Chrys looks over her shoulder at Lumen‘s loud yell. Then she does a double-take. „I knew that woman had it in fer us, but wow... now I see why she said that ta us.“. She frowns. „Ya reckon she was a follower o‘ Shar, tryin‘ ta start a revival here?“
Chrys looks over the body of Frida, trying to find evidence for her theory.
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Lumen doesn't even have the energy to slump to the ground. Would be more energy to get back up. It felt like they'd been in this temple dungeon place for months instead of hours.
He looks at the group. "We did it. The town's going to be a little surprised. Should someone go check on Ellywick? We kept sending out halfings and goblins and she probably is a bit worried. I hope you're all okay. Thanks for having my back. It's much better facing people trying to stab you when you have people to defend you. Friends."
He starts walking around the room, looking for hidden things.
Investigation: 20 Perception: 11
(Actually the investigation checks should be +1 thanks to Jack of all Trades!)
He checks on the strongbox for a trap, and tries to disarm anything, and then tries to open the lock:
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Krackle would look at the woman and gasp. "Who is that?! Do you know her?" The small kobold would ask as he scratches the top of his head. As he looks towards his companions, he quickly rushes towards Chrys. "You're hurt.... here.. let me helps ya OK" He would say as he moves over and places a tiny clawed hand on her hip. His hand glows as he casts cure wounds. As he wounds close he will look around to his friends. "Anyone else need help? Sorry I wasn't very good at fighting... it is just very scary.." He would say as he hangs his head low.
OOC: So i didn't add the money we made from one of the other rooms... anyone know how much coin we got from the room where Lumen was able to finish paying off his debt? I remember that part :D)
Chrys stoops down to inspect the fallen body of Frida Crabapple, former head constable of the village of Melton. She wears a chain shirt over a drab brown cloak, and is armed with two scimitars that appear to be in relatively good shape. They've certainly seen more care than most of the goblin weapons that you've seen in this place so far. At least the blades appear to have been recenlty oiled and sharpened.
Her garments look to be similar to the ones you saw her wearing back in the village. She's not wearing any kinds of religious outfits or adornments or carving anything like that on her person. In fact, the only thing on her that appears to have any semblance of Shar or the general ambiance of this temple is the black mask that she was wearing. Looking closely at it, you see that it has been carved from a single piece of obsidian, and has been created to resemble a grotesque, frowning face. (Someone can roll a religion check if they wish to inspect the mask.)
Meanwhile, Lumen paces slowly around the chamber, which now smells as if a handful of fresh bread loaves just came out of the hearth, he gives close inspection to the fine oak-paneled walls and tapestries that depict the goddess Shar and scenes of battles of dark and light, similar to the one you saw in the alcove. He doesn't anything special of value or any hidden compartments, or rags stuffed with coins under the bed. However, when searching two bodies, he finds 14 sp and 8 gp in the hobgoblin's leather purse.
Moving to the strongbox, Lumen searches carefully for any kind of trap or trigger mechanism, but he doesn't find any. The box does not appear to be locked, so he moves to open it. As his fingers release the latch, his eyes catch a blink of movement as a sharp needle springs out from inside the box. Fortunately, his fast reflexes are quick enough, and he's able to yank his hand out of the way and avoid being stuck.
With the trap being sprung now, he carefully lifts the latch and pulls the lid open, reveling a pile of coins and other valuables that are stuffed inside.
The total count is 1100 sp, 150gp, 10 pp, 4 bloodstones and some miscellaneous items of jewelry.
(Lumen, it's a good thing you included a high Dex roll in your last post, even though you missed seeing the trap, that ended up being your saving throw! )
(OOC: I don't think Krackle ever really saw the dwarf lady because he was in a bag :D)
Krackle would look over the dwarfs equipment and begin clawing at the armor and weapons. "We.. We UGGHH... We should take this.. It is worth some coin" He would say as the weak kobold fights to free the mask, scimitars, and chain shirt from the dead weight of the defeated constable. "I cound try to use these scimitars but I think I would be better off sticking to my dirk!" He would say inbetween deep breaths. The tiny kobold would hold up the mask and put it on. "Hey! Am I scary now? Maybe I could wear this instead of hiding in the bag when we go back to town? i could pretend to be a halfling?" he would say as he wiggled back and forth with his arms raised
Lumen starts making wheezy, high-pitched, Three Stooges-style nonsense syllables when he sees the pile of coins and jewels. The smell shifts from fresh-baked brea to the aroma of the most sumptuous, creamy, delicious cakes that a master baker ever created. He'd performed briefly in a very nice inn that was connected to such a bakery, and the tempting smells would drive him mad.
