have, but almost poisoning me was a cave of blue moss first - face to be covering and breath to be holding better when you are going through. The last cultist was sending a rat messenger on and we have to be finding it. When you can be getting past the second man, please come here and be using your flames to ignite the little ears on this necklace so I can be hearing the rat squeaking and catch it!"
In the meantime, he holds the necklace as he searches for the rat, saying "stop" and "come back" (not shouting) into the rat ear necklace in his best imitation of the cultists' accent.
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Grabbing the hand offered and hoisting himself to his feet, Silas chances a glance toward Marion trying to determine her sincerity.
Insight if needed. 4 (he will be wary by default)
"You're wrong, I owe you all a great deal of thanks. As well as an explanation, when we have more time and are better situated." He speaks clearly enough with the intent that Samir and Malachi would also hear.
He waits for the group to move first before following on
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Malachi breathes a sigh of relief as Marion restores a bit of the goliath’s health. He sees Samir grab the strange orb that caused the darkness and realizes that they have done all they can here. He nods at Silas’ remarks “Yes, when there is more time. Right now, Ashley and Joren may need our help. There are at least four enemies ahead of us. We must hurry.”
Malachi sets off down the tunnel to rejoin the others.
Athletics: 14.
Athletics: 5.
Spending most of his time in the merchant wards or the noble courts of the twin cities, Malachi was not well suited for a chase through underground tunnels, but he does his best.
The man notices Ashley for the first time when he hears her speaking the words for her spell, and he tries putting on an extra burst of speed. Only to run headlong into a giant palm of stone. Earthen fingers wrap around his back, holding him snug in the hand's grip and pinning his arms helplessly to his sides.
Joren speaks into the necklace in his hands, but there is no s sign of the rat coming back. Perhaps the accent wasn't right, or there was some magic that was absent from his words, or it needed to be worn, or it was specifically bound to the unconscious man. But either way Joren knows that as quick and nimble as a rat can be, when it comes to covering long distances like the span between the Opportunity's knock and Talmouth, a normal rat couldn't hope to outpace his group for long. And if he is figuring correctly, burning the ear at the right time would be a dead giveaway of the rat's location if it started squealing within earshot.
Ashley looks on in relief as the escapee is captured by her massive earthen hand, and as it squeezes it delivers 3 bludgeoning damage.
With that taken care of she faces the left tunnel and realization dawns on her with the glass and scent of the gas bombs. Alarm rings off in her head knowing how fast Joren was going and if he noticed this? She grabs a piece of cloth, holds it over her face and carefully avoids the glass as she follows Joren through the left tunnel. Yelling behind her in case the others are following, "We're down the left tunnel, cover your face!!"
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Athletics 3
Perception 5
A cloud of spores, kicked up by Joren's passage, hangs in the air. Balancing urgency with caution, Ashley tries to move as fast as she can while still keeping her breathing shallow amidst the dense spores. Up ahead, she can just make out Joren's outline, standing over a lump on the ground that could be a man. The cloth over her face seems to be enough to keep out the spores, but a snarl from behind brings her attention back to the last remaining rat-man pursuing her.
As Silas studies Marion he can see nothing but honesty in her, despite her sudden shift in treatment towards himself. However, there is something else, something that isn't so clear as her honesty. He can tell that there is something else going on that the young woman has not spoken aloud, but not through deception, more likely because she has yet to come to terms with it herself.
After helping Silas up Marion quickly turns to move after Malachi, pausing when she reaches the ratman the group had just dispatched. Leaning down she dislodges her handaxe from it, briefly testing it with a few short swings, before holstering it. Turning briefly to check that Silas and Samir are following, she gives a brief nod before setting off after the others further into the tunnel.
Malachi strains to make out the form of either the rat man or Ashley as he hurries down the tunnel, hoping that she and Joren are okay when he finds them.
