Persuasion: 14 (OOC: definitively true about putting a good word to the captain, mostly true about a low level scroll unless my compagnons do not want)
"Well, this room has only one entrance, so it should be easier to guard. I'm fine with getting some rest" Grimnir is checking that the 2 sets of manacles that restrains Droki are still holding well.
Droki stops his whining and considers Grimnir’s offer. After a moment he says, “Agreed but we must hurry! I am already behind! And maybe I could have my satchel back? Narrak will be cross if he doesn’t get his nail clippings.” Droki’s bindings seem secure though he complains as you check that they are too tight.
"Droki, what is this Narrak doing more precisely with the nail clipping? Do you have an idea or did you see anything?" "Also, Tell me what we are expecting overthere, any spectator ?"
“Narrak is in charge. He says the giant’s nail clippings will herald a new age. Or something. I don’t really pay attention. I will show you the secret way! No spectators. You can do what you like and I’ll get all his scrolls like you promised.”
Persuasion: 14 (OOC: definitively true about putting a good word to the captain, mostly true about a low level scroll unless my compagnons do not want)
"Well, this room has only one entrance, so it should be easier to guard. I'm fine with getting some rest" Grimnir is checking that the 2 sets of manacles that restrains Droki are still holding well.
Droki stops his whining and considers Grimnir’s offer. After a moment he says, “Agreed but we must hurry! I am already behind! And maybe I could have my satchel back? Narrak will be cross if he doesn’t get his nail clippings.” Droki’s bindings seem secure though he complains as you check that they are too tight.
"Droki, what is this Narrak doing more precisely with the nail clipping? Do you have an idea or did you see anything?" "Also, Tell me what we are expecting overthere, any spectator ?"
“Narrak is in charge. He says the giant’s nail clippings will herald a new age. Or something. I don’t really pay attention. I will show you the secret way! No spectators. You can do what you like and I’ll get all his scrolls like you promised.”
"Very well, Droki. Show us the way. No funny thing or our Dragonborn friend, here, will smash you"
Droki instructs Zippy on which direction to go and you all follow, winding down the main tunnel, leaving behind the magical thrum of the obelisk. You pass by the narrow crack that you entered into this area from where you left Amafrey, the flumph. You wind around to a Western direction as you come to a set of double doors that Droki proceeds to knock on in a specific manner. Once. Twice. Four times, pause, then three knocks. The doors slowly open, and you pass through into a dimly lit room filled with yellow and purple fungi. They don't react as you pass through, and Droki takes you Northwest through another tunnel.
As you wrap around to the South, you come to a split in the tunnel. To your right, the tunnel continues West, but to your left you see a cliff edge, and beyond it a swirling mass of faezress that is visibly twisting and turning in the air with sparkling flecks of dust and refuse. It would be a wondrous sight, were it not for the smell of decay, rot, and garbage coming from below the cliff edge. Standing at the edge looking over this refuse pit, with his back turned towards you, is a single derro, who seems to be prodding at something below with a large stick.
Before leaving the cave, Valrish remembers the fungi he took from the place where the flumph was waiting for them. He eats the one that he remembers that makes him larger and lifts up the glowing egg, which is now warmer due to Belwar's fire.
Valrish Stealth: 6 Eldeth Stealth: 9
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PbP Characters Valrish (Dragonborn // Barbarian 6) - Out of the Abyss - play by post
The derro does not seem to notice you, engrossed in his work of pushing around the trash with a stick. As you pass behind him, he gives a startled yelp, but keeps his attention on something down in the pit."Oi! There you are, you little bugger! Hand over that ring now, why don't you? It looks like it might fetch a fair price at the blade bazaar. 'You'll never find any treasure in the trash pit' they told me, but I knew I'd find something eventually. Like my daddy always sai... hey! Hey get back here you ruddy creeper!"