"We're... we don't have to worry about money for a while."How long does it seem this has been there? And does the coin and jewelry look like it came from mostly the same place, or assorted sources, robbed from passersby? "I don't think they got this from the travelers on this road over the last few weeks. This is probably something they found, or they've been sitting on for a while. It's too bad we weren't able to figure out the story behind this. It's probably a good one. Can anyone else see any hidden chambers, or any papers, or anything that would shed light on this? I don't see any, but ten eyes are better than two."
He's happy for the group to grab the scimitars, the mask, and the strongbox and depart if nothing else is found. (OOC: I believe the only unexplored area is the door behind the circular pool with the "dangerous keep out" message, right?)
As Krackle pus on the mask, it doesn’t make him look like s halfling, but it does a pretty good job of hiding his kobold features.
It’s hard to tell about the treasure. There’s no way to really know if it’s been there awhile or if it’s the loot gained from robbing travelers and caravans.
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Chrys kneels down, inspecting the body. As she does so, Krackle walks up to her and heals her; she turns around and gives the kobold a warm smile.
"That did the trick, Krackle... an' to be honest, was the best part o' this whole battle. It ain't no shame to be bad at smashin' things apart. I think puttin' 'em back together is much more powerful, personally, an' yer pretty good at that." She gives him a wink and a smile, before turning her attention back to the corpse, and in particular, the mask:
Religion: 20
She's interrupted in her inspection by the others' discovery of treasure; eying it, she frowns. "Carryin' it out won't be no problem... I'll be happy to take anything anybody can't carry, in fact. But first things first, we gotta get back to Ellywick and tell her what's what. 'An let them two humans out, too." She pauses. "An' to be frank, I want ta take a bit o' time to put up a "GREE AKJHA" sign on the outside o' this here cave, so no goblins will be thinkin' to come back an' let out the undead that are still in here. There's still somethin' nasty in this here temple, but today ain't the day that we gotta deal with it,"she tells the others, rolling her shoulders in weariness.
"Why don't one 'o ya go out an' tell Ellywick what's up... I want ta start burnin' these corpses in here ta make sure they don't rise again,"she says after a moment, looking at the fallen hobgoblin and worg as well. "Ya can bring her in to take a look at Frida here, so the town won't have ta take just our word as outsiders for it."
(OOC: there's a doorway in a hall to the south and west of the banquest room that's unexplored as well, as well as the undead room near the entrance where we found Harriet. There's also that corridor that probably goes to the same room that's behind the glowing pool, but we don't know that for sure yet.
Actually, is Chrys strong enough to carry Frida's corpse out? If not, she'd start gathering the corpses together to make a pyre, just so they won't come back as undead if the group leaves.)
"We should take this mask to Ehrland and tell him about what we saw here. And maybe that wizard guy back in Yartar could tell us about this mask if Ehrland doesn't know."
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"Why don't we bring back Frida's body? She might have been pretending to be a goblin and robbing her fellow townsfolk and travelers, but she might have friends and family who would be pretty mad if we came back with a story of her running a cultist goblin crime ring. I can carry her, and the strongbox, actually. Let's check out the last couple rooms in this place, get the humans, and go to Ellywick. Sound like a plan?"
"Hnn," Chrys says, grunting. "Checkin' out the rest o' the temple, sure. But I'm going to burn these bodies, or at least stow 'em somewhere where we can lock a door, 'fore we leave this place for good. I don't fancy comin' back here to clean up one day an' findin' it overrun with goblin zombie corpses."
"What would we tell those friends and family? They probably wouldn't be too eager to hear that we killed her for being the ringleader in all of this and I don't think that they would believe us."
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Chrys looks over her shoulder at Lumen‘s loud yell. Then she does a double-take. „I knew that woman had it in fer us, but wow... now I see why she said that ta us.“. She frowns. „Ya reckon she was a follower o‘ Shar, tryin‘ ta start a revival here?“
Chrys looks over the body of Frida, trying to find evidence for her theory.
