After the fight, the alter
Subject After the fight
Salix will do as Harp orders regarding searching the room, using all pertinent skills to help find the last key or any secret doors or such.
At some point when Harp isn't otherwise preoccupied, Salix will approach him quietly and say:
"I must admit that when the door was flung open and I knew we'd have to face all those trolls without being able to close the door and prepare fresh prayers, I thought we were dead for sure. As you can see, those were definitely not creatures to be trifled with. My first instinct was to try to run to the previous door and shut them inside. But you kept your cool and through your leadership we were able to keep them contained. We didn't have to fight them all at once, or run and re-group. Now they are dead and we are all alive. You led well, Harp."
From: Mark
Subject After the fight
Where is that butt kissing emoticon when you need it? ;)
From: Mark
Subject Mund
I think his brother is having a moderating influence on him.
From: Kevin
Subject After the fight
Harp watches with relief as Mund and Ran cut down the final troll, dispatching it to whatever hell is would suffer in. Two of their group had almost lost their lives in this encounter, and had it not been for Ragnar, Kal and Ran would surely have died from their wounds. Even Harp was feeling somewhat worse for wear after fighting those things. Harp heads over to the doorway, and starts clearing body parts out of the way so the rest of the group could more easily make it into the next room. As he finishes the work, he says to Surin " OK, my friend, your turn. Go take a look in there and see what you can find. Salix, will you and Allistair help him?"
"Ragnar, lets you and I take a look at Kal. He still seems a bit out of it. Ran, would you and Mund search those troll bodies. I doubt they have anything worth anything, but we have to look."
OOC: Harp will sacrafice a 2nd level for cure wounds of the same level if needed. Mark, I assume someone has succeeded in their spot checks to see the brown thing in the middle of the room.
From: Mark
Subject After the fight
Believe it or not eveyone failed their DC5 spot check and not a single person sees the very large wooden alter in the middle of the room. :)
I will write up something at lunch time.
From: Kevin
Subject After the fight
Can Harp make a listen check to see if he can hear the altar?
Let me know how he rolls.
From: Derek
Subject After the fight
Mund is still excited from the heat of the battle. He punts one of the severed heads across the room, and then wipes the green blood off his axe. "Now THAT was a battle! That golug got in the way, but those things showed him how stupid that was even better than I could have done."
Mund then turns to Ran as they start inspecting the bodies of the trolls (OOC they're not clothed or anything, right? Nothing to search on them, is there?) "Doesn't look like these guys have much besides they're appetites. You wanna cut one open and see if it has anything in it's stomach?"
Allistair follows the rest of the group into the room, carefully stepping over the pile of troll bodies in the doorway. He first examines the wooden altar in the center of the room.
From: Mark
Subject The alter
As tensions ease the rest of the party enters the room, stepping gingerly over the headless forms of the trolls. Allistair jumps when a hand twitches a little, but a more careful look shows that it is just left over death spasms. Harp, starting to clear the bodies out of the door way, starts organizing things. "Surin, your turn. Take a look around. Salix and Allistair, give him a hand. Don't touch anything yet, but see if you can find the key. Ragnar, let's you and I take a look at Kal. He still seems a bit out of it. Ranthir and Mund, would you search the trolls. I doubt you will find much, but we have to look."
A few minutes later the trolls are moved out of the way. "Not even clothes or food on them" Mund reports. "No key visible" is Surin's report. He looks at Allistair and the mage speaks up "However, the large wooden alter in the middle of the room is a likely place to look. That thing is huge." The alter in question looks to be made of some odd wood and is 10 feet wide by 20 feet long. It is intricately carved and parts of it stand over 15 feet high. Surin looks up at Harp. "Let me guess. Time for the little guy to go first?" he say with a smile.
From: Kevin
Subject The alter
"Unless you want Ragnar or me to look first?" Harp says with a smile. "But, maybe we should have Allistair see if ther is anything unusuall about this thing. Allistair, do you have the ability to see if that thing is magical or normal?"
OOC: Harp knows that this whole place radiates magic, but is hopeful that Allistair will be able to get a reading on the alter specifically.
From: Kevin
Subject The alter
OOC: Also, Mark, does any one recognize any of the carving on the alter, or is it just indeterminate decorative carving (i.e. no obvious religious item showing)?
From: Derek
Subject The alter
Allistair is willing to use a detect magic to see what he can on the altar.
From: Mark
Subject The alter
No one has gotten close enough yet to check out the fine detail work, but there are no large religious symbols that anyone recognizes.
From: Derek
Subject The alter
Is there any kind of writing or script in the carvings?
From: Mark
Subject The alter
Again no one has gotten within 5 feet or so yet. There is no obvious large writing or script.
From: Mark
Subject The alter
Allistair wants to take a closer look at the altar. "Do you think it's alright if I take a closer look, or do you want Surin to check it out first?"
Allistair also asks his familiar if he can smell (or otherwise sense) anything strange in here besides the troll corpses.
From: Mark
Subject The alter
The little snake slithers out of the mage's robes and wraps itself around his wrist. Tongue flicking back and forth, it hisses at Allistair and then returns the the warm folds of the robe.
From: Derek
Subject The alter
Allistair shakes his head. "He doesn't sense anything specific, just the magic of this whole place. Sysyphys also thinks the trolls smell yucky. I agree with him."
From: Kevin
Subject The alter
"Go ahead and look , but don't get too close. I want Surin to take a look for any traps before any of use get too close."
From: Kevin
Subject The alter
Harp laughs at the comment from the small snake. "Tell him they did not feel too good, either. They won't be botherin us any more."
From: Jason
Subject After the fight
ooc/
A: 43/48
H: 26/58
K: 13/37
M: 45/59
Rg: 45/47
Rn: 46/53
Sx: 26/39
Sn: 27/27
/ooc
Ragnar looks up from his work just in time to see Ran finishing up the other troll in the same manner. Almost eagerly he looks around for more foes, and is almost disappointed to see there are none left. Truly this day he had demonstrated the might of Heironeous and his people. The adrenaline pumps through his veins, and he nearly misses Harp's order to join him in seeing to Kal. Still, he does not look to Kal immediately; the foolish elf may have jumped in where Ragnar himself would have been better suited, but the he was already safe from any serious danger through the grace of Heironeous. Instead he quickly scans all his companions for injuries, taking note of the most injured. He notes that Harp himself seems to be the worst off of all his companions. He then follows Harp's lead in seeing to those wounds, insisting however that Harp allow him to heal him as soon as he has finished with Kal.
/ooc Ragnar will follow Harp's lead for healing, but he'll at least insist on a CSW (Searing Light) for Harp and CMW (Spirit Weapon) on Mund (assuming also that Harp casts his CMW on Kal.)
From: Kevin
Subject After the fight
Harp agrees with Ragnar's suggestion (including sacraficing his 2nd level for a CMW on Kal. Harp will be hesitant about Ragnar sacraficing another 3rd level on him. He would rather save that grace until they have a better idea of what is left in this room. He will, however, give in if Ragnar pulls rank within the Order. Harp may be the lead on this mission, but Ragnar is of a higher rank within the Order.
From: Jason
Subject After the fight
Honestly, "pulling rank" wouldn't even occur to Ragnar in this situation. He'll be as insistent and as persuasive as he can, but if Harp tells him to wait, then he'll do it.
From: Mark
Subject The alter
I just realized that I did not state the obvious.
No key was found in the general search of the room.
From: Kevin
Subject The alter
If that is the case, Harp will have Surin search around the alter for traps, then let Allistair and whomever else wants to examine it do so. He will then ask Surin to serach the angle wall for any secret doors, allowing him to take his time.