Adventure Thread - Atarin's Delve

(yes)

In the torchlight, you are back in a cavern that you rushed through earlier. To your right (the south) you see a single iron-bound wooden door. To your left (north) is a passage leading to what must be a small shrine, as your torchlight catches the image of another big breasted statue of the Blue Lady. To the east you see the natural stair leading down to the cavern where the arga lizards were feasting on the fallen cultists, archaeological staff and their horses.

Alden puts an ear to the door and hears nothing on the other side. He determines the door must be clear of traps, however it is locked. A quick twist with his picks and it unlocks.

Beyond the door is a short hallway, with another door at the southern end of the corridor and one door to your left (east). This area, at one time, must have been very nicely appointed, but now the tapestries are moldy rags upon the ground, the blue painted walls are peeling, and small piles of rotten wood must have once been chairs against the wall.

Alden puts an ear to the door, hearing nothing on the other side. He scans the door carefully for traps, and finds none. He checks the door and it is not locked. The group carefully opens the door, the small room beyond is covered with damp, moldering sitting room furniture.

Bart goes around the room kicking the piles of rotten furniture, one pile bursts into a writhing mass of beetles! A swarm attacks,

They rush up his legs, covering his torso and weeding through the holes in his armor. He shouts in pain (14pts of damage!)

ROUND 1

11 Alden (HP: 14/14) (DEF: 4)
10 Esteber (HP: 22/22) (DEF: 14) SP: 1
08 Bart (HP:8/24) (DEF: 13) SP: 1
08 Beetle Swarm (HP:40%) (DEF:6)
04 Herja (HP: 20/20) (DEF: 12)

Conditional Modifiers:
Esteber has the torch.
Bart is in melee

Bart smashes nearly half of the bugs by bring his sword down flatly upon them. +1 SP to Bart

(Notice the swarm's new defense, folks)

(OOC: With my recent purchase of Lightning Reflexes at rank I, I should be at 10 INI.)

Gotcha

OOC: Wait, did we level up? I must have missed that :-P