"Maybe something in that strongbox will tell us."
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You all get to level up now!
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Lumen doesn't even have the energy to slump to the ground. Would be more energy to get back up. It felt like they'd been in this temple dungeon place for months instead of hours.
He looks at the group. "We did it. The town's going to be a little surprised. Should someone go check on Ellywick? We kept sending out halfings and goblins and she probably is a bit worried. I hope you're all okay. Thanks for having my back. It's much better facing people trying to stab you when you have people to defend you. Friends."
He starts walking around the room, looking for hidden things.
Investigation: 20
Perception: 11
(Actually the investigation checks should be +1 thanks to Jack of all Trades!)
He checks on the strongbox for a trap, and tries to disarm anything, and then tries to open the lock:
Investigation: 18
Dex: 6
Krackle would look at the woman and gasp. "Who is that?! Do you know her?" The small kobold would ask as he scratches the top of his head. As he looks towards his companions, he quickly rushes towards Chrys. "You're hurt.... here.. let me helps ya OK" He would say as he moves over and places a tiny clawed hand on her hip. His hand glows as he casts cure wounds. As he wounds close he will look around to his friends. "Anyone else need help? Sorry I wasn't very good at fighting... it is just very scary.." He would say as he hangs his head low.
OOC: So i didn't add the money we made from one of the other rooms... anyone know how much coin we got from the room where Lumen was able to finish paying off his debt? I remember that part :D)
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Chrys stoops down to inspect the fallen body of Frida Crabapple, former head constable of the village of Melton. She wears a chain shirt over a drab brown cloak, and is armed with two scimitars that appear to be in relatively good shape. They've certainly seen more care than most of the goblin weapons that you've seen in this place so far. At least the blades appear to have been recenlty oiled and sharpened.
Her garments look to be similar to the ones you saw her wearing back in the village. She's not wearing any kinds of religious outfits or adornments or carving anything like that on her person. In fact, the only thing on her that appears to have any semblance of Shar or the general ambiance of this temple is the black mask that she was wearing. Looking closely at it, you see that it has been carved from a single piece of obsidian, and has been created to resemble a grotesque, frowning face. (Someone can roll a religion check if they wish to inspect the mask.)
Meanwhile, Lumen paces slowly around the chamber, which now smells as if a handful of fresh bread loaves just came out of the hearth, he gives close inspection to the fine oak-paneled walls and tapestries that depict the goddess Shar and scenes of battles of dark and light, similar to the one you saw in the alcove. He doesn't anything special of value or any hidden compartments, or rags stuffed with coins under the bed. However, when searching two bodies, he finds 14 sp and 8 gp in the hobgoblin's leather purse.
Moving to the strongbox, Lumen searches carefully for any kind of trap or trigger mechanism, but he doesn't find any. The box does not appear to be locked, so he moves to open it. As his fingers release the latch, his eyes catch a blink of movement as a sharp needle springs out from inside the box. Fortunately, his fast reflexes are quick enough, and he's able to yank his hand out of the way and avoid being stuck.
With the trap being sprung now, he carefully lifts the latch and pulls the lid open, reveling a pile of coins and other valuables that are stuffed inside.
The total count is 1100 sp, 150gp, 10 pp, 4 bloodstones and some miscellaneous items of jewelry.
(Lumen, it's a good thing you included a high Dex roll in your last post, even though you missed seeing the trap, that ended up being your saving throw! )
(OOC: I don't think Krackle ever really saw the dwarf lady because he was in a bag :D)
Krackle would look over the dwarfs equipment and begin clawing at the armor and weapons. "We.. We UGGHH... We should take this.. It is worth some coin" He would say as the weak kobold fights to free the mask, scimitars, and chain shirt from the dead weight of the defeated constable. "I cound try to use these scimitars but I think I would be better off sticking to my dirk!" He would say inbetween deep breaths. The tiny kobold would hold up the mask and put it on. "Hey! Am I scary now? Maybe I could wear this instead of hiding in the bag when we go back to town? i could pretend to be a halfling?" he would say as he wiggled back and forth with his arms raised
"That mask doesn't make you look like a halfling."
