(013) The Gatehouse Dunjon

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:46 pm

heartless wrote:
"A funeral pyre would be fitting for our dead friends", agrees Padrig. "Lets make sure it safe back to the cart first and then carry our treasure and maybe the goats to eat and a pan to cook with".

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 3:41 am

coffee wrote:
Dieter will help carry one of the chests, but it must be understood that he's setting it down rapidly should a fight break out...

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 8:06 am

waysoftheearth wrote:
Dieter, Olaf, Thorgrim and Andaros are the strongest of the company, and with the coin distributed evenly, the four of them can lug the two chests, two apiece.

Having hefted these great loads, others will have to open doors, bear torches and scout the way ahead....

Who opens the double door?

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 4:19 pm

mushgnome wrote:
"Everyone quiet a moment... weapons ready!" whispers Highbough as he presses his ear to the door and listens carefully.

If he hears nothing suspicious, he will raise the hood of his Cloak of Elemental Night and open the door...

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 5:10 pm

verhaden wrote:
Mads the Fair

Mads readies himself behind Highbough, alert for any unusual sounds or movement beyond.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 8:11 pm

tombowings wrote:
Pelenwin takes his spot at the second rank with his pole axe.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 9:53 pm

waysoftheearth wrote:
Everyone comes to a hush and Highbough listens intently at the door for a moment...

(1d6)

...and his sharp ears detect nothing more than faint, indeterminant echoes.

Satisfied, the old Elf raises the hood of his inky black cloak and then vanishes from sight entirely! Others among the company gasp at this, and then again when, by some sorcerous force, the bar of the door rises in the air and sets itself aside, and then the door creaks open!

"What sorcery is this?" demands Thorgrim, his eyes searching the gloom for the missing Elf. Even Olaf -- whose young eyes are unusually sharp -- cannot make out any trace of Highbough.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:06 pm

waysoftheearth wrote:
As the door creaks open, those nearest the portal spy the dark, empty ante-chamber beyond. The Ogres' cook pot seems to have been knocked over during the night, and its awful contents rifled through by rodents and... others...

All is cool, dark and quiet.

Who shall carry a light into the darkness?

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:09 pm

eris wrote:

coffee wrote:Dieter will help carry one of the chests, but it must be understood that he's setting it down rapidly should a fight break out...

Olaf will help with the other, and he'll be setting it down rapidly if a fight breaks out, too.

Might be best to put Dieter near the front and Olaf near the back so one of the 2nd level fighters will be involved if that big Ogre is out there.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:59 am

coffee wrote:

eris wrote:Might be best to put Dieter near the front and Olaf near the back so one of the 2nd level fighters will be involved if that big Ogre is out there.

Yeah, good idea.