Chapter 1 - Goblin Arrows

Some rolls, for future use.

The goblin on the bridge continues to look towards the entrance of the cave but appears to be more bored than attentive. Suddenly the flickering of Orel's torch seems to refocus his attention. His eyes widen and he lets out a loud yip before cupping his hands to his mouth and turning towards the back of the cave.

Just as the goblin starts to yell out Gerbo's arrow strike it between the shoulder blades. The creature stumbles forward but regains its balance taking in a deep, labored breath as it does.

Seeing the skeletal hand appear the goblin quickly rolls to the right, but its startled acrobatics do it little good as the hand slaps the life force from its body. The goblin collapses unceremoniously onto the bridge.

The passage to the left is choked with rubble and has two steep escarpments separated by a ledge. The going is tough but Gerbo is able to make his way up the second escapement where the passageway tees into another slightly wider passageway. The smell is horrible; a mix of unwashed Goblins, rotten food, and something awful being cooked assaults the Rogue's senses.

To the right the new passageway heads off roughly twenty feet before bending further rightward.

To the left the passage quickly opens into a chamber where five Goblins are sitting around a small fire, cooking up some sort of Goblin delicacy. The smoke from the fire creates a stingy orange-colored haze throughout the room through which Gerbo can just make out a steep natural staircase at the southern end of the cavern.

Walking on the ledge between the two escarpments Kerisha can feel that the ground isn't quite as solid as it appeared. It starts to give way and quickly crumbles. It's remnants, and Kerisha, slide hard down the first escarpment, barely missing the others on the way down.

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Through the smoke it's hard for Gerbo to differentiate between the Golbins huddled about the fire. He is caught a bit by surprise by the sound of debris falling behind him though.