[OOC] Graveyard Shift

So, you know there's an open gate spitting out monsters from the Ynfernael plane; the gate seems to be located somewhere under your feet by the big headstone where you first saw the Dribbage monster. Information you lack is 1) How can you close the gate? and 2) What does Dribbage want with the open gate in the first place? (in game terms, this is his Desire motivation.) He apparently didn't intend for a bunch of monsters to come out, or at least not monsters that he can't control.

So, now what sources of information do you have available to you to answer these questions? A couple that come to mind are the forbidden tome, and Dribbage himself. Either or both might have the answers to 1 and 2 above. So how can you get those answers out of those sources? The book will take a long time to search through. But you have magic and Heroic Abilities on your side that could be creatively employed. Then again, Dribbage has been coerced into staying put, but he has yet to spill the beans on what his end game is here.

Finally, you can always do as Tronus suggests and kick these problems over to the St. Durvin clerics. That would entail figuring out some way to contain the monsters from the gate temporarily until the clerics can be fetched (which would take at least a couple of hours). There's a gate somewhere underground near the headstone where you have Dribbage captive, and there are currently two spots the monsters can escape the tunnel system (that you know of): The crypt (locked, protected with snake monsters), and a hole that goes six feet down from behind the headstone. Again, figuring out if there are other exits from the tunnel system would be helpful to know if you go this route.

There are other things available to you that may be useful, but I leave it to you to figure out how to use them (as I have nothing firmly in mind, but am open to creative ideas!): The holy water (both in your waterskins or in the cisterns in the tomb), the dog-trainer family next door with all their dogs, Olarie Dribbage up at the house, the gravedigger, etc., etc.