As he says this last part, something crawls up over the edge of the cliff and quickly scuttles away from the derro. It rushes past your party without paying you any attention, and as it does so, you can see it appears to be a a small five fingered hand, wearing an obsidian ring around one finger. The derro turns around ,diving at the ground and narrowly missing the hand as it dashes away. As he brushes himself off and lifts his head, he notices the large (and enlarged) group of people in the hallway. "Oh! Uh, hello there. Didn't see you all, *gulp*, come in there..." He begins slowly backing away toward the cliff edge. The hand scuttles quickly off to the towards the tunnel on the right.
Valrish notices the hand tip-toeing (or tip-fingering) away. "Het, isn't that the hand that that ghost asked us to get or something?" He says, all while carrying the egg under one arm and pointing at the ring on the finger with his finger.
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Oorr whispers a word in Aarakocra, the command for Zippy to grapple the creature. Zippy jump with the usual grace over the derro, trying to grapple him with his sticky legs. Attack 12, if the attacks hits, the target is grappled.
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Grimnir looks at where VAlrish is pointing and sees the hand. In a swift mouvement he reaches it and grabs it. "You must be Pelek's hand, we promised to bring you to your home. Trust us..."... Hearing himself talking to a hand, griming cannot avoid feeling a bit stupid. While taking care of the hand, Grimnir keeps an eye on the derro. Grabbing (Athletic): 15
Remembering the powerful lightning bolt of the last Derro, Jimjar will jump out of the shadows and try to knock-down the new creature (non-lethal damage) Attack (with adv because hidden): dagger 10 damage 3 Second attack : dagger 12 damage 5 any of those attack that hit: + sneak attack 8
OOC: actually to be honest, I don't think that JimJar would Knockdown a derro but probably kill him/her...
The hand attempts to evade Grimnir's grab by scuttling away. (Acrobatics 20) Grimnir is unable to catch it, and it scurries further down the hallway, nails clacking on the stone floor.
Jimjar, meanwhile , jumps from the shadows and knocks the derro nearly unconscious, stopping his retreat to the garbage pit. (It has 1 hit point, so not quite dead.)
Oorr makes squeak of victory, then flies over to examine the hand. If it has the obsidian ring the gnome ghost described, Oorr will take the hand and place it in the backpack.
Oorr makes squeak of victory, then flies over to examine the hand. If it has the obsidian ring the gnome ghost described, Oorr will take the hand and place it in the backpack.
The hand does indeed have an obsidian ring on it, and appears to be what the derro was trying to acquire. The hand stays limp, apparently slain by the crossbow bolt, but Pelek never said anything about burying it alive in Blingdenstone. You can safely store it in your backpack.
Droki urges you to continue following him down the Western pathway, ignoring the derro who Jimjar has grabbed. "We must hurry hurry hurry! Oh... if only I had my boots..." Droki's eyes dart quickly to Valrish's feet, and his face twists into a grimace before he turns away and pulls towards the tunnel.
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Grimnir grabs the derro by his collar. "What are you doing here? Tell us everything or we are done with you" Intimidation: 13 (OOC: I rolled with advantage ad Jimjar is helping me)
OOC: ahah I should stop trying to intimidate people... not my stuff
Grimnir grabs the derro by his collar. "What are you doing here? Tell us everything or we are done with you" Intimidation: 8 (OOC: I rolled with advantage ad Jimjar is helping me)
OOC: ahah I should stop trying to intimidate people... not my stuff
The derro seems easily cowed. "Please don't kill me! I just tend the refuse pit, make sure the zombies don't get out, you know, the usual. Narrak gets awfully cross when the zombies interrupt his rituals, you know. He's developing all those curses for the stone giants, and the zombies tend to muck it up, you know. Then I see this hand here with a pretty looking ring, you know? And I just think I can try and fish it out! I don't get paid enough, you know, and it would be like a bonus. I promise I won't say nothing, just let me go. I've told you everything I know... you know!"
