Taking a break and experience points
Subject Taking a break
Now that the immediate danger is passed, Mund's hindbrain usurps total control. He drops his weapon and shield where he is and strips off his pants to get full access to the deadly bite he got from the magical monster. It looks bad. Could it be that the bite has a delayed effect?
Almost in tears, Mund shoves the wound in Salix's face and starts begging him to fix it up so that Mund won't get turned into nothin' unnatural.
From: Kevin
Subject Taking a break
Harps' chest heaves, both from the exertion of fighting the birds and from the fear that had gripped him when he had felt the slight shiver of cold try to run up his leg. The feeling that he could have been turned into stone was one he did not want to contemplate any more deeply.
Looking around, he sees that all of the other party members seem relatively unhurt. Grunting in satisfaction, Harp starts "Well, that was less fun than I thought it would be. Poison from those scorpions I can understand, but these things give me the shakes.
Let's search the room and hope we find that damn key this time."
OOC: Mark, we entered the testing grounds at morning. Approximately what time is it now? Most of these things have not taken that long - I am guessing around noon?
Guys, I think we are going to have to camp in a room eventually. Maybe clear a couple more rooms, heal up, bed down for the night.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
From: Karl
Subject Taking a break
Salix will just continue searching the room.
(OOC - Salix doesn't really have anything to say at this point, but he'll respond if directly spoken to, or if something interesting happens. )
From: Kevin
Subject Taking a break
OOC: Harp will sneak up behind Salix while he is walking (in full plate mail of course) and try to trip his foot and then stick out his tounge and say "nanny-nanny boo-boo".
If Mund suggests roasting these things and giving thanks for having survived so far, he and Harp may have to have another grapple.
From: Ashley
Subject Taking a break
:lol:
Surin sees people relaxing and poking around, and figures the fight is at an end. "The least you coulda done is save somethin' for me" he says genially, trying to break the tension. He lowers his axe but does not put it away, and he backs into the room to give the area one last look. He takes a look at the dead critters on the floor, and his genial attitude fades a bit. Shaking the feeling away, he find Salix's light source and searches the room for the key or, god forbid, another door.
From: Karl
Subject Taking a break
Salix, of course, will oblige. (Cure Minor Wounds). Remembering that Mund can have a quick and fierce temper, he does all he can to hide his bemusement. "That should fix you up," he says. "In my experience, if the bite were going to be a danger to you, it would have already done its worst."
(OOC - Salix has a Cure Light Wounds, too. Use whichever is sufficient to heal the wound in question. Also, I'm unclear as to what, if anything, Salix knows about cockatrices. If nothing, then you can scratch that last sentence above.)
From: Porter
Subject Taking a break
Mund thanks Salix, but isn't completely convinced. He goes around to everybody except Kal looking for a second, third, fourt, etc. opinion.
"What do you know about these monsters? Look at this -- this is where I was bit. Salix healed me, but it still doesn't look quite right, doncha think? If feels too hard. It looks kinda grey. It feels too heavy. He says it's completely healed, but I don't think it is."
All the while, he's completely unaware that he's running around without any pants on.
From: Mark
Subject Taking a break
He would have heard of them, at least in passing in the class about creatures that can kill you with a look. :) I think the CMW would be enough.
From: Karl
Subjec: Taking a break
(OOC - if anyone notices Salix taking an undue interest in Mund's al fresco attire, don't blame him. Blame his controller. ;-)
From: Mark
Subject Taking a break
Find that man a cod piece.
From: Ashley
Subject Taking a break
*literally ROFL-ing* :D
From: Josh
Subject Taking a break
OOC: I'm gone until friday. Mark can take over for me if you guys want. Kal will be conserving his magic until it's needed. (If we get up against something real big, he probably wants to cast the strength spell and then go in as a fighter.)
Kal is hardly noticed by the rest of the group once the melee ends. He cleans his sword, kneels over the fallen birds and says a quick prayer. When he rises he begins to systematically search the room for anything of interest. After he's finished with that, he'll wait for Harp to get everyone moving. If there's time he'll run a whetstone across his blade quickly.
From: Kevin
Subject Taking a break
OOC: Harp wants to know why Mund would want to wear a piece of fish instead of normal clothes?
From: Mark
Subject Taking a break
The battle over the party starts to clean up the mess and inspect the room. Salix is almost accosted by Mund asking the druid to take a look at the small wound the cockatrice had caused, the barbarian acting like his leg had been bit off. Biting back the small chuckle he felt, Salix was glad that Mund was so out of sorts, otherwise he might notice the looks and grins from the other party members and challenge them to a fight, or worse. It took him a while to find the wound itself, but Mund seem to take that as his being very careful and judicious with his inspection. In the end Salix says one of the most basic of prayers and the small bruised area disappears.
However, Mund is not so easily mollified. Moving among the party member, in particular the healers, Mund makes a little bit of a pest of himself. Some of the others are almost tempted to laugh until they realize how close several of them were to being turned to stone. Harp especially feels for the barbarian. He did not know of the healing graces that the battle god could give to his followers.
The room is quickly searched. Salix's glowing scorpion foot goes out during the search, but that just slows them down a bit. There is nothing of value in the room, however, Salix does find a single key made out of Electrum in one corner. He takes it over to Harp and says "Here, add this to your collection." A reasonably long time is spent inspecting the walls for secret doors and passage ways and hidden chambers and other things. Over an hour and a half is spent and nothing is found.
Harp calls for everyones attention. "Do we all agree that this room is now empty? If so I say we head back to the main room and enter the next room. What say you all?"
OODM: Ok any role play. I have attached a new map of the dungeon. I am going to take tomorrow and probably Friday off. The family and I and Kevin and his boy are going to Indianapolis to see the LOTR exhibit.
From: Mark
Subject Experience points
I have just updated everyones experience for the first three encounter in the testing grounds. I have already added it to your totals on Sakeriver.
Everyone got 1000xp