Seeing Beegred try to shove the Quaggoth off of the lift, Narstin jumps forward and shoves at the creature as well, figuring at this point their best chance at a halfway decent outcome is if the quaggoth dies in the fall and they can manage to pass it off as an accident.
Athletics with inspiration: 18
If they're successful at shoving the quagooth off of the platform, Narstin turns and looks appraisingly at Shoor, then back to the others. "Think he has a key to the manacles?" he asks quietly in common.
Tozer's dream of roasted fish, ale running down his beard, and hearty tobacco morphs slowly--and as all dreams do, inexplicably and bizarrely--into visions of dark elves arriving at a Stormspar clan wedding where they commence to throw bowls of cold mushroom soup on the bride and groom...
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The hulking quaggoth on unstable footing as the lift sways back and forth, is pushed off the edge by a 3'1" 40 pound halfling. The look of surprise and shock on its face will forever be ingrained in Beegred's memory. As it plummets it reaches out to try to grab onto the webs below.
Quaggoth DEX check: 15
The quaggoth manages to get the tips of its claws on the webs, but not enough to catch his fall. Instead it sends him flipping head over heels all the way down to the cavern floor below.
Sarith looks appreciatively at Beegred for the first time, nodding and saying in elvish, "Go, fetch someone now. Tell them I pushed the quaggoth. Behave like you are trying to rat on me to save yourselves from punishment. Which is probably truth. They won't kill me here in Velkynvelve. I'm to be sacrificed in Menzoberranzan, so I'll survive this day. But if you ever make an escape attempt, you must take me with you."
Beegred to the others, in Common: "Do any of you understand what Sarith is saying?"
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Beegred Thornpost - Lvl 8 Halfling Ranger - Out of the Abyss by Kerrec Drusk - Lvl 8 Half-Orc Life Cleric - The Long Road: Dragon Heist by Mingofaust (player & current DM) Hunferho Aelorothi - Lvl 5 Half-Elf Bard/Rogue - Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (by Pokepaladdy) DM - Frontier City of Nunkreet (ended)
“He said to go tell someone that he pushed the quaggoth, act like you’re ratting him out. He’s destined to be sacrificed so they won’t kill him now. But if we try to escape, we have to take him with us,” Narstin translates.
He turns to Sarith and asks in elvish, with a nod towards Shoor, “would he have a key to the manacles?”
(With beegred being successful, does my attempt happen as well? Mainly to track if the inspiration is used up)
“Don’t forget to fix your chain before you go!” Narstin says. He looks back to Shoor. “This might be the perfect chance to steal a key,” he thinks through the telepathic link. “Though it risks snapping him out of whatever’s happening if we mess with him. Anyone got light fingers?”
Beegred: "As I told that Drow gigolo, I like big creatures. When they fall, they make a lot of noise. And sometimes, they never get up."
Beegred will once again hide the chain break.
To Nastrid: "The guards don't seem to understand Common. Maybe you should be the one to tell them what happened to their hairy pet. But first..."
If Beegred can get close enough to Shoor (without a reaction), Beegred will try to lift his keys. Another Sleight of Hand: 7 (Even if Shoor is stuck in his loop, I guess he is moving too erratically to be able to grab his keys.)
Beegred Thornpost - Lvl 8 Halfling Ranger - Out of the Abyss by Kerrec Drusk - Lvl 8 Half-Orc Life Cleric - The Long Road: Dragon Heist by Mingofaust (player & current DM) Hunferho Aelorothi - Lvl 5 Half-Elf Bard/Rogue - Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (by Pokepaladdy) DM - Frontier City of Nunkreet (ended)
“Good point,” Narstin says, then rushes off to find a guard, stopping the first one he sees. “At the platform!” He says in elvish, pointing towards the platform they were working on. “The drow prisoner just pushed one of the big creatures into the pit!”
Narstin leaves to fetch anyone he can find, but doesn't have to go far. The quaggoth that left earlier is following behind a female drow, the other priestess. At the same time, Beegred is approaching Shoor to try and lift his keys, but sees the priestess coming and decides against it.
The priestess appears to ignore Narstin and focuses on Shoor, still sheathing and drawing his sword. Her face becomes fierce as she casts an abjuration spell and touches Shoor. He immediately slumps as if exhausted and gazes around without really registering his surroundings. Seeing Shoor hasn't immediately returned to himself, she orders the quaggoth to carry him away.
Then she turns to Narstin, but sees Sarith currently in a fit, each hand holding a fistful of hair and upper body gesticulating as if he was pulling his own head back and forth or side to side. She grinds her teeth even more and approaches Sarith, who goes limp all on his own with hair pulled out of his scalp still entwinned in his hands. None of you are sure if the episode was real or a fantastic performance.
Without looking at Narstin, she asks in elvish, "Sarith pushed who? Into what pit? Nevermind… what was happening when Shoor started doing that?"
