Session 1: A Simple Job

Mouse, you are a dance star. The key is actually several feet away from the helm, but this isn't your first heist. Describe your epic feat of stamina and grace as you pluck the key from its spot on the floor and make your way in front of the helm.

Silver-hair gets into your face, Reszket. "Do you have any idea what you're doing?" Baron hair yells "Elidyr, are you lecturing them? Just throw 'em in, let the rats get 'em." Elidyr kicks you hard in the shin while Baron-hair shoves you backwards into the room. The remaining guards catch up, pointing their blades at Rurgosh and Azarx, intent on forcing them into the room with Mouse and the others.

What do you do?

Suddenly, the room goes dark. The floor begins to vibrate.

Mouse, you hear a whispering in the back of your mind. The voice of a young girl. Hello, little Mouse. Have you come to set me free? It's followed by a fit of giggles.

What do you do?

Mouse, when you make a leap of faith while in the pitch dark towards the exit of a trapped room, roll + DEX. On a 10+, Choose 2. On a 7-9, Choose 1. On a miss, it's all going down:
*You don't drop the helm
*You don't set off the pressure trap
*You don't get turned around
*You don't bring attention to yourself

Rurgosh- You hit the human female hard, but not before she gets a good slash in herself. Take 1d8 damage. The other two attempt to jab at you with their weapons, when suddenly Reszket's blow lands true, dropping Elidyr hard onto the floor.

Reszket, You quickly regain your footing, pushing and hacking your way back to the front of the door. The remaining guards look around at each other nervously. It's clear that they don't want to hang around any longer than they absolutely have to.

What do you do?

Baron hair backs up a few feet and calls to his cohorts. "Samson, Hazel, Shaeni, handle this. I have other business to attend to." He then turns around and runs down the hallway from where he came.

Shaeni is still gaping when Reszket stabs her hard, and she falls to one knee clutching her wound. This infuriates Hazel, who stabs you for 1d8 (minus armor.) Samson steps in front of Shaeni, protecting her from further harm. "This won't end well for you, or any of us for that matter. I beg of you, leave now before it's too late!"

As this is taking place, Mouse runs and leaps, while Rurgosh throws his shield into the dark room. Several things happen at once.

Everyone standing by the door hears the loud scrape of the metal shield against the stone of the floor, followed by a loud cracking sound. Suddenly, the ground falls away and there, a few feet in front of the doorway, is a dark shadow where there once was a floor. The raised platform where the helm once was does not seem to be affected, but it's hard to tell for sure from where you're standing. The room is large and dark. You'll have to bring in a source of light if you want to investigate.

Mouse, you feel the air whoosh past you as you leap. Unfortunately, the helm flies off your head in the process, landing just a few feet from the platform you had been standing next to. When you hit the ground, you roll across across the floor. When you stop, it buckles and suddenly you're falling. You land hard in a pile of rocks. Take 1d6 damage (no armor.) Disoriented, you look around and in the distance, you see two red torches moving quickly towards you. Actually, come to think of it, they look a lot like eyes. There's a strange, shuffling sound in the distance. A little voice echoes in your head. You shouldn't have done that. Now how will you help me? You can't see the pout but you know it's there.

What do you do?

Mouse, with a heave and a throw, you watch as the grappling hook flies upwards, catching on something on the floor above. You yank hard, expecting to be able to climb out. Instead, you hear a loud scrape of metal and a SNAP. The broken rope falls back towards you while the grappling hook is nowhere to be seen. It is lost. The red eyes continue their approach. Now that it's a little closer and your eyes have adjusted slightly to the dark, you can see a vague outline of the creature. It almost resembles a rat. A very large rat.

Samson stands in defense of his comrades, eying Resket, sword drawn but making no move to attack. "Then leave! Now, before he comes back!" He nervously eyes the hallway that Sy'win disappeared down.

Rurgosh's warhammer glows a lovely shade of blue, illuminating the front of the room and casting dark shadows around the platform where the helm once rested. It's no longer there, and Mouse is nowhere to be found. The sound of scurrying and the scrape of metal can be heard, as well as the snap of a rope.

Azarx, while you're not sure whether Sy'win saw you or not, the timing of his departure fills you with dread. What is he planning? How was he involved with turning your family against you?

What do you do?

Mouse- Somehow, even throwing blindly you manage to hit the approaching rat. It screeches loudly in pain as it's hit with the dagger, then seems to rear up onto its back legs. At least, that's what you think has happened since its red eyes seemed to have jumped up a few feet. This is the largest rat you've ever seen in your life- it's almost your size!

What do you do?