Aspiring Heroes of Faerûn

Lumen nods, again, at Chrys' wise suggestion.

"Shh... it's going to be okay." During that whole exchange, let it be noted that Kess knelt down and would actually pull Krackle into a comforting hug if he'd allow her to do so, though she would definitely pull a face at the idea of using POOP to disable the worg. "We'll be done with this business soon enough, alright?"

You poor thing, Kess thought herself as she looked the small, frightened kobold over, her face clearly concerned for her small companion. You're so gentle and kind, Krackle... I can't believe somebody would ever mistreat a creature so sweet and gentle, kobold or not.

"That's... very ingenious, Chrys. Disgusting, but ingenious; using the beast's keen senses against it is a smart call. I'd volunteer to handle it, but... um... well, I'm normally not so light in holding my own stomach, but that sight was... ugh. I'm sorry." Kess would flinch, clearly embarrassed; while fair-featured as all elves were, she was a northern woman at heart and felt ashamed at her queasiness at that soiled sight. "I wish I hadn't lost my lunch seeing that."

Lumen volunteers for poop duty!

Chrys nods thankfully at Lumen's noble sacrifice, though she does have the integrity to offer to help carry the "surprise" should it prove to be too much for Lumen's nose.  She finds a suitable container for carrrying (and throwing) an all-natural organic stinkbomb and hands it to Lumen, along with a pair of kitchen gloves and a sympathetic look.

"Strong fella, that guy," she tells Krackle, Kess, and Vesper, nodding at Lumen in admiration.  "Half-orcs must have stomachs of steel and nostrils of iron."

Then, taking the lead once more, she returns to the banquet hall and checks to see if any goblins have repopulated the area: Perception 12

If the way is clear, she'll make her way to the south door and listen carefully there for any noise from the other side: Perception: 6

Krackle would cling tightly to Kess, returning the hug with all of his might.  "I just wanna be done... I hope Pox is ok... I will try to be brave and finish this." The kobold would say as he buries his face into Kess's shoulder.

Lumen will also listen at the door, and if hearing nothing, open it. Perception: 16

 As the others advance, Vesper thinks that she could've carried the feces with her Mage Hand.

Listening at the door, you hear nothing, and so you open it carefully, being ready to react to whatever lies behind it... should something lie behind it. Fortunately, nothing does lie behind it, except an empty hallway that runs south for about 40 feet then appears to turn 90 degrees to the right. The stone on the floor of this hallway is covered with more dust than you've seen in some of the other hallways, which might suggest that this one hasn't been used in awhile. 

"If I'm trackin' this hall right, that way's the exit.  An' Nox ain't too smart if he didn't take it," Chrys says.  "Or it's trapped.  Either way, I don't think it's gonna be a problem for our backs.  Now, let's go get us some poop and have ourselves a lil' mudslingin' party," she says, leading the group back down the northern hallway.

Perception is to make sure they don't run headlong into a waiting goblin army: 7

If they manage to make it to the "poop room" unmolested, Chrys will stand guard at the door while Lumen collects "the package."  She'll then continue to lead the team towards the northern door, stopping where the tunnel splits off to the east.

Turning around, you all return to the banquet room, where you see the two Uthgardt men still hiding almost the broken furniture, and continue down the north hallway. Stopping briefly at the poop room to acquire a sample of the putrid stuff while Kess does her best to keep her stomach down, Lumen fills a canvas sack with a hefty portion of goblin excrement and returns to the hallway. 

Then, with Chrys in the lead and Kess right behind, you all make your way another 20 feet down the hallway and stop at the first hallway that leads to the east. Looking right, you see that this first eastern hallway runs straight and empty for distance of least 60 feet before fading into darkness beyond the edge of your darkvision.  

Another forty feet down the north hallway, you see the door at the end of passage, and the other eastern hallway right in front of it. At this point, you do not see any goblins or other creatures. 

Do we hear anything? Yelps we heard before?

No, you don't hear anything, but anyone can roll a perception check.

Perception: 4 

Perception: 7

Somehow the smell is distracting our ears....

Haha, Chrys plugs her nose and listens hard: Perception 13

Krackle would see his companions trying to listen hard and would slowly move to help...
Perception! 14
The kobold gets confused and thinks they are looking really hard at the door instead of listening... so he just stares at it really hard...

Just to be clear, we're at the intersection of the first hallway to the east.  Big boss is, according to Nox, down the second hallway to the east.

Chrys: Almost. The south hallway out of the banquet hall actually turns west and leads to a door. This means there's something between the Nightfall room and the kitchen. And, it means that that the parallel east hallway you're showing is actually a little further to the south. Also, the poop room is round. Again, awesome job!

Yes, you guys are standing right at the intersection of the first west hallway just past the poop room. Right now, all is quiet, and that door at the end of the hallway is 40 feet away.

Oh so we should check out the room between the nightfall room and the kitchen?