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Xilyra continued speaking to the cursed prince. “I don’t know much about curses, but some of the others and myself are plannimg to escape. You should come with us. Besides it’s better to have friends than enemies, especially down here.” She offered her hand to Derendil. “What do you say?”
Xilyra continued speaking to the cursed prince. “I don’t know much about curses, but some of the others and myself are plannimg to escape. You should come with us. Besides it’s better to have friends than enemies, especially down here.” She offered her hand to Derendil. “What do you say?”
Stealth: 23
Prince Derendil, still laying prone on the ground from earlier, replies, "This curse can be put to good use. I can break things, and fight with these claws. I can also climb very well." Then he falls asleep.
Xilyra, you do not have a good sleep, nor pleasant dreams. Your dreams are filled with horrors and nightmares, to make Beegred's dreams from post #63 pleasant in comparison. The nightmare follows the same theme: Loud constant buzzing noises that would drive anyone mad, tentacles, slime, rot and pustulence, trickery and so on. You do not rest well. (Still counts as a long rest, this is just for roleplay purposes.)
"He...he was just sitting over there," Narstin stammers back in elvish, nodding to the crate that Shoor had propped up and sat on. "Watching us work."
The priestess sneers, not happy at all with your answer. "He was watching you work over there. I found him over here. What happened between there and here? Do not avoid my question again!"
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The priestess seems to be getting angry at Narstin. Maybe if she is distracted, she will vent on Beegred and give Narstin a chance to recover.
Beegred (loudly in Common, at the Priestess): "Have you ordered the second breakfast yet? Whatever slop you gave us last night gave me a terrible headache, so make sure the food quality is better." (Beegred is ready to fall down in a fetal position, if beaten.)
If that counts as help, then Nastrin's new Deception roll: 16
Beegred Thornpost - Lvl 8 Halfling Ranger - Out of the Abyss by Kerrec Drusk - Lvl 8 Half-Orc Life Cleric - The Long Road: Dragon Heist by Mingofaust (player & current DM) Hunferho Aelorothi - Lvl 5 Half-Elf Bard/Rogue - Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (by Pokepaladdy) DM - Frontier City of Nunkreet (ended)
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Cowering before the priestess for show, Narstin lowers his eyes and tells a half-truth, "Some of us were talking while we worked. He grew angry at us."
Seeing Beegred try to shove the Quaggoth off of the lift, Narstin jumps forward and shoves at the creature as well, figuring at this point their best chance at a halfway decent outcome is if the quaggoth dies in the fall and they can manage to pass it off as an accident.
Athletics with inspiration: 18
If they're successful at shoving the quagooth off of the platform, Narstin turns and looks appraisingly at Shoor, then back to the others. "Think he has a key to the manacles?" he asks quietly in common.
Contested STR check vs. Beegred (15): 9
Tozer's dream of roasted fish, ale running down his beard, and hearty tobacco morphs slowly--and as all dreams do, inexplicably and bizarrely--into visions of dark elves arriving at a Stormspar clan wedding where they commence to throw bowls of cold mushroom soup on the bride and groom...
The hulking quaggoth on unstable footing as the lift sways back and forth, is pushed off the edge by a 3'1" 40 pound halfling. The look of surprise and shock on its face will forever be ingrained in Beegred's memory. As it plummets it reaches out to try to grab onto the webs below.
Quaggoth DEX check: 15
The quaggoth manages to get the tips of its claws on the webs, but not enough to catch his fall. Instead it sends him flipping head over heels all the way down to the cavern floor below.
Bludgeoning damage: 39
Sarith looks appreciatively at Beegred for the first time, nodding and saying in elvish, "Go, fetch someone now. Tell them I pushed the quaggoth. Behave like you are trying to rat on me to save yourselves from punishment. Which is probably truth. They won't kill me here in Velkynvelve. I'm to be sacrificed in Menzoberranzan, so I'll survive this day. But if you ever make an escape attempt, you must take me with you."
Beegred to the others, in Common: "Do any of you understand what Sarith is saying?"
Beegred Thornpost - Lvl 8 Halfling Ranger - Out of the Abyss by Kerrec
Drusk - Lvl 8 Half-Orc Life Cleric - The Long Road: Dragon Heist by Mingofaust (player & current DM)
Hunferho Aelorothi - Lvl 5 Half-Elf Bard/Rogue - Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (by Pokepaladdy)
DM - Frontier City of Nunkreet (ended)
“He said to go tell someone that he pushed the quaggoth, act like you’re ratting him out. He’s destined to be sacrificed so they won’t kill him now. But if we try to escape, we have to take him with us,” Narstin translates.
He turns to Sarith and asks in elvish, with a nod towards Shoor, “would he have a key to the manacles?”
