Delve the 10th

[mannclay]

You open the door onto a 30' wide circular room, with a door opposite from you. In the middle of the room is a pile of coins, mostly hidden under a large reptile with many heads and necks

OOC: Were we quiet enough not to disturb the creature?

[Makofan]

You open the door onto a 30' wide circular room, with a door opposite from you. In the middle of the room is a pile of coins, mostly hidden under a large reptile with many heads and necks

OOC: Were we quite enough not to disturb the creature?

Unfortunately, no. Its myriad heads seem to give it sharp senses

[acodispo]

Roughly how many heads & necks?

A dozen? half dozen?

Wiglaff to his spearmen: "If we engage, stay back, fight from the 2nd rank."

[merias]

I'm inclined to have Aldbane try to shut the door, but I am also curious about how many heads this thing has before I decide. Does the room seem wide enough that we could all surround it?

[Makofan]

8 or 9 heads, you think. The long, swaying, moving necks make it hard to count for sure

Yes, you could try to surround it, if you can dodge all those head attacks while doing so!

[merias]

Aldbane yells "Hydra!" and shuts the door. "The creature guards a large pile of gold coins, but I think to rush in would be foolish. We should have a plan before going in."

Hopefully Aldbane can shut the door before the heads attack!

[coffee]

"Does anybody have any good spells?" Rhod asks, his back to the door (if it opens outward, to hold it shut)/

[kipper]

"I have nothing that would help in this situation," Maloof replies to Rhod. "I think we will have to leave this room alone for now."

[acodispo]

"I've no more magical power remaining to me today, and even if I did I don't have any spells that would effect that large a hydra! Let's retreat for now. Try the west exit from the previous room?"

[Makofan]

There was no difficulty in shutting the door