Subject The peanut gallery gets restless

After collecting the key of the room the party makes its way back to the room with all the doors. They have now acquired 3 of the keys they need. While the rest of the party finishes catching its breath, and Mund puts his breaches back on, Surin starts to investigate the next door. First he checks for traps, not really expecting any at this point. Once that is done he listens to see if he can hear anything. He has to hush the rest of the part a couple of times but eventually he is fairly sure that there is nothing to hear on the other side. After reporting his findings to Harp, he moves off to the side, waiting to be needed again.

The party uses their standard procedure for opening doors, although with this one they are fairly sure that they will encounter a hall way. They are not disappointed. This hallway goes north into the distance. Again there is no light. The party cautiously advances down the new hallway, Harp and Ragnar in the lead by about 30 feet, with Mund, Ran and Kal supplying light for those who need it. When they have gone 140 feet they see a door on the left hand side. Harp motions the rest of the party to with in 20 feet and then signals them to stop.

The 1/2 orc then points at Surin and gestures him forward. The halfling gets the idea and joins Ragnar and Harp at the new door. First he make a thorough inspection of the door but does not see anything out of the ordinary. When he listens at the door however, he hears something this time (Listen check, DC?, 12+10=22) His ear pressed against the cold wood, the halfling tries to make sense of what he is hearing.

After a few minutes he signals to Harp that he is done listen. Harp signals the rest of the party and they return to the main room. There Surin fills them in on what he heard.

OODM: I will let Ashley report.

Subject The peanut gallery gets restless

"Whatever it is that's behind those doors is definetely bigger than me, and bigger than just about everyone here save maybe Harp." Surin says as he gives a nod to their fearless leader. "Even that I ain't too sure about." Clearing his throat a bit, he continues, giving a nod toward Salix as he does so. "There's at least two of them, but I didn't hear any voices, just sounds of them moving around and the like. My guess is, considering all we've been through so far, it's not anything friendly." He stands there awkwardly for a moment, then his dagger appears again, giving his hands something to do.

"So, what's the plan?"

Subject The peanut gallery gets restless

"Of course we should act with caution and in our own best interests as long as the nature of the creatures is unknown," Salix responds to Surin's nod. "However, given the rashness some of us are wont to display in the heat of things, I feel I must reiterate that we should take any opportunities of parley *if* they present themselves." Salix glances briefly at Kal. Did he roll his eyes? Salix isn't sure.

"I'm not suggesting we give up any element of surprise, given what we've encountered so far. I mean, simply, if we enter the room and find ourselves faced with something sentient and aren't immediately under attack, we should consider alternatives that do not lead to unnecessary bloodshed."

He folds his arms and nods to Harp, indicating that he's said his piece. However Harp decides to proceed, Salix will support him, knowing he's at least spoken for the side of rational discourse where possible.