The West Haven Weregild IC thread

[Arbuthnott]

Rowan gives the sorry remains of the vine a rough kick to show his displeasure before backtracking to retrieve all of his weapons. "5 gold pieces says they know we're here."

[Arbuthnott]

"Shh; don' mean they know we made i' past, though. Come on, i' looks clear now." So saying, Billie continues to push forward, her eyes roving for any suspicious signs.

She doesn't have the willpower to resist itching and scratching, and she still feels weak and nauseous, but she makes sure to take it even slower than before to avoid missing anything; that vine looked like it hit hard, and she doesn't want to be on the receiving end of another one.

[Lord Foul]

Before they start moving again, Doug examines Acker and finds the doughty dwarf has been squeezed to within an inch of his life (he is on 1 HP). Doug casts two Cure Moderate Wounds spells (leaving himself with just one Bull's Strength and an Entangle).

CMW: 5+5+3 = 13
CMW: 7+5+3 = 15

[Fallout_Monkey]

The group proceeds past the dead mushrooms and follow the tunnel once more. In a few moments, as they are approaching a corner, some loud whispers are audible.

"Pyrigs! We should tell somebody."

"You heard how short that shriek was, Lisz. It was probably a rat. You want to bother the warriors for a rat?"

[Lord Foul]

Violet gestures for silence and makes sure her light isn't pointing forward.

Then she edges closer until she can guage where the goblins are, and quietly casts a Sleep spell around them.

[Fallout_Monkey]

Violet spots two young goblins around the corner with her darkvision and puts them to sleep with her spell

[Arbuthnott]

Creeping softly behind Violet, Billie peers into the gloom with her crossbow at the ready.

When no more voices emerge, she looks towards the shadowy outline of her friend and raises an eyebrow sardonically.

[Lord Foul]

"Well, it looks like they don't know we're here yet, after all. These two were talking about maybe going to alert the soldiers, but they weren't sure if we were just rats spooking the mushrooms. At least we didn't have to kill them to shut them up. Better bind and gag them though, or they'll raise the alarm when they wake up."

[Fallout_Monkey]

After trussing up the captives, the group proceeds onward. Soon the end of the tunnel is in sight, highlighted by a cooking fire visible in the cavern beyond.

[Lord Foul]

Violet quietly calls everyone into a huddle for a quick discussion in hushed tones.

"Looks like we're getting into the main cave system now, and that probably means we're going to be running into larger groups of goblins. If they have cooking fires that could also mean we'll have mixed family groups ahead, not just squads of soldiers. How do you want to approach this?"

"I don't have enough spells to put everyone to sleep as we go. Sooner or later we're going to have to talk or fight... or maybe both."