Upon reaching the fork in the tunnel, Samir spots the pool of smoking acid left on the ground by the left fork, and figures by the smell that it must be a potent rock-eating acid that would be useful for tunneling or mining. Malachi spots the younger man struggling to escape a hand made of stone down the right tunnel, and everyone sees the rat-man rushing toward Ashley to the left.
(With Marion's nat 20 on athletics, she can reach melee with the rat-man right after it takes an attack at Ashley if she wants, unless someone else slows or stops it first.)
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There is a moment, where Samir almost stops to further analyze the pool of acid, only to have his thoughts interupted by the sound of the rat-man charging ahead of them towards Ashley. In a moment of uncharacteristic instinct, he attempts to draw its attention away in the simplest way possible before taking a shot with his bolt thrower.
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As Malachi hurries down the tunnel, he has a quick flash of panic as he sees a body on the ground. As he approaches, he quickly realizes it is not Ashley or Joren and must be one of the others from the tunnel. He does a quick search of the body, removing any weapons and looking in particular for a necklace of rat ears. He ties the man’s arms and legs with a section of rope from his pack and takes any weapons and necklace that he finds. They will come back for him later. Ashley and Joren are still up ahead.
Perception: 6.
Malachi will move forward with Marion and the others, trying to help them navigate the semi-darkness of the tunnel.
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Seeing something moving fast and threateningly in the dim light ahead and hearing the twang of Samir firing his bolt thrower, Silas Perls up to the danger but realises that he isn't best situated to use his own crossbow to great effect, instead he reaches into the mental void once more and pushes his thoughts toward the Ratman, getting the hang of his powers to a small degree he casts Toll the Dead at the Ratman filling the air around it with the sound of a dreadful ringing.
WIS save 13 or take 5 necrotic dam.
He then keeps an hand on Marion's shoulder as they are led forward further toward the hostile and into the dark.
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Ashley hears Joren behind her, and sees the rat right in front of her with her friends in the shadows behind it. Yelling to her friends, "There is one in the right tunnel, I have him secured for the moment, but don't let him get away!"
She focuses on the foe in front of her, visibly cooling her body as she reaches her palm out towards the rat, the tips of her fingers turning a shade of blue. "Mordere di Frigus!" she casts frostbite on the rat, hoping to slow down his advance.
DC CON save 12 or 5 cold damage and disadvantage on next attack
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Tanis(Ranger1): Shiverquill's Tempest City | Barn(Paladin1): Damian_May's Ereworn Under the Shadow | Lyra(Warlock2/Bard4): VitusW's Silverwood Forest
Dyson/Eleo(Cleric4): Vos' Beyond the Veil | Soren(Druid5): Bartjeebus' Ravenloft | Ophelia(Sorcerer4): Ashen_Age's Risen from the Sands
Joren(Fighter6): NotDrizzt's Simple Request | Sabetha(Monk3): Bedlymn's Murder Court | Seri(Cleric3/Sorcerer1): Bartjeebus' Greyhawk
The man in front of Joren hesitates, and then snarls, "You think you can call my bluff? I would be a joy for me to send the lot of us to Razmus right here and right now. But duty calls, so I suggest you let me walk awa-" he flinches as a ghostly image flashes past him. "Wha-" Before he has a chance to do or say anything more, the flat of a broadsword smashes across the back of his head and he falls forward limply.
Ashley sighs heavily as she is again faced with choices. She likes making a choice and run with it, consequences be damned, but now there are others involved and she is hating this! As she sees one of the cultists run from the left tunnel to the right and realizes Joren is most likely down the left tunnel and she knows she can’t just leave him to face whatever it is he is facing.
She turns toward the one she can see and raises her arm to waist high, spreading her fingers and leaning towards the man, casts Maximilian’s Earthen Grasp
(DC STR save 12, going to wait to see if this works before making her movements)
Joren immediately wants to chase the rat messenger. But first he unclasps the necklace of ears from the fallen cultist and takes his dagger, crossbow and any other weapons he has. He suddenly realizes his plan to light the little rat ears on fire with a torch so he can hear the squeaking of a fleeing rat in agony is missing a key ingredient - a damned torch! He had lost his entire pack other than his water skin in that first explosion! He needs Ashley to light the ears on fire (again)!