Religion: 18
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Lumen starts making wheezy, high-pitched, Three Stooges-style nonsense syllables when he sees the pile of coins and jewels. The smell shifts from fresh-baked brea to the aroma of the most sumptuous, creamy, delicious cakes that a master baker ever created. He'd performed briefly in a very nice inn that was connected to such a bakery, and the tempting smells would drive him mad.
"We're... we don't have to worry about money for a while." How long does it seem this has been there? And does the coin and jewelry look like it came from mostly the same place, or assorted sources, robbed from passersby? "I don't think they got this from the travelers on this road over the last few weeks. This is probably something they found, or they've been sitting on for a while. It's too bad we weren't able to figure out the story behind this. It's probably a good one. Can anyone else see any hidden chambers, or any papers, or anything that would shed light on this? I don't see any, but ten eyes are better than two."
He's happy for the group to grab the scimitars, the mask, and the strongbox and depart if nothing else is found. (OOC: I believe the only unexplored area is the door behind the circular pool with the "dangerous keep out" message, right?)
"The only thing that might explain what's going on might be the mask."
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Lumen religion: 14
As Krackle pus on the mask, it doesn’t make him look like s halfling, but it does a pretty good job of hiding his kobold features.
It’s hard to tell about the treasure. There’s no way to really know if it’s been there awhile or if it’s the loot gained from robbing travelers and caravans.
OOC: Are we able to figure out what significance the mask might have?
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At this point, none of you have any relevant knowledge about whether it has any significance, or whether it’s just a regular black mask.
Chrys kneels down, inspecting the body. As she does so, Krackle walks up to her and heals her; she turns around and gives the kobold a warm smile.
"That did the trick, Krackle... an' to be honest, was the best part o' this whole battle. It ain't no shame to be bad at smashin' things apart. I think puttin' 'em back together is much more powerful, personally, an' yer pretty good at that." She gives him a wink and a smile, before turning her attention back to the corpse, and in particular, the mask:
Religion: 20
She's interrupted in her inspection by the others' discovery of treasure; eying it, she frowns. "Carryin' it out won't be no problem... I'll be happy to take anything anybody can't carry, in fact. But first things first, we gotta get back to Ellywick and tell her what's what. 'An let them two humans out, too." She pauses. "An' to be frank, I want ta take a bit o' time to put up a "GREE AKJHA" sign on the outside o' this here cave, so no goblins will be thinkin' to come back an' let out the undead that are still in here. There's still somethin' nasty in this here temple, but today ain't the day that we gotta deal with it," she tells the others, rolling her shoulders in weariness.
"Why don't one 'o ya go out an' tell Ellywick what's up... I want ta start burnin' these corpses in here ta make sure they don't rise again," she says after a moment, looking at the fallen hobgoblin and worg as well. "Ya can bring her in to take a look at Frida here, so the town won't have ta take just our word as outsiders for it."
(OOC: there's a doorway in a hall to the south and west of the banquest room that's unexplored as well, as well as the undead room near the entrance where we found Harriet. There's also that corridor that probably goes to the same room that's behind the glowing pool, but we don't know that for sure yet.
Actually, is Chrys strong enough to carry Frida's corpse out? If not, she'd start gathering the corpses together to make a pyre, just so they won't come back as undead if the group leaves.)
"We should take this mask to Ehrland and tell him about what we saw here. And maybe that wizard guy back in Yartar could tell us about this mask if Ehrland doesn't know."
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"Why don't we bring back Frida's body? She might have been pretending to be a goblin and robbing her fellow townsfolk and travelers, but she might have friends and family who would be pretty mad if we came back with a story of her running a cultist goblin crime ring. I can carry her, and the strongbox, actually. Let's check out the last couple rooms in this place, get the humans, and go to Ellywick. Sound like a plan?"
"Hnn," Chrys says, grunting. "Checkin' out the rest o' the temple, sure. But I'm going to burn these bodies, or at least stow 'em somewhere where we can lock a door, 'fore we leave this place for good. I don't fancy comin' back here to clean up one day an' findin' it overrun with goblin zombie corpses."
"What would we tell those friends and family? They probably wouldn't be too eager to hear that we killed her for being the ringleader in all of this and I don't think that they would believe us."
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