The Pod-Caverns of the Sinister Shroom (Game Thread VI)

[Jerrard]

Jerrard seeing Babuskha struggling, swings his blade at the creature, trying to cut it down.

1d20=2, 1d20=14 Well, the first one was so close to a fumble, the second hits I assume.

1d6+2=6, 1d6+2=8 6 & 8

So 8 damage?

[JadedDM]

While Babushka seems ready to accept her fate, and while Shay is retrieving his sword, both Jerrard and Locky stab at the podman, one in the chest and the other in the neck. Shuddering, the creature lets go of the ranger and drops to a heap on the ground, purple blood pooling beneath it.

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Babushka does nothing.
Jerrard attacks with his short sword (2, miss) and (14, hit) for 8 damage.
Shay retrieves his short sword.
Locky attacks with her hoopak (13) for 4 damage. Elite Podman 02 dies.

End Combat.

[Jenara]

Locky claps in relief and runs over to Babuskha, "Babuskha, are you ok?" She asks, grabbing her and pulling her away from the fallen Pod Man. "Where does it hurt?" she asks, putting her little arm around her protectively.

[Jerrard]

Jerrard shrugs at Shay, "That was harder than I expected." He wipes the creatures blood off his blade and watches Locky with Babuskha, smiling widely.

What would he do when this was over? He should go back to Caron, yet, this rag tag group was growing on him....

"Come, let us continue, Babuskha do you need any aid?"

[Breila]

"Well, look at my face" Babushka says to Locky. Then her face splits into a broad grin. "But not all of the blood is mine. I bit the podman. It tastes awful, I must tell you."

She sobers up again. "We should go on and get this over with. I'm getting foolish, and tired. I should have attacked the podman with a thrown dagger first, not run into melee like that."

[Jenara]

"Maybe.." Locky shrugs, checking her lip, making it better where she can.

(ooc: busy till friday )

[Breila]

Once Locky has patched her up a bit, Babushka thanks her and suggests: "Let's continue where the podmen came from. They were probably guarding the shroom." She'll go towards the camber the podmen came from, peering into it from the door as she had done before.

[JadedDM]

Babushka again peers into the bedchamber, but sees nobody else within. All of the doors, save the one she is looking through and an open tunnel to the east, have been barricaded with the nearby furniture.

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(OOC: I assume Babushka retrieves her fallen knife and staff, and Locky makes an effort to retrieve her sling stones?)

[Breila]

(ooc: stupid me, of course Babushka has taken her weapons back and the staff is, if limp, once again a loose bracelet on her left wrist.)

Babushka beckons to the rest of the party to come in and goes ahead, walking carefully over to the tunnel and peering in.

[Jenara]

(ooc: I am just too good, did 2 days inspection work in a morning!)

Locky retrieves her stones and places them back in a pouch, her eyes go to the bottle she 'borrowed'..

She steps up to the door, peering inside. "My, what a strange way to arrange furniture." She whispers to Shay, glancing about constantly. "Oooo bed, can I jump on it? It looks very comfortable." She grins, does a quick scan (Detect noise = 34) and pulls the others inside, her curiousity drawn to the tunnel too.

[JadedDM]

Babushka retrieves her knife and the now limp fungus staff. Locky retrieves the caltrop and all but one of the stones (the one that fell into the vat of blue liquid).

Stepping inside the bedroom, Jerrard finds it doesn't appear to have been touched since he left it. The bedroom is lavishly furnished with tapestries, a massive, reclined couch with bedclothes on it, a water pipe on a low table, an enormous brazier (five feet across) full of unlit coal beside which is a filigreed watering can, and a cabinet containing three cut-glass decanters and a silver goblet.

Near the 'bed' it appears a loose stone has been pried from the floor. Inside is an empty, open box. Just beside the eastern tunnel are two holes carved into the stone, each just large enough to fit a human head into. Just above these holes, a wooden peg protrudes as if designed to hold something. But nothing is present.

Peering into the eastern tunnel, Babushka can see the tunnel turns to the south and continues on beyond her vision.

Locky jumps on the 'bed' and does indeed find it quite comfortable. She doesn't hear anything outside of the party themselves. Shay ignores her comment, as his eyes are drawn to the decanters and goblet. He approaches them slowly, his fingers twitching.

[Breila]

"Have you been in here before, Jerrard?" Babushka asks after coming back from the tunnel.

[Jerrard]

"Yes, this is where the Shroom retreated to, he took something from that hole, and then fled." He points to the passage. "I think Shay and Locky should look at those holes in the wall, something is missing, yet I think its important."

He glances round, sniggering at Locky bouncing on the bed, yes, she should be so silly, and they should be serious, but. It was nice seeing her have fun, rather like a little child that you don't leave alone for too long.

"Shay, do not touch those yet, I am not quite sure what they are, they may be trapped magically." He says haltingly, trying to stop the thief in his tracks.

[JadedDM]

Shay's fingertips nearly brushed up against the goblet when Jerrard spoke. Freezing in place, he slowly retracts his hand with a sigh. "Right."

He approaches one of the holes in the wall. After casting one last longing glance at the goblet and decanters, he draws his sword and pokes into the hole. "Hmm, some kind of elastic, stringy mold in here," he says, retracting his blade.

[Breila]

Babushka takes up watch at the eastern tunnel while the others explore the room and its content.