D&D: Horror on the Hill: Beginnings

[TomB]

(Will keep a post up here, watching the room, unless thr group heads off - will then join...)

*On second thought, since this is the last post made by Train I think maybe Si'Nat can continue on without the bow...Perhaps Cugel could use it? *

 

[Oversoul]

I forget if Cugel has a shortbow or a longbow. Either way he'll take the ornate longbow. After all, it is ornate.

"Perhaps I should test this on something prior to relying on the integrity of its construction in live combat. Hm..."

 

[Spiderman]

** Yeah, train's been MIA for a while... I remember him saying that work was overwhelming it at the moment, I guess it still is...

Wilhelm takes the shield and Cugel take the bow. Cugel casts his eyes around for something to test the bow on...

** You had a short bow before. And there's nothing else visible in the room besides the bodies.

 

[Oversoul]

*Cugel won't shoot at the bodies. It seems too disrespectful. He'll stick with the shortbow if we're ambushed in the immediate future and wait until we come across something more suitable before performing any test.*

 

[Spiderman]

Kurik says, "Should we move on or search the room to see if there's anything else?"

 

[DarthFerret]

I say move on....this is starting to grate on me..

 

[Spiderman]

"Move on it is. Should we continue west or go back east and try that other door?"

 

[Oversoul]

"Let us go back and examine that other door."

 

[Mooseman]

"Don't leave me behind", cries Wilhelm, as he quickly follows.

 

[Spiderman]

The party heads back east and checks the door and finds no traps and doesn't hear anything behind the door.

 

[Spiderman]

Kurik says, "Whatcha guys think? Safe to open?"

 

[DarthFerret]

Seems as safe as any other door we may find, I say go ahead...

 

[BigBlue]

Standard door opening procedures...

 

[Spiderman]

This room seems to actually be a giant birdcage. Having heard the door open, a flock of brightly colored birds take to the air from a number of perches. They utter piercing shrieks as they zoom towards you.

You barely manage not to be surprised.

Round 1: Party has initiative.

 

[TomB]

"I'm fer leavin'!" Rondo yells, as he back out and closes the door again, "lessen you lads think there be treasure in there!"

 

[Mooseman]

Wilhelm mutters,'"If those birds are still alive, there must be magic that is keeping them that way...." He pipes up with,"I am all for going on and getting out of these perilous depths."

 

[Spiderman]

Kurik says, "But isn't it weird that it's a birdcage? Who'd want to keep something like that? But yeah, I don't need to go in there if you guys don't wanna..."

 

[BigBlue]

I'm all for not going in there too... but, was there natural light coming down?

That is very strange... Some sort of Messenger service perhaps?

 

[Spiderman]

** No natural light - torchlight on the walls.

 

[Spiderman]

"So I guess that leaves going back west then," remarks Kurik. The party tramps west, past the door with the bodies, and goes another 50' before coming to the N-S corridor with the door in the west wall (which you've been in). So as it stands, the two immediate unexplored areas close by are going to the north right here OR traveling south, going through the door in the west, going west, and exploring the corridor going south (see maps to refresh memory).