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Currently Playing: Regdus Ironfist (Greyhawk) Lvl 1 Storm Sorcerer ; Goraseth Drerjoxian (Icespeak) Lvl 3 Paladin Oath of Glory; Lerak (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight) Lvl 3 Barbarian Wild Magic
In Pause: Grimnir " Shadow-Feet", Lv 11 Owner of "The Basilisk & the Monk" (OotA) - Kurma Kappa, Lv 8 Priest of Oghma (ToA)
Currently DM'ing: Princes of Apocalypse >> Tomb of Annihilation
After ascertaining that everyone is well, Oorr will help Valrish carrying the egg.
"We can't through the narrow tunnel with the egg. We must take the other way." (area 14a on the map)
Because of its superior vision, Oorr instructs Zippy to take the lead.
Zippy Perception 10, Stealth 27
Droki instructs Zippy on which direction to go and you all follow, winding down the main tunnel, leaving behind the magical thrum of the obelisk. You pass by the narrow crack that you entered into this area from where you left Amafrey, the flumph. You wind around to a Western direction as you come to a set of double doors that Droki proceeds to knock on in a specific manner. Once. Twice. Four times, pause, then three knocks. The doors slowly open, and you pass through into a dimly lit room filled with yellow and purple fungi. They don't react as you pass through, and Droki takes you Northwest through another tunnel.
As you wrap around to the South, you come to a split in the tunnel. To your right, the tunnel continues West, but to your left you see a cliff edge, and beyond it a swirling mass of faezress that is visibly twisting and turning in the air with sparkling flecks of dust and refuse. It would be a wondrous sight, were it not for the smell of decay, rot, and garbage coming from below the cliff edge. Standing at the edge looking over this refuse pit, with his back turned towards you, is a single derro, who seems to be prodding at something below with a large stick.
(OOG I need Stealth rolls from everyone please.)
Oorr Stealth 22
Rumpadump Stealth 11
Before leaving the cave, Valrish remembers the fungi he took from the place where the flumph was waiting for them. He eats the one that he remembers that makes him larger and lifts up the glowing egg, which is now warmer due to Belwar's fire.
Valrish Stealth: 6
Eldeth Stealth: 9
PbP Characters
Valrish (Dragonborn // Barbarian 6) - Out of the Abyss - play by post
PbP DMing
SPANISH - Storm King's Thunder
Grimnir follow the lead and ate 1 bigwig before entering the large doors (2 Bigwig left).
Stealth Grimnir :22
Stealth Jimjar :13
Currently Playing: Regdus Ironfist (Greyhawk) Lvl 1 Storm Sorcerer ; Goraseth Drerjoxian (Icespeak) Lvl 3 Paladin Oath of Glory; Lerak (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight) Lvl 3 Barbarian Wild Magic
In Pause: Grimnir " Shadow-Feet", Lv 11 Owner of "The Basilisk & the Monk" (OotA) - Kurma Kappa, Lv 8 Priest of Oghma (ToA)
Currently DM'ing: Princes of Apocalypse >> Tomb of Annihilation
Stealth: 18 (Belwar) and 16 (Derendil)
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The derro does not seem to notice you, engrossed in his work of pushing around the trash with a stick. As you pass behind him, he gives a startled yelp, but keeps his attention on something down in the pit."Oi! There you are, you little bugger! Hand over that ring now, why don't you? It looks like it might fetch a fair price at the blade bazaar. 'You'll never find any treasure in the trash pit' they told me, but I knew I'd find something eventually. Like my daddy always sai... hey! Hey get back here you ruddy creeper!"
As he says this last part, something crawls up over the edge of the cliff and quickly scuttles away from the derro. It rushes past your party without paying you any attention, and as it does so, you can see it appears to be a a small five fingered hand, wearing an obsidian ring around one finger. The derro turns around ,diving at the ground and narrowly missing the hand as it dashes away. As he brushes himself off and lifts his head, he notices the large (and enlarged) group of people in the hallway. "Oh! Uh, hello there. Didn't see you all, *gulp*, come in there..." He begins slowly backing away toward the cliff edge. The hand scuttles quickly off to the towards the tunnel on the right.