He shouts back "Ashley, being careful please! Knocking out the final man I have, but almost poisoning me was a cave of blue moss first - face to be covering and breath to be holding better when you are going through. The last cultist was sending a rat messenger on and we have to be finding it. When you can be getting past the second man, please come here and be using your flames to ignite the little ears on this necklace so I can be hearing the rat squeaking and catch it!"
In the meantime, he holds the necklace as he searches for the rat, saying "stop" and "come back" (not shouting) into the rat ear necklace in his best imitation of the cultists' accent.
Tanis(Ranger1): Shiverquill's Tempest City | Barn(Paladin1): Damian_May's Ereworn Under the Shadow | Lyra(Warlock2/Bard4): VitusW's Silverwood Forest
Dyson/Eleo(Cleric4): Vos' Beyond the Veil | Soren(Druid5): Bartjeebus' Ravenloft | Ophelia(Sorcerer4): Ashen_Age's Risen from the Sands
Joren(Fighter6): NotDrizzt's Simple Request | Sabetha(Monk3): Bedlymn's Murder Court | Seri(Cleric3/Sorcerer1): Bartjeebus' Greyhawk
Grabbing the hand offered and hoisting himself to his feet, Silas chances a glance toward Marion trying to determine her sincerity.
Insight if needed. 4 (he will be wary by default)
"You're wrong, I owe you all a great deal of thanks. As well as an explanation, when we have more time and are better situated." He speaks clearly enough with the intent that Samir and Malachi would also hear.
He waits for the group to move first before following on
Malachi breathes a sigh of relief as Marion restores a bit of the goliath’s health. He sees Samir grab the strange orb that caused the darkness and realizes that they have done all they can here. He nods at Silas’ remarks “Yes, when there is more time. Right now, Ashley and Joren may need our help. There are at least four enemies ahead of us. We must hurry.”
Malachi sets off down the tunnel to rejoin the others.
Athletics: 14.
Athletics: 5.
Spending most of his time in the merchant wards or the noble courts of the twin cities, Malachi was not well suited for a chase through underground tunnels, but he does his best.
Strength Save: 9
The man notices Ashley for the first time when he hears her speaking the words for her spell, and he tries putting on an extra burst of speed. Only to run headlong into a giant palm of stone. Earthen fingers wrap around his back, holding him snug in the hand's grip and pinning his arms helplessly to his sides.
Joren speaks into the necklace in his hands, but there is no s sign of the rat coming back. Perhaps the accent wasn't right, or there was some magic that was absent from his words, or it needed to be worn, or it was specifically bound to the unconscious man. But either way Joren knows that as quick and nimble as a rat can be, when it comes to covering long distances like the span between the Opportunity's knock and Talmouth, a normal rat couldn't hope to outpace his group for long. And if he is figuring correctly, burning the ear at the right time would be a dead giveaway of the rat's location if it started squealing within earshot.
Ashley looks on in relief as the escapee is captured by her massive earthen hand, and as it squeezes it delivers 3 bludgeoning damage.
With that taken care of she faces the left tunnel and realization dawns on her with the glass and scent of the gas bombs. Alarm rings off in her head knowing how fast Joren was going and if he noticed this? She grabs a piece of cloth, holds it over her face and carefully avoids the glass as she follows Joren through the left tunnel. Yelling behind her in case the others are following, "We're down the left tunnel, cover your face!!"
Athletics 3
Perception 5
A cloud of spores, kicked up by Joren's passage, hangs in the air. Balancing urgency with caution, Ashley tries to move as fast as she can while still keeping her breathing shallow amidst the dense spores. Up ahead, she can just make out Joren's outline, standing over a lump on the ground that could be a man. The cloth over her face seems to be enough to keep out the spores, but a snarl from behind brings her attention back to the last remaining rat-man pursuing her.
