(024) The Ravine Door

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 5:40 am

waysoftheearth wrote:

danhem wrote:Ulric drops a little morsel of food to the worm in the box to test the reaction.

The worm is onto it instantly, devouring the morsel in one gulp. It them seems to prove the area tirelessly for more...

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:26 pm

eris wrote:

danhem wrote:"Agreed," Ulric says. "We'll go retrieve our silver together. But what happened to that nice glowing wand you had before Olaf? Don't tell me you lost it."

Ulric drops a little morsel of food to the worm in the box to test the reaction.

Olaf pats his side where the scepter is tucked under his belt, "Still got it here, but it was starting to flicker on me...probably used it too long...so I switched to this lantern."

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 10:50 pm

waysoftheearth wrote:
Wibert takes point, followed 20ft behind by Olaf with his lantern, and then the remainder of the company.

They head back to the intersection first, some 80ft of so, then take a right turn and ascend the narrow stair which they find... ignoring the left turn to the ravine door (and freedom) and also the narrow stair which descends deeper into the dungeon.

Wibert creeps ahead and is first on the landing...

...where he spies the familiar ante chamber with passages heading left and right, and the slightly ajar double doors leading into the Ogres' den is straight ahead.

There are a number of stinking corpses littering the passage; wolves, ogres and also that of a great cartilaginous centipede.

The rest of the company is still on the stair...

What now?

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:41 pm

heartless wrote:
Wibert will motion with his finger to be quiet, and with his hand for everyone to draw weapons, as he draws his short sword and dagger in his hands. (shadow=red,left,300)The shadow(/shadow) will keep a look out and sneak up to the door along the wall, he is good at moving like a shadow and also cooking he thinks to himself.

Wibert will listen before the double door then sneak up to the door to listen if he heard nothing the first time.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:28 am

waysoftheearth wrote:
Wibert draws two blades and then creeps as silently as a cat across the ante toward the two great doors, circumnavigating the giant centipede carcass that lies directly infront of the doors.

When he reaches the door he listens intently for a time... but he can hear nothing so much as a whisper from beyond.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:39 am

waysoftheearth wrote:
Gentlemen, I require a marching order.

Unless you indicate otherwise, I have it thus;

Wibert :: near double doors (sword and dagger),
Olaf :: at top of stair (sword and lantern),
Dieter :: next on stair (sword and sack of coins),
Gustave :: next on stair (sword and sack of coins),
Desmond/Mondes :: next on stair (cold-iron axe and
Ulric :: next on stair (miniature wooden chest),
Highbough :: next on stair (spear and sack of coins),
Koch :: next on stair (hammer and sack of coins),
Boris :: next on stair (mace and sack of coins),
Victor :: next on stair (handaxe),
Pelenwin :: at base of stair (pole-axe).

Please indicate if there should be any change

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 2:18 am

danhem wrote:
Ulric drops one more morsel of food into the chest with the grub then closes it and returns it to his pack. With that finished Ulric draws his sword and waits for the report from Wibert.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 2:28 am

heartless wrote:
Wibert will look for traps around the double door and over head and have a peek inside the door to see what he can see.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 3:32 am

waysoftheearth wrote:
Wibert peeks around.

The great double door is ajar, but it doesn't appear to have anything obvious tried to it or balanced against it. Through the three inch wide opening, Wibert can only glimpse darkness within.

(Heartless; if you want Wibert to search for anything more specifically, you have to tell me what Wibert looks for, or at.)

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:47 am

heartless wrote:
Wibert will go back and find a helment or some cloth off dead people to roll into a ball or something that looks round like a head he can go back and poke into the door opening on the end of his sword, unless he can see a spear around.
Wibert will do this to search for a trap that will drop something on top of any one that enters or if there is a bow ready to shot. If nothing happens he will through the fake head into the orge lure to try to set off any traps.