Valrish notices the hand tip-toeing (or tip-fingering) away. "Het, isn't that the hand that that ghost asked us to get or something?" He says, all while carrying the egg under one arm and pointing at the ring on the finger with his finger.
PbP Characters
Valrish (Dragonborn // Barbarian 6) - Out of the Abyss - play by post
PbP DMing
SPANISH - Storm King's Thunder
Oorr whispers a word in Aarakocra, the command for Zippy to grapple the creature. Zippy jump with the usual grace over the derro, trying to grapple him with his sticky legs.
Attack 12, if the attacks hits, the target is grappled.
Grimnir looks at where VAlrish is pointing and sees the hand. In a swift mouvement he reaches it and grabs it.
"You must be Pelek's hand, we promised to bring you to your home. Trust us..."... Hearing himself talking to a hand, griming cannot avoid feeling a bit stupid.
While taking care of the hand, Grimnir keeps an eye on the derro.
Grabbing (Athletic): 15
Remembering the powerful lightning bolt of the last Derro, Jimjar will jump out of the shadows and try to knock-down the new creature (non-lethal damage)
Attack (with adv because hidden): dagger 10 damage 3
Second attack : dagger 12 damage 5
any of those attack that hit: + sneak attack 8
OOC: actually to be honest, I don't think that JimJar would Knockdown a derro but probably kill him/her...
Currently Playing: Regdus Ironfist (Greyhawk) Lvl 1 Storm Sorcerer ; Goraseth Drerjoxian (Icespeak) Lvl 3 Paladin Oath of Glory; Lerak (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight) Lvl 3 Barbarian Wild Magic
In Pause: Grimnir " Shadow-Feet", Lv 11 Owner of "The Basilisk & the Monk" (OotA) - Kurma Kappa, Lv 8 Priest of Oghma (ToA)
Currently DM'ing: Princes of Apocalypse >> Tomb of Annihilation
The hand attempts to evade Grimnir's grab by scuttling away. (Acrobatics 20)
Grimnir is unable to catch it, and it scurries further down the hallway, nails clacking on the stone floor.
Jimjar, meanwhile , jumps from the shadows and knocks the derro nearly unconscious, stopping his retreat to the garbage pit. (It has 1 hit point, so not quite dead.)
Oorr, seeing the hand escaping, lets loose a bolt in its direction.
Attack: 13 Damage: 8
Oorr makes squeak of victory, then flies over to examine the hand. If it has the obsidian ring the gnome ghost described, Oorr will take the hand and place it in the backpack.
Droki urges you to continue following him down the Western pathway, ignoring the derro who Jimjar has grabbed. "We must hurry hurry hurry! Oh... if only I had my boots..." Droki's eyes dart quickly to Valrish's feet, and his face twists into a grimace before he turns away and pulls towards the tunnel.
Valrish slightly growls at Droki menacingly but proceeds to follow him with the egg still under his arm.
PbP Characters
Valrish (Dragonborn // Barbarian 6) - Out of the Abyss - play by post
PbP DMing
SPANISH - Storm King's Thunder
Grimnir grabs the derro by his collar. "What are you doing here? Tell us everything or we are done with you"
Intimidation: 13 (OOC: I rolled with advantage ad Jimjar is helping me)
OOC: ahah I should stop trying to intimidate people... not my stuff
Currently Playing: Regdus Ironfist (Greyhawk) Lvl 1 Storm Sorcerer ; Goraseth Drerjoxian (Icespeak) Lvl 3 Paladin Oath of Glory; Lerak (The Wild Beyond the Witchlight) Lvl 3 Barbarian Wild Magic
In Pause: Grimnir " Shadow-Feet", Lv 11 Owner of "The Basilisk & the Monk" (OotA) - Kurma Kappa, Lv 8 Priest of Oghma (ToA)
Currently DM'ing: Princes of Apocalypse >> Tomb of Annihilation