Road to Phandalin

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"Otrov would you please throw some of those pointy things you have in the obious path and keep watch by the(inside the) door I want to check something"

Margret stops turns back and looks closer at the Green flame out of curiosity (and the need for hitpoints) She tucks Talon away and takes out her greatsword and bathes it in the flame

Otrov

"Sure!"  Otrov spreads some of the caltrops where Margret indicates.  She takes up position inside the door, keeping watch for danger:  Perception - 10
The halfling's attention is severely impaired by what's happening behind her and she mostly watches what Margret is doing - or tries to.  When she finally withdraws the sword, Otrov lets loose an "Oooooooh!" and "Can I put my Prick in that?"

"Well interesting, but not overly worthwhile." Dain says as the greatsword is pulled out and he sees the magic immediately start to seep away. "Seems like putting a weapon in there infuses the thing with magic, but it doesn't look like it will last more than ten hours or so." he sighs. "Anyone got that figurine, so we can give it a try here?"

19 Dain with your background in metal work and arcana and what you have seen from this facility so far, you do gather that with the right materials, time and knowledge it should be possible to create permanent magic items here.

"Maybe, one of those Bugbears has it" She says hopefully "We need to go after them." she carefully hurriedly goes after the bugbears

Unless Dain says something about what the DM said then she tries Talon

[Dain said he's an open book]

Otrov

Otrov sees Margret take the greatsword out of the flame and hears what Dain says.  She gasps, looks at the Prick, back at the flame, and back where's supposed to keep watch.  She is bouncing on the balls of her feet like she has to go pee, biting her lip, and making weird sounds.  She's nearly crying with excitement and looking longingly at Dain and Margret and Kai..........!   Pleaseohpleaseohplease!  Pick me! she thinks to herself...

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Margret looks at Dain questionably but does what he says

She replies to the Tiethling "I thought you had it"

(I hadn't forgotten, but the character did after one too many bonks on the head.)

Nobody squints back at Margret confused for a second, and then looks to the ground. in thought for a moment. After taking a bit to collect himself, Nobody eyes widen for a second, and then close in a sigh. "You're not wrong... I /had/ it. And now /he/ has it."  He clarifies before Margaret goes tearing off after the bugbears. "At least, last I saw... though, could be he left it to the bugbears for safekeeping.. Maybe." 

It's at that point he climbs back to his feet and regards everyone. "Either way, I am with you all, if we're continuing the chase now. Just say the word."

"I think if we had some time, and the right material, we could make some seriously amazing magical items here." Dain says out loud as he regards the green flames. "This could be an incredible place..." His mind wanders as he considers just what this place would mean for a craftsman like himself.

Otrov

She can't stand it anymore so leaves her post and puts The Prick in the flames.   (!).  "Oooooooh," she says, awestruck.

Seeing Otrov give in to temptation she is happy that she's by the door not wanting to get stuck by the trap they laid Margret stops by the door waiting and watching for the Bugbears "Otrov hide that light onthe piton if they're trying to sneak by..."

Dain, again the metal including the tip of the bolt absorbs some of the magic, but the wood and the bowstring doesn‘t of the crossbow doesn’t. You are not sure if it will have an effect.

"Seems there is not enough metal in that." Dain says, nodding to the crossbow. "It might not be able to absorb enough of the magical residue."

"Perhaps the bolts then?" she says absentmindedly knowing that they're made of metal

Otrov 

She puts her entire cache of bolts in the fire..... along with her flask. 

Nobody had taken to watch the whole experiment with some degree of patience and vague sense of returning curiosity. When Otrov tries to put her flask in after seeing that it hadn't effected her crossbow however, the tiefling slowly lowered his head into a palm... and says nothing.

In the meantime, a still guarding the outside Zurzg had... (5)... noticed a beetle passing by! With great glee he snatches it up, and much like the mystery rock he found back at the entrance, began chewing on it without any regarding to higher standings.

The beetle is crispy on the outside and juicy within. The metal tips of the bolts seam to absorb the magic and should stay magical for 8 hours.

"The bolts seem more able to retain the magic than the crossbow." Dain says. As they are removed he notes that the magic seems to be seeping out faster than Margret's blade. "The less metal though in the bolts seems to retain the magic for less time... Wonder what would happen if a larger item of metal was placed inside the fire..." Not having any such item himself, Dain cannot test his idea though. He looks to the others. "Unless we plan on staying here for longer, we should see if we can track down those bugbears and find out if they have the figurine or not."

Otrov

Otrov stops in mid-action, arms full of everything she had in her pack: alcohol, manticore spike, caltrops (super caltrops?!), rope, spectator eyes - almost like she was caught doing something illegal. “Uh oh, I’m, er, yeah. Let’s do that...”. She puts everything back and proceeds to follow...

"We need to go after the Bugbear's are you guys coming?"

Zurzg is the happiest goblin in the world. Because not only did he get to eat a delicious beetle, but also got to kill more wannabe Grols. Truly the day could not get any better!

Meanwhile...

"Uh-hm! Yes. Let's go quickly." Nobody quickly chimes in and even finds the pep necessary to get to his feet. Although he soon swayed a bit aftewards, he is quick to wave off any offers to help. "Lead on." He adds, pulling out the crossbow and giving Margaret a determined look.

You start to follow the bugbear tracks south. Down a set of stairs and past a second building towards a tunnel that leads south out of the cavern. Margaret and Zurzg, the two of you are leading and now that you are a bit closer, you can see the familiar faint green glow of the mushroom cavern.

(Margaret/Zurzg followed by Kai/Otrov and Nobody/Dain last)