Part 7: Return to the Moathouse Dungeon

funfungiguy Inactive forever!

Jan 28, 2022 6:52 pm

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I’m a little worried that we have excluded our fighter for quite some time.

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I'm more worried that we've excluded the fighter's player for quite some time.

Eltrezar snuffs his lantern, as the the halfling her torch and in the darkness, Gilly and Maloria grab hold of the fighter and make their way to the southernmost cell. It's a clumsy process with only Mal able to make out the walls and cell doors in the pitch blackness, Gilly trying to gage where she's at by how Bors in being led, and Eltrezar with a hand on the fighter for guidance.

There's a moment when Maloria backs into the room, and everything seems as if the group will pass safely, but as Maloria looks over her shoulder entering the cell, there's a jarring of Bors's body. Someone has tripped over a fallen zombie lying near the cell and bumped the cell's door. There's the sound of rusty hinges which squeak loudly. From the northwest, the barking stops abruptly. For a moment all is quiet, then one of the creatures barks what seems to be a command or orders and Maloria, Gilly, and Eltrezar hear footsteps approaching in the heavy blackness.

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Maloria "Mal" Stoneforge

dominion451

Jan 28, 2022 10:34 pm

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F*** me, we're dead.

Eltrezar the Medium

cowleyc

Jan 28, 2022 10:36 pm

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We have the capes! Fake it till we make it!

Maloria "Mal" Stoneforge

dominion451

Jan 28, 2022 10:36 pm

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Mal takes one of her sling stones and quickly throws it back towards where the group just came from...

Eltrezar the Medium

cowleyc

Jan 28, 2022 11:19 pm

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Eltrezar, cursing himself in his head, waits with bated breath.

KCC

Jan 28, 2022 11:45 pm

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Gilly drops the fighter the short distance to the ground, and draws her sword.

"Lantern!" she whispers, agitated.

If they were going to go, better to go down swinging in the light…

Eltrezar the Medium

cowleyc

Jan 29, 2022 12:29 am

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Ahem! "We are not spotted yet," Eltrezar whispers back to Gilly as he kneels to the ground. He takes the lantern and holds his cloak over himself. The elderly wizard prepares to light it, but looks up at Mal for reassurance.

funfungiguy Inactive forever!

Jan 29, 2022 5:46 pm

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Oh, wow, hang on!!! @cowleyc is correct! I forgot because it was way back on November 28th irl, that you guys found the cloaks about a half-hour ago!!! Looking at the log, it looks like Bors, Eltrezar and Maloria all took capes with the burning-eye logo from the armory and put them on; Gilly was too small and it was decided maybe her Elven one was more useful anyway! The ghouls wouldn't have given a damn about the cloaks whatsoever, but this is about to get interesting...
Is Maloria giving the go-ahead to light the lantern? What about Gilly's torch?

Maloria "Mal" Stoneforge

dominion451

Jan 29, 2022 8:21 pm

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Mal holds up her hand to wait on the light and holds her breath...

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what was the name of the armory shop guy that the non-speaking man at arms worked for? The one we figured out was spying for the cult?

funfungiguy Inactive forever!

Jan 29, 2022 8:44 pm

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dominion451 says:

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what was the name of the armory shop guy that the non-speaking man at arms worked for? The one we figured out was spying for the cult?

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There's two of them that own the Trading Post. Ranos Davl is slow, fat, clumsy, and placid.

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His business partner is Gremag a tall and thin man, with sharp features and protruding eyes. Gremag tends to dither and fuss at customers, and at Rannos as well.

Maloria "Mal" Stoneforge

dominion451

Jan 29, 2022 9:16 pm

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ok I've got a desperate plan

funfungiguy Inactive forever!

Jan 30, 2022 6:16 pm

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Am I understanding that you're all holding tight to see what comes the party's way?

cowleyc

Jan 30, 2022 6:22 pm

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Yuppers. I think Mal has a plan for if we're caught. But Eltrezar is hoping we can just skip past them up the stairs.

Maloria "Mal" Stoneforge

dominion451

Jan 30, 2022 7:32 pm

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well don't forget Mal threw a stone back towards the area we just came from in hopes they would think something ran OUT of the cell towards the back rooms... Doubling down on my desperate plans

KCC

Jan 31, 2022 1:12 am

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Gilly has her cloak about her, and her sword concealed beneath its cloth.

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Perhaps I ought to sneak out and lead them away? Or make a racket somewhere else? Do I do worry for the horses above…

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Maloria "Mal" Stoneforge

dominion451

Jan 31, 2022 4:24 am

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That's a big risk for Gilly...

If they find us I'm gonna say Gremag sent us to check on things but some group of adventurers ambushed us and ran toward the crypt...

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funfungiguy Inactive forever!

Jan 31, 2022 8:49 pm

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Maloria leans out of the cell and throws a stone into the darkness to the north before ducking back in the cell, hoping that it will mislead whomever is barking in the darkness. Though she sees nothing as the stone sails and clatters against the stone wall somewhere beyond the range of her vision, it immediately is met with more excited yapping from the unknown creatures.

Unfortunately, her desperate hopes are dashed as it seems the creatures saw the stone sail through the air, and far from leading them away from the party's spot, it seems to have advertised where the stone came from. Footsteps suddenly rush for the area outside the cells where they abruptly, almost cautiously, stop. The party hears more barking from one of the creatures. Their language surely not human, nor any of the other demi-human races you may have ever met. As the one, who seems to be giving orders finishes, you hear the most northernmost cell open with a loud squeak. It seems they're inspecting each cell, individually, as a troop of city guardsmen would walk down a row of outhouses one-by-one in search of a cutpurse.

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If Gilly wants to don her Elven Cloak and leave the room she would surely be within sight of whatever creatures are investigating, though whether they would actually spot her is another question, and unlikely as there's only a 1-in-6 chance of being spotted.

If anyone else would like to do something, go ahead and speak up. Otherwise we'll just move the creatures down the length of the room until they eventually arrive at the southernmost cell and whatever happens happens...

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Maloria "Mal" Stoneforge

dominion451

Jan 31, 2022 9:10 pm

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Mal pops her head out of the cell and looks at the interlopers with relief. She strides out with her hands up in exasperation and shouts angrily,

"Bloody hell it's about time you got here! It's those same damn townies from last time! They killed our muscle and took off for the crypts!"

Eltrezar the Medium

cowleyc

Jan 31, 2022 9:22 pm

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Eltrezar, hearing Mal speak up, works out at least part of her ruse. He doesn't know that she plans on dropping names, so he does so first. As he re-lights the lantern, he speaks loudly. Hrmph! "Lareth will be quite upset that we failed to stop them. You would be doing us the greatest of favors by putting a stop to those pests! But not if you let them get away!"

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Had to look back for this one.

funfungiguy Inactive forever!

Feb 1, 2022 6:05 pm

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Hold please...

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