(Rat-man athletics: 19 )
Silas beings up the rear of the joining group.
Athletics one 7
Athletics two 16
Perception, 2
As Silas studies Marion he can see nothing but honesty in her, despite her sudden shift in treatment towards himself. However, there is something else, something that isn't so clear as her honesty. He can tell that there is something else going on that the young woman has not spoken aloud, but not through deception, more likely because she has yet to come to terms with it herself.
After helping Silas up Marion quickly turns to move after Malachi, pausing when she reaches the ratman the group had just dispatched. Leaning down she dislodges her handaxe from it, briefly testing it with a few short swings, before holstering it. Turning briefly to check that Silas and Samir are following, she gives a brief nod before setting off after the others further into the tunnel.
Athletics 1: 8
Athletics 2: 24
Malachi strains to make out the form of either the rat man or Ashley as he hurries down the tunnel, hoping that she and Joren are okay when he finds them.
Perception: 22.
Samir perception 21
Upon reaching the fork in the tunnel, Samir spots the pool of smoking acid left on the ground by the left fork, and figures by the smell that it must be a potent rock-eating acid that would be useful for tunneling or mining. Malachi spots the younger man struggling to escape a hand made of stone down the right tunnel, and everyone sees the rat-man rushing toward Ashley to the left.
(With Marion's nat 20 on athletics, she can reach melee with the rat-man right after it takes an attack at Ashley if she wants, unless someone else slows or stops it first.)
There is a moment, where Samir almost stops to further analyze the pool of acid, only to have his thoughts interupted by the sound of the rat-man charging ahead of them towards Ashley. In a moment of uncharacteristic instinct, he attempts to draw its attention away in the simplest way possible before taking a shot with his bolt thrower.
"Hey! Ugly!"
Light crowwbow attack 9, damage 8
The bolt leaves a gouge on its arm, but it continues on unfazed.
As Malachi hurries down the tunnel, he has a quick flash of panic as he sees a body on the ground. As he approaches, he quickly realizes it is not Ashley or Joren and must be one of the others from the tunnel. He does a quick search of the body, removing any weapons and looking in particular for a necklace of rat ears. He ties the man’s arms and legs with a section of rope from his pack and takes any weapons and necklace that he finds. They will come back for him later. Ashley and Joren are still up ahead.
Perception: 6.
Malachi will move forward with Marion and the others, trying to help them navigate the semi-darkness of the tunnel.
Seeing something moving fast and threateningly in the dim light ahead and hearing the twang of Samir firing his bolt thrower, Silas Perls up to the danger but realises that he isn't best situated to use his own crossbow to great effect, instead he reaches into the mental void once more and pushes his thoughts toward the Ratman, getting the hang of his powers to a small degree he casts Toll the Dead at the Ratman filling the air around it with the sound of a dreadful ringing.
WIS save 13 or take 5 necrotic dam.
He then keeps an hand on Marion's shoulder as they are led forward further toward the hostile and into the dark.
Malachi finds another dagger like the one he'd nicked himself on back in the cellar, and the necklace the man wears has 6 large rat ears on it.
Rat-man Wis Save: 6
The rat-man shakes its head as Silas's magic comes over it, but it continues to charge for Ashley, seemingly unaffected.
Ashley hears Joren behind her, and sees the rat right in front of her with her friends in the shadows behind it. Yelling to her friends, "There is one in the right tunnel, I have him secured for the moment, but don't let him get away!"
She focuses on the foe in front of her, visibly cooling her body as she reaches her palm out towards the rat, the tips of her fingers turning a shade of blue. "Mordere di Frigus!" she casts frostbite on the rat, hoping to slow down his advance.
DC CON save 12 or 5 cold damage and disadvantage on next attack