(With beegred being successful, does my attempt happen as well? Mainly to track if the inspiration is used up)
Sarith replies in elvish, "Of course Shoor would. Tell your friend to fix his chains now!"
“Don’t forget to fix your chain before you go!” Narstin says. He looks back to Shoor. “This might be the perfect chance to steal a key,” he thinks through the telepathic link. “Though it risks snapping him out of whatever’s happening if we mess with him. Anyone got light fingers?”
Beegred: "As I told that Drow gigolo, I like big creatures. When they fall, they make a lot of noise. And sometimes, they never get up."
Beegred will once again hide the chain break.
To Nastrid: "The guards don't seem to understand Common. Maybe you should be the one to tell them what happened to their hairy pet. But first..."
If Beegred can get close enough to Shoor (without a reaction), Beegred will try to lift his keys. Another Sleight of Hand: 7 (Even if Shoor is stuck in his loop, I guess he is moving too erratically to be able to grab his keys.)
Beegred Thornpost - Lvl 8 Halfling Ranger - Out of the Abyss by Kerrec
Drusk - Lvl 8 Half-Orc Life Cleric - The Long Road: Dragon Heist by Mingofaust (player & current DM)
Hunferho Aelorothi - Lvl 5 Half-Elf Bard/Rogue - Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (by Pokepaladdy)
DM - Frontier City of Nunkreet (ended)
“Good point,” Narstin says, then rushes off to find a guard, stopping the first one he sees. “At the platform!” He says in elvish, pointing towards the platform they were working on. “The drow prisoner just pushed one of the big creatures into the pit!”
Narstin leaves to fetch anyone he can find, but doesn't have to go far. The quaggoth that left earlier is following behind a female drow, the other priestess. At the same time, Beegred is approaching Shoor to try and lift his keys, but sees the priestess coming and decides against it.
The priestess appears to ignore Narstin and focuses on Shoor, still sheathing and drawing his sword. Her face becomes fierce as she casts an abjuration spell and touches Shoor. He immediately slumps as if exhausted and gazes around without really registering his surroundings. Seeing Shoor hasn't immediately returned to himself, she orders the quaggoth to carry him away.
Then she turns to Narstin, but sees Sarith currently in a fit, each hand holding a fistful of hair and upper body gesticulating as if he was pulling his own head back and forth or side to side. She grinds her teeth even more and approaches Sarith, who goes limp all on his own with hair pulled out of his scalp still entwinned in his hands. None of you are sure if the episode was real or a fantastic performance.
Without looking at Narstin, she asks in elvish, "Sarith pushed who? Into what pit? Nevermind… what was happening when Shoor started doing that?"
Xilyra continued speaking to the cursed prince. “I don’t know much about curses, but some of the others and myself are plannimg to escape. You should come with us. Besides it’s better to have friends than enemies, especially down here.” She offered her hand to Derendil. “What do you say?”
Stealth: 23
"He...he was just sitting over there," Narstin stammers back in elvish, nodding to the crate that Shoor had propped up and sat on. "Watching us work."
Prince Derendil, still laying prone on the ground from earlier, replies, "This curse can be put to good use. I can break things, and fight with these claws. I can also climb very well." Then he falls asleep.
After talking to Derendil, Xilyra moves back to where she had been sitting before and tries to rest, hoping for a mostly dreamless sleep.
Xilyra, you do not have a good sleep, nor pleasant dreams. Your dreams are filled with horrors and nightmares, to make Beegred's dreams from post #63 pleasant in comparison. The nightmare follows the same theme: Loud constant buzzing noises that would drive anyone mad, tentacles, slime, rot and pustulence, trickery and so on. You do not rest well. (Still counts as a long rest, this is just for roleplay purposes.)
The priestess sneers, not happy at all with your answer. "He was watching you work over there. I found him over here. What happened between there and here? Do not avoid my question again!"
The priestess seems to be getting angry at Narstin. Maybe if she is distracted, she will vent on Beegred and give Narstin a chance to recover.
Beegred (loudly in Common, at the Priestess): "Have you ordered the second breakfast yet? Whatever slop you gave us last night gave me a terrible headache, so make sure the food quality is better." (Beegred is ready to fall down in a fetal position, if beaten.)
If that counts as help, then Nastrin's new Deception roll: 16
Beegred Thornpost - Lvl 8 Halfling Ranger - Out of the Abyss by Kerrec
Drusk - Lvl 8 Half-Orc Life Cleric - The Long Road: Dragon Heist by Mingofaust (player & current DM)
Hunferho Aelorothi - Lvl 5 Half-Elf Bard/Rogue - Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus (by Pokepaladdy)
DM - Frontier City of Nunkreet (ended)
Cowering before the priestess for show, Narstin lowers his eyes and tells a half-truth, "Some of us were talking while we worked. He grew angry at us."
Deception: 15 (or the 18 from Beegred's help)